Making room - 
In one room, a pair of hands whips bed sheets into perfect squares as dryers hum. Upstairs another woman cleans 16 rooms today, whisking away the crumpled towels and tiny bars of used soap. She smoothes the wrinkles from the white landscape of the bed, w...

08/31/08 Volunteer Opportunities  - 
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * READING TUTORS: Washington Reading Corps tutors are needed for the coming school year. Tutors will serve nearly 11 months, working in the classroom, tutoring children to meet grade-level reading...

08/24/08 Volunteer Opportunities  - 
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * TROLLEY HELPERS: Yakima Valley Trolleys will hold a new volunteer day. No prior experience is necessary. The training will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers will learn how to help p...

A natural media for kids - 
ELLENSBURG -- Seashells, beeswax, pine cones, flower petals and sand dollars crowd the classroom shelves. It is an artist's wonderland where kids are able to sift through and pick the perfect object to make their next creation a possibility. Art dangles f...

08/17/08 Volunteer Opportunities  - 
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * CLERICAL STAFF: EPIC Parker Heights Center in Wapato is looking for volunteers to help its clerical staff. Volunteers will assist with filing, organizing, answering phones and covering the front...

This one's for you, Mom - 
There's no crying at rock shows. So Lois Champoux stayed strong, and sat quietly smiling, every once in a while adjusting her earplugs, while her son Kelly stood on the small stage at the Yakima Sports Center a couple...

08/10/08 Volunteer Opportunities  - 
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * CRISIS LINE: Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health is looking for volunteers to help with its 24-hour crisis line. Training will take place in October for 30 hours over the course of...