LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST (last 7 stories)

Master Gardeners-- Using landscaping to create a sound barrier - Q: Each year the traffic by my home gets busier. Is there a way I can buffer or mask the invasive street noise with landscaping? A: Whether you are in a new home in a developing subdivision, or in an older home in an established neighborhood, the landscap...MORE...
The Good Doctor Corpron - Remarkable times -- the day an elephant fell into the water tank; the man almost eaten by a sun bear; the curries, phad thai and fish. Wonderful memories -- the people who hiked through the jungle to thank him; the boy, in a body cast for six months with ...MORE...
03/14/10 Volunteer Opportunities - Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * ADULT DAY CENTER: The Respite Adult Day Center is looking for volunteers to assist. Duties include greeting participants and family members, helping with crafts and group activities, giving pe...MORE...
03/07/10 Volunteer Opportunities - Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * IN-HOME ASSISTANCE: Volunteer Chore Services is looking for volunteers to help provide basic in-home assistance to low-income elders and adults with disabilities to enable them to continue liv...MORE...
02/28/10 Volunteer Opportunities - Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * ADULT DAY CENTER: The Respite Adult Day Center is looking for volunteers to assist. Duties include greeting participants and family members, helping with crafts and group activities, giving pe...MORE...
The kingdom of childhood - There is a place in Yakima where princesses exist. A place where the cacophony of the health care debate, the scream of gang violence, and the yammer of politics is a din somewhere far over the horizon. It is a place where magic glimmers at the edges of e...MORE...
Master Gardeners-- Dingy lawn suffers from snow mold - Q. Why does my lawn have a gray, white look about it? What can I do? A. It is called snow mold. This fungal disease occurs when lawn conditions are suitable. We had a snow cover that lasted quite a long time this winter and then we had rain and cold weath...MORE...
FAMILIES (last 7 stories )

Family Chuckle-- Times in the hospital are few, memorable - When I visited a friend in the hospital recently, it brought back memories of our family's various incarcerations in that big, sterile bed-and-breakfast facility. Although you never really choose to be on the register, at some point most people find thems...MORE...
03/15/10 Senior lunch menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Tuna noodle casserole, peas, carrots, peaches, muffin. Tuesday: Beef stew, tossed green salad with tomatoes, grapes, cookie. Wednesday: Chicken tet...MORE...
03/08/10 Senior lunch menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Pork cutlet, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli, pineapple, cookie. Tuesday: Chicken barbecue, baked beans, dinner roll, potato salad, banana, pud...MORE...
Too bad there's not a recipe that'll please the doctor - I wish I didn't love to cook. It'd be a lot easier to eat sensibly if I hated cooking. Then we'd happily exist on broiled skinless chicken, unsauced vegetables and fruits that haven't been baked in pastry and topped with ice cream. I wouldn't accumulate...MORE...
03/01/10 Senior lunch menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Beef barley vegetable soup, half turkey sandwich, tossed green salad, mixed fruit, pudding. Tuesday: Veal New Orleans, mashed potatoes and gravy, s...MORE...
02/22/10 Senior lunch menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Chicken patty, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, peaches, cookie. Tuesday: Beef stew, corn muffin, tossed green salad, apricots, muffin. Wednesday: Roa...MORE...
02/15/10 Senior lunch menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: All sites closed for Presidents' Day. Tuesday: Mulligatawny soup, half salami and Swiss sandwich, pears, cookie. Wednesday: Spaghetti with meat sau...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...