Hulda Bridgeman Chosen As Artist Of The Year
Hulda Bridgeman, a Coeur d’Alene fiber artist, was named Artist of the Year in the production division of the NICHE Award, a national competition for excellence in American crafts.
She was also a finalist in One of a Kind division.
The awards were presented at a reception in Philadelphia.
She owns Hulda Bridgeman Design of Coeur d’Alene, a company which produces limited edition and one-of-a-kind art garments in hand-dyed silk.
Pamela Crouse, manager of the Coeur d’Alene Red Cross office, was awarded the regional level Tiffany Award for Employee Excellence in Management.
Competition was between all chapters in the eight states of the Mountain West Region of the American Red Cross. The award was presented at the recent State Service Council meeting.
Crouse has been manager for five years and is serving a second term on the organization’s state service council. She received the state award for management excellence at the annual meeting in Boise and is now a finalist for the national award to be presented in Tulsa, Okla., in May.
Five area students will be honored March 11 by the Jonas Babcock Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, for their placements in the group’s American History Essay Contest: “Living in America in Colonial Days: 1607-1776.”
Winners were:
Stephanie Beaver, fifth grade, Blair Elementary School, Fairchild Air Force Base.
Jeremy Decker, eighth grade, Valley Christian School.
Good Citizens chapter winners were:
Jeremy Gilrein, first place, Lakeside High School.
Robert Haugen, second place, Medical Lake High School.
Melody Schlafmann, third place, Valley Christian.
Legos, aluminum foil, string and styrofoam were used by 46 children to create tomorrow’s building concepts in a Block Kids Contest sponsored by the Spokane Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. The program is aimed at grades 1-6.
Andrew Knapp, a second-grade student at Lidgerwood Elementary, took first place with his bridge over water, complete with ramps and guard rails.
Other winners were Matthew Gower, third grade student at Cooper Elementary, and Kelsey Lavelle, a second-grader at Brentwood Elementary.
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