The proposed shutdown of the Klickitat County Jail has stirred conflict within the county Republican Party.
The Klickitat County Board of Commissioners voted March 29 by a two-to-one margin to shutter the jail by April 12, this Friday, in the wake of a suicide and a gravely ill inmate in the facility last year.
The Republican Party of Klickitat County has posted an online petition called “Stop the Shutdown!” stating, “The Klickitat County Republicans are concerned about the recent decision to close the Klickitat County jail. This process came as a surprise to the community and to the staff and leadership at the jail.”
They plan to present the petition at the commissioners’ meeting on April 16.
Dispatchers saluted for service this week
On March 11 Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a proclamation officially observing April 14-20 as Telecommunicators’ Week, a special week honoring the telecommunications personnel in the public safety community.
The National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week website states, “Every year, during the second week of April, the telecommunications personnel in the public safety community are honored. This week-long event, initially set up in 1981 by Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office in California, is a time to celebrate and thank those who dedicate their lives to serving the public. It is a week that is to be set aside so that everyone is made aware of their hard work and dedication. We encourage all of you to celebrate and honor yourselves, your co-workers, your bosses, and your employees. Host a party, reach out to your local media and public officials, or launch an awards program.”
A few of our own Klickitat County Dispatchers shared how they personally approach the job.
“I worked as a paralegal for years, but had always been interested in dispatching,” says Michele, who has been with the team for a little over two years. (Because of privacy concerns for dispatchers, we’re not using full
names in this story.) “I come from a first responder family, with my dad being a firefighter, so I’ve always had a heart for public service. When a dispatcher here in Goldendale was retiring, she encouraged me to apply for the position. I decided to try something different, so I ended up starting a whole new career at the age of 52.”
When asked if it took her time to get used to answering 9-11 calls, Michele states. “We’re sometimes called the first first responders. We take the calls during emergencies before law enforcement or paramedics can get there, so sometimes trying to decipher what’s going on through emotions, screaming, and sometimes crying, it can be tough. We get the rawest emotions through the phone.
“The best thing to do if you need to call 9-1-1 is to let us ask the questions,” Michele continues.
“We know the information we need. The most important thing you can tell us is the location of the emergency; knowing where you are at all times is incredibly important, whether it’s your address or a mile marker if you’re on the road. That way we can get help to you as soon as possible.”
One of the supervisors of the local Dispatcher team, Filiberto, has been a dispatcher for an incredible 22 years.
“I originally wanted to be in law enforcement, but I was too young at the time,” Filiberto says, “so I got started in telecommuni-
cations in Nevada in 2002. I came to Klickitat County in 2016, and I’ve been here ever since. I can’t imagine doing anything else.”
Asked how he made it 22 years in this profession, he answers, “I’m still trying to figure that out! The average career span for dispatchers is two to five years because it takes such a toll on your mental health. It has to really be something you want to do. I have a passion for helping people, and this is how I get to do it.”
9-1-1 was established in 1968 by the Alabama Telephone Company. The first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite, and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill. Before 9-1-1 was established, calls would come in over local radio stations, which were transmitted to police stations, then responded to.
The 9-1-1 call center was established in Klickitat County in 1996. They are fully staffed with 10 dispatchers, two or three working at any given time, 24/7/365. This dedicated team of first responders works behind the scenes, typically forgotten once emergencies are resolved.
If you know a dispatcher, make sure to give them a high five during Telecommunicators’ Week. You can also send them an encouraging comment on their Facebook page, Klickitat County 911 Dispatch/Emergency Management.
LAUREN SCHUSTER FOR THE SENTINEL
“We weren’t born in the wrong generation. We were put here to keep the old one alive.”
This generation of cattlemen and women are doing their best to pay homage to the agricultural history of the county while farming and ranching in the 21st century. That tradition was honored once again at the Klickitat County Cattlemen’s Association annual banquet on March 23.
Tammy Kayser started the evening off with a very nice invocation to the sold-out crowd.
Senator Curtis King and his wife, Lois, attended the event as our representative and guest speaker.
While guests enjoyed their prime rib dinner prepared by the American Legion, Cattleman President Dan Lee introduced the 18 Steer of Merit exhibitors from the 2023 county fair carcass contest. Ag-West and Lacey Underwood sponsored each exhibitor’s ticket to the banquet. Nathan Cosner from Centerville was 3rd place, Issac Garcia from Goldendale was 2nd, and Maci Molnar was 1st. The top three received a certificate, trophy, and cash reward. The cash reward
But some Republicans have pushed back against the anti-shutdown outcry (see letters on page A4). And County Commissioner Lori Zoller—a Republican who voted for the jail closure—says the backlash was a surprise to her.
“I have received many calls regarding the Republican petition being circulated,” Zoller states.
“All have been in support of the closure of the jail. And they have expressed their displeasure with the current board running the [county] party as it seems it was a very independent decision. As I understand it, the larger group as a whole and even the PCOs [Precinct Committee Officers] were not involved in this decision [about the petition]. I was surprised because Lisa Evans, the current chair of the Republican Party, and I have established a great working relation-
was donated by Carla Nowlin. Other winners were: the Grand Champion Market exhibitors, swine, Grand Champion Isabella Bensel, Reserve Champion Emily Anrig; goat, Grand Champion Ashley Villalobos, Reserve Champion Nicolena Thiemann; sheep, Grand Champion Madison Gamble, Reserve Champion Paisley Hill; and beef Grand Champion Lydia Hanning, Reserve Champion Maci Molnar. These exhibitor’s
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The self-professed murderer of two people in Klickitat County is looking for a good lawyer.
David LaVine recently shot two people in the head, killing them instantly, then called 911 and turned himself in. He told dispatchers on the 911 call that he’d shot the two. Last week he posted bail set at $1 million and was released.
Over the weekend, LaVine posted on social media a request for help in securing an attorney.
“Looking for a good lawyer I can afford,” he wrote, “or public defender from outside of the county—one who isn’t conflicted so he or she can help me.” He added Klickitat County only has one or two public defenders who are backed up.
“The police still will not
let me have my driver’s license, wallet, or cell phone so I can’t get cell phone service,” LaVine stated. “I have not been able to speak with a lawyer.”
He then made reference to an apparent theft of his belongings. “The burglars took my birth certificate and passport, so I have no ID and can’t get a new one without some kind of ID first.
“Due back in court the 15th,” he added. I could really use some help. Family can only do so much.”
Left unaddressed were the questions of how he was able to pay his bail money or why he first says he wants a public defender from out of the county for fear of bias from a local but then adds the public defenders in the county are tied up anyway.
Superior Court log
Below is a summary of resolutions from the Superior Court criminal docket for the month of March, 2024, provided by Klickitat County Prosecuting Attorney David R. Quesnel. Superior Court criminal dockets are generally the first and third Mondays of the month.
• State of Washington v. Scotty Jay Johnson, No. 23-1-00008-20, defendant pleaded guilty to Residential Burglary DV, RCW 9A.25.025, Assault 3rd (LEO), RCW 9A.36.031 and Violation of Protection Order DV, RCW 7.105.450, date of offenses 1/24/23, and was sentenced to 15 months in prison and 12 months DOC supervision.
• State of Washington v. Scotty Jay Johnson, No. 23-1-00015-20, dismissed without prejudice.
• State of Washington v. Martin A. Demott, No.
24-1-00003-20, defendant pleaded guilty to Assault 2nd DV, RCW 9A.36.021 and 10.99.020, date of offense 1/24/24, and was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 12 months DOC supervision.
• State of Washington v. Cody J. Edgmand, No. 24-1-00004-20, defendant pleaded guilty to Burglary 2nd, RCW 9A.52.030, date of offense 2/11/24, and was sentenced to 9 months in jail.
• State of Washington v. Robert K. Navarre, No. 24-1-00005-20, defendant pleaded guilty to Burglary 2nd, RCW 9A.52.030, date of offense 2/11/24, and was sentenced to 20 days in jail and 12 months.
• State of Washington v. Dorina M. Lucero, No. 24-1-00007-20, defendant pleaded to two counts of Attempted Theft of Motor Vehicle, RCW 9A.56.065 and 9A.28.020, date of offenses 2/25/24, and was
sentenced to 1 month in jail and 12 months DOC supervision under a firsttime offender waiver, RCW 9.94A.650.
• State of Washington v. Mikel F. Seledkov, No. 24-1-00008-20, defendant pleaded guilty to Rape of a Child 3rd, RCW 9A.44.079, date of offense 2/24/24, and sentencing is continued to
4/18/24.
• State of Washington v. Torrin R. Bly, No. 24-1-00011-20, defendant pleaded guilty to Unlawful Possession of Firearm 2nd, RCW 9.41.040, and Criminal Trespass 2nd, RCW 9A.52.080, date of offenses 3/06/24, and was sentenced to 1 month in jail.
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This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture
Forty-nine young people nicely lined up. Like they were having their picture taken. Then suddenly a guy with a camera came along and thought, well, as long as
they’re all here, I’ll just take a picture. What’s that building in the background? Who are these people? Why were they having their picture taken? We have no idea. All
we know is that this picture ran in The Sentinel sometime, lost in the annals of yesteryear. If you know anything about it, please send us an email (info@gol-
dendalesentinel.com), or give us a call (509-773-3777), or drop in at the office—and remember, you’re welcome to come in and take a look at the original photograph.
Answer to last week´s Mystery Picture
April 9, 1904 – 120 Years Ago
During the week Mrs. H.C. Kayser sold the Blockhouse store and property to Henry Shellhorn, who is now running the establishment. The new proprietor is a well-known Portland grocery man and has had large experience in the mercantile business. The Kayser store is a pioneer institution in these parts and has always done an immense trade owing to its ample stock and reasonable prices. Mrs. Kayser, who has been in business here for 24 years, will take a well-earned rest by a trip to California.
March 14, 1934 – 90 Years Ago
Woodbine Grange Hall will be the scene of a “Beano Party” Friday evening, March 15. This is to be a Progressive Beano Party. A prize is given to the winner of each game and points count toward higher prizes. Three points win a sofa pillow, and the highest score of the set number of games wins a Yo Yo quilt that the ladies made. There will be no door charge. Beano is a very popular game at present, and we are planning a great time.
April 8. 1954 – 70 Years Ago
There are 122 new State Farmers in 67 Washington High Schools. These include Marvin Norris of Goldendale and Calvin Slocum of White Salmon. These boys from all parts of the state, and all with high achievement in agricultural endeavors, were honored Friday night, April 2 at the state convention of the Future Farmers of America in Pullman. All the new State Farmers have an investment of at least $250 in farming enterprises, scholastically rank in the upper half of their class, and have demonstrated leadership and ability.
April 2, 1964 – 60 Years Ago
The new Kennedy half dollars were available at the National Bank of Commerce in Goldendale last Wednesday. Daryl Spalding, manager of the bank, said his bank received $400 worth of the shining new halves.
April 2, 1964 – 60 Years Ago
The Dan-dee Café at the Jay Dee trailer court near the John Day dam is now operating under new management. R.H. Hines and his wife from Vancouver have recently purchased the cafe from its former owner, Don Dunnigan, and plan to operate it in the future. According to Hines, they will feature merchant’s lunches, dollar lunches, and special daily lunches.
April 4, 1974 – 50 Years Ago
Six boys brought TV to Goldendale High School: Chuck Thiel, Rob Clary, Russ Wheelhouse, Dave Morris, Don Babcock, and Larry Brown. Monday through Friday they produced the “Simcoe Report,” covering the life and times of the school. Federal Communications Commission regulations were followed along with standard ABC news producers. This meant that included in all the button punching, accurate and fair reporting, and smooth on-air presentation was a lot of paperwork. Each script has been kept on fi le. [TVTF (Television Task Force) was a part of the yearbook class taught by Terry Schellenberger.]
—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society
Points to ponder:
I just fi nished turning my son’s bedroom into my office. That should get him to move out.
Musician joke: What’s the difference between a drummer and a pigeon? A pigeon is capable of making a deposit on a Ferrari.
I chose the road less traveled. Now I have no idea where I am.
“911, what is your emergency?”
“I think my husband is trying to bore me to death.”
Farmers never know how many sheep they have. Every time they try to count them, they fall asleep.
We will continue having meetings every day until I fi nd out why no work is getting done.
If you’re not using social media to spout your uninformed opinions, you’re totally missing the point of the internet.
We colorized this picture. Do you know the theme music “Jeopardy” plays while waiting for contestants to fill in their answers to Final Jeopardy? We’d hum it for you, but newsprint is a terrible sound conductor. Imagine it playing as the time expires to provide answers to last week’s photo. Alex Trebek asks to see your responses and—oh, no! Not one! Not a single person checking out the picture had any idea who the people in it were! Not even Alex. (“Gee, I should know this,” he murmured.) Oh, well.
even bigger halo than he’d had the day before. Plumbers are angels from Heaven in a crisis.
SAL by Jerrine May – June 12, 1975
Quite some time back Gold Dust and I got the bug to buy a travel trailer, and you may remember a column I wrote about our misadventures while looking at them.
Since then we have searched whenever we’ve been near a trailer sales lot, in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. He subscribed to a couple of trailer magazines, bought several books and went about it in a very scholarly manner.
And after all that, we bought the one belonging to the people who live across the street from us! It was just what we’d been looking for.
It was winter then and we didn’t activate it, but fi nally we decided to have our maiden fl ight on a recent weekend when we would be going to Walla Walla for my umpty-ump class reunion at Whitman College.
The day before we left we had sudden plumbing troubles in the house. Up to then everything had gone like a Royal Flush. I’m sure you’ve experienced this plumbing nightmare of everything backing up into the tub and shower and two toilets, and you can’t finish the wash cycle in the washing machine and you can’t empty the dirty dishwater in the sink, and worst of all, you can’t fi nd a
plumber. And you’re trying to get ready, already a day behind schedule, for a class reunion.
I wrung out the clothes by hand, unrinsed, and put them in the drier for four cycles, hoping it wouldn’t rain in Walla Walla and we wouldn’t be surrounded by soap bubbles floating up from our unrinsed clothes.
After his day’s work, an angel appeared in the form of Ray Randall, a plumber, and he and Pete crawled under the house for a couple of hours of fi xit, solving the problem.
The next morning (we were planning to leave then) Pete put water into the trailer system for the fi rst time. I looked out the window and saw him racing and in bewilderment, and water was pouring out all the trailer seams.
When he’d forced the water in, the faucets were all open, including that telephone-looking showerhead. It was sending messages all over the bathroom and into the bedroom. He got the faucets turned off, but that wasn’t the main problem. A pipe had split in two places. Gushers were covering the bathroom and bedroom floors.
Frantically, I called Ray Randall. “Say, you aren’t going to believe this, but . . . “ and he arrived with an
About this time I noticed the pile of trailer magazines, and discovered each issue has a special feature of cheery things like “What to do if the toilet won’t flush’ . . . “if you have refrigerator flameout” . . . “the breakaway switch fails” . . . “you can’t find a towing company” . . . “overheating bugs you” . . . “you need transfusions” . . . ad infi nitum, ad spookum.
“I may never get to my reunion,” I moaned. “If I do, all my classmates will be looking young and gorgeous and prosperous and I’ll go like a drowned rat with Refrigerator Flameout and soap bubbles from my unrinsed clothes will make me look like Lawrence Welk’s bubble machine,” I fretted, toying with the idea of leaving him my share of the house and the trailer and just Taking the Children and Going Home to Mother.
Previously I had planned to have a crash beautification program but got down to the wire and not even Miracle Cream could save me. My Fountain of Youth had dribbled to fountains of misdirected plumbing spurting from every source. We went. The trip itself was uneventful, an anticlimax to the pre-trip traumas.
We found our campground, a beautiful park at Fort Walla Walla, and Pete started uncoupling the car from the trailer. I did things inside, running across a magazine with its monthly disaster article on what to do if the car and trailer won’t come apart.
Just then Pete came staggering in, gasping, “I didn’t have a big enough wrench and pulled too hard, and I’m sure I’ve broken my rib!”
“I’ll call a plumber,” I said from habit, running to the “telephone” in the shower.
SENTINEL
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If the right won’t write, we can’t run its letters
Once again The Sentinel is getting inquiries about why we run so many “liberal” letters to the editor. And once again, we need to respond: we run the letters we get. If you aren’t seeing ones you prefer, it’s because they aren’t coming to us.
Some people say we’re deliberately selecting the letters we want to run. Not true. We run every letter we get so long as it’s in keeping with our letters guidelines, which we print every week on the opinion page. (Nutshell summary: don’t rant, and don’t allege “facts” that can’t be verified.) They run in the order they’re received, so newer ones can take a little time to show up.
If conservative readers feel their viewpoints are underrepresented in the newspaper, our very strong suggestion is: write some letters yourself.
Democrats in the county definitely have a well-organized letters campaign. They keep a tally of how many letters to their liking run in The Sentinel. They’ve inquired about the specifics of our letters policy. One bought an online ad on the Sentinel website to promote the Democrat agenda. As with anyone who wants to pay for an ad (so long as it meets certain requirements for accuracy and civility), we accepted the ad. Democrats send a lot of letters. And we run them because we run all letters that meet our guidelines. They work to get their word out.
How many do we get from Republicans? Let’s see. There was Luke Throop’s not too long ago. We ran that. I’d have to go and check to see about others. The point is, around here, the right doesn’t write. Perhaps they feel we wouldn’t run their letters. Our response: write and watch. Get as organized as the Democrats, if for no other reason than to keep this newspaper—clearly a vehicle taken very seriously by Democrats—from seeming to run into a Democrat riptide.
We don’t care who sends us letters. If they meet our guidelines, we run them.
Some have said we run too many stories that, in their opinion, are negative about the sheriff and his staff and doings. That seems to suggest we run too much news. If some major event happens that can’t be ignored—well, it can’t be ignored. If the news seems to throw a negative light on something or someone, that’s not because we cherry-pick the information. It is what it is.
I consider Sheriff Songer a friend. Our communications have always been cordial and professional, and he’s a neighbor. I’ve been to his home, shared a drink. He calls me, and I call him, on various matters. He’s a good man. Do we agree across the board on issues? No. But I respect his authenticity; there is no guile in him, whatever you may think of his politics.
The three county commissioners are not known for their liberal leanings. Nonetheless, two of them have supported the immediate closing of the county jail, which has incurred the wrath of many Republicans.
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We reported on the jail matter. Why? Because we’re a newspaper, and such a thing is major news. Covering news does not constitute a negative light because the information is distasteful to a particular political perspective.
There are some on the right who feel the newspaper in their backyard should be a local Epoch Times, unrelenting in its support of a conservative agenda. We have no disdain for politics of the right, but we’re not going to position The Goldendale Sentinel as a mouthpiece of any political leaning.
If it helps to know: while many on the right often think we lean to the left, many on the left also often think we lean to the right.
Burn-out has got to go
The Festival of Wheels gave it another try this year. It seems the attendance has dwindled to much lower levels than when the event was new, 10 years ago. There are a lot of competing car shows this time of year, so it doesn’t surprise me . This year Goldendale Motorsports Association and ABATE brought back the burn-out, which was tried several times in the past with questionable benefits to the town. This year someone had the brilliant idea to use the old skateboard park as a place to stage the return of the burnout. It was held on the concrete slab, a tempting medium for anyone inclined to bum rubber. Rednecks of many degrees, punk kids or maybe the little old lady from Pasadena. I personally was left with a bad taste in my mouth and lungs. Even though I made it a point to stay away from the burn-out and was at my home where I thought I would escape the noise and smoke, when the toxic cloud rose from the park and drifted over the Little Klickitat River Park (the swimming pool) on to the kids and families at the pool and on to me while I was sitting on my property. We were contaminated by the toxins in the smoke, and my eyes and throat were imitated, and my lungs filled with carbon monoxide and other cancer causing toxic compounds
for three hours.
I think the city of Goldendale needs to rethink supporting burnouts in our park. Next year don’t issue a permit to any group that wants to burn-out. There are places in the county where it could be held, just not in the city please. I hate toxic smoke, and you should too.
On Sept 4 I will be asking the mayor and his administration to make an ordinance forbidding anyone from reckless unsafe burnouts in any ones neighborhood or any street in the Goldendale city limits. I would appreciate some support from like-minded citizens at the council meeting. Let them know how you feel.
I contacted the bank for an explanation. The answer was essentially that “we wouldn’t do that.” Then why is it in your documents, I asked. The answer was to send me up the chain of command. The second person gave the same answer as the first and then was to have me contacted by some-one higher up. That person has not contacted me after more than a week so I am following through on what I told the bank contacts I was going to do—write a letter to the editor to be sure local folks are aware of how Columbia Bank is choosing to deal with its account holders.
Letters from the community
Support the shutdown
Our County Commissioners were elected by the bi-partisan general public, not by a political party. These commissioners were elected because the majority of voters believed they were experienced and skilled enough to make major, and sometimes very hard, decisions, not kick cans down the road on issues that need immediate action.
Commissioners were forced by emergency conditions in the jail to make a hard decision that a majority of them did after a full investigation. The Klickitat County Republican Party—or its leadership—is now attempting to have a petition signed by its members, of which I am one, to protest the closing of the jail, without addressing any of the very serious, life-threatening reasons behind it.
Ken McKune Goldendale C
boundaries impact 12 Republicans and only one Democrat. This is gerrymandering at its finest.
I recently received an updated “Terms for Business and Deposit Account Agreement” from Columbia Bank. I am not in the habit of reading the fine print but for some reason this time I did. I came across an “added” line that I found very concerning. Again, this line is both for personal and business accounts. It reads: “We may refuse to open and account and may close your account at any time for any reason or for no reason at all.”
“For No Reason At All” I particularly found offensive.
This is not a political party issue. The general public was denied any say in the selection of the jail management, which our sheriff claims is his authority only. Therefore our commissioners, after a full investigation, were forced to take emergency action, not form some committee.
Support our County Commissioners who take on this critical role representing us in large part on their own time, since they are certainly not adequately paid on an hourly basis.
Adrian Bradford Lyle
Redistricting is a serious blow
What happens when you can’t win? Apparently, you cheat.
The recent ruling by Judge Robert Lasnik of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to change the Legislative boundaries does just that. The new
Over 300,000 voters are affected by the ruling, and the consequences to Klickitat County, and the State, are potentially devastating. Our Auditor’s office has its work cut out for them. At this time, we do not know the exact boundaries for the new district, but we do know that our exceptional State representation has been taken away from the voter, without our permission. The new boundaries have this “arm” that reaches from Vancouver into Goldendale, moving many of our voters out of LD14 and into LD17. The remaining voters to the north and south stay in the 14th.
My concern is that a comment as broad as this opens the door for abuse. I have had no difficulties with our local branch and am sorry that the headquarters has decided to take such a hard line. It ap-pears I will need to look for a bank that does not behave in this manner.
nationally, and now they may have opened the door for the Democrats to move from a majority to a supermajority in our state.
Ken Margraf Goldendale
The judge has ignored the voice of the voters and has set up Washington State to be a dictatorship. Too much of one opinion is no opinion at all. Your vote not only matters this election cycle, it is vital.
Lisa Evans White Salmon
Help a valued neighbor
This means two very important things: 1. The changes have effectively eliminated the jobs of Rep. Gina Mosbrucker and Chris Corry and Sen. Curtis King, because all three now live outside of the LD 14 boundary that they were elected to represent. When the new boundaries become effective at the end of April, we will not have any statelevel representation with a vested interest in our concerns. And 2.
This will create much ballot confusion. Similar County Commissioner Districts will potentially have different State representation; your ballot may be different from your neighbor’s ballot. Your leadership at the state and local levels will be different yet similar and may be overlapping but maybe not.
Does this really matter? Yes. Two years ago Klickitat County was moved from Congressional District 3 to CD4; had we remained in CD3, Klickitat County would have provided more than enough voter margin for U.S. Congressional candidate Joe Kent to hold the U.S. House seat rather than his Democratic opponent. These manipulations of Klickitat County have literally impacted decisions being made
Guidelines for Letters
On April 1, Cafe Genevieve’s, a beloved member of the Greater Goldendale Chamber of Commerce, received devastating news that their cafe had caught on fire. This news has shaken not only the owners and employees of the cafe, but also the entire community they have been serving for years.
As a gesture of support, we hope that everyone will join us in donating and sharing their GoFundMe page to help alleviate the financial burden this unexpected event has brought upon them. As a community, we have been fortunate enough to have Cafe Genevieve’s as a place where we can come together and enjoy delicious food, great company, and create fond memories. Now, it is our turn to give back to them in their time of need. Every little contribution counts, and as a united community, we can make a significant impact on helping this business get back on its feet. Let us show our appreciation for all that Cafe Genevieve’s has done for us by coming together and supporting them during this difficult time.
Teja Finch Goldendale
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Last Thursday, Rep Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced the start of theannualCentralWashington Congressional Art Competition All high schoolstudentsareeligible toparticipate Thewinning entry will be displayed in theUS Capitol
“TheCongressionalArt Competition is an event I lookforwardtoeachyear,” saidNewhouse “Seeingthe talentofyoungartistsfrom allover Central Washington is truly something special, and I hope that students take this opportunity to showcase their creativity”
The Congressional Art Competitionis open toall high school students in Central Washington All artwork must be submitted to one of Newhouse’s district offices by April 29, 2024 Office locations andcontactinformationis listedbelow
Inaddition to beingdisplayed in the US Capitol, the winning artwork is also featured on the CongressionalArtCompetition page at wwwhouse gov/ educators-and-students/ congressional-art-competitionandthewinnerwillbe invited toa Congressional reception in Washington, DC Honorable mention winners will beinvited to have their artwork hung in oneof Rep Newhouse’s districtoffices
Thefollowing is a summaryoftheCongressional ArtCompetition rulesand submissiondeadlines: Artwork entered in the contest may be up to 26 inches by 26 inches, may be upto4inchesindepth, and not weigh more than 15pounds Ifyourartwork isselected as the winning piece,itmustarriveframed and muststillmeasure no largerthantheabovemaximumdimensions
•Paintings:Includingoil, acrylics,andwatercolor
• Drawings: Including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers (It is recom-
mended that charcoaland pasteldrawingsbefixed)
•Collages: Must be two dimensional
•Prints:Includinglithographs silkscreen and blockprints
Mixed Media: Use of more than two mediums such aspencil,ink, watercolor,etc
•Computer-generatedart
•Photography
Allentriesmustbeoriginalinconcept design and execution and may not violate any US copyright laws Any entry that has beencopiedfromanexistingphotoorimage(including a painting, graphic, or advertisement) that was created by someone other than the student is a violation of thecompetition rules and will not be accepted Work entered must be in the original medium (that is, not a scanned reproduction ofa paintingordrawing)
All entries will need to fill out the online release form by the artist at tinyurl com/3fuvtrmx The honorable mention winners will hang in district officesinYakimaandRichlandforthesameduration of time as the 1st place winner’sentry Thereisno limit tothenumberofstudentsfromoneschoolthat can submit a piece of art, but each student can only submitoneentry
Contact Emily Garza (EmilyGarza@mailhouse gov) with additional questionsoroneof Newhouse’s district offices toschedule atimefortheartworktobe droppedoff
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WEEKLY AND MONTHLY EVENTS
Sunday
• Makers Market at The Missing Corner (ON HOLD until further notice) – 1256 Hwy 141 BZ Corner. Every third Sunday from 12 – 5 p.m. Contact themissingcorner@ gmail.com for more information (will return in April 16, 2023)
• Trout Lake Market –10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Trout Lake Grange Hall 2390 Washington 141. 1st Sunday of the month, seasonally through September.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• Alcoholics Anonymous, Goldendale United Methodist Church, 7-8 p.m.
Monday
• Popup Café – 10 a.m. –2 p.m. lunch and support group at the Masonic Lodge on Columbus until further notice. Café is open weekly on Monday and Wednesday.
• Programs for Peaceful Living Domestic Violence Victim support group via zoom Mondays 10 a.m. 509773-6100 or 509-493-1533.
• The Coalition for Preventing Abuse in Klickitat County (CPAKC) 4 p.m. every 2nd Monday via Zoom. 509-7733776 or CPAKC on Facebook.
• Goldendale City Council meetings 6 p.m. 1103 S Columbus 1st and 3rd Monday of every month except on holidays.
• Book Discussion Group meets every third Monday at 11 a.m. – Goldendale Library
• One on One Tech Help 1st Monday of the month 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Goldendale Library, call to set up an appointment 509-773-4487
• Goldendale School Board Work Session: 2nd Monday of the month at the Primary School Library.
• Goldendale School Board Meeting: 4th Monday of the month at the High School Cafeteria.
Tuesday
• Wellness Warriors 3 – 4 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Goldendale Library on Burgen Street. Join us as our local health department nurses teach us about different wellness topics to keep ourselves safe an healthy. Topics include: Hand Hygiene, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Emotional Health, & Safety/Injury Prevention. All ages are welcome, topics will be covered at an elementary school level.
• Board of County Commissioners meeting every Tuesday Klickitat County Courthouse, 205 S Columbus
Goldendale. Visit www.klickitatcounty.org/643/Board-ofCounty-Commissioners for information, agenda, and link for Zoom meeting.
• TOPS Club Inc – Taking Pounds off Sensibly 10 a.m. American Legion. Questions? Sally/ojala@gmail.com.
• Goldendale Junior Community Chamber 7 p.m. 2nd Tuesday of every month at Umpqua Bank. Call 509-2500625
• Goldendale Photo Club 2nd Tuesday of Every month 105 West Main 6 p.m. Jeanne Morgan 10-5 M-F at 509-7722717
• KC Fair Board Meetings 1st Tuesday of the month is a Workshop, 3rd Tuesday of the month is a Board Meeting.
• White Salmon Farmers Market, 4 – 7 p.m. every week seasonally at Rheingarten Park.
• Soroptimist International of Goldendale, 5:30 pm the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Dedicated to helping women and youth in our community and worldwide. All welcome. Contact Betty 509-2503746.
• BINGO night: 3 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the High Prairie Community Center on Struck Rd. Meals and cards for purchase (discounted kids’ meals) Come meet your neighbors and enjoy some family fun!
Wednesday
• Healing Song Circle: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. every 4th Wednesday of the month, Missing Corner in BZ Corner. Song in healing for our hearts, our communities, and our world. Please come join us for this monthly community offering. We will be hosting and inviting many songwriters to share their songs too! Super excited to see you there! By donation $10-20, no one turned away. RSVP at laurarosedoctor@ gmail.com, 509-637-9425.
• Learn and Play! – 2 – 3 p.m. every 4th Wednesday of the month at the Goldendale Library. Fun and learning for you and your little ones!
• Family Fun Night at the Goldendale American Legion on Broadway St. 4th Wednesday of every month at 6:30
• Free Youth Cooking Classes: 4-6 p.m. every other Wednesday, beginning Sept. 20th, 2023 – June 2024 at The Harbor 125 W. Main St. Goldendale. Children 13+, come join us at the Youth Drop-In Center for free cooking classes. 509-281-0288 or email cassidy@wagap.org
• Snowden Community Council Meetings – 1st Wednesday of the month at 6:30 at the Cherry Lane Fire Station
• Kiwanis 7 a.m. Simcoe Café 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.
• Gorge Farmers Co-op Pickup 4 – 6 p.m. Columbia
Community Events
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• Beginning Quilt class 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. call 3C’s Fabric to sign up 509-261-2815
• Trivia at the American Legion – every week 6:30 p.m.
• Family Storytime at 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Goldendale Library
• Popup Café – 10 a.m. –2 p.m. lunch and support group at the Masonic Lodge on Columbus until further notice. Café is open weekly on Monday and Wednesday.
• Lyle Community Council Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30, Lyle Activity Center (308 Klickitat). Meetings also available via Zoom https:// lylewa.com/about-us.
Thursday
• Learn and Play! 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. at the White
Lyle Lions Club. 3rd Thursday of the month: 9-11 a.m. Trout Lake Baptist Church, 12-2 p.m. BZ Corner Community Building. Call 509493-2662 ext 208 for more information.
• Narcotics Anonymous, 7 - 8 p.m. weekly at the United Methodist Church, 109 E Broadway Goldendale.
Friday
• Bingo – 2nd & 4th Friday of the month, Mt Adams Elks Lodge 124 NE Church Ave, White Salmon. Doors open at 5:30, Bingo at 6 and the Salmon Run Grill is open from 5:30 – 7:30
• Farmers Market, High Prairie: 701 Struck Road, Lyle (between Centerville & Lyle), the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. May
– September. Vendors, please
– 11:30 a.m. 1st Saturday of the month @ the Goldendale Library COMMUNITY EVENTS
April 10, 2024, Klickitat County Pomona Grange Mini Fair: Klickitat CountyWide Grange & Community Members are encouraged to participate in this year’s Mini-Fair. Entries are judged and top of shows will be advanced to State Grange level displays at the Washington State Grange Convention in June. Entries can be made by all age levels of 5 to 105+ both grange and non-grange members. Drop off entries on 4/9/24 from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm or on 4/10/24 from 7:00 am to 10:00 am. Doors will be closed for judging on 4/10/24 from 10:00 am until judging concluded. All entries will be available for viewing once judging is complete. For more information please contact Lucille at (509) 773-9122.
April 13, 2024, Lincoln Day Dinner: Goldendale Grange Hall on East Darland. Details to follow.
Bend Ranch near Centerville. MilSim West returns for this year’s force on force event! On 3,300 acres of land in one of the largest AOs ever used for war gaming. For details visit https://fb.me/e/a0tEmOKl3
April 26 – 28, 2024, The Maryhill Ratz 2024 Spring Free-4-All Freeride: The Spring Free-4-All at the Historic Maryhill Loops Road is a gathering of friends and world class athletes for a weekend of fun riding and racing down the legendary Maryhill Loops Road. The pack riding at a Free-4-All is legendary so come and be a part of some of the largest packs anywhere in the world. There will be some racing, including the Zealous Bearings outlaw race on Saturday. A Free-4-All is just as it sounds, anything goes. This event is open to all skill levels and any gravity powered vehicle is welcome. Please be sure you can make it to the event before you sign up, there will be a waiting list if the Freeride sells out.
THERE ARE NO REFUNDS! YOU CANNOT RESELL YOUR ENTRY! The entry fee is $300, and you can register at www.maryhillratz.com.
Salmon Library. Stories, songs, puppets, crafts and more for young children (birth through 5yrs) and their parents or caregivers presented by White Salmon Valley Community Library Staff. Free book for each participant provided by the FVRL Foundation.
• Goldendale Grange #49 Meeting – 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at 228 E Darland in Goldendale
• New Parent Support Group – 10 a.m. weekly 120 W. Stuben at Mugs Café in Bingen. Join us for community support at our weekly meeting at Mugs Cafe in Bingen. We meet in the back room. Children are welcome & encouraged. There is a small play area to keep little hands busy. We’d love to see you there!
• Bingo - Goldendale American Legion Thursdays - card packets go on sale 6:30 p.m. game starts 7 p.m. Food available
• Bingo - High Prairie Community Center, 2nd Thursday of every month, doors open at 6, starts at 6:30. Questions contact Sharon 509-310-9172
• WAGAP Mobile Food Bank – 1st Thursday of the month: 9-11 a.m. Wishram school, 12–2 p.m. Dallesport Community Center, 3-5 p.m.
• Beginning Quilt Class 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. call 3C’s Fabric to sign up 509-2612815
• Knitting and Stitching Circle – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. White Salmon Community Library
• GamerNoon for teens 3 – 5 p.m. at the Goldendale Library. Come play tabletop and board games.
• Crafternoons at the Library – every 4th Friday 2:30 – 4 p.m. for ages 7-10 (all ages welcome at the Goldendale Library).
Saturday
• Lyle Lions Pancake Breakfast 1st Saturday of every month 7 a.m. -10 a.m. Omelets and ham and eggs cooked to order. Endless Pancakes. Location: Lyle Lions Community Center 5th & State Street (Hwy 14).
• Columbia Grange meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.
• Goldendale Aglow Lighthouse meets from 2 - 4 p.m. at the Senior Center 3rd Saturday of every month –, 115 E. Main St. Goldendale
• 3rd Saturday Dinners –Bavarian Deli 5 – 7 p.m. Local Beef brisket $25
• Family Storytimes 10:30
April 13 & 14, 2024, Health Fair: Goldendale Seventh-day Adventist Church at 59 Bickleton Hwy. 4/13 11 a.m. starts with musical concerts/ spiritual health tidbits with a potluck following. 2 – 5 p.m. brings presentations and demonstrations on mental health/ depression, home remedies, priority approach to lifestyle. 4/14 from 2 – 6 p.m. brings a presentation by students, there will be booths and healthy food samples along with presentations and demonstrations on massage, hydrotherapy, and gardening. Call Brenda for more details 907-483-0098
April 13 – 14, 2024, Lyle Community Cleanup: Spring is a great time to spruce up the yard and the neighborhood. Our volunteer crew is planning some fun community opportunities for this year’s clean-up so stay tuned!
April 16, 2024, Klickitat County Commissioners Town Hall: Details to follow April 17, 2024, Host Volunteer Orientation Presby Museum: 10:30 a.m. at the Museum. 127 West Broadway, The Presby Museum. seeking volunteers to act as hosts! Meet and work with our members and interact with the amazing guests that visit the Presby. Coffee and cookies to follow orientation.
April 19 & 20, 2024, 2nd Annual White Salmon and Bingen Community-Wide Yard Sale: To sign up and get on the map, email wsbyardsale@gmail.cm, sign up before April 12 to be on the community yard sale map.
April 19 – 21, 2024, MilSim West Presents: Objective Orenburg: Horseshoe
April 30 – May 28, 2024, Guiding Good Choices Series: 6 – 8 p.m. at Fathers House Fellowship, 207 S Klickitat in Goldendale. Weekly in-person classes each Thursday. A free and confidential program for parents or caregivers of youth ages 9 –14, designed around promoting healthy development and reducing risky behavior for children as they enter their teenage years. Sessions are: Social development strategy, guidelines and expectation, managing family conflict, refusal skills, strengthening bonds. To register call 509281-2330 or email cpakc.wa@ gmail.com. Childcare provided, one gas card per family per session available.
May 3 – 5, 2024, Goldendale Home and Garden Show: Klickitat County Fairgrounds in Goldendale. Discover the ultimate fusion of inspiration and celebration at the 2024 Goldendale Home & Garden Show with a Spring Festival flare! We’re thrilled to bring it back as a three-day event, infused with exciting festival elements. Immerse yourself in captivating home and garden exhibits, explore the latest trends, and get inspired by expert speakers. Plus, indulge in a vibrant atmosphere of arts, music, and culinary delights. Join us for an unforgettable experience where creativity flourishes and dreams come to life. Questions or concerns, reach out to teja@goldendalechamber.org or call 509-773-3400
M-F 9 AM - 4 PM.
May 21, 2024, Wellness Warrier Series: Wellness Warriors: 3 – 4 p.m. at the Goldendale Library on Burgen Street. A series for kids to learn about our bodies and different areas of wellness to live a happy, healthy life. Presented by the Klickitat County Health Dept. For children ages 6–10.
May 25, 2024, Bushcraft Northwest: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Goldendale Library on Burgen Street. Bushcraft 101 workshop with Mike Lummio.
Holger “Hoagie” J. Nielsen
Holger “Hoagie” J. Nielsen, 92, passed March 17, 2024, in Olympia, Washington, after a short illness. He was born on November 14, 1931, in Aarhus, Denmark, an only child, to Niels and Anna Nielsen.
Hoagie was raised in Kelso, Washington, where he graduated from Kelso High in 1950. He was a student body leader and all-around athlete participating in football, basketball, and track. He was the 1949 Washington State long jump champion, holding the school record for many years. He also was a member of the Madrigal Singers group and was extensively involved in Luther League.
He graduated Midland College in Fremont, Nebraska, earning his bachelor’s degree in English. He started his career with JCPenney’s in Berkley, California, where many transfers within the company had him finally settle as manager of the local JCPenny’s store in Goldendale in 1972. He remained with JCPenny’s for 18 years until the company closed the store.
Hoagie, wanting to remain in Goldendale, acquired the Coast-to-Coast Hardware store, eventually converting it to Ace Hardware until his retirement in 1996. He served as president of the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce and held leadership roles for Goldendale’s centennial celebration in 1972 and the 1979 solar eclipse event.
In 1954, Hoagie married Miriam Holman, also from
Kelso High, and together they had three children. Early family life was camping vacations exploring Idaho and Ocean Shores (along with finding the closest restaurant for breakfast) and spending time at the family spots, “The Lakes” and “The Clam Farm.” During his retirement, he and Miriam moved to Olympia to be closer to family and became avid “cruisers,” embarking on 23 adventures as well as a trip to his native Denmark where they spent time with his extended family. They also enjoyed road trips, especially down to the high desert areas of Nevada. He was an avid reader with a passion for opera and Mozart. He also had interests in collections including insulators, coins, and antique cash registers. He will be remembered for his outgoing, friendly nature.
Hoagie is survived by his wife of 70 years, Miriam; son John (Denise), daughters Janet (Mark) and Jody (Tim); eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, relatives Marilyn and Gary (predeceased), and numerous extended family.
As remembered, the one phrase of Danish Hoagie only spoke when leaving family was “Tak Farvel,” which means thank you and goodbye. Husband, Dad, Pa, and Uncle–Tak Farvel. Rest in Peace. You will be missed.
A private inurnment service will be held at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens, Kelso.
Michael Henslee
A memorial service for Michael Henslee will be held Friday, April 19, 2024, at 2 p.m. at the New Life Assembly of God in Goldendale.
Kay Kayser-Thompson
A memorial service for Kay Kayser-Thompson will be held April 13, 2024, at 11 a.m. at the Goldendale High School. No need for opiates. Hold me instead.
BAPTIST
Columbus Avenue Baptist, S.B.C. 815 N Columbus, Goldendale, 509.773.4471; Pastor David Beseler, Sun School 9:45am, Sun Worship 11am, Sun Bible Study 6pm, Prayer Meeting Mon 6pm, Youth & Children's groups Wed 6pm; ColumbusABC.org, YouTube, FaceBook, ColumbusABC@embarqmail.com.
CATHOLIC - Holy Trinity Catholic 307 Schuster, Goldendale; Father William Byron, 509.773.4516. Sat Eve Mass 5:30pm; Sun Mass 9am & 10:30am. Eve of Holy Days 7pm; Holy Days 9am. Daily Mass Mon-Fri 9am CCD Classes Wed 2:15-3:30pm, K thru grade 6; Wed 7-8:30pm grades 7-12. Confessions every other Saturday noon -1pm
In the wee hours of Wednesday, April 3, 2024, Jan Smith threw off her earthly body and ran into the arms of her Lord and heard, “Well done, o good and faithful servant.”
Jan was born Sept 9, 1933, in Garnett Kansas to Robert and Hallie Smith. She was the second born of four children.
Jan graduated from Bremerton High School in Washington. She was quite an athlete and played softball in high school and went with her team to the Softball Nationals three times in Toronto, Canada. She went on to graduate from Central Washington College of Education in Ellensburg.
Jim Baggett, who played collegiate sports with Jan and has been a close friend for 70 years, says, “Jan was the best woman athlete I have ever known!” Jim was able to visit with her just days before she passed away.
Jan taught Special Education for many years in Covina, California, before moving with her best friend, Alice Heisman, to Goldendale, where they worked at Head Start for many years and then for the Goldendale Christian School and built Ranchipurr Reigns llama farm from an old dairy in their spare tim—when they weren’t teaching Sunday School and going to all the Goldendale High School athletic games. Jan was also a high-energy basketball and volleyball referee for many years.
If you knew Jan and Alice, you probably received a hand-made birthday, anniversary, or Christmas card—maybe all three.
Allen Ray Counts passed away peacefully on March 11, 2024, surrounded by his family. Born on May 5, 1951, in Goldendale, he was the eldest among four siblings to Harvey and Frances Counts. Allen took great pride in his roots within Klickitat County, where he spent the majority of his life.
Graduating from Goldendale High School in 1969 along with his lifelong friend Karl Amidon, he cherished his community deeply. While briefly residing in Carson, Washington, Allen’s heart always remained tethered to the landscapes of Klickitat County and the enduring friendships he forged there. From an early age, Allen exhibited a profound love for the great outdoors. Whether
Jan Smith
They were an extremely diligent duo when it came to communicating with people they cared about, who were pretty much everyone they met. They especially loved following up on and keeping in touch with all the kids they taught and all the kids Jan refereed.
The Quaker Oats Company will have a decline in sales because, in later years, when Jan discovered Llama Rama Bars, she bought the stores out and then asked her neighbor, Peggy Woodard, to order them online on a frequent basis. She would hand them out to anyone who visited the farm or did a task for her.
When Jan was in her mid-70s, she went on her first missionary trip with her sister, Nora, to a small orphanage in Guadalajara. Jan couldn’t speak any Spanish, but that did not keep her from chatting with the kids. She went on to make the trip two more times.
Quite a few years ago, Alice wrote a letter (stickers, poems, and all) to Mary Costa, who was the voice of Walt Disney’s original Sleeping Beauty’s Princess Aurora (Briar Rose). Through correspondence and phone calls, they became the best of friends and discovered they were also sisters in Christ. Mary talked with Jan just days before her death.
Jan’s animals were always top on her priority list. She loved all her llamas (which at one time numbered around 45), miniature don-
keys, cats, and dogs—especially the dogs. Through all the years and all the dogs, she said her favorites were Samson (an Anatolian shepherd) and Jonah, the poodle that was with her in the end. The llama farm became quite dear to Jan’s family, and they would gather as often as they could for a weekend family reunion, where everyone came from near and far to play softball, feed the animals, work on the “honeydo lists,” and enjoy gathering around the tables in the kitchen for one huge meal.
Our family will miss the daily prayers we knew Jan prayed for each one of us, as she looked at the last family reunion picture to recount everyone’s names. Her exuberant joy for life was contagious, and she was truly a living example of the love she received from Jesus her Savior, and she freely shared it with others, wanting them to know of His saving Grace. Jan is preceded in death by her parents and two siblings, Bob Smith and Judy Smith,
Allen Ray Counts
it was hunting, fishing, cowboying, logging, or any activity under the open sky, Allen found solace and joy in nature’s embrace. His passion for rodeoing was obvious, especially evident in his remarkable performances alongside Neil Kayser in relay horse races, often leaving competitors trailing behind.
In later years, Allen dedicated himself to running his own logging business, where he employed his daughters during the summer months, instilling in them his work ethic and love for the land. Among his cherished pursuits was
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GRACE BRETHREN
Community Grace Brethren 1180 S Roosevelt, Goldendale. Pastor Aaron Wirick. 509.773.3388. Sun Svc 10:30am in person. Tue: Youth Group 6-8pm. Wed: AWANA 2pm GoldendaleGrace.com. Watch us on Facebook Live: Facebook.com/GoldendaleGrace "Learning - Living - Loving JESUS."
LUTHERAN
Christ the King Lutheran S Columbus & Simcoe Dr, Goldendale; Vicar Ann Adams. 509.773.5750. Worship services 10am Everyone welcome.
METHODIST - United Methodist Columbus & Broadway, Goldendale; Pastor Kendra Behn-Smith; 509.773.4461. Service times: Worship 9:00 ; Adult classes 10:45 ; Fall & Winter All are welcome. Call the church for regularly scheduled events.
NAZARENE - Church of the Nazarene
124 W Allyn, Goldendale; Pastor Earnie Winn and Pastor Greta Sines. 509.773.4216; Sunday worship 10:45 ; Sunday School all ages 9:30 ; goldendalenaz@gmail.com.
tending to his herd of cattle, with the arrival of fall marking a favorite time of the year for him. Venturing into the mountains to gather his cattle for the winter was a source of pure contentment for Allen. From the time Allen was a young child, it was a common sight to see a gentle milk cow ambling around his property, a testament to his deep connection with the land and its creatures. It was also not unusual to see Allen’s pickup full of black and white border collies, a sight most all of us have seen. Allen was preceded in
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY of GOD 1602 S Columbus, Goldendale; Pastor Kevin Gerchak, 509.773.4650; Sun. School 9:30 ; Morning Worship Service 10:30am; Family Night on Wed. 7pm with programs for ages 3 years through adult.
RIVER of LIFE CHURCH of GOD 2023 Pipeline Rd, Goldendale; Pastors Rod & Cathy Smith, 509-250-0222, Sunday Worship 10:30am; Wednesday Bible Study 7pm RiverofLife222.org
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
1/2 mile east on Bickleton Hwy. Sabbath School Sat. 9:30am; Worship Service 11am; Pastor Michael Smith; 509.773.4381
and her dear friend Alice Heisman.
She is survived by her sister, Nora Fronek (who calls Jan the best sister ever); sister-in-law Sally Smith; nephews Mike (Diane) Smith, Don (Anni) Smith, Barry (Pam) Fronek; nieces Janet (Eric) Camus, Maureen (Jim) Stromberg, and Anita Fronek; a number of great nieces and nephews; a growing number of great-, greatnieces and nephews; her “adopted family” neighbors, Jim and Peggy Woodard, Joseph (Rachel, Solomon) Shirley, and Joshua (Timmany, Timothy) Shirley; and too many friends and loved ones across the country to count.
Jan’s homegoing will leave a great hole in our hearts, but we know she is with the God she served and loved her whole life.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Psalm 116:15.
Join us for a Celebration of Life potluck (one more thing Jan loved!) Sunday, April 14, at 12:30 p.m. at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, 815 N Columbus, Goldendale. We would love to hear your stories of Jan.
death by his parents, Harvey and Frances Counts, as well as his wife, Vicki Counts. He is survived by his daughters, Billie Abers (Al Abers) and Angie Jaggers (Rick Jaggers); along with his grandchildren, Ruben Finn Jr, Arianna Abers, Daylin Abers, and Rylee Jaggers. He is also survived by his siblings Nancy Winebarger, Jon Counts, and Jeff Counts; several nieces and nephews; great-grandkids; and great nieces and nephews. In the hearts of those he loved and who loved him, Allen’s memory will forever shine.
A celebration of life will be held on April 27, 2024, at 4 p.m. at the American Legion. Dinner will be served.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Centerville Community Church 508 Dalles Mountain Road, Centerville, WA 98613; 509-637-3068; Pastor Patti McKern; pastorpatti53@gmail.com; Sunday Worship Celebration 10am "Find refreshment for your soul and friends for your journey."
Father’s House Fellowship
207 S Klickitat Ave, 509.773.4719. Basic Bible Fellowship 9:30am; Worship 10:30am; Tue. 6:30pm Freedom Now Meeting. “A Gospel-Centered Church.”
sion. One of Bailey’s favorite quotes, is “Long Live Cowgirls.”
John Stephens Sr. gave a genuine introduction of Andy Tuthill, recipient of the 2024 O.P. Kreps Memorial Award. “I was asked to highlight a person from our community who has shown a lifetime commitment of excellence to our profession of ranching and farming,” Stephens said. “A few words to describe him: successful, a mentor, knowledgeable, hard-working, and a good neighbor. I hope to be as good a neighbor as he has been to me as well to many of you in this room. Definitely a goal to strive for. This definition describes many of you in this room tonight.”
Tuthill’s family was Cattleman of the Year in
1983, and he served as treasurer for the Klickitat County Cattlemen’s Association. The next award, The Jim Bridgefarmer Award, was presented by Jim’s son-inlaw, Neil Kayser. The award recognizes community service and involvement. This year’s awardee is Betty Fahlenkamp, a native of Goldendale, who raised her four sons here with her husband Walt and is an accomplished pianist. She has worked for 39 years at Goldendale’s Farm Service Agency. She is known far and wide for her agricultural knowledge and ability to facilitate government programs for farmers and ranchers. When Betty does retire, she will be missed both throughout the state
and locally for these skills. The last award of the evening was earned by Pace and Virigina Amidon as the 2024 Klickitat County Cattleman of the Year. After college, Pace returned to Goldendale to farm with his family. Since then, Pace and Virginia were married, and with their four children they continue to run a successful cow/calf, hay, and wheat ranch on Knight Road. Their field day will be Saturday, June 29. Additional activities for the night were the Cattlewomen’s card games, dessert auction, and the Cattlemen’s gun raffle. Lance Mills, a budding and talented auctioneer, helped to lead the fun of the evening with the Live Dessert Auction.
The association referenced Culp’s comments, saying, “These comments made in public are unbecoming of a WASPC member and warrant expulsion.” It plans to address Culp’s membership in an executive session on April 29.
Culp expressed disdain for WASPC’s action. In a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) on April 3, Culp said, “I received this letter from WASPC threatening expulsion of my membership for calling a couple of politicians bitches, which they are… Apparently free speech isn’t allowed, or could it be speech that goes against their endorsed candidate isn’t allowed and this is just an excuse?” The president of WASPC, Kevin Morris, has endorsed Republican Dave Reichert for governor; Culp has called Reichart a
RINO (Republican in Name Only). Culp supports Semi Bird for governor. He put up a video on YouTube on April 5 in which he said, “If I get colorful once in a while and I say ‘bitch,’ so what? Is WASCP going to go around and police everyone’s social media?”
Another media outlet, SourceOne in Quincy, Washington, reports that Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer agrees with Culp that WASPC was attempting to restrict his right to free speech. In an interview with Seattle’s Fox Q13, SourceOne reports, Songer said he had “no problem” with Culp’s comments “as long as he’s not breaking the law.”
In regard to the jail, Oregon Public Broadcastings (OPB) Sunday ran a story on the jail’s debt to Klickitat Valley Health (KVH). According
to its story, the jail owes $192,000 to the hospital for unpaid bills going back to 2021. OPB cited a “recent analysis” of the jail’s finances, though other than a passing reference to county “officials” diving into the jail’s bookkeeping, it did not identify what that analysis was or who performed it.
The OPB story cited Songer as saying he believed the amount was too high. He added inmates need medical attention and more of it in recent years because of an increase of inmates with mental health issues. If accurate, the sum owed to KVH would amount to 11% of the jail’s annual $1.7 million budget, according to OPB. The Sheriff’s Office says it’s possible other police departments might be responsible for some of the expenses.
SECURE YOUR CANNABIS
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Toy dog tackles tough dreams
Lou MarzeLes Editor
Marjorie Burns has a pleasant surprise for you. It has covers and pages inside.
The Trout Lake author has been working on a series of innovative books called The Dream Rangers, and the first—titled The New Cadets—will be released April 15 by Gabbro Head Press. The 275-page book includes 72 illustrations by Carolyn Wilhelm.
“I have at least four books done, and I’m well into five,” Burns reveals. She shares how the idea for the books came to her. “When my oldest grandson was about five or six, he started to have night terrors— nightmares that are so strong, they can kind of visit you again during the day. I thought, ‘Well, what can I do?’”
Her answer was to get him an almost full-sized toy dog from Melissa and Doug, toymakers known for high-end aesthetics. “The dog is about three-quarter size yellow Lab,” Burns says. “I gave it to Sebastian and said, ‘It’s a service dog trained to help in dreams.’” From there, she started writing a story of how this was one of a unique breed of service dogs recruited from toy stores and trained
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ship. It’s open and candid, but even with that, and as I sit as the current chair of the BOCC [Board of County Commissioners], I was not contacted for information or facts surrounding the controversy. It’s too bad. For many years there has been division, and I thought we were moving past that.”
Zoller also addressed the county jail’s alleged debt of $192,000 to Klickitat Valley Health (KVH) for unpaid inmate medical
to be Dream Rangers. The whimsical image evokes a cadre of toy dogs with their recruitment papers in their collars lined up for entrance exams to serve children’s dreams. But Burns notes the books are not entirely aimed at children.
“It’s a book more in the tradition of The Hobbit or Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass,” she says. “It’s for middle school bright readers and adults as well.” Pullman’s fantasy novel was a runaway hit in 1996 and was made into a movie in 2007 with Nicole Kidman and a host of other household-name stars.
The New Cadets unfolds the story of Oliver, the toy yellow Labrador, who attends a special training academy with other classmates, his education encompassing not only the particulars of dream assistance but friendship, kindness, compassion, trust, and forgiveness as well. The toy critters have the ability to take on fleshly incarnations and discover what a body of blood and bones is like. In their training, they have a first meal and learn how the body is a kind of casing for the spirit.
Of course their primary task is to be able to project
bills going back years.
“The current BOCC has tried to work through over-budget issues with the Sheriff’s department over the last year,” Zoller says. “The $192,000 owed to KVH was discussed when we closed out 2023. We were assured that there were errors in the billing. But with time and contact with KVH, I do not believe that is the case. As a small hospital in a rural area, payments matter, and the County needs to be a good
themselves into dreams. “One of the dogs says, ‘I was out on the deep lake in a boat one day, and I realized there’s just that shell of a boat between me and all that water,’” Burns shares. “‘And if it weren’t there, I could dissolve like milk and water.’ That’s like the spirit. The spirit is in that ‘case.’”
Burns is a retired professor of English Literature at Portland State University; she taught there for more than 30 years before settling in Trout Lake. She and her late husband came to love the woodland splendor of the area and settled on a comfortable parcel along the White Salmon River. Burns also taught at Berkeley and at two universities in Norway. She did her PhD dissertation on 19th century British literature with a final chapter on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, both of whom were born Victorians. “That kind of writing is more what I’m doing,” she says. “It’s probably an old-fashioned type of writing.” She needn’t worry. Lewis and Tolkien suffer little complaint about their writing styles. And Burns has a neighbor whose 10-year-old grandson has
partner. As I understand it, the hospital has made a final billing requesting payment. I know there are budget reports being calculated by staff for our final packet of information in regard to the jail.”
The next commissioners’ meeting is April 16. That same day at 6 p.m. there will be a special commissioners town hall meeting on Zoom and at the commissioners’ chambers in Goldendale.
read her book and says he can’t wait for the movie. Live action, please, no cartoons. (At present the child’s wish is only that; no studio has solicited filming rights. But then the book isn’t even out yet.)
Burns’ novel is illustrated by a friend, Carolyn Wilhelm, whose sketch of a dog Burns saw and liked. The illustrations, Burns maintains, help with comprehension and enjoyment of a good story. “Everybody likes illustrations,” she says. “They give you small breaks of delight, and that’s particularly good for
children, but I like it, too.”
Burns has fond recollections of times that fueled her love of literature.
“One is some things from my childhood,” she remembers. “Our father read to us. I remember my brother and sister rolling on the rug, laughing. I was the youngest. He read the Oz books, and he would recite parts of Hiawatha to us. I think all of those things made a great difference. I had great freedom compared to what kids have today, where people are in trouble if their children are spotted playing out on
the front lawn and things like that. We pretty much could be gone all day. It was just down a way to the neighbors’ who had a huge yard and a wonderful beech tree that was taller than their three-story house. You could climb up, but nobody worried about it. We just did those things. And I’m able to do that in my book—recreate that world, because it’s separate from this world in many ways. I just feel sorry for the kids that don’t have that freedom.” No worries, all. Oliver is on the way to help with your dreams.
Contributed
TROUT LAKE AUTHOR INTRODUCES NEW WORLD: Marjorie Burns’ new novel The New Cadets is released April 15.
CELESTIAL SPECTACLE: Roger Harnack captured this image of Monday’s solar eclipse as it traversed Cheney, Washington.
INTHE SUPERIOR COURT OFTHE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY
IntheMatter of theEstate of STEVEN PAUL BEIERLE
Deceased No 24-4-00013-20
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RCW 11.40030
The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this Estate Persons having claims against the deceased must prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40 070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representatives attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court which the probate proceedings were commenced The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided as provided under RCW 11.40 020(1)(c); or (2) within four months after the date of first publication of this notice If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40 051 and 11.40 060 This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedents probate and nonprobate assets
DATEOFFILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS withClerkof Court:20thday of March, 2024
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 27th day of March 2024
Amber Louise Beierle, Personal Representative 214 W Main Street Goldendale WA 98620 Prepared By: LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEYAT LAW 214 West MainStreetGOLDENDALE WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctorlaw@outlook com (1307 ,1401,1501)
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY
Estate of DENNIS C CLARK
Deceased
Case No 24-4-00020-20
Probate Notice to Creditors PLEASETAKE NOTICE
The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedents estate Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me or my attorney at the address below a copy of the claim The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailedthisNoticeasprovided in RCW 11.40020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40 051 and 11.40 060 This bar is effective for claims against boththeDecedentsprobate and non-probate assets
Date of First Publication of this Notice:March 27 2024
Your Name, GinaL Blanchette, Personal Representative
557 SW 10th Street, Redmond OR 97556
Attorney for Personal Representative:
Jason R Corey WSBA No
53817
Dick Dick & Corey LLP
601 Washington Street The Dalles OR 97058
NOTICES
jason@thedalleslawcom (1309, 1403, 1502)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURTOFTHE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR LEWIS COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOANL TITUS, Deceased No 24400109 21
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS [RCW 11.40 030]
The Co-Personal Representatives named below have been appointed and have qualified as Co-Personal Representatives of this Estate Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40 070 by serving on or mailing to the Co-Personal Representatives or the Co-Personal Representatives’ attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim withthe court The claim must be presentedwithinthelater of:
(1) Thirty days after the CoPersonal Representatives served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40 020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of thenotice If theclaimisnot presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40 051 and 11.40 060 This bar is effectiveastoclaimsagainst the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: March 27 2024
Erik J Titus, Co-Personal Representative Paul H Titus Co-Personal Representative
ATTORNEYS FOR ES-
TATE: Brian J Kelly WSBA#7270
Scheibmeir Kelly & Nelson PS 299 N W Center Street P O Box 939 Chehalis, WA 98532
Phone: (360) 748-3386 (1310, 1404, 1503)
SUPERIOR COURTOF WASHINGTON FOR KLICKITATCOUNTY
Estateof Phyllis RowenaCarter Deceased (RCW11.40030) PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointedme asPersonalRepresentative of Decedent’s estate Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claimwouldbebarredbyany applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40 070: (i) By filing the original of the claim withthe foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40020(l)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice If the claim is not presented withinthistime period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40051 and 11.40060 This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets
Date of First Publication of this Notice: PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
SandraCarter PO Box 133 Wishram, Wa 98673 541-980-1160
ThisJustIn
Request for Proposals: Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) system for Klickitat County Behavioral Health - Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners
• Sheriff’s Public Notice of Sale of Real Property:Mark G Heron;MaryKathleen Heron, individuals;Tooth Acres LLC KC Auditor s No 216409 - Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office
• Probate Notice to Creditors: Eleanor Kay Kayser-Thompson - Halverson Northwest PC
(1312 1406 1505 1601 1701,1801,1901, 2001, 2101)
For any questions please contact:
Klickitat County Natural Resources Department 115 W Court St Goldendale WA98620 Phone:541-980-1687
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OFTHE STATE OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT (1411,1507)
Estate of VERN GARRETT ADDINGTON, Deceased
No 24-4-00017-20
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RCW 11.40030
The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate Any person having a claim against the decedent must before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40070 by serving on or mailingto the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorneyattheaddressstatedbelow a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced The claim must be presented withinthe later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice If the claim is notpresentedwithinthistime frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40051 and 11.40060 This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedents probate andnonprobate assets
Date of First Publication: April3 2024
Personal Representative:
Vernadean M Dean, a k a Vernadean M Addington
Attorney for the Personal Representative: Shannon
Tissot
Address for Mailing or Serviced12 West 4thStreet The Dalles OR 97058
Courtofprobateproceedings andcause number: KLICKITAT County Superior
Court
Cause No : 24-4-00017-20
Vernadean M Dean, a k a Vernadean M Addington
Personal Representative (1407 1506 1602)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Klickitat County Lead Entity Citizens Review CommitteeMeeting April11th 2024
The role of the Klickitat County Lead Entity Citizens Review Committee (CRC) is to support salmonidrecovery by identifying credible and fundable habitat protection and enhancement projects This process will support relatedprograms and activities that produce sustainable and measurable benefits for fish and fish habitat
This meeting will be held on Thursday March 18 2024 at 6:00 PM at the Klickitat County Services Building in Room 307 The Klickitat County Services Building is located at 115 W Court Street, Goldendale, WA
This openpublic meeting will also be accessible online using Google Meet via the link provided below Other 2024 meeting dates will be announcedin future notices MeetingLinks: Google Meets meet google com/zpi-ximz-
PUBLIC NOTICE
Klickitat County LeadEntity Technical Committee Member Vacancies March 20th 2024
The Klickitat County Lead Entity Technical Committee (TC) is seeking applicants with professional and technical expertise to fill 3 committee membership positions: one full membership position with ecology and forestry expertise and 2 alternate positions-one withfisheriesbiology expertise and one with natural resource restoration and conservation expertise The role of the TC is to provide technical advice to the Klickitat Lead Entity Citizens Review Committee on the identification and prioritization of stream reaches and projects for salmonid recovery and the evaluation of the technical merits of candidate projects submittedtotheKlickitatCitizensReviewCommittee For more information about the TC,andwhereto findthe application please visit: klickitatcounty org/243/SalmonHabitat-Recovery
All persons
F Lee is the Trustee of the above trust having claims against the trust are required to present them to theTrustee at 112 W 4th Street The Dalles OR 97058 within four months after the date of first publication of this Notice or they may be barred
Anypersonwhoserightsmay be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information fromthe records of the Court the affiant or the attorney for the affiant DATED and first published April3, 2024
/s/Jane F Lee Jane F Lee Trustee Antoine J Tissot
TOOLE CARTER TISSOT & COATS, LLP Attorneys at Law 112 W 4th Street The Dalles, OR 97058 Telephone: 541-296-5424 (1414,1510,1603)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Klickitat County Fire District
2 has one vehicle up for sale,an asis1984Ford-350
Please send sealed bids to KCFPD 2POBox 82 Bickleton WA, 99322 no later than April16,2024,ordeliveredto our general meeting April 16 at 4:30 pm Bickleton fire hall at 400 West Market Street
Make sure you put your contact information on your bid KCFPD 2 reserves the right to refuse all bids payment by cashier s check only Vehicle mustbe removed within 30 days To inspect the vehicle contact John Jensen at 509-830-5435
company; Mark G Heron; Mary Kathleen Heron individuals; Tooth Acres, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; and Occupants or Parties in Possession Defendants No 22-2-0013920 TO: Mark Heron and Mary Heron, PO Box 2290, White Salmon WA 98672 The Superior Court of Klickitat County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Klickitat County to sell the properties legally described as follows to satisfy a judgment in the above entitled action: Property Description: Parcels A and B as set forth on a Survey recorded December 5, 1989, as Auditor s No 216409 and described of record as the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest quarter, Section 6 Township 5 North Range 10 East, of the Willamette Meridian, County of Klickitat, State of Washington, The sale of the above described properties is to take place: TIME: 10:00 A M DATE:April 26, 2024 PLACE: Klickitat County Courthouse The Judgment Debtor can avoid the sale by paying the judgment amount of $2,290377.86, together with interest costs and fees beforethe sale date For the exact amount, contact the Sheriff’soffice attheaddress stated below KLICKITAT COUNTY SHERIFF 205 S Columbus, Room 108 Goldendale, WA 98620, 509-7734455
sequencing (1513 1605 1702) (1402,1511)
REQUESTFOR PROPOSALS(RFP)
Electronic Healthcare Record(EHR) system for Klickitat County Behavioral Health
keatonc@klickitat-
Complete applications must besubmittedtothefollowing: Email: countyorg
By mailor in person:Klickitat County Natural Resources Department,115 W Court St, Room 204 Goldendale WA 98620 For any questions, please contact: Klickitat County Natural Resources Department Physical address above Phone:541-980-1687
(1412,1508)
CAMP HOST WANTEDFOR GULER MT ADAMS TROUT LAKE PARK LOCATEDINTROUT LAKE, WASHINGTON
Klickitat County is offering a temporary (May - October 31st) Camp Host for Guler Mt AdamsCountyPark Other wise known asTrout Lake Park On-site 5 days per week Camp Host must be present on Thursdays Fridays Saturdays Sundays andMondays
Job Duties may include, but not limited to: Collect camping & shower fees deliver fees to Klickitat County PublicWorksOffice,assistcampgroundguests,maintain,and enforce campground rules andpolicies The CampHost will walk and/or drive the park daily
Position may require: to perform some manual labor in all weather conditions Duties may require use of hand and power tools and light trucks Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record Campsite included for Camp Host Please contact Klickitat County Public Works at kcpublicworks@klickitatcountyorg For the Job descriptions andto apply (1413, 1509)
INTHE SUPERIOR COURT OFTHE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR KLICKITATCOUNTY PROBATE DEPARTMENT Inthe Matter of the DELORES M IMRIE TRUST, Deceased Case No NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
Klickitat County is seeking a qualified vendor for the implementationof anElectronic Healthcare Record (EHR) system that includes the following elements:
1 Scheduling,Practice Management and Patient Engagement
2 Electronic Healthcare Record/Clinical Practice
3 Revenue Cycle Management 4 Financial/Clinical/Administrative and custom reporting for crisis services and WashingtonStateBehavioral Health Supplementary Data (BHSD) set
The purpose of this Request for Proposal(RFP) istoidentify and select a vendor with a proven track record in the use and implementation of a user-friendly expandable suite of healthcare platforms forthenewclinicalprograms
The vendor will be expected to work with county staff to configure, train and deploy this system
The system will be available for clinic use as well as deployed across the region for useinthecommunity accessible in hospitals, schools, and other county locations Sealed proposals will be receivedby: AlisaGrumbles Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners
SUPERIOR COURTOF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN ANDFOR THE COUNTY OFKING IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE NO : 23-4-08822-8 KNT OF ELEANOR KAY KAYSERTHOMPSON, DECEASED PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40 020,11.40030
The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate Any person having a claim against the decedent must before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or his attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40 020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40051 and RCW 11.40060 This bar is effective asto claimsagainst both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent
Date of First Publication: April10, 2024
tyroneb@klickitat-
Mailing Address: 115 W Court Street, Box 203, Goldendale, WA98620 Physical Address: 115 W Court Street Room 203 Goldendale WA98620 Email: countyorg
Questions and inquiries will be accepted until April 16 2024 and proposals will be accepted until 4:00 p m on May 6, 2024 On Tuesday, May 14 2024 at 1:30 pm proposalswillbeopenedand referred for evaluation by the Klickitat County Board of Commissioners
Personal Representative: Luami Whitmire Attorney for Personal Representative:LindaA Sellers Address for Mailing or Service: Halverson I Northwest Law Group PC 405 E LincolnAvenue
@ 541340-0142
Maryal Virginia Schultz, age 90, a resident of Goldendale, passed away March 28, 2024.
She was born in Lyle on April 17, 1933, to Leonard and Ora Cimmiyotti. She graduated from Lyle High School before marrying Jack W. Schultz until his passing. Maryal lived in several places such as Glenwood, Klickitat, Goldendale, and Yuma, Arizona.
Maryal trained as a Nurse in her younger years.
Other jobs she held in her lifetime were a bank teller, tour guide, and State of Washington Employment Department; and she volunteered for places like Maryhill Museum and a Jackson Hole, Wyoming, resort.
Member, and an accomplished painter and pianist.
Bonnie Barrigar
Robert Seborer Sandra Landenglos Maryal Virginia Schultz
She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Klickitat, a Red Hat Society
Maryal is survived by her children Kathy Norton, Ron and Yvette Schultz, Craig and Melanie Schultz, and Antoinette Leis; seven grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. She is preceded in passing by her husband Jack Schultz; daughter Kimberly; daughter-in-law Shirley; parents Leonard and Ora Cimmiyotti; brothers Vern, Eugene, and Robert “Buster”; and sisters Leila and Vesta.
A Memorial Service will be held at the Klickitat Community Center on April 13, 2024, at 1 pm. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home are in care of her arrangements.
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Bonnie Barrigar passed away March 30, 2024. She was born April 7, 1956, to Keith and Dorothy Barrigar in Saginaw Michigan. She was preceded in death by her parents and an older sister, Diane Maringer. She leaves behind an older brother, Alan, and many nieces and nephews.
Bonnie was best remembered for faithfully walking her little dog, Pepper, every morning on Broadway. She
Longtime Goldendale resident and lifetime peace activist, Robert “Bob” Seborer, passed away on March 13, at Adventist Health in The Dalles from health complications; he was 87.
Bob is survived by his wife, Mary Jo Seborer, of Goldendale; his brother, Carl (Teresa) Seborer of Fresno, California; his children Ursula (Lizandro)
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was a skilled seamstress and enjoyed raising flowers. She was very artistic, creative, and authored several books.
For the past five years, Bonnie lived in Pearce, Arizona, with her significant other, James Spainhower.
A memorial was held on April 6, 2024, at noon at the Richardson Funeral Home in Benson, Arizona. Interment was at Pearce, Arizona, cemetery.
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This is a salaried position with benefits including housing assistance. This position requires a minimum one-year commitment. Essential duties include teaching English to students of all ages, maintaining lines of communication between the two cities, assisting with exchange activities and planning cultural events.
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Sandra Landenglos passed away on March 26, 2024, in Goldendale. She was born January 25, 1946 in Goldendale. A retired teacher, Sandra had taught in Camas, Bickleton, and Goldendale, as well as Afognak, Alaska, teaching both kindergarten and 1st grade. She enjoyed working with many different children’s ministries. She is survived by sons Mickey (Jari) Landenglos and Nate Landenglos;
numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bob was born on March 1, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, to Ann and Noah Seborer. His family moved to Mexico City, Mexico, in the 1950s, where he attended medical school and worked in an ambulance. When he moved back to the United States, Bob lived in Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a pressman for the Peace Press. In 1985, Bob moved to Goldendale and built a
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daughter Tiffany (James) Quantrell; grandchildren Cadence, Courtney, Clayton, and Caitlynn Quantrell, Tosha Bish, Chelsey O’Shields, Eathen Herman, Fred Zimin, and Carrie Woerman; and nine greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Al Landenglos, parents Howard and Shirley Smith, and sister Sharon Hecker.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 4, at 2 p.m. at New Life Assembly of God, Goldendale.
home in Ponderosa Park. He married Mary Jo in the fall of 1986. Bob worked as a pressman in The Dalles, in construction for many years, and for the Klickitat PUD. Throughout his life, he was actively involved in regional peace groups and the peace movement.
Bob donated his body to science. The family will host a celebration of life in the summer.
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It’s Spring and just about everywhere you look there are flowers. There are even flowers you look at that you don’t know are flowers. They are camouflaged. There are flowers in trees, on bushes and covering the ground. There are places around the world that hold special festivals for flowers. Some flowers are mentioned in ancient mythology and others that are part of Christian celebrations. Flowers definitely play a large part in spring allergies. So what is a flower? What job does it have? Could we live without them?
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Flowers are the reproductive parts of a plant and each part has a very specific job. The key in all this is pollen. The Anther makes the pollen and the stigma collects pollen. If the pollen moves from one part of a flower to another part of the same flower that is self-pollination. If pollen is moved from one flower to another by wind or by a pollinator that is cross-pollination. Why is pollination important? Without pollination seeds would not grow. Seeds contain the plant embryo, or a miniature plant waiting to start a new life cycle. Some flowers will develop one single seed like a cherry but others will develop many seeds like a sunflower.
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Producing the next generation of rodeo athletes is something for our community to be excited about. This past weekend Kaydee Akins put on a goat tying clinic in Goldendale that was a huge success.
Kaydee is a teacher at the Goldendale Primary School and also competes in the WPRA Breakaway Roping. In her college days, Kaydee had tons of success in goat tying, competing at the national level multiple times. This group of girls sure had a great teacher to pass on her knowledge to help them better their event.
These girls put in the
work and showed up to get better. The days began with basic groundwork striving to improve their fundamental skills before getting on their horses and working on dismounts.
The best way to get better at something is lots of repetition and consistency.
The girls were able to work on their skills on the dummies as well as live goats for lots of hands-on practice, all critiqued by Kaydee.
Coach Kaydee says, “I loved seeing all of their improvement from the beginning to the end. This truly is an amazing sport and seeing the next generation work hard to accomplish their goals is very rewarding.”
The group consisted of 17 local girls ages 8 to18. Most of the girls had a background in this event but wanted to get more tips and insight from someone who has had the success they are striving for. The beginner group met on Tuesday, and the advanced girls met on Wednesday to get the most out of this experience and break into groups to focus on the different levels.
“It is very fun getting to work with kids from parents I competed against in high school and college. The friendships and connections you make while competing in this sport are truly amazing and last a lifetime,” Kaydee states.
Joselyn Arnold and Lexi
Molnar were also there to help Kaydee demonstrate and assist when needed.
Peggy Davenport, Kaydee’s mom, provided a great meal for the girls to break up the day and keep them fueled and ready to go. Tom Akins, Kaydee’s husband, was also around to work the arena and pick up the slack throughout the clinic. These kinds of events take a team to produce, and lots of support was there to make these couple of days run as smoothly as possible. Getting out and working hard in the sunshine was a great way for these athletes to get ahead and ready to rodeo for their spring break.
This sport is truly an
amazing thing to participate in. Goat tying requires loads of perseverance and mental toughness to be successful. Taking time out of the busy spring break to attend an amazing clinic, put in the work, and have drills to take home and practice on is a great way to get ahead of the game.
Kaydee plans to continue putting on this clinic for the spring breaks to
come and loves teaching others her skills. Our community is very blessed to have opportunities such as this to better our youth and keep them reaching for the stars. Stay tuned to see how these girls do and continue thriving with the new tools they have learned as many of them go into their spring season with the Washington State High School Rodeo Association.
GOAT
TRAINING: Young rodeo athletes got hands-on training on goat tying last weekend.
