When the Tussey Mountain school board gathers Monday night for its monthly voting session, several motions regarding personnel and policy and curriculum matters will be acted on.
A church s case against hostile intolerance
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 |
Steve Jordahl (OneNewsNow.com)
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A federal judge in Oregon has refused for the second time to throw out a case against a church that wants to build a parsonage for its pastor and his family.
The congregation of Coles Valley Church in the small farming town of Umpqua, Oregon thinks their pastor should live in the same community as the people he is serving. So with the nearest housing in the area being 10 miles away, the church decided to build out a couple of existing rooms in their building to be used as a parsonage. But the owners of an adjacent vineyard did not want that and convinced the local Land Use Board of Appeals to sue the church.
Fries family departs Washington wine industry with Desert Wind sale
Fries family departs Washington wine industry with Desert Wind sale By Eric Degerman on May 14, 2021
Greg Fries, and his father, Doug, and their family recently sold Desert Wind Winery and 470 acres of vineyards to a group led by Columbia Valley growers Josh Lawrence and Tom Merkle. (Photo by Lynn Howlett Photography/Courtesy of Desert Wind Winery)
PROSSER, Wash. – Less than three years ago, the Fries family owned a combined 1,017 acres of grape vines in Washington state and Oregon while producing 120,000 cases of wine under brands in each state.
This week brought news that the Fries family has sold all of its holdings in Washington Desert Wind Winery in Prosser and 470 acres of vineyards on the Wahluke Slope to a group led by acclaimed Columbia Valley growers/vintners Josh Lawrence, Tom Merkle and their families.