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Anna DeTray, W.F. West

Nathan Sherfey, W.F. West

Anthony Painter, W.F. West

Zoe Sayler, W.F. West

Anna Scheibmier, Centralia

Christopher Martin, Centralia

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The 2014 graduates of W.F. West and Centralia high schools will soon don their gowns and mortarboards as they mark the completion of one stage of life and move on to the next.

Centralia students graduate June 6; W.F. West graduation is June 7. Today, we recognize the top Tiger and Bearcat graduates as we salute every member of the Class of 2014. / See back page

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Shayna Woods, Centralia

Tyler Beairsto, Centralia

Nicholaus Martin, Centralia

Lillian Albright, Centralia

Keesha Matz, W.F. West

Nicole Bach, W.F. West

Noelle Bedford, W.F. West

Taylor Canfield, Centralia

Ashley Phelps, Centralia

Dakota White, W.F. West

Lindsey Giffey, W.F. West

Rachel Tennant, W.F. West

Rachel Mecham, Centralia

Collin Westenhaver, Centralia

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A Salute to the Twin Cities’ Top Students

By The Chronicle

The Chronicle salutes our area’s graduating high school seniors. As we do each year, we invite you to meet the top 10 students in Lewis County’s two largest high schools, Centralia High School and W.F. West High School.

The top students in other districts in The Chronicle's coverage area will be featured in Saturday’s edition.

Centralia High School Graduation: June 6, 7:30 p.m., Tiger Stadium Baccalaureate: Wednesday, June 4, 7 p.m., Centralia Community Church of God

Top Ten Students Note: Centralia does not include students' grade-point averages, instead opting to use a composite index to compute figures for its top 10 students.

Christopher Martin Parents: Fred and Jackie Martin Activities: Jazz band, symphonic band, Future Business Leaders of America, Gay Straight Alli- Christopher Martin Centralia ance, Key Club, Pep Club, Skills USA metals, student government Post-graduation plans: Martin plans to attend Centralia College and pursue a career in engineering.

Collin Westenhaver Parents: Mark and Stephanie Westenhaver Activities: Theater, wind ensemble, jazz band, student government, National Honor Collin Westenhaver Centralia Society, Science Club, Musical Theatre Club Post-graduation plans: Westenhaver will attend Pacific Lutheran University this fall and study physics and Spanish. His dream is to help design aircraft for Boeing or NASA. Shayna Woods Parents: Alan and Beverly Woods Activities: student government, choir, Future Business Leaders of America, NaShayna Woods tional Honor Centralia Society, solo ensemble, volleyball Post-graduation plans: Woods plans to attend Western Washington University. She has not decided on a major yet, but

wants to take a variety of courses Beairsto in the hopes of finding an educaActivities: tional passion.

Band, Running Start, Future Ashley Phelps Business LeadParents: Steers of America, phen Phelps and Latinos Unidos, Danette Jones TRiO program Activities: Post-gradTyler Beairsto National Honor uation plans: Centralia Society, drama, Beairsto plans to choir attend Western Post-gradWashington University and douuation plans: ble major in Spanish and busiAshley Phelps Phelps will ness. His goal is to enter into a Centralia attend Washcareer in international business. ington State University and will become a Taylor Canfield member of the Honors College Parents: there. She will double major in Darrin and Trazoology and music, with a career cy Canfield goal of becoming an exotic vetActivities: erinarian and traveling to Latin Volleyball, basAmerica. ketball, golf, symphonic Anna Scheibmeir choir, jazz choir Parents: Post-gradTaylor Canfield Mark Scheibuation plans: Centralia meir and Wendy Canfield will atTripp tend Centralia Activities: College, then transfer to a fourstudent governyear school after two years. She ment, yearbook, hopes to continue playing golf at tennis, Future Centralia College next year.

Business LeadAnna Scheibmeir ers of America Centralia Post-gradLillian Albright uation plans: Parents: Jeff Scheibmeir will attend Swarth- and Hyesoo Almore College, and plans to con- bright tinue her ballet and tennis talActivities: ents. She also hopes to explore Pacific Northher many academic interests. west Chamber Orchestra, tenRachel Mecham nis, student Parents: government, Lillian Albright Matthew and TRiO, Science Centralia Wendy Mecham Club, Phi Theta Activities: Kappa Choir, Cispus Post-graduation plans: Alcounselor, socbright will attend Harvard Unicer, National versity in the fall with a goal of Honor Society, majoring in economics. student governRachel Mecham ment Centralia W.F. West High School Post-graduation plans: MeGraduation: June 7, 6 p.m. at cham plans to attend Brigham W.F. West High School gymnaYoung University this fall to sium study visual communications Baccalaureate: June 1, 5 p.m. and minor in business. After col- at Bethel Church lege, she looks forward to being a mom and working on a marketLindsey Giffey ing team.

GPA: 4.0 Parents: Nicholaus Martin Mark and CherParents: yl Giffey Fred and Jackie Activities: Martin Biotech Day, Activities: Lady Bearcats Tennis, winter swim team, cheer, symphonYoung Life, Link ic band, jazz Lindsey Giffey Crew, student W.F. West band, Future government Business LeadPost-graders of America, Nicholaus Martin uation plans: Giffey will attend Centralia National Honor Washington State University, Society, Cispus where she will study biochemiscounselor, stutry. She hopes to attend medical dent government school afterward in order to bePost-graduation plans: Mar- come a doctor. tin will attend Centralia College this fall and start on a pre-physKeesha Matz ical therapy path. He hopes this GPA: 4.0 will lead him to a doctorate in Parents: Dale and Anne physical therapy.

Matz Activities: Key Club, NaTyler Beairsto tional Honor Society, Link Crew, Parents: Travis and Wendy Lady Bearcats swim team, Bio-

News in Brief

By The Chronicle

The Centralia Downtown Association has announced plans for its most popular summer events, Antique Fest and the Summerfest parade.

This year’s July 4 parade will be sponsored by Windermere Real Estate in Centralia. Half of the sponsorship dollars will go to the Historic Fox Theatre restoration.

The entry fee for the parade is $25. All the money will go toward the hanging flower basket fund.

During this year’s parade, the Centralia Downtown Association will honor two people, Terry Curry and Boe Wohld, who will both be the grand marshals of the parade. Wohld recently retired after 33 years of working as the special services officer for the Centralia Police Department.

Curry is a long-time local business owner.

Those wanting an application for the parade can email downtowncentralia@gmail.com or call Steve Koreis at (360) 219-8192.

Centralia’s 18th annual Antique Fest will take place on July 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in addition to July 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vendors selling antiques and collectibles from all over the Pacific Northwest will participate in the event. There will also be vendors selling festival-type food.

A Seattle antique appraiser, George Higby, will be offering appraisals for individual pieces at the Compass Pub, located on the corner of North Tower Avenue and Maple Street.

Anyone interested in sponsorship information should contact Jim Elder at (360) 807-1183 or elderrealty@localaccess.com.

Anyone interested in vendor or event information should contact Susan Delaire at (360) 3049653 or email abundancevintage@gmail.com.

The fee is $25, which will go toward the association’s hanging flower basket fund.

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Post-graduation plans: DeTray will spend one or two years at Centralia College before transferring to a four-year university to study sports nutrition.

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Rachel Tennant GPA: 3.97 Parents: Scott and Lisa Tennant Activities: Wind ensemble, pep band, National Honor Rachel Tennant Society W.F. West Post-graduation plans: Tennant will attend Western Washington University to study communication science disorders. She wants to be an audiologist or speech pathologist.

Zoe Sayler GPA: 4.0 Parents: Timothy and Jennifer Sayler Activities: National Honor Society, Global Culture Club, Knowledge Zoe Sayler Bowl, theater W.F. West Post-graduation plans: Anthony Painter Sayler will attend Stanford UniGPA: 3.989 versity and major in human biolParents: ogy. Sayler aspires to become a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Cary and Cathie Painter Nathan Sherfey Activities: GPA: 4.0 National Honor Parents: JusSociety, band, tin and Debrah football, basketSherfey ball, baseball, Anthony Painter Activities: W.F. West Youth LeaderNational Honor ship Conference Society, Key Post-graduation plans: Club, Young Painter will head east to WashLife, Greater ington State University, where he Nathan Sherfey Chehalis Food plans to major in chemical engiW.F. West Bank, football, neering. basketball Post-graduation plans: SherNicole Bach fey will play college basketball GPA: 3.983 and major in finance/economics at Willamette University. He Parents: hopes to use that degree and a Dave and Lisa passion for mission work to help Bach other countries recover from diActivities: sasters and improve economic Tennis, National opportunities.

Honor Society, wind and jazz Dakota White Nicole Bach ensembles, pep GPA: 4.0 W.F. West band, marching Parents: band Brian and Marci Post-graduation plans: Bach White will attend Northwest Nazarene Activities: University in Idaho, where she Basketball, track, will major in secondary math football, National Honor Socieducation and art education. She ety, Link Crew, hopes to become a math teacher Dakota White Knowledge at the high school level.

W.F. West Bowl, student government, Noelle Bedford Boys State GPA: 3.983 Post-graduation plans: Parents: White will attend Oregon State University, where he plans to Clay and Lori earn a master's degree in civil en- Bedford Activities: gineering.

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