Dignitaries
2024 Honored Pioneer Al Easterly
Alfred “Al” Easterly says he’s honored to be an Honored Pioneer for the 2024 Irrigation Festival. He is the son of George and Evelyn Easterly. George was a logger, so they moved around a lot, but Al and his family grew up mostly in Sequim. He has a sister, Rosalie Secord and a brother, Jimmy…
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2024 Honored Pioneer Al Easterly
Alfred “Al” Easterly says he’s honored to be an Honored Pioneer for the 2024 Irrigation Festival. He is the son of George and Evelyn Easterly. George was a logger, so they moved around a lot, but Al and his family grew up mostly in Sequim. He has a sister, Rosalie Secord and a brother, Jimmy…
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2024 Jr Royalty
Prince Bennett Castell, Princess Olive Gockerell, Princess Ruby Sly-Hobson, Princess Dulce Villegas The Junior Royalty are selected each year from the third grade students within the Sequim school district that enter the essay contest. In keeping with our festival theme of “2024 Mountains to Shore Whatever You’re Looking For” we asked students to write a…
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Princess Dulce Villegas
Sponsored by: Sweet Spot Frozen Yogurt Teacher: Ms. Little, Helen Haller Elementary Age: 9 Dulce’s mom is Margarita Villegas and she has a sister named Paola. Her favorite subjects in school are music and PE. Her favorite hobbies include learning American Sign Language, drawing, jumping on her trampoline and going to the beach. Dulce is…
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Princess Ruby Sly-Hobson
Sponsored by: Dungeness Kids Teacher: Ms. Little, Helen Haller Elementary Age: 9 Ruby’s parents are Emily Sly and Ken Hobson and she has a sister. Her favorite subject in school is reading. Crafts and crocheting are her favorite hobbies. Her extra-curricular activities include acrobatics and playing the piano. When she grows up, she wants to…
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Princess Olive Gockerell
Sponsored by: Hill Crest Homes Teacher: Mrs. Lewis, Helen Haller Elementary Age: 9 Olive Jean’s parents are David and Emma Gockerell. Her siblings include Sophia, Holden, and Jackson. Olive’s favorite subject in school is math. Her hobbies include horseback riding and doing art with her mom. She is a cheerleader for Sequim Wolfpack and plays…
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Prince Bennett Castell
Sponsored by: Highlands Residential Mortgage Teacher: Mrs. Nash, Helen Haller Elementary Age: 8 Bennett’s parents are James and Sarah Castell. He has an older brother Grayson and two dogs Griffey and Louis. His favorite subject in school is math. Bennett loves collecting baseball cards. He loves a good building challenge like putting together puzzles and…
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2024 Grand Marshal Dr. Linda Allen
Linda Allen DVM is a 1991 graduate of University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Aside from the regular high school babysitting jobs she cannot remember working in a job that did not involve animals of some kind, including working with a variety of animals with Universal Studios including tigers, lions, and bears! She…
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2024 Pioneers
Honored Pioneers are a tribute to those who came early and stayed late. Honored Pioneers must be a descendent who has/had a parent, grandparent or great-grandparent that lived within the current boundaries of the Sequim School District prior to 1950. These Honored Pioneers are selected by the Sequim Pioneer Association Committee. The Honored Pioneers are…
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2023 Button Design Winner
Hope Walkowski Hope is a fifth grade student in the Sequim School District. She is an only child but has life long friends who are as close to her as sisters. Hope enjoys spending time at school studying and playing with her friends. She loves science and sometimes even the challenge of math. P.E is…