Selah City Council chambers overflowed Tuesday with standing room only as “concerned citizens,” identified by name tags, came to hear how the city council would vote on a South Selah Neighborhood Association request to rezone Southern Avenue property.

The Selah Kiwanis Club and volunteers worked Saturday to install new headstones for Selah’s pioneers in the Old Pioneer Cemetery on Harrison Road.

Pictured: Dale Novobielski, Kiwanis Club treasurer, unloads a grave marker from the Statuary Gardens truck on Saturday. Martha Goudey photo.

Selah lavender lovers don’t have to drive to Sequim, Washington, this July to pick lavender and buy lavender products. All they have to do is drive out North Wenas Road and turn left on Wickstrom Lane and follow the signs to Bella Vista Lavender Farm.

Pictured: Julie Morris, left, owner of Bella Vista Lavender Farm, shows Cathy Hale,  from Landmark Care in Yakima, how to harvest a small bouquet of lavender for a client, waiting in the car.  Martha Goudey photo

Pictured: Star Joraleman rides Red Rose in a 4-H gaming show Saturday (see 4-H page 9). She and her mom, Gloria Joraleman, Star’s twin sister, Brandy Wilde, and their two children, will ride Saturday in a 10-mile ride to benefit diabetes research. Martha Goudey photo.

The City Council adopted a resolution last Tuesday to refer a SEPA (State Environmental Petition Act) and short plat appeal to the Selah Hearing Examiner for a decision.

A trial date for Wylie Mills, a former Selah contractor, has been rescheduled for July 30 in a case that has its roots reaching back at least ten years.

Pictured: Above: Lindsey Latham, of Selah, rides Cricket in the Wenas Pony Express 4-H gaming show Saturday. The show qualifies riders to compete in the Puyallup State Fair in September. The gaming show is the only one in Yakima County, said 4-H leader, Brandy Wilde, of Selah. Adults participate in the gaming and performance shows. Kindergartners through fifth graders can participate in dog and cat 4-H. Third through ninth graders can participate in 4-H with horses.

In a short but sweet graduation ceremony Saturday, 242 Selah High School graduates said their goodbyes to high school and welcomed their future.

Pictured: Lacie Radoslovich, Christy Daniels, Johnny Martinez, and Brian Thielman walk with glee out of the SunDome Saturday after becoming 2008 Selah High School graduates.  Martha Goudey photo.

Eight graduates were present Monday to receive their diplomas at Selah Academy’s graduation ceremony at the Civic Center.

Pictured: Jorge Denson receives his diploma from Selah School Board Member Jim Sebree, as Selah Academy Principal, Scott Ruark, looks on. Denson plans to go into the Navy after graduation. Denson has a wife and four-month-old baby.  Martha Goudey photo.

The Selah Covenant Church will open a Christian school this fall for grades one to four.