The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON – Lauralee Northcott, of Winthrop, Idaho, will demonstrate her basket making skills in a demonstration at the Wenaha Gallery in Dayton on Sept. 16 from 1-4 p.m. Free refreshments will be provided by Savonnah Henderson, the gallery's framer, who is also a professional chef.

Basket weaving is just one of Northcott's may skills. The now-retired public school teacher spent 30 years as a wilderness horseback trail guide,pack cook and motivational speaker. She is also professional singer and musician in the Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band which was named the 2015 Western Music Association's Gro...