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Scholarships
* Four graduating seniors have been selected to receive the 17th annual Yakima County Public Service Recognition Scholarships, which are supported by donations from state employees.
Jessica Martin, Selah High School, will pursue an education degree at Seattle Pacific University;
Anthony Galaviz, Toppenish High School. He plans a career in dentistry, focusing on children with special needs. He has been accepted at Concordia University in Irvine, CA.
Emma Sidwell, Toppenish High School, plans to become a teacher for special needs students. She will attend Yakima Valley Community College.
Samantha Bridger, Sunnyside High School, will study nursing at Washington State University.
* Perry Technical Foundation recently awarded $67,000 in scholarships to students at Perry Technical Institute.
Perry Technical Foundation Scholarship -- Morgan Birkby, Lisa Boger, Terra Burgess, Daniel Cole, Carrie Jacobsen, John Matson, Danette Muntz, Nick Rohrbach and Ben Tilley.
Alumni Scholarship -- Kevin Bass, Joseph Benoit, Kayla Pearcey and Patricia Pena.
Dave Dion Scholarship -- Janice Heilman.
Kevin Fitzsimmons Memorial Scholarship -- William Ring.
Graphics Scholarship -- Marie Hiemstra, Bill Lea, Shanda Lommers and Pam Thompson.
Gyro Club Scholarship -- Jon Jurmu.
Kiwanis Charitable Trust Scholarship -- Austin Carley, Joseph Cort, Scott Hodges, Lucinda Jenkins, Ryan Quinn, Lindsey Schlenker, Christine Simens, Kristen Simmons and Esmeralda Zaragoza.
North American Foundation Scholarship -- Jamie Almaguer, Maira Anguiano, Tyler Brace, Adam Brown, Nichole Carson, Annette Casey, Chad Collins, Teresa Escareno, Nathan Esparza, Danielle Fleenor, Jordyn Guzman, Gary Lattin, Camie Lehman, Kyle Neland, Carlos Sanches-Torres, Rick Segovia, Krista Smith, Megan Smith, Ricky Towery and Alyssa Waggoner.
Pepsi-Cola Scholarship -- Ryan Poston and Josh Taylor.
Joe and Steve Picatti Memorial Scholarship -- T.J. Inions.
Fred & Dorothy Plath Scholarship -- Fred Edward and Jeremy Pechtel.
Qwest Scholarship -- Gabe Kennedy, Zach Lawhorn and Raelene Pearcey.
Sundquist Family Scholarship -- Ryan Melville, Chandra Sunderland, Joseph Wedding and K. Justin Williams.
Tacoma ISA Scholarship -- Alex Barkley.
Tree Top Scholarship -- Christian Search.
Tuman Scholarship -- Randall King.
Vivian Martin Scholarship -- Chris Galivan, Hollie Milburn and Alex Ortega.
* Selah graduate Sarah Lee won the $2,000 Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship awarded by the Zonta Club of Yakima Valley. Lee, the Associated Student Body senior class president, has long been involved in her community, though helping at the local Christian homeless shelter, working as a mentor for special needs children through Children's Village, and as a teacher in her church's Korean Language Program. She will attend Washington State University and hopes to become a dentist.
Graduations
* Recent University of Washington graduates earning bachelor of science, bachelor of arts and include:
Cowiche: Zachary Stephen, BS degrees in biochemistry and chemistry.
Grandview: Vanessa Alvarez, BA, political science; and Travis Johnson, BS, applied and computational math sciences.
Harrah: Laurel James, BS, forest resources, wildlife science; Jessica Riel, BA, interdisciplinary visual arts; and David St. Hilaire, BS, computer engineering.
Outlook: Kyle Van De Graaf, BS, biology: ecology,evolution,conservation.
Selah: Dane Fickel, BA, economics; and Rebecca Hayter, BA, sociology.
Toppenish: Zachary Clark, BS, electrical engineering; Jose Jaime, BS, biology: molecular, cell and development; Robyn Pebeahsy, BA, American Indian studies; Donald Peters, BA, English; Dylan Rabena, BS, microbiology; and Angelica Sauceda, BA, chemistry.
Wapato: Khalid Benedicto, BA, business administration in finance; Madeline Demaintenon, BS, economics, and BA, political science: political economy; Rema Imperial, BS, speech and hearing science, communication disorders; Jayson Valencia, BS, mechanical engineering; and Brett Valicoff BS, construction management.
White Salmon: Desirae Lexa, BA, drama; and Rebeka Osborne, BA, English.
Yakima: Gina Ackerman, BA, English; Timothy Ausink, BA, community, environment, and planning; David Bohl, BA, business administration: accounting; Anne Broom, BA, early childhood and family studies; John Erickson, BA, international studies: Latin America; Monica Espinosa BA, American ethnic studies; Coleen Foreman, bachelor of clinical health services; Maria Gallardo BA, law, societies, and justice; Juan Jr Garcia, BA, American ethnic studies; Mark Gibson, BA, comparative literature: cinema studies; George Graham, BS, mechanical engineering; Bryce Guske, BA, political science; Laura Jackson, BA, business administration: human resources mangement; Corey Jewett, BA, business administration: finance; Kevin Kelly, BS, mechanical engineering; Clare Krier, bachelor of music, music education, and BA, music; Jacob Lara, BA, history; Champagne Lewis, BA, sociology; Sandra Leyva, BA, comparative history of ideas; Shawn McDougall, BA, interdisciplinary arts and sciences; Michael Melhorn, BA, economics; Elizabeth Mendenhall, BS, speech and hearing science, communication disorders; Josephina Mesa, BA, sociology; Ryan Nathe, BS, neurobiology; Umme-Hani Patwa, BA, business administration: marketing; Christina Rainey, BA, psychology; Elizabeth Richmond, BA, law, societies, and justice; Guadalupe Rios, BA, political science; Jeremiah Rygus, BA, communication: journalism; Angel Saucedo, BA, drama; Alexander Schmidt, BA, drama; Kevin Seals, BS, bioengineering; Erin See, BS, nursing; Daniel Tissell, BS, civil engineering; Theodoros Tsiligkaridis, BS, electrical engineering; Yecelica Valdivia, BA, anthropology; women studies; Justin Vorous, BS, mathematics; Amanda Ward, BA, interdisciplinary arts and sciences; Mei Wu, BA, business administration: accounting; finance.
Zillah: Adam Brown, BA, American ethnic studies; and Steven Lowe, BA, history.
Honors
* Portland State University winter dean's listincludes Gregory Harpel of Yakima; and Robin Hindahl of White Salmon.
