Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from July 1999:
Yakima Greenway Goes to Bat for Youth Sports -- Softball, baseball, soccer fields make up sports complex planned for just east of Yakima River
Jul 01, 1999 ... Correction: Due to a reporting error, Phill Fossum's first namewas misspelled in Thursday's article about the proposed YakimaGreenway youth sports park. By DAVID LESTER YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Officials of the Yakima Greenway and three local youth sportsassociations ...
Summertime, and the Driving Is ... Slow -- Road construction, crackdowns should slow down area drivers
Jul 01, 1999; ... With road construction, increased holiday traffic and a crackdownon speeders, the Fourth of July weekend may kick off a slow summeron Central Washington's highways. Most highways are slated for traffic-snarling work between nowand October, and the Washington State Patrol is ...
Toddler Dies, Was Apparently Hit by Car
Jul 01, 1999 ... UNION GAP - A toddler died Wednesday night after apparently beingstruck by a car. The 13-month-old girl, who suffered massive head injuries, diedabout 9 p.m. at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, a nursingsupervisor said. "Right now we have an injured 13-month-old child who ...
Around the Valley -- Boy Hit By Pickup Listed as Serious -- Need a License Tab? It's $30 Cheaper -- Free Concert Today in Gilbert Park
Jul 01, 1999 ... Boy Hit By Pickup Listed as Serious ZILLAH - A 14-year-old Yakima boy was injured Wednesday when hisbicycle was struck by a pickup east of here. Daniel Rector was riding his bicycle west on Yakima ValleyHighway about 6:30 p.m. when he was hit by a 1999 Chevrolet pickup,the ...
Letters to the editor
Jul 01, 1999 ... Project Exile To the editor - It has been clearly shown that enacting more gun-control laws have little to no effect on crime statistics. However,enforcement of "Project Exile" in Richmond, Va., has been reportedto drastically reduce homicides and gun-related crimes. It ...
Two Local Cities Post High Growth Rates -- Nationwide, smaller cities like Sunnyside and Ellensburg are outpacing larger ones in percentage of growth
Jul 01, 1999; ... When it comes to population growth, cities like Seattle, Atlantaand Denver get all the attention. But would you believe towns like Sunnyside outpaced them all inpercentage of growth over the past decade? The U.S. Census Bureausays it's part of a national trend: smaller cities are ...
Local Notes -- Cole, Eken 33rd in State Am -- Moe Shoots 6-Under -- His Age -- Cobleigh Ties for Low Pro Honors -- U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying Set
Jul 01, 1999 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC SEATTLE - Robin Cole of the Yakima Country Club and Marie Ekenfrom the SunTides Golf Course were tied for 33rd place afterWednesday's second-round play at the Washington State GolfAssociation's women's amateur championship at the par-71 Sand PointCountry ...
Death Notices
Jul 01, 1999 ... Andrew E. Fierst Andrew E. Fierst, 78, of Yakima died Tuesday at Providence YakimaMedical Center. Mr. Fierst was born in Baker City, Ore., and served in the U.S.Army during World War II. He had worked for Lincoln Mercury for 31years before retiring. Survivors include ...
Editorial -- Teaching Respect Fine, but Teach it at Home
Jul 01, 1999 ... While most people might think respect has to be earned, the stateof Louisiana is about to lead a national charge to show it can alsobe learned. And there's a new law in effect today to prove it. It's one of the latest in a variety of attempts by states torespond to growing ...
Field Guide -- Sticky Geranium -- Geranium Viscosissimum
Jul 01, 1999 ... In our area, the east slopes of the Cascades, sticky geranium isthe common geranium with large purple-pink flowers; elsewhere andin gardens there are several other species of geranium with similarflowers and leaves. While the name sticky geranium seems like a demeaning epithet, ...
Lasorda Back in Yakima
Jul 01, 1999 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Los Angeles Dodger senior vice presidentand Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda will be in Yakima to checkout the Yakima Bears during their three-game series with Everettthat ...
Safeco Won't Be Good For Griffey
Jul 01, 1999; ... THE SPORTING NEWS Ken Griffey Jr. said goodbye to the Kingdome on Sunday. He alsobid adieu to any hopes of breaking Mark McGwire's single-season homerun record or Hank Aaron's career mark as long as remains in theNorthwest. You wonder if the Mariners' move into Safeco Field, ...
Tom Robillard has put an emphasis on improving his short game -- chipping and putting.
Jul 01, 1999 ... Staff photo ...
Brandon Anderson grimaces after a bad toss while playing horseshoes recently at Elks Park in Yakima. The 13-year-old made far more good throws than bad,
Jul 01, 1999 ... however, as he and his father, Ken, teamed to win most of ...
Correction: Due to misinformation given to the Herald-Republic, there were two inaccuracies in Tuesday's story about free school lunches for children 18
Jul 01, 1999 ... and younger. First, there is no lunch program at GilbertElementary; second, lunches ...
Valley Wins Grants to Fight School Violence -- AmeriCorps will implement program in county schools
Jul 01, 1999; ... By the beginning of the coming school year, five Yakima Countyschools could have programs to combat youth violence thanks to a newfederal grant, Gov. Gary Locke announced Wednesday. After rollingup his sleeves and painting an anti-violence mural with about adozen Yakima children at the ...
Suspected Shooter to be Tried as Adult -- Wuenceslao Ramirez
Jul 01, 1999; ... Seventeen-year-old Wuenceslao Ramirez covered his head andlowered his face to the table Wednesday in Yakima County JuvenileCourt when told he would be tried as an adult for the shooting of aYakima police officer. Ramirez is scheduled to be arraigned today in Superior Court on ...
July Fourth Weekend -- Gas Prices Up; So Are Travelers
Jul 01, 1999; ... It'll cost quite a bit more to get to Aunt Edna's this holidayweekend. Gas prices are up sharply compared to a year ago. Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, Yakima gas stations arecharging an average of $1.32 for a gallon of regular unleaded, up 20cents compared to 1998, ...
Still Driving For His Dream -- Tom Robillard weathers personal tragedy and now pursues goal of playing on the PGA Tour
Jul 01, 1999; ... Like most sports, golf is conducive to dreaming. It can createvisions of striding down the 18th fairway at some world-renownedcourse on a Sunday afternoon, TV cameras in focus and a gallery ofthousands in full-throated salute. Fame plays a big part of the dream, as does ...
Yakima People -- Voting Essays Earn Plaudits -- Woman Makes Grange Grade
Jul 01, 1999 ... Voting Essays Earn Plaudits They got their vote. Five local students were named winners recently in the AmericanLegion Auxiliary essay contest. The contest was sponsored by Logan Wheeler Unit 36 of Yakima. Students in grades three through six wrote about "Voting ...
Facts and Records
Jul 01, 1999 ... Births Providence Yakima Medical Center KUPP - To Craig and Karin (Gilmer) Kupp, Yakima, a son, KobeThomas, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, 7:39 p.m., June 29, 1999. Grandparentsare Tom and Linda Gilmer of Tacoma and Jake and Carla Kupp ofYakima. LEE - To Richard and Wendy ...
Yakima Gets Arts for Ages -- Valley joins select group nationwide in millennium project
Jul 01, 1999; ... Not Seattle. Not Tacoma. Not Spokane nor the Tri-Cities - noteven arty Bainbridge Island. When the National Endowment for the Arts needed a city inWashington to join next year's nationwide millennium project, Yakimagot the nod. Officials with the Allied Arts Council announced ...
Outdoor Briefs: Ask a Ranger Near Kaner Flat -- Fireworks Banned in National Forest -- Sturgeon Season to Remain Open -- Remember That Trail Park Pass --
Jul 01, 1999 ... Campgrounds Up, Running for Weekend Ask a Ranger Near Kaner Flat The Forest Service will be close at hand this weekend. Naches Ranger District will park its interpretive trailer at theLittle Naches drainage near Kaner Flat campground off State ...
Death Sentence Likely Will Be Brought to Bear -- One-year-old orphan develops too much appetite for trash, too little fear of humans
Jul 01, 1999; ... Homeless, hungry and howling in a 6-foot cylinder, a 1-year-oldblack bear is facing a death sentence today. The female bear, named "Keytoo" by a Forest Service employee, wastrapped Wednesday in the Little Naches campground by stateDepartment of Fish and Wildlife enforcement ...
History Tour -- Cave Draws Bat and Human Visitors
Jul 01, 1999; ... SPECIAL TO THE YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Twenty-five thousand years ago, give or take a few thousandyears, Boulder Cave, a 45-minute drive northwest of Yakima, wascreated with a roar that must have been heard for miles. After thousands of years of erosion, a massive overhang ...
Goldendale Fish Hatchery specialists Rudy Font, right and Ken Espersen transfer a load of trout to a transport truck, which will deliver the young
Jul 01, 1999 ... trout to lakes and streams where they will provide a ...
Travis and Beth Jansen live in a bungalow on the grounds of the Outlook Irrigation District north of Outlook.
Jul 01, 1999 ... Photo by Pat ...
Hatchery Keeps Lakes, Streams Stocked
Jul 01, 1999; ... VOICES CORRESPONDENT GOLDENDALE - Sports fishermen who haul in lunker rainbow troutthis summer can thank the Goldendale Fish Hatchery for the catch ofthe day. The hatchery, west of town at the headwaters of Spring Creek, isoperated by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife ...
Hatchery Keeps Lakes, Streams Stocked
Jul 01, 1999; ... the catch of the day. The hatchery, west of town at the headwaters of Spring Creek, isoperated by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife andspecializes in rainbow trout. It has been supplying game fish toarea streams and lakes since 1938. Although most fish from the ...
Outlook Irrigation District Manager Travis Jansen adjusts a vintage valve inside the district's 1916 pumphouse.
Jul 01, 1999 ... Photo by Pat ...
Goldendale's Summer Events Heat Up With Something for All
Jul 01, 1999; ... VOICES CORRESPONDENT GOLDENDALE - When the summer weather heats up, so do theactivities in town: Three of Goldendale's most popular communityevents will take place in the next two weekends. Demolition Derby On Sunday, Fourth of July fireworks won't be the only ...
She's in Horse Heaven With Home-Based Saddle Business
Jul 01, 1999; ... VOICES CORRESPONDENT MABTON - Sandy Lundberg, owner of the Horse Heaven Saddle Co.,says she's always been involved with horses in one way or another. She and her husband, Richard, otherwise known as "Monk," met at theLongacres Race Track in Renton 15 years ago, where Sandy worked ...
Hop-Rod Fest on Tap
Jul 01, 1999 ... MABTON - Tasting some of the best microbrews in the state,viewing vintage cars restored to their original condition andraising money for student scholarships will be on tap at the secondannual Hop-Rod Brew Festival on July 10 at Puterbaugh Farms-HopsDirect in Mabton. Spokeswoman ...
Outlook Irrigation -- Tiny District Keeps Water, History Flowing
Jul 01, 1999; ... VOICES CORRESPONDENT OUTLOOK - A lot of time - and a lot of water - has passed throughthe Outlook Irrigation District's old pumphouse. Most of itpredates the district's manager and sole employee, 28-year-oldTravis Jansen, but the history isn't lost on the newest keeper ofthe ...
Teens Compete for Pageant Crown -- Miss Sunnyside
Jul 01, 1999; ... VOICES STAFF WRITER SUNNYSIDE - "Sunshine Days" is more than two months away, Sept.17-19, but nine girls are already running hard for the right to wearthe crown and represent the city as "Miss Sunnyside." "This is themost girls we've had run in some time," said Jennifer Golden, who ...
It's a Busy Year for Class Reunions for Grandview Schools, With Annual All-District Alumni Picnic
Jul 01, 1999 ... GRANDVIEW - Eight Grandview High School class reunions areplanned this summer, and the seventh annual Grandview AlumniAssociation Picnic is scheduled for Aug. 14 at Westside Park,according to association spokeswoman Raynette "Cookie" KlashkeShannon. Attendance at the picnic is ...
"Heartstrings' To Perform at Fair
Jul 01, 1999 ... SUNNYSIDE - Sunnyside country gospel singer/songwriter DebbieSkinner's new singing group is testing its wings. The group, Heartstrings - comprised of Skinner and her sisters,Gwen Lawson and Robin Abrams - is scheduled to perform at 1:40Sunday at the Fourth of July Celebration at ...
Lower Valley Briefs: PowWow, Rodeo Events Start Today -- Gold Wing Group Plans Lighted Parade
Jul 01, 1999 ... PowWow, Rodeo Events Start Today TOPPENISH - The 67th annual Toppenish PowWow and Rodeo isscheduled in Toppenish this Fourth of July weekend, with activitiesbeginning today at noon in the Indian Village. Here's the schedule: Today: Noon, memorials at the Indian ...
Blues, Jazz Festival Coming To Yakima
Jul 01, 1999 ... YAKIMA - "A Case of the Blues and All That Jazz," CentralWashington's premier blues and jazz festival, is scheduled from 3to 11 p.m. Aug. 21 at Sarge Hubbard Park. This year's festival features performances by The Lloyd JonesStruggle, Bumblebees and Michael Powers. This ...
An economic approach to the law of evidence.
Jul 01, 1999; ... In this article, Judge Richard A. Posner presents the first comprehensive economic analysis of the law of evidence. The article is presented in three parts. First, Judge Posner proposes and describes two possible economic models, both a search and a cost-minimization approach, to describe ...
The questionable ascent of Hadley v. Baxendale.
Jul 01, 1999; ... The venerable case of Hadley v. Baxendale serves as the prototype for default rules designed to penalize, and thus encourage disclosure by, an undesirable contractual counterpart. Penalty-default analysis is now widely accepted as a plausible approach to the issues presented by incomplete ...
Majoritarian vs. minoritarian defaults.(response to article by Barry E. Alder in this issue, p. 1547)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Recent theoretical analysis of contract default roles has devoted significant attention to the use of penalty default roles as a way to induce a contractor to reveal private information. Penalty default roles demonstrate how efficient roles cannot be derived by simply asking what most ...
Reconsidering contractual liability and the incentive to reveal information.(response to article by Barry E. Adler in this issue, p. 1547)
Jul 01, 1999; ... In an earlier work, Professors Lucian Arye Bebchuk and Steven Shavell analyzed how the legal rules governing contractual liability affect the transfer of information between the parties to a contract. In particular, they showed how limitations on contractual liability might lead ...
Hadley reprise.(Response to articles in this issue, p. 1591, 1615)
Jul 01, 1999; ... In response to my article in this issue,(1) Ian Ayres and Robert Gertner(2) as well as Lucian Bebchuk and Steven Shavell(3) defend their work on default rules that can induce separation of contract parties by type. Each set of authors accepts the central insight of my article, that a pool ...
What's fair here is not fair everywhere: does the American fair use doctrine violate international copyright law?
Jul 01, 1999; ... As part of the Uruguay Round of negotiations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, signatory nations elevated the enforcement of copyright and other intellectual property rights to unprecedented international prominence with the inclusion of the Trade Related Aspects of ...
Emotional and psychological child abuse: notes on discourse, history, and change.
Jul 01, 1999; ... Emotional or psychological child abuse is riven by conflict and contradiction, and the resulting incoherence makes it an unstable basis for intervention in families. J. Robert Shull asks in this note how advocates, frustrated by the relative immobility of legal institutions in cases of ...
Crisis of conscience: reconciling religious health care providers' beliefs and patients' rights.
Jul 01, 1999; ... In this note, Katherine A. White explores the conflict between religious health care providers who provide care in accordance with their religious beliefs and the patients who want access to medical care that these religious providers find objectionable. Specifically, she examines Roman ...
Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons.(Review)
Jul 01, 1999; ... JUDICIAL POLICY MAKING AND THE MODERN STATE: HOW THE COURTS REFORMED AMERICA'S PRISONS. By Malcolm M. Feeley([dagger]) & Edward L. Rubin.([double dagger]) Cambridge University Press. 1998. xv + 490 pp. $69.95. Malcolm Feeley and Edward Rubin's Judicial Policy Making and the ...
Correction
Jul 02, 1999 ... Due to a reporting error, Phill Fossum's first name was misspelled in ...
It's Open -- Chinook Pass -- With snow drifts of around 20 feet deep remaining at some spots near the summit, DOT officials are warning travelers that
Jul 02, 1999 ... intermittent delays can occur for the next few weeks to allowcrews to ...
It's Open -- Matt Hanshew of the Washington State Department of Transportation opens the gate at Morse Creek on Highway 410 Thursday morning, allowing Fourth
Jul 02, 1999 ... of July holiday travelers to use Chinook Pass for the first timethis year. WSDOT crews removed snow drifts as deep ...
City Loses Its Patron Saint -- "Bill" Robertson dies; memorial set for Tuesday
Jul 02, 1999 ... Correction: Due to a reporting error, a story Friday erroneouslyreported that longtime Yakima resident Bill Robertson donated theH.M. Gilbert Home to the Yakima Valley Museum. Instead, she sold itto the Gilbert family who immediately donated it to the musem. By JEREMY ...
Taiwan Ag Rules on Hold -- Proposed regulations could take bite out of state's exporting of apples, cherries
Jul 02, 1999; ... Taiwanese government officials are holding off on enforcing newpesticide regulations that could slow sales to Washington state'slargest apple and cherry market. The new rules are delayed until at least July 15 while talkscontinue. Industry officials hope Taiwan eventually will ...
Death Notices
Jul 02, 1999 ... Phallis "Bo' S. Cable Phallis "Bo" S. Cable, 56, of Yakima died Tuesday at ProvidenceYakima Medical Center. Mr. Cable was born in Clay County, Ark., and served in the U.S.Air Force during the Vietnam War and currently was in the NationalGuard Reserves. He worked in the ...
Facts and Records
Jul 02, 1999 ... Yakima Police District 1 Fraud, 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, Smitty's Conoco. District 2 Shoplift, 3:59 p.m., Tuesday, Bon Marche. District 3 Burglary, 7:56 p.m., Tuesday, 200 block South Sixth Street. District 4 Burglary, 1:02 p.m., ...
Know the Law Before You Light the Fuse -- Fourth of July - Fireworks
Jul 02, 1999 ... If you're planning to celebrate the Fourth of July with a bang,you may want to check if it's legal in the city. Fireworks are illegal in most Yakima Valley cities, but there isstill a handful that permit "safe and sane" fireworks to be sold andused. According to Charles ...
Firecracker Tournament -- Beetles, Pak Still Perfect in Tourney
Jul 02, 1999 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Two days into the 12-team Firecracker Invitational, the YakimaBeetles and Yakima Valley Pak are keeping perfect pace with eachother in the annual Senior Legion baseball tournament. Both local teams improved to 2-0 in their respective divisionsThursday ...
Celebrate the Fourth -- It's sure to be a star-spangled affair you, family will remember
Jul 02, 1999 ... It's time to celebrate the birth of America once again with goodfood, breathtaking fireworks and a whole lot of free fun. Ifyou're not sure where to go, or what to do, get your red pen readybecause here comes the Independence Day weekend round-up. Yakima's annual Fourth of July ...
What a Rush! City Flushes Water Mains
Jul 02, 1999; ... Don't worry about that brownish liquid flowing from your kitchenfaucet - it's flushing time again. Over the next several weeks, city of Yakima workers will clean ayear's worth of rust and sediment from water mains during theirannual flushing project. "Basically what you will ...
Yakima Bears Update
Jul 02, 1999 ... Today's game n Opponent: Everett AquaSox. When, where: 7:05 p.m. at Yakima County Stadium. Radio: KMWX (1460 AM), KXYE (1020 AM-Spanish). Probable starters: Yakima RHP Jonathan Berry (1-1, 7.36 ERA).Everett pitcher TBA. Notes No surprises: Tommy Lasorda ...
Shooting Suspect Charged -- Teen (Wuenceslao Ramirez) faces trial as adult on charge of attempted first-degree murder
Jul 02, 1999; ... Wuenceslao Ramirez was charged in Yakima County Superior Court onThursday with attempted first-degree murder for last week's shootingof a Yakima police officer. Ramirez, 17, also faces two charges of unlawful possession of afirearm and taking a motor vehicle without ...
Nob Hill--16th Avenue Intersection Tops Accident Survey -- But Yakima police say it's not the worst spot in city for traffic mishaps
Jul 02, 1999; ... Yakima has made a "Top 10" list again, but city officials arehardly rejoicing. According to State Farm Insurance, theintersection at West Nob Hill Boulevard and South 16th Avenue hasthe highest rate of motor vehicle accidents in Eastern Washington. The conclusion is based on a ...
Yakima People -- Reserve Officers Win Hero Awards -- Longtime Volunteer Receives Award, Too
Jul 02, 1999 ... Reserve Officers Win Hero Awards It's not every day someone is called a hero, but Kiwanis Clubmembers are changing that. Apple Valley Kiwanis of Yakima and West Valley Kiwanis of Yakimarecently presented Everyday Hero awards to 33 Yakima County DeputySheriff's Reserve ...
Nashville Artist Chalee Tennison Keeps Reaching Higher -- Country music singer performs Sunday at fairgrounds
Jul 02, 1999; ... COUNTRY BEAT "Chalee Tennison"/Chalee Tennison (four stars) Country music singer Chalee Tennison, who is burning her way upthe charts, headlines the entertainment bill at Yakima County'sFourth of July Celebration this year. The rising Nashville artist is a regular ...
Keytoo Returned to the Wild -- Friendly black bear gets a chance to live
Jul 02, 1999; ... Keytoo, the 1-year-old female black bear captured by stateworkers Wednesday, is wild again. The bear, which was facing euthanization, was released Thursdayin a remote area northeast of Ellensburg by state Department of Fishand Wildlife agents. For a week Keytoo - named by ...