Fraser's Mother's Day prime rib dinner
By Norma Brand
The Fraser Community Center
Board invites everyone to come and enjoy the wonderful Mother’s Day Prime Rib
Dinner again this year. It will be held at the
Purchase your tickets from any
of the board members or Linda Beard at 435-4806, Janet Kingen at 435-4439 or
Peggy Ball at 435-4209. The Fraser Ladies Get Together Club will be providing
the desserts and they plan to have a wide selection of goodies to choose from.
This dinner is a fundraiser
for the indoor bathroom at the Center. Construction on the first stage will
begin this summer. A water holding tank will replace the old cistern; water will
be hauled to the tank. This stage will also include the leach field for the
bathroom. More fundraisers are in the planning stages to bring in the needed
money to complete the project.
The Fraser Ladies Get Together
Club met on Wednesday, April 14. The hostesses, Peggy Ball and Nancy Ann
Stanfill had the
The Yard Sale fundraiser for
the Community Center was discussed. Gini Donnelly was asked to organize this
event; it is scheduled for Saturday, June 5. Donations are needed; as you are
doing your spring house cleaning please save your items for this event. Clothing
will not be accepted. The club members will start accepting your items the week
before the sale.
The weekend of June 5 will be
a great time to visit the other sales that are planned for the hill top area, to
name one; the Rebekah Lodge is holding a Plant and Glass sale. Check out the
local newspaper for the other yard sales and spend the day, you may find that
special treasure you are looking for. More information will follow.
After the meeting the
hostesses served a wonderful lunch of salads and dessert. They encouraged
everyone to look for the Easter Eggs they hid outside; three had a note inside
that entitled the finder to a gift, a set of colorful kitchen linens. The secret
sister gifts were exchanged and shared. The next meeting will be on May 12; the
theme is Mother’s Day. The hostesses are Gini Donnelly and Karen Fowler.
Abby Brown was six years old
on Tuesday, April 6. She celebrated her birthday on Saturday, April 10 with
family and friends. Sherry’s Cakes and Bouquets of Weippe baked her cake and
decorated with a kitty. Among her gifts was a new bicycle, this one is without
training wheels, so she is trying to keep her balance while she pushes on the
peddles. How many of you readers remember learning to ride your first bicycle?
It won’t be long, Abby, you will have this new experience mastered and this new
bike will be a great source of entertainment.
Abby also enjoys reading a
variety of books. She reached the Kindergarten 10 Point Club at Timberline
Schools and had her picture in last weeks
Timberline Schools will hold
an Elementary Music Program for grades K-6 on May 3 at
The Fraser Weed Coalition held
a meeting on Thursday, April 15 at the
Steve and Norma Brand attended
the Clearwater Power Co. town meeting in Orofino on Thursday, April 15. General
Manager, Dave Hagen, gave the co-op members an update on what has been happening
during 2009; 584 poles have been replaced, 12 miles of new distribution lines
have been installed (most of it has been underground), and they acquired 238 new
accounts.
He explained the facilities
charge that is included on our monthly bills; this reflects a small percentage
of the fixed costs the power company has to cover. This charge first appeared on
the bills in 1983 at $10 per month, this charge changed in January 2010, it is
$18 per month.
Company revenues are down due
to the recession and the weather this past winter. Over the next 20 years they
expect the demand for new power generation to increase by 30 percent. There is
no “Silver Bullet” solution to this demand, it will have to be a combination
that includes wind, solar and wave power generation and energy conservation.
Clearwater Power Company has
installed a Photovoltaic Array and Wind Turbine generating system at their head
quarter in
Marie Green enjoyed a visit
from her granddaughter Trina Scoot and her husband Ryan. They arrived at the
farm on Friday and returned home to
Happy Birthday goes out to
Linda Beard and Carrie Brooks on April 23.
Happy Anniversary goes out to
Sandy and Lisa Dahl on April 24.