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Workshop slated to make dresses for Africa

A workshop to make “Little Dresses for Africa” is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at Simpson United Methodist Church in Pullman. Participants will make simple dresses from new or slightly used pillow cases or fabrics. The dresses will be distributed through orphanages in Central Africa. More than 120,000 dresses have already been sent by churches and other groups in the U.S. to Africa through this program.

Goal of the project is to “plant in the hearts of little girls the knowledge that they are worthy,” said Jan Hiller, one of the workshop coordinators. Anyone interested in helping with this mission project can contact Hiller, Connie Shafer or Joye Dillman. Participants are asked to bring sewing machines and basic sewing supplies. Pillow cases, fabric and many notions will be available.

Lunch will be served by the United Methodist Women’s officers.

WSU art museum gets Paul Allen grant

Washington State University Museum of Art has received a $20,000 gift from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation in support of the current exhibition, “Claudia Fitch: Works 1987-2010.”

The exhibit is at the museum from Jan. 13 to April 2.

As part of its latest round of grants, the Foundation announced it awarded $8.5 million to 84 diverse non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest. They include 56 nonprofits in Washington, 12 in Oregon, three in Alaska, three in Idaho, nine in Montana and one region-wide grant.

The Museum of Art is located on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium in the Fine Arts Center on the WSU Pullman campus. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. It is open until 7 p.m. on Thursdays.

Colfax grads luncheon

Another Colfax alumni luncheon will be in Spokane Monday, Feb. 7, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Timber Creek Buffet in the Argonne Village Shopping Center, 9211 E. Montgomery. All are welcome. The grads had a great turnout in October and everyone enjoyed seeing old friends. For more information call or email Sandra Conti: sconti56@gmail.com.

Relay for Life ‘Karnival’ set Friday

Whitman Unit Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society will kick off festivities Friday, Feb. 4. The “Karnival Kick Off” will be at the Jennings Elementary School gym. A free family night with games and prizes will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Information will be available for the Relay for Life event scheduled for July 9 and 10 in Colfax. Teams are now being formed for the Relay.

Wold displays paintings at Palouse

Palouse Branch of the Whitman County Library will host a “Meet the Artist” event featuring Palouse artist David Wold on Feb. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. Wold will have his most recent oil paintings on display and will be available for conversation and comment. The artwork will remain on display in the library until March 8. For more information contact the Palouse Library.

Clubs & Youth Groups

Colfax Troop 595

Six scouts attended a “merit badge university” Saturday at Lewis Clark State College to start work on merit badges. Sponsored by the Lewis-Clark Scout District, the session offered experts on specialty badges such as computer science, aviation and electronics.

Cody Miller, Michael Clinton, Jared Thompson, Daniel Thomas, Hunter Mosebar and Brady Wuesteney attended with two scout leaders.

A followup session will be March 5.

ON CAMPUS

ART

WSU Museum of Art will showcase the talents of Seattle artist Claudia Fitch in an exhibition from Jan. 13 to April 2, “Claudia Fitch: Works 1987-2010” will feature sculptures created by the artist to play with images from popular culture, including vernacular architecture and decorative statuary. Fitch works intuitively from what she calls a “junk pile” of visual materials culled over the years.

Fitch has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Washington and a master’s of fine arts degree from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.

Bookmark

Join us for Meet the Artist tonight Thursday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. Timothy Ely of Colfax leads a lively tour of an artist’s inspiration. Read more about this local artist’s amazing career on the library’s website.

Whitman Library Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. in the Colfax Library. These meetings are open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend.

Colfax Library will sponsor a blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 16, from 2- 6 p.m. To make an appointment, call the library. Walk-ins are welcome!

Youths in grades 1-4 are invited to “Science and Weather” at the Colfax Library Thursday, Feb. 17, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Kids can ride bus number five with a note from parent to enjoy stories, crafts, games and more.

A Prince/Princess tea party will be at the Colfax Library for children ages 3-8 Feb. 23 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Children are encouraged to dress in their favorite princess or prince wardrobe for a tea party with games, singing, stories, crafts. To make a reservation, call Sheri or Nichole at the Colfax Library. Space may be limited.

All branches of Whitman library will close Feb. 20 – 21 for President’s Day.

Colton library focus

Storytime at the Colton Library for February will focus on the alphabet with crafts, stories and snacks about a different letter of the alphabet each week. The exception will be Feb. 14, when a special Valentine’s Day storytime will be at the ilbrary that Monday at 10:30 for children ages 1-6. The library will be closed Feb. 21 for President’s Day.

Malden library logs gain in

circulation

Malden’s Library has grown by leaps and bounds. Circulation for 2010 increased by more than 5,000 checkouts.

The Malden branch of the Whitman County Library has 1,500 titles of books, movies and music on the shelf. Come in Tuesdays from 4:30 to 7 and Thursdays from 4 to 6 and take a look.

Shannon Roe or check the online catalog at http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us.

Children’s story time is each Tuesday at 5:15.

Malden town council meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Malden Fence Menders, the booster club in Malden, meets at the library the first Friday of every month at 1:30 p.m. Contact Fran Maxwell for more information.

February is Food for Fines month. Library users can exchange non-perishable food items for up to $10 in outstanding library fines. All food will be distributed in Malden.