Check out the answers to this week's quiz

1. The Washington State Patrol established a special unit in Yakima targeting

C) drunk drivers

2. The theme for this weekend's Highland Community Days in Tieton is

A) "Highland"

3. The headline "Amateur Walkers Organize a Club" in the Yakima newspaper 90 years ago referred to the beginning of

B) the Cascadians

4. What did a tipster receive for telling authorities who was responsible for a series of Yakima-area arson fires?

D) a $2,500 reward

5. The building that used to be West Valley High School has been extensively remodeled for its conversion this school year to a campus for

D) ninth-grade students only

6. Who was a featured speaker at a back-to-school event for Sunnyside School District teachers and staff?

B) State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn

7. Before she was hired this year as the new superintendent of the Mabton School District, Minerva Morales grew up and spent most of her career as an educator in

A) Grandview

8. What happened the day after teenage cancer patient Devon Gawlik got his car back after it had been customized in a community effort while he was in treatment in Seattle?

C) someone broke into the car and stole expensive stereo components

9. Pacific Power is installing digital equipment that will eliminate the jobs of

C) meter readers

10. Some downtown Yakima streets are closed this weekend for what event?

B) the Hot Shots 3-on-3 basketball tournament

11. Which former astronaut was the keynote speaker at an annual conference put on by Sundown M Ranch?

D) Buzz Aldrin

12. This weekend's concert at Maryhill Winery featured

C) Earth, Wind & Fire

13. Halloween night in 1978 in St. Paul, Minn., was the first of more than 40 times Dave Aamodt went to see a live performance by

D) Bob Dylan

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