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.