Seaport Quilt Guild
Eighty-five members met March 26 at the Pautler Senior Center in Clarkston. A member from out of town was visiting.
Newsletters from area guilds and quilt show notices were read, as well as a thank-you note from Christina Sullivan for a gift quilt. It was announced that Dixie Howard had given birth to a baby girl.
Committee reports were made about the "World of Inspiration" Festival of Quilts 2007 Quilt Show to be held April 28-29 at the Clarkston High School auxiliary gym.
Librarian Linda Hossner read some quilting tips from a book in the library.
Shelley Nagle reported an increase for camp fees at Palouse Divide Lodge. Costs are $115 for Thursday-Sunday, $85 for Friday-Sunday. Nagle also stated the Mystery Quilt pattern for May is the last pattern.
Bert McVickers reported Janine and Del Schnider celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, then presented Janine with an applique piece.
Connie Watkins announced the next comfort quilt work day will be April 12 at Patrick's Craft Shop in Clarkston. She noted that 26 quilts were delivered in March and challenged members to each make one quilt between the end of the quilt show and the end of the guild's business year in June.
Sue Towne reminded Secret Sisters to sign cards with their names for the reveal in May.
Chairpersons are still needed for the Tri-State Hospital Festival of Trees project and the St. Joseph Hospital Wine Tasting fundraisers. Ila Smith will donate the tree. Committees should be functioning by June.
Susan Pakula introduced Ginny Clark, who gave a program on the Challenge Quilt Reveal. Favorites were voted on and will be revealed at the quilt show.
Schnider announced the Fat Quarters winners: Pam Smith and Brianna Hocking.
Barb Burge said the Block Party winner was Patricia Cooper.
Door prize winners were Becky Anderson, Marguerite Sitton and Ann Streeter.
The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. May 21 at the Pautler Center. The date was changed because of Memorial Day.
Lewiston Orchards Kiwanis Club
Members met Wednesday morning in the Lewis-Clark State College Student Union Building.
Guest speaker Nancy Smith told with the club about the Head Start program in this part of Idaho as well as Asotin and Garfield counties of Washington.
An interclub from LCSC's CKI club were also in attendance.
One of the new members, Noel Abbott, commented about the recent zone conference, saying he would recommend it to any and all Kiwanis members, especially the new members. He reported leaving this conference with a good feeling about belonging to a Kiwanis Club.
A former member of the club, Royce Cox, was recently named Citizen Volunteer of the Year by Lewiston Mayor Jeff Nesset.
There will be a board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Marion Shinn. The next meeting is 7 a.m. Wednesday in Room 143 of the LCSC SUB.
Twin Rivers Toastmasters Club
Members met April 3 at the Student Union Building at Lewis-Clark State College. Weekly Tuesday night meetings will be conducted there until at least April 24 while the Jack in the Box restaurant is being remodeled.
Bonnie Lundholm served as toastmaster. Eric Lundholm evaluated Thad Brinkley's speech, called "EPS Foam." Gary Sule evaluated Mark Havens' speech, titled "Grunig's Law: How to Influence People by Overcoming Their Objections." Sule and Havens won the week's trophies.
Tim McConnell served as general evaluator and grammarian, and Kelly McConnell was the timer. Betty Pottenger was the table topics master. Havens and Rebecca Lundholm tied for the best table topics trophy.
Sule, area governor, reported on the outcome of the Area D-2 contest held March 29 Moscow. Eric Lundholm won first place in the speech contest and Pottenger won second place. Havens won first place in the evaluation contest, while Tom Eier of the Lewis-Clark Toastmasters Club won second place. These four people will advance to the Division D contest to be held April 14 in Pullman.
Chapter 28, National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni
Former members of the chapter met March 13 at the Lewiston Community Center following lunch at the meal site. The meeting was enjoyed by the widows present and Carl and Vera Paul of Kamiah. A 1989 scrapbook was displayed.
It was decided to discontinue meeting informally and to arrange a show-and-tell to remember March 31 as the day the program later known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was signed into law in 1933. The CCCs lasted until funds were no longer appropriated and the CCC ended in June 1942.
Memorials have been sent in memory of Chancie Myers to the NACCCA at 16 Hancock Ave., Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., and Central Idaho Historical Museum, 1001 State St. in McCall.
The next meeting will be Tuesday at the Lewiston Community Center, following the noon meal with the senior citizens. A display of CCC memorabilia will be on display from 12:30 to 2 p.m., as well as proclamations from Govs. Butch Otter and Chris Gregoire.
Tom Eier and Marie Eier recently attended the signing ceremony for the Washington Proclamation, which recognized March 31 as CCC Day in Washington.
Chapter BL, P.E.O.
Members met Tuesday at the home of Marilyn Sweeney with 23 members present. Millie Jones and Carolyn Jones were co-hosts. Sue Myers, president of Chapter HF in Redmond, Wash., was a guest.
President Helen Gleason announced a meeting of representatives from chapters BL, AR, AB, CC, BV and AW, which will be hosts for the state convention May 29-31, 2009, at the Best Western-University Inn in Moscow. The meeting will follow the officers workshop Saturday in Moscow.
Lois Chesnut reminded everyone of the rummage and cookie sale to be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 28 at the Church of the Nativity (Episcopal) in Lewiston. Mary McNish asked members to bring cookies for the sale.
Chesnut read from the state officers newsletter and Gleason read the proposed amendments to the state constitution that will be voted on at this year's convention May 4-5 in Nampa.
Barbara Swanson presented a program on the history and characteristics of 11 different kinds of nuts, and provided samples for all to taste.
The next meeting, on April 17, will be the birthday party for the chapter. It will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a no-host lunch at Boomers' followed by a tour of the Nez Perce County Historical Society Museum, led by Dick Riggs. Birthday cake will be served by hosts Ann Young and Camille Lame.
