Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from March 1999:
In Basket -- Business Promotions, Moves, Etc...
Mar 01, 1999 ... Agriculture Darigold Inc. has named Bjorn Sorensen director of foodtechnology - food ingredients, a newly-created position to helpdevelop new whey products and other ingredients. Previously, theDenmark native was a vice president at Avonmore West in Twin ...
Apple Guy to the Rescue -- Maybe -- State's Growers hop campaign improves sales
Mar 01, 1999; ... A new superhero is zooming through the streets of America'sbiggest cities. His name is Apple Guy. Armed with crunchy Washington apples, he speeds from one crisisof afternoon blahs to another, providing a failproof way to refuel. Growers are hoping he can do the same for ...
Letters to the editor
Mar 01, 1999 ... Supports Action To the editor - I agree with the Immigration and NaturalizationService for forcing the firing of the illegal workers. They are notbeing racist or prejudiced in any way. All they are doing is makingit so that Americans can get America's jobs. Keep in mind that ...
Editorial -- State Shouldn't Need Help With Public Land
Mar 01, 1999 ... It's really not unusual that the Nature Conservancy of Washingtonis willing to step up and be a good steward of the environment. Butin a particular case pending before the Legislature, lawmakersshould be a little embarrassed that the private, nonprofitorganization this time is willing ...
Death Notices
Mar 01, 1999 ... Clarence "Big' Nelsen Clarence "Big" Nelsen, 99, of Union Gap died Thursday. Born in Avoca, Iowa, he moved to Union Gap in 1952 and worked inconstruction for many years. He lived most recently at the ReeseAdult Group Home in Yakima. Survivors include numerous nieces ...
Editorial -- Let's See What Data State Has on Citizens
Mar 01, 1999 ... Efforts are under way in Olympia to put some rest stops along theInformation Superhighway. That's good. It's about time we pause andtake some stock of mushrooming technology that, left unchecked,could pose some serious privacy issues. The concern is this:Government databases grow each ...
Yakima School District's Bilingual Program in Disarray -- Problems, In Any Language -- Four-year-old bilingual program can't keep up with the needs of
Mar 01, 1999 ... ever-increasing number of Spanish-speaking students in Yakima By COLLEEN POHLIG YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Few educators have anything good to say about the Yakima SchoolDistrict's bilingual program. Four years and millions of dollars after the district approved ...
Political Journal -- A Day to Vent Anger -- Latino Legislative Day at state Capitol full of frustration on heelds of recent INS actions
Mar 01, 1999 ... From its organized purpose of giving the Hispanic communityinformation and opportunities to lobby state government officials,last Thursday's Latino Legislative Day exploded into frustration andanger toward these officials over federal government issues -namely, INS ...
[Fires Yakima Friday...]
Mar 01, 1999 ... Fires Yakima Friday, 12:09 a.m. - Service call to 1000 blockSouth Fifth Street. Friday, 12:32 a.m. - First-aid call to 2700 block West Nob HillBoulevard. Friday, 12:54 a.m. - First-aid call to 1400 block East ViolaAvenue. Friday, 5:19 a.m. - First-aid call to 400 ...
Central to Host Division II West Regional
Mar 01, 1999 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC ELLENSBURG - Central Washington University has been tabbed tohost the NCAA Division II West Regional men's basketball tournamentbeginning Thursday at Nicholson Pavilion. And that's good news for the 14th-ranked Wildcats as they take a16-game homecourt ...
Prep Basketball -- Davis Pirates Survive Shootout -- Stubblefield's 35 points enough to douse 41 by Shadle Park
Mar 01, 1999; ... Another sign of how much the Davis Pirates have matured thisseason came Tuesday night in the SunDome. Further distancing themselves from their undisciplined ways ofpast seasons, Davis posted its third come-from-behind victory thispostseason. The latest challenge came Tuesday ...
Legislature 1999 -- Panel Deadline Will SeeHundreds of Bills Die
Mar 01, 1999 ... OLYMPIA (AP) - Washington lawmakers hit the midpoint of their 105-day session this week, using a committee deadline to kill hundredsof bills and clear the decks for the premier issues of the year. By Tuesday, House legislation must emerge from equally dividedcommittees. On ...
College Track -- Shin Sidelines UW'S Ja'Warren Hooker
Mar 01, 1999 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Ja'Warren Hooker won't get a chance to defend his NCAA 55-meterindoor national title. The former Ellensburg High sprint standout, now a sophomore atthe University of Washington, has been forced to cancel theremainder of his indoor season because of a ...
Prep Basketball -- Pairings Set for A, B State
Mar 01, 1999 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC No early-birds or redeyes. That's the good news for the eight local teams headed this weekto the Class A and B state boys and girls basketball tournaments. Led by district champions Cle Elum (boys) and White Swan (girls),six Valley teams will ...
Ten Years After Alar, Food Safety Debate Continues
Mar 01, 1999; ... Ten years have passed since the pesticide Alar briefly gave redapples all the appeal of the poisoned fruit offered to Snow White bythe evil queen. An environmental group's 1989 report on the risk of chemicals inchildren's diets suddenly gave wholesome, nutritious apples a ...
Two Men Killed in Weekend Car Crash -- Antonio Celaya-Cazares and Pablo Saul R. Vences
Mar 01, 1999 ... WHITE SALMON - Two Bingen men died when their car ran off aroadway, hit a tree and then rolled down an embankment, theWashington State Patrol said Sunday. Antonio Celaya-Cazares, 21, the driver of a 1989 Pontiac GrandAm, and Pablo Saul R. Vences, 19, died at the scene from ...
Preep Basketball -- Class 4A Regionals -- Ike Cadets Cruise into Semifinals
Mar 01, 1999; ... Well, the Greater Spokane League's self-contained regular-seasonschedule bit the East Valley Knights in the backside Tuesday, as theEisenhower Cadets pressed and pressured and generally out-defendedEast Valley in a 62-37 Ike victory in the first round of the Class4A Eastern Regional ...
Vice President Al Gore Lauds Northwest Livability
Mar 01, 1999 ... SEATTLE (AP) - Vice President Al Gore, odds-on favorite for theDemocrats' White House nomination, on Sunday brought theadministration's campaign for "livability" to a region he calls anational leader in easing urban sprawl and traffic jams. But Gore exhorted local government ...
College Basketball -- Carson Payne Calm to the Extreme -- Senior's success at CWU often is overshadows by his relaxed demeanor
Mar 01, 1999; ... ELLENSBURG - Last season, then-assistant coach Mike Burns made upa nickname for Carson Payne, the slender, 6-foot-4 forward atCentral Washington University. The Middle Eastern-styled moniker -something like Sharif Abdul - ended with "Aloof." "He's played huge basketball games at ...
Kennewick Man a Sticky Problem for Scientists
Mar 01, 1999 ... SEATTLE (AP) - A team of scientists is trying to figure out whatkind of glue freelance anthropologist Jim Chatters used to puttogether bones of Kennewick Man three years ago. Trying to determine if the 9,000-year-old skeleton is an AmericanIndian, the scientists are being careful ...
Monday Sequel -- Fountain's Success? One Scoop at a Time -- Article in national magazine brings in the tourists, but it is the regulars that spell
Mar 01, 1999 ... success of museum's Soda Shop By DAVID WASSON YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Some visitors still ask Chris Murphy about the article in Sunsetmagazine, but the influx of tourists mentioning the coverage whileat the Yakima Valley Museum's historical Soda Shop has melted like ...
Garfield Elementary School first-grade teacher Gloria Torres teaches her monolingual Spanish-speaking students in their native language during the
Mar 01, 1999 ... first part of the day, then switches to English later after sheknows they've grasped the subject matter. Staff photo by Roy Musitelli This photo ran with story: Yakima School ...
Yakima People -- Zillah Grad Gets Army Assignment -- Sunnyside Airman Completes Course
Mar 01, 1999 ... Zillah Grad Gets Army Assignment Army Pfc. Jason Clark has been assigned to the 82nd AirborneDivision at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C. The new member of the division became airborne qualified aftercompleting training at an Army airborne school. Clark, an infantryman, ...
School Bus, Pickup Accident Knocks Out Cable, Power
Mar 02, 1999 ... A Yakima school bus carrying three students struck a pickup andcareened into a power pole Monday afternoon. The students and the drivers of the bus and pickup were uninjuredin the 2 p.m. crash, but cable and electrical service wasinterrupted to about 1,400 ...
Beef Firm to Package Own Product -- Washington Beef
Mar 02, 1999; ... Corned beef is corned beef, right? Not anymore, according to thestate's second largest beef processor. Next week, Washington Beef Inc. will begin selling seasoned,ready-to-cook packages of corned beef at grocery stores. It is thefirst of several prepared meats the Toppenish ...
Correction: Because of a reporter's error, an article in Saturday's Body & Soul section listed the wrong phone number for a divorce class that starts at
Mar 02, 1999 ... 7 p.m. Wednesday at Summitview Baptist Church, ...
Death Notice
Mar 02, 1999 ... Harriett (Gault) Noble Anderson Harriett (Gault) Noble Anderson, 84, of Ellensburg died Friday ather home. Mrs. Anderson was born, raised and educated in Ellensburg. Shewas retired as Kittitas County Superior Court Clerk. Survivors include two daughters, Jan Callahan ...
Facts and Records
Mar 02, 1999 ... Births Providence Yakima Medical Center CAUICH - To Victor Cauich Jr. and Jennifer Sandcrane, Yakima, ason, Valente Lee, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, 7:06 a.m., Feb. 27, 1999.Grandparents are Shannon and Sandra Littlebird of Ashland, Mont.,and Victor and Feraanda Cauich of Yucatan, ...
City Concerned About Salmon Plan
Mar 02, 1999; ... Proposed state legislation to address salmon recovery couldaffect the city of Yakima's water rights and cost local ratepayersmillions, city officials said Monday. The city has enlisted the support of state Sen. Alex Deccio toargue its case against Senate Bill 5289 and its ...
Tips Speed Way to Clean(er) House
Mar 02, 1999 ... Here are some tips to quicker house cleaning: Put on some music to make work more fun. Get the entire family into the act, no matter how old. Kids candust and pick up toys. Make it a game. Teach the mantra: "If you open it, close it. If you get it out,put it away. If ...
Slice of Yakima -- Naches Cheer Squad is Smartest in State by Leaps and Bounds
Mar 02, 1999 ... They have done it again. The eight members of Naches Valley High School's cheer squad arethe smartest among all Class 2A cheer squads in Washington state forthe second consecutive year. The girls posted a combined grade point average of 3.75,according to the Washington ...
Correction: Because of a copy editor's error, a headline and caption on Page 1C of Sunday's edition stated the wrong day for an event. The Summitview
Mar 02, 1999 ... Library ...
Around the Valley -- Man Remains Serious After Tractor Wreck -- Wapato Middle School Hosting Food Fair -- Mellencamp, Son Volt to Play at Gorge
Mar 02, 1999 ... Man Remains Serious After Tractor Wreck ZILLAH - A 69-year-old man was in serious condition Monday at aSeattle hospital, recovering from injuries he suffered Friday whenhis tractor rolled on top of him. L.G. Hollowell was working in his orchard at 2211 Cheyne Roadwhen the ...
After Days of Creeping, Broken Bow Surges Toward the Open Sea
Mar 02, 1999 ... COOS BAY, Ore (AP) - After days of creeping by the inch, thebroken bow of a grounded cargo ship surged more than twice its 420-foot length Monday as a tug strained to pull it through a sandbar onits way to a burial at sea. "I've said a hundred times, ships come off when they're ...
Class A State Basketball Tournament -- Hopes High for SCAC Boys
Mar 02, 1999; ... Cle Elum, Zillah and Highland all have good reasons to think theyhave a shot at reaching the Class A state boys basketballchampionship in the Tacoma Dome come Saturday night. And that's why they're happy the target team, the squad drawingall the pre-tournament buzz, is ...
Class A State Basketball Tournament -- No Luck in Draw for SCAC Girls
Mar 02, 1999; ... New year, same deal. Lynden Christian has a girls basketball team in the Class A statetournament, and guess what? The Lyncs are favored. Seeking a title repeat, which would give them six statechampionships in 10 years, the Lyncs will enter the Tacoma Dome onWednesday with a ...
Class A, B State Prep Basketball --Class B Tourney -- SC Takes Two to State
Mar 02, 1999; ... After narrowly missing out on trips to Spokane each of the lastfour years, Sunnyside Christian is going back to the Class B stateboys basketball tournament in a big way this week The Knights areranked second with a 21-game win streak after Saturday's districtchampionship victory over ...
Legislature 1999 -- GOP Wants to Phase Out TAxes on Property
Mar 02, 1999; ... FOR THE YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC OLYMPIA - Senate Republicans want to eliminate the state portionof property taxes over a 15-year period, saying it's what the votersdemand. "If we don't do something about property taxes, I think thepeople will have an initiative and probably do ...
John Wayne Trail -- Snowmobilers Want More Trail Space
Mar 02, 1999; ... There's little room for snowmobiles on the 249-mile John WaynePioneer Trail - just 6.5 miles to be exact. So snowmobile advocates don't quite understand why their proposalto open another 12 miles of the trail between Easton and South CleElum to the machines has environmentalists ...
Time to Erase Searing Old Tapes
Mar 02, 1999; ... Parent Connection An unfortunate incident occurred some time ago in my family andI've cowered long enough, begging forgiveness, that I believe I cannow share it. It was Christmas Eve and I was attending a dinner hosted by mysister and her husband. I was helping in the ...
Editorial -- It's Initiative Season; Think Before You Sign
Mar 02, 1999 ... Just call it the silly season in Olympia. Washington state offers one of the most liberal initiativeprocesses in the country: If you have five bucks and are aregistered voter, you can file an initiative on just about anysubject you wish. The framers of the state Constitution ...
Getting a Handle on Housework -- It's the last thing you want to do after a long day at work, but there are ways to make it easier
Mar 02, 1999; ... Here's a question: Would you rather have a free year's worth ofservice from a massage practitioner, an accountant, a secretary, achauffeur or a maid? If you're a single parent or in a dual-incomefamily, the answer most likely would be the maid. In fact, thethought probably has made your ...
Providence Hospital Workers Voice Concerns
Mar 02, 1999; ... Workers seeking union representation at Providence Yakima MedicalCenter called on hospital administrators Monday to restore alongtime employee to full-time status and to drop their oppositionto the organizing efforts. "We ask for the same respect they give patients," said ...
There's Spring in the Steps -- It wasn't a tractor pull but rather a tractor push on a mild Monday afternoon at the Franklin Middle School track in Yakima.
Mar 02, 1999 ... Steve Soderstrom pushes KaNay Peterson, 3, several times aroundthe track, much to the youngster's delight. Monday's fine ...
Prosecutors Want Boy Tried as an Adult in Shooting -- Joshua Seth Romero
Mar 02, 1999; ... Prosecutors will seek to have a 15-year-old Yakima boy tried asan adult for the fatal shooting of his sister during a game ofRussian roulette last week. Joshua Seth Romero made an emotional appearance Monday in YakimaCounty Juvenile Court, where his mother and other family ...
A Snow-Capped Century -- Today marks 100th year of Mount Rainier National park -- a place intertwined with Yakamas and Yakima
Mar 02, 1999; ... OK. This is an eastside-westside thing. The people of Western Washington have long considered MountRainier theirs, as much a part of their soggy scenery as ferries,the Space Needle and Gary Payton. But Central Washington can claim this mountain as easily as PugetSound, ...
Letters to the editor
Mar 02, 1999 ... Safe Food Supply To the editor - By parroting information fed to you by ConsumerReports and the Natural Resources Defense Council, you arecontributing to the undermining of public confidence in the world'ssafest, most abundant and most affordable food supply. Again notmentioned ...
Snow on Way (Stop Us If You've Heard This Before) Storm expected to drop several inches of snow on Yakima Valley
Mar 02, 1999; ... This could be the real thing. A large winter storm headed here from the Pacific Ocean ispredicted to dump more than 4 inches of snow in the Yakima andKittitas valleys late today and early Wednesday. It's true: This winter has seen a series of storms that havefizzled before ...
Davis' Taylor Stubblefield heads upcourt after stealing the ball from G-Prep's Matty McIntyre.
Mar 03, 1999 ... Staff photo ...
Lincoln Youth Center At Issue -- Group Grumbles About City-Church Ties
Mar 03, 1999; ... A Wisconsin-based organization has formally complained to Yakimacity officials about a contract between the city and a Yakima churchto operate a youth center. The Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wis., hasadvised Yakima Mayor John Puccinelli that the city's contract ...
Sage Price, left, playing the role of Mack Beth, listens attentively to Heidi Boyd as she plays the role of the three witches in a skit based on
Mar 03, 1999 ... Shakespeare's "Macbeth." The eight-minute-long skit is thesolution formulated by a group of Valley eighth-graders to aproblem posed to teams competing in the annual Odyssey of the Mindcompetition. The skit, performed Tuesday afternoon at MarquetteMiddle School, was a rehearsal for a ...
Parley on Parlay -- Yakima Meadows Parties to Meet Again
Mar 03, 1999; ... Yakima County Commission Chairman Jim Lewis is the first to saythe Legislature and the state Horse Racing Commission - not countygovernment - must provide whatever future exists for horse racing inYakima. But Lewis has agreed to bring together two other parties thatwould have to ...
Lawsuit Over Wastewater Treatment Plant Odors Is in the Air -- Complaints lead to court action filed by neighbors
Mar 03, 1999; ... The Big Stink is going to court. Failing to reach a settlement with the city of Yakima, neighborsof the Yakima Regional Wastewater Treatment plant Tuesday filed alawsuit in Yakima County Superior Court over foul odors. The lawsuit, which stems from neighbors' damage claims ...
Editorial -- This Is One Loophole that Should be Closed
Mar 03, 1999 ... Fortunately, it's not something that happens too often. Still,paying elected officials for a job they've walked away from is apossibility that should be eliminated. And we need look no furtherthan Chelan County for a reason to do so. Former Chelan CountySheriff Dan Breda took a ...
Theo Thomas Column -- Take a New Look at Nutrition
Mar 03, 1999 ... March is National Nutrition Month and this year's slogan - "Takea Fresh Look at Nutrition" - reinforces the importance of nutritionas a key component of a healthy lifestyle. It's designed to show the flexibility of nutritionrecommendations, Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide ...
Editorial -- Maybe We Should Not Temper IRS Criticism
Mar 03, 1999 ... Granted, the Internal Revenue Service is probably the agency inall of government at any level that people most love to hate. Oftentimes the IRS deserves it; its excesses are part of the hearingrecord of congressional committees. We have occasionally temperedsome of our own criticism of ...
Letters tot he editor
Mar 03, 1999 ... Picture Shocking To the editor - I was deeply shocked at the lack of judgment andcompassion shown by the Yakima Herald-Republic in printing the front-page picture of Jeselle Romero on Feb. 27. To exploit a young girlin her final moments of life by printing a picture of her ...
Red Cross Fund Drive Begins -- Goal $70,000
Mar 03, 1999 ... Correction: Because of a editor's error, Frank Gutierrez's lastname was misspelled in a March 3 story on the Yakima Valley RedCross' annual fund-raising campaign By JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC The Yakima Valley chapter of the American Red Cross launched ...
Code Committee Report Focuses on Improvements
Mar 03, 1999; ... More work is needed, but a preliminary report from a Yakima citycode-enforcement committee represents a good start, city officialssaid. The report does not call for more regulations, but it doessuggest ways to improve the gathering and processing of complaintsabout code ...
Slice of Yakima -- Rescue Brings Recognition to Five Gleed Firefighters
Mar 03, 1999 ... Five Gleed firefighters have been honored for rescuing a Nachesman who became trapped after his car crashed into a school bus lastfall. Gleed Fire Chief Jim Kohl and firefighters Butch Haas, AndyJenkins, Miles Kohl and Dave Monian received the Holmatro Gold PinAward on Feb. 17 ...
NWAACC Men's Tournament -- It's Numbers Game -- Top-Ranked YVCC has depth, but No. 2 Lane, No. 3 Skagit Valley are in same bracket
Mar 03, 1999; ... SALEM, Ore. - Leon Rice's ace is neither in the hole nor up hissleeve. It's usually immediately to his left, stretching toward thedoor of Sherar Gym. Rice and the Yakima Valley Community College men's basketballteam open the NWAACC conference championships Thursday afternoon ...
Judge Hits WEA With $15,000 Fine
Mar 03, 1999 ... OLYMPIA (AP) - An Olympia judge fined the Washington EducationAssociation $15,000 Tuesday for failing to disclose the union'spolitical plan for the 1996 elections as part of a lawsuit,officials said. The Evergreen Freedom Foundation first sought the politicalreport in November ...
The New Carissa -- Bow Off the Beach, But Tow Line Lost in Storm
Mar 03, 1999 ... COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - After finally pulling the broken, oil-laden bow of the New Carissa off the beach, the tug that washauling it to a burial in deep water lost its tow line Tuesday,setting the rusting hull adrift about 50 miles out to sea. "They're in the middle of a storm," ...
Legislature 1999 -- Senate Panel OKs Fertilizer Measure
Mar 03, 1999; ... OLYMPIA - Washington state would protect farmland from toxicpollution by banning pulp mills and other industries from sendingtheir waste to fertilizer makers under a bill approved Tuesday by aSenate committee. State agencies have found no evidence that traces of toxicchemicals ...
Dark Horse Inn's Liquor License May Be Renewed
Mar 03, 1999; ... SUNNYSIDE - After weeks of delay, the Dark Horse Inn's liquorlicense renewal appears on its way to approval. The City Council took no action on the license renewal atMonday's meeting. The state Liquor Control Board will considerrenewal when the city's comment period expires March ...