Laura Calcagni

Christopher Powell

(l-r)Annie Aeschbacher and Hanna Gunderson

Laura Calcagni of Woodinville was a top-10 finalist in cutting with Little Dolly Mac, a 1997 sorrel American quarter horse mare, at the American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas.

Tara Martin has accepted a 2-year assignment with the Peace Corps to serve as an agro-forestry volunteer in El Salvador. She is the daughter of Gail and Dale Martin of Woodinville and graduated from Bothell High School in 2001. Martin earned a degree in Latin American studies from the University of Washington in 2004.

Woodinville students who graduated this spring from Whitworth College were: Kirsten A. Berg with a bachelor of arts degree in French (Summa Cum Laude) and Michael R. Wooten with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.

Christopher Powell, a 4th grader at East Ridge Elementary, was recently awarded his first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is a student at Northwest Martial Arts in Woodinville.

Ashley Velatequi of Woodinville took part this summer in a 5-week ballet class sponsored by Whitman College and held in Perugia, Italy. Ashley, a mathematics major, is a junior at Whitman.

David Trujillo of Woodinville participated in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C., in August.

Sneha Shailesh Desai has been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa academic honorary society at The Johns Hopkins University. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shailesh Desai of Woodinville and a Woodinville High School graduate. Desai, who majored in neuroscience and completed requirements for a minor in French literature, graduated this spring with general and departmental honors and made Dean’s List for the spring 2004 semester.

Annie Aeschbacher and Hanna Gunderson, both of Woodinville, were chosen to participate in a 10-day journey through China as part of the Girl Scout — Totem Council’s “Honoring Our Past” program.

Judith Sauve of Woodinville received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Argosy University/Seattle during the spring 2004 semester.

Woodinville resident and Seattle Pacific University student Brent Smith returned from a 6-week mission trip to Guatemala Aug. 17. The trip was part of SPU’s SPRINT (Seattle Pacific Reachout INTernational) program.