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 Drive Thru Horror, Where's the Love?
 Enough is enough
 Fantastic Weekend
 First time deer hunter
 Flaming dog named Misery a magnet for mishaps
 Fun loving fathers
 Good Intentions
 Happy Birthday Selah Indepedent
 How did I get so luckey
 I get to do what now?
 I'm Just a Girl
 Little girl with a big heart
 Meet our newest addition
 Movin' on up
 Oldies are still goodies
 Seriously?
 Shirley Temple . . . Say What?
 Snowing
 Spring Fever
 Sticks and stones may break my bones
 Take my money please
 Tents and hot dogs and timber tigers, oh my
 Thanksgiving Chuckle
 The Farmer's Wife
 Too much information
 Two chickens in the yard is worth twelve in the coop
 What happened to my car?
 What's in a word?
 Where did fall go?
 Whoops . . . I did it again
 Wreaking Havoc
 Yard birds on wheels

Authors

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 Baxter Black
 Carol Rains
 Chen Mohan
 Chris Thorn
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 Don Brunell
 Don Gronning
 ELENA OLMSTEAD
 Ginny Gunderson
 Jim & Roberta Hall
 Jim Sackmann
 Laurie Harmon
 Linda Urbaniak
 Mandy Heether
 Martha Goudey
 Mike Hammer
 Mike Lindsey
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 Renee Long
 Richard Burger
 Rob Chandler
 Robert Clark
 Roger Zaragosa
 Scott Klepach
 Selah Staff
 Shawnee Olson
 Stanley Gallor
 Web Master

Articles by Category

Front Page
 Heroic local efforts to help Haitians
 A look inside Selah’s ‘Secret Garden’
 Painter making her mark on local businesses for 26 years
 Local team wins Selah Fitness Express Weight Loss Challenge
 Cashing in on $100,000
 Price paid for graffiti
 Local medical center seeing double as twins suffer broken feet
 Path clear for Matson Fruit to expand
 Barbershop quartet sings U.S. Cellular’s praises
 Selah Rock Bin: a rock hound’s gem
 $12,400,700,676,112
 Selah dancers hoping to add to their national championship count
 Rocha advances to National Silver Gloves Boxing Tournament
 Progress underway with Selah bypass
 SSD facing uphill battle with budget
 Strobel announces candidacy for house seat
 ‘Kids on the Block’ comes to Selah
 Yakima’s lone brewery making a bold statement
 Last call to vote for Selah to win $100,000
 Poor winter air quality looms in Yakima Valley
 Four Selah citizens receive Community Pride Awards
 Selah standoff with police leads to three arrests
 Year in review: Looking back at 2009 in Selah
 To the drawing board for Matson Fruit
 Selah Shell gas station robbed
 Christmas giving spirit thrives in Selah
 Lince ranked 10th in the nation in U.S. Cellular campaign
 New Selah Clinic breaks ground
 No cutbacks for City of Selah in 2010 budget
 Selah’s McGonagle Park drawing quite the crowd
 SSD board welcomes new directors Harris and Ergeson
 A brave and courageous effort
 Sweet Beez Café brings comfort food to Selah
 Matson Fruit decision shelved until Dec. 22
 John Campbell teacher receives high praise from the U.S. Army
 Selah shooting for $100,000 donation from U.S. Cellular
 Funky Monkey Arcade celebrates grand opening
 New program links home school families to district resources
 Two SHS seniors receive Eagle Scout ranking
 Taqueria La Plazita spicing up dining options in Selah
 SHS sophomores race ATVs, win competitions across Northwest
 Movie Review: Amelia
 SIS student tours Washington D.C.
 Tracking Wenas Creek wildlife
 The votes are in
 Speyers Road project has had some roadblocks
 The ‘best kept secret in America’
 ‘Read and Treat’ night offered to JC students
 Bringing history to life here in Selah
 Math Extensions Program receives Golden Apple award
 Selah resident raising awareness of GIST cancer
 SHS student starts selling metalwork
 Selah candidates get their say…
 City Council approves vacation of property on East Sixth Ave.
 I-1033 and renewal of Prop 1 highlight November election
 Selah candidates get their say…
 Selah Heights Grange cleans up at Fair
 SHS grad opens gluten-free bakery
 Selah apple harvest in full swing
 Selah native wins ARCA race in Canada
 New welcome sign approved by Council
 Car crushed in DUI wreck
 Swine Flu discussed at “coffee” with Super
 State fair opens Sept. 25 in Yakima
 National program helps seniors learn new skills
 SSD receives energy efficiency award
 Selah’s Taco Bell opens
 Commission decides in favor of Matson
 Former Optimist writer reflects on career and the community
 New superintendent, new school year for Selah
 Selah Relay for Life receives Community Pride Award
 Burning a little Mustang rubber
 JC Secretary Staymates retires after 29 years
 Selah woman turning lotion-making hobby into money-making business
 Two radar speed signs to be put up around Selah
 Bridge repair causes traffic delays on I-82
 Planning Commission intends to approve Matson Fruit Company
 ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program underway
 Yakima Training Center welcomes new commander
 King’s Row continues to be a landmark in Selah
 Selah Ski Club seeks donations as expenses mount
 Running the show
 Students nominated to attend World Leadership Forum
 Matson Fruit makes their case for rezone, again
 SHS senior wins Evergreen Boys State governorship
 Candidates for city council seat have different agendas
 George’s Mining Company Steakhouse open
 Selah students return from DC and New York
 Soccer fields and aquatic center next step for Selah Parks and Recreation plan
 New Speyers Road design completed
 Interim Super candidates selected
 85-year Selah resident turns 90
 Brush fire consumes more than 50 acres
 2009 SHS grads move forward
 Selah School District’s ‘Best of the Best’ honored
 New camera to watch out for graffiti vandals
 Kiwanians extend an invitation to help serve
 Superintendent salaries vary across Yakima County
 Community Days comes to a close
 Selah School District Superintendent resigns
 Selah students lead youth volunteers at Memorial Hospital
 Two Selah students receive their Eagle Scout
 Britney Sterling crowned Miss Selah 2009
 Split decision on new Selah entrance sign
 Selah Community Days Festival coming soon
 SHS cheer collects clothing for community
 Back to square one for Matson Fruit Company
 Hopping around
 Teens return from Mexico mission with new perspectives
 Community demands answers about Jones
 A year of firsts for Selah Covenant Christian School
 Legislative budget proposals amount to large cuts for SSD
 Stagecoach RV Park burglarized
 The need for speed
 Principal’s resignation spawns outcry from city
 Economic slowdown keeps no-cost community services busy
 North Park Lodge ready for business
 New firefighter hired on by Selah Fire Dept.
 ‘Living in our community’
 SHS grad signs three-album recording contract
 Three choices proposed for Selah pool
 ‘Sign’ of the times
 SHS singer selected for competitive All-State Choir
 Selah Players present their spring play, Without Strings
 Accident injures truck driver after I-82 rollover
 Above and beyond
 Selah Fitness announces winners of Weight Loss Challenge
 Barbershop quartet will sing you a Valentine
 Science teacher has out-of-this-world experience
 Trees come down on Selah Loop
 Surveys sought to determine business climate
 Road Construction creates few delays; some bumps in the road
Community Calendar
 Community Calendar
School Calendar
Community
 Miss Selah Pageant to be held April 25
 Selah National Little League gets nod to host state tournament
 Parents make final push for $100,000 from U.S. Cellular
 Businesses reflect on “Best” wins
 Donors give thousands of pounds of food to Selah Food Bank
 Many Selah students make fall YVCC honor roll
 Crime mapping a useful tool for Selah citizens
 2010 Selah Community Days planning underway
 Selah School District teachers receive National Board Certification
 Selah author pens two more books
 Gawlik wins razor thin Selah City Council race
 Selah Lego Knights compete in robot competition
 Selah poet publishes second book
 2009-2010 Selah Ski and Board Club need more signups
 Selah School District has a new Strategic Plan
 Movie review: The Blind Side
 Funds being raised for long-time Selah resident
 A message from the School Resource Officer Jerald Smith
 Mandatory recount for City Council position
 John Campbell mileage club ‘runs with the cougars’
 The Selah Fire Department wants to keep you safe and warm this winter
 Down to the wire between Gawlik and Schmid
 1st Annual Variety Show held at SIS
 Gangs are the topic at “Coffee with superintendent”
 Selah Independent wins WNPA awards
 Book review: The Lost Symbol
 Sheriff Irwin speaks in favor of Proposition 1 at ‘town hall’
 Movie review: Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3-D
 Selah Mary Kay saleswoman receives new car
 Movie review: Fame
 Movie review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
 Changing of the guard
 Selah college graduates and honor roll students
 Japanese soldiers arrive at Yakima Training Center
 Michal’s Hair Studio opens in Selah
 New owner for Selah flower and gift shop
 2nd annual Safari Night set for Sept. 12
 Fitness Boot Camps draw dozens outdoors for exercise
 Campfire group prepares 600 meals for Alaskans
 Feeding the children
 Construction begins on Speyers Road
 Selah’s Rocha wins National Junior Golden Gloves title
 ‘Summer in the Park’ day camp offers activities for Selah youth
 Selah Karate offers Jiu-Jitsu classes
 What an exciting year for the City of Selah
 Four council members running unopposed in upcoming election
 Father’s Day contest letters continued
 Two injured in Wenas accident
 Guns and ammo in high demand
 Third time is a charm for retired SHS teacher
 Larson wins National Merit Award
 Door to door sales people need a license
 Five residents receive Community Pride Awards
 Eagle Riders raise money for Raptor House
 Deadline to file for council positions approaching
 Most popular baby names for 2008 announced
 Ellensburg native makes Selah her home
 The Selah Days Festival fun run is back
 Selah man injured after I-82 accident
 40-year Selah resident celebrates 91st birthday
 The long fight might pay off
 Remembering Elizabeth Anne “Biz” Purdom
 First and second grade Mother’s Day contest letters
 Lady Vikings compete for Miss SHS
 Raptor House revives and releases bald eagle
 Business revving up at SHS grad’s auto repair shop
 Darda wins Yakima River Canyon Marathon
 Foreign exchange student host families needed
 Four-car collision in Selah
 Pacific Power to conduct energy analysis for city
 Master hunters create pens for Raptor House
 Fastpitch facility helps the economy of Selah
 Smeback chosen for council position
 MySpace or Facebook?
 Stimulus funds making their way to Selah
 Selah girls crowned in Miss Yakima County pageant
 Two applicants for vacant council position
 Working together
 Award winning youth novelists announced
 Nov. 7 deadline for student service
 Yakima Transit fare prices hikes likely
 Calling all giant pumpkin growers
 Selah PD opens doors for community
 Schmid nominated for national award
 Boating safety classes to be offered
Commentary
 I think it’s ‘Hasta la vista’ time for American Idol
 My crazy friend drives a low rider
 Movie review: Alice in Wonderland
 A message from the Yakima Training Center Commander
 More than just a best friend
 You can’t have it both ways
 Bad puns and even worse economic decisions
 All-of-the-above energy plan must include new nuclear power plants
 A history of reserve police officers
 A message for 2010 Olympic luge broadcasters...you’re fired
 Visions of vegetables dance in my head
 Movie review: The Lightning Thief
 I don’t think Washington has anything to worry about
 Drive-thru horror, where’s the love?
 How Obama could get defeated in 2012
 Family game night
 A lost little dog that remains astray
 Movie review: The Lovely Bones
 It’s 2010, where are all the ‘cool’ inventions?
 Movie review: Sherlock Holmes
 Replacement levy ballots due by Feb. 9
 Youngster with phenomenal musical ability to play the drums, at the age of five
 Here’s an interesting thought experiment
 Movie review: Old Dogs
 Winter flower bouquets
 The Selah Fire Department celebrates 70 years
 A response to some partisan media banter
 Don’t Be an Easy Target: A message from the Selah Police Department
 Movie review: Avatar
 Underestimating the comfyness of flannel
 Legislation? We don’t need no stinkin’ legislation!
 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakwel
 Resolutions vs. goals
 A message from the Selah Chamber of Commerce
 Gift exchange on the farm
 Tiger Woods: let’s move on already
 The Nintendo Wii and my self-esteem
 I think we’re going to find out who is naughty and nice
 Where are the guts in our politicians today?
 Some Christmas havoc
 Of logging, pork, spotted owls and bird-brains
 Movie review: Invictus
 Craziest kitty in the west
 Where do our groceries actually come from?
 Attention Christmas shoppers, it’s time to take radical action
 Twilight movie review: New moon
 The relatively unknown ‘Battle of the Sexes’ II
 Hey, how about using a little more mandate imagination
 INTERNATIONAL GOAT SENSATION
 Thanksgiving Chuckle
 My first trip to Canada
 The marvelous wonders of the New Liberal Math
 Movie review: Tim Burton’s Nightmare before Christmas in 3D
 TWO KINDS OF DAIRYMEN
 Move over, Mrs. G, it’s time for some different outcomes
 Swine recycling
 Movie review: Astro Boy
 Where is the good news on television?
 Credit where credit is not due
 Planting bulbs for spring beauty
 Movie review: Where The Wild Things Are
 If D.C. is bothering you come on down to city hall
 Jon and Kate plus Eight divided by six times twelve, who cares?
 The Nobel Peace Prize committee strikes again
 A message from the SSD superintendent
 Polanski should serve the time for his crime, period
 Take a good, hard look at I-1033
 Computer, connect me with the tool department please
 A fall garden can be just as beautiful as the spring
 How would you feel if someone wouldn’t let you speak English?
 Wreaking havoc
 Here’s some good news for us and for the president
 My personal ban on text-messaging
 You can help yourself...a message from Chief Dwarshuis
 Remembering September 11, 2001
 “The clapper” has turned into the “smart house”
 Prague and Selah have some things in common
 I used to think I was a packrat until I watched this show
 It’s time to think about what makes America work
 Budget projections: save more – not spend more
 A get-together that could be good for your health
 My “life expectancy” is 83 years, go figure
 A message from Selah School District’s Superintendent Dr. Steve Chestnut
 A to Z depends on where your mind is
 Healthcare reform, why can’t we just cut through all the garbage?
 Rethinking “Cash for Clunkers”
 The mother of invention
 A new experience with old friends: Climbing a mountain
 Mrs. Obama’s garden
 Here’s a literacy program we can believe in
 A different outlook on the Cambridge drama
 Charlotte, the Global Positioning System
 How a good day domino effects into a bad one
 Calling Doctor Doolittle, a translation is needed
 The ‘gift horse’ named Dumbo
 A garden is an individual thing
 Wow! – How fast another year passes
 Read this before you fill out your 2010 census
 The virus, formerly known as swine flu
 A tragic train wreck and 911 call
 If you feel as if the world has gone nuts, take heart
 Another squeeze chute story
 An update from the Selah Chamber of Commerce
 I’m finding the ironic benefits of having a sick puppy compared to a healthy one
 Living and dying by the grant
 Problems with graffiti and how to address them
 Promotion of the City of Selah not a priority
 Independence Day, the promise of hope
 Power and money can get you anything, it’s sickening
 We’re getting our first dog
 Pssst, hey, buddy, want to buy some Cheerios toasted-oat cereal?
 The dark side of the animal world
 $250 a barrel for oil, ridiculous
 A little over-prepared
 When did this ‘timeframe’ thing come about anyway?
 Who says E-mail is an effective way to communicate?
 A sad beetless Tuesday
 More joy from our very own ‘transformational’ administration
 Ty Murray... the cross-over cowboy
 They got me good this time
 Beginning to sound alarmingly familiar
 Here’s a choice that should be easy to make
 Standing up for your fellow athletes
 Letters to the editor
 Keeping an eye out for the Millennium Falcon
 Steroids in baseball…who cares?
 If it’s not one thing it’s something else
 Don’t ask me what I think if you’re going to call me names
 Discussing television shows…again
 It’s just amazing what some people can’t afford
 Ever notice how invigorating fresh tea can be?
 I think American Idol has gone downhill
 March Madness…one of my new favorite times of year
 Let’s act now to stop this unconscionable victimization
 Who says I never say anything nice about politicians?
 Coping with ‘greatness’
 Toilet paper troubles
 A fresh lesson in the relative value of talk in DC
 The marvelous benefits of positive and negative reinforcement
 Jury Duty
 Reward success instead of creating dependency on government
 Letters to the editor
 We now owe trillions, doesn’t someone owe us an explanation?
 Valley loses legendary broadcaster Terry Allen at age 67
 Valley’s spray painters are not Picassos
Neighbors
 Cutting out some life lessons
Schools
 Selah School District sets interviews for Interim Superintendent
 Additional John Campbell writing
 Mileage Club finishes strong
 John Campbell writing at home program finished
 Mother’s Day letters continued
 HERE TO STAY
 Special Olympics comes to Selah
 Writing outside of the classroom
 Cleaning up streets in the neighborhood
 Boys vie for Mr. SHS title
 Selah 6th and 7th grade bands perform a multitude of melodies
 Selah students place first and second in math competition
 Knowledge bowlers advance to state competition
 Superintendent search begins
 Selah math team places at mid-valley competition
 Help Selah schools earn supplies
 Selah School District to hold I-728 hearing
 Those Selah boys can dance; compete for Mr. SHS
Sports
 Becker dedicates X-C win in memory of his mother
 Double-vision
 Vikings fall to Othello in hard fought game
 Vikings end Prosser’s 22-year postseason run
 Ellensburg snaps Viking undefeated streak
 Vikings overcome Toppenish
 10th ranked Selah thrashes Ephrata
 Vikings sprint past Quincy
 Grandview gives Viks a run
 Volleyball: Selah sweeps Ephrata
 Seasoned Viking football team ready for season
 Selah junior golfer earns a trip to state tournament
 Cyclones win championship
 YV Pepsi Pak wins Oregon’s Diamond Classic Tournament
 Selah Dolphins sail past Naches swim team
 Fastpitch sprints past Grandview
 Tennis teams picks up a win over Ephrata, both drop to Othello
 Girls golf wins at Black Rock Creek
 Boys defeat Ellensburg by 21 strokes as a team
 Selah soccer loses to Wapato in final game
 Lacrosse team beats Highline for second time
 Bringing out the broom
 Boy’s track places second at Prosser
 Girl’s golf defeats Prosser, EV and E-burg
 Girl’s tennis rolling along, boys down EV and Quincy
 Soccer upsets Prossser, loses to Othello and E-burg
 Stout and Alliston pitch one-hitters to route Quincy
 Girls tennis skunks Grandview, squeaks past Toppenish
 Zillah and Ephrata strike out to JV fastpitch team
 Fife throws 18 strikeouts to lead Vikings past E-burg
 Selah sweeps aside East Valley, defeated by Toppenish
 Blanshan wins 100 meters for Selah track at Pasco Invite
 Vikings roll over Toppenish, Prosser
 Stout throws a perfect game against Wapato
 Track team beats Othello handily, falls to Ephrata
 Selah JV fastpitch team on a roll
 Two close games for Selah soccer
 Boys and girls fall to Othello, E-burg
 Vikings cruise to team title at tourney
 Soccer team notches first win
 Lacrosse downs Highline, falls to Eastside Catholic
 Vikings remain undefeated
 Soccer team still searching for a win
 Tennis team wins opener
 Selah demolishes Toppenish
 Baseball continues owning opponents
 Viking track team places 8th, 17th at Zaepfel
 Selah places fifth at Grandview Invitational
 Lacrosse sticking in Selah
 Fastpitch beats WV, falls to Castle Rock
 Selah wins league opener
 Selah places 11th and 12th at Ram Relays
 Vikings fall to Othello
 Sprinting forward
 Golfers ready to tee off
 Swinging for the fences
 Vikings kick off 2009 soccer season
 Selah wins opener against Black Hills
 Tennis team geared up for season
 A season of change as four girls golfers graduate
 New coach, fresh season
 Grandview sneaks by Selah in loser-out battle
 Selah drops first district game
 Lady Vikings downed by Othello, EV
 Boys roll past EV and Othello
 Three out of five wrestlers place at state
 Foursome places third in state tourney
 Boys trample second-ranked Grandview, beat Toppenish
 Nine wrestlers qualify for regoinals
 Golf: Three boys, girls headed to state
 8th Annual Canyon Marathon set for Saturday
 Selah 5th place at Holder Relays
 Baseball: Vikings get road victory
 Selah loses final rifle match
 Selah dominates Quincy
 Fastpitch “C” Team in control
 Golf: Selah takes third at Golf invite
 Soccer: Selah falls to Wildcats; Red Devils
Agriculture
 Good time to get those fall seeds into the ground
 Conditioning cut flowers
 Roses...a welcome addition to any garden
 Get ready for Spring Barrel Tasting, pre-barrel tasting
 The Garden Lady, Linda Urbaniak
 Mothering Instinct
 Irrigation water available April 4 to 9
 Sign up for pesticide clean-up
Events
Briefs
Letters to the Editor
 What a glorious time to be alive
Announcements
Columns
Regional News
Business
 Illumination Video opens their doors in Selah
 Comedy club keeping community laughing
 Independent Quality Care opens in Selah
 AutoZone opens in Selah
 U-Haul, propane dealership good combo
Legals
Obituaries
 Obituary: Earl Dean Garver
 Sept. 30 Obituaries
 Obituary: Emma I. Prather
 Obituary: Charles E. Williams
 Obituary - Larry Dean Ogburn
Military News
Political
Working Life
 Local Facilities audited for closure
Education