The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) back issues from July 2003:
Fireworks official says some of event's debt will be paid
Jul 09, 2003; ... JEFFREY MIZE, Columbian The Columbian 07-09-2003 Organizers of the Fourth of July festival sold slightly more fireworks this year than in 2002, but they still need to tally all costs to determine where they stand. Jim Larson, executive director of the Fourth of July ...
Liberians pin hopes on American peacekeeping force
Jul 09, 2003; ... GLENN McKENZIE, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 MONROVIA, Liberia -- U.S. military experts received a jubilant but chaotic welcome Tuesday from thousands of Liberians pleading for an American-led rescue mission to help end their west African country's ruinous civil war ....
British Columbia court allows same-sex marriages, couples wed soonafter
Jul 09, 2003; ... AP The Columbian 07-09-2003 TORONTO (AP) -- British Columbia became the second Canadian province to allow same-sex marriage under a court ruling Tuesday, and two men were wed shortly afterward in Vancouver. The decision by the province's Court of Appeal further increased ...
Demos want probe of uranium claim
Jul 09, 2003; ... DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 WASHINGTON -- Democrats pressed for deeper investigation of prewar U.S. intelligence efforts Tuesday after the White House admitted President Bush had erred in his State of the Union speech when he said Saddam Hussein had tried ...
Five found dead in California home
Jul 09, 2003; ... AP The Columbian 07-09-2003 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Five people, including three children, were found shot to death at a home Tuesday, and police searched for the vice principal of an elementary school as a possible suspect. The five, including a grandmother and a mother, ...
Payton decides to join Lakers over Portland
Jul 09, 2003; ... KEN PETERS, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Gary Payton is set to join the Los Angeles Lakers, and Karl Malone may not be far behind. The Lakers have been negotiating with Payton over the past several days, general manager Mitch Kupchak said ...
Spotlight: Tyson says he hates himself
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Mike Tyson says he has lost his soul as a human being and hates himself. "Maybe in my next life, I'll have a better life," Tyson said in an interview for Fox Sports Net's "Beyond the Glory," to be broadcast July 16. "And that's ...
Armstrong's time to shine starts with today's team time trial
Jul 09, 2003; ... JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 SAINT-DIZIER, France -- Now Lance Armstrong gets serious. His bid for a fifth straight Tour de France title begins in earnest today in team time trials. By day's end, Armstrong hopes to be wearing the leader's yellow ...
WNBA Report: Arcain scores final five in Comets' win
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Janeth Arcain wasn't trying to do anything special, but no one could argue with her contribution. Arcain scored 18 points, including the last five of the game, leading the Houston Comets to a 60-56 victory Tuesday night over the ...
M's notes: Guillen out once again
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 SEATTLE -- Notes from the Seattle Mariners' 6-5 win Tuesday over the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field: * Shortstop Carlos Guillen was out of the lineup for the sixth consecutive game Tuesday night because of a strained right ...
Carlton, Buble, Grant will sing for All-Stars
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 NEW YORK -- Vanessa Carlton will sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before next week's All-Star game and Michael Buble will sing "O Canada." Amy Grant, a five-time Grammy Award winner, will sing "God Bless America" during the ...
Golf Report: Woods might miss fall match play event
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Tiger Woods might miss the World Match Play championship because of a sponsorship commitment that conflicts with the Oct. 16-19 tournament. Woods has played in the event only once, in 1998, when Mark O'Meara beat him 1-up in the ...
GM keeps incentives in bid to spur sales
Jul 09, 2003; ... JOHN PORRETTO, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 DETROIT - General Motors Corp. extended most of its rebate and financing deals on 2003 models Tuesday as the world's largest automaker tried to spur what's been a lukewarm automotive market. As it has for much of the ...
Trucking giant Yellow to buy rival for $966 million
Jul 09, 2003; ... BRAD FOSS, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Trucking giant Yellow Corp. on Tuesday agreed to buy rival Roadway Corp. for $966 million in cash and stock, a large premium in a deal that would further consolidate an industry plagued by bankruptcies in recent years. The ...
Ridgefield school workers to get contract
Jul 09, 2003; ... GREGG SHERRARD BLESCH, Columbian The Columbian 07-09-2003 RIDGEFIELD - The school district and its classified workers have reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract, 10 months after the previous agreement expired and a full year after negotiations began."The ...
List of shellfish beds at risk in Washington keeps growing
Jul 09, 2003; ... AP The Columbian 07-09-2003 SEATTLE (AP) More Washington shellfish beds are on a government pollution watchlist this summer than at any time in the past seven years, according to the state Department of Health. Shellfish areas in 12 counties are on the verge of not meeting ...
State campaign agency opposing teachers union
Jul 09, 2003; ... PAUL QUEARY, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 OLYMPIA - The state's campaign watchdog agency voted unanimously Tuesday to seek an appeal of an appellate court ruling that overturned a massive fine against the Washington Education Association. Last month's ruling by a ...
Fireworks official says some of event's debt will be paid
Jul 09, 2003; ... JEFFREY MIZE, Columbian The Columbian 07-09-2003 Organizers of the Fourth of July festival sold slightly more fireworks this year than in 2002, but they still need to tally all costs to determine where they stand. Jim Larson, executive director of the Fourth of July ...
Liberians pin hopes on American peacekeeping force
Jul 09, 2003; ... GLENN McKENZIE, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 MONROVIA, Liberia -- U.S. military experts received a jubilant but chaotic welcome Tuesday from thousands of Liberians pleading for an American-led rescue mission to help end their west African country's ruinous civil war ....
British Columbia court allows same-sex marriages, couples wed soonafter
Jul 09, 2003; ... AP The Columbian 07-09-2003 TORONTO (AP) -- British Columbia became the second Canadian province to allow same-sex marriage under a court ruling Tuesday, and two men were wed shortly afterward in Vancouver. The decision by the province's Court of Appeal further increased ...
Demos want probe of uranium claim
Jul 09, 2003; ... DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 WASHINGTON -- Democrats pressed for deeper investigation of prewar U.S. intelligence efforts Tuesday after the White House admitted President Bush had erred in his State of the Union speech when he said Saddam Hussein had tried ...
Five found dead in California home
Jul 09, 2003; ... AP The Columbian 07-09-2003 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Five people, including three children, were found shot to death at a home Tuesday, and police searched for the vice principal of an elementary school as a possible suspect. The five, including a grandmother and a mother, ...
Payton decides to join Lakers over Portland
Jul 09, 2003; ... KEN PETERS, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Gary Payton is set to join the Los Angeles Lakers, and Karl Malone may not be far behind. The Lakers have been negotiating with Payton over the past several days, general manager Mitch Kupchak said ...
Spotlight: Tyson says he hates himself
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Mike Tyson says he has lost his soul as a human being and hates himself. "Maybe in my next life, I'll have a better life," Tyson said in an interview for Fox Sports Net's "Beyond the Glory," to be broadcast July 16. "And that's ...
Armstrong's time to shine starts with today's team time trial
Jul 09, 2003; ... JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 SAINT-DIZIER, France -- Now Lance Armstrong gets serious. His bid for a fifth straight Tour de France title begins in earnest today in team time trials. By day's end, Armstrong hopes to be wearing the leader's yellow ...
WNBA Report: Arcain scores final five in Comets' win
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Janeth Arcain wasn't trying to do anything special, but no one could argue with her contribution. Arcain scored 18 points, including the last five of the game, leading the Houston Comets to a 60-56 victory Tuesday night over the ...
M's notes: Guillen out once again
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 SEATTLE -- Notes from the Seattle Mariners' 6-5 win Tuesday over the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field: * Shortstop Carlos Guillen was out of the lineup for the sixth consecutive game Tuesday night because of a strained right ...
Carlton, Buble, Grant will sing for All-Stars
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 NEW YORK -- Vanessa Carlton will sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before next week's All-Star game and Michael Buble will sing "O Canada." Amy Grant, a five-time Grammy Award winner, will sing "God Bless America" during the ...
Golf Report: Woods might miss fall match play event
Jul 09, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Tiger Woods might miss the World Match Play championship because of a sponsorship commitment that conflicts with the Oct. 16-19 tournament. Woods has played in the event only once, in 1998, when Mark O'Meara beat him 1-up in the ...
GM keeps incentives in bid to spur sales
Jul 09, 2003; ... JOHN PORRETTO, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 DETROIT - General Motors Corp. extended most of its rebate and financing deals on 2003 models Tuesday as the world's largest automaker tried to spur what's been a lukewarm automotive market. As it has for much of the ...
Trucking giant Yellow to buy rival for $966 million
Jul 09, 2003; ... BRAD FOSS, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 Trucking giant Yellow Corp. on Tuesday agreed to buy rival Roadway Corp. for $966 million in cash and stock, a large premium in a deal that would further consolidate an industry plagued by bankruptcies in recent years. The ...
Ridgefield school workers to get contract
Jul 09, 2003; ... GREGG SHERRARD BLESCH, Columbian The Columbian 07-09-2003 RIDGEFIELD - The school district and its classified workers have reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract, 10 months after the previous agreement expired and a full year after negotiations began."The ...
List of shellfish beds at risk in Washington keeps growing
Jul 09, 2003; ... AP The Columbian 07-09-2003 SEATTLE (AP) More Washington shellfish beds are on a government pollution watchlist this summer than at any time in the past seven years, according to the state Department of Health. Shellfish areas in 12 counties are on the verge of not meeting ...
State campaign agency opposing teachers union
Jul 09, 2003; ... PAUL QUEARY, Associated Press The Columbian 07-09-2003 OLYMPIA - The state's campaign watchdog agency voted unanimously Tuesday to seek an appeal of an appellate court ruling that overturned a massive fine against the Washington Education Association. Last month's ruling by a ...
Warning: Fire Danger; College students help rural homeowners cut therisk of a wildlands blaze
Jul 10, 2003; ... TOM VOGT, Columbian The Columbian 07-10-2003 HOCKINSON -- Homeowners might call it towering splendor. Carlyn Arteaga and Miranda Perry call it fuel. The green hillsides east of Hockinson are peppered with secluded homes nestled in the shadows of massive firs. ...
Notebook: PDX 'gross error' omits Vancouver-friendly option
Jul 10, 2003; ... SCOTT HEWITT, Columbian The Columbian 07-10-2003 It's called alternative 9(a), and it's hot stuff. But airport-noise foes had to stay pretty sharp to make sure they didn't miss it. At an open house a couple of weeks ago, airport noise-program staff and consultants trotted out ...
Hoppers Habitat
Jul 10, 2003; ... ROBERT WELLER, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -- Already the jokes are making the rounds. Will the new housing at the base of the ski mountain be named Toad Hall? Toad Towers? Kermit's Condos? The guests will be endangered boreal toads. The ...
Bane to bugs back in Alaska after shortage
Jul 10, 2003; ... RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Customers accused shop-owners of hoarding the stuff. Trappers called them unprintable names. Old-time Alaskans moaned their disappointment at the empty store shelves. All this over an ochre-colored ...
Donors get refunds if Locke doesn't run
Jul 10, 2003; ... PAUL QUEARY, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 OLYMPIA - Gov. Gary Locke said Wednesday that people who have donated to his possible re-election campaign will get refunds if he doesn't seek a third term. Locke said he hasn't decided whether he's running. However, ...
Rebuked FBI discipline official to head Portland office
Jul 10, 2003; ... LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller has given the head of the bureau's internal discipline unit a supervisory assignment outside Washington, three months after rebuking the official for his conduct toward a whistleblower ....
Columbian buys land downtown
Jul 10, 2003; ... JULIA ANDERSON, Columbian The Columbian 07-10-2003 The Columbian completed the first phase of a complex land deal this week that could result in construction of a hotel-conference center and another office building in downtown Vancouver. After months of negotiations, the ...
Poll finds consumers still tepid on economy
Jul 10, 2003; ... AP The Columbian 07-10-2003 NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) U.S. consumer confidence in the economy failed to break out of its rut last week, according to an ABC News/Money Magazine poll released Wednesday. The consumer comfort index rose two points to negative 18 in the week ended ...
Spotlight: Graham puts candidacy on fast track
Jul 10, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 Democratic presidential candidate Bob Graham hopes his sponsorship of a NASCAR Craftsman Truck will help him connect with rural and small-town voters. His first challenge may be the driver of that NASCAR truck. Jon Wood, ...
Horses: Poisoning of horses shocks close-knit saddlebred community
Jul 10, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 A champion show horse and four stablemates near Lexington, Ky., fell ill after someone injected them with a mysterious substance, knocking several of the animals out of a top competition and unnerving the American saddlebred industry's ...
NHL: Note, cuts point to Lyashenko suicide
Jul 10, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 New York Rangers forward Roman Lyashenko wrote a suicide note, then apparently tried to cut his wrists before hanging himself, a Turkish police officer said Wednesday. Lyashenko's body was found hanging Sunday by a belt in the ...
WNBA Report: Sparks give Mystics 11th loss in a row
Jul 10, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 Sharp-shooting Tamecka Dixon had a career-high 28 points, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat Washington 97-91 Wednesday night as the Mystics tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive defeat. Dixon made 11 of 14 shots and ...
Officials set to declare near-total ban on outdoor burning
Jul 10, 2003; ... ERIK ROBINSON, Columbian The Columbian 07-10-2003 As firefighters attack a series of wildland blazes in Eastern Washington, local fire experts are sweating out an ever-growing hazard on the west side of the Cascade Mountains. It's dry. So dry, in fact, that state and ...
Bush: Few troops going to Liberia
Jul 10, 2003; ... TOM RAUM, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 PRETORIA, South Africa -- President Bush suggested Wednesday that any U.S. military help in ending brutal civil unrest in Liberia might consist mostly of advisers and trainers to avoid stretching American forces too thinly around ...
U.S. team sees human cost of war
Jul 10, 2003; ... GLENN McKENZIE, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 MONROVIA, Liberia -- U.S. military advisers came face to face Wednesday with the dreadful cost of Liberia's war, wading through wards overflowing with wounded some nursing bandaged stumps in a damaged hospital named for a ...
Two more fugitive Iraqis caught by U.S.
Jul 10, 2003; ... PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. forces captured Iraq's swashbuckling former interior minister, while a top-level Baath party official surrendered, the latest arrests from a list of 55 most-wanted fugitives from Saddam Hussein's ousted ...
Census 2000: Americans flock to suburbs in West
Jul 10, 2003; ... GENARO C. ARMAS, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 WASHINGTON -- Americans on the move are seeking space and sun, turning once-sleepy suburbs in Arizona, Nevada and California into the nation's fastest-growing cities. The Phoenix suburb of Gilbert has grown by nearly ...
This Old Park: Mount Rainier struggles with maintenance
Jul 10, 2003; ... LINDA ASHTON, Associated Press The Columbian 07-10-2003 Superintendent Dave Uberuaga compares the upkeep of Mount Rainier National Park to that of maintaining a beautiful old home with 2 million visitors a year. As he walks along the lush green trail to the ...
Review: 'Extraordinary Gentlemen' an awkward film
Jul 11, 2003; ... ANTHONY BREZNICAN, Associated Press The Columbian 07-11-2003 It's a high-school dropout's worst nightmare: You buy a ticket to a summer action film. You see all the great characters from the Cliff's Notes you skimmed in a panic before English Lit tests, which you failed ...
Top Videos
Jul 11, 2003; ... The Associated Press The Columbian 07-11-2003 Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appear in this week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission. Top VHS Rentals (Based on data provided by the Video Software Dealers Assn.) ...
Dining Out: ISLAND CAFE - Get away to waterfront cafe
Jul 11, 2003; ... ANNIE PIERCE RUSUNEN, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 * WHERE: 250 N.E. Tomahawk Island Drive, Portland (head east on Northeast Tomahawk Drive on Hayden Island and turn right into McCuddy's Marina. To get to Island Cafe, walk down the boat ramp to the floating restaurant on the ...
The Amphitheater At Clark County - Noteworthy night
Jul 11, 2003; ... ERIN MIDDLEWOOD, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 The Amphitheater at Clark County hit mostly the right notes on its opening night Thursday. Fans inside grooved to John Mayer and Counting Crows, and only the closest neighbors could hear strains of music and the cheering ...
The Amphitheater At Clark County - All quiet on Ridgefield front:Neighbors enjoy a still evening in the country
Jul 11, 2003; ... GREGG HERRINGTON, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 Garrison Keillor, of National Public Radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," might have described Thursday night's inaugural amphitheater concert as "a quiet night in Lake Woebegon, my hometown." This was the Clark County ...
The Amphitheater At Clark County - Thumbs up: Fans give Mayer,weather, facility high marks; prices criticized
Jul 11, 2003; ... JEFFREY MIZE, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 The first people in line to see the first show at The Amphitheater at Clark County had some definite ideas about what makes for a good concert. Start with gorgeous weather, mix in close friends and cap it off with great music ....
Troops could be in Iraq four years from now, Franks says
Jul 11, 2003; ... MATT KELLEY, Associated Press The Columbian 07-11-2003 WASHINGTON - American troops could still be in Iraq four years from now, the war's former commander told members of Congress concerned about persistent, deadly attacks. The number of U.S. troops in Iraq probably won't ...
The Amphitheater At Clark County - Opening night noise is a breezefor closest neighbor
Jul 11, 2003; ... DEAN BAKER, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 Standing in his vegetable garden 330 yards from The Amphitheater at Clark County on Thursday night, Steve Olson rendered his verdict on noise. "You really have to pay attention to even hear it," said Olson, 60, whose house on ...
So, We Meet Again
Jul 11, 2003; ... TIM KORTE, Associated Press The Columbian 07-11-2003 SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki laughs when he considers the possibilities for this weekend's three-game series between the Mariners and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Sweet Lou will be back in town, so just about anything can happen....
Ponson shuts down Mariners on 89 pitches
Jul 11, 2003; ... TIM KORTE, Associated Press The Columbian 07-11-2003 SEATTLE - Sidney Ponson won't be going to the All-Star Game, even if he's a late invitee as an injury replacement. That doesn't mean he hasn't been one of the best pitchers in the American League all season. Ponson threw ...
Local Marine jailed for refusing vaccine
Jul 11, 2003; ... DEAN BAKER, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 A Marine Corps helicopter pilot from Vancouver who refused on religious grounds to receive an anthrax vaccination has been dismissed from the service and sentenced to 25 days in jail. First Lt. Erick Enz, 32, a 1989 Hudson's Bay ...
Vancouver to spend $45,000 on hotel project consultant
Jul 11, 2003; ... JEFFREY MIZE, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 Vancouver has decided to spend another $45,000 in sales tax proceeds on its downtown hotel project, at a time when there are conflicting opinions as to how these state dollars can be spent. The Vancouver Public Facilities ...
Mystery peregrine falcon may be Mack
Jul 11, 2003; ... JOHN BRANTON, Columbian The Columbian 07-11-2003 CAMAS - The first time Jim Hubbard released Mack the peregrine falcon near Camas on Sunday, the 2 1/2-month-old bird came back. But not the second time. "He didn't even look back," said Hubbard, 61, a retired attorney ...