Central Washington's news leaders, Heidi Adam, Gary Faschott-Fors, and DeSable Weather.
This is KIMA Newsbeat at 11.
And good evening.
Yakima police are investigating a shooting incident just moments ago in northeast Yakima.
Shortly after 10 tonight, a shotgun was fired from inside an apartment building in the 700
block of North 1st Street.
No one was apparently injured in the incident, and police believe that a robbery may have
taken place.
Several residents reported hearing a loud gun blast.
No other information is available at this time.
A Little League ball player in the Tarah City tonight is in critical condition after a bizarre
accident there.
Around 7.30 tonight, a foul ball hit a catcher in the chest.
His name and age has not been released.
Parents at the game immediately performed CPR and say he was semi-conscious when he
left the ball field.
However, doctors had to revive him twice while at the hospital, and he has since been flown
to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane.
The unidentified youngster is said to be in quote, very critical condition.
Witnesses of this weekend's drowning at Buena Pond say the tragedy could have been prevented.
17-year-old Duane Peckham of the Granger area drowned yesterday afternoon when he and a
friend tried to swim from the mainland to an island about 150 yards from shore.
To say Peckham began having trouble swimming and went under.
Peckham's friend tried to help but was unable to.
One witness says others nearby didn't even try to rescue him.
We took off swimming after him and I was like 15, 15 yards away from him and I got tired
and I stopped for a second and he just went under and that was the end of it.
And there's some guys sitting out there in a boat.
That could have just picked them right up out of the water but they took off instead
of us.
So you think this could have been prevented?
Those guys just used their head and went out and pulled that guy out of the water.
Cops wouldn't even be here.
Others blame the authorities saying it took them long to reach the scene.
The dive team is not a fire department.
It's made up of volunteers and they got here very fast.
They could.
The equipment that came came from the aquamount which is where the stores, they did the very
best they could.
The equipment and time, we tried.
The body was recovered in about 35 feet of water about 30 yards from the island.
Sergeant James says the teenager's mother told authorities the boy was her only son.
She also says she lost a five year old daughter in a drowning accident several years ago.
An agonizing search for a plane carrying four people with relatives in Yakima has come to
an end.
Searchers spotted the single engine Cessna yesterday in the Mission Mountains near St.
Ignatius, Montana.
All four occupants were dead.
The 46 year old Larry Failer of California had piloted the plane carrying two nieces
and a nephew.
The three children were Yakima resident June Adamson's grandchildren.
Officials say all four died on impact when the aircraft hit a cliff during a sightseeing
trip May 21st.
The Tacoma man charged with the shooting death of a former Yakima woman was found guilty
today on a charge of manslaughter.
Marcus Jackson was charged with second degree murder after he shot his pregnant girlfriend
Latoya Gordon last January.
Gordon died almost instantly but doctors were able to save her baby.
Jackson's attorney argued the shooting was accidental and it seems a Pierce County jury
agreed Jackson was also acquitted today on a charge of assaulting the infant.
After 14 years a suspect has been charged with the killing of actor Bob Crane, star
of the TV series Hogan's Heroes.
John Henry Carpenter is described as a friend of the late actor.
The 49 year old actor was found with his skull crushed and an electrical cord tied around
his neck back in 1978 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
A murder complaint cites as evidence for charging Carpenter, a blood smear on a car rented by
him and a camera tripod that was probably used to bash Crane's skull.
Police are releasing few other details.
Jury selection began today in the rape trial of former Lower Valley Fire Chief Bob Udell.
The 46 year old is accused of raping a 21 year old man last summer after allegedly offering
him a ride home from Mozilla Pizza Parlor.
A jury pool of 60 people has been assembled for the case.
Today they completed questionnaires about their prior knowledge of the case and their
ability to serve as jurors.
The trial is being heard by Yakima County Superior Court Judge Michael Levitt and it's
expected to last several weeks.
Travel agents are struggling to keep their heads above water these days as everyone tries
to get in on the super airfare war that's currently being waged.
That war may soon die down however, one Minnesota based travel agency says Northwest Airlines
has already withdrawn its half price promotion in some popular domestic markets.
When Northwest started their promotion it sparked other carriers to follow suit and
agents like these ones at Town and Country Travel have been working around the clock
ever since.
Levi Button has been an agent for 12 years and says it's never been this busy.
All the things are half price, they're unreal and people are banging our doors down.
We tried to close Saturday so we could catch up on work and they're like pounding on the
windows and it's like, you know, everybody's rude.
That is because we don't have time, it's unreal.
Button says space is running out on many domestic flights so you must act immediately if you
want to get in on the deals when your half price promotions are scheduled to end on Friday,
kind of a catch 22.
They probably like the work but too much of it.
Well you know if the heat's been aggravating the tempers in conjunction with all that activity
we have some cooler air moving in.
That should help that a little bit.
That's why the wind tonight, it's ushering in some cooler ocean air across the Cascades.
Sixty-nine degrees now currently, humidity 47 percent, dew point 48, winds northwesterly
at 14, barometer is rising.
Our high temperature today in Yakima came in 88 degrees, low this morning was 55 degrees.
Round the area right now, current temperature reading 65 in Ellensburg, 67 at Grandview,
73 in the Tri-Cities where they had some light shower, thundershower activity, isolated,
scattered around the area earlier tonight, same for Walla Walla.
Forecast for tonight, it'll be partly cloudy, breezy, low about 49.
Tomorrow morning at eight, mostly sunny and 60 degrees, gonna be another breezy day tomorrow
but cooler at noon 71.
The high temperature tomorrow should be about 79.
For tomorrow night, fair and cooler with a low temperature about 42 degrees.
The outlook incidentally for the month of June, above normal temperatures, below normal
precipitation.
Looks like it's gonna be a hot dry one.
Hot dry one, alright thanks.
A standout exchange student takes the honors in Gary's sportscast tonight but next while
many high schoolers are enjoying their graduation tonight, one ceremony stands above the
mall and we'll show you the Thomas Edison invention, 21st century style.
You'll love the Anderson Frenchwood patio door for the beauty it brings to a room and
for what it doesn't bring.
In fact the Anderson Frenchwood patio door is so weather tight, there may be only one
way air and moisture can get through it.
Get the book that's filled with Anderson window and patio door ideas.
Van Petten lumber walla walla, perfection glass kinnewick and modern millwork Yakima.
By now you've probably seen one of KIMATV's earth minutes.
Every month we provide you with a variety of simple things you can do to help the environment.
Another step you can take is to write for the weekly earth minute tip sheets.
Just send a self-addressed stamped envelope to post office box 702 Yakima Washington.
Earth Minute is brought to you by Crystal Linen, Yakima's home owned linen and uniform
rental company.
Watch KIMA and save the earth one minute at a time.
Start your day with Rick McCleary and Al Bell on News Talk KIT.
Add a dose of Dr. DeNadell, cash in on Smart Money with the Dolans, Robert Vickers is online
and of course we have the controversial Rush Limbaugh, Bruce Williams and Tom Snyder.
What a lineup on KIT News Talk 1280 and don't forget the Mariners.
Talk about great value, 86 Ford Bronco 2, 58.77, 158 a month.
This town's leader doesn't make it difficult.
On Chrysler Plymouth, the talk of the town.
President Bush today continued walking a tightrope between big business and people fighting to
save the environment.
The president announced a plan to spend an extra 150 million dollars to conserve the
world's forests.
But as Andy Field tells us environmentalists say this is a smoke screen to hide what the
president isn't doing.
Say when?
Two years ago they ran ads saying Earth Day would finally make all countries and companies
wake up and smell the pollution.
Well now it's Earth Summit days and environmentalists are saying the same thing.
President Bush says he will not sign a treaty to help save the world's plants, animals and
natural resources because it doesn't have enough protection for American interests and
business.
But today the president wanted to make sure people still think he's the environmental
president.
So he says he'll spend 150 million to save the trees around the world.
Halting the loss of the Earth's forests is one of the most cost effective steps that
we can take to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
That sounds like something to make environmentalists happy.
But they're still seething at President Bush saying okay to clear cutting national forest
lands on one hand and then setting up a relatively small amount of money for saving trees on
the other.
If he did not put the trees in my backyard in his care I'd be concerned that he had
a chainsaw in the trunk.
The president says he wants to fix the environment but not with laws that are so restrictive
they shut down thousands of industries.
I came to this office committed to extend America's record of environmental leadership
and I work to do so in a way that is compatible with economic growth.
Senator Al Gore says President Bush can't keep calling himself the environmental president
when he doesn't sign international treaties and continues to study problems that have
become as uncontrollable as a savings alone crisis.
In Washington I'm Andy Field.
One California company is trying to do its part to conserve energy.
Inner Source Technologies today introduced a new light bulb.
It can last up to 20 years they say and uses one quarter of the energy used by standard
bulbs.
The bulb however uses radio signals which critics say wreaks havoc with radio reception.
It's expected the bulbs will be available for home use sometime in 1993.
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today in a controversial divorce dispute over control
of seven frozen human embryos.
The court upheld the divorced man's right to refuse to father offspring from the seven
embryos he and his ex-wife conceived in a test tube.
The judges agreed there was little legal history to go on but they unanimously ruled on privacy
rights in deciding Junior Lewis Davis shouldn't be forced into fatherhood.
Graduation celebrations continue throughout the valley.
Tonight it was West Valley class of 92 who got to throw their caps in the sundome but
perhaps no graduation ceremony in central Washington has been as unique as the one in
Bickleton this past weekend.
Lower Valley reporter Joe Mearsman explains.
Tammy Williams graduated all by herself this weekend in Bickleton.
She is the graduating class of 1992.
Small class sizes are common in Bickleton but a class of one is unheard of.
I am very proud to say I am the only Bickleton high school graduate and years from now I'll
be able to look back and tell people I was the class president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer and valedictorian in my class.
The school has never in its history had a single student graduating here.
We've had small numbers such as four or five.
A normal average number here would be seven, eight, nine students thereabouts.
Tammy wasn't always the only one in her class but over the years her classmates either moved
or went to other schools.
Since sixth grade she has been the sole student in her class sharing the hallways only with
a handful of students from other grades.
Since you have received my announcement you probably had a chuckle or two about the size
of my class.
Some may have said I'll bet she'll get valedictorian.
Others will joke around and say hey I wonder if she'll recognize all the people in her
class reunions.
Trust me I think I've heard them all.
But despite the jokes Tammy said she enjoyed the individualized instruction.
She graduated with a 3.66 grade point average.
Her diploma was awarded by her mother who is a member of the Bickleton School Board.
Tammy now goes from being a single student to one of many at WSU this fall.
Her long term goal is to learn how to fly and become a part of law enforcement's air
patrol.
In Bickleton, Joe Mearsman reporting for NewsBee.
It's going to be a big transition for her.
Well I'll say.
My goodness that came from a small graduating class.
Nothing like that.
No definitely not.
We will update you on all the sports news just around the corner.
We'll talk a little about the Sun Kings and also check in with our athlete of the month,
a very unique young lady.
Stick around.
We'll see what sports is next.
When mom asked would you like to try JB's no chicken tonight, I said mom how long have
you known me?
I love barbecue chicken.
Dad's in fried chicken.
Plus we get a baked potato, salad, roll and vegetable.
Oh boy.
Mom's favorite is the Cajun chicken pasta and are offered just $5.99.
Mom says JB's makes chicken the way G made chicken if she made chicken.
JB's new chicken dinners, $5.99.
In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant was so moved by its beauty, he declared it a national
treasure.
It could be protected and preserved for generations to come.
Millions have made the journey and for the past 75 years when they arrived, they filled
up with one gasoline developed by a company committed to protecting the environment long
before it was the thing to do.
It's Conoco and at Yellowstone, it's not just the hottest brand going, it's the only one.
It's a fact that safety helmets can save lives and help avoid serious injuries.
At a Beta Intersport event, the
number one target for Yellowstone, R Шin, is go to adoption.
Mary leaves with her children to go anywhere, even to the neighborhood supermarket.
She always makes sure everyone in the car is secured with safety belts.
At A Beta and Nelson, we urge everyone to do the same.
Hey kids!
Run!
Jump!
Dive!
Just make tracks to your nearest Yakima Valley Regional Library and join the Summer Games.
When you join, you get a free ticket to a Yakima Bears game and you win a prize for
each four hours that you read.
You can learn silly sports stunts and come to fun programs too.
Preschoolers, you can be in the Animal Olympics.
So go for it!
Join the Summer Games at your Yakima Valley Regional Library.
You're watching KIMA Newsbeat, the News Leader.
Hello again everyone.
As expected, the Yakima Sun Kings have been moved into a new division in the Continental
Basketball Association.
The action came last week during the league meetings in California.
The Sun Kings are now in the Western Division of the National Conference along with the
Tri-Cities Chinook, Oklahoma City, and Wichita Falls.
The Sun Kings will play each of these teams six times next season, three home and three
away.
Yakima's former division foes Omaha, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls.
They are the rest of the National Conference along with the former Tulsa franchise now
located in Fargo, North Dakota.
Among other business last week, the league approved the sale of the Chinook and the old
Birmingham franchise was moved to Rochester, New York.
For the second consecutive year, the Pittsburgh Penguins are the champions of the National
Hockey League.
The Penguins completed the sweep of the Blackhawks in Chicago tonight.
Pittsburgh broke away from a four-all tie.
Mario Lemieux, the series MVP, had his 16th postseason goal leading the Pins to their
11th straight playoff win.
They become the first back-to-back champions since Edmonton won it in 1986 and 87.
A pair of Valley baseball products have been selected on this the first day of the annual
Major League free agent amateur draft.
Eisenhower grad and University of Notre Dame junior pitcher Pat Leahy was drafted in the
sixth round by the expansion South Florida Marlins.
Leahy says he's bittersweet about today's activities.
He says he thought he'd be drafted sooner, but he's excited about the possibility of
playing with the new team.
I like that idea a lot just the fact it's so new.
There's a lot of excitement in the air wherever you go.
I mean, they only have two teams starting this summer.
They have a rookie team or a rookie league team and then they have a short A team in
the New York Penn League.
And so those would be the only two teams that they field this year.
That part of it really excites me.
Leahy turned down an offer from the Blue Jays three years ago and he was taken in the 16th
round.
Pat says he'll decide whether to sign or return to South Bend for his senior season depending
on the money and how professionally the Marlins handle negotiations.
Leahy's former batter made at Eisenhower cadet catcher Mitch Mielewski was selected
by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round.
Mielewski has been planning on joining former Ike coach Ken Johnson at Walla Walla Community
College.
He hasn't made a decision yet on what he'll do.
The Mariners went after some left handed pitching with the 14th pick overall.
Seattle gets 6-3 left-hander Ron Villon out of the University of Massachusetts.
He was 7-3 this past season with a 3.34 ERA and the M's are projecting him as a number
one or two starter.
Mariners open a three game series in Cleveland tomorrow night.
Finally tonight we honor our female athlete of the month for May, a young lady who's
thousands of miles from home but continues to excel despite trying times.
We were in White Swan today to honor tennis player Sheyla Shedifovitch.
The senior just captured the state A-B singles girls title leading the Cougars to the team
title as well.
Shedifovitch had a 12-1 record in May losing just one match all season.
She's been playing tennis for seven years but never imagined this kind of success.
When I came here I knew I was going to play tennis but I never knew I was going to take
state.
It just happened.
I play match after match and I win one after another and it just happened.
In talking to this young lady you'd never know her family's in the middle of a civil
war in Bosnia, a former republic of Yugoslavia.
Sheyla says it's been extremely difficult to concentrate when she's not sure what's
happening at home but with the help of the state department she is able to keep in contact
with her folks.
I don't want to see my friends being disappointed in all this stuff and seeing Sarajevo the
most beautiful town in my republic in Bosnia being destroyed.
You know all those churches and mosques and just beautiful parts being actually destroyed.
Not only is Sheyla dealing with what's going on at home, she's been nearly perfect in the
classroom here carrying a 3.9 grade point average.
White Swan counselor Don Devon says Sheyla's shown a lot of maturity by carrying on.
Even under the pressure when she first found out that the nation was under fire and there
was danger she still kept her composure.
She plans to return home this summer then return to the state next school year when
she'll play tennis at Eastern Washington University.
Congratulations to White Swan Sheyla Sarifovich, our May Female Athlete of the Month.
We didn't address this but I wouldn't be surprised to see her maybe making some kind of trial
for the Yugoslavian Olympic team maybe in 1996 because she is very talented.
She looks like a great kid too.
So ahead what some folks think would be the ideal pet.
Stay with us.
You know I've always wanted a car that looked this good.
But I never thought I'd see a truck that looked this good.
The new Ford pickup.
One more reason why the F series is America's best selling truck 15 years running.
See it at your local Northwest Ford dealer.
I'm Bonnie Berlotte here to inform you of additional services that community home nursing
care provides.
We have visiting RNs who monitor your medical condition and supervise our CNAs who under
the direction of your physician and physical therapist provide assistance with prescribed
exercises.
Other RNs will assist you in safely managing your medications with weekly or bimonthly
medication setups in your home.
The switch is on to the all new hot country 92.9 KHYT.
I am Jeff Howell the howler of the new hot country 92.9 KHYT and we're excited about
Yakima's brand new radio station 92.9.
You've wanted more of today's hot country music without the old stuff and without all
the talk.
The switch is on at home at work and in your car.
Lock your radio into Yakima's new hot country 92.9 KHYT.
You could be playing your favorite song right now.
When Spanish speaking people first arrived in Yakima they came to harvest the field.
Now many have put down roots and made this area their home.
Recently the problems of the growing Hispanic community have overshadowed its positive contribution.
Tuesday lower valley reporter Joe Mearsman shows you some of the proud accomplishments
of local Hispanics.
Hispanic pride and Newspeed Extra starting Tuesday on KIMA Newspeed.
We've got what it takes to be Yakima's news leader.
The state of Washington wants farm workers to be better protected.
New safety regulations are being proposed by the Department of Labor and Industry.
If adopted pesticide handlers will have to wear more protective clothing and head gear
and food pickers will no longer be allowed to stand on the top step of a ladder.
All the rules are also proposed.
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