Mat Valley Adventist School Hosts 'Science Guy' for Week of Prayer Ben Roy is a man who likes to make things go bang. Mat Valley Adventist School students watched during the October 2007 week of prayer as balloons popped, paper disappeared with a flash, and a rocket hit the ceiling of the sanctuary with a satisfa... Read more
Anchorage Junior Academy Honors Military Students of Anchorage Junior Academy (AJA) celebrated Veteran's Day in November, recognizing the heroism and commitment of the military in doing their best to provide a safe environment for all Americans. Air Force Captain Jim Appel spoke to the s... Read more
World News Briefs Because this section lacks a great deal without its page design, it is not available here. You can see the World News Briefs page for this month by looking in the print edition of the GLEANER or by clicking on the PDF version. To get to the PDF ve... Read more
In the Quiet of the Night Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Sleep Lab Patients "When I saw the huge picture of Jesus on the wall, I felt I belonged at Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH)," said Catherine Zundel, polysomnography technician in the sleep lab.Zundel moved to Walla Walla after leaving a supervisory job as a respi... Read more
Beyond the Classroom WWU Nursing Professor Teaches Health in Guatemala Last spring, Walla Walla University (WWU) associate professor of nursing Sallieanne Brewer got an unexpected phone call. Her cousin, a member of the United Methodist Church of Ocala, Fla., had learned that the focus of an upcoming church mission t... Read more
Skagit Students Practice Fire Safety The lower grades at Skagit Adventist School celebrated fire prevention week by discussing safety, drafting an escape route, and putting their plans into action through a safety drill.To start the week of fire prevention education, a fire departmen... Read more
'God Must Have Sent You' Seattle Area Volunteers Aid New Orleans In New Orleans, if your house isn’t boarded up properly, city officials will red tag the home for demolition at the owner’s expense. If the owner can’t pay, the land is repossessed.Such was the potential case for one elderly Adventist woman who ow... Read more
Cypress School Hosts a Paint Party A 10-year-old dream for Cypress recently came true. Bob Grady, president of Seniors in Action for God with Excellence, brought about 25 SAGE volunteers to paint the exterior of four buildings on the Cypress Adventist School campus in Lynnwood, Was... Read more
Learning in Nature Students Participate in Outdoor School Nearly 200 children and adults participated in Outdoor School at Sunset Lake Camp this fall.Fifth- and sixth-grade students from 11 Washington Conference schools participated with support from teachers, parents, a camp nurse, a camp pastor, and ju... Read more
