November 2015

‘Tis the

SEASON

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Providing a safe, healthy alternative to tanning Special packages and prices for dances, wedding, parties and any other special occasion you may have

Call us for our November special

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garland, gifts and gravy

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rom the historic‌.to the sublime, our communities sparkle throughout the holiday season with festive light displays, arts and entertainment, special events and a wide variety of shopping, dining and merrymaking.

There is an energy in our communities; a vitality and cooperative effort of people whose talents and creativityinsight and knowledge-compassion and care all have a part to play in making the town you live in a place to warmly call home.

Everything else, the garland, the gifts, the gravy can be considered finishing touches. Some are as simple as placing tinsel on the tree; others are considerably more complex, such as hosting a holiday party with extraordinary details of glitter, bright lights, wrapped gifts and smells of pumpkin pie.

It should come as no surprise that our holiday issue is a collection of finishing touches, with hints to be helpful in all that you are invited to enjoy this winter season and the encouragement to take time with family to cuddle by the fire.

Happy Holidays!

The most uniformly exciting sense of community seems to unfold for the holiday with the main event of the season being the connection with family, and the joy of acquaintances and friends sharing happy holiday moments. Town feels like center, like a place where everybody’s energy collects. It pulls us together.

- Melea Johnson

VENUE MAGAZINE Published by: Venue Media Group, Inc Publisher: Melea Johnson Layout & Design: Joe LaRosee Sales: Melea Johnson, Sue Tebow, Tara Logg Photographer-in-Chief: Robin L. Green / Photographers Roseanna Sales, Jerry Kayser Graphics: Joe LaRosee Contributing Writers: Shawn Erin, Melea Johnson, Jerry Kayser, Sue Tebow

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Happy Holiday Season

welcome to eden salon we are glad you are here customer appreciation day Saturday, November 21 starting at 10 am We will be giving away door prizes, doing makeovers and having hands-on demonstrations throughout the day.

All your favorite products will be 20% off for one day only.

Great idea for holiday gift giving.

You are invited to come and enjoy being with friends.

eden salon, inc 106 W Third Avenue, Moses Lake

509 766-6900 edensaloninc.com

jeannie huck owner/stylist

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Bryan Henninger

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he old JC Penney brick-and-mortar structure in downtown Moses Lake has received more than a fresh coat of paint thanks to long-time residents Warren and Judy Henninger and their son Bryan Henninger. The Henningers needed a new home for their growing family business, Ag World Support Systems, and saw the building as an opportunity to expand their office space, while at the same time helping to revitalize Moses Lake’s main street by turning the empty building into a multi-tenant office and retail space.

“The building sat empty for a number of years and although it has ‘good bones,’ a lot of work needed to be done to update the building both inside and out,” stated Bryan Henninger. “Our hope is that the new building will provide a special place that will help keep downtown Moses Lake vibrant.”

It’s About Family

When it came time to name the building, the Henningers wanted to honor their family heritage. The name “Smith Martin” is a tribute to family roots—Smith is Warren’s mother’s maiden name (Jeanette Smith) and Martin is Judy’s mother’s maiden name (Vierlyn Martin).

The Smith Martin Building is located on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Division Street and is home to several retail and professional businesses.

Renovation work still continues in areas of the building to accommodate future tenants and space is still available for rent.

To learn more about what the Smith Martin Building has to offer, stop by the Ag World Support Systems offices on the second floor or visit:

smithmartinbuilding.com

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rom its humble beginnings in the Moses Lake, Washington home of Warren & Judy Henninger, Ag World Support Systems has grown into an international company serving farmers and food processors throughout the United States, Canada and China. As a family-owned company for nearly 20 years, Ag World is committed to honoring God in all things and is dedicated to providing the best quality services to its customers. Ag World recently

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located its international headquarters to the Smith Martin Building (former JC Penney building) in Moses Lake’s downtown business corridor.

Ag World provides independent, third-party inspection services for a variety of agricultural products, which helps growers and processors manage their products and increase their production. Ag World’s inspections provide detailed analysis and verification of product quality, condition and

integrity. Ag World prides itself on being a “value added” business by generating inspection information that is used by both growers and processors to fine tune their operations and maximize their profits.

Ag World is proud to be a member of the agricultural industry of the Columbia Basin and is delighted to be part of Moses Lake’s downtown business community. For more information, visit www.AgInspections.com.

A place to enjoy with friends

by Melea Johnson

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ugar free, caffeine free, white chocolate with cream. She remembers. When I walk into Mason’s Place, I am met with the warmth of a smile and a hot mug of my favorite coffee memorized from the very first time I ordered. Heather Mason cares for her customers who quickly become her friends. It’s not hard for her. She genuinely has a love for people and it shows. The name Mason’s Place is a tribute to her family that has been grounded in our community through generations. She exudes a strong sense of the love and importance of family, and rightfully so. Fond stories are shared in conversation as customers recall the Mason family members they are fortunate to know.

Mason’s Place is simply the coffee shop you always want to go to.

Once visited, you know you’ll be back. With friends. It is all you wish it to be. There is something about opening the door to a coffee shop and getting that scent and sounds of freshly ground quality coffee that awakens the senses. At Mason’s there is a sense of connectedness and conversation seems comfortable with Heather, Siarra (also a friendly smile), and other customers you may have never met before. It is a welcoming environment with comfortable seating, large windows to look at and view the world go by as you relax and get rejuvenated. Or, have your favorite cup of coffee prepared to sip while you stroll through the numerous stores inside the Smith Martin Building. A delightful and delicious way to shop for the holidays.

Welcome to the SMITH / MARTIN

BUILDING

Mason’s Place Made in Moses Lake Looking Glass Studio The Arbour Second Time Silver Take Time Massage Kindermusik with Arika Formality Tuxes & More Wayne’s Barbershop Baja Contracting LLC Ag World Support Systems Corner of Third and Division Downtown Moses Lake

Heather Mason Photo by Tara Logg

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Made in Moses Lake

is an artist partnership. We opened our doors for the first time in November 2012.

Our goal is to offer quality local handmade items. We currently have six owners and consigned product from a dozen local artists. Our product is always changing with the season and custom orders are always welcome. ~ Melinda Henry

We look forward to seeing you this holiday season!

Our store hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 5pm.

Located in the Smith / Martin Building

Bling N Things B

ling N Things originally started out as With Love by Heather at the Moses Lake farmers market. After my first season I realized that With Love didn't give people an idea of what I created so the name was changed to Bling N Things to encompass my first passion the bling and also the other things that would come later. I started out blinging compacts, mirrors, brushes, cell phone cases and iPod cases. We also made a lot of resin jewelry mostly Hello Kitty and then resin wall hangings and coasters. We also did some shell art with sea shells and real starfish.

As the years have gone on I have added many other items to my list including soy candle making, making hand lotion and soaps, rolling beeswax candles, and more recently I've been creating with alcohol ink. I am also making a primitive country line with wood items and grubby candles.

I enjoy coming up with new ideas of things to try and I am having so much fun doing this as a living. I have always been a creative person and have enjoyed the arts from playing the flute, to singing which is my biggest passion, to arts and crafts. Made in Moses Lake just recently moved to the Smith-Martin Building and I feel like we have finally found a place to call home. We are quite happy in our new space and are hoping for the best.” blueeyedbarbie.etsy.com (509) 855-6610

Heather Reich

Rubbish Rampage

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make old things new again and try to recycle anything I can in a fun and creative way.

Often my creations surprise people, and I enjoy the challenge of reusing materials. I have 150 different items available to purchase.

My supplies range from old license plates to used wine corks.

Basically anything that can be used again in a new way. I also do refurbished furniture when I can. Keeping useful items out if landfills is my business motto! I am willing to pay cash for your unwanted items. I'm always creating new product and even offer seasonal items. My best work is custom orders.� rubbishrampage@gmail.com (509) 361-3703

Donna Legler

Unique Designs

By Donna

Melinda Henry

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y business consists of a variety of products. My best sellers are bird feeders, solar lights and hummingbird feeders, made from glass I find at Thrift stores. I also sew Seahawks blankets, aprons and pot holders, among other items. I crochet scrubbies in all colors (Seahawks colors a must), also body polishers and scarfs. A favorite of mine is to refinish furniture. I enjoy the chalk paint applications.� donnalegler@gmail.com (425) 508-3492

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rtists Kathleen Parr and John Church produce unique, one of a kind wearable and recreational glass art. “Glass is our passion and we pride ourselves on quality and originality. We offer a wide variety of handblown items including (but not limited to) perfume bottles, incense burners, hummingbird feeders, flower vases, wine stoppers and jewelry of all kinds. We welcome custom orders and enjoy bringing our customers into the creative process.

We are proud to serve our customers in Moses Lake and the Columbia Basin with a unique and lasting experience transformed through our vessels in light and color.” elementalglass@live.com / 509 720-3106

Kathleen Parr

JDS Custom Woodworking & Design W

Jim Smart

e build various types of furniture such as coffee tables, end tables, entertainment centers, computer desks, sewing machine cabinets and other various household products such as bread boxes, cutting boards, lamps etc. We use quality hardwoods such as Oak, Alder, Birch, Walnut, Maple, Mahogany so that they stand the test of time and be handed down from one generation to the next.

Various exotic hardwoods are also available. We can also design projects specific to your needs to make it unique and one of a kind.” jdscustomwoodworking@ hotmail.com jdscustomwoodworking.com 509-750-0792 8279 Road 10 NE, Moses Lake

Spirit Dancer Alpacas I

am an alpaca rancher with my wife Diana. We make all sorts of products from socks to hats. All alpaca garments are die free and chemical free. We make dryer balls for the laundry and they seem to be one of our biggest selling products.

We also sell seed stock animals and all the way down to pet quality animals for the farmer who just would like a gentle creature.” chris@spiritdanceralpacas.com / spiritdanceralpacas.com Feel free to call the farm at 509-350- 8192 or my cell at 253-347-0943 / 1812 Road O NE in Moses Lake.

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Chris Jimenez

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model Heather Mason custom photo shoot by Tara Logg hair and makeup by Christine Throop

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assage benefits a baby by promoting healthy sleep, it can relieve tummy issues and help with teething pain. It can help to reduce stress which reduces crying spells and enhances the immune system. And: it helps parents feel more competent and confident in caring for their infant. For those that work it helps to ease the stress from being separated during extended periods of time, by providing an activity that is both healthy, fun and promotes bonding.

I have been a Licensed massage therapist at Take Time Massage for almost ten years and have been a certified infant massage instructor for 6 years. I just recently had a new little one added to my family and I decided I wanted to offer to other parents the same benefits I am reaping by giving my sweet baby girl a massage every day. I offer classes on a weekly basis and individual sessions by appointment. - Teresa C. Allen LMP

Lavender Baby Massage Gift Certificates

The Perfect Gift for the Perfect Moment Teaching Moses Lake Mama’s and Daddies the Art of Baby Massage.

Classes on a weekly basis........

102 E Third Ave Smith Martin Bldg B102

Moses Lake, WA / 509 361-3969

Tara Logg photographer

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The day I

floated in the sky

by Sue Tebow

Sue Tebow with Stephanie Hughes, pilot Landscape photo by Sue Tebow

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hile working for the Venue Magazine you never know what opportunities or surprises will come your way... so when I was offered the assignment to ride in a hot-air balloon at the Quincy Valley Balloon Festival, I jumped at the chance. I called my friend Roseanna who is a professional photographer to go along. After all, if I am in a balloon taking pictures, who would take my picture? So I brought my own photographer.

I rose early in the morning to meet Roseanna, 4:30am to be exact. Most balloon rides happen at sunrise, not just because the view is spectacular, but because that’s when the winds and temperature are most tranquil. We arrived at the launch site, a large parking lot, around 6 am. Soon, several vans toting trailers arrived and enormous swaths of brightly colored nylon began to emerge.

We met our pilots. Stephanie Hughes in her famous potato balloon was assigned to me and Dale Justice would be taking Roseanna. The preparation took about an hour, getting the propane burners going, checking wind gauges and attaching them to baskets. Since hot air rises, heating the enormous volume of space within the balloon (or “envelope”) enables it to lift off the ground, and it’s kept floating by continuing to blast heated air into the cavity (and lowered by letting the air out).

I’ll be honest—the set-up experience was not for me, but Roseanna jumped right in and held colorful nylon in her arms, stretching it out for Dale and his crew. The wicker basket on Dale’s balloon was definitely a two person basket.

The basket on the “Potato Balloon” was larger, enough room for three people. Stephanie’s 14 year old son rode with us.

Excitement loomed over the park that morning, busy crews for 8 colorful balloons and two very eager photographers. The baskets looked rather unsubstantial for something I was about to ascend 1,000 feet off the ground in. There is no graceful way in and out of the basket which is 4-5 feet deep. You have to hoist yourself up and over the side. The crew was happy to help. I’m short.

Once in, I felt the slow and gentle ascension. Taking photos like crazy as we rose, click, click, and turn around click.

No one really steers a hot-air balloon but the wind—the pilot can primarily move it up and down by firing up the propane burner or letting hot air escape.

As we hovered over the farm ground near Quincy it was humbling to think I was one of few who was watching the early morning sunrise, feeling the stillness and viewing gorgeous scenery in such an unusual way. It was soothing.

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Photo by Roseanna Sales

The sensation is a lot like floating.

After about an hour of floating—during which I was able to cross the irrigation canal, take photos of reflections of balloons, I waved to Roseanna in her balloon with Dale.

She waved back. Stephanie told me she was going to look for a place to land. Since you can’t steer, you can’t predesignate a landing spot. Stephanie however says she wants to land back at the park, next to her pickup and trailer. She communicates her plan with the “ground crew”. They keep in touch with walkie-talkies.

She began our descent. I got a little safety lecture first, I was instructed to hold on, and also to bend my knees as we touched the ground to help brace the impact. This sounded good…..I found myself practicing bending my knees. Did I mention she wanted to land back in the park? The other balloons were descending too, landing on the edge of a corn or alfalfa field, or in the backyard of a home. Stephanie wanted to land back in the park? As we descended she mentioned that she was not comfortable being that close to power lines. OH GOOD, I thought, I am not comfortable with that either. We would be on the front page of the paper, all fried, and I would have photos! So back up we went, caught another drift of wind, then down again. She landed her balloon just shy of her truck and trailer. She tossed her

tether line to her crew and they helped bounce us a few times to set down right next to her trailer. Maybe it was just the fact of being on the ground again, but I felt giddy—what fun!

The crew promptly helped stabilize the basket and Stephanie’s son climbed out. She wanted the balloon to lie down on the lawn facing south, so she hopped out to help her crew bring it down. Hey….I was in the basket all alone!

What if….. No don’t go there! I’m sure she left me in the basket for weight. When I was instructed to get out of the basket, I did (not gracefully).

They began the breakdown, the crew got a bit of a workout helping milk out the air, stuff the giant nylon balloon into a large bag, and hefting the basket back onto the trailer.

Our adventure wasn’t quite over, as it was time for the final ritual, one that balloonists take quite seriously. With champagne glasses raised to the skies, we recited a prayer: The winds have welcomed you with softness The sun has blessed you with his warm hands You have flown so high and so well That the gods have joined you in your laughter And set you back again into the loving arms of Mother Earth

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Wineries:

Kyra, Hogue, Maryhill, Ginkgo Forest, Jones, Bookwalter, Charles Smith, Kiona, Errant, Beaumont, Frenchman Hills, Milbrandt, Pasek

saturday

11 14 4157pm to

check in from 4 to 6 pm at ephrata recreation center 112 basin sw $25 / person $40 / couple

Breweries: Iron Horse, Icicle Brewery D’s Wicked Cider

more information, register & pay online at the website below, at the door or purchase tickets at the bookery chamber: 754.4656

Artists:

Debrah Noah (glass artist), Casey Andrews (Digital Artist), Ken Patience (Leather Artist), Betty Kim Lierman (singer/songwriter), Jared Lindberg (Photographer), Jazz by Daniel &Trav (musicians), Sxot (painter), Audra Middleton (author), Tonya S. Murray Kathy Hanson (painter/ceramics), AJ Kaleohana (musician), Mary Loffelbein (singer/songwriter)

Must be 21 and over, ID is required.

Door Prize: wine tour for up to 8 people at maryhill vineyard

wine & art walk Sponsored Sponsored by by

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Miracle on Main Street December 12 on Main Street in Ephrata

SAVE THE DATE Miracle on Main Street is a familyfocused event where parents and children are able to celebrate the Christmas season by making crafts, playing games, taking photos with Santa, participating in a downtown fun run, a lighted parade, and new this year – watch a live performance of “A Christmas Carol” play! Below is a timeline of the Miracle on Main Street festivities:

11:00 am – Jingle Bell Fun Run Participants will have a choice of two routes, a 1 mile and a 3 mile route. Registration will begin at 10am on the day of the race with the race beginning promptly at 11am. Pre-Registration for the run is also available. To have a form mailed to you or to find a location near you to pick up a registration form please contact the Ephrata Chamber of Commerce office at 509-754-4656.

Participants are encouraged to “dress the part” and wear holiday attire.

3:00 to 5:00 pm – Christmas Music Downtown Enjoy Christmas music, food, and shopping opportunities in downtown Ephrata. See what your local businesses have to offer for your holiday shopping needs.

12:00 to 3:00 pm – Kids Activities at the ERC Activities will include a variety of crafts and games for children of all ages to participate in.

Santa will be at the ERC and pictures will be available. Just some of the activities include: Christmas bingo, cookie decorating, Christmas card making, Christmas ornament making, and a candy cane walk.

6:00 pm – A Christmas Carol Play Make your way back to the ERC to watch a presentation of a Christmas Carol presented by local children in the community. If you are interested in participating in the play, please contact the City of Ephrata at 509-754-4601.

5:00 pm – Lighted Christmas Parade Watch the beautiful lighted parade down Basin Street or, if you choose to participate in the event, contact the Ephrata Chamber office at 509-7544656 to pick-up a participant form.

Sponsored by the Ephrata Chamber of Commerce ephratawachamber.com

Knot in the family business

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By Shawn Erin

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want to yell from the rooftops, "We have an artist here, ladies and gentlemen!" But there is something so stoic about Nicholas Paul, I restrain myself. For him it seems that although he most certainly is an artist - and a talented one making unique and beautifully sculpted jewelry worthy of celebration - he is part of a family business first, and that facet demands patience, diligence, long hours, and draws attention away from his art.

Family and service. Those words and their symbols describe well Paul, his work at Frederick's Jewelers, and his craft.

Artists dream of the day when art replaces the day job.

However, many of us know that often we have to work to sustain our art. Paul has no qualms with the work he puts into keeping the family business alive.

His grandfather, the store's namesake, Frederick Milton Reiber, established the business on September 16, 1953, when Paul's mother was about 10 years old.

The business has been successful because of the honesty and kindness of his grandfather, the salesmanship of his

grandmother and tenacity of his mother, Paul said.

In the 1980's, with the encouragement of his grandfather to pursue jewelry making, and when it came to light that a fine goldsmithing school was only miles from his home in Federal Way, Paul felt it was in his destiny to learn the business.

"What my grandpa and grandma started here... it would be a waste to let a business that had been going for however many years close just because," he explained.

Paul took his time getting through school, took some classes twice, extended a two year program into three, and continued toward a fine arts degree. Along with more than a decade of experience welding, the still-young man was ready to get to work in the family shop in 2001.

Paul's specialty is restoring antique jewelry, and can also fabricate original contemporary pieces. For example, a lost chandelier earing, which involved detailed metal work.

With such focus on keeping the business going and customers happy, Paul had little time or extra money to

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Nicholas Paul

do the projects he was passionate about, until now. Now, in the front window of Frederick's you will see samples of Paul's handiwork.

"Last year I got very positive input from a lot of people, so I started up again," said Paul. Armed with encouragement and steady business, he is slaying it.

Some months, he said, his pieces are the majority of Frederick's sales.

His pendants and rings are heavy sterling silver figures of griffin, lions, witches and skulls and symbols of family and service in ancient Celtic knots and from Japanese tradition. Experience with antique jewelry lends well to the heavier set of his Byzantine-era style jewelry.

"The meaning beyond celtic [symbols] is eternal life: triangle for the trinity, circles and squares are part of it, too," he said. Many of the symbols and figures, including the dragon, come from one of the oldest books on Earth, the Book of Kells.

Along with the more weighty items, Paul fabricates intricately knotted links and bracelettes. The links are

often used for necklaces, giving them a chain mail look, for earings or bracelettes, or whatever he can think up.

Some items are finished with cabishons of jade, amythest, carnerlian or garnet.

"My work is based on symbolism and sentimentality," Paul said. Will the piece be treasured, will it stand the wear and tear of time? Will it, like his family business, be passed on for generations? "Does it last, or not?" he asks of his work.

"Although I like doing my own thing, the important part is that I am keeping alive something my grandpa created. I want to save something of the best man I've known, who taught me to be a good man."

The characteristics of a good man are apparent in his work: strong and sentimental, kind and honest, and, of course it never hurts to be good looking.

Frederick's Jewelery is located in Laketown Landing, the heart of Moses Lake's downtown, directly across from Sinkiuse Square.

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Seasons of Life

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Paul Riegel: Chaplain and Patient Care Representative, Assured Hospice

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s I look out my window the trees are beginning to show signs of changing color, fall is giving way to winter and the temperature this morning was barely in the 40s. The children are back in school, and I have to remind myself that I must slow down now in the school zone.

We have had a relatively hot summer as I remember, and parts of me embrace the change to the cooler temperatures, I’ve enjoyed the autumn breeze, and now must brace myself for the upcoming winter. I have lived in the Northwest most of my life and these rhythms of change from spring, to summer, to fall and then winter is coming as expected. Each season moves to the next and as we enjoy one season, we still have part of us that is looking forward to the next. But what do we do when the normal pattern of life is interrupted? This question can be extremely difficult especially when the interruption is a terminal diagnosis. Now, our normal seasons of life have landed on winter and there is no longer any hope of spring. Many can feel abandoned or alone in this situation. “What

do we do now?” and “Who can we turn to?” are questions that cross our minds.

One of the most excruciating moments for our health providers comes at this time. They have taken an oath to do all they can to heal and now have to realize that they cannot offer any more hope for cure. I remember very well the day my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. Her journey was difficult as my sister and I had little knowledge of what to do or where to turn. My mother tried chemotherapy, but the treatment was too difficult, and she decided to not pursue any further aggressive treatment. Our family did the best we could, but we sure wish we would have had more help.

It would be years later that I would join the hospice team at Assured Hospice in Moses Lake as a chaplain. What a discovery to find that there was a team of dedicated and compassionate people who were uniquely trained and most importantly have the heart to make the winter season of someone’s life full of meaning while managing the difficult journey towards death with

We bring compassion HOME. 509.766.2580

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comfort and dignity.

I have seen firsthand how our team can make a tremendous difference and impact for patients and families. I wished I would have understood the caring and compassionate care offered with hospice years ago. I had always thought that hospice meant that someone would come for the last few days of a patient’s life and hold their hand until they died.

Hospice care is so much more than that. It is first and foremost a pathway to help patients and families give their loved one the opportunity to fully live at home that include being free of pain with their illness under control throughout the dying process. Coping with a terminal illness can be overwhelming, but with the help of Hospice patients and family can focus on what is really important – enjoying life together and living as fully as possible. A hospice team wants to be with a patient from the first moment of being diagnosed to the last moments of a patient’s precious life. Hospice provides the tools of skilled nurses, chaplains, social workers, bath aides and volunteers to help the patients, families and caregivers have the support they deserve.

If you or someone you know could have added value to their last season of life, please consider

calling us at Assured Hospice for a consultation.

We would love to introduce you to our team of dedicated professionals to help you help the ones you love.

For more information about Assured Hospice of Moses Lake, please call 509.766.2580.

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Art Guild of the Soap Lake Area

2015

presents the 12th annual

WINTERFEST ART SHOW

& SALE

Entry Fee — $5/piece — no limit on number but original

work only and ready to hang

Prizes —

Cash prize for best in show, best student, people’s choice, divisional awards, and honorable mentions.

Divisions — painting, sculpture, drawing/print, ceramics/pottery, photography, mixed media, and others

Sales

— encouraged, not required — you set price — 20% goes to the Art Guild to support nonprofit work

2 Artist Categories — adults and student Bring Art — Nov 21 & 22, noon-6 pm at City Hall. Artists must

submit their own work to be eligible for prizes. However, any person may enter pieces in the show for public viewing or sale only, but written artist permission artist is required on the entry form.

Pick Up Art — Dec 13 after 6 pm, and Dec 14 4 to 7 pm Door Prize — for a lucky show visitor Info — 509-246-6259 Artists Reception Announcement of Awards Dec 5, 5 pm

12 - 6 pm , 4 days December 5-6, 12-13 Soap Lake City Hall, 239 2nd Ave SE The Guild thanks the City of Soap Lake for the use of the Council Chamber for this show.

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21st Annual

F ESTIVAL OF TREES Saturday, Dec. 12th, 2015

Donate auction items | Purchase tickets or a table | Purchase a tree for your home or office

Big Bend Community College ATEC Building

Silent & live auction items needed.

Get involved! Decorate a tree.

Go to www.habitatmoseslake.org for donation forms, to purchase tickets, reserve a table or to decorate a tree.

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How green is the grass?

By Shawn Erin

Visitor Services Moses Lake Museum

A

t 5 o’clock a.m.? At high noon in the blazing heat? Big Bend art teacher and upcoming Moses Lake Museum gallery artist Rie Palkovic poses these questions to her students and our readers.

When Palkovic teaches she reminds students that color is affected by what is next to it, she said. In this way, our lives, too, are connected to what and who lives and resides around us.

And what might those connections look like? The ancient story of Indra’s net gives us an idea.

Stretching across the sky space to the north, south, east and west infinitely we see the shimmering net. At each intersection of the cord that makes the net there is a crystal clear jewel. Take a closer look at one jewel and you see the images of neighboring jewels reflected on its surface, who are also reflecting their neighbors’ ad infinitum.

“You live in a community, and you are affected by and affect that community,” Palkovic said, “The message is something that is important for us to remember.”

For the upcoming gallery show, Casting Indra’s Net, Palkovic has pulled in influences from her early to present career as an artist, including: Jacklyn St. Aubyn, Tauna Cole Dorn, Lisa Hastreiter Lamb, Libby Eastman Sullivan, and Kim Matthews Wheaton.

“It’s about the connections between us,” she said.

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St. Aubyn was Palkovic’s teacher at New Mexico State University, and Dorn a friend also from there. Hastreiter lives in Tucson, Arizona; Palkovic and her are long-time friends. Locally, Palkovic met Wheaton at a watercolor class at the Moses Lake Museum, which Wheaton was teaching, when she first moved to the area and has now known Sullivan for quite some time.

Some of the artistic influences are more obvious to the eye, such as the relationship between Palkovic and St. Aubyn’s work, whose singular images could be described as surreal still-lifes, or expressive naturalism. Others are less obvious.

She said Sullivan’s work “is narrative and whimsical; not a vein I work in at all. Seeing Libby’s work helps me remember to throw those things in as well, like balloons lifting up, wings on monkeys or a figure carrying flowers.”

She said Wheaton’s simplified, sweeping landscapes capture the essence of the beauty of the Basin. “I have a tendency to get too tight,” Palkovic said.

To help narrate the connections between the artists’ work, all of the pieces will be the same size – four by four inches – and all tied into a loose framework of realism.

Each artist will contribute 60 pieces of original art. All 360 pieces will be hung together, connected to their neighbors with cords of gold.

Palkovic hopes the connections between the pieces on the wall will not be the only connections made.

“In Western society people tend to think of art as a separate thing that is not necessary… I try to teach my students that art is everything from clothes, cars, food and packaging. It’s mostly design, but if you get beyond that you notice the art.

“Certainly art reveals things you can’t reveal in words…

The expressions of a person’s emotions and heart can go beyond words, and that’s where art steps into the gap. Plato talked about Form, Art, Beauty, Truth with capitals. What we see is merely a portion of the perfect entity out there.

One of artists’ roles is to bring it (the gap between truth and Truth, etc.) into physical manifestation. It’s part of NeoPlatonism philosophy.”

“Certainly art reveals things you can’t reveal in words…

The expressions of a person’s emotions and heart can go beyond words, and that’s where art steps into the gap.”

Consider again the jewels on Indra’s net. Each one of us may be a jewel, and our neighbors, family, friends and community members one as well. In this way, we are each reflections of the other, and all others a reflection of ourselves. Let us be thankful for the artists, teachers, volunteers and leaders who make our community brighter.

Be conscious of those in your community who reflect on your shining surface. Remember what you do reflects upon and within your community, as well. The message is something important for us to remember.

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Thank you for considering a donation to the Patricia Daugherty Children’s Art Fund.

When you give to the fund, you provide crucial arts exposure to underserved children in our area through performances and workshops with Columbia Basin Allied Arts.

Each year, Columbia Basin Allied Arts presents both performances and outreach that benefit the youth of Moses Lake, Quincy, Ephrata, Soap Lake, Warden, Royal City, and other surrounding communities.

It was Pat Daugherty’s vision that financial need should never prevent a child from participating in or attending a Columbia Basin Allied Arts children’s presentation. We have dedicated gift tickets for up to 600 students per year, as well as 2-3 outreach opportunities per year to meet that goal.

We need your help to keep Pat’s vision alive!

Sample ways your gift can be used: • $70 – Pays for Green Turtle performance attendance for 10 children.

• $250 – Gives 35 underserved children free admission to a CBAA performance.

• $500 - $1000 – Provides an outreach performance or clinic to an area school. (Of your choosing!)

• $1000 - $2500 – Partial performance fees for one CBAA Green Turtle Performance.

• $2,500 - $5000 – Complete cost for one CBAA Green Turtle Performance.

To explore how your gift can help CBAA, please contact the Executive Director: 509-793-2059, director@columbiabasinalliedarts.org As a nonprofit organization listed under the IRS section 501(c)3, all donations made to CBAA are tax-deductible.

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If only walls

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A Photo Essay by Jerry W. Kayser

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f only walls could talk, oh, the secrets they would tell. Of days gone by and simpler times when family members all pitched in together to accomplish a common goal. Whether tending crops or feeding the animals, no job was less, or more important than another in keeping the farm going through thick and thin. Days were long and work was exhausting with the ringing of the dinner bell a sweet sound that brought all running. Tables weighted with fresh baked breads, that morning's milk and cool well water filled pitchers, meats, eggs, mashed potatoes and gravy overflowed platters alongside an abundance of home grown vegetables. Grace was said before each meal, thanking the Lord for a wonderful life and the blessings of the day.

When the plates were cleared, apple and pumpkin pies were waiting to finish the feast with steaming hot coffee to wash it all down. Story time followed and around the table each got to share something special that happened of life on the farm.

If only walls could talk, oh, the secrets they would tell. Of horses and mules by the dozens, that provided the muscle to pull crude farm implements through the ground to plant and harvest crops that may or may not pay the bills

at the end of the day. The cattle, sheep, pigs and goats that roamed their pens freely to be rounded up on "butchering" day to fill the root cellars with smoked meats and hams to last through the year. The endless days and nights caring for the animals, some of which were always injured or in distress, or birthing little ones without a care of interrupted sleep by the humans inside. Dogs and cats, while pets, had their jobs too. The dogs were trained to herd the other animals and act as home sentries, announcing the arrival of guests or warn of unwanted intruders on the farm, willing to fight to the death to protect their charges. And the cats kept the vermin at bay, constantly killing mice and rats that threatened to destroy the family's and animal's store of food. And who could forget the chickens that gave fresh eggs daily and those delicious chicken dinners on Sunday afternoons.

If only walls could talk, oh, the secrets they would tell.

Of harvest celebrations, when the years work was done.

Crops were brought in, some years good and some years lean. But no matter, it was a time to invite neighbors, one and all, to the homestead to be thankful for another year done. Dancing, good food and libations around a roaring

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fireplace become a yearly reward for the region's families that broke and tilled ground behind teams of horses and mules. Carriages and wagons in all shapes and sizes came up the tree lined driveway, through the wrought iron gates to the central yard between the house and the barns.

Chickens and geese scattered in the commotion, while dogs barked excitedly and cats scurried for shelter beneath nearby floorboards. Children and adults alike each got reacquainted with tall tales and adventures a springboard for the evenings activities. Activities that included old fashioned games like apple bobbing, pin the tail on the donkey, turkey shoots, arm wrestling, horseshoes and the like. No one was excluded from the fun, for all had worked hard to earn just a few moments of frivolity and cheer.

If only walls could talk, oh, the secrets they would tell. Of love, laughter, good times and sad times that rounded out life on the farm. Of lonely winter nights when the neighboring midwife was called in to tend another homebirth that the men folk were truly clueless about.

The gentle murmurs from the bedroom and finally a cry announcing the arrival of new life on the farm and a future hand in the work force to get the chores done. The worry

over a sick child, when the area doctor was a day's ride on horseback away. Home remedies, tried and true that wouldn't work as the fever rose higher and higher. The broken hearts of mom, dad, brothers and sisters, when the hand of death stretched out and snatched life from the child, stealing a precious member of the family away. The black mourning ribbons and wreaths that hung from the entry gates and doors of the home proclaiming the sorrow within to those that came to share in the grief. The final farewells as the little homemade coffin was laid in the family cemetery near the end of the lane. Over come with emotions, the chores still needed to be done. The animals had to be fed and watered, the fences mended and the next meal prepared. Life had to go on...

You see, the walls do talk, if only we pause and listen. Secrets are shared in subtle clues and remnants left on the old abandoned homesteads. Imagination fills in the gaps of the rugged individuals that broke and settled our beloved Columbia Basin. Take the time to explore our surrounding country, stop for a while and listen with your hearts and your own stories of days gone by will be heard.

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We would like to thank all those who supported the market this past year. Without their generosity we would have not been able to complete the task we set out to do. These businesses and organizations in this community help in so many ways. There are more like them out there giving silently and without recognition when they are asked.

There are also people in the community who do so much and ask so little in return. We would like to thank those people for all that they do every day and every way. Without people like them our community would not be as rich as it is.

Rathbone Sales, Inc. Northwest Farm Credit Services Moses Lake Spring Festival Moses Lake Industries Washington State Potato Commission Confluence Health AzkoNobel Moses Lake Steel Supply Moses Lake Grocery Outlet Chemi-con Materials Moses Lake FireFighters Rotary Club of Moses Lake Alsted Real Estate, LLC Hot Spring Spa and Leisure Gary Man Real Estate Columbia Basin Herald Venue Magazine iFIBER ONE News

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