Not a Drill Some girls just thought it was a fire drill when on Nov. 17 the fire alarm went off in Auburn Adventist Academy's Nelson Hall, home to 81 girls. They left the dorm with little more than the clothes on their backs, thinking that in just a few momen... Read more
Lending a Helping Hand Fall Service Day 2003 More than 450 students, faculty and staff spent Oct. 22 performing community service and outreach programs for Walla Walla College’s (WWC) 11th annual Service Day.Participants kicked off the morning at 7 a.m. with a pancake breakfast and worship o... Read more
The Gift of Hope: Bennett Finds Her Role in Health Care Satisfying Every day, it may look like Lisa Bennett comes to work and does pretty much the same thing. After all, as director of cardiopulmonary services and the sleep lab at Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH), some of her tasks are fairly routine.She takes... Read more
NAD Pathfinder Camporee Heads Back to Oshkosh North Pacific Union Pathfinders will be attending the largest six-day Adventist youth event in the world from Aug. 9–14, 2004, in Oshkosh, Wis.More than 20,000 Pathfinders from more than 60 countries will be attending this historic youth event to ... Read more
ACN offers great Adventist Preaching "That’s the best sermon I’ve ever heard!” exclaimed the 70-year-old member of a small mid-western congregation. His multi-church pastor, wanting only the very best for his congregation in his absence, had chosen a sermon from the premiere edition ... Read more
Family Reunions Editor's note: While family reunions are notable events to family members they are not usually of interest to the entire GLEANER readership. However, last summer, two large, Northwest-based Adventist families held notable reunions. It is our hope ... Read more
Music + Three Teens = 130 Baptisms Dad and Mom Herr (pronounced “her”) married in 1915 and settled in McClusky, N.D, a community of about 800. By 1935, they had 10 strong, healthy children. They worked hard and worshipped together at the Evangelical Reform Church. The oldest, Ted, ... Read more
Libby Roundup Only a few times in a family’s history do memories and reality interface and create a moment never forgotten. One of those times was Labor Day weekend, when more than 90 Libby family members gathered at the remote and peaceful Granger Butte Ranch ... Read more
Alaska to Oshkosh "Pathfinders, atten-huh!” Following a summer of camporee and campouts, Alaska Pathfinders fall in for a new year of activities.First order of business for most is the induction service during which both new and continuing Pathfinders light a candl... Read more
