Olympia Christian School Awarded New Van The Intercity Transit board of directors recently awarded the Olympia (Wash.) Christian School (OCS) a 12-passenger van, a grant based largely on demonstrated benefit to the community.The board said they are amazed at how many acts of service OCS ... Read more
Adventist Health News Notes Walla Walla General Hospital Earns Top Marks from The Joint CommissionOut of more than 3,000 hospitals submitting data to The Joint Commission, Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) was recently recognized as one of 405 top performers on key quality... Read more
Destination: Rosario Researchers Converge at WWU's Marine Laboratory Walla Walla University's (WWU) Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory, Anacortes, Wash., recently hosted the Sixth North American Echinoderm Conference — a truly international event, with more than a third of the 85 participants coming from 14 different ... Read more
2011 Men's Retreat There is probably no men's retreat on the face of the planet which is as clearly designed for men who love the Lord and the great Alaskan out-of-doors than the Alaskan Men's Retreat. For this, men must relish the challenge of getting there — whate... Read more
Fall Teachers' Meetings Early August finds Alaskan teachers traveling to Anchorage for the beginning of school teachers' in-service. This year was a special time. Alaska has added several new teachers and teaching assistants to make their staff the largest it has been in... Read more
Idaho Welcomes New VP for Finance John Rogers, former Oregon Conference undertreasurer, is serving as the new vice president for finance of the Idaho Conference. Rogers began his career at the North Pacific Union Conference in 1991 and moved to the Oregon Conference in 1999 to ser... Read more
Idaho Youth Rush Wraps up Summer 2011 The Idaho Youth Rush program started in the summer of 2009 as a student literature evangelist program, also known as colporteuring. This summer was the third and best summer for the Idaho Conference, with 19 young adults (high school and college a... Read more
Idaho Christian Women's Retreat Says Goodbye to Mary Ellsworth Sept. 9–11 marked the 25th anniversary of the Idaho Christian Women's Retreat, a lay-led ministry held every year at Camp Ida Haven in McCall, Idaho. The Idaho CWR, as it's commonly referred to, was one of the first of its kind in the North Pacifi... Read more
If I Can Do It So Can You These are Brody Schillo's words from Billing, Mont. He believes in Matthew 19:26 "With God all things are possible."As an 11-year-old boy was one of the 15 National Geographic winners for 2011, Schillo says "I won this essay, but it is most import... Read more
