Wenatchee Had A TV Station

Someone saw my post on KNBS and pointed out that during the 1980s, Wenatchee, a city about the same size as Walla Walla had it's own TV station.  KCWT (Central Washington TV) operated from 1984 until 1993.

After The Meeting--Wenatchee

We enjoyed the Wenatchee area after the State meeting.

Top picture  Abby's Pizza was a popular restaurant in Walla Walla decades ago. It had locations all over the Northwest.  It is still going in East Wenatchee.
2nd from top  We picked Apples at Stautzman Orchard in Wenatchee.
2nd From Bottom  The city of Cashmere, near Wenatchee.  Home of Aplets and Cotlets
Bottom picture: We stopped on the way home at Stillwater Cellars,. part of the Suncadia Resort, to watch the Seahawks play Green Bay.  The winery is dog friendy.

State Democratic Central Committee Meets In Wenatchee

The Washington State Democratic Central Committee met in Wenatchee this past weekend.  The area was recovering after a summer of near by wildfires.    Top picture was takenat  from the Coast Hotel sky bridge which leads to the Convention Center.  
The Yakima County Democrats raffled off a piñata of Donald Trump (center), unlike the real guy, this one had sweets inside.
Washington Commissioner Of Public Lands Peter Goldmark (bottom picture) addressed the issues of protecting the states from wildfires.  Goldmark is also a volunteer fireman.
The Maggie Dinner, the annual state Democratic fundraiser honoring the late Senator Warren Magnuson was held later in the evening.

Washington State Democrats Meet In Lake Chelan

Deb and I went to Lake Chelan this weekend so I could attend the Washington State Democratic Central Committee meeting.  While many may associate politics with "hot air", it could not compete with the 50 mile per hour wind gusts that blew through on Saturday.  On a serious note, State Democratic Chair led the delegation in a moment of silence to honor late state committewoman Barb Gellar, Seattle political consultant Blair  Butterworth, and former Governor Booth Gardiner.  Pictured above, Todd Nichols leads the Rules Committee meeting. 
  Although the meetings were held at the Campbell Resort, we stayed at the nearby Lakeside Lodge.  The Lakeside is by a beautiful park (pictured below).  We also visited the Mill Bay Casino, the Tsillan Wine Cellars and finished by driving up to Wenatchee for the Apple Blossom Festival.  After leaving the festival, we went to Walla Walla Point Park by the Wenatchee River to let Dasher take a swim.  I did not know there were any other landmarks named Walla Walla that were not in the actual city.

More Wenatchee--The Applewood Grill

Saturday night after the meeting, we went out to look for a neat place to catch some dinner. We thought that the Applewood Grill, located by the Convention Center, near a sky bridge that leads to a park, would be a great choice, we were not disappointed. In a town with many unique restaurants, we found that the Applewood had a vibrant menu of wood fired pizzas, chicken dishes, and micro beers making it a perfect place to unwind. I had the barbecue chicken pizza and Deb had the Buffalo chicken pizza and both were delicious. The Applewood Grill is located at 29 Columbia in Wenatchee.

State Dems Meet In Wenatchee

Politics can be fun, Deb and I headed East last weekend so I could attend the Washington Democrats State Committee meeting in lovely Wenatchee. Wenatchee is locatated just East of the Cascade Mountains, although small, has a lot of charm and character (bottom picture is Bob's Classic, a diner across from our hotel). It is located at the Confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers with a population of about 30,00o.

We arrived Friday evening at the Coast Hotel, a little late to enjoy much of the hospitality suites, we went to Roasters at the top of Hotel, I had never heard of a small town having a night club on the top floor.

Wenatchee is in the middle of it's annual Apple Blossom Festival, while I went to the meetings on Saturday, Deb went to a parade and poked around town.

Before every State Democratic meeting, there is a luncheon, this time it was a Trivia Luncheon. Each table was a team. At my table was Jennifer Sutton, Aaron Belenky, Rob Dolin, Steve Zemke, Dan Lambert and Barbara Gellar. Every table of given sheets of questions and whoever could answer the most would win prize for each member. Our table, which included two 5th District Democrats, took first prize. Not bad! We each got a bottle of wine for our victory. Hopefully, I didn't leave anyone out.

The State Committee meeting concluded once again, with Aziem Underwood singing his "Salt Off The Fries". Amidst happy hand clappin' members, relieved that another meeting could have a little silliness.