Goldendale Sentinel April 3, 2024

LOU MARZELES EDITOR

The Klickitat County Board of Commissioners Friday voted to close the county jail by April 12, setting off a flurry of reactions from both supporters and detractors of the decision.

The board’s vote was two to one, with Commissioners Lori Zoller and Jacob Anderson voting to close and Commissioner Dan Christopher dissenting. Zoller and Anderson made impassioned statements for the need to close the jail, while Christopher’s disagreements had to do with the speed of the decision and what he called a lack of sufficient examination of the issue.

Critical factors in the rapid decision were the suicide last year by Ivan Howtopat in his cell in the county jail. He hanged himself by tying a sheet to an exposed vent that was missing a cover; the Howtopat family filed a tort action against the County for $20 million. More recently Paulette George, a woman incarcerated in the jail for almost three months, suffered horrific bodily distress while in the jail (see The Sentinel ’s story at tinyurl.com/2yp6pzwh.)

Zoller and Anderson opened the special meeting Friday with emotional commentary.

“As the board chair and lead for this proposal,” Zoller began, “I put aside most of my work for some time now, as has my assisting staff, to dedicate time to look at every angle of this most multifaceted problem, seeking solid and vetted information and solutions. Throughout this process, we engaged with our legal counsel, state and federal agencies, and legal advice, and enlisted the assistance of our personnel and finance departments. I want to thank them all for the enormous time they have given to ensure we have carefully considered all items and information. Klickitat County has a moral and legal

obligation to provide a safe environment for people housed in our jail. The public has repeatedly expressed their concerns over the sheriff’s inability to provide a humane and safe environment for inmates.”

“I stand in full agreement with Commissioner Zoller’s assertion that changes are indeed needed in the Klickitat County Jail,” Anderson said in his opening comments. “Events have underscored the urgent need for reform. And I am fully committed to addressing these issues head-on. I want to express my unequivocal support for Commissioner Zoller’s discussions with NORCOR [Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility in The Dalles; Zoller had visited the facility and talked with staff about using the facility in place of the County jail].

It is clear that partnering with NORCOR presents a valuable opportunity to implement the necessary changes and improve the conditions within our correction system… Together, we will work tirelessly to ensure that our correction system reflects our values of compassion, empathy, and justice.”

Christopher said Zoller and Anderson appeared to be aligned on the agenda before the meeting started, stating he felt blindsided and questioning how the two commissioners came in with prepared statements and predisposed mindsets.

Speaking to Zoller, Christopher said, “When Commissioner Anderson says that he’s been behind you doing this the whole time, I want to know how he knew you were doing this, because I sure

Cantwell:Potatoesarevegetables

Last week, US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined a bipartisan group of 14 Senators in writing to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack and US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra in opposition to any reclassification of potatoesasagraininstead of a vegetable during the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) process According to a 2013 National Library of Medicine study, potatoes “shouldbeincludedinthe vegetable group because they contribute critical nutrients All white vegetables,includingwhite potatoes,providenutrients needed in the diet and deserve a prominent positioninfoodguides ”

“Since the inception of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), it has classified potatoes correctly as a vegetable,”

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G OLDENDALE ’ S A TTIC

This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture

A dozen young ladies behind what looks like a display, though it’s hard to make out what it is. They’re in uniform. We don’t see cookies, but it looks like

they’re Girl Scouts? So who are these earnest young people? What was the occasion? When and where was this picture taken? If we knew, we wouldn’t be asking you.

All we do 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.

L OOKING BACK

March 14, 1934 – 90 Years Ago

An organization meeting of the board of directors of the Corn Hog Association for Klickitat County will be held Tuesday at the county agent’s office. Officers of the association will be elected and a budget set up. Approximately 225 hog growers have signed contracts.

March 18, 1954 – 70 Years ago

The Central Klickitat County 4-H Livestock Club reorganized in November 1953. The officers for the year are Kay Jackel, president; Barbara Cunliffe, Vice-president; Patsy Kloker, secretary; Dale Cameron, treasurer; Ervin Anderson, News Reporter; and Wayne Claussen, Historian. The leader is Carl Kloker, and assistant leaders are Quentin Jaekel, Bill Anderson, and Ray Densley. In September nearly all the members took part in the County Fair. In October seven of the club members attended the Pacific International Livestock Show in Portland, Oregon.

March 29, 1984 – 40 Years Ago

A new tourist facility, the Far-Vue Inn [now the Quality Inn], is under construction at the southwest corner of Simcoe Drive and Highway 97.

March 29, 1984 – 40 Years Ago

What is it that can save 98 percent in storage space, make sharp crisp, archivalquality images at ½ -cent per copy, handle up to 1,200 documents per hour, and cost less than $6,000? Want another hint? What is it that will revolutionize the way documents are handled and is the next logical step for in-house microfi lming? Microfi lm jackets! Storing microfi lm is like storing several full fi le cabinets on a desktop. One 4’ x6” microfi lm jacket stores 70 standard-sized documents. In other words, the auditor can store up to 2,800 fi lmed pages in a storage jacket that can fit in a standard three-ring binder.

March 31, 1994 – 30 Years Ago

The internationally known institution, McDonald’s is thinking about putting Goldendale on the fast-food map at the intersection of Highway 97 and Simcoe Drive. McDonald’s is just one part of a planned development designed to bring people off the highway into Goldendale. The planned development also includes plans to expand the Far-Vue Motel and add a swimming pool and another building for a sit-down restaurant.

March 25, 2004 – 20 Years Ago

On February 15, local 4-H member Andrea Dressel headed to San Antonio, Texas, to help write the new National 4-H dog project curriculum. Linda Williams and Susan Kerr, Klickitat County 4-H staff, traveled with Andrea. There are 17 people from throughout the U.S. serving on the dog curriculum team. Dressel was the only youth on the dog team in San Antonio.

April 2, 2014 – 10 Years Ago

Golfers have been enjoying the Goldendale Golf Club for nigh on 90 years now. The origin of the club dates to May 11, 1926, when Z. O. Brooks and A. C. Keefhaver, the fi rst trustees of the club purchased 20 acres of land for $2,230 and laid out the fi rst three holes. Ten years later in April 1936, Brooks and Keefhaver negotiated payment of $14,435 for an additional seven acres of land on the east side of Bloodgood Creek. Then came another acquisition, this time of 25 acres across the creek to the west. Multiple tons of rock were removed by horse carts from the acreage, now known as the “back side” fairways. On April 29, 1947, the club was incorporated as a nonprofit organization.

—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society

Answer to last week´s Mystery Picture

Points to ponder:

What’s brown and lives in a cathedral in Paris? The Lunchbag of Notre Dame.

What’s the range of a piccolo? About 20 yards on a good day.

“What do we want?” “A cure for obesity!” “When do we want it?” “After dinner!”

My dad used to say when one door closes, another one opens. He was a terrible cabinet maker.

April Fool’s! Did last week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture look at all familiar?

Dale Brack and Jerrod Swearingen thought so, too.

Dale even took the time to bring us the December 13, 2023, issue where there were, indeed, answers to the very picture we asked about last week. Incredibly, the people remained the same!

Make plans for County Fair in 1944 - Group of organization leaders and farmers meet

February 17, 1944

A representative and enthusiastic group of citizens and organization loaders, met at Mac’s Cafe last Friday evening to discuss the possibility of reviving the Klickitat County Fair Association, which has been inactive for several years. If present plans are carried out, a fair will be held in conjunction with a rodeo in Goldendale this fall. A fund of over $350 was subscribed during the evening, which will be used to purchase premiums for 4-H club and FFA exhibitors. This money has been placed in escrow at the Pioneer State band, according to Max Maurer, chairman of the meeting. As soon as an organiza-

tion is perfected, the committee will appear before the board of county commissioners and ask permission to move the two disbanded buildings left at the fair grounds by the CCC camp to a new location and will use them for exhibit buildings.

It was the consensus opinion that in order to make the fair a success, rodeo attraction should be offered at the same time. It was decided to ask the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Posse to sponsor the rodeo and have 4-H Club and FFA leaders and Grange officials take charge of the affair.

Another meeting will be held at the Goldendale Grange hall, Thursday, February 24 at 8:00 p.m. All residents interested in hav-

ing a county fair are urged to attend the meeting. Those present at the Friday meeting included: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Story, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hornibrook, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dooley, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dooley, Mr. and Mrs. Worth Bellamy, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Abeling, Miss Dorothy Crumbaker, Art Schuster, Max Maurer, Mrs. Robert Linden, Mrs. E. L. Binns, Dr. H. H. Hartley, Lowell Shattuck, of Bickleton, Andrew Swan, August Yeackel, Harold Wolverton, and Harold Fariello.

OpiniOn

How to tap underutilized burial benefits for veterans

Dear Savvy Senior,

What types of funeral benefits are available to old veterans? My 83-year-old father, who has Alzheimer’s disease, served during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. Planning Ahead

Dear Planning,

Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) National Cemetery Administration actually offers a variety of underutilized burial benefits to veterans as well as their spouses and dependents.

Most U.S. veterans (both combat and non-combat) who didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge are eligible for burial benefits. To verify your dad’s discharge, you’ll need a copy of his DD Form 214 “Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.” If you don’t have it, you can request it online at Archives.gov/veterans.

Savvy Senior, Jim Miller

Here’s a rundown of some of the different benefits that are available to veterans who die a nonservice related death.

Military cemetery benefits

If your dad’s eligible and would like to be buried in one of the 155 national or 119 state, territory or tribaloperated cemeteries (see VA.gov/find-locations), the VA provides a number of benefits at no cost to the family, including: a gravesite; opening and closing of the grave and perpetual gravesite care; a government headstone or marker; a United States burial flag that can be used to drape the casket or accompany the urn; and a Presidential Memorial Certificate.

If your dad is cremated, his remains will be buried or inurned in the same manner as casketed remains.

But be aware that funeral or cremation arrangements and costs are not taken care of by the VA. They are the responsibility of the veteran’s family, but some veteran’s survivors may be eligible for burial allowances.

The VA also offers a memorial web page called the Veterans Legacy Memorial for any veteran buried in a national, state, territorial or tribal cemetery. This allows families to post pictures and stories of their loved one online as a way to remember and honor their service.

If you’re interested in this option, the VA has a preneed burial eligibility determination program to help you plan ahead before your dad passes. See VA.gov/ burials-memorials/pre-need-eligibility or call the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 800-535-1117.

Private cemetery benefits

The VA also provides benefits to veterans buried in private cemeteries. If your dad chooses this option, the VA benefits include a free government headstone or grave marker, or a medallion that can be affixed to an existing privately purchased headstone or marker; a burial flag; and a Presidential Memorial Certificate. Funeral or cremation arrangements and costs are again the responsibility of the family, and there are no benefits offered to spouses and dependents who are

buried in private cemeteries.

Military funeral honors

Another popular benefit available to all eligible veterans buried in either a national or private cemetery is a military funeral honors ceremony. This includes an honor guard detail of at least two uniformed military persons, folding and presenting the U.S. burial flag to the veteran’s survivors, and the playing of Taps.

The funeral provider you choose will be able to assist you with all VA burial requests. Depending on what you want, certain forms may need to be completed which are always better to be done in advance.

For a complete rundown of burial and memorial benefits, eligibility details and required forms visit Cem.va.gov.

Burial allowances

In addition to the burial benefits, some veteran’s survivors may also qualify for a $948 burial allowance and $948 for a plot to those who choose to be buried in a private cemetery. And $231 for a headstone or grave marker allowance. To find out if your dad is eligible or to apply, see VA.gov/burialsmemorials/veterans-burial-allowance.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior. org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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

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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.

Ken McKune Goldendale C

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.

My concern is

Letters from the community

Rep. Dan New-

online

of March 1, 2024, in which he promotes the blatant lie that, “The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has failed in its mission to recover and delist species and instead has been used as a tool by the federal government to control landowner rights.”

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.”

rate: 90 percent of species are recovering at the rate specified by their federal recovery plan”.

“For No Reason At All” I particularly found offensive.

Newhouse also has indicated opposition to ESA-listed salmon species in the Columbia Basin Restoration Agreement, which includes the Yakama Tribe—his constituents and their way of life.

Steven Woolpert White Salmon

First, the ESA was passed in 1973 following the urging of Republican President Nixon who declared the then-current species conservation efforts to be inadequate and called on the 93rd Congress to pass comprehensive endangered species legislation. The purposes of the ESA are two-fold: to prevent extinction and to recover species to the point where the law’s protections are not needed. It is administered by the respected US Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Second, many species have avoided extinction and rebounded with the help of ESA: examples are our national bird the bald eagle, the whooping crane, and the peregrine falcon. Scientific studies of the effectiveness of the ESA for species listed have found that 85 percent of bird populations in the continental U.S. increased or stabilized while protected under the ESA. Another study of recovery rate of 110 listed species found that “the ESA has a remarkably successful recovery

A not-so-hidden agenda

I’m disappointed that the City of Goldendale leaders accepted “grant money” from Cyprus Creek Renewables (CCR). It smells of bribery as CCR is pushing to surround Goldendale with thousands of acres of solar panels. Is Goldendale so desperate for play equipment that it will willingly accept money from a large corporation whose only agenda is to destroy the beauty of our area?

Between this latest “grant” and the scholarship money given to some GHS students by CCR, one has to wonder what their agenda really is. It’s not difficult to see that CCR is trying to look like the good guys and ingratiate themselves to Goldendale residents. Please don’t believe that CCR has Goldendale’s best interests at heart.

Gayle Compton Goldendale

Wrong place of blame

I must offer my Mea Culpa on the current dastardly situation being revealed by the reporting on the treatment of inmates in the Klickitat County Jail. I was wrong accusing the current sheriff as being the responsible party. The name of the jail reveals the responsible party. It’s us, the voters in Klickitat County.

It’s not the Klickitat County Sheriff’s jail. By his own admission, the sheriff takes no responsibility for one death and another near death. It is the citizens of this county who voted the current sheriff into office who hold the power to change this. So now is the time for us, the citizens, to put pressure on the sheriff to resign. This man cannot be a reflection on this county’s morals. My morals dictate this horrible situation never arises in Klickitat County again. And that must start today.

Thomas Wilson Goldendale

Please keep the tone of letters free of rants, wild speculation, unsubstantiated claims, or pointedly personal comments. Letters that go overboard in these directions may be refused publication.

Writers must include name, city/town of residence, and phone number for verification purposes. (Street address is not required, only city or town.)

HOMETOWN

Bunny business was brisk

Saturday, March 30, dawned sunny and beautifulhereinGlenwood Itwas a perfect morning for the annual Glenwood Women’s Club Easter egg hunt, and lots of excited little kids turned out for the fun All the kids were very happy with their eggs Some eggs just had candy inside, and some were worth moneyor Bunny Bucks ($2 gift certs to redeem at Claude’s) The Women’s Club appreciates Glenwood High School juniorJayla Avila whoworked hard hiding eggs all over the park And wealsovery muchappreciate8thgrader

Kerryna Thompson for beingourbunnytoday She made a very pretty bunny andsaidshewilldoitagain nextyear

Kerrynabroughtherlittle brother,Cass,hergrandma, andheraunt Allyse I want to add that, as they were leaving they saw Glenn Pierce packing stuff up, so theywalkedbackovertothe park and helped takedown all the ribbon marking the egg hunt areas and then askediftherewasanything else they could help with That was very thoughtful ofthem Andahugethanks to the Yothers family for taking that smelly canfull ofgarbagetothedumpthis morning so it wasnt there for thelittlekidstohaveto be around Thanks also to Glennfor stringing ribbon and helpinghideeggsprior to the hunt, then helping take all that ribbon down and packing up the table, chairs, and supply tote A thank youalsogoestoKerryna’s grandma for sitting at the table to help keep things straight when it got busy with kids redeeming their money or Bunny

Buckseggs

It was very disgustingand Andaveryspecialthanks thoughtless DiannaDillengoes to Claude McKenzie burgcameandbaggeditall at the Glenwood General upyesterdayand,asImenStorefor generously donat- tioned earlier, the Yothers ing30Bunny Bucksfor the family took that canfull of hunt again this year Our garbageto thetransfer stacommunityisveryluckyto tiontoday andIputthebags havehim Glennstoppedby Diannafilled withour own the store on his way home garbagetobepickedupnext after the hunt and said Friday therewasawholelineoflit-

Icalled the Public Works tiekidstheretospendtheir Department when I got $2 bunny bucks The kids backfrom the park on Friand parents all said thank day The person I spoke to you and told us how much was very nice and apolothey appreciate this hunt getic Iasked if our county each year Illness andfam- road crew could swing by ilyneedspreventedsomeof the park from time to time ourWomen’sClubmembers and take any garbage that from beingtheretoday, but has accumulated to their Carla Dillenburg, Becky dumpsteratthecountyshop hereinGlenwood It turnsout they don’t have a dumpster just a regular can and they wouldn’t have room for any dumpedgarbage I heard from the

Department and let them know something needs to be done The best solution wouldbetheplanofferedby ourfiredepartment Thank you for reading this little rant

On a much more positive note, the Glenwood High Schoolstudentsarehosting a spring Red Cross blood driveattheschoolonThursday April11 The students and Associated Student Body advisor, Mrs Troh, are working hard to make this blood drive a success There may be a scholarship opportunityfor one of ourhighschoolseniors so if you candonateand want tosupport thisgreat cause, contact Mrs Troh at the school to sign up Thanks to all who can turn outfor thisdrive

Club They would keep the park

Branson and Alicia McKenzie helped priortotheegghunt fillingtheeggs with candyandgathering whatever other supplied were needed Oneneighboroffered to help in any way she can current Glenwood Fire next year,andIcameaway Department chief that our withaheartfullofloveand fire department asked to appreciation for this com- purchasethatlandtoinstall munity in which we live amuch-neededsatellitedish Thank you, everyone who toimprove their communicametoourEasteregghunt cations for emergencies thismorning

I don’t liketobe negative clean,anditwouldbeasafe inthiscolumnanddon’tlike placefor thelocalchildren torant,butIfeelthisneeds to play The county turned tobesaidaboutthegarbage them down but yet doesn’t in the park The county have the funding or any ownsthatland, but theydo plans to keepit cleaned up not maintainit inany way themselves The garbageis EachyearourWomen’sClub grossand little kidslike to members have a lot of gar- playin that pretty, wooded bageto pick up prior tothe area What if that garbage hunt The picnictables are sometimescontained hyposinkingintotheground,and dermic needles or hazardsomeonehasbeendumping ouschemicalsthekidscould their household garbage comein contact with? Peothere The garbage can pie would feel badly then, therewascrammedfull,so butitwouldbetoolate whoever was dumping just Ifyouareconcerned,too, dumped more garbage on I urge all of you to contact thegroundaroundthecan the county Public Works

Get toknowyourrodent

Ifyouhavenotyetpicked up your complimentary Mom Prom photofrom the school Patty Knapp has brought themover and you canstopbytheschooloffice duringschoolhourstopick yoursup Youcanalsoorder apackageofadditionalphotosfrom Patty if you wish People are still talking about that wonderfulMom Prom At the March 28 schoolboardmeeting,itwas mentionedthatmanypeople have commented that they hopethiscan beanannual event

IfyouusetheGrangeHall forany upcomingeventsor meetings, you will notice someone has been working hard to clean and freshen things up in there That someone would be Laurene Eldred,andsheissogreatly appreciatedinthiscommunity If you seeher out and about, besuretothank her for all she quietly does to makethiscommunitygreat

For accessibility contact Community” or the includesdessertandadrink Megan “Things Happeningin Lyle for$12,kids10and younger the Lyle Activity Center Wickersham at megan Washington conversations $6 All proceeds benefit on Saturday, April 6, to wickersham@oregonstate on the respective websites the High Prairie volunteer formoreinfo There’sawhole firefighters and the High craft!Andplantojointhem

Youstillhavetimetofind community of neighbors Prairie Community Center for our special Saturday out how your talent stands helpingneighborsthere Cashonlyacceptedforgame Bookmobile & Craft visits uptoJoeBlow’sbyentering Success! High Prairie boards due to Washington this April and May Each afewitemsintheGoldendale hasfoundvolunteerstorun state regulations, but food visitisonly90minutes,from Grange’s Mini Fair at the their Bingo Night! They can be purchased with a 1:30to3pm Goldendale Grange Hall at invite you to join them card Come celebrate all Do you have some of 228E Darland It’sfreeand every second Thursday of thats happening in High those annoying creatures open to all, so what’s your each month, from April Prairie with food,fun, and that are tearing up your excuse? There are several to November starting at 6 fellowship! beautiful lawn from categories, so your talent pm There are 10 games underneath? Want to know is bound to fall into one of total each with increasing MildredE Lykens,(509)365- f 1 f+L 0?TV? ,°Wa ° them EntranceisonApril9 cash prizes Each month 2273or lykensme41@gmail getridofthem?TheGarden from7am to6pm andthe wmbeadifferentmealthat com Gathering series is offered loth from 7 a m to 10 pm with Central Gorge Master whenthejudgingwillbegin Gardener volunteer Dennis Questions can beanswered Carlson’s presentation on by contactingLucille Bevis Managing Moles, Voles, at(509)773-9122 and Gophers Carlson is The Lyle Community recognizedasalocalexpert Council is looking for withvastexperience volunteers to join onthistopic Youwill with neighbors by learnmanypractical Lyle News lending a hand at tipsthat can beused the annual Lyle in your yard Some Mildred Lykens Community Clean topics that will be covered in this fun and

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at the Hood River County Library 502 State Street HoodRiver

Extremist politicians repeatedly bash the nation’s most important law enforcementagency what could possibly go wrong? Quitealot accordingtoa recentlypublishedthriller, Lethal Alliance, writtenby WhiteSalmonauthorRick George George will hold author readings from his latest novel at 6:30 p m April8attheWhiteSalmon Valley Library and 6:30 pm April 10 at the Goldendale Library Lethal Allianceisthesecondbook of the Boyd and Abboud Mystery Series featuring young FBI agent Russell BoydandNawarAbboud,a female Arabicinterpreter In Lethal Alliance, Boyd

andAbboudgoundercover totrytothwartaterrorist attack at a Seattle Mariners baseball game, only todiscoverthatthekillers are much closer to them thantheyeverimagined George, a retired principal at Henkle Middle School in White Salmon, has written four novels Lethal Alliance reviewers unanimously give it five stars on Goodreads “A must-read for anyone interested in suspense and political intrigue,” wroteone reviewer, while anotherdescribedthebook as“athrillerthatcouldbe rippedrightfromthefront pages

Thiseventisopentothe public

DNR to hold public auction of property in Klickitat County

TheWashingtonDepartmentofNaturalResources is preparing to hold an oral public auction to sell an undeveloped 10.34acre property in Klickitat County In February, the Cliffside EstatesLot 3 Property was movedfrom supporting the Trust to the Land Bank following a Board of Natural Resourcesvote Thefundsfrom theauctionwillbeusedtoacquire replacement state trust property with greater incomepotentialtobenefit theTrust

TheauctiondateisApril 11at the Klickitat County Services Building, Mount Adams Conference Room, 115 W CourtStreet, Goldendale Potential bidders shouldsigninat1pm and depositanyfinalbidforms

and payments before 1:30 pm Theopeningoralbids attheauctionlocationwill startatapproximately1:30 pm Furtherinformation regardingtheproperty andsalecanbefoundat theselinks:

• wwwdnrwa gov/publications/amp cliffside3 auctionpacketpdf

• wwwdnrwa gov/publications/amp cliffside3 salepdf www dnrwa gov/publications/amp cliffside3 mappdf

wwwdnrwa gov/publications/amp cliffside3 flyerpdf

wwwdnrwa gov/publications/amp cliffside3 statetitlepdf

• wwwdnrwa gov/publications/amp cliffside3 privatetitlepdf

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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.

• Yoga Zoom meeting 6-7:30 p.m. Jill Kieffer RN Instructor call to pre-register (541) 490-3704

• 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.

Community Events

• Family Storytime at 10:30

– 11:30 a.m., Goldendale Library

• 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 509-250-3746.

• 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 Grange 87, Lyle

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Salmon Library. Stories, songs, puppets, crafts and more for young children (birth through 5yrs) and their parents or caregivers presented by White Salmon Val-

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 contact Josh Harrison, phone: (509)281-0971, email: josh7harrison@gmail.com

• Beginning Quilt Class 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. call 3C’s Fabric to sign up 509-2612815

meet 10 – 11:30 a.m., Grades 5-8 will meet from 12:30 – 2 p.m., grades 9-12 will meet from 7 – 8:30 p.m. Waivers are required, please visit https://epicyouthcenter.org/ calendar-of-events for more information.

April 5, 2024, Bickleton Carousel Museum Opens for the season: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. come see our new exhibits and explore our expanding history room.

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

ley 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. 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

• 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 in the teen area.

• 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

– 11:30 a.m. 1st Saturday of the month @ the Goldendale Library

COMMUNITY EVENTS

April 3-5, 2024, Spring Break Bash: Epic Youth Center, 1106 S Roosevelt. Epic Youth Center has a great lineup of activities for your spring break! Activities are scheduled up by age groups for the following times: Grades 1-4 will

April 6, 2024, Wellness Warrier Series: Healthy You: 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.

April 9 & 10, 2024, Klickitat County Pomona Grange Mini Fair: Klickitat County-Wide 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.

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 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 Bend Ranch near Centerville.

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.

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 of Bushcraft Northwest.

William Joseph Campbell

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

partner agencies busy throughout the year.

To honor Bill’s memory, we will be holding a potluck celebration of life on June 29, 2024, in Goldendale at 220 Sheppard Lane from 1 to 5 pm. We invite family and friends to attend and bring a favorite snack or side dish, BYOB.

We ask attendees to bring a chair and stories to share.

William Joseph Campbell, 83, of Goldendale passed away at his home on March 18, 2024, surrounded by family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Delpha, and brother, Bubs. He is survived by his wife 50 years Rita; sister Tootie; children Robin, Tara, Danielle, Darron, Lisa, and James; 10 granchildren; four great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. Bill was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed a lifetime of hunting and fi shing. He worked for over 60 years in logging and construction from Alaska to California as an equipment operator and truck driver.

Robert Seborer

Robert Seborer died in The Dalles March 13, 2023.

Gloria Center tour highlight of April 9 meeting

The bi-state MidColumbia Houseless Collaborative (MCHC) invites partners and interested public members to the Gloria Center at 2505 W. 7th Street in The Dalles on April 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. for an in-person meeting and tour. The first hour of the quarterly meeting will include a review of the Collaborative’s 2023 Annual Report and updates on its four primary goal areas: shelter, services, housing, and advocacy. Highlights include a review of the Rhine Village affordable housing acquisition and expanding ousing development capacity, and updates on the Portrait of Houselessness series.

Partners can share announcements and volunteer to support severe weather emergency shelters throughout the region in the coming summer.

After receiving an

overview of the Gloria Center, a tour begins at 4:00 p.m. The Center will serve the community as a one-stop resource hub that works towards eliminating poverty, houselessness, and housing instability in the region.

The Gloria Center is the new location for MidColumbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) offices. In coming months, other agencies will join MCCAC at the site, including Mid-Columbia Center for Living, Oregon Human Development Corporation, Nch’i Wana Housing, Oregon Department of Human Services, Columbia Gorge Health Council, Bridges to Health, and One Community Health’s “La Clinica” Mobile Medical Unit.

For more information and to reserve a seat for the meeting and tour, contact Sarah Kellems by email at skellems@mccac.com.

“Building Connected Communities” is the 2024 theme for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April. The focus this year is addressing social and structural factors that are essential to improving the way people live, learn, work, and play. The goal of being connected supports making choices that promote health, safety, and well-being, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) website.  NSVRC’s website shares national statistics that illustrate the depth of the issue of sexual violence, including that over 53 percent of women and 29 percent of men report experiencing contact sexual violence. See www.nsvrc.org/aboutsaam-2024.

Locally, contrary to popular belief, there is also no shortage of sexual violence in Klickitat County. Although a small county in population, assaults keep the team at Programs for Peaceful Living (PFPL) and other

In 2023, nearly 300 hours were spent by PFPL staff directly supporting 27 sexual assault clients throughout the county. Services included hospital response, advocacy, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) exam support, protection order assistance, court support, therapy referrals, and support groups. Staff are also active members of Klickitat County’s Multi-disciplinary team, which supports SafeSpace Children’s Advocacy Center in Hood River, Oregon, that specializes in child forensic interviews for those youth who have experienced sexual assault.

Sexual assault, harassment, and abuse can happen anywhere to anyone at any time. It is most common that unwanted sexual abuse comes from someone we know, like friends, family members, classmates, coworkers, or ex-partners. This can often make it hard to recognize an awkward or unwanted experience as having been

sexual assault.  Unwanted sexual contact or behaviors that a person did not consent to or was not able to consent to, including unwanted verbal harassment, is sexual assault. It is especially important to teach young people in an age-appropriate manner to understand and respect each other’s boundaries. They need to know what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like and how to set their own personal boundaries.

Youth need to know what to do and who to tell when those boundaries have been crossed.

When a person has experienced sexual assault, they may feel frightened and vulnerable. Oftentimes, they will be afraid they will not be believed, or they will be blamed for the assault. It is key to remember that this individual has just experienced something traumatizing. How the fi rst person they disclose to responds, is important. This interaction may influence them about whether they feel safe enough to tell others or

seek additional help.

Listening to survivors without judgment and letting them know that they are heard, believed, and cared for are key factors in supporting them through a tragic experience. It is essential to make sure the survivor knows his/her options, allowing him/her to make the best decision while feeling supported. Acknowledging the trust they share when disclosing their assault and referring them to an appropriate agency, such as Programs for Peaceful Living, will help them decide if they are ready to take the next steps in seeking help.

Trained sexual assault advocates are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by calling the national hotline at (800) 656-4673. Local advocates in Klickitat County can be reached during business hours by contacting Programs for Peaceful Living in Goldendale at (509) 773-6100 or in Bingen at (509) 493-1533. After hours, call the 24-hour crisis line at (844) 493-1709.

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;

EASTERN ORTHODOX

Ss. Joachim & Anna Orthodox Mission 301 NW 2nd St, Goldendale, 907-317-3828; Rev John Phelps; Sat: 5:30pm Vespers; Sun: 8:15am Orthros, 9:30am Liturgy; Wed: 7pm Youth Group; Fri: 9pm Compline

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.

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.

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

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.”

“Prescribed fires are a critical, cost-effective component of restoring the health of our forests and protecting our communities from the worst outcomes during wildfire season,” said Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz. “Our staff and I worked tirelessly to secure the funding and policy changes necessary to return prescribed fi re to the landscape. I am excited to continue working with our partners across Washington to expand the use of prescribed fi re and address our forest health crisis.”

Prescribed fires are commonly used by land management agencies, nonprofits, for-profit contractors, and private landowners to achieve forest health objectives and to help protect critical resources from catastrophic wildfi res.

DNR uses both broadcast burns and pile burns.

Broadcast burns are planned fi re applied to an area with objectives that are outlined in a burn plan. Pile burns are the planned burning of woody slash and debris to achieve forest health objectives detailed in the 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan. Localized smoke impacts from prescribed fire are often minimal. Those who

are sensitive to wildfire smoke are encouraged to take similar precautions if a prescribed burn is happening nearby. Members of the public are encouraged to keep track of upcoming prescribed burns using at least one of the following resources:

• DNR website

• Twitter

• Email alerts

Burns planned for this spring are listed below in alphabetical order by planning area name. Acres listed represent the entire burn plan; individual units within a burn plan may be burned at different times due to resource availability or ground conditions:

• Airport: 450 acres

northeast of Glenwood

• Black Diamond: Aeneas

Valley: 20 acres southeast of Tonasket

• Black Diamond: Havilah: 400 acres

northeast of Tonasket

• Meloy Cooperative: 938 DNR-managed acres and 55 acres managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)

northwest of Yakima

• Plumback: 196 acres

northwest of Ellensburg

• Rosy Owl Clover: 120 acres northeast of Glenwood

• Sinlahekin: 65 DNRmanaged acres, 19 WDFW acres, and six Bureau of Land Management acres

south of Loomis

• South Park: 390 acres southwest of Glenwood

Goldendale Community Resource Fair set for June 5

The first week of June will be busy in downtown Goldendale. The East Houseless Task Force invites partners to connect with area residents in a week of activities highlighted by a Community Resource Fair at the Grange Hall on June 5. Organizations plan to open their doors the week of June 3 through 7 so visitors can learn more about the services

JAIL from page A1 didn’t, and I’ve attended every meeting.”

Zoller and Anderson deny any prior conversations with each other on the topic, saying the subject had been raised repeatedly in weekly commission meetings, and each commissioner was free to explore the matter to full independent extent.

“This subject has been on the mind of the public for months, and we have all received numerous emails and phone calls,” Zoller says. “I have brought the subject up several times in session asking for conversations or workshops. It would not be possible for Mr. Christopher to not be knowledgeable of the subject matter. When I called the Special Meeting [for Friday], the subject was on the agenda, and the invite was sent to the other two commissioners. It was up to each of us to do our own due diligence, educate ourselves, and come to our Board of County Commissioners meeting prepared with information, documents, and facts to share, including statements.

“I personally have been concerned about the jail for some time,” she added. “Emails and phone calls from citizens around the county have let me know how much the people care. My only experience with a jail was Klickitat County’s, and I wanted to see how another jail was run. So I toured the NORCOR facility on March 21.”

Christopher took to social media soon after the Friday meeting. “[This action] deserved to be well thought out with documented facts to support such actions, not a hasty decision rendered after a short discussion,” he wrote. “The board should have hired an unbiased consultant and asked for an investigation to fact-

they offer. Community members will be able to pick up a “passport” with the goal of stopping by all participating offices to make connections and pick up resources. Each office will have a stamp to put in the passport, and when a booklet is full, it can be turned in for a chance to win a prize. All are welcome to join the fun.

The efforts stem from a meeting on houselessness

check the allegations and the financials of such a decision, all while working with the Sheriff to elevate potential concerns that may arise with staff during any potential transition. But those issues were unfortunately never discussed by this board in its hasty action today.

“I personally had no idea why this special meeting was called… other than ‘to talk about the jail’ or what the other commissioners’ directions were heading into it. There has been little if any talk by commissioners in the board’s open public meetings about taking charge of the jail or closing the jail… It seems to many, including myself, that this nuclear option was created and decided on in a vacuum outside of an open public meeting that would have allowed transparency to the public and to me… It would also seem I was the only commissioner out of the loop on where this train was heading.”

~ ~ ~ Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer, specifically identified by Zoller as deficient in his oversight of the county jail, was predictably furious over Friday’s decision. “In my opinion,” he states, “this was dishonest and unprofessional as hell. Zoller and Anderson came in with prepared statements, and that’s possibly a violation of the open meeting law.” That law prohibits any two commissioners from discussing county business together outside of open meetings since two commissioners even in ostensibly random conversation constitute an official quorum for county affairs. “They’d obviously been working on this for a long time. There are 15 staff members at the jail who could lose their jobs.”

held in November 2024 with the City of Goldendale, Klickitat County Commissioners, Law Enforcement, Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP), and other service providers.

The Task Force realized that a large portion of the population did not know what resources were available to low-income individuals and families to help them enjoy stable living conditions and lead

Addressing the medical conditions of jail inmates, Songer says he’s repeatedly asked for funding for a full- or parttime nurse for the jail. “I got no response,” he says. “And the last two years our budget has been cut.” He acknowledges that cuts have occurred in other county offices as well.

“Who’s going to do the transport of prisoners to NORCOR?” Songer asks. “It’s unfair to the staff. And is this decision going to be seen as the county admitting fault in those recent events? I believe this is an attempt to shift blame.

“I believe this was poorly done in secret between Zoller and Anderson,” he concludes. “That’s my suspicion.”

Christopher agrees with Songer’s take on Zoller and Anderson being predisposed before the meeting. “I don’t have proof in this particular case that an open public meeting violation took place,” he says, “but I have seen it happen many times with my own eyes and ears in the past. So, for me where there is smoke, there is usually fi re, and it was strangely coincidental that they both had prepared speeches for the start and end of the meeting, along with opening the meeting with speeches and going straight to a motion until I started calling it out, causing them to backpedal—all while I was intentionally left out of the loop to the extent that I didn’t even know what we were discussing other than what was posted on the agenda for the special meeting… I showed up to the meeting with no reading material, no evidence, no facts, and no idea as to what we were going to talk about or why it required an emergency special meeting that I’m sure will cost dearly in any pending litigation… My main issue with this board’s decision is the closed-door lack of transparent process it has used thus far. It looks more like political pandering than anything else.”

Christopher provided a list of 29 detailed questions he believes should have been addressed by the

happy, healthy lives. Partners can sign up for the Resource Fair and Passport Walk by contacting info@wagap. org. The event will be held in the Goldendale Grange at 228 E Darland from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m., and mobile units are also welcome to set up in the parking lot. Passports can be stamped throughout the week during regular business hours.

board before a decision was reached. “And one on a more personal level,” he said, “this board should have provided me time to analyze the limited fi nancial packet that I was given five minutes into the closed session last Friday. I should have received this packet long before the meeting started so that I had time to study it and not just get the glossed-over 1,000-foot view during the closed session discussion last Friday. Moreover, it is legislative malfeasance to make a motion to close the jail before I was provided the documents in question.”

Asked if he had prior conversations only with Zoller about the jail, Anderson says no. “I want to underscore that all discussions I was involved with regarding the closure of the jail were held with staff, directors, and various local and state elected officials, excluding discussions with my fellow commissioners,” he states. “Every conversation with my seatmates occurred during public meetings, ensuring transparency and adherence to open meeting laws. Throughout this process, my primary concern has been to explore options that guarantee the safety and well-being of all individuals, including prisoners and staff.”

Monday White Salmon attorney Christopher Lanz sent a letter to the commissioners urging them to reconsider their decision. “I am aware of the Board’s decision of Friday, March 29, 2024, to close the Klickitat County Jail effective April 12, 2024,” he wrote. “I would like to make you all aware that such a decision shall not serve the needs of the community. In my experience as an attorney who visits my clients while they are incarcerated in the jail, I have found the staff to be responsive to my needs, but more importantly to the needs of my clients… I ask whether the Board has contemplated whether it will be inviting liability through claims of wrongful termination made by these same members of the corrections staff.”

When I was a boy in San Diego, California, our local public library sometimes offered free books they were trying to get rid of. I took stacks of these books in my arms and carried them home. I read the strange titles of books I knew nothing about, and I had the feeling that there was some secret wisdom in these pages that was important, something hiding there, waiting to be discovered, something valuable. This continued until my mother became upset at the stacks of books I was accumulating and forbade me from gathering more. Oddly enough, during these book-collecting days, I wasn’t much of a reader. My attention was too easily diverted by those things that attract boys—video games, cartoons, and the like. I couldn’t focus in school, and I drifted off the moment the teacher began to lecture. I found it hard to spend time at home on the books that the teachers assigned us to read. The teachers rarely explained why they were important.

The only time I read was during my walk home from school. I memorized all the bumps in the sidewalk so I could bury my face in a book while automatically following the path home. I read J.D. Salinger, clearly picturing the lives of the Glass family children in my mind while my legs moved beneath me.

A high school English teacher was able to help me to further convince me of the value of written words. She was a strange, unmarried woman with unorthodox

teaching methods. She took our class on a field trip to a Baptist church with a primarily African American congregation in a part of town most of us had never been to. What this exactly had to do with English literature was not explained, and we were left to reach our own conclusions. Her reading lessons functioned in a similarly mysterious way and achieved what a good introduction to classic literature should do for young minds: expose them to esoteric ideas that reveal a world of higher thinking, of deeper meaning, deeper than the paltry modern world of their youth.

I have to thank my father for doing his part, too. He pointed me in the right literary direction. When I had to choose an author to read for a school assignment, he suggested John Steinbeck. His works were easy to enjoy. The Pearl, Cannery Row, The Red Pony, and of course Of Mice and Men. These books introduced me to a dark, quiet beauty that I had not previously perceived but that struck a chord of truth. And as a counterbalance, my father suggested the more playful Kurt Vonnegut, a gift I’ve been grateful for. I remember the sadness in my father’s eyes when Vonnegut passed.

I spent too many years in my early adulthood trying to find my bearings. After a series of low-paying jobs—a checker at a grocery store, a cook at a burger shop, stacking shelves at Target, loading trucks at FedEx, bussing tables at a fancy restaurant, working the deli counter at Wholefoods—my adventures brought me to Paris, France. I don’t speak French, and I’m not much

of a traveler. Knowing no one and not speaking the language, I decided to seek out places where people spoke English. One of the spots I found was the Shakespeare and Company Bookstore. I walked into the cavelike mecca of book-loving pilgrims and asked if they needed help with anything. They told me I could help break down cardboard boxes and stock shelves.

I worked as a volunteer at this bookstore where writers like Langston Hughes, Anais Nin, and Lawrence Durrell had hung out. I traversed those hallowed halls of literary history and slept in a nook above the children’s books. The original owner of the store’s current location, George Whitman, had passed away the year before. His daughter, Sylvia, was the new owner. I helped serve drinks on the first anniversary of her father’s death.

When I returned to America, I spent a few more years wandering, directionless, but remembering my time at that bookstore in France. I applied for a job at a small bookstore by the beach in San Diego and was hired. I worked in the stationery department selling expensive fountain pens with 18 karat gold nibs, while on the other side of the store, famous authors would arrive to do readings and signing. In the evening, I would walk down to the ocean and watch the sunset, then find a cozy corner in a coffee shop and imbibe whichever book I was reading at that time. I would take the bus home and get more reading done along the way, and back at home my collection of books expanded. After a few years, I got hired at a new job in Los

Angeles and bid farewell to the bookstore by the sea. I worked an office job in that massive, indecipherable city, and on the weekends I would walk around the sprawling neighborhoods. Upon stumbling upon some empty piece of commercial real estate on some dusky, forgotten back street, I would imagine opening my own bookstore and providing a refuge for lost souls like the Parisian bookstore had been for me.

2020 brought changes to my life, as it did for so many others, and I found myself relocated to the Columbia Gorge seeking refuge from big city life. With the news that I would be able to work from home indefinitely, I decided to call this part of the world home. I dedicated a room of my house in Centerville as a library and allowed my book collection to flourish. When the books had piled up to the ceiling, the thoughts of opening a bookstore returned. Does a town like this need a bookstore? I asked myself. What purpose does a physical bookstore serve in the internet age? I remember working in the stationery department at the bookstore by the sea when people would ask me why someone would spend $300 on a fountain pen when a cheap Bic ballpoint pen could write just as well. It’s not easy to rationalize this kind of extravagance. But it’s like that quote by the fashion photographer Bill Cunningham: “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” It’s something like that.

Why do we beautify or groom ourselves when we go to church on Sundays? These things are aspirational. We aspire to improve ourselves,

to be our best selves. If we sit down to write with a pen that we invested a significant amount of money in, perhaps we will take our writing more seriously. When we wear our finest clothes to church, we aspire to be as good as we can be, as beautiful as we can be. We aspire to the words from Genesis that say that man was created in the image of God. To read a book is aspirational too. We pick it up not knowing what to expect, not knowing what we’re getting ourselves involved in, and we commit to the world the writer has created, trusting that their concentrated wisdom and experiences will reveal something to us, or show us something that helps us learn how to live. No, books are not necessary. They are not hammers that perform a job. But they represent hope, the hope of beauty and beautiful words, and of thoughts and dreams. There is love in books.

Apollonia Books is named after my cat who has taught me patience, trust, and dedication, amongst other things. Apollonia is the name of a Christian saint and an ancient Greek city. We are a used bookstore

that opened in March 2024 at 117 E Main St in Goldendale.

We carry all kinds of books, from fiction to nonfiction, children’s books, art books, and more. We also sell stationery like cards and envelopes and writing tools such as pencils.

All of our books are priced fairly to encourage literacy.

We accept donations of books.

We are always bringing in new inventory, and if there is anything you are looking for, feel free to let us know, and we will do our best to find it for you. We are open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and we can be contacted by phone at (619) 886-4813 and email at apolloniabooks@gmail.com. I hope that Apollonia Books will be able to serve our community well. Our mission with this bookstore is best summed up in the poem by Emily Dickson titled, “If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking”: If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

Blue pinwheels represent child abuse prevention

Brittany Spratt Programs for Peaceful living

What are the blue pinwheels in Goldendale and Bingen all about? Throughout April, Programs for Peaceful Living is bringing attention to Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Prevent Child Abuse America first began this national campaign in 2008. But why pinwheels?

The pinwheel is a “timeless symbol for childhood,” according to the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) website dedicated to the

Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign. Last year, the group distributed around 15,000 pinwheels across the state as a “reminder that it is not enough to respond to child abuse and neglect–we must build and support strong families through community engagement, programs, and policies. This movement works toward developing communities that are healthy, safe, and nurturing for all children and all families.”

Programs for Peaceful Living operates locally as Klickitat County’s Crime Victims Service Center and supports the campaign. It

invites community members who want to participate to reach out for supplies to help spread awareness of the issue. Its goal is to promote safe, healthy, and happy childhoods, which are essential to building a foundation for children to grow into stable, healthy, and successful adults who can help communities thrive.  Community members are encouraged to wear blue in April and help share information and resources. To learn more about the signs of child abuse and neglect and how to help prevent it from happening in your community, go to the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at cdc.gov/violenceprevention/ childabuseandneglect.

Anyone can help aid in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. To take action or report suspected child abuse or neglect, call DCYF at (855) 420-5888.

To request blue pinwheels or receive local support, contact local advocates in Klickitat County during business hours by calling Programs for Peaceful Living in Bingen at (509) 493-1533 or in Goldendale at (509) 773-6100. If you need local support for a child abuse or neglect issue after hours, call the 24-hour crisis line at (844) 493-1709.

BOCC meeting presages

This story covers the Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners meeting of March 25. The regular meetings are on Tuesdays, which preclude us from running stories on them in the Wednesday immediately following the meetings. This meeting indicates conversation already underway regarding the Klickitat County Jail. Klickitat County Commissioners kicked off their March 25 meeting by grappling over what should and shouldn’t be included in the minutes.

Commissioner Dan Christopher had submitted a change to the minutes from the March 12 meeting. He asked that a section of the minutes be removed because, he said, that section contained opinion, not fact.

He cited Robert’s Rules of Order, which says that minutes are the official record of what is done at a meeting, not what is said.

Opinions or judgments should be omitted, and the minutes presented neutrally. Doing so also allows absentees to see what was discussed from an impartial point of view.

Chair Lori Zoller said she

had consulted with legal counsel who told her that meeting minutes belong to the county clerk and that was a deliberate separation of power.  “The clerk and her staff capture the information of the meeting and present the meeting minutes in the agenda,” Zoller said. “We have to talk about that in public if we’d like any changes.”

Commissioner Jacob Anderson noted that when he was on county staff, the clerk would circulate draft minutes to all department heads for corrections or revisions and then to the commissioners. Both those practices will no longer be followed. While commissioners will still be able to receive draft copies of the minutes, any changes will have to be proposed and voted on in open session. “I’m excited,” said Christopher, “if this is the direction the board chooses to go because I do think commissioners should not be changing or editing or rewording minutes secretly and not in front of the general public.”

Following a public comment period, in which several people expressed concern about the problems with the Klickitat County

Jail, Zoller noted that commissioners couldn’t comment due to pending litigation.

“It isn’t a lost subject on us,” she said, “but there is a process that we have to work through. I think the commissioners have come to a Y in the road with this situation, and we’re going to have to start having some very quick, very hard conversations, right away.”

In the afternoon session, during an update from County Sheriff Bob Songer, Zoller offered Songer a chance to comment. Songer declined, citing potential lawsuits. “I’m not going to sit here and go into detail on that,” he said, “regardless of what citizen out there wants that information. Same with the Hannah Walker case. We’ve made our decision. They got

a problem with it, they can contact an attorney and go after the sheriff. Period.”

Commissioners also considered a request from the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce to waive the county’s fee for use of the covered arena at the fairgrounds for the home and garden show. In the past, the Chamber has paid the county $3,100 annually to compact and prepare the soil in the big shed. At the same time, they plan to charge admission this year for the previously free event.

“I don’t know how we could give it to them for free when we’re using road department staff,” said Anderson. They paid us in the past, and now they’re charging admittance. I’m trying to see where that would be a benefit.”

There was good news from Auditor Heather Jobe. Due

to statewide redistricting, Klickitat County will have to readjust some of its own precinct boundaries, and the county is up against a tight timeline, with an April 29 deadline, just a week before ballots are mailed out. This is a complicated process, she said, and staff would not be able to complete those changes in time.

Planning Director Jeff Hunter announced that the Oregon Trail Rally, a sports car competition that is part of the national championship, would be returning to Klickitat County

“They like being here,” he said. “They’re going to use Dalles Mountain Road, Oak Flat, and Maryhill Loop Road. They’re also going to have a car show in Goldendale. They’re going to be housed at the school, so it’s going to be a big part of Goldendale.”

In the morning session, Jobe told commissioners that she had a bit of a Hail Mary call to a consultant with expertise in the area and hoped to hear back that day. Toward the end of the afternoon session, she returned, making the relieved announcement that the firm would be able to take on the project and would be able to deliver the result ahead of the deadline. They would do for $2,100. Commissioners quickly authorized the expenditure so that the firm could begin work immediately.

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In the Matter of the Estate of STEVEN PAUL BEIERLE, Deceased No. 24-4-00013-20

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

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 Representative’s 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 decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FILING

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Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); 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 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication: April 3, 2024.

disabled persons, and procedures for voting by

Contact the Auditor’s Office if you need assistance with a mail ballot.

Accessible Voting Unit

equipped with audio and visual technology which allows voters with limited vision, hearing, or physical disabilities to vote more independently. This unit is available in the Auditor’s Office beginning April 5, 2024, through April 22, 2024, during regular business hours Monday through Friday from 8:30 A.M. to noon and 1:00 P.M.to 5:00 P.M. On Election Day, April 23, 2024, the Accessible Voting Unit is available from 8:30 A.M. to noon and 1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation, please contact the Auditor’s Office at (509) 773-4001, (800) 583-8050 or by emailing voting@klickitatcounty.org, no later than five working days prior to the date service is needed.

The Logic and Accuracy Test of the programming to be used for the accessible voting units in the April 23, 2024 Special Election will be held April 5, 2024 at 10:00 A.M.

The Logic and Accuracy Test of the programming to be used for ballot tabulation will be held April 8, 2024 at 1:00 P.M.

The public is invited to observe these tests in the Auditor’s Office located at 205 S. Columbus Ave. Room 203, Goldendale, WA 98620. Additional information may be obtained by phone (509) 773-4001 or (800) 583-8050 and by visiting www.klickitatcounty.org/1109/ Auditor.

The canvassing board, pursuant to RCW 29A.60, will hold a public meeting at 8:15 A.M., April 30, 2024, to examine returns and at 8:15 A.M., May 3, 2024, to certify the cumulative results, precinct results and a reconciliation report of the votes cast. These meetings will be held in the Klickitat County Courthouse located at 205 S. Columbus Ave., Goldendale, WA 98620 in the Conference Room on the first floor. For google meets login information visit our website at: http://www.klickitatcounty. org/1136/ElectionsVoter-Registration and select the Current Election tab. Additional information may be obtained by phone (509) 773-4001 or (800) 583-8050 and by visiting www.klickitatcounty.org/1136/ElectionsVoter-Registration. Dated this 28th day of March, 2024. Heather Jobe, Klickitat County Auditor and Ex-Officio Supervisor of Elections (1408)

Benjamin L. Seagraves Application #OS-OS-2024-01 Classification to Open Space Open Space Current Use Classification parcel 03-10-1400-0008/00 for a total of 6.82 acres. Dated this 3rd day of April, 2024. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LORI ZOLLER, CHAIRMAN (1409)

KLICKITAT COUNTY MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE

Notice is hereby given that Klickitat County issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-significance (MDNS) on March 28, 2024 under SEPA Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) and the Klickitat County Environmental Ordinance Number 121084, as amended, for the following proposals:

SEPA2023-26. Applicants:

Lane and Betsy Smith. A proposal for the creation of the Smith RV Park, a 30 stall Recreation Park located within a 4.5 acre area of a 42.42 acre parcel. Located within Section 24, T4N, R10E (Direct access of State Hwy 141, approximately 1.2 miles North of the Husum townsite) on tax parcel 04-10-2400-0016/00

SEPA2024-08. Applicant: Lauralyn Abeyta. A Short Plat application requesting to subdivide approximately 25 acres into 4 lots. The proposed short plat is located in a portion of the SWNE of Section 33, T5N, R16E, W.M. Klickitat County, WA (Goldendale vicinity) on tax parcel 05-163322-1201/00.

After review of the completed environmental checklists and other information on file the Klickitat County Responsible Official has determined that this proposal will not have probable significant adverse impacts on the environment.

Copies of the MDNS are available at the Klickitat County Planning Department during normal business hours. Comments or appeals on the above environmental review will be accepted until 5:00 pm April 18, 2024. Appeals must be made to the Board and filed with the Klickitat County Auditor’s office. Appeals shall not be deemed complete without payment of the applicable appeal fees payable to Klickitat County Planning Department. (1410)

THE PURPOSE of said hearing is to hear all interested taxpayers that wish to testify for or against an application for classification or reclassification as open space land for current use tax assessment under the Open Space Taxation Act as follows:

SALES/ADMIN ASSISTANT NEEDED FOR ‘THE MOUSE THAT ROARS’

What’s “The Mouse That Roars”? It’s The Goldendale Sentinel, a small newspaper with a big impact. Against impossible odds, every week for 145 years now our paper has published contemporary history that tells moving stories, keeps people informed, and sometimes even changes lives. The Sentinel’s website is seen by some 20,000 people a month across Klickitat County, Washington State, across the U.S., and even some far-flung countries. We’re able to do this because we have a fantastic team that is small but mighty (as in the mouse). We have highintegrity people who work hard with deep dedication to the mission we stand for. We have a real sense of family, and that’s no mere platitude.

We support each other. We get the work done, and we do it well.

We have a remarkably gifted Ad Sales Rep, and she needs support. To fit in this family, we’re looking for a self-starter who thrives on meeting new people. This person is a get-up-and-go individual who takes initiative and loves to hit the ground running. He/she is highly motivated by learning, excelling, growing in skills, and taking pride in a job well done.

We won’t lie to you. This can be hard work—hard, but amazingly rewarding because you’ll be integral to the continuing success of one of the oldest newspapers in Washington state. A lot will be expected of you—but no more than we demand of ourselves. If you have high expectations of yourself, the results can be truly fulfilling. Requirements: Excellent verbal communications & true listening ability Very good written English, spelling, & grammar Courtesy with staff & customers at all times High proactivity & motivation Proficiency with Outlook, Word, & Excel High school diploma or equivalent

State Digital Equity Plan wins approval

Washington’s Digital Equity Plan has been approved by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), bringing with it approximately $15.9 million in available federal funding from the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The plan addresses disparities and identifies barriers to digital access, skills, and affordability across the state. It establishes measurable objectives for promoting access to high-speed internet, meaningful use of broadband technology, and advancing digital skills.

“This is an important milestone for our state. Bridging the digital divide isn’t just about technology,

but unlocking opportunities for all,” said Director of Washington State Broadband Office Aaron Wheeler. “Digital equity empowers individuals and strengthens our communities. I look forward to continuing this critical work with our partners to reduce digital inequalities and increase digital inclusion.”

“Today, Washington is taking a major step toward closing the digital divide,” said Angela Thi Bennett, Director of Digital Equity, NTIA. “The state’s digital equity plan will make certain everyone in Washington possesses the digital skills, tools, and capacity to thrive.”

The NTIA expects to begin issuing funds to states

by the end of summer. The Washington State Broadband Office at the Department of Commerce plans to use the funds earmarked for Washington to implement a Digital Equity Capacity Grant program. Information on the new grant program, including eligible applicants, instructions and timelines to apply, will be shared as it becomes available.

The Digital Equity Act, part of the Internet for All initiative and President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, will provide $2.75 billion nationally to create three grant programs promoting digital equity and inclusion. The program aims to ensure that all people and communities have

the skills, technology, and capacity needed to reap the full benefits of our digital economy.

Washington has been leading digital equity efforts to bring broadband services and digital skills to all. When the State Digital Equity Scorecard was launched by the National Skills Coalition, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, and Microsoft in 2021, Washington was the only state in the country to receive a perfect score. Commerce’s Digital Navigator Program exemplifies Washington’s commitment to this critical work.

Visit the Commerce website to learn more about the state’s Internet for All Initiative.

‘Use Food Well’ plan seeks to reduce food waste

Each year, Washington generates one million tons of food waste, including half a million tons of edible food. That’s enough food to make 105 meals for every person in Washington.

On April 1, the Washington Department of Ecology launched the Use Food Well campaign. Reducing food waste can increase food security, reduce climate impacts, and help Washington residents save money. The campaign launch and includes webpages and resources to help individuals and families plan meals, shop smart, and store food properly.

Joel Gamoran, sustainable chef and host of the new PBS show Homemade

Live , is partnering with Ecology and the Washington State Food Center on the campaign to get people excited about using food well.“Waste-free cooking is really a lifestyle of finding value where others don’t,” said Gamoran. “We can all be part of the solution and use food well.” The Use Food Well campaign focuses on preventing food waste through simple steps like smart shopping, meal planning, and proper food storage. “We want to reach people right in the grocery aisle, so they think about using food well and reducing waste before the food even gets to their refrigerator,” Gamoran adds.

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It’s spring and no matter where you live there are animal sounds outside you may not have heard for a while. I especially love the sounds of the birds coming back from their winter homes. Some animals change where they live based on the seasons. This is called migration. Many species of birds are included in this group. Almost half of the different species of birds migrate. There is the tiny hummingbird that flies alone, and the large formations of Geese who are now returning home. They don’t read a calendar, but they still pack their bags and move. Some birds travel hundreds of miles while others go thousands of miles. What makes them move and how do they know when to go? How does a bird know where to go and how to get there?

The smallest of the migratory birds is the Calliope Hummingbird. This tiny bird is usually less than three inches long. It travels 5,000 miles each year to get to Mexico and back. Other hummingbirds fly out over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Those little tiny wings flap 80 times in a second helping them move at 20-30 miles an hour. With no place to land, the birds have to keep flying until they reach land on the other side. And if you’re talking about long trips the godwit flies nonstop over the Pacific Ocean for 7,000 miles. Would you believe this trip only takes seven days? Some birds migrate alone and others fly in large flocks to get from place to place.

Birds migrate based on the seasons. They need to have food and during the cold months of winter their food sources dwindle. Sometimes there is no food at all to be found. Birds also need different habitats to meet their needs. A feeding ground may have enough food but not provide the protection they need to make a nest, lay eggs and protect their babies. So birds may also move to breeding grounds during certain months.

Birds do not have GPS the way we think about it. They aren’t able to say, “Hey Siri! Take me to Florida!”, like we do, but they definitely have some sort of built in GPS. There have been a lot of studies on how birds “just know” how to get from one place to another. Hundreds of scientists have tried to work out the how. At first scientists said it was instinct. Instinct is described as something an animal just knows. Scientists have studied whether birds use the sun, stars, smells or Earth’s magnetism and still no one is certain. Scientists have actually kidnapped birds from a natural place and moved them hundreds of miles to somewhere they have never been just to see what happens. These birdnap victims are electronically tagged and the scientists track their movements. It is only days before the birds have found their way home. Birds just know some things we will never know.

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Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling results

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Sawyer Warrener’s place is 3rd and scored 15.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Sawyer Warrener (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by major decision over Hazel Volmer (Reactor Wrestling Club) (Maj 8-0)

• Semifinal - Bentley Lawrence (Team Newport Tornadoes Wrestling Club) won by fall over Sawyer Warrener (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:48)

• Cons. Semi - Sawyer Warrener (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Yuleidy Farias (Mat Rattlers (Tri-Cities)) (Fall 1:52)

• 3rd Place Match - Sawyer Warrener (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Aundrea Lauseng (Coulee Crushers Wrestling) (Fall 1:39)

9 / 10 90-93

Shepherd Visser’s place is 1st and scored 23.0 team points.

• Quarterfi nal - Shepherd Visser (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Davian Barragan (Connell Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:21)

• Semifinal - Shepherd Visser (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by major decision over Ryker Beaman (Selah Storm Wrestling) (Maj 11-1)

• 1st Place Match - Shepherd Visser (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Emilio Ortega (Sunnyside Little Grapplers) (Fall 0:49)

11 / 12 70-74

Michael Lauff’s place is 4th and scored 11.0 team points.

• Semifi nal - Neown Kalugin (Springdale Knights Wrestling) won by decision over Michael Lauff (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Dec 4-4)

• Cons. Semi - Michael Lauff (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Gage Smith (Reactor Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:58)

• 3rd Place Match - Hudson Hintz (Hardcore Wrestling) won by decision over Michael Lauff (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Dec 6-2)

11 / 12 99-101

Jacob Lucatero’s place is 4th and scored 6.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Benjamin Olin (Cheney Mat Hawks Wrestling Club) won by decision over Jacob Lucatero (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Dec 6-1)

• Cons. Round 1 - Jacob Lucatero (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Jacob Miller (Yakima - Davis Wrestling) (Dec 7-4)

• Cons. Semi - Jacob Lucatero (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Hudson Hankins (Reactor Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-3)

• 3rd Place Match - Ryker Brown (Ellensburg Wrestling Club) won by decision over Jacob Lucatero (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Dec 6-6)

11 / 12 102-104

Steven Smith’s place is 3rd and scored 11.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Braiden

• Quarterfinal - Michael Lauff (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Declan McPartland (Prosser Wrestling Academy) (Fall 2:42)

Irish Riveira (Quincy Regulator Wrestling) won by fall over Steven Smith (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 1:16)

• Cons. Round 1 - Steven Smith (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Aden Aulaumea (Mat Rattlers (Tri-Cities)) (Fall 0:30)

• Cons. Semi - Steven Smith (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Anthony Pineda (Mabton Wrestling Club) (Dec 3-1)

• 3rd Place Match - Steven Smith (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Garrett Giard (Team Real Life Wrestling) (Dec 6-4)

11 / 12 124-127

Kaleb Kessinger’s place is 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Kaleb Kessinger (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Logan Byrd (Inland Northwest Wrestling Training Center) (Fall 0:57)

• Semifinal - Kaleb Kessinger (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Weston Hood (Kettle Falls Mat Dogs) (Fall 2:42)

• 1st Place Match - Trent Seitters (Colville Mat Rats) won by fall over Kaleb Kessinger (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 2:51)

11 / 12 127-131

Dalton Monoian’s place is 1st and scored 20.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Dalton Monoian (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Logan Hernandez (Selah Storm Wrestling) (Dec 4-2)

• Semifinal - Dalton

Goldendale Softball

Goldendale vs Stevenson March 26 Doubleheader

Game one

Bats blistered as Goldendale Varsity Timberwolves collected 20 hits on the way to a 14-9 victory in Game One of the doubleheader on Tuesday, March 26th at Mike Hood Memorial Field.

The Timberwolves got on the board in the bottom of the fi rst inning after Brook Blain drew a walk, scoring one run. Hayden Sheridan singled, scoring a second run and Maddie Mason grounded out but generated 2 RBI’s.  Stevenson answered back with seven runs in the top of the second, reclaiming the lead 7-5.

Goldendale wasn’t going down easily and scored 7 runs on 11 hits in the bottom of the fourth to take a 14-9 lead. BryLee Mulrony went 3 for 4 at the plate, Blain, Claira Tuning, Sheridan, Maggie Gutierrez, Marley Maiava, and Sara Hussey all collected multiple hits on the day. The Wolves stole 10 bases and turned one double play.

Marely Maiava, starting pitcher, gave up 12 hits and nine runs over seven innings. The righty struck out 4 and walked 6. Maiava had a tough second inning, but regained her command and held Stevenson hitters for the victory.

Game two

Stevenson pitcher Cayden Husley-Bible, was dominant and held the Timberwolves to just 3 hits and 3 runs as the Bulldogs beat the Timberwolves 16-3 in the second game of the doubleheader.

Addie Bomberger, Claira Tuning and Jocelyn Fahlenkamp each collected one hit. Fahlenkamp led the way with one RBI and went 1 for 2 on the day.

BryLee Mulrony stepped in the circle for the Timberwolves. Stevenson had 16 hits, 16 runs (15 earned) over seven innings. Mulrony had 11 strikeouts and walked 10.

Goldendale Varsity Softball vs. Tri-Cities Prep

Doubleheader, March 30th

Game 1

Brook Blain drove in four runs on two hits to lead Goldendale Varsity Timberwolves past Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars 15-3 on Saturday, March 30th and Mike Hood Memorial Field. Blain hit an inside the

park home run in the second inning, scoring three runs, and singled in the third inning, scoring one run.

The Jaguars scored 2 runs in the first inning on two doubles, but GHS fought back to take the lead 3-2 when BryLee Mulrony singled, scoring a run and Marley Maiava grounded out, scoring two more runs.

Goldendale continued to hit the ball well as the team scored seven runs on seven hits in the bottom of the third inning. Sara Hussey drew a walk, scoring one, Maddie Mason tripled, scoring one run. Mulrony, Blain, Maiava, and Addie Bomberger all hit to build the lead.

The Timberwolves accumulated 12 hits, Mulrony led the bats going 3 for 4 in the game. Bomberger and Mason each collected multiple hits. The Timberwolves store 8 bases.

Marley Maiava pitched the first game. The right-hander allowed six hits and three runs over 5 innings. She struck out 8 and walked 5.

Goldendale Varsity Softball Vs Tri-Cities Prep Game 2

Claira Tuning collected four hits in five at bats, as Goldendale Varsity Timberwolves Softball Swept the Tri-

Cities Jaguars 20-10 on Saturday, March 30 at Mike Hood Memorial Field. Tuning tripled in the third inning, singled in the fourth, fi fth and sixth innings to help lead her team to a victory.

Both offenses were strong at the plate as Goldendale collected 17 hits and Tri-Cities Prep had 11 hits in the game. Tri-Cities had the early lead, but Goldendale got hot in the 5th inning, and Goldendale regained the lead thanks to a Tuning Single and Brylee Mulrony triple. The Timberwolves scored eight runs on five hits in the sixth inning with walked batters and singles from Brook Blain, Addie Bomberger and Maddie Mason. Patience at the plate earned the Timberwolves 5 walks.

BryLee Mulrony pitched game 2 of the double header. Tri-Cities Prep had 11 hits and 10 runs over 6 innings. Mulrony struck out 12 and walked 8.

The Timberwolves travel to Naches for a doubleheader at Naches High School on Tuesday, April 9, at 3 p.m.

—Contributed by Rebecca Bare

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Monoian (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Emmett Case (West Valley (Spokane) Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:45)

• 1st Place Match - Dalton

Monoian (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Anthony Mitchell (Moses Lake Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-1)

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Andrew Hauge’s place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Arnold Martinez (Mat Rattlers (Tri-Cities)) won by fall over Andrew Hauge (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:59)

• Cons. Round 1 - Andrew Hauge (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Ashton Gilliland (Hardcore Wrestling) (Fall 0:20)

• Cons. Semi - Eduardo Ortega (Sunnyside Little Grapplers) won by fall over Andrew Hauge (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:15)

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Andrew Hauge’s place is 3rd and has scored 0.0 team points.

• Round 2 - Saul Guerrero (Yakima Cadet Wrestling Club) won by fall over Andrew Hauge (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:43)

Girls 11/12 123-128

Mozzy Visser’s place is 1st and scored 20.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Mozzy Visser (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Ellie Flores (Wenatchee Valley Mat Cats Wrestling) (Dec 6-0)

• 1st Place Match - Mozzy Visser (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Jamie Hopper (Selah Storm Wrestling) (Fall 2:40)

13 / 14 112-115

Malachi Lawson’s place is 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Malachi Lawson (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Noe Anguiano (Yakima - Davis Wrestling) (Fall 2:44)

• Semifinal - Malachi Lawson (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Neptaly Ramirez (Savage Wrestling) (Fall 1:24)

• 1st Place Match - Grayson Slatter (Mt Spokane Wrestling Club) won by fall over Malachi Lawson (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 1:10)

13 / 14 126-128

Jacob Gray’s place is 2nd and scored 15.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Jacob Gray (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Ryan Martinez (Moses Lake Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-2)

• Semifi nal - Jacob Gray (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by major decision over Kellen Paulson (Lakeside Little Guys Wrestling) (Maj 8-0)

• 1st Place Match - Krew Sparhawk (EKU Wrestling) won by fall over Jacob Gray (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 3:00)

13 / 14 128-131

Kaden Williams’s place is unknown and scored 0.0

• Semifinal - Mozzy Visser (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by decision over Gabriella Harden (Davenport Little Guys Wrestling) (Dec 4-0)

team points.

• Quarterfinal - Parker Cathey (Ambush Wrestling) won by fall over Kaden Williams (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:57)

• Cons. Round 1 - Coelho Sharpe (Mt Spokane Wrestling Club) won by fall over Kaden Williams (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) (Fall 2:27) 13 / 14 166-173

Max Wirshup’s place is 1st and scored 24.0 team points.

• Quarterfi nal - Max Wirshup (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Edward Lisenbey (Braves Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:29)

• Semifinal - Max Wirshup (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Skyler Booker (Oroville Wrestling) (Fall 0:18)

• 1st Place Match - Max Wirshup (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Nathon Randall (Okanogan Underground Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:30) Girls 13/14 110-115

Olivia Myers’s place is 1st and scored 23.5 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Olivia Myers (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Hannah Palmer (Mat Rattlers (Tri-Cities)) (Fall 0:25)

• Semifinal - Olivia Myers (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by tech fall over Youneique Martinez (Wapato Wrestling Club) (TF 19-4)

• 1st Place Match - Olivia Myers (Goldendale Grapplers Youth Wrestling) won by fall over Alexis Allen (Tri-Town Bullyz Wrestling) (Fall 2:24)

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