Patricia K. Hubbard Memorial Scholarship Fund to benefit Weller Library

WAITSBURG - After fifty years of awarding college scholarships to Waitsburg High School graduates, the board of the Patricia K. Hubbard Memorial Scholarship Fund decided to dissolve the fund and distribute its remaining assets to the Weller Public Library.

Director Mike Hubbard said the fund holds $62,247.27 as of the June 2026 statement. Following the award of this year's scholarship and costs associated with dissolving the fund, the balance will go to the library.

Hubbard hopes this can be completed within thirty days and added that he has notified Fred Hamann, chairman of the Weller Library Board, and Randy Hinchliffe, Waitsburg city administrator.

The fund was established on the death of Patrica K. Hubbard at age 53 in 1976. She held a master's in library science from the University of Washington and was a librarian at Walla Walla Community College. Her mother, Edith O'Neil, served as librarian for Dayton's public library.

"It makes this gift to the Weller Public Library especially fitting, and one mom would have surely approved," said Hubbard.