GALLERY: Celebration of holiday season in Mattawa
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 8 months AGO
Wahluke School District administrators attempt to eat a doughnut without any hands during the winter festival in Mattawa.
COURTESY PHOTO/WAHLUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Mattawa Winter Fest participants cluster around an activity table.
The ornament table was busy at the Mattawa Winter Festival.
Families work on crafts at the winter festival in Mattawa.
Children had the chance to test their pullup skills.
Children try their hands – well, actually they can’t use their hands – in the doughnut eating contest.
Santa and his missus showed up for pictures at the Mattawa Winter Festival.
Wahluke High School FFA chapter members operate the hamburger booth at the winter festival in Mattawa.
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | December 26, 2024 2:45 AM
MATTAWA — Children and parents filled the Wahluke High School cafeteria to make ornaments and color pictures, take pictures with Santa, try to eat a doughnut without any hands and play other games at the annual Winter Festival in Mattawa.
Wahluke Superintendent Andy Harlow said it was a joint venture between WSD and Mattawa city officials. Harlow said it’s something fun for the community during the holiday season.
“How do we, at a very low cost, bring people together?” he said.
It’s the second year for the winter festival at WHS; previously it was in Hund Memorial Park for a couple of years. But it’s cold in the park in December, so organizers moved it to the high school. And it was successful — Harlow estimated it drew about 500 people.
“People walked away feeling really good,” he said.
Mattawa Winter Fest participants cluster around an activity table.
The ornament table was busy at the Mattawa Winter Festival.
Families work on crafts at the winter festival in Mattawa.
Children had the chance to test their pullup skills.
Children try their hands – well, actually they can’t use their hands – in the doughnut eating contest.
Santa and his missus showed up for pictures at the Mattawa Winter Festival.
Wahluke High School FFA chapter members operate the hamburger booth at the winter festival in Mattawa.ARTICLES BY CHERYL SCHWEIZER
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