class notes The Fruits of Their Labor The Horsley twins, Josh (’10 BA marketing) and Matt (’09 BA interdisciplinary studies) are continuing what their grandfather and father began more than 60 years ago, only with a 21st -century spin. The Horsley twin’s grandfather, Garretson Horsley, began farming in 1951, in the Lower Yakima Valley. Their father, Loren Horsley, started helping out in the orchard when he was a young boy and, in 1976, he began running the family orchard. Josh and Matt’s father believed they were capable of lending a helping hand on the orchard and they began learning the family business at age 10. What started as just digging dirt turned into driving tractors and forklifts, pruning and picking, checking irrigation and doing numerous odd jobs around the farm. Josh and Matt Horsley
After earning their degrees from Eastern, Josh and Matt returned home and created a new family business called “Follow the Harvest.” They act as a direct link between the farmer and the consumer, cutting out the middle man and the lag time of getting the harvested fruit from the farm to the consumer’s fruit bowl. The business delivers boxes of fresh fruit to customers’ homes or offices weekly, with a different fruit each week. Their service area includes Yakima and extends to Cheney, Spokane and the Spokane Valley. For more information, visit www.followtheharvest.net. 2012 ’12 Chris Hammer, MS physical education, headed to London in August to run in the 1,500-meter competition at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Hammer, born without a left hand, recently completed his second season working with EWU cross country and distance runners as an assistant coach. He won the 1,500 at the U.S. Track and Field Paralympic Trials.
2011 ’11 Danielle M. Comstock, BA communication studies, married ’05 Matthew W. Griffith, BS exercise science, Sept. 3, 2011, in Post Falls, Idaho. Matthew is a personal trainer and studio manager at Fitness Together in Spokane. Danielle is an administrative specialist with Premera Blue Cross. They live in Spokane. ’11 Kira F. Burt, BS physics, is in the PhD program at University of California, Riverside. ’11 Laure Sandretto, BS nursing, married ’10 Brian Caudle, BS technology, Aug. 10, 2012. The couple lives in Mount Vernon, Wash. ’11 Patrick John White, BA psychology, released Jargon, an album he recorded under the moniker Legato Bebop.
2010 ’10 Steven Wyble, BA journalism, has been hired as a reporter for the Nisqually Valley News, which covers the communities of Yelm, Rainier, Roy, McKenna and Tenino, Wash. He began his career at the Columbia Basin Herald in Moses Lake, Wash.
2009 ’09 Tyler M. Baxter, doctor of physical therapy, married Justine Matthew, May 7, 2012, at Lake Pend Oreille Idaho. He is practicing at North Idaho Physical Therapy in Post Falls, Idaho. The couple resides in Liberty Lake, Wash. ’09 Kameron T. Parks, BA interdisciplinary studies, has been promoted to project manager for Critical Power Exchange in Spokane Valley.
2008 ’08, ’05 Justin Meier, DPT, BS biology, was one of three physical therapists working with athletes at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. ’08 Andrew Northrop, BA management, has been promoted to operations manager by Spokane Hardware Supply Inc. He has been with the company for eight years.
2007 ’07 Teresa Brum, MS interdisciplinary studies, is the business and development director for the city of Spokane. ’07 Deborah A. Caldwell, BA interdisciplinary studies, completed her degree in K-8 education through the Elementary Education Program at the University of Washington (Bothell, Wash.) in June 2012. ’07 Alyssa (Chambers) Olveda, BA communication studies, is the Sports Information Department’s contact for gymnastics, men’s and women’s soccer and softball at the University of Washington’s Athletic Communications office. She married Steve Olveda in December 2011. They live in Kent, Wash. ’07 Patricia J. Owens, BS biology, married ’05 David C. Konzek, BA English, Nov. 5, 2011, in Wenatchee. She is a nursing student and he is a market analyst for Consolidated Electrical Distributors. The couple lives in Vancouver, Wash.
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