Etcetera Feb. 25

Colfax duo

seeks to start

garden club

Joanne Gfeller and Cherry Alice Van Tine announced this week they are planning to start a garden club in Colfax. Club members would volunteer to plant and tend flowers in city gardens and possibly volunteer to help tend flowers at the Perkins House.

Men and women interested can call Gfeller at 397 2235 or Van Tine at 397-2745.

'Images' author

set at Dahmen

Jeri Jackson McGuire, who wrote ‘Images of Clarkston, Washington,’ will be featured next Sunday, March 6, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. Born in Lewiston, Idaho, McGuire lived there until 1968. She collects historical pictures and has more than 16,000. More than 200 images that capture the history of Clarkston are in the book. Jeri is a member of the Nez Perce County Historical Society. The book is for sale at The Shop at the Barn.

C-U Fair deadline

for design entries

Deadline for design entries for the 2016 Colton-Uniontown Fair program is March 15. They should be submitted to Debbie McNeilly or mailed to Box 80, Colton. The contest is open to fair exhibitors, Colton school students and general residents of Colton-Uniontown who are under 19 as of May 1. The design must be in color and fit on an 8.5x11-inch piece of paper.

EggBot sessions

at Tekoa library

An EggBot Robotics will be at the Tekoa Library tonight, Thursday, Feb. 25, at 6:30 p.m. when Tekoa Library partners with the Healthy Tekoa Coalition and Alternatives to Violence on the Palouse for a Teen Tech Night at the Tekoa High School. Chandler Dean from ATVP will host a presentation on cyber bullying. Afterward, teens will decorate all sorts of shapes, from light bulbs to ping pong balls, using computer software and an EggBot. This program is for youths age 12 and up.

Tech Night for grade school kids and their families will be Tuesday, March 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Tekoa Library. Families are invited to create art on spherical or egg-shaped objects using the EggBot.

The EggBot is a compact, open source art robot designed to draw on all kinds of things that are normally “impossible” to print on. EggBot is an introduction to computer numerical control and do-it-yourself robotics.

Tekoa library is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:30 – 6 p.m. and Thursdays from noon – 6 p.m.

Needle Felting 'shop set at Dahmen barn

Joanne Reece, Moscow resident, will conduct a class on Needle Felting at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn Saturday, March 5, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Needle Felting is a dry felting technique that uses unspun wool fibers to create designs and/or images on flat wool surfaces or with three-dimensional Styrofoam forms. This technique uses specialized, barbed needles to adhere wool fibers to the chosen surface. Class participants will have an opportunity to experiment with tools, tips and techniques to produce two separate individual fiber creations.

The class cost is $35 and includes all the materials for the projects made in the workshop. Students may purchase the tools following the workshop if they wish. This class is for participants aged 14 and up, and is limited to 10 students.

On-line registration http://www.artisanbarn.org

RTOP premiers

'Last Five Years'

A Palouse premier of "The Last Five Years" by Jason Robert Brown, an off- Broadway musical that explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein (Nate Barham), a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt (Kelli Barham), a struggling actress. The show uses a form of storytelling in which Cathy's story is told in reverse chronological order, and Jamie's is told in chronological order starting just after the couple met.

The production will run March 2, 3, 4 and 5. Curtain is at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 General Admission. The show does contain adult language and situations. Parental discretion is advised. Beer and wine will be served at all performances.

Box Office: 509-334-0750 or http://www.rtoptheatre.org.

CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS

Pomona

Whitman County Pomona will meet at the Whelan-Ewartsville hall Saturday, Feb. 27. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Fundraisers will be discussed, followed by a potluck at noon. Contact Bonnie Lyle at 509-496-5954 for more information.

Rosalia

Garden Club

Next meeting will be March 2 at Penni Barringer's home for a 1 p.m. dessert. Assisting the hostess will be Leila Van Dyke.

Guest Speaker Fern Feenan, retired Rosalia teacher, will give a presentation on "Collages & Plaque Designs." Fern will critique the design styles on display by members.

Terrie Critchlow, the district butterfly poster chairman, will have entries from local schools to be judged at this meeting. The winners will compete with other winners from throughout the state.

Contact president Mary Ann Bowman for more information.

Pullman LWV

Pete Dickinson, planning director for the City of Pullman, will speak at the Pullman League of Women Voters brown bag luncheon March 17 from noon to 1 p.m. at Community Congregational Church, 525 NE Campus St. in Pullman.

At the monthly meeting March 7, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. the program will be "Complexities of Public Lands: History, Uses and Controversy."

Speakers will be Travis Paveglio, University of Idaho Assistant Professor, Dept. of Natural Resources and Society; Phillip Wandschneider, WSU Professor, School of Economic Sciences - Sustainable Development, and Mike Denny, Walla Walla Community College.

Hill Ray news

Annual meeting for Hill Ray Plaza Jan. 19 was attended by occupancy owner families, board members and renters. The board was introduced.

Ladies Council President Velda Sheer spoke about the many things the group did in 2015.

Administrator and General Manager Gary Young reported a large amount of money was again spent on updating more of the apartments. Since March, Hill Ray has maintained occupancy rates of 82.9 to 88 percent, and they now have five one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit available.

In 2015 the residents conducted two garage sales and started a renters’ committee that meets with both the GM and at times with the board. In 2015, the guest rooms were updated and have received good reviews. Activities now include pinochle weekly, movie nights Friday and Saturday and other activities.

Milt Groom went over the financial statement. He confirmed a lot was spent on maintenance, but things have progressed to a point where the board has started a plan to start paying occupancy owners back. Despite the expenses, Hill Ray again ended the year in the positive.

At the the January meeting, the board voted to move food service in-house. Effective Feb. 1, Donna Holberg began her job as kitchen manager with Steve Holberg assistant.

BIRTHS

Whitman County Gazette, Feb. 25, 2016

At Pullman Regional Hospital

Evanoff, Oscar Valentine, born Feb. 15 at eight pounds, three ounces, to Kindel and Ryan Evanoff, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are George and Sandra Evanoff, Silverdale, Wash. Maternal grandparents are Ken and Claudine Stepper, Pullman. Baby joins sister Hazel, 4 and brother Walter, 2.

Troll, Stella Grace, born Feb. 15 at seven pounds, 14 ounces, to Nathan and Miranda Troll, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Curtis and Carol Troll, Pullman. Maternal grandparents are Paolo and Catherine Tellini, Rome, Italy. Baby joins sister Eleina, 2.

Reed, Harper Asa-Lee, born Feb. 17 at eight pounds, nine ounces, to Anna Zimmerman and Kody Reed, Moscow. Paternal grandparents are Don and Kim Reed, Moscow. Baby joins sister Kylie, 6.

Perez, Melina Joan, born Feb. 18 at seven pounds, one ounce, to Ismael and Leilani Perez, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Ismael and Deana Perez, Toppenish, Wash. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Laurie McClary, Honolulu, Hawaii. Baby joins brother Liam, 4.