And now live, this is KIMA News at 6.
How the victims pulled from a house fire are doing tonight.
Plus how to keep your children safe from the dangers of guns.
And how one local program is helping to create more than just a few good men and women.
Good evening, I'm Roxanne Vyniukou.
And I'm Craig Galbraith.
So good to have you with us tonight.
And topping our news, investigators have pinpointed a location inside a southeast Yakima house
where a devastating fire started.
Firefighters say the blaze started on a mattress in one of the bedrooms at 809 East Arlington.
It broke out shortly after 3 yesterday afternoon.
Finding the exact cause may be difficult, but fire officials say a lot of cigarette
ashes were found at the scene.
74-year-old Spencer Davis remains in critical condition tonight, suffering from smoke inhalation
and burns.
His wife, Willie May, was upgraded to satisfactory condition.
Authorities say both patients have existing health problems that are complicating their
recoveries.
Some scary moments for a semi-truck driver this afternoon.
Authorities say his load shifted, causing the truck to roll.
It took the exit to loop around to North 1st Street, Interstate 82, and it was going a
little too fast and tipped over.
The 33-year-old driver from North Dakota was leaving town with the truck loaded with apples.
Truck was slowed for a little while due to the rollover and another accident on Highway
12 near the I-82 interchange.
No one was injured, and authorities say they do not believe alcohol was a factor in this
accident.
A man caught with stolen property from a high-profile home invasion robbery admits he is guilty
of the crime.
Glenn Dawkins faces four months in jail, but he gets credit for time served since November.
Dawkins was caught with a credit card belonging to Violet Alvarez, one of the victims in a
pair of home invasion robberies that happened in November.
Alvarez later died, but the man accused of robbing her, Duane Kozlowski, was found guilty
last week and could be sentenced to more than 25 years.
Dawkins was caught with the credit card when police moved in on a house where Kozlowski
was hiding out.
Efforts to expand Eastern Washington's economic opportunities internationally are getting
a boost from Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen.
Owen met today with local business, education and service leaders for a closed-door informal
meeting in Yakima this afternoon.
Owen says the group is working to form a program that will bring consultants to Eastern Washington
to see what our region has to offer.
He says we may have a lot more than just agriculture to offer the world.
We are pretty certain that they don't know a whole heck of a lot about Eastern Washington,
so that could be educational opportunities, that could be wine country, that could be
agricultural products, high tech.
We have a firm here right here in Yakima that does business with Boeing.
Owen also met with business leaders from the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla areas to get their
input for the program.
The images of guns on television and in the movies are often very different from what
we see in real life, but placed in the wrong hands, including children's, guns can change
a life forever.
Tonight, in the final part of Protecting Your Child, KIMA's David Manci shows us how to
keep kids safe from guns.
An extreme worst case scenario, what can go wrong when a gun falls into the wrong hands?
In this case from 1999, a Yakima teen is mishandling a gun while at home.
The gun goes off and a bullet hits his nearby teenage sister.
The teen is sent to jail for her death.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Extreme cases aside, there are efforts to keep kids safe from guns.
Just education, it's the best thing there is.
You teach them from a very, very early age that that's just something they don't do.
Gun locks have become an important tool in making guns safer in the home.
There's a little lock right here.
Without that being locked, you can pull the hammer back all the way.
As soon as you put the key in it, and then you give it a partial turn and that little
button pops up and then the hammer can't go beyond that.
It just pops into the frame.
Quite a few of the handguns and some long guns now have built-in locking mechanisms.
Student supply owner Don Manning says education leads to respect for guns, which also leads
to safety.
The clay pigeon is going to go.
And again, marksmanship is not part of the class.
What is part of the class?
Teaching gun safety when it comes to hunting.
As long as we can emphasize to the younger students how important safety is, what I see
with my own kids is that they don't take anything for granted.
In this class, Dave Pitton shows students how to carry a gun safely and also the proper
way to climb over a fence with a weapon.
You come to an obstacle like this, yeah, you're treated as a dangerous firearm.
I mean, if it's not treated with respect, you don't know what can happen.
I mean, it can accidentally go.
Proper gun handling techniques is something Hunter Greg Olin shares with the steps on
Scott.
Especially make sure you check every few seconds to make sure you know where your partner is.
So at all times, if I'm walking and we happen to cross paths, I know Scott's on this side,
so I'm going to want to hold my gun the other way.
But like many other hunters, his rifle isn't the only weapon Olin owns.
He also keeps ammunition away from the handguns so that no loaded gun is left in the home.
I'm going to take the chance that I'd have to go get my handgun and load it myself and
think that that would be adequate time because I'd rather take a chance of someone breaking
into my home than having my kids get into my handgun and my ammo.
This is David Mancy reporting.
Gun locks are available at most gun stores and gun shows.
Hunter safety education courses are taught by volunteers through the state's Department
of Fish and Wildlife.
Mancy schools are asking for voters' help next month to help make room for more students
there.
Mancy's Valley High School principal Rich Rulo says the schools in the district are
seeing high growth in enrollment.
He says the schools are simply running out of space for students.
One of the big needs is the fact that our school district is growing in population.
And we projected out into the year 2007 that we're going to gain probably 195 more kids.
Looking at all of our buildings right now that are at or near capacity, for example
the high school we just added a portable this last year with two classrooms and we're just
basically running out of room.
The bond is for 16 million dollars.
It will be on Natchez Valley voter ballots March 11th.
West Valley High School has one of a few local programs that offer young people a taste of
military life.
But as KIMA's Nicole Sanchez shows us, the program is helping students no matter what
their career goals.
It's the kids and their eagerness to learn, to accept responsibility and to just try new
things.
West Valley's Junior ROTC program is developing more than a few good men and women.
They've done a lot of community service and it's taught me to be a better citizen actually
and that's the mission of ROTC.
But I've also learned a lot of good skills for dealing with people.
The program has 170 students including 9th graders from the middle school.
Although the Junior ROTC group is getting a glimpse of what military life could be like,
that is not the program's overall goal.
The military looks at this program as an opportunity to train young men and women in leadership
and responsibility, self responsibility and self discipline to be able to lead any organization.
Well it's teaching me leadership skills and I'm hoping to become a teacher actually so
I think that the conflict resolution and leadership that I'm learning now is going to help me
a lot.
But if students do decide to go into the military after graduation, the program can give them
an edge.
Right now I'm kind of going for a pilot in the Air Force.
Yeah, I really want to do that.
ROTC is going to help me get the scholarships for that too.
So no matter what the future holds for these students, the program is changing their lives
and helping them grow.
I used to have a lot of problems dealing with people and now with ROTC I've learned how
to be so much more of a better person and a lot stronger for it.
In West Valley, I'm Nicole Sanchez reporting.
Still ahead tonight we'll show you how you can fight City Hall.
And how local students are making a world of difference.
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Surely you've heard the expression, you can't fight city hall.
Well in tonight's Our Valley in Transition, KIMA's Mike Conklin shows us you can't.
After two years, the rezone of Congdon Orchards is still unresolved, but the debate is more
than about preserving neighborhoods according to residents.
It also points to the need for change and brings to the forefront critical development
issues.
There are people that are saying, you know, we're a little bit bigger city, we're undergoing
tremendous transition, let's change the way we plan, let's change the way we involve people
in the process, let's change the way we look to the future, those kinds of things.
People are getting a second look.
And you'll get no argument here.
There's an agreement, a total agreement on that.
So what are the underlying development issues and challenges brought to light by the dispute?
Well for starters, as agriculture changes, Yakima will become more urban.
So how will this change the development of ag land adjacent to neighborhoods into commercial
and industrial projects?
The Congdon rezone pits two points of view that are still unresolved.
The neighbors are interested in sort of sound community planning.
And what that means is taking a community view and looking at an entire area and making
it function and integrated in a way that all aspects work.
But the city says it's done its job.
Our zoning ordinance does envision that and in fact even lays out what that buffer between
those two uses should be.
And it's fairly minimal.
Believe me, I think we've come and gone a lot further than that in negotiations between
Walmart and Congdon city and the neighbors.
The jury is still out on this specific problem, but the time to revisit policy guidelines
may be on the horizon.
We're somewhat learning as we go along.
Next week we'll examine other development issues that the Congdon rezone has brought
to light.
For our Valley in Transition, I'm Mike Conklin reporting.
And our Valley in Transition is written and produced by freelance writer George Finch.
Some Yakima City Council members are in Olympia today to make sure your voice gets heard on
Capitol Hill.
It's the Association of Washington City's legislative conference, a chance for our local
leaders to take a close look at legislative issues affecting Yakima.
The rules around annexation and how we get to annex, in addition to that, the extension
of sewer services or water services, those are the big issues that are before us.
Another top priority for the council is getting better funding for Yakima.
They say cities are being asked to do more with less and it's getting harder to provide
needed services.
Council members hope this visit will help keep Yakima in the funding loop.
I understand it's probably a good idea that the mayor and some of the council members
headed over to the west side yesterday or today.
Yeah, and hope they get back before tomorrow afternoon because we have a winter storm warning
in effect for the Cascades coming up tomorrow afternoon through Friday afternoon.
It's for the central and northern Washington Cascades, Cascade Mountain.
Of course, this is a legislative session and I can get away with saying Cascade Curtain,
can't I?
I think so.
Yeah, of course.
I think so.
There is a Cascade Curtain.
Well, definitely a cloud bank across the Cascades tonight, taped earlier just before sunset
and that cloud bank, that's going to be the source of some moisture headed for the area
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Tonight evening, a fairly weak weather system affecting the Pacific Northwest today.
Actually, it was a split in that weather system.
A lot of the moisture went to the south of us, across northern California, leaving us
with very little, but never fear.
There is a stronger system out there in the Pacific that is headed for the Pacific Northwest
tomorrow and Friday.
That's the one that's going to be producing some blustery, rainy weather over on the
west side and some heavy snows in the Cascades tomorrow afternoon through Friday afternoon.
The north and central Cascades in particular.
Here on the east side of the mountains, Cascades will be blocking a lot of that moisture from
reaching us.
But we're going to have the wind and a chance for some rain.
44 degrees in Yakima.
Ellensburg, 43.
48 at top edition, Sunnyside, 50 at Grandview.
Our breezes now, they're calm.
Humidity, 70 percent.
Perimeters holding steady.
High temperature this afternoon coming in above normal at 51.
Low this morning, 31.
Ellensburg with a high temperature today reaching into the 40s as well.
Doppler radar showing a little bit of shower activity, but it's been mainly to the south
of us following the Columbia Gorge, parts of Kittitas County, southern part of Yakima
County, and of course up in the Cascades, south Cascades a little bit.
High temperature in Ellensburg, 48.
Low this morning, 29.
47 for the high at Natchez.
55 at Toppittish.
54 at Sunnyside.
56 at Grandview.
53 in the Tri-Cities.
47 degrees over Seattle.
And temperatures all for the most part above normal.
Futurecast showing the system coming in is going to be a snowmaker for the Cascades,
but for us maybe just a chance of some shower activity later on tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow
night, then on into Friday.
And of course we'll be picking up the wind.
Reason is we've got a tight low pressure system winding up in the Gulf of Alaska.
The system today, weak, not really affecting us all that much, although some heavy rain
has been reported well to the south of us across northern California.
But we're really watching this incoming system.
Low wrapping up in the Gulf of Alaska, cold front that'll be sweeping on across the area
behind a warm front that'll be scooting up from the southwest tomorrow.
Lots of moisture entrained in that system that'll be headed for the Pacific Northwest,
so it is going to be a substantial snowmaker for the Cascades coming up for tomorrow afternoon
and Friday afternoon.
And elsewhere across the country, some pretty active rain development and some isolated
thunderstorm activity mid-Mississippi Valley through the Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valleys.
High temperatures while warming up in New York City to help melt the snow with a high
today of 40, 82 in Miami and 70 in New Orleans.
Here's the forecast, partly cloudy, some isolated showers, overnight low temperature around
30 degrees.
Tomorrow it'll be partly cloudy, 34 degrees at 8, at noon up to 46.
Some breezy areas coming in with the approach of that storm, 50 for the high temperature
tomorrow.
We could see a chance of a little bit of rain coming up tomorrow night and then on into
Friday.
But mainly it's going to be the wind affecting us.
Windy again on Friday.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday turning a little bit cooler but also drier.
More of a northerly flow coming in.
So high temperatures will be mainly around the mid to lower 40s.
And here we go, wrapping up the Cascades.
This is the way it looks.
Snow level tomorrow, 4,000 feet, lowering down to about 3,000 feet.
Winter storm warning tomorrow afternoon through Friday afternoon.
12 to 24 inches of snow could be expected by Friday afternoon.
Allen's making skiing plans right now for the weekend.
I can tell that right now.
We have snowmobilers who are probably rubbing their hands in anticipation.
If you're driving though, I imagine you're probably feeling a little nervous.
Well, yeah, probably so.
It could be a fairly wicked storm because not only will there be quite a bit of snow
but also the wind's going to be picking up too.
So a strong westerly wind through the passes with the snow.
It's really a good combination.
So if you're planning on traveling the passes, do check ahead.
Bound conditions change very rapidly around here.
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Health workers will be the first in the state to receive the smallpox vaccination.
Several public health care workers will be vaccinated against the disease.
The vaccinations are part of the ongoing public health emergency preparedness and response
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We decided to ask you your thoughts on the smallpox vaccine and whether or not the vaccine
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That's tonight's viewer's vent.
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So whether I would get one right now or not, I'm not sure.
I would probably consult with my doctor.
Side effects are pretty bad.
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I don't think I would.
I have no problem with it.
I don't even know why I would need that.
The smallpox virus isn't extinct yet.
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This could be Gary Payton's last game as a Sonic tonight.
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Welcome back to Sun King's best win-loss record in the CBA National Conference, but still
short of quarter points and still chasing Dakota.
A win over Gary at the Sun Dome tonight would help.
And heaven help the Sonics.
They have lost six in a row, the Knicks visiting this evening.
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Full place in the line last night at the Pirate Ship.
Davis and Pascoe, home guys flying.
Curtis Gomez, Trembl to Terrell Cox just like that.
Three nothing.
Running through Bulldogs, Jeremy Mangum divides the purple to Curtis for the finish.
Pirates a 15 point lead.
Pascoe not dead though.
How about to the big guy?
Trevor Dunson just standing there.
It's a gimme.
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How about final seconds now?
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That is Terrell at the buzzer.
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Davis making toast out of the dogs.
16 and three now.
The Pirates clinching at least a tie for the league crowd.
Must wins with the seasons over in the mid valley.
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Bikes attacking first.
Eric Bell right there, ring it up.
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Alex Gomez drives.
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Jake Thomas up and in for the deuce.
This one goes down to the wire.
Sela just one hoop better in the end.
Corey Loveland, oh yeah, gonna pull it up and put it in from the corner.
Vikings advance to meet Hanford Friday.
Grandview, the winner over Ellensburg, will be at West Valley.
Freddie Garcia will be the main man this season for the Mariners.
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Tonya says she keeps her mental edge by thinking about who else, Nancy Kerrigan, when she's
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Well, there's much more news coming up tonight at 11.
Sten Walshroom in the newsroom with the preview, Sten.
Coming up new tonight at 11, a National Guard helicopter with heat sensing equipment is now helping in the search for Sofia Juarez still missing.
Plus, President Bush with some interesting comments to the Spanish language TV network Telemundo today will have that.
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You can tell it's a big 11 o'clock show coming up when you get the SI models.
Finally, it's six students at LaSalle High School in Union Gap are not only talking about making a difference, they're doing it in all parts of the world.
Eleven students recently returned from a Seattle urban immersion project.
The group helped tutor children at a homeless shelter and also volunteered at a soup kitchen.
Students say the project changed them forever.
It was so inspirational.
The children there and how happy they were was just wow for me.
And the volunteers totally opened my eyes.
Just seeing them working and living there was complete inspiration.
The school also travels to an Indian reservation in Browning, Montana and to Tijuana, Mexico to help serve the poor.
Thank you so much for joining us tonight.
We hope to see you at 11.
Good night.