Cottonwood
City Council meets
The Cottonwood City Council held their regular June meeting Monday,
June 10. . . .
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VFW Post named all-state
At the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Worley the VFW National
Commander, John Hamilton, and the Idaho Department VFW Commander, Rich
Cesler, presented Cottonwood VFW Post Commander, Joe Riener, with the All-State
post award. . . .
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earn straight A's
Forty-one students earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages for the
fourth quarter at Prairie Junior/Senior High School. . . .
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Ralyn
Horton is employee of the month
Ralyn Horton was awarded the honor of being named the June Employee
of the Month for St. Mary’s Hospital. . . .
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Nomination
letter for Vince Poxleitner
Vincent M. Poxleitner was born in Ferdinand, Idaho May 1, 1925, and
after high school he earned the right to join the Veterans of Foreign Wars
by joining the U.S. Navy February 8, 1944.. . .
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4-H
Spring Show is held
The annual Idaho County 4-H Spring Livestock Show was held Saturday,
June 8th at the Idaho County Fair Grounds in Cottonwood. . . .
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Library
News
Hey, Kids, Summer reading starts this week. "DIG INTO READING"
is the theme and promises to be an exciting adventure. Sign up is
Thursday at 1:pm in the library. . . .
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High
School awards are given
Alex Duman was named student of the year at the Prairie High School
Awards Assembly held Thursday, May 23. . . .
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Junior
High Track team has outstanding season
This is later then I had hoped to share the amazing season that these
young tracksters had this year but at least we should have the sports section
mostly to ourselves. . . .
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At the Idaho State VFW convention in Worley, 245 delegates
cast votes resulting in the election of Rick Johnson of Cottonwood as the
Department Junior Vice Commander for 2013-2014. Johnson’s race was
the only contested department position. Johnson, the District 2 commander,
defeated the District 1 commander, Alan Roach of Clark Fork. Johnson
took the oath of office for his new position from National VFW Commander,
John Hamilton of Florida. Johnson relinquished command of District
2 to Les Pixley of Potlatch. Rick has a long list of VFW service
and continues to serve as Quartermaster/Adjutant for the Cottonwood VFW
Post. Johnson served as Department of Idaho VFW Safety Program Manager,
Department webmaster, District 2 commander for five years, Cottonwood Post
Commander, and Post Service Officer. Rick and his wife Veronica reside
in Cottonwood, where he owns and operates Prairie Computers.
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On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, Rich Cesler, Commander Idaho
Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced that Vince Poxleitner
will receive the VFW Lifetime Achievement Award. Cesler said, “Vince is
very deserving of this prestigious award and represents the best of all
veterans through a legacy of lifetime service.” Poxleitner is a member
of Cottonwood’s VFW Post 4902. An official award presentation is
scheduled for District 2 meeting, October 5, 2013 in Cottonwood. Shown
above are photos of Poxleitner during his time in the U.S. Navy in 1944
on the left and just after he joined VFW Post 4902 in 1951. See article
at left for the nomination letter sent in by the Post.
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On behalf of the Prairie Booster Club we would like
to extend a huge “Thank You” to Greg Wherry with the Cottonwood Chronicle
and present him with the “Business Booster of the Year” award! Your dedication
to the Prairie students is awesome! Your support and generous contribution
of time in covering all newsworthy events is much appreciated. Presenting
the award for the Prairie Booster Club is Linda Nida. Photo by Robert Nida.
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Prairie Community Library held a book signing for
Trebor Fairwell, also known as Robert Farris, formerly a resident of Cottonwood.
His book, The Land of The Horrid Frontier is a fantasy, and was a big hit
with the patrons. The Library will announce when the books arrive for anyone
who placed an order. We wish Mr. Fairwell good luck with his venture. Photo
provided by Donna Wassmuth. Click on the photo for a larger view.
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Lamb Fitting & Showing Champions L to R Brooke
Eades – Reserve Champion, Hailey Danly Grand Champion. Eades is a member
of the Tahoe Hillbillies 4-H Club and Danly is a member of the Keuterville
Livestock 4-H Club. See Spring Show article above. Click on the photo for
a larger view.
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