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Connie Jain Ferguson shared her knowledge about the best techniques for successfully grow-ing tomatoes during a presentation at the Gene-see Library. Topics included when to put starts in the ground (wait until the evening), what makes a reliable tomato cage (build your own out of wood), and why yellow tomatoes taste funky (they have lower acidity than the red ones). Attendees may have been inspired by the knowledge that the Genesee Library’s tomato tasting contest will be coming around this fall. Artwork from locals adorned the library as part of an April exhibit. The next big ticket item for the library is preparing for the summer reading program. This year’s theme: Superheroes.

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Kathleen Burns is the arts director for the City of Moscow, overseeing the Moscow Arts Commission as well as the Moscow Farmers Market Commission. As arts director, she over-sees the Third Street Gallery in Moscow City Hall, public art planning for Moscow and directs the annual Moscow Artwalk. She also oversees the Thursday Entertainment in the Park series at East City Park and several community art classes. As the lead for the Moscow Farmers Market, Kathleen works with several other city depart-ments to oversee the planning and facilitation of the market. The market team includes Barry McGarrah, on-site manager, Amanda Argona, AmeriCorps volunteer, Mat Hardin, lead labor-er, Heather Munson, sound technician, and DJ Scallorn, who manages paperwork and records

along with press and social media promotion. With market season upon us, we asked Kathleen to answer a few questions about the Moscow Farmers Market and the impact it’s had on the larger community. What are some of the changes you’ve no-ticed with the Moscow Farmers Market from the time you started until now?

Markets across the United States are growing rapidly. This has affected the Moscow Farmers Market because more individuals are interested in participating in the market. We are also growing new customers with the larger footprint on Main Street. The mar-ket has moved several times in its 38-year history. We started out in the Moscow City Hall parking lot, moved to Friendship Square, the Jackson Street Parking Lot and now Main Street. With each move, the footprint of the market has increased in size. With the expansion of the market, we have seen several changes. The Moscow Farmers Market was the first market in Idaho to ac-cept EBT/SNAP (Food Stamps). This has been a very successful partnership with Backyard Harvest. As a produce-first market, we have encour-

aged many small farmers in developing their business in the market. Several new growers have graduated from the WSU Organic Farm program and this has been a benefit to the Moscow Farmers Market.

What benefits do you think the Farmers Market brings to the town of Moscow and to the broader region?

The market has become a place for friends to meet and has created a place for social equi-ty between different parts of our society. The Moscow Farmers Market is a real community builder and it’s a place that guarantees public activity. It is a great space for interaction in a social and economic way. The Moscow Market is one of the few mar-kets that accept walk-on vendors. This is a great opportunity for individuals to “try out” their product and see if it is a viable option for a potential business. By incubating small business, I think the market helps build new enterprises. Several businesses have been developed through the market: Joseph’s Grainery, Panhandle Artisan Bread Co., Sisters Cookie Company, Sticky Fin-gers Farm, Moscow Urban Farm/Victory Farm,

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Throughout the year, local VFW and American Legion partic-ipants honor departed veterans in the area in different ways, but for special times like Memorial Day, they work that much harder. Les Pixley, Commander of the Potlatch VFW, heads to Scenic 6 Park in Potlatch for a ceremony at the war memorial and 100-foot flag pole. The honor guard performs be-tween 15 and 18 funerals per year, each one with the potential to be different from the others, but at the Memorial Day ceremony ev-erything falls into a set order. “We have a guest speaker for Memorial Day,” Les said. “We have a little ceremony, place flowers, a wreath, and raise the flag. We read the order that was given in 1868 to establish the first Memorial Day. The flag stays at half mast until the end when we play ‘To the Colors’ and raise the flag all the way.” For funeral services, Les calls on as many of the color guard that can make it, including the chap-lain. They follow basic commands throughout and fire M1-Garand rifles, three shots each, before the funeral ends. As the only color guard in the

Story by Jeremy Vetter Potlatch area, the VFW goes to fu-nerals in North Latah County and Whitman County, with about half in Palouse. Les has traveled as far as Oakesdale for funerals, helped the Garfield American Legion with ceremonies there, and command-ed the color guard in Colfax. He also makes sure to gather everything that could possibly be needed before driving to the funer-al site. “We try to bring everything,” Les said. “You don’t know what you’re going to run into. Every col-or guard, they’re all so similar but sometimes the service varies. The family wants something different.” The number of flags furnished at each funeral varies from time to time. According to Les, the flags come from the State National Guard from Spokane or Post Falls, and they’re paid for by the govern-ment. Sometimes they furnish two flags because a couple of people connected to the deceased want that remembrance. Les stated that the Potlatch VFW takes great pride in tending to cemeteries in more ways that honor our fallen veterans. “We work on upkeep of ceme-teries,” Les said. “We reset the flag-pole at the Frieze cemetery. It was leaning severely and we had to lift

it out and put a better base on it.” Freize isn’t the only cemetery outside of Potlatch that the VFW has been to, nor is it in the only flag pole that Les has helped install. Potlatch VFW installed a flagpole at a Colfax cemetery and placed several grave markers in the area. “Then there were some vet remains abandoned in a funer-al home. So last year we claimed some and had an honor guard cer-emony where we buried the ash-es,” Les stated. Les’s commandership ends soon and he looks forward to help-ing the VFW as just one of the men when Joseph Harrison III takes over as commander. Of the change, Les said, “It’s high time somebody else took over.” In Moscow, American Legion post adjutant Chris Bailey talked about the ceremony they put on in conjunction with the Moscow VFW at the Latah County Fair-grounds each Memorial Day. “We use the f a i r g r o u n d s so it’s weath-er friendly for everyone. We start at 11 a.m. and have a guest speaker, the Moscow Ju-nior High band, and the memorial wreath placement in memory of our veterans,” Chris said. Chris also discussed how the American Legion displays flags around Moscow’s thor-oughfares. “We put about 200 flags on Main Street and along the highway all through town, which is new this year,” Chris said. “A lot of our members

will do Legion flags and then go help with VFW flags at the ceme-tery because they’re members of both.” Helping with Memorial Day ceremonies only makes up part of the Moscow Legion’s contribution. Among other things, they take care of the display in East City Park. Additionally, they have a goal of involving more groups than just theirs. Gropp Electric helped with the lighting around the area there, and other Moscow businesses and clubs, like the Moscow Garden Club, help, too. “The VFW put a nice flagpole out there. We both take care of that, and we like to involve the community so it’s not just us doing it. It’s the community, community businesses, getting involved,” Chris said. VFW and American Legion or-

ganizations across Latah and Whitman counties not m e n t i o n e d in detail here serve their communities in similar ways, includ-ing Kendrick

VFW, the Genesee American Le-gion, the Moscow VFW, the Pot-latch American Legion, and the Garfield American Legion.

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The Potlatch Honor Guard at a ceremony in Scenic 6 Park during Memorial Day, 2012. This year’s ceremony is at 11 a.m. The Moscow American Legion will also hold an event at 11 a.m. at the Latah County Fairgrounds.

Photo courtesy of Les Pixley

Ken Asterlnd of the Potlatch VFW gives a speech at Scenic 6 Park during Memorial Day, 2013.

Photo courtesy of Les Pixley

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Bak-er-Lind Post 3913, located in Kendrick, accom-plished a lot this past year. Deary Lions Club, headed by President Earl Aldrich (also a VFW Post 3913 life member) and the town of Deary had their annual Deary Days parade (Honoring Veterans and active duty military) this past August. It was a great success with Post 3913 and 25 local veterans and active duty personnel leading the parade,

including members from the Army ROTC, Universi-ty of Idaho. Thank you CPT Chris D. Greenleaf, Clark Lewis and all others who at-tended. Free BBQ meal was provided in the city park for all veterans. THANK YOU DEARY for your support for Veterans and their families. Post 3913 members Jo-seph Groves, Earl Aldrich, and Bill Winegarden ren-ovated the Deary Veterans M e m o r i a l / Re c o g n i t i o n structure with donations from Deary Recreation Dis-

trict, KC Capps Construction of Deary, Sher-man-Williams Paint and Moscow Glass and Aw-ning both from Moscow. The Post also donated a flag for the park in honor of Bob Hanson (De-ceased VFW member from Deary). Quartermaster (retired Senior Chief) Jo-seph Groves and Senior Master Sergeant David Lond Brunstad were presented patriotic quilts from the local Quilts of Valor organization. Thank you so much ladies. VFW Post 3913 member and Junior Vice Commander Bill Winegarden helped constuct

and erect a flag pole for the Deary Cemetary. Rod Hovey, Earle Arnold, Commander Frank Dammerell (along with Pat Dammerell, Frank’s wife and veteran) organized and set up an indoor “yard sale” at the VFW hall on Novem-ber 15. Many thanks to all who donated items for the sale. Donations and proceeds equaled $1,170. THERE IS ANOTHER SALE scheduled May 2, 2015. Many great deals. Post 3913 members particiapted in cele-brating the lives of Kenneth Hart (former U.S Army) and Leroy Pearson (former U.S. Army National Guard) at the gravesite in the Bovill cemetary. Pastor Murray Stanton from Deary served as Chaplain, and his son Gray masterful-ly played taps on his trumpet. Bill Winegarden as always was at the forefront for the cosmetic beauty for these veteran gravesites. LTC Brad K. Martin, University of Idaho Army ROTC volun-teered as guest speaker.

Contributed by Joseph Groves of Deary

Kendrick VFW looks back on a year of action

Kendrick VFW Fundraiser Yard SaleSaturday, May 2, 9am - 3pm

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Senior Master Sergeant David Lond Brunstad is presented with a patriotic quilt from the local Quilts of Valor organization.

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Experienced. Solid. Local.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Harris

The 55th annual Locust Blossom Festival comes to Kendrick on Saturday, May 30. The festival will begin at 8 a.m. with two fun runs. Registration for the fun runs begins at 7 a.m. This year’s theme, “A Celebration of Flow-ers,” honors the Hill and Valley Garden Club’s 50th anniversary. There will be a flower show during the weekend with entries due Friday, May 29, at 4 p.m. Family activities include the children’s area – marionette theatre to watch, horses and bun-nies to pet included – and festival attendees may browse the quilt and art shows, with art provided by local adults and youth. The new Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foun-dation’s Historical Museum will examine local pioneer life, including ranching and homemak-ing displays and show history videos all day. Other activities include races and face painting for kids, a BBQ lunch costing $8 per

person for everyone, an antique tractor and car showing, live mu-sic by Beargrass and a 3-on-3 bas-ketball tournament. The Grand Marshal reception at Kups Koffee House and the pa-rade comprise a big part of the events. This year’s grand marshals are Don and Lawana Ingle of Ken-drick and Jayne Smith and her son Ernie Smith of Juliaetta. Don and Lawana retired to Kendrick, where Don grew up, and took active community roles. Be-fore retirement, Don worked as a research scientist in New Jersey in veterinary medicine. His wife, Lawana, became a classical vocalist and has taught voice and piano lessons. Although Jayne Smith and her husband Don left Idaho, she now lives in Juliaetta, her hometown. In 1994, she retired from Potlatch #1 Credit Union and took to sculpting her gar-

den and helping the community. Her son, Ernie, has been beside her in community service and readily aids both the city of Juliaetta and any-one in need. For more details about this year’s Locust Blossom Festival, contact Sharon Harris at 208-289-4622.

Story by Jeremy Vetter

Moscow’s Scottish Bagpipers march down Main Street in Kendrick during last year’s Locust Blossom Festival.

Kendrick celebrates 55th Locust Blossom Festival

Juliaetta-Kendrick Historical Foundation mem-bers realized a hard-earned dream come true as the museum opened for visitors April 25. At the dedi-cation service, the outstanding work of Chris Kow-rach was acknowledged. Her work in preserving the Kendrick Gazettes and other archival items has been vital to the organization. Jan Patterson has been a vital player in the setup of the museum. Loeda Reil and Sharon Harris have spent four years compiling and writing history of the area. Mark Mustoe joined us last year and was a key figure in compiling the Southwick History. The short dedication ceremony upstairs was conducted by JKHF President Sharon Harris and consisted of two musical numbers played by Sharon on the “Thomas” Pump Organ, and Lois (Thomas) Iller on the flute. Lois’ husband Bob wrote and recit-

ed a blessing for the museum. The entry room into the museum is dedicated to the Illers, who have been very generous in providing financial support and artifacts for the museum. The work area room is dedicated to the memory of Ar-lene Watts Wallace. Her family has been extremely generous is donating artifacts. During the upstairs dedication, we also had the recent video histories of Kendrick and Juliaetta showing downstairs by Marsha Schoeffler. Refresh-ments were available on the ground floor. The museum will be open on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will be open all day on Locust Blossom Festival so that visitors to Kendrick may enjoy it. Additionally, showings of historical DVD’s will occur in the Main Street level at the festival.

Ranching is one of the sections on display at the new Juliaetta-Kendrick Historical Museum, located at the Kendrick Grange.

Historical Museum opens in Kendrick Grange Bldg.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Harris

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The Whitman County Happy Hooves 4-H Club is sponsoring an open horse show on Saturday, May 2 at the Palouse Empire Fair-grounds. Check-in and registration will begin at 7 a.m. and classes at 8 a.m. The show is a state-qualifying event for Whitman County 4-H members and is also open to non-4-H competitors. Twenty-four classes will be offered, and buckles for overall high points will be awarded in each age division. Participants may register for $8 per class. Contact Katie Whetzel at 208-301-1170 for more information. The Happy Hooves Club will use proceeds from concessions sold at the event to fund a community service project.

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Garfield-Palouse singers perform at SafeCo Field

A group of Garfield and Palouse girls that came together as a choir a year ago under the direction of Rebecca Hempill realized their dreams on April 22 when they sang the Nation-al Anthem before the Seattle Mariners’ game against the Houston Astros at Safeco Field. The dream began in the spring of 2014, when the girls, who were then all at the Gar-field-Palouse Middle School, showed up for volleyball game days dressed in school colors. Hemphill suggested that they consider pre-senting the National Anthem at middle school sports activities. The girls were all exceptional singers, and at one time or another had been featured soloists in concert, so confidence was

not an issue. The girls began performing at various Garfield-Palouse sporting events, first in the middle school and then in the high school. Then they were invited to perform the National Anthem for a WSU base-ball game, and in the fall, at a WSU men’s basketball game. Then, after the choir reached out with a recording of the girls in performance, the Seattle Mariners

made the ultimate dream into a reality. The girls – four of whom were now in high school, and one of whom had moved to Virginia, were invited to perform the National Anthem for the Mariners. Every one of the girls was thrilled, and on April 22, the choir and their chaperones – and a big group of family and friends – were in Seattle for the experience of a lifetime. The girls warmed up in the Mariners’ media room, and then sang The Star Spangled Banner for the crowd at Safeco Field, as everyone watched on the giant center field screen! Congratulations to Libby Akin, Emily Bag-got, Desi Brown, Keely Burnes, Lenae Caud-le, Payson Griner, Emmy Gregg, Hope Kriebel, Ainslee Marcus, Emily Perkins, and Lauren Welch, and to the director who had the vision, Rebecca Hemphill!

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Story contributed by Bob Russell of Garfield-Palouse Middle School

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At the end of May, the Knuckle Skrape’Rs, a Palouse-area car club, hosts the 11th Annual Spring BBQ and Hot Rod Gathering in Palouse. The BBQ, vendors and free car show will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 30. The car show itself features only pre-1965 rides. Entering a hot

rod in the show costs $10. This event features not only the cars, but also a number of lo-cal acts. Live music is going to be featured along with pinstripers and the Rolling Hills Derby Dames, who help guide show participants to their parking spots and also put on a demonstration derby, in which Knuckle Skrape’Rs mem-bers sometimes join.

Other amenities include a Tex-as-style BBQ and various food and merchandise vendors. This hot rod show encourages both mint-restored cars and what the Knuckle Skrape’Rs call jalop-ies, kustoms, lead sleds, choppers and bobbers. There is a space limit of 150 vehicles. The members of the Knuckle Skrape’Rs car club get together to build and discuss hot rods. Marc VanHarn, Knuckle Sk-rape’Rs member and owner of Vin-tage Velocity Rods in Palouse, said that the club began around 2000 with founding member Forrest Rahrer. Marc joined him soon after, and since then a few friends have joined the mix, totaling 12 at the moment. While a lot of individuals have asked over the years if they can join the club, Marc has stated that being a Knuckle Skrape’Rs mem-ber is by invitation only, because, “It’s just never been our directive to have some huge club.

“The Knuckle Skrape’Rs is made up of good friends who love to build, innovate and feed off each other. We learn from each other, constantly strive to improve our capabilities and knowledge, and take care of each other,” Marc said. When asked if the club mem-bers really do build what they drive instead of putting their cre-ations into storage, Marc assures they do. “Drive, drive, drive,” Marc said. “We like to support a few local shows as well as plan a couple fair-ly long-distance ones. We hit our faves and check out new stuff, too.” As for the car show and BBQ, Marc reiterated what the main point of the event should be. “It’s really about fostering the build-it-and-drive-it mentality of hot rodding,” he said. For more information about the show, vendors, attractions or BBQ contact the Knuckle Skrape’Rs by email at [email protected].


Knuckle Skrape’Rs rev up for Palouse hot rod show and BBQ

Photo courtesy of Teresa Heitmann

Enthusiasts gather in Palouse during last year’s hot rod show. This year’s show is May 30.

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On Tuesday April 7 at 12:30 p.m., the Pot-latch FFA chapter left for the 84th annual State Leadership Conference in Twin Falls. We toured the Vanes Dairy in Marsing, where we were able to see the newborn calves, the milking process, and even how they mix their cow feed. After the tour we loaded up and headed for Twin Falls. When we got to the hotel we checked in and got into official dress for the first session of the 2015 State Conference. Our first stop on Thurs-day was dropping the horse judging team off at

the Expo Building, and everybody else head-ed to the Independent Meats tour. At the second session we heard the retir-ing addresses of our 2014-2015 state trea-surer, Justin Nesbitt, and our state reporter, Emily Hicks. We also witnessed the finals for Extemporaneous speaking, and FFA Creed. We began Friday with the fourth general session. During this session we also got the pleasure of hearing the Western region vice president Caleb Gustin with his speech “Set Your Sights”. We had a “Days of Service” proj-ect that involved volunteering at the Salva-

tion Army, working at the food bank and stock-ing shelves in the store. On Saturday, we attended the sixth and fi-nal session of the 2015 State Leadership Con-ference. There, we heard the touching retiring address of our 2014-2015 state President, Mitch Royer. After his retirement, the 2015-2016 state officers were announced. When the conference adjourned, we packed up and head-ed home We packed a whole lot of fun, laughter, and learning in just five days. A special thanks to the Idaho FFA Association, and the Idaho FFA state officers. Thank you Mr. Kane for this wonderful experience!

Local FFA chapters return from Twin Falls trip

Photo courtesy of Weston Kane

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Troy FFA students in Twin Falls included Madi-son Sanderson, 5th place, extemporaneous speaking, Whitney Frederickson, 9th place, prepared public speaking, Sarah Fry, 5th place, creed speaking, and Chanda Knapik, talent portion singing. Hannah Doumit received the Dwaine Tesnohlide-tz Washington Leadership Conference scholarship and will go to Washington D.C., and Taylor Sanderson, won the Tractor Raffle scholarship and got a 1st place job interview. She’ll represent Idaho in Louisville, KY. Paige McGraw, Erica Case, Jimmy Gilder, Britta Wright, Mitchell Sandquist, Nick Powell, Riley Hagen-baugh, McKenzie Malm, Ashley Chastain, and Gabby Girard also placed individually or in teams. Competition placements included floriculture at 16th, nursery and landscaping at 12th, and parliamen-tary procedure at 2nd. Recipients of the State Degree, the highest FFA award, were Chanda, Paige, Ashley, Madison, Erica, and Gabby.

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Rebekah Cope helps alphabetize books and storytime programs at the Juliaetta Library. The Juliaetta Library averages 35–40 hours of volunteer help each month, and Rebecca is their youngest helper. Volunteers help with everything from un-packing crates to assisting with elementary school class visits.

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Below is information on special events in Whitman and Latah County libraries for May. For information about regular storytimes and other monthly events, visit www.latahlibrary.org or www.whitco.lib.wa.us.

Mon, May 4, 6pm: Essential Oils Tea Party. Join us for warm all-nat-ural teas, yummy healthful treats and homemade take home gifts made with oils.Sat, May 9, 11am: Mother’s Day Gift. Kids can come make a Mother’s Day gift and decorate a cookie for the person they call mom.

Mon, May 4, 5pm: Social Media Marketing for Business. Josh King of Tinderbox Consulting will lead a presentation about marketing your business with social media.

Wed, May 27, 4:30pm: Adult Craft Night. Come in with your friends and create a masterpiece at Adult Craft Night.

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Sat, May 16, 11am-2pm: May Day Book Sale. The Garfield Library will be joining in on the town’s May Day festivities with a book sale.

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East City Park hosts the Moscow Renais-sance Fair May 2 and 3. Free admission encour-ages folks to attend the 42nd annual Ren Fair in Moscow, where they’ll hear music, see per-formances, play with their kids in the children’s area, and shop dozens of booths selling art, ar-

tisan works, and food. Musicians and performers from the Moscow/Pullman area make up most of the entertain-ment. The rest are coming from nearby Boise, Seattle, and En-terprise, Oregon, with others traveling an even farther dis-tance. On Saturday, the Ren Fair Pa-rade weaves through the park, passing along the booths and picking up onlookers as it goes. Whitney Schroeder, public relations coordinator for the Ren Fair, said, “We encourage anyone to participate. There’s

usually people joining in the parade with mu-sical instruments and a variety of other items depending on the year.” The Ren Fair wants to focus on renaissance of art and spring. However, Whitney said that medieval-era enhancements also work into the event’s fabric—enhancements like a papier mâché dragon.

“In our parade we have a large papier mâché dragon, which can look more Chinese than me-dieval, that gets carried around the park, too,” Whitney said. Those attending the Ren Fair can take no-tice of the belly dancing and fire spinning—both from Moscow-area residents—and the children’s area, which includes a bungee jump, marionette theatre, and a small petting zoo with horses and bunnies. Listeners shouldn’t expect much top-40 radio music. Sharing the stage with American rock and blues acts are groups playing Irish, bluegrass, folk, and tribal music. Instrumen-tation crosses the spectrum from electric and acoustic guitars, violin/fiddle, mandolin, dulci-mer and percussion, to other common and not-so-common instruments. Festival-goers should plan on bringing their own water bottles, as plastic bottles will not be sold this year. More information on this year’s Renais-sance Fair can be found online at www.moscowrenfair.org. Contact Whitney at [email protected] with any questions.

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The Potlatch Logger Band has been selected for the chance of a lifetime—The opportunity to par-ticipate in the Disney Performing ArtsOnstage Program! Our band will spend June 17-20 at “the hap-piest place on earth,” performing onstage and learning from Disney professionals. On the first day, our group of

6th-12th graders will perform LIVE for park guests on the Disneyland California Adventures Hollywood Backlot Stage. The following day, we will have the unique opportu-nity to participate in a “Soundtrack Session” at a Disney studio. Af-ter 90 minutes of instruction and practice, we will record a selection from a Disney movie score while watching the movie—just the way the pros do it! As Potlatch School District’s

music director for 23 years, Doug Richards chose to send an audition tape for this group: “I’ve had lots of special groups of students…This is an excellent group of fun and hard-working students with varied up-bringing who get along pretty well. It also takes a community such as Potlatch to believe in our music ed-ucation goals and life experience goals for our kids. Disneyland is more than Amusement Park rides. It’s a place these kids can look back on and say, ‘Our group was good enough to be on that world- class stage.’ ” Our band is working hard to raise funds for the 45 performers. There are two events on May 9 at the high scool gym: A “Mad Hatter Mother’s Tea” at 1 p.m. ($10) and a “Cabaret and Dance” at 6 p.m. ($5), as well as a raffle. Contact Doug Richards at 208-875-1231 to learn more. Donations can also be made at gofundme.com/potlatchband. Help make our dreams come true!

Potlatch Band raising funds for Disney trip

Contributed by Lily Veith, Potlatch 6th Grader

Author Lily Veith of the Potlatch Elementary School Band is hoping to raise enough funds for her and 44 other performers to travel to Disneyland this June.

Potlatch’s Mountain Home Grange hosts annual Spring Craft Fair May 2 The Mountain Home Grange, located a few miles north of Potlatch Junction off Highway 95, will hold a craft fair on May 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Craft and food vendors will be on hand to sell their wares. Vendors this year include Avon, Bling, 31 Bags and Scentsy. Items on sale will include soaps, clothes, jewelry, baked goods and other handmade items. Lunch will also be avail-able for puchase. The Craft Fair is a perfect op-portunity to pick up something for Mother’s Day, which is just around the corner! All proceeds raised at the Craft Fair will benefit the Moun-tain Home Grange.

Photo courtesy of David Hall

Fritz Knorr, with tuba in hand, leads a march and dance in last year’s Renaissance Fair parade.

Photo courtesy of Suzanne Veith

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The new addition on the Deary Community Center provides more room for community members and organizations to host events. Shelly Cannon, president and treasurer of the Deary Recreation District, said the community cen-ter now gets used almost to 100% availability. As an example of that,

April had bookings almost every day, morning and night. The Spud Hill Seniors Meal Site uses the community center every Tuesday. They’re joined by activ-ities like baby showers, wedding showers, and birthdays along with clubs and organizations like Pine Creek Logging, multiple 4-H clubs, the Palouse Back Country Horse-men and the Latah County Sher-

riff ’s Mounted Posse. The Recreation District owns the community center, and when they originally built it they knew it remained incomplete. “We knew when we built the building we wanted to add on someday,” Shelly said. To complete the community center, used savings, their tax base, grants, and a sizable anonymous donation, which Shelly said “came completely out of the blue.” “We could have built on with-out that, but it would have been pretty basic,” she said. Shelly made it clear that even though the entire location lies uncompleted, the money in hand pays for the necessary tasks. She went on to elaborate on the bless-ing that the donation provided. “The property used to be a fer-tilizer plant, and we’re still in the process of getting drainage issues worked out. Also, a lot of excavat-ing needs to be done for parking.” So, with the center’s addi-tion and its remaining costs al-

ready paid for, Shelly turned her sights to the next goal, the resto-ration of the old one-room school-house-turned-museum, once at-tached to the previous building before it was torn down to make room for the community center. “There’s a lot of old things from the area, high school artifacts, logging artifacts, photographs, and other items that go back to the roots of Deary as a railroad stop,” Shelly stated. With current building and maintenance tasks, recreation dis-trict leaders felt spread too thin to initiate work on the museum themselves. But Shelly came up with a plan to alleviate the logjam. “If we could find some people in Deary interested in being on a committee to get the museum fin-ished, we’d welcome them,” Shelly said. Call the clerk at Deary city hall at 208-877-1582 to book the com-munity center. To talk about form-ing a committee to restore the mu-seum, call Shelly at 208-877-1494.


Deary Community Center fills up after improvements

From left to right, Deary recreation district commissioners Shelly Cannon, Renee Ellsworth and Dellrae Warner stand in front of the Deary Community Center.

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Moscow American Legion Dudley Loomis Post 6 would like to invite Latah County Resi-dents and Veterans to the 2015 Memorial Day community event at the Latah County Fair-grounds on Monday, May 25. The event will start promptly at 11 a.m. We would also like to invite Latah County veterans to check out the American Legion at one of our regular meetings; our next meeting is on Tuesday, May 5 starting at 7 p.m. A fun veterans family option would be to visit the American Legion at our social events. Our next BBQ is on Tuesday, June 2 starting at 6 p.m. All of our meetings and social events are held at the Moscow American Legion Cabin lo-cated at 317 South Howard. You can also look

us over at www.dudleyloomispost6.org. Dudley Loomis Post 6 is currently work-ing on replacing some of the older US flags that fly in the Moscow downtown area during Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July and Vet-erans Day. We are also working on expanding the amount of US flags that fly in the Moscow downtown area. The Lions Club has made a generous dona-tion to this project and I am asking other com-munity members, organizations and groups if they would make a contribution to Dudley Loomis Post 6 for the replacement and ex-pansion of US flags around the Moscow Main Street area and highway. Contributions can be mailed to P.O. Box 8195, Moscow, ID 83843. Questions should be directed to Chrisropher Bailey at [email protected], 208-882-6284.

Contributed by Christopher Bailey of Moscow

Moscow American Legion invites public to events, works on flags for the downtown area

Troy, Whitepine school districts hold levy votes on May 19 The Troy and Whitepine school districts will hold supplemental levy elections on Tuesday, May 19. Supplemental levies support educational programs and curric-ulum. If the levies fail, school dis-tricts will be forced to cut programs including arts, PE and agricultural education classes. Staff cuts will also be on the line. The Troy School District (TSD)is asking for $1,200,000 and Whitepine School District (WSD) is asking for $850,000. “If you have a house valued at $150,000 and you have a home-owners exemption, then the tax increase will be less than $10 a month,” said TSD Superintendent

Christy Castro. Christy added that, “Some peo-ple think the issue of program and staff cuts are a scare tactic, but it’s actually not. The levy is one third of our general fund.” The Whitepine District is also seeking a slight increase in their levy this year. WSD Superintendent Tera Reeves said, “We are always so grateful for voters approving the funds we need to maintain our pro-grams.” More information about the election can be found at latah.id.us/elections/. A detailed infor-mational pamphlet about the Troy levy can be found at www.sd287.k12.id.us.

The Elk River Volunteer Fire Department wishes to thank all those who attended the Department’s fundraiser on March 14. Over $12,000 was raised to go towards the new building fund, exceeding the goal of $10,000.

Com. Center seeks donated items The Southwick Community Center will be having a yard sale to benefit the center’s building fund on June 6. The Center is in need of donated items for the sale. For more information, contact Tim Parsley at 208-289-4495, 208-791-8131, [email protected], or Mark Mustoe at 509-990-8841.

Elk River Fire Dept. fundraiser a success

Cooking Basics, presented by UI Extension and AmeriCorps, will introduce beginning cook-ing topics, including: food safety, knife skills, com-mon methods of cooking, meal planning, reading recipes, and various preparation techniques. Each class will focus on a different set of skills. We will prepare and enjoy a nutritious, inexpensive meal each night! Please register in advance so we can ensure adequate supplies. 208-892-4575 ext. 3553 or [email protected]. The classes will take place each Wednesday in May from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

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Potlatch Eagle Scout Kenneth Wheatley led a project to replace the concrete bar-riers in front of the Potlatch Elementary School with ten planter boxes. Working on the boxes allowed Kenneth to show his leadership ability and give back to his community.

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The Palouse-Clearwater Food Coalition will be hosting the first Com-munity Lending Network meeting June 1 in downtown Moscow at Gnosh (215 South Main Street, Moscow). This meeting is for those who are in-terested in strengthening our local economy through peer-to-peer low interest loans, community focused Certificates of Deposit, local lending clubs, and more. Come hear stories from local farms and food businesses that are looking for support. Light appetizers will be provided by the Palouse-Clearwater Food Coalition (with thanks to a Dime-in-Time grant through the Moscow Food Co-op!) Dinner will be available for purchase at the restaurant + no-host bar. For more info, contact Amanda Snyder: [email protected]

The Garfield Community Association is organizing the town’s May Day Celebration to take place May 16. Food and fun in the Garfield Park will start at 9 a.m. and last until 2 p.m. A kiddie parade will start at 10:45 a.m. on California Street, and the main parade will start at 11 a.m. Vendors will be selling goods in the park and there will be bouncy castles and other games for kids to enjoy.

Pullman Garden hosts open house

Photo courtesy of Tim Paulitz

The Pullman Community Gardens at Koppel Farm will host a Spring Fair and Open House on Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The garden is located on the corner of Derby St. and Professional Mall Blvd. From 12-2:30, short educational talks on gardening and bee-keeping will be given. There are still some plots vailable. Cost is $25 for a 10 x 10 foot plot and $50 for a 20 x 20 foot plot. Email [email protected] or visit sites.google.com/site/koppelfarm/ for more information.

The Latah County Vehicle Posse Search and Rescue volunteers are seeking new members who are interested in learning more about what the group is all about. The Search and Rescue volunteers work with the Latah County Sher-iffs’ Office to help find lost people. The Vehicle Posse assists using motor-ized vehicles such as 4-wheelers, 4-wheel-drive vehicles and snowmo-biles. Anybody interested in learning more about the group is welcome to attend a meeting. The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month on the second floor boardroom of the Gritman Medical Center (700 S. Main St., Moscow) at 7 p.m. For more information or questions about the group, email [email protected].

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“Girls, come! Come-on.” It’s lunch time out at JerryLee Farm and Lee is calling. Lee points out a big white ewe, Wanda. “She’s eight years old and a super mom,” Lee said. “She’s paid her dues, I won’t breed her again.” The sheep are at ease, chickens running through their feet, and the barn quite peaceful as the sheep eat. “This is not factory farming,” said Lee. “These animals have a lot of attention and good care.” Lee purchased her first sheep in 1976 to graze the steep hillside adjacent to her home. But after go-ing through some tough personal times, she said, her sheep became her friends. Yet even before then, Lee said, “I’ve always had a very strong at-traction for animals.” It was this affection that drove Lee to be a sort of pioneer in the

male-only Agricultural science world of the mid 20th century. “I was the first girl in the state of Wisconsin to have ever taken agri-culture in high school,” she said. The norm was for girls to take home economics, which she did. But with a new sympathetic prin-cipal her junior year, Lee also be-gan taking agriculture classes with the boys and excelled. Yet even after becoming the lead FFA judge at her school, Lee wasn’t allowed to attend the na-tional competition in Kansas City in 1958 because she was a girl. Nor would the FFA allow her to wear the official jacket—“I lusted after those blue corduroy jackets,” she said. But after entering the animal science program at the University of Wisconsin with one other girl, Lee’s love for animals and her ag-ricultural acumen shined, and ev-erywhere she went after that her careful expertise was in high de-

mand. In 1969, she came to Washing-ton State and started a career at WSU’s School of Veterinary Medi-cine that lasted nearly 30 years. After her initial need for an organic lawn mower, Lee realized, “Sheep are a wonderful animal for a woman, because they aren’t so huge.” And with her first harvest of wool, she had found what would become a lifelong work. Jerry and Lee Bates have been on their farm just west of Hwy 95 and east of Palouse, since 1991. With Jerry retired nearly the whole time and Lee for the last 15 years, they have enjoyed working togeth-er to outfit their farm and make it a beautiful place that both they and their sheep enjoy. This last March, Lee had a 200% lambing crop from her five ewes. With a black ram, Lee gets some colorful sheep that aren’t always appreciated by the main-stream markets. But she prefers the primitive breeds, specifically Icelandic, which have been around for 1,200 years, and sticks to what she likes. “The icelan-dic sheep have wonderful tasting meat, and they have very nice fi-ber,” she said. In April, Jerry and Lee held their annual Shearing Bee. Local shear-er Martin Dib-ble showed up to shear around 40

sheep for eight farmers. Remembering threshing time from her days growing up in the Midwest, Lee said, “I think lambing time is better than Christmas.” Also in attendance at the Shearing Bee were a few veteri-nary students and a veterinarian from Washington State. After the ovine programs at both WSU and the U of I shut down in the early 2000s, it became im-portant for the students to have other opportunities to work with sheep, Lee said. “The vet students need all the exposure they can get, so conse-quently I do believe in patronizing the veterinary school.” Of course, after the shearing, foot trimming, vaccinating, and the rest, every one sat down to a meal in good old barn-raising fashion. The main course? Turkey prepared by Jerry. If you are interested in know-ing more about JerryLee Farm and their offerings, please contact them at [email protected].

Veteran shearer Martin Dibble lends a hand during a work party hosted at JerryLee Farm.

Sheep are friends on JerryLee Farm

Lee and Jerry Bates raise icelandic sheep on their farm near Viola.

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Photo by Seth Toebben

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Kids have been playing the Great American Pastime of baseball for generations – continue the tradition with Moscow Parks and Rec’s Youth Baseball! Youth T-Ball / Baseball is for boys and girls ages 6-12 (except those involved in Babe Ruth). Children must be 6 years of age before June 1, 2015. All other ages must be as of September 1, 2015. Price includes a team hat; mandatory reversible Parks and Recreation shirts may be purchased at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center ($16.00 + tax).Registration open now – May 10

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Summer Break Kids’ Kamp Are you looking for a great place for your kids to be during summer break? Check out Moscow Parks and Recreation’s Summer Break Kids’ Kamp - every day is filled with exciting activities and fun adventures, including crafts, games, swimming, and trips to fun and interesting places. Register for half-day, full day – or sign up for the whole summer and don’t miss a single adventure! $18.00/child full day, $9.00/child half-day (plus tax).Registration open now – Thursday prior

Hunting Spring Mushrooms - May 17 The month of May means morel season! Join us as we embark on an active outdoor hide and seek adventure as we hike in the mountains to search under trees and logs for fungi treasure that you can then take home and use to make healthy, delicious meals! If the weather coop-erates, we should be able to find a variety of mushrooms and sac fungi, including morels, false morels, and cup fungi. We begin at the HIRC with an orientation, then caravan to the site. $42.00/person resident, $44.00/person non-residentRegistration open now – May 13

Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp for Kids 8 – 14 Did you know that more people speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language in the world? Each year more and more students around the world are studying Chinese, and now your kids have a chance to begin learning Chinese, too, in our new two-week course! In addition to learning the basics of Mandarin Chinese, children will also get to experience different aspects of Chinese culture, including dance, martial arts, painting, cuisine, musical instruments and games. $80.00/child resident $81.00/child non-residentRegistration open now – June 5

Moscow Parks & Rec always has something to offer Moscow Parks and Recreation offers a variety of recreational and learning activities for children and adults. Below are some examples of upcoming programs that they have available. To register for an activity, or to view additional opportunities, vis-it the Moscow Parks and Recreation webpage at moscowrecreation.sportsites.com.

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Area nonprofits prepare for ‘Idaho Gives’ on May 7 Idaho Gives, an event dedicat-ed to raising money for Idaho non-profits, takes place on May 7 this year, and area organizations are poised to put funds raised to good use. Donations are accepted on or before May 7. The Potlatch WI&M Depot His-tory Preservation Group raised $2,500 last year, earning some ex-tra cash from the event thanks to the number of donations received. “We had about 60 people from Potlatch donate last year, and that’s 7 or 8 percent of the town’s

population,” said Jim West. The group plans to use money raised this year to continue ren-ovation on the building’s second floor. The space is currently being transformed into office space. The group’s Idaho Gives page is located at idahogives.razoo.com/story/Potlatch-Depot-Renovation. Other nonprofits in the participating in Idaho Gives can also be found on that site. To learn more about the WI&M Depot History Preserva-tion Group, visit wimryhpg.com.

The WI&M Depot in Potlatch won in its category due to the number of donations received during last year’s Idaho Gives event.

Just a short drive from downtown, Moscow Mountain offers a variety of recreational opportunities for bikers, hikers, runners, and horseback riders. Remarkably, the area is comprised entirely of private land which owners gra-ciously allow for public use. In the 1990s, local outdoor enthusiasts realized that the continued use of this land depended on responsible and respectful use by outdoor bikers and hikers. The Moscow Area Mountain Bike Association (MAM-BA) is a community organization that was founded by a dedicated group of bike-lov-ing volunteers and landowners to fund and build trails. The group meets regularly on weekends to maintain and expand trails throughout the year. Over the years, volunteers have dedicated countless hours to build over 70 miles of sustainable trails. The group also established trail etiquette for all users. The basics are to yield appropriately, never leave a trace, no fires, and be respectful of

the wildlife. “As mountain bikers we are all very independent, we mostly do runs alone,” said MAMBA President Scott Metlen, “but we work collabora-

tively to identify and address downed trees, erosion and soft spots. I can’t stress enough how we have to be good stewards of the land so we can all continue to enjoy it.” A condition of the landowners is that no signs be posted at trailheads or entrances. MAMBA mapped all their trails on GPS; pro-viding trail specifications such as mileage, technical and physical difficulty, as well as detailed accounts of how to navigate the trail.

These GPS maps are available for all MAMBA members for a $15 an-nual membership fee. The dues help pay for tool maintenance and the building of new trails. MAMBA has scheduled trail builds for May 2 and 30 and other dates throughout the summer. Visit their website, www.bikemoscow.org, or Facebook page for more information on how to get involved.

Mountain bikers help maintain Moscow Mountain trailsStory by Clayton Rennie

Bikers take in the view during a ride on Private Lands Trail.Photo courtesy of Aly Bean

Photo by Sam Johnson

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Rio Harris was a 15-year-old sophomore at Troy High School when she first got involved with the Latah County Youth Advocacy Coun-cil (LCYAC) as a youth ambassador. Since then, she’s been dedicated to helping young people stay away from drugs and alcohol. “I want to inspire youth to find their pas-sion in life by finding that thing to live for,” Rio said. “It can be athletics or science or art; I want to help people find that thing as early as they can so they don’t get lost. And I want to let kids know that they aren’t alone.” LCYAC is an organization that aims to re-

duce substance use by Latah County youth by providing opportunities for personal development. Their youth ambassador program is made up of high school students from all six Latah County school districts who pledge to abstain from illegal substances while promoting healthy attitudes, positive choices and service to their communi-ties. “As a youth ambassador, I always felt that my opinion was valued,” Rio said. “I think that gave me a lot of con-fidence, knowing that I could make a

difference.” Rio remembered one of her first accom-plishments in Troy was to help decrease under-age drinking during the town’s Old Timers’ Day. “My idea was to have a movie night in the park, so we got some sponsors and had snacks,” she said. “That was one of my first experiences in creating a change in my community.” The leadership of LCYAC was so impressed with Rio’s dedication that they created a job for her when she started attending UI. While studying public relations at the university, Rio has also been able to apply what she’s learned by managing LCYAC’s social media and internet presence as the group’s media coordinator.

Rio will be graduating from UI this month, and then plans on moving up to Coeur d’Alene to begin her position as the Director of Com-munity Engagement for Idaho Drug Free Youth. Her first task there will be to help with their four-day Idaho Youth Summit, which will be taking place between June 9–12. “It’s my favor-ite week of the year,” she said. Reflecting on what she’s enjoyed about the work she does, Rio said, “The realm of drug prevention is just an avenue for helping kids find their passions. To me, it’s important to be healthy, and I’m excited to be able to go on to Idaho Drug Free Youth and help kids across the state. I’m very lucky to have had the opportuni-ties that they’ve set up for me.” Before leaving, Rio will be preparing for the LCYAC Talent Show (see below) and searching for the next group of youth ambassadors. “The youth ambassadors strive to be positive role models. They try to live their lives as healthy as possible and try to demonstrate to kids that they can be happy and have fun without drugs and alcohol,” she said. Youth ambassador applications are due May 15, and can be found at www.latah.id.us/yac/ under ‘Forms.’ More information about at-tending the Idaho Youth Summit in June can be found at idahodrugfreeyouth.org.

Troy native finds passion from work with LCYAC

Photo courtesy of Corey Crownhart

Story by Sam Johnson

Rio Harris speaks about finding passion and making a difference at the 2015 iDFY Youth Leadership Retreat last November.

LCYAC celebrates youth with talent show and art showcase The Latah County Youth Advo-cacy Council (LCYAC) will host the 2015 Awards Night & Talent Show on Thursday, May 7, at 6 p.m. in the Kenworthy Performing Arts Cen-ter. Tickets to the event cost $5. The night will allow students from across Latah County to showcase their talents. Perform-ers have a chance to win cash prizes up to $150. Winners of LCYAC Awards will also be honored at the event. Performers will include Ally-son & Savannah LeForce (Potlatch), Adrija “Andru” Sudheesh (Mos-cow), Bailey Gray (Moscow), Bran-don Wheeler (Moscow), Cameron Barton (Genesee), Claire Wilson (Potlatch), Emily Groseclose (Ju-liaetta), Hailey Gomez (Moscow),

Hannah Kindelspire (Moscow), Izzy Burns (Moscow), Jennings R. Shook (Moscow), Katelyn “Katie” Bogar (Deary), Lynnsean Young (Moscow), Makenzie Stout (Gene-see) and Morgan Baier (Troy). Several young artists are also

currently on display in the Prichard Art Gallery Children’s Art Room until May 7. The artists on display in-clude Breanna Gilman (Moscow), Sydney Armstrong (Moscow), Jessica Holmes (Gen-

esee), Morgan Silflow (Kendrick), Maecie Robbins (Moscow), Cade Silflow (Kendrick), Griffin Olsen (Moscow) and Ryley Bryant (Mos-cow). The event can be found on Facebook under the title “2015 Awards Night & Talent Show.”

Historical Society hosts Mother’s Day tea party May 9 The Latah County Historical Society invites you to celebrate Moth-er’s Day with a Victorian Tea on Saturday, May 9. Tea will be served from 2 to 4 p.m. with four courses of traditional high tea fare. Courses will include finger sandwiches, breads and scones, cookies and sweets, and fruits and candy. Apple juice will be available for young-er attendees. The cost is $20 per guest, or $70 for a table of four. We are able to accommodate larger parties upon request. Space is limited, and tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, May 6. Guests are welcome to dress for the occasion. Seating will be ar-ranged throughout the mansion. Enjoy old fashioned etiquette tips and light music. For more information, or to RSVP, please call 208-882-1004, email [email protected], or stop by the Centennial Annex from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, at 327 East Second Street.

Car wash will benefit ATVP A car wash held at the Wash-ington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU) located at 405 SE Bishop Blvd in Pullman will benefit the nonprofit organization Alter-natives to Violence of the Palouse (ATVP).

The car wash will take place on May 2 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the WSECU parking lot. Fees are by donation. ATVP’s goal is to end domestic, sexual and individual violence and victimization on the Palouse.

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Peace Officers Memorial Day

Nurses Day

Kendrick VFW Yard Sale9am-3pm @ VFW Kendrick Hall (pg. 5)

ATVP Car Wash11am-3pm @ Pullman WSECU (pg. 17)

Whitman Co. 4H Club Show7am @ Palouse Empire Fairgrounds (pg. 17)

LCHS Mother’s Day Tea Party2-4pm @ McConnell Mansion (pg. 17)

Chipman & Taylor Classic Car Show

9am-3pm @ Pullman Chipman & Taylor

Garfield May Day Celebration9am-2pm in Garfield (pg. 13)

Elk River ATV Fun Run9am in Elk River (pg. 16)

Spring Fair & Open House10am @ Pullman Koppel Farm (pg. 13)

Free BBQ for Seniors11am-2pm @ Good Samaritan Society

(pg. 7 ad)

Idaho Givesidahogives.razoo.com (pg. 16)

LCYAC Talent Show6pm @ Kenworthy Performing Arts

Center (pg. 17)

Elk River Fishing Derby (pg. 27)

Potlatch Band Fundraisers1pm & 6pm @ PHS Gym (pg. 10)

Thief Performances @ Potlatch Log Cabin (pg. 25)

Troy Night of the Arts6pm @ Troy Lions Club

JK Fire Dept. Car Wash8am-12pm @ Juliaetta Fire Hall

Hydroplane Races on the Reservoir

May 23-25 in Elk River (pg. 27)

LCYAC Youth Ambassador Applications Due (pg. 17)

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Story by Jeremy Vetter At the end of March, Nancy Smith and her husband Jesse pur-chased Liberty Fitness gym from Jim and Carol Haddock in Potlatch, which they will rename Nancy’s Fitness at their grand opening in May. For just over a year, Nancy had been teaching classes both in Mos-cow and at Liberty Fitness. She recently dove into small business ownership because of

what she calls “a bodacious ques-tion.” That question involved eventu-ally calling Jim and Carol and ask-ing if they wanted to sell Liberty Fitness. “Last year, my husband asked me if I wanted to buy my own gym. I laughed and said, ‘Well, yeah.’ ” Then the conversation intensi-fied. “We asked, ‘Should we build our own gym?’ Because with the community in mind, I didn’t want

to take customers from Liberty Fit-ness,” she said. Then came that bodacious question. When Nancy gathered enough courage to call Jim and Carol, she learned they were planning to move. Jim offered to sell and she immediately said yes. Nancy already offers one new morning class at the gym, with more to come as she expands. “We’ll continue to offer classes for every age, size, and shape. My goal is to make fitness fun and doable for anyone,” she said. “Exercising can be so challeng-ing and overwhelming, so to teach people how to conquer their fears and how to be successful is my goal.” Among the benefits of Nan-cy’s exercise training, getting into shape can help customers with medical conditions such as diabe-tes, medication control and weight loss.

“It’s cool to see guys and gals take a step out of their comfort zone and do the Transformation or BOSS [classes], getting success and positive changes,” Nancy said. Nancy takes a special interest in her customers, and the small-er-town environment of Potlatch helps her do that. “Our relationships with our clients and members are very im-portant to us. We treat everyone like family and want them to feel at home in our gym,” she said. “Oftentimes people come into class very closed off, for whatever reason, and after a couple weeks working out they change. They come in with a huge smile, ready to work.” A grand opening for the gym is May 2 at 3 p.m., when they offi-cially change the business’s name from Liberty Fitness to Nancy’s Fitness. Call Nancy at 208-669-1984 for more information.

Nancy Smith and her husband Jesse stand in front of the recently rechristened ‘Nancy’s Fitness’ gym in Potlatch. They will host a grand opening May 2 at 3 p.m.

Photo courtesy of Olivia Smith

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The fire at George F. Brocke and Sons, Inc. left a lot on the company’s plate when it tore through one of the main processing plants and a second facility on March 7, 2015. The fire’s cause is still being investigated, which has left Brocke in an uncertain place, improvising their way through current operations with their re-maining facilities. Bert Brocke, company treasurer with G.F. Brocke and Sons, stated the company’s overall goal. “We are planning to rebuild and get back to 100%,” he said. While the recovery proceeds, though, Brocke continues to fill orders. Even as this

achievement is important, Bert has pointed out another area of success, which has to do with Brocke’s employee structure. “At this time,” he said, “we haven’t had to lay any employees off.” This is certainly a triumph in and of itself, due to Brocke’s presense in the area and the number of local residents it employs. Kendrick Fire chief Val Norris seconds Brocke’s importance. “We hope to see them up and running again soon,” Val said. “They’re an important part of this community, and a lot of us depend on them.” However, the road back to complete res-toration will take patience. Bert reiterated the importance of a wide vision when processing

the transition between the recovery just begun and the hoped-for end point: “I think it will take over a year to get fully rebulit and back to pro-duction,” Bert said. Despite the length of time to when their re-build will finish and the uncertainty surround-ing the investigation into the fire, Bert refuses a discouraged point of view. Brocke’s goal is full production, and “we are working towards this goal,” Bert stated. As they design their recovery plans, one thing holds them back, and for now they work with things as they come. The investigation is keeping them in limbo to a certain extent, and they can’t start until it finishes. “The longer it takes, the longer we take to get rebuilt,” Bert said.


After fire, Kendrick’s Brocke food factory rebuilds

Contributed by Jennifer O’Brien,Realtor

I had a great conversa-tion (via e-mail this morning) regarding how

good our current mortgage rates are. Less than 3% on a 15 year loan and less than 4% on a 30 year fixed conventional. Wow! When you are pre-approved for a mortgage, it is based on a certain recurring payment. The mortgage rate is estimated (as well as other amounts such as taxes and home-owners insurance). We do have a homeowner’s exemption in Latah County which reduces the taxes on owner occupied properties. Mortgage rate fluctuations af-fect home loan pre-approvals since they determine the principal and interest part of the total payment. It is useful for home buyers to un-derstand this because a change in interest rates will impact maxi-mum purchase price.

The Up & Down Rollercoaster Mortgage rates may change on a continual basis. At certain times, they can even change more than once on the same day. As a buyer,

you won’t know what your specif-ic mortgage rate is until you find a property, have a potential closing date, and lock in your mortgage rate. This leaves some uncertain-ty, particularly for price sensitive buyers. It is helpful to find out what mortgage rate was used to calcu-late your initial pre-approval and to keep your pre-approval up-to-date. When rates are moving, it’s always a good idea to touch base with your lender and your Real-tor prior to submitting a bid on a property to verify that you are still qualified for the purchase price. Mortgage payments generally include principal, interest, prop-erty taxes, homeowners insur-ance, and mortgage insurance (if applicable). For this example, we will only look at the principal and interest portion of the payment. Assume that you’re pre-approved for a $300,000 purchase price based on a thirty year term, 3.5% down payment, and 5% mortgage rate. The principal and interest monthly payment is approximate-ly $1,554. If the mortgage rate ris-es by 0.5%, you’ll now only qualify for $283,638. That’s a reduction of over $16,000 in the list price, which will likely lead to a home with fewer amenities.

Alternatively, if mortgage rates reduce by 0.5%, the price limit im-proves to $317,843 and you’ll get more for your money! The table above demonstrates the impact of additional rate in-creases using a mortgage principal and interest payment of $1,554.

Staying Informed Be sure to ask your lender about the total payment amount for which you are pre-approved. Using this information, you can better gauge your comfort level prior to making an offer on a home. If you intend to choose a property close to your maximum pre-ap-proval amount, then it is essential to monitor mortgage rates fre-quently. Your mortgage consultant and Realtor can assist you with

these estimates and offer other in-formation on how rate fluctuations may affect your purchase. On a final note, the State Tax Commission just approved the fol-lowing: For qualifying taxpayers who claimed the homeowner’s exemp-tion on an eligible property, the homestead that qualified on Janu-ary 1 of the current tax year shall continue to receive the exemption, provided however, the assessor may remove that property’s exemption if, by April 15 of the tax year, the taxpayer owns a different home-stead and requests that the exemp-tion be transferred to the second homestead. This is effective upon adjourn-ment of the Legislature since it is a rules change and not a new law.

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At the age of seventeen and shortly after graduating high school, George Gilbert joined the US Navy for two reasons—to move away from San Diego and avoid go-ing to college. After enlisting in August of 1960, George spent a single day in Los Angeles for medical and physical processing. Then he was promptly reassigned back to his hometown for training and duty assignment to the San Diego Naval Station. He was later selected for the Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program (NESEP) to attend the newly and first established com-puter science department at Pur-due University. In the interim George had met and dated a fellow service mem-ber, the aptly named Lois Lane. George proposed simply by asking, “What are you doing for the next 75 years?” They married soon af-

ter. While he had reservations re-garding college, George’s father gave him no choice in the mat-ter. George was introduced to the brand new field of computer sci-ence, which ended up becoming a lifelong hobby and passion. In the 1960s, computers were expensive mainframe machines, requiring a building of dedicated space and only available to govern-ment and scientific organizations. Operations were limited; com-mands were submitted on punched cards and transferred onto mag-netic tape. At this time, the Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) was used as a pro-gramming language to develop new software programs. Microsoft introduced Visual BASIC in 1991, introducing a graphic interface and streamlining use. “It took me years to adapt to Visual Basic when it came out, it was a whole different way of think-

ing,” George mused. “I was mainly self-taught but did end up taking a class at the University of Idaho.” He re-tired from the Navy in 1980 after 20 years of service and began work for a retail wholesale supplier in Memphis, TN. George and Lois returned to California in 1981 to be closer to family. The passing of Lois’ mother in 1992 influenced the couple to move to Potlatch in order to be closer to her dad. Being a prolific local photog-rapher and even amateur screen-writer didn’t slow George down. He continued his enthusiasm for software design. Gritman Medical Center ap-proached him in 1996 to develop a software application to manage on-call providers. The program was a success and was subse-quently licensed to St Joe Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho. The potential of the program captured the attention of Joe Cas-sels, a software salesman and Princeton MBA graduate in Flori-da. Person On Call LLC was formed to market and sell a web-based version of the product to hospitals nationwide.

“Memorial Healthcare in Owosso, MI was the first hospital to call for a quote…it was the hos-pital I was born in,” George said in-credibly. At the same time, George founded 2 Good Software, releas-ing a range of different products over the past 19 years. A finance workbook he developed in 1975 to help manage his family’s finances was the inspiration for ‘myOwn-Payday’, a personal finance man-agement application. George has been using the prototype for 15 years and has plans for developing a general release version. “It was something I had never intended but software develop-ment is something I enjoy, it’s my passion.” George said. George continues to update his current programs and develop new ones. Visit his website, 2goodsoftware.com, for information on all his applications including how-to videos and links to his blog.

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Kathleen Burns, cont. from pg 3

Fosbiz Farm, Patty’s Kitchen and many others. The Moscow Market offers a destination for tourists coming to the Palouse. We see many customers coming from out-of-area and they consistently comment on how much they enjoy the market and love taking home memory gifts from the market.

Is there anything new to expect for the com-ing season?

We will be in our second year with our High Five/HEAL (Healthy Eating, Active Living) Grant from Regence Blue Shield of Idaho. This has been a great opportunity for young chil-dren to do tasting and cooking at the market, as well as tryout new physical activities at the market. We have a kid’s corner for young vendors who want to try selling various craft products at the market. This year we will be in our second year of facilitating the sale of craft beer and wine at the market. New this summer will be a demonstration on the last Saturday of the month by the Uni-versity of Idaho Extension, Latah County. Ev-erything from container gardening to the im-portance of pollinators will be discussed.

Several cooking demonstrations have been scheduled in the market with local chefs from restau-rants in Moscow, the WSU Culinary Pro-gram and local cater-ers. Several com-missions have been scheduled to coordi-nate outreach activ-ities in the market. Bike for Life is plan-ning a bike event on May 16 and the Palouse Prize Ride from the Moscow Parks & Recreation Depart-ment is going to be on October 3. Fourth of July lands on a Saturday this year, and we will be hosting the annual “mutt strut” in Friendship Square at 11 a.m.

What would you say is your favorite thing about the market?

People. I love watching the variety of cus-tomers and vendors interact in the market. It is a wonderful thing to observe. I learn a lot from customers and vendors.

They are the drivers of the market. The shopper is the boss and they are so important to the suc-cess of the market. The Moscow community supports its mar-ket, and without the citizen support, we would not have such a successful market. We have been voted the best farmers mar-ket in the State of Idaho for three consecutive years. This is through an organization called American Farmland Trust. It is the citizens that vote for the market. It is with pride that we have accepted this award three consecutive years in a row.

Photo courtesy of Alison Meyer

Moscow Farmers Market The Moscow Farmers Market was founded in 1977. The Market is the oldest market in the State of Idaho and the first market to accept EBT and SNAP benefits. Voted #1 Farmers Market in the State of Idaho through the American Farmland Trust contest.

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arts & artisans

Few people can drive across the Palouse during the springtime and not appreciate the beauty of it all. But Andy Sewell of Viola takes his appreciation to a another level, turning that beauty into true works of art. “God gave everybody some gift,” said Andy. “I feel blessed that I found what I’m supposed to do.” “Everywhere I go, I see art,” he explained. “It’s just fun to cruise around. My camera is al-ways with me.” For the past 12 years, Andy has made paint-ing his fulltime profession. His scenic portray-als of the Palouse have made him one of the ar-ea’s most sought-after artists. You can often find him at Moscow’s Farm-ers Market during the summer on weekends when he’s not traveling to shows throughout the Northwest. His work is also featured in a number of local businesses, such as Blackbird at the Depot in Potlatch and the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown, and he will be showing his work at Moscow’s Renaissance Fair on May 2 – 3. Andy estimates he has painted at least 400 pieces since taking it on fulltime in 2003. His goal is to keep his art fresh, interesting and fun. Not only does his approach keep him passionate about his work, but it also keeps people coming back to his shows again and again to admire his latest creations. Part of keeping it fun is doing some non-tra-ditional work that people enjoy, such as his popular vintage-style posters. “I need variety in my life, too,” he quipped. His work was even featured as a beer label for Jubelale one year. “I was recently commissioned to do an orig-inal piece that a couple is hanging in their home

Story by Barry Johnson and using for the label on beer bottles they will give guests at their wedding,” Andy said. While most of his work is watercolors, he has found that many people prefer oil paint-ings. “Watercolors are the hardest thing to paint with, but seem to be the least appreciat-ed,” he explained. So for the past few years, he has increas-ingly worked with oils to help satisfy a growing number of collectors. “Now I’m doing more big oil paintings and small watercolors.” In looking back at his beginnings as an art-ist, Andy said that although he started drawing a lot even in grade school, he mostly just want-ed to have fun. “I grew up in Ketchum where the whole point was to play and that was my life – skiing, fishing and hunting.” Although his first choice when going to col-lege was to study art, his father had other ideas. “He said, No. Study business. So I didn’t take art

and took busi-ness instead that first year at Boise State.” But he didn’t put art aside completely. In-stead, he en-tered a poster contest where the winner could go to any school he wanted for a

year on exchange and surprised himself by winning. Of course, his mind was still thinking about where would be fun instead of where to study, so he picked Hawaii for a year. “I played a lot,” he said with a smile. “And studied some oceanography.” Eventually, he found his way back to the University of Idaho and decided to study architecture. He knew eventually he would need an education that would provide a good job. “I met a wealthy architect who was a really sweet guy,” he explained in choosing ar-chitecture.

In this roundabout way, he finally found himself taking the classes he wanted when starting school. “In the architecture depart-ment, they made us take art classes. I took a watercolor class and loved it.” Architecture, on the other hand, was not all that interesting for him. “I liked drawing pictures, but not design. I convinced my dad I could get a good job in graphic design and was able to switch my major.” With a degree in hand, he started working for the Appaloosa Museum in Moscow, made his way to UI in their printing and graphic design department, and then worked for Sch-weitzer Engineering Laboratories as a graphic designer before setting out on his own as a pro-fessional artist in 2003. “Around ‘97 or ’98, somebody said I should try to sell the art I was doing on the side,” Andy said. “I got into a show in Sun Valley – which I later found out was something of a miracle – drove down with a bunch of paintings in my trunk, and sold a lot of paintings in just three days. “I thought if I could do this a few times a year, I could make a living at being an artist. Then I did a show in Coeur d’Alene and didn’t sell a thing.

see Andy Sewell, pg. 30

Art is Everywhere:Viola artist shares his love of the craft

Andy paints along with his son, Josh, who shares his love of art.

Andy works on transforming many photographs into the style of old travel posters, as shown in this poster from an old photo of Andy fishing at 8.

Andy Sewell, Viola

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Todd Payne will be performing his one man show, “Thief,” at the log cabin in Potlatch May 14, 15 and 16. According to the play’s website at www.thiefshow.com, the story focuses on the ressurrection and redemption of Jesus Christ. “The goal — to explore the ‘mechanics of redemption,’ to try and present a new perspective on well established spiritual truths,” Todd said.

One-man show “Thief” at Potlatch Log Cabin May 14-16

Pullman will host its sixth annual ArtWalk this month, with art avail-able to be viewed at various businesses throughout the town starting May 11. On May 15, at 7 p.m., the Regional Theatre of the Palouse (122 N. Grand Ave., Pullman) will host the Mayor’s Award Ceremony. The follow-ing day, May 16, from 4 – 8 p.m., an artist reception will be held in several locations. Artists will be available to discuss their works with the public during this time. Artwork on display will include photography, paintings, drawings and mixed media. There will also be several performance acts. Artwork will be on display beginning Monday, May 11, and will re-main at businesses at least until Friday, June 5. The WSU Museum of Art and the Pullman Arts Commission sponsor the ArtWalk. The event’s Facebook page is facebook.com/PullmanArtWalk.

Pullman ArtWalk begins May 11

The mission of Palouse Audubon Society is to promote the education, conservation, and restoration of natural ecosystems, with a focus on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of humanity and the Earth’s biological diversity. To further this mission, Palouse Audubon Society is having its SECOND ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST and invites you to share your interest in birds, other wildlife, and nature. In addition to raising awareness for our Audubon chapter, this contest provides an op-portunity for local wildlife enthusiasts to express their experiences with nature, the environment, and conservation. Regional photos of nature and wildlife are acceptable and photographers are encouraged to submit photos taken during The Christmas Bird Count and The Great Backyard Bird Count held this past winter. The contest is for amateur photogra-phers only. Winning photos will be announced at the October 2015 PAS program meeting and winners will be notified by mail. Cash prizes will be award-ed for first and second places in each of the categories and divisions. The best prize, however, will be the honor of having the winning photos presented on our website, in our newsletter, and possibly used for future PAS publications and ventures. So join in and SHOW US YOUR WILD SIDE by submitting your amaz-ing bird and other wildlife or nature photos! Submissions will be accept-ed from April 1 until July 31, 2015. There is no entry fee. For more infor-mation and to submit entries, just follow the links to the photo contest on our web page and you can easily upload photo images to enter the contest online. If you prefer, you can use ordinary mail to send your pho-to entries on a CD along with the printable hard copy entry form. For further details, please visit our website at www.palouseaudubon.org. We hope to see your photos this year!

Audubon Society holds photo contestContributed by Mike Costa of Palouse Audubon Society

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outdoors & recreation

Elk River will host their annual ATV & Cycle Fun Run on Saturday, May 16. The first of two fun runs scheduled for the spring and summer, the events have proven to be the most popular in the region for off-road enthusiasts look-ing for a little motorized fun in the moun-tains. The second fun run is June 20. The 2014 fun runs drew hundreds of participants to the town. This year’s registration is from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. in downtown of Elk River, near Tom’s Tavern. Although the event features dozens of prizes, it is not a race, but rather a fun, 45-mile ride for all ages with five check-points along the way that starts and ends in Elk River.

The cost of the Fun Run is $8 for the first prize card and $5 for each addition-al card. There is also a charge of $5 per vehicle fee that is required for all partici-pants that have not purchased a Potlatch User Permit. Off-Road Motor Vehicle (ORMV) stickers are required on all machines, and helmets are required for all partici-pants under the age of 18. The Fun Run is put on by the Elk Riv-er Fireworks Association and the Retired Eagles of Lewiston to raise money for “Thunder in the Mountains,” the annual fireworks show that will be held July 3 in Elk River. For more information about the Fun Run, call 208-826-3410.

Elk River hosts annual ATV, cycle “fun run” May 16

I’d certainly gunned ground squirrels and prairie dogs and such before moving to the Inland Northwest, but never with the en-thusiasm I’ve witnessed in North Idaho. Ground squirrel shooting is a regular institution around these parts, an affliction that has proven addictive. For the rifleman — or pistol shooter for that matter — who en-joys burning lots of powder, God couldn’t have created a better tar-get than North Idaho’s Columbia ground squirrel. First of all, they’re challenging targets, helping to hone dulled shooting skills lost af-ter a long winter. They’re also gen-erally abundant, average-to-mid-

dling afternoons shooting over a decent squirrel patch relinquish-ing maybe 50-75 shots. That’s a lot of shooting. Maybe most importantly, no one but the dedicated gun nut ac-tually cares much for the burrow-ing, nibbling rodents. The logging industry reviles them for chewing on tomorrow’s seedling lumber. The cattleman despises them for digging potential cattle traps. The average farmer could certainly do without the busy digging and in-satiable appetites of a colony of “rats” setting up housekeeping on a hay or alfalfa field. So the rifleman does his best to do his part, always on the lookout for the next hot squirrel patch. I, for instance, now drive all the way down to Eastern-Oregon private ground where it’s not uncommon to burn 2,500 rounds in a single weekend on the smaller, more sporty Gelding’s ground squirrels that plague irrigated alfalfa fields there. You could start a heated de-bate amongst serious shooters regarding what constitutes the ideal squirrel gun. I’ll wager more ground squirrels have met their maker on the receiving end of a 22 long rifle than all other cartridg-es combined. But in my opinion,

something faster and more explo-sive is much more fun. At the risk of being indelicate, I prefer to see red mist and flying extremities when I squeeze the trigger on low-ly ground rats. The 17-caliber rimfires are the rage -- the highly-popular 17 HMR (22 Magnum necked to 17) or new-er, hotter 17 WSM, which clocks something like 3,000 fps with a 20-grain bullet. They’re squirrel killers, no doubt, but with contin-ued shortages of rimfire ammo — thanks to shameless hoarders — you might find it challenging to secure enough rounds for steady shooting. I gravitate to smaller, reload-able centerfires only because they’re most economical for high-volume shooting. I have a 17 Hornet that shoots one-hole groups at 100 yards and costs pen-nies per shot to reload. I also have my love-worm 22 Hornet for the same reason, though even with a 40-grain bullet it shoots only 3,000 fps compared to the 3,650 fps of the 17 Hornet. Overall, it’s pretty difficult to beat a .223 Remington. It’s the mil-itary’s cartridge de jour, of course, so brass is readily available and inexpensive. Loaded with 40-grain Hornady V-Max pills and 27 grains

of Hodgdon Benchmark powder, my hand-loads push 3,750 fps, consistently print sub-1-inch/100-yard groups and create satisfying “splats” on impact – out to 450 yards. Finding a place to shoot squir-rels isn’t extremely difficult. Check out 5- to 7-year old clear-cuts and open pastures, or cruise older, backcountry logging roads on an ATV and they’re sure to show up — generally the farther from civi-lization the better. Though private lands closer to town can also prove productive, and landowners are seldom reluctant to grant trespass permission to eliminate ground squirrels — so long as you prom-ise to be very careful with your shooting. Ground squirrel shoot-ing provides enjoyable spring sport whether you’re a casual 22 LR shooter or a dead-serious, long-range, hand-loading afficionado.

In pursuit of ground squirrels, area’s smallest game

Story by Patrick Meitin

Patrick Meitin lives in the Kendrick area and has been a popular outdoor writer and photographer for the past 26 years, publishing more than 2,500 articles on a wide variety of outdoors subjects but specializing largely in ar-chery and bowhunting. He is the au-thor of two bowhunting-related books (“Bowhunting Modern Elk” and “The Bowhunter’s Guide To Better Shoot-ing”).

ATVs sit ready for riding at last year’s ATV Fun Run in Elk River.

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I shake my head in disbelief when I see the prices vendors ask for a variety of wild foods that show up in markets these days, especially for mushrooms. So dif-ferent than when I was young, and many of these gourmet delights of today were viewed as food for rural people, not those living in a modern city. Even now I collect a variety of wild foods, as did my parents and grandparents. When I was young we didn’t have fruits and vegeta-bles from around the world avail-able throughout the year in the lo-cal supermarket and mushrooms, one type only, came in cans. The first edible plants in spring were a welcome change from the root vegetables and canned goods that made up much of a winter meal. When I was a college student and broke, these items composed a significant portion of my diet. While greens were much sought after, the real prizes of any foraging foray were the mushrooms. Spring can reward the diligent food collector with a variety of mushrooms. Three genera are of-ten sought: Morchella species (the true morels), Verpa bohemica (the skirted morel), and various Gyro-mitra species (the false morels). It is beyond the scope of a short article to provide enough informa-tion for the safe and accurate iden-tification of all the species of mo-rels and false morels that can be found in the Palouse region. here are several books devoted strictly to morels, and well as many good mushrooms manuals. Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora is probably the most comprehensive guide covering this region, but there are several other good books available at local bookstores or on-line. Verpa bohemica is the earliest to appear in my experience. I’ve collected it in April in aspen woods around the Palouse region. While I have experienced no trouble with this species, it has a reputation for causing problems for some peo-

ple, especially if large amounts are consumed. I know of a person who suffered temporary loss of muscle coordination after eating gener-ous servings of these mushrooms. He described it as like being real-ly drunk but with a clear mind. The loss of coordina-tion can last for up to five hours. This species cannot be recommend-ed for eating, and should never be eaten raw, in large quantities, or on consecutive days. The false mo-rels (Gyromitra species) general-ly appear before the true morels in forested areas. While I know people who harvest some of these for food, I keep them far from my table. The relationships of species within this genus are not well un-derstood and at least some of the species appear to be edible for some people if properly prepared, but fatally poisonous to others or if not cooked properly. The cook-ing fumes from these mushrooms may even be toxic if not well ven-tilated. The Toxic species of Gyro-mitra contain monomethylhydra-zine (MMH), an extremely volatile carcinogenic compound. There is a very narrow threshold between the amount of MMH that causes now apparent acute symptoms and an amount that causes acute poisoning or even death. Some years ago there was a woman who ate Gyromitra esculenta with no apparent ill effects for dinner, and died after eating the leftovers the next day. While some mushroom books list species of Gyromitra that are reportedly free of MMH, the chem-ical makeup of different popula-tions of false morels can vary. The risk of misidentification is too great. I would NEVER eat any of the false morels, sometimes called brain or bull nose mushrooms be-cause of their appearance, even if served to me in the best restaurant

in Seattle, Portland or Vancouver. And I would never, ever eat any of them raw. There are too many safe and tasty items in the forest to mess with this group. Finally, we have true morels.

These are some of the most sought after mushrooms in the United States, and many people regard these as the fin-est mushrooms one can find. In the mid-1990s, demand was so high, in part be-cause of contam-ination in eastern Europe from the

Chernobyl accident, that violence erupted among commercial pick-ers in the Blue Mountains result-ing in the death of some pickers. At that time, some estimated the value of the mushroom harvest in the western US at around $50 mil-lion. Fortunately, morels are not common enough in the Palouse re-gion to attract commercial picking operations. The season for true morels can be long due to the var-ied elevations in our area. I look for them in low elevation areas in May, but as one goes ever higher in the mountains they might be found by the lucky forager into July. I always put my mushrooms in a basket or in paper bags rather than plastic so they don’t “sweat” and spoil be-fore I get them home. This is espe-cially important in hot weather.

Good places to look for morels include aspen groves, pine forests, and old orchards, as long as the orchard is pesticide and herbi-cide free. Of particular concern in orchards is lead arsenate, a pesti-cide used from the 1890s until the 1960s or even the 1970s in some areas. The lead and arsenic remain in the soil long after the pesticide was used, so unless I know the history of an orchard, I don’t col-lect edibles in these areas. In fact, I don’t collect wild edibles anyplace that might be contaminated with agricultural chemicals, industrial or mine wastes. Morels and several other mushrooms can concentrate toxic heavy metals in their tissues. Like all wild mushrooms, I cook my morels before eating them. My favorite method, and the easiest, is simply sautéing them in butter until cooked through. I have heard reports of illness from raw morels served at some restaurants in the Seattle area, and there are reports gastrointestinal upsets even with cooked black morels when con-sumed with alcohol. The collecting pressure on mo-rels, mostly from commercial pick-ers, has resulted in the forest ser-vice requiring a permit for anyone who wishes to collect mushrooms on national forest lands. The per-mit is free, and is valid from April 1 until March 31. They can be ob-tained from the Forest Service of-fice in Potlatch, 208-875-1131. That said, I think it is time for me to get my permit, walking stick, sharp knife, bags, and collecting basket and go look for dinner.

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Permits for Mushrooming in National Forests Any person over the age of 12 is required to obtain a free use permit to gather mushrooms in a National Forest. Minors aged 12 – 17 must have the permit cosigned by a parent, guardian or sponsoring adult. Permits can be obtained at any forest service office during regular hours. The nearest office is located in Potlatch:Palouse Ranger District1700 Highway 6Potlatch, Idaho 83855(208) 875-1131 The permit must be in possession when collecting or transporting mushrooms in National Forests. Mushrooms must be cut lengthwsie at the time of harvest. For more information, visit www.fs.usda.gov/nezperceclearwater.

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Fish and Game’s fishing trailer will soon be making an appearance at local ponds across the region, promoting the sport of fishing as part of an active outdoor lifestyle. Staff will be available at the trailer to provide fishing instruction and to hand-out loaner rods, bait and other fishing gear. To learn more about the trailer, contact the Fish and Game Lewis-ton office at 799-5010. More in-formation regarding the fishing trailer is available on Fish and

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Group seeks to raise pheasant populations The Idaho for Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit organization that op-erates in the region, is seeking landowners who would be interested in raising pheasants for release. Last year, Idaho for Wildlife members released 4,000 bird. The over-all goal of the organization is to revive bird hunting in the region. The group also works to restore and improve bird habitat. The group can as-sist anyone interested in raising birds on their land. “I remember when you could get five roosters and two hens in an afternoon here in Idaho,” said group member Jim Hagedorn of Viola. Anyone interested in getting involved or seeking more information can contact Jim Hagedorn at [email protected], Dan Blanco at 208-816-0746, or Craig Carnes at 208-451-4933.

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I love to cook, so when I offered to cook Easter dinner this year my wife took me up on it. We had ham, sweet potatoes, a salad made of pineapple, miniature marshmallows and cool whip. Then we topped it off with some Marion berry pie (which Mr. O’Leary spent the whole day slaving over) ala mode. It was when we were eating the pie that it struck me. Inspiration comes at the most unusual times. Why have all the fixings when pie would do just as nicely? Wouldn’t it be just as good to serve several kinds of pie? Just think how wonderful your kids and grandkids would think you

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by John SmalldridgeJohn 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.

Easter Pie were if they sat down to a table spread with pie after pie. T r a d i t i o n s are made all the time and I think that this could become a tradition that could sweep the nation over night. And it wouldn’t have to be limited to Easter. How many holidays do we spend with someone baking and cooking all morning so that the extended family can sit down to a traditional meal? With my new tradition, that would be a thing of the past. One trip to the pie section at Cosco and you’re all set. And it seems to me that it would be just as good for you

as well. Pumpkin pie has veggies and eggs. Apple, cherry, peach and Marion berry are all fruit, and throw in a pecan pie for protein and you have a we l l - b a l a n c e d

meal. Then you can enhance it even more by offering ice cream, whipped cream or even cheese as an extra topping. And it doesn’t have to stop with pies. How about several cakes for Memorial Day? Or red, white and blue ice cream for the fourth. The ideas are endless. Thanksgiving without turkey might be a stretch but I can sacrifice a lot for pie. You know, I think I’ve come

up with something here. A new tradition (or maybe several) has been born. And all the kids said, “amen”. The next hurdle is just to get it by their parents. What a shock they will have at the next holiday meal. But then, that’s how traditions are born.

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The stars of this fiasco are Tim Riebold, Gary Lusby and John May. Now, when you talk to them, they all have different accounts of what really happen but anyone that knows them realize why they all wear high boots. This is the way I pieced it togeth-er. Tim had a bull and a young steer he was having Gary butcher for him. Don’t quite know where John came in but he was there when they loaded that steer up and took it to Gary’s. So far, so good, but when they got back to Tim’s to get the bull he was, as Tim called it, all fuzzed up and wanted no part of this roundup and decided to take off to parts unknown. When he cleared that first fence, Tim turned his cow dogs loose and the chase was on (Yahoooooo). So here’s the picture, one red eyed wild bull heading east, five dogs behind the bull, Tim on his four wheeler behind the dogs and Gary and John keeping up the best they could in the pickup towing a horse trailer. After the first mile or so and a fence or two, they realized they had a one-cow stampede in the works and that bull had his sights set on Gold Hill and was about to cross Highway 95 by the sub station. The woods were near so they knew they had to

do something or they’d never see that wild bugger again. That’s when the trail boss (Tim) gave Gary the order to shoot, for crossing that busy highway was the makings of a disaster, not that they didn’t already have one considering the three yay-who’s involved. The way I understand it, Gary touched one off, missed and blamed it on John’s screwed up rifle and the whole mess crossed anyway regard-less of the collision between the bull and the four-wheeler with Tim on it. By this time patience was running thin and friendships were on the wane. With all the yelling and carry-ing on Gary didn’t know if he should shoot the bull (which he is good at in another way) or Tim. Don’t reckon Tim had much to worry about con-sidering Gary’s shooting abilities. As things turned out after two hours, a few miles and five broken fences, they got the job done. I’m sure John Wayne would have done it different-ly. After all the turmoil the only one ornery enough to eat that critter was Gene Griffin, which is where it end-ed up. As good a cook his wife Jane is, and no disrespect toward her, I wouldn’t go there for a steak dinner if invited.

Contributed by Dale Rose of Junction Lumbera

The Three Cowboy ClownsI got a taste of both sides of the spectrum in a very short time.” When it got to the point where he was making about the same selling art on the side as he was making at his job, he decided to switch to being an artist fulltime and moved from Pullman to his place in Viola. As part of that move, he opened a studio at home where he paints and holds workshops for others wanting to find the artist inside them. “I think a lot of people have artistic talent in them and just don’t know it. I enjoy teaching but it takes a lot of work to pro-vide a meaningful experience,” he said, explaining his teaching technique. “I usually work from a photo and my drawing of it, which I send students ahead of time to work on. Drawing is something anybody can do. It just takes practice. “They come to class with the drawing and we just focus on painting it,” he said. While students are painting their art, he works on his version as well. “If they’re a beginner, I show them some techniques and then I have them do it. My goal is to have every student finish a paint-ing, which can be a real challenge in an eight-hour class.” He normally holds classes a couple times a year and is con-sidering one in May. He always keeps a list of people interesting in attending classes. In the end, the painting, selling at shows and the farmers market, and teaching classes makes for a busy life, even if it is a lifestyle he enjoys immensely. “It’s a hard business,” he said. It is also a business that keeps him interacting with a wide variety of people, as well as always looking at the world around him for inspiration each day. “I like the interaction with people a lot,” he said. “I also get to go fishing once in awhile and where I get to live is awesome.” Catch up with Andy at a local show or the farmers market this summer, or track him down at his website www.andysewell.com.

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“Let me tell ya how it was back in the good ol’ days,” Ol’Coot said as he settled back in his rock’in chair, hooked his Vibram-soled boots into the carpet and set the chair in motion. “Yep, thems were the days! Criks full of fish bank to bank, deer behind every tree, girls pretty as the pictures in the monkey Ward catalog and ev-ery man or boy had a dog. Maybe two or three if’n he was lucky.” “NO YOU’RE NOT GETTING A DOG!!!!!!!!!” The sound echoed and reverberated back and forth from wall to wall, room to room, slowly fading to a whisper over the next 3 to 4 minutes just as CB, towel in hand, made an appearance at the door leading from the kitchen. “If I’ve told ya once Coot, I’ve told ya a million times, we ain’t have’in no more dogs in this house, and that’s final. Over my dead body will anoth-er dog come to stay! Laroy looked rapidly back and forth between Ol’Coot and CB. Should he ride it out or run? He was sure as he could be that Coot’s rock’in chair was now cycling back and forth at a much higher rate of speed then before. Boy, those Vibram soles could really dig in! Seemed like Coot’s weathered old face had settled into slight grin and Laroy was sure he caught a wink as Coot smoothly slid the chair into the next higher gear. “Easy there CB, ya know ya love dogs and are die’in to have a cute little critter keep’in your feet warm come even’in.” CB seemed to expand to new heights as she glared at her husband of more years than she liked to count. “Coot, ya just listen up an I mean it, the only thing die’in round here will be you if you so much as think about bring’in a dog into this house, and I mean it!” The roll of carpet pushed up ahead of Ol’Coot’s Vibam-soled boots began to settle as CB turned to leave the room, causing Coot’s rock’in chair to kick out of pass’in gear and back into cruise. “Wooooooo wheee, weren’t that someth’in? Now where was I? Oh yes, yep good Ol’days and every man had a dog--------.” “COOT!, don’t ya go there!” No doubt about it now, Coot was grin’in ear to ear. Leaning Laroy’s direction, Coot whispered, “Tell ya a secret, boy: pick yourself an older

The Misguided Misadventures of Chinook and Laroyas told by Darrell Davis, the “Crusty Deary Ol’Coot”

Chapter 9 woman when it comes marr’in time. It goes a long ways toward keep’in life interesting. Yep that it sure do!” “I hate ta interrupt ya just as the story gets to the interesting part,” Laroy whispered back, “but I’m worried about Chinook. He ain’t really been his self ever since last school year, long about just before the school teacher took that fall into the out house hole. “Now, he’s got this stupid grin that won’t go away and he just about walked my legs off com’in back from Pardon Us Mama lake. Couldn’t wait to get back to Mort & Sally’s an’ all he did when we got there was buy 6 more cans of Spam and then stand there like a doofus when Sally Mae comes up and asks him to come to her party. “Lucky she was stand’in up wind, as the flowers in Sally’s flower boxes had already started to wilt. “Last I seen Chinook, he was still grin’in an stand’in chest deep in the Three Pines crik swim’in hole, a bar of Mrs. AJ Broadmore’s lye soap in each hand and soap suds half way to the bridge.” “Hmmmmmmmmmm? Ya don’t say?” Coot said while scratch’in his 3 day’s growth of gray stubble. “Stand’in in the crik with 2 bars of lye soap ya say? Ya say this happened right after Sally Mae ask him to a party?” “Yep, Chinook is stand’in there on the porch of Mort & Sally’s One of Everything Emporium, Mort ask’in Chinook if’n he’d been sleep’in with Pole Cat, Sally’s flowers started ta fall’in over like they were short of water, then Sally Mae showed up all fancy and smell’in like a Spring day in Frank Jones’ apple orchard, and the next I knew, Chinook has picked up two bars of lye soap from home and is stand’in chest deep in the swim’in hole at Three Pines crik. “I ain’t never seen Chinook pick up one bar of lye soap, let alone two bars and he only used to grin when eat’in my sauteed Spam. I’m worried, Coot.” “Sounds a lot like he’s act’in like a sick cow to me. My pappy told me about that problem, and seems like I remember hav’in a touch of it myself once upon a time,” Coot said, his Vibrams loos’in their grip on the carpet and the rocker slowing to a stop. “Yes sir, Think’in back, I believe it was shortly after I met CB. Never was quite the same after that.”

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Contributed by Zach Wnek of Latah County Historical Society

Oral histories are one of our favorite collections of documents here at the Latah County Historical Society. Oral histories are when people sit down together and discuss someone’s life. The discussion is pointed to try to extract the person’s experiences while gathering their unique stories and take on the subject. These discussions are recorded and transcribed, and those recordings and tran-scriptions are made available to the public for research. In the 1970s and 1980s, LCHS worked hard to create over 300 oral his-tories with long time local residents who were interested in sharing their stories. In partnership with the University of Idaho, the Latah County Historical Society oral his-tory collection has been digitized. The oral history interviews are available on their website: http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/index.html. For this month’s article, I would like to highlight Jennie Cuthbert Brouillard, a local resident who became a nurse in the early part of the 20th Century. Jennie was born in Lawrence, Kansas on November 17, 1886 and moved with her family to Viola as a child. She worked as a field nurse during

World War One. The italicized portion of this article is taken directly from the transcript of the oral history interview. In the transcript, SS stands for Sam Schrager, the interviewer, while JB is inserted for Jennie Brouillard. One final word of warn-ing: Jennie Cuthbert Brouillard discusses her time in an emergency field hospital in France, and some unpleasant details are included.

JB: Well whatever they could give us. Sometimes it was an old hospital or church or something. Sometimes, just right out in the open and just set up our tents. Sometimes they, well, always oper-ated in tents. Just put up the tent and…SS: So…JB: Fix an operating room.SS: How big was the staff at the field hospital?JB: Two doctors and two nurses to each operat-ing team. And some boys to fix up the tents and do things like that. And take care of all those stretchers and all that.SS: The men that came in there must have been in pretty bad shape.JB: They didn’t leave any that wasn’t. If they were able to go on back, why they just went right back to the base hospital. Just the ones that we took out shells and things like that, emergency work. Sometimes an eye and sometimes a leg and sometimes whatever was needed.SS: The kinds of injuries that men were getting

there, was it mostly from bullets?JB: Well whatever it was. Mostly bullets, yes. Mostly shrapnel. Taking out shrapnel all the time. Sometimes there was bleeding, we had to put a tourniquet over an arm or a leg or take out shrapnel from, oh some of those you just can’t imagine, sometimes the patient was just full of shrapnel where they’d been shot and we’d have to take that out. Every-thing that had to be done right away. Some-thing out of their eye, maybe steel out of their eye. Then we’d just put ‘em on the stretcher and send ‘em back to the hospital.….Later in the interview….JB: The shells were going over our heads and they come and told us to pack up and go out, well we knew we couldn’t just pack up and leave all the patients there so we just stayed. And after, you know, we got our citation for stayin; … Yes, citation for bravery after it was over, but at the time it was disobeying orders. They told us to move back so many miles behind the lines, we were supposed to… …Earlier in the interview…JB: And after I come home, of course I couldn’t nurse any more. I don’t know, I wasn’t ner-vous or wasn’t shakey or anything like that, but I just all worked up inside. I didn’t like to take cases, I didn’t, well I just didn’t like to nurse after I got home. I did it some, but it was different.

The interview lasts approximately three hours and can be accessed at http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/index.html. Jennie Cuthbert Brouillard went on to live in Walla Walla for many years with her husband. After her husband passed away she moved back to Viola to live with her sis-ter, Fannie Cuthbert Byers. Jennie Cuthbert Brouillard passed away on December 15, 1985 at the age of 99.

World War I soldiers march on parade through Moscow in 1917.

Oral history captured Viola nurse Jennie Brouillard’s experiences from World War I

The Latah County Historical Society is currently seeking individuals to interview for a new oral history project. If you or somebody you know is interested in participating, contact the

Historical Society at (208) 882-1004 or [email protected]

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