Scofield | Years of items disappear to Island of Lost Things
We've all heard of the Island of Misfit Toys from the "Rudolph" Christmas special. I think there's another island out there ...
Winter's beauty deep when summer sleeps
Ugh, winter. No, that's not so . . . .Ah, winter.Isn't it a little like the half-full, half-empty moon? It all depends on ho...
02/12/12 Volunteer Opportunities
READING HELP: Hoover Elementary School in Yakima needs classroom volunteers to help third-graders improve their reading skil...
Scofield | Farewell, Florence, an ordinary, extroardinary person
Florence LeMaster left a hole in the fabric of life when she died recently. No, she wasn't one of those celebrities you read...
Winter Race Series participants do it for the love of running
YAKIMA, Wash. — It's not that they don't know the answer, these Hardcore Runners; it's that they don't understand the questi...
01/16/12 Senior Lunch Menus
People for PeopleOn the Go -- Senior Caf(Call 509-426-2601 the day before by 3:30 p.m. to register for lunch. Lunches served...
Cold? Yakima Valley offers multiple ways to warm up
YAKIMA, Wash. — Not to make you gasp in horror, but here goes: maybe global warming isn't all bad.After all, frigid Januar...
Pulling up now-deep roots to learn about new community
We moved the first time when I was 5, from Weston, Ore., to Milton-Freewater. Then at 11, to Eugene. At 16, I went to Los An...
Groo groo: The sound a happy brain makes testing its Thanksgiving knowledge?
At my cousin's house in Kennewick, where we will all gather for our family's traditional Thanksgiving feast, there will be f...
Odds are, you're reading this first
Believe it or not, journalism organizations actually study how you look at newspaper pages and news Web sites, and publish t...
Pass time with hail to the chief quiz
For most of us at this point in the painfully protracted presidential campaign, there is absolutely nothing else we need (or...
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