MONDAY IS VALENTINE’S DAY - SEE PAGE A6
Goldendale, Washington
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Vol. 143 No. 6
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TAYLER BRADLEY
A LIFE AROUND HORSES: Goldendale High School senior Carly Tatro is getting prepared for the upcoming High School Rodeo season.
County says litter Creating family: Carly Tatro and is out of control the art of rodeo RODGER NICHOLS
FOR THE SENTINEL
The Goldendale City Council met Monday night and heard several updates. Corley McFarland of Precision Approach Systems, the engineering firm that’s been helping with devel-opments at the Goldendale Municipal Airport, said slow progress was being made on the long-awaited goal of installing a fuel system at the airport. Last April the council ordered construction of the necessary tanks, and, though there have been some delays due to supply chain disruptions, work is progressing. But bids to do the site preparations came in last September way over budget. And the Federal Aviation Administration requires a study “for any object that may affect the national airspace, air navigation facilities, or airport capacity.” McFarland said his firm has been working on several issues: “The specific homework we were given,” he said, “were this airspace analysis and then redesigning the fuel system site development work to reduce the cost and bring them within the grant funds. And then refine the layout compatible with some of the current hangar development interests. And then we also took the action item to evaluate the work that could be performed by others. Specifically, some things the city could take on to reduce those development costs.” Precision’s plan to bring the work in under budget included relocation of the fuel station into the tie-down area, which is already level and paved, though it will mean the loss of one tie-down station. Councilors approved the chang-
es to the bid specifications and hope to have a successful bid opening in March. Ruby Irving, director of the Klickitat County Solid Waste Department and Michelle Mulroney, recycling coordinator, reported developments in their department. “The amount of litter in our county is out of control,” said Mulroney. “We have begun a new program called ‘Litter Getters,’ like [Larry the Cable Guy’s catch phrase] ‘Get ’er done!’ People can check out kits, and perform their own litter cleanup with their friends and neighbors, co-workers, and hopefully we can get some of the trash cleaned off of our streets.” She also said the department was planning a special recycling collection program. “That will be adding some additional materials,” she said. “It will not be done through Republic Services. We’re going to start out with two materials: plastic bags, which will include other film products, and bailing twine. And if those are successful, we’ll add in Styrofoam as well.” She added that good markets have developed for those products, but they all have to be free from any contamination. Irving said that they are in the process of developing an annual city cleanup day, similar to an event in White Salmon/Bingen area. Under expenditures, councilors approved the purchase of a new police vehicle at a cost of $48,645.94, equipped with all the police modifications such as the cage, lights, and siren. The purchase will replace a 2013 vehicle that Chief Jay Hunziker said “is
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TAYLERBRADLEY SPORTS EDITOR Spring is coming fast, and that means our Goldendale High School rodeo team is getting the horses pulled out of the pasture and ready for their second half of the rodeo year. One of these athletes happens to be senior Carly Tatro. Carly has been around horses nearly her whole life. She began rodeos when she was around six years old, and it just stuck. Since then, Carly has run barrels and then picked up breakaway roping as she got older. These are the two events she competes in at each High School Rodeo. She competes on two different horses, one for each event, her favorite
being her barrel horse, Tye, and they make a great team. Rodeo is an amazing sport bringing an abundance of things to the people who are a part of it. One of Carly’s favorite parts is the family you gain with it. “Rodeo has allowed me to meet so many new people,” she says. The people you meet from all over the country literally become family, you know they will always be there for you and are some of the best people ever. Carly also loves getting to travel to all the places where these rodeos are held. Her favorite rodeo is in Ellensburg, which is one of the biggest rodeos with some amazing traditions. One of the cool things is that the Washington State High School Rodeo Association holds a rodeo
there for high school athletes. These athletes compete in rodeos in the fall and in the spring. Carly did very well in the fall breakaway roping and is currently sitting 7th in the state. She has a big chance to qualify for the National Finals this summer. As for the barrel racing, it didn’t go as she had wanted last fall, but that just means she has room to grow this spring. This is her last year of competing for now, so she hopes to reach her goals. When the rodeo season is over, Carly plans to take some time off from rodeo and follow her dream of moving to Texas and pursuing a career as an appraiser. She is well on her way as she will also graduate high school with an AA.
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Legislators to hold virtual town hall meeting Sen. Curtis King, Rep. Gina Mosbrucker, and Rep. Chris Corry are inviting citizens to join them Saturday, Feb. 19 for a 14th District virtual town hall meeting. The southcentral Washington lawmakers will provide an
update of the 2022 legislative session and then take questions from participants. Citizens may also submit written questions during the registration process. The event will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. The remote event will be conducted using the
Zoom platform. Preregistration is required by going to https:// bit.ly/3KM456A. After registering, a confirmation email will be sent about joining the webinar. Space is limited, so people are advised to register early.
Bill would change police response for some situations LEGISLATIVE SESSION NEWS JUAN MORFIN WASHINGTON STATE JOURNAL
Mental health victims and juveniles can be restrained by law enforcement when responding to requests for assistance from crisis responders. That is the thrust of House Bill 1735, which passed the state House with a 90-5 vote and is now under consideration in the Senate.
The bill is intended to end confusion caused by the adoption of last year’s House Bill 1310, which prevented crisis responders from receiving police assistance in detaining or transporting people. “We’re talking about handson…whether law enforcement can physically interact with people, not to hurt them but to help
them,” said Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland. “We’re talking about people in a mental health crisis, juveniles who have run away, juveniles who might be abused in households, and other circumstances like that,” he said. Rep. Jesse Johnson, D-Federal Way, said he hopes this bill will
provide needed clarity for the provisions outlined in House Bill 1310. House Bill 1735 also modifies House Bill 1310’s provision for when deadly force is justified by replacing the term “imminent threat” with “immediate threat.”