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1. Recently passed legislation will prevent credit card companies from issuing cards to people who

C) are under 21

 

2. Ben Creach, a 24-year-old construction worker from Zillah, has adopted what strategy often recommended by financial experts?

B) paying cash for all his purchases

 

3. Yakima County has set a goal to eliminate what by 2012?

A) dumping yard waste at the Terrace Heights landfill

 

4. Sportswriter Roger Underwood's column recalls what event as "the most significant triumph in Seattle sports history?"

D) the Sonics winning the 1979 NBA championship

5. A plan for a large soccer complex in Yakima has been derailed because

A) land the city had offered as a site for the complex is no longer available

 

6. At a golf event in Yakima last week, new University of Washington football coach Steve Sarkisian said

B) he expects the Huskies to be competitive this fall

 

7. In Yakima County, the average weekly wage is

B) about half the average weekly wage in King County

 

8. Otto Cruz of the Washington Army National Guard requested leave from his deployment in Iraq so he could be home for

D) his daughter's high school graduation

 

9. After the city agreed to pay a $2,500 settlement to lawyer Tim Schoenrock over the Yakima City Council's controversial approval of a new budget policy, Councilman Rick Ensey

D) said his conscience is clear

 

10. After Sunnyside's city manager was fired and the city attorney and the finance director resigned in protest, who took over as interim city manager?

B) the public works director

 

11. Which apparel is illegal to wear in public under an ordinance amended by the Yakima City Council?

A) thongs

 

12. Trout Lake-Glenwood's girls won every individual running event at the Class 1B state track meet except:

A) 100-meter hurdles

13. Ben Soria, retiring as Yakima schools superintendent, announced that he will run

C) for the Yakima City Council seat held by Bill Lover

 

14. The resignation of a longtime board member is the latest development in the turmoil at

B) Radio KDNA

 

16. At the Yakima Valley Sports Awards banquet, the Team of the Year award went to

D) Naches Valley baseball

 

17. This weekend is the 20th anniversary celebration of

A) Mural in a Day in Toppenish

 

* The weekly news quiz is compiled by copy editor Tim Kelly, who can be reached at tkelly@yakimaherald.com.

 



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