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LETEM Play expands beyond instruments to advocate music education

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Monday, May 13th, 4:49 pm

We first told you about LETEM Play in September, since then the non-profit started by two high school students has grown bigger than they creators could have ever imagined. Now, they are expanding and are offering more than just instruments.

 

LETEM- Life Enhancement Through Education in Music- was started by Katy Dolan and Philip Howard in February 2012. The Central Valley High School Juniors decided they wanted to share something they loved while making a difference in their community. LETEM provides instruments to students who can't afford them.

 

Now, a little over a year later, LETEM has branched off from just providing instruments. Dolan and Howard have also started providing music clinics to schools and groups that are trying to grow their music programs.

 

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KXLY viewers celebrate Mother's Day

Submitted by Colleen O'Brien, Weekend Anchor / Reporter
Sunday, May 12th, 2013, 10:45am
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Global Scholar in Residence Gives GU Peace Pole

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Monday, May 6th, 5:06 pm
Global Scholar in Residence Gives GU Peace Pole

Gonzaga University's Global Scholar in Residence, Venerable Geshe Thupten Phelgye, gave the university a Peace Pole in a ceremony this afternoon behind College Hall.

 

Geshe Phelgye used his own resources to have the 8-foot-high, red cedar, Peace Pole built. The phrase “May Peace Prevail on Earth” is inscribed on each of the four sides in four languages; English, Tibetan, Hebrew and Arabic.

 

“I would like to offer a Peace Pole to Gonzaga University for its institutional birthday celebrating the 125th anniversary of living out the Jesuit educational mission of the service of faith in the promotion of peace and social justice,” Geshe Phelgye said. “This is also an expression of my deep love and appreciation to the leadership of the university for inviting me as the the first Global Scholar in Residence.”

 

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Gonzaga students create Hope for Zambezi

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Thursday, May 2nd, 5:04 pm
Gonzaga students create Hope for Zambezi

Zambia is one of the most peaceful countries in Africa, but it is also one of the poorest and has one of the world's most devastating HIV and AIDS epidemics. In the village of Zambezi, many of the people lack food to take with their medication, but students at Gonzaga University are working to change that.

 

Zambezi has a population of about 7,000, similar to Quincy, WA. Now, imagine if 83 percent of Quincy lived in extreme poverty, many of them were positive for HIV/AIDS, and the life expectancy was only 49. That is the reality for the people of Zambezi.

 

Across the country of Zambia antiretroviral medication is readily available, but the people of Zambezi are too poor to maintain the proper nutrition for the treatments to be effective. The impact goes beyond individual health.

 

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The Replacements take on Bloomsday

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Thursday, April 25th, 2:22 pm
The Replacements take on Bloomsday

Thousands will hit the Bloomsday course next weekend, and The Replacements are excited to be among them.

 

Every member walking with The Replacements has had some sort of joint or bone surgery. Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic pays Bloomsday registration for any current or former patient that wants to hit the course with them. This year the team is 60 strong, which is twice as many as last Bloomsday.

 

“We're pretty excited to see this team grow,” says Ronda Swanson, the Market Specialist for OSC.

 

OSC started The Replacements five Bloomsdays ago with the goal of promoting healthy lifestyles for their patients. Many patients are forced into stationary lifestyles prior to treatments and participating in Bloomsday helps encourage them to get active again.

 

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Leading interfaith relations speaker to visit EWU

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Thursday, April 25th, 11:44 am
Leading interfaith relations speaker to visit EWU

Next week one of the country's leading speakers on interfaith relations will at Eastern Washington University. Chris Stedman will be reading from his new book “Faitheist” as well as hosting a workshop and lecture on interfaith relations.

 

The event is hosted by EWU's Compassionate Interfaith Society, a group on campus that is dedicated to religious tolerance. The group was created after student Skyler Oberst witnessed Muslim peers being harassed for their beliefs by other students.

 

Oberst approached a professor and a discussion panel was set up to address the religious intolerance. For Oberst the panel didn't solve the problem.

 

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Breakthrough For Brain Tumors

Submitted by Jerry Swanson, News Photojournalist
Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 10:30am
Breakthrough For Brain Tumors

A great fundraiser is happening on May 18th at Spokane Falls Community College called Breakthrough for Brain Tumors formerly known as Joggin for the Noggin.  The programs starts that morning at 8:30am and the run to follow at 9am.  Each year more than 62,000 people receive a brain tumor diagnosis.  That is why the American Brain Tumor Association funds vital brain tumor research while providing patients, family members and caregivers with comfort, guidance and answers.  That is why the Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K is so important.

 

 

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