Fraser’s 5th annual bluegrass,
country western jam session
By Norma Brand
The Fraser Bluegrass and Old
Country Western Jam session is scheduled to take place this weekend at Fraser
Park. Can you believe that the jam session will celebrate its 5th year of
playing for the residents of this area?
On Saturday, July 24, Steve
and Norma Brand and Reggie Ball installed the banner at Fraser Park. Reggie’s
wife, Peggy, was visiting her sister Robin in
There will be concession at
the Cookhouse on Saturday starting at
The Fraser Community Center
Board and the members of the Fraser Women’s Get Together Club and their husbands
will be ready to serve the usual menu. Remember several years ago when Pete
Kingen requested grilled onions on his sirloin burger? That was the beginning of
“Pete Burgers”, they will be on the menu again this year, as well as sirloin
burgers and hot dogs with all the trimmings. Another special feature this year
will be home made pie and ice cream.
The musicians will play on
Friday evening, all day Saturday and will do several hours of gospel music on
Sunday morning. Invite some of your friends to join you for this event, its
great entertainment and its “Free”
The tall pine trees at the
park will provide plenty of shade, so bring a comfortable chair and plan to
spend the day. This weekend is the time to enjoy the music, visit with your
friends and neighbors and treat yourselves to the tasty food served at the
Cookhouse. See you there, Friday evening July 30, Saturday, July 31 and Sunday
morning Aug. 1.
The members of the Timberline
All School Reunion are invited to walk in the Pierce “1860 Days” parade on Aug.
7. The parade will start at
Guest speaker will take the
stand at
Any donation money will go to
the Timberline Scholarship Fund for 2011. Everyone is invited to come and have a
good time. You can call Bev Bailey at
Glen Erickson had some
excitement at his ranch on
Sandy Morrow has taken over
ownership of Augie’s Deli in Orofino. Stop in and check out her menu the next
time you are in town. Sandy and her family are goods friends of our neighbors
Sherry and Larry Schlader.
Marie Green reported she has a
new great-granddaughter. Grier AnnMarie Scott was born on July 20; her proud
parents are Trina Green Scott and her husband Brian. Marie’s son Steve and his
wife Carol have two granddaughters to brag about, Grier and Hadley Paige Green,
who will be four years old in September. Their bag book of pictures will be
filling up and we are sure they will be glad to share it with anyone that asks
to see it.
Elvita Judd celebrated her
birthday on Tuesday, July 20. Her daughter, Loretta and family members; Toni
Smith, her sons Joseph and Jamison, Amanda Judd, her children, Blake and MaKenna,
and Marie Green joined her for dinner. Jack Smolinski stopped by in the
afternoon to wish Elvita a Happy Birthday and stayed to visit. On Wednesday
Loretta and Elvita drone over to Clarabell Browns for a visit.
On Sunday, July 25, June Judd
was in the process of telephoning her sister-in-law Clarabell Brown when she
dialed the Brand’s number instead. Norma enjoyed talking to June before she let
her off the phone so she could finish her call to Clarabell.
Debi Bordoni attended the
craft fair in McCall, over the 4th of July weekend. She reported everything went
well and she enjoyed visiting with her old customers. She also introduced her
special wood furniture and lamps to the new people that stopped by her booth.
The Bordoni’s recently
received a visit from Debi’s brother, Kevin Luksus and his wife Alisha, from