Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from January 1998:
Guest column by Chris Cole--Choice of a generation
Jan 01, 1998; ... VOICES Guest Columnist Maybe it's just me, but as I sit around at home and mindlesslywatch my average of six hours of television, I can't believe all thelame jingles and things I see on commercials. It appears to me that every advertisement has to have a littlesong to go ...
Yakima residents asked to comment on Helen Jewett -- YHR Person of the Year.
Jan 01, 1998 ... When area residents were asked for comments on Helen Jewett'sselection as Person of the Year, the response was overwhelming.Friends, colleagues and those who benefited from her charity workoffered a mountain of anecdotes and praise. Here's a little bit ofwhat they said: "So many ...
A Yakima family of four, including two young children, were robbed at gunpoint in their home late Tuesday by three armed men.
Jan 01, 1998 ... Yakima police Lt. Jeff Schneider said the robbers kicked in thefront door of a home on the 600 block of North Third Street about11:45 p.m. while the family was asleep. The armed men gathered theoccupants of the house -- a man, woman ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 01, 1998 ... Let's compare To the editor -- In a letter appearing in the Dec. 27 issue,Larry Richey calls for the impeachment of President Clinton andattempts to dismiss the Watergate affair of the Nixon administrationas a trivial burglary. Let us examine the conduct of both presidentsin ...
Helen Jewett chosen as YHR Person of the Year for 1998
Jan 01, 1998; ... A glance at an old newspaper offers an introduction as good asany to the Helen Jewett story. Headlines cry of armed robbery, assault and the latestcongressional hijinks. But also out there on the front page is something to brighten theday's outlook. "Grant bolsters ...
Yak County Jail Inmates' resolutions? Get out and stay out
Jan 01, 1998; ... There's a place where New Year's resolutions mean more thansimply losing weight, getting in shape or saving money. It's the Yakima County jail, where inmates have nothing but timeto ponder the past -- soured relationships, children that haven'tbeen seen in years, crimes detected ...
Kitty (the dog) home after missing from Summitview Health Care Center.
Jan 01, 1998 ... Things are better at Yakima's Summitview Health Care Center sinceKitty the dog returned Wednesday. Missing since Friday, the resident dog of the nursing home wasfound by police lying on some warehouse steps in Yakima, said nurseKelly Stadler. Police called the animal pound, which ...
Facts and Records
Jan 01, 1998 ... Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital BOWERS - To Nicole Marie Bowers, Selah, a daughter, Dejah LynnBowers, 6 pounds 4 1/2 ounces, 7:42 a.m., Dec. 29, 1998. MERRILL - To Joshua Lionel Merrill and Leslie Marie Mickles,Yakima, a son, Alex Tyler Merrill, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, 12:16 ...
Yakima Herald-Republic Person of the Year established in 1981.
Jan 01, 1998 ... Established in 1981, the Yakima Herald-Republic's annual "Personof the Year" honor recognizes people who have distinguishedthemselves or the community in ways both great and small. Consideration for the award is not limited to Yakima, butincludes residents from throughout the ...
Recycling program for Christmas trees/Chesterley Park
Jan 01, 1998 ... Yakima residents wanting to get rid of their Christmas tree cantake them to a recycling program at Chesterley Park Saturday andJan. 10. The eighth annual program by the city, county, Pacific Power andvolunteers will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and againJan. 10 from 8 ...
Death notices
Jan 01, 1998 ... Kathryn M. Ackerlund Kathryn M. Ackerlund, 73, of Cle Elum died Tuesday at KittitasValley Community Hospital. She was born in Roslyn and worked as a waitress. Survivors include a son, Mike Ackerlund of Roslyn; one brother,Emirick Dorich of Roslyn; four sisters, ...
Death Notices
Jan 01, 1998 ... Douglas Timothy Hill Douglas Timothy Hill, infant son of Travis J. Hill and ShannonL. Hall, died soon after birth Dec. 22, 1998, in Yakima ValleyMemorial Hospital. Besides his parents, Douglas is survived by his grandmothers,Desiree Hall and Carol Hill, both of ...
MILITARY BRIEFS FOR AREA RESIDENTS IN MILITARY
Jan 01, 1998 ... Army National Guard Pvt. Shawn A. Lebret, son of Jeanette E.Miller of Spokane and Dick Lebret of Wapato, has entered basicmilitary training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Marine Cpl. Apolinario Zuniga, son of Apolinario and Yolanda S.Zuniga of Granger, recently received the ...
Farm-worker report states there are plenty of farm workers in the country.
Jan 01, 1998; ... A federal report stating there are plenty of farm workers in thecountry is being called flawed by farm industry leaders. The report, compiled by the General Accounting Office andreleased Wednesday, concludes that ample supplies of farm laborappear to be available in most areas, and ...
When the Yakima Herald-Republic started to call people about Helen Jewett being selected as the "Person of the Year" for 1998, the response was
Jan 01, 1998 ... overwhelming. Friends, colleagues and people who had benefitedfrom her charity work called in droves to offer anecdotes andpraise. They called from ski getaways with their spouses in Oregonand holiday vacations at their parents' homes in Iowa. Here's alittle bit of what they ...
EDITORIALS-- New challenges face legislators
Jan 01, 1998 ... So far so good. Let's just hope that when the Legislatureconvenes Jan. 12 lawmakers and Gov. Gary Locke continue to keeptheir current focus on holding the line on any new spending. As a state we find ourselves in a curious quandry these days. Abooming economy has produced a ...
Guest Column by Jerry Goebel -- Lone Ranger's in the dark when it comes to finding joy in real life
Jan 01, 1998; ... Guest columnist I used to dream about being the Lone Ranger. I'm not sure if itwas the mask, the horse or the silver bullet, but I wanted to belike him. Now as an adult, the thing I admire most about the LoneRanger is that he rode off into the sunset at the end of eachepisode ....
Around the Valley--Baby sitter charged with rape in Kennewick--Don Hughes says goodbye as S'side mayor--Yakima home robbed, etc..
Jan 01, 1998 ... KENNEWICK -- A Sunnyside baby sitter was charged Monday in BentonCounty District Court in the suspected rape of a 7-year-old Prossergirl. Deputies arrested Laura Breeze, 26, on Christmas eve at her home,sheriff's Captain Larry Taylor said after the incident was reportedin ...
Friends have set up a benefit fund for a 21-year-old Yakima man seriously injured in a recent vehicle crash./Nathan Humbard
Jan 01, 1998 ... The U.S. Bank account is in Nathan Humbard's name, according tohis friend, Wayne Doan. The number is 4682210597. Humbard was involved in a wreck early Friday, a day that led totwo fatalities in the region due to icy road conditions. Humbard suffered internal and spinal ...
MUSITELLI CPO--TIME TO PUT ON THE FEED BAG -- LOOKING MORE LIKE ORNAMENTS HANGING ON A LEFTOVER CHRISTMAS TREE, THESE THREE BIRDS ARE ACTUALLY AWAITING
Jan 01, 1998 ... THEIR TURN ON A ...
This year's nominees for YHR Person of the Year
Jan 01, 1998 ... Calhoun, Barbara Carmody, Jaime Cole, Marvin Chaplain Crawford, Jeanne Elkins, Ronald Dr. Griss, Diane Gutierrez, Irene Huff, Laura Elizabeth Jetton, Sanford Jewett, Helen Jones, Bob Jones, ...
The Wine Country Farm Kitchen, believed to be the only public pay- by-the-hour commercial kitchen in the area, offers Benton City caterer David Harris plenty
Jan 01, 1998 ... of elbow room. Harris is one of the regular users of the kitchen,located near Prosser and operated cooperatively by the Port ofBenton County, the Prosser Economic Development Association and theTri-City Industrial Development Council (TRIDEC). By RHONDA STONE Voices staff ...
Officials ready to sink Columbia fishing protest
Jan 01, 1998; ... State and tribal authorities say they're prepared to stop JeffreySohappy's plans to fish without a license today below the ColumbiaRiver's Bonneville Dam. Sohappy, a 40-year-old Yakama Indian fisherman, has said he willfish below the dam in an effort to expand tribal fishing ...
William Perry Sawyer's elaborate "farm house" and expansive estate became a landmark for the area located near Highway 12 between Toppenish and Yakima.
Jan 01, 1998 ... Even today, the area is known as Sawyer for the man who feltranchers, too, deserved to live in comfort. By JUSTINO AGUILA Yakima Herald-Republic staff writer SAWYER -- William Perry Sawyer had a dream: he wanted his home tobe his castle. And it was. The ...
SUNNYSIDE -- Farewells to outgoing Mayor Don Hughes can be bid at an afternoon open house on Monday.
Jan 01, 1998 ... Hughes is leaving the City Council after three decades on theCity Council. He was defeated by Don Vlieger in the Novemberelection. Considered the state's longest serving councilman, Hughes firsttook office in 1967. Nine years later he was elected mayor. Hughes is widely ...
Newly approved test predicts recurrence of breast cancer tumors
Jan 01, 1998 ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Breast cancer patients are about to be offereda new test that may help predict if a tumor will return aftersurgery. But there is no proof yet that the test will help themsurvive and one cancer expert cautioned against using it to pick awoman's treatment. Oncor ...
A family cursed--list of Kennedy family tragedies
Jan 01, 1998 ... 4 JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR.: Died in plane crash during World War II.He was 29. 4 ROSEMARY KENNEDY: Has been institutionalized since 1941 becauseof retardation and the effects of a failed lobotomy. 4 KATHLEEN KENNEDY: Married William John Robert Cavendish, theMarquess of ...
Affirmative-action foes face deadline/Initiative 200
Jan 01, 1998 ... OLYMPIA (AP) -- With Friday's deadline looming, backers of aballot initiative to scale back affirmative action were optimisticthey'll have enough valid petitions to propel Washington into themiddle of a national debate on race. Sponsors of Initiative 200 need the signatures of ...
Do the hustle, Pullman style: Cougars milk underdog image/Rose Bowl
Jan 01, 1998 ... LOS ANGELES -- Pity the poor Cougars. Those waifs from the wheatfields of Pullman. Those little kids on the prairie. Pity them all. These overmatched Davids against Michigan'sGoliath. These unknown, unwanted Rodney Dangerfields. These itty,bitty Lilliputians in the land of ...
Michael Kennedy dies in Aspen skiing accident
Jan 01, 1998 ... Los Angeles Times DENVER -- Michael Kennedy, the troubled 39-year-old son of thelate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, died New Year's Eve in a skiingaccident above the resort mecca of Aspen. Kennedy had been skiing in clear, mild weather about 4:15 p.m.Wednesday with several members ...
State adopts rule exempting computer workers from OT
Jan 01, 1998 ... OLYMPIA (AP) -- Some highly skilled computer professionals willbe exempt from overtime pay under a rule adopted Wednesday by thestate Department of Labor and Industries. Effective Feb. 1, companies will no longer be required to pay theovertime rate of time-and-a-half to computer ...
Waste level rising in Hanford tank
Jan 01, 1998 ... SPOKANE (AP) -- A radioactive-waste storage tank that becamenotorious in the late 1980s and early '90s for "burping"potentially explosive gas again has the attention of Hanford NuclearReservation officials. Scientists are unsure why the waste level in Tank 101-SY hasrisen about ...
Slice of Yakima -- The Naches Valley High School leadership class, a Wapato High student and a Yakama Tribal Police sergeant recently won awards for their
Jan 02, 1998 ... work in trying to make the roads a little safer. The annual awards are given by the Washington Traffic SafetyCommission. The leadership class and Wapato High student Kristi Dragoo eachreceived the Youth Initiative Excellence Award. Tribal police Sgt.Ken Hoptowit was honored ...
A 37-year-old man was hospitalized Thursday with multiple stab wounds.
Jan 02, 1998 ... Details were sketchy but Yakima police said the victim, whoseidentity was being withheld, was found bleeding at Seventh and Racestreets about 1:40 a.m. in southeast Yakima. It was unclear where the man was attacked or even how manyassailants he faced. Police did not say where the ...
EDITORIALS-- Land-swap deal good investment/Now you can have resolutions to spare
Jan 02, 1998 ... While there will always be some who will object to any dealinvolving changes in national forest lands, there is nonethelessmuch to recommend a land swap between Weyerhaeuser and the U.S.Forest Service. A federal judge has approved the trade, hopefullyending 15 years of negotiations and ...
Correction: A story in Friday's Yakima Herald-Republic incorrectly stated that Central Washington University professor Mark Polishook is the first U.S.
Jan 02, 1998 ... winner of a Fulbright fellowship since 1991. He is the first U.S.winner to receive such a fellowship to Poland since 1991. CWU prof Mark Polishook makes a science out of composing music Can there be two curriculums more diametrically opposed thanmusic and science? The former ...
An ill-timed power failure left hundreds of Yakima residents cheering the arrival of 1998 in the dark.
Jan 02, 1998 ... Pacific Power said about 450 customers were left without powerfor several hours early Thursday. Electrical service to much ofsoutheast Yakima and parts of Terrace Heights failed was disruptedright at midnight by ...
Home safety bars can be liability in an emergency
Jan 02, 1998; ... The metal bars on her doors and windows made an elderly womanfeel safe from burglars but proved to be a serious liability whenshe suffered an apparent stroke. Stricken, she couldn't get to the door and firefighters had touse heavy equipment to finally reach her, said Battalion ...
New year comes in with a baby. Little Daniel Padilla was welcome addition to family celebration
Jan 02, 1998; ... Cecilia Padilla and her husband, Elizio, were preparing to ringin the New Year with a house full of relatives. It's kind of a tradition on her side of the family. But somewhere between that first batch of tamales Wednesday and apizza run for the kids, someone decided he didn't ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 02, 1998 ... To the editor -- The Washington Education Association is a unionthat represents the teachers and other educators in the State ofWashington. Charges of political campaign violations have beenbrought against the professional union by the Public DisclosureCommission and our state Attorney ...
Asians/Pacific Islanders double numbers since '90/Census Bureau
Jan 02, 1998; ... Yakima County's population of Asians and Pacific Islanders jumped104 percent since 1990, according to a new U.S. Census Bureaureport. Stella Vasquez, a member of the state Commission on Asian PacificAmerican Affairs, believes the actual numbers are even higher thanwhat the ...
For a pithy comedy, this is `As Good As It Gets'/Movie Review
Jan 02, 1998 ... An older woman, happy as a clam about tulip season, prepares toleave her condominium for a trip to the garden shop. She spies her neighbor off-camera. The smile vanishes instantly,she silently mouths an obscenity about her neighbor and quicklycloses the door without leaving her ...
Teens critically injured when vehicle rolls on icy road
Jan 02, 1998 ... Two teen-agers were in critical condition Thursday following arollover auto accident near White Swan. Lorraine E. George, 19, and 18-year-old Joseph Smiscon sufferedhead and internal injuries in the 8:50 a.m. accident at White Swanand Wesley roads, according to the Washington ...
[County says census now makes sense]
Jan 02, 1998 ... County says census now makes sense. Report boosts population to216,000, with minorities making up one-third By JOSEPH ROSE Of the Herald-Republic A new U.S. Census Bureau report shows Yakima County has gained27,000 residents since 1990 -- with Hispanics, American ...
Pasco fuel spill apparently staged to cover theft at Cenex Supply
Jan 02, 1998 ... PASCO (AP) -- A 9,300-gallon fuel spill at the Cenex Supply andMarketing fuel-storage plant apparently was an attempt to cover upthe theft of 30,000 gallons of fuel, authorities say. Franklin County Sheriff Richard Lathim on Wednesday confirmed themissing fuel appears to have been ...
Michael Kennedy's death another blow to political family
Jan 02, 1998; ... Los Angeles Times BOSTON -- Once again they converged on the big clapboard house inHyannisport, a family struck anew by senseless tragedy. Brothers,sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins: Throughout the day and night onThursday, the Kennedy family streamed into the compound that hugsthe ...
Brian Griese makes his father proud/Rose Bowl Game against WSU
Jan 02, 1998; ... PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Brian Griese stood amid a pulsatingMichigan party on the field, clutching his unlikely Rose Bowl MVPtrophy. Meanwhile, in the broadcast booth high above the field, hisfather was unable to remain the impartial analyst. Bob Griese criedfor joy. The ...
For Leaf, a tough way to finish/WSU Loses Rose Bowl to Michigan
Jan 02, 1998 ... WSU quarterback can't lead Cougs back in possibly his final game By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS The Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. -- When the nation's top defensive player metone of the nation's top passers in Thursday's Rose Bowl, WashingtonState quarterback Ryan Leaf ...
Sioux Falls snaps Yakima Sun Kings win string
Jan 02, 1998; ... Yakima had to know Sioux Falls' Jason Sasser and Melvin Newbernweren't going to duplicate their poor offensive performances fromthe previous game. But that still didn't matter. Sasser and Newbern, who were a combined 9 of 40 from the field inTuesday's loss to the Sun Kings, ...
Experts: Terry Nichols' execution unlikely/Oklahoma City Bombing
Jan 02, 1998; ... Knight-Ridder DENVER -- Even if jurors order it, execution will be unlikely forTerry Nichols -- at least in the federal judicial system. If thejury ordered it, the U.S. Supreme Court probably would overturn it,legal analysts say. "The odds at this point of ever strapping ...
Hey, wait a second! WSU stunned by strange finish of Rose Bowl Game
Jan 02, 1998; ... Los Angeles Times PASADENA, Calif. -- First, it needs to be said that Michigan wonthe game it had to win at the Rose Bowl Thursday and deserves to benational champion. It also needs to be said that the Wolverines'victory over Washington State may long be remembered as a game ...
Michigan stakes No. 1 claim with close victory over WSU
Jan 02, 1998; ... PASADENA, Calif. -- With a close but clear victory in the RoseBowl, Michigan needed just one more thing to claim its firstnational championship in half a century: a final college footballpoll with its name still on top. The Wolverines came back to beat No. 8 Washington State 21-16 ...
Officials dicker over jurisdiction in fishing protest/Jeffery Sohappy
Jan 03, 1998 ... But no action was needed Thursday as Sohappy opted to postpone event By JOSEPH ROSE Of the Herald-Republic State and tribal authorities are at odds over stopping Yakamafisherman Jeffery Sohappy from fishing below the Columbia River'sBonneville Dam. In ...
Franklin Middle School students move into the new school
Jan 03, 1998 ... Franklin Middle School students will head back to class Monday ina brand new building. Teachers have been working over winter breakto ready their classrooms. Geography teacher Diana Pitt-Koempel,above, had help from her daughter, Ashley, and son, Kyle, notpictured. At right is Bill ...
Two brothers are in custody in connection with a Dec. 9 knife attack on a 35-year-old Yakima man.
Jan 03, 1998 ... The brothers, ages 18 and 16, were arrested late Wednesday at aYakima home after being identified by the victim from photographs. A Yakima County Superior Court judge Friday ordered the 18-year-old held on $75,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday ona possible charge ...
Rotten luck: Mobile homes, car burn--1507 S. Fair Ave in Yakima
Jan 03, 1998; ... Robert Ybarra couldn't believe his luck. Not only did his family's mobile home catch fire Friday while hewas out getting new license tabs for his 1979 Ford Granada, but theflames spread to the parked sedan, destroying it as well. And as if that wasn't enough, the fire then ...
Ike services to remember counselor--LeeAnn Sewell died in auto accident over the holidays
Jan 03, 1998; ... Students and staff members at Eisenhower High School willremember a local school counselor Sunday who died in a car collisionover the holidays. LeeAnn Sewell, 34, a counselor in her eighth year at Ike, diedDec. 23 in a two-vehicle collision on State Route 2 about five mileswest ...
Letters to editor
Jan 03, 1998 ... On Santa Claus To the editor -- I read with interest and a bit of sympathy theletter from reader Don Fortune, informing (us) how he and his wifehandled the Santa Claus "myth" when their children were small andimpressionable. Telling children there is a Santa Claus, lettingthem ...
Yakima's Inquiring Mind Series will feature "Songs and Stories to Reconcile By" at 4 p.m. Sunday in Kendall Auditorium at Yakima Valley Community
Jan 03, 1998 ... College, 16th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard. Admission is freeand open to the public. Tracing African-American history through folk tales and songs,Ted Hutchinson will lead the audience on a journey from Africanvillages to the slave ships, ...
Around the Valley--Auto fatality, stabbing, auto accident, story teller, insect control and CWU offers financial aid
Jan 03, 1998 ... Driver of stalled car dies from accident injuries OUTLOOK -- A 43-year-old Outlook man died late New Year's Dayafter a van slammed into his stalled car on Outlook Road near MapleGrove Road. Manuel J. Martinez, 43, had backed his 1967 Pontiac onto OutlookRoad from a ...
Insect control seminar planned
Jan 03, 1998 ... A session for fruit growers on insect control without chemicalswill be conducted at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Buena Grange Hall. The seminar is sponsored by Algro Farms and will includediscussions on controlling pear ...
Hearings planned on huge housing projects in Terrace Heights area-- 1,400 housing units could be added
Jan 03, 1998; ... Two of the three proposed housing developments that could balloonthe future population of Terrace Heights finally reach the publichearing stage later this month. Hearing Examiner Phil Lamb is scheduled to hear testimony onrequests for approval of preliminary plats for almost 130 ...
A Yakima man stabbed four times and found bleeding in his front yard early New Year's Day was listed Friday in fair condition at Yakima Valley Memorial
Jan 03, 1998 ... Hospital. Isadore Nolan Carter, 37, was found bleeding in front of his homein the 700 block of South Seventh Street about 1:40 a.m., Yakimapolice Lt. Jeff Schneider said. Carter had been stabbed four times, Schneider said. No suspectshave been identified. Carter ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 03, 1998 ... On choice To the editor -- Two Davis High School teachers were honoredrecently at a national conference for their fight to take away therights of students to choose books to read in the IB Honors program.You see, these were required books to read in order to complete theIB ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 03, 1998 ... Catholic bible To the editor -- Concerning Mr. Blaisdell's attempt to personallyinterpret the Bible, he can save considerable time by obtaining acopy of the Dovay-Rheim's Bible. Translated from the Latin vulgate, it has been declared by theCouncil of Trent to be the ...