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The article at right
appeared in the "Northshore Citizen" column published in the
Reporter newspaper, written by former newspaper publisher
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Reprinted from Bothell Reporter, Jan. 16, 2008
Posted January 13, 2008
By graduation time in May, she’ll have earned a double major in broadcast journalism and TV/Video and gathered an impressive resume of experiences that just might put her on a path similar to that of the Emmy award winning Seattle anchors, Enersen and Goertzen. Her four years at Emerson have included a wide-ranging succession of practical experience in her field. In addition to making the Dean’s List, Leah’s resume includes an internship as a production assistant in Los Angeles with the hit TV program “Entertainment Tonight” as well as directing a half hour, live sports show on a leading Boston TV station. She’s been a writer, news anchor, reporter, producer and a weather announcer. In search of an entry job in her field, Leah has established her own website http://www.leahvail.com which includes a number of video clips displaying her work in all the aforementioned capacities. EDUCATION
-- Northshore high school graduates working on how to finance the next
level of their education have until Feb. 29 to submit applications for
the 82 college scholarships being offered through the Northshore
Scholarship Foundation for academic 2008-09. Scholarships, including
renewals, will total $134,175. Application
forms and information on available scholarships are found on the web at www.ns-scholarship.org. According
to program coordinator Joanne Harkonen, most inquiries coming her way
about the program deal with eligibility issues. The Foundation goal is
to make the grants available to graduates of the four secondary schools
and to graduating high school seniors who are residents of the
Northshore School District and may have attended an accredited secondary
school elsewhere. Operated
with financial support from Northshore and Woodinville Rotary clubs and
Kiwanis Club of Northshore, a total of 1,209 area students will have
received scholarship help since the Foundation was organized in 1984
with a bank account of only $5,660. The grants will have totaled
$1,399,195 over 24 years. The asset base at the end of 2007 had grown to
more than $1.2 million. One
new scholarship will be awarded in 2008 from the 50th
endowment established by the Foundation. It will be given in memory of
former school superintendent Lee Blakely and his wife Velma. The $1,750
grant is for a graduating senior at Bothell High School who will be
nominated and selected by the school staff. The
Foundation received $141,344 in donations during 2007 with $81,403 of
that amount added to the permanent base and the balance contributed to
increase the value and number of scholarships. In the past six years,
contributions have totaled $899,333. In not too many years, it might be Leah Vail reporting these civic accomplishments, recalling that in 2004 she was one of those 1,209 given a hand by her community. |
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