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Kids, dogs, scour the Valley Saturday, search for treatfilled eggs Page 2
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‘Rattlesnake Dawn’ wins with judges in photo contest
New hospital on track to open May 6; ribbon cutting April 10 Page 5
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Vol. 101, No. 46
More than 20 local photographers, several of them teens, submitted entries last month for the Valley Record’s annual Amateur Photography Contest. Subject matter ranged from Seattle skylines to wildlife in photographer’s back yards. Winners Courtesy Photo are announced on Jim Reitz of North Bend took first place with this image of “sunrise on a chilly morning at Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, ” in the pages 10 and 11, Valley Record’s annual Amateur Photography Contest. and online.
Civil War in the Valley
Northwest native, Denise Stone, upcycles U.S. history By ALLYCE ANDREW Staff Reporter
“When I get involved in things, I really like to get involved,” Denise Stone stated in her North Bend home, where she’s been hand-sewing 15 Civil War-era gowns and long-tail tuxedos since March. Stone’s living room has transformed into a haven for dated dresses, drapes, bed ruffles and Allyce Andrew/Staff Photo
Left: Denise Stone holds a gown she created for an April 18 Civil War ball at Sallal Grange.
hoop skirts, which she’s repurposing into period garb for 15 family and friends, ranging from 8 to 55 years old, to wear to an April 18 militia ball, though they aren’t all willing participants. “I had to bribe some people,” she laughed. “My daughter had a surgery and I told her, ‘For my taking care of you, you’re going to have to go and be the belle of the ball.’” She said she bribed her husband with “favors” and her son with gas money. Her son signed a contract for a 50 percent payment up front and 50 percent after the ball, the deal being he’s going as a Union officer and bringing his girlfriend. For dress forms, Stone made makeshift mannequins from her steel, knights in armor she’s wrapped in muslin. She said she doesn’t use patterns, does all of the designing in her head and her sewing experience comes solely from a “home ec.” class she took in eighth grade. Stone, a Seattle native, is a retired special agent law enforcement officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as of January 2014. SEE CIVIL WAR, 3
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