Volume 16, Issue 8
<h3>The Center News ~ August 2008</h3>
<h1> From The Front Office </h1>
Greetings from the new and improved CCC! I absolutely love sitting in my recently painted and carpeted office, looking out into the beautiful new lobby in front of me. I can’t help but marvel at the metamorphosis that has taken place. What was once a drafty, dingy, hard-to-keep-clean, funky old room is now a beautiful, inviting, cheery and light space. The cooling system has been doing its job and the insulated walls have helped immensely in keeping us all comfortable during the past few weeks when the temperatures reached mid-nineties and above. It’s hard to believe I am working in the same building!
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I would like to welcome Curt Howard as our new interim board member. The board of directors unanimously voted him in and at our Annual Membership Meeting the members will get the chance to meet him and officially ratify that appointment. Curt has served on non-profit boards in the past, and he brings a lot of experience and knowledge to the organization. Along with Curt we welcome Suzanne Daily Howard, who, although not on the board, has great enthusiasm for what we are doing and has already taken on projects here at the CCC. One of Suzanne’s talents is writing – you may have seen her new column on the Farmers’ Market in the Oroville Gazette Tribune, entitled CCC Market Report. Her informative and nicely written articles have given us yet another presence in the community. Thanks, and welcome Suzanne!
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We’ve had a slight change with our plans for new furniture.  In our eagerness to finally finish the front room, which includes the furnishings, we’ve decided to purchase less expensive items for now and then upgrade to the local handmade pieces as finances allow. Our Furniture Drive has brought in about $400 so far, which is a good start, but still we need to augment those funds in order to purchase quality pieces that can withstand the usage we anticipate. We are planning several furniture fundraising endeavors for the near future, including raffles and a booth at The Okanogan Family Faire. Of course, we will gladly accept any financial assistance from the public, whether it be $1 or $100!
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This month is Garlic Festival month. The annual event has become a local favorite, and this year we have even more to enjoy. I won’t spoil the fun by disclosing all the new and unique offerings, but I will tell you that for the first time that I know of we will be setting up a children’s activity booth, providing kids of all ages with fun projects and entertainment specifically for them. And of course, it’s all free of charge, so bring the family and come prepared to have a great weekend. We hope to see you all there.
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Until next month,
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River

  <h1> An introduction from Curt Howard,<br />
          our newest board member:</h1>
I am the new guy on the block (CCC Board). I moved to Washington some 50 years ago – most of that time was spent in western Washington, until I discovered Okanogan County.
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 I volunteered to be a board member to pay back in a very small way that which Okanogan County has given to me. Like the other board members, I wish to make the CCC the pride of north-central Washington.

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<h5> RIDE SHARE BOARD<br />
Driving to and from Spokane to Tonasket on Thursday evening, August 7th.  Call 509 556-2250 if you need a ride or need something picked up along the way. </h5>

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 <h1>Okanogan River Garlic Festival – A Brief History</h1>

The 9th Annual Okanogan River Garlic Festival, held at Tonasket’s History Park, will be Friday and Saturday, August 15 and 16 this year. This event is one of the town’s favorites, bringing young and old alike out to enjoy the beautiful setting of our little park on the river. Over the years there have been a few changes, but the theme and down-home flavor have remained a constant. Few folks, however, know that the Garlic Festival was the “brain-child” of former Tonasket resident, Trudy Lynn, and below is an excerpt from a letter she wrote on the event.
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<h8>[We] ...started the Garlic Festival after a friend and I went to a "Garlic Festival" on the coast in June 1999.  It was quite crowded, but had little to do with garlic, and I was inspired to put on a REAL garlic festival.  Many motives; watching Watershine [Woods] scramble for garlic each fall as Filaree Farm ran out, so we thought some networking and having a market place, could benefit all local small farmers.  Public education on organic/ sustainable was a factor, we wanted to bring in some tourism, wanted to cultivate more of a relationship between the town of Tonasket and the Alternative Community, and ...wanted to start an event that would bring some money into CCC during a time of year when funds run low. So ... we thought we could do all this and have some fun too.  It started in the CCC building the year of the wildfire [up on Mt. Hull].  That first year we donated the profit to NOMA for fire survivors. It was quite a job cleaning out and up the building, but what an amazing example of different uses and energy the CCC building can contain!
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I hope to see you all at the 10th Annual Okanogan River Garlic Festival next year.
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<i> ~Trudy</i></h8>

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    <h1>Decorating the Bathrooms</h1>

Last spring it was finally time for a committee to select colors for the new bathrooms. We decided we would need colors that were clean and cheerful, represent com­munity spirit and most people would like. Hmm. There were zillions of choices. Colors, texture, size of tile, and then a pattern had to be created.
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I carried tile samples in my car for days and every­one who saw them had an idea. Soon the word spread, and opinions came in a flood. Not too many colors, use lots of colors, keep it really simple, make it fun, make it bright, make it subdued, make the boys and girls different, keep them the same. Sud­denly the gravity of our responsibility loomed. Yikes, the bathrooms.
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I tried not to talk about the bathrooms all the time, but it was on my mind a lot. After much deliberation, we came up with a plan that weighed in every opinion that had come to us. We could hardly wait to tell Tim Alley, the tile man. Then one week­end, Carol and I saw him on a dirt road. We returned the tile samples, and sketched out the plan right there in the moon dust. Yay!!!
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I hope that when people go to use the new bathrooms in the center, that they feel a bit uplifted by our collective creativity as they wash their hands in our freshly tiled facility.  Recently I heard someone say something like, "That is fanciest bathroom in Okanogan County." Wow.
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<i> ~ Mary Engel, CCC Board of Directors</i>

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  <h1>LFW School of Dance Opening in Tonasket</h1>

The Lorrie Fraley Wilson School of Dance is happy to announce the opening of our North Branch this September in Tonasket at the Community Cultural Center. Classes begin September 8, 2008 and will be taught by Stacy Gleason.
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Registration will be held Sunday, August 17th at the CCC from 11 to 2. (Note that we will overlap with Steph Clark's Paint In.) Please try to attend registration, as we need a base number of students to ensure classes will be offered. If you are unable to attend you may register by mail or phone. See below.
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Classes:<ul>
<li>Creative Movement (for ages 3-5) Mondays 3-3:45</li>
<li>Elementary Ballet (for ages 6-9 or by arrangement) Mondays 3:45-4:30</li>
<li>Intermediate Ballet (for ages 10-13 or by arrangement) Mondays 4:30-5:30</li></ul>
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Classes will run through the school year in 3 sessions (Fall, Winter, Spring) of 10 weeks each.
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Fees:<ul>
<li>Registration fee - $25 (discounts for multiple children in same family)</li>
<li>45-minute classes - $80 per session (10 weeks)</li>
<li>60-minute class - $90 per session (10 weeks)</li></ul>
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For more info call Stacy 486-2817 (no answering machine-keep trying!) or Lorrie 509-996-2544 or visit  <a href="http://www.LFWDance.com">www.LFWDance.com</a>

             
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