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The 11th Annual Raspberry Festival was well attended with approximately 1300 visitors. The cool rainy weather was a welcome respite from this summer's heat.
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1920’s Car Larry Kirpes, Colton, WA - 1929 Ford A Hot Rod 1930’s Car Harold Schuerman, Grangeville, ID – 1930 Ford Coupe 1950’s Car Ray Brandle, Grangeville, ID – 1957 Ford Thunderbird 1960’s Car 3-Way Tie Late Model Chris Fowler, Lewiston, ID – 1986 Honda Accord People’s Choice Larry Kirpes, Colton, WA – 1929 Ford A Hot Rod Nun’s Choice Ray Brandle, Grangeville, ID – 1957 Ford Thunderbird. Sister Ida Mae Fuchs was the lucky person who enjoyed a ride with the Brandles. RAFFLE1st Prize of $500 - Cleora Schmidt, Cottonwood 2nd Prize of $200 - Sr. Corinne Forsmann, Clarkston, WA 3rd Prize - of a Tutwiler Quilt Collective quilt, Tutwiler, MS, Melinda Sonnen, Cottonwood
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Lyle Wirtanen, Director of the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude; David Reed, donor, and Sr. Jean Lalande, Prioress of the Monastery of St. Gertrude stand behind the David Manuel bronze sculpture of Chief Joseph entitled "The Protector." |
The Historical Museum at St.
Gertrude recently received a valuable bronze sculpture by the artist David Manuel of Joseph, Oregon. Dave
Reed of Carmichael, CA, donated the bronze along with
a Nez Perce woman’s saddle and its
letter of authenticity.
The bronze is entitled, "The Protector", and depicts Chief Joseph in his true role as a protector of women and children, not as a war chief. Manuel captured the real Joseph by symbolically placing two children on the horse with Joseph. “It’s at the end of the trail before they were captured,” Manuel said. “The kids were tired and he’s thinking about the lost Wallowas he is leaving behind and the happy hunting ground. To complete the story, I put a deer antler on the ground and some pinecones to symbolize what he is thinking about. “My heart identifies with those two kids,” he says. “With all my pieces I get a certain story in my mind, then I get a title, and then I do the piece. The story comes first.” |
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sculpture is one of 50 cast and is currently valued at $30,000. A photo of
the sculpture is available at www.davidmanuel.com/davemanuel/protect.htm.
The museum was pleased to accept the sculpture in order to enhance its Nez Perce exhibit. It will also help impart a realistic image of Chief Joseph to the many museum visitors. Dave Reed is the son of Mary (Kopczynski) Reed of Cottonwood. He and his wife live in Carmichael, CA, and are honored that the museum accepted these items. |
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The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude will be hosting their 11th annual Raspberry Festival on August 3, 2003. Recognizing eleven increasingly successful years, this year’s festival promises to be the best ever. New events and new activities are planned.
The day is a fun-filled Sunday in August with a car show, quilt/art show, arts and crafts venders, cultural demonstrations, live entertainment, food, and tours of the monastery and museum. Hot air balloon rides will be available. A breakfast will be served from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Our famous raspberry shortcake and barbecued beef sandwiches will be the featured food for the rest of the day.
For the physically fit, the Raspberry Run and a Shortcake Walk is included in the Festival. A 10K run and a 3 mile walk/run will follow the pavement out to Keuterville and back. Showers are available next door at Prairie High School. Application forms for these events are available by contacting the museum. Start getting in shape for this challenge.
The Raspberry Festival Arts and Crafts Fair where vendors will be selling everything you need from soap to ceramics to artwork to clothing will be situated on the grounds in front of the monastery. We will have spaces for some 25 to 30 vendors. This adds another interesting element to this fun-filled day.
Raspberry products made from the raspberries picked on the grounds of the monastery will be available for purchase. Those products include raspberry jam, raspberry vinegar, and raspberry mustard. Raspberry soap and raspberry hair conditioner will be two commercially made products also for sale.
Cash prizes of $300, $200 and $100 will be awarded in the raffle this year. A quilt made in Tutwiler, Mississippi by the Tutwiler Quilting Group will also be awarded in the raffle. The quilt is titled “Full Rose” and was made in the Afro-American tradition to preserve the quiltmaking traditions indigenous to the Mississippi Delta area through the use of bold colors and bigger stitches.
We invite everyone to set aside August 3 as a day of fun and relaxation in-and-around the grounds of the Monastery of St. Gertrude. This day promises to provide everyone with an extraordinary cultural and historical experience PLUS you will be assisting The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude in its mission of preserving the past for the future.
For information please call the museum at (208)962-7123 or email us at museum@velocitus.net or take a look at our website at www.HistoricalMuseumAtStGertrude.com
Last year, on the 125th anniversary of the Nez Perce Conflict of 1877, The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude, in cooperation with the Nez Perce Tribe and the National Park Service, was proud to host a one-day event entitled “Nez Perce Country: A Symposium”. That symposium focused on the land and how it has been transformed over the last 300 years.
A second follow-up event, now termed a “forum”, is scheduled to occur on Thursday, June 12, 2003 at Kamiah High School in Kamiah, Idaho. The theme of the forum is “Living Together Into the Future”. The major intent of the forum remains to bring cultures together for a day of positive interaction.
A discussion of treaty rights and sovereignty issues will be the topic of this day-long event. One of the speakers will be Dr. Keith Allred, one of two professors from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, who was involved in the negotiations that resulted in the memorandum of understanding between the Nez Perce Tribe and the North Central Idaho Jurisdictional Alliance. Another speaker will be Cathy Wilson who is an attorney who works for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Phoenix, Arizona and who has had experience with treaties rights and sovereignty issues.
By sharing, interacting and communicating, the participants will have an opportunity to come to a better understanding of each other and each other’s culture. It will be a time to overcome some of the misunderstandings and misrepresentations within each culture and, hopefully, a time to continue healing the trauma of the past. We invite you to attend this second event that is helping to build bridges between cultures.
A registration fee of $15 will cover the cost of a continental breakfast, lunch and materials. The registration fee is waived if you are a student (high school or college) or an elder (over 62 years of age). Space is limited to 375 people so early registration is suggested. If you have questions please call the museum at (208) 962-7123 or email at: museum@velocitus.net
The National Park Service in cooperation with The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude and the Nez Perce Tribe is sponsoring two special presentations on the history of treaties with the Nez Perce. “Ambassadors Lewis and Clark Treat with the Nez Perce” will be presented by Professor Dennis Colson from the University of Idaho College of Law. Dr. Colson describes the diplomatic mission of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and how that mission recognized the Nez Perce Nation. These contacts established the pattern of treaty councils that defines the relationship between the United States and the Nez Perce Tribe to this day. Sovereignty and the “discovery principle” will be examined.
What is a treaty? What is the legal definition of sovereignty? What is the discovery principle? What is meant by the right of discovery? What diplomatic protocols did Lewis & Clark adopt during their journey through Nez Perce country in 1805-1806?
The first presentation will occur on Thursday, May 22 at 7 P.M. at the Nez Perce National Historical Park in Spalding – located 10 miles east of Lewiston, Idaho on U.S. Highway 95. The second identical presentation is scheduled for Thursday, June 5 at 7 P.M. at the Welcome Center on Main Street in Kamiah, Idaho. Programs are free and open to all. For further information please contact Nez Perce National Historical Park at (208) 843-2261 ext.199.COTTONWOOD, ID -- Are you tired of giving your mom the same old Mother’s Day gift? How about shaking things up a bit this year by taking her to the 6th Annual Victorian Mother’s Day Tea instead?
This year’s event will be held on Saturday, May 10, in the refectory at the Monastery of St. Gertrude. This event is a wonderful opportunity to treat your mother, daughter, grandmother, or other special person, male or female, to a memorable and enjoyable afternoon.
The theme is “Victorian Spring Garden” and, while not required, guests are encouraged to dress in Victorian attire. The Victorian Tea recreates the attire, food, music, and lifestyle of the Victorian era. Live music will be provided by harpist Pat Donnelly of Weippe, ID. A Victorian fashion show with live models will feature a collection of vintage heirlooms from the Linda Junes collection. Valet parking and a tuxedoed escort are provided upon arrival.
The menu includes a variety of cookies, scones, finger sandwiches and fresh strawberries. And what would a tea party be without lots of hot tea, coffee and punch provided at your table by costumed servers.
This popular annual fundraising event features two seatings: the first seating is scheduled from 12:30 to 2:30 pm (Pacific Time). The second seating is most authentic and occurs at the traditional High Tea time from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Space is limited to 114 guests per seating and RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED! Contact the museum at (208) 962-7123 or email museum@velocitus.net to make your reservations for the seating of your choice. Reservations will be taken up to the day of the event.
The two seatings will be broken up by guided tours of the historic Monastery Chapel at 2:00 pm and at 4:30 pm. The monastery’s Book & Gift shop and the historical museum will also be open. Guests will have an opportunity to purchase fresh loaves of cracked wheat and white bread baked in the monastery bakery, as well as raspberry jam and raspberry vinegar made from raspberries picked on the Monastery grounds.
The cost for this premier event is $15.00 per person, (yes, that includes children!) with all proceeds to benefit the museum. Remember, space is limited so make your reservations in advance. For further information call the museum.
Don’t lose your treasured records and documents from your family’s past.
Learn basic preservation practices and the care and storage of paper documents from a practicing museum curator. Bring one family document such as a marriage or wedding certificate, homestead papers, photos, etc. and you will go home with that document preserved.The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude is offering this “Document
Preservation” class through the Outreach Center of Lewis Clark State College. The class will be conducted at the museum on Saturday, March 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Lunch will be available in the monastery dining room for $7 or you can bring your own. Cost is $15 plus $15 for supplies.For more information, contact the museum at 208-962-7123.
By Jeannette Gorman
The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude's is preparing a display to help celebrate the Cottonwood Medical Clinic Open House on Saturday, Feb. 1. The display will be set up in the foyer of the clinic from Friday, Jan. 24 through the month of February.
The blessing for the new clinic is scheduled for 3 p.m. and the Open House will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. A celebration dance featuring the Selway Cruisers at the Greencreek Community Center will begin at 8 p.m. The public is invited to participate.
The museum display at the new clinic will include a variety of medical equipment and supplies from the early 1900s through the 1950s.
"We felt a display would be a good way to show the public what advancements have been made in the medical field. Many of the items date back even before the original hospital, Our Lady of Consolation, opened its doors in 1930," said Lyle Wirtanen, museum director. "We thought people would be interested in seeing how medical care has changed through the decades."
Included in the display will be an infant incubator, circa 1937, an infant resuscitator from around 1959, which was manually operated, and a fetal cardiac monitor from 1910. A blood urea kit dating from 1935 allowed doctors to test for the level of urea and nitrogen in the patient's blood.
"Another interesting item is an ether mask from the 1930s when ether was used in surgery fro anesthesia. The accompanying canister was labeled 'flammable,' and 'poison,'" said Wirtanen. "We also have a nursing bottle with a nipple on each end. When one end filled with air pressure the nurse would switch to the other end. I was manufactured by Barnet Glassworks in England around 1935. Museum visitors usually guess it was designed for twins."
The two display cases will also include a baby bottle from the 1950s with a built in thermometer and a 1940s needle sharpener used before disposable needles were invented.
According to Wirtanen, many of the items were donated by Dr. Wesley Orr, one of the founders and the first doctor in the original hospital. "The Benedictine Sisters of the Monastery of St. Gertrude also donated a large number of items," said Wirtanen. "We have over 70,000 historical artifacts and items in the museum that reflect the history of north central Idaho. We encourage the public to visit and learn more about this area through its history."
The Historical Museum is open year-round. Tuesday through Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For more information call (208) 962-7123.
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