2014 - August Walla Walla Lifestyles

T H E VA L L E Y ’ S P E O PL E , W I N E & F O O D

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table of contents August 2014

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ALL'S FAIR AT THE RODEO!

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WINE

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FOOD

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DINING GUIDE

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BUCKAROO BUCKET LIST — WALLA WALLA-STYLE

France Meets the Wild West: Quelle surprise! Walla Walla’s Old West culture has a link to fine French wines.

Deep-Fried Everything: Say “Fair thee well” to your diet. Corn dogs and elephant ears are so last year. We’re moving on up to caviar, beer, Caesar salad and the ultimate fat-delivery system — deep-fried butter.

August 2014 PUBLISH ER

Rob C. Blethen EDITOR

Rick Doyle

Need a break from fair food? Walla Walla’s restaurants have just what the doctor ordered.

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With all the action going on at Fair and Frontier Days, one has to set some priorities. Here are our rodeo-savvy reporter’s recommendations of must-do’s.

Jay Brodt

M A NAGING EDI TOR

Robin Hamilton

CITY-SLICKER CENTRAL

Why yes, This is my First Rodeo: One young woman’s tale of reluctant rodeo-fandom

RODEO HISTORY

A SSOCI AT E E DI TOR

Chetna Chopra

PRODUCT ION M A NAGER

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Walla Walla’s predecessor to Frontier Days was six days of fair activities, horse racing, Western rowdiness and tons of pageantry.

Modern-day barrel racing owes a lot to the saucy, spirited and fearless women who paved the way.

FRONTIER DAYS FAIR CONCERTS I HAVE KNOWN AND LOVED

Jim Buchan takes Toby Keith seriously — he should have been a cowboy. But he has settled on the next best thing — listening to country greats sing about being one.

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Studio TWOZEROTWO, a tasting room paired with an art gallery featuring resident artists, and Skye Gardens, an eclectic mix of New Age and spiritual wares.

HOMES

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FEELS LIKE HOME

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SECRET GARDENS

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A RT IST IC DIR ECTOR / W EBM A ST ER

Steve Lenz

RIDE LIKE THE WIND

COUNTRY MUSIC

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Vera Hammill

PRODUCT ION S TA F F

James Blethen, Ralph Hendrix, Steve Lenz, Jason Uren SA L E S STA F F

Jeff Sasser, Donna Schenk, Colleen Streeter, Mike Waltman EDI TOR I A L A SSISTA N T

Karlene Ponti

A DM INIS T R AT I V E A SSIS TA N T

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COVER: Roz Beaton kicks off the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days 2013 with a patriotic ride around the arena. Photo by Steve Lenz.

FOR E DI TOR I A L IN FOR M AT ION

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SAVORING SHADE

The Mileses love to kick back in their garden, where there's always a pleasant place to sit and admire the flowers, ornamental grasses and trees.

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August Contributors Jim Buchan is a sports writer and former sports editor for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. He can be reached at 509-526-8323 or jimbuchan@wwub.com Writer

Chetna Chopra is the associate editor of Walla Walla Lifestyles magazine.

Associate Editor

Robin Hamilton is the managing editor of Walla Walla Lifestyles magazine.

She can be reached at robinhamilton@wwub.com Editor/Writer

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Janice James is a teacher. She enjoys fresh sights, sounds, flavors and viewpoints. She has advanced degrees in art history. She can be reached at jejames@bmi.net Writer

Michael Mettler is a brand management consultant based in Walla Walla who is an unapologetic champion of food and wine.

Writer

Jennifer Colton-Jones is a freelance writer, awardwinning journalist and purveyor of the interesting. She is most at home in the Pacific Northwest.

Photographer

Steve Lenz is the art director for Walla Walla Lifestyles magazine. He has been a photographer and graphic artist for 20 years. He can be reached at stevelenz@wwub.com Photographer

Nick Page is a photographer, musician and history nerd.

His creative background often influences his dramatic photographic style. He can be reached at nickpagephotography@ gmail.com

Karlene Ponti is the special publications writer for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. She can be reached at 509-526-8324 or karleneponti@wwub.com Writer

Diane Reed is a writer, photographer, historian and keen observer of life.

She grew up in the East dreaming of becoming either a cowgirl or a famous writer.

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Carly Yaeger is a sophomore at Walla Walla University with a double major in French and communications. She enjoys coaching gymnastics at WWU, but her passion is writing about the world around her.

Catie McIntyre Walker is a wine writer, wine blogger, and soon-to-be author. She has been branded as the “W5” – Wild Walla Walla Wine Woman.

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Wine

France Meets the Wild West — in Walla Walla

By Catie McIntyre Walker

To many fans of all things Western, rodeos are bastions of beer. The juxtaposition of the Wild West and fine French wine seems inconceivable. But Walla Walla’s Old West culture has more connection to Bordeaux than meets the eye.

The Valley’s rich agricultural history started with wheat, planted as early as the 1800s, when Walla Walla was still a territory. Today, it remains the No. 1 crop, with an average of 300,000 acres Valley-wide.

However, some ranchers in the Valley have planted grapes as alternative crops with great success. Prominent among these are the Dwelley Jones Vineyard, the Minnick Hills Vineyard and the Spring Valley Vineyard.

In the Walla Walla Valley, where almost 2,000 acres of wine grapes are planted, an average of 41 percent of those acres is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon. Its cousins Merlot and Cabernet Franc take up 26 and four percent, respectively.

Cabernet Sauvignon is a red Vitis vinifera vine with strong native stock from France. It is a prestigious grape with a noble pedigree from the Left Bank region of Bordeaux known for its Cabernet-based blends. It is only fitting that this popular wine-grape found its way to the western frontier, as its name, “Sauvignon,” is derived from the French word “sauvage,” meaning “wild.”

On retail shelves where finer wines compete with cheaper and high-volume wines, the small boutique wineries will often bring their personalities, interests and backgrounds to their wine labels.

Robison Ranch Cellars is an example: Its label depicts the art of the Old American West, and it has set them apart from the traditional — and often-staid — European style.

Robison Ranch, a third-generation, familyowned ranch, is located in Walla Walla County and was acquired by Lester Robison at the beginning of the 20th century. Lester’s son Jim lived and worked on the ranch his entire life until his passing in 2012.

Jim and his wife, Jane, followed the growth

of the new wine industry with great interest. When Jim and Jane met winemaker Brad Riordan and his wife, Ruth, they found that they had similar goals concerning winemak-

ing, and the four of them formed their winery partnership.

When the moment came to decide on their wine label, “The Tracker” was a natural. Robison remembered his dad, Lester, talking about attending the Calgary Stampede in Canada during the early 1900s. It was there that he met Western artist Charles Russell. Known as the “cowboy artist,” C. M. “Charles” Russell had created more than 2,000 paintings, sketches and bronze sculptures of cowboys, Native Americans and landscapes set in the western United States and Canada.

Russell made an impression on the senior

Robison and, later, on Robison’s son Jim. In the early ’70s, Jim and Jane attained the Russell pencil sketch “The Tracker,” as well as the rights to use it as their ranch logo. “The Tracker” has been synonymous with Robison Ranch ever since.

Robison Ranch Cellars is located on the historic 3,000-acre ranch. Its Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from the Dwelley Jones Vineyards, is indeed a bold red wine that a cowboy could pair with the most hearty — and, especially, grilled — foods from the chuck wagon’s campfire.

The Walla Walla Fairgrounds wine series features a label created by local artist Molly Fenton. The “Vintage Cowboy” on the label is bronc rider and Hollywood stunt cowboy Edward “Yakima” Canutt.

One of the two wines featured in the series is a Cabernet Franc produced by award-winning winery Walla Walla Vintners. This cousin to Cabernet Sauvignon makes a savory pairing with rich winter stews and even spicy barbecue.

Historically, the Old West wasn’t just about how far a cowboy could throw his lariat or handle a herd of cattle across the range. Sometimes, an alliance was needed — a fair treaty between people.

Fort Walla Walla Cellars’ “Treaty” is a dominant Cabernet Sauvignon blend fashioned after the Left Bank area of Bordeaux with 36 percent Merlot and nine percent Cabernet Franc. The Treaty of 2009 pairs well with grilled vegetables and cedar-planked native salmon; one might consider adding a second bottle of Treaty to be used in a wine-reduction sauce.

The Walla Walla Valley is known for its world-class, award-winning Cabernet Sauvignons. It’s a new take on how the West was won — and keeps on winning.

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Two perennial fair-food favorites: curly fries (left) and funnel cake (right).

Deep-Fried Everything: The Glorious Food Creations of a County Fair

By Michael Mettler /Photos by Nick Page

If you can fry it, you can sling it — at a county fair, that is.

Fried food seems to be the unofficial icon of county fairs across the nation where concessionaires delight in one-upping each another with the fattiest, most creative and questionable snacks imaginable.

Over the past decade, the exploration of what can be fried has exploded beyond corn dogs, turkey legs and elephant ears to encompass items as unexpected as Twinkies, Oreos, bacon and apple pie, to the even more adventurous caviar, beer and Caesar salad, to the ultimate fried-food concoction — deep-fried

butter encased in a sweet pastry dough with a drizzle of raspberry syrup. My arteries are cringing just thinking about that last item.

In addition to the fried-food frenzy common at fairs, these events are also highly regarded for their proclivity for providing most any food one can think of — on a stick.

This class of food is ideal for noshing on while walking among the carnies or as you wait in line to whack-a-mole or ride the Zipper (where, hopefully, you will not revisit the potentially questionable food you just shoved

down your gullet).

From tandoori-chicken skewers to macaroni and cheese to cotton candy to milk chocolatedipped jalapeños, vendors have figured out ways of presenting most items vertically.

“People love to be surprised and shocked when they head to the fair,” explains veteran fair-food aficionado Joan Weinand. “Growing up in Minnesota, we had one of the largest fairs in the world, the Minnesota State Fair.

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Food which featured close to a half of a pound of bacon, fresh tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, mayo and a dash of Sriracha between two doughnuts. The strangest thing I ever ate there was a white-chocolate-dipped scorpion.”

Food booths at local fairs began popping up in the late 1800s in the United States and featured a comparatively tame assortment of smoked meats, baked items and handmade candies.

By the time the World’s Fair really started to take off in the United States in the early 1900s, items such as corn dogs, cotton candy and soda pop had become standard fare for attendees.

Over the past several decades, whether out of adventure, insanity or, perhaps, boredom, most anything and everything has become fair game for re-imagination.

The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days is no exception. This annual festival over Labor Day weekend marks the end of a glorious summer season and the start of another school year, Friday-night football games and crisp fall evenings as the Valley falls into a wintertime slumber.

As the long, warm days of summer begin to recede, people from all walks of life descend upon the fairgrounds on Orchard Street to

break their otherwise-strict Paleo diets for a weekend of gluttonous revelry.

Of course, there are plenty of non-fried options available at the fair each year that are equally fabled at these hometown festivals.

Some of my favorites include fresh kettle corn popped in front of you on the midway, caramel apples dipped in crushed peanuts from the Bright’s Candies booth in the Pavilion, oversized dill pickles from numerous vendors and reincarnations of the iconic Pepe’s Pizza from the Walla Walla Catholic Schools booth in the Community Center.

While the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days rarely changes too much from year to year (that really is the beauty of these smalltown celebrations), the mix of vendors does ebb and flow. Local food trucks mingle casually with full-time festival-food operators, candy makers and carnival workers pumping out gut-busting specialties.

Make a point to toss aside your diet plans and check out some of the bizarre foods at your next visit to a fair. Should you end up running across one of those chocolate-covered scorpions and are stumped about how to tackle it, heed Joan’s advice and take as few bites as possible.

UPCOMING FAIRS AND FESTIVALS: Benton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo:

Aug. 19-23 1500 S. Oak St., Kennewick 509-222-3749 www.BentonFranklinFair.com

Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days:

Aug. 27–31 363 Orchard St., Walla Walla 509-527-3247 www.WallaWallaFairgrounds.com

Lewiston Roundup:

Sept. 3–6 2100 Tammany Creek Road, Lewiston 208-746-6324 www.LewistonRoundup.com

Columbia County Fair:

Sept. 5–7 102 Fairgrounds Lane, Dayton 509-382-4609

Pendleton Round-Up:

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If you need to ease your way into fair-food season, we suggest making one of the following to tease and tantalize your palate.

DEEP-FRIED DILL PICKLEs servings: 12 2 eggs 2 1/4 cups flour 1 cup buttermilk 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 teaspoon seasoning salt

1/4 teaspoon garlic power 1 cup cornmeal 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 32-ounce jar of dill pickles 1 cup vegetable oil salt and pepper to taste

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In a separate mixing bowl, combine cornmeal, 2 cups flour, salt and 3/4 teaspoon black pepper.

Preheat oil in a deep fryer or deep pot to 365 f.

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Dip the frozen bananas in the melted chocolate, spooning the chocolate over the banana to cover it completely. Roll them in the peanuts and coconut to cover. Place the bananas back on the wax paper-covered baking sheet and freeze until the chocolate is firm.

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Dining Guide

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Clarette’s offers many locally sourced foods Authentic Northwest barbecue fare is alive and and consistently is voted the Valley’s best well at A Wing and a Prayer. Using local produce place for breakfast. Generations of locals when available, all meats, sides, soups and sauchave marked important occasions with its es are handcrafted by our certified pitmasters. classic American-style breakfasts. Located Dry-rubbed meats are smoked low and slow to on the Whitman College campus, one block a tender, juicy perfection. Dine in or call ahead off Main street, near the travelodge. Lots of for takeout. parking. Breakfast served all day.

Mill Creek Brew Pub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Jacobi’s Italian Café & Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Come “Mangia Mangia” in Walla Walla at Jacobi’s Café! At Jacobi’s Café you can enjoy our signature italian cuisine and experience casual dining with customer service that is second to none. you may dine in our vintage train car or sit back and relax on our patio. Because when you are Italian Café & Catering thinking italian ... think Jacobi’s!

Patit Creek Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Named in “Northwest Best Places” as the only four-star french restaurant east of the Cascades, Patit Creek has been serving great cuisine — without the attitude — since 1978. While all the entrees are exquisite, their meat dishes are truly notable, especially the Medallions of Beef Hiebert. An imaginative wine list and remarkable desserts make Patit Creek a gem worth traveling for.

T. Maccarone’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Welcome to t. Maccarone’s, a modern, Washington wine-country bistro influenced by classic italian sensibilities. Join us in our downtown Walla Walla restaurant for a celebration of the senses – from the fragrant allure of white truffle to the warm spark of candles in our intimate dining room, let us help make your wine-country experience truly memorable.

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A young mutton buster gets thrown from his mount during the 2011 Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Rodeo Finals.

Buckaroo Bucket List — Walla Walla-Style

By Jennifer Colton-Jones / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin file photos by Jeff Horner

The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days may be the oldest fair in the state of Washington — dating back to 1863 — but the frontier spirit is alive and kicking in 2014. This year, “It’s a Wild Ride,” and with the help of fairgrounds staff, we’ve narrowed down 10 things for you to take in to make the most of the experience.

1. Look the Part

2. Get in Touch With your Inner Child

Nothing brings out the cowboy spirit like some well-worn jeans, boots, a belt buckle and a cowboy hat, and if you’re looking to update your Western wear, you’re in luck: Walla Walla has just what you’re looking for.

With stores such as L & G Ranch Supply, Ranch & Home, the New York Store, Cascade Farm and Outdoor, and Forward boutique all calling the Walla Walla area home, you’re sure to find the perfect fit for all your fair and frontier needs. And, if you’d like something fair-worthy but aren’t feeling the frontier vibe, stop in at the Fair office for shirts and hats with the official logo.

Some of the busiest hands during fair season are the smallest. Visit the animal barns to see the hard work students have put into raising their prize-winning animals, from rabbits to steers, or take a peek at the Kids’ Farm Center, where young fairgoers rope steers, drive toy tractors and learn about ranching.

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3. Colorize your Rodeo If you’ve got your eye on the rodeo, take advantage of one of the theme nights and show your support. On Friday, support the

Abby Bault and her horse, TBA Kadin, rode to a sidesaddle-class competition at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds indoor arena.

St. Mary Cancer Center with “Wrangler Tough Enough to Wear Pink” night. If you hit the arena on Sunday, bring out the red, white and blue for a patriotic evening in a “Salute to our Troops” of military appreciation. But don’t worry, the most colorful character of them all will hit the dirt each night, so don’t forget to give a rodeo wave to Clint “Wolfey” Selvester, Walla Walla’s own clown and barrelman.

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Left: Kimberly Perry of the The Band Perry belts out a song during the Fair and Frontier Days concert in 2011.

of the Century Ferris wheel or check out the local vendors and all their offerings. For all your motorized needs, be sure to check out the motorcycle Show ‘n’ Shine on Friday afternoon; a collection of unique “rat rods” – custom cars built to mimic unfinished hot rods, often with rust and exposed engine blocks – on Saturday; and the classic-car show on Sunday.

8. Taste the Temptations Fair season is no time to worry about a diet.

Throw caution to the winds for the day and try the tasty concoctions these festivals are known for. Concessions offer an array of culi20 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles

nary delights from funnel cakes to corn dogs and cotton candy to caramel apples. Whether your tastes run to fried indulgences or foodon-a-stick, you’re sure to find some tempting treats to take advantage of.

with Restless Heart slated for Friday, Blue Oyster Cult performing on Saturday, and a little Tex-Mex with Little Joe y La Familia scheduled on Sunday.

10. Honor your History 9. Bring in the Bands Big-name bands highlight the 2014 country concert, so grab a seat when The Marshall Tucker Band opens for the Charlie Daniels Band on Aug. 27. From “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” to “Heard it in a Love Song,” the music will keep boots tapping. The fair has your ears covered during the weekend, too,

No visit to the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days is complete without a stop by the pavilion to take in 148 years of Western history and heritage. While you’re in the pavilion, wander upstairs to check out the exhibitors’ entries and the artists in action. For live-action history, head to the rodeo on Saturday night to celebrate cowboy legends such as Tom Bergevin, Joe Bergevin and Bob Sorey.

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Why yes, this is my First Rodeo Carly Yaeger / Photos by Steve Lenz

There are certain expectations of someone from Idaho: some knowledge of — or, at least, interest in — nature, animals, hiking, huckleberries, farms and horses. I think I was born in the wrong state.

It’s a suspicion I have had almost ever since I was born in Sandpoint, Idaho. As long as I can remember, my friends and family have joked that I acted as though I were from “The Big City.” People who meet me for the first time automatically assume I am from California, and I often get asked, “What part of Southern California are you from?”

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things Idahoan. This includes hiking, picking and eating gallons of huckleberries, and anything associated with a county fair.

There is something about a cowboy hat and Carhartt-brand jeans that have never appealed to me. I have never joined a 4-H Club, because the raising and auctioning cows, pigs and other animals sounds like an exercise in boredom and cruelty.

Don’t get me wrong, I know lots of kids have a wonderful experience in 4-H, learning really important things about animal husbandry, establishing friendships with like-minded humans (as well as, may I point out, the animal they’re about to sell to slaughter — thereby learning another important lesson: detachment) and earning money. Nevertheless, the joys of 4-H and county fairs have eluded me.

The carnival rides, for instance. The thrill- chaos and a dangerously high amount of ening two minutes on decades-old machinery ergy: the rodeo. run by bored-looking carnival workers really Though I had managed to dodge it every year make my day. I especially like the ones that use in Idaho, I still had a faint fear that the next centrifugal force to pin you to your seat instead year would be the one where my nightmares of letting you fly out into space, or the ones would come true and I’d have to attend a rodeo. that use strong gravitational forces to allow I’d never seen one, but I’d heard enough stories you to flip upside down and spin sideways at to keep me quite satisfied with staying far, far the same time. Wow! away from them.

Another fun bonus activity is betting with My childhood friend, Natalie, would try friends whether or not one’s stomach, full of deep-fried peanut butter and bacon nuggets with jelly sauce, might suddenly decide to empty itself.

That said, there are certain things about county fairs and rodeos that do appeal to me. Fair food, for instance, as long as I don’t have to take it for a ride, if you catch my drift.

I’ll be the first to admit that a s u ga r y, c r i s p y elephant ear is a gustatory delight; "And the crowd goes wild!" at the 2013 rodeo. the corn dogs and curly fries are must-haves; the two-gallon mug to convince me to go every year to watch her of lemonade (and the ensuing amusing wait compete, but not even BFF loyalty could coax in the long line at one of the bathrooms) is a me to a rodeo. summertime treat unrivaled by most beverageI breathed a sigh of relief when I left for colconsumption experiences. lege in Walla Walla.

It was not unusual for my family to tow me Walla Walla brought the promise of a friendaround the fairgrounds every August, to get a ly city, excellent restaurants, abundant coffee look at every animal, vendor’s booth, and, the and swarms of cultured people to meet. More pièce de résistance, an anatomically correct and importantly, though, Walla Walla brought the extra-large vegetable found at the fair. hope of a cowboy-less reality. Walla Walla was We would walk up and down rows, aisles just the city I had been looking for. and pathways to “Ooh” and “Ahh” at enormous My comfort turned to shock, however, when pigs, powerful horses, and an overwhelming one day, my newfound Walla Walla friends asked number of noisy and somewhat-smelly goats. me if I wanted to go with them to the Walla After several days of meandering past Walla rodeo. I can still remember the way my booths full of animals, however, there was still face felt as it scrunched up at their words, and one last event that remained. Imagine a space, can recall the horror I felt just thinking about tight with people and horses, reeking of dirt having to go to the rodeo. and manure and pulsing with a cacophony — But then I met a group of people I knew were country music, announcers baying about the cool. I’m not sure how they did it, but they next competitor, people shouting with delight convinced me to go. I had never thought that or screaming in horror. A place of unhygienic after 18 years in Idaho, my first rodeo would

be in Walla Walla, Wash.

Walking into the arena was overwhelming.

The smells, noises and sights were just as overpowering as I had imagined.

But, the smells were not offensive or offputting; in fact, I appreciated the mouthwatering aroma of freshly grilled hot dogs and the sweet scent of cotton candy.

The crowds of people cheering around me seemed to be communicating with one another, not applauding any the contestants.

I saw girls walking around in head-to-toe sequined riding outfits and burly cowboys sporting leather chaps and beards.

The rodeo, as loud and chaotic as it was in my imagination, quickly turned into an exciting adventure.

The bleachers were packed with an enthusiastic audience, and we could barely find our seats before the show began.

Cowboy-and-horse teams charged into the arena, roping calves in a matter of seconds. Men, with what looked like a death wish, rode bulls or bucking broncos until they were jettisoned into the dirt of the arena.

Cowgirls galloped figure-eights around closely positioned barrels in blurs of color.

The thrill was contagious; the people around me shared the same enjoyment. We interacted as friends, cheering, jumping and booing together the entire time.

By the end of the rodeo, I had enjoyed cheesy nachos, munched a caramel apple, lost my voice and shared the adrenaline rush of the bull riders, all from the comfort of my space on the bleachers. It may have taken me 18 years and 252 miles from home, but I finally got to the rodeo.

Next time, I can proudly say, “This ain’t my first rodeo!”

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Pure Western Thrills: Frontier Days 1913

By Janice James / Photos courtesy of Fort Walla Walla Museum; Walla Walla Fairgrounds; Joe Drazan and his Bygone Walla Walla Project: Vintage Images of the City and County

In the early months of 1913, the Walla Walla County Fair Association put into motion an ambitious plan to expand the entertainment and educational appeal of the longestablished fair by formally inaugurating an extra three-day run of Frontier Days.

The three-day county fair, which had deep community and regional roots, morphed under the leadership of Fair Secretary Robert H. Johnson into a six-day affair, creating a full-blown Western cultural extravaganza.

Wild West shows had been popular attractions for decades, but what the fair association, Commercial Club and citizen committees aimed to do in Walla Walla surpassed the general expectations of the day. Routine features such as the re-enactment of a stagecoach hold-up and the Pony Express were included, and the biggest names on the national rodeo circuit — Tex McLeod, Rose Henderson, Lucile Mulhall and John Stanley — were lined up for rough-and-tumble contests like steer bulldogging, riding wild bulls and bucking horses, roping and the daredevil “drunken cowboy 24 Wall a Wall a Lifest yLes

ride” in the new arena.

All this would seem to have been enough to draw the crowds, but the highlight of Frontier Days — the bones of its planning and promotion — was the huge homecoming planned for the final day, when early pioneers, famous local personalities and Native Americans from the Yakima, Umatilla and Nez Perce tribes, with special prominence accorded those who had witnessed the signature historical events of the early days, led “a living picture” pageant.

Walla Walla pride rallied to pull off what continues to stir the local blood come Frontier Days in late August — fierce excitement, Western thrills and good old-fashioned jollification.

Was it easy? No. Were there hurdles? Yes. With the Pendleton Round-Up just two years old, Pendletonians raised their collective

voice in outrage. Beginning in March, delegations of interested parties were traveling between the two towns, and when a mutually satisfactory agreement failed to materialize, Pendleton made noises about luring Whitman College away from Walla Walla in retaliation.

Afterward, in late September, after reckoning the adverse effect of Walla Walla’s Frontier Days on attendance at the Pendleton RoundUp, Pendleton’s newspaper printed a scathing commentary and hinted at a regional feud over the event.

Nothing, however, could stifle the gathering momentum to stage a huge Western-style production at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds.

After all was said and done, at an estimated cost of more than $40,000, the glory was Walla Walla’s due.

thrills, spills and demonstrations of aeronautical expertise were common at the original Walla Walla frontier Days.

Frontier Days — Sept. 25 to 27, 1913 — was, undoubtedly, an extravaganza the Pacific Northwest had never seen before. Over the course of six days — three days of fair activities and horse racing and three days of Western rowdiness, re-enactments and pageantry — it was roughly calculated that the population of Walla Walla swelled from 20,000 to 30,000. Attendance on the final day at the two-milelong “mammoth Pioneers’ pageant” was judged at 22,000.

Behind the scenes, business boomed for local hotels and the railroad. The local paper reported, “All incoming trains are filled to the vestibules.”

Overnight accommodations were provided at the fairgrounds, where native tribes set up camps in the old style, and other esteemed visitors were provided with shelter.

Another curious bit of local history: Walla Walla had presented an amateur Wild West show in connection with the fair five years earlier. That event, however, was countered with sufficient objection by protesters against cruelty to animals to derail this rodeo.

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to carry a quirt or whip.

Behind the scenes, the fiercest animals were sought, auditioned and judged by Johnson.

In addition to steer and horses, bears, elk and buffalo were part of the spectacle.

By 1913, recalibrated efforts, much troubleshooting and a lot of local backing generated a custom-made event described as “a diversified program of industrial exhibition, racing and realistic scenes of frontier life.”

Large purses and coveted prizes, including locally made saddles, were lined up. Bidding also opened for the provision of a half-mile track.

Johnson even promoted a local contest to come up with a name for the event, claiming the name “Wild West” is not “local enough.” The slogan “Frontier Days” won, as did “Stay with ’em.” Winners of the contest won an all-event ticket, which was worth $6.

A large band of national repute, the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders Band, was hired, but local music was surely in ample supply — archives show a photo of the cowboy band and references in the newspapers to old-time fiddle music.

Among the local old-timers who turned up for the occasion were O. F. Canfield of Clarkston and Mrs. Nancy Jacobs of Portland, both of 26 Wall a Wall a Lifest yLes

whom had survived the Whitman Massacre of 1847, and Charles P. Sweazen, the first white child born in the Walla Walla Valley.

Prominent Native Americans in full regalia participated in realistic war scenes in the arena and included Yellow Wolf, chief of the Nez Perce, assisted by Chief Ota-Ki, against the Yakimas under Chief Leaping Panther. The two Nez Perce chiefs were warriors of Chief Joseph’s War in 1877, and Leaping Panther figured in the Blackfoot wars.

Among the long list of contestant winners, a local woman, Jessie Drumheller, was judged best all-around cowgirl in Walla Walla County and received a $100 saddle. Best all-around cowboy Tex McLeod received a special pair of chaps and gold valued at $50.

Before the dust had settled, planners were busy envisioning improvements for a larger and more diversified Frontier Days in 1914.

The to-do list included coordinating train excursions from distant points, constructing a miniature reproduction of Walla Walla in the early days, and enlarging and refurbishing the grandstand area.

The timetable was also reconsidered. Since the frontier events of 1913 could barely be contained in three days, a four-day event was pro-

posed. It was also suggested that “the Whitman massacre be reenacted as a great night spectacle.

With the large number of Indians here it would be given a realistic tinge.”

Frontier Days was staged in 1914, and again in 1915, but financial woes put the show on a hiatus for 1916. Community leaders were quick to garner regional support and effort, and the spectacle of Western ways and rodeo events carried on.

This year, Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days continues the tradition of hosting animals, music and special demonstrations. “A Walk on the Wild Side” will bring rescue animals to town, including lions, tigers, bears, snakes, and more.

Big-name bands like The Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band and Blue Oyster Cult are appearing. Restless Heart, Little Joe y la Familia and local Frog Hollow Band are also scheduled.

Dutch-oven cooking is getting lots of attention, too, and larger-than-life PRCA rodeo thrills are also booked into the schedule.

Research made possible through the Walla Walla Newspaper Indexing Project supported by the Sherwood Trust.

Big-name rodeo performers, including renowned "champion fancy roper" tex McLeod, were prominent at the 1913 rodeo. that year, a number of women also participated in the Wild West show, performing breathtaking trick-riding stunts and competing in timed calf-roping contests. Women continued to perform and compete until 1929 when cowgirl Bonnie McCarroll was thrown from a horse and killed.

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Rodeo History

Left: Barrel racer Judy Frazier on Shorty in 1965 (courtesy of Judy Frazier). Right: Greta Hassler’s interest in horses came early (courtesy of Greta Hassler).

Ride Like the Wind!

Walla Walla’s Cowgirl Tradition

By Diane Reed

All eyes were on Eloise Hastings and Mabel Delong strickland as the trick riders galloped past the crowd in a cloud of dust at Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days.

The cowgirls in the Wild West Show (which had premiered the year before, in 1913) were featured performers. The show was a popular attraction, and cowgirls Daisy Parsons, Lucille Mulhall, Nettie Hawn and Ruamy Glasgow were among the performers. “Prairie Rose” Henderson was a hit on a bucking bronco named Joe. But the crowd favorite was hometown cow28 Wall a Wall a Lifest yLes

girl Mabel DeLong, born in Wallula in 1897. She took lessons from trick rider Bill Donovan and won the trick-riding contest at the Walla Walla Fair in 1913, 1914 and 1915. She had also worked for George Drumheller as a competitive relay rider for a number of years, before marrying bronc rider Hugh Strickland in 1918. DeLong went on to win the trick-riding competition at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in

1923 and 1924. In 1927, she set a steer-roping record at the Pendleton Round-Up and was named the Round-Up Queen. Participating in almost every rodeo event, Mabel Strickland was well-known for her stylish clothing. In 1927, the East Oregonian commented, “There is nothing masculine in her appearance and she does not dress in mannish clothes. She dresses with excellent taste, whether in the arena or

Left: Shirley Dickerson (courtesy of Shirley Dickerson). Right: Norma Kelly rounds the barrel at a Valley Girls Barrel Racing event (courtesy of Norma Kelly).

on the street.”

But in 1929, everything changed. When cowgirl Bonnie McCarroll died at the Pendleton Round-Up after being thrown from a bucking horse, the era of the rodeo cowgirl came to a tragic end. Women, who had competed side by side with men at the rodeos, were no longer allowed to participate.

So, in the 1930s, Strickland and her husband went to Hollywood where she performed as a stunt rider in the movies. She died in 1941, and was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 1992. The Mabel Strickland Cowgirl Museum is located in Cheyenne, Wyo. After the tragic death of McCarroll, cowgirls still rode and roped, but most were doing it on the ranch, not in the arena. And when the first night rodeo premiered at the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days in 1938, it was exclusively for cowboys.

Over the years, there was still a lot of interest in women’s rodeo events, and the popularity of all-women rodeos during World War II led to the development of barrel racing as a popular women’s event in the post-war era.

In 1961, the Washington Barrel Racing Association suggested forming a chapter in the Walla Walla area. In order to include cowgirls from nearby Oregon, the Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association was formed in 1962, and that year women’s barrel racing became part of

the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days rodeo, although it was originally held in the afternoon.

In the 1980s, it became part of the primetime rodeo. After a three-decade hiatus, the cowgirls were back!

VGBRA also sponsors the nationally recognized Barrel Daze, held at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds the second week in April which attracts cowgirls from as far away as Minnesota and Texas. A variety of youth, novice and senior barrel-racing competitions allow for developing skill levels. The futurity event showcases five-year-old — and younger — horses that are up-and-coming barrel-racing prospects.

With as many as 140 participants, Barrel Daze is the largest event of its kind in the Northwest barrel-racing circuit.

Lifestyles magazine sat down with four cowgirls who were an integral part of this cowgirl revival. Shirley Dickerson and Judy Frazier were among the founders of the VGBRA. Dickerson and Frazier, as well as Norma Kelly, are longtime barrel racers — and they still race. Cowgirl Greta Hassler has been involved in the fair and rodeo in a number of capacities, including those of judge, rodeo-timer and parade marshal, and she was a Washington State Fair commissioner for six years. She was also an adviser to the Wagonettes horse drill team, which performs at the fair and other events. Hassler and Dickerson are charter members of the Milton-Freewater

Pioneer Posse, whose Posse Grounds provides a place for all ages to ride and compete. Kelly is also involved with the Frog Hollow Cattle Company, which hosts steer-roping events and barrel racing. Dickerson is also a well-known photographer and painter of horses.

But, outside the arena, all four cowgirls — who all married cowboys — have worked cows, pulled calves and done the hard work it takes to run a ranch. Hassler says cowgirls are “made out of iron and steel.” But all agreed that they were not ready to emulate the early cowgirls like Mabel Strickland. Reflecting on the inherent danger of events like bronco riding and bull roping, Dickerson commented, “They were gutsy, but maybe not too smart.”

These women represent the ongoing tradition of the cowgirl, as comfortable on the ranch as in the arena, and ready to mentor new generations of cowgirls and barrel racers (including their daughters and granddaughters).

The cowgirl tradition is alive and well in the Walla Walla Valley.

More Info For more information on the Barrel Daze, visit www.vgbra.org

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Country Music

Big hats, tight spotlight: Walla Walla Fair concerts are always headlined by country music fans' favorites.

Fair Concerts I Have Known and Loved

By Jim Buchan / File photos by the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

From Merle Haggard to Trisha Yearwood, the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days shows never failed to deliver.

You could say that country singer Toby Keith and I are soul mates of a sort.

I make this assertion based upon lyrics from his first No. 1 hit record, which topped the country charts in 1993.

I should’ve been a cowboy, should’ve learned to rope and ride Wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive Stealing the young girls’ hearts, just like Gene and Roy Singing those campfire songs, yeah I should’ve been a cowboy Growing up on the Minnesota tundra, I was a world away from the wild, wild West. But just like George Strait in his 1987 gold record about all those “Ex’s” in Texas, I could go there each night by transcendental meditation.

Or, more accurately in my case, my mother would slip nine cents — the price of admis30 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles

sion — into one of my mittens, zip up my parka and send me hoofing it downtown to the Rex Theater.

It was only five blocks or so, out around the high school, down the hill, past the fire station and across the street from the malt shop. But that was a far piece for a 9-year-old in 1952, so I always made sure my saddle bags were well-supplied with Junior Mints and a roll of Charms.

Once there, I would settle into a seat down front — kids were required to sit in the first six rows — and ride the range with the Durango Kid and Johnny Mack Brown, Audie Murphy and Randolph Scott.

Then, on the way home, snow piled high on the sides of the streets became boulders and ridges that gave me cover from rustlers and road agents who lurked in the dark. And the thumpty-thump beat of my boots on the

hard-packed snowdrifts echoed the clatter of horses’ hooves as Rex Allen and Ko-Ko chased down outlaws on the silver screen.

Imagination is a wonderful gift.

But I didn’t need my imagination that following summer when I spent several weeks with an aunt and uncle in Superior, Mont., in the very heart of the Northern Rockies. I can still smell the intoxicating fragrance of the pine forests and see in my mind’s eye wispy, low-hanging clouds wrapped around the towering peaks.

I was bewitched by the mountains, and the chance to live in the foothills of the beautiful Blues was one of many good reasons I decided to settle in Walla Walla in 1968.

A few short years later I met and married my wife, Margaret, and attending what was then the Southeastern Washington Fair and Frontier Days Rodeo became one of our earli-

est traditions. She being a Walla Walla native and me being a closet cowboy, the rodeo was a natural attraction, as were the horse races.

And we’ve seldom missed the big country concert that annually kicks off the Labor Day Weekend festivities.

As I look back after all of the years, some of those concerts stand out more than others.

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In 1974, for instance, we were excited to see the legendary Merle Haggard, who had hit his peak in the 1960s with such megahits as “Okie From Muskogee” and “Mama Tried.”

Neither of us could have guessed that Haggard’s warm-up act that night — a short blonde with a hit record called “Jolene” that had topped the singles charts in February — would become one of the biggest names in the history of the music industry.

Dolly Parton has had 26 singles reach No. 1 during her illustrious career. She has recorded 42 Top-10 albums and received 47 Grammy nominations leading to eight Grammy Awards. She has also starred in numerous motion pictures and two different television series, is a co-owner of the Dollywood Theme Park in Tennessee and has been inducted into the Country Music, Grammy and Songwriters halls of fame, among others.

And Dolly’s still going strong.

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I was particularly anxious to see “80’s Lady” K.T. Oslin, who headlined the 1989 concert.

Oslin’s career arc was bright but brief, and reached its zenith with the release of her signature song in 1987.

Just the same, I was enamored with her lusty Southern drawl and her soulful lyrics. But to my dismay, a storm blew through town that night and blew K.T.’s lovely voice right out of the arena. Big-time disappointment.

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The Judds came to town in 1987 during the height of their career as the No. 1 vocal duo in country music. Naomi and her daughter Wynona, who would later enjoy a successful career as a singles artist, won five Grammy Awards and recorded the Country Music Association’s No. 1 single Blake Shelton was the country-rock headliner at the 2009 Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Concert.

“Why Not Me” in 1985.

But what I remember most about that concert was that Wynona was looking to get It was a picture-perfect late-summer night some exercise, and asked fair officials to set her in 1997 when Trisha Yearwood graced the Walla up with a racquetball match for that afternoon. Walla stage. Yearwood was a bona fide star in Suzanne Steele was the best female racquetball her own right going back to 1991 when “She’s player in town at the time, and she agreed to In Love with the Boy” became her first No. 1 provide Wynona with some friendly competisingle. But by the time she arrived here, she tion at the YMCA. was also known for rumors that romantically That evening at the concert we sat behind linked her with Garth Brooks, the biggest name Suzanne, and she filled us in. Turned out in country music at that time.

Wynona was not all that accomplished on Earlier that summer at a Yearwood conthe racquetball court, but she did have a fiery cert in Puyallup, Wash., Brooks had made a temper and a salty way with words. surprise guest appearance. So, with an empty chair placed suspiciously on stage throughout Yearwood’s Walla Walla concert, we all wondered

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if Brooks might be waiting in the wings.

But after Yearwood’s second encore song, the lights came up and we all headed for the exits.

Except for one distraught woman sitting near the front of the stage in the festival seats.

She stood up, turned to the departing crowd and pleaded: “Don’t leave! Don’t leave! Garth’s coming!”

Garth did not come that night, but Margaret and I were lucky enough to catch up with him a couple of years ago at the Wynn Las Vegas Encore Theater on Valentine’s Day. It was a tremendous one-man show, just Garth and his guitar, and to our surprise, Yearwood, by then Brooks’ wife, was the one to make a guest appearance.

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By far my biggest disappointment came in 1995 when we missed the Tim McGraw concert. We were in the bed-and-breakfast business by then; Margaret had to be out of town, and I stayed behind to check in latearriving guests.

McGraw’s career was already in full bloom with the release of hit songs “Indian Outlaw,” “Don’t Take the Girl” and “Refried Dreams” in 1994, which netted him the Academy of Country Music awards for Album of the Year and New Male Vocalist of the Year. I tried to listen with one ear to an open window, but it was to no avail.

And then there’s the year we attended the concert with friends Bert and Gayle Kinman.

I can’t recall the year or the artist, but it was the year I came out of the closet.

That afternoon, Bert accompanied me to the New York Store, on the corner of First and Main where Starbucks is today, and I was outfitted with blue jeans, a Western shirt, a pair of Ropers and a broad-brimmed cowboy hat. All my wardrobe lacked were some rhinestones and one of those Texas-sized belt buckles the rodeo cowboys wear.

From there we headed to Jefferson Park for a Walla Walla Wagon Wheelers dinner and a couple of brews before joining Gayle and Margaret at the fairgrounds. Gayle thought my attire looked just fine, but I could tell right off that Margaret was not amused.

“You’re not a real cowboy, you know,” she reprimanded me on the way home that night.

And I silently agreed that, as usual, she was right. But I also knew something else that I kept to myself.

I should’ve been a cowboy.

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What’s New in W2

Story and photos by Diane

Reed

There’s always something new happening in Walla Walla, if you know where to look

Left: Wines from Brandon and Emma Kubrock’s Ardor Cellars are featured at Gallery TWOZEROTWO. Right: Helene Wilder’s large-format drawings and paintings catch the eye, complemented by Penny Michel’s ceramic works, which include sculptural pieces and smaller works at Gallery TWOZEROTWO.

A Perfect Pairing Studio TWOZEROTWO, a tasting room paired with an art gallery featuring resident artists, is the latest addition to the downtown W² scene.

Brandon and Emma Kubrock, founders of Ardor Cellars, were planning on opening a tasting room for their first releases. At the same time, noted winemaker Aryn Morrell was looking for a place to showcase his portfolio of wines.

Enter artists Penny Michel, Anne Hysell and Helene Wilder, who were looking for gallery space to feature their work.

The meeting of these minds launched Studio TWOZEROTWO, a perfect pairing of art and wine.

The spacious Main Street venue, with its high ceilings, gallery lighting and clean lines, provides the perfect setting for this collaboration catering to wine lovers and art aficionados.

The Kubrocks saw an outstanding venue to showcase their Ardor wines. Brandon, who cut his teeth at 26 Brix and as the tasting-room 32 Wall a Wall a Lifest yles

manager at L’Ecole No 41, has a decade of experience in the wine business (he is also a partner with Philippe Michel in Oak Tradition, which provides barrels, bottles and winemaking products to the industry).

The gallery provides a rare opportunity to taste the full range of winemaker Aryn Morrell’s premium wines, which he crafts for Gård Vintners, Matthews Winery, Tenor Wines and Cakebread Cellar’s Mullan Road line.

Morrell also launched his own label, Alleromb Cellars, which is available for tasting.

As they sip, visitors are treated to the works of the resident artists. Ceramic artist Penny Michel’s creations include large sculptural pieces and smaller works.

The timeless paintings and pastels of Anne Hysell are statements of color, light and form providing a unique perception of land and

water.

Helene Wilder’s large-format drawings, paintings and mixed-media works immediately catch the eye.

These artists are the foundation of the gallery, but the studio also plans on featuring guest artists periodically.

Studio TWOZEROTWO 202 E. Main St., Walla Walla 509-876-8086 Open Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. www.studiotwozerotwo.com Follow it on Facebook

Left: Skye Gardens features New Age and spiritual wares at the shop on Colville Street. Right: Tiffany Sinclair is often accompanied to her shop, Skye Gardens, by her collie, Jasmin.

Open Skye Tiffany Sinclair’s shop, Skye Gardens, is a welcome addition to the Colville Street renaissance.

It features an eclectic mix of New Age and spiritual wares — with a splash of tie-dye clothing.

Sinclair, often accompanied by her collie, Jasmin, welcomes customers with warmth and enthusiasm.

She moved to Walla Walla in 2003, leaving an acting and improv career in New York. In between forays back to New York for acting roles, she opened a produce-and-herb business named for the mystical Isle of Skye in Scotland.

She also married Arlan Palachuk, chef at Bon Appétit at Whitman College, and gained five stepchildren.

Now her acting and drama expertise is focused locally — she’s acted with the Little Theatre of Walla Walla and taught Shakespeare at Walla Walla High School. She also branched out into handmade tie-dye clothing (as well

as custom tie-dye).

Initially, Sinclair opened a shop in Garden City Plaza, but when a space on Colville Street became available, she knew it was the perfect location to give her eclectic business the kind of exposure it deserved.

Skye Gardens offers a full line of Sinclair’s clothing, handcrafted jewelry (including wrapped crystals), candles, herbs, smudgers, and vintage books and gifts.

Look for handcrafted wares including Erin Murphy’s and Cassie Paddock’s jewelry, and art

by Steve De Moss and Megan Palachuk. The shop also features Sinclair’s paintings.

Skye Gardens’ offbeat stock has gained the shop a niche that brings customers from the Tri-Cities and Pendleton and beyond, and has earned it a loyal W² following. This age-defiant shop has something for everyone, and, as Sin-

clair’s sign promises, is a place embodying her slogan, “Merrily we meet.”

Skye Gardens 30 S. Colville St., Walla Walla 509-301-7612 Open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.skyegarden.com Follow it on Facebook

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Homes

Jenny and Rogers Miles are settled in at home at 618 Hobson St.

Feels Like Home

By Karlene Ponti / Photos by Nick Page

Although Jenny and Rogers Miles really liked their 1928 home at 618 Hobson St., they were uncertain about whether their work prospects would let them stay in the Walla Walla area for very long. But, as time went by, they thought of projects they might like to do in the house — if they were going to stay.

Jenny says she and Rogers met in Portland.

Rogers came here to work in 1990, teaching in the religion department at Whitman College.

Jenny moved here soon after and began working in the registrar’s office at the college.

One day, she dropped Rogers off at work and drove down Merriam Street. From there she saw the “For sale” sign on the house. The couple looked at it; the home felt comfortable.

It had large windows in the front room, original to the home, and a great deal of natural light. It seemed like a great place for cats.

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my cats,” Jenny says.

Because they weren’t sure whether they would be here long, Jenny and Rogers didn’t remodel anything; there was no reason to do more than think about it.

“In my mind I knew what I wanted to do, especially with the kitchen,” Jenny says. “The stairs were narrow and there was a turn; we wanted to widen the stairs.”

As the years went by, the couple began to think they would stay here. And the time they had spent thinking about changes they wanted in the house gave them workable ideas, so they

enlisted the help of architect Theron Smith to draw up plans.

Mark and Ben Porter of Porter & Sons worked as the contractor for the project.

“They did great work,” Jenny says. “I’m picky, and they responded really well.”

It was a large construction project: The home has a full basement, two bathrooms and three bedrooms.

“We touched every room in some way,” Jenny says.

They remodeled the kitchen to open it up: The chimney and a wall were removed. The

The couple upgraded and opened up the kitchen. A wall was removed, and an exhaust fan and a tile floor were added.

couple took an arch out of the back wall. There was no exhaust fan, so one was added.

New floors were installed: “The old ones were past salvageable,” Jenny says. “Rogers grew up with wood floors.”

The Mileses used large, square tile in the kitchen and narrow white oak in other areas.

“I laid it (the tile) myself,” Jenny says.

She would work on the house on weekends, and says it helped with the timeline for getting the construction done. She had never installed a tile floor before, but had a friend to give her instructions.

The dining room was very dark, so they brightened it and put in windows to make the room feel larger.

The home has a large number of windows, and the couple matched many to the original prairie-style windows in the front of the house.

Once the dining room was upgraded, they moved their meals there from the nook in the front of the house.

The couple redid the bathroom, making it a more efficient design.

In the basement the old furnace was “big and ugly,” so they The dining room was brightened and made more inviting.

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Homes

The front room has the original prairie-style windows. The couple added the gas fireplace and crown moldings.

got a new, more compact one.

“That freed up a lot of space,” Jenny says, making it much more spacious and usable.

Now, it even has room for Rogers’ office.

Jenny and Rogers also added narrow crown moldings and a gas fireplace in the living room.

They wanted to be bold with colors, and used green in two tones in the kitchen and dining room and a light blue in the master bedroom.

“I have more modern tastes than my husband,” Jenny says.

It is a blending of styles, but it fits with the character of the home. “We tried to maintain the feel of the house even though we modernized it,” she says.

“It’s comfortable and warm. I like it all. My friends say they like the new exit on the back patio; it’s not specifically a mudroom, but it has that feel to it. It had a narrow door and a small patio,” she says.

There’s a cozy cat-seat in the sun near the new back entryway, which is also a great place for African violets.

The back door’s wood finish was a detail Jenny had wanted — it is the perfect transition to the deck outside.

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The garage was upgraded to match the home’s style and colors.

Secret Gardens

The plantings emphasize variety in color, texture and height.

Savoring Shade

By Karlene Ponti / Photos by Nick Page

Jenny and Rogers Miles, of 618 Hobson St., wanted a classic, relaxing garden.

They designed it so there was an easy transition from the hallway/mudroom to the back door and onto the deck. They utilized construction materials they didn’t want to throw out from their 2008 home renovation, and the results are beautiful and serene.

You can always find a place to sit: The garden has three seating areas available.

“No matter where you are or what time of day, you can always sit in the shade,” Jenny says.

Jenny and Rogers re-landscaped the backyard and put in the rock garden. Chimney blocks were reused when that feature was removed from the kitchen.

The garden now has a brick circle with large blocks surrounding it, and the large blocks

match the paving stones in the driveway, so the design ties in with the rest of the garden.

The couple rebuilt the garage in the same style as the house, in coordinating colors.

The classic lines and design of the garden are accented with traditional plantings, including bleeding hearts and hostas.

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AUGUST THROUGH AUG. 10

AUG. 6

AUG. 17

The Tamástslikt Cultural institute hosts the exhibit “wolves & wild lands in the 21st Century.” Details: 541-966-9748.

enjoy an old-fashioned country dance. 7:30 p.m., the gazebo at pioneer park. Details: 541-938-7403.

annual ice Cream social at fort walla walla museum. Details: 509-525-7703.

AUG. 10

AUG. 22-24

sweet onion live iii: an exhibit of model horses, some artistically modified. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., walla walla university Church fellowship hall. Details: sweetonionlive3.weebly.com

The annual Jazz & wine among friends, a threeday festival to benefit friends of Children of walla walla. many wineries and other locations. Details: 509-526-5213/509-527-4745 or wallawallafriends. org

AUG. 1

summer Dance festival performance. Cordiner hall, whitman College. Details: wallawalladancefestival.org AUG. 1-3

annual ymCa peach Basket Classic basketball tournament. 8 a.m., downtown walla walla. Details: 509-525-8863.

AUG. 2

AUG. 12-17

“The Two gentlemen of Verona” will be performed.

7:30 p.m., gesa power house Theatre. Details: shakespearewallawalla.org or phtww.org

spend a summer “evening at the Depot” for a wine and beer social. refreshments, raffle and an auction of art, antiques and collectibles. 6-9 p.m., Dayton historic Depot. Details: 509-382-2026.

AUG. 15-17

AUG. 5-7

The walla walla sweets versus the Victoria harbourCats. 7:05 p.m., Borleske stadium. Details: 509-522-2255 or wallawallasweets.com

The harvest Time fine art show features paintings, photographs, sculpture and fiber arts from walla walla Valley artists. Central middle school, miltonfreewater. Details: 541-938-5126 or 541-938-5516.

AUG. 5-10

AUG. 16-17

“Julius Caesar” will be performed. 7:30 p.m., gesa power house Theatre. Details: shakespearewallawalla.org or phtww.org

muddy frogwater festival. plenty of activities, including art, music and great food. yantis park, milton-freewater. Details: 541-938-5563.

AUG. 22-OCT. 25

The Tamástslikt Cultural institute hosts a new exhibit, “greatest photographs of the american west.” The exhibit is part of the national geographic archive sponsored by Catholic health initiatives st. anthony hospital. Details: 541-966-9748.

AUG. 27-31

on aug. 27, the walla walla fair & frontier Days gets started with a concert by The marshall Tucker Band opening for Charlie Daniels. Demo derby on Thursday, and rodeo on friday, saturday and sunday. walla walla County fairgrounds. Details: 509-527-3247.

SUBMIT YOUR EVENT

walla walla Drag strip hosts exciting races. middle waitsburg road. Details: 509-301-9243.

send your event details to karlene ponti: 509-526-8324 or karleneponti@wwub.com

TUESDAY

FRIDAY

“Trivia game night.” red monkey Downtown lounge, 25 w. alder st. Details: 509-522-3865.

pianist Carolyn mildenberger. 5-7 p.m., sapolil Cellars, 15 e. main st. Details: 509-520-5258.

WEDNESDAY

The first friday of each month, free admission at Tamástslikt Cultural institute, pendleton. Details: 541-966-9748.

music or DJ. 10 p.m., red monkey Downtown lounge, 25 w. alder st. Details: 509-522-3865.

live music. 9 p.m., wildfire sports Bar at wildhorse resort & Casino, pendleton. Details: 800654-9453. live music. 9 p.m., sapolil Cellars, 15 e. main st.

Details: 509-520-5258. music or DJ. music: 9 p.m., DJ: 10 p.m.; marcy’s Downtown lounge; 35 s. Colville st. Details: 509525-7483. music or DJ. 10 p.m., red monkey Downtown lounge, 25 w. alder st. Details: 509-522-3865. each weekend in august, the living history interpreters portray characters from the past, telling stories from local history. 2 p.m., fort walla walla museum. Details: 509-525-7703. each weekend, enjoy a concert at 4 p.m. at the land Title plaza, first avenue and main street.

Details: 509-529-8755.

THURSDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Downtown farmers market. 4 p.m., south first avenue. Details: 509-529-8955 or downtownwallawalla.com

The walla walla Valley farmers market. walla walla County fairgrounds. Details: gowallawallafarmersmarket.com

Comedy jam. 8 p.m., wildfire sports Bar at the wildhorse resort & Casino, pendleton. Details: 800-654-9453.

The Downtown farmers market sets up shop at Crawford park, downtown walla walla. Details: 509-529-8755 or 509-240-2898.

each weekend in august, the living history interpreters portray characters from the past, telling stories from local history. 2 p.m., fort walla walla museum. Details: 509-525-7703. each weekend, enjoy a concert at 4 p.m. at the land Title plaza, first avenue and main street.

Details: 509-529-8755.

Regular Events

first wednesday of the month, wine tasting. plateau restaurant at wildhorse resort & Casino, pendleton. Details: 800-654-9453. music. rogers’ Bakery, 116 n. College ave., College place. Details: 509-522-2738. record your music. 5 p.m., open mic recording Club at sapolil Cellars, 15 e. main st. Details: 509-520-5258. karaoke. 8 p.m., wildfire sports Bar at wildhorse resort & Casino, pendleton. Details: 800-6549453.

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music. Dayton wine works, 507 e. main st. Details: 509-382-1200. live music. 9 p.m., wildfire sports Bar at wildhorse resort & Casino, pendleton. Details: 800654-9453. live music. 9 p.m., sapolil Cellars, 15 e. main st.

Details: 509-520-5258.

Photos by steve Lenz

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This homage to the King silently serenades which busy intersection?

The intersection of Old Milton Highway and Highway 125.

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