State Youth of the Year Competition

Earlier this year, Ferndale Club member Travis White was named Whatcom County's Youth of the Year. On March 23rd and 24th we went to the Washington State Youth of the Year competition and had a great time. The event started off in the Couches Lounge at Qwest Field where Travis and the other youth gave their speeches to the pannel of judges, then they had a series of one on one interviews with the judges. After the interviews we went on a behind the scenes tour of the stadium, we got to see everything but the locker rooms. Then came the dinner, MC'd by last years Youth of the Year, Bellingham's Vang Le. All the Youth gave their speeches again at dinner, they all did very well infront of an audience of over 200 people. After dinner it was on to Olympia, Travis and the other candidates rode in style on board the "party bus." What happened on the party bus is a mystery, but the rumor is Travis has some pretty sweet dance moves. The next morning we got up bright and early to have breakfast at the Governor's Mansion. After we sang her Happy Birthday, Governor Christine Gregoire announced the winner. Congratulations Travis on the excellent job you did representing Whatcom County, and congratulations to Kainen Bell of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound on his win, we know he'll do well representing all the great kids of Washington at the regional competition in July.