Cold storage
After a freezing fog in the Lake Chelan area, frost — as well as a few leftover apples — hangs onto tree limbs in an orchard.
Building to a crescendo
Wenatchee Valley jazz students have been warming up — and getting some serious coaching — from six world-class jazz musicians all week in preparation for two big shows Thursday and Friday.
A slurp in the sun
WENATCHEE — All’s ducky Thursday as a mallard, sipping in the sun, takes advantage of snowmelt in the parking lot of Walla Walla Point Park.
River ford
Deer cross the Methow River in front of a common merganser near Twisp on Saturday.
2012 Apple Blossom Top Ten
The top ten Apple Blossom Festival royalty candidates were announced to family and friends at the Performing Arts Center in Wenatchee Wednesday night.
White on white
A snowshoe rabbit sits above the Blewett Pass summit on Saturday. Early weather forecasts for next week indicate the entire state could get snow.
River blessing marks ancient Christian feast day
WENATCHEE — Andy Barber immersed himself, quite literally, in Friday’s blessing of the Columbia River.
One man short
As his adult opponent hides the puck from him, Logan Huntley, 5, Wenatchee, presses to try to steal it away as he plays a pick-up hockey game with his father and others at the Wenatchee Community Ice Rink Thursday afternoon.
Large-scale removal
Froy Banuelos, with Real Homes on North Wenatchee Avenue, takes down the large, inflatable ornaments on a tree outside the business on Wednesday, putting a close the tenth year of decorating it for Christmas.
Floor bored
After six hours of mopping the basketball court during the U.S. Bank Basketball Showcase 2011 tournament at Town Toyota Center on Wednesday, the fourth game can get pretty boring. Enduring what will be a total of eight games and 12 hours on the mop handle, are, from left, Tyler Grubb, Austin Sabedra and Justice Frazier.
Fire sweeps shed
Fire destroys a large metal shop about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon on Bainard Road in Malaga. Capt. Cary Neu from Chelan County Fire District 1 estimated the damage to the Russell Carlson’s building and contents — including a boat, camper and truck — at about $110,000. The cause is under investigation.
Rest stop
Would Postal Service employee Jackson Dunning deliver mail inside the cemetery? Nope, it’s just a lunch break for the Wenatchee resident.
Y swim classes start
Esteban Sanchez, 12, Entiat, is helped with a beginning swimming lesson by Carolyn Petersen with the YMCA at the first teen swim lesson session Monday at the Eastmont YMCA Aquatic Center in East Wenatchee.
Firry finds
Sisters Ingrid and Karen Jans, Wenatchee, look over a Christmas tree held up by Ken Clarke at his tree lot at the corner of Ninth Street and Wenatchee Avenue Monday. Clarke says this is the tenth year he has operated tree sales for Christmas, selling between 700-800 trees a year. Thursday is his last day.
The Christmas Scoop
St. Joseph's School stages annual play
The annual Christmas play at St. Joseph’s School in Wenatchee was performed Thursday night.
Decking their heads with hats of whimsy
LEAVENWORTH — Amid the storybook beauty and pure emotion of this Bavarian-themed town’s first Christmas Lighting Festival Saturday, it’s impossible not to wear your heart on your sleeve. But wear snow globes on your heads?
Feast for the ears
Brenna Visser who plays “Duchess Bro” raises her unusual cup in a toast to begin the festivities at the Wenatchee High School choral department’s biennial Madrigal Feaste at Wenatchee First Presbyterian Church Thursday night.
Winter work begins
Sure, the snow has since melted away, but there’s no denying this is a cute photo of Carson Stirling, 3, helping his mother shovel the season’s first snow from the family’s front walk two weeks ago. Carson is the son of Rob and Mandy Stirling of Wenatchee.
A long journey’s end
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley grew by 28 United States citizens Tuesday night as people from four countries finished their long journeys to citizenship by taking the Oath of Allegiance during the Naturalization Ceremony at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Keynote speaker Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett talked about the new citizens’ courage during the process of immigrating and becoming citizens in the hourlong program.
Thanksgiving dinner is served
Volunteers help people take out a basket of Thanksgiving food from the Wenatchee Assembly of God church Tuesday evening. More than 400 baskets of food are being given away as part of the seventh year of the Baskets of Blessings program sponsored by Serve Wenatchee Valley.
Woman rescued from teetering car after 20 minutes
CASHMERE — Amanda Shaver was driving home after dropping off her boyfriend at work this morning when she lost control of her car and went over the embankment just west of the Cottage Avenue Bridge in Cashmere. No one saw her leave the Highway 2/97 and when her car came to rest, it was teetering on the steep riverbank. “I was afraid to lean, open the door, or do anything,” the 22-year-old Wenatchee woman said. “I seriously thought I was going into the river.”
Making short work of winter
A bit underpowered for his shovel, Carson Stirling, 3, son of Rob and Mandy Stirling, Wenatchee, helps out his mother with the family’s front walk on Thursday, the day after the first snow of the season.
A jolly visit from the North Pole
Santa rolled into town Thursday in a parade down Wenatchee Valley Parkway.
First taste
WENATCHEE — Briceida Barrera, a Columbia Elementary School kindergarten student, catches snowflakes in the first snow of the season Wednesday afternoon during recess. In addition to accidents, the snow brought good news for skiers: Mission Ridge is opening Saturday.
Color and costumes
The halls of Wenatchee High School are filled with color in the evenings this week as actors wait for their cues to take to the school’s stage and perform the Wenatchee School District’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” There are 180 students in the play.
Veterans Day Parade 2011
WENATCHEE — Volunteers walk with about 45 posters showing some of the Washington State veterans who have recently lost their lives. The group, formed by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars organization, took part in the Veterans Day Parade in Wenatchee on Friday.
Honoring service
EAST WENATCHEE — Waving handmade flags on popsicle sticks, about 460 students and teachers march in formation to the “Eleven Eleven March” during a Veterans Day program at Robert E. Lee Elementary School in East Wenatchee Thursday. The kindergarten- through- fourth-grade students formed the numbers, 11-11-11 on the school’s playground field for parents and friends in the brief morning program
Cutting cords
Ray Auger, 81, splits wood at his Palouse Street home in Wenatchee on Tuesday. He says he has been using wood to heat his home for the last 40 years.
Enjoy it while you can
Conger Carver, Malaga, plays a game of three-wall racquetball at the Dick Pieper Courts in Walla Walla Point Park Saturday, enjoying what could be one of the last opportunities to play the game before winter sets in.
Going long
People launch leftover Halloween pumpkins with a device made by Dan Douglas, East Wenatchee, at Trinity United Methodist Church Saturday during an annual cider press. This is the fourth and final year for the launcher said Douglas, who has plans to make a new one next year that will be easier to pull back on. About 40 pumpkins were sent through the air to a compost pile 70 feet away, most coming up short or going beyond. Douglas says he’ll have to be careful building his new one so the pumpkins won’t travel onto neighboring Northeast Eighth Street.
Sealed with a mist
The Ephrata Landfill is the only one in the state licensed to use discarded latex paint mix as a cover, avoiding having to put a six-inch cover of dirt or rocks over the daily layer of garbage.
Rowing fog
Vitek Siroky, East Wenatchee, takes his every-other-day row at sunrise Thursday morning in a layer of fog over the Columbia River. High humidity and cold temperatures created the season’s first heavy fog on the river.
Over an autumn rail
A horse pastured on Jennings Street just west of Wenatchee enjoys a morning of sunshine today at the start of a crisp autumn day.
Puppy paddle
Enjoying a bit of summer-like weather Thursday are friends Hollie Porter, 9, East Wenatchee, and Brayden Montgomery, 10, Wenatchee. Brayden’s dog, Marley, came along for the paddle around a spit of sand on the Columbia River near Walla Walla Point Park.
Dress up day
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont High School seniors Amber Gregory dressed up as a dog, and Katie Johnson, a penguin, for Ying and Yang day Wednesday during homecoming week. Dress-up days are all week long at the high school, culminating in the homecoming game Friday and dance Saturday.
Picture perfect
Rachel Smith with Parsons Photography positions the face of Liberty Gilman, a second-grader at Grant Elementary School, for a picture Tuesday. It’s the time of year that professional photographers travel to local schools for the annual school pictures. Smith was working at Sterling Intermediate School.
Parachute education
A Grant Elementary School kindergarten student waits to get into a parachute her fellow classmates play with during a physical education class Tuesday. The students use the parachute during a two-week-long session in their class playing games like Igloo and Mushroom Head.
On Lake Chelan
As the sun sets behind the Cascade Mountains, The Lady of the Lake returns to Chelan from a trip to Stehekin last Friday.
Harvest haul
A happy group of pumpkin pluckers at the Gau-Sco Produce and Pork Farm in Malaga head back to their car Saturday after filling a wheelbarrow with October bounty.
Pumpkins
A happy group of pumpkin pluckers at the Gau-Sco Produce and Pork Farm in Malaga head back to their car Saturday after filling a wheelbarrow with October bounty.
Stitchin’ time
Donald Larson, Wenatchee, helps set up this year’s NCW Quilt Guild Harvest of Quilts show at the Town Toyota Center on Thursday. The show takes place Friday and Saturday and features about 275 quilts, as well as instructional and vendor booths.
Celebrating salmon
LEAVENWORTH — Children look at wild fish in an 8,000-gallon aquarium at the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival on the opening day Thursday for elementary school-age kids at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery. The festival runs through Sunday and is open to the public for the weekend. In its fourth year at the festival, the tank is supplied with wild fish from local rivers — except for the hatchery trout.
And so it begins
First-year Wenatchee Valley College student Hannah Ransford, 18, waits in a line that snakes through the bookstore at the college on Monday, ready to pay $150 for books covering her three freshman classes. The line took about 30 minutes to get through Monday, the first day of the fall quarter.
Kick starter
Teanna Hursh, 4, Wenatchee, concentrates while attempting a drop kick that bounces off her head at her soccer practice Thursday at Lincoln Park. Hursh is a member of the Wenatchee Pediatric Dentistry team of the Wenatchee Soccer Club.
Into the park
By Don Seabrook World photo editor
Home threatened in Douglas County fire
EAST WENATCHEE — An outbuilding and a home along the Columbia River were threatened Thursday morning when dry grass caught fire at 229 Turtlerock Road. Douglas County Fire District 2 answered the 11 a.m. call and contained the blaze to about half an acre, said Capt. Jeff Stephens. He said no structures were damaged. The cause of the fire is not yet determined, he said. — K.C. Mehaffey, World staff
Out for a spin
Under sunny skies, Jazilen Carver, 3, Wenatchee, swings around Wednesday as she throws bread to gulls at Walla Walla Point Park with her mother, Manuela, and aunt, Gigi Carver, also from Wenatchee. The good weather continues through the Labor Day weekend with cooler than normal daytime temperatures tonight and tomorrow.
No gaps
The Canyon B Bridge under construction in East Wenatchee, just east of Sunset Highway, now completely spans the canyon. Workers with Cascade Bridge will spend the coming weeks tying rebar to form the skeleton of the bridge deck.
Hang on, riders
A cowboy is upended during the North Central Washington District Fair rodeo in Waterville on Saturday. The fair wrapped its four-day run Sunday.
No relief in sight
With temperatures soaring into the 90s this week, the Wenatchee city pool is closed for the rest of the summer. Pool season ended just before kids return to classrooms next week.
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