April 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C7 Ken Griffey Jr. gets a hearty laugh from his beefy playoff to manage Lou Piniella, center. At left is the cow’s owner, Brian Johnson. Photo by Associated Press

April 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C7 Mark Fields of Washington State has been a prime-time performer during off-season work-outs, and may be the first linebacker taken in upcoming NFL draft. Photo by Associated Press

April 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C7 Unlike old soldiers, old quarterbacks just don’t fade away. At least Joe Montana won’t. His retirement announcement will be a two-day, two-city affair Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco and …

April 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C9 Cox no friend of sports fan In response to Mark Truppner (Cox viewer calls for KIRO, April 9): I agree it would be great if we could be a part …

April 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C9 Dick Sprague, a football standout at Gonzaga Prep in the late 1940s, is one of seven selected for the University of Washington’s Hall of Fame. The 16th annual induction ceremony …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D1 The Super 8 motel in Kellogg bucked the North Idaho trend to post record profits for the 1994-95 skiing season. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D1 Each month, a report lands on the desk of George Harvey, tracking progress of women and minorities at the world’s leading postage-meter maker. But please don’t call this affirmative action.

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D1 The Challenger explosion in 1986 was more than a blow to U.S. space exploration. Grounding the space shuttle program also took the United States out of the business of launching …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D1 After an unprofitable 18 months, Continental is grounding its Lite operation. File Photo by Associated Press

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D1 The political climate in Olympia is more accommodating toward business this session than in many a season, according to a top spokesman for the private sector. “I give a lot …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D2 1. Brinkerhoff; 2. Farrer; 3. Harris; 4. Anderson; 5. Floyd; 6. Yost; 7. Brady; 8. Spence; 9. Gordon; 10. Warner; 11. Shiflett; 12. O’Dowd

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D2 Q. I was blown away by your statement in a recent column that you use a 486 laptop computer, and you have a high-speed ISDN telephone network connection at home. …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D3 Maritime Contractors Inc. made its name refurbishing older ships. But the company’s president, Romy Mendoza, sees a future in building new vessels, and a $12 million contract to help build …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D4 Many Americans are worrying less about the status of their pocketbooks, yet believe the country is on a long-term slide and don’t trust government a whit. Money magazine’s 10th poll …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D4 The Washington State University Extension Service is offering one program on pre-retirement planning and a second on money management, with Friday registration deadlines for both. “Ready, Set, Retire” is a …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D4 If you’re in the market for United States savings bonds, should you buy them before or after the government changes the rules on interest rates next month?<> The answer depends …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D4 Reminder: You have two days to file your 1994 income taxes. With the deadline close at hand, let’s take a few minutes of your remaining time to dispel some tax …

April 16, 1995 in Business on Page D4 VLSI Technology, a San Jose, Calif., maker of application-specific integrated circuits and associated software design tools, has had its problems. Some analysts aren’t optimistic about its future, either. But the …

April 16, 1995 in Features on Page E1 The past weeks have been filled with wrenching misery. Children and adults in our community have died or been horribly injured by fire. We lost to brutality a 2-year-old boy, …

April 16, 1995 in Features on Page E1 1. By third-grader Erin Lockhart. 2. By Anja Goetzinger, age 7 3. By fourth-grader Ashlee Marie Pilant. 4. By first-grader Lauren Braun. 5. “God in a pumpkin,” by Jacob Olsufka, …

April 16, 1995 in Features on Page E2 1. Iolanda Quinn 2. Laurie Anderson

April 16, 1995 in Features on Page E2 To the reader who wrote recently about my flop as a matchmaker: Thank you. “On the chance that you really are naive instead of enormously egotistical,” you began, “I’m going …

April 16, 1995 in Features on Page E3 1. Patty Loveless 2. Martina McBride 3. Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” was nominated for Record of the Year in this year’s Grammys. Photo by Associated Press …