Updated December 7, 2023
Blood drive exceeds goal
 Once again our community came out in great numbers to support this blood drive. . . .
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Renowned speaker to be in Cottonwood next week
Michael DeLeon, a renowned speaker and the creator of Steered Straight, will be coming to the Cottonwood School District on December 13th and 14th. . . .
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Lisa Ellis named Employee of the Month
Lisa Rehder Ellis, daughter of Jim and Sally Rehder, was awarded a West Ada School District Employee of the month for December 2023. . . .
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To the Library and Beyond!
Suddenly we find ourselves preparing for the second full week of December. . . .
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Jeff Martin named Father of the Year
On this page is Ember Martin's winning essay which earned her father Jeff the Father of the Year award from Prairie League. There are also several photos from Daddy Date Night. . . .
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New classroom addition completed
On this page are several photos of the new classroom addition at Prairie Elementary School that was recently moved into by teachers and students. . . .
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Pirates win at Grangeville
The Prairie boys basketball team opened their season with a 60-38 win at Grangeville in the nightcap of the Idaho County Shootout Friday, Dec. 1. . . .
There are also some photos of Idaho County Shootout competitions that took place at halftime of the boys and girls games. . . .

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Lady Pirates win 1 of 2
The Prairie Lady Pirates were 1-1 this past week. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, they won 83-16 over C.V. at Kooskia. Then on Friday, Dec. 1, they came up short at Grangeville, 49-62 in the Idaho County Shootout. . . .
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SJB Basketball
There are 10 girls and 7 boys out for their respective high school basketball teams at St. John Bosco. Also the two team each won their first game and lost their second game. . . .
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Students rushed the court to receive the Idaho County Shootout trophy as Prairie won the competition between them and Grangeville. The two schools combined to collect a record $24,424 in food and monetary donations to the local food banks. This was over $5,000 more than last year. This was the 14th year of the Idaho County Shootout. More photos from the Idaho County Shootout in the basketball articles below left. Click on the photo for a larger view.

The annual Cottonwood Lighted Christmas Parade is set for Sunday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. Lineup will be at the St. Mary’s Church parking lot starting at 4:30 p.m. The parade will go from the church down King St. to Main St. then turn around at Gem Builders and return to the Church. After the parade Santa’s Cabana will be set up at the church where you can get hot cocoa, cookies, a children’s gift and photos with Santa. Click on the photo for a larger view.

Students of the month of November at Prairie Jr./Sr. High School are shown. From left are Kenna Granger, Maggie Nuxoll, Tamden Pecarovich, Harlee Brannan, Rebecca Seubert, Elizabeth Holmes, RayTerhaar and Aubree Geis. Photo by Matt Elven. Click on the photo for a larger view.

Jeff Martin, shown with his daughter Ember, was named Father of the Year at Prairie League's Daddy Date Night Sunday, Dec. 3. See article above left for Ember's winning essay plus more photos fro Daddy Date Night. Photo by Tara Rowland. Click on the photo for a larger view.


The Prairie Jr./Sr. High band held their winter concert Monday, Dec. 4. The top photo shows the whole band while the lower photo shows Matthew Jones performing a piano solo of “O Holy Night.” Click on each photo for a larger view.

Donn Clark had several visitors to his yard last Friday, Dec. 1. Apparently these turkeys knew that Thanksgiving has passed already. Photo by Donn Clark. Click on the photo for a larger view.

Prairie students decorated the north wall of the Grangeville gym for the Idaho County Shootout. Click on the photo for a larger view.


 
 
 
 

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