Catholic Teens Pray in Taizé Tradition
June 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
EDITOR’S NOTE: Robert Fontana is the father of Unleashed reporter Colleen Fontana, who co-wrote this column. Colleen Fontana and Mia Walsh both attend the Taizé youth group at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
By COLLEEN FONTANA and MIA WALSH
DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
The lights are off. Only the dim, flickering glow of candles illuminates three icons, each depicting a [...]
BreAnna Jones: Local Student, National Poetry Finalist
June 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By MIA WALSH
DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
Sitting in the computer lab last winter, 16-year-old BreAnna Jones, a sophomore at West Valley High School, indifferently searched through hundreds of poems — from William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” to Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Recuerdo.”
Not finding any particular poem that spoke to her, she decided on a [...]
Studentpainters.net: A Summer Job to Dye For
June 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By ALYSSA PATRICK
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
Andrew Hoge and Jessica Miller are two students who have added a whole new tint to the term “summer job.”
They are painting houses this summer — but not with their own hands. Instead, they are hiring other college students to work for their house-painting businesses.
“We don’t want to have to pick [...]
Fruitful Fest Connects Past, Present
June 26, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By ELISSA BERNSTEIN
INTERLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
Eighty years ago, Bellevue was characterized not by urban shopping centers and reflective skyscrapers but antique corn grinders, old-fashioned canning machines and small, family-owned farms.
These two Bellevues seem almost completely unconnected. That is, of course, except for the stirring smell of shortcake, brightened with red strawberries, melting in the sun and [...]
YH-R Welcomes 10th Unleashed Team
June 23, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
By SARAH JENKINS
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Here’s today’s reflection on how fast time can pass by: When the original Unleashed team was gathering to create the first weekly section “by and for teens in the Yakima Valley,” many of the kids who would make up the 2008-09 Unleashed team were getting ready to start kindergarten.
Time does indeed fly [...]
Bar Mitzvah Marks Passage To Manhood
June 19, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By HANNAH BESSO
DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
Proud family members, expectant friends and curious acquaintances filtered into the Great Hall of the Yakima Valley Museum.
It was a milestone, a day for joy.
While many boys might have been playing video games, running around competing in sports, or doing other things 12-year-old boys normally do, Gabriel Lugh Borrello-Seltzer, a seventh-grader [...]
Sandwich Sundays at St. Joe’s
June 19, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By LETY CLARK-OLIVERO
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
What makes the perfect sandwich?
I say it’s bread, cheese, meat and mayo — along with a little love and friendship. And all of these ingredients are readily available on an assembly line of care every fourth Sunday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Yakima.
The fourth Sunday of the month at St. [...]
Following Her Dream From T-Ball to Fastpitch
June 19, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
By KIRSTEN FORD
SELAH HIGH SCHOOL
I’ve had the same dream since I was 7 years old.
It started with my father asking me to watch a women’s softball game on TV with him. That game changed my life forever. Central Washington University’s fastpitch team was playing a doubleheader. They were tied at 3, and it was last [...]
Ike Students Perform at Benaroya Hall
June 19, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
By KAMI CROSS
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
SEATTLE — This year, my school’s drama department entered the 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards.
In February, a group of people from Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre traveled to Ike to judge us on our performance of “Disney High School Musical On Stage!”
Other groups traveled throughout the state to judge other [...]
Governor Chris Gregoire Visits Yakima’s Front Street
June 19, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Other Stuff
Governor Chris Gregoire shakes the hands of local government officials on Yakima’s Front Street June 18, 2008, for the dedication of the of the Downtown Futures Initiative. JAMES HIBBS/Davis High School.
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