Personal experience drives her desire to help
GRACE BLAND AND AUDREY HILL
FOR THE SENTINEL
Christmas is a time of year when people come together like no other to help those in need.
Jenna Blake has spent the past nine years doing just that during the Christmas season to help foster children in Klickitat County.
Jenna spends her time over the holidays organizing a toy drive for foster families who struggle to get presents for their foster children. Each year her charity has grown, blessing kids everywhere with enough gifts to make their Christmas magical. Jenna says, “We’ve more than doubled what we usually get,” and that’s all thanks to her dedication combined with the support from the community.
Jenna began this project as a sophomore when she attended Klickitat High School. Her leadership class required each student to do a project, which prompted Jenna to create this charity. Jenna’s little brother from her dad’s side of the family was in the foster care system, and seeing both his and his foster parents struggles around Christmas motivated her to find a way to help. Her efforts have since grown to reach 31 foster cases per year, changing both her brother’s Christmas experience as well as numerous other foster children throughout
the county.
Now Jenna lives in La Grande, Oregon, after she moved in 2017 for school. Despite the distance between Klickitat County and La Grande, Jenna has annually continued her charity. From Oregon she calls businesses in Klickitat County to see if they would be willing to host a toy drive box for her charity. Once she has that organized, she comes to Klickitat County to set out the boxes and to hang up flyers. She then picks up the donations and drops them off to Goldendale’s Department of Children, Youth and Families. The department then takes over and distributes the gifts to foster families in need. If the amount of gifts exceeds the amount of needs, then the gifts are used in other ways throughout the year for the children.
The holidays can bring about conflicting feelings for children in the foster care system as they
don’t always get the luxury of spending time with friends or family or receiving gifts. Sometimes kids join a new foster family mere days before Christmas, leaving the family little to no time to gather gifts for them. Jenna’s Christmas Toy Drive, along with the work done by the Department of Children, Youth and Families, helps support these families and children by ensuring they will have presents under the tree come Christmas morning. Jenna loves the good done by this toy drive, and she loves seeing the community work together for the cause. One of her favorite parts of the toy drive is when members of the community reach out and ask her how they can help. As the saying goes, Christmas is a time for giving, and Jenna’s charity gives substance to that phrase. “I love doing it,” she says. “I definitely plan on continuing it.”
King brings out plan for solutions to state’s energy goals
LOU MARZELES EDITOR
Being a Republican in a Democrat-controlled Legislature and state house can feel like building sandcastles on the beach at high tide. But every so often something sticks and makes a difference. That’s what keeps 14th Legislative District Sen. Curtis King moving ahead with ideas like his new Power Washington plan that he will introduce in the upcoming Legislative session.
“At the end of the last session,” King says, “we had lots of conversations about EVs [electric vehicles] and all-electric cars and solar and wind, and let’s take out the four Snake River dams. It was pretty much a session where the Republicans had little to no input in the operating budget or the new transportation package. We did have some input on the transportation budget, but of course the chairs have the veto power. The transportation package was all done with no input from the Republican side.”
A lot goes on in Olympia with little regard for Republican views. “We hear people say, ‘Well, you’re just the party of No, that’s all you can do. You don’t have any solutions,’” King recalls. They say it in a nicer way, but they say it.
That hasn’t stopped King from producing a 12-page brochure detailing his power plan, subtitled “Sensible solutions for our energy future—keeping the lights on and costs down.”
“For too long,” the plan begins, “the people of Washington have borne the costs of unachievable, politically motivated, and unaffordable policies that have given us bigger energy bills, less energy security, and little environmental improvement. Record gas prices, a threatened power grid, and energy inflation are the results. In this plan, we offer new paradigms and equitable solutions that will benefit all
Washingtonians.”
The plan focuses on seven major goals and presents each in detail: 1) access different kinds of alternative vehicles such as hybrids and hydrogen; 2) preserve, improve, and expand Washington’s clean hydropower; 3) capture carbon from and invest in working forests and natural resources to maximize carbon absorption; 4) slash high fuel prices; 5) ensure transition to new energy technology is environmentally responsible; 6) shore up the electric grid; and 7) keep energy costs low.
“The Democrats don’t have a plan,” King states. “They just want to do these things. They want to say 2035 [the year Gov. Jay Inslee announced as the target year for Washington to go to all-electric vehicles], which is a year that they picked. There’s no particular reason about it. They just pulled that out of the hat. Well, they pulled it out of Newsom’s hat [California Gov. Gavin Newsom] because that’s what he came out with. We were just mimicking what California does. And they want to take out the four dams. I’m going, ‘Well, we’re not totally enamored with all of this climate change, but obviously it’s here to stay. We might as well come up with a plan that at least moves us in a direction we want to go.’ But it doesn’t have to be so hard on the citizens of the state of Washington. That was my concern.”
King cites the ever-rising costs of cars, building homes, and fuel. “Everywhere we look, everything’s going up,” he says. The Power Washington plan is what his staff and he developed in response.
Take the matter of using hydrogen as fuel for cars and trucks. “I truly believe hydrogen’s a better alternative than electric in some cases,” he says.
“Hydrogen fuel cell cars, as an example, but particularly hydrogen for semi trucks.” He’s
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IN A HURRY TO GET COLD: This year’s Polar Plunge had a good turnout, making up for low ones during the pandemic. About 55 people made the mad dash into the Columbia River at Maryhill State Park Sunday morning. “Most important is that everyone had a cool refreshing start to the New Year, and there were lots of spectators to take pictures and cheer the participants on,” said organizer Lori Anderson.
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A BETTER PLAN: Washington State Legislative District 14 Sen. Curtis King tells The Sentinel his Power Washington plan is a better way to manage the state’s energy goals while keeping costs down.
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GIFTS THAT KEEP GIVING: Jenna Blake, shown here collecting gifts for her charity program at the KPUD last month, spends time every holiday season helping foster families in Klickitat County.
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FIREWORKS OVER GOLDENDALE: Goldendale Observatory Administrator Troy Carpenter sent this picture of fireworks exploding over Goldendale New Year’s Eve. “For those wondering how to photograph fireworks and other quick phenomena like lightning and meteors,” he said, “the attached image is a 10-second exposure taken at ISO 100.”
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced last Wednesday that he is partnering with Rep. Mari Leavitt, D-University Place, on legislation to combat robocalls.
Washington’s current anti-robocalling law is weak and out-of-date, according to Ferguson. The Robocall Scam Protection Act, HB 1051, modernizes the law and makes it a violation of the Consumer Protection Act to:
• Robocall someone on the Do Not Call Registry;
• Deliberately falsify the caller ID display to disguise the caller’s identity; and
• Knowingly facilitate illegal robocalls if you are a voice service provider.
The legislation is part of Ferguson’s anti-robocalling initiative launched this year to combat fraudulent, harassing, and illegal robocalls.
Robocalls are more than just annoying—robocallers who ignore the federal Do Not Call Registry are often scammers trying to steal a consumer’s money or identity. According to YouMail, Washingtonians received nearly 260 million scam robocalls in 2021—nearly half of the 616 million total robocalls into Washington. Robocalls have a cost.
According to estimates based on TrueCaller survey data, more than 835,000 Washingtonians lost money to scam robocalls in 2021.
“It’s time to stop illegal robocalls,” Ferguson said.
“The Legislature must give Washingtonians stronger and clearer legal protections against the daily bombardment of illegal robocalls—and provide additional tools to my office to hold bad actors accountable.”
“Our seniors, youth and most financially fragile neighbors are experiencing more and more scams in the form of robocalls and other electronic messages to cell phones,” Rep. Leavitt said. “These schemes aim to trick many of our neighbors, friends and loved ones.
Our uncles, aunts, parents and grandparents are often anticipating calls to schedule needed care like medical appointments. But this also presents a prime opportunity for bad actors to prey on our senior citizens. Last year alone, these scam calls cost Americans billions. Addressing the gap in protections to root out these scams is the least we can do to protect our fellow Washingtonians.”
“Washingtonians have had it with the relentless
barrage of unsolicited robocalls on our home and cell phones,” said AARP State Director Marguerite Ro. “Scammers often use caller ID spoofi ng to mask their true location, making it appear that they’re calling from a legitimate or local number to raise the odds that you’ll pick up. A 2019 AARP survey on robocalls showed that 60 percent of Washington adults are more likely to answer if caller ID shows a number with their area code. Whether it’s telemarketing spam from companies you haven’t authorized to contact you, or attempts at outright theft, more must be done to protect Washington consumers from this massive increase in unwanted robocalls.”
The bill strengthens state legal protections against scam robocalls
Currently, no Washington state law explicitly prohibits a company from contacting individuals on the federal Do-Not-Call registry against their will. The Robocall Scam Protection Act will make these calls a violation of the Consumer Protection Act.
This bill will prohibit robocallers from “spoofing” their calls—a technique where scammers use false or deceptive caller identifi-
cations. There is currently no specific state law that prohibits the use of “spoofing” for making deceptive calls.
Also, the new law will allow for civil litigation against telecommunications providers of all sizes that knowingly allow illegal robocalls through their networks. Telecommunications providers currently have no incentive to block robocalls under state law.
The bill empowers individuals harmed by this conduct to pursue their own legal action. Potential remedies under the bill include actual damages, injunctions, and fines of up to $1,000 per violation. Finally, the bill will also allow the Attorney General’s Office to seek civil penalties under the Consumer Protection Act.
Two other states—Florida and Oklahoma— recently adopted similar protections.
The Act preserves businesses’ ability to use automatic dialers to contact their existing customers and customers who consented to receive the messages.
Further, businesses can also still use automatic dialers to contact customers if they have an established business relationship, as long as the sales message itself is delivered by a live person.
The focus on stopping illegal robocalls
In March, Ferguson launched an initiative to combat robocalls in Washington. The Attorney General’s Office created a new complaint portal for Washingtonians tailored
for reporting robocalls. Since its launch, the office received approximately 6,500 complaints from Washingtonians about suspected illegal robocalls. Additionally, as part of an effort to educate and inform Washingtonians, the Attorney General’s Office published a website with descriptions of robocalls and telemarketing scams, including strategies for combating them. The site is: www.atg.wa.gov/ robocall-and-telemarketing-scams.
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OLDENDALE ’ S A TTIC
Answer to last week´s Mystery Picture
This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture
“And that’s how I came to buy this pipe!” Was that what the man on the left was telling these ladies? Who’s the woman on the throne? There are bars
on the windows—is this a really nice jail? Who are these people? When and where was this taken? We don’t know. All we know about this picture is that
November 21, 1895 – 127 Years Ago
it ran in The Sentinel sometime, lost in the annals of yesteryear. If you know anything about it, please drop us an email (info@goldendalesentinel.
Klickitat County is keeping well up with the march of progress. The latest venture is tobacco culture. Thomas Jenkins, a well-known farmer of the Klickitat Valley, brought to The Dalles some tobacco which was grown on his place and had it made into cigars by the factory there. The tobacco is healthy looking, and good judges who have tried some of it pronounce the flavor excellent. Mr. Jenkins is going to increase his acreage of tobacco. The soil of Klickitat is fertile enough to grow almost anything, and experiments prove that when the farmers decide to diversify their crops, they will fi nd other things to grow as well as wheat.
December 25, 1952 – 70 Years Ago
Taken as a whole, residents of Klickitat County are slightly older than their compatriots in other parts of the United States. This age differential is brought to light by the Census Bureau after an analysis of data gathered in the recent tabulation. The median age of people in Klickitat County is given as 30.6 years, signifying that there are as many above that age as there are below. In other parts of the country the median age is 30.1 years. This places Klickitat County residents 0.5 of a year older than other counterparts. Of great interest also are the fi ndings as to the educational attainments of local people as compared with those in other sectors. The determination made from the assembled data is that residents of Klickitat County get more schooling than do people generally throughout the nation.
December 22, 1960 – 62 Years Ago
Sale of Joe Stone’s Chevron station to Tim Holycross and Jerry Sherman was announced this week. Final transactions were completed Friday. Both men were previously employed by Stone at the service station.
December 27, 1962 – 62 Years Ago
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon for Calvin F. (Barney) Schuster, third generation son of a Klickitat County pioneer family, who died Monday. He was 68 years old. He was the son of William Schuster and Grandson of August Schuster who was appointed a member of the fi rst county board of commissioners early in 1867 and later that same year became the county’s fi rst sheriff.
December 27, 1962 – 62 Years Ago
Year end in Goldendale found two building projects underway. First is an 18 unit motel being built for Ben Bush on property between the Oasis Café and the OK Tire Shop near the east city limits. Second is the home for Hassing Motor’s, local John Deere distributor. It is located on the south side of the present building, next to the A&W, and will be used as a new salesroom and John Deere parts house. The building is 40 x 100 in size.
December 26, 1985 – 37 Years Ago
Goldendale school superintendent Pat Martin has another kind of apple on his desk these days, and it has changed the way he works. The “apple” is a microcomputer placed in his office and coupled to one of the most sophisticated data banks in the country. Martin said that tapping into the data bank called “The Source” has turned what had sometimes been hours of frustrating “telephone tag” into 10 or 20 minutes behind the computer screen.
—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society
com) or give us a call (509773-3777) or drop in at the office—and remember, you’re welcome to come in and take a look at the original photograph.
We’ve colorized this picture from last week. That Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture was another wellknown group of people! We had everyone identified by noon last Wednesday, and the picture was found in The Sentinel’s archives shortly after. We thank Dave West for the short history lesson on the Klickitat County Sheriff’s office, which enabled us to fi nd the picture as it ran all those years ago.
The picture was published January 17, 1963, with the following caption: “COUNTY OFFICERS who took office Monday, were sworn in as the last
official act of County Auditor Vesta Tebbs, left. Taking the oath of office are Sheriff D. H. Pruitt, Commissioner Henry Miller, Auditor Archie C. Radcliffe, Assessor Lowell H. Johnson, Treasurer Mabel Guinan, Justice of the Peace Jack O’Neil, Prosecuting Attorney Alf M. Jacobsen, Clerk Wilma Spalding, and Judge Ross R. Rakow.”
The caption states Jack O’Neil was Justice of the Peace. Dan Hoctor (O’Neil’s grandson) noted that the position turned into Judge of the East District Court.
Bringing Goldendale back to its roots
Though Goldendale’s Sesquicentennial year is officially over, we will be continuing this column for a while since it has been well received by our readers. This week we continue the story titled “Bill” Byars writes of Early History in Goldendale Community,” originally published in the January 3, 1946, edition of The Sentinel; due to its length, it will be continued next week. Wm. F. Byars was the business manager of The Sentinel in 1893 before becoming editor from 1899 to 1908. For reading convenience we have not put this story in quotes.
Across the street from the Carwell shop to the west, on the corner, was the machine and blacksmith shop of J. M. Marble. Just south of the shop was his home. This house was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stultz and was moved to North King street in the northwestern part of town.
About one hundred feet west of the Marble shop was the residence of Peter Nelson, before the big fi re of 1888. He then built the home on the southeast corner of Columbus Avenue and Court streets. On the Main street property he built the building now used by the Pacific Power & Light company as a warehouse. The main room of this building was occupied by The Sentinel office when the writer assumed charge of the paper in 1893. Ten years later, in 1903, the fi rst train pulled into Goldendale. The last spike was driven April 25 at 10:30 a.m.
Mrs. H. Wing had a grocery store in the store west of the Nelson building. This store was on the lot now owned by the Goldendale Bakery. John Benson and I. C. Richards conducted a drug store in
Points to ponder:
the building now occupied by the Western Auto Supply. Dr. Allen Bonebrake and Dr. A. L. Stowell had an office back of the drug store and Dr. Stewart had an office in the brick building across the street, which is now the location of the J. C. Penney store. Dr. Bonebrake and Stewart afterwards had an office in the Flanary building, now owned by Edward Abeling. Dr. Reeder had an office on Broadway on the southeast corner of his residence property. This location is where H. W. Freer and his family now reside.
Victor E. Gobat’s jewelry store was in a little brick building on the southeast corner of Main street and Columbus Avenue. W. Leidl afterwards purchased the business. He and his family moved to Goldendale from their farm home in High Prairie. This is the corner now occupied by Mac’s Café.
W. H. Chappell was in charge of the Central Hotel. The hotel was afterwards purchased by Neil MacLeod, then by Ahola and Alvord, Ahola and Hall, and fi nally Mr. Hall purchased Mr. Ahola’s
interest.
The last county officials under the Territorial Government completed their terms in 1890. Joseph Nesbitt was auditor; John Cumming, Treasurer; Wm. VanVactor, Sheriff; R. D. Dunbar, probate judge and clerk; John Cumming, treasurer; Judge Nash of Spokane, circuit judge; Prosecuting attorney, A. L. Miller; N. B. Brooks, school superintendent; Simeon Bolton, assessor; Jacob Richardson, surveyor; Dr. A. Bonebrake, coroner and G. W. French, Daniel Jorden and A. J. Spoon Commissioners. C. S. Reinhart, editor of The Sentinel, was representative. Mr. Reinhart was clerk of the Supreme Court for over 40 years. He is now deceased.
In 1890 the former P. D. Presher building, on the southwest corner of Main and Grant streets, was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Shultz, who conducted a hotel in the building. If the writer remembers correctly, Mrs. Shultz was the mother of Guy Shellady who was the fi rst husband of Lily Washburn, now Mrs. Charman.
My parents moved around a lot when I was a kid. Sometimes it took me months to fi nd them.
My father brought me up single-handedly. It’s not easy being the son of a pirate.
You should never run away from your problems. Unless your problem is that you’re being chased by a bear.
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L OOKING BACK
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Jobe’s two-job decision is a disservice to the county
It’s anybody’s guess when the new Klickitat County Auditor, Heather Jobe, will be in her office—her office in Goldendale, that is. She’s more likely to be found in her office at the City of Toppenish where she concurrently serves as that city’s administrative services director.
was fully aware of the inherent danger if she disclosed her intention to stay on in Toppenish. When we first learned in October she’d taken the Toppenish job, we asked her why she would take a position that only had two and a half months availability if she were elected, plainly meaning we presumed she’d quit Toppenish to be a full-time Auditor if she won—so why take a job that would last such a short time? She responded she had informed the City she intended to be sworn in as Auditor if she were elected. In the context of how our question was worded, her answer was lying by omission. We know many people who would not have voted for her had they known the truth of her intentions.
Her anger has wrought anger back at her. With a very few exceptions, Facebook traffic has been solidy miffed at Jobe’s plans for a long-distance relationship with the office voters elected her to, and there is quiet talk around town about her from people closer to her situation.
A couple of people have noted that according to RCWs, Jobe is free to do what she’s doing. But that’s not the point. Being free to do something does not necessarily mean it’s the ethical thing to do.
Letters from the community
Still waiting for coverage
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As we reported a couple of weeks ago, Jobe is keeping her job in Toppenish even as she thinks she can serve efficiently as county Auditor. There are reports that Jobe is going to try working at the county in evenings, remotely via the internet, and possibly on weekends at the county office building, though that latter scenario, we are told, is not going to happen as far as the county is concerned. She’s looking to work this way despite the Auditor’s position being classified by the county as 1.0-FTE. “FTE” means full-time equivalent. As in getting paid for a full-time position. Jobe will draw a salary for dropping in on her office every so often while she draws a salary from the City of Toppenish, though she says she will be “on the job” during some of the time when she will not actually be at her desk in Goldendale.
We called Debbie Zabell, Toppenish city manager, a couple of weeks ago for comment on our story. The call was not returned. We remain curious how the City feels about having someone on staff who may severely try Klickitat County sensibilities. Perhaps the response would be that the City trusted Jobe when she said she would be fully capable of executing both jobs without detriment to the City; that, of course, would be the City’s primary concern.
It certainly is not Klickitat County’s primary concern.
We know that Jobe thinks she can do the Auditor’s job adequately because she said so in her caustic retorts to The Sentinel when we questioned her about this. Her responses were disproportionately defensive, a good indicator of hypersensitivity. A reasonable response might have gone something like, “That’s a fair concern. I’d like to address it in a way that gives confidence to voters that I’ve got a good handle on the job. Let me share my thoughts on this.”
What we got was anger and flat refusal to address the matter at all. Jobe circled her wagons, accusing The Sentinel of falling in with her political enemies, telling us we were engaged in mere gossip, and rendering her apparently professional journalistic opinion that this did not constitute news. She told us to make an appointment with her in January at her office. (Really? How would we know when she’s in to make the appointment?) At that time, she said, she would be glad to discuss matters of legitimate concern to voters, thereby decreeing that such a thing as working minimal hours in the office as county Auditor could not be of legitimate concern to voters.
If this were really no big deal, then why didn’t Jobe address it head-on during the campaign? Instead, she was outright evasive when questioned, indicating she
I’m writing to express my disappointment with The Sentinel. Quite some time ago, we were told that reporting of the west end of the county was forthcoming. That has not materialized.
to hold a newspaper in my hands versus reading online.
Martin Powell Lyle
Goldendale Post Office, Goldendale, WA 98620. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Goldendale Sentinel, 117 W. Main Street, Goldendale, WA 98620-9526.
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 .
I live in Lyle, and for some reason The Sentinel omits mention of Lyle sports, school, and community events. There is a section each week by Mildred Lykens, but no writing from The Sentinel staff. The Columbia Gorge News also neglects to cover Lyle events.
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.
The Sentinel calls itself the official newspaper of Klickitat County. This is a misstatement.
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.
The paper gets smaller and smaller each year. I for one prefer
Editor’s response: Your comments are appreciated. Some bear correction and others explanation. When The White Salmon Enterprise folded, we were urged to start a west-county edition—we still get such requests— and we looked seriously at doing that. To do that requires a reporter to cover the west end. With our current staff size, shuttling the long round trips to other parts of the county regularly is not doable. A number of times we had a west-end reporter in place, only to have the person’s circumstances suddenly change and keep
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 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 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
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.”
“For No Reason At All” I particularly found offensive.
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 con-
tacted 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.
them from committing to the job. We remain committed to broader county coverage when we can herd the necessary ducks in a row. As for Lyle school news, we used to get and run regular reports from the Lyle School District, and we would welcome their receipt again. Let me correct a couple of points: the “official newspaper” of a county is a designation given by the county; the title does not come from the newspaper. There are key criteria in place that must be met to earn the designation. Lastly, the era of broadsheet newspapers that could cover a whole tabletop when unfolded is past, and papers today are uniformly smaller. But print remains the preferred way of most Americans to get their news; we’ll have more on reports substantiating that in the future.
My concern is that a comment as broad as this opens the door for abuse. I have had no difficulties with our local branch and am sorry that the headquarters has decided to take such a hard line. It ap-pears I will need to look for a bank that does not behave in this manner.
Ken Margraf Goldendale
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Arctic air broke and froze a lot of pipes
Welcome, 2023. It was a quiet New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day around here, but things will get busy, for sure. School resumed on Tuesday, January 3, after the Christmas break and our Klickwood High School basketball teams played Horizon Christian here in Glenwood that evening. During halftime of the boys JV game, the elementary peewee basketballers had a fun game. It’s a good thing fouls and traveling aren’t called on those little kids. It gets pretty wild, but they sure are cute out there.
On Friday, January 6,
Klickwood will play LyleWishram on the Klickitat home court and will play Trout Lake on Saturday, January 7, in Trout Lake. That game will begin at 2 p.m. Next week, on Tuesday the 10th, they will play Dufur on the Glenwood home court starting at 4 p.m.
Here’s a heads up, in case you didn’t get the school newsletter.
There will be no school on Monday, January 16, in recognition of Martin Luther King Day and on
Monday the 23rd because of a teacher in-service day. There certainly isn’t a lot of news to share this week. The big story was the arctic cold that brought freezing rain and highway closures. I know it caused a lot of frozen pipes in our area and some broken pipes. I hope this finds all those issues fixed now.
Glenwood School students and staff have been enjoying their Christmas break. Classes will
resumed yesterday, the 3rd. It sure seems strange to be writing 2023, but here we are. Our Klickwood girls and boys basketball teams have games coming up. They’ll have very few games in the Glenwood gym, so please come out if weather and roads permit and support our high school athletes. We ended 2022 still dealing with Covid as well as flu and colds, but it was sure a much better year than 2021. Let’s hope for good health and happiness for everyone in 2023. Happy New Year, everyone.
Generosity has been ample this year
As I write this report, it is January 1, 2023, the start of a whole new year of either exciting new experiences or perhaps a quiet respite from them, a time to relax and enjoy life in a not-sohectic mode. Whichever it is, be joyful and appreciative. If troubles arise, take note of what lessons are to be learned from them and carry on. The Good Lord knows that each of us have had good and bad experiences in our lifetime, and we’re still on the top side of the daisies. So, in the closing of an old year, and the beginning of a new one, many organizations and just regular people wish to express their thanks to others.
Our liaison at the Lyle Lions Club, Michael Maguire, wishes to acknowledge the organizations and folks who provided extra food to those in need: “Thanks go out to all the people who donated time and money to make the Lyle Lions Christmas food boxes happen. People sorted, packed, made phone calls (special thanks to Lion Joan—the brains), and delivered thousands of pounds of food. The
Dallesport Fire Department had their annual ELF food collection project. The Lyle School had their cereal drive and helped with ordering and storage of perishables (thanks to Lion Barb for coordinating that). Santa threw in toothpaste and tooth brushes! Ninety families were served, which included 200 adults and 100 children, three of whom were babies born this year. Even though food prices have gone up, even doubling sometimes, the generosity of our community rose to the occasion. Thank you all so much! May you have peace in the New Year.” The Lyle Lions just don’t quit with their generosity. They add: “Our 2022 Giving Tree was a huge success. We want to thank Mugs Coffee for partnering with us, the Lyle Lion’s Club members for donating 30 gift cards, and to everyone else who contributed to making this such a great giving year for our kids!”
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less people have access to the internet, but maybe a poster in the post office or just word of mouth will let them know that a warming shelter in Lyle has recently opened to provide a warm, dry place to stay. Go to the Lyle Activity Center on the South East corner of 3rd and Klickitat Street. If you plan an overnight stay, let them know by 9 p.m. Call (509) 731-4888. Yep, still harping on that New Year’s resolution. Perhaps one could be that emergency box I mentioned last week? Klickitat PUD wants to remind customers that there is potential for power outages, with downed power lines or trees as well as falling rocks in the highway, that normally coincide with wet weather. A report of falling rocks between Bingen and Murdock caused a lady to contact the superintendent of WADOT. He told her that he and his crews are constantly monitoring the affected areas and bringing the data to the
attention of those who give funds for these projects. He suggested contacting the legislators and make some noise so they can get the funds to do what needs to be done. She stated that she has been encouraging others to do the same. Another reported that a motorist ran over rocks on the east side of Lyle Tunnel that damaged their oil pan, and they had to wait for a tow truck. For so many years, this has been an issue; it is time to get the problem fixed before it becomes deadly.
Recently I had a package delivered by a very kind gentleman from Murdock (I live in Lyle). I’ve had problems constantly with FedEx and UPS. The problem derives from both Murdock and Lyle having roads with the name “Klickitat.” One is Street (my street sign says so), and one is Avenue, which I understand is Murdock’s. Both even have the same zip code. Via email I thanked the gentleman who went out of his way to bring me the package. It was a very Christian act. He sent me a photo of the package sitting alongside a fence, in the snow. The purchasing company has been notified, and I hope has adjusted their files and notified the delivery company to do the same.
Submit your news to Mildred E. Lykens, (509) 3652273 or lykensme41@gmail. com.
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Ruth Maxine Davidson passed away December 12, 2022, at her home in Goldendale surrounded by family.
Ruth was born November 1, 1927 and was 95 years of age at the time of passing.
Ruth was born on the ranch at Kooskia, Idaho, to John J. and Vena D. (Nicholson) Haight. She attended grade school in Kooskia then the family moved to Spokane where she was involved in car accident at the age of 12. She became paralyzed from the waist down a time later; after therapy, the use of one leg returned. This never kept her from doing anything.
Her family moved to Grand Coulee, Washington, where she graduated from high school in 1945.
After graduation she lived in San Jose, California, with her sister, Muriel and worked as a hospital switch board operator. Ruth met her future husband, Edwin (Ted) C. Davidson, through her best friend Ruby, who was his little sister. He was getting out of the Army Air Corp. They were married May 12, 1946, at the Nazarene Church in Grand Coulee. Her husband and her father worked on the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. They traveled
all over in their trailer following construction jobs in Spokane, Wenatchee, Othello, Roosevelt (for seven years), Vancouver, and fi nally Goldendale in 1970.
Each placed she lived she was actively involved in the Nazarene Church. She was a Sunday School teacher all of her life until she had mobility issues, then she became the prayer chain coordinator. She served on
the mission society council and on the local church board. She played the accordion and piano and sang. Her hobbies were music, singing, baking, homemaking, telephoning, keeping up with her friends, children, and grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by four infant children, Kenneth, Sandra, Ronald, and David; her son Douglas; son-in-law Mark Coleman; her granddaugh-
ter Karen (Davidson) Warren; her husband; all of his 14 siblings; and all of her siblings, Bernice (Bobby), Muriel, Vera, Lela, Dale, Johnny, and David. She is survived by four children, Pamela (Alan) Jussila and Daniel (Molly) Davidson of Goldendale, Naomi (Seth) Hampton of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Barbie Coleman of Yelm, Washington. She has 11 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
We would like to thank the wonderful Goldendale Home Health and Hospice
team for their care over the last three years that enabled Ruth to stay in the comfort of her own home. Memorial contributions can be given to the Goldendale Church of the Nazarene.
A private family service was held on Friday, December 30, 2022, at Columbia Hills Memorial Chapel in Goldendale. Graveside Committal was at IOOF Mountain View Cemetery.
A Celebration of life will be held 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 27, at Church of the Nazarene, 124 W Allyn Street, Goldendale.
BAPTIST
Columbus Avenue Baptist, S.B.C. 815 N Columbus, Goldendale, 509.773.4471; Interim Pastor Paul Logue, Sun Worship 11am, Sun School 9:45am. Call for Zoom services. We’re on YouTube, FaceBook, & Instagram. Mon 6pm prayer meeting.Wed 6pm Youth & Children's groups. For updates: ColumbusABC.org, ColumbusABC@embarqmail.com or call.
CATHOLIC - Holy Trinity Catholic 307 Schuster, Goldendale; Father William Byron, 509.773.4516. Sat Eve Mass 5:30pm; Sun Mass 9am & 10:30am. Eve of Holy Days 7pm; Holy Days 9am. Daily Mass Mon-Fri 9am CCD Classes Wed 2:15-3:30pm, K thru grade 6; Wed 7-8:30pm grades 7-12. Confessions every other Saturday noon -1pm
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; Tue: 6:30pm Catechism; Wed: 7pm Youth Group; Fri: 6:30pm Compline
Church Directory
GRACE BRETHREN
Community Grace Brethren 1180 S Roosevelt, Goldendale. 509.773.3388. Sun Svc 10:30am in person. Wed: AWANA 2pm & Youth Group 5pm GoldendaleGrace.com. Watch us on Facebook Live: Facebook.com/GoldendaleGrace "Learning - Living - Loving JESUS."
LUTHERAN
Christ the King Lutheran S Columbus & Simcoe Dr, Goldendale; Pastor David Daugs. 773-5750. Worship services 10 Everyone welcome.
METHODIST - United Methodist Columbus & Broadway; Pastor Kendra BehnSmith; 509.773.4461. Service times: Worship 9:00am; Adult classes 10:45am; Fall & Winter Children’s Church available during worship. 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 10:45am; Sunday School all ages 9:30am; 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; Evening Service 6pm; Family Night on Wed. 7pm with programs for ages 3 years through adult.
RIVER of LIFE CHURCH of GOD 2023 Pipeline Rd; Pastors Rod & Cathy Smith, 509-773-3185, Sunday Worship 10:30am; Wednesday Bible Study 7pm. RiverofLife222.org
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
1/2 mile east on Bickleton Hwy. Sabbath School Sat. 9:30am; Worship Service 11am; Pastor Michael Smith; 509.773.4381
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 refreshment for your soul and friends for your journey."
Father’s House Fellowship
207 S Klickitat Ave, 509.773.4719. Basic Bible Fellowship 9:30 ; Worship 10:30 ; Tue. 6:30pm Freedom Now Meeting. “A Gospel-Centered Church.”
Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Online Worship Sunday 10am Religious Exploration for Children and Youth; email mcuuf1@gmail.com for a link to Online Service; MCUUF2.org; Rev. Judy Zimmerman, 541-241-6771. Justice. Inclusion. Compassion. A Welcoming Congregation
Contact The Sentinel at 509.773.3777 or Ads@GoldendaleSentinel.com to include your church’s services & offerings. Blessings!
talking about vehicles made by Toyota and a few other companies that run on hydrogen fuel cells; you can pull into a station and fi ll up with hydrogen like you do at a gas station. There are places like this now in California. “Takes you five minutes, and you’re gone,” King states. “They’re expensive, but that’s only because they’re not making them by the millions yet. WSU [Washington State University] has a department that’s working on analyzing hydrogen, trying to fi nd ways to produce it cheaper so that we can make it competitive with the other fuels. They’re making great progress on that. We want to provide them more money to keep working on that research.” Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles don’t have the weight of batteries that electric vehicles have, and they have greater distance capacity.
Dams, King feels, can be
put in more places than just across big rivers. “There are literally places on canals where there’s enough flow that you could put a generator in there, and it would generate electricity,” he points out. “I had a contractor in our business who we worked with for many years; he called me up in my second or third year and said, ‘Hey, we’re working up here in the northeast part of the state, and there’s probably three or four places where the PUDs or whoever owns the canals would like to put in a generator. But the environmentalists won’t let them because it’s too much like a dam.’ Well, you’re not impacting fi sh. We’ve seen this year from the results of the number of fi sh going through the dams, we’ve got the highest runs we’ve had in years. But you never hear anything about it. So let’s look at upgrading our dams, changing the genera-
tors out so they’re easier on the fish that do get in there. Let’s look at our fish ladders, see if there’s things we can do to upgrade those, although they seem to be working. Let’s look at all of these things before we go down this ‘everything’s got to be electric’ idea. I would submit that we need to still keep natural gas around. We’ve got to have backups.”
King says Democrats keep pushing up living costs. “We’ve got to have the things that make it affordable for people to live,” he says. “When you’re forcing people to put electric heat pumps in every new home, you’re just driving up the price of a new home. And this last session was the fi rst session where I heard that a single-family home was a dirty word because it’s not good for the environment. That used to be the goal of everybody I knew when I was a kid, to own their own
Trout Lake student uses Capstone Project to redesign nonprofit
For many college students, projects simply fulfi ll a grade. But some Cedarville University students majoring in communication are using their senior capstone project to serve their local community.
Communication students Janessa Colburn from Trout Lake, Washington; Olivia Boesch from Columbus, Ohio; Kassy Tallman from Louisville, Kentucky; Meagan Gosman from Madison, Indiana; and Chloe Metaxotos from Merrimack, New Hampshire, sought to identify and solve communication issues within the nonprofit organization King’s Kids in Dayton, Ohio.
King’s Kids is part of a larger nonprofit called No Longer Strangers. Cedarville’s volunteers at King’s Kids serve refugee children in Dayton by providing after-school activities, including Bible stories.
Colburn connected the team with King’s Kids, as she serves there as a volunteer.
“King’s Kids had very specific communication issues that we could tackle as communication students,” said Boesch.
The students started by learning the history, structure, and existing communication procedures at King’s Kids. From there, the team identified what communication issues the organization was having, such as a lack of internal and external communication structure and the training of volunteers.
To solve some of these issues, they developed branches of leadership, suggested a project management software, and created some sample social media posts to help build the organization’s online presence.
Once they created their solutions, they met with the director of the organization to talk through their plan.
“She was really positive about a lot of what we had to say,” said Boesch.
The solutions offered could help the organization retain volunteers and make them better known in the community.
“They are a faith-based organization, so not only were we working with an
organization to help them communicate better, but we were also invested in making sure that they were positively impacting the lives of refugee children for Christ,” said Boesch.
The impact on the students’ lives was just as great during this process. This large project allowed them to use the skills they’d learned in the classroom, showing them that their program had truly prepared them to go into the world and solve communication problems as professionals.
But hard skills are developed alongside soft skills in Cedarville’s communication program.
“Working with this team was so fun because I learned to prioritize my relationships with the girls rather than just the tasks that we were doing,” said Boesch. “I pursued communication because I saw that it could help people.”
And that’s exactly what her team did with their project as they provided solutions to ongoing issues.
“What we presented was a true capstone of all our work here at Cedarville. It’s the
culmination of our entire communication academic journey,” Boesch said. And at Cedarville, the work done and lessons learned reflect a love for God and love for others, both of which these five women showed as they used their skills to serve their community.
Located in southwest Ohio, Cedarville University is an accredited, Christcentered, Baptist institution with an enrollment of 5,082 undergraduate, graduate, and dual enrolled high school students in more than 175 areas of study.
Founded in 1887, Cedarville is one of the largest private universities in Ohio, recognized nationally for its authentic Christian community, rigorous academic programs, including its Bachelor of Arts in Communication, high graduation and retention rates, accredited professional and health science offerings, and the No. 4 national ranking by The Wall Street Journal for student engagement. For more information about the University, visit cedarville. edu.
home. And this is the part that is amazing because you have the same people saying these things—that you shouldn’t have singlefamily homes—who then complain that people in their districts are minorities who can’t build wealth. You build wealth by owning a car, and you help these people figure out how to own their own home rather than paying rent every month.”
Nuclear reactors that are safe and clean and produce a lot of electricity are something else to consider in King’s thinking. “And we’ve got to have new transmission lines. We don’t have enough to handle the capacity that’s going to have to be there, and it takes a long time to put those in, to get the right of ways, and do all the things you need to do to put in transmission lines— even though the governor is saying, ‘We’re going to bypass all that. The state
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Klickitat County in total has fewer than five foster families, so the homes help as many children as possible. Oftentimes these families take on more than what would be considered comfort-
knows what to do, and we’re just going to ignore the counties and the cities and just do whatever because we know what’s best.’”
King digresses briefly to show another side of what he sees as misguided Democrat concern. “We are eliminating laws because we don’t like the way the police enforce them,” he points out.
“We had a bill this year that said you couldn’t be pulled over if you didn’t have a current car tab. You could be missing a license plate, you could have a taillight out, headlight out, run a red light, run a stop sign, 13 or 14 things like that. Police could no longer stop a car for those things because they said the police were using them to target minorities. We tried to come up with something that was reasonable.”
King’s Power Washington plan rolled out about a month ago, and he hasn’t seen a lot of response from
Democrats yet. “We’re going to work it hard,” he says. We’re going to drop four or five bills, maybe six, that will deal with issues such as what to do with all the windmill blades when their life is up, which is like 20 years? What are you going do with four or 5,000 of those things? This is the fallacy of the lack of a plan. They want all EV cars, but they have no idea what to do with six million batteries that are full of rare earth elements and other things that are not good for the environment. The same with solar power. California’s fi nding solar panels in their landfi lls. People didn’t know what to do them, so they threw them away. So what are you going to do with all of these, rather than just say, ‘Oh, just go and do it because we need the electricity?’”
King’s plan to provide a plan hits the Legislature in a few days.
able, but foster families do their best to make their children feel loved and supported. Donating to the toy drive, as well as donating other supplies to Goldendale’s Department of Children, Youth and
Families, can help each foster family meet the needs of their children. Donations are accepted year-round and can make a world of difference to foster children, regardless of the time of year.
What affects my energy bill in winter?
During the winter, your energy bill can differ from one month to the next for a lot of reasons. A sudden cold snap may occur which requires your heating system to run more frequently. Fewer daylight hours mean your lights are on for longer periods. Having kids at home for school vacations and guests stay over the holidays can affect the amount of energy you use each month, as well.
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The Washington Outdoors Report: Sturgeon, Waterfowl, and Boats
John Kruse
For The SenTinel CATCH AND KEEP
STURGEON – Catching and actually keeping a sturgeon is a great way to kick off the new year, and you can do just that this winter in the Columbia River Gorge. This special sturgeon fishery opened on New Year’s Day, and anglers will be able to keep one sturgeon a day and a total of two per year upstream of Bonneville Dam to McNary Dam.
In the Bonneville pool to the Dalles Dam there is a harvest quota of 675 sturgeon. The size limit for sturgeon is a little smaller here than in the other two pools. Keepers must measure between 38 to 54 inches from the tip of the nose to the fork of the fish’s tail.
The Dalles pool, like the Bonneville pool, is open for sturgeon fishing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sat-
urdays. There is a 190-sturgeon quota in The Dalles pool to the John Day Dam, and the fish must measure between 43 and 54 inches from The Dalles to the McNary Dam. The John Day pool has the smallest quota, only 105 fish, and is open for fishing seven days a week. Despite this it is historically the last pool to close for catch and keep sturgeon every winter.
Marc Bush is the owner of Twisted Waters Guide Service and will be fishing in the Gorge for sturgeon again this January. I asked him why the John Day pool is the last to close despite the seven day a week fishery and the smallest harvest quota. Marc replied, “Those fish have a lot of good terrain to hide out in, and it’s a little bit harder to catch them up there, in my opinion.”
Asked about what kind of bait he uses for wintertime sturgeon, Bush said,
“Sometimes they are biting sturgeon candy (aka squid), sometimes it’s nightcrawlers or shad or chunks of dead fish. It’s kind of an experimental, find-out-asyou-go thing for me”.
Bush will be fishing between The Dalles and John Day dams this winter
Washington adopts plan for transition to zero-emission vehi-
On December 19 the Washington Department of Ecology updated its Clean Vehicles Program to require that all new, lightduty vehicles sold in Washington meet zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standards by 2035.
Washington is only the third state in the nation to adopt the expanded ZEV standards since an historic decision by the California Air Resources Board paved the way in August.
Under a law passed by the Washington Legislature in 2020, Ecology is required to follow California’s strong emissions standards for cleaner vehicles. A further 15 states are also committed to transitioning to zero-emission transportation.
“The EV revolution has begun, and momentum will only continue to build over the coming years,” said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. “I’m excited to see the future unfold as more and more electric vehicles and charging infrastructure come online, battery range increases, and ZEVs transform into the most affordable and convenient option for almost everyone in Washington.”
Under the new standards, “ZEVs” include elec -
tric vehicles (EVs), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and plug-in hybrids with at least 50 miles of all-electric range.
Most major automakers are increasing ZEV production now, including some that are already committed to the emerging trend of 100% ZEVs for new car sales by 2035. ZEVs currently make up approximately 13% of new vehicle sales in Washington, and numerous new models – including trucks and SUVs – are being introduced to the market.
Studies indicate that many ZEVs are cheaper to own over the long term than comparable gas- and diesel-powered vehicles due to major fuel savings and lower maintenance costs.
“These new standards will accelerate a market transition that is already happening,” said Laura Watson, Ecology’s director. “They’re designed to incentivize manufacturers to produce more affordable, clean vehicles in a wider array of models to suit everyone’s needs. And by targeting transportation – the state’s largest source of harmful greenhouse gas emissions –these standards will make a significant contribution
on our path to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.”
The new ZEV standards begin with model year 2026, affecting 35% of new passenger vehicle sales. Auto manufacturers will be required to sell 6 to 9% more new ZEVs per year until ZEVs make up 100% of new sales starting in model year 2035. The standards do not apply to the use or sale of older, gaspowered vehicles.
In addition to requiring 100% ZEVs for new car sales by 2035, today’s adopted standards include California’s rules for cleaner, heavy-duty internal combustion engines, early-action credits for ZEV sales in model years 2023 and 2024, and a one-time fleet reporting requirement.
Ecology has adopted the new standards after a six-week public comment period. The department received and responded to more than 1,400 comments.
The transition to ZEVs will work alongside Washington’s other major new climate policies—the Clean Fuel Standard and Cap-and-Invest Program— both of which begin on January 1, 2023.
for sturgeon. You can book a trip with him by calling (253) 468-0610.
WATERFOWL HUNTING – Ponds, wetlands, and lakes are pretty well frozen over at this point, but waterfowl hunters can find success in the new year hunting rivers and streams
Community events
January 8 - 12, 2023, Crush the Beast: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. 59 Bickleton Road Goldendale Seventh Day Adventist Church in the Better Living Center building. Do you have a habit you’d like to quit? Come join Dr. Art Weaver for 5 evenings and learn how to “crush the beast”, whatever your “beast” may be. Our support team is here to help! The cost is $20 for all 5 evenings.
January 21, 2023, 2023 Klickitat County Fair and Rodeo Queen Coronation: 5 – 8 p.m. Murphy’s Family Watering Hole in Bingen. Dinner, Live music and Silent Auction, admission is $20 per person. Contact Amanda Chambers for tickets 509-366-0509
January 24, 2022, American Cross Blood Drive: 1:15 – 6:30 p.m. Goldendale High School. Call Nadine at 509-439-2011 for an appointment or go online, Red Cross and search by zip code.
WEEKLY AND MONTHLY EVENTS
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• Alcoholics Anonymous, Goldendale United Methodist Church, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays
• Zumba Classes – Soul 2 Soul Health Center 5:30 –6:30 p.m.
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where ducks and geese will congregate. The Columbia River shines as a great place to go now for both diving and puddle ducks, but smaller rivers and streams hold healthy numbers of ducks as well. The ducks and geese need to feed as well and will often do so twice a day during the winter months. Scouting wheat or cut corn fields for ducks or geese and getting permission to set up on them can lead to limits if you are willing to brave the cold and wait for those web-footed birds to come in.
PORTLAND BOAT
SHOW – The first big boat show of 2023 will be taking place at the Expo Center in Portland. It’s the Portland Boat Show put on by O’Loughlin Trade Shows from January 11 through 15. With hundreds of boats of all sizes spread out over 200,000 square feet, there will be a big selection of watercraft and accessories
Living Domestic Violence Victim support group via zoom Mondays 10 a.m. 509-773-6100 or 509-4931533.
• The Coalition for Preventing Abuse in Klickitat County (CPAKC) 4 p.m. every 2nd Monday via Zoom. 509-773-3776 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 7 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 Tuesday
• Board of County Commissioners meeting every Tuesday Klickitat County Courthouse, 205 S Columbus Goldendale. Visit www.klickitatcounty. org/643/Board-of-CountyCommissioners for information, agenda, and link for Zoom meeting
• TOPS Club Inc – Taking Pounds off Sensibly 10 a.m. American Legion. Questions? Sally/ojala@ gmail.com
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Trey Carskadon with O’Loughlin Trade Shows says, “This show is interesting because it has evolved into one of the largest sportfishing boat shows in the country. There’s more variety of fishing boats to look at and buy at this show than any other show in the country we are aware of. There’s also lots of pleasure style boats (wakeboard, wake surfing, cruisers, runabouts) available as well.
Trey continued by saying, “Being the first boat show of the year, it gives buyers the opportunity to find inventory that hasn’t been picked over at the later boat shows later in the month and in February and on.” You can find out more about the Portland Boat Show at www.pdxboatshow.com.
John Kruse – www.northwesternoutdoors.com and www.americaoutdoorsradio. com.
2nd Tuesday of Every month 105 West Main 6 p.m. Jeanne Morgan 10-5 M-F at 509-772-2717
• KC Fair Board Meetings 1st Tuesday of the month is a Workshop, 3rd Tuesday of the month is a Board Meeting.
• Lyle Community Council Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30, Lyle Activity Center (308 Klickitat). Meetings also available via Zoom https://lylewa.com/aboutus
• Farmers Market, White Salmon 4 – 7 p.m. every week
Wednesday
• 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 509-2612815
• Pinochle at the Centerville Grange – 3rd Wednesday of every Month.
• Trivia at the American Legion – every week 6:30 p.m.
• Children’s Storytime at 10:30 a.m., Goldendale Library
Monday
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• Goldendale Junior Community Chamber 7 p.m. 2nd Tuesday of every month at Umpqua Bank. Call 509-250-0625
• Goldendale Photo Club
• Crafternoons at the Library – every 3rd Wednesday 2:30 – 4 p.m. for ages 7-10 (all ages welcome at the Goldendale Library Thursday
• Bingo - Goldendale American Legion Thursdays - card packets go on sale 6:30 p.m. game starts 7 p.m. Food available
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TAYLER BRADLEY FOR THE SENTINEL
This week I wanted to share something that is warm, cheesy, and easy to make. As we continue through these cold months, our inspiration for dinners leans on those comfort meal,s and this is one that my entire family loves. We call it goulash, but it is more like a homemade Hamburger Helper.
I picked up this recipe from a college friend. I remember going to her house on a weekly basis for our dinner dates. She always made something that filled my belly and tasted amazing. This is one of the recipes that I enjoyed and continued to share with other friends and family over the years. I love this recipe because it has few ingredients but is still filling. A lot of memories come along with this dish, which is why it is so dear to me. I remember feeding a lot of hungry guys from my college rodeo team. I also remember making too much of it one day, and my dad took the leftovers to work, where it was devoured in minutes by his work buddies.
One of those memories is a newer one, and it has to do with my mom. Growing up my mom hated this dish because she didn’t like the way her mom made it. I remember telling her that I
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made goulash for dinner one night and she was disappointed, but I promised her it would taste different because I made it. She tried it, loved it, and now has added it into the rotation of our family dinners. After I moved to Texas, she even called me for the recipe so she could make it herself.
I am very excited to share this recipe with everyone, and I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and I do.
What you need:
• A box of mac ’n’ cheese (you can use any brand, but I like to use elveeta Shells or Kraft)
• 1 lb. of ground beef
• A 16-24 oz jar of red pasta sauce (you don’t have to use all of it, and you can se any flavor you like; we tend to use he original or garlic-flavored one)
• One 10 oz can of Ro-Tel canned tomatoes (we like spicy food so we use the medium heat, but if you are feeding children, feel free to use the mild version)
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder Optional: extra Velveeta cheese sauce packet
Directions:
1. Start making your mac ’n’ cheese
according to the direction on the box in a pot. Or if you choose to make it from scratch, that is fine as well. We use the boxed mac ’n’ cheese because it is fast and easy.
2. While your mac ’n’ cheese is cooking, brown your hamburger in a separate pan and add the garlic powder and onion powder for seasoning. You can also add a little salt and pepper to taste her if you like. Once it is done drain out some of the excess grease and set aside.
3. Once your mac ’n’ cheese is cooked, take your hamburger and add it right into the pot. Next add in the can of RoTel and mix that all together.
4. The final step is adding in the pasta sauce. I would add in a little at a time when doing this. My family likes a little cheesier goulash, so we don’t use a lot of pasta sauce. I add in about half of the jar and give it a good stir. I always taste it after that first addition of sauce to see if it needs more pasta sauce. (If you happen to add in too much pasta sauce here now is the time that the optional extra Velveeta cheese sauce comes in handy. You can add some of that in to even out the cheese-to-pasta sauce ratio.)
5. Serve it up and enjoy!
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The Postscript
A Letter to Krissy
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine posted something written by a friend of his on Facebook. This is what she had to say:
“I’ve been contemplating what I really miss in life. Why do I feel this empty space? I have not felt completely full in a very long time. I miss the outdoors… a good hike, fishing, or camping. No radio, cellphone, TV, movies, or internet. Just the birds, the river running…just the sound of crickets.
“I miss a good, deep, solid conversation about life, God, and love. All the things that truly matter! The world has changed so much with technology that we don’t even know each other anymore. We don’t have time for each other anymore. You turn on the evening news, and all you hear is bad news. Shootings and crime have skyrocketed, and it’s become the norm.
“We can no longer trust emails or use our debit cards without worry of scams or fraud. We can no longer leave a door unlocked or a window open.
“I miss the world I grew up in. Where people had time for each other. Where conversations mattered. Where there was respect for each other. When people knew what was right and wrong. Sometimes I honestly want to throw my cellphone out the window, but realize I have to use it to contact the ones I love.
“This new world has swallowed us up, and there is not a damn thing we can do about it. Am I the only one who ever feels this way?”
“Signed, Krissy”
I don’t know Krissy, but I wrote a letter to her anyway. This is what I said: “Dear Krissy, “I think you should pull your tent out of storage and go camping this week. Unless you live up north. Then you might go snowshoeing in the woods. That’s fun, too.
-Carrie Classon
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“But it does not sound like you are enjoying your smartphone. Maybe you should get a simple phone instead. They cost less, and you can still make phone calls. And use a credit card for online purchases instead of a debit card. Then you don’t need to worry so much.
“Meaningful conversations are there to be had. Sometimes you have to start them. I think you made an excellent start with this post. Maybe try again, but this time at your kitchen table with a friend and a cup of coffee.
“Krissy, you sound anxious, and I’m sorry. The world has not swallowed you. Meditation helps. Exercise helps. Being clear on your purpose in the world and helping others helps a lot. Life has never been perfect for anyone. But we have never had anywhere near as many years as we now get to enjoy life—or not. It’s your choice. And, yes, you can do something about it.
“All the best, Carrie”
As I said, I don’t know Krissy. I don’t suppose she read what I wrote, and, if she did, I’m not sure she would care. We get invested in our beliefs, even if they aren’t making us happy.
But I wanted to tell her that every one of us gets frustrated and discouraged and sometimes feels things are going down the tubes. I wanted to tell her she was not alone.
And I wanted to wish her a happier New Year.
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and crime have not skyrocketed— although reporting of them has. If you look at the statistics, you are actually far less likely to come to a violent end or die of disease than at any time in human history.
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the little vacuum that is popular today or the robotic lawn mower that lives down the street from me. I love that guy! Where did robots first pop into the human brain and where are they now? Is there a future for them and what will it be?
Sometimes when you believe in something enough, you will work hard to make it happen. This is what happened to Joseph Engelberger. He believed that technology was important and when he met George Devol, an inventor, he knew that the two could make a working robot. In 1959 he convinced the GM car manufacturer to use his robot named Unimate #001 in their plant in New Jersey. Within seven years manufacturers all over the world were using those robots. It is because of his imagination, hard work and belief that Joseph Engelberger is known as “the father of robotics”. During his life he won many awards, was recognised for his work and even wrote some books.
The first robot that archaeologists have discovered was a very simple clock and chime system which was built in 3,000 B.C. That is a whopping 5,000 years ago. Since then robots have come a long way. Robots were not called robots then, but in 1920 the word was used in a play written by Karl Capek. After Capek’s play many writers included robots in science fiction writing. Some were even stars in movies, television shows and cartoons. In the 1960s the Jetson’s robot Rosie took care of the futuristic Jetson family, and Lost in Space had robot B-9 named Robot who watched over the Robinson family. The idea that robots could ever do any of the things they were doing then were unimaginable by most people during that time.
Today robots work in space, make cars, swim to the bottom of the ocean and soar way above our heads. Some engineers are working to perfect self-driving cars, trucks and trains, and others are working on robotic pets. Boston Dynamics is working to perfect humanoid robots with their robot named Atlas. Who knew that a robot could do Parkour? If you are interested in learning more about robotics check with your school. Many schools offer robotics clubs and classes, and even hold robotics competitions.
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Athlete Spotlight:
Eli Golding
TAYLER BRADLEY FOR THE SENTINEL
The Timberwolf boys are back in the gym gearing up for their next big game. While we await that game, let’s get to know another one of our Wolves, Eli Golding. Eli is a senior this year and is loving every minute of his last season. He has changed a few things, though, to get a head start on reaching his goals for the future.
Growing up, Eli had brothers who played basketball who perhaps influenced him choosing the game, but in the end he is the one who found the love of the game and chose to continue playing. “I’ve been playing basketball since I was a kid,” says Eli. “Whether it was on the hoop outside or the little one hanging over the bedroom door inside.” He didn’t officially start organized basketball until the 1st grade. That is where his skills began to grow, and the love for the game changed. As he got older, the thought of continuing to play after High School never crossed his mind until just recently. “If I work just a little bit harder,” he says, “I could have the opportunity to play college basketball and prove to my younger self I can do it.” That is a big goal to reach, but Eli is very capable and has the support system to get there.
This year the Wolves have a team of athletes that supports each other through all the ups and downs every time they step out onto the court. This season, the boys had a rough start in their non-league games. One of their starting players is recovering from an injury, and a lot of younger players are having to step up and take on bigger roles. “We lost the fi rst few games, and
that was the wakeup call the team needed, states Eli. “Practices are more intense, and the team is starting to connect more.” All these things have helped Eli and his team play better ball. Each of these players continues to grow and develop, which is one of Eli’s favorite parts of playing with this team.
The game of basketball doesn’t hide much, especially the emotions of the players. This is another of Eli’s favorite parts of the game. “It’s so real. Whether it’s in practice or a game, you can’t hide emotions.
Everyone can see what’s going on, and it truly reveals character,” he says. That being said, Eli likes to get a shooting workout in before every game, and that helps him get his mind and
emotions right and prepare for the opponent ahead of him. It also helps because he plays the entire floor. He can be a shooting guard but also transition to the post position when needed. This versatility is important to his own game and to his team.
Their next game will be against Cle Elum, and Eli is looking forward to playing. He says, “They are an extremely talented team with lots of height. It’s going to be a statement game.”
Eli loves basketball, but he also participates in football, tennis, and golf in his free time.
We love getting to see these well-rounded athletes be a big part of our community and excel in all ways possible. Good luck to Eli and his team for the rest of the season.
Ankle-deep water and loss of power close Dollar General
Athlete Spotlight: Jordan Hinderliter
TAYLER BRADLEY FOR THE SENTINEL
Many of the kids at Goldendale High School have taken some much-needed time off from sports to regroup, relax, and clear their minds this Winter Break. We know they continued some of their practices, but games weren’t scheduled until after the break.
Senior Jordan Hinderliter has enjoyed the break but is ready to get back on the mats for her fi nal season on the wrestling team.
Jordan began wrestling about seven years ago and was introduced to the sport by her older brother. He wrestled, and she thought it looked fun and wanted to try it. Ever since then, she has stuck with it and has been competing alongside her twin sister. This is one of her favorite things about competing on the team. “It’s nice to have someone who is always there and has your back,” she says. Though they may look the same, the girls are in different weight classes and compete in a dif-
ferent bracket. Jordan wrestles in 130-pound weight class, which seems to be a good fit for her. “The season has gone pretty well,” states Jordan. “I have placed at each tournament we have had so far.” Jordan really does love to compete, and it has shown in the characteristics and routines she has picked up while wrestling.
Before every match, Jordan likes to walk around to stay warm and get some stretching in. She also likes to talk with her coaches and listen to music to hype herself up. She knows her team is always there supporting her and cheering her on.
“We are all extremely competitive but are also supportive of one another,” she says. This team has helped her create many fond memories that will last a lifetime.
Having all these people in her life is going to help push her forward, she states, as she continues to work towards her season goal of placing at State.
To reach that goal, she needs to continue to put in good practices that will only
make her skills better. Her favorite drill is practicing her armbars [a joint lock that hyperextends the elbow or shoulder].
There is still a long way to go until the State Tournament, but Jordan is willing to put in the work no matter what. Mostly she looks forward to competing in the Kelso Girls Invitational Tournament. The competition will be tough, but that’s something Jordan loves about it.
Although Jordan and her sister are graduating this year, the wrestling dream will continue on with their little sister. “She always looks to me and wants to follow in my footsteps,” says Jordan. No matter what Jordan is competing in, whether it be rodeos and roping or pinning her opponents on the mat, Jordan knows she is a role model for her sister.
We are so proud to have her represent Goldendaleand wish her the best the rest of the season.
The day after Christmas, Goldendale Dollar General employees arrived at work to hear the sound of water “roaring inside the building,” according to General Manager Heather Hooker. Two broken pipes sent ankle-deep water throughout the entire store, causing it to close. Hooker has
been working with contractors to schedule repairs and with health officials to ensure food on the shelves is safe.
The leaks have been repaired, the heat fi xed, and power has been restored. But the go-ahead to plug anything in is still waiting on approval from the Fire Marshal, and
hot water will come later in the week.
Employees have been working at other stores in the meantime. Hooker had hoped to open again this week, but delays in obtaining electrical contractor services means re-opening is at least another week away.
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COURTESY JOHN LONGFELLOW
FOCUS: Eli Golding discovered his love of basketball at an early age.
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HIGH WATER AND NO POWER: The Dollar General store in Goldendale has been closed since December 26 when broken pipes sent water flowing throughout the store and disrupted power when the water hit outlets.