Community Close-Up  Thorp Fruit Stand By Brook Buckingham   What is synonymous with summer? Fresh fruit! And what better place to get your summertime favorites than the Thorp Fruit and Antique Mall.    In this month’s Community Close-Up, we’re exploring this Kittitas County mainstay, that has been a fixture of our community for more than 60 years.    What we enjoy today, started out in 1944 as a small roadside fruit stand. Of course, there are still fresh fruits and vegetables, but now there are also unique gifts, locally produced specialty food items, and two floors of antiques.    I’m...

Corrie’s Craft of the Month   Woven Bowls   Here is a fun project to do this summer. Woven Bowls! A super easy and relaxing craft.   Here's what you'll need: Paper plate Template (at Jerrols) Scissors Yarn Hole lunch (optional)   First cut out your template and trace it onto your paper plate. I flipped my plate upside down when I traced it, but either side works. Cut out your paper plate.   Bend/fold the flaps on your plate up into the shape of a bowl.   Pick your yarn colors (my favorite part) and put a piece of...

As Jerrol’s approaches our 76th anniversary on June 21st, 2023 there is a new chapter beginning. Amy McClelland, my niece, has joined our Team as Frontline Team Leader. She comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop (www.brightsidebookshop.com)  in Flagstaff Arizona where she was their store manager for the past five years. Amy brings to us a desire to help people, a love of reading and sharing books, and is a burst of sunshine. Best of all she seems willing to put up with me… for now anyway.   Amy, my daughter Jordan, wife Michelle and I have spent the past...