Courtesy photo Kate Jack, 13, of Woodinville, and her horse, Sugar, won the 13-18 age group at the Whidbey Western Games Association Patterned Horse Racing Championship held August 25-26. This was one of only two championship shows like this held in the Northwest each year. First place is a new saddle. Kate and Sugar competed in 11 timed events over the two days and were fast enough to be the high point winners overall. (Kate and Sugar are pictured here running Two Barrel Flags.	Courtesy photo Members of Peak Performance Training-Team Seattle competed at the 2007 Senior National and Junior Olympic Championships held in San Jose, Calif., July 10-15. The team trains in Woodinville under Master Tuoi Le and is part of a larger national competition team based in Miami, Fla., headed by Olympic silver medalist, Master Juan Moreno. Talina Le(pictured front row, left) qualified for Junior National Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Col., where she took a Gold in the Fin weight division, qualifying her to compete for the US at the 4th Pan American Junior Championships on Oct. 5th in Daytona, FL. Pictured:(back row,LtoR) Zach Johnson-Fritz,Silver. Chris Jacobson,Gold. Coach Tuoi Le. John Clausen,Gold.(front row,LtoR) Talina Le,2 Bronze. Jordan Laird,Quarter finalist.	Courtesy photo In July, Todd Mickelson, son ot Tim and Beth Mickelson of Woodinville, competed in the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Midkelson competed in the lightweight men’s double scull event for which he and his teammate qualified for the A-Level Grand Finals, besting 11 other crews. Mickelson is a member of the Lehigh University Men’s Varsity Crew team. He participated in the U.S. National Rowing Team Selection Camp in Connecticut this June and July before being selected to represent the U.S. in this World Championship regatta.

The following students have earned honor roll status for the summer quarter of 2007 at Central Washington University: Heidi Shoeman, a senior from Bothell; Sara-anne Gates, a senior from Carnation; Ashley Nicole Henry, a senior from Carnation; John E. DeFrees, a senior from Kenmore; Peter Anthony Sayah, a senior from Kenmore; Angela Kathleen Starr, a senior from Woodinville.

Melba Miller, CIPS, of Windermere Real Estate in Woodinville, joined other international real estate professionals at the FIABCI-USA 2007 Summer Retreat in Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24-27, in order to stay up to date on important markets in international real estate and network with fellow global real estate professionals.

The following area students graduated from Whitworth College in May 2007: Shannon Billing of Redmond (bachelor of arts in business management cum laude); Adam Bohnett of Redmond (bachelor of arts in business management); Ali Seyedali of Redmond (bachelor of arts in journalism); Michael Tucker of Snohomish (bachelor of arts in health, fitness and physical education); Elisabeth Whitney of Snohomish (bachelor of arts in peace studies cum laude).

James Katica, administrative services director for the City of Woodinville, has received the prestigious “Professional Finance Officer” award for 2007 from the Washington Finance Officer’s Association. This annual award requires on-going educational and professional excellence on the part of each individual and is not automatically awarded.

Woodinville resident Gary Gonzalez will be a Westminster College defender for the 2007 men’s soccer season. Gonzalez began his first semester this fall at Westminster which is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The following area students graduated from Santa Clara University in June 2007: Ashley Graham of Redmond with a degree in psychology; David Backes of Redmond with a degree in sociology; Gabriela Grijalva of Redmond with a degree in studio art; Jill Piermattei of Redmond with a degree in finance; Jennifer Keaton of Woodinville with a degree in art history; Evan Hayduk of Woodinville with a degree in political science; Ashley Schweickart of Woodinville with a degree in sociology.