Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from September 2001:
Death Notices
Sep 01, 2001 ... Joseph O'Hearn Joseph O'Hearn, 72, of Cle Elum, died Friday at ChinookConvalescent Center. Mr. O'Hearn was born in East Boston, Mass. He worked as afisherman and in the Beloit Foundry in Massachusetts. He came toWashington in 1985. Survivors include three sons, Joe ...
Local Journalism Icon Remembered -- People who knew Justus "Tom" Thomas said he was a mentor, friend
Sep 01, 2001; ... Yakima Valley journalism icon Justus "Tom" Thomas died Thursdaynight in Yakima after suffering a heart attack. He was 86. Thomas started in journalism at the Zillah Mirror as a copy boyand printer's devil in 1926 - in the days when newspapers wereproduced with hot lead type rather ...
Slice of Yakima -- Two Girls Get Royal Treatment and More From Toppenish Court
Sep 01, 2001 ... Two little girls with crowns of their own will head off to schoolfully prepared, thanks to the Miss Toppenish royal court. Foster children Alice and Angie Alvarado - ages 8 and 7,respectively - spent Tuesday having their hair styled and pickingout new clothes. They also received ...
What's Happening -- Shiloh Center Puts on Kids' Penguin Party -- Religious Activities Boost Teen Self-Esteem, Study Says -- Conservatives Show
Sep 01, 2001 ... Presbyterian Gains Shiloh Center Puts on Kids' Penguin Party They may not fly, but they certainly dress for the occasion. You, however, don't have to break out the tails for ShilohChristian Center's "321 Penguin Party," set for 3-4 p.m. Sept. 8. It's for the ...
Facts and Records
Sep 01, 2001 ... Births Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital PETERSON - To Carl Victor and Claudia (Castioni) Peterson,Yakima, a son, Luke Marco, 8 pounds, 1/4 ounce, 6:29 p.m., Aug. 24,2001. SPRY - To Joshua Mitchell and Brandy Marie (Whitlock) Spry,Yakima, a daughter, Kyrsten Riley, 9 ...
A Badge and a Bible -- Yakima County Sheriff's deputy takes 'protect and serve' to heart -- Jim Cooper
Sep 01, 2001 ... BY AYDREA WALDEN YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC When Jim Cooper was a child, he noticed the words "protect andserve" on the sides of cop cars on TV. Intrigued by the phrase, he decided he wanted to carry out itsphilosophy. Now he drives a patrol car for the Yakima ...
Central Washington's Coutney Brown (30) and a teammate sandwich a North Dakota ball carrier Friday afternoon.
Sep 01, 2001 ... Staff photo ...
Cameras Could Aid Police Image -- Panel says video recordings would ease concerns about police profiling in Yakima
Sep 01, 2001; ... Yakima Police Department officials think video cameras should beinstalled in patrol cars to provide what a new report calls "acredible, unbiased record" of contacts with citizens. The video recording idea is contained in a progress report to theCity Council on how the city is ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2001 ... Great Tourney! To the editor - Congratulations Yakima Youth Baseball! It is with tremendous gratitude that I offer this letter ofthanks to Mel Moore, Gary George, and all of the hard-workingcommittee members associated with Yakima Youth Baseball. Recently I had the ...
Fall Football: A New Season -- If you're wondering where the summer has gone ... well, it's gone into September and football season. A Friday night
Sep 01, 2001 ... jamboree at Zaepfel Stadium allows high school players to showoff what they've been working on in August. First photo: With no place to stash his gloves, Davis High'sEdwin Johnson makes good use of ...
Internal Investigation Clears Officers -- Volunteer firefighter says he saw picture showing minor drinking next to a deputy while at party after memorial
Sep 01, 2001 ... service By LIZ DAILEY YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC An internal investigation has cleared three Yakima Countysheriff's officers accused of attending a July 16 gathering whereminors were drinking alcohol, the Yakima County Sheriff's Officeannounced Friday. The ...
Gunshot Victim (Marchelle Morgan) Continues to Improve -- Yakima police say case against suspect Michael Braae is getting strong
Sep 01, 2001; ... Gunshot victim Marchelle Morgan continues to improve at aPuyallup rehabilitation facility, while Yakima authorities say theyare building their case against the man suspected of shooting herlast July. "Our case is getting stronger all the time," said Yakima CountySheriff's Office ...
Fire That Consumed Church in Selah Under Investigation
Sep 01, 2001 ... The cause of a Wednesday morning fire that consumed the SelahCovenant Church Annex is still unknown, but it doesn't looksuspicious to Selah Fire Chief Jim Davis. City fire crews finished their work at the church at 5:30 p.m.Thursday. Some items have been sent to state labs for ...
Almonte Gets Sympathy, Bat from Griffey
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI - Ken Griffey Jr. shipped one of his bats to LittleLeague star Danny Almonte on Friday, fulfilling a promise to theyoungster. The Cincinnati Reds outfielder called Almonte after he pitched aperfect game in the Little League World Series and ...
Fast Ferries to Slow Down Through Rich Passage
Sep 01, 2001 ... BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - Speedy, passenger-only ferries will slowdown - again - through a section of Rich Passage in order to reducebeach erosion, adding 10 minutes to the crossing between Seattle andBremerton. A scientific team has concluded that the fast ferries' waves,among ...
Around the Valley -- Yakima Police Search for Robbery Suspect -- Two Men Charged in Drive-By Shooting -- Troopers to Crack Down Over Holiday Weekend
Sep 01, 2001 ... Yakima Police Search for Robbery Suspect YAKIMA - Police are looking for information on a man who robbed awoman walking home with her daughter Thursday night near the 2600block of West Lincoln Avenue. About 11:50 p.m., the man followed the two for a short distance,then came ...
Supreme Court Review -- Justice Department Argues Against Microsoft Appeal
Sep 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Friday urged the SupremeCourt to reject an appeal by Microsoft, saying there should be nofurther delay in imposing punishment on the computer software giantfor monopolistic practices. The software manufacturer argues that the case is ripe for ...
Ellensburg Rodeo -- Bail Continues All-Around Pursuit
Sep 01, 2001; ... FOR THE YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC ELLENSBURG - Just weeks after pulling his hamstring, Jesse Bail,from Camp Crook, S.D., is back in pursuit of his first all-aroundchampionship. Bail took the lead in the saddle bronc riding at the firstperformance of the Ellensburg Rodeo on ...
Little League Scandal -- Bronx Baby Bomber a Teen -- Papers prove Almonte is 14; U.S. runner-ups forfeits wins
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Little League pitcher DannyAlmonte is no longer perfect - because he's no longer 12. The boy who dominated the Little League World Series with his 70mph fastballs was ruled ineligible Friday after government ...
NFL Notes -- Kurt Schulz Faces Surgery, Likely to Miss 8 Weeks
Sep 01, 2001 ... NEWS SERVICE REPORTS DETROIT - Free safety Kurt Schulz, who led the Detroit Lions withseven interceptions last year, will have back surgery and probablywill miss the first half of the season, the team announced Friday. The Lions and Schulz, an Eisenhower High School graduate, ...
Cradle to Grave -- and Way Beyond -- Social Security sends millions to the dead
Sep 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Social Security paid $31 million through the end oflast year to dead people who were listed as deceased in the agency'sown electronic files, auditors say. One woman who died in November 1993 was still receiving benefitchecks in May 2000, and auditors said more than ...
Nonprofit Agency Gets Grant for New Building
Sep 01, 2001 ... SUNNYSIDE - Horizon Inc., a nonprofit agency providing jobs for developmentally disabled people will get a new home. Plans call for the agency to occupy most of a 14,000-square-footbuilding set for completion this time next year. It will be built onpart of 110 acres off East Edison ...
CWU Football -- Cats Can't Claw Way Back -- Central rallies from 17- 0 deficit, but falls in opener to North Dakota
Sep 01, 2001; ... ELLENSBURG - On one hand it could be said that Central Washingtonfought the good fight Friday against North Dakota's Fighting Sioux,a team it had been beaten badly by in its season-opener a year ago. On the other, most of the Wildcats agreed that winning would havebeen better. It ...
Renovation Project Delays Start of School for Mabton Students
Sep 01, 2001; ... MABTON - Wires hang in the hallways. Tiling is 40 percent complete. Most of the carpets are down. New blue lockers will be installed today. Every hallway and classroom is getting redone at the high school.And the elementary school is getting a second floor. But ...
More Police Called in to Guard Head Gates
Sep 01, 2001 ... FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Federal authorities have called in additionalpolice to guard the head gates on the Klamath Project afterprotesters moved within a few feet of the irrigation structure. The head gates have been the focus of protests since the U.S.Bureau of Reclamation shut them ...
NW League -- Miscues Cost Yakima Lead, Game Against Dust Devils
Sep 01, 2001; ... The Yakima Bears keep finding ways to give baseball games away.Sometimes they uncover something new, sometimes its an old standard,but the disturbing truth is that they keep giving them away. Friday's 9-4 loss to Tri City at County Stadium was the latest inwhat has become a ...
Around the Valley -- Firefighters Combat Blaze in Lower Valley -- Work on Vernita Bridge Gets Postponed
Sep 01, 2001 ... Firefighters Combat Blaze in Lower Valley Firefighters in the Lower Valley will be out fighting a blazetoday that's already consumed close to 200 acres since Fridayafternoon. The fire started near Highway 97 between Toppenish and Goldendaleand is considered suspicious, said ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Nick Dreis, 22, a Leavenworth firefighter, recalls the day he was trapped in the Thirtymile Fire. Emily Hinson, 18, with Lake Wenatchee,
Sep 02, 2001 ... was in the van that barely made it out before fire closed off ...
Lisa Hall of Northwest Harvest distributes vegetables to a number of area food banks.
Sep 02, 2001 ... Staff photo ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Editor's Note:
Sep 02, 2001 ... The news broke late on Tuesday night, July 10: Four firefightersbattling a blaze in the Okanogan National Forest were dead, anotherairlifted to a Seattle Hospital with critical injuries. From that moment, the Yakima Herald-Republic began telling thestory of the Thirtymile Fire's ...
Correction
Sep 02, 2001 ... Due to a copy editing error, Yakima County Undersheriff ...
Gardener's September To-Do List
Sep 02, 2001 ... Mastergardners 1. Divide your spring and summer blooming perennials this month.Once done, water them well. 2. Protect your table grapes from birds with netting over thevines or a paper bag around each bunch. Fasten the top of the bagaround the bunch and cut the bottom of the ...
Anniversaries that ran Sept. 2, 2001
Sep 02, 2001 ... Trout - 60 years Mike "Milo" and Arvena Trout of Selah celebrated their 60thwedding anniversary Thursday with a family reunion in Franklin, Neb. Arvena Farrell and Mike Trout were married Aug. 30, 1941, inGrandfield, Idaho. They have lived 50 years in the Yakima ...
"Washington, My Home'
Sep 02, 2001 ... The state song, "Washington, My Home," was written by HelenDavis, arranged by Stuart Churchill, and became the official statesong in 1959. But, like the goldfinch, it had some stiff competitionfrom another popular song. Back in 1909, "Washington Beloved" wasadopted, sort of, by the ...
Editorial -- Ken Irwin Is Best Choice for Yakima County Sheriff
Sep 02, 2001 ... In one sense it's too bad the race for Yakima County sheriff hasto be decided in the Sept. 18 primary election. Both candidates -incumbent Sheriff Ken Irwin and challenger John Tierney - bringstrong resumes to the table. But since both are Republicans only one will advance to ...
Election 2001 -- Irwin-Tierney Race Will Decide Yakima County Sheriff -- Profiles
Sep 02, 2001; ... In Yakima County you've got two choices. One is the departmentveteran whom county commissioners picked as a temporary replacementfor your retiring sheriff. The other is an experienced formerWashington State Patrol administrator who wants to run the agencymore like a ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Pete Kampen, a veteran Forest Service firefighter, was in charge of the crew of 21 for much of the day. Then the fire began winning, and
Sep 02, 2001 ... Incident Commander ...
Thirtymile Fire -- The Sights, Sounds and Smells of a Fire Gone Out of Control
Sep 02, 2001 ... The following are the words Matthew Rutman wrote in a notebook atthe entrapment site as the Thirtymile Fire advanced on him and hiscrewmates: Blackened pine and fir needles are falling on our heads. We'vebeen cut off from our escape road, backed into a dead-end road(needles and ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Caught by Fire in the Canyon -- In less than two hours, lives changed forever and four lives ended
Sep 02, 2001; ... Fires have different personalities, same as people. Some areslow, creeping low and silent like prowlers. Others hide andsmolder, waiting for a chance to flare just when you think they'redone. Still others are frenzied and random, lunging and spitting anddevouring everything they can, as ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Embers fill the sky at the place where 14 firefighters and two campers are trapped. Here, the fire comes at the crew from across the
Sep 02, 2001 ... Chewuch River ....
Thirtymile Fire -- Firefighters who survived the Thirtymile Fire in the Chewuch River canyon returned to the scene a few days later. While there, they
Sep 02, 2001 ... went to the location on the rocks where four had died. Most ...
Parading Around -- As part of the 118th Kittitas County Fair and Ellensburg Rodeo, a parade kicked off at the fairgrounds in Ellensburg on Saturday
Sep 02, 2001 ... morning, winding down Eighth and wrapping up on Pine Street. Thefair and rodeo ...
Thirtymile Fire -- A Timeline of How the Events Unfolded
Sep 02, 2001 ... The following is an accounting of events that occurred leading upto the deaths of firefighters Tom Craven, Karen FitzPatrick, DevinWeaver and Jessica Johnson. SUNDAY, JULY 8: The Methow Valley is filled with tourists whohave taken an extended July 4th holiday. The campgrounds in ...
Thirtymile Fire -- The final photo in the camera found with fire victim Devin Weaver shows Jessica Johnson covering her face from flying embers and watching
Sep 02, 2001 ... the Thirtymile Fire race toward them. Both died minutes later,having made a ...
Weddings that ran Sept. 2, 2001
Sep 02, 2001 ... McUne-Sharp Jamie Lee Sharp and Michael McUne were married Aug. 25 at thehome of the father of the bride. A reception followed. The bride is the daughter of Brenda Scheibner of Yakima and BradSharp of North Powder, Ore. The bridegroom's parents are Vivian R.McUne of Yakima ...
Trapped at Thirtymile -- Fatal Mistakes at Thirtymile -- Investigation finds bad judgment, broken rules led four firefighters to their deaths
Sep 02, 2001 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC The U.S. Forest Service described it like this: The ThirtymileFire was a terrible, exploding inferno that ambushed firefighters. But it didn't have to be fatal. Tom Craven, Jessica Johnson, Devin Weaver and Karen FitzPatrickdied on a remote rocky ...
Engagements that ran Sept. 2, 2001
Sep 02, 2001 ... Epperson-Knox Glen and Cathy Epperson of Selah have announced the engagement oftheir daughter, Rebecca Ann Epperson, to Shaun Michael Knox. Hisparents are Sheryl Gray and Dan and Jeanie Knox, all of Selah. The bride-to-be graduated from Selah High School and ...
B.J. Campbell, left, and his partner Richard Eiguren, top, break out of the chutes in the team roping event Thusrday at the Ellensburg Rodeo. The duo won
Sep 02, 2001 ... the first go-round with a 4.9 second ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Bruce and Paula Hagemeyer found themselves trapped in the canyon where they camped July 10. Paula holds a packaged emergency fire
Sep 02, 2001 ... shelter, just like the one that saved her life when she and herhusband huddled in it with firefighter ...
Thirtymile Fire -- 'This Wasn't Supposed to Happen Again' -- Many similarities seen between Thirtymile Fire and Colorado's 1994 Storm King Fire
Sep 02, 2001; ... For relatives of the 14 firefighters killed in a Coloradowildfire, it seemed like the same bad news. "That was my first reaction ... I thought this wasn't supposedto happen again," said Holly Thrash of Boise, Idaho. Her husband, Jim, a smokejumper, was among those killed in ...
Jesse Riggs and his daughter, Betty King, are happy to feed many from their 10,000-square-feet garden, which includes plenty of corn and zucchini.
Sep 02, 2001 ... Staff photo ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 02, 2001 ... Our Spirit Tested To the editor - When I moved to Yakima 10 years ago, I fell inlove with it for the weather, traffic, pace of living, etc. But theNo. 1 reason was the huge heart I found in the people. These werepeople who built a gorgeous Capitol Theatre out of ashes, who ...
Thirtymile Fire -- A vanload of firefighters, desperately racing to escape this forest fire, meets a wall of flame on the road. In the long moments it
Sep 02, 2001 ... takes the turn the van around, many believe the fire will engulfthem. But they escape the flames ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Forest Service District Ranger Ron Newcom, right, examines the ground where the aluminum engine block of a truck melted in the heat of
Sep 02, 2001 ... the fire. Aluminum melts at 1,200 degrees, he said. The rest ofthe gutted truck was hauled ...
Police Reports Drunk Driver Runs Into House
Sep 02, 2001 ... YAKIMA - According to police, a drunk driver drove his car into ahouse at 1017 South 26th Avenue at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The driver, whose name was not released, was ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Who Was There
Sep 02, 2001 ... The Forest Service Crew These were the 21 U.S. Forest Service crew members called to theThirtymile Fire on July 10. Following their names are their ages,the ranger districts they worked for and their jobs that day. Namesin bold type are those who died. Dwane Anderson, 21, ...
Thirtymile Fire -- Armando Avila, 22, a firefighter with the Leavenworth district, was learning how to be a squad boss the day a sleepy blaze awoke
Sep 02, 2001 ... into a fatal firestorm ....
Thirtymile Fire -- This photo, taken Aug. 2, shows the place in the Chewuch River canyon where firefighters deployed their emergency shelters during the
Sep 02, 2001 ... July 10 wildfire that killed four. Fourteen firefighters and ...
Share the Wealth -- Don't toss those extra garden vegetables; there are plenty of places
Sep 02, 2001; ... It's the creepiest part of the evening, when creatures spring toaction, scurrying throughout the neighborhood with vile intent. Door to door they go, in furtive steps, lest someone see. They take nothing. But they leave plenty of ... Zucchini. Is this ...
Death Notices
Sep 02, 2001 ... Yeseth "Lupita' Martinez Baca Yeseth "Lupita" Martinez Baca, 9, died Friday at her home inBuena. She was a third-grader at Kirkwood Elementary School inToppenish. Survivors include her mother, Maria; two brothers, Salvador andOscar; and a sister, Cristal, all of ...
Sarah Jenkins Column -- Stories Answer Questions About Fire
Sep 02, 2001 ... It's Labor Day weekend, the last big blast of the summer. Peoplethroughout the Yakima Valley have picnics to attend, barbecuegrills to fire up, families to enjoy. But in the crush of long weekend leisure, I hope readers willtake the time required to read an extraordinary piece of ...
Volunteer Opportunities
Sep 02, 2001; ... As the long hot summer comes to an end, we all have one thoughtin mind: School days are here again. With many high schools requiring community-service hours forgraduation, young people should start thinking about how to servetheir communities. They should also consider this: ...
Facts and Records
Sep 02, 2001 ... Marriage licenses John H. Deaton, 45, retired truck driver, 311 E. First St.,Yakima; Jerry L. Wyatt, 49, laborer, 251 W. Hatton Road, Tieton. Ryan Kivett, 23, landscaper, 1013 S. Eighth Ave., Yakima; AngieBott, 27, receptionist, 1013 S. Eighth Ave., Yakima. Rodney G ....
Parading Around -- As part of the 118th Kittitas County Fair and Ellensburg Rodeo, a parade kicked off at the fairgrounds in Ellensburg on Saturday
Sep 02, 2001 ... morning, winding down Eighth and wrapping up on Pine Street. Thefair and rodeo ...
Police Arrest Four in Investigation of Kidnapping, Assault, Robbery
Sep 02, 2001; ... YAKIMA - Police arrested four people Saturday morning forinvestigation in the robbery, assault and kidnapping of a Yakima manon Friday. Police did not release names of the suspects or victims. "Drugs may have been involved," said Sgt. Tom Foley. According to police, the ...