June Retrospective, July in Ferry County

Whew! Where did the time go?

June saw Prospector Days with a much wider range of activities than in the past few years. The city of Republic allowed Shop the Frontier to close off part of a street and Lyndi Grove (Thanks Lyndi!!!!) set up an arts activity for children- and the young at heart- to explore all aspects of free process art. Murals, fingerpaints, face painting, collage, crafts- all were enjoyed. Lyndi Grove will be creating this same new art space for next year as it was a resounding success. Dave Blanck and Cec Hamilton worked many hours together to make a special event even better. The "Main Street shoot-out" act was bigger this year, the can can girls performed, the parade once again brought the child out in everyone. The mining and logging exhibits were well-attended, children worked hard to turn out their animals for exhibit, and overall, the weekend was a celebration of good old-fashioned America, with many people from the town putting in time and energy to create the event.
Store fronts competed for "Best Dressed" windows (first place went to Tagg's Raggs, a local clothing store, for its historical display and second place went to Shop The Frontier, a local non-profit that supports rural artists in the region.

Then, on June 26-June 28, motorcycles roared into town for the second annual Motorcycle rally in Ferry County. Put this event on your calender, especially if you're a biker! Though the event is small compared to some motorcycle events, you won't find a friendlier town!

July has a lot of activity in store, also!
First Friday is celebrated by two local art galleries: Gold Mountains Art Gallery and SanPoil Gallery inside Shop the Frontier. Artists featured this month are Charlene Payton-Holt at the SanPoil Gallery, and Melody Laine Ferne at the Gold Mountains Gallery. These galleries offer a late night event the first Friday of each month, from 5-7, so be sure to stop by.

The big Fabulous 50s Sock Hop and Car Show takes place July 18 at the Wauconda Community Hall. Call 509-486-0709 for more information. Food, fun, music and more!
www.waucondahall.org/sockhop

Also catch the Friday farmer's market in Curlew, WA and the Tuesday and Saturday farmer's Markets in Republic.

Be sure to visit www.stftrainingcenter.weebly.com for classes and workshops offered each month at the Republic Training Center!

Oh- and for those who plan on visiting, be aware that there will be a scheduled power outage for the area on July 26, Sunday- but that's okay, because the local PUD will be hsoting an event in the park, with hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks, fun events, vendors.. this is a great opportunity to join in a real community picnic, so come one and all!! Vendors: to reserve your place, call Jayne at the PUD at (509) 775-3325.