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Goldendale, Washington
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2022
Vol. 143 No. 31
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Primary election Results from yesterday’s election came in too late for inclusion in this morning’s newspaper. Please visit www.GoldendaleSentinel.com to see election results for Klickitat County.
Grace Bland
ON THE RECOVERY ROAD: The Pop-Up Recovery Cafe in Goldendale has members and staff dedicated to turning their lives around.
Pop-Up Recovery Cafe opens Grace Bland For The Sentinel
Rodger Nichols
MAYOR FOR A DAY: Emily Bartholomew exercised her mayoral duties well Monday as she fulfilled her position, won in the Community Days scavenger hunt.
Young ‘mayor’ impresses council Rodger Nichols For The Sentinel
Emily Bartholomew may have a future in politics. When the seven-year-old won the kids’ scavenger hunt at Community Days, she eagerly looked forward to the prize—to be Goldendale’s mayor for a day. When asked what she wanted to do during her term in office, she answered, “Everything!” That day arrived Monday, and she did. She received a pair of sesquicentennial coins, met everyone working at City Hall, rode on a firetruck with a police escort, ate lunch in the mayor’s office, and even toured the award-winning lab at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. But the crowning glory came at the city council meeting, where, sitting behind a custom name plate, she presided, banging the gavel to open the meeting and leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
She received hearty applause for her service when she turned the gavel back to regular mayor Mike Canon. That Goldendale City Council meeting was also one of transition. It was the first meeting for Sandy Wells as Clerk-Treasurer and the first for Pat Munyan as City Administrator, replacing longtime employees Connie Byers and Larry Bellamy. Wells, who has worked for the city already for 12 years, said the main change in her position was adding payroll duties. And she had praise for Pat Munyan as the new city administrator: “He’s done very well,” she said. “It’s been a good transition.” Munyan himself said things were going smoothly. “It’s exciting,” he said. “There’s a lot of nice projects going—very fulfilling projects, not only for the community but for any city administrator to work on and try
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Seventeen tribes oppose Goldendale pumped storage project Last Thursday, 17 tribal leaders from across Washington State sent a letter to Governor Jay Inslee urging him to reject the permits for the Goldendale Pumped Storage Project. The letter stated the Goldendale Pumped Storage Project proposed at Juniper Point in Goldendale is a violation of the Yakama Nation’s inherent sovereignty and Treaty-reserved rights through direct and permanent destruction of an irreplaceable sacred site. “The Yakama Nation’s Treaty-reserved right to exercise gathering, fishing, ceremony,
and passing of traditions in the area of the proposed project has existed since time immemorial,” a press statement reads. “Yakama Nation opposes the development of the project to avoid irreparable damage to Yakama Nation’s natural and cultural resources.” “Our medicines, foods, lands, and waters are sacred to us” said Yakama Tribal Council Chairman Delano Saluskin. “For too long, these sacred places where we gather our foods and hold our ceremonies have been threatened by development without consulta-
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Inside the walls of Goldendale’s Senior Center, a very special event is taking place—and it’s changing lives. An organization titled the Recovery Cafe Network has set up a program in Goldendale with the mission to create a safe space for those suffering from homelessness, addiction, mental illness, trauma, and more. A group of recovery navigators from the organization came to Klickitat County looking to open a pop-up cafe, which is a part-time cafe only open on certain occasions. In Goldendale, it’s Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The hope for the program is to spread the work done by the
cafe and inspire a member of the community to open a fulltime cafe that can better serve the city. Recovery Navigator Supervisor Ethan Gonzales describes the cafe as, “A place for people to walk in from outside, find unity, be able to connect with each other, and then take it back out the door with them.” The cafe is a space to share burdens and find hope again, no matter the circumstance. The origins of the cafe can be traced back to 2003, when a woman named Killian Noe founded the first Recovery Cafe in Seattle, Washington. The original cafe was a tremendous success, which led to a network being opened in 2016 to spread the program throughout the country. Now, there are almost 50 Recovery Ca-
fes throughout the United States, along with several pop-up locations. The staff at each location is trained to provide resources, treatment centers, and more to the members. To be a member of the cafe, a person must be 24 hours clean and must attend a recovery circle; however, the doors are open to non-members and newcomers. The cafe opens at 10 a.m. and is accompanied by art projects lead by Activities Coordinator Gilbert Aguilar. Gilbert volunteered for the program after struggling with mental health and addiction in his life. He began taking classes that prepared him to help others who seek recovery. Specifically, Gilbert helps others by teaching art. “This is part of my
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County Health offers tips on monkeypox
The Klickitat County Health Department issued an advisory on monkeypox in Klickitat County on July 27. It states: We would like to update our CDC community on the status of the WIDESPREAD: Monkeypox has spread to most of the U.S. as shown in this monkeypox virus in Klickitat CDC map from July 29. County as of July 27, 2022. At this time, there are no confirmed cases of monkeypox in Klickitat al and health information private you have any further questions, County. If at any time there is a and not share any identifying in- please reach out to the health deconfirmed case of monkeypox, formation with the public. We partment or your primary care we will complete a full investi- will also notify the public that provider. gation as the health officials and there was a confirmed case of How is monkeypox transnotify those who are close con- Monkeypox. mitted? tacts of the case. Below is a brief overview of Transmission of monkeypox If there is a case of monkeypox how monkeypox is transmitted, requires close interaction with a we will keep the person’s person- symptoms, and treatment. If See Tips page A8
Submit photos for 2023 Calendar The Sentinel is gearing up for its annual calendar. As we did last year, in keeping with our broader distribution througout the county, we’re welcoming submissions from photographers everywhere in Klickitat County, and we now call the calendar “Klickitat County.” The photographer whose picture is chosen for the cover will win a free Amazon Fire tablet. Here are the guidelines: - Photographs must be of scenery, which can include wildlife. No photos of people. - They must be horizontal
(landscape mode)—no vertical shots will be considered. - All photos chosen must be in high resolution, 300 dpi or
higher. Submit your photos to: 2023Calendar@goldendalesentinel.com.