Community Cleanup
Cottonwood's annual Spring cleanup is underway. Roll-offs have been
placed at the corner or Idaho and 2nd Streets for use by city residents.
These are not to be used for trash, hazardous or animal waste but for solid
waste that you'd otherwise have to take to the Mt. Idaho landfill. They
will be there from April 20 through April 30.
Two
escape from NICI
Two men escaped from NICI Monday evening with one still at large as
of Thursday morning. . . .
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Sixteen
earn straight A's at PHS
Sixteen students earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages for the third
quarter at Prairie High School. They were Adeline Lustig and Ashley Schaeffer,
seniors; Randi Schumacher, Carolyn Sonnen, Tabitha Sonnen, Kayla Uhlenkott
and Kylie Uhlorn, juniors; Sarah Arnzen, Josh Gabica, Jessica Gehring,
Alex Richardson, Kim Schaeffer, Tiffany Schaeffer and Doris Whitley, sophomores;
and Leora Laurino and Emily Lerandeau, freshmen. . . .
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PMS
band receives Superior rating
On Wednesday, April 12, the Prairie Middle School Band traveled to
Moscow for the District II Music Festival and received a Superior rating.
. . .
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Public
invited to open house
The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at St. Mary’s Hospital is celebrating
its 10th year of service. The staff will be hosting an Open House
on Thursday, May 4th from 2:30 to 3:30 in the hospital’s Dining Room. .
. .
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Chamber
meets; new brochures available
The Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce met at the Coffee Mill on April
11, 2006. . . .
Tourism-related brochures for the six communities of Grangeville, Cottonwood,
White Bird, Kamiah, Orofino and Pierce/Weippe are now available at Visitor
Information Centers, Chambers of Commerce, local businesses and attractions
in these areas. . . .
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75
years ago this month
During 2006, The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude is celebrating its
75th anniversary, making it one of the longest continuously operating museums
in the Northwest. Begun in 1931 by Sister Alfreda Elsensohn, the museum
continues to reflect the history of North Central Idaho. . . .
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Baseball
team back in action
The Prairie baseball team got back in action with a vengeance
as they played 7 games, 6 of them league games, between Tuesday, April
18 and Monday, April 24. . . .
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Lady
Pirates win 1 of 2; track team competes in two meets
The Prairie Lady Pirates lost at Culdesac and beat Kamiah last week.
. . .
The track team competed in meets at Lapwai and Kamiah with Nicole Nida
winning all three sprints in the meet at Lapwai on Tuesday, April 18. .
. .
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Summit
scholars remain in second place
Shorthanded still because of the press of other activities, Summit
maintained its slim second place lead over Nezperce in high school knowledge
bowl action held at Orofino shortly before Easter. . . .
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The Prairie Middle School band earned a superior rating
at the District II music festival recently, the highest rating available.
See story at left. The band members are shown with a cake that reads “Congratulations
Dist. II Music Superior Rating.”
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The City of Cottonwood designated April 20-30 as city
clean up. All Businesses and schools were notified to see if they would
take part. This is an effort to keep our town and community cleaned up
and a place to be proud of. PMS 5th and 6th grade PE Classes helped to
clean up the school grounds during their PE classes.
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The construction and cabinetmaking classes made card
deck boxes and laser engraved a fireman logo on the face of the boxes with
each individuals name. On the back is a thank you for serving their community
as volunteer Fireman for Ferdinand and Cottonwood. The students and I just
wanted to say thank you for their volunteer work for the communities. The
TSA Club paid for the materials. The top photo shows the Ferdinand firemen,
from left Kurt Riener, Ron Riener, Corey Schaeffer, Gabe Riener, Paul Schmidt,
J.D. Riener and Daniel Sigler. The bottom photo shows from left Rod Behler,
Clancy Slichter and Ed Holthaus of the Cottonwood Fie Department.
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Kyle Westhoff puts the head on what must be a 12 foot
snowman at the Jim and Carole Toennis residence on Easter weekend. Not
your typical Easter weekend activity. At right is Nick Bernard and hidden
behind Nick is his son Tyler Bernard. Behind the snowman is Curtis Westhoff.
Photo provided by Jim and Carole Toennis.
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Shown is a new counter in the drafting classroom at
PHS. Students made the parts and assembled sections with Roger Holthaus
helping to install the counter top which he helped to design and also donated
many of the materials. The computers shown were courtesy of a grant through
Tech Prep funds from Idaho Professional Technical Education. The Industrial
Technology program wants to thank Roger and Alica Holthaus for their kindness
and generosity and Tate Smith, Region II Tech Prep Coordinator for the
computers.
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