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Photos of the Week (June 29 – July 5)

Michelle Schubert, 27, and Jordan Vidmore, 23, slack line - walking along a narrow strip of webbing suspended above the ground between two trees - in Randall Park in Yakima, Wash. June 26, 2015. They're practicing for when they set up their line hundreds off the feet the ground. "It's the scariest thing I've ever willingly done," says Schubert. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Michelle Schubert, 27, and Jordan Vidmore, 23, slack line – walking along a narrow strip of webbing suspended above the ground between two trees – in Randall Park in Yakima, Wash. June 26, 2015. They’re practicing for when they set up their line hundreds off the feet the ground. “It’s the scariest thing I’ve ever willingly done,” says Schubert. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Nathasha Spencer and her 5-month-old son Nathaniel Jorgenson stand outside the Cascade and Senator Apartments in downtown Yakima, Wash. June 29 when a widespread power failure forced them from their fourth-floor apartment. Without power for their air conditioner they went to the street to cool off. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Nathasha Spencer and her 5-month-old son Nathaniel Jorgenson stand outside the Cascade and Senator Apartments in downtown Yakima, Wash. June 29 when a widespread power failure forced them from their fourth-floor apartment. Without power for their air conditioner they went to the street to cool off. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Kittitas Reclamation District worker K.C. Brooks works on a pipe which carries water from a nearby KRD irrigation canal to Big Creek west of Cle Elum, Wash. June 23, 2015. The water is boosting the flow of Big Creek and helping it weather this year's drought. Similar pipes are also supplementing six other creeks that flow into the Yakima River from the slopes to the south of Interstate 90. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Kittitas Reclamation District worker K.C. Brooks works on a pipe which carries water from a nearby KRD irrigation canal to Big Creek west of Cle Elum, Wash. June 23, 2015. The water is boosting the flow of Big Creek and helping it weather this year’s drought. Similar pipes are also supplementing six other creeks that flow into the Yakima River from the slopes to the south of Interstate 90.
(GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Sierra Palmer of Grandview, Wash. cools off her horse Ruby before the first night of the Toppenish Rodeo at the Toppenish Rodeo Grounds in Toppenish, Wash. on July 3, 2015. Toppenish's Fourth of July activities continue today with the Wild West Parade at 11 a.m. and another evening of rodeo starting at 7:30 p.m. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Sierra Palmer of Grandview, Wash. cools off her horse Ruby before the first night of the Toppenish Rodeo at the Toppenish Rodeo Grounds in Toppenish, Wash. on July 3, 2015. Toppenish’s Fourth of July activities continue today with the Wild West Parade at 11 a.m. and another evening of rodeo starting at 7:30 p.m. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Garrett Brenden teaches kids about the different parts of a beaver during Nature Camp at the Arboretum in Yakima, Wash. on July 2, 2015. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Garrett Brenden teaches kids about the different parts of a beaver during Nature Camp at the Arboretum in Yakima, Wash. on July 2, 2015. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)

World War II veteran, Beryl Thomas, rides in Jim Thomas' 1961 Chevrolet down South Toppenish Avenue during the Annual Toppenish Wild West Parade in Toppenish, Wash. Saturday, July 4, 2015. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

World War II veteran, Beryl Thomas, rides in Jim Thomas’ 1961 Chevrolet down South Toppenish Avenue during the Annual Toppenish Wild West Parade in Toppenish, Wash. Saturday, July 4, 2015. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Ruby Perkins photographed in the Fourth of July decorated dining room at the Blossom Place in Yakima, Wash. Thursday, July 2, 2015. Perkins will be a 102-year-old on the Fourth of July. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Ruby Perkins photographed in the Fourth of July decorated dining room at the Blossom Place in Yakima, Wash. Thursday, July 2, 2015. Perkins will be a 102-year-old on the Fourth of July. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Carlos Murill of Wenatchee hugs his wife, Vitan Murillo, after Vitan received her U.S. Citizenship during the Naturalization Ceremony at the Yakima Fair Grounds in Yakima, Wash. Saturday, July 4, 2015. One hundred seventy-one became U.S. citizens. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Carlos Murill of Wenatchee hugs his wife, Vitan Murillo, after Vitan received her U.S. Citizenship during the Naturalization Ceremony at the Yakima Fair Grounds in Yakima, Wash. Saturday, July 4, 2015. One hundred seventy-one became U.S. citizens. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Attendees seek shade near the gazebo during the Yakima Valley Community Band summer concert at Randall Park Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The summer concerts in Yakima will continue every Wednesday of July at Randall Park, including a concert on July 4th. All concerts will begin at 7:00 p.m. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Attendees seek shade near the gazebo during the Yakima Valley Community Band summer concert at Randall Park Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The summer concerts in Yakima will continue every Wednesday of July at Randall Park, including a concert on July 4th. All concerts will begin at 7:00 p.m. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Action from Pippins game one against the Walla Walla Sweets at the Yakima County Stadium Friday, July 3, 2015. Pippins went on to defeat Walla Wall 6 to 1. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

Action from Pippins game one against the Walla Walla Sweets at the Yakima County Stadium Friday, July 3, 2015. Pippins went on to defeat Walla Wall 6 to 1. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

–Gordon, Kaitlyn, & Mason