Garfield/Palouse grad earns gold at FCCLA

At the age of 17, Kelly Reiber of Palouse cleaned up a corner of her house, acquired a digital camera and set about making her own photography business.

One business license and 10 photo shoots later, Reiber won the state FCCLA award in entrepreneurship and found herself and her Palouse FCCLA advisor on a plane to Nashville this summer for the national FCCLA conference.

FCCLA stands for Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.

The state award had 24 categories a student could win. Over 100 students from Washington State went on to the national competition.

“My favorite part was probab...