Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from May 2001:
Corrections: Yakima native Todd Stottlemyre is a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Because of an editing error, a correction in Tuesday's paper
May 01, 2001 ... erroneously said his brother, Mel Stottlemyre Jr., is a pitcherfor that team. Due to a reporting error, an incorrect word was used in a MondayPage 1 story about cold weather. The sentence should have read:"Cold temperatures may have motorists crossing mountain passespulling out ...
Corrections: The Yakima Valley Community College Alumni Association last year awarded its annual Distinguished Alumnus Award to Mel Stottlemyre Sr.,
May 01, 2001 ... the pitching coach of the New York Yankees. A news brief inMonday's newspaper incorrectly said it was awarded to MelStottlemyre Jr., who is a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Due to an editing error, an incorrect word was used in a Sundaystory to describe the 150- to 200-foot ...
Snow's Falling in Mountains; Temperatures to Fall in Valley
May 01, 2001; ... Cold temperatures may have motorists crossing mountain passespulling out chains today and farmers watching thermostats tonight. Lows from 25 to 30 are expected in Yakima Valley tonight, butthe National Weather Service says that farmers shouldn't have muchto worry about because a ...
Junior Livestock Show -- "Duke" the sheep was stubborn as a mule Monday at the annual Central Washington Junior Livestock Show. Haley Saam, left, pushes
May 01, 2001 ... while owner Sarah Freepons pulls as they try to move the sheep. Saam, 10, and Freepons, 9, are members of the Horse ...
Trial Begins for Murder Suspect -- Anthony Ply is accused of killing his former girlfriend's grandmother
May 01, 2001; ... He's accused of stabbing and slashing his former girlfriend'sgrandmother to death in 1999, then stashing her body under her ownbed. He's accused of having forced her to write him a $150 checkbefore doing it. Now Anthony David Ply is on trial for aggravated first-degreemurder. On ...
Caregivers Forum Set Today in Yakima
May 01, 2001 ... YAKIMA - A forum to help family caregivers is planned for todayat the Yakima Area Arboretum. The 10 a.m. to noon forum will help caregivers identify needs tomaintain current family life. Families looking to ...
Irrigation Transfer Nearly Doubles -- Roza district offers more money for water, gathering 5,875 acre feet
May 01, 2001; ... A Roza Irrigation District offer of more money for water thisyear appears to be paying off. Total acreage proposed for transfer from the Sunnyside Divisionto the drought-plagued Roza has nearly doubled in the past week. The 72,000-acre Roza filed transfer requests Monday on ...
Breaking the Silence -- Sharing emotions, experience of sexual assault with others can help your healing and help others at the same time
May 01, 2001; ... RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL At first glance, Cory is your regular teen-ager. A senior at alocal high school, she has a great relationship with her mother andworks part time at a local Burger King. But dig a little deeper and you'll find this is an ordinary girlwho has overcome ...
But on TV, Everything Seemed So Real
May 01, 2001; ... EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL Seeing is believing, especially if you're a young child. Theremay have been things in the past that I wouldn't even considerbelieving now, but it is always fun looking back to my younger days. As a young boy, I can honestly say that I believed in anything ...
Yakima People -- Local Dancers Get High Honors
May 01, 2001 ... Apparently, local group "Dance Addiction" is addicted to morethan just moving to music. It seems to have a predilection for goldas well - as in gold medals. At a recent competition in Idaho, the seven youths in the danceteam took high honors against teams from across western ...
Letters to the editor
May 01, 2001 ... Pray for McVeigh To the editor - Many people await the execution of TimothyMcVeigh with hateful glee. I don't, even though I see the OklahomaCity bombing as heinous beyond description. I regard capital punishment in this case as possibly dropping himinto hell, which a lot of ...
Correction: Due to incorrect information provided by a source, East Valley's scoring during a 2-1 CWAC boys soccer victory over Wapato was incorrect in
May 01, 2001 ... Sunday's edition. The Red Devils' first goal was scored by TomOstrander on ...
Monster Begone! -- Put your kid's bedtime fears to rest
May 01, 2001; ... When Cody Susan was 3 years old, the monsters did everything in amonster's power to keep him from sleep. At night the boy would lay stiff as a timber, terrified, hearingthem scratching in the closet, in the shadows that stretched fromdark corners. Needless to say, bedtime in the ...
Police Dogs, Sports Complex on Tap for Council
May 01, 2001; ... The Yakima City Council today may put a ballot measure beforevoters in September that, if approved, would increase privateutility taxes by 1 percent to finance a sports complex at KiwanisPark. Also before the council is a resolution directing the city tosign a $100,000 consulting ...
Breaking the Silence -- Sharing emotions, experience of sexual assault with others can help your healinga nd help others at the same time
May 01, 2001 ... "I'm a genie in a bottle baby/ You gotta rub me the right way honey (if you wanna be with me)." -- From Christina Aguilera's hit song"Genie In A Bottle" By ELOISA GONZALES DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL Have you ever really listened to the lyrics of your ...
Death Notices
May 01, 2001 ... Naomi R. "Nan' Truex Naomi R. "Nan" Truex, 65, of Wapato died Sunday at her home. Mrs. Truex was born in Osceola, Ind., and moved to the Wapatoarea in 1967. She was manager of the Washington state liquor storein Wapato for many years until retiring. Survivors include ...
Wapato Upperclassmen Help Community During WASL Week
May 01, 2001; ... WAPATO HIGH SCHOOL The Washington Assessment for Student Learning test was givenlast week to the sophomores at Wapato High School, but unlike priortests, this year's gave the other classes something to do as well. Juniors and seniors spent time painting out graffiti, picking ...
Editorial -- Greater Yakima Wired for the 21st Century
May 01, 2001 ... Who would have ever thought that sleepy Yakima would one day beone of the most wired communities for its size in the state? Well, believe it. The city of Yakima has received a state grant for $708,300 tostring fiber optic lines near the airport, which will aid presentand ...
Editorial -- Ester Huey Epitomizes Community Involvement
May 01, 2001 ... There's no question about it. Ask civic leaders in Yakima to namepeople who are synonymous with community involvement and there'sone name that will repeatedly make the top part of the list: EsterHuey. Huey, the executive director of the Yakima Substance AbuseCoalition, was ...
Around the Valley -- Yakima Man Charged in Shooting of Teen -- YMCA Opens Doors to New Technology -- Tierney Gives Sheriff Another Shot at Polls --
May 01, 2001 ... Woman Caught in Fire Released from Hospital Yakima Man Charged in Shooting of Teen YAKIMA - The 18-year-old Yakima man who police say shot a boy inthe abdomen with a sawed-off shotgun was charged Monday withattempted murder. Roman A. Garcia, whose attempted ...
Tiger Army Is a Musical Force to Be Reckoned With
May 01, 2001; ... DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL Rock 'n' roll has been prevalent in our society for more than ahalf-century, and has evolved in a myriad of directions. However, one style of music - quite similar to the original rock'n' roll sound of the 1950s - has received an incredibly smallamount of ...
Condition of Sunnyside Native Shot in Florida Upgraded from Critical to Serious Condition -- Amanda Scheiber, who's three months pregnant, is "very
May 01, 2001 ... stable," doctor says By ADRIANA JANOVICH YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC A Sunnyside native shot during a rampage at a Florida apartmentcomplex last week was upgraded from critical to serious condition onMonday. Amanda Scheiber, 21, who is three months pregnant, was ...
Immigrants Race Deadline -- Monday marked final day to apply for visas in United States
May 01, 2001; ... Ricardo Reyes, a telecommunications specialist from Wenatchee,rushed to Yakima Monday to join the line at the Immigration andNaturalization Service. That morning someone handed him a newspaperarticle explaining Monday was D-Day to get a visa. Nationally, thousands were doing the ...
Prep Roundup -- Sunnyside Snags Final Playoff Berth -- Golf
May 01, 2001 ... Sunnyside Snags Final Playoff Berth YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC GRANDVIEW - Darell Palomo's two-RBI double in the fourth gave theSunnyside Grizzlies a 2-1 victory over Prosser in a Mid-ValleyLeague playoff, earning the Grizzlies a spot in the districttournament. Sunnyside ...
Yakima's a Winner With WIAA -- City scores three-year commitment for prep basketball, volleyball, baseball and tennis
May 01, 2001; ... Yakima already had a rich high school sports heritage. As ofMonday morning, the rich just got richer. Literally. That's when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Associationannounced that, through the 2003-2004 school year, Yakima will hostthe 2A and 1A basketball ...
Foreword: does the Solicitor General matter?
May 01, 2001; ... We've gathered at the outset of the new year to puzzle about federalism--what is it, where did it come from, and where is it going? So it seems appropriate to commence this symposium by invoking the opening scene in Stanley Kubrick's film, "2001." Although most of the movie takes place in ...
"Appropriate" means-ends constraints on Section 5 powers.
May 01, 2001; ... Over the past decade, Congress' Section 5 power to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment has taken center stage in the unfolding drama of Our (New) Federalism.(1) For the first time in seven decades, the Supreme Court has begun to narrow the scope of Congress' power to ...
Against sovereign immunity.
May 01, 2001; ... I. INTRODUCTION: OF COURSE, THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO WRONG Sovereign immunity is an anachronistic relic and the entire doctrine should be eliminated from American law. The principle of sovereign immunity is derived from English law, which assumed that "the King can do no wrong."(1) ...
The Eleventh Amendment as curb on bureaucratic power.
May 01, 2001; ... INTRODUCTION Almost no one has any kind words for the Eleventh Amendment(1) jurisprudence of the Rehnquist Court. In particular, most scholars maintain that the Court's Eleventh Amendment decisions serve no useful function. Whatever its credentials as correct expositions of ...
Holistic interpretation: Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer and our bifurcated Constitution.
May 01, 2001; ... INTRODUCTION Within days of the Symposium for which this essay was originally written, the Supreme Court found that yet another federal statute--this time, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)--unconstitutionally abrogated states' immunity from suit.(1) Unconsented-to suits ...
The irony of immunity: the Eleventh Amendment, irreparable injury, and Section 1983.
May 01, 2001; ... INTRODUCTION There's a famous story about a sign outside a fishmonger's shop saying "Fresh Fish Sold Here." A grammarian persuades the owner to erase each of the words: "Here" is unnecessary, because it's obvious where the shop is; if the fish weren't "fresh," no one would buy ...
Overcoming immunity: the case of federal regulation of intellectual property.
May 01, 2001; ... The Supreme Court's decisions in Seminole Tribe v. Florida and Alden v. Maine have recognized a broad state sovereign immunity that Congress lacks power simply to override. In practice, the principal result of these decisions is to disempower Congress, when legislating under Article I of ...
Letters to the Editor
May 02, 2001 ... Thanks, Volunteers To the editor - Let's take a moment to thank all the volunteerswho make this Valley spectacular. There are too many individual andgroup efforts to list, but all are appreciated. Many projects get alot of publicity, many others go unnoticed. Numerous ...
Tierney Seeking Sheriff's Spot
May 02, 2001; ... John Tierney launched his campaign for Yakima County sheriffTuesday, promising to put more deputies on the road and improveservice. The announcement by the 57-year-old retired Washington StatePatrol officer sets up a primary election runoff with Sheriff KenIrwin Sept ....
Backward Glance
May 02, 2001 ... 25 years ago - May 2, 1976 Eight Eisenhower High School students have written a book aboutYakima area history. Titled "From Ferguson to " the 94-page book covers what thestudents term "the more interesting developments in and aroundYakima from the 1870s to 1940." The ...
Sunnyside Gets Planning Department
May 02, 2001; ... SUNNYSIDE - This city plans to have a new department up andrunning by this summer. The Sunnyside City Council has created three new positions that,along with some internal reorganization, will establish a planningdepartment as early as July. The new jobs include a director ...
Mugshot of Joe Santucci
May 02, 2001 ... Ran with "Appreciating Our Teachers ...
Gov. Locke Points to Yakima Children's Center's Success
May 02, 2001; ... Nearly a year into a state-sponsored pilot program that givesmoney to child-care centers for pay raises and training, Gov. GaryLocke is calling the experiment a success. Citing Caroll's Children's Center in Yakima as an example, Lockesaid the $4 million program leads to kids who ...
Mugshot of Lois Betzing
May 02, 2001 ... Ran with "Appreciating Our Teachers ...
Mugshot of Sabina Rigney
May 02, 2001 ... Ran with "Appreciating Our Teachers ...
Sabina Rigney gets teary after receiving a Crystal Apple award Tuesday
May 02, 2001 ... Staff photo by Gordon King Mugshot ...
Appreciating Our Teachers
May 02, 2001; ... Sabina Rigney makes teaching kindergarten look easy. The manners of her 5- and 6-year- olds are impeccable. They allwipe their feet before coming inside from recess and they all knowhow to properly introduce themselves when greeting a person for thefirst time. But perhaps ...
April Showers Bring May Optimism/Month finds rain and snow were above normal in Yakima River Basin
May 02, 2001; ... "Above normal precipitation" is a phrase that has a nice ring toit. Nowhere are those words more welcome than in the Yakima RiverBasin this year, which has had nothing but bad news about watersince last fall. Until now. A late April storm that hit the Cascade ...
Big League Dreams Use Sports Complex Goes to Voters
May 02, 2001; ... and WES NELSON YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Voters up. The Yakima City Council Tuesday officially placed a sportscomplex in the hands of city voters in setting the stage for aspecial election in September. The ballot measure will ask voters to approve a 1 ...
Information on Local Level 3 Sex Offenders Now Available on Web
May 02, 2001; ... After you click on the link, "View Level III Offenders," and theWeb page first appears, you only see a few blue dots scatteredacross a map of Yakima County. But with a couple of clicks of the mouse, the dot turns red, anda color photo, a block address, a physical description ...
Regional Wine Center Plans Move Forward a Step
May 02, 2001 ... BY ADRIANA JANOVICH YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC PROSSER - Plans for a regional wine center were boosted Tuesdaywhen a proposed 32-acre annexation gained preliminary approval. The Benton County Boundary Review Board approved annexing landeast of Wamba Road and south of ...
Ex-Judge on Wrong Side of Law Journal/National publication puts George Colby on its 'behaving badly' list
May 02, 2001; ... A Yakima lawyer appears in a prominent legal publication thisweek, but it isn't for recognition of accomplishments. George Colbyis one of 10 former judges profiled in a National Law Journalarticle called, "Judges Behaving Badly." In honor of Law Day on Tuesday - which is a ...
Commissioners Release Stack of Documents on Administrator
May 02, 2001; ... Yakima County commissioners released a thick bundle of documentsTuesday on the hiring of a county administrator, a decision that hascaused a rift between the three GOP commissioners and localRepublican Party officials. The Yakima County Republican Central Committee sought ...
Snow Forces Closure of Cayuse Pass
May 02, 2001 ... Cayuse Pass was closed Tuesday afternoon after getting about 25inches of snow Monday night. The pass on State Route 123 was closed at 12:15 p.m.. andofficials with the state Department of Transportation saidavalanches are possible ...
Death notices
May 02, 2001 ... Ethel G. Hinkle Ethel G. Hinkle, 89, of Yakima, died Sunday at Parkside NursingCare Center. Mrs. Hinkle was born in Mountain View, Ark., and lived inOklahoma before moving to Washington in 1947. She worked as a nannyand a housekeeper and later worked as a ...
Across the Field
May 02, 2001 ... Joe Britz, right, and Bill Stoffel take down one of 14 crossesraised for Lent in the field behind the Holy Family Church near56th Avenue and Tieton Drive on Tuesday morning. The crosses, whichwent up during the week of Ash Wednesday, are used for the ...
Around the Valley-Boy, 12, Hit By Van, Killed in Outlook/Passerby Reports Early-Morning Fire
May 02, 2001 ... Boy, 12, Hit By Van, Killed in Outlook OUTLOOK -A 12-year-old boy was killed Tuesday evening when he wasstruck by a van. Jose Ayala was walking along the west side of Van Belle Road justbefore 7 p.m. when he ran out into the street and was struck by a1997 Dodge Caravan, said ...
Editorial - Teamwork Brings playoffs to Yakima
May 02, 2001 ... Thanks to the efforts of a lot of people, Yakima has just becomemore of a key player than ever in the high school sports playoffpicture. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Associationannounced Monday that, through the 2003-2004 school year, Yakimawill host the 2A and 1A ...
SUNNYSIDE - This city plans to have a new department up and running by this summer.
May 02, 2001; ... The Sunnyside City Council has created three new positions that,along with some internal reorganization, will establish a planningdepartment as early as July. The new jobs include a director ofplanning and community development; civil engineer and computertechnician. It should ...
East Valley's Jaren Jacobs (9) is tagged out by Naches' Shaun Weller during a rundown in Tuesday's game at Naches. Jacobs had just delivered a two-out,
May 02, 2001 ... two-run single before making the out ....
Shockwave Shakeup: Jobe out as Yakima's Head Coach
May 02, 2001; ... Immersed in its ever-changing infancy, the Yakima Shockwave isgoing through another growing pain. Larry Jobe was removed as coach Tuesday, four days after theShockwave dropped its second of three-straight games and fell to 0-3 overall in the SunDome. "It was a mutual ...
Stan Clarke column - There's Lots of activity on Red Mountain
May 02, 2001 ... The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms recently approved arequest to designate the Yakima Valley's extreme southeast portionas Washington's newest American Viticultural Area. The vineyard land lies on the south slopes of Red Mountain, justeast of the Yakima River and Benton ...
Chance of a Lifetime: Los Diamantes del Valle will play with Mexican star Hector Montemayor at this weekend's Cinco de Mayo festival in Sunnyside
May 03, 2001; ... VOICES STAFF WRITER SUNNYSIDE - For six musicians, this weekend's Cinco de Mayofestival may be the highlight of their careers. The six-member nortea band Los Diamantes del Valle has beenselected to play instruments for Hctor Montemayor, one of thebiggest names in Mexican ...
Editorial-Yakima's K-9 Unit Is a Doggone Good Idea
May 03, 2001 ... The Yakima Police Department will get a K-9 unit after all. Italmost got lost in the shuffle with all the attention paid to aSeptember vote on a major sports complex at Kiwanis Park in Yakima.But make no mistake about it, that's a huge step forward authorizedby the Yakima City Council ...
On View at Job Interview-High school students learn how to put best foot forward without stumbling
May 03, 2001; ... Highland High School student Monica Perez forgot to mention a keyskill in her first-ever job interview. "I was nervous. I forgot to say I was bilingual," Perez saidafterward. Maria Renderos, another job candidate, never said she knowscomputer programs, such as Microsoft Word ...
Artist Turns his Gift Into a Living
May 03, 2001; ... VOICES CORRESPONDENT Imagine nearing high school graduation, when all your classmatesare excited about plans for the future - college, traveling, maybethe armed forces. "What are you going to do?" is the most repeatedquestion. Imagine how you would feel if you didn't really ...
Regulatory signs along the trail to Dewey Lake are often disregarded. Lakeside camps and fire rings regularly reappear.
May 03, 2001 ... Staff photo by Gordon King ran ...
Voices of the Valley Leisure Briefs
May 03, 2001 ... Summer BaseballHeaded for Home SUNNYSIDE - The Sunnyside Parks and Recreation Department, 818 E.Edison Ave., is taking sign-ups for its summer T-ball, softball andbaseball programs. Deadline for registration is May 11. Games start the first weekof June after school lets out ...
Death Notices
May 03, 2001 ... Dortha Mary (Pinkal) Hammer Dortha Mary (Pinkal) Hammer, 77, died Monday at Yakima ValleyMemorial Hospital. Mrs. Hammer was born in Torrington, Wyo., and moved to the YakimaValley in 1950, to Zillah in 1955 and to Wapato in the 1980s. Shelived in Yakima since the ...
Wilderness ranger Jim Matthews carries off a rock as he tears apart an illegal fire ring at Dewey Lake. Fires have been prohibited for years because of
May 03, 2001 ... overuse. Staff photo by Gordon King Ran with ...