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     Patricia Devereaux job-shares the librarian position at WHS. She is found in the WHS library every Wednesday through Friday. Mrs. Devereaux's role as librarian covers a variety of responsibilities which include: teaching research skills, assisting students and teachers with research projects, maintaining the library collection, overseeing the library/media budget, and promoting reading.
      She received her B.A. from Northwest Nazarene College in Idaho. Her library science courses were completed at Eastern Washington University.
      In her spare time she likes to travel, backpack, garden, bake, spend time with her husband and two daughters, and READ.
      Her favorite books include the Bible, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and My Life in Dog Years. Mystery is her favorite genre. E-mail address: PLDEV@aol.com

Michelle Blackburn is new to the Wenatchee area and to the WHS library. She was hired in September 2007 to job-share the role of librarian with Patricia Devereaux. She moved here last year with her husband and three children: Rachel, age 7; Jacob, age 4; and Katelyn, age 1. She can be found in the library on Mondays and Tuesdays working diligently to teach students how to search for information and correctly cite sources.
In 1998, Michelle earned her BA from Eastern Washington University with an emphasis in Social Studies and secondary English, and she received her Master’s degree from Central Washington University in 2006.
Michelle has many hobbies, which include: scrap booking, quilting, cooking/baking, reading, and taking care of and spending time with her family.
Her favorite books include: The Harry Potter series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, and The Iceberg Hermit.
Her favorite authors include: Julie Garwood, James Patterson, Danielle Steel, Gail Carson Levine, Sue Grafton, Michael Crichton, and Janet Evanovich.
E-mail address: blackburn.m@mail.wsd.wednet.edu

Mary Yowis the WHS Library secretary Tuesday through Friday. She volunteered in the library for three years before taking the position of secretary. Mrs. Yow’s duties include: checking out and in library materials, superving student workers, and assists students and faculty who are doing research or finding a good book.
Mrs. Yow and her husband and two sons moved to Wenatchee in 1998 from Littleton, Colorado, where she worked at the Denver Public Library for five years. her interests include books, DOGS, sewing, crocheting, and desserts. Some of her favorite authors are C.S. Lewis, Diane Mott Davidson, Dorthy Gilman, P.G. Wodehouse and Dave Barry.
E-mail address: yow.m@mail.wsd.wednet.edu

 

Connie Burnham welcomed the chance to work in the WHS library after volunteering there for a year. She currently job shares with Mrs. Yow, helping with library duties.
After receiving her BA from the UW she worked in Human Resources for the Federal Government for a number of years while she and her husband moved around the country several times. More recently she has enjoyed volunteering at her children’s schools, participating in her church activities, gardening and traveling. She loves to read all kinds of materials, including the newspaper, even the sports page, biographies, books about historical events and far distant countries to visit some day.
Mrs. Burnham has 2 children attending WHS this year, Emily and Danny, and enjoys participating in their activities. E-mail address: burnham.c@mail.wsd.wednet.edu

Kim Blair is the WHS Library Media secretary. Before coming to WHS she worked a variety of jobs at Lewis and Clark Elementary for 12 years.
She recieved her BA in Family and Consurmer Studies from Central Washington University. She and her husband Dale Blair: a WHS teacher and Panther Athletic trainer, have two daughters Anna and Katie who are WHS Alumni.
Kim loves to travel, camp, read, do crafts such as tole painting and jewelry making. Her favorite thing in the world is spending time with her family, including her dog and cat. She enjoys reading fiction books and collecting and reading Christmas story books, cookbooks, gardening and design books. E-mail address: blair.k@mail.wsd.wednet.edu