LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST (last 7 stories)

11/15/09 Volunteer Opportunities - Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * HOOVER HELPERS: Hoover Elementary School needs reading tutors Monday from 1 to 2:10 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 3:10 p.m. Tutors will listen to children read and help students im...MORE...
Old-timey tunes fill the air at Mabton Grace Brethren Church - MABTON, Wash. -- Sooner or later, somebody had to break out "Amazing Grace." This t...MORE...
Use that mountain of leaves to enrich, protect garden - Care to take a guess of how much the leaves weigh that Yakima residents send to the Terrace Heights Landfill each fall? A hundred tons? Or maybe five times that amount? Actually, 224 tons of leaves were collected last year, and at least that amount will b...MORE...
11/08/09 Volunteer Opportunities - Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * TUTORS NEEDED: The Southeast Yakima Community Center Tutoring Program seeks adult tutors for youth in grades K-12. Tutors will provide homework assistance and basic tutorials. Training is provi...MORE...
A Greek Isles cruise would be delightful, if it didn't involve a ship - I know now that I'll never get that cruise of the Greek Isles. I can daydream about it all I want, but it'll never happen. The reason I'm so positive is that we finally took the ocean plunge. The seasickness my husband suffered on short boat trips had us...MORE...
11/01/09 Volunteer Opportunities - Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * HOOVER HELPERS: Hoover Elementary School needs reading tutors Monday from 1 to 2:10 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 3:10 p.m. Tutors will listen to children read and help students im...MORE...
A bountiful second harvest - YAKIMA, Wash. -- There might be something that defines "Yakima" better than apples. Helping others....MORE...
FAMILIES (last 7 stories )

11/16/09 Senior lunch menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Rib barbecue, jo jo potatoes, baked beans, orange, pudding. Tuesday: Mulligatawny soup, half salami and Swiss sandwich, lettuce, tomatoes, pears,...MORE...
Donna Scofield -- Martha Stewart's coming to Thanksgiving - This time every year I get a warm inner flush (no, not hot flashes, much nicer than that). It happens when I look out the window and see threatening gray skies, and birds gathering around the feeder in the backyard like folks at the free sample stands at...MORE...
11/09/09 Senior Lunch Menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Liver and onions, mashed potatoes, green beans, fresh fruit combo mix, cookie. Tuesday: German sausage, sauerkraut, chantilly potatoes, grapes, pud...MORE...
11/02/09 Senior Lunch Menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Hamburger beef gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, tropical fruits, muffin. Tuesday: Chicken a la king, biscuits, peas, peaches, cookie. Wednesday: Baked...MORE...
10/26/09 Senior Lunch menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Macaroni and cheese, tossed green salad, pears, orange, cookie. Tuesday: Chicken patty sandwich, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, potato salad, banana, b...MORE...
10/19/09 Senior Lunch Menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Rib barbecue, carrots, pea, pickle and cheese salad, pineapple, cookie. Tuesday: Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, apple, muffin. Wed...MORE...
Most times, less fancy is more fun - Seems like I've spent my entire life wanting something fancy and happily settling for much less. Lately I've been trying to decide if that means I'm wholesome and nonmercenary, or just a too-easily-satisfied patsy. I guess I didn't always settle. I remem...MORE...
BIRTHS

12/30/08 Birth announcements - Births Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital RODRIGUEZ-HERNANDEZ -- To Esteban Rodriguez and Vanessa Hernandez of Wapato, a daughter, Alyssa Marie Rodriguez, 6 pounds, 14 ounces, at 2:10 p.m., on Dec. 23, 2008. Grandparents are Monico and Elvira Hernandez and J...MORE...
9/14/08 Facts and records - Births Sunnyside Community Hospital LEWIS -- To Rachel and John D. Lewis of Sunnyside, a son, Dylan Jett Lewis, 8 pounds, 12 ounces, at 5:55 p.m. on Sept. 3, 2008. MORALES -- To Lisa and Jaime Morales of Grandview, a son, Aidan Martin Morales, 6 pounds,...MORE...
09/12/08 Births - STROUD -- To David Joseph and Shonna Lee (Grove) Stroud of Yakima, a daughter, Abigail Lee Stroud, 7 pounds, at 4:55 a.m. on Aug. 26, 2008. Grandparents are Ron and Chris Grove of Yakima and Joan McEdward of Vancouver, W...MORE...
09/06/08 Facts and records - Births Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital MACKEY-BUTLER -- To Charlie Matthew Mackey and Amber Marie Butler of Yakima, a daughter, Charlee Marie Mackey, 5 pounds, 11.1 ounces, at 11:37 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2008. RANGEL -- To Israel Rangel Lopéz and Mari...MORE...
08/30/08 Birth announcements - Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital CAVASOS-FARIAS -- To Justin Micheal Cavasos and Gabriela Farias of Grandview, a son, Justin Gabriel Farias Cavasos, 4 pounds, 13.2 ounces, at 11:35 a.m. on Aug. 24, 2008. Grandparents are Imelda Cortez and Louis and Biatris...MORE...
08/29/08 Birth announcements - Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital NTUNEZ-CERVERA -- To Esteban N. Antunez-Torres and Mary Cervera of Yakima, a daughter, Stephanie Antunez-Cervera, 7 pounds, 5 ounces, at 10:02 a.m. on Aug. 20, 2008. Grandparents are Sara Hernandez of Toppenish and Cornel...MORE...
8/14/08 Birth announcements - Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital LEINGANG-MOSS -- To Robert James Leingang Jr. and Miranda Lynn Moss, Selah, a daughter, Sarenadez Alexus Leingang, 6 pounds, 14.5 ounces, 2:46 a.m., Aug. 6, 2008. Gradparents are Don Moss, Pam Woods, Robert Leingang...MORE...