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Three stories were selected for recognition from entries in this year’s outdoor adventure writing contest. You read DeVar Gleed’s family fishing memoir a couple weeks back. Today, I thought you might enjoy reading the other two – the Short Stories. Each of our authors...

At some point, some weeks back, Diane asked me if I would speak to the Ellensburg Friday Club. I allowed as how that might be fun, and asked, “What would be the topic?” “Oh, pretty much whatever you wanted to talk about – maybe outdoor stuff, families, you know…” I...

The judges awarded Central Washington Sportsmen Show passes to DeVar Gleed for his entry in this year’s outdoor adventure writing contest. For so many of us, fishing is all about family. “Getting youngest son Nicholas and his grandpa together fishing was worth another...

The Old Man treasured these quiet days of winter; food was put up and a good meal for five was a few steps down into the root cellar (a cellar which is, today, buried somewhere under the entrance to Costco in East Wenatchee). At those times when he actually sat down...

Maybe you’ve spent a few hours parked and waiting for Mother Nature to bless you with a safe trip over the Cascades, too, or for our hard-working road crews to clear away her white gift of winter. We have had no shortage of those delicate hexagonal crystals of ice...

“We cannot simply say we are conservationists… concerned for wildlife’s future. We must demonstrate this… over and over again. Only by doing so can we convince society of our concern for the wild others we pursue and protect…” Shane Patrick Mahoney On Sunday, Dec. 13,...