Etc. Column

Valentine’s dinner

slated at Palouse

Viola Ladies Club will sponsor a Valentine’s Dinner of prime rib and chicken cordon bleu at the Palouse Community Center Feb. 14. Cost will be $45 per couple and tickets are available at Grammy G’s Quilt Shop at 124 East Main in Palouse.

For more information, call Sherry Pixley at (208) 596-4266.

Oakesdale soup Sunday

Oakesdale Historical Society will offer Soup Sunday Jan. 19 from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the McCoy Valley Museum. There will be two soups to choose from, bread and dessert by donation. Open to all the county residents.

Palouse brew fest

will benefit center

Palouse Cabin Fever Brew Fest will be Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Palouse Community Center.

This year’s event will benefit the Community Center. It will include an expanded and improved outdoor area featuring more fire pits and heaters. Advance tickets are $15, which includes a souvenir pint glass and six four-ounce taste tickets. Tickets at the door are $20 if available. Last year the event was sold out.

The 2014 edition of the Palouse Cabin Fever Brew Fest will again feature the brewers Twelve String, Budge Brothers, Riverport and Paradise Creek, along with new additions Moscow Brewing Company and Laht Nepper of Waitsburg.

Bratwurst will be served again.

Tickets are available for purchase at the Green Frog in Palouse or by contacting Andi or Wil Edwards, Scott Beeson, Layne Davis or Ben and Janet Barstow.

Schweitzers aid

choral society drive

Beatriz and Edmund Schweitzer have donated $20,000 to the Palouse Choral Society to purchase stage platform risers. Their gift will better enable the choral group to perform major works, such as last year’s production of Haydn’s Creation.

Last July they launched a campaign to raise funds for the purchase the risers. Joanne Sutton and Donna Woolston hosted a garden party in August of 2013 to kick off the campaign. Several designated donations have been received as well as proceeds from the sales of the Palouse Choral Society’s 2012 Messiah CD recording. The new risers will be in place for the May 3-4 performances of JS Bach’s St. John Passion.

“Our community is fortunate to have members like the Schweitzers who value the arts and support it with such generosity,” Director Michael Murphy said.

Tickets for the May concert as well as the Feb. 9 performance of “Ode to Music” are available online:

http://www.palousechoralsociety.org

Singalong at Palouse

The Palouse Grange No. 177 will present “Old-Time Singalong” with the Lewiston Sing-A-Long Singers Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. at the Grange Hall with admission by donations. Refreshments and fellowship time will follow.

Creative writing class features local talent

Using the Energy Method techniques from Roberta Allen’s “The Playful Way to Serious Writing,” Cathy Ensley will offer a creative writing class Saturday, Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Colfax Library.

Ensley recently retired from Latah County Library where she led a series of classes for young adults on writing fiction. She has been writing fiction for 20 years and has completed 10 manuscripts, including a historical saga and two novels for young adults.

This will be her first time using the Energy Method with adults. She expects it to be fun and insightful.

Cost for the class is $7. To register for this or a complete lineup of enrichment classes being offered in Colfax, visit:

http://www.iel.spokane.edu/ACT2.

CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS

Athenaeum

Members will meet at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at the home of Lynne Bruya. Joan Hubbard will give the program.

Rosalia Garden Club

Correction: Club members made 52 cheer baskets (a previous article stated 50) and the club has been making the baskets since 1935, making this the 78th years for the project.

Karen Wallace contributed the cookies.

BIRTHS

Whitman County Gazette, Jan. 16, 2013

AT WHITMAN HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER

Sevedge, Lincoln Robert, born Dec. 20, 2013, at eight pounds, 13 ounces, to Sarah Sevedge and Brent Borg of Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Bob and Julie Sevedge of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Marjorie and George Thompson of Omak.

Cammack, Jase Lucas, born Jan. 11 at seven pounds, four ounces, to Heather and Brenton Cammack of Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Kari Rimbey of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Patti and Cary Cammack of Colfax. The baby joins siblings Avery and Liam.

Kolii, Kylie Marie Sianto, was born Oct. 10, 2013, at six pounds, four ounces, to Lisa Repp and Alex Kolii of Colfax. Maternal grandparent is Vickie Simpson of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Serah and Kenelta K Sikawa of Narok, Kenya. The baby joins siblings Cassie, Brandon, Leon and Kimyah.

AT PULLMAN REGIONAL

HOSPITAL

Angelo, Zoe Emileah Marie, born Jan. 6 at five pounds, 14 ounces, to Brenda Anderson and Nicholas Angelo of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Barbara and Stuart Angelo. Maternal grandparents are Elizabeth and Ted Anderson of Pullman. The baby joins brother Micah, 3.

Palmeira-Gray, K., born Jan. 6, at seven pounds, 10 ounces, to Kristen Palmeira and Keith Gray of Moscow, Idaho. Paternal grandparent is D. Gray of Bridgewater, N.H. Maternal grandparents are Heather and Warren Palmeira of Danbury, N.H. The baby joins sisters Kassidy, 1, Kathoo, 8, and brother Kimathi, 11.

Guerrero, Kohen James, born Jan. 6 at seven pounds, three ounces, to Cassandra and Ryan Guerrero of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Lindell and Ruben Guerrero of Pocatello, Idaho. Maternal grandparents are Nichole and Tom Ward of Pocatello, Idaho, and Cass and Shelly Christopher of Woods Cross, Utah. The baby joins brothers Ruben, 5, Nolan, 3, and Ammon, 1.

Hatter, Edward Robert Annan, born Jan. 11 at seven pounds, 12 ounces, to Lawerence and Elizabeth Hatter of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Larry Hatter and Alison May of the United Kingdom. Maternal grandparents are James and Leanette McCoy of Saint Charles, Mo. The baby joins sister Alexandria, 7, and brother William, 5.

ON CAMPUS

Jazz Northwest combo sets tribute to Miles Davis

Faculty jazz combo Jazz Northwest will present a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in Kimbrough Concert Hall at Washington State University, part of the School of Music Faculty Artist Series.

Tickets cost $10 general admission, $5 seniors 60 and older and non-WSU students, and free for WSU students with ID. Proceeds will benefit the school’s scholarship fund. Tickets will be available in the lobby 30 minutes before the concert.

The performance will pay tribute to jazz icon Miles Davis, who not only shaped thousands of musicians all over the world but every member of Jazz Northwest. The combo will play tunes that have been influenced by Davis directly or indirectly - not just rehashing what he did but pushing the parameters as he did.

The group will premiere two compositions by Gregory Yasinitsky: “One, two, three,” an up-tempo hard-bop chart, and “Blues for Brecker,”a funk chart dedicated to the late jazz saxophone player and composer Michael Brecker.

Other works will include Brian Ward’s arrangement of “And Sammy Walked In,” a Latin chart by Michel Camilo, and Bradley Ard’s “Staring into Space,” a ballad electronic music style chart.

Featured soloists will include Snider on string bass, Yasinitsky on alto saxophone, Ward on piano, Ard on guitar, David Turnbull on trumpet, David Jarvis on drums and David Hagelganz on tenor saxophone.

WSU ensemble

sets Mozart

concert

A new WSU faculty vocal ensemble, Cantiamo!, will perform “Many Moods of Mozart” at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, in Bryan Hall at Washington State University. Several well-known sacred works, secular nocturnes and earthy canons will be presented, as well as arias and scenes from Mozart operas.

The concert is part of the Faculty Artist Series and proceeds support the School of Music scholarship fund. Tickets will be available in the lobby 30 minutes before the performance. The concert is free for WSU students with ID, $10 for general admission and $5 for seniors 60 and older and non-WSU students.

The ensemble is comprised of Julie Anne Wieck (soprano), Lori Wiest (mezzo-soprano), Sheila Kearney Converse (mezzo-soprano), Brian Carter (tenor) and Dean Luethi (baritone).

Accompanying the ensemble will be Elena Panchenko on piano and organ. Shannon Scott, Melissa Rice Perez and Meredith Heinzmann will accompany the group on clarinets and a string quartet consisting of Meredith Arksey, Ruth Boden, Inga Kingsley and Becky Miller will perform.