Garbage
rate increase sought
Butch Walker and Marietta Holman of Walco, Inc. were at the June meeting
of the Cottonwood City Council seeking an increase in sanitation rates
for the upcoming fiscal year. . . .
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Fair
royalty applicants are sought
Applications are available for students between 15-17 years old at
Likkel Insurance Agency and the Idaho County Extension Office, both in
Grangeville for candidates for the 2009 Idaho County Fair Royalty. . .
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Catholic
Daughters Education Contest winners
The Catholic Daughter’s Education Contest was held again this spring.
There were many participants from Cottonwood School District, Summit Academy
and St. Peter and Paul’s in Grangeville. . . .
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Museum
is grant recipient; Event planned for June 26-27
The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, ID has received
a grant award from Inland Northwest Community Foundation in Spokane. The
award is for $25,720. . . .
The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho received
permission to reprint an article that originally appeared in the Oregon
Historical Quarterly. The article, entitled “A Most Daring Outrage: Murders
at Chinese Massacre Cove, 1887” by Greg Nokes, was reprinted in the September
2007 issue of our journal, Echoes of the Past. . . .
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Relay
for Life June update
Whoo Hoo!! The Clearwater To Salmon Rivers Relay For Life planning
committee is gearing up for a fabulous 2008 event. Friday, July 18 through
Saturday, July 19 at the Grangeville High School track is the place to
be for 18 hours of family fun. There will be a celebration of Hope with
cancer survivors at 5:00 pm and also a time to stop and remember those
we have lost to cancer during the Luminaria Ceremony at 10 pm. . . .
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St.
Mary's Hospital and Clinics news
Bob Bashaw, PT, from Proformance Physical Therapy in Pullman will join
Dr. Edwin Tingstad, Orthopedist, in a Health Matters forum on Thursday,
June 26, on ACL Tears or knee injuries. . . .
St. Mary’s Hospital is hosting a hot dogs, helicopters and hospital
event this Saturday, June 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. Also
on board will be a helicopter outfitted for rescues from remote areas in
our region. . . .
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Students
raise money for orphanage
In the fall of 2006, my daughter, Brenna Riggers, saved enough money
to take herself to South Africa. Her destination was Bethany Place
of Safety, an orphanage run by Sister Mary Paule Tacke formerly of Cottonwood,
Id. . . .
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Middle
School student activities
Included on this page are stories and photos about the 8th grade math
class bridge building competition; the 7th grade math class designing board
games and the Middle School Chess Club tournament. . . .
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Open
gym nights at PHS
Prairie High School is having open gym nights all summer and invites
Prairie H.S. and M.S. athletes to come up from 7:30 – 9:00 on Monday, Tuesday,
and Thursday nights. . . .
Also on this page is the Babe Ruth team schedule. . . .
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Scholarship
bowling tournament held
The Elsie Kinzer Memorial Scholarship Bowling was held at the Prairie
Imperial Bowl on May 17 and May 24th. 17 bowlers and 7 speculators
participated. Bowlers bowled 8 games each over the two nights with
the high total pins, with handicap, winning the bowling prize. Rose
Gehring won with a score of 1928 total pins. Bob Canup was 2nd with
1906 pins. . . .
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Summit
graduation held
Summit Academy held their fourth graduation ceremony last Friday, June
6 with 7 seniors graduating. . . .
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The Summit Academy class of 2008 flips their
tassels after they all received their diplomas From left are Lauren Chmelik,
Anna Osborne, Zach Frei, Lynn Rehder, Will Schlader, David Spencer and
Danielle Stubbers.. Click on the photo for a larger version. More photos
included with the story on graduation at left on Summit page below left.
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Shown are three of the five local Catholic Daughters
Education Contest winners who were also state winners. From left are Derek
Nuxoll, Savannah Prigge and Kimberly Frei. The other two state winners
were Kayla Duclos from Prairie Schools and Eric Kaschmitter from Sts. Peter
& Paul. See story at left for pictures of all the local winners.
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Prairie Elementary students have been raising money
and sending items to the Bethany Place of Safety Orphanage in South Africa
which was started by Cottonwood native Sr. Mary Paule Tacke. See story
below left.
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MaKayla Schaeffer, Samantha Keating and Monica Lustig
watch as their bridge starts to fail. They won the 8th grade math bridge
building competition as it took nearly 95 lbs. to collapse their bridge.
See story at left.
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Students try out one of the board games developed
by the 7th grade math class. See story at left for more pictures.
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A picture of the final competition in the Middle School
chess tournament. From left to right are Joshwa Zigler, Cody Duclos, Claire
Whitley and Tyler Latimer. See story above left.
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One of the display cases built with funds from a grant
received by the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude. See story above left
for explanation and more photos.
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North end of beach at Chinese Massacre Cove…and beyond.
The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude will be hosting an event regarding
the events leading to the name of this cove June 26-27. See story above
left.
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