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WALLA WALLA - Like most graduating seniors, Cougar Henderson is look- ing forward to starting a new chapter in his life. But not just yet...Henderson's last weeks of high school will certainly stand out from the rest. He is about to kick off his eighth theatrical production in the past calendar year, in Wa-Hi's production of "Bye Bye Birdie."

A self-proclaimed "sixthgeneration Waitsburgite," Henderson was bitten by the theater bug early. He became determined to be on stage after seeing "The Lion King" in Spokane when he was seven. "We had nose-bleed seats," he says, "But it was great. I couldn...