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Larson Gallery gathering to celebrate 10 years of wa'paas teaching for Bessie Bill (opens the original)
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The Larson Gallery in Yakima will host a party on Friday to celebrate Bessie Bill's first decade of teaching traditional waâpaas weaving techniques in Central Washington. It will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the main Larson Gallery, 1606 W. Nob Hill Blvd. The event is open to the public and will include cake and weaving. Bill, whose Indian name is Wahpeniat, is an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation with blood ties to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon. S
Brisk winds don't deter Central Washington State Fair fans - or stop racing farm animals (opens the original)
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Azul the duck didn't lead from the start, but a late sprint put him first across the finish line in a thrilling race on the opening day of the Central Washington State Fair. His team of supporters cheered loudly Friday afternoon as Azul won the final competition of the Barnyard Racers animal racing show. The 20-minute event on the grassy area just south of the Modern Living Building featured races on a short wood-chip track involving pigs, lambs, goats and ducks. Seeing the animal races was a t
Central Washington State Fair begins Friday in Yakima. Here's what you need to know (opens the original)
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Racing pigs will return to the Central Washington State Fair, along with racing turkeys, geese, goats, sheep, ducks and chickens. Television chef Sandra Lee will judge apple pies and help celebrate female farmers, and demolition derbies and new fair foods are in the lineup. The fair kicks off at noon Friday and closes at 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at State Fair Park. This year's theme, "Honoring Our Past, Growing Our Future", reflects on the history of the United States at its 250th birthday and
Yakama educator, leader and advocate Patsy Whitefoot honored by nonprofit (opens the original)
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Patricia Whitefoot first entered a classroom at White Swan Elementary School. She lived in Medicine Valley, where she and her family grew and gathered their food and learned traditional knowledge and practices from their elders. Being away from her family in a building and a town miles from her home was daunting. "When I entered school, it was real foreign to me," Whitefoot, who is 77, said during a recent interview. But she embraced it and has dedicated her life to education in her own way. For
Searchers still looking for Anthony 'Tony' Swan near Mount Adams (opens the original)
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Searchers continue to look for Anthony "Tony" Swan, 21, near Mount Adams after he went missing on a family fishing trip in a remote area of the Yakama Reservation. Swan, 21, was last seen at approximately 2:55 p.m. Sept. 3 at Mosquito Lake, near the Potato Hill area in a portion of the Yakama Reservation that's open only to Yakama tribal citizens. He was wearing a green shirt, dark-colored pants, a gray hooded sweater and Air Jordans. Swan and cousins took a day trip for some fishing and to sp
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