Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from November 2002:
Caught in the Middle -- East Valley's Micahel Corral, center, is brought down by Othello's Geoff Kirkwood, left, and Jake Mattinson in last Friday night's
Nov 01, 2002 ... CWAC game ....
Diver's Death -- Court Forbids Widow's Lawsuit
Nov 01, 2002; ... The widow of a rescue diver who died along with three others in a1997 accident and failed rescue attempt near Zillah cannot sue YakimaCounty, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Traci Hauber sued Yakima County in 1998, alleging the county'snegligence contributed to the death of ...
Election 2002 -- Callers Ring in Debate -- Hastings, Mason spar over handful of issues in 4th District race
Nov 01, 2002; ... A Halloween-night call-in show gave voters a rare glimpse of twocandidates vying to represent the 4th congressional District. On public television Channel KYVE's Vantage Point program, U.S.Rep. Doc Hastings, the Republican, jostled with Democratic challengerCraig Mason, a college ...
Film Clips
Nov 01, 2002 ... The movies outlined here are currently playing in the Yakima area -consult theaters for times and ticket prices. Opening This Week "AUTO FOCUS" - A clever bio-drama about "Hogan's Heroes" TV starBob Crane and his friendship with John Carpenter. Starring GregKinnear and ...
Workers Compensation -- Business Owners Uneasy About Rate Hike -- Labor and Industries plans to raise its rates 40.5 percent next year
Nov 01, 2002; ... Small business owner Elizabeth Miller stood her ground Thursday asshe faced state Labor and Industries officials who want to raise herrates. She delivered a fiery yet simple message: Increase her stateindustrial insurance rates and she and her husband could lose theirsmall ...
An Unforgettable Profile -- Yakima's Kay Orr Walker, renowned for her silhouettes, remembered as an artist, friend, teacher
Nov 01, 2002; ... Yakima artist Kathryn Orr Walker painted her final tour de force -a sunrise - about 45 minutes after her own death. It was 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. Walker's family - husband Chuck Walker Sr., daughters Pam Simonand Carol White, and son Charles "Don" Walker Jr.- were gathered ...
Eisenhower's Jarrod Yates, left, and Juan Garcia take down Kennewick's Jordan Henderson during Thursday night's game at Zaepfel Stadium. The Cadets defeated
Nov 01, 2002 ... the Lions 28-7 to even their record for the ...
Coming Saturday
Nov 01, 2002 ... Yakima's Margarita Cordova is pricking herself - and kickingherself. "It's a nightmare to be a diabetic," she says. "I hate it."The 43-year-old, who found out five months ago that she has diabetes,draws ...
BB Vandals -- Teens held after more than 90 vehicle windows are shot
Nov 01, 2002; ... It's been a particularly chilly ride this week for many Yakimamotorists forced to face recent frigid temperatures with the windblowing through a shattered car window. A rash of car vandalism broke out Monday night in Yakima, and overthree days, left the windows in about 80 vehicles ...
Editorial -- Income Tax Won't Happen, and Won't Fix the Problem
Nov 01, 2002 ... It had to be a little misleading at best when a Seattle-arealegislator was in Yakima earlier this week and mentioned the state'simpending budget crisis and an income tax in the same breath. State Rep. Jim McIntire, a Democrat from the 46th District northof Seattle, told child-care ...
4 Degrees Early Thursday is a Record
Nov 01, 2002 ... There were some very cold little ghosts and goblins running aroundthe Yakima Valley Thursday night.. Area residents can expect more teeth-chattering weather in thenext few days. October was the coldest October on record since 1971,according to the National Weather Service in ...
Yakima County Commissioners to Freeze Their Pay -- Jesse Palacios' salary gets bumped up to level of compatriots
Nov 01, 2002; ... Yakima County commissioners on Tuesday will freeze their salariesfor the next four years - through 2006 - and plan to appoint acitizen's panel to consider future commissioner salaries, removingfrom their hands what is always a sticky political move. "The preference is to have the ...
Entertainment Briefs -- Arts Fund-Raiser Focuses on Antiques, Collectibles -- Stage is Set for Theater at Three Valley High Schools
Nov 01, 2002 ... Arts Fund-Raiser Focuses on Antiques, Collectibles Allied Arts of the Yakima Valley is mixing business and pleasurenext weekend. "A Vintage Evening and Appraisal Day," a two-day exploration ofantiques and collectibles, is a money-raiser for Allied's children'sprograms. It's ...
Best Bets
Nov 01, 2002 ... BLUES KING AT LEGENDS - Hail to the King. Legendary bluesman B.B. King performs at 8 p.m. Saturday at YakamaLegends Casino in Toppenish Known for timeless tunes such as "The Thrill Is Gone," King is oneof America's most beloved and respected blues performers, and stillone of ...
Letters to the editor
Nov 01, 2002 ... Two Good Ones To the editor - I have worked for the judicial system in fourcounties. I have worked with hundreds of judges and many prosecutors in my30 years working in the courts. I think it is important that thecitizens of Yakima County know that in Judge Dirk Marler and ...
Death Notices
Nov 01, 2002 ... Rennel Trudgeon Former Sunnyside resident Rennel Trudgeon, 95, of Snohomish,Wash., died Monday in Snohomish. Mr. Trudgeon lived in Sunnyside for more than 65 years. He was aco-founder of the Sunnyside Church of God and retired from CarnationMilk Co. after 30 ...
Police Link Sniper-Suspect's Gun to 14 Shootings
Nov 01, 2002; ... THE WASHINGTON POST BATON ROUGE, La. - The string of killings attributed to John AllenMuhammad and John Lee Malvo grew even longer Thursday as authoritieshere charged them with first-degree murder, alleging that a BatonRouge beauty shop manager was slain Sept. 23 with the same ...
Jam Master Jay Leveled the Barriers -- Fans, friends wonder why DJ was targeted
Nov 01, 2002; ... THE ORLANDO SENTINEL ORLANDO, Fla. - In Run-DMC's video for the hit single "Walk ThisWay," the rappers knock down walls into a dusty pile of rubble. That's a perfect symbol for a group being remembered for breakingdown barriers in the wake of Wednesday's murder of one of ...
Boston's Irish Catholics Are Angry
Nov 01, 2002; ... THE WASHINGTON POST BOSTON - Jack Connors Jr., a prominent Roman Catholic businessmanand once one of Cardinal Bernard F. Law's closest advisers, now sitsoutside the prelate's dwindling inner circle, unable to bring himselfto dispense advice as he bristles with anger over the clergy ...
Vatican Wants 10-Year Limit on Priest Sexual Abuse Charges
Nov 01, 2002 ... THE WASHINGTON POST CHICAGO - A joint commission of U.S. bishops and senior Vaticanofficials has decided to re-impose a 10-year statute of limitationson the Roman Catholic Church's internal disciplining of Americanpriests accused of sexually abusing children, Cardinal ...
Prep Volleyball Roundup
Nov 01, 2002 ... Zillah Ends SCAC With Sweep of Highland YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC COWICHE - Fourth-ranked Zillah wrapped up SCAC West Division playon a high note Thursday, sweeping Highland 15-1, 15-4, 15-2. The Leopards tied Cle Elum, also a winner on Thursday, at 9-1 inthe West heading ...
Prep Weekend -- Signs of theTimes -- Signaling in plays becomes the norm on the gridiron
Nov 01, 2002; ... It started, no doubt, out of necessity. Looking for the most direct way in a loud stadium to tell hisplayers what he wanted them to do, some coach somewhere began makinghand gestures while trying to yell over the din. Eventually it became obvious that signaling, not yelling, ...
MLB -- Northwest League Honors Yakima's Romero -- Bears general manager named exec of the year
Nov 01, 2002; ... Bob Romero had a simple explanation for Thursday's announcementnaming him the Northwest League's Executive of the Year. "Clearly, I make the best spaghetti in the league," said theYakima Bears general manager, referring to one of the team'spromotions this past season. Romero ...
Oregon Rule Adds Accountability to Football Blowouts
Nov 01, 2002; ... CRAIG SMITH THE SEATTLE TIMES Q: I hear that Oregon has special rules concerning footballblowouts. I'd like to hear them, considering that we have thesescores this year in 11-man football: Elma 91, Tenino 0; Lakes 87,Highline 0; Royal 83, Highland 0. A: Oregon has a ...
Prep Spotlight -- Lindsey Johnston -- Senior, Selah volleyball
Nov 01, 2002 ... She's listed as 5-8, and she might just be - if you put her on topof the Selah, Naches and Lower Valley portions of the phone book. But when it comes to doing the things that make Selah one of theserious contenders for the Class 3A state volleyball crown, LindseyJohnston stands ...
Prep Football -- MVL Race Continues With Mustangs, Rams -- Prosser tires to avenge losses to WV in 2001
Nov 01, 2002; ... As the wild and woolly Mid-Valley League rolls to the finish, theonly certainty is that nothing is certain. Take tonight's Prosser at West Valley match-up. In past years, these Valley rivals are usually squaring off withsome piece of the league title at stake. This ...
Prep Football -- Ike Warms Up in First Half -- Cadets' 28-7 lead at the break proves enough at frigid Zaepfel
Nov 01, 2002; ... Playing a team wearing black on Halloween night was enough to giveEisenhower football coach Dan Eyman one of those bad-omen shiversearlier this week. But Thursday night's shivers had nothing to do with spooks. Justthe ice-cold air at Zaepfel Stadium. The Cadets scored on four ...
Local Sports Reports
Nov 01, 2002 ... YVCC Women Debut Tonight YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC The Yakima Valley Community College women's basketball team willdebut tonight against an alumni squad in a 7 p.m. scrimmage in SherarGym. The Yaks' varsity, co-coached by Cody Butler and Kelly Robbins,features only ...
Deja vu Leads to Two for Selah Fooball Team
Nov 01, 2002; ... PREP REPORT Jeff Jamieson foresaw a scenario last week and it seemed sobelievable, so absolutely clear in his mind, he couldn't resistsharing it. "I told the kids, "We'll be down one late in the game,we'll go for it and get it," Selah's football coach said to his teamthe day ...
Surviving a Shivering Experience -- Bernardo Barraza
Nov 01, 2002; ... As he stood shivering in ice cold water Wednesday, the only thinggoing through Bernardo Barraza's mind was that he was going to drown. Bernardo can't swim, and he knew the ditch was a lot deeper thanhe could ever stretch his 8-year-old legs. As the Mabton boy walked from his ...
Around the Valley -- Moxee Man Hospitalized in Towing Accident -- Jones Named President of Fair Association
Nov 01, 2002 ... Moxee Man Hospitalized in Towing Accident YAKIMA - A Moxee man remained hospitalized in satisfactorycondition Thursday after he was involved in an accident that startedout as an attempt to tow a broken down car. About 10 p.m., Sgt. Dave Robinson with the Washington State ...
Prep Spotlight -- Chris Cornella -- Senior, Eisenhower Football
Nov 01, 2002 ... A change of scenery is all Chris Cornella wanted. Instead of thewhole field and all the action in front of him, he wanted to go one-on-one. So Eisenhower's coaches finally gave him the chance. Switching from quarterback to wide receiver in the third game ofthe season, the ...
Getting A Jump on Reading -- Program aids migrant parents to help their kids learn to read
Nov 01, 2002; ... PROSSER - Three-year-old Samantha Zapien flipped through the pagesof the book slowly, stopping to finger the animal pictures. Although the Prosser preschooler can't yet discern the wordsdescribing the pictures, having her parents read the book to her willhelp her become a better ...
Corrections: Because of a copy-editing error, a Tri-City Herald reporter's name was misspelled in a byline on Page 6B of Thursday's edition. Mary Hopkin
Nov 01, 2002 ... wrote the story about a driving course in Mabton that wasdeveloped to help people who speak mostly Spanish. Due to a reporting error, an article published Wednesdayconcerning safety on the Internet incorrectly identified theorganization ...
Around the Valley -- "American Idol" Will Host Yakima Tryouts -- Christopher & Banks Opens in Mall Today -- Selah Fire Leaves Family Homeless -- Protect Your
Nov 01, 2002 ... Property From Burglars "American Idol' Will Host Yakima Tryouts YAKIMA - Your chance to be the next Kelly Clarkson is but a tryoutaway. Preliminary auditions for "American Idol" will be at 7 p.m. onNov. 8 at the Valley Mall in Union Gap. Presented by Fox 68 ...
Seattle Official Pitches Ban on 'Up-Skirt' Photography
Nov 01, 2002 ... SEATTLE (AP) - A city councilman has proposed a ban on "voyeurismin a public place" in response to a state Supreme Court ruling thatit's not illegal to take photographs up women's skirts. So-called "up-skirt" photographing or videotaping in publicwithout the person's consent would ...
A's Exercise Option on Hatteberg
Nov 01, 2002 ... NEWS SERVICE REPORTS OAKLAND, Calif. - First baseman Scott Hatteberg's $1.75 millionoption for 2003 was exercised Thursday by the Oakland Athletics. Oakland also declined $1.2 million options on infielder OlmedoSaenz and relief Jeff Tam. Saenz gets a $50,000 buyout. On ...
Report: Sniper Suspect Sold Fake Passports, Credit Cards
Nov 01, 2002 ... SEATTLE (AP) - A Tacoma mechanic says he had planned to pay serialsniper defendant John Allen Muhammad $3,000 for a set of fakedocuments, including a passport and visa, The Seattle Times reportedThursday. Craig Hack, 41, told The Times about his business deal withMuhammad, ...
Ethical to Test Smallpox Vaccine on Toddlers?
Nov 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Research-ers want to begin the first studies of theeffects of a risky smallpox vaccine on toddlers and preschoolers - aproposal that is raising thorny questions about safety and ethics. The vaccine is made of a live virus called vaccinia that can causeits own ...
Enron Ex-CFFO Indicted on 76 Charges Including Fraud
Nov 01, 2002 ... HOUSTON (AP) - Former Enron Corp. chief financial officer AndrewFastow was indicted Thursday on 78 federal fraud, money launderingand other charges, making him the highest-ranking company officialcharged in the probe. The indictment, returned by a grand jury in Houston, alleges ...
Judge's Ruling on Settlement in Microsoft Case Due Today
Nov 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - The federal judge overseeing the Microsoft Corp.antitrust trial will deliver her long-awaited rulings in the casetoday after financial markets close, deciding whether to approve acontroversial settlement between the software maker and the JusticeDepartment. In a ...
Desperate Search After Quake Collapses Nursery School Roof
Nov 01, 2002; ... SAN GIULIANO DI PUGLIA, Italy - An earthquake jolted south-central Italy on Thursday, sending a nursery school roof crashingdown on a class of preschoolers during a lunchtime Halloween party.At least 22 people were killed, nearly all of them children at theschool. Driven on by ...
Tonya Harding Hot About Caricature
Nov 01, 2002 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Tonya Hot Sauce features an unflatteringcaricature of disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding outside a dumpytrailer, cigarette in mouth, ice skates in one hand and a hubcap inthe other. "Not for the weak-kneed," reads the label ....
Arafat Appeals to Israelis for Return to 'Pace of the Brave'
Nov 01, 2002; ... RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat warnedThursday against any U.S. strike on Iraq, saying it would havecatastrophic consequences in the Middle East and urged resolving theconflict through the United Nations. In a joint interview with Associated Press Television ...
State to Tax Cigarette Sales Over Internet
Nov 01, 2002; ... OLYMPIA - Attorney General Christine Gregoire is trying to forcean Internet cigarette dealer to cough up its list of Washingtoncustomers so the state can levy its steep tobacco tax on them. The state Department of Revenue estimates that perhaps 40 percentof the cigarettes smoked in ...
Wrong-Way Driver Killed in Interstate 5 Accident
Nov 01, 2002 ... BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) - The driver of a car speeding the wrongway Thursday on Interstate 5 near this Skagit County town died aftercolliding with another car. Two women in the second car were injured. The name of the 37-year-old male driver was not released, ...
Harding to Revive British Post-Punk in Yakima
Nov 01, 2002; ... Though the British post-punk scene was all but gone by the mid-'80s, it'll come back to life when John Wesley Harding hits town fora Wednesday night show at Pete's. Harding, originally from England and now living in Seattle, willoffer up an 8 p.m. set of his acoustic post-punk ...
Reinventing the double Helix: a novel and nonobvious reconceptualization of the biotechnology patent.
Nov 01, 2002; ... INTRODUCTION A quiet revolution has taken place during the past two decades in the federal law governing property rights in the biological and chemical constituents of living organisms. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) now routinely grants, and federal courts consistently ...
Law, medicine, and trust.(Therapeutic jurisprudence's application to health care law)
Nov 01, 2002; ... INTRODUCTION: A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE LAW A. In Search of a Uniting Theme Scholars have long noted that the field of health care law lacks cohesion. They speak in terms of the "pathologies" of health law, or its contradictory and competing "paradigms," ...
Out of sight, but not out of mind: how Executive Order 13,233 expands executive privilege while simultaneously preventing access to presidential records.
Nov 01, 2002; ... Behind closed doors, there is no guarantee that the most basic of individual freedoms will be preserved. And as we enter the 21st Century, the great fear we have for our democracy is the enveloping culture of government secrecy and the corresponding distrust of government that follows. ...
Commerce Clause questions after Morrison: some observations on the new formalism and the new realism.
Nov 01, 2002; ... INTRODUCTION In 1994, when Solicitor General Drew Days, III stood before the Supreme Court to argue United States v. Lopez, (1) he could truthfully characterize as an "extraordinary step" the lower court's decision to invalidate a federal law as exceeding Congress's powers ...
Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace.(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2002; ... CRIPPLED JUSTICE: THE HISTORY OF MODERN DISABILITY POLICY IN THE WORKPLACE. By Ruth O'Brien. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2001. 288 pp. + xiv. INTRODUCTION After only twelve days in office, President George W. Bush announced the "New Freedom Initiative" ...
Slice of Yakima -- Youth Trick or Treats for Canned Food Cause
Nov 02, 2002 ... On a night when most trick-or-treaters braved the cold with asweet and singular goal, 12-year-old Patrick Gonseth walked hisSelah neighborhood with the less fortunate in mind. Gonseth put on a goofy hat and tie Thursday and managed to fillfour pillow cases with donated canned food ...
Customers Crowd Yakima's New Best Buy Store
Nov 02, 2002; ... Some stood, stared in awe and slowly moved through the store,taking it all in. Others moved quickly, filling their carts with Best Buymerchandise. Hundreds came to the new electronics store for its grand openingFriday. The new Best Buy is located at 2321 S. First St., where ...
Ruling Grants Same-Sex Union a 'Divorce'
Nov 02, 2002; ... In a ground-breaking legal precedent for Yakima County and likelythe state, a judge here on Friday closed a 10-year relationshipbetween two women with what amounts to a divorce. Superior Court Judge Heather Van Nuys said the relationship of thewomen was "sufficiently marriage-like ...
East Valley's Jordan Troutt (15) celebrates a first-half touchdown as he's lifted in the air by teammate Matthew Rogstad in Friday night's game.
Nov 02, 2002 ... Staff photo ...
County Officials Explore Issues in Building Jail on Yakama Land
Nov 02, 2002; ... Yakima County officials have one more hurdle to clear on thepreferred site for the 576-bed jail in south Toppenish that wouldhouse inmates from outside the county to make money. The county has an option on a 38-acre site near Division Streetand State Route 22, a piece of property ...
Wine is being made at the Snoqualmie Vineyards winery in Prosser, though renovations aren't finished yet.
Nov 02, 2002 ... Staff photo ...
Letters to the editor
Nov 02, 2002 ... Money's Worth To the editor - Judge Dirk Marler has made it clear that theDistrict Court courtroom belongs to us, the public, and that we arehis employers. If you as a voter/employer have any questions abouthow he is doing his job, I suggest you go and spend an hour or so inthe ...
Fight Diabetes With Knowledge -- Toppenish event to help people learn all they can about often hidden and untreated disease
Nov 02, 2002; ... Margarita Cordova sat in her Yakima apartment Wednesday nightcrying as she pricked her finger to test her blood sugar. "It's a nightmare to be a diabetic," she said. "I hate it." Cordova, 43, found out five months ago that she has diabetes. Nowtwice a day she draws blood from a ...
Weather Chills Apple Profits
Nov 02, 2002; ... While most of orchardist Ron Schmidt's apples have been harvested,those fetching the highest prices, Pink Ladies and Fujis, still hangfrom the trees - frozen. And he's not sure if he'll even be able to pick them. "It's just not getting warm enough to thaw them out, and I'm ...
State Supreme Court Ruling Could Unravel Several Murder Convictions
Nov 02, 2002; ... Yakima County prosecuting attorneys will have to retry about 20convicted murderers if a recent state Supreme Court's decision standseliminating an often-used murder charge. Ten days ago, the court threw out the charge of second-degreefelony murder applied to incidents where someone ...
Warming the Car -- $86 Ticket a Cold Way to Start the Day
Nov 02, 2002; ... It's a chilly 7:30 a.m. and there's a police officer standing atyour front door, writing you a ticket while you rush to get ready forwork. Why? Because you left your car running to warm it up. If it's parked on the street, idling and there's no one inside ornear it, you're ...
Death Notices
Nov 02, 2002 ... Cecil A. Webster Cecil A. Webster, 74, of Yakima died Wednesday at his home. Mr. Webster was born in Sidney, Mont., and served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II. He retired from the Yakima Parks and RecreationDepartment in 1979. Survivors include his wife, C. Dixie ...
Corrections: Because of a copy-editing error, the photographer's name was misspelled in a photo credit on Page 2C of Friday's edition. Mary Hopkin took
Nov 02, 2002 ... the photo. Because of a copy-editing error, the day for the drawing of theDaily Keno, Lucky for Life and Daily Game 123 was wrong on Page 2A ofFriday's newspaper. The drawing was for ...