Etc. - Jan. 20, 2011

Endicott grads plan 100-year reunion

Plans are underway for an Endicott school reunion to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Endicott School. Three life-long friends, Carol Weitz Stueckle of Colfax, Vivian Hamilton Harder of Kahlotus and Diane Repp of Spokane are launching plans for the reunion. Stueckle and Harder are members of the Endicott HIgh School class of 1956, and Repp is a graduate of the class of 1957.

The intent is to mark the centennial year of the Endicott School which was located at the site in 1911.

The first school was established in Endicott in 1885, but the building on the school site was opened in 1911.

In 1993, Endicott observed a “We’re From the Old School” reunion which was celebrated before the school reconstruction project at Endicott. Approximately 950 people, including former students, graduates and teachers attended that reunion from all over the country.

Then Gov. Mike Lowry, also a member of the class of 1957, was among speakers at the program.

This year’s 100-year reunion will be open to all students who attended school at Endicott.

The reunion plan over the Sept. 9-10-11 weekend includes a reception, tours of the school and a dinner. The reunion dates have been slated for the weekend of the Palouse Empire Fair, and participants will have time to attend the fair.

Reservations for the dinner will be $30 per person and can be mailed to Repp at Endicott reunion, Box 9936, Spokane, 99209

Organist from Finland will play in Pullman

Area music lovers will have the opportunity to hear guest organist Anders Forsman in a free recital Friday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. on the tracker pipe organ in Trinity Lutheran Church, 1300 NE Lybecker, Pullman.

Forsman, who is from Finland is in the United States for a two-year period studying organ performance with Dr. Janet Ahrend of Gonzaga University. His study is supported by two grants from foundations in Finland.

Anders earned a masters degree in organ performance from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and following graduation, worked as an organist/church musician in one of the Swedish-speaking Lutheran parishes in Helsinki. His recital program will include works by Finnish and Swedish composers. This event is sponsored by the Pullman-Moscow chapter of the American Guild of Organist.

Offer web site tour

Angela Garza and Matt Roach will give a class on the Whitman Library web site Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Library meeting room. They will conduct a tour of the website and show how to access some of its most valuable features, 24 hours a day from home or from the library’s computers. Attendees will learn to search the library’s catalog, place holds and renew items. They will learn to access the library’s calendar of events, research, download magazines and newspapers, locate repair instructions for cars or small engines.

Dahmen demo day to feature paper art

Each year in April Artisans at the Dahmen Barn hosts demonstration day, a special event where artists working in a specific medium are invited to demonstrate their technique and sell their products. The 2011 event April 16 will focus on artists who make or use paper as a medium for their creations such as origami, embossing, paper mache, sculpture or mixed media incorporating paper.

Artists working in paper are urged to contact manager Leslee Miller at for more information, The event is free to the public and past events have had excellent attendance.

Births

A boy, Issac Patrick, was born, Jan. 11, 2011, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, to Kaylana Hughes and Ryan Ulrey. Maternal grandparents are Terri Hughes, Colfax, and John Hughes, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Tami Reed, Oakesdale, and Darren Ulrey, Colfax. Weighing eight pounds, 11 ounces at birth, he is the couple’s first child.

ON CAMPUS

WSU Museum of Art will showcase the talents of Seattle artist Claudia Fitch in an exhibition from Jan. 13 to April 2, . “Claudia Fitch: Works 1987-2010” will feature sculptures created by the artist to play with images from popular culture, including vernacular architecture and decorative statuary. Fitch works intuitively from what she calls a “junk pile” of visual materials culled over the years.

The opening reception for the exhibition will be in the museum gallery at 6 p.m. today Jan. 20, followed at 7 p.m. by a lecture by Fitch in the Fine Arts auditorium. The exhibition and related events are free and open to the public.

Fitch has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Washington and a master’s of fine arts degree from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.

Bookmark

Shannon Roe and Trevor Main were awarded Whitman County Library Supporters of the Month during a ceremony at the new Malden Library. Roe and Main spent countless volunteer hours getting the new Malden Library ready for community use. With Roe at the helm as Malden’s Branch manager and Main assisting, use of the Malden Library has increased by 90 percent while regular adult and children’s programs have been added.

Children in grades 1-4 are invited to Third Thursday today, Jan. 20 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Colfax Library. Jennings Elementary students can ride bus 5 directly to the library with a note from their parent or guardian.

Get Moving with Wii Dance 2 at the Colfax Library. Wednesday, January 26th from 2:30 – 4 p.m., children are encouraged to invite their friends for a good time, snacks and play the library’s popular Just Dance 2.

Visit the library’s online Events Calendar at http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us for a complete schedule of children’s programs at all branch locations.