ETCETERA: May 10, 2018

Bank Left plans

for Moms' day

Mother's Day Tea & Art Installations at Bank Left Gallery Bistro in Palouse will be Saturday, May 12, from noon to 2 p.m. The cost is $22 per person.

There will be special art installations at Bank Left Gallery and Open Eye Antiques on the third floor. The art installations are free and open to the public.

Falafel class

set a Dahmen

The next let’s cook class at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn will feature Chef Flores cooking falafel using local chickpeas. The class will be May 16 from 6 until 9 p.m. Cost is $35.

Pre-register by May 14 by calling 509-229-3414 or register online at http://www.artisanbarn.org

Falafel is a deep-fried ball, doughnut or patty made from ground chickpeas, fava beans or both. Falafel is traditional in Middle Eastern food. He will also make hummus, tahini and Kachoombar.

Class is one-and-one-half to two hours depending on questions and clean up.

CLUBS AND YOUTH GROUPS

WSU Retirees

WSU Retirees spring brunch will feature Cougar AD Patrick Chun who is in his first year as athletic director at Washington State University, May 22 at Banyans on the Ridge at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club. A 9:30 a.m. social will be followed by brunch at 10:30 a.m.

The deadline for brunch reservations is May 18 and may be made on-line at alumni.wsu.edu/ springBrunch2018, or by calling 509-335-6907 in the Pullman area or toll free at 1-800-258-6978. The cost of the brunch is $18.

Chun became the 14th individual to lead Cougar athletics Jan. 21 and is the first Asian-American athletic director to lead a Power 5 school. He has spent the past five and a half years leading Florida Atlantic University athletics and the previous 15 years at Ohio State University in a multitude of roles from 1997 through 2012, culminating as the executive associate athletics director.

A native of Strongsville, Ohio, Chun earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University and a master's degree from Duquesne University. He and his wife, Natalie, also an OSU alumna, have three daughters.

Births

Whitman County Gazette, May 10, 2018

At Pullman Regional Hospital

Wu, Wyatt Oliver, born May 3 at six pounds, 12 ounces, to Ching-Guo Wu and Hao-Yu Chiu, Pullman. Paternal grandparent is Chiou-Hsiang Wu Lin, Pullman. Maternal grandparents are Ping-Ho Chiu and Tzi-Hsing Lin, Taipei, Taiwan. Baby joins sisters Abby, 9, and Andrea, 7.

Rod, Beckett Matthew, born May 5 at eight pounds, eight ounces, to Griffin and Addie Rod, Moscow, Idaho. Paternal grandparents are Doug and Reedy Rod, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Maternal grandparents are Matthew and Jennifer Edmunson, Council, Idaho. Baby joins sisters Natalee, 13, Emmy, 1, and brothers Easton, 11, and Greyson, 7.