GSAA Welcomes Marketing Director, English/Spanish Teacher As classes open at Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA), students and staff are getting to know new staff members Debra McCarver, director of marketing and recruitment, and Sophie Berecz, English/Spanish instructor.Debra McCarver“Vivacious” and “eng... Read more
Children and Seminars Enrich Palmer Outreach Members of the Palmer, Alaska, Church have been enjoying special outreach benefits this year from their children’s and health ministries.Cradle RollA “family friendly” atmosphere in the Palmer cradle roll Sabbath school has encouraged mothers and ... Read more
Whisper a Prayer in the Evening It’s 10:45 p.m.For Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) nurse Becky Saranto, it’s almost routine. But for her patients—many of them in crisis—it’s anything but ordinary.Tonight, as on hundreds of nights before, Becky visits each of her patients bef... Read more
Other Awards Commencement services on June 9 honored more than graduates. Awards also went to the following:Michaelynn Paul, instructor in nursing, received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. It is Paul’s second year of teaching at WWC.Terrie Aamodt... Read more
Graduates Challenged To Light the World The lieutenant governor of the state of Washington, Bradley Owen, on Sunday, June 9, delivered a message to Walla Walla College’s Class of 2002.It included hope, poetry, and even a bit of song. “You are setting off,” he said, “on the single greate... Read more
Suicide Leap Moves Students to Action Near the beginning of the school year, a woman who suffered from depression perched on the railing of the Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle.Traffic stopped, while rescue teams attempted to persuade her not to jump. Some frustrated drivers close to the ... Read more
A Redhead’s Reverie In New York An alarm clock buzzed. Denying the morning, I threw my sleeping bag over my head. The clock continued to buzz.Facing reality, I slowly poked my head from under my haven of darkness and groggily opened my eyes, halfway.The blurry world that greeted... Read more
Washington Introduces Executive Committee Members At its recent quadrennial constituency session, Washington Conference delegates appointed members with a variety of skills, experience, and occupations from throughout the Conference to four-year terms on the Conference’s Executive Committee.These... Read more
Irrigon Members Rejoice as Membership Grows Members of the Irrigon, Ore., Church, a small-town congregation on the Columbia River, began praying last summer for six new members in the next 12 months.Their prayers have been answered, with members to spare.Mary HajekMary Hajek had attended a ... Read more
