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  • August 2006 Issue
  • Going all out

    The calendar is good exposure for the cherry industry, the pinup orchardists say.

    The late Bert Stevens, Mr. August, in a one-man, cherry pit spitting contest. When a local restaurant owner asked Brian McCormick if he’d be willing to be photographed working nude in his orchard, he agreed without hesitation. Suzi Conklin, entrepreneur and owner of the Wildflower Café in Mosier, Oregon, came up with the idea of producing a calendar featuring 12 local cherry growers working nude as a fundraiser for the Mosier Community School. “I thought it was a titillating affair,” commented McCormick, Mr. May. “We’re relatively new to this area, so it was nice to be included.” The town of […]

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