These 60 pound sand bags, for extra weight and vehicle traction during winter driving , have also meant nearly $25,000 for local charities over the past half dozen years or more.
And this year the project, sponsored by Lake Chelan Building Supply (both Manson & Chelan locations) is a fund-raiser for our local Habitat for Humanity
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Brett La Mar at Lake Chelan Building Supply talks with us about the this year's project
, how it started, why Habitat was selcted (for the second year in a row), and how you can help fund the efforts to build Habitat House #14.
Posted by Jerry_Isenhart on Friday, November 20 @ 07:01:10 PST
Anyone planning travel over the next few days, including attending football competition in Wenatchee on Saturday, should be aware that there's a good chance of SNOW even down to lower elevations at times.
Our take after reviewing the data is it will certainly 'Feel Like Snow' and at times we'll see snow fall - but it's not likely to stick at lower elevations.
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At higher elevations, including Echo Valley and Mission Ridge, the predicted snow could be the beginning of getting a base on the ground ahead of enough necessary to kick off season openings.
A 30 Year Tradition continues ... It's the Annual Chelan FFA Toy Drive, to collect new and slightly used toys to children of all ages.
Last year, roughly 3,000 toys were collected and distributed to 100’s of families all across NCW. As Christmas draws near, the FFA would once again like to enlist the help of the community to provide these services.
Appropriate toys may be drop off, unwrapped at the Chelan High School, or donors can call (509) 682-4061 ext 1290 and talk to the FFA advisor, Rod Cool or the Chelan FFA Community Development Committee Chairman, Leo Pastor, or Officers in Charge Chelsea Gocke, secretary, and Enrique Diaz, reporter, to arrange for pick-ups.
Appropriate family items, such as coats, clothing, toiletries, etc can be donated as well. Any left over gift-wrap is always welcome as well. In addition, cash donations are accepted, as well.
The Chelan FFA is most appreciateive of the community support in creating Happy Holidays for all of the children of our area.
Posted by Jerry_Isenhart on Friday, November 20 @ 05:21:13 PST
Members of the Chelan Volunteer Fire Fighters Association Helping Get the Lights Working In Downtown Chelan
CLICK HERE and LISTEN ~ Nathan Smeltzer
For Nathan Smeltzer and the members of the Chelan Volunteer Firefighter's Association, helping get the Christmas Lights up and working again in downtown Chelan is just another way they can serve their community.
Nathan and others were spotted all over town yesterday, up on roofs, down on the sidewalks -- installing, checking, repairing the thousands of light bulbs and related fixtures that combine together to punctuate the Christmas & Holiday Spirit now through the end of the year (and actually beyond).
An email from Barb Wadkins of Lake Chelan Sports noted that the business community really wants to say THANKS to the volunteers. "They are truly appreciated, she wrote.... noting that the members 'vounteered to carry on with a project that was started a few years ago by Peter Vaglio. For several mornings this week we've seen Nathan and his crew assemble at the firehall and then hit the roof-tops downtown.
For each glowing light element, there is a 'bracket', and object to be attached to (building or pole) and a bulb to check. Smeltzer tells GoLakeChelan's Steve Byquist that they are finding many bulbs need to be replaced. But it's much easier to check their work they return and turn on sections of lights at night ... then return the next day and do it all over again.
GoLakeChelan's Steve Byquist called Smeltzer on his cell phone while he was up on a roof yesterday. We grabbed our camera and ran to take a photo of Nathan talking to Steve, but couldn't find him. But we did find some other fun characters in front of Swim World, and a lot of evidence that they were working hard .... but no Nathan and no Rudolph.
We assume our readers will forgive us if you hear us singing .... "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... everywhere we go...".
And for that we can thank our Volunteer Firefighters Association and HDCA!
By the way .... Chelan Fire District #7 reminds that through the end of the year, they are giving away gently used 'costs for kids' for free to those in need.
The Annual 'Flurry of Coats' started in October with a Coat Drive" and now shifts to the give-a-way.
WINTER COATS
For all ages
Please come and find your warm winter coat
At Chelan County Fire District No 7
232 East Wapato
Kitty corner from Latte Da
Hours 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon,
Monday through Friday.
Coats Have Been Gently Worn.
Posted by Jerry_Isenhart on Thursday, November 19 @ 07:07:06 PST
Each week, for the past several, Chelan County Commissioners have had their eyes on a 'dwindling' and steadily declining balance in the Chelan County Treasury.
It's not what they've wanted to see (less money to carry into next year) at a time that next year's County spending needs to be cut 10-20% due to declining revenues.
Chelan County is not alone, but the true numbers of those that will be out of work won't really be known until perhaps mid-December.
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GoLakeChelan's Steve Byquist asks County Commissioner Doug England how many have been laid off so far..... how employees are taking the news of at least 20 expected layoffs .... and how a vote by some to "De-Certify" their union might play into the numbers as well..
CLICK HERE and LISTEN - Doug England
It should be noted that so far Douglas County has indicated only four will be laid off, and all of them from the Land Services Department. In Okanogan County, with half the budget of Chelan County, Commissioners are looking at a budget $3 to $4 Million less than last year, and early figures show it is still $1.2 Million in the red.
Posted by Jerry_Isenhart on Thursday, November 19 @ 04:19:46 PST
Goat 'Tailgate Party' Planned Saturday In Wenatchee
Nov 18, 2009
It's pretty hard to find any place in the Chelan Valley that people aren't talking about Saturday at the Apple Bowl and the Goats big game against Omak.
An email today advises that Goat Fans are planning a BIG TAILGATE PARTY at the Apple Bowl in Wenatchee, Saturday, beginning at 11:00 AM.
The message, sent to loyal Goat parents and fans reads....
WE ARE ON FOR ANOTHER TAILGATER!
PARENTS / FANS NEED TO PREPARE MENTALLY TOO!
Saturday @ 11:30
At Pioneer Park
(Next to West Entrance of the Apple Bowl and next to Pioneer Middle School)
We will have the fire going as well as a few BBQs.
Anyone willing to bring drinks, buns, hot dogs, or hamburgers please let Bret know at 668-2751.
The gates to the Apple Bowl will open at Noon.
A reminder - GoLakeChelan's Dave Spanjer and Jeremy Greenway will be on hand to provide our live Video Play-by-Play for those who are unable to attend the game. And of course the best part of our broadcasts is we archive them for everyone to come home and watch in the days, weeks and months after ... log after the game has gone down in the history books - whatever that outcome turns out to be.
NOTE: Our Video Play-by-Play will be available On-Line with pre-event Audio / Video available on-line by about 12:30 pm. We will also carry the broadcast with sportscaster Dave Spanjer and special color commentator Jeremy Greenway on Broadstripe's GLC-TV Channel 16.
Some of these high-tech developments are being practiced ahead of another big event to the community that's coming up soon, the LIVE BROADCAST of SANTA - At the Ruby Theater, Friday, November 27th, the day after Thanksgiving and an annual community tradition put on by the Historic Downtown Chelan Association and it's membership who will be kicking off the holiday season in a big way this year!
Posted by Jerry_Isenhart on Thursday, November 19 @ 03:52:09 PST
A Good Chance of Snow Tonight In The Mountains....
An Equally Good Chance of Snow in the Valley by the Weekend
We just may get a little snow around the Lake Level, but in higher areas, expect significant snows over the next few days!
The Valley floors won't see significant snows on the ground until this week-end, and that could change too.
Uplake, in the Wenatchee River Valley deeper into the Cascades such as Leavenworth and in the Methow Valley, 4-9 inches of snow is possible by Thursday afternoon.
Listen below for the mid Thursday afternoon audio advisory from the National Weather Service in Spokane .... or
Click Here... for even mORE current information.
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Posted by Jerry_Isenhart on Wednesday, November 18 @ 18:27:34 PST
Former Manson Resident Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
Nov 18, 2009
A 1978 graduate of Manson High School who went on to become a commercial airline pilot and Lake Tapps millionaire has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes he committed over the last 10 years or more involving sexual abuse of young boys including 3 victims from this area.
Associated Press, The Seattle Times and The Wenatchee World have all followed the story in detail and have compiled the latest as well as the historical
facts to the case
all of which can be read in the Wenatchee World on Line - Click Here
Manson Park Board Meeting Includes Reception For New Manager
Nov 18, 2009
It was a well attended meeting at the Grange Hall in Manson last night where the Manson Park Board detailed to those in attendance the concepts and value trade-off's of two optional property tax assessment levels for year 2010.
Hopefully we will be able to talk with Board Chairman Tom Tobey about the meeting and his take on community feedback
The Manson Park Board is also announcing and inviting the community to attend a special Board Meeting and Reception for new Park District Manager, Wai Tim Petersen. It starts with the reception for Peterson tomorrow (Nov 19th), from 4:30-5:30 pm at the Bumgarner Building at 312 Quetilquasoon in Manson.
And then following the reception, the Directors will convene for their regularily scheduled Board Meeting beginning at 5:30 pm at the same location.
The full agenda of tomorrow's regular meeting is attached as a pdf file and can be read by Clicking Here
Note - an excerpt from the Meeting Agenda is shown on the left, and details the business to be conducted - which we note includes a discussion of the Singleton Park Fence.
GoLakeChelan was told that toward the end of last night's meeting a member of the audence ask
where was the money in the 2010 Budget for the fence at Singleton Park. Chairman Tom Tobey reportedly replied that there was no dollars in the proposed 2010 Budget as the 'Fence Project' was 'off the table' based on the input the board received at last week's meeting about the fence.
Posted by Jerry_Isenhart on Wednesday, November 18 @ 08:08:21 PST
Rainfall: Presently lightly raining. New snow falling to 4000 feet.
We will not be imputing further weather reports until the start of December.
Jim and Sarah at the Llama Ranch
Fishing Report
Joe Heinlen's Fishing Report
Friday, November 20, 2009
Lake Chelan has been very productive for the Laketrout in the Lower basin of Lake Chelan..
I have been finding most of my fish in depths of 185 to 240 ft. off Rocky Point and Minneapolis Beach. These areas are holding a Ton of shrimp right now and the Laketrout are targeting these critters along with the Chinook Salmon.
Try trolling the Ace Hi-fly by Silverhorde in Green Spatterback color 2 to 5 ft off the bottom and don't be afraid to vary your speed which sometimes triggers the fish ins ...
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company ...a church ...a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past ...we cannot change the fact that people will act in certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have; and that is our attitude ...I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes" - Charles Swindoll
Tech Geeks & Cowboys
A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him.
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and a YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, 'If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?'
Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers,
'Sure, Why not?'
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his
location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg , Germany .
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored.
He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry
and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, 'You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves.' 'That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves,' says Bud.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Bud says to the young man,'Hey,if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?'
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says,
'Okay, why not?'
'You're a Congressman for the U.S.Government', says Bud.
'Wow! That's correct,' says the yuppie, 'but how did you guess that?'
'No guessing required.' answered the cowboy. 'You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows...this is a herd of sheep. . . Now give me back my dog!"
$50 is $50
Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, "Esther, I'd like to ride in that biplane
and Esther always replied, "I know Morris, but that biplane ride is 50 dollars
and 50 dollars is 50 dollars".
One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, "Esther, I'm 85 years old. If I don't ride that old biplane , I might
never get another chance." Esther replied, "Morris that biplane ride is 50 dollars and 50 dollars is 50 dollars".
The pilot overheard the couple and said, "Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you
can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say a word I won't charge you! But if
you say one word, it's 50 dollars." Morris and Esther agreed and up they went.
The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his
daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word. `
When they landed,
the pilot turned to Morris and said, "By golly, I did everything I could to get
you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!" `
Morris replied, "Well, to
tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, but you know
-- 50 dollars is 50 dollars."
Italian Inginuity at Work
An old Italian lived alone in New Jersey.
He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard.
It seems his only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was now in prison... and the old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:
Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year.
I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot I know if you were here my troubles would be over... I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days.
Love, Papa
A few days later he received a letter from his son..
Dear Pop,
Don't dig up that garden.
That's where the bodies are buried.
Love,
Vinnie
At 4 a.m.. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies.
They apologized to the old man and left..
That same day the old man received another letter from his son.
Dear Pop,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now..
That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
