Ticket To Ride

摘要

THANKS to his generous son, Ernest Thies had a Christmas to remember. Ernest's son, Doug Thies, was the lucky winner of a John Deere Gator at the Washington State Horticultural Association's annual meeting in December. Doug works for Van Doren Sales in East Wenatchee, which manufactures and sells fruit-handling equipment for apples, pears, and cherries. He also farms — with his dad's help — a 10-acre block of pears in nearby Cashmere that 81-year-old Ernest bought about a half-century ago.