This weekend the Seattle Times came out with its list of red chip, blue chip and white chip football players in Washington. Red are the big-time players recruited nationally, blue are guys likely to sign a Division I scholarship and white are players who may end up playing in a lower division. The problem with [...]

There’s a story in today’s Daily Record about former CWU men’s basketball coach Dean Nicholson being elected into the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame. The first year I worked at the Daily Record, a couple of days after the dawn of time, I covered CWU’s men’s basketball team. I also covered all of county [...]

What’s the top crime concern in Yakima? Murder, gangs, drugs? Um, how about scantily clad baristas. The Yakima cops recently mounted an undercover investigation of bikini baristas stands. I think they got the idea from the Everett cops who launched a multi-month investigation of bikini barista stands in that jurisdiction. Say what you want about [...]

I’ve always been a ‘let the cops do their job” kind of guy. The ones I’ve known over the years have all been pretty good at their job. I’m confident the guy who robbed the Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Friday will get caught. There’s a reason our jails are overcrowded. Criminals tend to get [...]

I bring this up only because it seems like every year someone will ask me about youth baseball after the registration has been held. Thoughts don’t typically turn to baseball and softball in January in Kittitas County, but that’s when you need to sign up your kid. Sign up dates are Jan. 26 and Feb. [...]

One of the side effects of having my picture in the paper each week is that people recognize me. That being said, I did not rob the Circle K last week as suggested in a posting in regard to our story and photo on the robbery. I once owned a red North Face jacket, but [...]

Probably the most interesting part of my job involves the letters to the editor. Technically I edit them, but mainly for typos and libelous content. This job exposes me to many opinions that differ from mine. I consider that one of the benefits of the position. There are letters that challenge and perplex me. I [...]

Having enjoyed a bit of a break for the holidays I’m now back in action. I, of course, used my time off to further myself and the cause of a more just society as a whole. Actually I spent most of my time on the MLBtraderumors.com Web site, my favorite destination on the Web during [...]