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“The pop-singer/actress has put her house on Hawaii’s big island up for auction, and it’s expected to fetch between $8 million and $12 million.

Cher acquired the land for her house in 2004 and construction was just completed. She never lived in the home.

Seven separate buildings comprise chez Cher: a main residence with its master suite, five guest houses and a media bungalow. They all share the infinity pool and a view of azure skies and deep blue sea.

The furnishings are, naturally, in mint condition, as are the interior features, which include lots of tropical wood details. There are hardwood floors and baseboards, beamed ceilings and carved doors.The rooms feature niches and built-ins that add both charm and interest to the design and are used to display art work and cabinetry to their best advantage. The house is being sold fully furnished.

The design is a contemporary take of traditional Balinese architecture. The exterior combines stone and smooth stucco walls with extended eaves and dark wood posts and roof beams. All the separate buildings face a courtyard, arranged as a Zen garden.The property is part of the Four Seasons Hualalai resort and so has access to all the hotel amenities, which includes the Jack Nicklaus designed championship gold course.

Trade winds cool the patio and part of the deck descends right into the pool itself so sun bathers can dangle their toes in the water from the comfort of their cushy chaise lounges.

Each of the guest suites has its own outdoor patio space. “It’s like a little community,” said Laura Brady, the co-founder of Concierge Auctions, which is handling the sale.”

From CNN.com
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/real_estate/0912/gallery.Chez_Cher_for_sale/index.html

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Bear Creek Lumber is proud to be a sponsor of the Methow Valley SuperTour Ski Race on January 16 &17, 2010.

“The SuperTour is a United States Ski Association (USSA) sanctioned ski race series and is the highest level of cross country ski competition in North America. The Methow Valley SuperTour is one of ten races in the nationwide SuperTour race circuit in which racers compete for US Olympic qualifying points, International Ski Federation (FIS) points and over $9000 in cash prizes. The Methow Valley SuperTour will be held Martin Luther King Weekend, one month before the 2010 Winter Olympics. It is expected that the best Nordic ski racers from the United States, Canada and other nations will attend.

Youth skiers will also compete this weekend in Junior Olympic Qualifying Races as part of the SuperTour weekend. This is a tremendous opportunity for junior skiers to race right alongside some of the best skiers in the world. We anticipate youth ski teams from across the West will take advantage of this incredible opportunity.

Collegiate ski teams, Senior and Master skiers will also be racing this weekend in their respective categories.

The race will be held on Methow Valley ski trails specifically created for competition. The race course is located next to Liberty Bell High School in Winthrop, Washington. Racers will compete in a 1.3km skate sprint race on Saturday. On Sunday the men race a 15km classic distance race and the women and juniors a 10K classic distance race. The race course is very spectator-friendly allowing viewing from the stadium bleachers as well as alongside the race course.

MVSTA is honored to host a race of this caliber. Racers and spectators will be treated to the all best the Methow Valley has to offer.

More information can be found at http://www.mvsta.com/winter/supertour.html.”

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Here’s a start to a multi-post blog regarding a recent construction project I was involved in.  Back at the end of January I departed the dismal winter weather of home and headed to the big island of Hawai’i.  Along with Mark and Yogi, we set off with a couple of goals.  First we were to build a farm-workers quarters that would ultimately provide us with cover from the wind and rain.  We employed a modified timber frame construction using Western Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar and Port Orford Cedar.  What a treat to have such great materials to work with.  After we finished the basic structure we were on to are main goal.  We needed to enclose the bottom of a timber frame building we assembled a few years ago and make it into a finished space.  I will address each of these structures and methods over the next few post.  In the meantime, enjoy some of the scenery.

Aloha & Mahalo,

Merle

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Thought everyone might enjoy a little project I have underway located in Mazama, WA.  After much work at dirt level, we finally started going towards the sky.  All of the framing work you see was done in one day with a little help from some friends.  A big thank you to Pi, Vince, Doug, Leslie, Jake and Chris, Mary and I couldn’t have done it without you.  The post and beam portion is Douglas Fir f.o.h.c. timbers and the post are kiln dried.  Custom chingasa’s for a little added character where cut by me.  We will eventually side this to match the house with Western Red Cedar.  I am definitely looking forward to cutting my snow-blowing in half this winter.  What am I going to do with all that extra time?  Ski.

Cheers,

Merle

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Something unusual in the yard. Side-curved specialty glulams made from clear Port Orford Cedar. Just goes to show, we can do the odd, the unusual and hard to find items.

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We have just finished upgrading our blog, so we invite you to check back often since we will be updating it regularly.

Thanks!

The Web Guy

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On my return home from a recent trip to the Hamptons , my flight brought me close to home. Unfortunately, not close enough. My flight path took me just south of the Methow Valley, which is home for Bear Creek Lumber . I could see it, but I would be hours away from touching home. After landing at Sea-Tac airport, I had a 4+ hour drive through beautiful mountains, along winding rivers and finally to our home on the east slopes of the North Cascades mountains. Here are a couple of photos from that flight. You are seeing Glacier Peak, with Mt Baker off in the distance. These are two of the five volcanoes that are in the State of Washington.

Enjoy,
Merle

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I spent the first week of June back in “The Hamptons” on Long Island, NY. I must say the area is very beautiful, exceeding my expectations. I went and visited many jobs, both under construction and completed. Many of the projects featured [url=http://www.bearcreeklumber.com/projects/cedar_pergolas/index.html]Western Red Cedar pergolas[/url] and fences. Thank you Doug for taking me around to the many great jobs you have done.

Beautiful Western Red Cedar fence and shingles

Western Red Cedar fence and Deco Turf tennis court

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Contractor Andy MacEachern of A.S. MacEachern Contracting sent in some photos of a project in Hingham, MA. This is some restoration work done on the Old Ship Church. This is the oldest church still in use in the United States, it was built in 1681. It was placed on the National Historic Register in 1960, more information is available @ National Park Service. When the stairs needed to be replaced, Andy came to Bear Creek Lumber for clear vertical grain Alaskan Yellow Cedar. Will these stairs last another 326 years? Stay tuned.

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One of the best things about living here is the 3 plus months of skiing we can enjoy locally.  The NY Times published a very favorable article in the Feb 18, 2007 Travel section about our Nordic trail system.   About half of the staff ski weekends, before work, after work.  Some are MVSTA Ski Patrol volunteers.   Every year one or two more BCL employees purchase ski gear and join in the fun.

A few times a year the boss invites us up to Sun Mountain for pizza and refreshments prior to an exciting night ski back down to WInthrop.  Though not for the faint of heart, it is a kick-ass ride.

We encourage each other to finish a grueling climb and then just as fast share in laughter when one of us craters in the middle of the trail.

We are collectively approaching a race-ready status and we plan to start competing in the local races held every winter.

Snowshoe-softball looks like it would be fun too.

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