The Yakima Stake is 50 years old this year. It was formed from the Richland Stake in 1959. Twenty years later it was divided into the Yakima and Selah Stakes. This past weekend the stake had a celebration. Saturday was a fun day with hamburgers and hot dogs behind the stake center and displays in the cultural hall. On Sunday evening the stake held a fireside where the previous stake presidents who are living and the current stake president and their wives spoke.