In the competition for most embarrassing driving mistake we have two gold-medal-worthy contenders today. First, a driver mistook railroad tracks for a road in Cashmere, got stuck, then got out safely in time to watch the car get demolished by a train. ... In Manson, meanwhile, a driver accidentally hit the gas instead of brake while parking and hit another car before plowing into an apartment. ... The search for a plane piloted by a former Tonasket city councilman has been suspended. ... The Chelan fire department is leasing a garage that will give it a presence on the south shore for the first time in years. ... The AppleSox opened a key late-season series with Kelowna with a big victory. Thought for the day: If the meek inherit the world I'll just take it away from them. — Cal FitzSimmons