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Wine and dine


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Poet put in his place


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Leavenworth ... serving up a


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and

K
evin “KC” Camarillo,
executive chef of dining
services at Central
Washington University, and
Amy Mumma, coordinator
of the World Wines Program at CWU
have agreed to team up to provide
Seasons with food and wine pairings. MBA in wine from the University of in restaurants by earning a degree
Camarillo came up with the recipe Bordeaux, and advanced certificate of from Scottsdale Culinaray Institute
suggestion and Mumma researched Wine and Spirits from the Wine and in Arizona. He was hired by CWU as
the wines that would complement and Spirit Education Trust in London and a executive chef in 2008 and also hosts
enhance the meal. diploma in tasting from the Université “Cooking with KC” on KCWU-TV.
Mumma founded the CWU World de Bourgogne in Dijon, France.
Wines Program in 2003. She holds an Camarillo added to his career
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By AMY MUMMA
Shrimp
garnish for flavor, color and the citrus and in Washington
coordinator World Wines texture. There is a delightful melon notes and Argentina.
Program at CWU variety of drinks to pair counteract Viognier is slightly
with this meal, so don’t hold the chili. lower acid and fuller
Some drink pairings for back! All the wines and other Choose a bodied than Sauvi-
CWU Chef KC’s Scampi supplies can be found right sauvignon gnon Blanc and tastes
Camarones. here in Kittitas County.  blanc with of apricots, orange and
This dish consists of large less herba- spice. Try an C.R. Sandidge
scampi over a choice of pasta Sauvignon Blanc ceous notes Winery Viognier  from
and rice. The ingredients White wine is always a such as the Chateau Washington for a treat.
of cream, butter, garlic and favorite with seafood. Try Ste. Michelle sauvignon blanc
onions are counteracted a chilled Sauvignon Blanc. or a Sauvignon Blanc from Merlot
beautifully by a kick of The acidity of the sauvignon Chile. Avoid New Zealand For the red wine lovers,
citrus, chili and Worchester blanc will cut through the sauvignon blanc as they have do not despair. A soft, fruity
sauce with a Pancetta cream and bacon while too many grassy notes. Washington merlot will make
My favorite pairing is a an excellent match. Again,
specialty drink from Argen- we can turn to Chateau Ste.
It’s our people that tina. Pour a glass of sauvignon
blanc and add 4 teaspons of
Michelle Indian Wells Merlot
as a staple. 
make the difference! pure cane sugar. Mix well and
add a slice of lime. Delicious Beer
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From the Kitchen
From the kitchen of Kevin
“KC” Camarillo, campus
executive chef dining
services, CWU.

Scampi Camarones
3 each garlic cloves, chopped
½ cup tomatoes, sundried in
oil, chopped
¼ cup oregano, fresh
chopped
¼ cup capers
½ lbs butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper, black
ground
1 teaspoon chili flakes
¼ cup lemon, juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce MCT
12 large shrimp Chef KC Camarillo’s scampi camarones recipe calls for 12 large shrimp.
½ cup heavy cream
processor. Blend until smooth. a large sauté pan with 1 In the same sauce pan
1 pound pasta, cooked Place butter in a sealable teaspoon extra virgin olive add ½ cup of butter and the
Place garlic, tomato, tub. Refrigerate. oil. Place shrimp in pan and heavy cream. Bring to a soft
oregano, capers, butter, salt, Make sure shrimp are cook until tender (not all the bubbling action. Add the
pepper, chili flakes, lemon peeled and clean way through). Remove from pasta and the shrimp.
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Brian Myrick / Daily Record
Central Washington University English professor Joseph Powell, 57, recently won a $25,000 grant from the
National Endowment of Arts for his poetry.

Poet put in his place


By MICHAEL GALLAGHER English professor, and a 2009 last 25 years. This will free my explorations.
assistant editor National Endowment of the summers up to write.” “I’m more interested in

M
Arts Grant recipient. Powell figures the grant other people and animals,”
ost everyone “Poetry is free from the pop grants him four summers. Powell said.
can name culture,” Powell said. “That’s Although he has applied
a poet: a good thing. It doesn’t have Not on the likely suspect list for the grant six times, when
Robert Frost, the sell things.” As contemporary poetry is he received the call from
Elizabeth But poets have to eat, pay to modern culture, Powell’s the National Endowment
Browning, E.E. Cummings, the bills and perhaps get preferred form of poetic organizer his first thought
Alfred Tennyson, Walt coffee now and then. Powell expression is to contempo- was that it was a prank.
Whitman and an all-star list has supported himself for the rary poetry. In other words, “I was astounded,” Powell
of others comes to mind. past 25 years by teaching at he’s not the flavor of the said.
It’s just a bit tougher to CWU. month, even among those It’s not that Powell is a
name one who isn’t dead The $25,000 National who only sample at the poet without props. He’s had
— long dead for that matter. Endowment of Arts Grant exotic flavors counter. books of poems published,
Joseph Powell is a poet, a provides Powell a modicum “I tend to write poems co-authored a book on meter
live one. That might doom of freedom from those work- with a narrative,” Powell said. with fellow CWU professor
him to pop culture obscurity, day demands. “Most of poetry has moved Mark Halperin, received
but he seems fine with that. “The idea behind the grant very far from that.” the 2004 Scholar of the Year
Powell, age 57, is an is to free you up to write,” Powell said the poetry that Award at CWU, scored an
Ellensburg native, a Central Powell said. “In my case, I’ve receives most notice now
Washington University taught summers for 21 of the reflects a poet’s introspective Continued on page 9
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Artist Trust Grant in 2005
and has received numerous
acknowledgments for his
poetry.
It just that he knew how
highly competitive the grant
was.
“More than 1,000 people
applied,” Powell said. “You
have to have a book just to
apply.”

Path to poetry
Powell grew up on a small
farm outside of Ellensburg.
He was not the kid who
sprinkled quotes from
“The Iliad” into casual
conversation.
“I was completely into
sports,” Powell said. “I played
football, basketball and
baseball.”
He went to the Univer-
sity of Washington as a
math major, switched to
psychology and ended as an
English major.
“I wasn’t really very good at
English,” Powell said. “I didn’t
write my first poem until I
was 21.”
Powell eventually took a
creative writing course and
began to find his calling.
“I liked poems. I started
reading John Keats,” Powell
said. “I liked the language.”
A poet named John Haines
visited campus and read his
poems about homesteading
in Alaska.
“They were poems I Brian Myrick/ Daily Record
Joseph Powell tends to his garden at his home northwest of Ellensburg on July 30. Powell, a writer
Continued on page 10 and poet, gets inspiration from his outdoor surroundings.

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Poems by Joe Powell
was attracted to,” Powell
said. “Like anyone who is
attracted to art, who admires
something, I wanted to do
that.”
Powell said poetry is THE LIBRARIAN
difficult and he struggled at
first. He was helped greatly We are getting old together
by legendary UW English and have lain beside each DESIRE
professor Nelson Bentley.
“I don’t think I would have other’s nakedness so long The blackboard eraser breathes the words it ate,
kept at it if if wasn’t for him,” the sap and sinew inside us, the way we cannot unthink a sexual thought.
Powell said.
the hook and eye, the push and pull,
Inspired by surroundings no longer tear the day to pieces. The empty grommet, that blue lacy eyelet,
Powell earned his bache- is fastened to one idea, a golden hook.
lor’s degree from the UW, a
master’s in literature from Turtles and hares of the mind
CWU, and a master’s of fine now feed in the same places. Distances The boat is nothing without its length of lake,
arts from the University of
Arizona. and sullen phantoms that fed the heart the wake is nothing without its moving boat.
At the end of the MFA when we were young
process he had one small
detour.
can hardly remember their differences. The shovel excavating each depression
“I came back here and drove The new ones trust loves the flinty dark it travels toward.
a laundry truck, and then that embers cool to ash.
went back and finished in the
winter of ’81,” Powell said. All our instruments need their objects:
Unfortunately his stack Our nothingness makes you more beautiful: the hammer’s claw is drawn to the nail’s resistance.
of degrees failed to impress
employers. A hand absently drying a plate,
“When I got out, after three a finger turning a page, the way If the window’s muddled by the windowshade,
degrees I couldn’t find a job,”
Powell said. “I went back
our travels pool behind a faraway glance. roll up the afternoon, roll down the night.
and got a teaching certificate
and taught high school for a We’ve come to believe love’s librarian Let sun and moon, this yang and yin, abide
year.”
Powell said he enjoyed wanders our corridors of books until the eye is blinded by belief.
teaching in Sequim, but looking not for a way out,
jumped at the chance to join
the English department at nor an elastic metaphysics— The fork dreams of the pie’s embroidery.
CWU. signs and wonders— The shoe longs to impress the solid earth.
“They had just added
an English requirement
but the best read
at Central,” Powell said. for the lateness of the hour.
“Suddenly they had a big
need. At that point they
hadn’t hired anyone in the
English department in 17
ADOLESCENT DEERMOUSE
years.” One icy night was all it took his front feet pulled to his chin
Although Powell was
composition director at CWU for this thirst in the cold to find him. eating a final crumb of space,
for seven years, it was several Last night I hauled the chickens water that zero zero makes at the ends of pipes.
years before he obtained
tenure.
and today this furball in the five-gallon bucket A life so small and light
He had no aversion to couldn’t make himself smaller it almost couldn’t fall
returning to Ellensburg. His against this season when I turned the bucket over,
family still lived in the area,
and over the years Kittitas whose slick walls he couldn’t climb. landing as noislessly
Valley has served as his muse. His tail was tucked under him as a flake of snow.
“Everything I write comes
out of this place,” Powell said. as if sitting on a rail, heading elsewhere,
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Brian Myrick / Daily Record
The charm of the shops and restaurants along Front Street lure visitors to Leavenworth.

in Lederhosen” includes a category for self-determination.


By MARY SWIFT dogs. (It also includes a category for My family discovered Leavenworth
staff writer “most unusual.” A goat in lederhosen three decades ago and, for a dozen

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won that one year.) years, when our children were young,
hen she graduated from Ah, those crazy chicken-dancing, it was the place we spent Christmas.
Central Washington beer-drinking, sausage and sauerkraut- My oldest daughter’s mother-in-law,
University in 2004, eating Bavarian wannabees! Bavarian-born and raised and now a
Susan Schweizer used They do have fun — and they prove it U.S. citizen, considers it a treasure. She’s
her graduation money year-round. among an estimated 2.5 million people,
to start a pet shop in Leavenworth. An old railroad town, Leavenworth from across the country and across the
Along with the usual array of was facing its economic deathbed globe, who visit Leavenworth annually,
pet paraphernalia, Schweizer sells when, in the early 1960s, it opted to drawn by the area’s natural beauty,
lederhosen. reinvent itself as a Bavarian-themed recreational opportunities, shops,
For dogs. village. Forty-plus years later, rimmed restaurants, lodging and entertainment.
Call that a perfect fit in a town where by Alp-like peaks and perched along Fall is huge. Mother Nature sets the
lederhosen is as common as beer and the Wenatchee River, Leavenworth is
an annual contest called “Looking Good a successful study in tourist industry Continued on page 13
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scene, the area’s foliage erupting into a Kris Kringl, a two-story shop where “Culinary Travels with Dave Eckert.”
breath-taking spectacle of color. Christmas is always in season Chocolate lovers get their fix at
Celebrations kick off with the annual (merchandise ranges from limited Visconti’s, a consistent recipient of
Salmon Festival at the Leavenworth Fish edition Christopher Radko items to Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence.
Hatchery Sept. 19 and 20. The Autumn bubble lights) and a sleigh bearing a Overlooking Front Street, the restaurant
Leaf Festival, Leavenworth’s longest life-size Santa hangs from the high has second- and third-floor seating and
running festival, follows on Sept. 25-27 ceiling. an outside deck.
with three days of free entertainment Eating spots abound. Munchen Reservations are suggested and
including the annual parade at noon on Haus Bavarian Grill and Beer Garden, a window-seating, for quality Front
the 26th. popular outdoor-seating only sausage, Street people-watching, is recom-
Oktoberfest, born in 1998, drew 400 beer and wine spot on Front Street, mended. Visconti’s White Chocolate
people the first year. The festival, which features spirited Bavarian music on its Raspberry Cheesecake was chosen for
features food, beer and bands, and is sound system, apple cider sauerkraut “The Chocolate Lover’s Guide to the
spread over three consecutive weekends for its sausages and a family (and dog) Northwest.”
beginning A few
Oct. 3 now blocks away,
draws gingerbread
25,000 people (men,
people women and
annually. children)
Per tradi- have been
tion, Mayor marching out
Rob Eaton the door of
kicks off the the Ginger-
festival by bread Factory
tapping the for nearly 21
keg of beer. years.
His How many?
political “A whole
fortunes army. We
hang in the definitely
balance make a lot of
— or so gingerbread,”
goes the Anita Snyder,
superstition who’s owned
that says the business
that if he for six years,
doesn’t do says laughing
it right he as she rolls
won’t be out dough.
re-elected. Fall marks
Chris- the start of
kindlmarkt, Brian Myrick / Daily Record the busy
a Bavarian- season,
style Balconies, flags, and umbrellas add to the European charm along Front Street in Leavenworth. at least in
Christmas terms of
market, is gingerbread,
scheduled Nov. 28 and 29. It serves up friendly beer garden that is cooled by as Snyder and her staff focus on hand-
craft and food booths, entertainment misters in the summer, warmed by an crafted gingerbread houses fresh-baked
and lantern-decorating for children. outdoor fireplace and propane heaters from scratch and no one house the
The good news for Leavenworth in cooler months. same as another. (As with the real
visitors? You don’t need a festival for fun. At Pavz Café Bistro on Front Street, housing market, size affects price.
A steady menu of music (often passersby can stand at the window Cottages start at $14. Mansions run
involving accordions) is served up and watch owner Bill Brownlee and $140.)
regularly from the gazebo at the city his crew serve up a repertoire that Gingerbread may be the mainstay
park on Front Street. (It never hurts to includes both savory and sweet crepes. but the shop also serves up over-sized
know the Chicken Dance.) Horse-drawn The restaurant may be small but it’s heart-shaped sugar cookies smoth-
carriages, rental scooters and a trolley gotten notice in the Alaska Airlines ered in pink frosting to cream cheese
provide alternatives for those who don’t in-flight magazine and “Good Living,” brownies, apple strudel, and a host
want to walk around the downtown and earned mention in the New York of other treats. That’s not to mention
area. Times as well as the Seattle Times.
Shops are plentiful. Among them: It’s also gained attention from PBS’ Continued on page 14
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quiche, salads and other
deli offerings, plus an array
of gingerbread-themed gift,
cooking and décor items.
Lodging options in Leaven-
worth range from chain
motel rooms to European or
rustic-themed inns, cabins
and bed-and-breakfast
places.
At the Enzian Inn, owner
Rob Johnson (or his father
Bob) play the alphorn,
Switzerland’s national
instrument, each day. Across
the street, golfers can try
their skills out on the 18-hole
championship bent-grass
putting course, Enzian Falls,
which features a 20-foot
waterfall and mountain goats
for your gallery.
Hotel Pension Anna,
a small, elegant hotel in
downtown Leavenworth,
includes two units created Brian Myrick / Daily Record
out of what was the former
St. Joseph Catholic Church. The warm red bricks and colorful plants outside the Baren Haus restaurant along Front Street lure visi-
The church was replaced in tors inside for a hot meal or a cold beer. A big stuffed bear (below) often greets diners at the door.
the 1990s and the former
sanctuary, built in 1913, was Lady Lodge Mountain 6344 for information. n Louie and Judy
moved to a site on Commer- Retreat on Icicle Road, a Just for fun, while you’re Wagoner’s Icicle Ridge
cial Street. The results are place where worries disap- in the area stop at KOHO Winery in nearby Peshastin
heavenly. The ceiling soars pear. Trails meander radio, home of is a must-see destination for
in Alte Kapelle, the tastefully through quiet Icicle Broad- wine lovers, in part because
and luxuriously turned out grounds. A large casting, for a it makes good wine, as much
“chapel suite” that includes organic garden photo with because it also offers a not-
a sitting room with fireplace, offers seating the life-size soon-to-be-forgotten setting.
Jacuzzi tub and European area for reading Elvis standing The Wagoners’ 5,000-square
king bed. Stairs in the suite or meditation. outside. foot log home is built of
lead to two single beds in An abundance (Summer or 16-inch logs and serves as
a sleeping loft that was of art graces winter, he’s the winery’s tasting room. It’s
once part of the choir loft. the build- a hunka- distinctive enough to have
The smaller parish nook ings and hunka- been featured on a number
also features a high ceiling, grounds hunka of TV shows including a piece
European furnishings and from nine burning love.) H & G did on Christmas in
old arched windows. large fiber- Consider this Leavenworth.
Outside of Leavenworth, glass salmon an appetizer n The noise and energy of
Run of the River Lodge sculptures on and hardly the festivals isn’t for everyone.
offers luxury suites in an the banks of full meal deal. For those looking for a
adult-only, romantic setting the river to the Leavenworth quieter sojourn in Leaven-
good enough to earn Four Chihuly “Icicles,” is a place worth, Waterfront Park is
Stars from “Best Places in the a spectacularly where one one of the town’s best-kept
Northwest” and four “lips” stunning glass visit automati- secrets. A flat trail wends
from “Best Places to Kiss.” sculpture — lit cally demands its way along the river, past
Each suite includes a rain- at night — that another and interpretive signs, benches
head shower, stone-sided explodes out of each season and small beaches. It’s
Jacuzzi and an old typewriter a mammoth serves up a perfect place for bird-
for you to “release your boulder. different watching in the spring,
hidden Hemingway.” Guests as well flavors of salmon-watching in the fall
Cozy cabins in a serene as non-guests are welcome things to see and do.
setting mark the Sleeping to tour the art. Call (509) 548- Some things of note: Continued on page 15
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To get there ENJOY FALL ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL
To get to Leavenworth, take Highway 97 over Blewett EVENTS, TRIPS & TOURS
Pass and go left on Highway 2 which runs straight through at the
Leavenworth. Parking in town is at a premium on busy
weekends. For those who don’t mind a bit of a walk, try ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER
parking at Waterfront Park. Daily Activities
More information MONDAYS •
Exercise 8 a.m.
TUESDAYS •
Computer Lab 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Computer Lab 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Bridge 8:30 a.m.
For information on everything from festivals and food to Table Pool 9 a.m. Foot Care 8:30 a.m.
recreation to rooms, visit the Leavenworth Visitors Center Lunch Noon
(Call 933-3333 for Reservation)
(Call for an appointment)
Computer Class Morning & Afternoon
just off Highway 2 in downtown Leavenworth. Information Wii Bowling 1 p.m. (2nd/3rd of month)
also is available at www.leavenworth.org. (Forget the heavy bowling ball...This is a
fun & interactive game for everyone)
Lunch Noon
(Call 933-3333 for Reservation)
Ping Pong 1:00 p.m. Beading 1 p.m.
or relaxing in any season. n Ryan Johnson and S.A.I.L. 3 p.m. (Bring your own beads or buy a beading
kit to make a necklace or bracelet)
n The Leavenworth area Julie Lodge of Leavenworth WEDNESDAYS • Embroidery 1:30 p.m.
is the largest producer of Walking Tours offer pleasant Exercise 8 a.m. Craft Social 1:30 p.m.
Computer Lab 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (Except 2nd of month)
organic pears in the country. walking tours that share
Table Pool 9 a.m.
Fruit stands dot the area. stories of the town’s many Mexican THURSDAYS •
If you’re traveling with murals and its evolution into Dominoes 9:00 a.m. Computer Lab 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Computer Class Morning & Pine Needle
children, a stop at Small- a Bavarian-themed village. Basketry 9 a.m.
Afternoon
wood’s Harvest on Highway n Alpine Lakes Cheese, (2nd/3rd of month) Table Pool 9 a.m.
2 east of Leavenworth is in a sheep farm 10 miles Blood Pressure 10 a.m. Lunch Noon
(Call 933-3333 for Reservation)
order. Dubbed “the Disney- east of Leavenworth on (1st / 3rd of month)
Word Pictures 1 p.m.
Lunch Noon
land of fruit stands” by some Highway 97, offers hands- (Call 933-3333 for reservation) (2nd / 4th of month)
locals, its attractions include on cheese making classes Men’s Bridge 1 p.m. Pinochle/Bridge 1 p.m.
a picnic area, a petting zoo, every Saturday through S.A.I.L. 3 p.m.
FRIDAYS •
rides on a miniature “cow
train,” horseshoes, a maze
September. Classes are
by reservation only. For
Sept. Trips & Exercise
Computer Lab
8 a.m.
8 a.m.-4 p.m.
and, in the fall, a scarecrow- information, go to www. Special Events Wood Carving
Massage
9 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
making contest. alpinelakescheese.com. (2nd / 4th of month)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10: Potluck Lunch Noon-1:30 p.m.
Wind Farm. Cost: $5 (1st of month)
Time: 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Movie 12:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: (3rd of month) - Starting in October
Mill Bay Casino. Cost: $30 (Sponsored by Royal Vista)
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Birthday 1 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16: (Last Fri. of month)
Puyallup Fair. Cost: $40 (Sponsored by Dry Creek Assisted Living)
(Includes admission) S.A.I.L. 3 p.m.
Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
(A quarterly, $3 user fee is applied to daily activities)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17:
Fort Simcoe. Cost: $30 Sign up for AAC’s
(Includes picnic lunch) monthly
Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. newsletter!
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18: $1 per issue
Odessa Deutschesfest. Cost: $26
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22:
Toppenish Murals. Cost: $20
(Includes wagon ride)
Time: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25:
The Lady, The Legend….Jeanne
Cody as Patsy Cline. Cost: $5
(Includes banana splits)
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Brian Myrick / MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28:
Daily Record Ballard Locks
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29:
Bavarian style Snoqualmie Casino. Cost: $20
For information
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
architecture WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:
regarding any of these events
dominates the Gold Creek and Boulder Cave.
or activities contact the
Ellensburg Adult Activity Center
landscape in Cost: $23 • Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
and around Volunteers needed for the Senior Lounge at the 509-962-7242 | 506 S. Pine St.
Kittitas County Fair from Thursday, Sept. 3rd to
kellk@cityofellensburg.org
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Fall 2009 Seasons 15


Winterization program expands reach
By MICHAEL GALLAGHER
assistant editor

H
omeowners who did not
think energy assistance and
weatherization programs
applied to them, may want
to think again. Federal mon-
ey has allowed HopeSource to expand the
range of those who qualify.
Ben Eckley, energy services coordina-
tor for HopeSource, said the eligibility
requirement has been redefined from
families earning 125 percent of the pov-
erty level to those at 200 percent of the
poverty level.
“We’ll be able to reach more households
in the low- to moderate-income range,”
Eckley said.
Eckley said it’s possible HopeSource
may be able to double the number of
homes in the program.
“Historically we’ve done two to three
homes a month,” Eckley said. “We want
to be ranging up to five to six.”
Assistance is comprehensive, start-
ing with an in-home conservation
evaluation.
“We start with an energy analysis,”
Eckley said.
Eckley said the purpose of the evaluation
is to determine how much is set cost and
high much additional is generated by heat-
ing and cooling. While people call about how
bills in the winter, Eckley said those people
are usually paying too much year round. Common leaks Quick hints
“We look for ways to save money,” Eck-
ley said. According the Energy Star literature, the most common Ben Eckley, energy services
If the person qualifies, the program household air leaks are: coordinator with HopeSource,
includes weatherization work. said one spot people often
Eckley said weatherization traditionally A: Behind Kneewalls lights miss is making sure the attic
involved replacing windows and doors, but B: Attic hatch F: Recessed lights hatch is insulated. He also said
analysis conducted by the Department of
Energy indicated those types of improve- C: Wiring holes G: Furnace flue or duct silicone calking is an easy way
ments do not have the highest payback. D: Plumbing vent chaseways to seal around pipes, and that
“Duct sealing is very cheap and the pay- H: Basement rim joists wrapping exterior pipes not
back is phenomenal,” Eckley said.
E: Open soffit (the box only protects from freezing but
Insulating along heat ducts is critical, that hides recessed I: Windows and doors also conserves energy.
Eckley said.
“The heat from your furnace is the most
expensive air in the house,” Eckley said.
Eckley said another beneficial exercise ciency, Eckley said there is also some tions and eligibility, call HopeSource at
is air sealing — looking for all the leaks in money available for health and safety 925-1448 (Ellensburg), or (509) 674-2374
a house. He said an easy way to do that is work — making sure there is adequate (Cle Elum).
carry a burning incense stick through a ventilation so there are no problems asso- Eckley said even though there is more
house and see where the air is drawn. ciated with moisture build-up. money for the projects, there is a waiting
In addition to improving energy effi- For information on income qualifica- list. Applications are taken year round.
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Celluar
advances
By BARB OWENS memory,
staff writer which

C
allows him
ell phone to take
technology has pictures,
come a long “videos for
way from the days” and
first commer- download
cial mobile produced by music.
Motorola in 1983. It was “I have
called DynaTAC and weighed just as much
a little short of two pounds. music on
Recent devices are not my phone as Brian Myrick / Daily Record
only getting more petite, most people
but are sounding more do on their Peter Later, with Wild Haven Construction in Ellensburg, uses his AT&T Blackberry
delicious. Cell phones today iPods,” he 9000 while working on a house under construction along Canterbury Drive.
are liable to whet an appetite said.
with names like Chocolate, Chris
Blackberry, Apple, Cookie Kerney works with Leonard of Call Me! AT&T on North
and of course Ice Cream. as a sales associate at The Main Street, agrees about County Cellular
What these new phones can
do is also notable. Making a
Shack. He’s been there for
three years.
current trends. Touch screens
and full keypads are most
Service Dealers
call may be the last thing a cell “The biggest thing being popular with his customers. Alpha Wireless (Verizon),
phone is used for anymore. pushed right now of course “People are talking
Most mobile phones on is the touch screen,” Kerney person-to-person less and
708 E. University Way
the market today include a said. “The most popular ones less,” Flores said. “It’s all Totally Cellular (US Cellular),
digital camera, shoot video, are iPhones, which are based about texting now.” 409 S. Main St.
play music, send e-mail, get off of heat. So your fingers The LG Xenon and Black-
directions and text message. are what actually make the berries are some of the most The Shack (AT&T, Sprint,
Communication and enter- touch screen work.” popular phones Flores sells. Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile),
tainment needs are indeed Other touch screen phones Many people inquire about 304 S. Water St.
getting convenient. Consoli- use pressure sensors, Kerney the Apple iPhone, but Call Call Me! AT&T, 702 N. Main St.
dating all these features into said. Me! AT&T doesn’t carry those.
one small device also frees up “A big thing with the new Only corporate stores, Best Intermountain Radio Shack
valuable pocket space. generation is having a full Buy and Wal Mart carry them. Dealer (AT&T, Boost Mobile),
“I found myself carrying keypad so they can text,” “We can help them out 208 E. First St., Cle Elum
iPods, headphones, cell Kerney said. He didn’t text with customer care or
phone, it was just getting himself at first but admits, ordering online,” Flores said. Moines, Iowa. Her thumbs
to be a pain in the butt,” “you kind of get forced into it.” The popularity of texting really paid off, she won $50,000.
said Arlin Leonard, general Full keypads can be has grown tremendously. LG But for those who want
manager at The Shack on exposed on many phones Electronics held a National a basic model that does
Water Street in Ellensburg. when slid or flipped open, Texting Championship in New nothing but place and receive
Leonard’s Sony Ericsson sideways or vertically. York in June. The winner was
phone has an expandable Ostric Flores, co-owner 15-year-old Kate Moore of Des Continued on page 15
18 Fall 2009 Seasons
continue to sell at high rates will be entirely waterproof,
Fast Facts and contracts don’t start thus saving consumers
adjusting their pricing. Boost the anguish of discovering
Year end figures for December 2008: Mobile is an example of a their warranty or insurance
Number of wireless subscribers 270.3 million prepaid cell phone with no doesn’t cover water damage.
contract. Another concept phone
Percent of United States population 87 percent “Boost Mobile gets you plans to allow its users to
Wireless-only households 17.5 percent unlimited talk, text, Web, GPS charge its battery by walking,
Annual total wireless revenue $148.1 billion for $50 a month,” Kerney running or shaking it. It also
said. “People are going crazy has a built-in pedometer and
Annual minutes of use 2.1 trillion for it.” heart-rate monitor.
Monthly text messages 110.4 billion Owning the newest cell LG Electronics has created
phone gadgets today is a new touch screen watch
Yearly text messages 1 trillion likely to tire a person out phone. According to its Web
911 calls per day 291,000 and empty their wallet. site, It looks like a watch but
Today’s model is tomorrow’s doubles as a high-tech video-
— CTIA, Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association has-been. phone, has voice recognition
What’s in store for the and a Bluetooth headset.
future of cell phones? It also has a text-to-speech
calls and has large buttons, they’re using it while walking Nokia has a concept phone feature that allows the phone
consider a phone like the down the sidewalk or sitting called the Morph. On its Web to read text messages out loud.
Jitterbug. Manufactured alone in a restaurant. site, Nokia claims the Morph More phones in the
by Samsung, the Jitterbug’s Leonard said for a long time will utilize nanotechnology, making have built in projec-
motto is simplicity. people wore them as a fashion which will make the phone tors, which will project onto
“You actually get a dial statement. “Now with the law flexible and stretchy. It will a nearby wall or whiteboard.
tone when you flip it open, it’s a necessity,” he said. be self-cleaning, meaning Some manufactures even
it’s more like a real phone,” With the evolution of it will repel water, dirt and hope to create the image
Leonard said. He said The hardware and accessories fingerprints. with touch sensitivity so the
Shack sells quite a few Jitter- comes the ever-changing cell Other phone manufactures virtual screen can actually
bugs, mostly to older people. phone plan. Most contract are creating phones that interact with the user.
The various accessories that plans today require a
compliment cell phones are one- to two-year agreement.
becoming more advanced too. According to Kerney and 
Bluetooth wireless has Leonard at The Shack, there 
transformed hands-free is no secret loophole or tricks
communication. Before that let users get out of their
Bluetooth, Kerney remem- contracts early.
bers the bulky contraptions “Unless you can find a
that attached to the back way where they broke their
of a car’s headrest. A boom end of the deal, you’re not
microphone stretched getting out of that contract,”
around in front to talk into. Leonard said. 
“It actually blocked your There are other options
sight,” Leonard laughed. though. If a user finds   
Then the next step was someone wanting to switch  
the wired headset and now to their carrier, it can be  
there’s Bluetooth, a totally arranged for them to take 
wireless technology. over the remaining contract.

 
“It sends a wireless signal It works the same way as
to the cell phones and so it someone taking over an  
just transfers the currents apartment lease, provided  

of the phone conversation they pass a credit check. 
to that headset,” Kerney Prepaid phone plans and  
explains. “And the headset pay-as-you-go plans are  

reads the vibrations in your gaining in popularity.  
jaw to pick up the sounds.” “There’s no strings 
Very few of them actually attached,” Kerney said.

have microphones, said “That’s the big thing is people 
Leonard. don’t like being locked into a
The clip-on earpieces that contract for a year or two.” 
enable Bluetooth may cause Perhaps contracts will be 

someone to appear crazy if phased out if prepaid phones
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Fall means preparing for colder temps
F
all. Sunlight no “Last cutting” bales sit trumpeting their prowess
longer beats down
on the sparsely Fresh scattered on green fields
with dun-colored edges.
while silently hoping their
“plaster badge of courage”
protected top of The lifeblood of the farming will keep them off the field
my head. The light start community is turned off until until baseball begins.
seems a little tired, diffused, spring. Rivers and lakes are In the wake of goose bumps
cooler, somehow gentler. Fall Kermit low, having spent themselves too obvious to hide, muscle
has fallen, and will take the Swift feeding rich thirsty harvests. shirts and bare chests give
hot hectic “make hay while contributing columnist The roar of leaf blowers way to long-sleeve work shirts
the sun shines” season down and the scritch-scritch of and “hoodies,” Heavy canvas
with it with a blast of nippy rakes become dominant jackets are dug out of the
air and the silvery wonder of from within. sounds on tree-lined streets backseats and tool boxes of
the seasons’ first frost. Trailers and trucks heaped as summer’s shade trees crew cab pickups just in case.
Around the county with firewood sprout like dance this year’s fandango, The annual run to the tire
hunkering down for winter mushrooms on roadsides dropping their riotous store happens in November
mixes with last minute and in parking lots, their fall-colored fans, ultimately where drivers wait like
outdoor frolics under the value to the “chain saw standing exposed. Their stark expectant fathers for their
suns cooler rays. Youth challenged” clearly declared branches rattling in chilly studs to arrive. Winter and
soccer and football keep kids on hand-lettered signs. winds until spring. ice follow no schedule, but
busy and parents run ragged. Camo is the fashion of The gridiron calls to boys the DOT tries to out guess
Hikers seek the eye-straining the day! Men women and of all ages. It’s a heart-tug so them every year. Those of
beauty of the “fire in the hills” children don “mossy oak strong that boys too young us on higher, steeper terrain
where the cold nights paint breakup” and “woodland” to and skinny and men too know better than to trust
deciduous trees and shrubs publicly practice degrees of old, fat and gimpy report to those guesses. We want our
eye-popping reds, oranges invisibility in crosswalks and back yards and grade school studs NOW. Once they’re on
and yellows that seem to leap grocery stores in preparation fields. Sometimes they wind fall can give way to winter
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