This is a message from Walt Schaar The president of the society..
June 12th was a very special day for all of us ,, The flag on the pole now came to us from Senator Murray and will fly day and night until July 4th.. and wasn’t that speech By Mark Schoesler just about the best thing you have heard.. I would ask that all of you send us identified photos you took on Flag day or the day before or after.. We need to share them with the world.. This area is made up of such good people.. The whole thing from the opening of the reunion to the Amen at the end of Church on Sunday was One the greatest community events ever staged.. You all should be so proud of your cities.. Thank You The next museum meeting will be held soon ,, watch this space for it.. In the meantime Evie Heinevetter is doing her Waverly tour again,, It will be July 10th.. More detail on that later…

Three bands The Air National Guard Band of the Northwest, The Liberty School Band and the El Katif Shrine Band combined forces for the music for this  Flag Pole dedication..  The Pole has been installed by Randy Mitchell  The owner of Bullfrogs, The new  period Light fixture over the museum Portico has been designed and built  by Bob Obernolte of  Artistic Metals of Fairfield .    The Fixture and the Night Light for the flag pole have been installed by Jim Adams of Adams Electric. The Dedication Speaker wwa Senator Mark Schoesler ..

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Next Program Date: Sept 21, 2010 Time: 1:30 pm Program: Liberty High School FAA debate team Location: The Musume Download Resolution Fairfield Flag Day 100 year celebration as a PDF file --------------------------------- The board also approved the formation of a capital fund drive to offset the cost of the Pole and to acquire other display items that Barbara might need to do a very special Flag Day Exhibit . That Flag pole is to be dedicated to all the men and women from all over the area who have served their countries armed forces over the years.. The dedication will take place next June 12th during the Flag Day Centennial. There will be a military band on hand that day along with the Liberty High school band and possibly the Shrine band to help with music for that dedication . A newly formed Singing group Led by Patricia Owens (Thurston), the Centennial singers will also participate The city of Fairfield from whom we lease the Museum site has given it’s approval of the flag pole installation .. Glenn Leitz is very eager to pursue more of the Interviews that we have on Audio Tape to try to build a library of historical sketches about early families of the Area. If you were at the last meeting you heard about them. Membership Renewal Send your checks to Membership Committee , Southeast Spokane County Historical Society, East 301 Main Street or PO Box 426 Fairfield Wa. 99012 -0426 Another great present for family members is a years membership in the museum. Museum boasts new “Theatre” The Southeast Spokane County Historical Society dedicated a new Video Theatre in honor of major contributor, Elizabeth Felgenhauer. The new “theatre” is a 50 inch Television set with inputs for DVD , Video Tape and PC to use for Programs and showings of historical DVDs and other recorded material . The Theatre was unveiled and dedicated on Sept 16th at the Monthly Program.. Two of Elizabeth’s Sons , Neil and Karl ,were there to assist with the unveiling. The unit will be on a console being built for that specific purpose and will be able to be moved to various spots within the museum for viewing.