A newly established animal rescue group, Wags to Riches Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, has many volunteer opportunities available!!!!  The most pressing areas right now are.......  

WAPATO CLASS OF 1958 Alumni/alumnae are asked to contact Sylvia Van Cleave at 509-877-3891, or Tom Cerna at 509-985-5808, in preparation for a special celebration planned during the Wapato Centennial. The WHS Class of 1958 was the first to graduate from the “new” high school building. Members of the class are asked to ride on a Wapato Labor Day Parade float, dressed casual in the blue & gold school colors. If you know of anyone missing from the Class of 1958, call Bertha Garza at 877-9906.

SEPTEMBER 20th WAPATO CLASSES OF ’44, ’45, and ’46 at the Clarion Hotel’s Vineyard Room, 1507 N First Street, Email Chub Meyers mahecabar@aoo.com or call Florence Graham 248-9270

TOPPENISH CLASS OF 1958 50 Year Reunion, Howard Johnsons in Yakima 6 p.m. September 20th. For more information about this event call Chuck Wentz 509-882-4277 or Rosalie Shequin Heit 509-865-3338

HAVE A REUNION COMING UP? – Contact Hazel at the Review Independent Office at 865-4055 Fax to 865-2655 or email Hazel@yvnewspapers.com

TOPPENISH CLASS OF 1946 Hosting a gathering at the Best Western August 23rd at 7 p.m. and brunch August 14th at Heritage Restaurant 10a.m.  Call Louise Potter at 509-865-2059 for more information

WAPATO CLASS OF 1958 Alumni/alumnae are asked to contact Sylvia Van Cleave at 509-877-3891, or Tom Cerna at 509-985-5808, in preparation for a special celebration planned during the Wapato Centennial. The WHS Class of 1958 was the first to graduate from the “new” high school building. Members of the class are asked to ride on a Wapato Labor Day Parade float, dressed casual in the blue & gold school colors. If you know of anyone missing from the Class of 1958, call Bertha Garza at 877-9906.

SEPTEMBER 20th WAPATO CLASSES OF ’44, ’45, and ’46 at the Clarion Hotel’s Vineyard Room, 1507 N First Street, Email Chub Meyers mahecabar@aoo.com or call Florence Graham 248-9270

TOPPENISH CLASS OF 1958 50 Year Reunion, Howard Johnsons in Yakima 6 p.m. September 20th. For more information call Chuck Wentz 509-882-4277 or Rosalie Shequin Heit 509-865-3338

TOPPENISH —In addition to sponsoring the largest free outdoor music festival of the summer in Toppenish, EMBARQ Communications will also collect clothing during the event for the Lower Valley Crisis Center.

TOPPENISH - The weekend beginning Aug. 15 will offer visitors and local residents the opportunity for lots of fun from one end of Railroad Park to the other.

Pictured: Youngsters enjoy a caboose ride at the Rail and Steam Museum earlier this year. File photo

WAPATO CLASS OF 1958 Alumni/alumnae are asked to contact Sylvia Van Cleave at 509-877-3891, or Tom Cerna at 509-985-5808, in preparation for a special celebration planned during the Wapato Centennial. The WHS Class of 1958 was the first to graduate from the “new” high school building. Members of the class are asked to ride on a Wapato Labor Day Parade float, dressed casual in the blue & gold school colors. If you know of anyone missing from the Class of 1958, call Bertha Garza at 877-9906.

SEPTEMBER 20th WAPATO CLASSES OF ’44, ’45, AND ’46 at the Clarion Hotel’s Vineyard Room, 1507 N First Street, Email Chub Meyers mahecabar@aoo.com or call Florence Graham 248-9270.

The Toppenish Livestock and Rodeo Association Annual Lifetime Membership meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 12, at the Toppenish Fraternal Order of the Eagles, S. Division St.

Discussions will include a recap of the past year, plans for the future, election of officers, and an open forum.

All lifetime members are encouraged to attend this meeting.

Michael Patricia Fish, daughter of John and Linda Fish of Toppenish, will graduate cum laude from Seattle University June 15, with a bachelor of arts degree in business administration.

Fish was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for business students.

She plans to further her education at Seattle University’s School of Law, where she will study corporate law.    

Toppenish City Councilman Al Hubert announced at the June 9 Council meeting that a 30-person contingent of local National Guard personnel will deploy to Iraq in August, and he wants to send them off with an open house at the Toppenish Armory July 12.

He said final plans are still being formulated, but he is asking anyone who is interested in helping with the open house to contact him.

Hubert can be reached at 865-3463.

FREE Classes for the community on a variety of subjects. Every Tuesday night at 7:00PM at 105 E. 4th St, Wapato, WA 98951 (The Lighthouse Church)