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Scenic Six

fiddle show

set at Potlatch

The annual Scenic 6 Fiddle Show is set for Saturday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m. at Potlatch High School. The show features regional fiddlers and folk musicians. A donation of $5 for adults is requested at the door. Children under 18 are free. Registration for interested participants starts at 5 p.m.

Potlatch Junior Jammers will open the show. The youth group includes acoustic string players under age 18 led by Mabel Vogt, Potlatch. Vogt is an Idaho and Northwest Regional champion fiddler and teacher who has directed the Jammers for 30 years.

Musicians in the annual event have included banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass, harmonica, dobro, harp and accordion players, as well as vocalists.

Refreshments will be available from 5 p.m. through intermission. The Potlatch Presbyterian Lutheran Community Youth Group will be raising funds for their activities through their food and beverage sales.

Emcee for the evening is Anna Vowels, Newman Lake, a fiddler raised in Potlatch.

Camping space for RV or tents at Scenic 6 Park is available by contacting Potlatch City Hall. Potlatch Arts Council produces the show with the support of area sponsors and volunteers.

Matt Baker at Neill

Comedic stunt performer Matt Baker will perform at Neill Public Library June 25 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. A Guinness world record holder, he performs stunts like juggling with his mouth and spearing vegetables with spikes.

CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS

Thrifty Grandmothers

Fourteen members answered roll call at the June 10 meeting of the Thrifty Grandmothers. The scholarship committee reported nine $750 scholarships were awarded to nine students, Christopher Appel, Amelie Bruya, Casey Hall, Rachel Napier, Sidney Huber, Joshua Huber, all of Colfax; CeJae Miller of St. John-Endicott; Justin Wargo of LaCrosse, and Katelyn Renstrom of Garfield-Palouse.

Thrifty Grandmothers will once again be seen walking in the Relay for Life July 12.

The group voted to give $500 to Friends of the Palouse HIV Consortium, $800 for the Kid’s Carnival at the Concrete River Days to be at Eells Park, $500 for repairs on the Kiddy Pool in Colfax, $500 for Boy Scout Eagle Projects and $300 to Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship Program.

Alice Allenbaugh and Ann Emerson were welcomed as new members. Next meeting will be a lunch at Eddy’s on July 8 at noon.

Order of Eastern Star

At the March meeting the Malden chapter 149 elected Lorna Burns worthy matron and Greg Burns as worthy patron as well as a full slate of officers to begin a new year.

Malden 149 chapter worthy matron last year was Marita Bothman and worthy patron was Hollis Jamison. Several members were honored with Grand Chapter appointments.

In May the chapter honored Marita Bothman for her service as East Side Chairman of the Deputy Instructors. October was Honor Night for Deputy Instructor June Crow and November the Honor Night was for Greg Burns, Grand Representative of British Columbia and Yukon in Washington. Then in February the chapter was visited by Acting Grand Chaplain Marilyn Shaffer who appointed a surprised Lynda Jamison to the Grand Representative position continuing Greg’s jurisdiction.

Every month brought something special. The chapter hosted the SE Washington Past Matrons and Patrons, cooked supper for the Trail Riders, Malden Lodge #188 celebrated its 100th anniversary and the chapter served a prime rib dinner. Malden Lodge had its district meeting in March and the Eastern Star served the noon meal.

Eastern Star is a charitable organization. This year it donated to the WGM charity project–leukemia and lymphoma society and WGP’s charity–elevator repair drive, Estarl, Rainbow Girls, Job’s Daughters and the “big” one, $1,500 for the Malden Masonic Hall residing project and $3,165 to them from generous club donations. The hall looks great with the new siding, paint and repairs.

BIRTHS

Whitman County Gazette,

June 20, 2013

AT PULLMAN REGIONAL

HOSPITAL

Korn, Quinlynn Josephine, born June 5 at seven pounds, three ounces, first child to Keeley and Gabriel Korn of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Lynn and Luci Korn of San Angelo, Texas. Maternal grandparents are Julie Anderson of Vancouver and Rick Nolan of Bellingham.

Echanove, Peter Morgan, born June 7 at six pounds, one ounce, to Travis and Stacie Echanove of Palouse. Paternal grandparents are Michael and Paula Echanove of Palouse. Maternal grandparents are Melaine Atkins of Spokane. The baby joins a sister Evelyn, 2.