Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from January 2003:
Talk to North Korea and Walk Over Iraq? -- Bush explains Asian diplomacy vs. buildup to war in Middle East
Jan 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES TIMES CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush said Tuesday the dispute withNorth Korea over its nuclear program "can be resolved peacefullythrough diplomacy," as he answered questions about the standoff forthe first time in two weeks. "This is not a military showdown," ...
Sun Bowl -- Blame It On El Paso: Huskies Flop In Sun Bowl Again
Jan 01, 2003; ... THE SEATTLE TIMES EL PASO, Texas - You can blame it on El Paso, or a bad day by CodyPickett, or any number of other things, but the reality is Washingtoncan't be deluded about its place in college football. The Huskies aren't a force. You saw what Oregon and Oregon Statedid ...
CBA -- SunKings Toppled on Road Yet Again
Jan 01, 2003 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC BISMARCK, N.D. - If the Yakima Sun Kings go back to Bismarck againthis season, it won't be until the playoffs. That'll be soon enough. Yakima was unable to match Dakota's intensity at the start of thefourth quarter as the Wizards broke open a ...
Postcards From Pasadena With Thomas Ostrander -- Day of Reckoning Awaits Cougs, Sooners
Jan 01, 2003 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC In the days leading up to and including today's Rose Bowl gamePasadena, Calif., between Washington State and Oklahoma, ThomasOstrander, a WSU redshirt freshman receiver from East Valley HighSchool, is providing daily updates on his experiences ...
Flight of the Physicians -- Increasing insurance costs and reduced reimbursement rates prompt more doctors to take their skills out of Washington
Jan 01, 2003 ... state EDITOR'S NOTE: The United States is facing a health-workershortage that experts say has never been faced before. There are about 126,000 vacant nursing positions in the country,and hospitals are also struggling to find technical workers andphysicians. Over the ...
Nurse Reports Wanted Men Were on Ferry
Jan 01, 2003 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A British Columbia nurse has told the FBI that she saw two men -wanted for possible connection with terrorist activities - riding ona Vancouver Island ferry on Dec. 10. The FBI, acting on direct personal orders from President Bush, iscarrying out a ...
Dead Swan Award Goes to Locke, Ecology Chief
Jan 01, 2003; ... SPOKANE - The local chapter of the Sierra Club ripped WashingtonGov. Gary Locke and Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons on Tuesday forceding control of the Silver Valley cleanup to the state of Idaho. The environmental group bestowed its Dead Swan award on the twoofficials, contending ...
Breaking Down the Budget -- Gambling & Sin Tax -- State Dealt Out of Gambling Dough
Jan 01, 2003 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the 12th story in a series on the statebudget woes and deep cuts being proposed by Gov. Gary Locke. By PAUL QUEARY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA - Washington makes out pretty well from taxes on tobaccoand booze. But when it comes to gambling, the ...
New Year Brings Jitters, Usual Fun
Jan 01, 2003; ... SEATTLE - Despite vague warnings of possible terrorist activity,Washington state residents welcomed the New Year with celebrationsranging from subdued to boisterous. At Seattle's Space Needle, organizers of the traditional NewYear's Eve fireworks display braced for a crowd of ...
With War Looming, U.S. Military Greets New Year
Jan 01, 2003; ... CAMP DOHA, Kuwait - Though the beer and champagne lacked alcohol,U.S. troops in Kuwait still partied, welcoming the New Year in highspirits and taking a break from tensions ahead of a possible war withneighboring Iraq. The tanks and humvees were parked off to the side at U.S ....
Fear of Terrorism Dampens Holiday Spirits Around the Globe
Jan 01, 2003 ... PARIS (AP) - France put 6,500 security forces on the streets ofParis Tuesday, one of many countries around the world wheremerrymakers rang in the New Year under tightened security. Fears of terrorism were borne out in the southern Philippines,where a bomb ripped through a market ...
Baby Reported to Be Human Clone Goes Home -- Nobody will say where home is, or where birth took place
Jan 01, 2003 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A baby said to be the first human clone has gone home with hermother, according to a cloning company linked to a sect that believesspace aliens created life on Earth. The baby, nicknamed "Eve," went home Monday, said Clonaidspokeswoman Nadine Gary. The ...
More Money Heads Across Border -- Money transfers leap as economy lags in Mexico
Jan 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES - Rodolfo Hernandez Villasenor, an East Los Angelesiron caster, walked into a bank recently and unfolded a neat $150stack of bills to send home to his mother and five siblings inMexico. Hernandez, who immigrated to the United States 26 years ago, tookthe money out of ...
Tight Security for New Year Celebrations
Jan 01, 2003 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Americans gathered to ring in 2003 at New Year's Eve celebrationsthat, in keeping with the times, were cost-conscious and security-aware. There was a chance of rain in New York's Times Square, but thecrystal, laser-lit ball that is dropped to count down ...
Wine -- Stars Take Root in the Wine Country
Jan 01, 2003; ... LOS OLIVOS, Calif. - Vintner Fess Parker, better known to BabyBoomers as Davy Crockett, likes to tell the story of the critic someyears back who passed up the Parker vineyards on a tour of CentralCalifornia wine country. What, the critic wondered, could an old television actor ...
Trailblazing Jurist Barbara Durham Dies
Jan 01, 2003 ... MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Barbara Durham, the only woman to serveas chief justice of the Washington state Supreme Court, died Mondayat age 60. Durham's husband, Dr. Charles Divelbiss, said she died of a neuro-degenerative disorder at a care facility here. Durham was the ...
Hunt for Men Who Entered U.S. Illegally Ordered by Bush
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday he personally ordered theFBI to begin a nationwide hunt for five men believed to have enteredthe country from Canada on Christmas Eve. Speaking in Crawford, Texas, where he's vacationing at his ranch,Bush said U.S. authorities need to know ...
Rosa Mae Winder (Hicks)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Merritt Funeral Home WAPATO - Rosa Mae Winder (Hicks), 87, went to meet her Lord andSavior on December 29, 2002 at her home in Wapato. Rosa was born onJuly 4, 1915 in Ogden, Iowa. She was the fourth of eight childrenborn to Raymond and Lucy Hicks. Rosa was raised and ...
Death Notices
Jan 01, 2003 ... Harold W. Swanson Harold W. Swanson, 90, died Monday at Kittitas Valley Health &Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Swanson was born in the Georgetown area of Seattle and wasraised and educated in Prosser. He was a civil service worker inSeattle before serving in the military during ...
Friends of Downtown Look to Main Street Aid -- State agency could help Yakima group get started in revitalizing core area
Jan 01, 2003; ... Those trying to revitalize downtown Yakima may soon endorse astate program that's been a savior for other struggling communities. The downtown groups will look at formally entering the Main Streetprogram, a comprehensive approach that includes preserving adowntown's historical ...
Carroll Eugene (Senor) McClure
Jan 01, 2003 ... Keith & Keith Funeral Home YAKIMA - Carrol Eugene (Senor) McClure died Saturday night after along battle with lung disease. He was born in Mineral Springs Missouri on June 10 1925 to Harmonand Della (Priest) McClure. He joined the Navy at 17 to serve hiscountry and "See the ...
News Analysis -- Minimum Wage Up Today
Jan 01, 2003; ... Business and labor groups are gearing up for a sure-fire battle inthe Legislature this year over Washington's minimum wage, which risesautomatically every year to keep up with inflation. Today, the state minimum wage increased from $6.90 to $7.01 anhour, giving Washington the ...
Yakamas Spell Out Problems With Jail -- Tribal claims include environmental issues, little notice and treaty "bad men" prohibition
Jan 01, 2003; ... Inadequate environmental review, lack of formal contact and atreaty-implied ban on "bad men" being brought onto the reservationare at the heart of the Yakama Nation's opposition to a new countyjail near Toppenish. The Yakama Nation Tribal Council outlined its concerns in arequest ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 01, 2003 ... Generous People To the editor - The people of Yakima have once again shown thatthey care and are concerned about what happens in their community.They are getting involved and want to make a difference. I am referring to the Dec. 27 article by Ed Stover, "A Hunger forBooks." ...
Solomon Albert Aparicio
Jan 01, 2003 ... Evergreen Mortuary, Grays Harbor, WA OXFORD PRAIRIE, WA - Solomon Albert Aparicio, who had lived inOxford Prairie for six years, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, in OxfordPrairie. He was 63. Mr. Aparicio was born on July 31, 1939, in Torington, Wyo. to Juanand Angelia (Domingez) ...
Wine -- Questions and Answers
Jan 01, 2003 ... Q: We are taking a cruise out of Florida. We will fly from Seattleand are packing a bottle of 1992 Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Cuvee Palmed'Or. My wife is afraid the champagne may explode. What to do? A: Your question about the champagne is a bit of a stumper. Withairline travel ...
Eleanor Katherine Braun
Jan 01, 2003 ... 1908 - 2002 Keith & Keith Funeral Home YAKIMA - On a bright, sunny, crisp Sunday morning, December 29th,Mother went to be her heavenly father. What an amazing journey itwas. Think of all the changes in one lifetime. Mother was born June20, 1908 in Marshville, Wisconsin on a ...
Around the Valley -- Two Men Use Shotgun to Rob Laundromat -- Teen Held on Bail in Robbery of Store
Jan 01, 2003 ... Two Men Use Shotgun to Rob Laundromat YAKIMA - Yakima police on Tuesday hunted for two masked crooks whorobbed a laundromat at gunpoint. Police said that at 7:40 p.m. Monday the two, one toting a sawed-off shotgun, walked into PJ's Coin-Op at 611 E. Nob Hill Blvd ....
Wine -- Cooking With Wine
Jan 01, 2003 ... Roast Chicken with Tomato-Olive Sauce 5 servings 1 (3 1/2-pound) roasting chicken 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/8 teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 pounds ripe tomatoes 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion, peeled ...
Rachael (Rae) P. Ganzman
Jan 01, 2003 ... Shaw and Sons Funeral Directors YAKIMA - Rachael (Rae) P. Ganzman, age 82, of Yakima, died earlyTuesday morning, December 31, 2002 in her home surrounded by herfamily. She was born in Seattle, WA, May 11, 1920 to Lars and AgnesCurry. She grew up and went to school in Seattle. In ...
Raynaldo Jose Sanchez, Jr.
Jan 01, 2003 ... Merritt Funeral HomeWAPATO - Raynaldo Jose Sanchez, Jr. infant son of Raynaldo andNina (Vargas) Sanchez, Sr. of Wapato died at birth on Saturday, Dec.28, 2002. Although our son has gone on to be with our Lord and Savior andplay with the Angels, we will always keep him in ...
Corrections: Due to a reporting error, the time of day a Union Gap woman was shot in the back Dec. 9 was incorrect in a story Saturday. Jamie Davis was
Jan 01, 2003 ... shot at approximately 11 a.m. Due to a reporting error, a Saturday story on rate increases forgarbage collection did not specify that an increase from $8.64 to$9.42 for city ...
Wine -- The Place to Taste -- Zillah winery and four others join to create state's first tasting room cooperative
Jan 01, 2003; ... BLETHEN FAMILY NEWSPAPERS Not far from where workers at a Seattle seafood stand toss salmonfor show, owners of five boutique wineries have thrown their lotstogether to start the state's first tasting room cooperative. Their aim is to attract some of the 9 million people a year ...
Melvin Moss
Jan 01, 2003 ... Valley Hills Funeral Home, Zillah YAKIMA - Melvin Moss, 84 of Wapato, WA passed away on Sunday,December 29, 2002, at Providence Hospital in Yakima, WA. He was born July 13, 1918, in Summit, OR to Elmer Moss and EstelPoisel Moss. Melvin moved to the Yakima Valley as a child and ...
Union Gap Gottschalks Survives Cut of State Stores -- Retailer to shut five of 19 stores in state
Jan 01, 2003 ... Gottschalks is closing five stores in Washington, but its store inthe Valley Mall in Union Gap isn't one of them. "We are definitely not closing," said Kaylynne Miller, manager ofthe Union Gap Gottschalks. The Fresno, Calif.,-based retailer, which currently has 19 storesin ...
Wine -- Discussing Hangovers, Red-Wine Headaches
Jan 01, 2003; ... WINE ADVISER Does wine cause headaches? Are sulfites in wine the culprit? Whydo so many people report that they can drink all the wine they wantwithout any problem at that little cafe in Cinque Terre, but oneglass sends them to the medicine cabinet once they are back home? No ...
Rosa Mae Winder
Jan 01, 2003 ... Merritt Funeral Home WAPATO - Rosa Mae Winder (Hicks), 87, went to meet her Lord andSavior on December 29, 2002 at her home in Wapato. Rosa was born onJuly 4, 1915 in Ogden, Iowa. She was the fourth of eight childrenborn to Raymond and Lucy Hicks. Rosa was raised and ...
Editorial -- Barbara Durham Broke Ground for Women on State Supreme Court
Jan 01, 2003 ... It's only fitting that in this new year, when women will hold amajority of seats on the state Supreme Court, we honor a woman wholed the way. Former Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice BarbaraDurham, 60, died Monday of kidney failure, a complication from anillness that ...
Betterment Group Sees Counseling for Schools -- Upper Valley's For a Better Tomorrow makes first proposal
Jan 01, 2003; ... Eighteen months after forming, a broad-based group working toimprove the Upper Valley has formed its first solid proposal. For a Better Tomorrow hopes to open a counseling center to provideinformation to adults on the Valley's colleges and vocationalschools. The group, now ...
Sun Bowl -- Purdue Victory Sweet for Davis Grad
Jan 02, 2003 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC EL PASO, Texas - Rallying to beat the University of Washington inTuesday's Sun Bowl was certainly satisfying for the PurdueBoilermakers, but it was especially sweet for Yakima's TaylorStubblefield. Purdue's sophomore receiver from Davis High School ...
Putting Plans Into Action -- Cities look to find any problems before a possible bioterrorist attack
Jan 02, 2003; ... TUCSON, Ariz. - Jeanne Williquett is playing her part well in abioterrorism drama meant to test this city's readiness for an attack.She desperately tells anyone who will listen that she has anthrax. "I have a fever," she tells a nurse, who nods along, trying tocalm her. "They say ...
Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Van
Jan 02, 2003 ... WAPATO - A man was hit by a minivan and killed Wednesday in a 6p.m. crash. According to Washington State Patrol reports, witnesses saw theman standing in the westbound lane of West Wapato Road near itsintersection with Ashue Road before he was struck by a Dodge vantraveling ...
'Insane' in Seattle -- Parked Car, Lights On, $28 Ticket
Jan 02, 2003 ... SEATTLE (AP) - A man making a downtown delivery one afternoonrecently returned to his car to find he had left his lights on. A parking officer had also noticed - and gave John Seth a $28ticket. "It's just insane," Seth said Tuesday, "and the worst part of itwas she smiled ...
Rose Bowl -- Cougs Suffer Mental Mistakes
Jan 02, 2003; ... PASADENA, Calif. - The autopsy outside the Washington State lockerroom yielded varying opinions Wednesday as a chill settled over theRose Bowl on the first day of 2003. Too flat coming out. Too nervous. Too many penalties. Too manySooners, firing at Jason Gesser from too many ...
Accidental Sea Caught in West's Water Fight
Jan 02, 2003; ... SALTON CITY, Calif. - The Salton Sea is California's biggest lakeyet sits in the middle of a desert. It teems with fish but is slowlydying. It was formed by accident but is now the most critical stopfor migratory birds in the Pacific. "It's a paradoxical place," said Tom Kirk, ...
Boeing, Hughes Accused of Giving Rocket Data to China
Jan 02, 2003 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Two leading aerospace companies have beenaccused by the State Department of illegally providing satellite androcket technology to China that could be used for intercontinentalmissiles. The department accused Hughes Electronics Corp. and BoeingSatellite Systems ...
Postcards from Pasadena With Thomas Ostrander -- Disappointing Outcome, But Plenty to Remember, Motivate
Jan 02, 2003 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC In the days leading up to and including Wednesday's Rose Bowlgame, Thomas Ostrander, a WSU redshirt freshman receiver from EastValley High School, provided daily updates on his experiences andobservations. Today is his final entry. Q: From the ...
Dioceses Dealing With More Than 100 Abuse Claims
Jan 02, 2003 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roman Catholic dioceses in Southern Californiahave won a reprieve in more than 100 potential lawsuits by allegedvictims of priestly sexual abuse. Lawyers for purported victims in Los Angeles and Orange countiesagreed Tuesday to try to mediate claims instead of ...
Pakistani Says FBI Pictures INclude His Photo -- A hitch: Mohammed Asghar says he's never traveled to the U.S.
Jan 02, 2003; ... LAHORE, Pakistan - A Pakistani jeweler said Wednesday his pictureis among those of five foreign-born men the FBI says may have enteredthe United States on falsified passports. He said he has nevervisited the United States. An Associated Press photograph of Mohammed Asghar taken at ...
'Lula' Pledges End to Hunger -- Leftist Silva takes oath as president of Brazil
Jan 02, 2003; ... BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's first elected leftist president tookoffice Wednesday, pledging to ease the agony of countlessimpoverished and hungry Brazilians who inhabit South America'sbiggest country - a fertile land the size of the continental UnitedStates. Choking back tears as ...
Former Death-Row Inmate Free in Idaho
Jan 02, 2003 ... BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Convicted killer Thomas Henry Gibson has beenreleased from prison, the third former death row inmate to be setfree in Idaho history. Gibson, 51, was released Tuesday from the South Idaho CorrectionalInstitution near Boise after more than 22 years behind bars, ...
Throngs of Palestinians Rally on Anniversary of Fatah Movement
Jan 02, 2003 ... JERUSALEM (AP) - Thousands of Palestinians, many carrying assaultrifles and dummy rockets, marched in the West Bank and Gaza Strip onWednesday to mark the founding anniversary of Yasser Arafat's Fatahmovement, in a show of defiance against Israeli occupation. In the northern Gaza ...
Rose Bowl -- Cougars Bowled Over -- Oklahoma defense smothers WSU
Jan 02, 2003 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. - This Rose Bowl was one to remember for theSooners. And it was one Mike Price would sooner forget. Price chose to coach seventh-ranked Washington State in the bowlgame after accepting the Alabama coaching job two weeks ago. But ...
Lesson in Real Life -- Western tour gives college students different perspective on environmental issues
Jan 02, 2003; ... WALLA WALLA UNION-BULLETIN WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Walla Walla residents affectionately callWhitman College students "Whitties." But 24 Whitman juniors considerthemselves "Westies," after participating in a three-month experimentcompleted Dec. 7. The students, three professors ...
Ma Boyle Is Smilin' Now -- Mother and son win plaudits and profits for innovations at Columbia Sportswear Co.
Jan 02, 2003; ... PORTLAND - Lloyd Randal fingered a crisp yellow Titanium Flexi-Alpine jacket at the Columbia Sportswear Co. store on a soggyPortland afternoon. Randal said he was shopping at the Columbia store because thejackets, which are coated in a material similar to Gore-Tex andcompete ...
Hiking -- BlazingNew Trails for Hikers -- Past 20 years have created plenty of new paths for hikers
Jan 02, 2003; ... TRAILBLAZER Looking back inevitably leads to looking forward. Reflecting on 20years of writing the Trailblazer column in the Herald-Republic, oneis first impressed by the swiftness of time's passage. Could itreally have been 20 years ago that this columnist began ...
Around the Northwest -- UW Outreach Program Recovers From Fire -- Auto Accident Kills Three Near Sequim
Jan 02, 2003 ... UW Outreach Program Recovers From Fire SEATTLE - The Educational Outreach program at the University ofWashington has made a swift recovery after a fire gutted its officestwo weeks ago. A three-alarm fire Dec. 19 extensively damaged the two-story OlsonBuilding near the UW ...
Breaking Down the Budget -- An Income Tax? -- No One Seems Enthused by Idea of State Income Tax
Jan 02, 2003 ... EDITOR'SNOTE: The last in a series of stories breaking down themajor spending and taxes in state government. Today: Income Tax. By PAUL QUEARY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA - Not too many people remember that the citizens ofWashington once overwhelmingly voted for an ...
Drug Shows Promise in Treating MS -- Early tests also show Antegren may be useful against Crohn's disease
Jan 02, 2003; ... An experimental drug shows promise as an effective new approachfor treating multiple sclerosis and the intestinal ailment Crohn'sdisease. In preliminary tests, the new drug Antegren dramatically reducedthe number of new brain lesions in patients with MS and cut thenumber of ...
N. Korea Looks for Backing in South -- Communist state tries to divide U.S., Seoul
Jan 02, 2003; ... SEOUL, South Korea - Sensing an opportunity in widespread anti-American sentiment in South Korea, North Korea urged South Koreans onWednesday to back its confrontation with the United States over itsnuclear program. "It can be said that there exists on the Korean Peninsula ...
Prep Wrestling -- EV's Thompson, Hopkins Shine at Connell
Jan 02, 2003 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC CONNELL - East Valley's Scott Thompson and Kameron Hopkins wereboth 3-0 for the day in Tuesday's Connell Dual Invitational wrestlingtournament. Thompson boosted his season record at 103 pounds to 11-1 whileHopkins, a 119-pounder, improved to ...
Iraq Complains About Timing -- Inspectors Hold Surprise New Year's Visits
Jan 02, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.N. arms inspectors made surprise visits to abrewery and a 7UP bottling plant Wednesday in their continuing searchfor banned chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in Iraq. The inspectors also appeared unannounced at a missile maintenancefactory and a truck ...
Senator Wants to Be President -- Sen. John Edwards
Jan 02, 2003 ... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Democratic Sen. John Edwards will run forpresident in 2004, telling guests at a party at his home Wednesdayhe will form an exploratory committee. The first-term senator from North Carolina told about 200 friendshe will announce his plans publicly today, said ...
Doney Purkeypile
Jan 02, 2003 ... YAKIMA - There will be a memorial service for Doney Purkeypile onSaturday ...
Editorial -- The Gray Whale Population -- Courts Should Leave the Makahs Alone
Jan 02, 2003 ... Obviously that was a mighty important whale harvested by the MakahNation back in 1999. The event sparked some heated controversy as some in theenvironmental movement made fools of themselves trying to get in theway of, or stop, the Indian whalers. They subsequently moved ...