WINTHROP – Girl Scouts from Omak, Okanogan and the Methow Valley learned about smokejumping Sept. 14 during a visit to the North Cascades Smokejumper Base.

OMAK – A football mini cheer camp is planned Sept. 24-26 at East Omak Elementary School and, on Friday evening, the Omak High School football game.

OMAK – Omak High School is conducting an online survey about school climate.

OMAK – A three-performance series, starting with a return performance of Supaman, is planned year by the Omak Performing Arts Center Foundation.

PATEROS - Workshops are planned next month in Pateros and Twisp with state poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna.

OMAK - Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare directors gathered in Winthrop at the end of August for their annual board retreat.

OMAK – “Mamma Mia!” will be the spring musical of the Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus.

WINTHROP - An opening celebration for Homestream Park will be Sunday, Oct. 12, at the park in Winthrop.

TWISP - A program about “Walt’s Garden,” a sculpture garden honoring the late Walt Foster, is planned Oct. 10 on the Methow Valley Community Trail.

Fitting and showing - Katie Keane, Tonasket, senior, reserve. Sage Young, Tonasket, senior, grand. Carson Boesel, Malott, intermediate, grand. Brennen Smith, Omak, intermediate, reserve. Jacey Boesel, Malott, junior, reserve. Khloe Denison, Tonasket, junior, grand. Julio Talavera, Brewster, …

Fitting and showing - Sofia Fletcher, Omak, senior, reserve. Malia Whitmore, Tonasket, senior, grand. Kaelyn Bruns, Okanogan, intermediate, reserve. Jacie Deebach, Tonasket, intermediate, grand. Tommy Deebach, Tonasket, junior, grand. Harper Latimer, Riverside, junior, reserve.

Fitting and showing - Sarah Walker, Omak, senior, reserve. Katie Walker, Omak, senior, grand. Camryn Ashworth, Brewster, intermediate, reserve. Kaydence Carrington, Pateros, intermediate, grand. Jarrod Yarnell, Omak, intermediate, reserve. Layla Buzzard, Twisp, junior, grand. Rilynn Carringt…

Fitting and showing - Korbin Mendoza, Oroville, intermediate, grand. Jarrod Yarnell, Omak, intermediate, reserve. William Austin, Omak, junior, grand. Makenna Agee, Omak, pre-junior, grand. Hanna Harr, Okanogan, pre-junior, reserve.

Youth, portrait - Addey Christmann, Okanogan, open, grand. Callie Christoph, Omak, junior open, reserve.

Apples, Granny Smith - Kelly Buchert, Tonasket, adult, grand.

Fitting and showing - Kykensie Hugus, Oroville, senior, reserve. Jennah Thomason, Omak, senior, grand. Lindsey Jones, Okanogan, intermediate, grand. Mackenzie Scott, Winthrop, intermediate, reserve. Pepper Boesel, Brewster, junior, reserve. Elizabeth Desjardins, Oroville, junior, grand.

OKANOGAN – A good-sized crowd turned out to watch horse racing in the refurbished track and rodeo facility at the Okanogan County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8.

Yeast breads, cinnamon rolls - Sally R. Alexander, Omak, adult, grand.

Fitting and showing - Athena Rietveld, Tonasket, senior, grand. Kyra Koepke, Oroville, intermediate, reserve. Jenessa Scroggie, Pateros, intermediate, grand. Karlee Kartchner, Tonasket, junior, reserve. Nevelyn Wilson, Pateros, junior, grand. Lainee Kartchner, Tonasket, pre-junior, reserve. …

Badge skill entry, Brownie - Lorelai Backus, Omak, reserve. Bethany Corson, Omak, grand.

Floriculture designs, mass arrangement - Bryson Buchanan, Omak, youth open, grand. Stetson Carden, Omak, youth open, reserve. Cora Lee Thompson, Omak adult, grand.

Horse judging, team – 1, Tonasket, 478. 2, Omak, 458. 3, Okanogan, 442. 4, Oroville, 295.

Fitting and showing - Kacie Vejraska, Omak, senior, grand. Weston Wood, Omak, senior, reserve. Kady Vejraska, Omak, intermediate, grand. Grace Wilson, Tonasket, intermediate, reserve. Tylee Buchert, Okanogan, junior, grand. Bettie Wehmeyer, Loomis, junior, reserve.

Paper mache sculpture, animal larger than 14 inches - Marjie Johnson, Okanogan, open, grand.

Vegetables - Layla Buzzard, Twisp, intermediate, reserve. Kara McMillan, Twisp, junior, grand.

OKANOGAN - A free presentation, “Civil Conversations in an Angry Age,” is planned Sept. 14 at the Okanogan Grange Hall, 305 Tyee St.

OKANOGAN – Registration for Awana at Okanogan Valley Alliance Church will be tonight, Sept. 4.

Thursday, Sept 5

OKANOGAN – The best of Okanogan County livestock, produce, crafts and homemaking items will be displayed this week during the annual county fair.

OKANOGAN – Youth who show steers, swine and lambs at the Okanogan County Fair can sell their animals during the Saturday afternoon market stock sale.

OKANOGAN - BrassWorks has a couple public performances lined up in the next couple weeks.

OMAK – Fall rehearsals for Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus begin Tuesday, Sept. 3.

OKANOGAN — A group of bicyclists on a mission from New Hampshire en route to Bellingham passed though Okanogan and Ferry counties last week.

Twelve years ago, a country music singer with rising popularity named Craig Morgan performed the North Central Washington Fair in Waterville.

The 76th annual Ferry County Fair will kick off Friday and continue through Sunday at the fairgrounds, 14 Lawson Way.

OKANOGAN – The Okanogan High School class of 1959 will have its 60th reunion Sept. 13-14.

WENATCHEE - The Washington Apple Education Foundation awarded a record 320 new and renewing students with scholarship support this spring.

TONASKET — Seth Smith, a 2017 Tonasket High School graduate, has been nominated by Washington State FFA for a national FFA officer position. Each state can only nominate one candidate for one of six national positions annually.

Leonard Garrett Paulsen, born in Oroville, served in the U.S. Navy for three years beginning in March 1943 at the age of 17.

OKANOGAN – A Vietnam veteran pinning ceremony is planned Aug. 22 at the American Legion Hall, 801 N. Second Ave.

OMAK – Chewelah’s community float took the mayor’s choice trophy from the Omak Stampede grand parade under partly cloudy skies Aug. 11 downtown.

OMAK - Author Anita Waggoner, granddaughter of Omak Stampede co-founder Leo Moomaw, has written a novel.

OMAK — Everything from snocones to coffee and plenty of comfort foods will be available at this year’s Omak Stampede.