“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...
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5071782/height/90/width/450/theme/standard/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/” height=”90″ width=”450″] Kyle Eberth, the co-area director for North Central Washington Young Life, brings a boundless and infectious sense of passion, energy, enthusiasm and acceptance to his work helping connect kids in...
This is the third in a series of stories about a married couple with three kids in the Wenatchee Valley. Keisha grew up in the United States and is a teacher at Joyful Scholars...
[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,...
Creative community building happens in a multitude of ways in North Central Washington. I recently became acquainted with Jessica Mayo, who helps leads Connect, a Chi Alpha Campus Ministry on the Wenatchee Valley College...
I have had the privilege of meeting countless innovative, dedicated and caring public school teachers during my career here at The World. I marvel at the sense of commitment they show to bringing out...
A group of sixth grade students from Cashmere Middle School made a big impression in Olympia on Saturday during a Mock Congressional Hearing program, Superintendent Glenn Johnson tells me.
It was a magic afternoon at the Lighthouse Ministries soup kitchen on South Wenatchee Ave. today when a dozen youngsters from Joyful Scholars Montessori walked in the front door with six refurbished kids bicycles,...
In Koni McLean’s AVID College Readiness class at Wenatchee High School, students spend an hour every Thursday morning knitting hats to be given to youngsters who need them in our community. The young men...