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Lake Chelan Mirror
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Ward Media, LLC
Founder(s)DeWitt C. Britt
PublisherTerry Ward
Founded1891; 134 years ago (1891)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersChelan, Washington, United States
Circulation2,900
ISSN1078-1684
OCLC number23184372
Websitelakechelanmirror.com

The Lake Chelan Mirror is a weekly newspaper published Wednesdays in Chelan, Washington, United States.[1] It covers Lake Chelan, Manson, Chelan, Entiat and the surrounding area, with a circulation of 2,900.[2] Since 2023, the paper has been owned by Terry Ward and Amy Yaley, who also publish Leavenworth Echo, the Cashmere Valley Record, the Quad City Herald, and the Wenatchee Business Journal.[3]

History

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The Chelan Falls Leader was first published by DeWitt C. Britt on August 6, 1891 in Chelan Falls. It was the second paper installed in Chelan County, Washington. The first issue was sent out a month later than its print date due to difficulties finding office space and the press getting damaged. Britt wrote "one delay after another - until we are truly glad to be on earth at all."[4] A year later when his contract with the townsite owners expired, Britt moved his printing plant to Chelan and renamed the paper to the Chelan Leader on August 4, 1892.[4] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported the paper defunct in 1896 after the it ceased publishing for three weeks without explanation. The paper issued a retraction when it was found out Britt went on holiday to Spokane, only intending to skip a single issue but instead missing three.[5]

In summer 1908, Britt got sick and was incapacitated for several months. He grew ill again the following spring.[6] He died on April 19, 1909.[7] The paper's next editor was W. T. Heacock.[8] In 1915, the Leader was sold to S. C. Colter, who also purchased the Lake Chelan News, founded by R. M. Horton about three years prior.[9] The name was then changed to the Lake Chelan News-Leader.[10] In 1917, Charles E. Goodsell became publisher. He died in 1924.[11] His widow sold the paper a year later to W. Kenneth Kingman.[12] The name was then changed to the Chelan Valley Mirror.[13]

Kingman published the Mirror for 13 years until selling it in 1937 to Wilbur B. Gavin, who had previously worked at the Cashmere Valley Record.[14] His old boss H. E. VanOmmeren helped in buy the Mirror when it was put up for sale.[15] Gavin bought out VanOmmeren in 1941, becoming the sole-owner.[16] Gavin, nicked named "Babe," published the Mirror for decades, even after losing his right arm to cancer in 1970. He died in 1999.[15][17] His son Rick Gavin succeeded him as publisher in 1973. After his father's death, the paper was sold in September 2000 to Prairie Media, which later became NCW Media.[18] In August 2023, NCW Media Inc. sold the paper and four others to Ward Media, LLC., owned by Terry Ward and Amy Yaley. At that time Ward became the paper's publisher.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC 861618089.
  2. ^ "Lake Chelan Mirror newspaper in Chelan Washington". MondoTimes. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "NCW Media Inc. completes sale of five local newspapers to Ward Media LLC". The Leavenworth Echo. 2023-08-12. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  4. ^ a b An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan Counties, State of Washington. Western Historical Publishing Company. 1904. p. 834.
  5. ^ "Notice". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. January 29, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  6. ^ "Editor Britt Very Low | Fears Are Entertained that Veteran Editor of Chelan Leader Will Never Be At Work Again". The Wenatchee Daily World. April 5, 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  7. ^ "Pioneer Editor Of Newspaper Dead". The Evening Statesman. Walla Walla, Washington. April 20, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  8. ^ "Editor Heacock, Chelan Leader". The Wenatchee Daily World. October 4, 1910. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Chelan Leader and News to be Consolidated". The Leavenworth Echo. April 2, 1915. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Notice". The Cashmere Valley Record. April 9, 1915. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Masons Bury C. E. Goodsell | Conduct Funeral for Newspaper Publisher at Chelan". The Spokesman-Review. January 29, 1924. p. 6.
  12. ^ "Wenatchee World Buys Newspapers". Spokane Chronicle. July 9, 1925. p. 3.
  13. ^ "Chelan Valley Mirror (Chelan, Wash.) 1925-1991". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  14. ^ "Chelan Valley Mirror Taken By New Owner". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 25, 1937. p. 12.
  15. ^ a b "Notable Deaths". Marysville Journal-Tribune. Maysville, Ohio. Associated Press. September 30, 1999. p. 2.
  16. ^ "W. B. Gavin Buys Chelan Mirror". The Cashmere Valley Record. September 18, 1941. p. 1.
  17. ^ "Editor & Publisher 1999-10-09: Vol 132 Iss 41". Duncan McIntosh. 9 October 1999.
  18. ^ "Wreck claims former co-owner of Mirror". The Washington Newspaper. Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. March 1, 2012. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
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