School
Board meets
Several hirings and resignations were acted on at the April meeting
of the school board Monday, April 16. . . .
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Ministry
Fair is Sunday
April 22nd, 2012 is the date. 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. is the time.
Greencreek Hall on Main Street in Greencreek is the place. The Tri-Parish
Ministry Fair is the event. . . .
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Zenner
is selected
Allason Zenner, a third grade teacher at Prairie Elementary has been
selected to attend the 2012 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy at Liberty
Science Center in Jersey City, N.J. . . .
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Cottonwood
and area history continued
And here we have Central Idaho.
As we travel from here to other places in this world we see and compare
what we have with a wide range to see and do. . . .
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Relay
for Life events
Spring has arrived and your American Cancer Society's Clearwater To
Salmon Rivers Relay For Life planning committee and teams have some exciting
things going on in the next couple of weeks. . . .
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Troop
Scoop
On March 27, Scout Troop 638 held a Court of Honor recognizing boys
with all their accomplishments. . . .
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Kindergarten
screening set
Kindergarten screening for the 2012-2013 school year will be held at
the Cottonwood Elementary KDGN/FIRST GRADE BUILDING (907 Lewiston Street)
on Monday, May 7th and Wednesday, May 9th. . . .
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Royal
Family KIDS Camp
Royal Family KIDS Camp is a faith-based organization that gives abused
and neglected foster children age 7-11 years a week of positive memories
and teaches them that God loves them and that there is a safe place where
they can actually be a child. . . .
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This
is Idaho County 4-H Week
The week of April 15th through the 21st marks the celebration of Idaho
County 4-H Week. . . .
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Library
News
We were saddened by the loss of our friend Ladd Arnoti, former
Mayor, business man, outstanding citizen and soul mate of board member,
Dorothy Arnoti. . . .
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Prairie
ROCKS update
The speaker at the Prairie ROCKS classes on Monday was Ben Greene.
. . .
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Girls
team first, boys second at Orofino meet; Wrestling awards given
MaKayla Schaeffer won 2 events and anchored two relays to wins to lead
the Prairie girls to a first place showing as a team at the Orofino Invitational
Track Meet Friday, April 13. . . .
Awards for the Prairie Wrestling team were given recently. . . .
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Lady
Pirates blast Timberline
The Prairie Lady Pirates had little trouble beating Timberline in their
first game back after a long lay-off as they won 32-6 in a White Pine League
game Tuesday, April 10. . . .
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Chmelik,
relays win at Lapwai
Sarah Chmelik won the long jump and 2 girls relays also won for Summit
Academy at a 10-school track meet at Lapwai Tuesday, April 10 . . .
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Students of the month at Prairie Jr./Sr. High School
are from left Monica Lustig and Nathan McElroy at the high school and Daniel
Mager at the Jr. High. Monica Lustig is willing to help other students,
is a great library aide and always does what is asked of her with a smile.
Her positive attitude is very much appreciated. Nathan McElroy was elected
junior class president and as a new student to Prairie, has stepped up
and accepted the challenge. He attends and helps at every activity
the junior class has had and goes out of his way to make sure everything
is getting done. He also helped recover the cafeteria chairs in a
very timely manner. Daniel Mager is a very hard working student.
He uses class time wisely, always has his homework done and is a pleasure
to have in class. Daniel always does what is asked of him and is
willing to work with and help other classmates. Photo provided by Ryan
Hasselstrom. Click on the photo for a larger view.
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5th grade students with teacher Cheyenne Hudson, spent
time on Friday cleaning up the school grounds and the ditches next to the
highway. Click on the photo for a larger view.
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On Thursday, April 12 the Bear Scouts paid a visit
to the Chronicle office. Greg Wherry showed us around the newspaper
office. He told us what all the old machines do and even ran some
for us. We learned how articles and pictures get in the paper.
Greg uses computers and email for most of it. Pictured in front of the
Chronicle Office is Greg Wherry, Cole Martin, Matt Coppernoll and Zach
Arnzen. The Scouts also got to meet with Sheryl Nuxoll, who was getting
some copies made at the Chronicle. We learned that she is our State
Senator. She told us about her job in Boise and some of the new bills
that were passed into law. We also learned how the elections work.
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Shown are this year’s Idaho State House of Representative
Pages with Governor Butch Otter. At far right is Rachel Uhlenkott, daughter
of Chuck and Kerry Uhlenkott. She was the Health & Welfare Committee
Page and was responsible for preparing and clearing committee meeting rooms
as well as handling any audio/visual needs. She was commended for being
very good at asking questions to assure accurate handling of any request.
Her cheerfulness, enthusiasm and willing attitude were appreciated and
enjoyed. In the far back is Derek Nuxoll, son of Felix and Sherry Nuxoll.
He helped assist committee secretaries with their duties as they relate
to committee meetings. According to House Speaker Lawerence Denney he responded
admirably to the workload. “His personality and work ethic are the traits
that are important to us, and he has more than surpassed our expectations,”
said Denney. Click on the photo for a larger view.
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Seven staff members from the Cottonwood School
District attended a 2-day training in Moscow on understanding and learning
to unpack the Common Core Standards. During the 2013-2014 school
year, all staff will be using the Common Core Standards to develop curriculum
guides. 2014-2015 a new test will replace the ISAT. Shown are Darbie
Duclos, Andrea Brannan, Kim Schumacher, Kristie Bruegeman, Cindy Schumacher,
Rene' Forsmann, Sherry Holthaus. Click on the photo for a larger view.
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This Thursday, Boise’s West Junior High A Cappella
Choir is passing through Cottonwood on their way to the Idaho Music Educator
Association’s all-state conference in Coeur d’Alene. The choir was chosen
from a statewide audition to be featured among the event’s performances.
The 98-member choir will stop by the Monastery of St. Gertrude to visit
the Historical Museum and give an informal concert from 1:30 to 2:00. All
are welcome! Shown is the West Junior High Choir with Director Paul Olson.
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Bertie Forsmann and Nancy Arnzen took on a project
in the high school cafeteria. With the help of Kyle Bower and Nathan
McElroy, they removed the old coverings on the chairs and replaced them
with a nice brown upholstery. A big thank you to the four of you.Click
on the photos for larger views.
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Above is a photo of the Healthy Seniors group that
just completed their 20th week of exercises and is pushing on with the
next 10 week session. This group meets on Monday and Thursday mornings
in the Cottonwood Community hall and it just makes their day when someone
new joins in. The exercises help to improve their overall health
as well as balance and mobility. We usually start out with a walking session
which includes some upper body range of motion. Then we go in to the leg
strengthening and resistance band usage for muscle toning. If you don’t
feel like you can do all of the exercises or if you get tired we always
have chairs available so you can sit and watch or sit and do some of the
work out. Wetell people to come try it and then decide. It is never too
late to join us. We have had over 50 people sign in and participate at
one time or another and usually average around 20 to 24 people per session.
One day we had a visitor from Montana join the group and she had a very
good time. The photo is missing some of our regular members so be
watching for more photos. Photo provided by Shelli Schumacher. Click on
the photo for a larger view.
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Saturday after a morning of road side clean up the
cub& boy scouts, their leaders and some parents joined Clark Christensen
from the Department of Lands and Shelli Schumacher from the City of Cottonwood
in planting two trees along the creek behind U S Bank. The trees were purchased
by the City of Cottonwood to help in maintaining the City’s designation
of Tree City USA. This is an Arbor Day event where the City is recognized
for continuing to plant and care for trees. Clark presented the city
with this flag, and updated the plaque showing that we have been a Tree
City for 5 years now. Watch for the flag to be flown with the other flags
in the Centennial garden. In the past the City has planted trees
in the park, at the Wimer ball fields, both the old Elementary School and
the current Elementary school. Having kids join in the planting of trees
helps to keep them involved and gives them pride in their community. The
Department of Lands gave Spruce trees to the scouts and families to take
home and plant. Scouts are: Anthony Karel, Hunter Chaffee, Jared Coppernoll,
James Biltz, Cole Martin, Matt Coppernoll, Zack Arnzen & little sister
Noelle Biltz.
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