Spokane Chorus wins regional
The Spirit of Spokane Chorus took first place in the chorus competition at last month’s Sweet Adelines regional convention at the Spokane Opera House. This is the fifth time that the chorus, directed by Mike Elliott, has won the Region 13 competition, which includes Washington, North Idaho and Alaska. It will represent the region at the Sweet Adelines International Convention in Calgary, Alberta, in October 2007. The Coeur d’Alene Chorus, competing under new director Bianca Perry, placed seventh.
In quartet competition at the regional convention, Pepper, with members from Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and Helena, won second place and Moxie, made up of singers from Spokane and Sandpoint, took third.
• Army Pvt. Joshua Dow recently graduated from basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. Dow, a 2003 graduate of Cheney High School, is the son of Jerry Dow of Cheney.
•The following students have been named to the fall 2005 dean’s list at Eastern Washington University. Students must hold a grade-point average of 3.5 or above to be named to the list.
Addy: Samantha Pizzato
Airway Heights: Ashley Black, Torben Dalstra, Clifford Hall, Faith Matusik, Brandon Smith, Genie Smith, Ting Ting Sun, Amber Witters
Almira: Erica Fuller, Kathrynn Porterfield
Chattaroy: Cynthia Coxon, Jared Darr, Katie Falk, Jennifer Forsman, Jessica Mattson, Maggie McCutcheon, Ryan McIntyre, Jeannie Merdanian, Katie Nordhagen, Sarah Schurkkamp, Keshia Shorts, Todd Steenhard
Colbert: Elizabeth Alvernaz, Rachel Austin, Andrea Bacon, Amanda Constable, Kyle Gable, Graydon Howard, Jamie Kent, Hillary Kovach, Michael Loucks, Jennah Luck, Jessica Mattson, Jared Mcconahy, Debra Morlan, Andrew Pascal, Krystal Weaver
Colfax: Michelle Gylling, Amy Teel, Jenna Vuletich, Ashley Wright
Colton: Thomas Eylar
Colville: Stephanie Arneson, Michelle Boomgaard, Jeremy Boswell, Daniel Dodge, Vance Fortune, David Freiberger, Elizabeth Gintz, Shaylynn Haller, Kari Johnson, Whitney Kaiser, Adrianne Keeney, Shane Kercheval, Travis Kreis, Teanna Meinhold, Robyn Richart, Danika Sackman, Nicholas Sackman, Philip Schulz, Shannon Sheehan, Justin Sliman, Thomas Tripp, Renee Turgeon
Coulee City: Erica Fuller, Amber Pearce
Coulee Dam: Michael Garcia, Kelly Halvorsen, Jason Kelton, Tiffany Louie, Capri Palanuk, Amber Scott, Tara Wheeler
Cusick: Jael Johnston
The EWU fall dean’s list will continue with Cheney and other cities in future Achievements columns.
Idaho
Post Falls Middle School student Hailey Smith, 13, took third place in the junior youth division of Idaho Magazine’s annual fiction writing contest. Her story in the age 14 and under category was titled “Syringa.” The stories were required to have an Idaho setting, theme or character.