Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Emma Philbrook's first "official" act as City Council student representative was to draw the winners of the Jeffrey Hill art raffle. Here, City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe holds the tub of raffle tickets.
WAITSBURG - Mayor Walt Gobel said he was very excited to welcome Waitsburg's latest City Council student representative, Emma Philbrook, who was sworn in at the Oct. 16 council meeting. Philbrook is the fourth teen to serve as a Council representative, following Fletcher Baker (2011), Logan Dozier (2012), and Meara Baker (2013).
Philbrook said that she doesn't have a great deal of governing experience but served as student body treasurer her sophomore of high school and has held positions at Girl's State and Youth & Government as well as in her extracurricular activities. She recalls her dad b...
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