The Leavenworth Rotary Club is selling tickets for another dream vacation to Bavaria. Only 2,500 tickets will be sold, so purchase your tickets from a Rotarian or stop by The Leavenworth Echo, 215-14th St. or call 509-548-5286. The money raised will provide funding for the Rotary Club's service projects locally and around the world. (erTFN)
Community Breakfast
Enjoy All-You-Can-Eat pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee or milk. Lions Club Park on Hwy 2 next to City Pool, Leavenworth. Hours: 7 to 11 a.m. Prices: $6 ages 11 and Up. $3 ages 4-10. Free to kids under 4 and military personnel with ID. Remaining dates for 2015: August 8 & 22; September 12 & 26; October 3 & 10 (open one hour later in October). Proceeds go to Lions' service projects locally and worldwide. For more information, contact Helen at 509-888-3870 or visit the website at LeavenworthLions.com. (er29,30,31)
Upper Valley Museum closed
The museum will be closed from Aug. 3-12. The August Board meeting will be held August 13 as scheduled. During that time, if you need to get in touch with our new board president, you can reach Tim at 509-881-5687 or Karen can reached at 425-501-4200. (er29,30,31)
Wellington Tours
Plan to visit the site of the March 1, 1910 avalanche that swept two trains off their tracks, killing 96 people, still considered the worst avalanche in United States History. This popular narrated tour will stop at sites along the Stevens Pass Highway that were significant to Great Northern Railway history, including Wellington. The event will be hosted by the Upper Valley Museum in Leavenworth. The tour will leave the Icicle Village Resort at 9:30 a.m. and return between 3:30 and 4 p.m. The dates are Aug. 7, 8, 21 and 22. Cost is $40 per person. For further information, call the Upper Valley Museum at 548-0728. (er29,30,31)
Vacation Bible School
Join us for Vacation Bible School at Leavenworth United Methodist Church, 418 Evans Street in Leavenworth. Call to register at 548-5619. The VBS is from 9 a.m. to noon from Aug. 10 to 13. The theme is super heroes. For ages 3 to 10. Older children are invited to work as helpers. (er29,30,31)
Leavenworth Village Voices Season Opener Picnic
Leavenworth Village Voices invites individuals who love to sing and who may be interested in joining the group to a picnic on Monday, Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. in Lion's Club Park in Leavenworth. Attendees can learn more about the choir while enjoying food, beverages, and singing with current members. Rehearsals for the new season will begin on Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Leavenworth Community United Methodist Church. Please feel free to call Leavenworth Village Voices at 548-9797 for more information. (er29.30,31)
Historical Walking Tour of Leavenworth
The Upper Valley Museum will be sponsoring another of many historical tours Saturday, Aug. 8. Others will be second Saturday of each month and run through October. We will meet at the Upper Valley Museum at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The tour will be about 1-2 hours and will be about a couple of miles on flat ground. There will be a donation of $3 fee. We encourage everyone to take part and hope to get lots of tourists also. Wear good walking shoes. For more information, call 548-0728. (er30,31)
Wenatchee River Nature Quest
A free, fun day for kids and families to learn about fish, birds, plants and tiny aquatic insects that depend on our river and help keep it healthy. A mix of guided and self-guided activities for all ages means all families will have a great day of fun and learning by the Wenatchee River. Pack a lunch and enjoy a summer picnic overlooking the river. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Barn Beach Reserve, 347 Division Street, Leavenworth. For more information please visit www.wenatcheeriverinstitute.org, email hillary@cdlandtrust.org, or find us on Facebook. (er30,31)
Youth Football Camp
For their senior project, Tristan Zucktriegel and Dylan Scott are hosting a youth football camp for kids in the Cascade School District going into third through sixth grades, Aug. 6-8 from 10 a.m. to noon at the high practice field, behind the bus barn on Titus Road. We are going to teach kids the advanced fundamentals of football and how to play safely and have fun at the same time. There will be raffles, prizes, free snacks and Gatorade. Among the prizes: a pair of youth football gloves and a Marshawn Lynch Seahawks jersey. Cost is $35, with all proceeds sgoing toward the CHS football team. Bring the cash or check made out to Cascade High School on the first day of camp. Email Tristan with registration or questions at tzuck30@gmail.com. (er30,31)
Red Cross Blood Drive
The Leavenworth Red Cross Blood Drive, hosted by the United Methodist Women and the Nazarene Church, will be held on Thursday, Aug. 6, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 111 Ski Hill Drive, Leavenworth. There is a big need for donors this time of the year. For information or scheduling a time, call 1-800-REDCROSS, (1-800-733-2767). Walk-ins are welcome. (er30,31)
Upper Valley Museum Ice Cream Social
An Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Upper Valley Museum of Leavenworth is from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8 at Lions Club Park in Leavenworth. $5 for adults, $3 for 12 and under. Dessert, ice cream, drinks. $1 cones. Come enjoy, and support your local history museum. Call 548-0728. (er30,31)
CM Home and Garden Tour
Cascade Medical Foundation presents its 20th Annual Home and Garden Tour on Saturday, Sept. 19 from noon to 5 p.m. This year's tour will take place in the Leavenworth area featuring seven unique and lovely homes. Tickets are $20 per person and will be on sale at the Cascade Medical admitting desk and on the Cascade Medical Foundation's website beginning Sept. 1 and at any home the day of the tour. All proceeds will go toward the purchase of a new ambulance for Cascade Medical. For more information go tofoundation@cascademedical.org or call the Foundation office at 509 548-2523. (er31,32)
'Don't Look Away' at Leavenworth Library
What if the forces behind events are not as they appear? Linda Stever's latest release, "Don't Look Away," is a lyric novel in which three stories intertwine across space and time, examining the unexplainable influences that redefine and transform our lives. Strever, author of "Against My Dreams" returns to Leavenworth with a free presentation at Leavenworth Library at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14. Call 548-7923. (er31,32)
Peshastin
Peshastin Library Events
Come to the Pehastin Library at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 for the Knights of Veritas big event. At 2 p.m. on
Thursday, Aug. 13, see Deb McVay, bilingual master storyteller. From 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday Aug. 14, catch Superhero Comic Con. Transform yourself into a superhero and join us for contests, games, trivia and more. Call 548-7821. (er31,32)
Cashmere
Summer Reading Program
The last event for the Summer Reading Program for Cashmere Public Library is just around the corner. Bilingual Outreach English/Spanish storytime with storyteller Deb McVay is at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10 at the Cashmere Public Library. Children of all ages are invited to this free bilingual storytime. (er31)
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels is short of drivers. We are looking for a few good men or women, who want to volunteer to pick up the senior meals up in Leavenworth and deliver to Cashmere seniors, that need some help with preparing their meals. Please call Bobbie. 509-470-0522. We are a non profit organization that has been working in senior nutrition for over 20 years. Please lets continue. We can't do this with out you. (er31,32)
Regional
Knight Fright Ride
Registration is underway for the inaugural Knight Fright Ride sponsored by the Wenatchee Valley College Alumni Association. The costume-themed ride takes place Oct. 10 and offers a pair of options for cyclists - a 10-mile course and a 40-mile course. If you register before Aug. 17, the cost is $25 for the 10-mile ride or $40 for the 40-mile route. All proceeds benefit the Wenatchee Valley College scholarship fund. To learn more, including registration information or how your business can be a Knight Fright Ride sponsor, contact WVC alumni relations coordinator Kacie Thrift at 682-6413. (er31,32)
Wenatchee Valley Erratics
Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. We are again honored to have as our speaker Vic Baker, Professor of Planetary Sciences and Geosciences, U. of Arizona-Tucson. In early July this year Dr. Baker was the keynote speaker at an international geomorphology conference held in Barnaul, Siberia, that concerned ice-age megaflooding. The program is free and open to the public. Call 665-2136. (er31)
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