MAY 18, 2023 HEADLINES – Northern Kittitas County Tribune

FRONT PAGE NEWS:

Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Warriors Baseball Team HEADED TO STATE! – (photo courtesy of Wendie Kelly)
NWIC Building Roslyn Art Show sets up this weekend (May 19-20)
Smokey skies and trail closures as Upper Kittitas County Fuels teams work along Cle Elum Ridge above Roslyn
Easton prepares for a fantastic family events weekend May 27
Keep plastics out of compost – Preventing plastic contamination in yard debris and food scrap bins benefits garden soil and the environment
Tribune newspaper delivery delay last week (May 18)

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

Mother’s Day fire off Lake Kachess Dam Road caused by target shooting – (photo courtesy of Kittitas County Fire District #7)
PHOTO ESSAY: Honoring Jenny Jensen’s 32 years of firefighting and aid car service – (Barbara Ludt photos)
CWU PULSE Magazine, The Observer both take home regional awards in Society of Professional Journalists contest
PHOTO ESSAY: Over 125 people help clean up Roslyn Cemetery – (photos courtesy of Paul Fridlund)
National Safe Boating Week starts May 19

VOICES:

Frankly Speaking: Potting mix and potting soil aren’t the same thing
Reminiscences: I’m nearly 100 years old and missing the good old days… Cleaning up from winter is more challenging by Dan Sater
LETTER TO EDITOR: Steele family (memory lane) – Linda LaBa Hicks, Renton, WA
Trib Fan Mail: ‘Such a fun read’ Penny says about Tribune article featuring her family’s Roslyn history – Penny A. Steele, Kirkland, WA

COMMUNITY:

Babe the Book Hound barks about Barn Quilt art at the Carpenter Memorial Library
Kittitas County Pride rolls out the first ever Pride Parade June 3 in Ellensburg
Horses and history at South Cle Elum Depot Saturday; across state trail ride with The John Wayne Pioneer Wagons & Riders
Slovenia Lodge #371 kiosk dedication is set for May 27
PHOTO ESSAY: Cle Elum Eagles Mother of the Year Terri Frey honored – (photos courtesy of Andrea Bergstrom)
CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, etc.
Tribune Rewind… historic headlines and photos compiled by Kayla Snider
You are what you think about – by guest columnist Bryan Golden
Keep plants thriving despite the heat of summer by columnist Melinda Myers
Yakima Valley College Library hosts award-winning poet Joanna Thomas
Spring Clay Pottery Sale coming May 25 to Yakima Valley College

OBITUARIES:

SPORTS & SCHOOL

Jazz Cafe this Friday, May 19; crunching tacos for music education
Cle Elum-Roslyn Elementary School Family Bingo Night was a great sucess – (photos courtesy of CER Elementary Parent Action Council)
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Warriors Track & Field athletes place well at EWAC Sub-Districts qualifying meet in Granger
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Warriors Tennis – Luke Chafin on his way to May 19 Districts in Yakima – (photo courtesy of Coach Mitchell Bell)
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Warriors Baseball – Districts is a breeze for baseball
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Warriors Softball splits double-header
Athlete of the Week: Cole Dunham, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
Student of the Week: Joel Kelly, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
GOOD LUCK AT STATE! Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Warriors Baseball and Golf from Champions of Student of Achievements supporters
Annual enrollment ending soon for Washington’s prepaid college savings plan