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Student of the Month

As West Valley High School begins the academic year, Molly Fisher is among the leaders on campus. The senior maintains a 4.0 grade point average and is president of WV’s National Honor Society chapter. Last year, as an officer with NHS, she took part in community service projects like a food drive and school supply drive. Fisher participates in Link Crew as a mentor to freshmen. She also takes classes in veterinary medicine at NEWTech Skill Center. Fisher is a letter winner in soccer, basketball and softball. In soccer, she was named an All Greater Spokane League first team midfielder as a sophomore and junior and earned second team honors her freshman season. In basketball, she was a key reserve on an Eagles’ squad that advanced to state last season. She was also part of WV’s state-qualifying team in softball.

Athlete of the Month

On the gridiron, the pitch and the classroom, Jackson Bale excels. The senior at West Valley High School is three-year letter winner in football where he was named to the All Greater Spokane League second team as a defensive end for the past two years. In a win his sophomore year against Pullman on Washington State University’s home turf, Bale had two sacks and a blocked kick. He amassed five sacks as a sophomore and seven sacks as a junior. On offense, he plays tight end. Bale has also lettered three years in soccer as a forward, striker and winger. He maintains a 3.98 grade point average and is a member of National Honor Society where he serves as historian. Bale hopes to continue his football career in college. He has drawn interest from Eastern Washington, Montana, Idaho and Montana State.

Citizen of the Month

In the book of Spokane Valley treasures, Anne Sherrodd has a special chapter. The native of Winlock, Washington moved to the Valley in 1956 with her husband Allen. She developed into a well-respected, largely self-taught painter whose work has been displayed at the Chase Gallery, Museum of Native American Culture and The Gallery in Coeur d’Alene among other venues. A mural of Sherrodd’s adorns a wall at the Sacred Heart Medical Center. She taught art for 20 years at Community Colleges of Spokane and Corbin Senior Center. She has also coordinated art exhibits at CenterPlace and helped with the establishment of the Spokane Valley Arts Council. Sherrodd has also volunteered as a Sunday School teacher, Den Mother and been part of her church choir She is the proud mother of five children and has 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

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