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12A HERALD SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7 2021 SUDOKU U.S. MILITARY ACADEMIES NOMINATIONS Rep. Dan Newhouse an- nounced that he has nominated 12 students from the Mid-Co- lumbia to attend U.S. military service academies including the U.S. Military Academy, U.S.

Naval Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy. U.S. Military Academy A Lauren Leckelt, Kennewick, is a senior at Kennewick High School. She is the daughter of Quentin Leckelt and Rachel Thompson.

Lauren was also nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy. A Zayne Maughan, Pasco, is a graduate of Chiawana High School. He is the son of Derek and Michelle Maughan.

A Nicole Porcaro, Richland, is a graduate of Hanford High School and currently attending Marion Military Institute. She is the daughter of Paul and Melissa Porcaro. Nicole was also nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy. A Tristan Shulman, Kennewick, is a graduate of Southridge High School and currently attending Columbia Basin College.

He is the son of Michael and Heather Shulman. Tristan was also nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy. A Nicholas Zito, Kennewick, is a graduate of Hanford High School and currently attending Texas University. He is the son of Jerald and Eugenia Zito.

Nicholas was also nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy. U.S. Air Force Academy A Cameron Breier, Pasco, is a senior at Chiawana High School. He is the son of Michael and Camie Breier.

A Isaiah Carter, Prosser, is a senior and is homeschooled. He is the son of Justin and Katie Carter. A Grady Kriskovich, Richland, is a senior at Richland High School. He is the son of Jim and Ellen Kriskovich. A Jonah Raebel, Kennewick, is a senior at Kennewick High School.

He is the son of James and Jill Raebel. A Nicholas Walkley, Kennewick, is a senior at Washington Virtual Academy. He is the son of Jeffrey and April Walkley. U.S. Naval Academy A Connor Brown, Richland, is a senior at Hanford High School.

He is the son of Dennis and Tamara Brown. A Duncan Gill, Richland, is a senior at Richland High School. He is the son of Joseph and Kelley Gill. DEGREES AND LISTS A Rafael Mendoza of Benton City and Alessandro Llamas Ibarra of Kennewick were named to the list at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, for the 2020 summer term. A The following students graduated from Boston University in Boston, Sierra R.

Shiplet, of Kennewick, Master of Social Work; Kendall L. Mehinagic, of Richland, Master of Science in Physician Assistant Program; Maira Sabeeh of Richland, Doctor of Dental Medicine in Dentistry Advanced Standing. A Sera Nollette, of Kennewick, was named to the List for Fall 2020 at Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY. A Yolanda Stohel, of Pasco, has been named to Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, 2020 Fall Semester list. UW LIST The following students were named on the list at the University of Washington for the spring 2020 quarter.

Benton City Robert Pake Hansen, sophomore. Kennewick Zubaida Al Zubaidi, sophomore; Ambar Aleman, senior; Ashley Laurel Austin, junior; Hannah Lynn Baker, sophomore; Evelyn Marie Callister, sophomore; Rosa Hibel Carballo, senior; Alyssa Breanna Degraaf, senior; Lily Grace Degraaf, sophomore; Joel Farias, sophomore; Dimitri Fonti, senior; Adrian Garcia, senior; Joel Garcia, sophomore; Nathaniel Robert Gee, senior; Leo Joseph Gorham, senior; Taryn Harkness, senior; Bailey Hayes, junior; Kenneth Joseph Ireland, sophomore; Isaac Lyle Johnson, sophomore; Kendra Jean Kolasinski, senior; Melody Hei-Yun Lam, junior; Isaiah Lemmon, senior; Maya Isabella Leshikar, senior; Jennifer Aleysha Lomeli, senior; Marlene Lomeli, junior; Zachary Gabriel Matson, junior; Eric I Morales- Perez, junior; Madison Anne Morgan, junior; Kaitlyn Ellyse Mostoller, senior; Bao Hoang Nguyen, senior; Han Nha Pham, senior; Timmy Vu Pham, senior; Paige Rebstock, junior; Alani Safford, senior; Jeaziree Marie Mahinay Salise, sophomore; Racheal Sauceda, senior; Julian Paul Slane-Holloway, junior; Samantha Lynn Solheim, junior; Audrey Ann Tinnin, senior; Daphne Uhler, senior; Da Eun Yi, freshman; Jun Zhen, senior. Pasco Adilina Celia-Garsjo Aguirre, senior; Nathan Scott Atchison, sophomore; Alondra Ayala-Castrejon, senior; Lourdes Elizabeth Chavez, senior; Antho- ny Chung, sophomore; Cecilia Espinoza, senior; Amber Gama, junior; Guadalupe Garcia, junior; Julisan Garcia, senior; Kimberly Garcia, senior; Jazee Griffith, senior; Chad Thomas King, sophomore; Hailey Lopez, junior; Veronica Mendoza, junior; Perla Moran, senior; Brandon Aulene Phengsavanh, junior; Aylin Yaxeni Rendon, junior; Rachel Han Rodney, senior; Daniela Rodriguez, junior; Kaitlyn Roy, senior; Angela Sanchez-Parra, junior; Sonia Leticia Segovia-Hernan- dez, junior; Thomas Nathan Serrano, junior; Elizabeth Stacie Swanberg, senior; Kathryn Thien, senior; Abraham Torres, senior; Edward Torres, junior; Tam My Trinh, senior; Lynna Truong, senior; Abigail Ellen Vannice, junior; Zulema Vargas, senior; Summer Faith Yates, sophomore. Prosser Cameron Rose Holt, senior; Emmerson Maria Holt, junior; Dianna Islas, senior; Leslie Jacobo, freshman; Sofia Martinez Klingele, junior; Natalie Munoz, sophomore; Cristian Gerardo Rivera Montesinos, junior; Gerome Karlo Cristobal Vanguardia, senior; Tania Karoli- na Villalba Arevalo, junior. Richland Julien Van Dep Abrams, senior; Cole David Ballard, senior; Isabel Anna Bartholomew, senior; Emma Bernice Bingham, junior; Mat- thew Logan Brambley, junior; James Carpenter, senior; Michelle Chou, senior; Lily Jennifer Christensen, junior; Georgia Coleman, senior; Joseph Thomas Cook, junior; Shibani Datta, senior; Jonah Riley De La Paz, junior; Dawson Dean-Hill, senior; Jonah Robert Dirks, junior; Hannah Lynn Doyle, senior; Lexus Edwards, junior; Nicholas Allan Ekstrom, senior; Edon Ferati, senior; Leigh Shannon Flaherty, senior; Drew Allen Fulton, freshman; Catherine Alyssa Guevara, junior; Malinda Grace Ham, junior; Nolan Howes, junior; Alexander Izquierdo, junior; Kate Bryanne Juergens, senior; Kandace Linn Marie Kimball, sophomore; Lukasz Artur Kowal- ski, sophomore; Ethan Charles Krug, junior; Victor Sheauwen Kuan, junior; Sai Nath Kuk- kadapu, sophomore; Brian Le, junior; Runfeng Liu, junior; Alexander David Lomas, junior; Patrick Reed Ly, senior; Parker Jordan Manley, sophomore; Meghan Sophie McQuade, sophomore; Shruti Mehta, junior; Valarie Milbrath, senior; Aaron Howard Miller, junior; Sarah Aisha Molu, junior; Britta- ny Lynn Moore, senior; Annalisa Christine Moursund, junior; Mason Lee Nelson, junior; Matthew Josiah Ng, sophomore; Jeremiah Nam-Phong Nguyen, junior; Emily Irene sophomore; Celeste Cordova Pe, sophomore; Kevin Anthony Peurrung, sophomore; Michael Quoc Pham, junior; Sajal Sakshi Sanan, senior; Lydia Alice Schel- ly, senior; Claire Marguerite Shea, senior; Laura Sheen, senior; Lauren Mary Shepherd, senior; Kara Shibley, senior; Jun Suh Song, senior; Karsyn Suhadolnik, senior; Rolando Emmanuel Tobon, senior; Rob- ert A Tumanyan, senior; Sydney Nichole Turner, sophomore; Eric Anh Vo, sophomore; Ryan Wagstaff, senior; Bethany Kris- ten Wang, junior; Rose Rachel Wang, senior; Maxwell Stuart Weil, senior; Kevin Weng, senior; Christina Ann Wuerch, junior; Christina Stavroula Xantheas, senior; Kevin Lu Yang, junior; Aidan Que Yokuda, sophomore; Cody Allen Young, sophomore; George Liang Zhang, senior.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS TRIOS HEALTH, KENNEWICK SOLIS Erica and Francisco, Yakima, boy, Dec. 23. ESCALERA Cecilia and Sean Hampton, Kennewick, girl, Jan. 21. ALVARADO Ibeth and Jesus Morales, Pasco, boy, Jan.

21. VALENCIA HERNANDEZ Sandra and Bernardo Madrigal Guzman, Pasco, boy, Jan. 22. CARROLL and Cameron, Kennewick, girl, Jan. 25.

CHRISTENSEN Tiffany and Tyler, Walla Walla, boy, Jan. 25. DINWIDDIE Adrianna, Hermiston, girl, Jan. 26. ACEVEDO Ramona and Anthony Cabrera, Pasco, boy, Jan.

27. MORGAN Stephanie and Jose de Jesus Zuniga Cruz, Kennewick, girl, Jan. 29. MORBY Gina and Jacob, Benton City, boy, Jan. 29.

ALLEN Rebecca and Came- ron, Kennewick, boy, Jan. 30. GONZALEZ Alicia and Alberto, Pasco, girl, Feb. 1. FRENCH Danielle and Kenneth, Richland, boy, Feb.

2. CASTILLO MOTA Briseida and Carlos Jose Flores Torres, Pasco, girl, Feb. 3. GARCIA Gabriela and Roberto Acevedo, Kennewick, boy, Feb. 3.

NELSON Kaylee and Ty, Benton City, girl, Feb. 3. GOOD SHEPHERD, HERMISTON HOFFMAN Sadee and James Muniz, Hermiston, boy, Jan. 21. JIMENEZ Clarissa and Victor Jimenez Ventura, Board- man, girl, Jan.

22. VIRGIL Toni and Bryan, Hermiston, boy, Jan. 25. DIAZ LOPEZ Claudia and Jose Arcega Gaono, Boardman, girl, Jan. 25.

GREER Jessica and Austin Turley, Umatilla, girl, Jan. 28. PROSSER MEMORIAL HEALTH, PROSSER VALDEZ VILLAGOMEZ Erika and Salvador Delgadillo, Sunnyside, girl, Jan. 17. STAIRET Michelle and James, Prosser, boy, Jan.

19. CANALES Adriana and Miguel Valencia Chavez, Sunny- side, boy, Jan. 28. ORNELAS Mary Jane and Eduardo Davila, Granger, girl, Jan. 30.

BIRTHS WASHINGTON The battle over increas- ing the minimumwage is pitting President Joe Bi- plea for bipartisan- ship against his relation- ship with progressives in his party. Progressives who have tried for years to get a federal wage increase view the $15 an hour proposal in $1.9 trillion eco- nomic relief package as their best chance for that victory. But the Biden adminis- tration and his congres- sional allies are signaling that the higher wage is a bargaining chip that could be compromised or even abandoned in order to get Republican votes for a relief package. Progressives are warning Biden that it would be a political miscalculation to back down from increasing the minimumwage now. would not be a good way for Joe Biden to start off his relationship with the progressive movement by giving up on a core priority that been driving and that moved the Democratic Party Our Revolution executive direc- tor Joseph Geevarghese told McClatchy.

Republicans and some centrist Democrats want to yank the wage increase from the stimulus proposal that is under negotiation. They say they are willing to consider a higher federal wage, but they do not be- lieve that it belongs in the emergency relief package. Activists fighting for an increase in the minimum wage see a narrow window for Biden to push one through at the beginning of his term, when there is still the political willpower and appetite to tackle big issues and Democrats have con- trol over both chambers of Congress. been deferring and deterring promises to working people for decades now. And I think that we should have any confi- dence that the next prom- ise that it will happen later is going to mean anytime soon.

Later has meant decades at this point for a living said Joe San- berg, a California-based activist and investor. Democrats are broadly supportive of a minimum wage increase though they have differing views on whether the mechanism for raising it should be the stimulus bill. A minimumwage in- crease would not directly affect most union mem- bers or their contracts, but labor groups also are ad- vocating for the pay raise, saying it would raise the floor for all workers. Biden received strong support from labor and liberals in the 2020 elec- tion. Network exit polls showed that he won of the vote in union house- holds, and of liberals.

His proposed American Rescue Plan gradually raises the minimumwage, now $7.25 an hour, to $15 an hour by 2025. should be a na- tional minimumwage of $15 an hour. No one work- ing 40 hours a week should live below the poverty Biden said when he announced the package. But theWhite House would not commit this week to its inclusion in a brokered recovery pack- age, saying it was a matter that would be decided by Congress. $15 an hour minimum wage is first big test with progressives BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS AND DAVID LIGHTMAN McClatchy Washington Bureau.