WestSide High School hosted a very cool event called GirlPower last Wednesday that created an opportunity for groups of girls to work together to identify a community problem and try to solve it. I...
The Lutheran retreat center at Holden Village has quietly been a catalyst for deep community building throughout North Central Washington. This was driven home for my during a conversation with Barbara Rossing, a former...
I was excited to learn about the upcoming Icicle Creek Family Film Festival that will be held in Leavenworth and Wenatchee from Sep. 29 through Oct. 1. This festival represents a collaboration of North...
The folks at Wellness Place put on quite the gala fundraiser Saturday night at the Cashmere Riverside Center that raised significant dollars to provide critical support for North Central Washington cancer patients. It was...
I had the opportunity recently to chat with 90-year-old Ernestine Koller Pieper of East Wenatchee and she told me about how she fled from her home in Budapest, Hungary during World War II to...
My guest this week is Dorry Foster, the executive director of the Wenatchee YMCA. Foster, who held a similar position for the YMCA in Albany, New York, brings to the job a lot...
We are confronted with the question of how to thoughtfully and responsibly respond to the White Supremacists who are spreading hate and violence in this country. Humor and non-violence are the best ways to...
The Our Valley Our Future housing survey is yielding fascinating insights about the situation renters and buyers find themselves in as well as attitudes about the importance of affordable housing. These results are preliminary...