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BBQ, auction

slated for Beckers

A benefit barbeque and silent auction for the Mike and Tanya Becker family will be Friday, Nov. 8, from noon to 4 p.m. at the shop of Nolan Heating & Air Conditioning on Highway 195 south of Colfax. Tanya Becker was diagnosed with an agreesive disease one month ago.

All proceeds will go to the Becker family. Accounts have been set up for monetary donations at Chase bank and for fuel expenses at Four Star Supply.

Schweitzer will

talk at CC lunch

Pullman Chamber general membership luncheon, with keynote speaker Ed Schweitzer, will be at noon Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the SEL Event Center. Schweitzer will talk about the last 30 years of SEL in the Pullman community.

The Pullman Chamber of Commerce sponsors these monthly luncheons as an opportunity to network with other local business owners and community leaders.

Members, non-members and guests are welcome. Lunch, catered by Taco Del Mar, will be $12 for chamber members and $15 for others. The chamber encourages reservations by Friday as space is limited. [email protected].

Bank Left plans

9th Yule event

Bank Left Gallery in Palouse will celebrate its ninth annual Christmas open house Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery will showcase the private collection of WSU professor Gene Rosa, ornaments and ephemera by Elizabeth Sloan, indoor holiday gardens by Nelson Duran, glass ornaments by Virginia Davies and, back by popular demand, the vintage inspired ornaments of Palouse artists Kirsten Jones, Carrie Vielle and others.

Luncheon will be served at the Bank Left Bistro from 11:30 a.m to 2 p.m.

All American

Songs slated

at Dahmen

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn will present “All American: Art Songs and Musical Theater” Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Brian Carter, tenor, with Juliana Witt on piano, will perform music by Aaron Copeland, Arthur Farwell, Richard Hundley, Stephen Sondheim and Richard Rodgers. Admission will be $10 for adults, $7 for students. Children 12 and under are free.

A native of High Point, N.C., Carter is an instructor of music at Washington State University. Before coming to WSU in the fall of 2012, he was a graduate student instructor at the University of Michigan. Carter has appeared locally as a soloist for the Washington-Idaho Symphony and the Palouse Choral Society.

Witt is a teaching assistant at Washington State University in accompanying and teaches classical piano and piano lessons. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance. In addition to teaching and accompanying, Juliana has performed with chamber groups, duos, a university band, jazz ensemble and musical theatre productions.

Book signing

at Dahmen Barn

Carole Simon-Smolinski from Lewiston and illustrator Connie McLeod from Clarkston will sign copies of “Timothy Nolan’s Idaho 1862-1890” Saturday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown.

The book features several scholarly accounts of adventures and events in and around Lewiston, Idaho, from the Gold Rush to statehood. The book, as well as Connie’s original illustrations and cards of the illustrations, will be available for purchase at The Shop at the Barn.

Looking back over his 28 years in the territory where he arrived as a prospective miner, Nolan wrote his reminiscences in 1890.

By presenting the history in the voice of someone who lived through those years, Simon-Smolinski recounts the events and describes the people and places in a highly readable, fast paced, first person interpretation. Complementing and completing the narrative are illustrations by McLeod along with historic regional photographs and a map.

Bereavement

support

Gentiva Hospice in conjunction with the Friends of Hospice will host an evening of shared support Nov. 12, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Neill Library conference room. They will share ideas of how to get through the holidays after the loss of a loved one. Topics will include how to respond to holiday invitations, changing family traditions and taking care of oneself in a time filled with stress.

CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS

THRIFTY GRANDMOTHERS

Thrifty Grandmothers will meet Monday at the Nazarene Church at 1:30. Members of the cast from the CHS musical “Hello Dolly!” will perform.

Athenaeum

Sixteen members with one guest met at the home of Mary Ann Wigen Nov. 1. Director Cary Cammack and members of the CHS cast of the musical “Hello, Dolly!” performed for the group.

Jane Aune gave a presentation on the city of San Antonio, Texas. The club will meet next at the Christmas luncheon Dec. 6.

BIRTHS

Whitman County Gazette, Nov. 7, 2013

AT PULLMAN REGIONAL

HOSPITAL

O’Very, Olivia Rose, born Oct. 22 at eight pounds to Molly Watson and David O’Very of Moscow. Paternal grandparent is Maria O’Very of Nampa, Idaho. Maternal grandparents are Arlene and David Watson of Post Falls, Idaho.

Olsen, Lukas, born Oct. 23, at seven pounds, two ounces, to Karl and Kristy Olsen of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Robert and Marsha Olsen of Pullman. Maternal grandparents are Gary and Gay Kimmel of Santa Rosa, Calif.

Mitchell, Kaiden Bruce, born Oct. 26 at eight pounds, eight ounces, to David and Michelle Mitchell of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Bruce and Diane Mitchell of Owasso, Okla. Maternal grandparents are David and Candy Field of Pullman. The baby joins a brother Braxton, 1.