The White Center Chamber of Commerce awarded two $500 scholarships to students who attend Health Sciences Human Services High School on the Evergreen Campus at the organization's May 8 meeting. Chamber President Mark Ufkes, along with board members Aileen Sisson, and Mac McElroy presented the certificates and checks to Lena Guevara and Maria Pritel . The two will be attending Western Washington State University and are actually planning on being roommates. Pritel plans to major in biology, Guevara said she will attend Fairhaven (a college at Western), has been a FEEST intern (FEEST is concerned with Food Empowerment) and plans to create her own degree and found a non-profit organization.

July Jubilee Days planning moving ahead
Mike McGrath, White Center July Jubilee Days President shared that the "Spring Fling" fundraiser was a "great fundraiser" and that it "raised at least twice as much money as last year," he said. He spoke about the events now planned for the celebration July 14 - 21 which include a Pinewood Derby, Show n' Shine car show, Garden Tour, Golf Tournament, Fireworks Show, Davis Shows Carnival, Street Fair with 2 music stages, a street dance and a parade. Details of all these are still being finalized. Check on the www.jubileedays.org or their Facebook page for updates.

White Center website making progress
Kathi George of Noise without Sound Design, who has been spearheading the development of the new White Center Community website showed some of the further pages that have been built and said they are looking to get all businesses listed in a directory. A photo shoot is planned in the coming weeks that will provide images for use on the site and elsewhere. She said she hopes to have it ready for use by the dates of the July Jubilee Days in mid to late July and have it completed by August 1.

5 plus 1 murals are planned
Ufkes said the Chamber has been working to coordinate the creation of "5 plus 1" murals to be painted during the May 19 Spring Clean event in White Center. The 5 primary murals are planned for walls on buildings at 17th and Roxbury, on the wall of the former Atlas Electric at 9811 17th s.w., two more on 107th s.w. that will be repainted, and one on the wall at Be's Crawfish on 16th s.w.

More significant and to be completed at a later date will be a mural on the north wall of Saar's Super Saver (the former Albertsons store) on 16th s.w. Teams of students from various classes on the Evergreen Campus have come up with ideas for a mural there. Those ideas are being consolidated by the Art Club into one large concept, into which a food theme will be integrated. Ufkes said the final design must be approved by owner Greg Saar and then will be painted at the eight foot level to preclude graffiti and/or tagging.

Rick Jump of the White Center Food Bank said he has spoken to the owner of the sewing machine shop on 16th s.w. next to KFC and A&W and relayed that he was interested in having a mural done on that otherwise plain brown wall.