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Randy Lewis
BREWSTER – The Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center located near the junction of highways 97 and 17 east of Brewster opened the doors on its 2019 Summer Program Schedule on Friday, May 24. The Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday from May 24 through Sept. 29. Included...

A True Value Grand Opening Recognition Plaque was part of the ceremony.
BREWSTER – A year and a half after Brewster Marketplace owners Victor and Yvonne Vargas and Sabrina O’Connell took over the operation of Brewster Drug at 811 Highway 97 on November 2017, the newly renovated and reorganized Brewster Marketplace Pharmacy & True Value Hardware held its Grand...

Colville Confederated Tribes Fish and Wildlife Program Director Randy Friedlander, and Colville Tribes Police Chief Dustin Best join the lunch crowd at the First Salmon ceremony.
BRIDGEPORT – For the seventh time since the opening of the Chief Joseph Hatchery in 2013, the Colville Tribes Fish and Wildlife (CTFW) Department hosted the seventh annual First Salmon Ceremony at the hatchery on Thursday, May 23. Under the direction of Master of Ceremonies and Colville Tribes Fish...

Ralph J. Fries
BREWSTER - The Southern Okanogan County Historical Exhibition, a comprehensive compilation of homesteader histories displayed in words and photos on a series of four-by-eight-foot poster boards, is making its third consecutive visit to the small gym at Brewster High School on Friday and Saturday,...

Volunteers who placed crosses and flags on veterans graves in Locust Grove Cemetery last Saturday.
BREWSTER – Nine Brewster High School junior and sophomore girls were among volunteers who turned out early Saturday morning, May 25, to place more than 200 white crosses with attached American flags on veterans graves in Locust Grove Cemetery. The students, members of Family Care and Community...

Four campers at the 20th annual Okanogan County Amateur Radio Club Campout included, from left, Mike Mauk, Brewster, Roger Odorizzi, Chelan, Mark Tharp, Yakima, and Michael Pearson, Wapato.
PATEROS – The 20th annual Okanogan County amateur Radio Club campout along the Methow River on Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, drew some interesting members of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), a national association of amateur radio users, connecting hams around the U.S. with news,...

Kurt Danison, City of Pateros contract planner, holds up a copy of the latest Land Use Designations map, part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan.
PATEROS - City Council members approved a zoning designation change from Light Industrial to Public Use for the eight-acre Field of Dreams property the district owns along Industrial Way north of the city. Before the unanimous vote, City contract planner Kurt Danison reported to the council that...

Tory Wulf, right, holds lucky ball No. 22 that fell closest to the pin during the Helicopter Ball Drop at the BBGC Golf Fundraiser last Monday. Wulf won the 70-inch flat screen TV which he donated to BBGC Director Jamie Sluys, left, for use at the Boys and Girls Club.
BREWSTER – Scores of golf carts were neatly lined up on the promenade at Gamble Sands Golf Course last Monday morning, May 20, as players began arriving for the fourth annual Brewster Boys and Girls Club (BBGC) Golf Fundraiser. Following the opening instructions, the golfers set out for their...

The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus will bring its tented, one-ring performances to Brewster on June 6.
BREWSTER – With the final hurdle cleared – a physical site to host it – the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Brewster for two shows on Thursday, June 6, at The Armory N.1 parking lot at 600 Main Street. The circus will run from 12 noon to 9 p.m. with evening performances at 5 p.m....

Players get in some last-minute practice on the putting green at last years fundraiser.
BREWSTER – The Brewster Boys and Girls Club’s largest fundraiser of the year, the annual Gamble Sands Golf Tournament, will hit the links on Monday, May 20, and the good news for late registrants is that spots remain open for both foursomes and singles. BBGC Director Jaime Sluys said Tuesday, May...

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