By Wenatchee World staff WENATCHEE — The tireless builder, selflessly dedicated to the welfare of his home region and the state of Washington, a skilled journalist and communicator, a lifelong lover and promoter of...
“Time and tide wait for no man,” wrote Geoffrey Chaucer. Time ran out for my father, Wilfred Woods, Saturday night after 97-plus remarkable years of life, love, achievement and contribution. He embraced death as...
Walking, whistling “Whistle while you work or play is part of Wilfred Woods. He was the driving force to create Art on the Avenues. He said ‘Go for it, Queenie.” The first exhibit was...
Second of three parts of a Wenatchee valley couple – he’s undocumented and she’s a teacher – who are facing an uncertain future together Adrián Castañeda was born not far from the U.S. border...
First of three columns I have been on a quest to more fully understand our immigrant community and gain greater insight into the complexities and human impacts that are the result of having a...
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5050212/height/90/width/450/theme/standard/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/” height=”90″ width=”450″] Wenatchee North Rotary is being transformed by a wave of talented young leaders who are bringing fresh ideas and energy. The secret to the club’s success in recruiting younger members,...
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5041309/height/90/width/450/theme/standard/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/” height=”90″ width=”450″] It is stunning to realize how many talented musicians who have grown up here or moved to the valley. This region is chock full of great talent and their talents...
This is the third of a series of columns exploring our immigrant community — what they bring to our region and the challenges they face — and how others in our community are responding. ...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of columns about immigrants in our midst and how they and the rest of our community are responding to the possibility of significant changes in...
These are anxious days for the immigrant neighbors in our midst and how we choose to treat them as a community will either allow us to see them as human beings worthy of dignity...