Monday, December 23, 2019

ON DEC. 10, 2019, PULLMAN CHAMBER PRESENTS AWARDS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS


Photo: Left to right, Mike and Sue Hinz, Pullman Chamber 'Member of the Year,' and Rick Wayenberg, a volunteer including at Pullman Regional Hospital. Wayenberg is brother of Sue.  Photo taken 12/22/2019 by Pullman :: Cup of the Palouse .

PULLMAN C of C PRESENTS AWARDS FOR 102nd YEAR
Dec 19, 2019 Whitman County (Colfax) Gazette

Pullman Chamber of Commerce hosted its 102nd annual awards luncheon Dec. 10, 2019.

New chamber board president Andrew Flabetich thanked outgoing president Jill Bielenberg for her service to the chamber.

Ginger Flynn, new board member, was introduced and long-term member Tom Handy received a farewell.

Community awards winners honored were Mike Rydbom (Hall of Fame Historical) for his longtime Chamber support and committee participation; Community Band of the Palouse (Hall of Fame Modern) for numerous community events and Pullman’s Fourth of July Celebrations; Pullman Schools Food Pantry Program (Civic Improvement) which serves more 200 students weekly in all public schools; Stephen and Sharon Hall (Marshall A. Neill Community Service Award) who founded the Palouse Free Clinic and have volunteered numerous hours.

Mike and Sue Hinz received the ‘Member of the Year’ honor for their multiple service projects and countless hours making cotton candy at Pullman’s Fourth of July celebration.

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NEW PRESIDENT INTRODUCED AT PULLMAN CHAMBER MEETING, AWARDS LUNCHEON
Dec 17, 2019 Moscow Pullman Daily News


The Pullman Chamber and Visitor Center hosted its 102nd Annual Meeting and Awards luncheon Dec. 10, 2019, at Courtyard by Marriott in Pullman.


The event focused on Chamber initiatives and accomplishments over the past year, and introduced new Chamber Board President Andrew Flabetich, and new board member, Ginger Flynn.


Meeting attendees thanked Jill Bielenber, outgoing board president, for her services, and bade farewell to departing long-term member Tom Handy.

The organization also honored Mike Rydbom with the Hall of Fame Historical award for his longtime Chamber support and committee participation; Community Band of the Palouse received the Hall of Fame Modern award for numerous community events and Pullman’s Fourth of July Celebrations; Pullman Schools Food Pantry Program, which serves more than 200 students weekly in all public schools was awarded for Civic Improvement; Stephen and Sharon Hall, founders and volunteers at the Palouse Free Clinic, received the Marshall A. Neill Community Service Award; and Mike and Sue Hinz were awarded Chamber Member of the Year for service projects and making cotton candy at Pullman’s Fourth of July Celebration.



Monday, December 2, 2019

ROBERT REDFORD BASEBALL MOVIE 'THE NATURAL' WILL USE PALOUSE SCENES (story from 1983, movie released 1984)

REDFORD MOVIE WILL
USE PALOUSE SCENES

Saturday, Sept 10, 1983, Lewiston Morning Tribune

PULLMAN (AP) -- A film crew for Robert Redford's new movie spent four days in the Palouse this week gathering footage for "The Natural," in which the veteran actor appears as a baseball player.

However, Redford's fans struck out trying to see him because he did not make the trip.

The movie's location manager, Bruce Lawhead, said the crew filmed scenery to be used as Redford rides a train through Nebraska in the 1920s and 1930s. The Palouse footage will be on a backdrop on a scene filmed on a stage that resembles a 1920s railroad car.

"It's hardly likely anyone will ever notice," said Washington Motion Picture Bureau director Art Kuhlman.