All of us who attended the WBA Study Weekend at White Salmon, Washington, were really delighted to welcome three new scholarship winners along on our field trips. These young entomologists in the making each received free registration to the conference, room and board, an annual WBA family membership and compensation for transportation expenses, as well as autographed copies of our new regional butterfly field guide, “Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest”, by Bob Pyle and Caitlin LaBar. Our scholarship team chose three winners from a larger pool of scholarship applications than we had received in past years. In addition, the Board was also able to sponsor another aspiring entomologist who had just graduated from high school this spring. The winners were:

-Morghan Livingston, 14, of Darrington, Washington.

-Isabella Langford, 10, of Spokane, Washington.

-Andrew Wilcock, 10, of Snoqualmie, Washington.

-Hailey Armstrong, 18, of Spokane, Washington. (Sponsored)

Our study weekend group really appreciated the energy and curiosity the young people each brought to the field with their families. Andrew, we understand, will be contributing insect-themed cartoons to future publications of this newsletter; Izzy has already been present at several Spokane area field trips and has helped her mother at WBA tables for local garden events; Morghan pursued some of the rarest of Washington butterflies by heading with our group members to Slate Peak two weeks after the conference; and Hailey updates us now and again on the status of her home butterfly garden.

Thank you to the Ulsh family for helping make the scholarships possible, and to the WBA members who helped make their wonderful study weekend experience possible.

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