Community events

February 9, 2023, Community Business Workshop: 6:00 p.m. Goldendale Grange Hall. Presented by the Greater Goldendale Area Chamber of Commerce.

February 14, 2023, Valentine’s Day Read In: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. 131 W Burgen St Goldendale Library. Celebrate your love of libraries and reading on Valentine’s Day with the first annual Read In. Come read, enjoy warm beverages, and share your love of reading with others all day at the library.

February 15, 2023, Annual Meeting for the Central Klickitat Conservation District: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Goldendale Grange.

February 21, 2023, Guiding Good Choices-Social Development Strategy: 6- 8 pm Fathers House Fellowship 207 S Klickitat Street, Goldendale. 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. This is a 5-week course on Tuesdays through March 21st. Snacks, drinks, and childcare available. Register online at https://forms.gle/AEwfbHHH3dghDGmZ8. Questions call 509-281-2330 or email cpwi@wagap.org.

February 28, 2023, EKCD Annual Meeting: Eastern Klickitat Conservation District’s (EKCD) annual meeting at the Alder Creek Grange in Bickleton.

February 28, 2023, Guid- ians, schools, and community organizations to offer products and education supporting positive life choices and building good relationships.

The free medicine lock bags are available at CPAKC’s office at 104 S Grant Street in Goldendale during regular business hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Sutton can also coordinate a bag pick up at a Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) office in Goldendale. She can be reached by phone at (509) 281-2330 or by email at sunday@wagap.org to schedule an appointment.

The coalition wants to better understand people’s awareness of safe stor - ing Good Choices-Social Guidelines and Expectations: 6- 8 pm Fathers House Fellowship 207 S Klickitat Street, Goldendale. 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. This is a 5-week course through on Tuesdays through March 21st. Snacks, drinks, and childcare available. Register online at https://forms.gle/AEwfbHHH3dghDGmZ8. Questions call 509-281-2330 or email cpwi@wagap.org.

March 7, 2023, Guiding

Good Choices-Managing

Family Conflict: 6- 8 pm

Fathers House Fellowship 207 S Klickitat Street, Goldendale. 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. This is a 5-week course on Tuesdays through March 21st. Snacks, drinks, and childcare available. Register online at https://forms.gle/AEwfbHHH3dghDGmZ8. Questions call 509-281-2330 or email cpwi@wagap.org.

March 11, 2023, Fully

Loaded Baked Potato and Silent Auction Fundraiser: 5 – 7 p.m. American Legion, Goldendale. Sponsored by Goldendale Archery Sharpshooters. Come support our archer, Alissa Conroy, as she prepares to compete in age. With the distribution of medicine lock boxes or bags, CPAKC is conducting a three-question survey. The group will check for six months to see if the lock boxes and bags have been put into service. This will help determine the program’s success. Sutton said this effort to get medicine lock bags into the public goes hand in hand with the annual Drug Take Back events. Held nationwide in April and October, they are in coordination with law enforcement and healthcare facilities.

“In the spring, CPAKC focuses on educating the community about yearround medication disposal drop boxes and alterna - tives such as medicine lock boxes or bags,” Sutton said. In Klickitat County, yearround medication disposal sites are available in Goldendale at Klickitat Valley Hospital and Goldendale Pharmacy and in White Salmon at Skyline Hospital and Hi-School Pharmacy.

Sutton explained that in the fall, CPAKC volunteers participate in person at the Goldendale area Drug Take Back Day community event. She shared that during October 2022, the Goldendale event removed 118 pounds of unused medications and 13 pounds of medical sharps from the community. The group also distributed medicine lock boxes throughout the year.

Whalin and Sutton invited community members interested in the health and safety of Goldendale area youth to learn more about CPAKC at www.cpakc.org and join the coalition. The group meets monthly on the second Monday, beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Mt. Adams Room at the new Klickitat County Services Building at 115 West Court Street in Goldendale, Washington. CPAKC is one of three youth prevention programs operating under Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP) throughout Klickitat and Skamania Counties. Learn more at www.wagap. org/prevention.

Grand Island Nebraska in June 2023.

March 14, 2023, Guiding Good Choices-Refusal

Skills: 6- 8 pm

Fathers House Fellowship 207 S Klickitat Street, Goldendale. 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. This is a 5-week course on Tuesdays through March 21st. Snacks, drinks, and childcare available. Register online at https://forms. gle/AEwfbHHH3dghDGmZ8. Questions call 509-281-2330 or email cpwi@wagap.org.

March 18, 2023, Klickitat County Livestock Growers Banquet: Goldendale Legion, details to follow.

March 18, 2023, Conservation District Plant Sale: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Klickitat County Fairgrounds, Gold- endale. Plants will be available for purchase the day of the sale, but supplies are limited. Please use our new online shop at www.EKCD. org to place pre-orders thru 2/17. Pickup will be 3/18. Call 509-773-5823 for more information.

March 21, 2023, Guiding

Good Choices-Strengthening Bonds: 6- 8 pm Fathers House Fellowship 207 S Klickitat Street, Goldendale. A free and confiden- tial 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. This is a 5-week course on Tuesdays through March 21st. Snacks, drinks, and childcare available. Register online at https://forms.gle/AEwfbHHH3dghDGmZ8. Questions call 509-281-2330 or email cpwi@wagap.org.

Log Yard Operator/ Equipment Operator

• Millwright/Mechanic

• Chain Puller

• Cleanup

Full job descriptions and required application can be obtained at the main office located at 2022 Wind River Hwy. Carson, WA 98610

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