REPUBLIC - Winning last weekend’s Outhouse Races competition were Curlew FFA members James Houston (jockey), Andrew Hailstone and Kenneth Delaney; all of whom are students at Curlew High School.

TONASKET — The Chamber of Commerce selected Grant Leavell, owner of Grant’s Market, as the 2020 Founders’ Day grand marshal.

SPOKANE – A movie about the Canadian trial of Sinixt tribal member Rick Desautel will premier Feb. 8.

TONASKET – A Valentine’s Day babysitting service will be offered Friday, Feb. 14, by the Tonasket High School senior class.

OMAK – A free career exploration conference aimed at high school girls is planned Feb. 1 by Soroptimist International of Okanogan Valley.

WENATCHEE - The Community Foundation of North Central Washington is accepting applications for its stronger schools grant from public schools and districts in Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan counties.

OKANOGAN – A reception is planned Tuesday, Jan. 28, to honor the Housing Authority of Okanogan County’s 2019 homeless hero and landlord of the year.

OMAK – Spirit Week is planned Jan. 27-31 at Omak High School.

OKANOGAN – The 12th annual Okanogan High School Poetry Out Loud contest will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 16.

OMAK – A Valentine’s weekend dinner theater, with proceeds benefiting Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus, will feature the play “The Love List.”

BREWSTER – Students and staff in the Brewster School District provided gift boxes to children in the community during Christmas.

BREWSTER – Several Okanogan County students will participate in the Washington Music Educators Association all-state honor festival Feb. 12-16 in Yakima.

OKANOGAN – Inmates at the Okanogan County Jail received gifts for Christmas Eve, including cards they could mail out a week ahead of the holiday.

MANSFIELD - Homecoming festivities for Mansfield High School will be Saturday, Jan. 25, when the Waterville-Mansfield Shockers host Manson in basketball.

OMAK – Mid-Valley Hospital hosted the first baby born in 2020 in Okanogan County, but Three Rivers Hospital in Brewster wasn’t far behind with its first of the new year.

BREWSTER – Students in the Brewster Elementary Math/Robotics Club are learning how to drive and program small robots, and are honing their math skills.

TONASKET – The Tonasket School District has received a $99,000 grant to replace playground equipment.

OMAK – Nearly three dozen children in need benefited Dec. 21 from the annual Shop with a Cop program.

After last year's dismal failure in my Pirate's Code project, I made some headway this year.

OKANOGAN - Anahi Castillo, an art student at Okanogan High School, recently earned a $500 scholarship from the art department at Central Washington University.

WINTHROP - Cymone Van Marter and Chloe Blum were named winners of the Methow Valley School District’s eighth annual Poetry Out Loud Competition on Dec. 11.

OMAK – Donations will be accepted next week for the Omak-Okanogan Community Christmas Basket project, with distribution of food baskets planned for Dec. 21.

OMAK – Three sharing/giving tree projects are underway in the Omak and Nespelem areas during the Christmas season, with deadlines fast approaching.

OMAK – Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus will offer a holiday concert Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Omak Performing Arts Center, 14 S. Cedar St.

OMAK - Christmas on Main, which includes a fun run, parade and downtown activities, will be Saturday, Dec. 14.

OMAK – A Celtic Christmas celebration is planned Sunday, Dec. 15, in the Omak Performing Arts Center, 14 S. Cedar St.

OKANOGAN – Boy Scout Troop 60 recently had a Legacy Feed spaghetti dinner to connect with former Scouts who are now adults and to raise funds for the troop’s legacy fund.

TWISP - A reader’s theater production of “A Christmas Story” will be presented Dec. 6-8 at the Merc Playhouse, 101 S. Glover St.

OMAK — The Omak Chamber of Commerce is holding their third annual Festival of Trees for non-profits at 12 Resort Casino, with a cocktail gala and live auction Saturday, Nov. 29 from 6-8 p.m.

OMAK – The Sharing Tree, coordinated by the Okanogan Valley Soroptimist Club, will be ready for gift-givers Friday, Nov. 28.

NESPELEM – A Tree of Sharing is available at the Lucy F. Covington Government Center, 21 Colville St.

OMAK – The Chronicle put out a call last week for readers to submit Thanksgiving Day cooking stories – from disasters to memorable occasions.

OKANOGAN - The Okanogan Eagles will offer a free community dinner on Christmas Day.

OMAK – The cast list for Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus’ spring musical, “Mamma Mia,” has been announced.

QUINCY – A Brewster High School graduate was honored recently by the Washington Apple Education Foundation at its volunteer appreciation breakfast.

OMAK – The annual Shop with a Cop event will be Saturday, Dec. 21.

OKANOGAN – Live Christmas music will be offered in Okanogan during December.

WINTHROP – Methow Valley Elementary School students recently created Matisse-inspired artwork using organic shapes.

OKANOGAN - Fourth-graders from Jancey Marsh’s class at Virginia Grainger Elementary School traveled to Winthrop recently to ice skate.

OKANOGAN – A three-hour guided painting session – with dessert – will be presented Dec. 7 by the Okanogan High School cheer team.