"The Westerners, Spokane Corral is dedicated to Pacific Northwest history."
"The Westerners, Spokane Corral is dedicated to Pacific Northwest history."
Kentucky Derby Celebration at the Westerners Spokane Corral!
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Wear your Derby hats, bow ties, and come celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Kentucky Derby and Spokane's history!
Featuring Spokane’s own Jim Price speaking on Horses and Courses - Spokane’s Horse Racing History
In seven decades as a professional journalist, Jim Price has demonstrated that it is possible to know too much about a very few things. The longtime Spokane resident, facing little or no competition, is the recognized authority on this city's baseball and horse-racing history. He has expert knowledge of once-famous jazz singer Mildred Bailey, who influenced Bing Crosby and Tony Bennett. He has led downtown walking tours and, for daily newspapers, has been a writer, public-address announcer and official scorer in three professional baseball leagues, That included a stint as play-by-play announcer for the Spokane Indians. He spent the 1980s as sports information director at Eastern Washington University and, for 14 years, was the publicist and track announcer at Playfair Race Course. He's worked at tracks in five other states, has been sports editor of weekly newspapers, a correspondent for national publications, a contributor to almost a dozen books and served as founding president of the Pacific Northwest chapter of Society for American Baseball Research. And by contributing in retirement, he's written more than 50 years for The Spokesman-Review.
**Corbin Senior Activity Center
827 West Cleveland Parking and entrance in the back of the building.
Henderson Room, Second Floor (elevator available)
The meeting doors open at 5 pm. A special Southern dinner will be served. Dinner costs $20 and is served at 5:30 p.m. Program only guests are welcome for $5.
The presentation begins at 6:15pm.
**Please make your reservations by Sunday, April 14, 2024 to Westerners member Barbara Leiss at hbleiss@msn.com. Please write "Westerners" in the subject line. (You will pay at the door.)
Contact Dick Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
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Westerners International has about 60 "corrals" (clubs) within United States and about 20 corrals located in foreign nations (mostly around United States Defense Department locations). Spokane Corral is the only corral in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. Our publication, the Pacific Northwesterner, is distributed to members and to many organizations including Princeton and Yale Universities. Our members are historians, authors, world travelers, and people interested in history.