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The annual Enumclaw Farmers Market on First Avenue runs every Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. through September. To learn more, enumclawplateaufarmersmarket.org. (File photo)

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Upcoming events: Farmers market and BBQ festival

The Enumclaw Expo Center’s first-ever BBQ, Brews, and Brats event is being hosted on Sept. 30, from noon…

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‘We the people’ celebrate Constitution Day this weekend

Gather at the Black Diamond Museum on Sept. 17 for the annual bell ringing

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Wilkeson hosts centennial anniversary

Explore the history of the Carbon River and watch stone carvers split Wilkeson sandstone

Image courtesy Enumclaw Expo Center

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Enumclaw hosts Pacific Northwest’s best BBQ and beer

The first BBQ, Brews, and Brats bring together families to enjoy BBQ, beer, games, music, and a soda…

Photos by Ray Miller-Still
School is starting and the weather is cooling down, heralding the end of summer. Still, there are several activities for families to get into this month, from the Enumclaw Expo Center’s new BBQ, Bews, and Brats festival to the annual Viking Feast at the Danish Hall and Black Diamond’s Labor Days celebration. Pictured are some photos from last year’s Labor Days event.

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At A Glance | September 2023

Fall fun for everyone on the Plateau.

Marianne Binetti, THE COMPLEAT HOME GARDENER

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September tips to keep your annual flowers blooming another month

It can take until mid-October for a killing frost to destroy your beautiful baskets and container gardens.

Photos by Kevin Hanson
Dungeness Spit was first recorded by European explorers in the 1790s, and was named after the Dungeness headland in England.

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Dungeness Spit offers five miles of beachside paradise

This is the final installment in a series that features some of the landmarks that make Washington such…

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Kimberly Wheelock’s first book, “Wonderland” can be bought at The Dusty Shelf in Enumclaw and Whistlin’ Jack’s Outpost and Lodge of SR 410.

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First-time Plateau author pens adventure, horror story set in Mount Rainier National Park

Kimberly Wheelock’s first book, “Wonderland”, is available at The Dusty Shelf and Whistlin’ Jacks Outpost and Lodge

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Maxine Glaze at her home in Enumclaw, Washington.

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At 102, she attributes her long life to God

Maxine moved to Enumclaw in 1975, and she likes it here so much, she suspects it was God’s…

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Foothills Bridge segments in place

The “Network Arch” was installed on Aug. 17

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Because it stretches 40 miles, the Centennial Trail has some distinctly different elements. For example, the trail passes by the historic clock tower (built in 1903) in Spokane’s Riverfront Park, where crowds gather; as trail guests inch closer toward Idaho, their only company might be a flock of geese.

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40 miles of history — a guide to the Centennial Trail

The trail will also take you to Lake Coeur d’Alene, if you’re willing to go another 24 miles

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Bill Connell poses for a portrait the week of his 100th birthday.

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At 100, love and family are what Bill cares for

William V. Connell been around the block, living during the great depression and serving in WWII

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The Simple Goodness Soda Shop advertised the upcoming seventh Goats and Garlic Festival during the Wilkeson Handcar Festival parade.

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Wilkeson soda shop hosts seventh annual Goats and Garlic Festival

Simple Goodness Sisters started out as a garlic farm before slinging its own simple syrups