Members of Sunnyside's Promise met yesterday to discuss safe summer places and activities for local youth with the intention of adding even more options to the list.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..It was virtually all Sunnyside last night as the Rotary-sponsored Sharks swim team dominated in its home pool in a 624-117 romp over the Naches Barracudas.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..A convenience store clerk working for minimum wage at Valley View Market, Francisca Pedraza said she is now being asked by her employer to compensate the market for the total sum of 12 checks she cashed on Friday, June 15.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..MABTON - A place kids can play and participate in good, wholesome fun ... that is the dream of three ladies in Mabton.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..ISSAQUAH - The Cougar Mountain Zoological Park recently greeted two Bengal tiger cubs to its facilities.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..In Vietnam, the people who settled along the Mekong River lived with floodwaters for centuries. It's the world's 10th largest river, flowing from high in the Himalaya mountain range more than 2,700 miles to the South China Sea.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..If it's not clear to you by now, President Bush and the rest of the Republican Party think it should be exceedingly difficult for workers to form unions.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..Two youth groups, one from Spokane and the other from Bellevue, were in Sunnyside all of this week to help with Nuestra Casa's English as a Second Language (ESL) program.
June 29, 2007 midnight read more..The Sunnyside Library turned into a CSI lab for a few hours this past Tuesday during its ongoing summer theme of "Get a Clue."
June 28, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Rodney and Lynn Walker aren't asking for much. In fact, they really haven't asked for anything; they've focused on caring for Lynn since her diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease back in November 2005.
June 28, 2007 midnight read more..Eight costly errors and three scoreless innings proved to be the downfall for Sun Valley as they fell to Richland's Harrington's Trophies 18-13 last night.
June 28, 2007 midnight read more..The Yakima County Prosecutor's office made it 0-for-5 yesterday when charges were dropped against the fifth suspect in the May 1 shooting death of George P. Salinas III in Outlook.
June 28, 2007 midnight read more..RICHLAND - Following two straight losses, Sunnyside's Sun Valley baseball team took extra innings to beat Richland's Sundown Sport and Marine 11-9 Tuesday night.
June 27, 2007 midnight read more..All four juveniles allegedly involved in the May 1 shooting death of George P. Salinas III saw their charges dropped yesterday by the Yakima County prosecutor's office.
June 27, 2007 midnight read more..Immigration reform...don't repeat history, protect local ag economy
June 27, 2007 midnight read more..An audit requested by the Mabton City Council last summer has been released and shows poor operating procedures from the period June 1, 2003 to September 30, 2006.
June 27, 2007 midnight read more..MOSES LAKE - Justin Bos, who'll be a senior at Sunnyside High School this fall, has earned a spot in this coming Friday's Junior World qualifying tournament, to be staged in Tumwater.
June 27, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside's Apex Cellars won't be in Sunnyside any longer, as it is moving to Prosser.
June 27, 2007 midnight read more..LYNNWOOD - The 52nd Washington State Dairy Ambassador was selected at the dairy industry's annual gala event last Friday, June 22, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lynnwood. Kalin Fohn, 18-year-old daughter of Arnold and Ronda Fohn of Mt. Vernon, was selected as the 2007-08 Washington State Dairy Ambassador.
June 27, 2007 midnight read more..Mabton School Board officials unanimously voted to approve a Business Education Partnership Agreement that facilitates job shadowing for students at Mabton Junior Senior High School.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..With nearly 18 years of banking experience, Michelle Rebol-Rhode joined the Sunnyside branch of Columbia River Bank in Sunnyside yesterday (Monday).
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..Recently graduated from Sunnyside Christian High School, one would think Caitlin Aleman would be headed to college this fall.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..The clock is ticking for Sunnyside to comply with federal and state regulations requiring the city and other municipalities with more than 10,000 people to provide a stormwater control system.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..RICHLAND - Last week's stop on the Columbia Basin Senior Golf Tour netted the Sunnyside Black Rock Creek team a fourth place finish.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..With the purchase of the 150-acre Monson property completed, the Sunnyside City Council agreed on Monday night to pursue funding for a master plan study of the land, just west of the city limits.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..What was supposed to be a temporary night job at the Sunnyside Safeway for Reinie Kielstra culminated into 35 years of service, which will come to end July 12.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..Continuing a slide that started on June 13, the Sun Valley baseball team lost last night to Richland's Milestones 13-5. The loss was Sunnyside's sixth in its last seven games.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..Nearly two dozen students, 22 in all, aced their studies at Sunnyside High School for the second semester of the 2006-07 academic year.
June 26, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Prosser Memorial Hospital has purchased a building in downtown Grandview, previously owned by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic.
June 25, 2007 midnight read more..After participating in Sunnyside High School's Drama Camp last week, the 140 students performed one last show this past Friday for parents and friends.
June 25, 2007 midnight read more..Habitat for Humanity representatives, well-wishers and the Roman family gathered at 91 Carousel Lane Sunday afternoon for the official dedication of the family's new home.
June 25, 2007 midnight read more..An end to secret earmark slush fund means taxpayers win
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..Come July 1, Angela Watts is going to go from monitoring a $28 million budget to a $61 million budget.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..Small businesses increasingly endangered by lawsuits
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..Josh Romero, who will be starting his freshman year at Sunnyside High School in the fall, won championships in all three wrestling styles at the Grand Nationals held in Butte, Mont. June 12-16.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..With dignitaries watching and dairymen in the crowd, the third bronze statute was unveiled Thursday by the Bronze Society of Sunnyside.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..A man found guilty in May of being a first degree murder accomplice in an incident that occurred in Sunnyside on Christmas Eve of 2005 has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..In late 2006 Bruce Springsteen joined with other musicians at Springsteen's farm house and over a period of three days, recorded what is now known as the Seeger Sessions. It's a complete album of some of folk artist Pete Seeger's best known works and other songs from days past.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..TOPPENISH - Victories on the road are seldom easy to come by, especially in the extremely competitive Mid-Valley Summer Swim League.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..TOPPENISH - Fast paced rodeo action, humorous entertainers, a gala parade, fireworks that fill the night air and much more are planned for the 75th edition of the Toppenish Pow Wow & Rodeo.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Grandview is currently gearing up for its 30th annual Flag Raising Ceremony, set to take place on July 4, at 9 a.m., downtown at Stokely Square.
June 22, 2007 midnight read more..The ancient art of Yoga has been around for 5,000 years, older than some religions. Naturally, it would be only a matter of time before Yoga made its appearance in Sunnyside.
June 21, 2007 midnight read more..They came in ones, twos and threes. Some came just to browse but by the time they all saw what was available, most walked away satisfied and with bags of fresh produce.
June 21, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside recently received a $22,500 grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to install solar flashing lights at all of the elementary school locations.
June 21, 2007 midnight read more..RICHLAND - The Sunnyside Sun Valley baseball team started yesterday's game against Richland's Harrington's Trophies in good fashion but eventually fell by a 10-3 score.
June 21, 2007 midnight read more..PROSSER - The Prosser Piranhas dealt a crushing blow to the Grandview Neptunes swim team last night (Tuesday), defeating Grandview 675-135.
June 20, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside's girls-most notably sisters Marisa and Kaitlyn Broersma-dominated their Selah counterparts last night and led the hometown Sharks to a season opening 483-336 victory over the visiting Dolphins.
June 20, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside High School drama students have been hosting a drama camp for younger children this week.
June 20, 2007 midnight read more..The average annual wage in Washington state increased by 5.4 percent, to $42,584, from 2005 to 2006, according to the Employment Security Department.
June 20, 2007 midnight read more..MOSES LAKE - Sunnyside High School senior-to-be Justin Bos got his summer on Central Washington golf links off to a rip roaring start this past Monday.
June 19, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Marvin Foredyce's earliest memories are of growing up on his family's homestead near Walla Walla in 1912.
June 19, 2007 midnight read more..After running a furniture business out of her home for more than a year, Alma Salaiza has relocated her operation to Sixth Street and Franklin Avenue, the site of the former Pac-Co. store.
June 19, 2007 midnight read more..A teacher in her first year at Chief Kamiakin Elementary School in Sunnyside was recently one of five women to be named winners in the Dove Energy Glow contest.
June 19, 2007 midnight read more..Monday's Noon Rotary Club featured guest speaker Jessica Geenen said her company, Trident Resources Inc., has been exploring the Yakima Valley to the Tri-Cities for natural gas.
June 19, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Prosser Memorial Hospital is asking the city of Grandview for $133,000 to be used as a stop-gap measure for ambulance service operations for 2007.
June 19, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - An interesting opportunity awaits those who work or live in the Grandview area and are interested in leadership.
June 18, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside's Sun Valley baseball team had a rough weekend, dropping three games to fall below .500 at 5-8 overall.
June 18, 2007 midnight read more..Assuming the charges stick against a man arrested by Sunnyside police this past Saturday at a local shopping mall, there will be one less person on the streets preying on young children.
June 18, 2007 midnight read more..MT. RAINIER - The Paradise Valley Shuttle services the overflow parking on the Paradise Valley Road at Mt. Rainier National Park and is open again for the summer season.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - At Thursday night's Grandview United meeting, Grandview Police Chief Dave Charvet provided an update on the status of future city ordinance changes regarding parental responsibility and gang-like behavior.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..The last time Circus Chimera was in Sunnyside was July 2005.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The 2007 summer season debut for the Grandview Neptunes swim team proved to be successful last night.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..PHOENIX, ARIZ. - Abel Romero, formerly of Mabton, has established his own record label in Phoenix.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Graduating from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center in the Corrections Officer Academy just last week, Kevin Glasenapp is now serving in his new role at the Grandview Police Department.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The way the Department of Social Health and Services has dealt with abused and neglected children in the past has failed, according to Brian Cox, coordinator for Family to Family, a new approach to how DSHS handles these children.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..Looking for a chance for more responsibility inside the Sunnyside School District, Kim Frank got her wish last month when she was named the new assistant principal at Pioneer Elementary School.
June 15, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside's Sun Valley baseball team's bats fell silent last night as they were beat by Pasco's All-Star Automotive 13-3, which snapped a three-game winning streak by the local club.
June 14, 2007 midnight read more..The suspect in the Sunday, June 10, shooting at Sunnyside's Acapulco Restaurant has been identified as Alberto R. Irigoyen-Murillo, 27, of Auburn.
June 14, 2007 midnight read more..PARKER - They've both got game, possess nerves of steel and likewise, crave that adrenaline rush of rocketing down a quarter-mile strip of asphalt in mere seconds.
June 14, 2007 midnight read more..Former Sunnyside High School two-time State wrestling champion Steve Sanchez has received and accepted an offer to wrestle at Dickinson State University in North Dakota this fall.
June 14, 2007 midnight read more.."I ought to do something," longtime Sunnyside resident Chuck Andrews told his wife, Pat, when he retired from Les Schwab Tire 20 years ago.
June 14, 2007 midnight read more..A 10-year-old Sunnyside girl walking to school along East Lincoln Avenue Tuesday morning was lured into a Nissan Pathfinder and assaulted by a young man.
June 14, 2007 midnight read more..Congress needs to increase energy supplies to curb rising gas prices
June 13, 2007 midnight read more..PROSSER - The Washington State University Benton County Extension Service and International Tree Association (IFTA) hosted their annual Cherry Field Day Tuesday.
June 13, 2007 midnight read more..Lowering prices at the pump means producing more energy here at home
June 13, 2007 midnight read more..Never give up" was the repeated sentiment told to the 36 graduates of PRIDE High School last night at the 14th, and final, graduation ceremony.
June 12, 2007 midnight read more..After spotting Meyer's Auto Tech of Richland three runs, the 14/15-year-old Sun Valley baseball team from Sunnyside scored seven runs in the last five innings to pull out an 8-7 win over the visitors Monday afternoon.
June 12, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Principal Arcella Hall is leaving Grandview High School for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. That lead to the search for a new principal, however the school district didn't have to look far since the candidate that best fit the school was already at the high school.
June 12, 2007 midnight read more..Since January of 2006, Beall Sunnyside, a firm which bought a manufacturing facility in northeast Sunnyside, has been putting out between one and two trailers a day.
June 12, 2007 midnight read more..Transition was in the air, as a makeshift theater in the round of new bleachers greeted the Sunnyside High School Class of 2007 during commencement exercises last Friday.
June 11, 2007 midnight read more..FRESNO, CALIF. - Annie Hess of Bickleton took another big step toward reaching her dream of making the U.S. Olympic team in 2012. A 2005 graduate of Bickleton High School, Hess won the women's discus throw at the recently staged NAIA National Track & Field Championships in Fresno, Calif.
June 11, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The 2007 Sunnyside Christian High School graduating class converged at the Grandview Church of the Nazarene last Friday night to celebrate commencement exercises.
June 11, 2007 midnight read more..MABTON - Near Mabton along Sunnyside/Mabton Highway is a faded sign that reads "First Love Ranches."
June 11, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside police are searching for those responsible for the shooting of two men last night (Sunday) in the 100 block of North Sixth Street, in the Acapulco Restaurant parking lot.
June 11, 2007 midnight read more..It's a big summer for Sierra Vista Middle School teacher Eric Berg.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..Gibby Briones has made his mark on the Sunnyside High School baseball diamond as a shortstop, pitcher and MVP performer for the Grizzlies.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..Casey and Sharon Bernhardt never imagined their two-year commitment to teach at Mountainview International Christian School in Indonesia would turn into a nine-year adventure, but that's exactly what has happened.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..Three parents of students in the Sunnyside School District faced the school board at last week's monthly meeting and encouraged the directors to act quickly and consider implementing school uniforms.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..What would inspire someone to travel to Springfield, Ill. this summer?
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Russ Cazier, chair of the local Subway board, was on hand at Grandview Middle School yesterday morning, Thursday, to announce the Subway restaurants of Yakima/Tri-Cities' "Fresh Fit" poster winner.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..With roses providing a colorful barrier between the crowd and the stage area, the four contestants took the floor.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..Karen Robertson has been driving school buses for 14 years and loves it. So much in fact she applied for and has been named the new Sunnyside School District transportation director.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..Grandview voters will have at least one primary election to decide, as two city council positions have drawn multiple contestants.
June 8, 2007 midnight read more..Beginning today, June 7, monthly power bills in Yakima County and in many areas of Washington state will spike by $10 or more.
June 7, 2007 midnight read more..After more than 20 years of experience in city and county government, Jesse Palacios is back for another run on the Grandview City Council.
June 7, 2007 midnight read more..Six students at Sunnyside High School have run the gauntlet and have earned the right to participate in the finals of the second annual SHS Welding Competition.
June 7, 2007 midnight read more..WSU researchers are taking a cue from the Alien movies to help wheat farmers in Yakima County.
June 7, 2007 midnight read more..They'll be partying hard in the streets, make that the gym, come Friday night following this year's Sunnyside High School graduation ceremony.
June 6, 2007 midnight read more..The Sunnyside High School auditorium was the scene Tuesday night for the school's spring sports award ceremony.
June 6, 2007 midnight read more..Embrace life! That's the best advice I can give to any 2007 high school graduate.
June 6, 2007 midnight read more..The Yakima Bears baseball team has been in the Valley since 1990 and in that time has won three championships in the Northwest League, K.L. Wombacher, general manager for the Bears, told the Sunnyside Daybreak Rotary Club Wednesday morning.
June 6, 2007 midnight read more..After being encouraged to write about their favorite teacher, 1,600 third, fourth and fifth grade students submitted their works to the Washington Education Association for the "Teacher to Remember" essay contest.
June 5, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside Community Hospital has two critical care certified nurses in Tina Glockner and Vivian Geangan of the Intensive Care Unit.
June 5, 2007 midnight read more..Campaign 2007 opened with a flourish yesterday, as eight Lower Valley residents filed to run for office. The election filing period concludes this Friday.
June 5, 2007 midnight read more..The Sun Valley baseball team, comprised of 14- and 15-year-olds, hosted Richland's Sundown Sport and Marine team last night, beating them 5-3 and inching closer to evening its record at .500. The Sunnyside team is now just one game under at 3-4.
June 5, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - After meeting last week with city and school officials and Yakima County Prosecutor Ron Zirkle, Grandview councilmen have decided to hold off for now on passing its own version of the Sunnyside gang ordinance.
June 5, 2007 midnight read more..Adrian Ozuna, 20, has been sentenced for his role in the drive-by shooting which occurred Jan. 19, 2007 in the 1300 block of Jackson Avenue in Sunnyside.
June 5, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Grandview School Board has chosen to hire Julie Wysong as the new Principal at Harriet Thompson Elementary School and Ken Murray as the new Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Grandview High School.
June 5, 2007 midnight read more..The election season is underway a month earlier in the state of Washington, as from now through Friday, June 8, candidates can file for political office.
June 4, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside's Sun Valley baseball team hosted Pasco's Perfection Tire last Friday, beating them 11-0, and then lost to Richland's Motoring Services 4-3 on Saturday.
June 4, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Grandview High School held its 2007 graduation commencements this past Saturday.
June 4, 2007 midnight read more..MABTON - For one last time the seniors at Mabton High School gathered in the school's gym before setting off into the unknown.
June 4, 2007 midnight read more..GRANGER - A new dinosaur was created at Hisey Park this past Saturday.
June 4, 2007 midnight read more..Grandview's Tami Lambrecht will join the Corban College Warriors next season to play women's basketball for coach Terry Williams in Salem, Ore.
June 4, 2007 midnight read more..During a special celebration during the regular Sunnyside School Board meeting Thursday night, Sunnyside School Superintendent Dr. Rick Cole presented 14 Golden Apple awards to some of the district's top employees.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..There were 12 staff members of the Sunnyside School District that were honored at Thursday night's school board meeting in Sunnyside, as the 12 are retiring at the end of the 2006-07 school year.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside's First Christian Church will observe its 100th anniversary on Sunday, June 10.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..American appetite for ethanol driving up Mexican tortilla prices
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..First Baptist Church in Sunnyside, 401 S. 18th Street, will present a concert by Blackwood Legacy on Sunday, June 10, at 11 a.m.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..Community residents are being encouraged to turn out this Sunday, June 3, to hear special guest speaker Dr. Thomas Kindell of Reasons for Faith Ministries.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..Procrastination isn't good when it comes to our health
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..Sunnyside High School sophomore Brittani Ramerman is extending her fastpitch softball season, with plans to play for the Yakima-based Pepsi Stealers this summer.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..In keeping Elias Mario Rocha II's memory alive, his family is currently readying for the second annual St. Joseph's EMR Car Show, created and named in his honor.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..Eric Berg is the new varsity girls basketball coach for Sunnyside High School.
June 1, 2007 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo is gearing up for its 80th annual event, slated to take place Aug. 8-11 at the Grandview fairgrounds.
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