The Apple Blossom Festival is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2019 and producing a documentary film presented by Stemilt Growers as way to honor this remarkable milestone. Wenatchee’s own North 40 Productions is responsible for production of the feature film.

The documentary follows the 2018 Apple Blossom royalty selection process as well as the events of 2018 Festival. It provides the opportunity to conduct extensive research into the Wenatchee Valley’s history in respect to the Apple Blossom Festival, tracking its evolution from 1920 to present day. Additionally, the film pays tribute to the people who started the festival and all those who have been involved in the last hundred years.

The Columbia Chorale presents “Songs From the British Isles”—

An entertaining choral event featuring folk tunes, madrigals, stage pieces and classical works by well-known composers from England, Ireland and Scotland. A wide variety of music, from the Renaissance to the modern day, will tickle your ear bones and leave your Irish eyes smiling!

Event Date: April 26th @ 7:30 p.m.

Event Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 1408 Washington St., Wenatchee, WA

Ticket Price: Adults $20; Students $10

Purchase Tickets at: Numerica Performing Arts Center Box Office and At the Door

The Rustique Diva's Vintage Market you know and love is back once again at the Pybus Public Market during the Apple Blossom Festival on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Come on down before or after the Youth Parade and check out all the regional artisans and vendors selling antiques and collectibles, hand-crafted jewelry, home decor, furniture and everything in between!

What a great way to showcase the best youth artistic talent in the Wenatchee Valley!  Art 4 Kidz is an opportunity for youth, grades Pre-K to 12th, to enter their artwork in different categories. The artwork may be any art the student has created within the last year. All entries will be displayed at the Pepsi-Cola Youth Day festivities in Memorial Park.

2018 Art 4 Kidz Winners  

Kindergarten and 1st Grade

3rd Place – Eliot Hart, Washington Elementary
2nd Place Camden Peterson, No School
1st Place -  Manny Salgado, Homeschooled                

2 Dimensional Division Black and White

2nd - 3rd
3rd Place Kate Smith, Osborn Elementary  
2nd Place Garrison Gormley, Cascade Elementary
1st Place Micah Saugen, Beaver Valley School 

4th - 5th
3rd Place Yahir Hernandez, Lee Elementary
2nd Place Sahalee Mahler, John Newberry Elementary
1st Place Finn Mathison, The River Academy

6th - 8th
3rd Place Kahlen Gilliver, Foothills Middle School
2nd Place Emma Banker, Foothills Middle School
1st Place Lili Williams, Orchard Middle School

9th - 12th
3rd Place Brittni Hastings, Eastmont Junior High/ Columbia Virtual Academy
2nd Place Brooke Elsensohn, Valley Academy
1st Place Brenda Arreola, Eastmont High School

2 Dimensional Color

2nd - 3rd
3rd Place Cardigan Adams, Peshastin Dryden Elementary
2nd Place Korbyn Osborn, Grant Elementary
1st Place Micah Saugen, Beaver Valley School 

4th - 5th
3rd Place Abbey Kimmel, Washington Elementary
2nd Place Casandrah Sperry, John Newberry Elementary
1st Place Danielle Peterson, Lewis & Clark Elementary

6th - 8th
3rd Place Cora Cruickshank, Foothills Middle School
2nd Place Kahlen Gilliver, Foothills Middle School
1st Place Ilsa Groff, The River Academy     

9th - 12th
3rd Place Rebecca Jacoby, Wenatchee High School
2nd Place Kailie Wulf, Wenatchee High School
1st Place Brooke Elsensohn, Valley Academy

3-D Mixed Media

2nd - 3rd
3rd Place Caleb Kolbo, Valley Academy
2nd Place Micah Saugen, Beaver Valley School
1st Place Ahnaleigh Wilson, Cascade Elementary  

4th - 5th
3rd Place Mary Elise Cliftan, Valley Academy
2nd Place William Carter, Valley Academy
1st Place Serenity Saugen, Osborn Elementary

6th - 8th
3rd Place Ella McClees, Valley Academy
2nd Place Marina Sapozknikova, Wenatchee Valley Academy of Learning
1st Place Ilsa Groff, The River Academy

9th - 12th
3rd Place Ryan Everest, Cascade High School
2nd Place Brooke Elsensohn, Valley Academy
1st Place – Dylan Kuehni, Cascade High School

Photography

6th-12th:            
3rd Place – Finnley Ottley, Pioneer Middle School
2nd Place – Alicia Hastings, Eastmont High School/ Wenatchee Valley College
1st Place – Emerson Carter, Eastmont Jr. High School

Best of Show:  Lucy Korzh of Cascade Elementary
Committee’s Choice: Tysh Ashmore of Eastmont High School
Royalty’s Choice: Brooklyn Eberth from Newbery Elementary
Costco Choice: Ella Tepley from Kenroy Elementary  
Washington Federal Choice: Kayli Reidt of Abeka Academy  
Seattle Children’s Choice: Riley Tepley from Sterling Intermediate School

Free Activities and Prizes at Every Booth

Youth Day will be one of the highlights of this year’s Washington State Apple Blossom
Festival. Great performances and activities from over 40 local vendors. just for kids!

To be involved as a vendor in this amazing day for our youth, fill out an application

2018 Youth Day Booth Participants.

Subject to change...
Weinstein Beverage/Pepsi Cola/Blue Hurricane
SAFE KIDS Coalition:
(Fire Safety)
(Water Safety)
(Pedestrian/Child Passenger Safety)
(Medicine Safety)
(911)
Wenatchee Valley VELO Club, Lids for Kids
Confluence Health-Health Benefit Exchange
Child Evangelism Fellowship-Story Barn
GESA Credit Union
Rocky Reach Dam Visitor Center
Town Toyota Center
Trinity Inflatables
Wenatchee Kennel Club
Ballard Ambulance
Camp Fire of NCW & Camp Zanika
Molina Health Care
Wenatchee Wild
The Vine
Washington State Parks and Rec
The River Academy
Pop Warner
Chelan/Douglas CSA
Rainbow for Girls
EPIC
St. Paul's Lutheran School
Youth Church of E. Wenatchee
Operation Christmas Child
Coordinated Care
Community Resource Group/Foster Care
Sage Hills Church
TEAMS Learning Center
 Chelan/Douglas CASA
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
West Side High School Spanish Club
Guardians of the Children
Team Naturaleza



 

After 41 years in broadcast news, the last 27 at KOMO Television in Seattle, Dan Lewis retired in May of 2014. While at KOMO, Dan, Kathi Goertzen and Steve Pool were one of the longest running anchor teams in the country. Dan often left the anchor desk for reporting in the field locally, across the country and around the world. His international reporting included the award winning Vanishing Giants documentary in Africa. He also traveled on assignment to Japan, the Philippines, France, Poland, Germany, South America, Israel, Panama and the UK.

Over the years Dan interviewed many world leaders, athletes and celebrities including Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. For his anchoring, writing and reporting Dan won 14 Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. Dan is now happily retired and enjoys time with his family, traveling, hiking, snowshoeing, golf and photography.

2017 ASCL Speaker - Daniel Bernardo

Dr. Daniel J. Bernardo resumed his role as Provost and Executive Vice President of Washington State University (WSU) in mid-June, 2016 after being named Interim President on July 7, 2015 following the untimely death of President Elson S. Floyd on June 20, 2015.

On May 16, 2014, Bernardo was named Provost and Executive Vice President of WSU. He served in the role on an interim basis from June 1, 2013 to May 15, 2014. As Provost and Executive Vice President, Bernardo serves as the senior academic officer for the university and has responsibility for academic planning; budgeting; diversity programs, international programs, enrollment management, and recruitment and retention of faculty, staff, and students. Reporting to the President, the Provost and Executive Vice President works with a team of academic deans, vice-provosts, senior administrators, faculty, staff, and student governance bodies to formulate and implement policies in furtherance of WSU’s strategic goals.

 Bernardo has extensive experience in higher education -- including teaching, research, administration, and policy development -- at the university, college and department levels. Previously, Dr. Bernardo served as Vice President for Agriculture and Extension and Dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) from 2005-2013. In that position, he was responsible for administering teaching, research, and outreach programs in food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. Together, CAHNRS and WSU Extension had over 2,200 employees and an annual operating budget of over

$180 million. As Dean of CAHNRS, he led efforts to reinvigorate WSU’s food and agricultural programs, including raising over $220 million in private contributions to fund endowed chairs, facility improvements, and programmatic activities.

Prior to moving to Washington State, Bernardo was a Professor and Department Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University (KSU) from 1995 through 2005. Bernardo was on the Agricultural Economics faculty at Oklahoma State University from 1985 to 1995, where he conducted research and taught courses on a variety of topics, including production economics, water resource policy, and agribusiness economics. Dr. Bernardo has published over 200 papers on various agricultural economics topics.

Bernardo has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Washington State University and a B.S. in Agricultural and Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis.

2017 Golf Tournament Winners

• Winners in Division 1 (teams with a combined handicap of 15 & under):
  1st Place lowest net: Midland Trucking – Erik Holmberg, Jimmy Sherrell, Darren Goehner and Frank Kuntz
  2nd place lowest net: Nancy’s Party Rentals – Tim Burris, Brian Greedy, Scott Chandler and Curt Gavin
  3rd place lowest net: Stemilt Studs – Daryl Ferguson, Ian Turner, Mark Blakney and Mick Fabian.
  

• Winners in Division 2 (teams with a combined handicap of 16+):
  1st place lowest net: Fruit Packers Supply – Shawn Ward, Tony Walton, Dave Piepel and Tyler Fisher
  2nd place lowest net: Horan Estates Winery–Beth Dobbs, Brette Sangster, Lorena Brownlee and Bonnie Thompson
  3rd place lowest net: Sangster Motors – Corey Sangster, Jerry Maxey, Kirk Moser and Gary Crawford .
  

• The Team with the Highest Gross overall was: Elevated Marketing – Cory Wendt, Ed Wendt, Dwayne Jordan and Al Howell.
  

• KP Contest, sponsored by Mitchell, Reed & Schmitten Insurance – top 2 closest to the pin: Tim Burris (Nancy’s Party Rentals) & Steve Ballew (Pacific Appraisal)
  

• Longest Drive Contest, sponsored by Town Toyota:
  Men’s Winner – Brian Vincent (Pacific Appraisal)
  Women’s Winner – Brette Sangster (Horan Estate Winery)

Come and enjoy an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast whipped up by our own Wenatchee Downtown Kiwanis. A pre-parade tradition for 59 years! In advance, tickets are $6 for adults, children 6 and under are free. Tickets at the gate are $7. Tickets will be available at the Apple Blossom Festival Office, from any Downtown Kiwanis member or at the gate.

Rugrat Nation 3 on 3 basketball tournament is specifically for boys and girls grades K through 3rd grade. Play begins right after the Grand Parade on Saturday, May 4 starting at 2:00 p.m. Co-ed divisions are k-1st and 2nd-3rd. Rugrat Nation is held in the east (river and Loop Trail side) parking lot of Pybus Market with shade for spectators and plenty of seating and excellent food. Admission is free to the general public.

Rugrat Nation is a nonprofit scholarship foundation with all proceeds going toward scholarships for local student athletes.

Sign up location: https://www.elitehoopeffects.com/camps-clinics

Event Location: Pybus Public Market 3 N Worthen St.

Entry Fee: $50 per team