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Centennial celebration will feature wine tasting and historic tours

Rachel, John, Claudia and Jessica Haddon are descendants of Bayview pioneer Elmer Haddon.Courtesy of Herb Huseland (Courtesy of Herb Huseland)
Herb Huseland

Bayview’s centennial celebration has arrived. The Spokesman-Review will run a series on Bayview’s history. Starting this month, we will feature a four part series in the history of Bayview. We’ll arbitrarily start about 1860, with apologies to the Native Americans and trappers who were here before that. I have found that researching material more than 100 years old is not a task for the weak-willed.

We’ll feature pioneer families and many of the descendants still living here. The Haddons were the first known settlers, with their eventual homestead located between Merryweather Road and part of Cape Horn. Other featured families will include the Pucketts, Napiers, Wilcoxes, Russells, Gassmans, Danielses, Burroughses, Feeleys, Bests, Bockstrucks and Blakneys.

Look for the first installment this month.

The first big event is the Centennial Committee’s Taste of Bayview on Saturday. This wine tasting party will be hosted by Dick and Shirley Hansen and daughter Cami Duclos at their Dromore Manor bed and breakfast.

The bed and breakfast facility is part of Bayview’s history. The guest cottage used to be one of the buildings of Washington Brick and Lime Co. and it once served as a post office as well.

Wine steward Daniel Park of Fred Meyer chose the wines for the event. Seven wines from Europe, South America and the United States were selected for this tasting extravaganza, and hors d’oeuvres will be available as the wine master demonstrates the matching of certain foods with accompanying wines.

Two sessions are planned – the first from 2:30 to 4 p m. and the second from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The cost is $25 per person, with proceeds to fund other centennial projects. For the necessary reservations, call Melinda Ely at (208) 683-0936 or e-mail elymelinda@yahoo.com.

Other events such as guided walking tours of Bayview’s historic features will happen on Memorial Day weekend along with the official dedication of the centennial sign at the south entrance to Bayview, along with a barbecue feed at the Bayview Community Center. More on these events later.

Contact correspondent Herb Huseland at bayviewherb@adelphia.net. Read his blog at http://bayviews.blogspot.com/.