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.

Danielle York, a 2008 Selah High graduate, will spend a good share of her summer sporting chaps and a crown.

Pictured: Pictured with her horse Misty, 2008 Selah High graduate Danielle York is spending her summer serving as the first ever Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo Queen. Denise Keller photo

A program sponsored by the University of Washington conducts an annual statewide search for the brightest young students. This year, it found eight at Selah Intermediate School.

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.

The Capitol Theatre was abuzz with energy and anticipation Friday night as performers and audience members awaited the start of the FootLites “A Salute to Broadway” presentation.  Seats filled up quickly and by the time the show started standing room was all that was left.

Pictured: From left to right: Brinkley Treat, Lindsey Brown, Shelbi Schmidt, Lillie Rice, Abiney Kempf, and Krista Freeze perform “Tiny Toes.” Shawnee Olson photo

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

A Selah fifth grader, Vinny Napolitano, was honored June 3 for his depiction of a wildlife crossing, a part of the Washington State Department of Transportation I-90 project.


Pictured: Selah resident, Vinny Napolitano, a fifth grader at Christa McAuliffe Academy, drew his rendition of a wildlife crossing for a DOT billboard contest. His drawing was made into a billboard to be displayed in Seattle and Ellensburg. Photo courtesy Washington StateDepartment of Transportation.

The city council will consider seven applications for the council seat vacated by Brian Harris at the June 10 council meeting. City Supervisor Frank Sweet said the application period closed May 27.

Applicants include: John Gawlik, retired, with a background in law enforcement; Kevin Jorgensen, director of manufacturing and operations, Michelson Packaging Co.; Troy Laurvick, commercial real estate appraiser; Carl North, retired public school teacher; William (Bill) Powell, retired military, retired school employee; Allen J. Schmid, retired, Pacific Power; William L. Teaford, self-employed.

The council will ask a series of questions to each applicant, while the other applicants wait outside. The council will then go into executive session and discuss each applicant’s qualifications. The council will make a final decision in the public meeting, and the new council member will be sworn in at that time.

Representative Charles Ross (R)-Naches, told the Selah Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday that Selah should be praised for its beautiful, clean streets and for not always beating on the Legislature’s door asking for money.

Anything a boy can do, a girl can do better. That’s what Selah Police Officer Pauli Martin and Selah volunteer firefighter, Megan Messer, were taught.

Pictured: Selah Police Officer, Pauli Martin, encouraged her daughter, Megan Messer, left, to follow her desires to be a firefighter and EMT. Martha Goudey photo.