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New Officers Approved

The 2010-2011 Board was approved February 6th at the general membership meeting.

2010-2011 Officers for WPPC-WA

President-Pam Kirkwood
VP-Suzanne Mayr
Mentoring-Shelley Reisher
Treasurer-Tom Betterbed
Secretary-Vicki Betterbed
Publications Secretary-Angie Lokotz
Merchandise Sales-Kelly Fraser

All Service Academy Ball Chair-Brenda Anderson

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Yuk Parents Celebrate YWW

2012 Yuk Parents Celebrate YWWThe party was held at the Phelps’ house on Saturday, Jan 30. About 10 parents enjoyed a great lunch and each others’ company while sharing stories about their Yuks at the Phelps home in Woodinville.

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Members of the West Point Swim Team Visit Washington

The Washington West Point Parent’s Club was contacted mid-day on Monday, November 30 and told that some members of the West Point swim team were coming to our area for an invitational meet. We were asked if we could, or if we cared to, support the team in any way. We rarely get the opportunity to support Cadets in this manner and as you can imagine, we jumped at the opportunity! This had to be accomplished quickly as the swim team arrived the very next day! They would be competing Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sharon immediately sent an email to the Board asking for approval to fund snacks and drinks. The Board replied with a resounding “Yes”. The Gatorade and granola bars purchased served as fuel between heats. We also organized a very short notice spaghetti feed for the team, manager, and coach. Sharon Losey, Pam Kirkwood, and Suzanne Mayr pooled their resources and managed to make the team feel welcome and provided a nice dinner for them along with Washington hospitality at Pam’s home in Puyallup. Boy, can those swimmers pack away the food! We are hoping that next year (or the next team that comes our way) we are given more than two days notice so we have the opportunity to organize a club-wide event to welcome the Cadets to Washington!

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Betterbed Selected as Rhodes Scholar

Cadet Betterbed, USMA Class of 2010, Rhodes Scholar

Cadet Betterbed, USMA Class of 2010, Rhodes Scholar

Elizabeth Betterbed was selected for a Rhodes Scholarship this weekend. She joins the many West Point Rhodes Scholars from past years. In fact, West Point ranks 4th overall among American colleges and universities in the number of Rhodes Scholars, behind only Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.

Bloomberg.com story


Gig Harbor High graduate is Rhodes scholar – The Associated Press -
A West Point cadet from Fox Island has been named a 2010 Rhodes scholar, it was announced Sunday.

Elizabeth Betterbed was one of 32 men and women from across the United States selected from 805 applicants endorsed by 326 different colleges and universities.

The American student will join an international group of scholars selected from 14 other jurisdictions around the world. Approximately 80 people are selected each year to receive scholarships that average to about $50,000 per year.

Betterbed is a senior at the United States Military Academy, where she is majoring in mechanical engineering and is ranked first in her class.

“She’s grabbed every opportunity in life and looks for new challenges every day,” her father, Thomas Betterbed, said Sunday. “She likes to earn her accolades.”

The 21-year-old grew up loving soccer, becoming an All-American athlete. She graduated from Gig Harbor High School in 2006. She decided to apply to West Point, seeking a challenge for her college years, her father said.

On Sunday, Betterbed was flying back to the East Coast after visiting Seattle for her scholarship interview.

Betterbed is also a member of a team that’s designing and building a powered prosthetic foot to allow wounded soldiers to run.

Betterbed has also won awards for her work in mechanical engineering.

The scholarships announced early Sunday provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England.

Rhodes Scholarships were created in 1902 by the estate of British philanthropist Cecil Rhodes. Winners are selected on the basis of high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and physical vigor, among other attributes.

Originally published: November 23rd, 2009 12:20 AM (PST)

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WA Cadet Betterbed Featured on USMA Homepage

Perot Receives Thayer Award Cadet Elizabeth Betterbed, the Deputy Brigade Commander, asks Ross Perot a question during a lecture in Jefferson Hall on Thursday. Perot was on campus to receive the Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates. The Thayer Award, given annually since 1958 in honor of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, “Father of the Military Academy, is presented to an individual who exemplifies the academy motto, “Duty, Honor, Country.” (Photo by Anthony Battista/DPTMS Visual Information)

Perot Receives Thayer Award Cadet. (Photo by Anthony Battista/DPTMS Visual Information)

Elizabeth Betterbed, the Deputy Brigade Commander, asks Ross Perot a question during a lecture in Jefferson Hall on Thursday. Perot was on campus to receive the Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates. The Thayer Award, given annually since 1958 in honor of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, “Father of the Military Academy,” is presented to an individual who exemplifies the academy motto, “Duty, Honor, Country.”

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