Many celebrate grocery launch

Rosalia

Approximately 123 people turned out Friday to celebrate the opening of the Rosalia Empire Market now being operated by Garth and Song Hill. The opening was sponsored by the Rosalia Horizons project.

Gift certificates for $25 to be spent at the store were won by Karrie Lazcano, Brandon Kiehn, Gwelda Henning, Raymond DeFord, Alice Hofmann and William Peters.

Curt Claussen won a $5 gift certificate for St. John Pharmacy.

Volunteers have erected a divider wall behind the Texaco Station next to the VFW Memorial in downtown Rosalia. Bill and Sally O’Keefe donated the concrete blocks; Ed Holmes donated use of his wheel tractor; John Millspaugh, John Peters, Joe Griffin and Kenneth Hames donated time and talents for construction of the partition. Flowers donated by Rosalia Coffee & More were planted along the length of the divider.

Hames extended a thank you on behalf of the VFW members.

The Texaco Station has now been closed after being operated through the summer by Mike Day. The station is now operated by the Chamber of Commerce.

Residents who have pre-paid for community calendars can pick them up at US Bank, but those who wish to pay for a calendar are asked to contact Mike Day.

Samara Terrie Lynn, daughter of Jake and Piper Dickinson, was born July 7, 2009 at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax. She weighed six pounds, 11 ounces. Samara has arrived home after spending 20 days in the NICU at Sacred Heart in Spokane. Maternal grandparents are Pat Martin of Rosalia and Pete Caldwell of Oakesdale. Paternal grandparents are Don and Thelma Teal of Rosalia.

The Pioneer youth group from the Walla Walla United Methodist Church sang at the Rosalia United Methodist Church Sunday. The group of 23 youths and five adults stayed at the church Saturday night after a trip to Silverwood. They were guests for a pancake breakfast Sunday before the service.