Memorial to Methow to be dedicated Saturday

PATEROS – Dedication ceremonies for the Memorial to the Methow park on Lakeshore Drive will be held at noon Saturday, May 27.
Methow native, Mark Miller, was at the site Tuesday, May 23, showing a group of Pateros second, third and fourth graders the finer points of assembling a teepee for Saturday’s dedication ceremonies. Miller was among the committee members who helped take the project to create a Memorial to the Methow park from idea to reality.
Memorial to the Methow Dedication Schedule
(Tracy Miller:
Event coordinator)
• Starts at 12 noon
• Music by Arnold Cleveland
• Welcoming remarks by Pateros mayor, Carlene Anders.
• Master of Ceremonies, Randy Lewis
• Prayer by Father Jake Morton
Speakers:
• Virgil “Smoker” Marchand: Memorial sculpture artist
• E. Richard Hart: Author and Native American historian
• Jord Wilson: Pateros City Administrator: Memorial layout designer
• Roberta “Bobbi” Hall: Pateros HS senior: Creator of Memorial tiles
• Mark Miller: Methow-Lakes descendant
• Ernie Antoine Willimas: Methow-Wenatchee descendant
• Traditional closing: Randy Lewis
Open microphone
Free buffet luncheon