Potlatch News

For the Pacific Railcar Operators, the historic depot at Potlatch has become a cause.

The 6th Annual WI&M Railway HPG History Days are slated for July 11 and 12. With keen competition for speeder car rides, presale tickets will again be available this year, guaranteeing rides at specific times.

The Upper Lochsa Land Exchange would allow the U.S. Forest Service to swap appx.

A summer kids' event called Crocodile Dock will be hosted at Community Presbyterian Church in Potlatch from Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17.

Gene and Patti Wafters have done their share of traveling and when they do, they keep an eye out for giant flags.

Opposing sides of the controversial Upper Lochsa Land Exchange are organizing themselves for this fall when the proposed exchange's administrative process will again pick up steam.

The Potlatch Arts Council has awarded three scholarships this spring. Potlatch Elementary School teachers Teresa Myott and Alice Wilcox were awarded scholarships to attend Arts Powered Schools Summer Institute in Coeur d'Alene. The week-long institute will include workshops on painting, interviewing, archetecture, writing, and movement.

Two Potlatch teens were arrested around 1:21 a.m. Sunday after allegedly attempting to elude Latah County sheriff's deputies on State Highway 6 near Harvard.

Summer Reading Programs begin soon at all Latah County Libraries. This year's theme, Be Creative @ Your Library, promises countless opportunities to support children's reading with fun programs, books to read, and reading prizes.

Caryn Brown is at it again. The cheerful teller at the Potlatch branch of US Bank has designed a patriotic quilt to be raffled off on Potlatch Days, July 18.

A moist southwesterly flow continues to bring clouds and thunderstorms to much of the Inland Northwest, particularly to the mountains of North Idaho, where a flood watch has been posted.

Join Jim Mallory and family and friends to celebrate Jim's retirement from Potlatch.

Happenings on the Hilltop... Judy O'Brien 435-4870 fibermomma@wildblue.net Opportunity! The Weippe Rodeo Association is having a work night/rodeo meeting and potluck Friday, June 12.

The Potlatch Library Summer Reading program began June 4 with the theme "Be Creative @ Your Library!" Children from birth to grade 12 can enroll in the free program.

Back when Bovill was a thriving timber and railroad hub, the town boasted a handsome brick downtown shopping area, a hospital - and an opera house.

The American Legion Auxiliary has selected the young women who will represent Moscow, Deary, Genesee, Potlatch, and Troy at the 63rd annual session of Idaho Syringa Girls State to be held at Northwest Nazarene University June 14-19. Delegates will spend a week in Nampa learning the mechanics and function of government.

The highlight of the 2009 summer season for the Latah County Vandal Boosters will be the annual Potlatch Barbecue Friday, June 19 at the home of Doug and Barb Scoville.

Pastor Hillbrick wishes to give a final thank you to the folks at Princeton Nazarene and the folks from the Potlatch-Princeton-Harvard area for their wonderful support and friendship over the last ten years.

Ground training, equitation, under saddle training and leadership skills are just some of the activities planned during the youth horsemanship camp scheduled July 7-9 at MM Training and Boarding Stables in Potlatch.

America's past was discovered in the sleepy, almost invisible location called Rohwer, Arkansas.