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🌱 Leavenworth community remembers Wilda Faye “Bug” Ward’s life of service.

Leavenworth, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Leavenworth! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Leavenworth community remembers Wilda Faye “Bug” Ward’s life of service.
  • Why Icicle River’s spring chinook season was canceled at the last minute.

Also on today's calendar: Leavenworth Summer Theater: The Sound of Music.

Today's riddle: What did the snail say when he hopped on the tortoise's back for a ride? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Cool with periods of sun, with a high of 64 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 44.
  • Monday: A quick afternoon shower, with a high of 67 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wilda Faye "Bug" Ward (leavenworthecho.com) — Longtime Leavenworth resident Wilda Faye “Bug” Ward, co-founder of Ward’s Funeral Chapel and a familiar face at Mountain Meadows Senior Living, has died at 87. Friends and neighbors can pay respects at a June 12 visitation in East Wenatchee and a June 13 funeral service and reception at Leavenworth Church of the Nazarene.
   

• No chinook fishing season on Icicle amid water woes, low returns (ncwlife.com) — If you were hoping to fish spring chinook on the Icicle River near Leavenworth, the season has been canceled after low returns and a major water line failure at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery. State and federal managers say most fish have already passed the usual fishing area, and they’re scrambling with repairs and temporary pumps to protect broodstock for future runs.
   

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  • Government Jobs posted a job opening for Part-Time, Seasonal Lifeguard (Weekends Required) in Leavenworth. Apply here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wenatchee

  • This compact modern cabin sits peacefully on Washington's Wenatchee River (onekindesign.com)
  • Applications open for Confluence Health, WVMG grant program (bellinghamherald.com)
  • Salem police arrest suspect in multi-state domestic kidnapping, assault incident (kval.com)

East Wenatchee

  • 'It just feels like home to me': New Wenatchee Valley Fire Department Chief Jon Perry on serving valley (thenewstribune.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: WHEEEEEE! (Thank you Francesca C. for sending it in!)
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