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ROAD TRIP; Mazama; In this week's installment of The Stranger's summer road trip series, DAVID SCHMADER travels to Mazama, Washington, where he finds astonishing nature, free-range firemen, and a new respect for Pamela Anderson
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August 19, 2004
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"NO REGION of the country has a more spectacular variety of terrain to explore. Glaciers wrap the shoulders of granite monuments that rise thousands of feet above the forest. Trails lead to pounding bridal-veil waterfalls, blue-glass lakes, kaleidoscopic meadows of wildflowers, and pinnacles with panoramic views of country so beautiful you'll feel like crying in awe and simple happiness that you're there." So gushes the Washington State Tourism Board about the extravagant expanses of nature surrounding Mazama, WA--a tiny, ruggedly luxurious town-in-name-only perched at the upper end of Washington's Methow Valley. Following the board's breathless advice, I steer my rented Neon up to the ...
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'Star of wonder, star of night'; City church's gaslit star illumines and...
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;
December 24, 2002 ;
Bob Sanders, Special to the Intelligencer Journal;
727 words
...O star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to Thy perfect light. These words from John H. Hopkins Jr.'s Christmas hymn "We Three Kings" mirrors the mystique of another star -- the cast-ir...
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REDESIGNED `STAR' REFINES ITS STAR FOCUS: TABLOID TELLS BIG-BUDGET...
Advertising Age;
November 1, 1999 ;
Kerwin, Ann Marie;
787 words
...The Star is reborn. Six months after President-CEO...as a must-read. But most revealing is the Star's new editorial profile aimed at drawing...scandal-ridden celebrities that grace its pages, the Star wants another chance to prove it can clean...
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New all-stars added to Yamaha lineup: V Star 1300s boast power &...
Cruising Rider;
November 1, 2006 ;
Wolf, Bill;
787 words
...Star Motorcycles by Yamaha released its 2007 line of cruisers...just in time for you to read it here. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Star was hard on the gas for its 2006 model line, releasing both...we've seen in years. For '07, our spies have learned that Star cruiser sales have been very strong indeed, with ...
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Infusion of Transohio cash has Star Bank hungry to loan. (Transohio...
Crain's Cleveland Business;
September 26, 1994 ;
Shingler, Dan;
498 words
...Star Bank is awash in cash and is on the lookout for opportunities...bank has recorded $1.1 billion in new deposits on its books. Star now ranks as the third-largest bank in northeastern Ohio with $2.2 billion in local deposits. Star needs to put that money to Work, in part by increasing its...
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Finding Common Ground -- Salvaged meat helps link tribes and sportsmen in...
Yakima Herald-Republic;
January 30, 2000 ;
FLORANGELA DAVILA;
787 words
......deer. Since November, hunters in the Methow Valley have been salvaging meat from highways...hunters started coming east, folks in the Methow Valley boiled. "We talked to the game wardens...meetings were first called. In the Methow Valley, about 100 people turned out at the...
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HARBOR SIGNS ON FOR METHOW VALLEY PROJECT.(Business)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
May 2, 1997 ;
167 words
......s Arrowleaf Resort project in the Methow Valley, said Merrill's chairman, Charles Wright...with the character and beauty of the Methow Valley.'' The Merrill Co. is a private family...planning a smaller resort. Eventually the Methow Valley project will include a golf course...
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Star & MTV spawn new networks. (Star Television Network; MTV Networks...
Multichannel News;
March 28, 1994 ;
Stilson, Janet;
787 words
...HONG KONG -- Star Television heralded the start of what is...for their services to be part of either Star's subscription package or another proposed...remain unscrambled. Freston also said that Star Television, which currently distributes...
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Talk sense: the clash in the Philippines over unpaid bills and rate rises...
Television Asia;
November 1, 2001 ;
Stein, Janine;
787 words
...STAR's latest battle with dominant Philippines cable operator...that the Philippines is part of a broader regional effort by STAR to prod reluctant pay-TV operators, with whom they have struggled...or (preferably) both. In the Philippines (as in India), STAR has now drawn a line in the pay-TV sand. Having ...
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METHOW VALLEY FISH PLAN IRRITATES IRRIGATORS SOME FEAR AGREEMENT COULD...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
November 11, 1999 ;
314 words
......groups are criticizing a plan for saving Methow Valley fish. Representatives from the Okanogan...Council, Okanogan County Farm Bureau and Methow Valley Canal Associates recently sent the...for a voluntary program of increasing Methow Valley stream flows in order to comply with...
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SEATTLE FIRM CANCELS PLANS FOR METHOW VALLEY RESORT DEVELOPER CRITICAL OF...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
December 9, 1999 ;
454 words
......in north-central Washington's upper Methow Valley, saying delays in obtaining state permits...to consider water shortages in the Methow Valley that threaten spring chinook salmon...other water-rights applications in the Methow Valley that predate Merrill's applications...
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STAR Group's guard changes as new structure kicks in. (Asia's television...
Television Asia;
June 1, 2003 ;
684 words
...STAR Group enters second half 2003 minus two key faces--COO, Bruce...is seen as significant more for Churchill's shining career star in News Corp's heavens than for any corporate wobble in Asia. The second is a mix of personal goals and a shift in STAR's structure away from dedicated distribution teams for ...
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TRAIL SYSTEM OFFERS A LITTLE BIT OF EUROPE IN THE METHOW VALLEY.(Getaways)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
February 2, 2006 ;
Le, Phuong Cat;
787 words
......trip to the high-country huts in the Methow Valley: Squash the bug with your toes. Hold...average annual snowfall of 7 feet, the Methow Valley in north-central Washington offers...nail-pounders and ex-fishermen. The Methow Valley Sport Trails Association, a non-profit...
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METHOW VALLEY RESORT GETS GO-AHEAD DOWNSIZED PLAN RULES OUT ALPINE...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
August 23, 1996 ;
Wilson, Warren;
578 words
......that divided residents of the rustic Methow Valley for more than two decades. When its...will link to those maintained by the Methow Valley Sports Trail Association, whose groomed...it drew up plans on that basis. The Methow Valley Citizens Council never endorsed the...
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Deal Would Protect Methow Valley Land
Yakima Herald-Republic;
May 18, 2000 ;
212 words
......been reached to preserve about 1,100 acres in the scenic Methow Valley and end a 40-year land dispute, an environmental group said...fully support this approach," said Vicky Welch, a longtime Methow Valley resident. "If successful, this agreement will mark a welcome...
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Judge to Decide on Methow Valley Irrigation
Yakima Herald-Republic;
April 22, 2002 ;
K.C. MEHAFFEY Wenatchee World;
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......A federal judge on Thursday asked Methow Valley irrigators and federal agencies to...of Spokane said it appears that the Methow Valley Irrigation District and the National...down an irrigation district in the Methow Valley that runs solely on private lands...
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