etc. Jan. 21, 2010

Relay for Life set for July 9-10

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life committee met Jan. 5 at the Public Service Building. The date for this year’s relay will be July 9-10 at the Colfax High School track, Schmuck park. Various committees are being formed.

Gwen Hunt-Palmer will be the event chair, and Deanna Leinweber will be team development chair. Three new teams have been formed to date. Volunteers are encouraged to form teams as soon as possible.

Next meeting will be Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. in the Public Service Building at Colfax.

Dahmen will feature Whitcomb art exhibit

February exhibit at the Dahmen Barn will feature Lewiston artist Craig Whitcomb’s “Point of View.” An opening reception will be Sunday, Feb. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m.

The work reflects his travel experiences and regional interests in people and landscapes. He has studied art in Europe and Asia, has completed workshops with regional artists and has taught art classes. Whitcomb belongs to the Spokane Watercolor Society, Palouse Watercolor Socius, Snake River Showcase and is associated with the Valley Art Center in Clarkston.

The exhibit will run through Feb. 29 during regular open hours of the Dahmen Barn.

Whitcomb for three years has contributed to the poster art project sponsored by the Colfax Arts Council. His latest entry features a rendition of the Colfax flood control channel.

Clubs & Youth Groups

4H Taste ‘n’ Tear

Last Saturday, the Taste ‘n’ Tear 4H club made Layered Ranch Salad, Karen’s Quick Chili, Country Oat Cornbread, Custard and Angel Food Cake. The club also discussed their pants project. By the next meeting on February 20, participants are to have a pants pattern cut out using a material like seersucker and 1 inch seam allowances. The pants should then be sewn using a basting stitch on the outer seams and inner seams up to the knees. Bring your sewing machine and a salad to the next meeting. Carol Salusso, former chair of the WSU Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textile Department, will lead the meeting.

Births

Lawhead daughter born

A girl, Addison Kenley, was born Jan. 16, 2010, at St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix, to Aaron and Arielle Lawhead of Phoenix. Maternal grandparents are Sheila Shapiro and Dennis and Christy McConnell, all of Whitefish, Mont. Paternal grandmother is Becky Lawhead, Colfax, and the late Frank Lawhead. Weighing seven pounds, 14 ounces at birth, she is the couple’s first child.

Daughter born to Wells

A girl, Brooklyn Bo LaRae, was born Dec. 3, 2009, at Pullman Regional Hospital to Curt and Nicole Wells of Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Georgia Hennigar, St. John. Paternal grandparents are Jim and Debbie Wells, Colfax. Great-grandparents are Mickey and David Ricketts, Moses Lake and Warren and Fran Taufen, Colfax. Great-great-grandfather is Bill Scharffer, St. John. The baby weighed seven pounds, three ounces at birth.

On campus

MUSIC

The WSU School of Music’s concert by mezzo-soprano Sheila K. Converse has been rescheduled for Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. in Bryan Hall Theatre. She will be accompanied by pianist Meg Kelley and by WSU’s faculty members Ruth Boden, cello, and Meredith Arksey, violin and viola.

This concert is free and open to the public, and will include folk songs arranged by Beethoven, Britten, Quilter and Copland.

WSU’s School of Music will present the 2010 Festival of Contemporary Art Music, featuring guest composer Robert Carl, Feb. 4-6 on the WSU campus. The festival’s culminating concert of original works by Carl will be performed by WSU music faculty and students at 8 p.m. Feb. 6 in Kimbrough Concert Hall. All festival concerts are free and open to the public.

Carl, 55, is professor of composition and theory and chair of the composition department in the Hartt School at the University of Hartford, Conn. His music has been widely published, recorded and performed in the U.S. and Europe.

The festival begins at 11:10 a.m. Feb. 4 in Kimbrough Concert Hall with a recital of new works by WSU student composers. A concert featuring new works by faculty composers Ryan M. Hare, David Jarvis, H. James Schoepflin, Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn and Gregory Yasinitsky follows at 8 p.m. Feb. 4 in Bryan Hall Theatre. An all-electroacoustic concert will be performed at 3:10 p.m. Feb. 5 in Kimbrough Concert Hall.

DRAMA

The WSU Department of Theatre and Dance will present “The Glass Menagerie” Jan. 28 to Jan. 30, and Feb. 4 to Feb. 6. The Tennessee Williams play is the story of Tom Wingfield, a young man who feels trapped by his family that rely on him for survival. The play takes place in St. Louis in 1937.

Tickets for the show can be reserved by email at reservations@wsu.edu or by calling the theater box office, 509-335-7236. Tickets can also be purchased at the theater box office in Daggy Hall from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. the week of the performance as well as 6:30 p.m. the night of the performance. Only cash and checks are accepted.

BOOKMARK

From the visionary creator of CSI comes Level 26. Called a Digi-Novel, Level 26 combines the art of reading with today’s technology. About every twenty pages, readers have the option of logging in to a designated website to experience a digital motion picture that brings the details, characters and crime-scenes to life. Level 26 is available for request from Whitman County Library’s catalog at http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us or by calling 877-733-3375.

Youth grades 1-4 are invited to Third Thursday Club’s “Winter Olympics” on Jan. 21 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Third Thursday along with all other youth programs are being held in the temporary Colfax Library behind US Bank.

Children’s Storytime is each Thursday. Baby Time for ages 0-2 years is from 10:10-10:30, Toddler Time for ages 2-3 is from 10:30-11:00 and Preschool Time for ages 4 and up is from 11:00-11:30.

Play and Learn, a free playgroup for infants, toddlers, young children and those who care for them is each Friday from 10-11:30.

Friends of Whitman County Library will meet Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. at Two Old Gals.

http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us