By GLENDA ANDERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The summer before Willa Kurland started kindergarten, she decided she wanted to read and write. With quiet determination, she notified her parents, who helped her accomplish her goal. “It was pretty cute. She has always been extremely bright,” said Tashe Kurland, one of Willa’s mothers who adopted her from China when she was 2. Willa continued to exhibit that early determination, and it has paid off. The 17-year-old Ukiah High School graduate is headed… Read More »