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Tsillan Cellars 2020 Estate Malbec and the 2020 Estate Dolcetto both won Best of Class honors at the recent San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Courtesy Tsillan Cellars
CHELAN - Tsillan Cellars again established the ability of Lake Chelan Southshore vineyards to produce world-class wines that compete with the best in the world. With 1,000 wineries and 5,500 wines entered in the recent San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, Tsillan Cellars 2020 Estate Malbec...
Bart Morfin Submitted Photos
MANSON - Lake Chelan Building Supply (LCBS) has announced the promotions of Bart (Jose) Morfin to branch manager of its Chelan location and CJ (Francisco) Orozco to branch manager of its Manson location.
A Lake Chelan native, Bart has been a fixture at LCBS since 2004. Most recently, Bart worked...
Left to right: Paul Taylor (Navarre Coulee Vineyards), Brandan Lucas (The Landing), and Mark Garvin (Tipsy Canyon) who organized the event and made the wine blend that supports housing in the Valley. Courtesy CVHT
CHELAN- Chelan Valley Housing Trust’s plan to build eight attainable homes this year was given a big boost at a recent fundraiser hosted by The Landing in Chelan.
The sold out, black-tie event celebrated the first release of Navarre Coulee Vineyards and Tipsy Canyon Winery’s 2020 Neighbors Blend....
The 2023 Manson Apple Blossom Festival royalty were crowned Saturday evening, January 28 at Manson High School during selection festivies. Left to right Princess Briscida Mendez, Queen May Juarez and Princess Alondra Serrato. This year’s festival ‘Luau at the Lake’ will be held Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13. Courtesy Norm Manly
CHELAN - Chelan County and community partners will conduct the annual Homeless Point in Time Count from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, at the YWCA in Wenatchee, 212 First St. The information gathered annually by local municipalities and nonprofits participating in the national event...
NCW - Applications are now being accepted for the Upper Valley Scholarship supported by P.E.O. Chapter JF, Leavenworth. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist women in need of financial help in returning to higher education at an accredited university, college, or technical school in the...
Chuck Robinson
CHELAN - Long time Chelan resident Chuck Robinson has been elected to a leadership position in the regional Lions Club International (LCI) reorganization. The region's districts, located in British Columbia, Washington and Northern Idaho are reorganizing into five districts, from the current nine...
Tsillan Cellars new wine tasting/ event facility in Woodinville is receiving acclaim for setting new standards of wine tasting elegance and was featured on the cover of the Winter 2023 edition of Washington Tasting Room Magazine. Courtesy Tsillan Cellars
CHELAN - Tsillan Cellars, founded in 2000, and the Lake Chelan AVA, designated in 2009, continue to receive recognition as rising stars in the Northwest wine industry. Each year wines from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia that have won gold medals in selected competitions are invited...
Exactly a month after the opening of Lake Chelan Health Hospital, the First Baby of 2023 was born to new parents Litzy Valdovinos and Ramiro Espino. In the early morning hours of Thursday, January 5, Aylani Espino-Valdovinos was born bright and early at 9:20 a.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 2 1/2 ounces. Pictured with the new parents are OB Manager Kerry Finerty (left) and OB/RN Juliana England (right). First-time parents Ramiro and Litzy were presented with a baby basket donated by Hospital Guild B. The basket included diapers, a baby blanket and a variety of other items to congratulate the new parents. Baby Aylani was delivered by Resident Dr. Elizabeth Buck and Dr. Tobe Harberd from Columbia Valley Community Health (CVCH) and Lake Chelan Health nurses Brenda Brodigan, Juliana England and Kerry Finerty. In the first month since opening the new hospital, there have been six babies born in the Lake Chelan Health Labor and Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP) unit. If you are expecting and would like to schedule a tour of the LDRP unit, please contact Kerry Finerty at kfinerty@lcch.net Courtesy Lake Chelan Health Hospital
The Right Reverend Bishop Gretchen M. Rehberg, of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane (left), and (right) the now retired Rev. Linda Mayer of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Chelan. Courtesy Terry J. LaBrue
CHELAN - "Wow, how time flies." was Rev. Linda Mayer's observation as she announced last Sunday, (Jan. 1) the next weekly service would be her last as priest of the historic St. Andrew's Parish in Downtown Chelan.
Mayer was ordained a priest by then-Bishop James E. Waggoner Jr. of the Episcopal...
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