Goldendale Sentinel August 25, 2021

SERVING ALL OF KLICKITAT COUNTY

Goldendale, Washington

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021

Vol. 142 No. 34

Recount requested for KVH bond vote

School board makes 911 call to clear meeting

LOU MARZELES EDITOR

August’s special election for Klickitat County is now final and certified. The biggest news from it for those in Hospital District One is that the bond measure for Klickitat Valley Health (KVH) again was not approved, and again by a very narrow margin.

The final tally was 1,674 votes to approve (59.01 percent) versus 1,163 votes against (40.99 percent). To pass, the measure needed to secure at least 60 percent of the vote.

A petition to hold a recount on the bond vote has been filed by a local group supporting the hospital bond (not directly associated with KVH). The Auditor’s Office says it has not yet set a date for the recount.

Recounts are governed by RCW 29A.64 and WAC 434-264.

Ninety ballots were initially rejected for a variety of reasons, although not all of those were in the hospital district.

Thirty-five were rejected for signatures that did not match what the Auditor’s Office had on record. Many of those were successfully updated once the office notified the voter of the issue.

There were 50 late ballots, put in the mail or dropped off too late. Four ballots were unsigned. One was signed but sent in an envelope with the wrong name; the signature did not match the name on the envelope.

The total turnout was about 35 percent, a little higher than the turnout overall in Washington State for the same time frame.

LOU MARZELES EDITOR A school board meeting Monday night concluded before it even began, with the Goldendale School District administration calling the police in the face of unruly disruption from members of the public.

As the meeting began, many among members of the public and parents present were unmasked. Dr. Ellen Perconti, superintendent of the district, asked everyone at the meeting to wear a mask as a condition for the meeting to proceed and offered masks to those who did not have one, citing the new state mask mandate that went into effect that same day requiring masks to be worn indoors by all, whether vaccinated or not. Perconti says the mask restriction was well shared by the board in advance, saying it was on the meeting agenda, at the meeting entrance, and on the agenda handout.

Ashley Cooper, attending the meeting, told Perconti the district had a mask policy in place last month which was not enforced, and therefore she and

See Meeting page B4

Songer on getting Covid

NAOMI JAMES

PARK CHANGES HANDS: The Cottonwood RV Park in Goldendale now belongs to a new owner.

New owner takes over RV Park

LOU MARZELES EDITOR

LOU MARZELES EDITOR The Cottonwood RV Park on Columbus Avenue in Goldendale has changed ownership, leaving residents concerned about what their rent fate will be and this newspaper wondering why the new owner hasn’t been able to be reached.

Residents say the only new signs of the change are that the bath house at the park has been locked and trash not picked up recently. Three calls to the new owner from The Sentinel have gone unanswered. A voice mail message says it’s the number of an individual, with no reference to the company. Messages left at the number have not been returned. The number is in the Spokane area, though the company itself is in California.

A letter to residents at the park about the new owner was dated August 3, 2021, and is from a company called Monte Christo Communities in Sacramento, California.

“Dear Valued Residents,” the letter begins. “Effective 8/3/2021, Cottonwood RV Park is under new ownership and property management.” It states the new name of the park is now Goldendale MH and RV

See Park page B4

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RODEO PHOTOS: COURTESY JOHN LAPTAD, JOHNLAPTADPHOTO.COM. PARADE PHOTOS: LOU MARZELES.

A VERY FAIR WEEK: Top and above, photographer John Laptad was busy with his camera at the Klickitat County Rodeo this weekend and captured amazing shots. Middle photos: the Rodeo Parade Saturday was memorable, though the turnout to watch was low. Grand Marshalls Helen and John Rolfe waved from their float, and there were horses and riders galor between some cool parade vehicles. See more pictures on page B5.

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer says he’s been getting requests from media about his bout of Covid, from which he’s recuperated. “I just got a call from AP [Associated Press],” he said last Tuesday afternoon.

OPB, the NPR station in Portland, called, along with various regional media.

The story’s visibility heightened with a tweet on Aug. 11 about Songer’s Covid from Charles Bethea, a reporter from The New Yorker magazine who did a lengthy story on Songer last year. Comments after his tweet made reference to Songer’s Covid “karma,” an easy target for irony in the news. Songer achieved national fame for his intense stand on personal rights, including warnings that he would arrest anyone attempting to enforce Covid restrictions in Klickitat County.

“Yes, I did get Covid,” Songer acknowledges. “I checked myself into MCMC [Mid Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles].”

Songer felt sick enough that he made the trip to The Dalles Aug. 3—but he emphasizes this precaution came in the wake of his history of health concerns, which includes hospitalization for pneumonia.

“I want to mention the complete history,” Songer says.

“In 2016 I had double bypass heart surgery. Also in 2016, I had the lobe of my right lung removed for cancer; I’ve been cancer-free ever since. I’ve had COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]—the benefits

See Songer page B1

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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON

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LOOKING BACK August 20, 1914 – 107 Years Ago Henry Yeakel, of Centerville, was caught in a gear of the threshing outfit this week Monday, while adjusting the same. He was under the rig, and his suspender on his bib overalls caught. The gear stripped all of his clothes off in the twinkling of an eye.

He borrowed enough clothes from the crew to appear presentable and was taken to his home in an automobile. There were no bones broken, but he is seriously bruised and skinned up. This accident was extremely fortunate for him in the end, as usually the injuries are much more severe.

August 26, 1921 – 100 Years Ago Tobacco users are in for a hard winter, according to a commercial man at the Central Hotel one day this week. In a talk with The Agriculturist, he said that tobacco is showing no inclination to return to “normalcy.” He claimed that the manufacturers stocked up on tobacco leaf when it was high and that they are now compelled to keep up the price in order to keep from losing money. Several weeks ago, their house received notice from the manufactures to cut the retail price on several brands of smoking tobacco one cent a package. This week they received notice to advance the price to its former level.

August 22, 1940 – 81 Years Ago Ernest Henderson, SCS range management technician, and Clarence McBride, Bickleton rancher, Monday had the exciting experience of stepping into a nest of six lively rattlesnakes. The two men had walked out into a field to examine a spring, and McBride stepped down into a willow-covered ditch when the snakes began to buzz.

Henderson and McBride thrashed about with sticks until they killed four rattlers.

Two more snakes escaped into the willows.

August 22, 1940 – 81 Years Ago The fi rst carload of baled hay shipped from Goldendale under the new S. P. & S. Freight left here last Thursday for Seaside, Oregon, R. P. Jeffery, station agent, announced today. The hay was shipped by Maurer Brothers Feed Store. Fourteen tons of Klickitat Valley alfalfa was included in the shipment. The hay was raised by C.H. Campbell.

August 26, 1971 – 50 Years Ago A drive-in theater is being planned here and will be in operation by next spring, according to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wilkins, owners of the Star Theater. Land has been secured four miles west of Goldendale on Highway 142, and leveling and some work will be done this fall, the owners said. “This does not mean the City will be without an indoor theater,” they explained, stating that plans are being made to relocate the site of the Star Theater to the main business block on Main Street between Columbus and Grant [McCredy’s].

—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society

There’s no need to worry about genetically modified vegetables. A carrot just told me so.

Should Be Kids can be so goofy.

If you stand by the sea, it sounds like putting a shell to your ear.

Here!

Actually, that applies to all goats.

My son wants to be a musician when he grows up. I told him you can’t do both.

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Last week’s mystery picture was identified by several people, including one by the father of one of the people, Heidi May Bugler, second from the left. Here are the identified people, and the occasion of the picture, from the combined sources: left to right, John

Hill, Heidi Bugler, Billie Rolfe, Kalista Schuster, Lacey Scott, Heather Heming, and Bart Fouts holding the lead rope on BB, the horse. The occasion was the Intermediate 4-H Western Games Team headed to the State Fair, in either 1992 or 1993.

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Goldendale, Washington

Opinion

How to replace valuable documents you need Dear Savvy Senior, Can you tell me what I need to do to replace a variety of important documents? Our house burned down a few months ago, and we lost everything including our home property deed, car titles, old tax returns, Social Security, Medicare and Covid vaccine cards, birth certificates, marriage license, and passports.

Stressed Seniors Dear Stressed, I’m very sorry for your loss, but you’ll be relieved to know that replacing important documents that are destroyed, lost, or stolen is pretty easy once you know where to turn. Here are the replacement resources for each document you mentioned.

Birth certificates: If you were born in the United States, contact the vital records office in the state where you were born (see CDC.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm for Savvy contact information). This office will give you specific instructions on what Senior, you need to do to order a certified Jim Miller copy and what it will cost you—usually between $10 and $30.

Car titles: Most states offer replacements through a local department of motor vehicles office. You’ll need to complete a replacement title application form and pay the application fee, which varies by state. You’ll also need to show ID and proof that you own the car, such as your vehicle registration or your license-plate number and VIN (vehicle identification number). To get an application, go to DMV.org, pick your state, and print it or fill it out on the site.

Property deed: To access your house deed, contact your county clerk’s office, where deeds are usually recorded—you may be charged a small fee to get a copy.

Marriage certificate: Contact the vital records office of the state you were married in to order a copy (see CDC.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm). You’ll need to provide full names for you and your spouse, the date of your wedding, and the city or town where the wedding was performed. Fees range from $10 to $30.

Social Security cards: In most states (except in Alabama, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and West Virginia), you can request a replacement Social Security card online for free at SSA.gov/ myaccount.

If you live in a state that the online service is not available, you’ll need to fill out form SS-5 (see SSA. gov/forms/ss-5.pdf to print a copy) and take it in or mail it to your nearby Social Security office along with a number of evidence documents that are listed on this form. For more information or to locate the Social Security office that serves your area, call 800772-1213 or see SSA.gov/locator.

Medicare cards: If you are enrolled in original Medicare, you can replace a lost or damaged Medicare card by calling Medicare at 800-633-4227, or by logging into your MyMedicare.gov account. If, however, you get Medicare health or drug benefits from a Medicare Advantage Plan, such as an HMO, PPO, or PDP, you’ll need to call your plan to get your card replaced.

COVID-19 vaccination card: Your first step is to go back to your vaccination site and see if they’ll give you a replacement. Bring an ID and try to recall the date you were vaccinated. If that’s not feasible, contact your state health department immunization information system (see CDC.gov/ vaccines/programs/iis/contacts-locate-records.html) where you should be able to print out a replacement sheet.

Tax returns: To get copies of old tax returns start with your tax preparer, who usually keeps copies of your returns on file. You can also get copies of federal returns directly from the Internal Revenue Service. You’ll need to fill out and mail in IRS form 4506. To download this form IRS.gov/pub/irs-pdf/ f4506.pdf or call 800-829-3676 and ask them to mail you a copy. The cost is $43 for each return requested.

Passports: You can apply for a replacement passport at a Passport Application Acceptance Facility. Many post offices, public libraries and local government offices serve as such facilities. You can search for the nearest authorized facility at iafdb.travel.state.gov. The fee is $145.

Letters from the community We must stand together

vulnerable among us.

Beware of solar

Klickitat County reported an Every resident who is living or 11 members of The Mount Adalarming increase in cases of ams Ministerial Association planning to live in Klickitat County COVID-19 in an August 6 press should be aware of the current and release. The report stated there have future solar projects. I have lived not been this many cases within a They deserve respect here five years and never knew of one-week period since December of these plans. It was a shock to learn last year.

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The Icons of Goldendale

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Stonehenge

Agriculture

Headlines & History for Klickitat County since 1879

Photos by local photographers Neil Thompson (top & center) and Steve Nygaard (bottom)

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All Around Showman winners TAYLER BRADLEY

FOR THE SENTINEL The kids entering the Klickitat County Fair work so hard every year showing their animals in the show ring. They can show anything from horses to pigs, sheep, steers, chickens, goats, and even miniature horses. Each one has the same idea: present your animal the best way possible, but of course it is done in different ways.

Each champion showman from each class and animal class get to compete in the All Around Showman competition. Each one will show six different animals, horse, pig, dairy goat, meat goat, sheep, and steer. They are judged and placed each time they show an animal,

and the one with the highest points overall is the winner and crowned the All Around Showman.

There are three classes, the junior, intermediate, and senior. Each kid who makes the All Around Showman round has some time to go learn and work on their showman skills for each animal. All the animals have a different way to show, and because each one competing comes to fair showing one type of animal, they may need a crash course in showing the other types of animals.

They recruit help from fellow 4-H friends to show them the basics of showing a certain animal. They want to be prepared for each one when they step into those show rings.

When the first show

begins, it is a long process to the finish because of the six different animals they must show and the three different classes. After each show they move right onto the next with just a few minutes in between to adjust their thought process for showing the new animal in front of them. After they showed all six animals, the three All Around Showman winners are crowned.

This year the junior winner was Bailey Rickman, intermediate winner was Hadlee Beierle, and the senior winner was Gavin Vaughan.

These three are great kids who have a love for animals.

Bailey earned her spot for showing a pig, but her favorite animal to show was the steer because, “It was a challenge, big, and tried to

lick my hair and face,” she said. The most challenging animal for her was the goat because it was “squirrely,” and the other goats were running into hers.

Hadlee earned her spot for showing her steer. Hadlee is a very experienced steer showman and has been to larger competitions showing her steers. She has a lot more to accomplish in the years to come. Gavin earned his spot from showing his goats. This was a goal of Gavin’s this year, and he prepared a lot for this. He said, “I kind of mentally prepared throughout Fair, being sure to watch a lot of showmanship classes and seeing what the judges like C in a showman.” These kids ALL AROUND WINNERS: Front left to right, Hadlee Beierle, Bailey did a great job and earned Rickman, and Gavin Vaughan took the top three honors in this year’s County Fair All Around Showman competition. this great award.

ONTRIBUTED

Calendar of Events Bavarian Deli holds its first anniversary party. 5 p.m., Saturday, August 28.

On Highway 97 just north of Goldendale.

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday • Alcoholics Anonymous, Goldendale United Methodist Church, 7-8 p.m.

Monday • Programs for Peaceful Living Domestic Violence Victim support group via zoom Mondays at 10am. Call for more information: 509-7736100 or 509-493-1533.

• The Coalition for Preventing Abuse in Klickitat County (CPAKC) meets at 4:00pm every second Monday via Zoom. Contact number is 509-773-3776 or CPAKC on Facebook.

• Yoga Zoom meeting from 6-7:30 p.m. Please call Jill Kieffer RN Instructor to preregister (541) 490-3704 • Goldendale City Council meetings 7:00 p.m. at 1103 S Columbus – First and Third Monday of every month except on holidays.

Tuesday • Soroptimist International of Goldendale business meeting 3 pm at the Goldendale Grange. Dedicated to help-

There will be a Meet & Greet for all types of classic vehicles, live music by Possom Pickers Band, pie sales, arts and crafts, flea market, food August 28th, 2021 - 19th vendors from 9am to 3pm.

A n nu a l G ol d e n d a l e Call 509-896-2007 or 509-896Kiwanis “Golf for Kids” 5288 Tournament September 10 – 12, 2021 Maximum 5-person team – Huckleberry Festival Best Ball Scramble Daubenspeck Park, Bingen, $200 entry fee per team, WA – 59th Annual includes lunch. Public is wel- Friday 9/10: 5-10pm come, come out and support Saturday 9/11: 10am-11pm our kids!

Fireman’s Huckleberry PanMore Information contact cake Breakfast 6-11am Wednesday Chairman Frank Hewey Huckfest Parade begins at 11 • Kiwanis meets at 7 am at the 360-791-4724 frankhewey@ on Hwy 14 to the park Simcoe Café the 1st and 3rd yahoo.com or visit www.gol- Sunday 9/12: 10am – 4pm Wednesday of the month. dendalegolf.com September 18th 4pm to 8pm Saturday September 4th, 2021 – - KVH Black Tie and Blue • Goldendale Farmers Mar- Bickleton Community Day, Jeans on the Green ket. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. At the downtown Bickleton KVH Memorial Foundation Goldendale Chamber May through September. goldenPrepare for unexpected dalefarmersmarket@gmail. power outages with a com for more information ing women and youth in our community and worldwide.

Guests and new members welcome, call Cindy at 509250-1590 for more information.

• TOPS Club Inc – Taking Pounds off Sensibly – 10:00 am American Legion. Questions? Sally/ojala@gmail. com • Goldendale Junior Community Chamber – 7:00 pm the second Tuesday of every month at Umpqua Bank. Call 509-250-0625 for details

Community

2021 Central Klickitat County Parks and Recreation Summer Camp Schedule Arts and Crafts August 2-6 Water World August 9-13 Soccer Camp August 16-20 Stem Camp August 23-27 Back to School Bash August 30

Registration forms available at the Goldendale Swimming Pool or online at www.centralklickitatparksandrecreation.com

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EXTRA

The Washington Outdoors Report: When things go wrong JOHN KRUSE

FOR THE SENTINEL It’s something I’ve done a hundred times before.

Have the dog jump into the cab of the truck, go fi nd a remote place to camp, and escape into the woods for 24 hours. With bad news raining down about Afghanistan, coronavirus restrictions returning, and more, I told my family I was getting away. When asked where, I said I would be staying at a remote U.S. Forest Service campground or trailhead along or near Lake Wenatchee.

Finding an uncrowded place to camp was challenging, and much to my surprise, despite campfire bans, a number of campers (especially in Lake Wenatchee State Park) had campfires burning merrily away in fi re pits. Eventually I found the quiet place to camp I was looking for, a dispersed camping site near the Chiwaukum Creek trailhead. There was only one camper in the area, some 200 yards away.

With no cell service, I was

assured of a quiet evening without any phone calls or the distraction of the internet.

Things went well at first.

My springer spaniel, Georgia, and I enjoyed a nice walk at dusk and then I quietly played music from the stereo in my truck while enjoying the emerging stars and the sway of the pine trees in the slight breeze around me.

Then I got a low battery warning in my truck. This seemed strange, I hadn’t had troubles with the battery before and was surprised that just the stereo playing for an hour would cause this. Then I remembered it had been a very, very long time since I had changed out that car battery. My efforts to start the engine were in vain, and I was well and truly stuck.

Being late, I got my jumper cables out, opened the hood of the truck, and resolved to contact the unknown camper early in the morning in hopes of getting a jumpstart.

With Georgia and me

JOHN KRUSE

BROKEN LEG AND THE DOG THAT CAUSED IT: The aftermath of my latest overnight camping trip.

sleeping under the canopy covering the pick-up truck bed, I clipped a leash onto her so she could take care of business one more time before we called it a night.

I had only walked a few steps down the dirt road with her while gazing up at the stars when she suddenly bolted on the leash.

I have no idea whether she scented or saw a deer or other animal, but I was completely unprepared for her lunging the way she did, and I fell both awk-

wardly and hard onto the road.

As soon as I hit the ground, I felt a very sharp pain around my left ankle.

I got to my feet and knew the situation was not good.

I suspected at the very least a sprained ankle and possibly torn ligaments.

I did manage to get Georgia and me into the back of the truck and slept fitfully until daylight. With no cell reception and no way to walk far for help, my options seemed limited

Taking home the County Saddle TAYLER BRADLEY

FOR THE SENTINEL Every year local businesses donate money to purchase a saddle that is to be given away at the Goldendale Fair and Rodeo. This saddle is a huge accomplishment to win and something a lot of locals work hard to try to receive. This saddle is an honor to win, and it brings all three of our county rodeos together and full circle.

How do you win this saddle? Well, the first and most important thing is that you must be a resident of Klickitat County. Next you must have entered and competed in all three of the county rodeos: Goldendale, Glenwood, and Bickleton. The final thing is that you compete against other locals for the saddle, and when you place at the rodeo, you earn points; the highest point earner wins. One very awesome thing about the saddle is that you can only win it once, so it gives all of our county locals a chance to bring home this honor.

This year’s winner is Evan Olinger. He is new to our county, but he has been in the rodeo world his whole life. Evan competes in the team roping and the

cow milking. In Bickleton he was able to win the cow milking and place in the team roping. In Glenwood, Evan had some tough luck, and at the Goldendale Rodeo he was able to place in the team roping. He says, “It’s been an up-and-down year for me, but that happens from time to time.” He kept on pushing through those downs and ended on a high, taking home the county saddle. Evan set a goal and made it happen.

He says, “I wanted to win the saddle my first year as a resident.” And that is exactly what he did.

There is also an allaround buckle that is given away for the highest point earner from all fair events, the Jim Beierle Memorial All Around buckle. This is another great honor to win that the County Fair gives away every year—and Evan was able to bring that home as well.

To win this buckle, a local must compete in some of our county fair events.

Evan competed in the ranch sorting, open branding, 4 on 2 branding, county team roping, and of course the rodeo events team roping and cow milking. He won the average in the county team roping, won the sort-

where or how he contracted the illness.

W h i le ho spit a l i z e d , Songer was never on a respirator, and he did not get vaccinated. After five days, he decided he’d had enough of the hospital. “They’re good people there,” he affirms.

“They’re trying to do a great job for you. But in the end, I believe they don’t have your best interests at heart.” The medical staff follows the current science model approach toward Covid, which Songer feels can constrain personal rights. So he came home to

a hike up the Icicle Creek Trail a year earlier. The Forest Service did a good job hiring Rod—she was defi nitely a life saver for me!

Back on the road, I checked in at home with my family and off-loaded Georgia before heading to the walk-in clinic. There I found I hadn’t sprained my ankle but instead had broken my leg, my fibula to be exact, just above my ankle. Now I have a cast on my foot and a likely operation to repair the damage.

As for Georgia, the photo taken while I’m writing this article says it all. She is looking, and acting, very guilty. She doesn’t need to worry, though; all is forgiven, though she will be missing her daily walks with her dad for a while.

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TWO HONORS IN ONE YEAR: Evan Olinger took home two big prizes at this year’s County Fair and Rodeo, the County Saddle and the Jim Beierle Memorial All Around buckle. Evan is center with his new son.

ing, and placed twice in the branding events. All we can say is, wow, what a heck of a Fair week for Evan. He says that he “practiced a lot and always had it on his mind.”

It’s an honor to win two amazing county titles the fi rst year of being a local resident. Evan is married to Lexi (Cameron) Olinger, and they just had a little boy. Evan is going to be able to share these prizes with his son when he gets older. Their son will be able to learn the ropes from two amazing parents and hopefully can follow in his dad’s footsteps in winning the same titles.

SONGER from page 1 of smoking. It’s something like asthma. Because of my COPD and those kinds of health issues, I often contract pneumonia and bronchitis, which I’ve had several times and ended up in the hospital for in past years.

So when I got here a couple of weeks ago, I figured that I had pneumonia, something to do with my lungs, or maybe there was an outside possibility it could be Covid. I got checked and went into the hospital. They determined it was Covid.”

Songer says he has no idea

to this.

The pre-sunrise, 200yard walk to the other camper’s site was a painful, shuff ling affair. I knocked on the back of the truck canopy, having no idea what reception I would get. A young woman opened the canopy, and I told her I had injured my ankle, had a dead car battery, and needed a jump.

She said she needed to get dressed and pack up her site but promised to meet me back at my truck.

The walk back to my truck was equally painful, but when I arrived, the young woman, who said her name was Rod, was there to meet me. It took a few minutes, but we were able to jumpstart my truck battery. We struck up a conversation during this time, and I found out that not only was she a seasonal backcountry ranger for the U.S. Forest Service, but that I had met her on

Goldendale.

“I stand by what I’ve always said,” Songer says.

“If someone wants to get vaccinated, they absolutely have the right to do that.

And if someone doesn’t want to get vaccinated, they absolutely have the right not to.

I’ve never told people not to get vaccinated. If they want to, they feel they’ve done their research, they feel good about it, go for it.

But there’s no way in hell any governor or bureaucrat is going to take away our rights.”

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A LOT OF HORSES AND A STEER: Birghtly attired young ladies on magnificent horses rode down Columbus Avenue in the Klickitat County Fair and Rodeo Parade Saturday. Back at the fairgrounds, it was two days of great fun in beautiful, picture-perfect weather.

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World ds Recor Weird, wacky, wonderful, amazing — these are words that can be used to describe many things, especially world records. A world record is the best performance of an act. To be a world record the act must be witnessed, recorded and verified. Anyone can have a world record. It doesn’t matter where you are from, what you look like or how old you are. The oldest person to hold a world record was 116 years old, and hold the youngest was a newborn baby. If you think you could never a world record, think again. You would never believe how many world records are on the books.

Irene O’Shea is 102.

She holds the world record of being the oldest skydiver in the world.

Remember how I said, “Weird, wacky, wonderful, amazing?”

The following are some records you probably don’t know exist.

November 2018 - 6 year old Chinese boy solves Rubik’s Cube in 2.43 seconds June 2013 - Bryan Berg used 75,000 playing cards and built a replica of the Eiffel Tower.

April 2004 - A 6,991 pound (3,178 kg) sandwich was made in Mexico City.

December 2018 - Irene O’Shea became the oldest woman to jump out of an airplane

Harbor, an 8-year-old Black and Tan Coonhound from Colorado holds the record for having the longest ears of a living dog. Each ear is over a foot long!

Across 3. To begin and carry through to completion; do 8. Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange 9. More than usually 11. To find the answer to or a solution for 13. A person who sees or hears something that happened 14. To keep or to have

Down 1. To convey an idea 2. An account in writing preserving the memory or knowledge of being the best at something 4. To prove to be true or correct 5. Admirable or very good; excellent or splendid 6. Causing amazement; very wonderful 7. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern 10. An act or accomplishment of great courage, skill, or imagination; an achievement 12. Very recently born

To get a good idea of how many world records there are go to https://kids. guinnessworldrecords.com.

The Guinness Book of World Records has been keeping track of these amazing feats for almost 70 years. They take their job very seriously and that isn’t easy.

World Records are set every single day. They keep track of the tallest giraffe to the smallest frog. They know who has the longest hair and the biggest feet.

There are records about planes and trains and video games. You name it and there is probably a world record.

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Sculptors built the world’s tallest sandcastle in Binz, Germany. It stands more than 58 feet (17.6 meters) above the ground, and it’s made of nearly 12 tons (10,886 kg) of sand.

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Introducing Smartypants The Sentinel is now offering this new feature for kids: Smartypants.

Smartypants was conceived by the husband-and-wife team of J.D. and MaryLee Meisner during the pandemic months of families “Sheltering at Home.” The two own and operate their own community newspaper. The “smarts” of the team (as the pair puts it), MaryLee, is an active school teacher and reading specialist with decades of classroom experience. J. D. is a career newspaper publisher, editor, writer, and graphic designer.

When families began isolating at home in early spring of this year, school-aged kids stopped receiving the normal five to six daily hours of instruction that classroom learning was providing. MaryLee was immediately concerned that elementary-aged kids—her kids—would become so far behind in their schooling that they would essentially lose a full year by the time school started up in the fall. She said the newspaper needed to do something to engage these kids and help keep them sharp.

The two had already been exploring methods and products they could use to get their newspaper into the hands of children and their young parents each week. After exploring the limited (and cost-prohibitive) options available for an attractive, ready-built activity page, they set out to create their own—something that kids would look at and think, “This looks fun!”

They named it Smartypants. Readers love it — young and old.

Advertisers: if you want to help support this valuable learning tool for kids, contact us. Email Peggy@GoldendaleSentinel.com or call Peggy at (509) 250-3373.

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Maryhill Museum announces new Gorge art project The Maryhill Museum of Art announces a second major community-based art project, The Exquisite Gorge Project II: Fiber Arts, in summer 2022.

During the project, 12 regional fiber artists are slated to work with communities along 220 miles of the Columbia River from the Willamette Confluence in Portland to the Snake River Confluence near Walla Walla, Washington.

Drawing inspiration from the people, the landscape, and the river, artists will design an original fiber-based artwork in collaboration with the local community and a designated community partner. The 11 finished works will connect to adjacent sections to create a large, 66-foot flowing sculpture with the Columbia River as a central element.

The Exquisite Gorge Project was inspired by the Surrealist parlor game “Exquisite Corpse,” a drawing game where participants take turns drawing sections of a body on a piece of paper folded to hide each successive contribution.

In the case of the The Exquisite Gorge Project, the Columbia River is the “body” that unifies the collaboration between artists and communities.

“The Columbia River weaves lives together in the most amazing ways,” says Louise Palermo, Curator of Education at Maryhill Museum of Art and founder of the Exquisite Gorge Project. “The Exquisite Gorge Project brings artists and communities together to explore their experiences and stories of living along the Columbia River. We are excited to have an incredibly talented group of fiber artists who will bring creativity and their unique vision to the project.”

Participating artists and programs Louise Palermo, Maryhill’s Curator of Education is the Project Director. Oregon-based artists Tammy Jo Wilson and Owen Premore will serve as Artistic Director and Technical Director respectively, working alongside artists Francisco and Laura Bautista, Lynn Deal, Ophir El-Boher, Carolyn Hazel Drake, Xander Griffith, Chloë Hight, Kristy Kún, Magda Nica, Jessica Lavadour, and Amanda Triplett. The participating artists work in a variety of textile and fiber-based media, from weaving, basketry, and repurposed textiles to quilt making, jewellery and felt making.

When the project gets under-

way in summer 2022, artists will collaborate with a Community Partner and interact with community members from their assigned stretch of the river to create unique installations, sculpture, and innovative designs attached to that specific site. They will also engage in programs meant to inspire and educate the public about fiber arts.

Maps and guides will encourage the public to visit each location and a culminating activity is planned for Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Maryhill Museum of Art, where artists and each “exquisite corpse” section will be brought together to reveal the continuous artwork.

Community partners and sponsors In addition to the participating artists, there are many partner organizations and sponsors who will make the The Exquisite Gorge Project II possible. The following partners and artists will be paired on each section of the river.

Section One: Oregon Society of Artists–Artist: Lynn Deal Section Two: Lewis and Clark University–Artist: Amanda Triplett Section Three: Columbia Center for the Arts, The History

Museum of Hood River County and Arts in Education of the Gorge–Artist: Chloe Hight Section Four: White Salmon Arts Council and Fort Vancouver Regional Library–Artist: Xavier Griffin Section Five: The Dalles Arts Center and The Dalles-Wasco County Library–Artists: Francisco and Laura Bautista Section Six: The Fort Vancouver Regional Library at Goldendale Community Library– Artist: Carolyn Hazel Drake Section Seven: The American-Romanian Cultural Society and Maryhill Museum of Art–Artist: Magda Nica Section Eight: Desert Fiber Arts–Artist: Ophir El-Bohir Section Nine: The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation–Artist: Jessica Lavadour Section Ten: ArtWalla–Artist: Kristy Kun In addition to Maryhill Museum of Art, Columbia Fiber Arts Guild is a sponsor of the event. Anyone interested in supporting the project should contact Colleen Schafroth 509 773-3733 x 23 or email development@maryhillmuseum.org.

History of The Exquisite Gorge Project Envisioned by the Curator of

Education, Lou Palermo, Maryhill Museum of Art presented the first Exquisite Gorge Project during the summer of 2019, bringing together 11 printmakers to work in communities along the Columbia River. The culminating event was held at Maryhill, where artists and community gathered to watch as a 66-foot woodblock print was created using a steamroller.

The Exquisite Gorge Project was inspired by the Surrealist parlor game “Exquisite Corpse,” which began as a drawing game where participants each drew sections of a body on a piece of paper, which

was then folded to hide each successive contribution. When unfolded, the whole body was revealed, showing each contribution.

In the case of The Exquisite Gorge Project, the Columbia River is the “body” that unifies the collaboration between artists and communities. The end product is a flowing 66-foot artwork that tells conceptual stories of the Columbia River and its people.

For more information about The Exquisite Gorge Project II and participating artists, visit www.maryhillmuseum.org/ exquisite-gorge-project-2022.

From watching to joining in the rodeo Tayler Bradley

For The Sentinel Tayler Bradley is a contributing writer for The Sentinel and participated in the rodeo at this year’s Klickitat County Fair. This is her first-hand take on the experience.

The cheering fans, the announcer building up the intensity, and the bang of gates are all a part of the excitement during the Klickitat County Fair. The rodeo is something we grew up sitting in the stands or on the arena fence watching and wishing we were out there on our own horse competing. And as we

got older, we finally get the chance to compete with the big dogs.

Something very nice about our rodeo is that we have memorial buckles for each event that help us to remember a member of our local community that has passed on. It is a great way to bring us together and continue to support those that came before us competing in this great sport. It is also a great way to represent our county and rodeo and getting more competitors to come and compete. Being a local and winning one of these buckles is a great honor and something that is greatly cherished.

As a local entering this rodeo and competing in front of so many of our friends, family, and neighbors, it can be both exciting and nerve racking. You can get a little nervous because you want to try and do well in front of all those people but exciting because they are all there cheering for and supporting you to do your very best. And when that day comes, your adrenaline is pumping and you’re ready to go out there and make the best run that you can.

Our rodeo is a great thing for families whether you're watching it with your children and creating a tradition

or you’re competing together as a family and carrying on the love for the sport. This rodeo is a huge part of the county and every year there are so many locals that join in on the competition. Being a local myself, I always love coming to this rodeo, knowing my whole family can watch. And when you do win, there is even a greater feeling knowing that you represented the county well and you get to take home a piece of the history and share it with those to come. We are already waiting for next year and all the fun we will have.

Calling all Klickitat County Photographers for The Sentinel’s 2022 Calendar!

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Goldendale 2021

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A special publication of The Goldendale Sentinel

rom the stunning splendor of New Zealand’s Milford Sound to the breathtaking beauty of the Austrian Alps, Klickitat County is one of the most visually exquisite areas on Earth.

If you are one of our many gifted local photographers, we invite you to click away, and submit your naturescapes of this quiet corner of the Pacific Northwest for our 2022 calender, so we may share the stunning vistas, chosen by a panel of judges, with our readers. Shown here are samples from the 2021 calendar (such as the cover shot on the left

by Edith Gidley). However, we would like to expand the 2022 calendar to include the entire county, not just Goldendale.

The winner of the cover shot will be awarded an Amazon

Fire tablet. Winners of the inside month shots will be awarded one free calendar for each monthly shot selected.

The guidelines we respectfully request you follow are as follows: • Set your camera’s resolution to 300 dpi, or select the highest quality setting available. A general rule of thumb is that the submitted file size of each photo should be somewhere from 1 to 5 MB (megabytes).

• Keep your shots horizontal in orientation; vertical submissions require too much resizing, which often means cropping a significant portion of your intended subject.

• Shots that are out of focus, too dark, or of people will be disqualified--exceptions: cowboys in cattle drive scenes.

• Even if it seems obvious, include the subject of the shot and where it was taken from in your email.

• Submit the photo(s) in standard jpg format to 2022Calendar@GoldendaleSentinel.com. You can attach and send up to 20 MB worth of images in a single email.

Please note that submitted photos may be used in the weekly paper or other Goldendale Sentinel publications with attribution given to the photographer.

The greatest glory in our living lies not in never falling, Love the life you live. Live the life you love. ~ Bob Marley

but in rising every time we fall. ~ Nelson Mandela

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass,

There are thousands hacking at the branches of

it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

evil for every One who is striking at its root.

~ Henry Miller

~ Henry David Thoreau