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Article: Cherry orchard growing into golf course
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
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- March 15, 2005
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By Rick Steigmeyer
Wenatchee world
CRESCENT BAR, Wash. -- Ed Kane always knew the 32 acres where he
grew cherries at Crescent Bar would one day find a better use. After
all, the view from his land of the rugged basalt cliffs and the
Columbia River gorge is spectacular.
"I always figured someone would come along and want to develop
it," said the 69-year-old Kane of the land on the bend in the river
just west of Quincy. But no one ever did, at least not with the right
amount of money.
So Kane, who lives in Malaga, near Wenatchee, and a couple of
partners decided to do it themselves.
Where the orchard once was, a fleet of heavy equipment now
contours the dirt for what is being billed as a $50 ...