Some of Vavenby’s residents got a shock when they went to the general store on Thursday, June 13, only to find that its owner Debbie Barrett has closed its doors permanently.
Seven part-time employees are now without a job. It’s a great inconvenience for the mill workers who depended on it for their lunches and for the town residents to get their gas. Everyone will now have to go to Birch Island, Clearwater, or elsewhere for their gas and groceries. The two-year closure of the mill did not help business.
Carving shows wolf howling
James (Jim) Evans, who lives on Ruby Road in Vavenby, recently cut down two of the trees on his property.
Ecki Manthei, one of Vavenby’s local artists, is busy creating a wolf howling at the moon from one of stumps. He began on June 11 with a chainsaw and moved on to an angle grinder for the rough stuff.
Manthei is now sculpting the finer details with a Dremel tool. He works four hours a day and about one hour in the evening.
The second stump will be turned into a wolf cub looking at its mom. Manthei feels the project will take about one to two more weeks to complete.
Vavenby students graduate from high school
Four of the Clearwater Secondary School grads for 2013 formerly attended Vavenby Elementary School: Landon Bellows, Marshall Peebles, Glen Dohms, and Chance Tobin. Congratulations to you all and good luck with your future plans.
