Yakima Herald-Republic back issues from April 2003:
Engineering a venture capital market: lessons from the American experience.
Apr 01, 2003; ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND CONTRACTUAL STRUCTURE OF U.S. VENTURE CAPITAL II. THE ECONOMICS OF VENTURE CAPITAL CONTRACTING: THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF UNCERTAINTY, INFORMATION ASYMMETRY, AND AGENCY COSTS A. The Venture Capital Fund-Portfolio Company ...
The language of property: form, context, and audience.
Apr 01, 2003; ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. AUDIENCES IN POSSESSION AND RELATED LAW II. AN INFORMATIONAL TRADEOFF IN LANGUAGE AND THE LAW A. Information and Intensiveness 1. Convention and semantic meaning 2. Nonconventional or pragmatic meaning and principles of conversation B. Audience ...
Shooting down the "more guns, less crime" hypothesis.
Apr 01, 2003; ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. THEORETICAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE EFFECT OF INCREASED CARRYING OF CONCEALED HANDGUNS II. EMPIRICAL ISSUES IN ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF INCREASED CARRYING OF CONCEALED HANDGUNS A. Introducing Explanatory Variables into the Panel Data Model 1. Model ...
Screening versus plea bargaining: exactly what are we trading off?(response to article by Ronald Wright and Marc Miller, Stanford Law Review, vol. 55, p. 29, 2002)
Apr 01, 2003; ... I was delighted to be invited to comment on Ronald Wright and Marc Miller's important and instructive article, The Screening/Bargaining Tradeoff. (1) Those familiar with the authors' work, including their original and fascinating criminal procedure casebook, will be unsurprised by many of ...
Patriotic or unconstitutional? The mandatory detention of aliens under the USA Patriot Act.
Apr 01, 2003; ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. STATUTORY ANALYSIS: THE USA PATRIOT ACT IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS A. Section 412: Mandatory Detention of "Certified" Aliens B. The Effect of Section 412 II. THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT III. PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS A. Is There a Protected ...
West Valley Schols Giving Bond Another Shot -- District divides $43 million request into separate measures
Apr 01, 2003; ... THE YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC The West Valley School District is taking another shot at a bondmeasure voters overwhelmingly defeated March 11. But this time, the district has divided the $43.5 million requestinto three different measures that will be voted on separately on ...
Teen Girl May FAce Murder Charge -- Thirty-seven-year-old boyfriend arrested as accomplice to robbery
Apr 01, 2003; ... A petite 16-year-old girl with her blond hair knotted in a bun wastold on Monday that she'll stay behind bars and could face a chargeof first-degree murder. Prosecutors say the teen-ager used a 22-ounce beer bottle to beat42-year-old Christopher Jones of Yakima to death, fracturing ...
Sports Center Shuts Down, Temporarily -- Business is expected to reopen after owners reorganize
Apr 01, 2003; ... The Sports Center, a downtown Yakima landmark, closed Monday,leaving customers to wonder when it would reopen. A sign on the front door indicated the closure was temporary andthat the business would reopen once its owners had time toreorganize. The business's sign, a ...
Editorial -- It's Moot to Keep Slamming Locke's Proposed Budget
Apr 01, 2003 ... Now that budget work is about to get serious in Olympia, it's agood time to review basic budgeting techniques in the legislativeprocess. -- The budget proposed in December by Gov. GaryLocke will not be the final spending document adopted by theLegislature. Locke was ...
First-Ever Mr. East Valley Pageant Tonight
Apr 01, 2003 ... Who needs "Star Search" or "American Idol" when we have talentshows right in our own back yard? Check out the senior boys of East Valley High School as they takepart in the first-ever Mr. East Valley pageant to raise funds forlocal children. Planned for 7 tonight at The Capitol ...
Music Students Prepare for State
Apr 01, 2003 ... Numerous high school music students from the Yakima and Kittitasvalleys have advanced to the Washington State Music EducatorsAssociation Solo-Ensemble contest. The state contest, featuringstudents from 22 regions, will be April 25-26 at Central WashingtonUniversity. The students ...
Death Notices
Apr 01, 2003 ... Elizabeth "Betty' Nelson Elizabeth "Betty" Nelson, 81, died Saturday at Yakima ValleyMemorial Hospital. Mrs. Nelson was born in Canby, Minn., attended schools in SaltLake City, Utah, New Orleans and Sioux Falls, S.D. Survivors include her husband, Harlan; three sons, ...
Upgrade in Works for Capitol Theatre
Apr 01, 2003; ... Capitol Theatre executive director Steve Caffery says imaginationis the fabric of a community. And if things go as planned, the community will put its moneywhere its imagination is. Caffery announced Monday that a mix of private and public fundsappear to be coming together ...
Shooting Death Case Takes Turn -- Police let one suspect go, arrest another in connection with killing outside store
Apr 01, 2003; ... Yakima police on Monday stopped calling a weekend homicide a gangkilling as they released one man they had mistakenly arrested in thecase and cuffed another man for the crime. Gunfire outside the 7-Eleven store at the intersection of 16th andSummitview avenues left 21-year-old ...
Unleashed Applications Now Available
Apr 01, 2003 ... Love it? Hate it? Just want to write about the newest J-Lo flick? Regardless of your opinion on Unleashed, we want you on the staff. We're looking for a new batch of writers, photographers andillustrators for the section's 2003-2004 year. Unleashed is open toanyone from ...
March Water Floods Table -- Month's precipitation brightens outlook for irrigators this season
Apr 01, 2003; ... A wet March has pretty much put to rest concerns that the YakimaValley's 2003 irrigation season will be burdened with severe waterrationing. How wet was it? Try 201 percent of normal precipitation through March 30, makingit among the wettest Marches on ...
Corrections: Due to a production error, the last word was omitted from of a story about the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge that ran in Sunday's Home Front. The
Apr 01, 2003 ... last sentence should have read: The Audubon Society will present asign recognizing the refuge's designation as an important birdingsite. Because of an editing error, a ...
Letters to the editor
Apr 01, 2003 ... Article Unfair To the editor - The March 5 article on the Norman and Nellie ByrdDog Park at the Yakima Greenway was unfair and ill advised.Criticizing the park's condition at the end of winter and prior toany spring cleanup is unfair. Shooting a photo from the ground up ...
Off and Running -- Running Start college program comes with pros, cons and a lot of responsibility
Apr 01, 2003; ... PROSSER HIGH SCHOOL Sara Adams is a senior at Prosser High School, but she has anotheridentity. She's also a sophomore in college - though she hasn't yetearned her high school diploma. Adams is not alone in her situation. Hundreds of high schoolstudents in the state are ...
Philip R. Syrdal
Apr 01, 2003 ... SNOHOMISH, WA - Philip R. Syrdal passed away March 31, 2003, aftera long illness. Mr. Syrdal was born in Hatton, North Dakota on September 28, 1912to the Rev. Richard Rolfson and Clara Hegge Syrdal. He earned a B.A.at St Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. in 1935 and a M. A ....
Della Amanda Johnston
Apr 01, 2003 ... Keith & Keith Funeral Home YAKIMA - Della Amanda Johnston, 96 of Yakima went to be with herLord Thursday, March 27, 2003 in the Summitview Health Care Center.She was born September 27, 1906 in Waltham, Minnesota to John andKatie (Wollenburg) Borchardt. Her family moved to North ...
Elizabeth Rose Kirkoffner
Apr 01, 2003 ... Valley Hills Funeral Home, ZillahTOPPENISH - Elizabeth Rose Kirkoffner, 92, of Toppenish passedaway Saturday, March 29, 2003 at Sunbridge Care Center Toppenish. Elizabeth was born October 19, 1910 in Seawalt, Russia to John andKatherine M. (Applehanz) Schell. After moving ...
Ethel Mary Harlow
Apr 01, 2003 ... Shaw & Sons Funeral DirectorsYAKIMA - Ethel Mary Harlow, age 98, died Saturday, March 29, 2003,at Garden Village Care Center. Ethel was born October 30, 1904, toOma Anton and Barbara Ann (Lessard) Cayo, in Hayward, Wisconsin. In1918 Ethel traveled to Washington by train with her ...
June Barnett
Apr 01, 2003 ... Valley Hills Funeral Home, ZillahGRANDVIEW - June Barnett 67 of Mabton passed away Sunday, March30, 2003 at Grandview Health Care Center due to an extended illness. June was born July 3, 1935 in Joplin, MO to Everett and Mae Lacy.She came to Washington with her family ...
Beno Eula Rickson
Apr 01, 2003 ... Merritt Funeral HomeWAPATO - Beno Eula Rickson, 88, of Wapato, Washington died onWednesday, March 26, 2003. She was born April 12, 1914 in Warsaw,Missouri on the family farm, the daughter of William and MyrtleHedgpeth. Beno married George (Happy) Rickson in 1936, before ...
Daniel Austin McCafferty
Apr 01, 2003 ... Shaw & Sons Funeral DirectorsNILE VALLEY, NACHES - Daniel Austin McCafferty, age 52, went to bewith his Lord Friday, March 28, 2003. He passed away at the home heloved in the Nile Valley. Dan was born May 4, 1950 in Yakima, WA toJames T. and Corrine F. (Corbin) McCafferty. ...
Nancy C. (Keeter) Schmahl
Apr 01, 2003 ... Keith & Keith Funeral Home YAKIMA - Nancy C. (Keeter) Schmahl, 48, of Yakima passed awayduring the early morning hours of Saturday, March 29, 2003 after acourageous battle over several years against cancer. Nancy was born September 13, 1954 to Leyman "Red" and Bernice ...
War in Iraq -- No Weapons System is Foolproof -- About 10 Percent of U.S. Missiles Miss
Apr 01, 2003; ... The U.S. military is fighting perhaps the most accurate air war inhistory, with most of the 8,000 precision-guided bombs and missilesloosed on Iraq blasting their intended targets. But "precision" weapons also miss. Human and mechanical errorssend 10 percent or more astray, ...
War in Iraq -- At Home, Kids Reach Out to Parents at War
Apr 01, 2003; ... HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Every day at 3:34 p.m., a 9-year-old boy's wristwatch sounds in New Mexico and so does his dad's, halfa world away in Iraq. The synchronized alarms of father and son let them know they arethinking about each other at exactly the same time. "At ...
War in Iraq -- A Deserter's Desperate Life -- Iraqi soldier prays that he'll live long enough to get chance to escape
Apr 01, 2003; ... KALAK, Iraq - The soldier covered his face and wept. It was a deep, sudden sobbing he couldn't control. His shouldersheaved. Tears wet the frayed cuffs of his green Iraqi army sweater. He cried because he was alive. He cried because his family maythink he's dead. He cried for ...
War in Iraq -- U.S. Troops Slug It Out in Streets -- Army nears Baghdad in battle with Republican Guard; seven civilians die when van driver refuses to
Apr 01, 2003 ... stop By DAVID ESPO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS American forces battled Iraqi defenders in fierce street fighting50 miles south of Baghdad on Monday, pointing toward a drive on thecapital. Army guards shot seven Iraqi women and children to deathwhen their van refused orders ...
War in Iraq -- War in Brief
Apr 01, 2003 ... Oil-Reconstruction Plan Could Alienate Allies WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is drafting a plan that wouldbar major international oil companies from helping reconstruct Iraq'soil fields if they already do business in neighboring Iran, accordingto U.S. officials and Middle ...
College Roundup
Apr 01, 2003 ... Wildcats Host Carroll in 2003 Opener YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC ELLENSBURG - The Central Washington University football programreleased its 2003 schedule on Monday. The Wildcats, who went 11-0 during the regular season last year,will play 10 games - five home, five away - ...
War in Iraq -- Iraq's Best Units Believed Badly Damaged
Apr 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON - The U.S. decision to engage the Republican Guard withground troops signals commanders' confidence that heavy bombing hasdamaged top-level Iraqi forces so badly that the Americans will soonbe able to overcome them and head to Baghdad. Monday's ...
War in Iraq -- Two Reporters Covering Story Become the Story -- NBC fires Arnett for Iraqi TV interview; Fox's Rivera in hot water with Pentagon
Apr 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES TIMES NEW YORK - In a fast-paced day of media cross-fire over howreporters are covering the war, Peter Arnett was fired by NBC for aninterview he gave to Iraqi state television and a correspondent for arival network, Fox News' Geraldo Rivera, found himself under ...
Put Your Thinking Cap On! -- Program brings "Brain Power" to Sunnyside students
Apr 01, 2003; ... SUNNYSIDE - Rosalinda Gomez was having a tough time in her role aspart of a neuron, the unit of the nervous system that processeseverything we do, during a science assembly Monday at Harrison MiddleSchool. At first, the 12-year-old had no problem passing and catching ared ball, ...
Mandatory Apple Dues Deemed Unconstitutional
Apr 01, 2003; ... In a stunning blow to the apple industry, a federal judge onMonday ruled the collection of dues by the Washington AppleCommission to promote the state's No. 1 crop is unconstitutional. The commission collects a mandatory 25 cents per 42-pound box ofapples produced from nearly 4,000 ...
Court Mulls Tribal Sovereignty
Apr 01, 2003 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - American Indian tribes could derail localcriminal investigations unless forced to comply with search warrantsfor tribal property, a lawyer for a California county told theSupreme Court Monday. Inyo County, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in ...
Sewage, Bad Air Hazards to Health Across War Zone
Apr 01, 2003; ... Smoke from burning oil and bombing damage in Iraq pose risinghealth risks to both soldiers and citizens, while waterways arebecoming fouled by untreated sewage, environmental analysts say. Extinguishing fires and repairing water treatment facilities willbe an immediate priority of ...
War in Iraq -- U.N. Plots Massive Food Program
Apr 01, 2003; ... LONDON - The United Nations' World Food Program faces its biggestchallenge ever in feeding Iraqis when the war ends and plans to mountan enormous aid operation in the country, the agency director saidMonday. World Food Program director James Morris said the agency ...
House Defeats Compensation
Apr 01, 2003 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican-crafted bill compensating peopleinjured or killed by the smallpox vaccine was defeated in the HouseMonday amid debate over the size of the payments, and the troubledvaccination program was temporarily ...
Legislature 2003 -- Senate, Locke Approval Expected -- Supplemental Budget -- Breezes Through House
Apr 01, 2003; ... OLYMPIA - The Washington State House on Monday gave bipartisanendorsement to a belt-tightening budget plan that begins the gruelingtask of erasing a $2.6 billion deficit. Lawmakers approved a supplemental budget by a unusually strong 95-1 vote. The measure, revising the current ...
Smallpox Vaccine May Be Used to Fight Cancer
Apr 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The smallpox vaccine may be reborn - as a cancertreatment. Scientists are rigging up the vaccine to carry an extra load,genes that signal the immune system to start fighting advancedtumors. Why use such a risky vaccine to do that job? The same super-reactive ...
Michael James Scheuffele
Apr 02, 2003 ... Funeral Alternatives of WashingtonTENINO, WA - Michael James Scheuffele, 46, a recent resident ofTenino, died of cancer Friday March 28, 2003 at his home. Mr.Scheuffele was born June 23, 1956 in Yakima. He had lived in Teninoabout one month. Most of his life was spent in ...
Dorothy Jeanette Carroll
Apr 02, 2003 ... SONOMA, CA - Dorothy Jeanette Carroll, 87, passed away March 12th,2003. Dorothy was born March 9, 1916 in Dayton, Washington and raised inWalla Walla, Washington. She was very interested in writing andpenmanship, won many awards for her handwriting, and wrote abeautiful hand to ...
G. Elizabeth "Betty" Nelson
Apr 02, 2003 ... Valley Hills Funeral Home, YakimaYAKIMA - G. Elizabeth "Betty" Nelson, 81, passed away SaturdayMarch 29, 2003 at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital after a battle withcancer. She was born November 4, 1921 in Canby, MN to Oscar L. and ClaraJ. (Qualley) Thompson. Betty attended ...
Donna B. Enright
Apr 02, 2003 ... Valley Hills Funeral Home, ZillahYAKIMA - Donna B. Enright, age 80, died peacefully Monday morning,March 31st at her home with family holding her hands after a 17 yearbattle with emphysema. Donna was born January 28th, 1923 to Carl andHenrietta (Martin) Troxel in Longview, WA, ...
Lorenza (Loring) Arreola Dollente
Apr 02, 2003 ... Merritt Funeral HomeWAPATO - Lorenza (Loring) Arreola Dollente, 71, of Wapato passedaway March 28, 2003 at her home. Mrs. Dollente was born October 14, 1931 in Cabaroan Sta. MariaIlocos Sur, Philippines to Francisco J. and Leandra (Ancheta)Arreola. Mrs. Dollente's ...
Letters to the editor
Apr 02, 2003 ... Solve the Stink To the editor - In recent months our town has acquired a newnickname, Smellyside. The overpopulation of livestock ranches and herds of dairy cows inand around our community have assaulted Sunnyside residents with foulsmells and dust. A working ...
Once More: County, Committee Seek Jail Site
Apr 02, 2003; ... It's round three for Yakima County and a citizens panel that ishelping the county select a home for a new jail. County officials have called the group back together - memberswill meet on Monday in Union Gap - for a third time to look at a listof up to 14 possible sites countywide ...
Wine -- Cooking With Wine
Apr 02, 2003 ... Chicken Cooked in Ratatouille (4 servings) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped 2 medium cloves garlic, peeled and minced 1 medium red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and thinly slivered 1 medium zucchini, split lengthwise, ...
War in Iraq -- "Join to Serve" -- GI Bill's Only One Reason to Be GI
Apr 02, 2003; ... Army veterans Jason Danforth and Phil Steele say they wouldn't beworking toward their degrees if it weren't for one thing: the GI Billof Rights. Today, many high school students joining the military say they'redoing so for the chance to further their education under the ...
Wine -- What's Happening
Apr 02, 2003 ... Kirkland Cafe EarnsNational Recognition KIRKLAND - Cafe Juanita was the lone Pacific Northwest pick onFood & Wine Magazine's top 10 compilation of U.S. restaurants withthe best Italian wine list. The selection appears in the magazine's April issue. "This restaurant ...
Editorial -- West Valley Tries Again for 60 Percent Approval With A La Carte Choices
Apr 02, 2003 ... It's not unusual for a school district to try again after aninitial bond issue or special levy has been turned down by districtpatrons. In fact, a second try is almost a given, though sometimesthe original proposal is modified. So we'll be watching along with a lot of others how ...
Murder Charge Due in Shooting at Convenience Store -- Suspect's bail set at $1 million
Apr 02, 2003; ... A judge set bail at $1 million Tuesday for a man held oninvestigation of murder in connection with a weekend shooting at aYakima convenience store. Yakima police say the 21-year-old fired the .38-caliber bulletsthat killed one man and wounded another during a parking lot ...
Wine -- True Believer -- Wine Commission executive director Steve Burns has made a name for Washington in the industry
Apr 02, 2003; ... BLETHEN FAMILY NEWSPAPERS Steve Burns said his late father, a colonel in the Army's 101stAirborne Division, had planned that his son follow in his footsteps. In a way he has, but not in uniform. As executive director of the Washington Wine Commission, the 44-year-old Burns ...
Death Notices
Apr 02, 2003 ... Elsie L. Walker Elsie L. Walker, 70, of Toppenish died Monday at SunBridge CareCenter in Toppenish. Mrs. Walker was born in Ahsahka, Idaho. She lived in Toppenishsince 1956 and worked at Howard's OK Tire Factory. Survivors include her husband, Howard Walker of ...
Chill Is in the Air -- Growers keep a close eye on thermometer as temperatures are dropping
Apr 02, 2003; ... Chilly temperatures in the Yakima and Kittitas valleys will keeporchard owners busy through at least the weekend. The mercury could drop as low as 25 degrees at higher elevationsand orchards on the valley floors could see freezing temperatures bythe end of the week, forecasters ...
Around the Valley -- Man Loses Hand in Accident on Job -- Children of Inmates to Be Discussed
Apr 02, 2003 ... Man Loses Hand in Accident on Job YAKIMA - A 47-year-old Yakima man, Jack Hickle, was recovering atHarborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday after losing hisright hand in an industrial accident at the Boise Cascade Corp.plywood plant in Yakima Sunday morning. Contacted ...
Anna Mae Duggins
Apr 02, 2003 ... Shaw & Sons Funeral DirectorsTUMWATER, WA - Anna Mae Duggins, died March 29, 2003 at her homein Tumwater, WA. Anna was born January 17, 1917 to Edward L. andJennie B. (Harris) Loofburrow in Prosser, WA. Anna was raised in Prosser, graduating from Prosser High School ...
Council Won't Gamble With Upping Card Room Taxes -- REview shows city's 10 percent tax is in line with other cities in state
Apr 02, 2003; ... A proposal to change the amount of taxes paid by card rooms inYakima is dead. The Yakima City Council on Tuesday canceled a pair of upcomingpublic meetings on a proposed card-room tax increase. A 4-3 councilmajority said a city staff review of card-room tax rates ...
Horsing Around -- Weekend Equi-Fair will be a "celebration of the horse"
Apr 02, 2003; ... Horses are like humans: They need their space, a little respectand a lot of affection, but can be obnoxious and spoiled if theydon't know their limits. "In some ways, they're smarter than us;they're more in tune with their surroundings, where humans tend to beoblivious to that," said ...
New Group Eyes Candidates for Council
Apr 02, 2003; ... A newly formed group, led by local business interests, is seekingcandidates to run for four Yakima City Council positions up for grabsthis fall. Members of Forward Yakima Initiative, which touts itself as agrass-roots organization that aims to improve local ...
Corrections: The wrong team was identified as a double-winner in the timeline for the year 1990 in the "Ink on Paper" special section published
Apr 02, 2003 ... Sunday. On March 4, 1990, the Grandview boys basketball teamdefeated unbeaten Ilwaco for its second straight Class Achampionship. An incomplete sentence ran in a Tuesday ...
Local Health Officials Watch for SARS
Apr 02, 2003; ... With four suspected cases of a potentially deadly mystery illnessnow reported in Washington, Yakima County health officials arewarning local health providers to be on the lookout. On Tuesday, King County Public Health announced two more cases,both involving children, of suspected ...