WSU Advance Blogging Class

On December 3, 2008 Jaci, Virginia, Rita and I, all attended an advanced blogging class. During this class we learned many things such as uploading photos and editing them. How to organize our website. What kind of events we should add to the site, and things such as where to locate and how to put things where we want them. The class was very helpful and taught us many new things.

Milwaukee Railroad Bridge

One of Rosalia's most scenic sights is The Old Milwaukee Railroad Bridge located south of town. The bridge is part of the John Wayne Trail system running through Washington State.

WSU HORIZONS PROJECT HONORED

WSU Extension's Horizons Program Honored for Work> > SPOKANE, Wash. - Partnering to promote the Horizons leadership program> in the Inland Northwest has earned Washington State University Extension> and the University of Idaho honors from Inland Northwest Partners.> > INP, a regional, non-profit, economic development organization, last> week honored local communities and organizations for outstanding> contributions toward economic development in the region. It bestowed> "The Partnership Award" on the two Palouse universities for their work> with the Horizons leadership program in 42 communities; WSU has worked> with 25 communities to date, and UI has worked with 17 communities.> > "The Horizons project is all about helping communities help themselves,"> said Linda Kirk Fox, associate vice president and dean of WSU Extension.> "We are pleased to be in the position to hire and train the community> coaches who help communities identify and overcome obstacles to> prosperity."> > Funded primarily with a grant from the Northwest Area Foundation,> Horizons seeks to reduce poverty in rural and reservation communities> with populations of less than 5,000 and poverty rates of 10 percent or> more. The program was implemented in Washington, Idaho, Montana, North> Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Oregon in 2002.> > Last year, in Washington and Idaho communities alone, more than 6,000> people participated in education trainings, more than 2,000 engaged in> community study circles, and 85 percent of participants reported an> increase in leadership skills after training.> > > Horizon community programs include projects such as expanding education> options for all residents, developing public transit systems, developing> recycling programs, farmers' markets and community gardens and economic> development projects.> > -30-> > This and other news releases from the WSU Extension and the College of> Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences are available on our> Web site: http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/. Need an expert? Go to:> http://experts.wsu.edu/.>

Leadership Plenty / PR-Blog training

Our crew from Rosalia is looking forward to attending the LeadershipPlenty/PR-Blog training this week in Spokane. Hopefully we all learn alot and can put the knowledge to use back here at home.

ACTION FORUM RESOURCE FAIR

We made a change in the time for dinner to start, instead of 6:00pm dinner will be ready at 5:30pm. Hope to see everyone there!

STUDY CIRCLES COMPLETED

Kudos to everyone who took part in the study circles for our community! It has been so exciting to see people come together and discuss all of the aspects of poverty and think about what we might be able to do to make our part of the world a better place. Everybody did an awesome job. The action ideas are very good and very workable. Best of all, this past five weeks has started people to think about other people.
I would like to thank everyone who has taken part in this phase of the Horizons Project. Each one of you has brought something special to these discussions and it is a deeply satisfying feeling to look back and see what you have accomplished.
Now on to the action forum! Please mark your calendars for December 16th. The doors open at 5:00pm and dinner will start at 6:00. Keep in mind that dinner will be buffet style and available until 8:00. I certainly hope you all can be there. Babysitting will be available as well as gas cards for those who have to drive any distance.

ACTION FORUM

December 16 is the date for the action forum. The event will be at the Methodist Church starting at 5:00pm until 8:00pm. We will be hosting a buffet style dinner at no charge to all who would like to attend. Dinner will start at 6:00 and be available until 8:00. This will be a very informative meeting and a great opportunity for everyone to learn about the Horizons Project and what we are doing here in our community.

So please mark this on your calendar and ask all your friends and neighbors to come enjoy a good dinner, visit with old friends, and hear what this is all about.

Study Groups

Today we finished up the third week of the study group sessions. We have been looking at the poverty issues and how they affect us. In the next two weeks we are going to talk about ways to reduce poverty in our area and discuss ideas we will take to the action forum in December. The leadership team will be setting the date for the action forum at the next leadership team meeting, November 18 at 6:00 pm.
We have a great group of poeple coming to the study circles. Everyone is sharing good thoughts, ideas and observations.
Our study group facilitators are working hard to make these sessions productive and move us toward our ultimate goal of reducing poverty in our community.
The leadship team has chosen Brady Kiesz, Amanda Rich and Paul Nesbitt to attend the leadership training. Rita Crowl and Virginia Widman will be going to the communications and PR training. Jaci Doneen and Samantha Wilson will also be attending if there is space available.

Community Coaches Comments on Study Circles

Having the occasion to attend several Study Circles in Rosalia, I'm very impressed at how many people are concerned about the vitality of the community. Study Circle participants are identifying a wide range of creative ways to reduce poverty. The process is working! Patrick Malone

Visit: WSU Horizons Website

Rita, Virginia, Jaci and Samantha attended the blog training in Spokane. We had a good time