Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from January 2001:
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Jan 01, 2001; ... NACHES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Too much time on your hands? Looking for an outlet for unusedintelligence? Well, so were a group of UCLA students who began a Web sitedevoted to those courageous guides on the roadway that are oftenmistreated by drivers - you know - road ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 01, 2001 ... 'Gift Is Free' To the editor - In response to the inspiring article written byMarion Leach, "Gift Is Free," I'd like to phrase her article inanother perspective from a sermon by my pastor. Let's say there is a worldwide epidemic and every man, woman andchild is or will be ...
Monday Sequel -- District for Parks in Limbo -- Lack of information about taxes puts Terrace Heights plan on back burner
Jan 01, 2001; ... A drive to create a park district in Terrace Heights to financeand manage neighborhood parks remains in neutral because of a lackof information and concern over taxes, according to an organizer. Backers of a park district for the largest population center inYakima County without a ...
Business Licenses
Jan 01, 2001 ... Rancho Grande, 1340 S. First St., Jose G. Orozco, owner. Express Personnel Services, 701 S. First St., Scott A. Whitmer,owner. Coors Brewing Co., 402 ...
Grandfather of Inventions -- Skills Apply to Labor of Love -- Former Valley resident creates gadgets that make life easier for his grandson, who suffers
Jan 01, 2001 ... from scoliosis By JULIE PETERSON YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Born with a host of medical problems, A.J. Patnode wasn'texpected to live more than two weeks. That was two years ago. Since his birth, he's needed 24-hour care from his parents andthe nurses who ...
Editorial -- Economy Needs Boost From Bush's Tax Cut
Jan 01, 2001 ... 'You're going to find out about me. I campaigned and say thingsbecause I believe them ... I am standing here because I campaignedon issues that the people heard." So said George W. Bush recently on his first trip to CapitolHill. The president-elect laid to rest speculation that he ...
In Basket -- Promotions, Moves, Etc...
Jan 01, 2001 ... Economic Development New Vision, Yakima County's Development Association, has electedofficers for 2001: Keith Riffe, chairman; Craig Schultz, vicechairman; Anne Palmer, treasurer; Ken Marble, secretary. New Visionis a partnership of business and community leaders working on ...
Minimum Hourly Wage Boosted to $6.72
Jan 01, 2001 ... Workers earning minimum wage in Washington will make $6.72 anhour starting today, a 22-cent an hour increase over the currentminimum wage. The new rate is the result of an initiative approved by voters in1998 that ties minimum wage increases to the national rate ...
Bellevue Boy Rescues Disabled Siblings From Fire
Jan 01, 2001 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELLEVUE, Wash. - A 13-year-old boy is being called a hero afterhelping his three developmentally disabled siblings escape a housefire while their parents were away. Luke Bright said he was playing a computer game Saturdayafternoon when he heard a fire ...
Rose Bowl Report with Taylor Stubblefield -- 'I Might Be Getting Into the Game'
Jan 01, 2001 ... ON PLAYING OR NOT PLAYING: "I talked to the coaches and mysituation is: They want to play me but they don't want to play me.If things aren't looking the way they want them to look in thebeginning part of the game, then I will go in -and if I go in, I'mgoing to play a lot. And if Vinny ...
Natural Gas Bills Shock Customers
Jan 01, 2001 ... BEND, Ore. (AP) - The first of this winter's natural gas billsare arriving as a shock to many consumers and businesses in centralOregon. With prices soaring to record levels, natural gas companyexecutives and industry analysts say consumers should expect to payat least 25 ...
Seattle Newspapers Strike -- Guild, Times Ready for Talks in D.C.
Jan 01, 2001; ... SEATTLE - The two sides in the nearly six-week-old strike at TheSeattle Times are looking forward to Wednesday's planned talks inWashington, D.C., which one mediator said might be the last hope fora quick end to the dispute. Meanwhile, workers at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, ...
CBA -- Sun Kings' Ellis Receives League Honor -- Yakima forward gets National Conference's Player of Week award
Jan 01, 2001 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC The Yakima Sun Kings, riding a six-game winning streak, are also2-for-2 in the Player of the Week department. Forward Rosell Ellis was named the Continental BasketballAssociation's National Conference Player of the Week for the periodof Dec ....
Around the Northwest -- Teen Arrested After Family Found Dead -- Seattle Catholics Join Other Gays in Appeal
Jan 01, 2001 ... Teen Arrested After Family Found Dead ADDY, Wash. - A 16-year-old boy remained in jail after hisfamily was found dead on a rural road. The boy was arrested Saturday after sheriff's deputies found thebodies of his parents and two siblings near this community about 60miles ...
Entry Deadline Nears for Free Date
Jan 02, 2001 ... Now there are no excuses. Excuses for you being dateless, that is. Unleashed is currently accepting applications from Yakima Valleystudents for our "Blind Date" contest. Entering is easy: Fill out the entry form below and return it byJan. 11. If you're selected, you'll ...
Can Kids Really Understand Crimes?
Jan 02, 2001; ... DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL How many 10-year-olds do you trust to drink alcohol responsibly?What characteristics do you look for in a 14-year-old to deliberateon a jury trial? Have you met many 7-year-olds who could make an informed decisionon who to vote for in a presidential ...
Facts and Records
Jan 02, 2001 ... Property Transfers The following property transfers were recorded in September 2000. Moxee James Vetsch sold to Eldor Kempf, residence at 3506 S. FourthSt., $20,000. Alfred Lenseigne sold to Jay LaCoursiere, 13.92 acres ofagricultural property at Charron and ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 02, 2001 ... Chanukah Facts To the editor - Guest "Unleashed" columnist Alex Frank wrote alittle piece on Chanukah Dec. 19 that was "way cool" but lacking alittle on some facts that are noteworthy. The Maccabees were indeed fighting the Syrians. They won the warbecause Judith of ...
Book-Banning Issue Doesn't Sit Well With Some Students
Jan 02, 2001; ... EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL In 1789, Congress added the First Amendment to the Constitution,guaranteeing Americans the freedom of speech and freedom of thepress. Two centuries later, the issue of banning books is achallenge to those rights. Here's just part of what the First ...
Diego Yakima's First Born in 2001 -- Jose Gutierrez and Rosa Serrano welcome their baby into the world just before noon on Monday
Jan 02, 2001; ... Forget the hype about the millennium baby last year. Actually,that was the last baby to be born in the last millennium. Diego Eduardo Gutierrez won the honor of being the first babyborn in Yakima in the new millennium at 11:49 a.m. Monday. "The first one of the new year, it's ...
Hot Lines Gives Students Chance to Report Crimes
Jan 02, 2001; ... WEST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL The S.C.A.R.E. program: Some say it's tattling, some say it stopscrime. Whatever your opinion, Students Caring About a ResponsibleEnvironment is coming to West Valley High School - and possibly toother Valley schools in the future. Here's how ...
Editorial -- Drug Court Needs to Pay Its Own Way
Jan 02, 2001 ... Yakima County could have a good thing going for it with a trialrun at a drug court, but only if the experiment continues to standon its own when it comes to funding. And that's not a given now that county officials will have toapply again next year for a $500,000 federal grant to ...
Death Notices
Jan 02, 2001 ... Debra Marie (Boger) Heath Debra Marie (Boger) Heath, 44, of Yakima died Sunday atProvidence Yakima Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Randy; two daughters, Crystal andJennifer Heath of Yakima; her mother, Delores Boger of Yakima; threebrothers, Dean and Dan Boger ...
Local Scouts Say Ban on Gay Leaders Not an Issue
Jan 02, 2001; ... While a Boy Scouts of America ban against gays serving as Scoutleaders has caused some United Way agencies to withhold funds fromthe nonprofit boys' group, that is not the case in the YakimaValley, according to local Scout and United Way officials. "Our relationship (with the ...
Standing Out -- Fitting In -- Balancing individual beliefs with being part of a group can be challenging, but it's doable
Jan 02, 2001; ... ELLENSBURG HIGH SCHOOL As teen-agers, we are faced with this little thing called "peerpressure." It exists in many forms. There's peer pressure to smoke, drinkand start using drugs. But it can also be as simple as dressing likeother people, talking a certain way, the friends ...
Observe Rules for Safe Skiing
Jan 02, 2001; ... SAFE KIDS The snow is laying on at Central Washington's prime skiing areas,making huge numbers of Yakima skiers and snow boarders very happy.This column - as well as the following one - will cover the safetyissues you need to know before you and the children in your life hitthe ...
Legislature -- Office-Space Equality a Big Issue
Jan 02, 2001 ... OLYMPIA (AP) - The Legislature hasn't even started, yet one ofthe big issues dividing those holding House offices is how todivide House offices. The state House is spending $90,000 to $100,000 to remodel theLegislative building so Republicans and Democrats will have the ...
Finding the Right Balance -- After surviving four heart attacks, Jim Thompson lives in moderation
Jan 02, 2001; ... SUNNYSIDE - Jim Thompson's got the good life. Three bright-eyed grandchildren. An adoring daughter. A hard-working wife. A cabin at Fishtrap Lake, where he casts his line forcatfish because that's what he likes to eat. The last 20 years, Jim has balanced that good life against ...
Around the Northwest -- Pregnant Woman, Child Die in Police Chase -- Sheriff: Teen Confesses to Killing Family -- Bridge Repair Project to Cause I-5
Jan 02, 2001 ... Closures Pregnant Woman, Child Die in Police Chase RENTON, Wash. - A child and a pregnant woman died and four otherchildren were hospitalized after a car rolled off a freeway on-rampduring a high-speed chase early Monday, the King County Sheriff'sOffice said. A man ...
Forest Management -- New Plan Worries Some
Jan 02, 2001 ... PORTLAND (AP) - On Wednesday, the state Board of Forestry isexpected to approve a new management plan for more than 600,000acres in Western Oregon including the Tillamook, Clatsop and Santiamstate forests. The plan makes wildlife advocates and the timber industry nervousbecause ...
Fatal Shooting Mars New Year's Celebration -- Fort Lewis soldier killed, bystander wounded in scuffle
Jan 02, 2001 ... SEATTLE (AP) - Fireworks and plenty of noise marked the openingminutes of 2001 at Seattle's Space Needle, a year after threats ofterrorism canceled festivities here at the start of the newmillennium. But the celebration was marred by the fatal shooting of a FortLewis soldier and ...
Major Leagues -- M's Could Tap Asian Market Again for Pitching -- Seattle may join bidding for Japanese left-hander
Jan 02, 2001; ... THE SEATTLE TIMES SEATTLE - While the Mariners might explore their chances ofsigning Shigetoshi Hasegawa, the former Anaheim reliever may not bethe only pitcher Seattle is interested in. This week, the Mariners could join the bidding for left-handerKazuhisa Ishii, who decided ...
Hope for the Future -- Tribal fishermen help states' wildlife departments track prehistoric sturgeon populations to preserve the species and fishing
Jan 02, 2001; ... BOARDMAN, Ore. - The shortest day of the year was like so manyothers for Bobby Begay. His 26-foot boat's big-block Chevy engine pounded steady as hesteered across the Columbia River toward the Washington shore wherethe gill nets were set for sturgeon. His brother and three ...
The Yakima Avenue Market, like its counterparts in Selah and Grandview, is expected to reopen by Saturday. An Associated Grocers executive said the
Jan 03, 2001 ... closures were ordered to correct some undisclosed ...
Corrections: Because of an editing error, Brian Miller's full name and title were dropped from a Sunday story about the top 10 local issues of 2000.
Jan 03, 2001 ... Comments from Miller, the executive director of the U.S.Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency in Yakima, wereincluded in a summary about federal aid to apple growers. Because of a copy editing error, ...
Juvenile Center Funding Mulled -- Yakima County may try again for boost in sales tax to keep center open
Jan 03, 2001; ... One Yakima County priority for 2001 is finding a permanentfunding source for the Juvenile Justice Center, according toCommissioner Jim Lewis, elected Tuesday as chairman of the three-member board for this year. Lewis said commissioners have turned over to county judges thejob of ...
Plan Will Expand, Improve Water System in Selah
Jan 03, 2001; ... The Selah City Council recently approved a 20-year water planthat will coordinate $6 million of work to improve and expand thecity's water system. The plan pulls together 16 projects that are in progress orawaiting funding, and should help the City Council keep an eye ontwo ...
Death Notices
Jan 03, 2001 ... Ellis F. Dailey Ellis F. Dailey, 76, of Prosser died Sunday at Sun TerraceAssisted Living and Retirement Center in Prosser. Mr. Dailey was born in Seragossa, Ala., and moved with his wife,Valera, to Kennewick in 1948. He worked for the railroad and laterin construction at ...
Union Revote Ordered at Warehouse -- Judge stops short of making Teamsters bargaining agent at Washington Fruit
Jan 03, 2001; ... Nearly three years after the International Brotherhood ofTeamsters lost its bid to unionize Washington Fruit and Produce, ajudge overturned the results and ordered a new election be held. The decision by James Kennedy, an administrative law judge forthe National Labor Relations ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 03, 2001 ... Better a Blossom To the editor - Others may see the Millennium Project as a workof art, but personally, it's a disappointing "stone hedge." Maybeit's the budget, but from what I've seen so far, it's anothertrolley folly. Perhaps the mainstay of the design should have been a ...
Money Without Merchandise -- And shopper says bankrupt Wards is out of bounds for not refunding money for goods that won't come in
Jan 03, 2001; ... Dawn Rodriguez of Union Gap just wants her money back. But she's probably not going to get it from the bankruptMontgomery Ward Co. Nor is she likely to get the keyboard sheordered and paid for at the Yakima store, either. Rodriguez said astore manager told her to stand in line at ...
Editorial -- Union Gap Did Well to Ask for Outside Help
Jan 03, 2001 ... The wisdom of going outside for help to probe sensitive internalproblems and complaints has been reaffirmed in Union Gap wherecharges and countercharges were threatening to split the small,tightly knit community. The controversy occupied much of last year, involving a group ...
Employees to Sue Microsoft
Jan 03, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Seven current and former Microsoft Corp. employeesare planning to sue the computer software maker for discrimination,citing racial bias, the plaintiffs' lawyers said Tuesday. The suit, to be filed in U.S. District Court for the District ofColumbia today, asks for $5 ...
Sun Kings -- Technical Fouls Aid Grand Rapids Victory
Jan 03, 2001 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Technically, the Yakima Sun Kings shouldhave a seven-game winning streak. Of course, that's also why their streak ended at six gamesTuesday night at Van Andel Arena. The Sun Kings were whistled for five technical fouls, with ...
Longtime Kittitas County Auditor Retiring -- Beverly M. Allenbaugh
Jan 03, 2001; ... After more than two decades overseeing elections and paying billsfor Kittitas County, Auditor Beverly M. Allenbaugh is going fishing.For good. One of the longest-serving officials in Central Washington,Allenbaugh notified county commissioners in Ellensburg of her plansto retire ...
Scientists: Corps Violated Preservation Act -- Feds say they were just protecting the land where Kennewick Man was found
Jan 03, 2001; ... PORTLAND - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers argues it was justtrying to protect from looters the site where a 9,300-year-oldskeleton was discovered in 1996 along the Columbia River. But scientists contend the agency violated the National HistoricPreservation Act when it covered 250 ...
Teen Held Without Bail in Family Slaying -- Suspect "was a good kid," according to friend of family
Jan 03, 2001; ... COLVILLE, Wash. - A 16-year-old boy will likely face four chargesof first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four members of hisfamily, a prosecutor said Tuesday. William L. Lembcke was ordered held without bail after anappearance in Stevens County Superior Court. Sheriff's ...
Two Teen-agers Surrender in New Year's Slaying of Soldier
Jan 03, 2001 ... SEATTLE (AP) - Two teens surrendered Tuesday in the New Year'sslaying of a Fort Lewis soldier, police said. Miles B. Skagen, 18, and a 17-year-old, both of suburban MapleValley, turned themselves in with their parents at their sides,police spokesman Clem Benton said. Skagen ...
Local Report -- Ike Girls Lead State Team Past County Cork
Jan 03, 2001 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC MIDLETON, IRELAND - Eisenhower High runners Angela Talarico andKatie Hummel placed first and second, respectively, as TeamWashington defeated County Cork in a girls cross country meetTuesday. Talarico completed the 3,000-meter course in 10:55, with ...
P-I Workers Back on Job -- Times, Guild head to Washington for talks
Jan 03, 2001 ... SEATTLE (AP) - To cheers and the skirl of a piper, newsroomemployees at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer returned to workTuesday after a 42-day strike. About 100 members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guildgathered in the plaza outside the P-I's waterfront headquarters fora ...
Prep Boys Basketball -- Selah Bests Prosser in M-V Opener
Jan 03, 2001; ... SELAH - Some teams can beat you with a deep bench, some can beatyou at the foul line, and some can beat you with one star player. Selah took a different road to victory Tuesday night, as thestarting five scored all of the Vikings' points in a 54-44 victoryagainst Prosser, in a game ...
Yakima Sun Kings Update
Jan 03, 2001 ... Next game Opponent: Rockford Lightning. When, where: 7:05 p.m. Friday at the SunDome. Radio: KUTI (1460 AM). Notes D IS THE KEY: The Sun Kings' six-game winning streak was sparkedby their defense, which allowed opponents 91 or fewer points fourtimes ...
Sunnyside Won't Put Lid on Raises
Jan 03, 2001; ... SUNNYSIDE - Annual pay raises for this city's nonunion managerswon't be held under a 9 percent ceiling over a three-year period, asa council member proposed last month. In a narrow 4 to 3 decision. with Mayor Ed Prilucik casting thetie-breaking vote, the City Council voted Tuesday ...
Around the Valley -- Hunter's Death Ruled an Accident -- Gambler's Luck Nearly Runs Out -- Fire Leaves Family of Five Homeless -- County's First Baby From
Jan 03, 2001 ... Sunnyside Hunter's Death Ruled an Accident MATTAWA - The Grant County Coroner's Office determined Monday'sdeath of a Mattawa man was due to head injuries suffered in anaccidental fall. Ernest A. Weeks, 47, went on a hunting trip Sunday in the SaddleMountain area just ...
Low Demand, OPEC Crude Send Alaska Oil Prices Down
Jan 03, 2001 ... ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska oil prices have taken a dive inrecent weeks, with North Slope crude oil selling as low as $20.09 abarrel - the cheapest crude in the world. Analysts attribute the slump to factors including increasedMiddle East oil flow, high electricity prices and ...
Monolith Has 'Em Scratching Their Heads
Jan 03, 2001 ... SEATTLE (AP) - Stonehenge it's not. But the rectangular, 9-foot-tall, black, steel monolith thatmysteriously appeared in a city park has plenty of people puzzled:What is it? Where'd it come from? Who put it there? The renegade sculpture appeared on a grassy hill in ...
Program a Boost for Grads -- Washington State Achivers Program
Jan 04, 2001; ... Five hundred college-bound high school students around the statewill soon benefit from a new scholarship program that will divvy up$100 million over the next 10 years. The Washington State Achievers Program, a partnership between theBill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the ...
Julio Delgado Gets Life -- He was an accomplice in shootings that left 3-year-old dead, three others hurt
Jan 04, 2001; ... He wasn't in the house. He didn't pull the trigger. But he'llspend his life in prison. Julio C. Delgado was sentenced Wednesday for helping with themurder of a 3-year-old girl and the shootings of three other people. The 22-year-old was convicted Dec. 5 as an accomplice in ...
Yakima Nordstrom to Close -- Declining sales, sagging downtown prompt March 31 shutdown of store
Jan 04, 2001; ... Nordstrom is shutting down its Yakima store, blaming decliningsales and concern about the economic health of downtown. The action marks the second closure of a major Yakima store afterlast week's decision by Montgomery Ward to close its 250 stores,including one here. After ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 04, 2001 ... Dictatorial Power To the editor - When I become Benevolent Dictator I shall issue adecree that will prevent fluoride or any other contaminates to beadded to the public domestic (drinking) water supply. Why? Because fluoride is toxic (poison) (according to the World ...
Board OKs Scenic Annexation -- Next step to public hearing before city council; not all residents pleased
Jan 04, 2001; ... The city of Yakima's annexation of some of the area's mostexpensive property - including the most expensive home - is a stepcloser to reality. The state Boundary Review Board for Yakima County on Wednesdayunanimously ap-proved the city's annexation of more than 25 acres onScenic ...
Birding -- Annual Counters Find Robins at Home in Yakima Valley
Jan 04, 2001; ... SPECIAL TO THE HERALD-REPUBLIC If you think there are a lot of robins around Yakima and thevalley this winter, you're right. Yakima Valley Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count found arecord 3,504 of them, 10 times the number seen in 1999, in the LowerValley on Sunday, Dec ....
Small Game Hunting Continues
Jan 04, 2001; ... NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN Although 2000 has now come to a close, it doesn't mean that allof the hunting seasons are over for the year. Yes, virtually all ofthe big game hunting seasons are now complete, but several smallgame hunting seasons remain open for another two or three ...
Snow Skiing -- High in the Backcountry -- Once enough snow falls, cross-country skiers will have plenty to enjoy
Jan 04, 2001; ... Dear Santa: Hi, yeah, we know we're a little late, but we're looking to makea deal. We're willing to return the gift-wrapped nose hair clippers,the rhinestone cat collar, ALL of the fruitcakes, those Seahawkseason tickets (no great loss there) and even the Chia Pet - which,by the ...
What's Happening -- Bird Alert: Year Ends With Great Sightings -- Salmon Distribution to Food Banks Tops Expectations -- February Razor Clam Dig
Jan 04, 2001 ... Planned on Coast -- Cowlitz Smelt Fishery Opens With Restrictions-- Nisqually River Closed to Fishing Until June 1 Bird Alert: Year Ends With Great Sightings The year 2000 ended with a rush of great bird sightings. On Dec.29 a flock of 30 cedar waxwings was seen at 30th Avenue ...