Local receives agricultural degree

WALLA WALLA – Levi Allen was one of six students in the first class to graduate with a bachelor of applied science in agricultural systems, June 11. This is the first class to receive a four-year degree from the college.

Allen, 24, graduated from Washtucna in 2014 before getting his Associate of Applied Science degree, a prerequisite to the bachelor program, at Walla Walla Community College.

The son of Byron and Karyn Allen, he grew up working on a wheat farm and was home helping with the harvest last week.

"He is out on the bank-out wagon right now," Karyn Allen said July 23.

Levi Allen is em...