Band and choir students will cook breakfast for the community this weekend.
The second-annual breakfast and flea market, sponsored by the St. Maries Music Boosters, if from 7 a.m. to noon May 10 at the Walker Building at the Benewah Community Fairgrounds.
Shelby Holder, Conner Silflow, Hunter Megee and Dawson Marunde are band students at St. Maries High School. The St. Maries Music Boosters Club will serve breakfast and have a flea marker May 10 to help raise money to support music students, both band and choir.
Donations are needed for the flea market. If you have something you don’t need anymore, consider donating it to the St. Maries Music Boosters. Items that are welcome include gently used knick knacks, toys, games, kitchen items, furniture and more.
The breakfast menu the day of the sale includes pancakes, biscuits and gravy, ham, sausage, eggs, coffee, milk and orange mice. The cost is $5 per person and $3 for children 12 and younger.
“The first year we raised just over $1,000,” Mike Noyes said. Mr. Noyes teaches band and choir at St. Maries Middle and High Schools. “The breakfast is good, and we will have some great items as well.”
Money will help pay for uniforms, instruments and helps pay for travel to music activities.
To donate an item, call Mr. Noyes at 582-1427 or Calandra Loe at 245-6976.
The annual Muddy Butt is Sunday, May 4 and officially launches the St. Joe Cycle Club’s racing season. The race is at Xmas Hills Recreational Area, just southeast of St. Maries. The event is free for spectators and open to the public.
But those who plan to go to the race might want to give themselves extra time; new insurance requirements call for everyone who attends – both riders and spectators – to sign a liability waiver and wear a wristband. Insurance also requires more structure in the event including designated parking and camping areas.
Registration for the races begin at 7:30 a.m. The children’s races starts at 9 a.m., and the big bikes, at 11:30.
Kristin Compton displays this year’s Muddy Butt race apparel. The race is Sunday at Xmas Hills Recreation area. Only blue hooded-sweatshirts will be available at the race.
As many as 275 racers from as far as Washington, Montana and Oregon participate in the event each year. Last year approximately 220 bikes were registered. Organizers hope to beat that this ear.
Club member Mike Minier, with the help of Clayton, Ben and charlie Harvey, Dylan Julian and other club members, will build this year’s course, which will include a lap that will take from 20 to 40 minutes to ride. The race is expected to last approximately three hours.
The motocross racers have raced on Xmas Hills for more than 30 years. The St. Joe cycle Club offers three races each year; the Muddy Butt is the first in the series, followed by the Chuck Compton May 18 and the Jimmy Hansen Memorial on June 15.
The club offers a fourth race later in the year that is not included in the series. The Stix and Stones race has been scheduled for Oct. 12.
Rhegan Humphrey was named 2015 St. Maries Distinguished Young Woman Saturday night. As the winner, Ms. Rhegan was awarded a $1,500 scholarship, in addition to other monies she had earned throughout the night. Rhegan is the daughter of Dale and Darcy Humphrey.
Rhegan Humphrey, center, was named 2015 St. Maries Distinguished Young Woman Saturday. Kendall Brusseau, left, was first runner up, and Paytyn Wemhoff, right, won second runner up.
Other finalists, and the scholarship money associated with each category, are as follows:
First Runner Up: Kendall Brusseau $1,000
Second Runner Up: Paytyn Wemhoff $750
Be Your Best Self, in Honor of Karen Ebert:
Paytyn Wemhoff $200
Kendall Brusseau $200
Spirit Award:
Kaleena Harvey $200
Kristen Womack $200
Scholastic:
Kendall Brusseau $250
Paytyn Wemhoff $250
Rhegan Humphrey $250
Judges’ Interview:
Paytyn Wemhoff $250
McKenzie Rose $250
Rhegan Humphrey $250
Talent:
Jasmyn Shaw $250
Rhegan Humphrey $250
Kendall Brusseau $250
Fitness:
Jasmyn Shaw $200
Rhegan Humphrey $200
Kendall Brusseau $200
Self Expression:
Paytyn Wemhoff $200
Rhegan Humphrey $200
Catherine Flach $200
Ryan Kennelly, a 2012 graduate of St. Maries High School, was recently featured in the St. Maries Gazette Record. Ryan is a sophomore at the University of Idaho, and he is pursuing a degree in operations management and marketing with an entrepreneurial emphasis.
Ryan attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Award program as a senior at St. Maries High School. Each year, the local St. Maries Rotary Club selects a senior to attend the leadership conference.
Not only did Ryan attend as a camper, but he also attended as a staff member in 2013 and plans to do so again this year. He also helped start a Rotaract program for young adults at the University of Idaho.
This is reprinted with permission from the Gazette Record.
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What is the RYLA Program?
RYLA stands for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. RYLA encourages servant leadership in youth by recognizing and rewarding students who attend the RYLA Camp in Castlegar, British Colombia.
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When and where did you attend the RYLA Program?
I have attended RYLA twice thus far, once as a camper in 2012 and the other as a staff member in 2013. I am also returning this summer as a staff member.
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What type of activities did you participate in during the program?
RYLA’s intent is to encourage students to be more effective servant leaders. RYLA participants engage in seminars in which keynote speakers elaborate on Rotary’s purpose to the community and world, fundamentals of leadership, ethics of positive leadership, qualities of a “servant leader,” conflict management, building self-esteem and self-confidence, and the elements of community and global citizenship. Participants also dive into a positive, friendly, and inspiring environment.
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What did you gain from the program?
It is always a challenge answering this question. RYLA has provided me with an experience of a lifetime. Not only have I grown as an individual, but I have grown into a young, “Rotarian to be.”
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What is the Rotaract Program?
Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18-30. They are either community or university based, and are sponsored by a local Rotary Club. This makes them true “partners in service” and key members of the Rotary family.
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What prompted you to help start a Rotaract Club at the University of Idaho?
My experience at RYLA was the main motivation to get involved in service organizations at the University of Idaho. At RYLA, I heard about a new and young Rotaract Club of the Palouse that had recently taken flight in Moscow and Pullman. Attending the U of I gave me the opportunity to hop right in and get involved. It has been an extraordinary experience.
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What types of activities/projects has the club been involved since it started?
The Rotaract Club of the Palouse has helped serve in the communities of Moscow and Pullman since it started last year. In Moscow, we have helped clean day dare facilities, partnered with the local clubs and organizations to fundraise through a 5K Color Fun Run, gift wrapping around the holidays, ringing Salvation Army Bells, and also fundraise during the annual Relay for Life. Our club also had the opportunity to partner with the local Rotary Clubs of Moscow and Pullman to fundraise and implement “Project Tanzania”—a project that brought electricity to and connected five villages in the much needed area of Tanzania.
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Why do you feel RYLA and Rotaract are good programs?
Rotaract is a good program because it allows young individuals to not only give back to their communities, but also make a difference in the lives of others throughout the world. RYLA is a good program because it emphasizes “service above self” while also inspiring and providing students with the resources to go out in the world and accomplish their dreams.
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Both of these programs tend to focus on leadership. What qualities do you think make a good leader and why are leaders important?
A good leader has to be dynamic. A leader must be able to lead and follow, adapt to different situations, be honest, responsible, communicate well, and remain visible in their respective communities.
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Had you been involved with Rotary prior to attending the RYLA Program? Do you plan to stay involved in similar activities later on in life and why?
Rotary has always been a part of my life. My parents have been involved in Rotary for as long as I can remember. When I was younger (and still in Wisconsin) my father would take us to help set up the city lights during the holidays – for me that meant hot chocolate, but now I see the bigger picture. And absolutely (I plan to stay involved). We have a funny saying at RYLA that I finally have understood. “I have drank the Kool-aid.” It is now a life goal of mine to serve the communities in which I live, as well as do my part in making this world a better place.
A longtime teacher at Lakeside Middle School was selected to replace John Brumley following his retirement as the middle and high school principal.
Jennifer Hall said she is excited and up to the challenge as she switches gears. She’s taught math and science to Plummer-Worley middle school students for more than 15 years.
After teaching math and science at Lakeside Middle School for more than 15 years, Jennifer Hall will assume the post as principal at Lakeside Middle School and High School this fall.
“I come from a generation of teachers. Both of my parents taught at Eastern Washington University. I graduated from there with my bachelor’s to teach math and science. I was hired to teach at Plummer-Worley in 1996,” she said.
Mrs. Hall will complete her master’s in administration in June. She said she was encouraged by some of her mentors to seek the post as principal.
“I’m also committed to serving this community,” she said.
Mrs. Hall’s children, as well as her husband Les’ children, have graduated or are attending Plummer-Worley schools. They also have grandchildren in the district.
“I think the strength of this district is its small size and the ability to know each and every one of our students as well as their parents,” she said. “There is a great sense of community here.”
Mrs. Hall anticipates it will be a challenge to step out of the classroom and into an administrative role, but she looks forward to it.
“In a lot of ways my classroom just gets larger,” she said. “I’ve been preparing students for high school for years, and now I’m going to be looking at getting them ready for college and a career. I’m going to be looking at the bigger picture. And it’s exciting.”
Mrs. Hall will be working closely with Mr. Brumley in the next few months. She will start as principal of the middle school and high school this fall.
In addition to preparing students for college and a career, she wants to see more use of technology in the classroom. She said she is also looking forward to working with the staff.
“Education is always changing,” she said. “It’s not like it was when I graduated. There are always a lot of new ideas and while I might not agree with all of them, I find them fascinating.I’m really looking forward to this opportunity.”
