Wenatchee Applarians

Wishing a happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends and family!

Celebrating our Applarians who have birthdays and anniversaries in December!

Wishing our 2024 Direct General, Craig Field, a very Happy Birthday!! 🎂🥳🎂

Happiest of Birthdays to our 2024 Director General, Craig Field! 🥳🥳🎉

Sending each and everyone of you wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving, a time to show gratitude for all of the blessings and challenges that have shaped us this year.

Let’s get to know Megan Sand!

When your daughter (the social media manager) messes up and posts her info twice instead of yours 🤦🏻‍♀️…sorry mom! Good thing she doesn’t have Facebook 😂. Let’s get to know our treasurer, Karen Zanol!

Please share if you are able & willing.

*** UPDATE - SHAHIIRA HAS BEEN LOCATED AND IS SAFELY AT HOME ***

Thank you for your assistance.

1K2

*** ENDANGERED MISSING PERSON ***

This is Shahiira Harrison who is a vulnerable adult. She got into a newer white or silver Toyota Highlander on November 14, 2023 at roughly 2:15 PM in her driveway on Horse Lake Road in Wenatchee. She has been entered as a missing person and an Endangered Missing Person Alert is on the way from the Washington State Patrol.

If you see Harrison in the Chelan and Douglas County area, please call Rivercom at (509) 663-9911 regarding case immediately. If you see her outside of Chelan and Douglas Counties, please call your local law enforcement agency right away. The vehicle she was last seen in is unknown to her family.

Thank you in advance for your help. - 1K2

The process to determine our 2024 Royalty has begun!

👑‼️ Selection of the 2024 Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Royalty begins with the announcement of 29 young women, from the Wenatchee and Eastmont School Districts. They will compete for a chance to be one of the ten candidates who will then vie for the Royal Court for the 105th Festival.

The candidates with an (E) are from Eastmont High School, those with a (W) are from Wenatchee High School

Abigail Perkins (W)
Amie Kate Canlis (W)
Andrea Zavala Padilla (W)
Ashlyn Hambelton (W)
Ava Morales (E)
Ava Porter (W)
Betsy Gomez-Aviles (W)
Carys Williams (E)
Catelyn Shearer (W)
Daisy Pablo (W)
Dania Cuevas Sandoval (W)
Ella Stimmel (E)
Esty Gonzalez (E)
Jenissa Hepton (W)
Jess McIrvin (W)
Jocelyn Olson (E)
Kaitlin Barrows (E)
Katelyn Murphy (W)
Kylee Maytrychit (E)
Lana Duncan (W)
Laurel Patterson (E)
Lexie Fennell (E)
Libby Borst (W)
Mariana Lopez (W)
Mayalani Ayon Fernandez (W)
Samantha Dodd (E)
Sophia Munro (E)
Wendy Castellanos Bueno (W)
Zoe Kleithal (E)

Yesterday we held a speech presentation meeting and the candidates received their speech order! 💬📣

100% of the vote will be from 5 out-of-town Judges. There will be a “Get To Know You” session on January 8th at 5:30 pm which will count as 20% of the total Top 10 Score.

The next day on January 9th at 10:00 am the candidates will give a 2-3 minute speech that will count as the remaining 80% of the total Top 10 Score. The Top 10 Candidates will be announced the evening of January 9th at 6:00 pm. All events will be at the Numerica Performing Arts Center. All events are free and open to the public, and NCW Life Channel will stream all Top Ten Events on their Facebook Live.

Following a month of preparation, the Top 10 Candidates will compete at the Royalty Selection Pageant, sponsored by Cashmere Valley Bank, where over $31,000 in Scholarships will be awarded! The Queen will receive a $10,000 Scholarship and the two Princesses will each receive a $5,000 Scholarship.

👑 Pageant is Saturday, February 10th, at the Performing Arts Center at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for the 2024 Royalty Selection Pageant will go on sale Tuesday, January 16th at the PAC www.numericapac.org

Here’s some fun info about our secretary, Sarah Smeller!

Let’s get to know our leading lady, Chancellor Mary Ann Castro.

And here’s another one of our leading ladies, 1st Vice Chancellor, Linda Herald.

To our Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist & Jain friends and neighbors, Happy Diwali!

Resuming our “Get to Know” series, we present Dave Tosch.

With our sincerest gratitude to all of the military veterans and their families, for their selfless service…we thank you.

Today, let’s get to know Jim Adamson!

At last night’s social, Applarians brought in canned foods and other nonperishable food items to donate to Serve Wenatchee. Chancellor Mary Ann took our donations to them this morning, where they said they give out over 10,000 pounds of food each month. That’s amazing! Clearly, every little bit helps. Thank you, Applarians, for your generosity and support of such an important organization in our community!

Here’s one of our “leading ladies,” 2nd Vice Chancellor Jacki Seale! Please keep her in your prayers as she recovers from surgery earlier this week.

Wow! 👀💰💸👀

Our November social is tomorrow! We’ll see you at the WVSAC at 6 PM. In addition to your contribution to our potluck, don’t forget to bring non-perishable food items for Serve Wenatchee, and money for a 50/50 raffle!

A Tuesday Twist! Here’s a little more about me, the Wenatchee Applarians’ Social Media Manager.

Next up in our “Get to Know” series is Tim Zanol.

Our next Roundtable member is Diane Sand.

Continuing our “Get to Know” series, we introduce Eneida González.

If you pledged money for the Apple Blossom Auction, please make sure to send money to our treasurer Karen via the ABF office, as she has already written the check for our donation.

Thank you!

Let’s get to know your Wenatchee Applarian Roundtable! First up is Prince Regent Matt Smeller.

Celebrating our Applarians with birthdays & anniversaries this month!

The Applarian’s having fun at the 2023 ABF Boos & Brews Auction 👻🎃👻

Such an awesome partnership between The WVSAC, WHS RAK Club & GladSong Singers! An extra special shout out to Director Tim-Alice Meyer for making this happen.

BENEFIT CONCERT // The WHS Random Acts of Kindness Club and the Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center are teaming up with the GladSong Singers for a benefit concert November 4 at 6:00 PM in the WHS Commons.

Admission is free, with donations accepted and appreciated.

The donated funds will support the Wenatchee High School Random Acts of Kindness Club, “Warm Head. Hands and Feet Drive,” and the “PantherHouse” activities at Wenatchee High School. The Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center will use the funds to support their “Angel Fund,” which is used in support of scholarships for low-income seniors lunch program and gift certificates to the Senior Center Gift Shop.

📸 Random Acts of Kindness Club members and GladSong Singers

‼️HELP‼️ The ABF Auction is this Saturday, and Darci is in need of a couple more volunteers to serve as silent auction monitors. Please let me (Lisa Zanol) know ASAP if you are able & willing.

LESS THAN A WEEK! Do you have your tickets? It’s going to be a spooktastic evening of fun! We can’t wait to see your boo-tiful costumes!

🙌🙌🙌 Good job ABF and the many volunteers that help make this happen year after year! 🙌🙌🙌

Washington State Apple Blossom Festival earns 4 awards from Washington Festival and Events Association WENATCHEE — The Washington State Apple Blossom Festival won four awards at the 2023 Pacific Northwest Summit Awards in September.

Apple Blossom Auction is quickly approaching! This is a last call for all donations to be sent to the ABF office, checks payable to Wenatchee Applarians, by the end of this week! 🌸

Some more pictures from Chancellor’s Ball, including Chancellor Mary Ann and ABF Director General receiving keys to the cities of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, parting words from 2023 Chancellor Matt (who also led us in the National Anthem) invocation by former Chancellor Jim
Adamson, and many other special moments. Don’t forget…if you have pictures from the Ball that you’d like to share, send them our way!

Two of countless photos from last night’s Chancellor’s Ball. Send in your photos so those who weren’t able to attend can share in the fun we had!

🙌🙌🙌 Way to go Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, Wenatchee 🙌🙌🙌

AUCTION 2024! 👻🎃✨

The 27th annual Apple Blossom Auction is approaching and we would LOVE to have you attend. Tickets are going FAST, so see below for information and a link to buy tickets or a table for this October 28th event.

The proceeds from the Auction help build and decorate our floats, maintain our truck and trailers, help with the traveling costs to the out-of-town Festivals throughout the summer for the Royalty, Float Driver and the Applarian Chancellor and also helps fund our Royalty and Top Ten scholarships.

https://www.appleblossom.org/auctionrsvp

REMINDER: Tailgate social tonight @ 6. Invite a neighbor or friend!
A-R bring a heavy hors d'oeuvres / appetizer.
S-Z bring dessert.

Happy Anniversary to the Lawrences across the pond! Cheers!

A very happy birthday to our Applarians celebrating another year around the sun this month!