Guest Speaker Series Launches Presentation by Pete Horish

Join us during the Heritage Club meeting at the Cle Elum Eagles.

Public Invited – Free Guest Speaker Presentation, with Pete Horish. “The Day the Still Blew up in Ronald, destroying 32 houses, including Pete Horish’s family’s home.”

Experience Pete Horish Jr.’s impassioned account of the Prohibition Era explosion leaving 136 people homeless, and its impact on local families like his. On Aug. 18, 1928, his father, Peter Sr., was an eyewitness to the devastation when Bertholomes “Bert” Pellegrini accidentally touched off a 250-gallon batch of “White Mule” whiskey in a hidden room underneath the Falcon Pool and Dance Hall.

Presentation is FREE ADMISSION (optional lunch available for purchase at 12 noon)

Time: 11 AM

Location: Cle Elum Eagles, 220 N Pennsylvania Ave