The City of North Bend will be celebrating its 100th birthday with a party and “Community Quilt Cake” at the Festival at Mt. Si on Saturday, August 8th at 1:30 p.m.
Citizens are invited to participate by baking a cake and delivering it to the Festival Grounds between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. that day. Cake mixes along with full instructions will be provided by the City’s Volunteer Coordinator Cynthia Golpe of “Cakes by Cynch”. Cynthia may be reached at 425-638-9839 or by email at cgolpe@hotmail.com, no later than Friday, July 31st.
The cake will be the centerpiece of the City’s birthday celebration and will be comprised of 154 cakes that will serve 2200 people. The idea originated with local student Annika Laufer who wrote a letter to Mayor Hearing suggesting the City enlist citizens to join together to bake the City the world’s largest birthday cake. While another City holds the Guinness Book of Records using 30,000 sheet cakes, we thought Annika had a great idea and decided to pursue creating North Bend’s Community Quilt Cake.
For additional information on this and other upcoming events please go the City’s website at www.ci.north-bend.wa.us and click on the Centennial page.
Nicole Harris of Snoqualmie was recently awarded a scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year by the Washington Indian Gaming Association (WIGA). Nicole, a member of the Snoqualmie tribe, is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the Eastern Washington University.
WIGA is a non-profit organization of tribal leaders in Washington state. It runs a scholarship program for tribal members pursuing higher education degrees. The program is designed to promote tribal self-sufficiency by providing scholarships for Native American students in Washington seeking to advance their own self-sufficiency and broaden their personal and professional potential through higher education. The organization also educates the Indian gaming community, the public and all levels of government about gaming issues.
Nicole received a $1,200 scholarship. Enrolled members of the WIGA tribes and Indian students in Washington state are eligible. Scholarships are awarded to students pursuing degrees at community and technical colleges, four-year colleges, and post-graduate and professional schools.
“This year, we had many qualified applicants to choose from, which made our selection process very difficult,” said WIGA chairman W. Ron Allen. “But it reflects the increasing depth of talent among young tribal members. The winners should be very proud of themselves for standing out among their peers.”
WIGA awarded a total of $30,000 in scholarship funds to 25 students.
For more information about the WIGA Scholarship program, call 360-352-3248 or visit www.washingtonindiangaming.org.