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1. Why is State Route 410 west of Naches closed?

B) a landslide buried the road

2. Robertson Elementary School's new principal, Mark Hummel, goes by what nickname?

D) Mr. Bumblebee

3. One special feature of the new Walmart store in West Valley is a display stocked with

C) Washington wines

4. The cost calculated by area fire departments for putting out the huge fire at the former Boise Cascade mill site is

A) more than $50,000

5. Central Washington University's football program hopes to continue

C) the annual Battle in Seattle game at Qwest Field

6. A prominent issue at Yakima City Council candidate forums has been

B) dealing with gang violence

7. Mike Morrisette said he decided to leave the Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce next year because

B) he and his wife are ready to retire

8. Micah Cawley, who's seeking re-election to the Yakima City Council, said he might run in the future for what other elected office?

C) Yakima County auditor

9. Radio broadcaster and City Council candidate Dave Ettl describes himself as

A) half independent and half conservative

10. Who said about Yakima City Councilwoman Sonia Rodriguez: "She really studies the issues. She doesn't shoot from the hip. She doesn't mouth off."

D) her former City Council colleague Neil McClure

11. After Mary Place, who's running to get back on the Yakima City Council, endorsed Vickie Ybarra in her campaign for the state Legislature last year, Place quit as a member of

A) the Yakima Republican Women's Club

12. What did Mel Herigstad of Sunnyside do for the first time on the day before his 88th birthday?

B) he scored a hole-in-one playing golf

13. The crowd at the One Nation Under God Tea Party cheered when an anti-Referendum 71 lawyer said that

D) homosexuality was once a felony in all 50 states

14. What is Bombard Gardens?

C) a nationally certified wildlife habitat at McClure Elementary School in Yakima

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