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A runner’s spirit with family at heart Pullman grad staying in town, appreciating small-town atmosphere

By Kelsey Husky Daily News staff writer

Aaron Haugen is one of six children. Sometimes, he’s one of five. At one point, he was one of three.

The 18-year-old Pullman High School graduate’s parents have been foster parents for about 10 years.

He has two blood-related siblings, two that were foster-adopted into his family and one, a 4-year-old, who his family has fostered for two years.

“It’s definitely been an experience,” he said. “Looking back, I’m glad we did it.”

However, he’s always been the oldest.

“It’s made me pretty good with kids,” he said.

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at adapting to their needs and helping them undern Graduation: 5 p.m. June 4 at stand what their family is like, even if the communicaBeasley Coliseum in Pullman. n Seniors: 157 tion is a bit different. n Valedictorians: Yihao Jiang, Haugen will continue his Alexander Kale, Fiona Murray, education at Washington Hannah Nelson, Tessa Nelson, Berit State University in the Paxson-Tarnai, Emily Rose Rodgers, fall, most likely studying Nikhil Sablani, Jinglin Tang, Adam accounting.

Verrell, Paige Whidbee, Natasha That’s because he likes Wollkind math and working with n Salutatorian: Riley Tinney money, he said.

He’s lived in Pullman his He was too young to whole life and wants to stay comprehend what exactly in the area for a bit longer. it meant to have foster-sib“I like the small-town lings when his family start- feel,” he said, and that ed, he said, but it wasn’t he can walk downtown a big deal — he was just and say hello to people he excited to have more chil- knows. dren in the house to play Haugen has played soccer with.

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since fourth grade, often with the same group of boys.

“We’ve bonded, and I’ve made good friends on the soccer team,” he said.

He’s also a cross-country runner.

He said a friend mentioned the team needed more boys, so he joined, not knowing what he was getting himself into.

Then, he started winning.

He only started running in eighth grade, he said, but went to state competitions for his junior and senior years in high school.

He said he wants to continue running through Pullman’s many recreational paths and scenic roadways for fun, but won’t pursue competitive running in college.

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Traditions? Out the window Colfax grad to join ROTC at the UW, study engineering

By Kelsey Husky Daily News staff writer

Raven Elkins is taking a less traditional path than many girls on the Palouse.

The 18-year-old Colfax High School graduate is going to be a Husky.

At the University of Washington, she’ll enroll in the Air Force ROTC program and study civil engineering.

Elkins said she and her friends joked about the idea of joining the ROTC, but when she really sat and thought about it, she knew it’s what she wanted to do.

“I like the feeling of being on a team,” she said.

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Largent n Salutatorian: Alex Teade Laughing, she said she’s hoping the early morning physical training routines will keep away the dreaded “freshman 15,” the traditional weight gain that affects many first-year college students.

Elkins said her interest in civil engineering began while in a science class, when her teacher said, “This is what engineers do.”

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Her brother-in-law and grandfather have served in the Air Force.

Elkins describes herself as social, and she’s excited to meet new friends on the west side of the state. She’s originally from Rosalia and has lived in Colfax

for a just a few years, but isn’t nervous about big city life.

“UW fits me because it feels like a campus,” she said, and Washington State University is just too close to home.

Plus, there will be more boys at UW, she said, hopefully some that can match up to her 5-foot-11-inch stature.

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Dreaming of Disney Garfield grad after recording contract

By Kelsey Husky Daily News staff writer

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n Graduation: 1 p.m. June 4 at the school’s gymnasium in Palouse. n Seniors: 28 n Valedictorians: J.B. Lange, Chad Redman, Blake Slocum n Salutatorian: Benjamin Weagraff

and piano, all self-taught with the blessing of his family.

“They were a little nervous about me not going to college,” he said.

But he wants to show people that college isn’t the only road one can take.

His classmates also are supportive of his dreams.

“They’re all asking for autographs already,” he said laughing.

Weagraff’s music focuses on the positive — you won’t find references to drugs, drinking or sex in his lyrics. He likes

to listen to John Mayer and Justin Bieber.

As a pastor’s son, he’s Christian but writes secular music that he wants fans to feel is uplifting, helpful and positive. He even turned down a TV role because the show was too sexual in nature.

His dream is to be on the Disney Channel because it reaches out to children in a good way, and his inspiration is Disney star Selena Gomez.

If his Disney career is years from now, he wants play a parent, he said.

“It’s a great environment,” he said.

Weagraff likes acting because he can be someone else without not being himself — he said it’s confusing, but true.

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Nervous is something Benjamin Weagraff doesn’t feel much.

The 18-year-old Gar-Pal graduate considers himself the class clown. He’s been in school plays, and performed a song he wrote in front of 30,000 people in October at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

Weagraff is working with a music agent based in Los Angeles and New York City to sign a record deal. He already hired an acting agent from Spokane in February.

“It’s fun to watch people smile,” he said about performing.

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Living an alternative lifestyle that works Paradise Creek grad to stay on in Moscow before pursuing baking

By Kelcie Moseley Daily News staff writer

Clorisa Johndro’s life is alternative not just in where she attends school, but her living arrangements as well.

Unlike most of her classmates and individuals her age, 18-yearold Johndro lives with a roommate instead of her parents. She supports herself as an employee at Taco Time, working as many as 20 to 30 hours per week while balancing school at Paradise Creek Regional Alternative High School, which she’s been attending since April 2010. Though she doesn’t live with her parents, she maintains contact with them and still sees them.

“You know, kids and parents will have some issues, and we came on an agreement that I would move out,” Johndro said.

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“It’s definitely different, it’s definitely harder,” Johndro said.

“It was hard for a while, but it kind of got easy, because I knew what responsibilities needed to come first. I made sure I had a lot of saved up money so I wouldn’t have to worry so much about it.

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Rising up from tragedy Deary grad moving to Spokane to pursue dental assisting

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Traci Cameron

Losing her brother and best friend in a logging accident four years ago devastated Traci Cameron and her family, but she wouldn’t let it stop her from finding success in high school.

“I just used school as a distraction,” Cameron said.

She’s spent all four years at Deary High School as a letter band member playing clarinet, as a letter tennis player and a part of the honor society.

She’s an editor on the yearbook and has been a teaching assistant for the elementary school’s band, as well as a participant in the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. Not only did the activities help distract her, but Cameron said the people were beneficial to her as well.

“They just comforted me,” Cameron said. “It helped me out a little bit.”

Though she isn’t the bragging type and downplays her involvement, Cameron’s mother said her daughter

DEARY HIGH SCHOOL n Graduation: 11 a.m. June 4 in the DHS gymnasium n Seniors: 26 n Valedictorian: Manuel Beltran n Salutatorian: Rachel Becker

has worked to overcome the loss of her 26-year-old brother and she’s proud of her accomplishments.

Cameron and her parents are moving to Spokane this fall, where her sister lives.

She plans to attend Carrington College to become a dental assistant and keep doing music on the side.

After 33 years of the family living in Deary, the change will be a big one, though she said it will be a little easier since her family is moving with her. Cameron admits she’s a little nervous, but said she’s looking forward to beginning a new life path.

“I like math a lot — I’m not so big on science,” Cameron said. “... I talked to my dentist (about assisting) and sort of saw how people worked.”

She points to Teresa Clampitt, a health teacher, as a strong influence, mentioning her laugh and supportive nature. Cameron also singled out her yearbook teacher and the experience of being on yearbook, where decisions

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of your life is pretty nice.”

Johndro said the teaching style at Paradise Creek has been beneficial for her as well, because she couldn’t focus well at her previous school. After moving out on her own, she applied to Paradise because she knew she needed to finish high school to make progress in her life.

“You can focus a lot better because everybody’s there for pretty much one reason, which is to get schooling done,” Johndro said. “And there’s only three classes in a quarter so instead of focusing on six different classes, in the same amount of time you can focus on three. ... At

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the regular high school, I just couldn’t grasp how they were teaching and I was kinda failing the classes so I ended up dropping out and then I went to Paradise, and I just understand it better.”

After graduation, Johndro plans to stay in Moscow and work for a while to take a break from the stress of school.

But her eventual goal is to move to Spokane and go to school to become a baker, since she likes food — just not the fast food industry.

“In a sense there’s no limits, I guess, you can pretty much make whatever you want,” Johndro said.

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Twins sticking together after graduation Ashley, Angela Carpenter plan to attend LCSC

By Holly Bowen Daily News staff writer

n Graduation: 10 a.m. June 4 in the PHS gymnasium n Seniors: 26 n Valedictorian: Alyssa Miller n Salutatorian: Forrest Potter

Ashley and Angela Carpenter

Ashley and Angela Carpenter have almost finished their studies at Potlatch High School, a place where they have spent countless hours together as classmates, friends and sisters.

The fraternal twins plan to stick together as they make the journey to attend Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston this fall.

“She’s my built-in best friend,” Angela said about Ashley. “She can complete my sentences sometimes.”

“My favorite part (of being a twin) is you always have someone to hang out with,” Ashley said, adding that her least favorite part about twinhood is having to share everything.

The sisters have lived near Princeton all their lives and said moving to Lewiston will be a change of pace, especially because they will be living in a residence hall.

“I’ve been in the same room since I’ve been born,” Ashley said.

Angela said the fact that she is moving later this summer “hasn’t hit me yet.”

She has already gotten a head start on her nursing education, as she has taken LCSC dual-credit classes online while at PHS and is on track to become a certified nursing assistant.

“I really fell in love with medicine,” she said, adding that their older sister is a registered nurse.

Angela said she has enjoyed taking online college classes.

“I actually work very well online because I like patience and quiet,” she said. “It allows me the flexibility to do it on my own terms.”

She said she may eventually look into enrolling in medical school, preferably in

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Portland, Ore. Ashley, on the other hand, said she plans to study secondary-level social studies because she eventually wants to be a history teacher.

“I’ve always wanted to be a teacher because I guess I’ve always been bossy like that,” she said.

Both Ashley and Angela stay busy with music; drama; Family, Career and Community Leaders of America; Idaho Drug-Free Youth; Junior Miss; church activities; the National Honor Society and 4-H. They said they raise pigs on their family’s 27 acres near Princeton.

Living in Lewiston will be different, but the Carpenter sisters won’t be too far from home.

“It’s good to have a hometown you can go back to,” Ashley said about Potlatch and Princeton.

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Building a new path Troy grad headed to Lewis-Clark State College for engineering

By Kelcie Moseley Daily News staff writer

For Troy High School student Aaron Yama, drawing has extended far past superheroes, Japanese anime and science fiction and into computer engineering.

Yama is headed to Lewis-Clark State College in the fall, where he hopes to study using SolidWorks, a 3D design software program. He TROY HIGH started experimenting with the program after a SCHOOL teacher introduced it to him, and found he had a n Graduation: 7 p.m. particular affinity for it.

May 27 at THS “I like it because it’s n Seniors: 19 drawing, you kind of cren Valedictorian: Jacob ate your own thing,” Yama Chambers said. “Basically with n Salutatorian: Marshall SolidWorks, it makes you Williams think because you have to think in three planes ... and you have to tell the program to build it up to make the 3D model.”

When he’s not on the computer, the most likely place to find Yama is the track. He has participated in track every year of high school, three of which he spent in cross-country as well.

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“In Leadership, we had to cook a recipe that we usually made at home in front of the class, and I’d never really cooked before, so that helped me be more confident about myself,” Yama said.

“We also learned a bit about finances ... (like) how to live on your own, earn money, save it, manage your time and stuff. I remember one activity where we had a fake college schedule, so we had to make a list of assignments we had to do and build a schedule of what we’d do during the day. ... So that taught us Kara Knapik time management skills, mostly.”

Troy High School He said he’s not nervous about graduating, but he is looking forward to the

freedom that will come along with living on his own in Lewiston, like a “normal adult.” He’ll go to school for a year, see what he enjoys doing and take it from there.

Yama said he chose LCSC for its proximity and price, but also for the SolidWorks program and the low teacher-to-student ratio — which is what he also enjoys about THS and the Troy community. The teachers, he said, have made all the difference.

“If you ask them, they’ll help you out and kind of lead you in the right direction,” Yama said.

And they will “kick your butt if you’re not going in the right direction. They’re motivational.”

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Cameron expressed an eagerness to leave high school and move on, but said she’ll miss some aspects of it all.

“I’ve enjoyed all the people I come in contact with,” Cameron said. “I really liked playing in the honor band, and in the last year (when) I sang with the honor choir in Lewiston.”

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He credits FFA in helping him gain confidence as a public speaker and performer, and said his experience has helped him relax in front of large crowds. He’s a member of the Parliamentary Procedure team at Gar-Pal.

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Genesee grad: Teachers, GENESEE HIGH SCHOOL family, community n Graduation: 11 a.m. today in the GHS gymnasium are best influences n Seniors: 18 n Valedictorian: Tauna Tyler n Salutatorian: Courtney Sams

By Kasey Crawford for the Daily News

Justin Pickard spent all 14 years of his education, preschool through 12th grade, in the Genesee district but is excited to attend the University of Idaho this fall.

“I’m not nervous at all,” Pickard said. “The campus is awesome, and I’ve already met my professors and they are really involved. I’ve spent a lot of time in Moscow with family, and I really like it.”

Pickard has been involved in every aspect of the FFA organization, “everything from swine breeding to egg mechanics,” he said.

Pickard even ran his own lawn-mowing agri-business through FFA. He said it taught him every detail of running a small business, from hiring and firing employees to filing taxes.

Pickard hopes to be

involved in collegiate FFA where the main activities include organizing and judging local district FFA competitions and events.

“I want to pass along what I have learned,” he said. “FFA will take you where you want to go as long as you want it, and you try.”

Pickard couldn’t choose just one influential person in his 14 years of schooling but said it was a combination of the teachers at Genesee, his family and the community.

“Every teacher plays a specific role in Genesee, they’re all really helpful,” he said.

“Every step of the way the community has been amazing.”

Taking after his mom, Pickard plans to study to become a teacher.

“She always seemed to have a smile on her face when she came home from work,”

he said. “It’s a more relaxed environment and summers off isn’t bad either.”

He wants to combine his passions for agriculture and teaching by becoming a secondary school agricultural teacher in the Pacific Northwest.

Along with FFA, Pickard has been involved with 4-H, track, cross-country, drama and choir. He also was associated student body activities director his junior year.

He hopes to be involved in the University of Idaho jazz choir.

Pickard said, with a laugh, that his favorite memory from high school would be graduating.

Kasey Crawford can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 232, or by email to editor@dnews.com.

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Family always pushes her to do a little better

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Memories of championship seasons

By Kasey Crawford for the Daily News

section went to press before this weekend’s state tournament games.)

“Sports were instilled in our everyday lives, starting in elementary school,” she said.

Kramer said the time she was most nervous in a championship game was this year’s basketball state championships. It also was her favorite memory.

“We had a huge target on our backs for basketball because we had won the two years before,” she said. “Being a senior was nervous for me because I didn’t want to let the dynasty go down by losing the championship.”

Kramer said they lost one game during the regular season

Mollie Kramer

After being part of five state championship teams and spending hundreds of hours of practicing and playing, Mollie Kramer knows a little something about sweat, hard work and teamwork.

With four years on varsity, the last two as starting guard, Kramer had a hand in helping Colton win three of the last four state basketball championships.

As a three-year starting middle hitter/blocker, she also helped the volleyball team reach state twice in the last four years. And she has been a key player in the softball team winning two state championships and a third this year, she hopes, as the team’s four-year starting catcher. (This

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and, as fate had it, the team they lost to was to be their opponent in the state championship.

“It was a rematch, and it was most memorable to win the championship,” she said. “It was a very close game; they were gunning for us. We only won by 10.”

Kramer plans on attending North Idaho College on Lake Coeur d’Alene on a basketball scholarship. After completing a two-year degree, she hopes to transfer to a four-year university to play basketball and become an elementary teacher.

“I knew I was being looked at for sports in general, and I heard that North Idaho had won the national basketball championship last year,” she said. “My high school coach said I should try NIC. I fell in love with the campus and how the girls played Continued on page 17

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Dreams of hitting it big

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By Kelcie Moseley Daily News staff writer

Sometime years from now when another natural disaster strikes, Dylan Curry hopes to be the musical idol who inspires people to donate money to the relief fund.

While Curry might mention his dad, guitar teacher and other teachers at Kendrick High School as people who have influenced him, Jon Bon Jovi has been his ultimate hero over the six years he’s spent playing guitar.

Curry will attend the University of Idaho in the fall for musical performance in classical guitar, which he said will be a significant change from his current guitar style.

But he said he’s looking forward to the challenge, and hopes it will lead him along the path to fame.

“I’m really just kind of going to college to buy some time to maybe get famous, that would be awesome,” Curry said. “But I know I can’t rely on that, so I’m going to get an education and see. If it happens, then awesome, ’cause that’s my dream.”

As a member of the local band Small Town Boys, Curry has spent much of his high school career performing around Moscow and the Northwest at various gigs.

Though he said it’s been fairly easy to balance the band and high school, college may be more difficult.

“I’m just afraid of after I go to college and get a job, juggling that and the band,” Curry said, “but I think I can do it.”

Curry said realizing his individuality has

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been one of the defining experiences of high school. Though he grew up in Kendrick and said he’ll always think of it as home and a place he loves, he doesn’t exactly relate to his classmates.

“In college I’ll probably find a lot of people who are kind of like me, but after going to high school I know there’s nobody like me,” Curry said. “And I like that, I strive to be different from everybody else, I can’t stand being the same or following in the crowd. I’ve always been like that.”

Curry said the Small Town Boys are working on making T-shirts, and will focus their efforts after that on producing a new CD. While they do that, they’ll keep opening shows for local bands and pursuing interests in higher education — even if the ultimate dream doesn’t come true.

“I’m kind of just waiting to see what happens, but I guess if the whole famous thing doesn’t work out, I wouldn’t mind being a music teacher or something,” Curry said.

“As long as it has something to do with music, then I’ll be good. I’ve decided I don’t care how much money I make as long as it has to do with something I like.”

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and how the coaches operated.”

Sports are a family affair in the Kramer household.

Kramer said her parents, Aaron and Cheri Kramer, and her younger sister, Hannah, have been her biggest influences throughout her sporting career.

“They push me to be the best I can be,” she said. “Even when I think I’m doing well, they push me to do a little better. They’ve made me the person who I am today.”

Kramer described her fam-

Dylan Curry ily as sports enthusiasts who never miss cheering her and her teammates on.

“My mom’s the one in the crowd who everyone knows,” Kramer said with a laugh.

“Anyone can pick her out by her screaming.”

With the little free time she has after school, homework, practice and games, Kramer enjoys watching Disney and old fashioned movies with friends. She also enjoys spending time with her grandmother and listening to stories of her life.

Kramer was last year’s Colton Junior Miss first alternate as well as the 2010-2011

Palouse Empire Fair Queen.

She showed sheep and pigs in FFA and was the chapter treasurer. She also was class secretary for two years. Kramer danced her freshman year, was in the high school band and Senior Stomp, a form of dance.

All her activities and sports have given Kramer the confidence she needs to leave the tight-knit community to attend college.

“I believe I will have a great experience there,” she said.

Kasey Crawford can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 232, or by email to editor@dnews.com.

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Never too far from home

Logos student’s travels lead her back to Moscow

Logos School senior Valerie Foucachon has already traveled much of the world and will be settling in at home in Moscow for her college education.

After spending this summer in France with her family, she’ll enroll at New Saint Andrews College in the fall.

“I do love literature, and NSA gives an excellent foundation in that,” she said, adding that she wants an education with Christian roots.

Foucachon holds U.S., Canadian and French passports and speaks both English and French as a result of her parents’ trips abroad for work and vacation. She joked that her international connections cut down on lines at the airport.

“I was born in Quebec but mostly grew up in France when my dad was a pastor,” she said.

Her family’s time in France gave her the opportunity to visit nearby countries like Hungary, Turkey and Greece.

Foucachon’s family moved to Moscow in August 2005 and operated the West of Paris restaurant downtown until selling it earlier this

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She said she spent some time as an apprentice to her father, working mostly in the kitchen but also serving food to customers.

“I enjoyed meeting people through that,” she said.

Even though food is a large part of her life, Foucachon said her love of literature could lead her toward the teaching profession. She said she also enjoys fashion design, astronomy, drama and singing.

She said her favorite types of literature include mystery novels, older works by writers like Jane Austen and William Shakespeare and poetry.

As for her favorite foods, she said she enjoys her father’s Christmas dinners, which typically include items like leg of lamb or venison in addition to French and Swiss chocolate.

Foucachon won’t be too far from her friends and former teachers at Logos School after she graduates and begins classes at NSA.

Valerie Foucachon

By Holly Bowen Daily News staff writer

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She said there are “so many things to love” about Logos School, particularly the teachers.

“They’re not just there to teach information,” she said. “You can see their love for Christ come through. They really care about each student individually.”

Foucachon said she’s not quite

ready to commit to specific plans after finishing college.

“We’ll see where God takes me after NSA,” she said.

Holly Bowen can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 239, or by email to hbowen@dnews.com. Follow her on Twitter: @DailyNewsHolly

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