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Longtime Northwest Adventist Educator Retires

March 01, 2012, by Cindy Chamberlin

John Deming, longtime Northwest Adventist educator and principal of Walla Walla Valley Academy (WWVA) in College Place, Wash., just announced he is retiring at the end of the current school year."Working and walking with teenagers is both exhilara...

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UCA Selects Principal for 2012–2013 School Year

March 01, 2012, by Jay Wintermeyer

Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., announced the selection of John Winslow as its new principal following Troy Patzer's decision to join the Upper Columbia Conference trust department, effective July 1, 2012.

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Senior Class Interviews GuantÃ¡namo Bay Prosecutor

March 01, 2012, by Larry Hiday

Contemporary Moral Issues is a Bible class that students take during their senior year at Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA). This year, the class was presented with an unusual opportunity — the chance to interview Colonel Morris Davis.Col. Davis wa...

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Milo Players Use Winning Teamwork to Help Driver in Need

March 01, 2012, by Nancy Starr

Milo Adventist Academy (MAA) in Days Creek, Ore., lost the basketball game. As students loaded onto the bus, Milo’s principal, Randy Bovee, and his wife, Carol, headed home in their car along the remote, dark and slippery highway.At the bottom of ...

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Cooking Classes Teach Godâs Original Diet at HVJA

March 01, 2012, by Heather Tourville

Delectable scents waft throughout the classroom as children prepare Chinese fried rice in honor of the Chinese New Year. It’s all part of their monthly cooking and nutrition learning time — a day in the life of a second grader at Hood View Junior ...

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RVAA Elementary Students Share Christmas Cheer

March 01, 2012, by Laura Mancia

First- and second-grade students at Rogue Valley Adventist Academy in Medford, Ore., had fun making beaded candy canes and bookmarks. Led by their teacher, Michelle Wachter, they then shared these gifts with the nearby Three Fountains retirement c...

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Christmas in Springfield

March 01, 2012, by Cheryel Whitsell

The Springfield (Ore.) Church celebrated God's love in special ways during the Christmas season.The kindergarten, cradle roll and some primary children, along with adults, played a big part in the Dec. 10, 2011, Sabbath service. Songs, festive dec...

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Oregon Christian Womenâs Retreat Leads to Baptism

March 01, 2012, by Carolyn Karlstrom

The long, hard walk that brought DeziRae Mendoza to the baptismal fount has taken many turns. One of them was through the 2011 Oregon Conference Christian Women's Retreat.Abused and neglected as a child, shuttled back and forth between an alcoholi...

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First Donation for Haiti's Children

March 01, 2012, by Harold Premdas

On Sabbath, Oct. 8, 2011, while the Cave Junction, Ore., congregation looked on, Jeannette Stevenson, church treasurer, presented to Harold Premdas, retired church pastor, the first check for the needy children at the Beer-Scheba Adventist Church ...

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