Etcetera August 4

This Jan Gordon Brown painting, titled “Longhorns,” can be viewed at the Dahmen Barn.

Potlatch artist set for Dahmen

Dahmen Barn will present paintings by Jan Gordon Brown of Potlatch, Idaho, Aug. 4 through Aug. 28. A reception is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 14.

Brown has been illustrating and painting in oils, her preferred medium, off and on for more than five decades. She has worked independently and developed her own style and techniques. Although most of her work is in oil, due to the length of time required for drying, she occasionally sets aside unfinished work and picks up her pencils and/or charcoal or ink to practice line technique.

She and her husband retired to Potlatch in 2001, and she retrieved her paint box, brushes and unused canvases from storage. She participated in the Moscow Artwalk 2012, 2013 and 2016 and in the Pullman Artwalk last year. She currently has several paintings, limited edition prints and cards for sale in the Dahmen Barn.

Spokane duo set at Dahmen

Greg and Caridwen Spatz from Spokane will be featured in the fifth Dahmen Barn concert Saturday, Aug. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the new air-conditioned event space. They will showcase fiddle and twin-fiddle playing from a gamut of styles - Celtic, eastern European, French Canadian, old-time and bluegrass. Caridwen will sing haunting and multilingual vocals. She has been hailed as having a voice "made for Celtic music - lyrical, ethereal, expressive, flexible and utterly charming” and she is just as at home singing in Gaelic or English.

Admission will be $15 and tickets are for sale at the door beginning at 6:15. Beer and Wawawai Canyon wine will be for sale to those age 21 and over.

Memory loss class

For the four-week program to learn how to cope with early memory loss call 509-456-0456, extension 8313. The classes will be conducted by the Washington State Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. They will be Fridays, Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28, mid-mornings in the Whitman Hospital education building. A screening is required in advance so those interested in taking the class are encouraged to call early to start the process.

Births

Whitman County Gazette,

August 4, 2016

At Pullman Regional Hospital

Schotzko, Hudson Irene, born July 24 at eight pounds, 11 ounces, to Tim and Molly Schotzko, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Tom Schotzko and Carolyn Cress, Pullman. Maternal grandparents are Ron and Gina Bull, Walla Walla.

Ojeme, Emmanuel Boluwatife, born July 25 to Caroline and Victor Ojeme, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Samuel and Christianah Ojeme, Unneme - Nekwa, Nigeria. Maternal grandparents are Emmanuel and Dorcas Adegbemi, Ibadan, Nigeria. Baby joins brother Samuel, 6, and sister Victoria, 1.

Yang, Leo Zhang, born July 28 to Jinrui Zhang and Zhengxian Yang, Pullman. Baby joins sister Jessica, 6.

At Whitman Hospital

and Medical Center

Burrows, Ayva Grace, born July 30 at seven pounds, 12 ounces, to Mason and Alicia Burrows, LaCrosse. Paternal grandparent is Ben Burrows, Valley, Wash. Maternal grandparents are Don and Sherrie Acevedo, Springdale.