April 2010 Echo Magazine - Treasure hunting

Annual TREASURES OF KITTITAS COUNTY Issue

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TUNDRA by Chad Carpenter

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Roslyn’s Last Friday Art and Music Walk is becoming a community treasureby Lyn Derrick

Everyone says it. The art community in Roslyn is growing intoa public treasure. In large part, that’s because of the monthly Artand Music Walk held in the downtown area on the last Friday ofevery month.

This local art walk was the brainchild of Roslyn businessowner, Cheryl Cox, in partnership with the upper county’s artistsgroup, High Country Artists.

It started in 2008, with two artistically inspired walks throughthe downtown, one in June and one in November.

Then the Roslyn Downtown Association (RDA) posed thequestion: What if we do this every month?

“We wondered,” said RDA’s art walk co-coordinator, JanineBrodine, “what would happen if it was every month so peoplecould anticipate it – and it kind of snowballed from there.”

Brodine says originally RDA, which financially supports theevent, had a “three fold goal.”

“We wanted to provide regular venues for local artists, wewanted to encourage people to visit local businesses, and wewanted to have fun,” she smiled. “Actually that last one might benumber one.”

So far, over 60 artists and musicians have participated in themonthly event. And since idea first took hold, a new gallery wasadded to the scene: Smith’s Exhibits at #3 First Street. Galleryowner, Janen Korth said the Art and Music Walk has been “phe-nomenal” for her. “It’s kind of like a big party every month,” shesaid. “It’s been a great vehicle for us and I schedule our showsaround it so our art isn’t the same as it was last month.”

Now, a new gallery is coming on the scene according to Bro-dine. She should know, it’s called the Brodine & Brodine Gallery– and the other Brodine is her husband Marc. “It’s across fromthe Catholic Church,” Brodine said. (301 N. B St.) She added thatthe artwork to be displayed there is reminiscent of the 60s. “Tiedie, flowers, the peace and love movement,” she smiled.

Last year, every art walk had a theme. For example there wasthe plein air painting show in July, the quilt show in August andthe student art show in April.

While they’re hanging on to those three themes this year,other months will be more diverse.

“That’s one of the changes,” said Brodine. “Businesses aretaking a greater role in finding their own artists. It’s a way forfolks to feel like they’re more a part of things.”

One favored venue was the Roslyn Museum, when artist MaxLunger created etchings as visitors watched. – And new busi-nesses are joining all the time, like Bei Capelli, the newest hairsalon in town.

RDA wants to encourage ‘first time’ displaying artists, too. “SusanWambaugh had her first show at the Pastime [restaurant] last year,”Brodine said, “and she sold a painting on her first night.”

On April 30, as already stated, they’re bringing back the Stu-dent Art Show – one of 2009’s most popular shows.

“Last year we had the [Cle Elum-Roslyn School] MarimbaBand playing,” said RDA president, Jennifer Basterrechea.

Which brings us to the music part of the show. “It would be alot less exciting without the music component,” Korth said. “It’sour goal to have lots and lots of music this year. It creates thekind of vibe we’re looking for.”

Local musician Rob Witte has played, singer and guitarist,Kelly Martin, acoustic guitarist, Marc Brodine (a musician as wellas a visual artist), and violinist, Michael Carlucci.

“When Michael played people sat on the floor and listen tohim till 11 o’clock,” Korth commented and added, “People arecoming in more and hanging out longer.”

Recent changes to the event include most artists and businesseskeeping artwork up for the whole month following the walk, andthe hours were changed: now the event runs 5-8 pm.

One of the most encouraging signs of success for Brodine wasseeing families out enjoying the monthly show – and the town.“They’d have dinner, at some place like Village Pizza and then do theartwalk,” she said. “They were making an evening of it.”

They’re coming in more and hanging

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This book is about a ship thatwas filled with gold and passengerswhich sank about 200 miles off theeastern seaboard in 1857. The shipwas bound from the California goldfields to New York. Actually, therewas a short lay-over and ‘ship change’in Havana where the SS CentralAmerica was boarded by all passen-gers and cargo was transferred. Whilethe ship stayed on course for NewYork, it was smack-dab in the middleof an extreme storm (one passengerwho had sailed for over twenty-fiveyears called the storm “a perfect hurri-cane”). There were 31 women and 26children who were rescued by a nearbyvessel while the men stayed behind. Over 400 peo-ple drowned and it was called the worst peacetimedisaster at sea in American history! On that fatefulday in September, 592 persons were onboard andnearly $2,000,000 worth of gold treasure!

Then, the book flips over to more modern timesin the late 1980’s and early 1990’s when a treasurehunter searches for the vessel in the bottom of theocean. The book actually flips back and forth, from1857 to the late 1960’S and on up to the early1990’s without losing an ounce of intrigue. In fact,there is more of the treasure hunter’s story told (andeverything leading up to AND the search) as of thesinking ship. But, I won’t tell you anymore about thesearch for the treasure!

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In searchof the elusive 4-inchround

By Jim Fossett

“I find them all over theplace: Yakima River, near El-lensburg, Lake Cle Elum, MountSt. Helens, you name it. I alsohave about a dozen heart-shaped rocks I’ve given to mywife, Dianne.”

Hunting for rounds, as youmight expect, leads Olson toother interesting finds.

“A round I discovered in theChehalis River Valley is actuallypetrified biomass. A paleontol-ogist told me it most likelycame from inside the stomachof a bird-like dinosaur. Theyused stones to digest, just likechickens do.

“I’ve also got a branch ofsome sort that’s turned into coal,with flecks of diamonds in it.The University of Washington


Scott Olson’s 30-year search for round rocks has presented him with a goal he says he’s in no hurry to fulfill.He needs one more perfect round, exactly four-inchesin diameter, which will fit nicely at the top of an un-usually creative wall mount he engineered to displaythe 26 rounds he’s collected over the last 30 years. Themount copycats the design used for the 1950’s boardgame called ‘Shoot for the Moon,’ in which a metal ballrolls down an incline between two metal rods.

“It’s just a matter of time, and I’ve got a lot of time,”smiled Olson, a youthful 52-year-old who says he lovesto spend his free time in the outdoors, fishing, rafting,hiking – and hunting for perfect rounds.

It was in 1980 Olson accidentally discovered a two-inch round while excavating in Everett for Boeing Con-struction Company. That’s when he said he got the bugto start collecting.

“I’ve got about 40 altogether,” he said. “Most I’vefound on my own. I have a friend who found one inMontana and gifted it to me. My rounds vary in diame-ter from 3/4-inch to 6.5-inches.

OLSON WITH ANOTHER ROUND. He’s shownstanding in front of the wall mount (far left) heengineered that mimics the design of a boardgame popular in the 1950s. Remarkable: If youlook at the rocks stacked in the mount, each oneappears to be a little bit bigger than the onebelow it. Over 30-years collecting those rocks,Olson remarked … “I didn’t look for rocks thatwould be one size larger than the last. I didn’tplan it that way. It just happened.” Jim Fossett photo

carbon-dated that piece to 30 mil-lion years ago.”

Olson says the kinds of rockshe finds vary from granite and

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The last rock he found in theYakima River, in the summer of2009. “I have a pretty high stan-dard,” he laughed. “It’s got benear perfect if it’s going to makemy collection. Perfect rounds

aren’t something you find everyday. It’s a passion, though, andI’ll never stop doing it.”

Based on the numbers ofrocks in his collection, Olson hasaveraged one near perfect roundper year for the last 30 years.

“Earlier you asked me why Icollect round rocks,” Olson

mused, “and it got me to thinking.When I was five years old, livingin Napavine, Washington, mybuddy’s folks had a round dis-played in their home. Looked asperfect as a bowling ball. I reallyloved that rock and I think, some-how, I might have been imprintedwith that memory. Maybe that ex-

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PROPERTIES: Gold is bright yellow when pure,but the color intensity varies to lighter ordarker with the amount of silver or copperpresent. Gold powder produced by precipita-tion or volatilization is violet, purple or rubycolored. Gold is very heavy and soft and is themost ductile and malleable of metals. It is agood conductor of heat and electricity. Its elec-trical conductivity is exceeded only by silver andcopper. The element is not attacked by air oroxygen and is extremely inactive. It is insolublein all acids except Aqua Regia and Selenic Acid.It is bivalent and tetravalent but combines withonly a few other elements to form compounds.

USES: Gold has little use other than monetaryand decorative. Since earliest historical timegold has been used for currency or as a mon-etary standard, and (presently) these are theprincipal uses of the metal. In the arts, it isused in the manufacture of jewelry, watches,and gold foil for lettering and decorative pur-poses. Lesser amounts are used in dentalwork and in the electrical and chemical in-dustries. Small quantities are used in medi-cine and photography. Most of the industrialuses stem from its resistance to corrosion, ex-cellent ductility and malleability. But, becauseof its extreme softness as the pure metal, it isoften alloyed with silver or copper.

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The night was cold, dank and gloomy inside the tent, but Thad was certain he’d heard the claim-holder right.

Thad Nuebauer had heard about that mine and the fact that itwas a heavy producer of gold! He’d never been there, because he wasa busy man, and not interested in a mine that wasn’t his, but, Thad fig-ured it was about time for his luck to change – if not in mining forgold, he felt lucky in poker tonight! You see, that claim-holder had justput up his gold producing mine in the poker game because he’d losteverything else that night. “Deal me in!” hollered Nuebauer as he gotanother beer from the barkeeper. He knew that the man betting themine had lost all his money already and figured he heard him rightthe first time he spoke about the bet.

“There’s jest one thing about me betting that good of a mine,” hesaid, “and that’s the odds. I’m going to deal just one hand, and to win thatgold mine, one of you fellas dealt in the hand has to git a royal flush!”Thad stared dumbly for a moment before he became pensive. Then asmile crossed his face and he decided that a night’s winnings (that wasthe ante) against such a huge jackpot as the mine was well worth it!

So, they all four sat at the table and proceeded to play stud poker. Nue-bauer couldn’t help grinning the whole time. “Couldn’t that fella pull awayfrom the table and just go about his business?” Thad thought to himself. But,then again, what miner didn’t love the poker tables as much as he did? So,he simply said, “I wouldn’t mind having that gold mine for my own.”

The game began and so did the sweat! The man shuffled the cardsafter he put the mine’s documents into the ante. After the cut, he dealtthem sort of carelessly. Thad picked up his first card. It was a jack. Then hepicked up the second card and found it was a ten of the same suit! Thissurely made him sit up and take notice. The next card was a king and itwas also of the same suit. He made a feeble attempt at sitting still and stay-ing calm. Thad almost lost control when he picked up the fourth card andfound it matched his straight flush! Now, he only needed one card to fill ina straight flush, but filling that gap with not only the right card, but theproper suit – seemed unlikely and the odds against it happening werevery high, indeed. The man dealing gave Thad’s last card a reckless spinacross the table. Thad used his sweating fingers to reach for it. Slowly, helooked at the card and screeched with delight! “I won that mine in apoker game,” he grinned. “It belongs to me!” It was hard for Nuebauer tocontain himself as the man calmly transferred the title to the mine.

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Steve and HollyBurlingame’s

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treasures In a treasuredenvironment

Among the treasures they found was the idealplace to live their active lifestyle.

“We’re outdoor-oriented,” Holly said.It’s that outdoor orientation that led them to this

area. “We were coming over almost every weekend,”Holly said, “for hiking, hunting, fishing, river raftingand snowmobiling.”

In fact, it was a friend they met through snowmo-biling who led them to the site of their future home.

“They said, ‘you’ve got to come and see the prop-erty we bought,’” said Steve.

Venturing across the road, the Burlingames foundtheir own piece of land.

That was in 1988. Soon Holly and Steve had theirRV parked and were ‘rec-creating’ from this base ofoperations to beat the band.

The natural environment here is one of the thingsthe couple treasures. So, when it came time to buildtheir retirement dream home in 2003, theBurlingames wanted to preserve as much of that at-mosphere as possible.

“Our goal was to build a home that blended intothe natural setting,” Holly explained.

They had a pretty good idea about what theywanted, and builder Mike Houser executed their planthrough the finished sheetrock stage. Steve took overfrom there; working on weekends he completed allthe finish work. By 2006, the couple moved intowhat Holly refers to as their “cabinesque” home.

On the outside there’s natural cedar siding, a for-est green roof and all natural landscaping – includingrock unearthed when their basement was dug.

On the inside there’s a natural river rock fireplacewith a real wood-burning stove, warm colors reflect-ing the outdoors – plus trim, window and doorframesSteve made from timber cleared from the property.

Then Holly added some treasures of her own inthe form of artwork, paintings, pottery, sculpture andburls – all of it a celebration of the outdoors, too.

Besides being cabinesque, the Burlingame’s home

is warm and inviting, with an open living area madefor entertaining friends.

“We have a lot more friends than we ever did inBellevue,” Steve smiled. In fact he says it’s the peoplehere that he treasures the most. “You go into the postoffice here,” he said, “and people say ‘hi’ to you. Youdon’t get that over there.”

Nor do you generally get a regular round robin ofdinner parties. “We were meeting for dinner everySaturday night in town,” Steve said about their groupof friends. “Then I thought, you know, we could so-cialize better at someone’s house.”

The Burlingame’s move here didn’t require leav-ing family behind, either. In short order, Holly’s Dadand sister, and Steve’s sister moved to the area, too.

Perhaps they discovered one of the things Hollytreasures – not just a more enjoyable way of life, buta more peaceful one, too.

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A bug bit Cle Elum’s Karen Peterson. It bit her hard, and immediately she was infected with a passion to collect commercial memorabilia.

Not just any kind. Only the kind with a sentimentalhook to the place she and her extended family havecalled home sweet home for years.

Some might venture to say that from the mysteriousspiritual world closed to prying human intellects, Peter-son received a calling to become a tradition bearer ofsorts, in the form of a surrogate-museum curator, and amember of a select group in the Upper County devotedto building bridges from generations past to those of uswho live in the present. Some do it by telling stories.Some do it by writing. Others do it by collecting andpreserving things.

Today, after a decade, Peterson’s collection rests ina stately display case at her husband’s dental practice inCle Elum. How did the bug bite? She explains.

“Well, I guess, it would be this. I have very fondmemories of my grandfather walking me to the FreezerShop in Roslyn, when I was a child. Fast forward to ten

years ago, I was shuffling through a storage box athome and found an old, red, plastic salt and peppershaker with a decal that read: The Freezer Shop. So, Iput it in a safe place, and from that point, started col-lecting. Friends and neighbors would give me things.My mom would call me and tell me she found this orthat, and I’d add it to my collection. Then I started goingto antique malls and yard sales, looking for stuff.”

What’s in her collection today? Here are a fewitems, just for starters.

An Inventory of Historical Proportions

• An autographedscript from the NorthernExposure television se-ries filmed in Roslyn. “Mydaughter was an extra inone show,” she said.

• A program datedAugust 8, 1967, celebrat-ing the I-90 opening,signed by then GovernorDaniel Evans.

By Jim Fossettwith Nick Henderson

The collectingbug that bit

Peterson

KAREN PETERSON holds the Roslyn Freezer Shop salt andpepper shaker that infected her with the bug to collect com-mercial memorabilia, and other things that remind her of theplace where her extended family sank roots. Jim Fossett photo

Inside the program areshreds of plastic, what re-mains of the ribbon used forthe ribbon cutting ceremony.

• An ice pick embossedwith – Cle Elum DairyProducts, 1910, Phone: 373.The Dairy occupied the build-ing where Personal Touch Em-broidery is located today, onFirst Street, in Cle Elum.

• Peterson’s collectionisn’t restricted to commer-cial memorabilia. On a shelfin her display cabinet rests aValentine card her dad, GeneSandona, gave to his mom in1945.

• A bread wrapper from the RoslynBakery, printed with the bakery’s phonenumber: 521.

• A 1957 calendar distributed by theMiner Echo Newspaper, predecessor ofthe NKC Tribune. “My husband’s grandfa-ther and dad owned and operated theEcho at one time.”

• A cardboard tube the size of a plas-tic chapstick container, printed with thewords: McKnight Motors. Inside the

cardboard tube are several thin, glasstubes, each one designed to be snapped,to let loose a tiny sampling of perfume.

McKnight Motors occupied thebuilding where Cle Elum’s City Hall istoday, on First Street.

• Wooden nickels from several differ-ent taverns in the area that have long sincedisappeared: Longhorn Tavern, where Sa-hara’s Pizza is today, on First Street in CleElum; Office Tavern, where Marko’s istoday, in Roslyn; Cle Elum Tavern, where

Beau’s Pizza is today, on FirstStreet in Cle Elum; UnionTavern, which was located in abuilding that doesn’t exist any-more, near El Caporal, on FirstStreet in Cle Elum; and, King’sTavern, once located in the build-ing next to Marko’s in Roslyn.• Loggers Festival programs

that date back to the 1960s.Back in the day, the festival took

place near Memorial Park in CleElum.• A foot-long pencil used as a

marketing novelty, distributed bythe Freezer Shop in Roslyn,where Roslyn Café is today.• A rain bonnet tucked away

neatly in a golf-ball-size plastic pouch, ad-vertising Brown’s Funeral Home, whereCascade Funeral Home is today, on NorthHarris Street, in Cle Elum.

• Paper nickel rolls from SeattleFirst National Bank, now home of Bankof America, on First Street in Cle Elum.

• Various knick-knacks used to mar-ket businesses from a day gone by, includ-ing: Simpson’s Texaco, where Subway-

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Shell is today, on First Street, inCle Elum; Tony’s Transfer,where the old NKC Tribune of-fice used to be, on Pennsylva-nia Avenue, in Cle Elum;Sandona’s Chevron, whereCle Elum’s Dairy Queen istoday, on First Street; PioneerTransfer; and, City Grocery,

the sandstone building inRoslyn, on Second Street.

Sentimental Journey“At a yard sale, I picked up

a matchbook from the oldbowling alley in town, Ever-green Lanes,” Peterson said,“but somehow it got lost onthe way home.

“You know, all of thesethings I collect represent theplace where I grew up, wheremy parents grew up, andwhere my grandparents grewup. I think that explains someof the passion, too.”

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“Trail Mix” is a description of a Cascades area trail from the perspective of an actual user.

TRAIL OF THE MONTH

By Janie McQueen

Looking for a new trail?

WALKING SAFELYdown the trail atPuget Sound En-

ergy’s Wild HorseWind Facility (out-

side Ellensburg)with hard hats

and safety glassesin place for the

guided tour.Janie McQueen photo

Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Wild Horse Wind Facility may offerjust the ticket! The gate opens on April 1 (really, not an April Fool’sjoke) and remains open until November 30.

There are a few requirements for your safety, however. For starters,call ahead of time to the office just to make sure the trails will beavailable, as PSE monitors conditions and may opt to close the trails tohikers when the wind is just too strong. I can attest to the wind upthere, because even on the day I went which was relatively calm as thetrail was open, it was still extremely windy.

Depending on age and fitness level, the short trail may prove morestrenuous than it would be under less breezy con-ditions, as you buck the wind all the way back. CallPSE at (509) 964-7815 for weather details.

Visitor Center tours begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at2:00 p.m., although the gate is open from 9:00 a.m. to5:30 p.m. These tours are given daily no reservationsare needed. If use of the beautiful Visitor Center for agroup of up to 48 people is appealing, that does requirereservations for that day and provide your own food andwater or beverages. A brief liability form needs to befilled out to see a wind turbine on a guided trail tour.

Short trailsare a breeze at

Wild Horse

Closed-toe shoes are required to protect your feet, and itis also recommended that you wear layered clothing. Beprepared for it to be cold at the Wind Facility. Though itmight seem like the weather is fine in the valley, it canquickly get cold and windy up there. It’s easy to see whyPSE chose that site for a wind facility!

A few rules to keep in mind - ATV’s are prohibited, as isdriving on cross country areas and any maintenance roadsto wind turbines. There is no overnight camping and a per-mit is needed to hike or ride horseback cross-country (dur-ing the hunting season and for general recreation). Isn’t itpretty cool that we can still use the private land if we fol-low a few simple rules?

Permits are offered FREE because the folks at PSE justwant to make sure that trail users know about the fragileenvironment under their feet! “A history and ecology ofthis area is really important,” said Jennifer Diaz. That’s oneof the reasons she leads a guided hike on the 2-3 mileroundtrip trail to simply look at the wildflowers! The trailfor that trip does go down into a canyon, so for those un-sure if the climb may be more challenge than their fitnesslevel is up to, Jennifer can set up a bus to board at the bot-tom and head back up to the Visitor Center.

There is no way to tell when the wildflower hike will bethis year, so keep watching in the local newspapers fordates or call the facility. Jennifer promised that she’d knowa little ahead of time!

When you let the PSE folks know you’re coming to visitthe trail system, they provide a guide and loan the use ofsafety glasses and hard hats for each member of your groupto use for free. There are orange cones set up in the middleof the short trail to let folks know where the “hard hat” areabegins. Also, remember that you don’t have to be part of agroup for this trail as it wraps around the Visitor Center andhas gorgeous views! The trail isn’t overly strenuous for mosthikers at only 1 ½ miles roundtrip, but it is extremely inter-esting. Your guide will actually take folks INSIDE one ofthose giant wind turbines! The wind turbines are set up togive us renewable energy. Feel free to ask your guide, whowill most likely be Adam Crawford or Jennifer Diaz, anyquestions you might have about the big wind turbine.

Wildlife can be seen ALL OVER, and the elk even mean-der around the big turbines without seeming to mind themat all. That’s a plus for this county!

Remember a hunting permit can be obtained onsite dur-ing hunting season for free. Just call 509-964-7815.

Directions to Wild Horse Wind Facility From Cle Elum travel east on I-90 to Exit 106. Follow the

exit to a four-way stop. Keep driving straight as it becomesUniversity Way. Drive on University Way until it becomesthe Vantage Highway. Continue on Vantage Highway for alittle over 16 miles. The Wild Horse Wind Facility is well-marked with an archway on your left.

WANT TO GET CHARGED UP? Adam shows us where we could charge ourelectric cars while we’re going on a guided tour or trail!

Janie McQueen photo

VISITORS STAND OUTSIDE the Visitor Center on this deck toget a great view of the Wind Farm facility. It’s recom-

mended that you always dress in layers for the cold! Shownare Adam Crawford, Christina Bettis, and Jennifer Diaz.

Janie McQueen photo

THESE SOLAR PANELS PROVIDE all the energy (electricity) for the VisitorCenter at the Wild Horse Wind Facility . Janie McQueen photo


Spring is here and so is some great night sky-watching. April is that time of year when theevenings are warmer so it is perfect for night view-ing. I’d still grab a snuggly blanket and a thermosof hot coffee or cocoa, though, because there isplenty to see in April and you might end up stayingoutside at night for a while!

PlanetsMercury and Venus will offer superb views in the

evening twilight hours. To the south, Mars will be inview and as well, Saturn will be visible, rising in theeast. The ringed beauty will remain a beacon for tel-escopes all night! Simply watch it in the southeast asthe planet climbs higher in the evening sky (even ifyou didn’t get to see it in opposition in March, it’sstill pretty).

Have you got a telescope handy? If so, you’ll get tosee the rings as they tilt 2-degrees during mid-April.Then focus on the planet itself throughout April forsome nice observing. Because of Saturn’s clouds itwill appear a reflected color of yellow.

You can even see a couple of Saturn’s moons(Titan and Iapetus) which will be on display thismonth. Titan will be visible in the first week of April,glowing at a magnificently bright 8th magnitude, tothe large planet’s west. Then it will orbit to the eastside of Saturn on April 7. The moon will then returnto its mother planet on April 14, and moves to thewest of Saturn again before it completes its orbit onApril 22. Titan will be visible to the east - from the23rd of April until the end of the month. Titan actu-ally completes two orbits around Saturn each month.Iapetus is the next moon out of the six largest of Sat-urn’s moons to observe. It will brighten consider-ably as it moves to the east and west of Saturn. This(the brightening) takes place all month! It becomesbrighter because one of its hemispheres reflectsabout 90 percent of the sunlight while the other half

only reflects about 10 percent. And the brightestside faces the Earth whenever Iapetus is farthestwest of Saturn. The bright moon will lie a little overone inch to the south of Saturn on April 17.

Most of the celestial activity for planets takesplace in the evening sky because Jupiter and Uranusdon’t make a showing until the predawn hours andafter. Because it’s so difficult to spot, it’s best to waituntil May for observing Uranus. Jupiter will comeinto the southeast sky just before dawn. It will be-hoove us all to wait until the month’s end as the bigplanet will rise earlier and earlier as the month ad-vances. It will be in the east-southeast sky just 30minutes before the Sun rises in late April.

MeteorsThis month is the beginning of our annual meteor

activity. It begins with the Lyrid meteor showerpeaking just before dawn on April 22. If you can getto a dark sky, you’ll be able to see between 15 and 25meteors per hour. That is, if you wake up that early!There is a Quarter Moon that sets just before 3:00am and that will be perfect for viewing meteors in adark sky. In 1982, the shower peaked at 90 meteorsper hour (though it didn’t last very long) and thatwas far more than astronomers originally thought!So, even though astronomers don’t predict a strongshowing of meteors this year, the Lyrids can surpriseus. They can even be bright, fast and will often leavetrains in the night sky above us!

Have a wonderful time all month as you view thecelestial happenings because April is the beginningof good astronomical events yet to come for 2010!

THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN BY the Cassini-Huygens in July, 2008 andshows us completely natural colors. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft cap-tured the images at a distance of approximately 690,000 miles fromSaturn. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is a cooperative project ofNASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. It ismanaged by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who designed the space-craft and two onboard cameras. The next scheduled flyby is for April5, 2010 and it will take place at Titan, one of Saturn’s moons.

Photo courtesy of NASA/Space Science Institute


By Janie McQueen

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APRIL • 2010❖ THURSDAY, APRIL 1

WSDOT I-90 East Construction 2010 Projects Open House, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. in multi-purposeroom at the Easton School, 1893 Railroad Street.

❖ SATURDAY, APRIL 3Kittitas Audubon Society First Saturday Bird Walk, 8:00 a.m., meet at Irene Rinehart parking lot near Ellensburg. Most walks run 2 hrs. Everyone welcome. For info, visit www.kittitasaudubon.org.

Suncadia Annual Easter Egg Hunt, 9:30 a.m. onProspector Golf Driving Range. Free admission.For more info, visit www.suncadiaresort.com.

Cle Elum Easter Egg Hunt, 12 noon sponsored byVolunteer Fire Dept. at 700 E. Third St., Cle Elum.

❖ SUNDAY, APRIL 4Northwest Cutting Competition, 12 -2 p.m.409 W. 12th Ave., Ellensburg. Free admission.For more info, visit www.bladesports.org.

❖ MONDAY, APRIL 5Cascade Field & Stream Club, 7:00 p.m. at Sunset Cafe in Cle Elum. Info: call 509-674-1714.

❖ TUESDAY, APRIL 6WSDOT I-90 East Construction 2010 Projects Open House, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. in multi-purposeroom at Cle Elum-Roslyn Elementary School,2696 State Route 903, Cle Elum.

❖ THURSDAY, APRIL 8Alpine Lakes Trail Riders (ALTR) chapter ofBack Country Horsemen of WA, 7:00 p.m. at the Roslyn Riders Clubhouse off State Route 903. For info, call Dana Bailey, (509) 304-8701.

❖ FRIDAY & SATURDAY, APRIL 9-10Annual Leavenworth Choral Festival.Info, visit www.leavenworthchoralfestival.org.

❖ SATURDAY, APRIL 10Sons of Italy Spaghetti Fundraiser, 4-7 p.m., Cle Elum Eagles Club, 220 Pennsylvania Ave. For more info, call Ron Dalle, 509-674-5125.

❖ THURSDAY, APRIL 15Maya Lin - speaker at CWU in conjunction with Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices, 1910-2010. Maya Lin is an American artist and

architect who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. Her best-known work is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. For info, contact Cindy Coe at [email protected].

❖ FRIDAY, APRIL 16Family Poetry Night, 7 - 9 p.m. at Ellensburg Public Library Hal Holmes Center. For more info, contact Debby at [email protected].

❖ SATURDAY, APRIL 17Leavenworth Ale FestFor more info: www.leavenworthalefest.com.

Variety Talent Show & Dessert PotluckSwauk-Teanaway Grange Hall, 1361 Ballard Hill Road, Cle Elum. For more information, callGerry Lloyd, 509-674 1989.

Cle Elum Roslyn Chamber FeathernesterDinner & Auction, The Lodge at Suncadia.For more info, call the Chamber 509-674-5958.

❖ SATURDAY, APRIL 24Roslyn’s Annual Arbor Day and Earth Day Citywide Clean-Up events.For information, call City Hall, 509-649-3105.

Campership “Hoe Down” Fundraiser at Ritter Farms, Cle Elum. Info: Katie, 509-260-0848.

“Spring Fling” Food & Live Music, Cle Elum Eagles Club, 220 Pennsylvania Ave.; 509-674-2385.

❖ FRI. & SAT., APRIL 30 - MAY 14th Annual WSCFF Fly Fishing Fair,Kittitas Valley Event Center (Kittitas County Fairgrounds), Ellensburg. For more information, contact Carl Johnson 1-425-308-6161

‘Final Friday’ Live Music & Art Walk5:00 - 9:00 p.m., downtown Roslyn.For more information, call 509-649-2551.

• APRIL EXHIBITS •• Carpenter House Museum and High Country

Artist Gallery, Cle Elum; 509-674-9766.

• Roslyn Museum203 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Roslyn; 509-649-2355.

• Clymer Museum of Art416 N. Pearl St., Ellensburg; 509-962-6416.

• Kittitas County Historical Museum114 E. Third Ave., Ellensburg; 509-925-3778.


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by Nola Forster,WSU Extension Master Gardener

WHEN I THINK of treasurehunting I think of darkcaves, long hikes in thewoods and hidden places.

As you might guess, I spend a lot of time workingin the yard, but this last year I’ve been thinking abouthaving a special place to retreat, to be able to sit andrelax where no one else can see; for meditation andreflection. Oh, I have a bench under the big willowtree, but that is out front for visiting with neighborsout for a walk. This new space will be just for me.

So this year I will be putting together my ownhidden treasure in the form of a shady, secret space inthe very back of my yard by the creek. During my re-search I’ve focused on shade loving plants.

Anyone who has a house probably has a shadyside that can become either a hideaway or showcasejust by adding plants such as hostas with their widerange of colorful, streaked and patterned foliage, finetextured ferns or the bold flower plumes of astilbeand the long flowering hellebores.

So once you have a design in mind and the hardscapeand structures are in place, it is time to select plants.

Shrubs give structure and add weight and sub-stance to the landscape. They can be used to createbarriers or alter traffic flow. They define the shapeand limits of the garden. A very hardy shrub for ourarea and one I don’t see here too often is Cletheraal-nifolia or Summersweet. The only thing it can’t standup to is drought and our local deer, so keep it irri-gated and if you have deer in your area then you maywant to cage the younger and smaller plants for thefirst couple of years until they get established.

Otherwise, it takes full sun to full shade, ordinarynative soil to salty, sandy coastal conditions or wetboggy soils. Summersweet grows 3 to 5 feet tall andflowers in late summer with 2 to 6 inch long spikesof white or pink; its leaves turn yellow before theyfall in early winter.


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IN THIS PHOTO, the Japanese PaintedFern, Violets and Hosta may appear tobe planted far apart, but they are youngplants and need the space to grow.

Photo courtesy of Nola Forster

Another deciduous shrub happy in ei-ther shade or sun is Kerria japonica. MyMother lived just south of Portland, ORand she had one in full sun that stoodprobably 8 to 10 feet high and cascadingto about 10 feet wide it bloomed all sea-son long. Here, with our shorter growingseason it won’t get that big.

Kerria has golden yellow single flow-ers and K. peniflora has double pom pom-like flowers 2 inches across. In the winterthe bare stems stay a beautiful lime greencontrasting wonderfully against the snow.

When grown in the shade Kerria will belankier than bushy, forming a semi-vininghabit but it will still have some bloom allseason long. Kerria will accept rather poorsoils, dry deep shade and will survive adrought season once it’s established.

Working with natives almost alwaysmeans low maintenance and pest free – Ilike that. Two that come to mind are Ma-honiareptens, or Oregon Grape, and Spi-raea densiflora, a subalpine spirea thatforms 3 foot high clumps and has pinkconical shaped flowers that grow abovethe foliage in summer.

Our native Mahonia grows from thesagebrush steppe to the high rocky ridgesof Upper County and stays evergreen; butits holly-like, shiny leaves turn red in fall. Itgrows a couple of feet high, has yellowflowers in spring and edible blue-blackberries in summer, which make a fine jelly.

I am fortunate to have lots growing inmy yard so I just made flower bedsaround them and let them go, they alsosucker and form clumps. Because they arein so many different places it gives myyard a more cohesive feel.

Another shade loving shrub that mostpeople know is the Hydrangea and one thatwill survive our cold winters is Hydrangea-paniculata. Called PeeGee hydrangea, itwill get 10 feet or higher and produceslarge flower heads 8-12 inches long begin-ning white but turning pink, aging to tan.They remain on the plant even after leavesdrop in late fall. This is not a drought toler-ant plant, it actually has a derivative ofhydro right in the name; it requires moist,but well drained soil and partial shade.

Perennials are non-woody plants thatlive for 2 or more years. There is an im-mense variety to choose from and my fa-vorite this year is the Helleborous niger.The hellebore, also called the Lenten rose,is the first to bloom in the spring. Best indappled shade with morning sun it growsto around 2 feet high. The amazing thingabout this plant is that its flowers lastsometimes up to 4 months.

There are a lot of new hybrids out nowand they come in shades of white through

pink and burgundy to yellow, green and al-most black. The hellebore will grow in mostsoils except the poorly drained or very dry,but what they like best is compost enriched,well drained soil. They also need to be pro-tected from strong cold winds.

Hostas have been a standard in theshade garden since my grandmother’s dayand are used as specimen plants or focalpoints by planting in mass. They havesolid or variegated foliage with colorranges from powder blue to dark greenwith snow-white edges and stripes inolive green and gold.

Hostas like fertile and moist but welldrained soil, dappled shade and morningsun. Each hosta variety is a little differentin its tolerance for extremes of sun andwater; a little experimentation may beneeded until you get the right combina-tion for your yard. Their white, lavender orpurple flowers appear on stalks above thefoliage in summer.

Ferns provide a fine texture and back-ground for subtle shade loving bloomers inmid summer. The sword fern isn’t nativeeast of the Cascades but will grow here justfine with regular water and will survivesome drought once it’s well established.

Some very beautiful ferns are alsohardy in our area such as Athyrium nipon-icum (Japanese painted fern) with its sil-very gray green fronds; and in the samefamily the Lady Fern is also deciduous andhas light green fronds sometimes 3 feetlong with red stalks. Also the daintyMaiden Hair Fern and the Autumn Fernwith its yellow and orange spring colorsall provide a delightful cover for fadedstalks of early spring bulbs.

In the photo here, the JapanesePainted Fern, Violet and Hosta appear tobe planted a little far apart, but they arestill young and will need room to grow inthe coming years. In moist shady areasplants need good air circulation or theycan become susceptible to mold andmildew problems.

Other plants that grow well in theshade are Lily-of-the-Valley, Trilliums andthe Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart.Heuchera and all the many hybrids thatare being developed now are simply stun-ning; from bright lime green to deep bur-gundy and all colors in between,grandma’s old fashioned Coral Bells havecome a long way. Brunnera also growswell here and the cultivar Jack Frost isone of my favorites with its green andfrosty white leaves, it sends out a profu-sion of forget-me-not like flowers floatingabove the foliage in spring.

Groundcovers can reduce waterevaporation from exposed, freely drain-

ing soils and, once established, they re-duce the need for weeding by shadingout and preventing weed seeds from tak-ing hold. My most favorite is GaliumOdoratum, or Sweet Woodruff. While itwill grow in all but the hottest afternoonsun, it will take dry, full shade.

Sweet Woodruff bears star shapedscented white flowers above whorls oflance shaped emerald green leaves in thespring. When the leaves are dried theysmell like new mown hay – probably whyit was once called bedstraw; the flowerswere used to make May wine.

While it will grow in dry shade withoutadditional water, it will be fuller and growfaster if given regular water in summer. Itdies back in winter but once you clip offthe dead leaves during spring cleanup you’llsee fresh new shoots coming up and that’sthe last you’ll have to do for it all year.

Ajuga reptens, or Carpet Bugleweed isusually bronze leafed and spreading withrhizomes; it has 6-inch tall spikes of indigoblue flowers in spring. The spent flowerspikes are usually clipped off when they fin-ish flowering to keep the beds neat. If ajugagets regular water and spreads to a largeenough area, you could actually mow it. Justset the lawn mower on its highest cuttinglevel; then don’t worry about it again untilthe next year. It needs partial to full shadeand moist rich soil. It can invade lawns.

Vinca minor, sometimes called Creep-ing myrtle, is a mat forming subshrubwith a trailing habit. It has violet blueflowers beginning in spring and continu-ing through autumn.

I know my shade garden is going to bea lot of work at first but as I get older andmy muscles don’t recover as fast as theyused to I am looking forward to a gardenthat will somewhat sustain itself and stillbe a comfortable and restful place to sit; atreasure in my own backyard.

The plants mentioned here are hardyin all of Kittitas County and most can befound at local nurseries.

For your gardening ques-tions, contact the WSU MasterGardener offices anytime anda Master Gardener will returnyour call. The DiagnosticClinic is open May throughSeptember, Tuesdays 11:30a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the WSU Ex-tension Office, 507 NanumRm. 2, Ellensburg; Phone:(509) 962-7507, Upper CountyToll Free: (509) 674-2584.



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