Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from February 2003:
$90,000 in Dunbar Field Upgrades on the Way
Feb 01, 2003; ... Yakima Youth Baseball officials say Yakima Valley CommunityCollege has authorized them to spend up to $90,000 to begin upgradeson Dunbar Field to remedy a federal complaint that has dogged thecollege since last year. The money, which came from the YVCC Foundation, will enable ...
Body & Soul -- What's Happening
Feb 01, 2003 ... Briefing to Help Faiths Work for Social Justice The gospel according to Matthew is pretty clear: "Love yourneighbor as yourself." And the Washington Association of Churches wants to be clear, too:State budgeting and public policies affect you and your neighbors, somake sure ...
Living, Laughing, Loving to Inspire -- Yakima's Dan Miller shows the way for others to "Dream Big!"
Feb 01, 2003; ... He's billed as "Mr. Inspiration." But he doesn't look particularly inspirational. He limps on stage.His right arm just hangs there. A crutch elongates his left arm. Hewears a leg brace and funny hats. Then he smiles - that infectious, broad, fetching smile - anddelivers ...
Facts and Records
Feb 01, 2003 ... Births Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital SMITH - To Jeffrey J. and Valerie I. (Dicks) Smith, Yakima, twins,a daughter, Lacey Anne, 4 pounds, 13 ounces, 5:47 p.m.; a son, MasonJeffrey, 4 pounds, 13 ounces, 5:50 p.m., Jan. 21, 2003. PEREZ-URIBE - To Hugo Heriberto ...
West Valley's Janae Godoy, right, stays a step ahead of Ellensburg's Breanna Haberman during Friday's game.
Feb 01, 2003 ... Staff photo by ...
In Hopes of an Overhaul -- In an effort to upgrade ailing structures and relieve crowded classes, the Naches School District is asking voters for funds
Feb 01, 2003; ... Naches Valley School District will ask voters next month toapprove a $16 million construction bond to improve three of fourschool sites. "This is the biggest bond the district has asked for," saidSuperintendent Rick Doehle while standing in the playground of NachesValley ...
An aging boiler fills a utility room at the Naches Valley Intermediate School, which was built in the early 1950s.
Feb 01, 2003 ... Staff photo by ...
Gloom & Glop -- Yea, it's wet, but no major damage is expected from the omnipresent rain
Feb 01, 2003; ... Unexpectedly heavy rain sent flood-prone creeks pouring out oftheir banks and major rivers rising in the Yakima Valley on Friday,closing some roads and causing water damage to several homes. Yakima County Emergency Management Director Jim Hall said heexpected no widespread flooding ...
Deputy Cleared in I-82 Shooting Death
Feb 01, 2003; ... When Tim Mayhugh died in the median of Interstate 82, the peoplewho could have saved his life were just minutes away. "He just didn't give us much time," lamented Kittitas CountySheriff Gene Dana on Friday, the day one of his deputies was clearedof any wrongdoing for the gunfire ...
Carolyn Haulk
Feb 01, 2003 ... Keith & Keith Funeral HomePARKER - On January 29, 2003, Carolyn Haulk, 66, went home to bewith Jesus. Carolyn was born in Elyria, Nebraska on Nov. 7, 1936. She is preceded in death by her mother, Leona Kinney, her stepfather,Irvin Kinney, and her father, Ed Dahlin. Carolyn ...
Union Gap Police Still Holding Gun -- City will not release confiscated gun Della Wagoner until she and her brother show up in person
Feb 01, 2003; ... Union Gap is sticking to its guns, so to speak, in refusing torelease a handgun police seized last May in a traffic stop. City Attorney Phil Lamb on Friday released a memorandum thatstates the city will not release the gun to Della Wagoner until bothshe and a brother from whom ...
Death Notices
Feb 01, 2003 ... Jack Larry Strother Jack Larry Strother, 79, of Moxee died Thursday. Mr. Strother was born in Parker. He owned and operated JackStrother & Sons Construction for many years. Survivors include five children, Michael of Moxee, Sue Anderson ofPrescott, Ariz., Sally Rodman ...
Dan Miller adjusts his fish hat as he talks about the song "I Lobster but Never Flounder," which he sings during his presentations.
Feb 01, 2003 ... Staff photo ...
Prep Basketball -- Boys Roundup
Feb 01, 2003 ... First-Place Pirates Pull Away YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC KENNEWICK - Jeremy Mangum and Blake Harris combined for 10 fourth-quarter points as first-place Davis pulled away from Kamiakin for a62-54 Big Nine Conference boys basketball victory Friday night. The win kept the ...
Head Start Plan Would Give More Power to States
Feb 01, 2003 ... THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON - The White House is proposing a historic shift in theHead Start preschool program for poor youngsters that calls for thefederal government to offer states broad new control over decision-making and replaces the program's traditional mission with ...
Change May Be in the Air -- Treasury unveils plan for tax-free savings accounts
Feb 01, 2003; ... THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department formally unveiled a proposalFriday to radically reshape the way Americans save money,consolidating an array of tax-free savings plans into three newaccounts that would allow families to shelter up to tens of thousandsof ...
Prep Boys Basketball -- Sanchez Buzzer-Beater Lifts 'Hounds Over Prosser
Feb 01, 2003 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC PROSSER - Stephen Sanchez's off-balance 30-footer at the buzzerlifted Grandview to a 60-59 Mid-Valley League boys baskertballvictory Friday night over Prosser before a standing-room only crowd. For Grandview, it was both a come-from-behind victory - ...
Prep Wrestling
Feb 01, 2003 ... Zillah Wins Sixth Straight YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC ZILLAH - The Zillah Leopards capped their sixth straight unbeatenconference season by taking advantage of seven forfeits in their one-sided 60-17 victory over Goldendale. Goldendale standout Stephan Gruginski, unbeaten ...
Change May Be in the Air -- Bush proposes letting states revamp Medicaid
Feb 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Friday proposedfundamental changes to the Medicaid program, giving states almostunlimited authority to run their health-care programs for the poorwhile limiting the amount of federal money they could ...
CC Basketball -- Yaks Host Big Bend in NWAACC Doubleheader
Feb 01, 2003 ... YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC The end of the NWAACC Eastern Region's first half scheduleprovides a marquee matchup today in Sherar Gym, with two powerful BigBend teams due for an afternoon doubleheader. The Big Bend women's team, which brings a 5-1 Regional record and17-2 season ...
Prep Basketball -- Girls Roundup
Feb 01, 2003 ... Davis Lines Up for Home Win YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC What Julie Mendoza started behind the 3-point line, the rest ofthe Davis Pirates finished at the free-throw line Friday night. Mendoza's 3-pointer with 2:03 remaining in the fourth quarter gaveDavis the lead for good ...
Mariners Owner Set to Attend First Game
Feb 01, 2003 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE - The majority owner of the Seattle Mariners has lined upa good seat, right behind home plate, for his first-ever baseballgame. Hiroshi Yamauchi will be in the stands when Seattle opens themajor league season March 25 in Tokyo against the Oakland ...
Prep Basketball -- Refocused Rams Bite Bulldogs -- West Valley girls keep Mid-Valley League lead
Feb 01, 2003; ... It was refocus week for West Valley's girls basketball team. After the sixth-ranked Rams got dumped by 17 points at Hanfordlast Saturday, coach Jason Rubright took his team back to where itstarted in November. And this was no fun trip down Memory Lane. "We needed to get ...
Prep Girls Basketball -- Red Devils Scorch Toppenish by 50
Feb 01, 2003 ... BY WENDY JOHNS SPECIAL TO THE HERALD-REPUBLIC The East Valley Red Devils have been through a lot this year, andyet they don't seem to show it. After 14 games, including six in the CWAC, the Red Devils areright back in their accustomed position - on top - after a 88-38 ...
Prep Basketball -- West Valley Stands Tall
Feb 01, 2003; ... This just in from the no-brainer department: A tall, lanky shooterwith range sparked West Valley's fifth-ranked boys basketball teamFriday night. Andrew Strait, right? Well, certainly the 6-foot-8 junior was impressive, scoring a game-high 18 points in a 57-43 Mid-Valley ...
Sunnyside, County Mull Over Air Study
Feb 01, 2003; ... SUNNYSIDE - City officials proposing a study of the air around alocal feedlot aren't likely to buy into an alternate study of airquality throughout the city. The Yakima County Regional Clean Air Authority is proposing analternate study to Sunnyside's suggestion to monitor air ...
Bush Plans Labor Law Revisions -- Some workers could work longer, lose right to overtime pay
Feb 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Heeding the complaints of business, the Bushadministration is revamping decades-old labor regulations in anoverhaul that could force many higher-income Americans to work longerhours without overtime pay. The Labor Department argues that the pillars of American ...
NFL -- Steve Largent Interested in Hawks' GM Job -- Hall of Famer likely not a candidate, team sources say
Feb 01, 2003 ... NEWS SERVICE REPORTS SEATTLE - Reminiscent of his days as a politician on Capitol Hill,former Seattle Seahawk Steve Largent made his pitch for the team'svacant general-manager position Friday. But team sources aren't calling Largent, a seven-time Pro Bowlselection and member ...
Around the Valley -- Aid for Farmers Begins Hitting Mail -- County Republicans Voice Support of War
Feb 01, 2003 ... Aid for Farmers Begins Hitting Mail The U.S. Department of Agriculture started Friday sending out $94million in Apple Market Loss Assistance Program payments for lossesin 2000. Central Washington growers are expected to receive more than halfthe money, according to Rep. Doc ...
Around the Valley -- Sex Offender Wilson Moves Into Area -- Yakima Man Gets 15 Years in Kidnapping -- Store Security Detains Suspected Shoplifter
Feb 01, 2003 ... Sex Offender Wilson Moves Into Area YAKIMA - Convicted sex offender David P. Wilson has moved into thearea after his recent release from prison. Wilson, 34, was let out on Tuesday after serving time for firstand second-degree child molestation, according to the Yakima ...
Tribal Membership -- Tribe struggles over Indian blood
Feb 01, 2003; ... BOISE, Idaho - Viola Rodriguez's fellow Shoshone-Bannock tribalmembers were voting Friday to see if her great-grandchild is Indianenough to be counted as a member. The child is one-eighth Shoshone-Bannock, and the proposed changewould require one-quarter Shoshone-Bannock blood to ...
MLB Notes -- Remarks Costs Ump Opening Day Gig
Feb 01, 2003 ... NEWS SERVICE REPORTS NEW YORK - Umpire Bruce Froemming apologized Friday for using ananti-Semitic slur that led to a 10-day suspension without pay andcost him a trip to work the major league opener in Tokyo. Baseball's most senior crew chief made the remark about ...
CBA -- Sun Kings Stay in High Gear
Feb 01, 2003; ... With the league's second-leading rebounder and Yakima's second-leading scorer Damian Cantrell watching from the sidelines, the SunKings were looking for someone to step up. Try three. Pig Miller, Alex Jensen and Ike Harmon all ratcheted their gamesup a notch, helping the Sun ...
Seattle Storm Stay Put
Feb 01, 2003 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE - After shopping unsuccessfully for another home courtthis winter, Seattle Storm officials have announced the team willstay at KeyArena for the 2003 season. "With the investment we've made and the way the fans in this areahave supported this ...
Gay Minister Won't Face Church Trail
Feb 01, 2003 ... SEATTLE (AP) - An appeals committee within the Methodist churchhas upheld a decision to dismiss a complaint against a lesbianpastor. The Rev. Karen Dammann, whose revelation that she was gay spurreda complaint against her, expects to return to the Northwest thissummer to ...
Legislature 2003 -- Senate Panel Considers Ban on Teacher Strikes
Feb 01, 2003 ... -- Senator wants to keep teachers from using sick leave onwalkouts By DAVID AMMONS ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA - Lawmakers are considering a ban on teacher strikes, anda senator wants to keep teachers from using sick leave on walkoutprotest days. The Washington ...
Bush and Blair Meet on Iraq Crisis
Feb 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush said Friday he would welcome a secondU.N. resolution on Iraq but only if it led to the prompt disarming ofSaddam Hussein. Pushing for a new resolution, British Prime MinisterTony Blair called confronting Iraq "a test of the ...
Locke Appoints Culpepper to Pierce Bench
Feb 01, 2003 ... OLYMPIA (AP) - Gov. Gary Locke on Friday appointed RonaldCulpepper to the Pierce County Superior Court. Culpepper, 53, a district court ...
Ruby Weaver Phillips
Feb 01, 2003 ... Valley Hills Funeral Home, ZillahZILLAH - Ruby Weaver Phillips, 85, of Zillah passed away Saturday,Jan. 25, 2003 at Sunnyside Community Hospital. Ruby was born April 8, 1917 in Peel, Arkansas. She married ClaudePhillips on October 4, 1936 in Oakland, AR. They moved with ...
Letters to the editor
Feb 01, 2003 ... Accident Help To the editor - My husband, three young daughters and I wereinvolved in a car crash on Christmas Day in Gleed. Though no one was seriously hurt, there was a lot happening and Ididn't get a chance to say thanks to the many people who took timefrom their holiday ...
Death Notices
Feb 02, 2003 ... Leonard Ray Thompson Sr. Leonard Ray Thompson Sr., 66, of Yakima died Friday at his home. He was born in Yakima. Survivors include three daughters, Louise Yseuta of Madison, Ala.,and Lenora J. Thompson and Victoria R. Thompson, both of Yakima; oneson, Leonard R ....
YVCC's Ryan Rostvold (24) chases a loose ball against Big Bend's Jake Burtenshaw during Saturday's game.
Feb 02, 2003 ... Staff photo ...
Letters to Sports
Feb 02, 2003 ... Greyhounds Hanging Tough To the sports editor - As we all know Grandview has moved up to 3Athis year. There was talk about moving up last year how we would dobadly in the sports department. That is one reason many studentsdidn't join their desired sports; thinking badly of ...
Anniversaries that ran Feb. 2, 2003
Feb 02, 2003 ... Matson - 25 years Jeff and Doris Matson of Sunnyside celebrated their 25th weddinganniversary. Doris Strang and Jeff Matson were married Jan. 28, 1978, at WilburMemorial United Methodist Church in White Swan. They have lived inthe Yakima area for 22 years. Mrs ....
Russell Reiter
Feb 02, 2003 ... WOODINVILLE, WA - Russell Reiter, Woodinville, WA, passed awayDecember 29, 2002. He was born 8-27-32 in Minneapolis, Minnesota toCora and Leonard Reiter. He attended Washington State Universitywhere his intent was to become an Immigration Inspector. He alsoplayed football and basket ...
One Good Way to Say Goodbye: With Music
Feb 02, 2003; ... CITY EDITOR Often, it's impossible to say goodbye with words. So you do itwith music. When Jeffrey Brooks played a solo for the Yakima SymphonyOrchestra several weeks ago, he did just that. In his gifted hands,the young musician held a clarinet, and through it, bid ...
Jack Larry Strother
Feb 02, 2003 ... Langevin-Mussetter Funeral HomeMOXEE - Jack Larry Strother, 79, of Moxee, went to join God andour mother, Mary on January 30, 2003. Jack was born December 14, 1923 in Parker, WA to Donald and Norma(Barnett) Strother. He owned and operated Jack Strother & Sons ...
High Court Ruling on Curfew Unsettling in Yakima
Feb 02, 2003; ... Yakima's downtown streets are quieter at night since the cityenacted a curfew for kids under 18 nearly a decade ago. And that was the goal. Merchants, police and community leaders wanted to curb thecruising, vandalism, stabbings and gunfire on and along "The Av" -Yakima ...
In Basket -- Business Promotions, Moves, Etc...
Feb 02, 2003 ... Financial Pacific Northwest Bank has hired Bob Magruder of Yakima asfinancial consultant for its Yakima district. Magruder most recentlyas a financial investment officers for Washington Mutual in Yakima. Wells Fargo has named David Murray of Yakima as vice president ofWells ...
Editorial -- Staet Should Play Fair, Appease Mini-Casinos
Feb 02, 2003 ... An effort to allow private-sector operators to get a bigger pieceof the state's widespread gambling action is under way in theLegislature, and fair play mandates it be allowed. It is time toend the hypocrisy of a slipshod gambling policy that favors the stateand tribal casinos, ...
Business Briefs -- Local Audi Dealership Honored -- Ag Department Blocking Some Bird Imports
Feb 02, 2003 ... Local Audi Dealership Honored YAKIMA - Steve Hahn's Volkswagen, Audi, Suzuki car dealership hasreceived the highest rating of any Northwest Audi dealership incustomer satisfaction in service and sales. Steve Hahn's Audi customers in the fourth quarter said they were100 ...
Business Records
Feb 02, 2003 ... Business Licenses The Sign Factory, city of Yakima, James E. Risher, president. West Valley Custom Meats Inc., 6609 Tieton Drive, West ValleyCustom Meats Inc., Kyya M. Vieira, president. Glenwood Square Salon, 5110 Tieton Drive, No. 250, Mary ElizabethDean/Venessa ...
Business Records
Feb 02, 2003 ... Property Transfers The following transfers were recorded during December 2002. COWICHE 40.66 acres of open property on Cowiche Creek Road, Cowiche,$42,000. 2.99 acres of open property at 16185 Summitview Ave., Cowiche,$25,000. Residence with 2 acres at ...
Master Gardeners -- While Still Inside, There's Plenty of Work to Be Done
Feb 02, 2003 ... Work in the garden picks up this month with more opportunities towork outside. Even on days when the weather doesn't allow us to workoutside, there are plenty of gardening activities that can be doneindoors. 1. If you're looking for something new to try this year, why notgrow ...
Columbia Shuttle Disaster -- 17 Years and Three Days Ago -- Painful Memories Return for Challenger Astronaut's Father
Feb 02, 2003; ... It's been 17 years and three days since the Yakima Valley lost oneof its own when the space shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida. Gleed's Dick Scobee, Challenger's commander and a veteranastronaut, died on Jan. 28, 1986, along with his six crew membersafter a faulty seal in a ...
Weddings that ran Feb. 2, 2003
Feb 02, 2003 ... Klein-Brewer Kimberly Charee Brewer and Peter John Klein III were married July13 at Founder's Chapel, University of San Diego. A reception followedat Paradise Point, Calif. The bride is the daughter of Keene and Christine Brewer of Yakimaand the bridegroom's parents are ...
State Patrol Does Well at Avoiding Racial Profiling
Feb 02, 2003; ... GUEST COMMENTARY The value, credibility and effectiveness of any organization isalways determined by the people it serves. As the chief of theWashington State Patrol, I believe the citizens of Washington stateexpect law enforcement relationships built on trust and ...
Willard C. Walker
Feb 02, 2003 ... Colonial Funeral Home TOPPENISH - Willard C. Walker, 92, of Toppenish passed awayquietly at Sunbridge Nursing Home on Friday January 31, 2003. He wasborn August 23, 1910 in Manes, Missouri to Jim and Hattie (Fletcher)Walker. Wid was raised and educated in Manes, MO. At the ...
Dorothy Selby
Feb 02, 2003 ... Keith & Keith Funeral Home YAKIMA - Born in Sunnyside, Washington on March 19, 1917 andpassed away on Friday, January 24, 2003. Dorothy was almost 86 years young. She attended "Sister's of SaintDominic Holy Angel's Academy" in Seattle, WA. She graduated as herclass ...
Letters to the editor
Feb 02, 2003 ... Unfair Portrayal To the editor - I have been an employee of Baby Jogger for roughlysix years. Most of us have been here even longer. We stay because welove this company, and we love making and selling a product thatmakes people happy. The Jan. 28 article, "Baby Jogger Loses ...
Volunteer Opportunities
Feb 02, 2003 ... Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: LITERACY TUTORS - Project Life (Literacy Is For Everyone) needsadult volunteer tutors for its one-on-one free literacy program inYakima. Through its English as a Second Language and Adult BasicEducation programs, Project ...
Columbia Shuttle Disaster -- Government Rules Out Terror as Likely Cause
Feb 02, 2003 ... THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON - Government officials quickly concluded Saturday thatterrorism or other foul play were not the likely causes of thebreakup of the space shuttle Columbia over Texas, though theycautioned that they will investigate all ...
Columbia Shuttle Disaster -- Re-Entry: Astronauts in a Light Bulb
Feb 02, 2003; ... NEWSDAY Imagine falling from space in a glowing light bulb, with a pair ofgorillas on your shoulders. That's how Charles Bolden Jr., a former astronaut who twicepiloted space shuttles to safe landings, described re-entry - thecritical moments in which the Columbia ...
Columbia Shuttle Disaster -- 'Columbia Is Lost' -- Shuttle breaks apart, killing all seven astronauts
Feb 02, 2003; ... KNIGHT RIDDER CAPE CANAVERAL - Few Americans knew the names of the sevenastronauts on shuttle Columbia when the aged orbiter left Earth 16days ago. Now their loss in another shocking space tragedy leaves thenation searching for answers: How did this happen? When and how will ...
Columbia Shuttle Disaster -- Tragedy Leaves Behind Long Trail of Debris
Feb 02, 2003 ... LOS ANGELES TIMES NACOGDOCHES, Texas - On good, clear mornings, it wasn't unusualfor residents of central Texas to catch a glimpse of the spaceshuttles as they arced toward touchdown in Florida. That flight path became a vast field of debris Saturday as aterrible rain of ...