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The Viola Community Center is moving along nicely, thanks to contributions by small businesses and individuals from throughout the area, says Viola resident Jim Hagedorn. David L. Coley is shown here putting his sawmill near Princeton to work, cutting timbers for the future building from red fir logs donated by Dr. Gerald and Consuelo Weitz. “We really want to make a great big thank you to these folks as this is a great contribution to the building,” said Jim, who noted that landscaping has also begun at the building site. David, who was helped by his son Jack in cutting the 44 timbers needed for the project, says he is happy to be doing his part to help Viola residents. David provides custom woodcutting and can be contacted at 208-596-3317.

The citizens of Viola will be conducting another auction in October to raise money for their building and are taking donations or consignments now. Donations range from machinery and tools, to household and livestock. Please contact Jim Hagedorn (208-883-3423) or Chuck Goetz (208-883-3423) with your donation or consignment for this great community project.

inside Volunteering and fighting fires is in the blood of one Deary family, pg. 4 Four generations of the Proctor family have set the standard for serving as volunteer firefighters.

“Grow and Show in Moscow” at the 2014 Latah County Fair, pg. 14 If there is one “must go to” event for the county, this is it! The fair celebrates what rural life is all about.

Community Calendar, pg. 16 Stick it on your fridge and keep track of all the events coming up in the month ahead.

Beargrass knows how to keep traditional country music fun, pg. 20 These local favorites on the music scene know how to keep feet tapping and audiences smiling.

Artist Debbi Chan paints a unique picture of Latah life, pg. 22 A tireless student of Chinese artistic styles, this painter sees the world around us from a different perspective.

White Spring Ranch Museum preserves life on a homestead farm, pg. 26 Recording history on the farm has been a tradition for this Genesee family since 1886.

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Healthy Schools - Barry Johnson, Owner & Editor The Latah Eagle As I travel around the county and the Palouse in general, I see many encouraging signs that more and more people are finding opportunities in our small towns.

Bovill had essentially closed for business, but now has a beautifully remodeled Elk Saloon to lure area musicians and new patrons to town, with another food-anddrinks venue looking to open next door in the month ahead.

Residents in Juliaetta, Kendrick, Viola and Deary are all investing enormous amounts of their personal time, effort and resources to build and reinvigorate their community centers, which have become essential meeting places for all sorts of civic and family events.

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So when I read a report in August on Idaho’s changing student demographics, and particularly the section on Latah County and our neighbors, I found myself uncharacteristically discouraged.

Funded by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, along with the Idaho Charter School Network, the report is a stark reminder of how our schools prove to be such a telling indicator of the economic health of our communities.

If this report – titled Shifting Sands: Idaho’s Changing Student Demographics and What it Means for Education – is right, times will be getting a whole lot tougher in our rural communities.

It claims the number of rural households with incomes of less than $25,000 per year will increase sharply over the next five years, while the number of households making more than $50,000 will decrease by nearly the same rate.

Meanwhile, the number of students will decrease in rural towns, while places like Moscow will grow.

The implications for businesses, schools and the general health of our communities are enormous.

Yet everything I see and hear from people in our towns makes me think census figures and Nielson projections fed into economic computer models don’t tell the whole story of what the next five years will bring. And this story is not yet written. If this summer has reminded us of anything, it’s that forecasts of rain often come up dry.

Our rural communities are growing in ways that defy logic. People move here to embrace simple values that much of America has forgotten. With them, they often bring new opportunities.

As I’m reminded every day, the people who live in our towns, both old families and new ones, know how to pull together when a job needs done. It seems one of the jobs needing done is getting our schools strong again.

I hope The Latah Eagle will be around awhile to watch these forecasts play out and help prove them wrong.

Regardless, I’m putting my money on our rural communities, simply because it is still the right thing to do.

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Denny Proctor (center) joined the Deary Volunteer Fire Department in 1973, following in the footsteps of his father. He’s still there today, along with his son Travis (left) and grandson Tyler (right).

the community. It is pretty much the same community. today, but we don’t have nearly as many Denny said that anytime his son comes When Deary High School junior Tyler volunteers.” home, the first thing Travis does is put on Anderson heard from his principal last His son Travis, 23, echoed the the handheld radio that alerts volunteers spring that the town’s volunteer fire sentiment. “We are looking for volunteers when there is a fire. Taking the radio off department was restarting its junior all the time,” he said. again is the last thing he does before he firefighter program, he was at the front Like his father before him, Travis grew leaves. of the line to up around the station “I try to come home whenever the volunteer. fire department has something going “The time they put into (the house and fire trucks, He is the fourth on,” Travis said, noting the department’s fire department) means a lot playing fireman and hidegeneration of his and-seek while Denny fundraiser in the spring, hosting Santa to the community.” family to join the every Christmas, and sponsoring a Deary Fire Chief Tim Jones attended meetings. “Back Deary Volunteer when you’re a kid that breakfast for Deary Day. Fire Department. It’s in his blood. age, everything seems bigger around One of his most memorable experiences Both his grandfather Denny Proctor and here,” Travis said when explaining why during those early days on the fire his uncle Travis Proctor joined when they he became so connected with the fire department was the big Troy grain were teenagers, and remain dedicated department at an early age. elevator fire in July 2006 that reportedly volunteers to this day.

For him, it wasn’t so much a matter destroyed 3 million to 6 million pounds The three generations now active with of waiting until he was old enough to of lentils, peas and garbanzo beans, the fire department gathered at the station volunteer. He just and drew more recently to chat with The Latah Eagle naturally started than 60 firefighters about their experiences. helping when he from communities “I followed in my dad’s footsteps, who became big enough throughout the county. joined early on when they were just to lend a hand.

“We could see the getting started,” Denny said.

“I started training glow of the fire as we The Deary Fire District originated in when I was 13,” left Deary. We were 1948, covers over 1,200 structures and a Travis said, “but there for 14 hours,” population of about 2,200 people. Denny’s became official Travis said, who was father joined the fire department in the when I was 16. Like 15 at the time. Denny A family photo from July 2000 shows early 1950s.

Tyler is doing now, ran the pump truck Denny Proctor in front of a Deary fire Denny reminisced of his days as a I became part of the while Travis monitored truck, holding his gransdon Tyler kid, playing around the fire station and junior fire program. the gauges.

Anderson, while his then 9-year-old equipment while his dad and uncle I was hanging out Tim Jones, who son Travis Proctor takes the wheel. attended meetings. “I remember being in here on weekends joined the Deary Today, all three are volunteers with the fire truck with my dad when he went and spending my Volunteer Fire the Deary Fire Department. to a house fire in Helmer,” Denny said. free time around the Department at the When he graduated from high school station anyway.” same time as Denny in 1973 and has and turned 18 in 1973, he volunteered to Even though Travis’ job now has him been fire chief for nearly 30 years, said be a fireman as well. on the west side of Washington state most dedicated volunteers like Denny, Travis “We had more members then,” Denny of the time, the fire department remains and Tyler are harder to come by these said. “The firemen did a lot of things for his anchor back to his family and his days.

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“The time they put into it means a lot to the community,” Tim said.

He noted that the county’s volunteer fire departments are often called upon to help one another and that it’s not just the big, memorable fires like the one in Troy that require departments to work together – the Deary volunteers were recently called to help in Bovill and may be called out dozens of times in any given year.

“We all have to work together,” Tim said. “All of Latah County.

Mutual aid is a must.”

Which leads back to the fact that it takes more dedicated volunteers like Denny, Travis and Tyler to keep towns’ fire departments prepared and ready, Tim noted.

In the few months that Tyler has been learning the skills of a firefighter, such as properly wearing the equipment and recognizing the dangers of different types of fires, he has had the chance to help more experienced volunteers on three grass fires.

“Mostly I did what I could and what I was told, trying to help the older guys,” Tyler said.

Denny was quick to chime in that his 16-year-old grandson had helped out quite a bit already during those calls, such as digging critical fire lines.

But for Tyler, his place as Deary Fire Chief Tim Jones a volunteer firefighter really says dedicated volunteers like boils down to something Denny, Travis and Tyler are get- quite simple: “It’s fun,” he ting harder to come by these said. days, even though material Denny and Travis no doubt support from the community agree with Tyler’s sentiment, remains strong as ever. remembering their own years growing up around the station, even if the serious nature of what they volunteer to do is always at the forefront.

As a result, four generations of this family have the satisfaction of volunteering to help their neighbors when they need it most, never knowing when they might be called upon to fight a fire or assist with an accident.

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Potlatch EMTs, ďŹ remen get day of thanks Sept. 6

Potlatch’s fifth annual Emergency Medical Technician and Fireman Appreciation Day will be held at Scenic 6 Park on Saturday, September 6, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Dale Rose, owner of Junction Lumber in Potlatch, created the event after witnessing the superior efforts of Potlatch’s emergency medical services and fire department team firsthand. “People don’t always A 1937 article on the Potlatch Volunteer Fire appreciate or understand the Department’s ďŹ rst truck. time people are taking out of

their lives to volunteer for things like the fire department and EMS,� Dale said. “They deserve the recognition and respect of our community.�

Activities include a home-made potato soup contest with prizes of $100, $35 and $15 donated by George Lisher of G-man Trucking to the top three placers.

The country band American Bonfire will also play from 1-5 p.m., with music the whole family can enjoy and dance to.

Dale encourages everybody

within the Potlatch Fire District to come out and thank the volunteers for their service to our communities and the countless hours they commit to being trained and ready to help at any time.

He also hopes other towns in the area will take up the call to recognize local fire department volunteers, as some already have, with annual events of their own. “My goal is to get other towns around the county to do the same thing,� he said.

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“Part of our strategy is to be in a place we love, near family and like-minded people,� said Shan Hemphill, who recently moved his family from Colorado to a home outside Princeton with room enough to grow his part-time business.

With a background in computers and engineering, Shan said he was looking for a way to balance corporate life with the lifestyle he and his family desire.

One part of that lifestyle is the business he runs out of his shop, Werkz Ltd. (www. werkz.com), that specializes in custom-molded holsters and accessories.

While Shan stresses that making holsters isn’t his day job, which involves computer

science and engineering from his home office, Werkz is increasingly important to living the life he envisions for his family in their new home. “We are growing deliberately,� Shan said, noting that this is a business the entire family is involved with, ensuring their products are made to his high standards. “It’s the engineer in me. I enjoy building stuff,� he said.

As a native of the Spokane area, where he met his wife, Shan said they moved first to Portland and then to Colorado for his work in computer science.

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He then became interested in building holsters as a craft and, given the engineer in him, wanted to continually improve the product and ensure consistent results.

Now, he has molds for over 100 different pistols and ships his products as far away as Missouri and Texas.

During our visit, we wanted to see Shan in action and asked him to make a holster for a pistol that he didn’t already have a mold for.

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ing the holster didn’t take long and the results were flawless – just the right tension to keep the pistol secure and yet easy to draw when needed.

When asked if other neighbors interested in getting custom holsters of their own would have to go online or find a retailer, Shan was quick to say that he hopes people won’t hesitate to drop him a note or give him a call.

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Old schoolhouse gets new lease on life as affordable housing The newly remodeled White Pine Manor apartments in Potlatch held an open house Aug. 27 to celebrate the multi-million dollar project’s completion. Originally the company town’s single schoolhouse built in 1907, the building was used as a high school for decades until it was turned into apartments over 40 years ago.

“Preserving these affordable housing units allows greater housing choice and family security for low-income families,” said Darcie Bentley, site manager for the apartments.

“Folks that may otherwise have to leave the area are able to remain and have a decent, safe and secure place to live.

“Hopefully, more and better housing options can also assist city leaders to attract more and better new businesses,” Darcie added.

The housing is intended for families, singles, seniors and anybody else who needs housing, within certain maximum income restrictions.

“For example, a family of four would

have to make less than $31,680 annually to qualify,” Darcie explained. “Rent is based on income and a good rule of thumb for determining rent is 30% of household income.

There are certain deductions that can lower this amount, such as out-of-pocket childcare or out-ofpocket medical costs.”

The much-needed renovation was budgeted at $3 million, Darcie said, providing both preservation of a historic landmark in the town as well as much-needed housing to attract those wanting to make a start or to remain in the

area.

Darcie said the project was made possible through support of the Idaho Housing and Finance Association, Rural Development, the City of Potlatch and all the tenants and neighbors who were so supportive during the process.

Although the building is now fully occupied, Darcie encouraged people interested in living at White Pine Manor, managed by Syringa Property Management, to stop by and talk about future opportunities.

Deary expands community center, builds museum

Thanks to a generous contribution by an anonymous donor, Deary will soon get the community center it wanted but couldn’t originally afford.

“We really need it,” said Delrae Warner, a representative of the Deary Recreation District. “Often this building is being used seven days a week.”

The expansion will add about 1,800 square feet, Materials from the WilDelrae said, slightly larger than what was originally bur-Ellis building in Deary planned for the building. The addition will allow are being salvaged for use for a stage and more storage, along with more in the town’s community meeting space. center expansion.

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Part of the plan is to reutilize salvage materials from the old Wilber-Ellis building located behind the city hall and community center, which is being dismantled by Haarr Excavation of Troy.

The old school house currently adjacent to the Wilber-Ellis building will be moved over and renovated into a museum. An expanded parking lot is also in the works and was contracted to Whitcomb Excavation of Deary.

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Night Out Against Crime puts safety first for county’s families Potlatch hosted the county’s National Night Out, “America’s Night Out Against Crime”, in August as part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness on community involvement in preventing crimes and promoting police-community connections.

Potlatch Mayor Dave Brown and Idaho State Trooper Chris Middleton first brought this event to Potlatch three years ago after seeing Clarkston’s success with the program.

Debi Swinney, Potlatch Ambulance Chief, helped organize the event.

“We are so fortunate. Potlatch is behind us making sure we have the most up-todate, state-of-the-art equipment,” Debi said.

Debi and her team work closely with the helicopter companies. Together they produce rapid trauma response and transport times, saving lives in this rural area.

A number of civic and government organizations were on hand providing free activities, food, and entertainment,

including the Idaho Department of Wildlife, Potlatch Distinguished Young Women, Latah County Youth Advocacy Council, the VFW, Potlatch Pool, Lion’s Club, Onaway Faith Church Band.

Local law enforcement and Emergency Medical Services were of course the highlight of The rush is on after a MedStar helicopter lands at the evening. Troy Police Chief Rich Skiles worked together with Potlatch’s Scenic 6 Park as on of the main attracMayor Brown and other volunteers tions at National Night Out on Aug. 2. inspecting kids’ bikes for safety is the landing of the Northwest MedStar and handing out free bike helmets. Over helicopter, delivering a thrill with grass 45 helmets were provided to children and ponytails swirling wildly in the attending the event. propeller draft. MedStar and LifeFlight The children were also able to talk to alternate years landing the helicopter. As Emergency Medical Service professionals, soon as the “all clear” is given, children investigate aid and law enforcement eagerly wait in line to sit in the cockpit and vehicles, and collect free coloring books. see the stretcher.

The mounted Sherriff’s Posse gave Mayor Brown summed up the event children rides on their horses. Trooper quite well: “Look at the crowd,’ he said.

Middleton was there, continuing his “Everybody comes. We have a great support of Potlatch’s event. community.”

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Kendrick-Juliaetta Education Foundation unites communities in support of school district

Dylan White, who graduated from Kendrick last spring, served With a new school year beginning, the Kendrick Juliaetta & 7 as a member of the foundation’s development committee. Dylan Ridges Education Foundation is looking to continue enhancing educational opportunities for children and youth in their school said he is very grateful for the experience and for being a part of a group that cares so much for the school and its students. district.

“It gives the students a reason to strive to be the best they can “Generating supplemental funding for the Kendrick Joint be, knowing they have such a strong community that cares about School District has been challenging,” according to Polly Taylor their future endeavors,” Dylan said.

Dennler, a board member for the foundation.

“The Education Foundation can help by bridging an adminisDylan received one of the foundation’s four scholarships at the end of the last school year. trative gap between schools and potenThe Education Foundation can help In explaining why the foundation tial donors,” she said. is needed, Polly said that in a small “The community has always reby bridging an administrative gap district with limited resources and sponded generously to specific request between schools and potential donors. many needs, schools avoid asking for for financial support,” she added, citing too much from communities for fear of programs such as FFA, BPA, scholarships and various sporting events. causing “donor burnout.”

However, without a coordinated method for fundraising, it is “However, large-scale fundraising in support of school proimpossible for schools and the community to address the many grams and activities remains problematic.”

Still in its inaugural year, the foundation has a donor campaign issues requiring attention.

The Education Foundation is meant to bridge this gap. underway to help fund its support for schools. A financial contribution of any amount will give an individual or business “Charter For more information about the foundation, you can go to their website at kj7educationfoundation.org, which includes a FaceDonor” status to recognize the trailblazing spirit of those who help establish the foundation’s endowment. book link and a portal for requesting scholarship information.

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Gritman Therapy Solutions advises parents to be mindful of heavy backpacks With school starting soon, kids will start carrying backpacks – in some cases, backpacks that are too heavy and could injure them.

“If a child carries too much weight, they may experience pain and wearing the pack on only one shoulder is more likely to lead to pain and has the potential to alter their posture,” said Jane Kinyoun-Weston, a Gritman physical therapist with more than 20 years of experience. “We recommend a child wear a backpack with both straps, limit the amount of time wearing it and take out what’s not needed to keep it as light as possible” As a general rule, children under 11 shouldn’t wear a backpack that weighs more than 10 percent of their body weight, depending on their strength.

Kinyoun-Weston advises parents to follow these safe tips for safe backpack use from the National Safety Council: • Go through the backpack every night and remove anything not needed the next day.

• Put the heaviest items on the bottom to keep the weight off the shoulders and maintain better posture.

• Wear both straps.

• The bottom of the backpack should rest in the curve of the spine. Wearing the backpack too low or too high will promote discomfort.

• A backpack with multiple compartments will help with better weight distribution.

• If your child has a lot of books or other items, consider getting a wheeled pack, similar to airline carry-on luggage.

As a child enters adolescence, backpacks become less of an issue, although even fit adults can hurt their back if they wear backpacks improperly, Kinyoun-Weston said. For more information on backpack safety, visit tinyurl.com/backpacksafe.

Extra deputies on the watch for ‘impaired drivers’ thru Sept. 5

The Latah County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the Idaho Transportation Department’s upcoming Impaired Driver Mobilization, starting August 24th and running through September 5th. The Latah County Sheriff’s Office will have extra deputies working during the mobilization to enforce traffic laws. The Latah County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the motoring public to buckle up when traveling and don’t drink and drive.

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Car Show, Blackberry Festival brings Juliaetta together Sept. 6 in food, fun and music

One of the area’s favorite annual car shows is back again in Juliaetta on Sept. 6, serving as an annual fundraiser to help support community events throughout the year.

Wendy Parks, one of the organizers of the event, said the festival will be held in Juliaetta’s Centennial Park, with registration for classic and custom cars and motorcycles beginning at 8 a.m.

“This is our main fundraiser of the year,” Wendy said. “We use the money to support our community center and events.”

Wendy said the blackberry festival began a few years ago as part of the car show, celebrating Juliaetta’s abundant crop of blackberries that draw people from all around during this time of year.

“We will have a lot of locally made blackberry products for people try,” she said.

Also on tap for the day will be games, food, vendors and music

by Beargrass, the classic country band from Deary.

The car show has a number of classes, including best of show, custom, farthest distance, pickup, motorcycle, convertible, street rod and many more.

For more information, call organizers Ed Groseclose at (208) 791-6817 or Jayne Smith at (208) 276-7571.

UI Extension offers introductory sewing classes Oct. 11

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The University of Idaho Extension is partnering with Altered Ego to offer two basic sewing classes on Oct. 11 in Moscow.

The one-and-a-half-hour classes have a small fee to cover materials, are limited to six people, and require participants to bring their own sewing machine, according to Karen Richel at the Latah County office for UI Extension.

The first class, Machine Basics, begins at 1 p.m. and will teach participants such things as properly threading the machine and care of the machine, along with other basic functions and troubleshooting.

The second class, Sewing 101, begins at 3 p.m. and will use basic sewing skill to make a potholder.

Both classes can be taken together for $40 or one class for $25.

Those wanting to participate can call Altered Ego at (208) 596-4017 to save a spot.

September 2014

Palouse Days annual celebration on Saturday, Sept. 13

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7-10 am: Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, Block Building on West Main. $5 donation. Buy a duck for the noon race!

8 am-2 pm: Xenodican Club Book Sale, Palouse Library Funnel Cake sale and a Magician!

8 am: Fun Run/Walk - 5k & 10k Race for Adults, 1k for Kids Registration 7:00am - 7:45am, Bagott Motors Info & preregistration: Mark Sawyer @ 509-939-2143 Sponsored by Young Life 8 am til sold out: Bake Sale - Grange 177 Main Street, in front of the Open Eye 9 am – 3 pm: 32th Annual Car Show, Palouse City Park. $10 entry - Free to the Public!

9 am – 3 pm: Palouse Museum - Free Admission!

10 am: Downtown Palouse Parade, Allan Flansburg, Grand Marshal 10 am – 5 pm: Lions Club Burgers Are Cookin’, Block Building on West Main, and the Food Cart at Heritage Park 11 am: Magician and Puppeteer Dick Frost at the Palouse Library 11 am: 2nd Annual Hoopapalouse 3-on-3 Basketball Tourney After the Parade On Main Street: Crowning of the Palouse Royalty Egg Toss Rolling Hills Derby Dames demonstration Ping Pong Ball Drop Bed Race Noon: 1st Annual Human Foosball Tournament Noon – 10 pm: Beer Garden, Heritage Park Noon Whistle: Duck Race - Palouse River at Bridge Street Buy a Duck downtown at the Pancake Breakfast!

3 pm: Street Dance, Heritage Park, Live Bands • The Paradons, 3:00pm-6:00pm, 50’s 60’s music • The Intentions, 6:30pm-9:30pm, 50’s 60’s, Country, etc.

4 pm: Heidi Keen Barley Bar Relay, 4 person teams

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3. Needle Work .......................................................21 4. Weaving & Spinning ...........................................21 Tuesday No Entries

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Grow & Show In Moscow 2014 Latah County Fair

The Latah Eagle

Wednesday Entering Non-Livestock 4-H Exhibits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7:00 p.m.

Entering Open Class Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8:00 p.m.

(May also enter Floral Dept.)

Entering 4-H Small Animals & Open Class Rabbits and Poultry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7:00 p.m.

Entering FFA & 4-H Livestock Projects No Late Weigh-Ins 1. Swine will weigh off trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11:00 a.m.

2. Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3:00 p.m.

3. Sheep & Goats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4:00 p.m.

Beef must be stalled by 12 Noon Sheep must be stalled after 12 noon and must remain stalled until all beef finished..................................................................22 weighing and re-stalled 5. are Quilts Buildings close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 p.m.

September 11-14 Table of Contents Latah County Fairgrounds Map ............................................................................2 Schedule....................................................................3 If the Latah County General Rules and Regulations ..............................4 Fair Association Special Events ...................................................... oďŹƒcers of 1900 6-9 AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE could see it now...

Come out to the fair 1. Poultry & Pigeons ...............................................13 2. Rabbits & Cavy Show .........................................13 for four days of ex3. Fruits, Vegetables, Ag Productshibits, ................... displays, 14-15 muHOME ECONOMICS sic, food, carnival, contests and more.

1. Food Preservation ........................................

16-17 2. Baked Foods ................................................

18-20 This is an opportunity 3. Needle Work .......................................................21 for the entire county 4. Weaving & Spinning ...........................................21 to celebrate our rural Tuesday heritage. See you at No Entries the fair!

Photo courtesy Latah County Historical Society Wednesday

Entering Non-Livestock 4-H Exhibits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7:00 p.m.

Entering Open Class Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8:00 p.m.

(May also enter Floral Dept.)

Address labels Enteringwork 4-H Small Animals & great on entry tags.

Open Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7:00 p.m.

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1. Swine will weigh off trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11:00 a.m.

2. Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3:00 p.m.

3. Sheep & Goats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4:00 p.m. + *HQHUDO ([KLELWV 1RW /LYHVWRFN ‡ SP WR SP Beef must be2SHQ &ODVV ([KLELWV ,QFOXGLQJ )ORUDO ‡ SP WR SP stalled by 12 Noon Sheep must be stalled after 12 noon and must remain stalled until all /LYHVWRFN 6PDOO $QLPDOV ‡ 9DULHV 5HIHU WR 3DJH beef are finished weighing and re-stalled Buildings close . . . . . . . . . . Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . .Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 p.m.

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Beer Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Afternoon Open Class Rabbit, Cavy & Pocket Pet Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 p.m.

Nightly Stage Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

4-H Style Review - Eastside Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

Exhibits Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 p.m.

Friday FFA & 4-H Swine Fitting and Showing Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.

FFA & 4-H Sheep Fitting and Showing Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.

FFA & 4-H Poultry & Open Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.

General Exhibits Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.

FFA & 4-H Beef Fitting & Showing Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.

FFA & 4-H Goat Fit & Show Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m.

FFA & 4-H Poultry & Open Fitting & Showing Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m.

Beer Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Afternoon Nightly Stage Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30 p.m.

4-H Dog Show - Ice Rink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 p.m.

Exhibits Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 p.m.

Saturday General Exhibits Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.

FFA & 4-H Market Animal Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.

(Brunch during Sale) Beer Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Afternoon Stage Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Fur & Feather Round Robin (FFA & 4-H Sale Barn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 p.m.

Elk Bugling Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Exhibits Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 p.m.

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Thursday Livestock, poultry, rabbits & small animal entry forms are All Open-Class Exhibit Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.

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All animals must entries by September 1st.

Non-Livestock 4-H Exhibit Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.

Needlework, Entering Open-Class Flowers Clothing, . . . . . . . .Weaving . . . . . . .&. .Spinning, . . . . . . . Quilts . . . . . &. 7:00-9:30 a.m.

Art exhibits will be at THE ARMORY (Judging to follow) FFA & 4-H Market Swine Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m. $OO JHQHUDO H[KLELWV UHTXLUH DQ HQWU\ WDJ WR FFA & 4-H Market Sheep Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.

EH ÂżOOHG RXW DW WLPH RI UHJLVWU\ FFA & 4-H Rabbit Fitting & Showing Judging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m. (followed by Cavy & Pocket Pets) Premiums and .Awards FFA & 4-H Market Beef Quality Judging. . . . . . . can . . . not . . . be . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. awarded to incomplete entry . . . . . . .Address . . . . . labels . . 1:00 p.m.

FFA & 4-H Breeding Beef Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . .tags. tags.

General Exhibits Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . work . . . .great . . . on . . .entry . 1:00 p.m.

FFA & 4-H Goat Quality Judging . . . Pick-up . . . . . . . .Entries . . . . . . . . . . . Pick . . . .up. .Entry . . . .Tags 1:00at p.m.

FFA & 4-H Rabbit Quality Judging. . Sunday, . . . . . . . . 5-7 . . . .pm . . . . . . . .)DLU 2IÂżFH WR ÂżOO RXW . .at. your . . . leisure. . . . 1:00 p.m.

FFA & 4-H Beer Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Afternoon Open Class Rabbit, Cavy & Pocket Pet Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 p.m.

Commissioners’ Nightly Stage Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

4-H Style ReviewEach - Eastside . . . . . . . . .will . . award . . . . . .a. special . . . . . . Rosette . 6:00 p.m.

Latah Marketplace County Commissioner

CRAFTS & FINE ARTS Thursday 1. Poetry .................................................................22 All Open-Class Exhibit Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.

2. The Great ............................................23 (Exhibit buildingOutdoors closed until 1:00 p.m.)

Non-Livestock Exhibit Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.

3. Crafts4-H ..................................................................23 Entering Open-Class Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00-9:30 a.m.

4. Collectibles .........................................................23 (Judging to follow) 5.&Art FFA 4-H .......................................................................24 Market Swine Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.

FFA 4-H Market Sheep Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.

6.&Photography .......................................................25 FFA & 4-H Rabbit Fitting & Showing Judging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m. (followed by Cavy & Pocket Pets) FLORICULTURE FFA & 4-H MarketDesign Beef Quality Judging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.

1. Artistic ...............................................

25-26 FFA & 4-H Breeding Beef Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m.

2. Horticulture 26-27 General Exhibits Open . ................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m.

FFA & 4-H Goat Quality Judging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1:00 p.m.

3. Floral Artistic Crafts ............................................27 FFA & 4-H Rabbit Quality Judging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m.

FFA & & 4-HFFA .......................................................... 28-30 4-H

Sunday Livestock Judging Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.

General Exhibits Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.

Livestock Round Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:00 p.m.

Fur & Feather Costume Contest (Open to all) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 p.m.

Stage Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5:00 p.m.

Barns Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 p.m.

Removal of ALL Exhibits including Livestock & Small Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

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Carnival Opens...

Thursday – 1 pm

hands indeed make light work! A venture of this size can only be successful Friday – 11 am gh the hard work and dedication of many friends. We are fortunate, indeed, Saturday – generously 10am e the support of our business community. Services and products Sunday – 11take ama ed by local businesses help make the fair a special event. Please nt to express your appreciation to those who contribute the fair.until If you Won’ttoclose e one of the sponsor’s awards, we especially encourage you to contact the fun ends! the so they can share in your appreciation. Names of our sponsors are listed on pecial Events and Awards page, as well as in individual sections of this book.

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Coupon Books Available at magic and that you’ll be back next year to help once again. Thank you so much the Ticket Booth.

nt. This is a very special event and we appreciate your generosity. We could out your help support.

Photoand courtesy Latah County Historical Society

GENERAL INFORMATION Fair Hours Thursday.................................1 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday....................................10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday ...............................10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday ...................................10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Information

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Complaints

National Guard Armory Building 6

Grange Building

Commercial Exhibit Building

8 Outside Stage

Blaine Street

Livestock Show Area 1

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Restrooms

National Guard

Rotary Ice Pavillion

Alvin's Hen House 11

5 Beef Barn

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Mag nu s on Ga l ler y LOCA L A RT IST S SHOW THE WORLD

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( 2 0 8 ) 2 8 9-4 2 7 1 101 N. 6th St . Kendr ick Repairs. Custom Sewing. Lessons.

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Palouse Empire Fair alteredegomoscow.com 208 S Main St # 3 Moscow Open T-F 9:00-5:00 (208) 596- 4017

Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week

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Trail of Tears Commemoration Day

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Nat. Voter Registration Day

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Gentle Professionals Certified Groomers

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

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Elephant Appreciation Day

Daycare Training Freshwater & Saltwater (208) 882 8075 tailandfin.com

Next to Jack in the Box

P.S. Espresso & More

National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week

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Nat. Good Neighbor Day

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Espresso, Ice Cream, Snacks Potlatch, Idaho Mon-Fri, 5 a.m. - 5 p.m Sat, 6 a.m. - Noon Closed Sunday

Open M Mugshot’s Fi in Troy,

National Chimney Safety Week

VFW Day

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Ask-A-StupidQuestion Day

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Suicide ention Day

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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Chicks N Chaps Women Only Rodeo Clinic Fundraiser for Breast Cancer @ Lewiston Roundup, (509) 339-3730

Prairie @ Genesee Troy @ Potlatch Lakeside @ Kendrick Mullan @ Deary

SATURDAY

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Juliaetta Blackberry Festival Youth Horsemanship Clinic 9am-Noon @ MM Training 208-596-9242

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Kendrick @ LC Deary @ Genesee Wallace @ Potlatch St. John-Endicott @ Troy

Air Force Day

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Talk-Like-APirate Day

Genesee @ Potlatch Lapwai @ Troy LC @ Deary Mullan @ Kendrick

25

Fused Glass Art for Kids, Ages 8-14 3:30-5:30pm @ Dahmen Barn, pre-register: www.artisanbarn.com

26

Johnny Appleseed Day

Potlatch @ Kamiah Troy @ Genesee Deary @ Timberline Lapwai @ Kendrick

Mic @ illing Station 6-8 pm Looking for a fun

Summer Project?

Enter Moscow Recycling’s recycled art contest at the Latah County Fair. This year’s contest will feature 3 categories of adult, youth and group with a theme of ‘Musical Instruments’. All 3 categories are asked to create musical instruments with items made from any materials that would otherwise be recycled or thrown away. Entries are due to the Fairgrounds September 10th between 3 and 9 pm.

For info visit our website at moscowrecycling.com or call 208-882-0590.

SCHOLARSHI

We have 3 programs to choose from:

• Cosmetology • Nail Technology • Student Instructor

With this coupon when you enroll in th Comsetology Course between June 1 and A Call LisaScholarship at 208-301-3770 for more inform

$1000 $500

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Palouse Days

Sign up for Cosmetology and/or Nail Scholarship Technician classes and get started on an exciting career!

Monthly enrollment availfor Nail Technology able. Call for more information. Financial aid available to those who qualify.

Call Lisa Salisbury at 208.301.3770 for more details.

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Latah County Historical Society “Mullan Road” Tour 8am-6pm, for tickets phone (208) 882-1004

Deary & Troy Homecoming Games Nat. Teach Ag Day

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Latah County Fair

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Taking enrollment for our Aug 19th & Sept 16th classes!

for Cosmetology

Palouse Empire Fair Patriot Day and National Day of Remembrance & Service

It’s not too late to register!

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Family Health & Fitness Day

White Spring Ranch Harvest Festival 1-4pm @ White Spring Ranch Museum, Genesee

Full Service S Open to the Tues/-Fri. 9:30-5, All work done by under close su of instruct

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The Latah Eagle

4-H flourishes with youth across the county Story by Heather Cummins

As autumn arrives, area youth are laboring over record books, scrubbing pigs and shearing sheep in preparation for fair. 4-H, founded in the early 1900s, is the nation’s largest youth development and empowerment organization. It flourishes here in the greater Palouse area.

Latah County alone boasts 14 official clubs: Cow Creek Kids, Genesee Livestock, and Happy Valley in Genesee; F.M.B.E., Loggerville, and Junior Farmers in Potlatch; Fix Ridge and Tiger Cubs in Kendrick/ Juliaetta; Troy Farmhands in Troy, Ponderosa Country Kids in Deary, and the Golden Go-4s, Kritter Klub, Moscow Mustangs, and Mountain View in the Moscow area. A total of 388 youth and over 70 adult leaders collaborate each year developing projects from Aerospace to Woodworking, Beef to Swine, and everything imaginable in between.

Kelli Loftus, Associate 4-H Extension Educator, works throughout the year coordinating horse shows, dog and cat shows, bunny hops, afterschool programming in Potlatch, providing leader support, administrating the 4-H portion of fair,

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and much more. Loftus states, “4-H is a youth development program providing opportunities for youth to learn new things and develop leadership experience. Life skills grow through conducting meetings, public speaking, community service, project responsibilities, and governmental procedures.”

After completing their record books and giving an informational public demonstration, the youth compete to win ribbon awards for their project at the Latah County Fair.

Edie Simons is a farmer, mother, and the leader of the F.M.B.E. 4-H Club in Potlatch.

She oversees the individual

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project leaders and participants as well as assisting her son, Chet, with his projects. A former 4-H member herself, Edie has volunteered to share her experience and knowledge in both animal and cooking projects for over a decade with Potlatch members. For certain projects, like sheep, F.M.B.E. work cooperatively with the Jr. Farmers 4-H group headed

by Tamye Lisher. Simons says, “Potlatch is very active in 4-H and we have great leaders for our specific projects. 4-H has had to adapt as families have less time to support members with their record books. Another change we have seen re-

cently is in how we operate swine projects.” This year, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus PEDv, which kills young pigs but does not affect human safety, has forced isolation of each pig project until fair.

“Raising, showing, and selling market animals is a big responsibility for 4-H youth,” Simons shared. There are weight requirements and careful record keeping involved.

The animals are then sold at auction. The price per pound varies and local businesses often bid against each other for the honor. The money the youth make on their project may go towards the purchase of a new project, a deposit into the college fund, or maybe it will be the down payment on their first car. The economics lessons gained through this project are a great value for our youth.

4-H isn’t just for furry and feathered projects. Angela Biltonen heads up a hiking project in Potlatch. Survival, cooking, garden projects and robotics are a few more projects you will see displayed in the 4-H pavilion at the fair. The fair motto this year is, “Grow and Show in Moscow!” Area 4-H youth are doing just that!

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How to buy a pig at the fair....

Edie Simons, leader of the F.M.B.E. 4-H Club in Potlatch, offered this advice to potential buyers of animals at the fair: Our local 4-H and FFA kids have been working all spring and summer for the upcoming Latah Co. Fair, taking place in Moscow on Sept. 11-14. Their many projects will be exhibited, judged and awarded ribbons and if they choose to take a market animal, it will be sold to the highest bidder at the livestock auction. We are asking for you to support our youth by attending the fair, checking out their work and if possible purchasing an outstanding steer, hog, lamb, or meat goat.

To support a youth by buying an animal at our fair, a person or business would attend the FFA and 4-H Market Animal Sale, on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. There the market animals are all put up for auction to the highest bidder, where any person or business can bid on and purchase an animal. When you purchase an animal, you have the option of ‘keeping’ or ‘turning’ the animal. To ‘keep’ an animal means you arrange for that animal to be butchered and then you get the meat. To ‘turn’ an animal means you agree to sell the animal, at the listed market price, to the floor buyer. They pay the current market price and you have donated the rest of the sale price to the youth.

For example: Option 1: You buy Sally’s 125lb. lamb for $3.00/lb. (125lb. x $3.00 = $375.00). You pay $375.00. You decide to ‘keep’ that animal. You mark the ‘keep’ box on the sale slip which is passed to you after you buy. You arrange for the local meat packer to butcher, cut and wrap that lamb, in which they come to the fair, pick up and take care of it. You are responsible for the cost of

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the meat packer and you keep the meat.

Option 2: You buy Sally’s 125lb. lamb for $3.00/lb. (125lb. x $3.00 = $375.00). You decide to ‘turn’ that lamb. On the sale slip, passed to you at the auction after you buy, you would mark the ‘turn’ box. Then the floor buyer automatically buys the lamb from you at the current listed market (floor) price (i.e. $1.55/ lb.) and pays (125lb. x $1.55 = $193.75) for that lamb. You would pay the difference $375.00 - $193.75 = $181.25.

One thing, different from a regular auction, is that other money, called support money, can be added to the animal, above the sale price. At the time of sale or anytime afterward until 6 p.m. sale day, a person can add money to an animal.

For example: Option 1: You can fill out an Added Support Form available at the sale shack, where you get your sale number. Write in the youth’s name and monetary amount you want to give and it will be added to the youth’s total sale price.

Option 2: Sally sold her 125lb. lamb for $3.00/lb. (125lb. x $3.00 = $375.00). I want to add $0.25/lb. for support, to that animal ($0.25 x 125 = $31.25). I tell the auctioneer, after Sally sales her lamb, I want to add that amount and my information is entered in the books. Or you can just tell the auctioneer you would like to add a dollar amount (i.e. $50.00) on top of the sale of that animal. Sally would then get the $375.00, plus added support money $375.00 + $50 = $425.00 total for her lamb.

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arts & entertainment

Beargrass

Story by Seth Toebben

Husband and wife Shayne and Alane Watkins of Deary sing and play guitar for the band, joined by Kendall Heustis of Deary on drums and Cammille Hattrup of Troy on bass and backup vocals.

Shayne’s roots are in the traditional country music the band is so well known for in the area. Alane teases him, “What’s it that you tell people?

You didn’t know there was another station beside KRLC?” But Shayne has a good defense, “That’s all dad would listen to, AM country.”

The band’s history date back to 1979 as a family trio consisting of Delvin and Julie Watkins and their son Shayne.

It stayed that way for 20 years.

Four years ago, Delvin and Julie decided to hang up their hats and turned the reins over to Shayne and Alane.

“My roots are a lot stronger in folk,” Alane says, “so I tend to write ballads about social issues.”

Like Shayne, drummer Kendall Heustis’ first band was with his dad, and it was Kendall’s mom who saw the classified when Beargrass was

looking for a drummer and tipped him off.

That wasn’t Kendall’s introduction to the band though. “We had gone around and listened to them for quite a while,” Kendall said. So come tryout day, he remembers, “We had a good chemistry.”

However, that chemistry has been broken (excuse the pun) somewhat as of late.

Suffering a broken leg at work in July, Kendall is taking an unplanned hiatus the last couple of months. “The doctor wants me to stay off it until September 18th.”

When he is beating with the band though, he enjoys being a part of the outgoing and fun traditional music show that Beargrass puts on.

With a vast repertoire of classic country, bluegrass, and folk songs, Beargrass is able to craft a concert that’s great for families, old-timers, and country swingers alike.

Lately, they have been having a lot of fun with Johnny Horton’s “I’m Ready, If You’re Willing.”

“While I am doing the instrumental,” Shayne said, “Kendall’s got this jungle rumble thing going on with the

For country music fans, local favorite Beargrass gets the nod when you want folks out of their seats and onto the dance floor.

Which is why you will find them at two great Latah County events this month: the Juliaetta Car Show & Blackberry Festival on Sept. 6 and everybody’s favorite Latah County Fair on Sept. 13.

toms. We all have a good time competition, which sets them with that.” to play as the opening band Beargrass has fun in other for next year’s headliner. This ways too. Happy to please year’s headliners were T.G. the crowd, Sheppard and Rex the band Allen Jr. often takes If you miss requests from Beargrass at the audience. the Juliaetta Alane Blackberry has been Festival and Latah particularly County fair this amazed at month – or simply Shayne’s can’t get enough ability in this of them – you can regard. “He also catch them must have Sept. 18 and 19 Alane and Shayne Watkins 400 songs at the Nez Perce take a break during a recent stored in his County Fair, show at the Idaho County Fair. head…people where they will will ask him, ‘Can you do,’ say, play with Shiloh Sharrard.

‘Shutters and Boards?’ And Drummer Kendall is hoping poof, he’ll pull it out of his ear.” to rejoin his band members But this type of at the Nez Perce County Fair, showmanship takes more skill but folks might have to wait ‘til than just a good memory. So it’s they play later in the month at not hard to believe, as Shayne the Clarkston Moose Lodge. says, “We both like to go to jam Whenever you see him next sessions.” keeping Beargrass together Alane jumps in, “It stretches though, make sure to holler our abilities…and keeps us out that you want to hear exercised.”

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And their stretching and A little mountain bluebird exercise has paid off. In April among some beargrass told me of this year Beargrass won Kendall really likes jamming to the Columbia River Cowboy that one.

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Fiddle show takes Potlatch by storm

Around 200 people gathered at Potlatch High School last month to listen to 26 accomplished musicians from throughout the region at the annual Scenic 6 Fiddle Show, a fundraiser for the Potlatch Arts Council.

The show coincided with a stormy Palouse evening, bringing lightening, wind and a downpour that caused a few people to sneak home and button down the hatches during intermission, according to Potlatch resident and organizer Mabel Vogt.

This is the only fundraising the arts council does during the year, Mabel said, and she was happy to see so many people out to support it.

The council donated $100 to both the Boy Scouts and the high school for their assistance during setting up and conducting the performance, while the Presbyterian-Lutheran Youth Group raised money through food sales.

The remaining proceeds go toward future community arts projects, Mabel said. “The music teacher, Doug Richards, has requested and received a grant from us to buy sub-ooring, glues and other materials to install donated hardwood ooring and wainscoting for the music room,â€? Mabel noted. “He plans to make it into a mini-performance area. They might have monthly concerts there to raise money for the music program. “He is very ambitious and we are so lucky to have him.â€?

Mabel Vogt of Potlatch (center) is joined by Jim McMillan of Bozeman, Mont., and Rod Anderson of Spokane during the Scenic 6 Fiddle Show hosted by the Potlatch Arts Council on Aug. 2. The fundrasier supports Potlatch arts programs throughout the year.

Palouse Watercolor Socius holds intermediate watercolor workshop The Palouse Watercolor Socius will hold a workshop for intermediate watercolor painting on Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the 1912 Center in Moscow.

The instructor fo the course is Bobbi Kelly, who holds a BA in Art from the University of Idaho where she studied under George Roberts and Alf Dunn.

Her award-winning paintings appear in

private and corporate collections in the United States and Europe. Bobbi participates in juried art exhibits and festivals throughout the Northwest.

Bobbi is a former art teacher and has taught popular watercolor workshops for several years. This class is designed for people who have some painting experience or have taken one of her beginner workshops.

The workshop costs $25 and is limited to the first 20 registrants.

Bobbi strives to keep her classes fun and light-hearted so that students can leave with a sense of both having learned something about watercolor and having had an enjoyable day. You can contact Bobbi at: kellybobbi43@gmail.com.

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Meet Debbi Chan.

You probably won’t run into Debbi on the streets, because she doesn’t get out much and spends nearly 15 hours a day on her feet, working around her pole-barn home near Three Bears, painting or carving or etching or taking care of her animals...

Story and photos by Barry Johnson

Debbi doesn’t drive. Her medical conditions stopped that some years back, so her friends and neighbors have taken to helping her out – simply because that’s what neighbors do around here.

On her infrequent trips away from home, though, she drinks everything in around her, quenching her thirst for new inspiration in the art she lives for. Those trips are a constant source of material. She looks intensely upon the world and that intensity shows in her creations.

I met Debbi after wandering into the Kendrick art gallery of Dana Magnuson. Her art was hung here and there, along with oriental-style books filled with her paintings stacked to one side.

Many pieces intrigued me. Some, admittedly, baffled me.

I later found out that Debbi likes her work to be a bit baffling.

She wants people to think when they look at her art.

I told Dana that I feel it is important for this little newspaper to have a section each month that focuses on the artists, artisans and craft-folk in the area.

Dana said I have to meet Debbi Chan. “She is completely con-

Dana Magnuson, a longtime supporter of the arts in Latah County, shows one of the many Chinese-style books painted by Debbi Chan that he keeps on display at his store, Magnuson Gallery, in Kendrick. The gallery is open 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Tues.-Thurs., or by appointment: (208) 489-2871

sumed by art,” Dana said, with clear admiration for her nonstop approach to her work.

“She is also completely dedicated to improving.”

One thing led to another and I wandered out to Three Bears to visit Debbi Chan. And that’s my roundabout way of introducing you to her.

There are a few things you should know about Debbi.

First, she is not Chinese. Not that it’s important, but given her name and the Chinese style of her work and the Chinese wording she puts on her art books, I think I can be forgiven for jumping to that conclusion.

Debbi’s father was Italian and her mother Czech. She grew up in Houston, where her father was a lawyer. The Chinese business community provided her dad with many important clients, she grew up among the Chinese neighborhoods, and her family was given the honorary name of Chan.

After leading a somewhat A self-portrait provided by artist Debbi Chan, on her feet and dizzying life that included hard at work painting as part of zoo keeping in her early years and later becoming a her daily routine.

Buddhist nun in a Vietnamese temple for a time, along with travel and bouts of chronic ill health, Debbi found a passion for studying Chinese art in her early 40s in her hometown of Houston.

“I started painting when I was 10,” Debbi explained. “I enjoy studying Van Gogh and he studied the styles of Chinese art.”

These days, her paintings have taken to Western subjects in the Chinese style. Many of those paintings are on sheets of paper many feet long, folded meticulously into bound books that are only produced in China. She has them made especially for her work and shipped to her workshop home.

The effect can be quite wondrous, when viewing a series of paintings in a book that shows a historic perspective of Kendrick, for example, and the surrounding area. Or perhaps it is a book on animals and hunting, or Native Americans, or logging.

September 2014 Debbi explained that in Chinese culture, before the days of television, people would sit and look at the intricate details of painted books like these much as you might read a story, following the scenes from page to page.

Debbi has a lot of stories to tell, it seems.

“I just get to paint what I want when I wake up in the morning,” she explained, as she showed me the multiple books she was working on at that moment.

She uses traditional Chinese methods of mixing her paints and colors, a labor of love all in of itself.

Her work surrounds you when visiting her humble home. Paintings in progress are spread around here and there, glass etchings she created are mixed in her décor, and beautiful hand carvings show the real depth of her talent.

I was curious how Debbi ended up in a pole barn on the outskirts of Latah County, being from Houston.

Debbi Chan’s carvings are In Chinese art, she examazingly intricate and rich in plained, “Landscapes are detail. big and people are small. It shows their insignificance next to nature.”

Although she doesn’t say so, it seems she has taken on a lifestyle that reflects her art, making her home in a remote part of the landscape where she can put her own life in perspective. She is a small – but not insignificant – figure in a big work of art.

Ultimately, though, it was her health that drove her out of Houston. On a visit to this area for the first time about 10 years ago, she knew where she needed to be.

She has felt at home ever since and the sickness that doctors in Houston said was killing her went away. “I haven’t been sick at all since I moved here,” she said.

“It can be hard to live here like this,” she added, “but I have everything I need.”

And now she is indeed one figure among many in a landscape she loves and a place that inspires her, with a perspective that is all her own.

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Stretching Our Comfort Zone

umbilical cord attaching me to my friends 24/7. Please let me know if I’m just too thick headed to understand what’s going on.

I don’t have either a cell phone We all live in the world or a GPS system in my car. But around us, but are much more then maybe that’s why I get lost comfortable around people in downtown Lewiston. and things that we are used And then there is the music. to. We strive to live in a circle Why all the “boom boom” in called our comfort zone. We the cars today? The other day try to keep our comfort zone a car went by from overlapping with the music with others so loud that the that differ from side windows ours. The older were in danger I get the more of being blown pronounced the out. I also don’t difference gets.

It’s not that I

by John Smalldridge understand how “rap” can don’t get along be called music.

When I was with the younger generation in junior high, my parents said so much as they are moving on faster than I am and this creates the same thing about Elvis and Fats Domino, but they obviously a wider gap between our comfort zones. Take technology didn’t understand what music was all about. Elvis was far for instance. I am using a cooler than Ernest Tubb. computer to put this article But in all of this, I have together. (Even though I don’t learned one thing. Most of the understand it.) It is obvious that I am making some progress. kids I know and have worked At least I don’t have to “type” it with are good kids. Just because on paper. You’ve heard the joke they have a different comfort zone doesn’t mean that mine about a grandparent calling the is better. In fact I don’t want grandchild to tell them how to everyone living in the same zone run the computer. Well, it’s no as I do. If they all did, just think longer a joke. of the people that would be Another modern advancemoving to a hillside in Northern ment I don’t understand is the Idaho. It would become so cell phone. I think they call crowded that we would have to them smart phones now. I call move. I can put up with them if them all dumb phones. When they can put up with me.

I was a kid we had neither

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telephone nor television.

Today every home bristles with antenna and every child has a phone in their hand. I don’t understand it. It seems to me like they all are addicted to being constantly connected to the outside world. I don’t like to talk on the regular phone and I certainly don’t want everyone to contact me every minute of every day. I don’t need an

John Smalldridge lives on a hill southeast of Princeton with his wife of over 50 years. The author of eight novels, John believes that every writer has an obligation to say something worthwhile while he entertains.

Over the last 10 years of writing in his column “The Rural Thinker” he has endeavored to do this. He invites readers to put on their thinking cap with each article, whether or not they agree with what he says.

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Elk River makes mud fun for Labor Day

Photo courtesy of the Elk River Recreation District

Elk River will host a Labor Day Mud Bog on Saturday, Aug. 30, as part of their Labor Day weekend celebrations.

The event will give riders and runners alike a chance to get down and dirty, with events for ATVs, motorbikes and a footrace. There is also a Bucket Fill competition for teams.

For those who prefer to keep their rides clean, or just want another chance to jump in the mud, the Recreation District is also conducting a Dash for Cash and Tuff Mudder obstacle course competitions as head-to-head footraces.

Participants can sign up for as many events as they qualify for, with six age categories available for the Mud Bog. Registration is from 9-11 a.m. and events begin at noon behind Elk Butte Recreation on the “ballfield” at the end of the airstrip.

Helmets and shoes are required for all motorized events.

Youth Horsemanship Clinic Sept. 6 Marines of the Palouse head to the slough for fundraiser

MM Training and Consulting will present “Jessi Day” a free, half-day horsemanship clinic for youth aged 3 to 10 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, September 6 at MM Training and Boarding Stables, 5985 HWY 95, in Potlatch.

Participants will experience hands-on learning stations, learn a life skills motto, meet new friends and discover the benefits of Jessi Club membership.

Participants should bring a sack lunch and lawn chairs. The Barn Rat Play Day for youth 11-18 who have their own horse is scheduled in the afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. Adults may ride for $20.

To register, call Marcia Moore Harrison at 208596-9242. To learn more about MM Training and Consulting programs, visit mm-horsetraining.com.

The Marines of the Palouse, a non-profit group that provides support and service to all Marines past and present, will host a Mud Run on Sept. 6 as a fundraiser for recreational therapy programs.

The run will be held at Webb’s Slough near St. John, Wash., and is part of a full-day’s activities at the site, including a three-person mud volleyball tournament and beer garden. Camping is also available.

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“Every anadromous (ocean-going) fish that comes into Idaho, has to pass through our valley,” says fisheries biologist Scott Putnam. This clinic has been a tradition for many years and we are happy to share our skills with area youth.”

Clinic participants are required to have a valid 2014 Idaho fishing license. Youth should be dressed for the weather and should bring a life jacket and lunch. Idaho Fish and Game will supply all the needed fishing gear/equipment, boats, fishing instruction and some snacks.

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Or at least that’s the case when Tom’s Tavern is in charge of the event, like the one they are hosting on Sunday, Aug. 31, as part of their Labor Day weekend fun.

“I always wanted to do an Ironman but never did,” Tom’s Tavern co-owner Kami Nibler said. “So I started my own.”

The events at Tom’s Tavern will include horseshoes, shooting pool, and a “surprise” that teams will find out about the day of the competition.

Of course, it is all in good fun and for a good cause. The entry fee is $10, half of which goes to the fire department and the other half goes to the winning teams as prizes.

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day tripper

White Spring Ranch Museum: A Palouse heritage treasure

Brothers Henry and Barney Lorang in 1910 - the second generation to work the ranch - take a break from harvest.

Story and photos by Seth Toebben

Just northwest of Genesee off Highway 95 is the White Spring Ranch, established by John and Mary Lorang in 1886. After being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, it was established as a museum and library to house the last 130 years of local and national history as lived, collected, and recorded by three generations of this family of farmer historians.

“They were historians, so they saved everything,” said Diane Conroy, great granddaughter of original settlers John and Mary Lorang and museum docent. “They photographed, they journaled, they saved their letters, and this is it.”

girl. “When I was 6 my grandpa (Barney Lorang, brother to Henry) lived with me and he would tell me all these stories… but I never saw the place until I was older.”

In 2003, Diane and her cousin Judy went out to the ranch

Settlers to the area in 1884, John and Mary Lorang set their sights on the house and land just about a mile away from their campsite at White Spring.

Purchasing the homestead a little over a year later, they began the work that they would afterward pass on to their son Henry, and then he to his son Dan. Diane remembers hearing stories of her great grandparents when she was just a little

to visit Dan’s wife Janet. Diane had been tracing her family’s genealogy and she wanted to check her work.

In the 1980s, Dan and Janet moved into a house they had built just southwest of the original homestead structures. So when Diane arrived, the older buildings had been “closed for a number of years,” but it didn’t take more than a minute of looking to see that “so much work had been done already.”

Ultimately, my dream is that this would be a resource for people...Indeed, there is something here for everyone, young and old alike.

Diane Conroy, White Spring Ranch Museum

Diane recalled, “Even after picking up just a few things, I could see that it would be of interest to the community.” Janet agreed and having just seen in the newspaper that a local barn had been put onto the National Registry, she asked Judy and Diane, “Can we do that with the old house?”

And so it began. Diane called the University of Idaho and the Idaho Heritage Trust for help, and quickly the homestead was being photographed, the non-profit establish, and the one and a half acres containing the house, fountain, log cabin, curio cabin, and grounds were placed on the registry.

The current museum and library was not the first on site though. With advertisement in hand, Diane explains that John

had established “a roadside museum (in the curio cabin) back in 1913 for taxidermy and natural science.”

However, during the depression some of the pieces were sold, and later in 1953 much of the rest was donated to the University of Idaho. Nevertheless, along with the homestead structures, the furniture, the journals, the photographs, the WWI and WWII artifacts, the newspapers, the tools, the hand-made canes, the magazines, the 1930s combine, the poems, the antlers, the cars, the sea shells, and the aqueduct that are currently being shown, some of the pieces from the first museum still remain.

And all this because of John and Mary Lorang, their descendents, and the like-minded

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27 community members, organizations, and student volunteers who, just as Diane knew they would, took an interest.

But the work isn’t done yet. “That is why this place is so cool,” Diane says, “You can walk in and still discover something.”

“Ultimately,” Diane says, “my dream is that this would be a resource for people. We have Moscow stuff for the Moscow people, Lewiston stuff for the Lewiston people, and Genesee stuff for the Genesee people.” In-

deed, there is something here for everyone, young and old alike.

White Spring Ranch will hold its Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 27th, from 1-4pm. Join musician Shiloh Sharrard, have a chili dog and some cider, watch some oldtime log hewing, enjoy the children’s activities, tour the structures and grounds, and discover for yourself three generations of living history on the Palouse.

Diane Conroy, great granddaughter of Genesee-area settlers John and Mary Lorang, helped turn the White Spring Ranch into a museum open for the public to to explore. The museum is open Sunday and Tuesday, 1-5 p.m., or by appointment. The museum is located on the west side of Highway 95, about 11 miles south of Moscow.

The Misguided Misadventures of Chinook and Laroy as told by Darrell Davis, the Crusty Deary Ol’Coot Chapter 1.

er of the one room school house that year, and it did appear for a time that something like a romantic relationship might be forming.

This romantic possibility however, did seem to move into the Once upon a time, in the far off hills of North Ideeeeeho, back category of remote after one of the new teachers three school dressin the days when men were men and women were, ----------- well es was permanently fouled by her fall into the outhouse hole late men were men, lived a couple of young lads, name of Chinook & one cloudy and dark Friday afternoon.

Laroy.

Having made the same trip earlier in the same day, and done so Now the boys were none to bright, even as North Ideeeeeho with no more disastrous results then what boys of the time went, neither being what might be considered normal for the time, might be called the brightest match in the and considering that Chinook was the only box. However, both boys seemed to grow person remotely big and strong enough to and progress at what could be called a have moved the outhouse the three feet reasonable rate, considering the the area needed to expose the pit, the teachers ardor and the somewhat questionable period of seemed to cool from that point on. history.

Too bad, as it seemed for a time that Speaking in relative terms here, Laroy Chinook was a sure thing to make second or did seem to have a bit sharper point on maybe third grade at the end of that school his pencil, far out pacing Chinook academyear. ically, which enabled him to successful This turn of events didn’t really seem to complete his second year in the 3rd grade Photo courtesy of Latah County Historical Society negatively impact Chinook, possibly because by the time he was only 15. he had as yet to begin understanding the full scope of male/female Seemingly this situation didn’t dull the friendship of the two relationships. In fact it had been quite troubling to him that the boys, possibly because Chinook being considerably larger and new teacher didn’t have her hair done in pig tails. stronger then Laroy was able to carry the lion’s share of camping In truth, if there was one thing that really troubled him about gear needed for the numerous back country excursions on which being in the 1st grade, it was the fact that being seated in the first the pair regularly embarked. row in that one room school house meant that all the girls with pig Chinook was the largest boy in the 1st grade by far, towering over his class mates by at least 3’ and out weighing the closest com- tails were seated either beside or behind him. petitor by all of a hundred ten pounds.

Chinook, possibly again because of his size and proximity to the Stay tuned for the further adventures of Chinook & Laroy... front of the class room, did seem to catch the eye of the new teach- © 2012 Darrell - CDOC

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UI Veterans Law Association hosts presentation on “Local Made Marketplace” The Veteran Law Association (VLA) at the University of Idaho College of Law invites the public to a “Local Made Marketplace” on Wednesday, Sept. 3, from 3-4:30 p.m. on the UI campus.

The event includes a presentation about the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund

by Pam Holloway of Deary, as well as the importance of using local-made/farmed products and how the Holloways use their farm to rehabilitate veterans.

Heather Norton, president of the VLA and a student in the College of Law, said

the organization supports and enhances the lives of veterans, and provides an avenue for law students interested in supporting veteran issues.

Heather said she wants to give veterans the best representation they can have and help be a voice for them.

“I have lived the life of a military spouse and I know the ins and outs of military service,” Heather said.

Heather noted that the link between farming and veterans is very strong in Latah County and the Palouse.

“I want to introduce members of the law community to the growers, crafters, foods and other products that are natural, healthy and right in their backyard,” she said.

Heather asks that anybody wanting to attend the presentation contact her at (904) 629-7263 or nort9381@vandals. uidaho.edu, or Pam Holloway at (540) 661-6115 or gofarmu@moscow.com.

Dahmen Barn festival Sept. 14 2014 Bring your brown bag and come join our community experts for FREE information, fun, games, helpful resources, and more…

Planned Topics include: September

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Financial Scavenger Hunt Karen Richel – UI Extension

September 9th

Consumer Credit Issues

September 16th

Organizing Your Financial Paperwork

September 23rd

Insurance Basics

September 30th

Banking Basics

October 7th

Retirement Income Planning

October 14th

Medicare 101

October 21st

Advanced Medical Directives/Hospice

October 28th

Wills and Power of Attorney

November 4th

Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?

November 11th

And What to Do With All the Other Stuff?

Miranda Morrow – Rural Dynamics

Karen Richel – UI Extension Elissa Edmonds – State Farm Insurance Marlys Wilson – Latah Federal Credit Union Rusty Schatz – D.A. Davidson Tonya Steele - SHIBA Mickey Hale – Gentiva Hospice Mark Monson – Mosman Law Offices Karen Richel – UI Extension Richard Old – Estate Sales

Every Tuesday 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Gritman Federal Building Conference Room 220 E. 5th Street, Second Floor - Moscow Registration is not required… Just come and join us. For more info on classes, call Karen at 208-883-2241 or email krichel@uidaho.edu.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information or reasonable accommodations need to contact Karen Richel one week before the event at 220 E. 5th Street, Room 325, P.O. Box 8068, Moscow, ID 83843, phone: 208-883-2241.

The 8th annual Fall Festival at the Dahmen Barn will be held on Sunday, September 14 from 10 am to 4 pm. Come and see antique farm equipment in action and watch craftspeople demonstrating what they create including scale model gas engines.

A “Junk in your Trunk” swap meet and sale allows participants to show off their classic automobiles and/or sell vehicle-related parts or the cars, trucks cycles or tractors themselves. Support the Barn by purchasing pie a la mode following the judging of the pie baking contest.

See antiques from Junette Dahmen’s private collection and try to guess their names and uses.

This year there will be pizza made on site and a beer garden. There will be activities for kids including face painting.

See the stunning quilt made by the St. Boniface Altar Society and purchase a chance to win it.

Live music throughout the day features David Sommer, a one-man band and Mark Holt who plays Americana roots music with a bluesy edge. Stop by the Taufen School House project’s information booth and learn where to visit the restored building in rural Uniontown.

Check out the Whitman County Library’s plan to move the Uniontown branch into the former fire station in Town Hall.

For information on this free-to-the-public event, visit www.artisanbarn.org or call 509-229-3414.

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Cathy Gottschalk of Troy sent in this pretty shot of a bee and butterfly.

With harvest in full tilt, the snapshots section wouldn’t be complete without a picture of our farming neighbors hard at it. This shot is a wheat field just outside Genesee.

Karen Rohn of BlackBird at the Depot in Potlatch shared more of her great photo perspective of life around the area.

The sign outside Fuzzy’s in Deary says it is for sale, a hometown institution that has seen a lot of feet walk over this welcome sign etched into the concrete floor. Owner Delrae Warner says it’s too busy to keep up with for them and they want the place to find a good home. For $189k, it could be yours...

This little doe was perfectly happy to lead the way to Elk Creek Falls.

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Deary footballers get a pep talk from their coach during practice.

Feel free to e-mail your faovrite shot with a short description whenever you get the urge: editor@thelataheagle.com

Photographer George Gilbert of Potlatch sent in a favorite photo from his collection of doorway in Palouse. George’s work is available online.

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The Latah Eagle ON THE COVER of this month’s issue is 80-year-old Jayne Smith and 7-year-old Emilea Dodge, both of Juliaetta. The two are shown second-from-left in this picture and are joined by a lot of other great Juliaetta townfolk who are preparing for the upcoming Juliaetta Car Show and Blackberry Festival on Sept. 6. I hadn’t spent enough time in Juliaetta, which is on the exact opposite corner of the county from where I live, and wanted to make sure their great annual event to raise money for community activities receives the recognition it deserves. Wendy Parks (far right) was especially helpful in providing information and flyers about the festival, as well as gathering people together on two different occasions to get some photos (since the first session was rained out). The big guy standing next to Wendy is her brother, Ed Groseclose, another organizer for events there. Joining him was little 4-year-old Mason Baldwin. In the middle is Jayne’s son Ernie, and at far left is Olivia Bergen, 13. They make up just a small number of people that I get to talk with each month around the county. It is recognizing their hard work that makes all the effort and resources that goes into publishing a nice paper worthwile. .

- Barry Johnson, Owner & Editor

The Latah Eagle Volume 1, Issue 4 Editor & Publisher: Barry A. Johnson editor@thelataheagle.com Advertising Agent: Rachel Schiell advertise@thelataheagle.com Contributors: Seth Toeben Darrell Davis John Smalldridge On the Cover: Jayne Smith, Emilea Dodge The Latah Eagle P.O. Box 497 Potlatch, ID 83855 (208) 310-2769

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St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church Uniontown, Washington

The following was extracted from a church pamphlet on the building’s history:

In the summer of 1878, Uniontown Catholics constructed a primitive building to serve as the first St. Boniface church. It was finished in the spring of 1879 and the Rev. John B. Brondel said his first Mass and blessed it in the name of St. Boniface, the patron saint of Germany, homeland of a majority of the first Uniontown settlers.

But a cramped, rustic church no longer suited the needs of Uniontown area Catholics and new one was built between 1880 and 1882.

In 1888 the Rev. Anton Joehren began developing plans for a permanent building, magnificent enough to satisfy the needs of a growing congregation.

A drive for funds bogged down in 1893 when the nation was battered by a financial panic and the Uniontown country had a legendary crop failure. Plans for a new church weren’t revived until 1902 and the money was either pledged or raised by 1904.

Uniontown brick and architectural tastes of German Catholics were combined that year to construct the present St. Boniface.

Except for a few minor alterations, the church is the same as it was in 1904.

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