Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from September 2002:
Correction: A story that ran on Saturday's Home Front section didn't clearly state Al Chronister's title. His title is emergency services director of the
Sep 01, 2002 ... Yakima Valley chapter ...
EMS Levy Funding Is Crucial to Emergency Care
Sep 01, 2002; ... GUEST COMMENTARY On Sept. 17, Yakima County voters will be asked to renew theEmergency Medical Services (EMS) levy. As a local emergency physicianand the medical program director for EMS in Yakima County, I amurging support for this levy. The levy is 25 cents per $1,000 of ...
Master Gardeners -- Don't Shun the Garden During Crucial Fall Months
Sep 01, 2002 ... September may bring thoughts of football or fishing, but there isstill a lot to do in the garden. There are fruits and vegetables tobe harvested and flowers to be cut (with luck, right on through themonth), and plenty of chores to help your garden get ready for thecold months in the ...
The Chief Moves On -- Don Blesio is a 37-year veteran of the Yakima Police Department and for the last five years was its top officer
Sep 01, 2002; ... It may be a day before Yakima Police Chief Don Blesio will retire,but from the looks of his office, it's business as usual. Rows of books, ornate plaques and framed pictures still sit in hisoffice as they have for the last seven years. The olive-green shadow box his wife, ...
Crews Battle 2 Suspicious Tieton Blazes
Sep 01, 2002; ... TIETON - As firefighters worked to extinguish two brush firesSaturday night, locals gathered on a hilltop and talked of anarsonist in the area. Two fires broke out at 6:20 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. just two milesapart near Tieton and Cowiche. Firefighters said the blazes were"extremely ...
Sarah Jenkins Column -- One World, One Valley, One Reason to Gather
Sep 01, 2002 ... Labor Day was intended to honor the American worker, but I concedethat I think of it in terms of food. But not the last officialbarbecues and campfire meals of summer that many Valley residentswill partake of this long weekend. These three days, in fact, serve as a culinary ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Judith Light Went to Help Victim's Grieving Families
Sep 01, 2002 ... Correction: Because of a copy-editing error, Robyn Light wasmisidentified in a headline on Page 5 of a special section that waspart of Sunday's edition. By CHARLENE KOSKI YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC One week after the Sept. 11 attacks, Robyn Light stood in NewJersey at ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Scott Davidson Worked Witih Folks at Pentagon
Sep 01, 2002; ... Every time there's a disaster, there's someone who should havebeen there but, for some random reason, wasn't. Those are the victims American Red Cross volunteer Scott Davidsonof Yakima worked at the Pentagon last September - the Pentagonworkers who missed a train, were running late ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2002 ... Positive Patrol To the editor - Having spent over 35 years with the WashingtonState Patrol and knowing the quality of people they employ, itconcerns me to read negative letters to the editor regardingtreatment and services not being provided to area taxpayers. I recently ...
Yakima Business Profiles -- Alexandria Moulding Inc. -- Low-Key Company Shines
Sep 01, 2002; ... No, Alexandria Moulding Inc. does not manufacture mammoth tusks. Nor does the Moxee-based firm aspire to be an archaeological dig,though managers were more than happy to cooperate when archaeologistsfound a 14,500-year-old Columbian mammoth tusk on Alexandria propertylast ...
Anniversaries that ran Sept. 1, 2002
Sep 01, 2002 ... Massett - 55 years Charles and Betty Massett of Toppenish celebrated their 55thwedding anniversary Aug. 30 with their children. Betty Wickhan and Charles Massett were married Aug. 30, 1947, inYakima. They have lived in the Yakima area all their married life. Mrs ....
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Maj. Gen.Burgin Was in Pentagon When Plane Hit
Sep 01, 2002; ... Maj. Gen. Alex Burgin is a soldier. The Yakima native learned years ago in Vietnam that there'susually no rhyme or reason to who dies, when or how. So being in thePentagon when a plane slammed into it Sept. 11 didn't panic him. He walked out of the building, saw the smoking ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Children May Suffer Quietly, Longer
Sep 01, 2002; ... The events of Sept. 11, 2001, while devastating for some adults,may have affected children in more subtle, but profoundly lastingways, say local psychological counselors. The terrorist attacks, they say, will punctuate the children'slives, much as Pearl Harbor, the assassinations ...
In Basket -- Business Promotions, Moves, Etc...
Sep 01, 2002 ... Financial Major Mortgage loan processor Carrie Knebusch recently receivedher certification as a government loan processor from the MortgageBankers Association of America. Knebusch has been with Major Mortgageseven months. Also, Major Mortgage has hired Karen Rippee and KevinKarn ...
Engagements that ran Sept. 1, 2002
Sep 01, 2002 ... Miller-Brownell Terry and Cindy Morgan of Selah have announced the engagement oftheir daughter, Janelle Elizebeth Miller, to Jaban Ray Brownell. Hisparents are Gary and Doris Brownell of Yakima. The bride-to-be graduated from Selah High School and is employedby Leingain ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- A Day for Life and for Death
Sep 01, 2002; ... Sept. 11, 2001. For Selah resident Cheryl Compton, it was a day of immense joy. And horror. The time was 11:05 p.m., just 55 minutes remaining in a day thathad left Americans shocked, outraged ... and furious. Three-thousandthree-hundred seconds left in a day like few ...
Business Briefs -- Holtzinger Company to Market Clasen Fruit -- Stylist Goes It Alone With Kutz & Stylz -- RSV Sign & Design Moves, Adds Services
Sep 01, 2002 ... Holtzinger Company to Market Clasen Fruit YAKIMA - Under a recent agreement, C.M. Holtzinger Fruit Co. willmarket fruit packed by Clasen Fruit and Cold Storage, includingapples, pears and organic products. The agreement adds about 1 million boxes of fruit, mostly packedunder ...
Weddings that ran Sept. 1, 2002
Sep 01, 2002 ... Kegley-Hansen Kristen Alyce Hansen and Brian Bernard Kegley were married July 27at Westminster Presbyterian Church. A reception followed at theYakima Elks Lodge. The bride is the daughter of Niels and Debbie Hansen of Yakima.The bridegroom's parents are Vance and Sue Kegley, ...
Camp Chaparral -- Loren Corpus, a member of the Yakama Warriors Association, plays the anthems of the Marines, Air Force, Army and Navy on his bugle after
Sep 01, 2002 ... the lowering of the flag following the conclusion of CampChaparral. After the sharing come the hugs as Camp Chaparral participantsRichard Donaldson, left, Robert Pinon, center, and Teresa Bemelembrance and mingle on the last day of the camp. After a week of soul-searching ...
40 Apply for Police Chief's Job From Around U.S.
Sep 01, 2002 ... When Yakima Police chief Don Blesio announced his retirement inJune, city officials began the process of replacing the 37-yearveteran. City Manager Dick Zais said 40 candidates from across the countryhave applied for the position. The application deadline is Sept ....
On the final day of Camp, Steven Reuben, dressed as a Nez Perce Chief, leads the mostly non-Indian participants in a dance that kicked off an evening
Sep 01, 2002 ... powwow. Staff ...
Endorsements -- Of Primary Note: Allison, Holmquist Deserving of Support
Sep 01, 2002 ... It's all in the primary election, but there's an unusual amount ofcampaign activity this year in the 13th Legislative District, wherethe district's two House seats and the one in the Senate are up forgrabs. The 13th District includes Kittitas and Grant counties as well asthe ...
Ultralight Experience -- Roger Wentz, left, and Terry Klute take a look at Klute's ultra-light two-seater aircraft - a Titan Tornado - during the 19th
Sep 01, 2002 ... annual Prosser Fly In at Prosser airport Saturday. Klute built theplane from a kit. He says an experimental aircraft such as this oneallows him to more easily pursue his passion for flying. "They're soeconomical. They use very little fuel and I can do the maintenancemyself," he said. ...
Death Notices
Sep 01, 2002 ... Ethel M. Beisner Ethel M. Beisner, 95, of the Yakima Valley died Saturday atRenaissance Care Center. She was born in Hudson, Wis., and moved with her family to Gleedwhen she was a child. She and her husband worked as fruit ranchers,packers and shippers. Survivors ...
Amy McEntire looks at a photograph she's scanning for the museum. When the images are converted into digital format, they are not altered; only yellowing
Sep 01, 2002 ... and wear from age are corrected ....
Images from the Past -- Preserving Memories -- Yakima Valley Museum
Sep 01, 2002; ... Bob Pace leans over the light table, scrutinizing the glassnegative before him. "He's looking south," says Pace. The "he" Pace is referring to is the unknown photographer who onecold, winter day in 1907 set up his camera in the vicinity of SelahGap to capture the image that ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2002 ... Positive Patrol To the editor - Having spent over 35 years with the WashingtonState Patrol and knowing the quality of people they employ, itconcerns me to read negative letters to the editor regardingtreatment and services not being provided to area taxpayers. I recently ...
Business Records
Sep 01, 2002 ... Property Transfers The following property transactions were recorded in May 2002 atthe Yakima County Auditor's Office. Grandview 5.16 acres of open property at Appleway and Tuttle roads,Grandview, $94,000. Residence with .99 acre at 1951 Waneta Road, Grandview, ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Quotations on Herosim After Sept. 11
Sep 01, 2002 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Some comments about fire and police department heroes, followingSept. 11: "In the past, when we wore firemen's stuff, we were the only oneswearing it. All of a sudden, it's become like Gucci." -- Mike Redpath, a New York firefighter, on why he no ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Some Victims Became Well-Known After Their Deaths -- These four Flight 93 passengers and a fire
Sep 01, 2002 ... department chaplain will likely not be forgotten THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Some of the Sept. 11 victims many Americans felt they got to knowafter their deaths: -- TODD BEAMER: The 32-year-old Oracle Corp. account manager fromCranbury, N.J., was believed to have helped lead ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Firefighters Say It's a Burden -- Don't Call Them Heroes Any Longer
Sep 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - John Hemsley spent his vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C.,trying to hide. He dodged questions about what he did for a livingand wore no paraphernalia associated with his work. "I spent my week trying to be incognito," he said. Hemsley was tired of being a ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Monuments, Streets Names and Scholarships Are Among Tributes
Sep 01, 2002; ... A sampling of ways America has responded to the Sept. 11 attacks: MEMORIALS: -- Small granite monument placed at Ohio air traffic controlcenter that had last contact with United Airlines Flight 93 before itcrashed. -- Massachusetts Port Authority plans to plant grove ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Developments Surrounding Sept. 11 Attacks
Sep 01, 2002 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chronology of some key events in U.S. relations with Islamicgroups and with Osama bin Laden before Sept. 11, 2001, and of theSept. 11 attacks and aftermath: -- Feb. 26, 1993: Bomb explodes in garage under World TradeCenter, killing six and injuring more ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Survivor of 87th Floor Finding Hope in Future
Sep 01, 2002 ... EDITOR'S NOTE - Adam Mayblum was working for the May Davis Groupinvestment firm on the 87th floor of the World Trade Center's northtower when the first plane hit. He escaped down a stairwell with awet piece of his T-shirt tied around his face. The day after theattacks, he thought it ...
Lobsterman Charged in Shooting Injury of Rival
Sep 01, 2002; ... THE WASHINGTON POST The story had a familiar ring along the lobster-flush section ofMud Hole off the New Jersey coast. Lobstermen can mark theirterritory only by laying traps. When rivals invade their territory,tensions quickly erupt. So there was Tom Van Salisbury, floating ...
African AIDSEpidemic Packs Hospital -- Disease has left nearly 11 million orphans across continent as one in four is infected
Sep 01, 2002; ... CHICAGO TRIBUNE INGWAVUMA, South Africa - To comprehend the AIDS epidemic ravagingsouthern Africa, you need only count the children playing in the dustoutside Busisiwe Nhleko's hut, perched on a parched hillside neartown. Three are her brother's kids, orphaned after he and ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- How We've Changed -- A year later, some still pick up the pieces, some have moved on
Sep 01, 2002; ... At that moment, it seemed as if nothing would ever be the same,that we had all been changed in some essential way. How could anyone live a normal life in the shadows of thousands ofinnocents, slaughtered in minutes ... of one colossus obliterated,and then another ... of suicidal ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- Some Ways Life Has Changed
Sep 01, 2002 ... A few of the ways in which life in these United States has changedsince Sept. 11: -- Longer lines at some airports, thanks to tightened security.Random searches of passengers. No knife-like objects allowed onplanes. -- Ratings for cable news stations and evening news ...
9-11-01 -- America: One Year After the Attack -- The Poll on Americans' Attitudes Since Sept. 11
Sep 01, 2002 ... Some details from the Associated Press poll on how differentgroups feel about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. The poll of1,001 adults was taken Aug. 2-6 by ICR/International CommunicationsResearch of Media, Pa., and has an error margin of plus or minus 3percentage points. -- ...
Will Pasadena Transfer Smith Become Next WSU RB Star?
Sep 01, 2002; ... SEATTLE - Having produced a succession of big-name, high-profilepassers, Washington State has justifiably reveled in its nation-widereputation as a quarterback factory. And there is almost constant discussion as to who will be the nextgreat Cougar QB. After senior Jason Gesser, ...
Bush Returns From Halftime to Face Two Challenging Years
Sep 01, 2002; ... LOS ANGELES TIMES CRAWFORD, Texas - After 26 days away from the White House,President Bush returns today to the nation's capital facing anintense period of political maneuvering and policy debate that islikely to shape the second half of his term. Since leaving Washington on ...
2 People Hurt as Truck Rolls
Sep 01, 2002 ... WHITE SWAN - Two people remained hospitalized in good conditionSaturday night after the truck they were in rolled on a dirt roadabout 10 miles northwest of White Swan. Yakama Tribal Police did not return calls Saturday night and didnot release the names of the man and woman ...
Ellensburg Rodeo -- Schumacher Wins PRCA's First Xtreme Bull Riding Event
Sep 01, 2002; ... FOR THE YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC ELLENSBURG - It was a night of firsts. The first event featuring just bull riding sanctioned by theProfessional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the first independent bullriding event to be held in conjunction with the Ellensburg Rodeo andthe first of ...
NW League -- Bears Grab Early Lead, Keep it to Beat Tri-City
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Tri-City Dust Devils haven't seen the Yakima Bears that mostof the Northwest League has roughed up all summer long. The Bears, who lost 23 consecutive games at one point and had wononly one of their last 28 games entering Saturday night's seasonfinale at Tri-Cities Stadium, ...
Labor Day 2002 -- Snapshot Is Out of Focus -- Economic uncertainty prevails for many Americans this year
Sep 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Many Americans this Labor Day are just thankful tohave a job. The nation's unemployment rate is hovering near a seven-year high,and new jobs are not being created as the bleak economy teeters onthe cusp of recovery and recession. "To working families, it looks a ...
Man Dies While Vandalizing
Sep 01, 2002 ... VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A 23-year-old man, who was riding in a vanand opening the slide door to throw rocks at mailboxes and cars,fell out of the van and died. John E. Reynolds died of head injuries at the scene earlyThursday, said Sgt. Craig Randall of the Clark County ...
Judge OKs Return of Muslim to Seattle to Face Charges -- James Ujaama complains guard called him "bin Laden's boy"
Sep 01, 2002 ... DENVER (AP) - A Virginia federal judge has cleared the way forAmerican Muslim James Ujaama to be transferred to Seattle to facecharges he attempted to set up a terrorist training camp, The DenverPost and Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday. In his first public hearing Friday ...
Girls Do Jail Tim on Forest Fire Crew -- Young offenders see experience as redemption from failing lives
Sep 01, 2002; ... NASELLE, Wash. - Crystal Horne has been burned before. The quarter-sized pink scars on her left forearm testify to that. And, for a time, the 17-year-old girl with the anarchy tattoo andflame-red hair seemed destined to burn out: drinking heavily, dealingand using drugs, running ...
Teen Accused of Calf Deaths Says Two Friends Are Guilty
Sep 01, 2002 ... EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - The sister of the Monroe teen-ager accusedof clubbing 33 calves with a baseball bat at a neighbor's dairyclaims he told her he was there that night, but left when two friendsstarted beating the animals. Kevin Broers, 19, is being held in the Snohomish County ...
Comedy: Seriously, Folks, Stand-Ups Are Back
Sep 01, 2002; ... CHICAGO TRIBUNE Because many stand-up comedians are the town criers of society,there was never any doubt that the events of Sept. 11 would affectwhat they did and said on the stage. "I was very actively pursuing those ends of doing comedy inrelation to how we're all feeling, ...
Major Carriers Say Few Of Their Planes Equipped With Faulty Fuel Pumps
Sep 01, 2002 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A day after the government called for 1,400 Boeing jets to beinspected for possibly faulty fuel pumps, major U.S. carriers saidSaturday they had few planes in which the pumps have been installed. The directive from the Federal Aviation Administration said ...
Around the Valley -- Motorcyclist Dies When Vehicle Skids -- Linda Watts Becomes Police Sergeant
Sep 01, 2002 ... Motorcyclist Dies When Vehicle Skids NACHES - A Puyallup man was killed Saturday afternoon when hismotorcycle skidded off the road about seven miles west of here. William S. Taylor, 43, was headed east on State Route 410 about2:30 p.m. Taylor skidded off the road as he ...
Grandview Will Begin All-Day Kindergarten
Sep 01, 2002; ... GRANDVIEW - Get those kindergartners to bed early. They now have awhole school day to face instead of morning or afternoon classes. Half-day kindergarten classes become a thing of the past in theGrandview School District. Beginning Tuesday - the first day ofschool for ...
Protesters Pressure Gardner to Cut Ties With Household -- Ex- governor hired to advise lender facing state probe
Sep 01, 2002 ... SEATTLE (AP) - About a dozen homeowners protested outside theoffice of former Washington Gov. Booth Gardner, demanding he cut histies with lending giant Household International. Gardner was hired by Household International in August to advisethe lending giant during a state ...
Caffeine Pilgrim Hopes to Hit All Starbucks
Sep 01, 2002 ... SEATTLE (AP) - Some people travel to the ends of the earth forspiritual pilgrimages. John Winter Smith, an out-of-work software engineer from Houston,is wandering on an on-again, off-again journey to visit every company-run Starbucks store on the planet. He made a stop in ...
Camp Chaparral -- Healing From Within -- Veterans and those who help them have a place to heal deep within the Yakama Nation
Sep 01, 2002; ... CAMP CHAPARRAL, Yakama Nation - For some veterans, the wounds ofwar have never healed. And those who come to their aid carry thatsame pain in their eyes and hearts. For a week at this remote camp, the hurting and their helpers willlearn from tribal elders about the power of ...
Judge Gives Kmart Subpoena Power
Sep 01, 2002 ... TROY, Mich. (AP) - A federal judge granted Kmart Corp. the powerto issue subpoenas as it investigates whether management practicesand policies led to the retailer's bankruptcy filing. Kmart also received permission to revise the terms of a $2 billionloan package so it could lose ...
Subdued Remembrances on Fifth Anniversary of Diana's Death
Sep 01, 2002; ... LONDON - Five years after Princess Diana's death prompted anastonishing public outpouring of grief, Britain remembered herSaturday in far more subdued fashion, marking a sad anniversary withsmall, personal gestures and private recollections. Hundreds of bouquets piled up outside ...
Ellensburg Rodeo -- Always a Good Time to Bail -- Leading in two rough stock events, this cowboy is having the ride of his life
Sep 01, 2002; ... ELLENSBURG - It just ain't done. Cowboys just don't do what Jesse Bail is doing unless they'resomething really, really special. He's leading the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in bullriding. He's second in saddle bronc riding. He's first - by a bunch - ...
Tax Rebels Target Ties That Bind Libraries -- Measure to abolish library system likely will go before voters in Stevens County
Sep 01, 2002; ... LOON LAKE, Wash. - In the mountains and remote valleys of StevensCounty, anti-tax crusaders are trying to close the book on rurallibraries. Seven small libraries that bring books, tapes and the Internet toplaces like Onion Creek and Northport are targeted by activists whocontend ...
It's Football Season, So Mum's the Word
Sep 01, 2002; ... IN THE GARDEN There is one very versatile plant that is now growing in manygardens but has yet to show off its beautiful potential. There may be some color showing in the chrysanthemum patch, but itis called upon to brighten and welcome in the football season, whichhas ...
Another Roadside Distraction? -- Memorials are designed to honor dead, but foes claim they're a traffic hazard -- and some don't want to bear sorrow of
Sep 01, 2002 ... others By TED SHAFFREY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The family was gathered around the kitchen table, talking about aterminally ill aunt, when the conversation turned to what each wouldwant done with their bodies should they die. "I don't want to be underground with ...
Where's W? Some See a State Snub
Sep 01, 2002; ... OLYMPIA - Where's W? As of last count, President Bush has traveled to 43 states sincetaking office, often repeatedly, raising record sums of money for GOPcandidates, spreading his gospel of "compassionate conservatism," andlaying the groundwork for his 2004 re-election ...
Facts and Records
Sep 02, 2002 ... Births Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital CORDERO - To Mauro and Veronica G. (De La Luz) Cordero, Yakima, adaughter, Isabelle Cordero, 6 pounds, 6 ounces, 6:35 a.m., Aug. 22,2002. CASTELLANOS - To Jesus and Maria Elena (Romero) Castellanos,Cowiche, a son, Emilio ...
Endorsements -- We Rely on Voters to Again Stay Course With Mary Skinner
Sep 02, 2002 ... We've been down this road many times before. On Sept. 17, veteran incumbent state Rep. Mary Skinner of Yakimafaces Naches Republican Jim L. Morrison for the fourth time in asmany primary elections. And we figure if voters have refused to advance Morrison past theprimary in ...