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March 2018

By Mike Cassidy on March 21, 2018 in Past Issues with 0 Comments

Visiting the “Galapagos of the North” — a sailing adventure • On top of Mount Aconcagua • Teacher quit kids to teach dogs • Starting from scratch in a new country • Up from the ashes, a new house in Broadview • Marson and Marson: They Built This City • Magician Jason Sims • Dancer and instructor Andrea Locke • Dreaming of raspberries • Don’t fret about death • The opioid epidemic • More places to taste wine in Leavenworth • Morgan Mohler — lineman for the county • An ugly hunting trip

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Round and round the circles we go…

Round and round the circles we go…

By Mike Cassidy on March 29, 2018 in Columnist with 0 Comments

By G. Wayne Hawks You used to hear that the early pioneers had to circle their wagons. Today, it seems, the Department of Transportation is circling the roads. I remember when I was a kid I rode a merry go-round … Continue reading →

Mike Horan: rifle-toting Vigilante, family man, community booster: The man who would be the ‘Apple King’

Mike Horan: rifle-toting Vigilante, family man, community booster: The man who would be the ‘Apple King’

By Mike Cassidy on March 29, 2018 in Columnist with 0 Comments

By Rod Molzahn On a dusty Wenatchee street, Mike Horan, rifle in hand, stood defiantly at the head of a vigilante group of Wenatchee men also armed with guns and clubs. In late 1892 the Great Northern Railroad reached Wenatchee. … Continue reading →

Blood pressure guide: 130 is the new 140

Blood pressure guide: 130 is the new 140

By Mike Cassidy on March 29, 2018 in Columnist with 0 Comments

By Jim Brown, M.D. In recent months the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released new guidelines on hypertension (high blood pressure). These new guidelines are the product of three years of thorough review by a panel … Continue reading →

Don’t let brain trick you into being blue

Don’t let brain trick you into being blue

By Mike Cassidy on March 29, 2018 in Columnist with 0 Comments

By June Darling A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. — William Blake One way of thinking about life is that we all are carrying a load in a metaphorical sense. We have problems, projects, … Continue reading →

Growing artichokes tough, eating is tasty

Growing artichokes tough, eating is tasty

By Mike Cassidy on March 29, 2018 in Columnist with 0 Comments

By Bonnie Orr In NCW, Artichokes are grown in containers, mostly for their foliage and, with luck, perhaps a few purple flowers. This plant thrives in cooler summers. Maximum temperatures for happy artichokes are in the 80s with much higher … Continue reading →

Western Meadowlark: Beautiful and nice singer, too

Western Meadowlark: Beautiful and nice singer, too

By Mike Cassidy on March 29, 2018 in Columnist with 0 Comments

By Bruce McCammon Spring brings increased numbers of Western Meadowlarks to our sage-steppe foothills and plateaus. These birds are about the size of a robin and have a bright yellow breast with a black V neck line. Their sides are … Continue reading →

Into the wilds by dirt roads

Into the wilds by dirt roads

By Mike Cassidy on March 29, 2018 in Columnist with 0 Comments

By Mike Cassidy People are always up to something. That’s our unofficial motto here at The Good Life, and we’re glad they are because their happenings creates stories for us. However, not all “somethings” make stories. For example, when Jaana … Continue reading →

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