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1. Budget proposal calls for 26 county job cuts

   Tuesday Nov 10 | Yakima Herald-Republic

   ... Campbell to the Department of Corrections. His position will not be filled. The county is looking for a way to keep Eschbach Park open, perhaps by transferring the South Naches Road park to a nonprofit group or finding some revenue source outside ...

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2. Rockefeller praises Eschbacher

   Oct 15, 2009 | Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

   The principal at Parkersburg South High School was in Washington Thursday to be recognized as the West Virginia High School Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and MetLife.

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3. Budget gap may force Yakima County to make 60 layoffs

   Oct 10, 2009 | Yakima Herald-Republic

   ... costs in line with revenues. He also said the county is negotiating with a unnamed group to assume ownership of Eschbach Park, a 50-acre park northwest of Yakima on South Naches Road. Transferring the park will save the county $50,000 in general ...

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4. County Services To Be Cut With Major Deficit

   Sep 15, 2009 | KIMA

   ... be reducing our services in 2010" Money has gotten so tight in the county, the the last park they were maintaining, Eschbach, will close in 2010 because there just wasn't money in the budget. And it's not the only place the County will have to cut ...

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5. Going once, twice ... quiz answers here

   Sep 13, 2009 | Yakima Herald-Republic

   ... of Washington for her work in preserving B) the Yakama language 3. Why is Yakima County considering closing Eschbach Park and possibly selling the land? D) the county is facing a large shortfall in its 2010 budget 4. What does Brenda Gonzalez, a ...

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6. Here are the questions you've been waiting for

   Sep 12, 2009 | Yakima Herald-Republic

   ... language C) the Miss Yakima Valley float D) the Yakima Valley Trolleys 3. Why is Yakima County considering closing Eschbach Park and possibly selling the land? A) nobody goes there anymore B) the site could be used for a privately operated landfill ...

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7. Commissioners should explore options to keep Eschbach open

   Sep 11, 2009 | Yakima Herald-Republic

   ... budget for next year, would move so swiftly to consider shuttering the county's last remaining major public park -- Eschbach Park, a 50-acre rural parcel of land along South Naches Road northwest of Yakima. In fact, the commissioners portray ...

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   Related Topix: Yakima, WA, Yakima County, WA, West Valley, WA, Sunnyside, WA

8. Part with the park?

   Sep 7, 2009 | Yakima Herald-Republic

   For nearly 90 years, Valley residents have gone to Eschbach Park for picnics, games and relaxing strolls.

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   Related Topix: Yakima County, WA, Yakima, WA, Olympia, WA, West Valley, WA

9. The Tuesday Crew-- Volunteers keep things running at Ag museum

   Jul 24, 2009 | Yakima Herald-Republic

   ... painted. Outhouses are repaired. "I don't know why we picked Tuesday. It just kinda grew over the years," says Bob Eschbach, 84, the only surviving founder of the 30-year-old museum. "The first volunteers here were farmers and they would show up any ...

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   Related Topix: Union Gap, WA, Agriculture, Science