Pictured: Seth Faulkner tests out new apparatus at the new Selah Skate Park. Faulkner is the junior treasurer for the Selah Skate Park Association. Scott Klepach photo

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.

Local cherries will be ripe for the picking in just another week or two. But whether farmers will choose to harvest the crop or leave the fruit on the trees will be a game day decision.

Pictured: Workers at Zirkle Fruit Company sort dark sweet cherries harvested in Finley. Denise Keller 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.

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.

The Selah City Council will revisit a May 13 vote to deny a Planning Commission recommendation. The council had voted 3-1 to deny a South Selah Neighborhood Association request to amend the city’s comprehensive plan.

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 Loop Road expansion project is right on schedule and expected to be finished by October. By August, the west side of the road will be paved and traffic will be transferred to that side.


Pictured: Construction of a one-lane roundabout is ongoing at the Gore Road and Selah Loop Road intersection and will be ready for traffic by the end of June.