etc. - July 22, 2010

Poets at Dahmen barn

Palouse Country Poetry Association will perform at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown July 31 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held outdoors, weather permitting. Admission will be $7 at the door. They will recite poems the members have written as well as old favorites.

School supply lists available

Palouse Elementary student school supply lists for preschool through fifth grade are now available at http://www.garpal.net.

Hospital foundation taps Kimberly DeHart

Kimberly DeHart of Colfax has been hired as coordinator for Whitman Community Hospital Foundation, a part-time position to coordinate foundation activities, donations and planned giving, according to Linda Marler, president of the foundation board of directors. Now employed at McGregor Co., she has been active in community affairs and served as president of the Colfax Chamber of Commerce.

Carol Stueckle of Colfax served as foundation coordinator for 17 years and was commended for her service to the foundation by the foundation board.

Births

Wick son born

A boy, Jagger Wick, was born July 12, 2010, to Erik Wick and Angela Wick of Spokane Valley. Maternal grandparents are Ron and Dawn Dennison, Colfax. Maternal great-grandparents are Kelly and Angela Nickell, Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Julie Wick, Atlanta, Ga., and Doug and Lainy Wick, Mooresville, N.C. Paternal great-grandparents are Bob and Ruth Bafus, Colfax and Don and Gini Wick Pasco. Weighing eight pounds, 14 ounces at birth, the baby joins brother, Jaxon Wick.

KAMIAK BUTTE CAMPFIRES

Saturdays at dusk

July 24-John Elwood and Sally Burkhart, traditional songs of the British Isles

July 31-Mahlon Kriebel, the Steptoe Campaign

PULLMAN PARKS CONCERTS

Wednesdays, Reaney Park, food vendors at 5:30, concert at 6 p.m.

July 28-Jim Tilden Brown, grateful boogie blues.

Aug. 4-Small Town Boys, classic rock, country.

Aug. 11-Soulstice, classic rock, country, blues

On Campus

DRAMA

Idaho Repertory Theatre

“The Dining Room,” July 29, 31, 7:30 p.m .; Matinee, July 25, 2 p.m.

“As You Like It,” Shakespeare Under the Stars, July 22, 24, 27, 28, 30, 7:30 p.m. Matinee, Aug. 1, 2 p.m.

Bookmark

The July meeting of the Friends of Whitman County Library has been cancelled so the group can focus their attention on the upcoming grand re-opening of the Colfax Library.

Summer Reading programs come to an end this week. Join librarians Sheri Miller and Nichole Kopp along with The Noise Guy at Eells Park in Colfax today, Thursday, July 22 at 1 p.m.

Summer Reading completion logs can be turned in for goody bags beginning July 22. Children are encouraged to pick up their prizes before the library closes for maintenance August 2-8.

Next Pajama Storytime is set for July 28 at 7 p.m. This program is another fun way kids can celebrate the summer.

Garden Magic: in your backyard by David Soper. America’s top garden experts provide you, the reader, with dozens of solutions to problems in your garden. The how-to information is easy to follow and is garden-tested. In addition, comments and descriptions help the gardener select the right plant for the right spot. Recommendations of specific cultivars help assure putting Garden Magic in Your Own Backyard.

The Gardener’s Color Palette: paint your garden with 100 extraordinary flower choices by Tom Fischer. Flowers come alive as representatives of red, models of mauve, and personifications of peach. The 100 profiles of top-performing flowering plants are divided into ten different color categories, concentrating on those that are both widely growable in a variety of climates and that are the most striking embodiments of their color group.