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| School year 2010-11 is under way |
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By PEOPLE (Riggins) - Jeannie Fitch
RIGGINS -- School year 2010/2011 is just beginning at Riggins Elementary and Salmon River High School with the new four-day school week. SRHS classes begin at 8:05 a.m. and will run through 4 p.m.; breakfast begins at 7:55 a.m. in the multipurpose room. Riggins Elementary classes will begin at 8:15 a.m. and run through 3:55 p.m.; the playground will have supervision starting at 7:55 a.m.; breakfast will be served in the ASK building from 7:55-8:15 a.m. Parents are asked to try to schedule doctor's and dentist's appointments and other student involved events on Fridays to ensure school attendance does not suffer. With the four-day week students are only allowed to miss seven days rather then the nine days of the past. Lots of fall school events are in the works including SRHS football and volleyball as well as other activities. Check with both schools for a complete schedule of fall happenings.
School pictures for 2010/11 will be taken next Wednesday, Sept. 8, beginning at 8:30 a.m. for grades K-12 by Frank's Photos. Wear something colorful and put on your best smile!
The annual New Meadows hillbilly breakfast will be served by the Riggins Garnet Rebekah Lodge Monday, Sept. 6, beginning at 8 a.m. at the New Meadows School. CABS will be available for anyone who would like to go to the breakfast. Call Linda Hieter at 628-3780 or 628-CABS (2227) to make reservations.
The Annual Salmon River golf tournament and poker run sponsored by the Salmon River Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Grangeville Country Club Sunday, Sept. 12, at 1 p.m. (MST)/noon (PST). Everyone from everywhere is invited to join in on the fun whether you are a golfer or not -- it is a day of fun for everyone. You can sign up in Riggins at the Idaho Banana Co., Summerville's, or Blevins Agency; in Grangeville at the Grangeville Country Club; you can even sign up Sunday at the Grangeville Country Club. Entry is $25. There will be a potluck dinner following the tournament, so bring your favorite potluck dish to share with others.
Our local Riggins Head Start, known as the Lewis Clark Early Childhood Program, is open to families with children who will be 3 or 4 by Aug. 31, and who live between Smokey Boulder Road and White Bird. Classes will begin Monday, Sept. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to noon (MST) Monday through Thursday. The program offers free USDA meals, education, health and social services, parental involvement, as well as special services collaborated with Salmon River Joint School District 243. To secure an enrollment application, call 628-3854.
ASK, our Salmon River After School Kids program, has a new director and new lead teacher. Kari Ann Marquis who holds a bachelor of art education from Ohio State University will be the ASK director. She and her husband, Joseph, lived in Texas for the past six years and are in the process of purchasing the Canyon Pines RV Park south of Riggins. Jamie Howard Simar, 1997 SRHS graduate, will be the lead teacher. Jamie has been a dental assistant in Boise for the past 11 years. She and her husband, Chris, and 3-year-old daughter, Grace, are glad to back in Riggins. ASK will be offering piano, guitar, vocal lessons as well as a weekly dribble camp and karate in addition to the regular after-school schedule.
Tom Tumelson would like to thank all his friends and family for one awesome surprise birthday bash! "I was totally surprised! I want to thank the River Rock Band, my brother, Lee and Cat, my lovely wife, Bert, and special thanks to David and to the one who laid this all down and made it happen, my beautiful daughter Kali Lu! It was so cool and I will never forget this one! Thanks, again. Love, Tom Tumelson."
August 2010 did have five Sundays, five Mondays and five Tuesdays due to August beginning on a Sunday, however I learned this week that 800 years is far from being correct for this to happen again. August begins on a Sunday on an average of seven years with 11 years being the longest gap between such occurrences. August beginning on Sunday follows a 6-5-6-11 pattern. We are approaching the end of that cycle now. For details, go to snopes.com.
The Salmon River Farmers' Market, located in the Riggins City Park, will be ongoing every Thursday from 3-6 p.m. through September and into October until the farmers run out of produce. Get on down to the park and get some great produce and baked items.
The free fit and fall proof exercise class that you can join any time is open to anyone who wants to improve their strength, balance, flexibility, and mobility while decreasing their risk of falling meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 10-11 a.m. at the Salmon River Community Church fellowship room. This free class is sponsored by the Idaho North Central Public Health District with its trained volunteers to help adults stay fit and improve their balance doing gentle movements. For information, contact Gloria Mortenson at 628-2744 or Berneice Morell at 628-3828.
The 2010 Salmon River Art Guild's 34th Regional Fall Art Show will be held at the Riggins Best Western Salmon Rapids Lodge Oct. 8-10. All artists who wish to enter need to contact the Salmon River Art Guild at SRAG, P.O. Box 32, White Bird, ID 83554, e-mail kathy2bears@gmail.com, call Elaine at 839-2881 or Nancy at 839-2493. Awards totaling $1,000 will be given in the categories of watercolor/water media, oil/acrylic, mixed media including pastel, drawing and enhanced photos, sculpture and photography. The annual critique and reception for artists and their families as well as SRAG members will begin at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 8, followed by the announcements of the winners at 7:30 p.m. Doors open to the public Saturday, Oct. 9, at 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (MDT).
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