Every year during the last week of July, our small little rural community of Minidoka and Cassia County Idaho welcomes dancers and musicians from far away lands. Some of them have never been to America before and you can see the enthusiasm on their faces. The hospitality of the community is heart warming to watch, as so many families open their homes for several days and nights to these new friends. Language barriers often exist, but when the music and dancing begin, those barriers disappear! Smiles carry the harmony that means so much more than words. This year they came from Austria, Belgium, Russia Cossacks, India, and Columbia. These images are from the festivities that took place at the Rupert Square.

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BHS recently had a contest for Teen Read Week, and the prize was a celebrity portrait shoot and custom READ poster to be hung on the media center wall with the other Celebrity READ posters. I was asked if I’d do the poster for them, and I was happy to say yes! I love this kind of work. The contest involved the student body writing a short report on their favorite book. The media center staff chose 10 from each of the 4 grades, and hung the reports on the wall for the student body to vote for their favorite. Eckho won with her report of the story The Million Dollar Bear, a story her mother read to her when she was small. It’s about a teddy bear worth a million dollars that was kept in a vault, but the bear longed to be loved for who he was. With such a cute girl and story to work with, we thought it would be fun to work with the theme of the book.

The poster is 2 feet wide by 3 feet tall, framed, and is currently on display in the BHS Media Center, so if you’re in the area, stop by and check it out

Congratulations Eckho!!!

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