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1. Shop Talk blogger Mai Hoang treated readers to a column about the restaurant scene in

D) none of the above

 

2. Which retired slugger helped put on a youth baseball clinic in Yakima?

B) Edgar Martinez

 

3. The ABC show "Primetime" featured Yakima teenager Hannah McLaughlin in a program on

A) teen pregnancy

 

4. The Yakima Bears won their home opener thanks in part to a two-run homer by Matt Davidson, who did what shortly before the season started?

D) graduated from high school

5. Because of budget cuts, YVCC ended its affiliation with

B) parent cooperative preschools

 

6. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray included $500,000 in an appropriations bill pending in the Senate to fund

C) anti-gang efforts in the Yakima Valley

 

7. A forum on state laws governing public records and open government meetings was organized by

C) the Washington Coalition for Open Government

 

8. What all-star football game featuring players from the state's smaller high schools was played in Yakima?

D) the Earl Barden Classic

 

9. What was 66-year-old Joy Davis doing when a car crashed through her Terrace Heights condo?

C) watching the Weather Channel

 

10. Yakima's Barge-Chestnut neighborhood, ranked among the country's best old house neighborhoods by This Old House magazine, is best known for

A) craftsman-style bungalows with welcoming front porches

 

11. Brian Regan, who will be on stage at the Capitol Theatre tonight, is

B) a comedian

 

12. The Concerts in the Parks Series will feature

D) the Yakima Valley Community Band

 

13. How many units have been sold in the The Lofts condominium development in downtown Yakima?

B) one

 

14. Lorna Millen, an arts advocate who was one of the founders of the Warehouse Theater Company, was the daughter of

A) W.H. "Ted" Robertson

 

15. What is the state closing in Ellensburg and Toppenish?

C) National Guard armories

 

* Compiled by Tim Kelly, who can be reached at 509-577-7752 or tkelly@yakimaherald.com.

 



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