Local Features
Dori Pratt was surrounded by art at an early age by her father who was a sculptor and painter.
Finding joy in art, she received her Bachelors in Fine Art and taught high school art. In her retirement she enjoys painting with oils and watercolors as well as making jewelry as a Silversmith.
While not...
UV Mend Human Services Director Bob Mark
As you all know, Upper Valley MEND is growing, and with that our staffing capacity needs to change as well. I am excited to announce that Bob Mark will be stepping into a new role as Human Services Director, overseeing MEND's service-related programs.
"I'm excited to kinda lean into it and stretch...
More happiness, less stress, better relationships. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Latest research shows that living generously – that is, developing a consistent practice of donating your time, talents, and treasures—may reap more rewards for the giver than the receiver.
We all can relate to the “...
2022 Royal Lady Sharon Waters
Sharon Waters wears many hats in this community. Whether it be as a City Councilmember, a board member on multiple community committees and coalitions, a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Now she will wear the official title of f Leavenworth’s 2022 Royal Lady of the Autumn Leaves.
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Camp Fire NCW youth programs are just starting back up in Chelan/Douglas, Grant, Okanogan and Adams Counties after stopping programs due to Covid. You do not need to be a member to sell candy to earn your way to camp. Now is the time to earn that extra cash needed to be able to spend a great week...
Mountain Meadows
Mountain Meadows, a Leavenworth– based provider of assisted living for seniors, is proud to announce that they are the recipient of Pinnacle Quality Insight’s 2022 Customer Experience Award. Qualifying for the award in the categories of Overall Satisfaction, Personal Care, Variety of Food/Menu...
Susan Riggs
We wanted to say a warm thank you to our long-time volunteer, Susan Riggs, as she steps back from her volunteer role.
Susan has been volunteering for Upper Valley MEND since we started the organization in the basement of the Methodist Church in 1988, when she was the librarian at the Leavenworth...
Give NCW, a crowdfunding campaign that runs from Thanksgiving Day to December 31, raised $666,869 for 62 nonprofit organizations throughout Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan Counties last year. The 2021 campaign broke all previous records, marking new heights for the total amount raised, the number of...
Photo Courtesy of Plain Valley Ski Trail Downtown Plain, WA and a portion of the Plain Valley Nordic Trails.
Last March (2021), in the tiny resort town of Jackson, Wyoming, the Intermountain Division Junior National Ski Team hosted the U.S. Western Youth Nordic Championships. As the first racer from the Plain Valley Nordic Team (PVNT) entered the start gate on day one of racing, the announcer, after...
Photo by Diane Priebe Dan McConnell painting his 2022 artist auction bowl.
Well, like many of you, we hoped 2022 would mark a return to the Upper Valley Empty Bowls (UVEB) festival of past years: glazing of hand-thrown pottery bowls in January, community soup supper in March, and raising money for our Community Cupboard Food Bank in a variety of other community-minded...
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