White Swan treaty days: Rodeo remembrances -
Walk through the gates at the White Swan Treaty Days Rodeo and you'll be greeted with the scent of frybread and the fine grit of dust in the teeth. Families spread out on blankets in the sun, while behind them the weathered white wood of the bleachers bak...
06/01/08 Volunteer Opportunities -
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * HOSPICE TEAM: Yakima Valley Memorial Hospice needs compassionate individuals to join its team. Volunteers will assist patients and families living with a terminal illness. Volunteers will have t...
Magic in the music -
This may simply be a room, four walls that traffic grinds past. This may just be another party, a buffet table and some balloons. And this may just be notes, flung up one after the other as fingers pull on strings and the violin's bow trembles. Or it cou...
Here, Now -- Bully for beefalo -
Mealtime on the Zagelow farm is the rustle of hay, the hiss of grain hitting the bottom of a metal pail, the suck of mud on work boots and the huff of breath from animal lungs. It is the jostling of cattle, specifical...
04/27/08 Volunteer Opportunities -
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * READING TO STUDENTS: Chief Kamiakin Elementary School in Sunnyside is looking for volunteers to read along with students. Volunteers are needed Mondays through Fridays from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m., 1...
Why I love driving to Fort Simcoe -
For some reason I am completely drawn to the area. Especially in the moderate seasons of spring and fall, when the sun is softly lavishing its nourishing rays on the landscape. Fort Simcoe is always the first place I think of in March to see if the wildfl...
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