Three from county seek state DYW title

Whitman County entrants Misty Skelton of Colfax, Grace Druffel of Colton/Uniontown and Amanda Lehmitz of Pullman will be among 17 entrants in the Distinguished Young Women competition at Pullman Saturday. All three topped DYW competitions in their respective communities earlier this year to qualify for the state event.

Skelton plans to do a hip hop dance, Club Can’t Handle Me, for her talent competition. She resides in Colfax with the grandparents, Bill and Carol Skelton. She plans to attend Washington State University or Eastern Washington University with a career goal of becoming an athletic...