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Healthful, tasty Shiitake mushrooms are now grown locally |
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Written by Submitted
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Friday, 27 August 2010 18:26 |
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Those of us old enough to remember the days of horrible-tasting medicine easily recall grandma adding sugar to help us kids get it down. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were an absolutely delicious food grown locally that could reduce blood pressure, lower cholesterol, increase the functioning of our immune system, fight cancer and bacterial infections, promote colon health, and which was also naturally anti-viral and anti-aging?
Shiitake mushrooms have been consumed as food and used as medicine in Asia for thousands of years, and evidence shows they’ve been actively cultivated for nearly 1200 years. However, it’s only been within the last century that western medical science has taken up trying to find out exactly how Shiitake works as such a powerful medicine-food. Much of modern medical research on Shiitake mushrooms can be traced back to the 1930s, when Japan’s Kisaku Mori, Ph.D, established the Institute of Mushroom Research in Tokyo. Dr. Mori, working for years with human subjects, reported that Shiitake is effective in treating a long list of ailments including high cholesterol, gallstones, hyperacidity, stomach ulcers, diabetes, vitamin deficiency, anemia, and even the common cold. It wasn’t until many years later the anti-cancer properties of Shiitake mushrooms were discovered by modern research ers.
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Fire spreads east of Curlew Lake |
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Written by Greg Sheffield
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 16:09 |
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Fire broke out the afternoon of Thursday August 26 just east of Curlew Lake. Jerri Anderson, who lives on Fish Hatchery Road with husband Greg, arrived home to find several smoldering spots on her property. "I went to get the garden hose to put out that spot when I heard a loud 'pop.' I looked to see a tree that had completely exploded into flames. At this point I knew a garden hose wouldn't be of much use so I called for help," said Jerri.
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The early flyers of Ferry County |
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Written by Greg Sheffield
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Monday, 09 August 2010 12:15 |
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 Later this month, pilots from around the Northwest will "Fly-In" to Ferry County Airport for a weekend of food, entertainment and airplane talk. But there was a time in Ferry County when to "fly in" meant to land in as short a distance as possible on a slightly uphill slope in a grassy pasture, and turn quickly before you hit a hillside or someone's cow. Navigational aids? Nope. Until the advent of global positioning satellites in the last decade, surrounding mountains have always prevented Ferry County pilots from using radio signals to find direction.
"I think the first civilian pilots of Ferry County were Carl Lindsey and Vaughn Hougland. A flying club was formed during the mid 1930's: Ed Walden, Knut Burg, Ken Foote and Wilson Treavitt. They owned a J-2 Piper Cub," said Ralph Pendry. Pendry, 80, built and owns the yellow Aeronca Champ hangared at the Ferry County Airport, similar to the airplane flown by Carl Lindsey shown on the cover of this newspaper. "That picture was taken on the Lindsey Ranch on LaFleur Creek Road northwest of Curlew," said Hugh Maycumber, also a pilot. "Carl used to fly in and out of his farm field."
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Local rancher turns love of goats into business |
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Written by Mary Masingale
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Monday, 09 August 2010 12:11 |
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 Some days, weeds can really get your goat. But not if you’re Wayne Konz. After a childhood on a cattle ranch and several years serving on the local weed board, the local farrier was well aware of the need for effective weed control. His love for animals, especially his goats, gave him inspiration for a unique way to fill the need.
Enter Bill, Ted, Helen, Bart, Grace, Margaret, Sheila, Sir William and the rest of the gang, about 30 in all. These are Wayne’s “employees,” ruminants with four-chambered stomachs that will eat just about anything that grows, anywhere. They can get to places lawnmowers or even people with weedeaters can’t touch, and the fertilizer they leave behind is largely inert, or free of weed seeds.
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General News
Few events are more exciting than the Pony Express races, held every year at the Ferry County Fair. The sport involves a rider completing two or three laps around a track, changing horses between laps with the aid of a "mugger," who catches and stops the running horse and "holders" who hang onto the horses that are about to run or have just finished.