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The Yakima Family YMCA has provided youngsters the opportunity to experience independence and the great outdoors for nearly three quarters of a century at Camp Dudley - located just a few miles outside of Yakima on the shores of beautiful Clear Lake near White Pass.

You are seeing the hashtag everywhere today as the nation celebrates National Comic Book day. I'm a huge fan of comic books and there are good reasons to be a fan of these flashy four-colored magazines even if you don't like comics.

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. –P.J. O’Rourke

Sometimes I feel like a totally evil woman when I tell my kids they can only use their computers or phones for an hour a night. They both play several musical instruments, so of course I want them to practice. When they get mad at me I tell them to go practice or read their books for school...

Math is my worst subject -- always has been. I had a father who was on me every day to know my stuff by heart. He wouldn't let me count on my fingers, which really sucked. But thanks to his persistence, I can balance a checkbook and I use those math skills nearly every day...

Mt. Adams Lodge #227 and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves have joined forces to reward young readers in the Yakima School District.

The Buena Library reopens this week in a new building and will be a great place for kids to get their summer reading done. The new facility is located at the same address as the old, double-wide trailer that housed the Buena Library for about ten years.

Free Comic Book Day is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books FREE to anyone who comes into their stores...If you are a big comic book fan or a new fan, today is the day that you can score some free comics from area comic book retailers.

J.K. Rowling has a new website entitled Pottermore.com and fans of Harry Potter are curious ...