Wine at the Evergreen State Fair? Only if you are seeking a ribbon
Published 10:32 pm Monday, August 23, 2010
There has always been something folks can’t get at the Evergreen State Fair.
Diners can’t order a turkey leg and a beer.
That doesn’t mean one type of alcohol won’t have a presence at the big Monroe party that begins Thursday.
Western Washington vintners were able to enter a wine competition if they use grapes from this side of the mountains.
The judging is already in the bag, er bottle.
Winners will be announced Sept. 4.
Mark Campbell, manager of the fair, says at first glance it may seem unusual that alcohol isn’t served at the festivities.
But there is a good reason to judge wine.
“It’s about agriculture and ag products, a natural tie to the fair, he said.
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A fun run and walk is planned Saturday in memory of Brett Jensen, a Cascade High School graduate, who died May 7, 2002, in a fall at the University of Washington.
The second event to benefit the Brett Akio Jensen Memorial Scholarship Fund will begin and end at Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. in Everett. All proceeds go to scholarships for area high school students.
The 3.5 mile run or walk goes down Grand Avenue in Everett.
The event begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, the day Jensen would have been 28 years old.
For more information, go to http://brettjensen.wordpress.com.
To donate to the fund, send to BAJ Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Don Jensen, 3611 102nd Place SE, Everett, WA, 98208.
Jensen was 19, a student at the University of Washington, when he died in a fall from his fraternity balcony in 2002. At Everett’s Cascade High School, he’d been a top student, class president and football player.
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Mike Majors joined a very select group.
He wanted to be a professional driver back in the mid-1990s. He was working construction, but wanted to drive a gravel truck. He got his commercial license, but not the rock-hauling job.
He applied to be a Community Transit coach operator and got that gig some 14 years ago.
Majors, who lives in Marysville, is now a Million Mile Driver for Community Transit, signifying he has driven the National Safety Council’s standard for 1 million miles without a preventable accident.
He’s driven most every CT route and is seen mainly on south county roads.
“It’s fun to get to see all the cities, to see stuff you normally wouldn’t get to,” Majors says. “To see the waterfront, it’s incredible. I love going down to the Edmonds waterfront.”
Million Mile Drivers receive uniform patches, a jacket and a plaque.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
