The percentages, these are actually in tabulated.
Date at 226 million dollars.
Construction crews will soon begin work on the Nile Bridge on US Highway 12 tomorrow
morning.
Workers are not sure when the work will be completed.
The first phase is to remove the water and then redirect it back to the Natchez River.
Crews say they don't know how much damage has been done until they're able to remove
the water.
Highways will continue to be closed until the bridges are fixed.
County public works say that they hope to be able to finish the project by next week.
We'll see.
Well a lot of people are going to have to start looking for alternate routes.
Of course they haven't already done that.
And snowmobilers, well they're going to have to find new areas to indulge in their outdoor
activities.
Yakima County Sheriff's Office requests that no one travel up Chinook White Pass or Tampico
Highway.
The roads are in extremely poor condition and in fact the Tampico Snowpark and Atanum
Campground are completely destroyed because of the recent flooding.
Snowmobilers are encouraged to go to Lake Wenatchee, Shady Pass and the Lake Chelan
areas.
Add one more to the old disaster list.
Yakima Indian Nation has been added to the Presidential Disaster Declaration today.
They are now on the list along with 19 counties in Washington State to receive federal funding
for flood disasters.
Seventy-five percent of the federal funds will help restore the Yakima Indian Nation's
damaged public facilities and assist projects to prevent future flood damage.
Other funds will go to individual and public assistance.
Jessica Castaneda says that she's been living out of an American Red Cross shelter since
last Friday.
She knows she's just one of the many so-called flood refugees.
But at age 16 Castaneda says it's hard to smile these days.
First at five is Kelly Chinota reports.
Jessica Castaneda says the Christian Life Center has been home this last week.
Flood waters rushed into her house in Tampadish.
For food, a place to sleep and rest she's had to rely on the Red Cross shelter.
Castaneda says even though she sleeps on the floor she's thankful.
I know I'm just thankful that people are there to help other people.
Back at home Castaneda says the basement turned into a swamp.
Her clothes, childhood treasures and pictures got saturated with water and mud.
Pretty sad just like when we were kids and stuff like that pictures of a lot of things
like and then we saw like stuff floating on our basement like oh and it smelled like gas
in our house.
But this woman, Miss D from the old Miss D's Rib House is a bright spot for her.
She made all day like it was the barbecue like a train, the barbecue train was outside
we were all smelling it and then she made barbecue ribs and all that for us and everybody
on Valentine's.
Castaneda says it's comforting to know that people care.
In Yakima, Kelly Shinoda, News 23.
Red Cross workers say the shelter at the Christian Life Center will close soon.
The shelter is the only one that's currently open.
The Yakima Health District has been flooded with phone calls.
They say that they receive more than 40 to 100 calls a day with complaints of contaminated
water.
Now the first indication that your water is contaminated is if it looks, tastes or smells
different.
You want to make sure to boil water before washing dishes, brushing your teeth and preparing
food.
Contaminated water contains bacteria and pesticides that can be harmful to your health.
If you want to get more information about safety hazards or you need specific directions
on how to disinfect your well you can call the Yakima Health Department at 575-4040 and
they can provide a pamphlet with information about water quality and other health precautions
that you might need to consider.
Voters say no to additional funding for two local school districts.
East Valley and Highland School District did not get passing votes to qualify for their
school tax levies.
Telling of the final levy votes occurred earlier this afternoon.
Funding of general operating expenses for those schools that gained voter approval will
be put into effect in the spring of 97.
The Stokely Company has announced its decision to sell its frozen vegetable operations today.
Stokely USA is a leading producer of canned vegetables.
They have three frozen vegetable processing plants located in Grandview, Walla Walla and
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The president of Stokely says frozen vegetables accounted for about 20 percent of the company's
sales.
Stokely's efforts to reduce costs and increase their profits led to the company's decision
to release the frozen vegetable part of their business.
So are you planning to head out tonight, maybe get a head start on your weekend?
Let's go ahead and take our first look at our weather.
If you're all going out you're going to see temperatures in the mid 40s, the sunset 529.
One thing we need to be sure to tell you about however is our air quality status is red.
That means there is a ban on open burning.
It means north of Union Gap all the way up to Rattlesnake Ridge you can't burn in your
fireplace, they don't want any wood stoves burning at all because the air quality is
very very bad outside.
And your air quality right now is wet too.
Yes it is.
A little more on that on the forecast here a little later on.
You know the insects may have met their match in Wapatoa.
We'll tell you what that's all about coming up.
And Yakima and plus our report on what's for lunch.
The food you pay for stay with us.
With the Cirrus LX we wanted to build a car that would be the best in its class.
We looked at all the competition including the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry.
Then we set hundreds of goals and benchmarks.
But our objective wasn't to duplicate these cars, it was to surpass them.
And judging from all the awards it looks like we've succeeded.
But the best thing about the Cirrus LX is how much you get for how little you have to
give.
See your local Northwest Chrysler Plymouth Field.
Do you remember that Fergie King song?
Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, crying babies won't upset us.
Crying babies?
No no no no no no no.
It's hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, hold the ketchup, hold the lettuce.
No no no no.
It's vegetables are out to get us.
Even if you now just met us.
One thing's for sure, your Whopper has always made your way.
Just 99 cents every day.
In the hallway.
The Whopper, always 99 cents at Burger King.
All we ask is that you let us serve it your way.
No.
Hey guys, that's it.
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20 years strong, 20 years committed to Yakima.
Tonight, a doctor whose treatment was once considered unconventional, but now patients
line up to see him.
What does he know that you don't?
Find out.
The Pro Cause American Close-Up tonight on NBC Nightly News.
Yakima Valley's Heritage College is offering a new continuing studies program.
It's called the Life Long Learning Institute.
75 new classes will be offered this spring.
The classes will range from learning better business communication techniques, to teaching
farmers how to use computers, to teaching body and mind wellness.
According to one of the instructors, the new courses will use more than just the traditional
classroom teaching techniques.
I want to engage the participants in something that will give them the experience of the
information.
So they arrive at some of their own answers.
They will get this aha experience of oh yeah, I see, okay, I see, because I do that sometimes.
There you have it.
If you're interested in getting a hold of a list of the new courses to check them out,
you can call 575-1228.
A new agricultural laboratory opens near Wapato.
The new U.S. Department of Ag facility will be used to research how insects affect Northwest
crops.
About 150 people gathered for today's dedication.
Congress appropriated nearly 13 million dollars for the new building.
The 60,000 square foot building replaces a leased research facility here in Yakima.
The structure took just under a year to build.
Well believe it or not, you help buy lunch for someone every day.
Do I?
Yes you do.
I do too and so do you.
Alright, well you know there are a lot of people in our community that are being fed
because of our taxes.
People that you might not even think about, people in schools like we're going to see
in this room.
Lots of programs get funded by us and like you say for the most part we're not even aware
we're doing it.
That's right.
Well we join now first at five Steve Claddeback in the newsroom who's going to tell us about
a few groups that we help serve.
Now there Dave, most of us have a choice of what we want to eat for lunch.
In fact today I've chosen my own homemade tuna noodle casserole to be eating here in
a bit.
But a lot of people don't have that choice.
They eat what your dollar pays for and is that food nutritious and is it a value for
the dollar you're paying?
You may have guessed by the music but our first stop is a senior center.
Sixty-five seniors here join nearly 500 seniors around Yakima County taking part in the older
American Nutritional Lunch Program.
The menu changes daily and is approved by a nutritionist to make sure it always contains
one third of the required daily amounts of minerals and vitamins.
So what's for lunch today Margaret?
We have lasagna, mixed vegetables, a green salad and dessert and it tastes wonderful.
And it does look good.
The seniors have the option to make a donation to help pay for the lunch but what costs aren't
collected from them are subsidized by state and federal funds.
So what is the cost of one of the lunches?
Here's the breakdown.
Raw food cost is a dollar and fifteen cents.
Other miscellaneous expenses including labor, transportation and utilities run about two
dollars and eighty cents a meal for a total of three dollars and ninety-five cents per
lunch.
The lunch stop also is a place where your taxes help pay for a lunch.
Ah a school bell and that means lunch time at John Campbell Elementary School.
The menu here is also approved by a nutritionist and contains one third of the daily required
amounts of vitamins and minerals.
So what's for lunch today?
We have a cheese sandwich.
What else are you eating?
A brownie with white frosting and a banana and a cheese stick and some pears.
Well that's quite a bit of food so what does it cost?
The food alone is seventy-one cents a meal.
Labor and other miscellaneous costs average out at eighty-two cents each for a total cost
of one dollar and fifty-three cents per lunch.
Cheaper than the senior center because more meals are served and food can be bought at
a cheaper bulk price and the meals are made at the school not catered in.
And finally our last stop on this lunch patrol, the Yakima County Jail.
You'll find the lowest cost for lunch is here.
The main reason, well you're looking at it.
Inmates prepare and serve the food.
Cutting down on the miscellaneous cost, like the other two operators, the menu is approved
by county nutritionists for nutritional value.
For lunch today, a hot dog, baked beans, coleslaw, cookie and juice.
Now the cost per meal.
On the average it's seventy-seven cents a meal.
That includes the raw food cost and very little operating expenses.
So there you have it.
Lunch at a senior center, a school and a jail.
A place where people don't have much choice what they get to eat but it's food they receive
because people like you pay your taxes.
In Yakima, I'm Steve Clatterbuck, News 23.
I think the important part about this story is that these people are getting pretty good
value for the money that is being spent by you and also this food is very nutritional.
All of these people, these meals have met the requirements of the FDA.
And Heather, Dave, I've got some of the tuna casserole left if you would like some a little
bit later.
Say some, you know it's maybe cheaper to eat at the jail but I prefer not to have my meals
served there.
Thank you very much.
I don't think I want any of Steve's tuna casserole.
I'd rather go to the jail.
Well, Chris Kennedy is off tonight taking a three day weekend.
So Heather and I will have the forecast including a little sprinkles when we come back but first
a look at the past reports.
And feel free to pause the comment.
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