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It All Started in September 1986
when Dick Steinmetz decided West Valley needed a full service hardware store with exceptional customer service.
965-2622 • 7200 W. Nob Hill Blvd. (In Meadowbrook Mall)
18.823785.ANN.L
Plumbing - Hand & Power Tools - Electrical - Paint Lawn & Garden - Full Line of Animal & Pet Food Beer & Wine Making Supplies
“Best Yakima Valley Winery - Tasting Room”
2009 Yakima Business Times Readers Poll
One of “10 best new WA wineries” 2006 Seattle Times • Tasting room 7 days/week - 361 days/year • Daily 4-6 pm wine-by-the-glass specials • Wine from Yakima Valley vineyards makes a “local wine experience!” • We economically package and ship wine • “The best ‘First Friday’ party in downtown!” • Tasting room available for parties & receptions
Auto racing in the early 20th century at the Central Washington State Fairgrounds. Photo courtesy of the Central Washington State Fair.
10 South Second Street • Yakima, WA 98901 In the historic downtown Larson Building
(509) 453–6611
polo game, where automobiles with huge hoops over their hoods batted a big ball around. The 1930s brought disappointment — and change. After the stock market crash in 1929, the Legislature withheld funds for the state fair. And even after it was resumed in 1932, the event wasn’t drawing big crowds anymore. The Legislature abolished it in 1939. Local residents, however, weren’t about to let the fair die. A group of more than 40 people representing agriculture, livestock breeding, business, the Granges and 4-H clubs came together to organize a fair that same year, in late September. Its new name: the Central Washington Fair.
18.823745.ANN.L
Over 40 years ago Howard Morton started a small business bagging bark and selling it from a little office building at Boise Cascade. Ten years later he moved the business to it’s present location, which was an old slaughter house along the Yakima River in Terrace Heights. When Howard retired in 1987 his son, Dick, assumed the family business. The rest is history!
Delivearyble THE VALLEY’S MAJOR Avail WHOLESALER & RETAILER
L A N D S C A P I N G M AT E R I A L S
• R.R. Ties • Landscaping Bark & Red Rock • Aged Mulch • Steer Manure • Top Soil • Soil Blends
OF BARK CARRYING 5 SIZES OF BARK & MULCH FOR YOUR LANDSCAPING NEEDS E N H A N C E YO U R YA R D W I T H . . .
• Livestock Bedding • Concrete Stepping Stones • Lawn Edging • Landscaping Fabric
Landscaping Rocks & Boulders
Perfect for ponds, waterfalls, pathways. Adds that natural touch to your landscaping!
Terrace
Heights
575-8886
— Barbara Serrano
2105 Terrace Heights Drive - Yakima (Located by the Yakima River)
Annual 2010
Hours: Mon – Sat. 12–6:30 p.m. Sun. 12–5 p.m.
M-F 8AM-5PM • SAT 8:30AM-2:30PM
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