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There’s a queen among them
It’s down to a select few as pageant hopefuls get set for the naming of the court
WENATCHEE — The 2012 edition of the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival will hit full throttle Feb. 11 with selection of the royal court. Ten contestants — five senior girls each from Eastmont and Wenatchee high schools — were chosen from among 32 candidates last month. They have spent the past few weeks preparing for the Royalty Selection Pageant sponsored by Numerica Credit Union. One will be selected to reign as queen of the Apple Blossom Festival, while two others will round out the royal court as princesses. The trio will represent the community at festivals throughout the Northwest.
From a teen's perspective
Wenatchee student's portrait takes prize in Spokane ag photography contest
A photo taken by Grant Anderson impressed judges enough to earn second place in the youth category of the 2012 Spokane Ag Expo Photography Contest. The 17-year-old Wenatchee High School junior was the only local winner in the contest. Fiona Jorgensen of Coulee City earned honorable mention in the youth category.
Best of the Reader Scrapbook for 2011
Kids and pets dominated the weekly Your News page in 2011. We whittled the 52 reader-submitted images from the past year down to our four favorites. Here they are, along with the original caption information.
The World’s best images of 2011
Wenatchee World photographers are everywhere — or at least it seems that way. Wherever they go, they almost always bring back award-worthy images. Only a fraction of their images make it into print or onto our website. These are the printed photos from 2011 that reached favorite status in the minds of the photographers. Photo editor Don Seabrook asked staff photographer Mike Bonnicksen and former staff photographer Kathryn Stevens — who left The World earlier this year to pursue her own photography business— to pick their two favorite images from 2011. The original caption is included with each photo, along with a short explanation from the shooter why they picked the shot. In all, it was another amazing year in pictures. — Marco Martinez, World features editor
Do-it-yourself greenery for the holidays
It’s the time of year for a greens party — the entirely nonpolitical, friendly, creative type! It’s easy to create your own personalized wreath, swag or other holiday décor at very low cost, using fresh-cut conifers likely right outside your door. Natural accents such as dried flowers or grasses, as well as bright rose hips, berries and pine cones, are probably in your yard, too.
Kids helping kids
Make A Difference Day project “Kids Helping Kids” held a bake sale benefiting Seattle Children’s Hospital. There were 24 kids and 35 adult volunteers.
Spreading the word on four wheels
Salvador Garcia Jr.’s white 2003 Ford Focus might be the most recognizable car in the Wenatchee Valley. Yup, a 2003 Ford Focus.
There’s still hope for your garden’s green tomatoes
Since temperature affects how a tomato will ripen, or not ripen, I was thinking that as the weather starts dipping into the 40s and 50s in our gardening zone, there is cause to envy the tomato, even as they hang out in the chilly night air. Wouldn’t it be great if humans, like the tomato, stopped “ripening” when the temperature went under 60 degrees? Brad: The aging effect takes a hiatus in winter? … I could get behind that.
Make a Difference Day 2011
Wenatchee Valley will roll up sleeves again to help others
The Wenatchee Valley has few equals when it comes to doing good for others on Make a Difference Day. Fresh off an Encore Award for 2010 Make a Difference Day efforts, local residents will again lace up the boots and don work gloves to take on a long list of do-good projects Saturday.
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