Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from October 1998:
Death Notices
Oct 01, 1998 ... John A. Green John A. Green died Friday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Mr. Green was born in Colorado and served in the Army Air Corpsduring World War II. In 1968, Mr. Green moved to Ellensburg as thedean of the College of Education at Central Washington University.He ...
Tree Will Help Commemorate Confederate Soldier -- Second Lt. Ruffin Thomson
Oct 01, 1998 ... Two years ago, Second Lt. Ruffin Thomson finally got agravestone. This year, he'll get a tree. Sons of Confederate Veterans will on Saturday carry out a pledgemade to Thomson's widow after he died in 1888 while serving as aclerk for the Yakama Indian Agency at Fort ...
The Beat Goes On -- Drummer Joey Caztilleja and the rest of the Zillah High School band perform under the direction of Dave Carlile, left, during the
Oct 01, 1998 ... opening ceremony of the Central Washington State Fair last week.The band's next project is a salmon barbecue from 6 to 7:30 p.m.Friday in the high school commons before the Leopards battle ...
Soldiers await call to battle during recent re-enactment.
Oct 01, 1998 ... Photo courtesy of Tom Eberstein This photo ran with story: ...
Panel Opts for Courts -- City Parks Commission says tennis courts at Larsen Park should be used for proposed education center
Oct 01, 1998; ... As expected, the Yakima city Parks Commission Wednesdayrecommended Larson Park tennis courts as the site for Yakima ValleyCommunity College's proposed higher education center. YVCC previously eyed four softball fields located just north ofthe campus near Arlington Street and South ...
New Bakery Specializing in European-Style Bread Opens Doors
Oct 01, 1998 ... A new bakery selling home-made, European-style bread has openedin Yakima. Pan au Levain, located at 25 N. Front St., also serves pastries,soup and espresso. The bakery is tucked in the back of a parkinglot. It is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Eventually, ...
Motorcyclist Hurt in Downtown Accident -- West Yakima Avenue and South Second Avenue
Oct 01, 1998 ... A 21-year-old man suffered a broken leg Wednesday when he crashedhis motorcycle into a car at a Yakima intersection, police said. He was taken to Providence Yakima Medical Center, where hiscondition was not available. Police said the motorcycle was going east on West Yakima ...
Around the Valley -- Cowiche Woman Hurt in Accident -- Yakima Man Arraigned in BBQ Stabbing -- Sunnyside Teen May Faces Charges -- Toll Will Help D.A.R.E.
Oct 01, 1998 ... Program Cowiche Woman Hurt in Accident YAKIMA - A 78-year-old Cowiche woman was listed in seriouscondition at a Yakima hospital Wednesday night following a collisionat the intersection of Summitview Extension and Mize Road. Otha Akins was injured about 9:30 a.m. when ...
Yakima Angler Goes for Gold in Bass World
Oct 01, 1998; ... Northwest Sportsman Early this morning Yakima's Bill Roberts fired up the 225-horsepower outboard motor on his sleek, shiny Ranger bass boat andheaded out on the Columbia River for a day of fishing. But this isn't going to be just any day of fishing for Roberts.It could ...
Crash Kills One, Snarls I-82 Traffic -- Jose G. Cruz of Buena died, others injured -- Several injured in series of Valley accidents
Oct 01, 1998; ... A man died and a woman suffered severe injuries Wednesday aftertheir minivan made a U-turn in the median of Interstate 82 nearYakima Avenue and was struck by an oncoming tractor-trailer rig. Jose G. Cruz, 19, of Buena was pronounced dead at ProvidenceYakima Medical Center shortly ...
EWU President Sees Brighter Future -- President Stephen Jordan
Oct 01, 1998; ... After weathering a storm of financial troubles and lowenrollments in recent years, Eastern Washington University officialssay they are heading toward clearer weather. Officials say a new president, mergers or elimination of someprograms, and boosted recruiting efforts are steering ...
Civil War comes to life this weekend
Oct 01, 1998 ... The Civil War Re-enactment will take place Saturday and Sunday atFullbright Park, in south Union Gap off the end of Main Street asit nears U.S. Highway 97 and Interstate 82. Follow the signs to theWashington State Agricultural Museum, which is adjacent to the park. Admission is $5 ...
Outdoor Briefs: Head to Ice Harbor Damto See Fish Migration -- Woodcutting Restrictions Lifted at Lake Wenatchee -- Check Naches Ranger District for Open
Oct 01, 1998 ... Campgrounds -- Puget Sound Coho Season to Run Through November --Approved Guides Required in National Forest -- Hunters, Other UsersNeed to Share the Backcountry Head to Ice Harbor Dam to See Fish Migration View migrating steelhead and fall chinook salmon coming up thefish ...
Verdict Could Land Man in Jail for Life -- Jerry E. Aronhalt
Oct 01, 1998; ... A 54-year-old Yakima man could face life in prison after a YakimaCounty Superior Court jury convicted him Wednesday of first-degreekidnapping, second-degree assault and second-degree rape. After deliberating for less than four hours, a jury found JerryE. Aronhalt guilty of forcing ...
New Buffet Opens in the Valley Mall -- Old Country Buffet
Oct 01, 1998 ... A new buffet-style restaurant opens today in Union Gap. Old Country Buffet, owned by Buffets Inc. of Minneapolis, is adeparture from cafeteria-style buffet restaurants. Instead of liningup in a single row to get food, customers will roam between free-standing islands with salads, ...
All Trails Lead to Tri-Cities
Oct 01, 1998 ... Managers and users of public recreation trails across the statewill meet in Richland late next month to map the future of traildevelopment in the state. It is the first statewide conference on issues affecting publictrails in two decades, said Cec Vogt, executive director of ...
Judge Keeps Contractor Wylie Mills Off Ballot
Oct 01, 1998; ... Yakima building contractor Wylie Mills failed a second timeWednesday to have his name included on the November election ballotfor a county commission seat - this time as an independentcandidate. A Superior Court judge last Friday denied Mills' petition to belisted on the ballot ....
Science Creates Big-Tent Circus -- The Kenetic's Energy Sparks Kids
Oct 01, 1998; ... "It looks like a roller coaster." "No way, it's a robot" "Mommy,can I touch it?" "Cool!" So went the chatter Wednesday afternoon aswide-eyed children circled The Kinetic. It was a mind-boggling, 6-foot-tall contraption in which small white balls rose up on amotorized chain, rolled around ...
Booth at State Fair Told to Stop Distributing Free Condoms
Oct 01, 1998; ... The Central Washington State Fair has prohibited a booth in theYakima SunDome from handing out free condoms and plastic self-examination tools for women after receiving complaints of childrenwalking around the fairgrounds with the materials. Fair officials said sightings of ...
Slice of Yakima -- Coyote Booked by Library
Oct 01, 1998 ... ELLENSBURG - The Ellensburg Public Library's newest bookworm is acoyote. Dressed in a man's clothes, he's a whimsical fellow, standing 7feet tall and holding an open book. He leans against the library'srock wall, gazing at the street corner, seemingly waiting ...
Step Back Into History With Civil War Re-Enactment
Oct 01, 1998; ... For the YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC A park in Union Gap will be filled with blue- and gray-cladcavalry and infantry troops this weekend for re-enactments of CivilWar battles and encampments. "We do quite a show," says eventorganizer Bruce Frazier of Yakima. "It is very unique and ...
FAIR TIDBIT: They All Scream for This Ice Cream -- Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Oct 01, 1998 ... Maybe Ben and Jerry should stir up a new flavor: Come-Back-to-the-Fair Fudge or No-Show Blueberry. So far it's a mystery. But for whatever reason, the popular Ben &Jerry's Ice Cream stand didn't return for this year's CentralWashington State Fair. And it hasn't gone ...
The Land of Legos -- A pair of local brothers show the state they can build with the best around -- Brock and Dillon Helms
Oct 01, 1998; ... Move over, Frank Lloyd Wright. Two young, construction-mindedduos from Yakima could herald a coming architectural renaissance -if their Lego work is any indication, that is. The teams ofbrothers produced two of the four top-placing entries in a Lego ToyCo. contest last Saturday in ...
Time and vandals take their toll; city considers ripping out garden for more parking -- Grandview Garden Club
Oct 01, 1998 ... BY PAT VAN ANTWERPEN VOICES CORRESPONDENT GRANDVIEW - Surely, it was a grand vision they had, the 17founding members of the Grandview Garden Club. They would createsomething exquisite and lasting, to be treasured by the communityand honor departed loved ones as well. That ...
What's Happening -- Chukar Outlook Good for Season-Opener -- TWIG Meeting Open to Outdoor Enthusiasts -- Swifts Gather in Chinmeys Before Winging South --
Oct 01, 1998 ... WDFW Shows How It Manages Marine Edibles at Oysterfest -- FindOutdoor Materials at the Ranger Rig at the Fair -- Tour an Estuaryon Puget Sound -- Take a Drive in the Woods to Take in the FallColors Chukar Outlook Good for Season-Opener The Washington Department of Fish and ...
Yakima People -- Young Actor Visits Valley -- Cody Lightning
Oct 01, 1998 ... WAPATO - Hollywood swept through town last weekend, when 12-year-old Cody Lightning - the Cree actor who played Young VictorJoseph in the independent film "Smoke Signals" - visited familyfriends on his way back to movieland. Dana Luke and her husband, Darrel, who are Yakama, ...
Fair Showcases Dairy Industry -- Exhibit spotlights role of milk production in Yakima Valley
Oct 01, 1998 ... BY ED STOVER VOICES STAFF WRITER The Yakima Valley dairy industry - a target in recent months ofcriticism, lawsuits and legislation concerning dairy waste and waterquality - is using this year's Central Washington State Fair to talkabout the benefits of milk and the ...
Editorial -- Operation Harvest Needs Your Support
Oct 01, 1998 ... One of the things that contribute to the quality of life in theseparts is the way neighbor helps neighbor, especially in time ofneed. And what better way to get involved in that endeavor this yearthan through participation in Operation Harvest. The food-collection drive is critical to ...
Leisure Living -- GOP Hosts Representatives -- Church to Hold Harvest Dinner -- Halloween Crafts Offered for Kids -- Mammograms Offered at Clinic
Oct 01, 1998 ... GOP Hosts Representatives SUNNYSIDE - Rep. Mary Skinner and Rep. Jim Clements, both ofYakima, will speak at 7 a.m. Friday to the Sunnyside RepublicanClub. Skinner and Clements are 14th Legislative District staterepresentatives. The public is invited to the meeting, which will ...
Death Notices
Oct 01, 1998 ... LeRoy Austin Former Yakima resident LeRoy Austin, 93, of Colville died Sundayin his home. Mr. Austin was born in Lead Hill, Ark. He had been a farmer andworked in a powder plant during World War II. Mr. Austin moved tothe Yakima area in 1958 and lived in Ephrata and the ...
Roll Out the Pumpkins: It's Festival Time Again at Granger Berry Patch
Oct 01, 1998 ... BY ED STOVER VOICES STAFF WRITER GRANGER - Halloween may still be a month off, but "Mrs. Pumpkin"and "Farmer Ken" are ready to let the mischief begin. Starting today, Sandi and Ken Fein (pronounced "Feen"), owners ofthe Granger Berry Patch, 1731 Beam Road, open their ...
Facts and Records
Oct 01, 1998 ... Births Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital MARTINEZ -To Margarito Martinez and Denise (Howes) Sosa, Yakima,a daughter, Gloria Margarita, 6 pounds, 41/4 ounces, 4 p.m., Sept.18, 1998. DODSON - To Travis and Jennifer (Reinier) Dodson, Cowiche, a son,Mathew James Fray, 7 ...
"Forum' Opening Night Approaches
Oct 01, 1998 ... SUNNYSIDE - With an opening night of Oct. 24 approaching, theOver the Hill Gang Senior Theatricals group is busy rehearsing "AFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." The show is the 10thannual production for the group, which consists of members 50 andover. Produced by ...
Letters to the editor
Oct 01, 1998 ... Adult Bookstore To the editor - I was disgusted by your front-page, picturecoverage of the adult bookstore. The only conclusion I can draw isthat you were paid money to put that filth on the front page. I haveconsidered canceling my subscription of 44 years and trying to getby ...
Burroughs By the Numbers -- There are three Burrows, several route options and hundreds of miles or rugged scenery on Mount Rainier
Oct 01, 1998; ... Trail Blazer School starts up, days get shorter and people figure the hikingseason has wrapped up just when the trails become most appealing. One of the most outstanding destinations in our region is MountRainier. An unforgettable hiking experience awaits those who travelto ...
Victim's Faces Put on Buses -- Spokane serial killer
Oct 01, 1998 ... SPOKANE (AP) - Law enforcement officers tracking a serial killerplan to place posters showing the faces of the killer's victims onthe sides of public buses, the co-commander of the investigationsaid Wednesday. People who may not have seen victim photos in the media ...
Auto Racing -- Arising From the Wreakage -- Greg Kuhlmann back for Fall Classic despite having to build new car in past two weeks
Oct 01, 1998; ... For any driver or owner - and any fan for that matter - just thethought of it was enough to bring tears. A gleaming brand new Late Model Tour car, with fresh black paintand not so much as a scratch on it, suddenly wrecked beyond repairin its racing debut. A $35,000 speed racer one ...
Safety Issues Probed from Cleveland Fire
Oct 01, 1998 ... OLYMPIA (AP) - Two life-threatening moments that occurred July 28during the Cleveland wildfire in Klickitat County will beinvestigated by a board of wildfire experts, the Department ofNatural Resources said Wednesday. The 18,500-acre fire took seven days to suppress. The ...
Local report Schend's Goals Lead Ike
Oct 01, 1998 ... Sophomore Claire Schend scored twice, and Elly Colvin had twoassists as Eisenhower shut out Wenatchee 4-0 in Big Nine Conferencegirls soccer last night at Marquette Stadium. Schend scored Ike's first two goals, both in the first 25 minutesof the match, as the Cadets improved to ...
Sunfair Race Improves on Itself Again
Oct 01, 1998; ... PREP REPORT It seems like for the Sunfair Invitational and meet director PhilEnglish, more is never enough. The 24th annual high school crosscountry race at Franklin Park has steadily grown over the years intothe largest in the Northwest. The quanity has long been there, butnow ...
Prep Spotlight -- Val Ocker -- Davis Soccer
Oct 01, 1998 ... Val Ocker can't stand to sit still. That's why she turns out forall the sports she can at Davis - soccer, basketball and softball. And that's also why she could barely stand the first half of thisyear, a time in which she was sidelined with an anterior cruciateligment injury ...
Prep Spotlight -- Claudio Garza -- East Valley Football
Oct 01, 1998 ... East Valley High is quickly becoming known as Tailback High tofollowers of Central Washington Athletic Conference football. In five of the last six seasons, the Red Devils have had a 1,000-yard rusher. Mike Ramirez, Earl Barden and Chris Russell all easilytopped the lofty mark ...
Better Than Ever -- Davis running back adds speed to strength after stellar junior season -- Issac Cunningham
Oct 01, 1998; ... Sometimes, Derek Crewdson begins, it's hard to keep focused onthe job at hand. Although the offensive lineman for the Davis Pirates footballteam has blocked for Isaac Cunningham for many years, going back tomiddle school, he continues to marvel at his teammate's abilities. "I ...
Spirograph in the sky -- The lights of the carnival ride 1001 Nachts draw spirals in the night sky of the Central Washington State Fair in Yakima. The
Oct 02, 1998 ... fair -- and its rides -- runs through ...
Yakima Schools Foundation Continues to Help Out
Oct 02, 1998; ... The Yakima Schools Foundation continues to help fill some of thegaps created by last spring's $20.9 million levy failure, thanks todonations from local businesses and school supporters. The latest and largest donation to the foundation sinceannouncing its intention to help offset ...
Rotary Exchange Meeting Due Monday
Oct 02, 1998 ... Students 15-19 interested in traveling and studying overseas areinvited to attend a Rotary Youth Exchange orientation meeting at 7p.m., Monday at the YMCA, 5 N. Naches Ave. Each year, up to five Yakima-area students are selected for theprogram and sponsored by the three Yakima ...
Spate of School-Bus Accidents Concerns Officials
Oct 02, 1998; ... Yakima County school officials and parents hope a dangerous trendisn't being set, after a third accident in as many days involving aschool bus occurred Wednesday afternoon. The first happened Monday after a four-door Chevrolet rear-endeda Sunnyside School District school bus on ...
City of Yakima Worker Hurt in Accident -- Curt Butler struck by tractor-trailer rig
Oct 02, 1998 ... A Yakima city employee apparently sustained a toe fractureThursday morning when a tractor-trailer rig struck him while he wasworking along the sidewalk, according to authorities. Curt Butler, 43, was in good condition at Yakima Valley MemorialHospital, authorities ...
Valley Police Begin Blitz on Seat Belts, Traffic Safety
Oct 02, 1998; ... Yakima Valley law-enforcement authorities will keep a keen eyeout for seat-belt use and other traffic concerns during a weeklongemphasis starting today. The Yakima County Sheriff's Office, for one, will check onunbuckled children, speeding and drunken driving, and issuecitations ...
Around the Valley -- Irrigation Season Coming to an End -- Ambush Claims Man's Car, Wallet -- Chemical Spill Turns Out To Be Minor -- Second Accident Clogs
Oct 02, 1998 ... Interstate 82 Irrigation Season Coming to an End Yakima - Local irrigation suppliers will start shutting downtheir operations this month. The city of Yakima Irrigation Division said it will end itsdeliveries Oct. 12. The Naches-Cowiche Canal will do the same in ...
Dave Cook Leads Fund-Raising in Assessor's Race
Oct 02, 1998 ... Auditor candidates running about evenin cash raised Dave Cook hasraised nearly 10 times as much money as Democratic opponent PaulSondgeroth in the race for Yakima County assessor, according topublic disclosure records. Cook, a Yakima businessman, has attracted more than $10,000 ...
"This is my law' -- State traffic-safety officials return to Apple Valley Elementary to tout school-zone speeding statistics
Oct 02, 1998; ... The persistence of two local moms and four students came fullcircle Thursday when state traffic-safety officials returned toApple Valley Elementary School, where a new law to slow downspeeders took root. Two years after parents Alice Campbell and Shelly McAndrews beganlobbying ...
Seafirst Bank to Become Bank of America Soon
Oct 02, 1998; ... Get a good look at Seafirst Bank. Next year, it won't be Seafirst anymore. As a result of themerger of its parent company, BankAmerica Corp., and NationsBankCorp., the Seattle institution will change its name to Bank ofAmerica. Out with the familiar and in with the new: a ...
737th Transportation Co.-- Tales of Vietnam Likely to Fuel Reunion
Oct 02, 1998; ... It was a shock to the nation. President Lyndon Johnson, carryingthe heavy weight of the increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam,announced he would not seek a second term. Johnson's announcement on March 31, 1968, also carried a messagethat Clare Brower of Yakima picked up ...
Editorial -- Candidate Procedures Serve Useful Purpose
Oct 02, 1998 ... Since our representative form of government depends on people'sbeing willing to run for office, we're among the first to commendanyone making that commitment. File for the office then try toconvince voters you're the best person for the job. Sometimes,though, our very liberal election ...
Yakima People -- Kittitas Woman Offers Buttons
Oct 02, 1998 ... Nina Bauer of Kittitas is, well, buttoning everything up. On Saturday she's hosting her last Button Show and Auction, inEllensburg. The 82-year-old has decided it's time to share thecollection of buttons she's been accumulating since 1985. So, she'sselling nearly every item she ...
Slice of Yakima Golfers Raise Funds for Women's Health Programs
Oct 02, 1998 ... About 100 Yakima-area golfers picked up their clubs last week fora good cause. Participants in the third annual Diana McLachlan InvitationalGolf Tournament at the Yakima Country Club in Terrace Heights raisedmore than $43,000 for a variety of programs related to ...
Death Notices
Oct 02, 1998 ... Maria Elena Araujo Maria Elena Araujo, 44, of Grandview died Wednesday at her home. Mrs. Araujo was born in Mexico. She worked for IBP in the Tri-Cities. Survivors include her husband, Isaac Flores of Pasco; herparents, Juan Araujo of Mexico and Maria Orozco of ...
Domestic Violence Awareness Month -- Symposium to Focus on Impact on Community
Oct 02, 1998; ... Yakima County Sheriff Doug Blair marked the beginning of NationalDomestic Violence Awareness Month with a poignant question Thursday:"How many people in this community are affected by domesticviolence?" The answer, he said, will be obvious at an Oct. 14Domestic Violence Symposium ...
Ready, Aim...-- Soak! Fairgoers find infatuation, not consternation, in Water Wars saturation
Oct 02, 1998; ... If only warring countries could do this, they might put awaytheir guns, park their tanks and mothball their nukes. What better weapon than a loaded water balloon to solveconflicts, inflict injustices and make someone look silly? Anyonewho's had water fights on the front lawn is ...
Facts and Records
Oct 02, 1998 ... Births Providence Yakima Medical Center GOMEZ - To Elias and Kimberly (Kunnap) Gomez, Yakima, a son,Elias Roger, 7 pounds, 3.2 ounces, 9:21 a.m., Sept. 19, 1998 . Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital SCRIBNER - To Troy Scribner and Jackie Seaunier, Yakima, ...
Fair Tidbit: Old Apple Varieties Abound in Collection
Oct 02, 1998 ... How 'bout these apples? Harvey Wederspahn's antique apples in the Agriculture Building atthe Central Washington State Fair are old. Really old. Not the molding kind of old, either. Their lineage is ancient.Some of the 272 apples he has arranged on a table are varieties ...
Broadway at the Capitol -- The specialty serires gets double time in Yakima this year -- "Smokey Joe's Cafe"
Oct 02, 1998; ... On the surface, it looked risky. The Capitol Theatre announced in April that it was doubling itsBroadway series - starting with "Smokey Joe's Cafe" tonight, eachproduction in the five-show lineup will run two nights. Consider that Yakima guards its entertainment dollar ....
Elliott Smith, Willie Nelson release powerful new albums; Liz's Is Phair
Oct 02, 1998; ... Sounding Off Elliott Smith, XO. (Dreamworks) Four Stars It probably will takeonly about two listens for the songs on the new Elliott Smith albumto be burned indelibly into your mind. You'll find yourself whistling melodies, humming tunes or quietlysinging songs. This is one ...
Folklife Sets Lineup for the Season
Oct 02, 1998; ... Eleven artists and bands are scheduled to perform in thisseason's Folklife Concert Series through April. The concerts occur on the first Friday of every month at theYakima Valley Museum, 2105 Tieton Drive. Highlights include the Paperboys, an award-winning Celtic/bluegrass ...