Wallowa County Chieftain
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Graduation
May 20, 2015
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Graduation
Celebration!
Soroptimist scholarship
awards total $15,000
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Math Wizard Wade Isley of Enterprise shows off his
certificate and badge after winning the Geometry
division in the "Solve That Problem" event at East-
ern Oregon University. Isley took home a $1,000
scholarship check, too.
Problem-solving math
students awarded
Wallowa County mathe-
maticians did well in the
Eastern Oregon University
“Solve That Problem” event
earlier this month with two
top contenders going on to
State last weekend.
Sarah Evarts of Enter-
prise took the top award in
the Algebra I test, snatching
the $1,000 scholarship check
in a tie-breaker with Timo-
thy Steven of Cove.
Wade Isley of Enterprise
also won a tie-breaker, this
one in Geometry, and took
the $1,000 check from Grace
Knutsen of La Grande.
Wallowa County stu-
dents swept the Pre-Alge-
bra category with Renee
Seal of Joseph, Anna Moholt
of Wallowa and TJ Grolte
of Joseph placing first
through third.
In other events, Jacob
Evarts took a third in Alge-
bra II and Raymond Seal of
Joseph took a third in Open
1 (Pre-Calculus).
In team events, where
points are earned for the
overall team winners, Small
School competitor Renee
Seal of Joseph took a second
in the Pre-Algebra, Rylee
Goller of Wallowa took a
first in Algebra, Ashley
Starner of Wallowa took a
first in Algebra II, Sierra
Cabral of Wallowa took a
second in Geometry, Macey
Frei of Wallowa tied for a
first in the Open Small
School division.
Enterprise competes as a
Large School because they
send two teams so that more
students have a chance to
compete. In the Large
School division Cole Far-
well earned a first in Alge-
bra, Jacob Evarts took a first
in Algebra II, Ermanno Laici
of Enterprise took a third in
Algebra II, and Wade Isley
of Enterprise took a first in
Geometry.
Enterprise Team Red
took third in competition for
the Relay Trophy.
Wallowa was the Overall
Team winner in the Small
School Division.
Isley and Jacob Evarts
went on to the University of
Oregon State Level compe-
tition but neither was able
to crack the top three.
Eight graduating seniors in
Wallowa County are recipi-
ents of scholarships totaling
$15,000 from Soroptimist
International of Wallowa
County.
Soroptimist awarded seven
college scholarships of $2,000
each, and one Pro-Tech schol-
arship of $1,000.
This year's college schol-
arship recipients include:
Carsen Sajonia, Enter-
prise High School, who plans
to study Human Physiology
and Physical Therapy at the
University of Oregon in
Eugene.
• Nikolai Christoffersen,
EHS, Economics and Inter-
national Affairs, Williams
College, Williamstown, Mass.
Macey Frei, Wallowa High
School, Chemical Engineer-
ing, Oregon State University,
Corvallis.
Sarah Madsen, EHS,
Music Performance, Lewis &
Clark College, Portland.
Kristyn Young, WHS,
Radiology Science and Phys-
ical Therapy, Lewis-Clark
State College, Lewiston,
Idaho.
Cody Irish, EHS, Mechan-
ical Engineering (windmills
and energy), Oregon State
University, Corvallis.
Emma Hall, EHS, Psy-
chology, Washington State
University, Pullman, Wash.
The Soroptimist Pro-Tech
scholarship was awarded to
EHS senior Gwendolynn
Nohr, who plans to study
Family & Marriage Counsel-
ing at Central Oregon Com-
munity College in Bend.
Rob Ruth/Chieftain
Recipients of scholarships from Soroptimist Inter-
national of Wallowa County in 2015 include, front
row, from left: Sarah Madsen, Carsen Sajonia, Emma
Hall, Macey Frei, Kristyn Young, and Gwendolynn
Nohr. Back: Nikolai Christoffersen, Cody Irish.
The scholarship program's
stated goal is to “recognize
and encourage the continued
educational pursuits of out-
standing young women and
men of Wallowa County com-
mitted to achieving a college
education and who demon-
strate potential to be success-
ful in their future career paths.
We wish to serve those stu-
dents who will truly benefit
from the encouragement this
scholarship will provide.”
JCS awards students; Honor Society membership grows
Courtesy photo
These 28 Joseph Charter School students are winners in the school'sannual academic awards.
With the end of the school
year drawing near, Joseph
Charter School handed out
academic achievement
awards and Honor Society
membership to 28 students.
The school also increased its
Honor Society by 15. New
members of the National
Honor Society include: Aaron
Borgerding, Johnelle Suto,
Ally Cooney, Morgan For-
ney, Cayden DeLury, Isabelle
Tingelstad, Taylor Grote, Kai
Oliver, Haven Johnson and
Addie Kilgore.
Current NHS members
are: John Stein, Lindsay
Kemp, Brittany Gibson, Kar-
ianne Zollman, Satori Albee,
Samson Beckman, Raymond
Seal, Lars Skovlin, Wyatt
Smith, Deni VanWinkle,
Natalie Williams and Jesse
Woodhead.
The Max Kiel Outstand-
ing freshman award went to
Tucker VanWinkle (boy) and
Ally Wearin (girl). Receiv-
ing Academic Award Merits
during the program were:
Fine Arts – Performing:
Band: Ann Story, Tucker
VanWinkle; Choir: Noelle
Sands; John Phillip Sousa
Award; McKinzie Parker.
Visual Arts: Beginning
Art: Ally Wearin; Advanced
Art: Amanda Blessing; Senior
Artist: Sarah Thiel.
FACS: Karianne Zollman,
McKinzie Parker. Brittany
Gibson.
Advanced Biology: Natal-
ie Williams.
Social Science: John
Stein, Lindsay Kemp.
Language Arts: Anna
Rinehart.
Business: Deni VanWin-
kle.
Computer Science:
Amanda Blessing.
Principal’s Award: Jack
McAfee.
Most Improved Student:
Kendal Kreutzer, Miguel
Ramirez.
Algebra I: Tucker Van-
Winkle.
Geometry: Ann Story.
Algebra II: Isabelle Tin-
gelstad.
Pre-Calculus: Raymond
Seal.
Senior Math Awards:
John Stein, Brittany Gibson.
Wallowa County
Alternative School
This year the Wallowa County Alternative School has three graduates,
Autumn Brown, John Garland, and Tyler Johnson. They will receive
Enterprise High School diplomas through the alternative school. A ceremo-
ny is planned on May 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Enterprise City Park.
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
The 2015 Mule Days Max Walker Memorial Scholarship winners, from
left, seniors Cody Irish, Enterprise High; Anna Rinehart, Joseph High;
and Calli Miller, Wallowa High, accepted their big checks at the May 6
Mule Days Grand Marshals Dinner. The scholarship program is named
in honor of the late Max Walker, a locally renowned mule skinner.
Autumn Brown
John Garland
Tyler Johnson
From the staff at the Wallowa County Chieftain!
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