Goldendale Sentinel July 26, 2023

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Flames scorch eastern county

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

FIRE LINE: Middle Road stretches left to right in this photo. The burn line from the Newell Road Fire went right to the road’s edge. Firefighters were able to save homes on the lower side of the road and keep the fire from sweeping to the Lund Hill solar farm–the largest in Washington State–just across the road. At press time the fire

Ways to stay fire informed PUD on fire safeguards

ZACHARY VILLAR FOR THE SENTINEL

As fire season rolls along, people in Klickitat County are doing their best to be prepared for a fire in their area. Part of that preparation is knowing where to find information about local fires so that you can stay aware of active fire situations. With the wealth of resources found on the internet, it can sometimes be difficult to know exactly where to go when you need updates on a fire. Having quick and ready access to that information can make all the difference in an emergency situation.

The Sheriff’s Office has on their reception desk a stack of pamphlets with information on the Klickitat County Emergency Notification System. Useful for non-fire emergencies as well, signing up for this notification system allows Klickitat County to deliver emergency messages to you via text message, cell phone and landline calls, email, or TTY (TeleTYpe), TDD (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf).

“In Klickitat County we use an Emergency Notification System, called ‘RAVE’ which is completely free and is an essential part of staying safe,” states the Klickitat County website. “We can send out mass notification to anyone that could potentially be affected by an emergency situation. You can even list multiple addresses. Sign up and be informed so that you can keep yourself, your family, and your loved ones safe.” You can sign up for this at www.klickitatcounty.org/249/emergency-management.

“The most important part of notifications is emergency alerts,” said Nicole Vincent, District Administrator of Klickitat County Rural 7 Fire & Rescue. “We get a lot of people who think they are automatically enrolled or wait until they are in harm’s way to try and get notices which is too late. They need to go to the Emergency Management website [listed in previous paragraph] and click on the big red phone or they can just

GPD holds active shooter exercise

GRACE BLAND FOR THE SENTINEL

Last Wednesday the Goldendale Middle School hosted the first active shooter training drill since COVID. The Goldendale Police Department (GPD) used to perform active shooter drills yearly, but with the schools closed during COVID, the department was unable to continue the annual training. Chief of Police Mike Smith has vocally been in support of having training simulations several times a year to prepare for all shooting threats. “I want to train for more active response,” he commented. The simulation at the Goldendale Middle School marks the first step in fulfilling these aspirations.

The GPD, Goldendale Fire Department, Parks and Recreation, and Emergency Management Services all gathered at the middle school to work on quick and efficient responses to a school shooting threat. The training included three acting offenders and eight acting victims. The department practiced responding to four different scenarios, allowing the police to navigate the various approaches and the medical professionals to prepare for treating time-sensitive wounds. The training was conducted to be as realistic as possible, so the volunteer

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KPUD STAFF FOR

THE SENTINEL

Since the Newell Fire started on the afternoon of July 21, the Klickitat PUD (KPUD) has been working around the clock to ensure that customers have power and water, that wastewater systems are operational, and that our Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility is operating safely.

KPUD staff has been in the field inspecting lines within the area of the fire, putting out burning poles and replacing damaged equipment 24/7. The main focus is ensuring customers in or near impacted areas have power, which means customers are able to run pumps and utilize water and keep the lights and air conditioner on. As of Monday morning, July 24, we only had five customers out of power and for a very short amount of time. KPUD crews are on-site to support firefighting efforts by de-energizing lines when necessary and re-energizing them as soon as possible.

Additionally, staff prewired generators at water and wastewater treatment facilities near the fire area to ensure continuity of these essential services during this emergency.

To ensure the safety of KPUD staff, we shut down the RNG facility when the fire was at its worst around the landfill. Thanks to firefighting efforts, the threat to the facility was reduced and it was brought back online within 6 hours.

To support those working in the field, we have staff in the office and warehouse. We continue to plan and guide system inspections to ensure necessary repairs are made, while keeping everyone safe.

Jim Smith states of the KPUD staff, “I am very proud of their dedication to looking after our customers.” He also elaborated on the pride he has for being a Klickitat County resident. “During times like this, everyone within the utility and community rallies

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Parks and Rec levy vote imminent

JENNIFER SMITH FOR THE SENTINEL

Once every six years, Central Klickitat County Parks and Recreation District (CKCPRD) asks voters to approve a replacement Operations and Maintenance levy. The levy helps CKCPRD keep all of their activities running and keep costs as low as possible.

This is not an additional levy. The current levy, approved by voters in 2017, ends December 2023, and the replacement levy, if approved, would start January 2024. To be approved, the levy needs to pass with a 60% supermajority.

CKCPRD runs the Goldendale swimming pool, including swim lessons, water aerobics, lap swimming, and open/family swim, and they also manage youth summer camps, the community garden, youth soccer and football, and the Polar Plunge. In addition, CKCPRD has outdoor exercise stations, a disc golf course, walking trails, and is planning to install grass and sand volleyball courts.

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victims wore white shirts with red streaks to simulate wounds, and the officers used simulation rounds of plastic bullets. By the end of the training, all depart-

ments were knowledgeable of the various response methods and were able to experience cohesively working together.

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CKCPRD seeks to provide safe, affordable, and healthy activities and exercise options for all ages, not only in the Goldendale area, but throughout Klickitat County. The levy funds account for approximately 60% of operational costs, which is normal for a public parks and recreation district.

“We wanted to keep the levy amount as low as possible,” said Amber Jackson, CKCPRD Board

vice-chair.

“However, minimum wage has increased dramatically the past few years, materials and supplies costs have risen, and we’ve added new programs as well.”

The current levy was based on 27 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The replacement levy on the ballot August 1 will raise the cost by 2 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value, to 29 cents per $1,000. For a home worth $200,000, that would be approximately $58 a year of taxes, or $4.83 a month.

What happens if the levy doesn’t pass?

“We would continue to operate our programs through the end of the year,” said Lori Anderson, swimming pool manager. “However, we wouldn’t open the pool next summer, or run the summer camps, or other youth activities. Lifeguards won’t have summer jobs, and kids won’t get swim lessons.”

Currently, CKCPRD opens the swimming pool in midMarch and then has the Easter egg hunt in the water in early April, about the same time as gardeners are starting to put in their early crops in the community gardens. Swim lessons start after Spring Break so that kids are prepared to head to camp or summer vacations knowing how to swim. The air-supported cover comes off at the end of May, and summer hours start as soon as school ends in June. Registrations normally start in

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had consumed 56,143 acres, was 20% contained, and was threatening Cleveland and Bickleton.

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The Goldendale Police Department, partnering with the Goldendale Fire Department, Emergency Management Services, and County Parks and Rec, conducted a live shooter simulation last week at the Goldendale Middle School.

FVRL names interim executive director

Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries (FVRL) has appointed Justin Keeler to take over as Executive Director on an Interim basis starting on August 1, following the upcoming retirement of Amelia Shelley at the end of July. In March, Shelley announced she would retire effective July 31 after nearly 8 years as Executive Director of the library district and over 25 years of public service as a library administrator.

Keeler, who during 13 years with the district most recently has been serving as Outreach and Community Partnerships Director, was named by the FVRLi-

braries Board of Trustees to serve in the role while a search for a new executive director continues to take place. His priorities for the coming months include helping the district transition to a new Operations Center in August, setting the 2024 budget, and continuing the work done to build a new Woodland Community Library.

Prior to his role as Outreach and Community Partnerships Director, Keeler held several roles within the organization, including Branch Manager at both La Center and Woodland Community Libraries. Prior to joining

FVRLibraries, he worked in multiple libraries in the Midwest. He received his Master of Library Science in 2002 from Kent State University and an Executive Master of Public Administration from Portland State University in 2015.

Keeler’s appointment as Interim Executive Director will continue until a new director has been selected. FVRLibraries’ Board of Trustees has hired Strategic Government Resources (SGR) to conduct the search for the library’s next Executive Director. Recruitment began in early July, with a review of applications set for August 6.

State awards millions for outdoor and wildlife habitat conservation

The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office last Tuesday announced the award of nearly $190 million in grants to communities statewide to improve outdoor recreation and conserve important wildlife habitat for Washingtonians and the plants and animals that live here. The grants include more than $11 million for Klickitat County.

The grants were awarded to a variety of organizations to renovate parks, build trails, and create new places for people to recreate out-

doors. The grants also made investments in conserving lands that are homes to plants and animals at risk of extinction and that preserve Washington’s agricultural and forestry legacy, such as important working farms and forests.

“These grants advance our priority to protect Washington’s world-class outdoor recreation offerings enjoyed by locals and travelers from across the globe,” said Gov. Jay Inslee. “I’m proud of these investments. They will go a long way to ensuring

King says Democrats’ attack on oil companies aims at wrong target

Sen. Curtis King, the ranking Republican on the Senate Transportation Committee, said Gov. Jay Inslee is trying to deflect criticism aimed at him due to the major role that the state’s cap-and-trade program has played in Washington having the highest gas prices in the nation.

Inslee announced Thursday that he wants legislation in 2024 targeting oil companies. King pointed out how Inslee pushed for the cap-and-trade program, which went into effect on Jan. 1 as part of the Climate Commitment Act passed by a Democrat-controlled Legislature in 2021.

less and buy less fuel. Now that the cap-andtrade program is in place and causing gas prices to skyrocket, drivers are bitterly complaining about it, so the governor and his allies are trying to shift the blame instead of admitting that this is what they wanted all along.

Washington’s outdoor areas are healthy, open and usable by everyone.”

You can find grant descriptions at tinyurl. com/2s4mbka7. Klickitat County’s grant was $11,619,179

The grants ranged from $7,000 to teach scout troops about horsemanship and trail stewardship to more than $14 million to conserve a Kittitas County ranch and the wildlife habitat it supports. Grants went to projects in 37 of Washington’s 39 counties.

“We have known since 2021, when the Climate Commitment Act was approved, that gas prices would rise significantly once the cap-and-trade program went into effect. That is exactly what has happened,” said King, R-Yakima. “It’s been much more than just ‘pennies a gallon,’ as the governor promised months ago. Several analysts reached the conclusion that cap-and-trade and other new environmental laws would raise the price of gas by 45-50 cents a gallon.

“The governor’s argument that oil companies are gouging gas consumers is not realistic. The plan all along was to create the cap-and-trade program and the low-carbon fuel standard so fuel prices would become a financial burden for drivers and get them to drive

“The governor today said he wants to find relief at the pump for drivers. If he really is serious, he’d show a willingness to alter the cap-and-trade program, if not eliminate it. Instead, the governor once again is demonizing oil companies instead of taking responsibility for the spike in gas prices this year.

“Blaming the brief pipeline shutdown for the highest gas prices in the nation is nonsense,” added King. “Gas prices have been on a steady rise since January, and

it is caused by the capand-trade program. Our neighboring states, Oregon ($4.588 a gallon for regular gas) and Idaho ($3.892) have significantly lower gas prices than here in Washington ($4.928). They don’t have cap-andtrade. It’s clear that our state’s cap-and-trade program is why Washington has the highest gas prices in America.”

King noted that only six states currently have regular gas prices over $4 a gallon – Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

“While most of America is enjoying gas prices below $4 a gallon, Washington drivers have had to pay about $5 a gallon for several weeks. Thanks to the Inslee cap-and-trade program, prices here are bound to only keep climbing,” said King.

G OLDENDALE ’ S A TTIC

Answer to last week´s Mystery Picture

This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture

The basketball has “200 Club” written on it. There’s also a name. Big clues—but they still don’t tell us enough. Are all three people mem-

bers of said club? Just the one holding the ball?

What was that club?

When was this? All we know is that this picture ran in The Sentinel

L OOKING BACK

July 26, 1913 – 110 Years Ago

Huge swarms of grasshoppers that had alighted in the swale canyon six miles west of Warwick Station on the Goldendale branch of the S. P. & S Railway delayed the train on the trip up from Lyle last week for an hour. The track was covered for a distance of half a mile with the migratory insects, and the rails were covered with them so thick that the train crew and passengers had to get out and clear them off the track before the train could proceed up the grade, as the grinding up of the bodies of the grasshoppers under the wheels of the engine had the same effect as if the track had been oiled.

July 26, 1923 – 100 Years Ago

The Mount Adams Highway is now open from Glenwood to Yakima. Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Keel of Glenwood, in a Ford touring car, were the fi rst ones to pass over the Big Muddy bridge.

July 20, 1933 – 90 Years Ago

An entire block of business houses in Glenwood was destroyed by fi re Tuesday night. It has been estimated the damage will total $15,000. It is reported the fi re broke out in the garage and swept through all the buildings in the block. These include the drug store and theater belonging to Ben Hanson. Oscar Belier’s pool hall, Don Simpson’s garage, a barber shop, and the cheese factory. There is no fi re protection in Glenwood except that provided by private wells and pumps, as there is no town water system.

July 18, 1940 – 83 Years Ago

Goldendale’s need for a safe, modern airport was shown here Sunday when the National Guard plane used by Governor Martin to transport him from Olympia to this city was not able to land. The governor’s pilot, after examining the field from the air, decided it was unsafe for use by the ship and returned to the Yakima airport to land. In Yakima Governor Martin and his pilot took a car for the trip to Goldendale where he spoke at the fish hatchery dedication. Governor Martin said he made the trip from Olympia to Goldendale in the fast National Guard in one hour. The drive from Yakima here required an hour and a half.

July 25, 1963 – 60 Years Ago

HumDinger Drive-Inn – Friday and Saturday Special – All regular Pizzas - 69 cents.

July 28, 1983 – 40 Years Ago

Debbie Bishop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blake Bishop of Goldendale, was selected as one of the 15 semi-fi nalists in the Washington State Miss United Teenager pageant, held in Tacoma July 6 – 8. Sixtyfour contestants at Pacific Lutheran University were judged on scholastic and civic Achievement, beauty, poise, and personality. Debbie, 17, was sponsored by Martin Marietta Aluminum, Bob and Rosalee Cole, Darrell and Jeanne Hann and Bishop Sanitation.

July 24, 2003 – 20 Years Ago

One Goldendale man is taking up the paddle on a long Indian canoe trip this week. On Monday, July 21, a 50-person crew began a 120-mile Indian canoe journey from Squaxin Island in the southernmost part of Puget Sound to Tulalip, 30 miles north of Seattle. Among the paddlers, or pullers, on the ocean-going cedar Indian canoe is Goldendale High School student Bronsco Jim, Jr.—most folks know him simply as B.J. He is already a veteran puller, with four voyages behind him. Seven to nine people at a time paddle or “pull” the canoe B.J. crews in two- to four-hour shifts. The pullers range in age from 7 to late 60s. B.J. is the son of Ella and Broncos Jim, enrolled members of the Yakima Nation.

—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society

sometime, lost in the annals of yesteryear. If you know anything about it, please drop us an email (info@goldendalesentinel.com), or

give us a call (509-7733777), 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 to show what it might have looked like in color back then. Bickleton people knew who these guys were right away. Without knowing when this was taken, we were unable to fi nd the picture as

Exploring Goldendale’s roots

This week’s story is about an early pioneer family near the town of Dot. Dot was established in the late 1890s and was located on Dot Road between Bickleton and Roosevelt, the area of the current Newell Road Fire. Dot has long since become a ghost town, with only the old schoolhouse and Grange Hall, which was also the church, remaining. The Sentinel has received word that these last remnants have been taken by the fire, along with many other homes and structures. Our story comes to us from October 20,1960, and is titled Early Days at Dot Recalled by Bellingham Woman, written by Lenore Macy Hooper.

My father was born in Georgetown, Ill in 1844 and came to Oregon in November 1853 with his parents when nine years of age. They came with Ox teams and covered wagons and located near Brownsville about 14 miles north of Eugene. My mother’s parents came to Oregon by covered wagon the same year, and she was born the next October 1854. Their youthful years were spent in the same locality and they were married in 1871 in Albany and lived on a farm between Brownsville and

Harrisburg where we four older children were born. Following eight years of trying to live in the rain and mud they decided to move to Washington Territory and homestead. They came to Washington to a drier climate where they would no longer be victims of malaria. Mother suffered with ague but was cured in Washington. “The prairie bunch grass grew a foot higher and looked like a field of grain.” Mother said, the reason it looked so attractive to the pioneers.

In the spring of 1879 father hauled lumber from Goldendale for the three-room house. What is now the living room was divided into a small bedroom and a livingroom. The bedroom was just large enough for a double bed and a trundle bed, where I slept. The kitchen was both kitchen and dining room, and the boys slept upstairs where you could stand straight only in the center of the room, but were warm and cozy because the stove pipes from the rooms below ran through to the roof. A cow and a few chickens provided milk and eggs for the fi rst year, and a team and little pony that my brother

Charlie and I could ride, comprised the livestock. We would take a little salt on an old iron ladle to coax Baldy, the horse, near, so we could get a rope around his neck, then onto his back we’d scramble for a ride.

The third winter we were there, in 1882, old Baldy wandered away and died in a snow drift down in Squaw Creek. Father hunted for him and when it grew dark, with the snow falling thick and fast, mother was worried and hung the lantern on the corner of the house to guide him home; there were no fences built at that time to help keep directions. He came home safely and we were all very happy, back to that security we felt when father was there.

No water was available except that hauled from Cold Spring down the gulch from the school house (built later), so it wasn’t long until father dug a well, not far from the road, west and a little north of the house. The well, 20 feet deep, furnished cold, pure water so that many a traveler going north or going south, used the water for themselves and for their

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horses, and many a meal was served on short order to friend and stranger. Mother and I never knew when we would be putting on an extra plate and adding another potato to the pot. Father just couldn’t resist inviting anyone to share our meals. Both parents were generous of heart, a characteristic of the pioneer, who shared trials and sorrows with his neighbor and helped him in his need. Mother went night and day in cases of sickness and death, when called upon and saved many a life with her faithful, efficient care. I remember when Hattie Snodgrass had scarlet fever-they came for mother because Mrs. Snodgrass wouldn’t take her medicine and the doctor said she would die if she didn’t take it. Mother told Mrs. Snodgrass to stay out of the room and called Joe Job, the hired man. He held Hattie’s hand, mother held her nose, and she swallowed the medicine. She caused little trouble during the illness from that time on, recovered, and I think is alive today.

I bought a waffle iron because I hate wrinkly waffles.

I bought some cookies last week. On the packet it said, “Store in a cool place.” So I sent them to Taylor Swift’s house.

Why is cod so hard to catch? Because cod moves in mysterious ways.

When you catch a fish and throw it back, does it tell its friends it was abducted by aliens?

Two goldfish were swimming around in their bowl. One said to his agnostic mate, “If there’s no God, who changes our water every week?”

If an indoor shooting range is ablaze, what do you shout to alert people?

it ran in The Sentinel, but Miland Walling and Carol Juris were able to name everyone. They are, left to right: Al Matson, George Juris, Art Kelley, Tone Donaho, Milner Larsen, and Clarence McBride.

WA Cares program should be personal choice

As many struggle to make ends meet because of inflation and our state having the most expensive gas in the nation, the last thing they want is to pay a big new tax.

Yet, that is exactly what Washington workers now face.

A payroll tax that went into effect on July 1 is being taken out of most employees’ paychecks. This tax is currently equal to $58 annually for every $10,000 in pay. It supports a government-run long-term care program called WA Cares, created by majority Democrats in the Legislature in 2019.

The long-term care program offers a lifetime payout of no more than $36,500, subject to inflation, regardless of how long a worker pays into it. In many cases, the benefits would be even less. The benefits provided by WA Cares won’t be available to qualified, eligible individuals until July 2026 at the earliest, so workers will have to pay taxes into this fund for three years until they could even see any benefits.

Legislative Democrats refused to stop this expensive and flawed long-term care program even after nearly 63% of voters in 2019 opposed Advisory Vote 20 on the WA Cares enabling legislation (House Bill 1087).

In 2021, I prime-sponsored Senate Bill 5234, which would have repealed this long-term care program.

Late in 2021, with the collection of this unpopular payroll tax to begin in 2022, workers were given a window of time to seek an exemption from it, but only if they purchased their own long-term care coverage. That resulted in an uproar from the public, so Democratic legislators chose to delay the collection until mid-2023 and add four specific exemptions that are ongoing but still exclude most workers.

Both before and after the July 1 implementation date, other legislators and I have received calls, emails, and letters from constituents angry about being forced to pay this expensive tax for a long-term care program that will provide limited benefits. Many of their complaints centered on the hassle of applying for an exemption.

Here are just two examples of problems that constituents have shared:

• A disabled veteran tried to file an exemption from WA Cares but did not know where to find the form that must be filled out and returned. My office helped him locate the form and he is in the process of filing an exemption. However, he won’t receive a refund for the time during which he paid the tax.

• Several employees at a dairy farm near Elk tried to get an exemption from WA Cares, but a couple of them were not informed there was a final step to take to let the state know. So, they have to pay the expensive payroll tax as well as the cost of their private long-term care insurance.

Constituents in other senators’ districts also have complained, including how there was not enough public information about the exemption process or

deadline. One of them is a retired firefighter who, being a retired person, did not pay attention to WA Cares and already has coverage through his retirement system. He recently rejoined the workforce part-time, so he sought an exemption, but that application deadline ended last December.

Another problem with WA Cares is that it does not provide “portability,” meaning if you pay taxes on this program and then move away from Washington, the program’s benefits won’t follow you, and you can’t receive a refund on the taxes you’ve paid into it. In fact, the WA Cares oversight body, the LTSS Trust Commission, recommended to the Legislature last January that benefits be made portable for people who meet contribution requirements but move to another state.

Fortunately, four of my Republican colleagues, including Senate Republican Leader John Braun of Centralia, have put forth a proposal that would allow Washington workers to permanently opt out of participation in WA Cares once requested.

There would be no need for proof of other long-term coverage, and depending on when an opt-out happens, a refund of the taxes someone paid in may be available. I support this proposal, and plan to co-sponsor it once it’s filed before the 2024 session.

There are many good reasons why WA Cares should be optional and not mandatory. Long-term care coverage is a good thing to have, but the state should not be forcing workers to buy it.

This should be a personal choice, not a government mandate.

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 .

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.

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 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.

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 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 contacted 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.

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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

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.

How much was it?

According to The Sentinel , the PUD reached a settlement with the U.S. government over the Marker 28 fire on Highway 97 for a fraction of the amount sued for. So how much was that? The article certainly begs the question.

Let it serve

Robert Zornes Wishram

As a lifetime supporter of libraries and a strong advocate of our Goldendale Community Library, I feel it necessary to voice my sup -

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.”

port of its leadership and staff. We are blessed to have a head librarian so actively devoted to serving all aspects of our town. She and her staff are unfailingly helpful to any and all who enter, serving with patience and kindness.

“For No Reason At All” I particularly found offensive.

It seems that in the past some adult books were mistakenly placed in the children’s section, actions that have been acknowledged and corrected. Others have complained that the Pride Month displays should be less visible. Monthly displays to recognize underserved elements of our society have been a feature of the library for some time. Apparently to some, this topic is threatening.

Libraries aren’t meant to be

Guidelines for Letters

Ken Margraf Goldendale

Letters from the community

an echo chamber, just repeating what we already know, but rather a source of information to expand our world. In a small, isolated community such as ours, it is important to have access to the full range of information, literature, science, and art. That is especially true when so many baseless “facts” are held as truths.

As for the children, teach them well, trust them, and be knowledgeable enough to answer their questions with wisdom and love. The library belongs to all of us. Let it serve all of us, just as it is.

Brent Boykin-Hicks Goldendale

Letters to the editor should be original and comment on an issue. Deadline for letters is noon Monday for the same week’s paper.

Requests to keep letters exactly as they were written when published cannot be honored. All letters are subject to editing for grammar, spelling, clarity, and/or brevity. There is a suggested length limit of about 300 words, though more may be allowed if there are fewer letters.

Unsigned letters (including anonymity requests), letters with fictitious signatures, letters with multiple signatures, or letters to public officials are not accepted.

Please keep the tone of letters free of rants, wild speculation, unsubstantiated claims, or pointedly personal comments. Letters that go overboard in these directions may be refused publication.

Writers must include name, city/town of residence, and phone number for verification purposes. (Street address is not required, only city or town.)

Scott finishes first in saddle bronc riding

Everyone is busy with summer activities, so there isn’t much news to share this week. But the news I have is just plain awesome. Many of you know or have seen my news about a young cowboy, Shane Scott, who has excelled in rodeo since he was a small boy. Shane, who will be a senior this fall at Crook County High School in Prineville, Oregon, is the grandson of Diane and Oop Burgin and Marilyn and the late Mike Scott.

Shane had a spectacular 2022-23 high school rodeo season in Oregon that culminated in another trip to the National High School Rodeo finals in Gillette, Wyoming, where he finished in first place in saddle bronc

riding and seventh in bull riding. Shane Scott is the world champion high school rodeo saddle bronc rider! In addition to those awesome finishes, Shane was the Reserve All-Around Cowboy there at the National Finals. His Grandma Diane was thrilled to be able to attend the finals and watch Shane soar to those top finishes in his events. Congratulations, Shane. We here in Glenwood are all very proud of your outstanding season. Way to go, cowboy. Here in Glenwood, our two high school rodeo athletes who were there in Gillette along with Shane have returned home after competing very well down

there. While Joslyn Arnold and Peyton Sanchey did not place in the top 10 in their events at the Finals this year, they excelled in Washington State competition all season to earn those spots at Nationals, and that’s something to really be proud of.

I’m looking forward to a chance to visit with both of our awesome cowgirls to hear about their experiences in Gillette.

The Glenwood kids are finishing their second week of swimming lessons this week. I think they’ve all had fun and have learned a lot. Meanwhile, summer school will still be in session through August 4. This is just a heads-up to watch

What’s in the Sky

for kids in the afternoons on these hot days. Our kids are precious to us, and I was concerned to see some of them riding their bikes in an unsafe matter through town one afternoon. The kids are enjoying that sweet, carefree summer feeling, so it’s up to us to be aware and cautious when seeing them zipping around on their bikes. Our hearts are with all the county residents affected by the Newell Road Fire near Bickleton and Roosevelt.

Let’s hope for a change in the weather that will help the fire crews get a good handle on that huge fire and get it contained soon. This hot, dry stretch of weather is sure concerning. The fire danger remains quite high, so please be safe out there.

Lyle School undergoing construction

On July 17 around 6:30 p.m., Lyle Fire was paged to a train engine fire east of the Lyle Tunnels. Turned out to be the second engine of three in a westbound train with a fire in the generator compartment. High Prairie Fire and Bingen

Fire assisted us with operations. About two thousand gallons of water were used to extinguish the fire. The Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office and Washington State Patrol helped keep a lane of Highway 14 open. No injuries were reported from the BNSF Railroad crew or fire personnel.

River knowledge: know before you go! Life jackets are required by law on all vessels, including kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddleboards. Life jackets save lives. Be familiar with the rivers or lakes you are enjoying. Unexpected eddies or strong currents may be challenging. With our hot temps, many of us will venture out on the water to cool off. Better safe than sorry.

Lyle School news: construction is underway. On July 5, crews began work on the roofing portion of the project, which includes the

gym/cafeteria section of the roof and the art/shop building. This project is being paid for with proceeds from the sale of the Dallesport Elementary building and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) dollars the district received during Covid. Note: if you need to visit the school district campus, please be mindful that you are on a construction site with hazards due to the work being done on the roof. They also want you to know that there will be a change in school day hours: they are moving their start/ end time for all grades to 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This change is for a few reasons, but mostly it will help increase instructional time and give all students more time for breakfast before school each day. It will also help with some rural bus stop times and make those stops a few minutes later in the morning.

I mentioned earlier that I would let you know more about the 9th Annual Wally Rally and Poker Run coming August 5. I understand

it is not just for motorcycles and provides a fun time to share the love of the open road with your friends. It’s $5 a person with sign-up at 9 a.m. at The Hideaway, 2297 Dallesport Road. Kick stands up at 10 a.m. The route is Klickitat, Glenwood, BZ Corner, and back to The Hideaway to enjoy some outside music with Bob Conley from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

On August 4 and 5, there will be a fundraiser yard sale to benefit the animals at The Howards Haven Animal Sanctuary near Lyle. Items have been donated, and there is some of just about everything. The location is 620 Sixth Avenue, Dallesport, and all proceeds will go toward winter feed and other sanctuary expenses. This sale is being held in conjunction with the Dallesport Community Yard Sales that weekend. Come shop! There are lots of sales in Dallesport!

As per a notification of the Hood River Bridge news, new toll rates were set based on the recommendation of the newly formed Hood

River White Salmon Bridge Authority (HRWSBA), citing the need to raise $70 to $150 million in local toll revenue to complete the funding package for construction of the replacement bridge.

They mentioned raising their prices effective September 1 with base toll rates for passenger vehicles increasing for cashpaying customers to $3.50 per crossing. BreezeBy customers will see an increase of 75 cents per crossing for two-axle vehicles. Toll rates depend on vehicle class, with large trucks, RVs, and trailers paying $4 per axle for cash customers, $3 per axle with BreezeBy. These toll rates are assumed to remain in place until the new bridge opens, assumed to be in 2031. We may have to weigh our options of gas prices to go around by The Dalles route or pay the bridge toll. We’ll see how the price of gas balances out.

Submit your news to Mildred E. Lykens, (509) 3652273 or lykensme41@gmail. com.

August, our last full month of summer. How can that be already?

If you are into “supermoons,” August brings us two. We will have a full Moon on August 1, and again on August 31. They get the moniker when the Moon is a bit closer to Earth than its average distance. On average, the Moon is about 238,900 miles from Earth, but on August 1 our Moon will be about 223,000 miles from us and 222,000 on the 31st. The Moon will be slightly brighter than average.

If you give a look at that full Moon, you can also catch sight of the ringed planet Saturn, now beginning to enter the evening sky. On August 1, look to the left of the Moon for a bright “star” about 20 degrees away from the Moon. That is Saturn. On the 31st, look for Saturn to the right of the Moon, again, about 20 degrees away. How far is 20 degrees? If you extend your arm and make a fist, it will cover approximately 10 degrees in the sky.

On August 2 and 3, the Moon will approach and pass Saturn as we see it in the sky—a good way to see how fast the Moon moves across our sky as it orbits the Earth. You can see the same late in the month, as the Moon moves past Saturn on the 29th and 30th.

Saturn will be closest to us on the night of August 26-27, when it is in “opposition,” located opposite the Sun in our sky. It will still

be very close later in August and in September when it will be higher in the evening sky. This will be a good year to view Saturn’s rings. As the planet orbits the Sun, we see the rings from different angles. In 2024 and 2025 we will see the rings “edge on,” as our view will be pretty parallel to the Saturn’s equator.

The solar system’s other gas giant, Jupiter, is still a morning object in August. Jupiter will be just to the right of the bright star cluster the Pleiades in the morning sky. On the 8th, the third-quarter Moon will be just to the left of Jupiter. The next night, the 9th, will find the waning crescent Moon just below the Pleiades cluster. Look for them high in the southeastern sky before sunrise. If you are an early riser, check them out. You may even catch a few early Perseid meteors as a bonus! This will be a good year to view the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks on the night of August 12-13.

In many years, the bright Moon “washes out” dim meteors, but this year that will not be a problem. The Moon will be a waning crescent in the morning sky, not interfering much at all. The best time to view the Perseids is after midnight. You can also marvel at the summer Milky Way, high overhead on summer nights. August 12 falls on a Saturday this year, so you can enjoy the shower on a Saturday night!

GHS agriscience teacher leads professional development institute

tute, Krieg spent 80 hours teaching nearly every lesson in the year-long curriculum and instructing fellow teachers from around

the country to learn how to deliver lessons in an inquiry-based way that will shift focus in the classroom from teacher-led to student-

directed learning.

“I love to share my knowledge of CASE with colleagues and build friendships with other teachers

from around the country,” said Krieg. For more information about CASE, visit case4learning.org.

Joshua Krieg, agriscience educator at Goldendale High School, recently attended a Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education institute at Washington State University to instruct 19 other agricultural teachers from six other states in the Natural Resources and Ecology CASE (Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education) curriculum.

CASE is an instructional system that is changing the culture of agriculture programs in the United

States through teacher professional development; inquiry-based, studentfocused lessons; assessment; and certification.

Teachers use the curriculum to elevate student experiences in the agriculture classroom and prepare students for success in college and careers emphasizing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

CASE is an initiative of The National Council for Agricultural Education.

During the CASE Insti-

Jim White For The SenTinel

C TEACHING THE TEACHERS: Goldendale High School’s Joshua Krieg instructed agriculture teachers from six states.

Community Events

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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.

Sunday

• Makers Market at The Missing Corner – 1256 Hwy 141 BZ Corner. Every third Sunday from 12 – 5 p.m. Contact themissingcorner@gmail.com for more information (will return in April 16, 2023)

• Trout Lake Market – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Trout Lake Grange Hall 2390 Washington 141 . 1st Sunday of the month, seasonally.

Monday

• Programs for Peaceful Living Domestic Violence Victim support group via zoom Mondays 10 a.m. 509-773-6100 or 509-493-1533.

• 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) 4903704

• Goldendale City Council meetings 6 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 509-773-4487

Tuesday

• Board of County Commissioners meeting every Tuesday Klickitat County Courthouse, 205 S Columbus Goldendale. Visit https://www.klickitatcounty.org/643/Board-ofCounty-Commissioners 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

• Goldendale Junior Community Chamber 7 p.m. 2nd Tuesday of every month at Umpqua Bank. Call 509-250-0625

• Goldendale Photo Club 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.

• White Salmon Farmers Market, 4 – 7 p.m. every week seasonally

• Narcotics Anonymous, 5 – 6 p.m. weekly at the United Methodist Church, 109 E Broadway Goldendale.

• Soroptimist International of Goldendale, 5:30 pm the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Dedicated to helping women and youth in our community and worldwide. All welcome. Contact Betty 509-250-3746

Wednesday

• Let’s Play Chess! – 1st & 3rd Wednesday afternoon from 3 – 5 p.m. beginning in May. Goldendale Library.

• Snowden Community Council Meetings – 1st Wednesday of the month at 6:30 at the Cherry Lane Fire Station

• Crochet group – 1st Wednesday of the month. 10 – 12 a.m. Open to those learning as well as those more advanced. $5, contact Wild Daffodil Sewing at 509-439-7177 or info@wilddaf-

of the month at 6:30, Lyle Activity Center (308 Klickitat). Meetings also available via Zoom https://lylewa.com/about-us

• Knitting Group – 3rd Wednesday of the month 12:30 p.m. Open to those learning as well as those more advanced. $5, contact Wild Daffodil Sewing at 509-439-7177 or info@wilddaffodilsewing.com

Thursday

• Drinking Democratically –3rd Thursday of the month 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Ayutla’s.

• New Parent Support Group

– 10 a.m. weekly 120 W. Stuben at Mugs Café in Bingen. Join us for community support at our weekly meeting at Mugs Cafe in Bingen. We meet in the back room. Children are welcome &

p.m. weekly at the United Methodist Church, 109 E Broadway

Goldendale

Friday

• Bingo – 2nd & 4th Friday of the month, Mt Adams Elks Lodge 124 NE Church Ave, White Salmon. Doors open at 5:30, Bingo at 6 and the Salmon Run Grill is open from 5:30 –7:30

• Farmers Market, High Prairie: 701 Struck Road, Lyle (between Centerville & Lyle), the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. May – September. Vendors, please contact Josh Harrison, phone: (509)281-0971, email: josh7harrison@gmail. com.

• Beginning Quilt Class 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. call 3C’s Fabric

Bavarian Deli 5 – 7 p.m. Local

Beef brisket $25

• 1st Saturday Family Storytimes 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Goldendale Library

Community Events

July 25 – 29, 2023, Rodeo

Bible Camp: Email: goldendalerodeobiblecamp@gmail. com.

July 26 – 29, 2023, Summer

Soccer Kick-Off: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Epic Youth Center off Roosevelt in Goldendale. This is for 5th grade and up, come and kick of the summer with a morning of soccer activities. Check in is at 8:30, camp starts at 9. Sponsored by Bilbe Baptist Church of Goldendale. Questions? Contact Abe at 509-261-2313 or visit epicyouthcenter.org.

Camp Jonah Middle School

Adventure Camp: Overnight Camp for grades 6-9 Register online at CampJonah.com or call 509-395-2900.

July 31 – August 4, 2023, Water Week Camp at the Pool: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. 401 N. King Street, Goldendale Pool. Ages 5 - 13, register at the pool, call Jennifer Smith 541-490-8466, or go to centralklickitatparksandrecreation.com/register-for-2023-summer-camps/. Some partial scholarships available.

August 7 – 11, 2023, Games/ Play Camp at the Pool: 8 a.m. –1 p.m. 401 N. King Street, Goldendale Pool. Ages 5 - 13, register at the pool, call Jennifer Smith 541-490-8466, or go to centralklickitatparksandrecreation. com/register-for-2023-summercamps/. Some partial scholarships available.

August 14 – 16, 2023, STEM Camp at the Pool : 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. 401 N. King Street, Goldendale Pool. Ages 5 - 13, register at the pool, call Jennifer Smith 541-490-8466, or go to centralklickitatparksandrecreation. com/register-for-2023-summercamps/. Some partial scholarships available.

August 17 – 230, 2023 Klickitat County Fair and Rodeo: The Klickitat County Fair is the premier event of the summer season in Klickitat County. Come for the Kickoff BBQ on Thursday, the NPRA Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday, Stock Sale and Steak Feed, Entertainment, Youth Livestock and Horse Show, delicious fair food. Check out the Grain King and Hay King contests, see prize winning preserves, flowers, fruits, vegetables and baked goods, fiber arts and so much more. Gates open at 8 am starting Thursday August 17th through Sunday, August 20th. If you want to participate in the parade on Saturday, August 20th, call Pat Shamek at 541-993-9560 for the details. The public events at the Fair begin on the 17th. Food or Commercial Booth Vendors contact Josh Hanning at hanningranch@ yahoo.com.

August 26, 2023, Centerville Community Church 1st Annual Cruise: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. 508 Dalles Mtn Road, Centerville, sign in is at 9 a.m. Hotdogs and snacks available – contact Guy Theriault at 808-728-8857 or Mariah Warrener at 509-2619172.

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• 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 509-261-2815

• Pinochle at the Centerville Grange – 3rd Wednesday of every Month at 1:00 p.m. 228 Centerville Hwy

• Trivia at the American Legion – every week 6:30 p.m.

• Family Storytime at 10:30 –11:30 a.m., Goldendale Library

• Popup Café – Noon at the Mason’s Hall on Columbus until further notice.

• Lyle Community Council Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday

encouraged. There is a small play area to keep little hands busy. We’d love to see you there!

• Bingo - Goldendale American Legion Thursdays - card packets go on sale 6:30 p.m. game starts 7 p.m. Food available

• Bingo - High Prairie Community Center, 2nd Thursday of every month, doors open at 6, starts at 6:30. Questions contact Sharon 509-310-9172

• WAGAP Mobile Food Bank

– 1st Thursday of the month: 9-11 a.m. Wishram school, 12–2 p.m. Dallesport Community Center, 3-5 p.m. Lyle Lions Club. 3rd Thursday of the month: 9-11 a.m. Trout Lake Baptist Church, 12-2 p.m. BZ Corner Community Building. Call 509-493-2662 ext 208 for more information.

• Narcotics Anonymous, 7 - 8

to sign up 509-261-2815

• Knitting and Stitching Circle – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. White Salmon Community Library

• GamerNoon for teens 3 – 5 p.m. at the Goldendale Library. Come play tabletop and board games in the teen area.

• Crafternoons at the Library – every 4th Friday 2:30 – 4 p.m. for ages 7-10 (all ages welcome at the Goldendale Library)

Saturday

• Lyle Lions Pancake Breakfast 1st Saturday of every month 7 a.m. -10 a.m. Omelets and ham and eggs cooked to order. Endless Pancakes. Location: Lyle Lions Community Center 5th & State Street (Hwy 14).

• Columbia Grange meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.

• 3rd Saturday Dinners –

July 28 – 30, 2023, Klickitat Canyon Days: Join us for the 45th anniversary of Canyon Days. The events kick off with a free community move on the blacktop starting at dark on 7/28. Saturday hosts a parade, live music, vendors, a beer garden, car show, 5K run and a host of other activities for the whole family. Sunday 7/30 is the annual rubber ducky derby! Contact Taylor Jacobsen at KlickitatCanyonDays@gmail.com for vendor information.

July 28 – 29, 2023 High Prairie Community Yard sales & Firehouse Sale: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. throughout the High Prairie area and Community Center & Firehall. Contact Josh for more information 509-281-0971.

July 29 – August 3, 2023,

September 2, 2023, Bickleton’s Annual Community Day: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Bickleton. Enjoy a classic car show Meet and Greet, a raffle for Meet and Greet entries, homemade pie sale, food, flea market, arts and crafts, vendors, street entertainment and live music throughout the day in beautiful Bickleton. For more information call 509.896.2007.

September 8 – 10, 2023, Annual Huckfest: Friday 9/8 5 p.m. – midnight, Saturday 9/8 10 a.m. – midnight, Sunday 9/10 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. downtown Bingen.

September 22 – 23, 2023 High Prairie Community Yard sales & Firehouse Sale: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. throughout the High Prairie area, as well as at the Community Center & Firehall. Contact Josh for more information 509-281-0971.

October 21, 2023, Glenwood Fall Bazar: Info to follow.

Good Fats Like These

Bill Pantages

April 23, 1946 to

June 12, 2023

Beloved member of the community, husband, father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather.

Behavioral health services move into County Jail

Celebration of Life to be held

Saturday, August 19, at the Goldendale Golf Course. Lunch provided at noon (byob). Ceremony at 1 p.m.

Lillian “Lily” Lourdes Belli

Lillian “Lily”

Lourdes Belli of Buxton, Oregon, passed away July 17, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Goldendale.

Lillian was born

February 11, 1930, and was 93 years of age at the time of her passing. Private services are

pending and under the direction of Columbia Hills Memorial Chapel, 300 W. Broadway, Goldendale, Washington, (509) 7722636.

Lily will be laid to rest beside her husband at Fir Lawn Cemetery in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Leslie Eugene “Gene” Hanson

Leslie Eugene “Gene” Hanson of Goldendale died July 23, 2023. A complete obituary is to follow at a later date.

Grace Bland

For The SenTinel

Resources for combatting substance use disorders have been few and far between for Klickitat County, but there’s a network of people fighting hard to change that. James Tuning, a substance use disorder professional, works with the county’s crisis team to offer services and treatment to those in need. The County Jail is receiving James’s expertise through the new behavioral health program he’s a part of. His work is just one layer of what’s being done within our community, but it’s work that can change a lot of lives.

James has been working in the field of substance use disorders since 2006, trying his hand at many different programs and resources. He’s experienced drug courts, family dependency courts, intensive treatment recovery services,

and more. “With any kind of modality treatment,” he said, referring to the varying services, “it works if the patient is willing to make it work.” James has been an adamant believer in the success of programs simply through the attitude of the patients and the people running the programs. He’s brought this belief into his career and will now be bringing it to the Klickitat County Jail.

“We’re doing some jail work because we got a grant,” James explained excitedly. “I just started a men’s group and a women’s group to work on maladaptive or unhealthy thinking.” The group interactions are meant to seek out the behaviors that drove the patients to substance use and jail. James works to root out these behaviors and interrupt them so that those with substance use disorder can be stable emotionally and behaviorally. Addressing the unhealthy behaviors while incarcerated allows the patients to incorporate healthy techniques into their schedules, but once they are released, treatment looks a bit different. “In incarceration, they know what their routine is,” James commented. “Once they are discharged there is no structure anymore.”

People are most at risk of relapse and overdose in the transition of services. “Part of our intent is to kind of create this coalition of these services,” said James.

One thing James highly focuses on is peer support, especially during the transition of services. “That’s our hope, that the inmates themselves, upon leave, would already have that established,” he said. Peers and community workers

Church Directory

GRACE BRETHREN

Community Grace Brethren

BAPTIST

Columbus Avenue Baptist, S.B.C.

815 N Columbus, Goldendale, 509.773.4471; Pastor David Beseler, Sun Worship 11am, Sun School 9:45 . 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; Wed: 7pm Youth Group; Fri: 9pm Compline

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.

are valuable assets in recovery because many have lived the experience of substance use. They are able to relate on a deeper level and encourage resources, like the services James provides. “If you have that relationship and you invest in it—that’s actually how people get better,” James offered. Another useful key is the involvement of family in the recovery stages.

“We’ve shown it to be more successful if the family is engaged with a patient,” he stated. Family sessions are highly encouraged, but ultimately the patient gets the say. With family sessions, there’s not the same level of confidentiality that would come from a provider or substance use disorder professional. The key to success in the work James is doing is giving the patients the opportunity to create a pathway that works for them. “We’re going to have evidence-based programs— that’s what we need to do because it’s founded on statistical data,” James detailed. “But they’re tailored to your needs.” Services are most successful when the patient is determined to make them work. Tailoring each program to the patient drives the willingness and, hopefully, recovery.

The behavioral work in the jail has only just begun, but there are many more aspirations for continuing the growth of resources and programs. The next step is to create an outpatient service that offers structured treatment for substanceuse-disordered individuals. The outpatient service has been approved; now they’re working on staffing the service and building the program to the level they want

to see it at. “We’re building that, but we don’t have a definitive timeline of when outpatient services would start,” James said. The growth of outpatient services is a momentous step for the county and the continued effort to build that program will be worth the work. Outpatient services can range from having fulltime watch and treatment to less than eight hours of treatment a week. It’s a very in-depth service that would be able to give patients the attention they require.

“The hope is that when we build an outpatient service, it’s going to fit what the specific patient needs,” James described.

The behavioral health services in the jail, along with the future outpatient services, are all created in a way that aims to guide people into a behaviorally stable lifestyle. The skills employed within the services can help individuals reenter the workforce and find pride in themselves. Substance use disorder doesn’t only upheave one’s life; it also ties stigma to them that can make recovery an intimidating slope. “We’re continuing to label people at their worst,” James commented. Community response and human kindness can go a long way in helping people recover.

“It’s just one of those situations where we really need to come together.”

The work being done by James, along with many others, is a promising start to treating and preventing substance use disorders. With the help of community awareness and professionals like James, the county hopefully will see a healthy growth in services and recovery.

NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY of GOD

1602 S Columbus, Goldendale; Pastor Kevin Gerchak, 509.773.4650; Sun. School 9:30 ; Morning Worship Service 10:30am; 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 9:30am; Worship 10:30am; Tue. 6:30pm Freedom Now Meeting. “A Gospel-Centered Church.”

This is Your (right) Brain on Art

Art Helps Improve Brain Function

Lou Marzeles

IT’S A GOOD SIGN: Holcomb’s Market has revamped its exterior and put up a new sign, keeping the store up with the times and improving appearance.

go to Smart911.com.” The big red phone is not actually clickable as a link, but there is a link right above the red phone icon that says “SIGN UP HERE” that can be clicked.

RAVE Mobile Safety and Smart911 appear to be the same company since when you click on the “Learn More” link on the Smart911 website it takes you to RAVE Mobile Safety’s website.

RAVE is the system that the emergency responders use, and Smart911 is what is offered for the general populace to sign up to be notified through the RAVE system that the responders are using.

Facebook is another resource people are using to share information about local fires. There are several Goldendale community Facebook pages used by members of the community try to keep each other updated. “As far as the most current accurate information goes, there is a Face-

LEVY from page A1

May for summer camps, soccer and football, and camps run from early July to midAugust, ending the same time as fall practices start for soccer and football. The swimming pool closes the second week of September, and the cover goes back on in October, about the time youth sports are ending.

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Smith is planning to have another training take place before the year closes. He hopes to take the training up a notch and prepare his department for shooting threats in any part of the

book group called Columbia Gorge Wildland Fire info www.facebook.com/groups/ ColumbiaGorge.WildlandFireInfo that posts real-time updates from the scanner as much as they can,” said Vincent. “They are a good source because they are just the facts and are well moderated. They don’t allow speculation and rumors that you fi nd on a lot of on other pages.” The Columbia Gorge Wildland & Fire Information Page is a volunteer-operated Facebook page that provides fire information for the entire Columbia Gorge. “Our strengths are best focused on when a fi re fi rst gets started/fi rst 24 hours,” states a disclaimer on their page.

Vincent said that Rural 7 receives a lot of questions about smoke and that if you see a plume or pillar of smoke, you should immediately call 911. “But if they are just curious about hazy smoke in the area, it can be blown in from tremen-

“We operate programs for a full 7 months of the year, and we spend the other 5 months doing maintenance, planning, and getting ready for the next year,” said Anderson. “This past year, while we were closed, we even re-lined the entire lap pool, since we’ve been operating for 20 years now.”

community. The school training was an effective start that encourages the continued safety of schools.

“I want to thank the school district for letting us use the building and

dously far away, so www. airnow.gov is a good place to check that and air quality ratings. We ask that people please don’t call the local fi re department to report it. We have come in Monday to many smoke reports on our voicemail that were left on Saturday and have no idea if it got reported to Dispatch or not.”

Smartphone apps are also another way people are staying notified about fires in their area. Watch Duty is an app that alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real time. Watch Duty is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit and a non-partisan and nongovernment organization focused on disseminating public safety information in real time from verified sources. “Our service is powered by real people— active and retired fi refi ghters, dispatchers, and first responders—who diligently monitor radio scanners and collaborate around the clock to bring you up-to-the-

Since 2021, lifeguards have taught approx. 1,200 swim lessons, more than 400 kids have attended summer camps, 350+ kids have participated in youth soccer and football, and gardeners have grown everything from lettuce and tomatoes to beets and corn.

Voters will have already

for keeping our kids safe,” Chief Smith said. The safety of the school district is a top priority for the department and was the motivation behind the reintroduction of the train-

minute, life-saving information,” states the Watch Duty website.

Another app people are using is FireTrac. Created by Bridger Aerospace, an industry leader in aerial wildfi re management, relief, and suppression, the app provides up-to-date information on fi res across the country. “It notifies you of potential fire danger and provides easy-to-use maps and highresolution photo overlays so you can know where the fi res are,” states their website.

When it comes to staying safe during fi re season, any information regarding active fi res can be helpful. Technology is playing its part in helping people stay notified and informed during emergency situations. Hopefully, with the combination of man’s desire to help their fellow man and the use of these technologies, our ability to respond to active fi res will be improved, and we will all be a little safer.

received their ballots in the mail, and the voting deadline is August 1. Senior citizens or disabled persons who make less than $40,000 a year may be exempt from levy taxes based on income. Voters who believe they qualify for this exemption can call the County Assessor at (509) 773-3715.

ings. The hope is to never experience a true threat to the school buildings, but, if necessary, the Goldendale Police Department is prepared to provide an effective response.

Council hears on Community Days

RODGER NICHOLS FOR THE SENTINEL

The tone of the Goldendale City Council meeting on July 17 was one of good news and steady progress.

Goldendale Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mindy Jackson reported that this year’s Community Days event was “one of the best” and said that was due to cooperation from a number of organizations.

She cited the City of Goldendale, Klickitat County, Cypress Creek Renewables, Holcomb’s Market, and Bishop Sanitation, among others. The celebration has traditionally been held on the fi rst weekend after the Fourth of July.

“That may be a bit of a problem for the next three years,” Jackson said. In 2024 the Fourth of July falls on a Thursday, in 2025 on a Friday, and in 2026 on a Saturday. She said the Chamber was trying to decide whether or not to join the Community Days celebration to the Fourth of July celebration and make the combination a four-day event or to move Community Days to the following weekend. Councilors voted to refer the scheduling question to the Events Commit-

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together to address the needs of our friends and neighbors,” he said.

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tee and set the next meeting of that committee for 4 p.m. on July 25.

City Administrator Pat Munyan told councilors that the many boxes stacked around city hall were fi lled with new lightbulbs for the city’s street lighting. He said that the system will be able to detect when a bulb is going to fail so it to be replaced before that happens. He said installation would start soon.

The municipal airport fuel system was only waiting for the electrician to fi nish hooking up the systems, and when that happened, the city would order aviation gas for the new tank at the field. Councilors decided to table a proposal to establish an airport advisory board until the next meeting, giving them time to go over the proposal.

And during the audience participation period, councilors heard from Corey Christian, who had just discovered pickleball and would like the city to convert two dilapidated tennis courts in World War II Park into four pickleball courts. Councilors agreed with the concept but wanted more time to study the proposal in detail.

at (800) 548-8357 or to report a power outage. Customers may also log an outage within SmartHub. See the KPUD series of paid articles on page B8 each week.

Calling all Klickitat County Photographers!

Now is the time to start capturing SUMMER shots for our 2024 photo calendar contest. Here are some past summer submissions & winners:

To improve your chances of being selected and possibly securing the coveted cover (and winning a valuable prize), carefully read & follow these instructions—even if you've submitted in the past:

1. Regarding your camera's settings:

a. Turn of the date/time stamp.

b. Select camera's highest resolution possible.

c. A general rule-of-thumb is that the le size of the jpg photos you submit should be a minimum o 3 MB. Any smaller and it may be too grainy. (Note: our email server will not allow messages at or above 20 MB, so the photo size must be below this.)

2. Submissions must be landscapes or wildlie—we call these naturescapes. Photos containing people will not be accepted. We also discourage (but don't disallow) close-ups; even if they're lovely shots, they are seldom identiable. Please do not take photos from your car.

3. The orientation of your shots MUST BE HORIZONTAL. All vertical shots, no matter how “good,” will be disqualied.

4. Your subject must be in—or seen from—Klickitat County

For example, while neither Mt Hood or Mt Adams are in Klickitat County, they are clearly visible from much of the county.

5. Do not alter, enhance, or add any efects to your photos using any photo editing software.

6. CHANGE THE FILENAME from your camera's cryptic numeric auto-assignments to something that clearly identies the shot (e.g., if it's something like “IMG_12345_54321.jpg,”

change it to something like “2023Aug-GoodnoeHills<YourLastName>.jpg”). Yes, include your last name just before the “.jpg.”

7. Do not embed any photo(s) in the body of your email; the lename(s) will be lost. Instead, send your submissions as attachments only. You may be able to attach up to 5 photos to a single email, while staying under the 20MB per email limit. Check the le sizes as you do this. If any photo is less than 3 MB, its resolution is likely not high enough.

8. In the subject line of your email, enter “2023 Calendar Photo rom <your rst and last name>.”

9. Do not re-send photos you've submitted for this contest in the past. While this will require you to keep your photos well organized, this courteous practice will save us lots of unnecessary time.

Keep in mind: the more photos you submit that meet these criteria, the better your chances of winning. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Every artist was once an amateur.” You will not be notied if any or your photos are disqualied. Check the paper or GoldendaleSentinel.com for updates and winners.

Additional tips for improving your chances of winning:

• In promoting and expressing the beauty of Klickitat County, we're seeking landscapes and other outdoor scenes that are unique to our magnicent vistas. Close-ups (of leaves, flowers, streams, or animals, for example) will typically not work because they could be taken almost anywhere in the world and are not distinctly Klickitat County.

• Consider composition: avoid power lines, telephone poles, roads, or other man-made structures that may detract from the subject. (Note that really well-crafted photos tend to keep the main subject of-center. There are many tips online for stunning landscape photography, such as tinyurl.com/DigitalCameraWorld-tips - OR - tinyurl.com/NaturescapePhotos Also check out YouTube!)

E-mail your submissions, as follows:

To: 2024Calendar@goldendalesentinel.com

Subject: 2024 Goldendale Calendar-Your First Last Name

Attachment: Change cryptic lename as described in step 6.

Message: Include your rst and last name (yes, again please), a good phone number, and a brief description of the photo.

The Washington Outdoors Report: Josie and the Tomcats go to Alaska

JOHN KRUSE FOR THE SENTINEL

The first time I met Josie Regula was when she boarded our charter boat, the Mystic Lady, at Sportsman’s Cove Lodge on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The 50-something year-old-woman was accompanied by her husband, Max. The two had come here from San Diego, California, to fish for salmon, halibut, cod, and more during a three-day stay at this luxury Alaska fishing lodge.

It turns out Josie isn’t shy.

As she boarded the boat for an orientation prior to the next morning of fishing, Josie let us know this was her very first fishing trip. She then told all of us with much bravado she intended to catch the biggest fi sh on the boat and probably the most as well.

Her husband looked shyly downward, but the rest of us did not. Her shipmates were myself, my best friend Rusty Johnston, well-known Pacific Northwest outdoors writer Terry Sheeley, Frank Skipworth (a veterinarian from Kentucky), and the captain of the Mystic Lady, Steve Helton.

I think Josie was expecting a chorus of loud guffaws and snorts from us, but several of us nodded in agreement and said there was a good chance she would do just that.

Josie looked momentarily confused until I explained fi rst-time anglers, especially women, tended to out-fish their male shipmates because they had not formed a lifetime of bad habits like the rest of us had. Add to that, fi rst-time women anglers tend to not only pay attention to the fishing advice dispensed by the captain but actually follow it. Several of us went on to say we had indeed seen women with no experience catch the biggest fi sh or the most fi sh because of this. I’m not sure Josie believed what she was telling us, but we all knew her prediction could well come true.

When I asked Josie her name, she said it was, “Josie, like Josie and the Pussycats.” Being all over 50 years of age on the boat, we all recognized the reference to the old television cartoon show featuring Josie, the star of a female rock band, and her supporting cast the Pussycats. With all of us being men, Terry Sheeley said we wouldn’t be the Pus-

Cooking Camp going strong

sycats as her band members, but we would be willing to be the Tomcats. And with that, the fishing band was formed. On our fi rst morning, we fi shed a large sandy bottom fl at that was about 260-feet deep, a nondescript part of the ocean some 35 minutes away from the lodge by boat. Dropping down our bait of herring with 12-ounce lead weights on a short leader we began to jig for halibut, and wouldn’t

you know it, Josie caught the fi rst fish of the day, a healthy five-pound true cod. Josie’s luck (and learning curve) increased over the next three days of fishing and she reeled in more than her share of cod, halibut, and salmon but it was our third day of fishing that Josie played her greatest hit. The weather the fi rst two days was mild, but our fi nal day on the water was a rough

one. We endured a steady drizzle most of the day and rough seas that had Josie feeling under the weather. In fact, despite the fact she took Dramamine to combat motion sickness, she became seasick. I’ll give her credit, though; she stuck it out on deck as we jigged for halibut during a slow morning of fishing that only yielded a few smaller halibut and true cod. Then, Josie’s rod tip bent down in a big way. She set the hook, and the fight was on. The fish Josie hooked was defi nitely no small halibut—oh, no, it was a very big one.

Josie, who was not above using colorful language, used it in abundance during the fi ght that followed with this goliath of a fish. Having never battled a big fi sh before, she decided to kneel down on the deck on one knee and brace her fi shing rod against the deck rail as she reeled. It was an unorthodox way to fight a fi sh, but it worked. The fi sh made several runs towards the bottom, robbing Josie of line as it did, and each time the fish made a run, Josie would loudly express her dismay. However, Josie stuck it out, kept reeling, and eventually, after a long fight, got that

halibut to the surface.

The fish was brought on board, and it measured well over the 40 inches that nonresident charter anglers are allowed to keep a halibut in this part of Alaska. In fact, that fi sh measured a whopping four feet and weighed an estimated 53 pounds. After snapping a few photos, that halibut was released back into the sea unharmed to grow even bigger, and Josie’s day one prediction of catching the biggest fish on the boat came true.

After taking a short break to deal with fatigue from both the fight and sea sickness, she was right back on the rail for the fi nal afternoon of fi shing, reeling in half a dozen salmon in the process. In the end, it just goes to show that fi rst-time female anglers really can out-fish all the experienced men on board, and Josie’s Tomcats were more than happy to be her supportive band as performed her greatest hit!

If you would like to fi nd out more about the fi rst-class fi shing adventures available at Sportsman’s Cove Lodge for anglers of any experience level, go to their website at www.alaskasbestlodge.com.

Senior Center weighing working with Recovery Cafe

ZACHARY VILLAR FOR THE SENTINEL

Members of the board of the Goldendale Senior Center met with a representative from the Recovery Café of Clark County on July 21 to consider allowing the Recovery Café of Clark County to use the Senior Center facilities for their gatherings. The Recovery Café is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to prevent addiction relapse by offering a recovery assistance community in a café setting. They had used the Senior Center facilities in the past for one day a week, but they are now using the Masonic Lodge building on Columbus Ave.

JENNIFER SMITH FOR THE SENTINEL

Kids are cooking up a storm this week during the Ages 9-13 Cooking and Gardening Camp, making everything from blueberry pancakes and chilaquiles to zucchini bread and lasagna. They’ll even be learning how to make pies from scratch, and peach jam.

Cooking and Gardening Camp is one of six camps run by Central Klickitat County Parks and Recreation District. Arts & Crafts Camp, and a younger kid Cooking Camp, are already complete. Water Camp, Play Games Camp, and STEM Camp are still upcoming.

CKCPRD started holding camps during the summer of 2021, after receiving a grant from the Association of Washington Cities. The grant funds were designated to get kids out of their homes and interacting with other kids after COVID, before they had to go back to school. Grant funds were also received for the summer of 2022. While the funding program wasn’t continued in 2023, CKCPRD made the decision to continue holding camps, knowing that hundreds of kids were benefiting from the programs.

“That fi rst summer, you could really see the impact that COVID had on the kids,” said Thea Smith,

who planned and managed camps that year. “They needed to re-learn how to interact with other kids, how to share supplies, and how to focus on the activity that they were doing at the time.”

The summer camps provide breakfast for kids who need it and allow parents to drop off kids before work. The camps also provide a nutritious lunch each day, as part of the summer lunch program. Scholarships or partial scholarships are available for kids from lowincome families, foster kids, and kids who are homeless.

In addition, during the week that kids are participating in a camp, they can swim at the Goldendale swimming pool during the afternoon Open Swim.

“It’s tough to fi nd childcare in Goldendale, especially if you are new to the community,” said Emma Olson, one of the camp coordinators this year. “The camps are a great place for new kids to meet other kids their age, make friends, learn new skills, and be a lot more comfortable about starting school in the fall, because they already know someone.”

For more information, or to sign up for camps, go to centralklickitatparksandrecreation.com, or fi ll out a form at the Goldendale swimming pool.

Vince Collins, the Executive Director of the Recovery Café of Clark County, spoke about the possibility of renting or leasing the Senior Center to host a popup Recovery Café twice a week. After the flooding that occurred at the Senior Center last year, the Senior Center’s insurance costs rose, and they are exploring alternative uses of the building to be able to meet increased costs. Allowing the Recovery Café to use the space could be one way to address this issue.

“Recovery Café is for people already in recovery who need a healing space to keep on growing in their recovery,” said Collins during the meeting at the Senior Center. “We provide general support much like a Senior Center. We do recreation, we do a meal, we do conversation, and it’s really meant to be a community.” He said at their current location at the Masonic Lodge, they are averaging about 50 people a week visiting. Regarding people who visit, Collins said

they keep the definition of the term recovery wide. “Recovery from life is how we look at that,” he said. “So it can be mental health recovery, it can be recovery from substance use. It can be recovery from grief. We don’t have the benefit of a pure program in a rural area, everything kind of mixes together. The people who have come have been all kinds of people.” The Recovery Café does not have long-term plans to use the Masonic Lodge because their bathrooms are not accessible to people with mobile disabilities.

One of the concerns brought up by the Senior Center board during the meeting was the issue of security. Senior Center Treasurer Hilarey Sinclaire asked what the Recovery Café has in place in terms of security. “The Café is a membership model; it’s not a drop-in center,” said Collins. “You have to come to an orientation, and you have to commit to being clean and sober for at least one 24-hour period. People do relapse, and we don’t punish people for relapsing. But they can’t come in here actively using because that would trigger all the other people.” If someone violates these rules, Collins said they would exclude the person and ask them to leave for the day. He said they would try to stay welcoming, but if it became a security issue, then they would exclude them permanently and call law enforcement if needed. Their staff is trained in deescalation. “We’re part of the community,” said Collins. “Our commitment is to the community, not to an individual. We would handle it like any other store in town.

Good Fats Like These

We’re not here to protect illegal behavior.”

Senior Center board President Susan Jaggers, who also works as a recovery coach for the Recovery Café, argued in favor of giving visitors to the Recovery Café the benefit of the doubt when it came to security concerns. “It’s such a good thing,” she stated. “I sat back and watched it for months; I didn’t even get involved. I just opened the doors and sat and watched. Then I started getting more and more involved in it and seeing how people were helped, and watching the love that these people show other people that need help. It’s just people. They’re just people.”

Recovery Café of Clark County currently has popup cafés in White Salmon, Stevenson, and Washougal, as well as the pop-up at the Masonic Lodge. “The state's Health Care Administration contracts with us to expand the café model of service to Southwest Washington,” said Collins. “Each pop-up is about four hours where we greet people, explain the model, provide a meal, and then do a community circle where people share their thoughts on day-to-day healing. As we build the group, we define membership expectations, which include

compassionate accountability. We work to build a safe place where people can work on healing and recovery from any behavioral health issues, without judgment.”

Collings said that Recovery Café Clark County does not have plans of growing their business into Klickitat County but instead hopes to establish enough of a recovery community in this area that they could mentor this community to start their own non-profit or organization. “Our goal with the Café is to build a local board, a local 501(c)(3), and then we can shift the money that we’re getting from the state and the federal government to this community. Our goal is to get the money into this community, spend it in this community, and grow your own resource, and you can control it any way you want.” Recovery Café Clark County is funded by federal grants and state grants.

Members of the Senior Center board did not reach a decision during this meeting regarding the use of the facility for Recovery Café popups. The Café will continue holding their pop-ups at the Masonic Lodge at 219 S Columbus on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

JOHN KRUSE

ONE OF HER BIGGEST HITS: Josie Regula with her big salmon. She also caught a 53-pound halibut that she released.

GOOD MIX: Fae Kastning (right) watches Ellen Hoctor pour melted butter as the girls start making blueberry muffins during Cooking Camp.

CONSIDERING OPTIONS: Recovery Café of Clark County Executive Director Vince Collins speaks to members of the Goldendale Senior Center board of directors about the possibility of renting the Senior Center to hold Recovery Café pop-ups.

N otices

PUBLIC NOTICE

City of Goldendale and Department of Ecology

Shoreline Master Program

The City has prepared final draft SMP amendments to keep the SMP current with changes in state law, changes in other City plans and regulations, and other changed local circumstances. Proposed amendments to the Goldendale SMP are available for review at www. ci.goldendale.wa.us/. A paper copy will be available for viewing at City Hall.

SEPA Threshold Determination

The City of Goldendale determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement was not required under the State Environmental Policy Act, RCW 43.21C.030(2) (c). This determination of nonsignificance (DNS) was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency and available upon request. This determination was issued pursuant to WAC 19711-340(2). The SEPA comment and appeal period ran from January 24, 2023, to February 6, 2023.

Public Hearing

A joint local-state public hearing was held during the regular City Council meeting on February 21, 2023. To meet the 60-day notice requirement, on June 5, 2023, the Goldendale City Council adopted resolution 729 expressing their intent to hold a Public Hearing to adopt the updated Shoreline Master Program by ordinance on August 7, 2023. The City’s Shoreline Master Program and all amendments thereto shall become effective 14 days from the date of adoption.

(2313, 2404, 2501, 2601, 2701, 2801, 2901, 3001, 3101, 3201)

FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY

PROBATE DEPARTMENT

In the Matter of the GORDON E. RESTORFF TRUST, Deceased.

NOTICE TO INTERESTED

PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Larrie G. Restorff is the Trustee of the above trust. All persons having claims against the trust are required to present them to the Trustee at 112 W 4th Street, The Dalles, OR 97058 within four months after the date of first publication of this Notice or they may be barred. Any person whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the affiant or the attorney for the affiant.

DATED and first published July 12, 2023.

/s/ Larrie G. Restorff

Larrie G. Restorff, Trustee

Antoine J. Tissot TOOLE CARTER TISSOT & COATS, LLP

Attorneys at Law 112 W 4th Street

The Dalles, OR 97058 Telephone: 541-296-5424

Published: 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023 (2812, 2908, 3002)

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT CITY OF WHITE SALMON, a Washington municipal corporation, Plaintiff, Vs. THE HEIRS AND/OR DEVISEES OF CHESTER F. TEAGUE, Deceased

Defendants

Case No. 23-2-00161-20

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

The State of Washington to the said HEIRS AND/OR DEVISEES OF CHESTER F. TEAGUE, deceased:

You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit sixty (60) days after the 12th day of July, 2023, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, CITY OF WHITE SALMON, a Washington municipal corporation, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney’s for plaintiff, CITY OF WHITE SALMON, a Washington municipal corporation, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgement will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court.

The purpose of this action is to reform the legal description and Quiet Title in the City of White Salmon and remove certain clouds on Title related to real property situate in Klickitat County, Washington as described in the complaint to Quiet Title and for Order Reforming Recorded Deed and related to real property known as Klickitat County Parcel No. 03102468005000.

DATED this 5th day of July, 2023.

KNAPP, O’DELL & MACPHERSON PLLC Shawn R. MacPherson, WSBA No. 22842 Attorney for Plaintiffs 430 NE Everett Street Camas, WA 98607 (2813, 2909, 3003)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RESCHEDULED TO AUGUST 1, 2023

In accordance with RCW 36.70.795, the Board of County Commissioners will hold public hearings on Ordinance O061323, in regard to interim official control prohibiting large scale solar projects over one acre in size located within Townships-Ranges 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 4-14, 4-15, 4-16, 4-17, 5-15, 5-16 and 5-17 in Klickitat County, Washington.

The public hearings have been rescheduled to Tuesday August 1, 2023, and will be held on at 1:30 PM and 6:00PM in the Klickitat County Services Building, 115 West Court Street, Room 200, Goldendale, Washington. Any person desiring to express their views on the matter is invited to join the hearing to provide testimony.

Participation in this meeting will be offered as follows:

A. To attend the meeting in person.

B. To join the meeting via Zoom. Type in https://us02web.zoom.

us/j/586587651 in your browser or use one of the call-in numbers below and Meeting ID: 586 587 651.

669-900-6833

346-248-7799

929-205-6099

253-215-8782

301-715-8592

312-626-6799

Written testimony may also be submitted to the Board of County Commissioners, 115 West Court St, Room 201, Goldendale, WA 98620, or email to BoCC@klickitatcounty.org.

BY ORDER of the Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners dated this 12th day of July, 2023.

/s/ Dan Christopher, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners (2911, 3004)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Klickitat County is updating the Title 12 Transportation Standards. The current Standards were adopted in 2004.

Public hearings will be held on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. and Tuesday, August 1. 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Commissioners' room located in the Klickitat County Services Building, Goldendale, Washington at which time any person may appear and make comment as it relates to the updated Title 12 Transportation Standards.

Zoom meeting is being provided for citizen comment: To join the Zoom meeting: type in https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/586587651 in your browser or use one of the call-in numbers below and Meeting ID: 586 587 651. 669-900-6833 929-205-6099

301-715-8592

346-248-7799

253-215-8782

312-626-6799

Dated this 11th day of July 2023. Dan Christopher, Chairman Board of County Commissioners (2910, 3005)

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF CLARK

Estate of: PETER GEVERS, Deceased No. 23-4-00734-06

Probate Notice to Creditors RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving

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Notice of Public Hearing: Amendment to Klickitat County Code 1.16.090 District Judicial ServicesKlickitat County Commissioners

• Probate Notice to Creditors: Teresa E. Fegel - Toole Carter, Tissot & Coats, LLP

• Invitation for Bids: Athletic Track phase 1 Klickitat School District - Bell Design Co.

• Probate Notice to Creditors: Esther Elina HarrisToole Carter, Tissot & Coats, LLP

• Notice of State's Intent to Negotiate Lease: 10 acres lying in S 1/2 S8T6R12E - Washington State

Department of Natural Resources

Legal Notice: Special 3-day Candidate filing period

- Klickitat County Auditor

Notice of Public Hearing: Variance Application

#23-01 Stuart Chisholm - City of Goldendale

Notice to Contractors: Sealed Bids for Curve

Warning Signs and Guideposts, CPR 371 - Klickitat County Public Works

• Notice and Summons by Publication: Paternal Interest in Casey Michael Hoyt Smith or BrooklynnRose Renea Smith - Office of the Attorney General, Washington State

Probate Notice to Creditors: Karalyn Sue NagelLori Lynn Hoctor, Attorney at Law

Probate Notice to Creditors: Thomas Allen EsteyLori Lynn Hoctor, Attorney at Law

Probate Notice to Creditors: Roger L Woosley - Lori Lynn Hoctor, Attorney at Law

Probate Notice to Creditors: Jerry Rollin Hochhalter - Lori Lynn Hoctor, Attorney at Law

• Probate Notice to Creditors: Sherry Marie Williams

- Lori Lynn Hoctor, Attorney at Law

on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-

TION: 7/19/2023

PERSONAL REPRESENTA-

TIVE: Leolani Gevers

ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE:

Joshua Hawkins #58659

ADDRESS FOR MAILLING OR SERVICE: Pacific Cascade Legal 900 Washington St., Ste 760 Vancouver, WA 98660 (2912, 3006, 3102)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 beginning at 1:30 PM in the Klickitat County Commissioner's meeting room, 205 S. Columbus, Room 101, Goldendale, WA 98620.

THE PURPOSE of said hearing is to allow any interest person to provide written or oral testimony for or against the proposed amendment to Klickitat County Code 1.16.090, which reestablishes policies for providing District Court Judicial Services to municipalities of Klickitat County. Dated this 18th day of July 2023. BOARD OF COUNTY COM-

MISSIONERS DAN CHRISTOPHER, CHAIRMAN

To join the meeting using Zoom: type in https://us02web.zoom. us/j/586587651 in your browser or use one of the call-in numbers below and Meeting ID: 586

587 651

669-900-6833

346-248-7799

929-205-6099

253-215-8782

301-715-8592

312-626-6799 (3007, 3103)

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY

Estate of TERESA E. FEGEL

Deceased. No. 23-4-00051-20

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving

download them from the following link: https://belldesigncloud.com/ owncloud/s/JV9Yoyhy71Maatw

Bid Security: A certified or bank cashier’s check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid amount, payable to the Klickitat School District, or bid bond executed by a licensed bonding company is required with each bid.

Rejection of Bids: The district shall have the right to reject any or all bids not accompanied by bid security or data required by the bidding document or a bid in any way incomplete or irregular. Klickitat School District is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Small, minority- and women-owned businesses are encouraged to submit bids.

The bids will be opened at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 at the Klickitat School District Office, located at 98 School Drive, Klickitat, WA 98628. For more information, call Mr. Riston Andrews, PE, at (509) 493-3886, ristonandrews@ belldesigncompany.com. (3009, 3105)

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY Estate of ESTHER ELINA HARRIS, Deceased. No. 23-4-00048-20

gen Council Pos. #2, Cemetery District 2 Com. Pos. #1, Cemetery District 3 Com. Pos. #3, Cemetery District 4

on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: July 26, 2023.

Personal Representative: Scott Hal Osborne Attorney for the Personal Representative: Shannon Tissot Address for Mailing or Service: 112 West 4th Street

The Dalles, OR 97058 Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Klickitat County Superior Court Cause No.: 23-4-0051-20

/s/ Scott Hal Osborne Scott Hal Osborne, Personal Representative (3008, 3104, 3202)

INVITATION FOR BIDS

KLICKITAT SCHOOL DISTRICT 402

ATHLETIC TRACK - PHASE 1

Bid Date: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

Sealed bids will be received at the Klickitat School District Office, Attention: Superintendent, Kendrick Lester, located at 98 School Drive, Klickitat, WA 98628, until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 for the Klickitat School District’s ATHLETIC TRACK

PHASE 1

Phase 1 of the Athletic Track project includes excavating and grading the footprint of the proposed track and the installation of the stormwater mitigation system on Parcel 04132200001500000 adjacent to the Klickitat Elementary and High School.

Aspects of this project include: Site grading, excavation, hauling, and storage and/or disposal of excavated materials, utility adjustments, conduits, stormwater improvements, and all other required aspects of the project shown in the plans.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on, Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 – 2:00 PM PDT at the work location. Access is off of 98 School Drive, Klickitat, WA 98628. Statements made by Owner or Owner’s representatives at the conference will not be binding upon the Owner unless confirmed by written Addendum. The meeting will conclude after the site visit. Bidding documents for the project were prepared by Bell Design Company.

Availability of Bidding Documents: Bona fide general contractors may obtain the contract documents at the office of Bell Design Company, located at 900 W Steuben, Bingen, WA 98605, (509) 493-3886 or

High Prairie Fire District Com. Pos. #2, Wahkiacus Fire District Com. Pos. #1, Klickitat School Board Pos. #3 & #5 and Roosevelt School Board Pos. #1. A complete list of offices open for election and applicable filing fees is posted in our office located at 205 S. Columbus Ave. Room 203 in Goldendale, on our website at https:// www.klickitatcounty.org/1136/ ElectionsVoter-Registration, or available upon request. For more information, please call the Elections Department at (509) 773-4001 or (800) 5838050 or email voting@klickitatcounty.org. Heather Jobe, Klickitat County Auditor and Ex-Officio Supervisor of Elections (3012)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: July 26, 2023

Personal Representative: Je-

rome Harris

Attorney for the Personal Representative: Shannon Tissot Address for Mailing or Service:

112 West 4th Street

The Dalles, OR 97058 Court of probate proceedings and cause number:

Klickitat County Superior Court Cause No.: 23-4-0048-20

/s/ Jerome Harris

Jerome Harris, Personal Representative (3010, 3106, 3203)

NOTICE OF STATE'S INTENT TO NEGOTIATE LEASE

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) intends to negotiate a 10-year Special Use lease for a tract of land containing approximately 10 acres, described as a portion lying in the S1/2 of Section 8, Township 6 North, Range 12 East, Klickitat County, Washington. Annual Rents will be negotiated. For details contact the Southeast Region office at (509) 9258510.

Hilary S. Franz, Commissioner of Public Lands (3011)

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Klickitat County Auditor’s Office will hold a Special 3 Day

Candidate Filing Period August 2-4, 2023. Online filing begins 8:00 A.M. on August 2nd and closes 5:00 P.M. on August 4th.

In person filing begins 8:00 A.M. on August 2nd and closes 5:00 P.M. on August 4th. Mail in declarations will be accepted July 20th through 5:00 p.m. on August 4th.

Filing fees are due at the time of filing. Our office accepts cash, checks, or money orders.

Candidates filing online may pay with a Visa or Mastercard Credit or Debit card.

There are 24 positions open for election including: City of Bin-

CITY OF GOLDENDALE

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

VARIANCE APPLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goldendale Planning Committee will conduct a Public Hearing in person at City Hall, Council Chambers, 1103 S. Columbus or via Zoom teleconferencing as follows:

Date: August 1st, 2023

Time: 6:00 pm

Phone Number: (415) 762-9988

Meeting ID: 373-290-5204

THE PURPOSE of said hearing is to hear all interested parties who wish to testify for or against the following proposal:

File Number Variance

#23-01

Applicant: STAURT CHISHOLM

Proposal: The Applicant is proposing to request a variance to construct an accessory structure prior to building primary structure.

Physical Address

225 Nesbitt Street

Tax Parcel Number

04162022020200

Abbreviated Legal Description

Lot 2 G-BLA 22-02; 20-4-16

The Goldendale Planning Committee may take action to approve, deny, approve with conditions, table, or continue these issues to a set time and place.

Pat Munyan City Administrator City of Goldendale (3013)

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids for the Curve Warning Signs and Guideposts, CRP 371, will be received by the Board of County Commissioners at the reception desk located in the Klickitat County Public Works Department, 115 West Court Street, Room 302, Goldendale Washington. Mailing address 115 West Court Street, Mail Stop 303 Goldendale Washington 98620 until 1:15 p.m. on August 22, 2023 for performing the work described below. Sealed bids received will be opened at the Commissioner’s Chambers and publicly read aloud on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Bids received after 1:15 p.m. August 22, 2023 will not be considered.

The county reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive informalities that are not, in the opinion of the County Commissioners, material. Bid envelopes shall be appropriately marked on the outside “Bid opening 1:30 p.m. August 15, 2023, Curve Warning Signs and Guideposts, CRP 371”. This contract provides for the improvement of Klickitat Appleton Road by the installation of new warning signs, posts, removal of existing signs and posts, installation of flexible guideposts and other work, all in accordance with the Contract Plans, Contract Provisions, and the Standard Specifications. Bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in cash, certified check, cashier’s check or surety bond in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount in the bid proposal. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond within the

time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to Klickitat County. Approximate project cost is estimated to be between $200,000 and $350,000.

The Klickitat County Public Works Department, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 US.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Obtaining Bid Documents:

Free of charge: Plans, Specifications, addenda, bidders list, and plan holders list for the project are available though the Klickitat County’s on-line plan room. Free of charge access is provided to Prime Contractors, Subcontractors and Venders by going to http://bxwa.com and clicking on: Posted Projects; Public Works; Klickitat County; and Projects Bidding. Bidders are encouraged to “Register” in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to place themselves on the self registered “Bidders List.”

This on-line plan room provides Bidders with fully usable online documents; with the ability to: download, print to your own printer, order full / partial plan sets from numerous reprographic sources (on-line print order form), and a free on-line digitizer / take-off tool. Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at 425-258-1303 should you require assistance.

Dated this 25th Day of July

2023.

BOARD OF COUNTY COM-

MISSIONERS

Klickitat County, Washington

Dan Christopher, Chairman

Jacob Anderson, Commissioner

Lori Zoller, Commissioner

ATTEST:

Alisa Grumbles, Deputy Clerk of the Board Klickitat County, Washington (3014, 3107, 3204)

NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF KLICKITAT JUVENILE DIVISION

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

And TO:

1. Unknown Biological Father, and/or Anyone Else Claiming

a Paternal Interest in CASEY

MICHAEL HOYT SMITH, dob

1/18/23, Dependency Petition #23-7-00006-20 filed 1/20/23

(natural mother Ashley Nicole Warner);

2. Unknown Biological Father, and/or Anyone Else Claiming a Paternal Interest in BROOKLYNNROSE RENEA SMITH, dob 6/1/15, Dependency Petition #23-7-0009-20 filed 4/18/23

(natural mother Alexandra Leigh Stafford)

A Dependency Petition was filed; A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on: September 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Klickitat County Superior Court, Juvenile Division, 205 South Columbus Avenue, Goldendale, WA 98620. YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING. THE HEARING WILL DETER-

MINE IF YOUR CHILD IS DEPENDENT AS DEFINED IN RCW 13.34.030(6). THIS BE-

GINS A JUDICIAL PROCESS

WHICH COULD RESULT IN PERMANENT LOSS OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING THE COURT MAY ENTER A DEPENDENCY ORDER IN YOUR ABSENCE. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, call DCYF at 509.773.7475 To view information about your rights, including right to a lawyer, go to https:// www.atg.wa.gov/DPY

DATED this18th day of July, 2023.

Renea Campbell, Klickitat County Clerk

By: Ashley Williams Deputy Clerk (3015, 3108, 3205)

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of KARLALYN SUE NAGEL, Deceased No. 23-4-00037-26

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this Estate. Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim

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EMPLOYMENT

UTILITY MAINTENANCE

WORKERS

City of Goldendale is accepting applications for a Utility Maintenance Worker. This technical position performs regular and reoccurring installation, repair, and maintenance work in the streets, water supply and distribution, sewer collection and parks divisions. Operates a variety of hand tools, power tools, technical equipment and various vehicles and equipment to accomplish work. Equipment operations will include, but not be limited to, backhoes, air compressor-jackhammer, street sweepers, dump trucks, snowplows, boring machines, paving equipment and mowers. Requires one (1) year experience in Public Works or related field, high school diploma or GED, Washington Drivers License (CDL preferred or ability to obtain within 6 months) and ability to obtain basic water or wastewater certifications. Additional water/wastewater or DOT Certification will be considered. Residency within 20 minutes response time to City

Shop. Starting salary $19.73 - $22.84 per hour, DOQ. Application packets are available by contacting Sandy Wells at the City of Goldendale, 1103 S. Columbus, Goldendale, WA 98620 (509) 773-3771. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The City of Goldendale is an equal opportunity employer. (8.2)

COMMUNITY HEALTH

WORKER

WAGAP is hiring a Community Health Worker in Klickitat County. Email patty@wagap. org.

CIVIL SERVICE Klickitat County Civil Service will be testing for the positions of Lateral and Entry Level Deputy to work for the Klickitat County Sheriff. Applications can be obtained online at the Klickitat County website: https://klickitatcounty.org/ Exams will be held on July 29, 2023 in Goldendale, WA. A $20 exam fee is required for entry level applicants.

The Goldendale Sentinel is

with the court which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) within four months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF

NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: 13th day of July, 2023

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-

TION: 26th day of July, 2023.

Ashley Nicole Nagel, Personal Representative

214 W. Main Street Goldendale, WA 98620

Prepared By:

LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTOR-

NEY AT LAW

214 West Main Street GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (3016, 3109, 3206)

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS ALLEN ESTEY, Deceased No. 23-4-00038-20

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this Estate. Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) within four months after the date of first publica-

tion of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: 13th day of July, 2023

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 26th day of July, 2023. Ethan Riverton Estey, Personal Representative 214 W. Main Street Goldendale, WA 98620

Prepared By:

LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEY AT LAW 214 West Main Street GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (3017, 3110, 3207)

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of ROGER L WOOSLEY, Deceased No. 23-4-00049-20

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this Estate. Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) within four months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with

Clerk of Court: 13th day of July,

2023

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-

TION: 26th day of July, 2023.

Lindamay Woosley, Personal Representative 214 W. Main Street Goldendale, WA 98620

Prepared By: LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEY AT LAW 214 West Main Street GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (3018, 3111, 3208)

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of JERRY ROLLIN HOCHHALTER, Deceased No. 23-4-00047-20

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this Estate. Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the

Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) within four months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: 13th day of July, 2023

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-

TION: 26th day of July, 2023.

Serrina Lorraine Hochhalter, Personal Representative

214 W. Main Street Goldendale, WA 98620

Prepared By: LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTOR-

214 West Main Street

GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/

seeking an outside Ad Sales Representative. Most of our customers are located in Klickitat County. As such, you will need to live in Klickitat County and preferably in or close to the greater Goldendale, Washington, area. The Sentinel has run continuously in Klickitat County since 1879 and is the county’s official newspaper. It is a strong, healthy institution that regularly gets between 14,000 and 21,000 unique visits each month to its website throughout the county and around the state. We don’t want just a salesperson. We want someone who seeks to provide service to our customers by selling them advertising that enhances their revenue through their ads and enriches their customer service experience.

We want an Ad Sales Rep who personifies this code of service to our advertisers through carefully maintained relationships.

You will be expected to keep orderly and structured habits of follow-through and accountability. You’ll demonstrate a positive work attitude both in and out of the office. You’ll have a sound grasp of fundamental sales concepts and approaches and be excellent at sales situation analysis. Of course, you’ll have an excellent work history of performance and tenure. You’ll have professional work references from people to whom you reported. You should have at least three years of sales experience, preferably in ad sales.

If you feel you’re a good match for this position, submit a resumé that clearly reflects your sales experience, education and/or certification(s), and work history with accurate and complete dates and full company names, addresses, and phone numbers, all of which will be verified. Explain any and all gaps in your work history. You must also provide us with a minimum of three references to whom you directly reported; do not submit friends, family, co-workers, or anyone else you did not work for directly as references. We will expect the resumé to be accompanied by a well-

WA 98620 Please send resume to Lou@ GoldendaleSentinel.com ADMIN ASSISTANT/BOOKKEEPER The Goldendale Sentinel is looking for an admin assistant/bookkeeper. Required technical skills: strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel (including knowing how to enter and work with formulas), Word, and Outlook. On the latter two, we expect you to know how to properly construct a sentence with good grammar and spelling. On the bookkeeping side, we want you to have at least three years of experience using QuickBooks Desktop Pro. We want someone who has a

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ATTENTION READERS: Readers respond to ads at their own risk. If in doubt about a particular offer, check with the Better Business Protection Agency @ 503-378-4320 before investing any money. This publication assumes no liability over advertisers.

Gorge OHSU

Pathfinder 2 Study

One Community Health Hood River and The Dalles in partnership with OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, is recruiting participants aged 50 years and older for the PATHFINDER 2 study, a clinical trial of a blood test designed to detect many types of cancers. Participants must be 50 years or older and be willing to come to One Community Health in Hood River or The Dalles

In the Matter of the Estate of SHERRY MARIE WILLIAMS, Deceased No. 23-4-00044-20 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

RCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this Estate. Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) within four months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with

Clerk of Court: 13th day of July, 2023

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-

TION: 26th day of July, 2023. Stacy Sperry, Personal Representative 214 W. Main Street Goldendale, WA 98620

Prepared By:

LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEY AT LAW 214 West Main Street GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (3020, 3113, 3210)

for a study appointment that includes surveys and a blood draw. Compensation totals $50 in gift cards. To learn more email Gorgepathfinder@ohsu.edu or call 541-399-9059. For more information see: https:// www.ohsu.edu/knight-cancer-institute/join-pathfinder2-study-find-cancer-early

One Community Health en Hood River y The Dalles en colaboración con el Instituto de Cáncer de Knight en OHSU, está inscribiendo participantes de 50 años de edad y mayor para el estudio de PATHFINDER 2, una investigación clínica de una prueba de sangre diseñado a detectar varios tipos de cáncer. Participantes tienen que tener 50 años de edad o más y estar dispuestos a venir a One Community Health en Hood River o The Dalles para una cita del estudio. La recompensa completa es $50 en tarjetas de regalo. Para aprender más, mande un mensaje por correo electrónico a Gorgepathfinder@ohsu.edu o llamar al 541-399-9059. Para obtener mas información, consulte; https://www.ohsu. edu/knight-cancer-institute/ tome-parte-del-estudiopathfinder-2-para-la-deteccion-temprana-de-cancer

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

August 7-11, Monday thru Friday from 9am-Noon at White Salmon Seventh Day Adventist Church, 509 NE Tohomish Street, White Salmon, WA 98672.

Open to ages 5-13. Crafts, Bible stories, Danny ‘O Day and fun, fun, fun! All ages free.

To pre-register, phone Carol at 509-493-2239. To register at the church, come at 8:30am on Aug. 7. Parent or guardian must accompany child to register and sign VBS form.

Classified Deadlines:

MONDAY 9AM Mid-Week Editions:

panies doing business by phone to promise you a loan and ask you to pay for it before they deliver.

A public service message from the Federal Trade Commission and the Hood River News, The Dalles Chronicle and the White Salmon Enterprise.

Support Groups

TOPS OR #942 meets at Gateway Presbyterian Church, The Dalles, Thursdays, 5:30-6:30pm.

DO YOU HAVE HURTS, HABITS, HANGUPS? Attend CELEBRATE RECOVERY a faith-based 12 step program, every Thursday night at Hood River Alliance Church 2650 W. Montello (Off Rand Road) Dinner provided at 5:45pm and large group meeting at 6:30pm Childcare is provided.

For more info. call 507-820-0871

NA MEETINGS Every Wednesday. 6:30 - 7:30 at the Casa Guadalupe House, 1603 Belmont, Hood River, Oregon.

AA in WAMIC (open):

port group participants have all lost someone to suicide and strive to help each other with their grief journeys and advocacy for suicide prevention. Contact Belinda at 541-386-2500 x1 or belinda.ballah@co.hood-river. or.us to be provided the link for next Zoom meeting.

PARKINSON’S Support Group: 1st Thursday of every month, 10:45am11:45am in the Deschutes Room at Waters Edge, 551 Lone Pine Blvd., 2nd Floor. For more information, please contact Chad @ 541340-0142. MAC Lung Disease Support Group: for details, please call 541-483-2253 or 541805-5068.

RIVERVIEW Al-Anon Family Group in The Dalles: Episcopal Church of St. Paul, 1805 Minnesota, Taylor Hall. Meets every Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm. This meeting is free and open to anyone in the community who is interested in attending.

NARCOTICS Anonymous: Goldendale, 412 S. Columbus, Tues. @ 6:30pm.

FAMILY Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group: family members and friends caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia are invited to participate in our Dementia Support Group. Come and gain support and insight from others who are going thru or have gone thru this journey. Join us monthly in a caring environment to discuss your challenges and questions. Meeting held third Wednesday, every month, at 3:00 pm at FlagStone Senior Living at 3325 Columbia View Drive. For more information about our group, contact Karen Wilson at 541-298-5656. All Welcome.

c lassifieds

RECOVERING COUPLES

ANONYMOUS

Meets 2nd & 4th Sundays at 10am. 216 Cascade St., Suite 26 Hood River

DEMENTIA Support Group

every 3rd Friday at the Oregon Veterans Home, 1:30 - 2:30 pm.

541-296-7190 for info.

Alcoholicos Anonimos Reuniones

Jueves 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm St. Paul Episcopal Church 1805 Minnesota St. The Dalles, OR 97058

24 HOUR AA HOTLINE and meeting information: District 14. 1-833-423-3683

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meetings please go to gorgeaa.org.

NAMI|Oregon

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI is the largest education, support and advocacy organization on mental health in the nation. The Mission of NAMI Oregon is to improve the quality of life of persons with mental illness and of their famillies through support, education and advocacy.

Under NAMI Oregon sponsorship, NAMI-Gorge providees a monthly support group meeting for caregivers, friends, and family members of persons with mental illness.

Monthly NAMI Gorge meetings are being conducted the first Thursday of every month from 6 to 7:30pm at The Dalles Library. For information on local NAMI Resources, please contact Barbara Telfer: at 541-980-7264 or by email: booklovinbarbarian@ gmail.com.

For other NAMI information or resources: NAMI Oregon Support Line 1-800-3436264.

TOPS - Taking Off Pounds

Sensibly meets upstairs at Columbia Bank in White Salmon at 10am on Tuesdays. Join us at 90 NE Tohomish St., White Salmon, WA 98672.

AA in MAUPIN (open), Maupin Community Church, 490 5th St., Thursdays @ 7pm.

YOUNG Parents Support Group: ages 15-21, Tuesdays @ 7pm, call Tess @ 541-298-5104.

AL-ANON in The Dalles:

The Dalles Serenity meeting every Monday at 7pm @ Gateway Presbyterian Church, 1111 Dry Hollow. For more info, call 541-2962677.

HAVEN: Weekly counseling groups for victims of domestic/teen dating violence or sexual assault. Biweekly educational classes given in Spanish and English for domestic violence. Call Haven, 541-296-1662.

GRIEF SUPPORT

Establishing a Grief Support Group. Please call Natasha 702-755-0778

Volunteers Gorge Youth Mentoring (G.Y.M.)

a program of The Next Door, is seeking a positive, adult role model for a 12-year-old girl in The Dalles, who enjoys arts and crafts, animals, and going for walks. She has been waiting to spend a couple days a month with a mentor who could get her out of the house and expose her to more outdoor activities. For more information on how to get involved with G.Y.M., please call Kateel at 541-399-0259.

Gorge Youth Mentoring (G.Y.M.)

a program of The Next Door, is seeking a positive, adult role model for a 7-year-old boy in The Dalles, who is outgoing, talkative, and fun. He enjoys playing basketball, riding bikes, and building things with Legos. He has been waiting to spend a couple days a month with a mentor who could expose him to more outdoor activities and help expand his reading skills. For more information on how to get involved with G.Y.M., please call Kateel at 541-399-0259.

MENTORS WANTED

Would you enjoy building a meaningful friendship with a child or teen? If so, become a mentor! Gorge Youth Mentoring, a program of The Next Door, provides children and teens with community based, one-on-one mentoring relationships with adult volunteers. Right now, 18 youth ages 6 to 21 are waiting to make a new friend.

Mentors and youth plan their own activities based on their own schedules, meeting at least twice a month, for one year or more. For more information, visit

www.nextdoorinc.org/gym or email

gym@nextdoorinc.org

$500 or Less

SOFA SLEEPER, king size, white fabric with grape print, $500. 541-965-2251.

OAK Dresser. 4 drawers, 32”. Top 2 drawers 4 1/2”, bottom 2 drawers 6” 32 x 18 x 30”. $185. 541-490-7254.

CASSETTE Box with Cassette Tapes. $40. 541-9652251.

ROTOTILLER, Troy-Bilt brand with 6 HP motor. Comes with furrow attachment. Runs well. $400. OBO. 541-296-3945.

SPACE Heater $40. 541965-2251.

BICYCLE, Giant brand, foldable 19”. New, never been used. Comes with all accessories including 2 new helmets, carrying bag, waterproof trunk bag, light with USB port, waterproof mini pack and attached water bottle holder. Must see to appreciate. $450. OBO. 541-354-2661.

ZENITH colored 21” TV with tubes $100. 541-965-2251.

TV Stand, $150. 541-965-2251

BLOOD Pressure Kit. $20.

541-965-2251.

GLIDER Chair with matching ottoman glider. Dutailier brand with light blue fabric, white-washed oak wood frame. New condition. $249. 509-493-3663.

DVD Player. $20. 541-965-

2251.

STUDDED Snow Tires with Rims (4). Hankook brand,

P-185-70 R-13 856. 80%

tread. Plus 1 Yokohmama temporary spare. $20 each.

541-980-4989.

BOXER Dog Large Plated Chrome Sculpture. 14 1/2” x 14 1/2”. Naturalistic Shape.

$30. 541-296-1533.

STATIONARY Exercise Bike. Marcy. Adjustable new padded seat. Adjustable flywheel. Roller wheels move easily. $100. 503-970-2076.

BICYCLES. 8 to choose from. $25 each. Buy one, get one free. 541-354-1748.

LAWN EDGER, Craftsman,

7254. CATALYTIC Converter for a Honda Accord. $75. 541980-4989. HIDE-A-BED, brown corduroy. $40. 541-806-4711. WADERS. Hunting waterfowl waders. Shell holders, hand warmers and large front pocket. Supported knee pads and size 8 insulated 1200 gram boot. Hardly used by Caddis. Retail $300, sell for $175. Call/text

541-490-6113, preferably between 8am-6pm.

VHS Player, Zenith brand.

$20. 541-965-2251. ENTERTAINMENT Center, Mahogany, 60” tall x 48” wide x 24” deep. $120. 541965-2251.

Appliances

FREEZER, upright. $30.

541-806-4711. Building Materials MILGARD Window. Brand new. Never installed. Style Line brand. U-factor .25, single hung, size 36” x 41”. Energy Star Northern. $275.

Cash only. 541-980-4154.

Electronics

COMPONENT stereo, plays 5 discs, also plays cassettes, 2 speakers, $100.

541-965-2251.

VHS Player, Zenith brand.

$20. 541-965-2251.

ZENITH colored 21” TV with tubes $100. 541-965-2251

DVD Player. $20. 541-965-

2251.

Furniture

SOFA SLEEPER, king size, white fabric with grape print,

$500. 541-965-2251.

ENTERTAINMENT Center, Mahogany, 60” tall x 48” wide x 24” deep. $120. 541-

965-2251.

OAK Dresser. 4 drawers,

32”. Top 2 drawers 4 1/2”, bottom 2 drawers 6” 32 x 18 x 30”. $185. 541-490-7254.

TV Stand, $150. 541-965-2251

BISTRO/High Counter Swivel Chairs. 47” tall, seat at 30”, seat width 21”. $50 each. 2 available. 541-4907254.

GLIDER Chair with matching ottoman glider. Dutailier brand with light blue fabric, white-washed oak wood frame. New condition. $249.

509-493-3663.

Heating & Air

Conditioning

SPACE Heater $40. 541-

965-2251.

Health & Fitness

EXERCISE Bike. $40. 541-

806-4711.

STATIONARY Exercise Bike. Marcy. Adjustable new padded seat. Adjustable flywheel. Roller wheels move easily. $100. 503-970-2076.

BLOOD Pressure Kit. $20.

541-965-2251.

Hobbies & Crafts

LEATHER Working Tools. Stamps, punches, mallet, needle, awl in custom box. Marble work slab. $100. 503-970-2076.

Hot Tubs/Spas/Pools

ment. Runs well. $400. OBO. 541-296-3945.

Sporting Goods NOTICE

Certain laws and restrictions, as well as registration requirements, apply to the sale of firearms. For more information, contact the Seattle Field Division of the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms at 206204-3205. This field division is responsible for Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii. You may also go to www.atf.gov for FAQs and information.

COLEMAN 2 burner white gas camp stove model 425F. Tested and working. $65.

541-490-7254.

BICYCLES. 8 to choose from. $25 each. Buy one, get one free. 541-354-1748.

BICYCLE, Giant brand, foldable 19”. New, never been used. Comes with all accessories including 2 new helmets, carrying bag, waterproof trunk bag, light with USB port, waterproof mini pack and attached water bottle holder. Must see to appreciate. $450. OBO. 541-354-2661.

WADERS

Hunting waterfowl waders. Shell holders, hand warmers and large front pocket. Supported knee pads and size 8 insulated 1200 gram boot. Hardly used by Caddis. Retail $300, sell for $175. Call/ text 541-490-6113, preferably between 8am-6pm.

RUBBER Raft Canoe, 2 man. Comes with air pump. Brand new. Never been used. $45. 541-354-1748.

Cats FOUND CAT

Found Cat at Emmanuel Baptist in TD. Adult tabby with lavender collar. 541296-2631 for reunification. Needs its owner ASAP.

“ADORABLE KITTENS”

Cute and playful. Vaccinated. Indoor only. MORE CATS AVAILABLE TO CHOOSE FROM FREE MICROCHIP!

Call Elizabeth 541-386-5099 PURRFECT FIT CAT ADOPTIONS () () == . == purrfect-fit.petfinder.com

Dogs PUG Puppies, purebred. $800-$1,200. Call or text, 541-993-1590.

Garden & Lawn CEDAR Trees for landscaping. All sizes, evergreen trees. Green all year. Price by size. Call 541-296-1533. LAWN EDGER, Craftsman, electric, $75. 541-965-2251.

Apartments for Rent PUBLISHER’S

NOTICE

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertiser any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sec, handicap, familial state or national origin, or an intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discriminations. Familial state includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women & people securing custody of children under 19. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any adverting for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-6699777, TTY/TDD: 1-800-9279275.

Help Wanted MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN

NORCOR Corrections is seeking to fill the position of Mental Health Clinician. This position is full time with great benefits. Criminal record may disqualify. Must have drivers license, pass background, drug, physical and other testing as indicated by the position. Per OHA mandate, COVID vaccination required. Application & full job description available at https://www.norcor.co/ adult/jobs/ or @ NORCOR Admin. Office 201 Webber Street, The Dalles. Open until filled. 541-298-1576.

NOW HIRING FOSTER PARENTS!

The Next Door, Inc. (TNDI) is hiring full-time foster parents to work with youth,

ages 6-18. Applicants must live in Hood River or Wasco Counties. TNDI provides 24-hour support, free training, paid days-off and up to $1800 tax-free/month, for each youth. Bonus also offered for completion of certification! Contact 541308-2207 or visit www.nextdoorinc.org/fosterparent to apply.

CITY OF HOOD RIVER JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

ACCOUNTING MANAGER

THE CITY OF HOOD RIVER is offering an excellent career opportunity for an experienced Accounting Manager. The Accounting Manager is responsible for the city’s accounting and financial reporting functions, including engaging staff in the preparation, procedures, and control of the accounting functions for the City of Hood River and the Hood River Urban Renewal Agency. Salary range: $79,605-$105,002 DOE, A more detailed explanation of this position, including minimum qualifications can be seen at the city website https://cityofhoodriver. gov/employment-opportunities/. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, with first review on August 11, 2023. Please submit cover letter and resume to Jennifer Gray, City Recorder at j.gray@cityofhoodriver.gov or at City Hall, 211 2nd Street, Hood River, OR, 97031.

City of Hood River Hiring!

The City of Hood River has several excellent career opportunities available for professionals in the fields of Human Resources, Information Technologies, and Urban Renewal. Head to our website at https://cityofhoodriver.gov/employmentopportunities/ to read the full job descriptions, and learn how to apply.

La Ciudad de Hood River tiene varias oportunidades profesionales excelentes disponibles en los campos de Recursos Humanos, Tecnologías de la Información y Renovación Urbana. Diríjase a nuestro sitio web, https://cityofhoodriver.gov/ employment-opportunities/ para leer las descripciones completas de los trabajos y aprender cómo presentar

una solicitud.

THE TICKET to a dream job might be a scam. Please be cautious! High-Paying Postal Jobs! No Experience Required! Don’t pay for information about jobs with the Postal Service or Federal Government. Call the Federal Trade Commission toll free @ 1-877-FTC-HELP, or visit www.ftc.gov to learn more. A public service message from Teh Dalles Chronicle and the FTC. City of Hood River Hiring

PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR

The City of Hood River invites qualified candidates to apply to be its next Public Works Director. The Public Works Director is a self-directed and highly accountable position providing oversight, direction, and leadership to the Public Works Department. Visit the City’s website at https:// cityofhoodriver.gov/employment-opportunities/ to read the full job description, and learn how to apply.

MULTIPLE

POSITIONS OPEN!

Hood River Distillers is now hiring!

Hood River Distillers, Inc is currently hiring for three full-time, Hood River based roles: FINANCIAL CONTROLLER - We are looking for an experienced Financial Controller with 8 or more years’ professional accounting experience to oversee accounting staff and support the CFO. TRUCK DRIVER - Our drivers make runs between our Hood River locations and occasional day routes to Portland or Seattle. Must be 21 or older with minimum 2 years CDL experience. DISTILLER - Our distillers are responsible for all functions of the distilling process and need 4 to 6 years of related experience and/or training. Benefits include 100% company paid health insurance premiums for employee and family plus an excellent company retirement plan, 12 holidays and annual PTO. Please visit hrdspirits.com to apply.

WINDSHIELD

COLEMAN

GENERATOR, 2250 watts. Runs excellent. Colman style. $200. OBO. Call 541340-4059.

WANT to sell something in the Budget Classifieds section? If you’re selling ONE item for $500 for less, we’ll place your five-line ad for free for one week! See the $500 or Less Box for exclusions. Call one of our newspapers to play your ad: Hood River News 541-386-1234 The Dalles Chronicle 541-296-2141

White Salmon Enterprise 509-493-2112

CEDAR Jacuzzi Frame. 4-foot deep, 8-foot by 8-foot. Includes hardware. New. Needs liner and pump. Make offer or trade for vehicle. Call 509-948-2131.

Miscellaneous

METAL Bed Frame for Twin or Double Bed. $15. 541806-0859.

CASSETTE Box with Cassette Tapes. $40. 541-9652251. RED Copper Brownie Pan. $20. 541-965-2251.

BOXER Dog Large Plated

Chrome Sculpture. 14 1/2” x 14 1/2”. Naturalistic Shape. $30. 541-296-1533.

HIDE-A-BED, brown corduroy. $40. 541-806-4711.

Miscellaneous Wanted RADIO EQUIPMENT WANTED Radio Tubes, Ham Radio & Test Equipment, Tube Stereo & Large Speakers. 503999-2157.

WANTED: Old Rock

Collections Agate, jasper, jade, mineral

541-399-5039.

Garage/Yard Sales Advertise Your Garage Sale

Up to 10 lines Print and Online $25 Prepaid

To place your ad contact your local newspaper. Hood River News 541-386-1234 hoodrivernews.com Click Classifieds

The Dalles Chronicle 541-296-2141 thedalleschronicle.com

Classifieds

Salmon Enterprise 509-493-2112 whitesalmonenterprise.com

HRVCC THRIFT SHOP

or thedalleschronicle.com

Click on “Classifieds” Click on “Place An Ad”

SELL your automobile quickly in our Gorge Classifieds. Place your ad through one of our websites or call one of our newspapers: hoodrivernews.com

541-386-1234 thedalleschronicle.com

541-296-2141 whitesalmonenterprise. com

509-493-2112

Boats & Motors

SAIL Boat & Trailer Grat Project. 21’ Sail Boat (Santana) and Trailer. Needs some clean up, no sails. Great project. Low price at $995. Call 541-296-1533.

Motorhomes GENERATOR, 2250 watts. Runs excellent. Colman style. $200. OBO. Call 541340-4059.

in his/her absence. The position requires good communication skills, basic computer skills and the ability to interact with Port tenants, vendors, and employees to provide solutions to facility issues. The position also requires work to be performed at heights on building roofs, bridge lift span towers, and the ability to lift at least 50 pounds. Performs “hands on” duties of the department. Go to: https://portofhoodriver.com/about-theport/employment/ to apply.

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

Hiring School Bus Drivers for the 2023-24 school year. $27.17 starting hourly salary ($27.17-$30.97 full range). Don’t have a CDL license? We will train! Health benefits and Retirement. Substitute positions also available. Details and apply: https://bit.ly/GorgeBusDriver

LOOKING for a new job? Browse employment ads from throughout the Gorge on our classified websites: thedalleschronicle.com hoodrivernews.com whitesalmonenterprise. com

DEPENDABLE CAREGIVERS

Needed to assist adults w/ developmental disabilities. No experience needed. Full Time with benefits. Paid training. $19.00 per hour plus $1,000 sign-on bonus. andyb@forcci.org

FOOD SERVICE COORDINATOR

Trout Lake School District is accepting applications for a Food Service Coordinator. Must have or obtain a food handlers permit and have experience in larger scale food preparation. Salary range based on classified bargaining agreement $ 20.00 - $30.22/HR. Complete job description and application can be obtained through the school website, https://www.troutlake.k12. wa.us/, at the school or email m.ihle@tlschool.net, or call 509-395-2571. Position open until filled. Trout Lake School is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS NEEDED & Multiple openings for Teachers & Teacher Aides https://mcccheadstart. org/employment/ In person - 1100 E. Marina, HR 541-386-2010. Many great benefits and tuition reimbursement!

LIVE & WORK in JAPAN

The Hood River-Tsuruta Sister City Committee is seeking an individual to live and work in Tsuruta, Japan as the sister city program’s Coordinator of International Relations.

This is a salaried position with benefits including housing assistance. This position requires a minimum one-year commitment. Essential duties include teaching English to students of all ages, maintaining lines of communication between the two cities, assisting with exchange activities and planning cultural events.

Applicants must be a resident of Hood River and either hold a bachelor’s degree or obtain one by June 30, 2023.

For more information and additional application requirements contact LisaAnn Kawachi at lisakawachi@yahoo. com or 541-490-0338.

REPORTER

Reporter position based in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. Serving The Gorge area of Oregon and across the river in Washington.

The Regional publication has offices in Hood River and The Dalles, Oregon and in White Salmon, Washington. The newspaper publishes once weekly and posts online web and social media content regularly. This is a great opportunity to expand your journalism experience.

This entry-level position requires the ability to cover a variety of general news including government, state and city along with feature stories and specialty publications. The reporter will be focused on a variety of beats throughout the Gorge communities and will require reliable transportation.

The candidate will be self-motivated, but teamoriented with the desire to learn and write about a variety of people and topics. The ability to be organized and meet deadlines is a must.

The candidate should offer a willingness to provide positive public relations on behalf of the Columbia Gorge News within the communities it serves. AP writing style and technology skills a plus, along with an eye and talent for photography.

Send resume, references and at least 3 samples of work to: Chelseam@gorgenews. com or PO Box 390, Hood River, OR. 97031. www.ColumbiaGorgeNews.com

SPECIAL ED TEACHER

Hiring Special Ed Teacher to Serve behavior classrooms in the Klickitat and Glenwood Schools for the 2023-24 school year. Full time, 185 day contract. $51,548.00 - $88,203.00 annu-

ally. Apply online: www. esd112.org/takeroot

Air Conditioning & Heating NOTICE Oregon Construction Contractors Law (ORS 701) requires that all businesses that advertise remodeling, repair, home improvements or new construction be registered with the Construction Contractors Board. Registration means contractors have a bond and insurance. Home inspection businesses also must be certified which means the inspector has passed a test and must comply with standard of practice and behavior. For your protection, call 503-3784621, ext. 4900 to check an inspector’s certification.

Notice to Contractors Washington State Law (RCW 18.27.100) requires that all advertisements for construction-related services include the contractor’s

current Department of Labor and Industries registration number in the advertisement. Failure to obtain a certificate of registration from L & I or show the registration number in all advertising will result in a fine up to $5000 against the unregistered contractor. For more information, call Labor & Industries Specialty Compliance Services at 1-800-647-0982 or check L & I’s Internet site at www. wa.gov

Business & Service Directory

4 Weeks

Up to 10 Lines

Print and Online Only $45 $5 per additional line. Contact your local newspaper or place your ad online using our fact and easy online entry system. hoodrivernews.com 541-386-1234 thedallechronicle.com 541-296-2141 whitesalmonenterprise. com

509-493-2112

Cleaning

WENDY’S SPOTLESS CLEANING

Excellent quality cleaning using 100% non-toxic products for your home. Offering deep cleaning for difficult jobs or routine home cleaning across The Gorge.

For estimates call

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Check It Out

Jan Johnston, Collection Manager

Fort Vancouver Regional Library District

You can email Jan at readingforfun@fvrl.org

Do you believe in mermaids? I’m ambiguous about the matter, but I suppose I am willing to suspend my disbelief. Here’s why: when I was a little girl, I really wanted to have Sea-Monkeys. If you were a kid in the 1960s and liked to read comic books, you’ll remember the images of Sea-Monkey families smiling at you from the comic book ads. I don’t understand why, but I could never convince my mom to send money through the mail so that I could have my very own Sea-Monkey family. Oh well, I guess we all have our childhood disappointments. Anyway, back to mermaids. I can’t prove that happy Sea-Monkeys

are real (thanks, Mom), so I can’t prove that mermaids are real; therefore, I devote this mermaid-themed column to something that may—or may not—exist. I do this because a new, live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid” has been produced by Walt Disney Pictures and is currently showing in theaters. The DVD edition of the lm will be released in September, and the library already has it on order for patrons to place holds. While waiting for the DVD release in the fall, be sure to search the title “The Little Mermaid” in the library’s catalog (www.fvrl.org). Thanks to Hans Christian Andersen and his authorship of the “The Little Mermaid” fairy tale, a variety of books and DVDs are already available to readers and viewers alike. I hope that the Sea-Monkeys and the Little Mermaid are living in harmony in the deep blue sea.

• “5-Minute, The Little Mermaid Stories” published by Disney Books. (call number E FIVE)

• “The Little Mermaid” [DVD] released by Disney in 1989. (call number DVD J LITTLE)

• “The Little Mermaid: Make a Splash” adapted by Ashley Franklin, illustrated by Paul Kellam. (E FRANKLI)

• “The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes and Projects” by Carolyn Turgeon. (call number 398.21 TURGEON)

• “Usborne Illustrated Stories of Mermaids” illustrated by Margarita Kukhtina. (call number J USBORNE)

New at the Library

FICTION

“A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality” by Kate Khavari.

“Flop Dead Gorgeous” by David Rosenfelt. “Trial” by Richard North Patterson.

Highly rated diets to support heart health

(Family Features) Eating healthy is an important goal for people looking to maintain or improve their physical health, particularly as it relates to the heart. With often conflicting information available online and via social media, it may be difficult or downright confusing to find the eating plan for you.

To help navigate the maze of information—and misinformation—experts assessed and scored the heart healthiness of several popular diets. Each diet was evaluated against the American Heart Association’s guidance for a heart-healthy eating pattern that emphasizes eating a variety of vegetables and fruits, whole grains, lean proteins (including fish, low- or non-fat dairy, and plant proteins), healthy oils and minimally processed foods; avoiding added sugars, salt, and alcohol; and sticking to this guidance even when you’re eating away from home.

Diets received a rating between 0-100 and were ranked in tiers, with the resulting analysis published as an American Heart Association scientific statement in the journal “Circulation.”

“If implemented as intended, the top-tier dietary patterns align best with key features of heart-healthy eating and may be adapted to respect cultural practices, food preferences and budgets to enable people to eat this way for the long term,” said Christopher D. Gardner, Ph.D., FAHA, chair of the scientific statement writing committee and the Rehnborg Farquhar Professor

of Medicine at Stanford University.

Tier 1: Highest-Rated Eating Plans (scores higher than 85)

The four patterns with the highest ratings align best with heart-healthy guidance, are flexible and provide an array of healthy foods to choose from.

• DASH – With a perfect score by meeting all guidance, an eating pattern similar to the Dietary Approaches to Stop

Hypertension plan emphasizes

vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, low-fat dairy, lean meats, poultry, fish and healthy oils. Nordic and Baltic diets are also examples of this eating pattern, which is low in salt, added sugar, alcohol, and processed foods.

• Mediterranean – This pattern limits dairy while emphasizing fruit, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, fatty fish and extra-virgin olive oil. Because it includes moderate alcohol drinking, rather than avoiding or limiting consumption, it scored a few points lower than DASH.

• Vegetarian/Pescatarian – A plant-based eating pattern that includes fish.

• Vegetarian/Ovo/Lacto – Plantbased eating patterns that include eggs (ovo-vegetarian), dairy (lacto-vegetarian) or both (ovo-lacto vegetarian).

Tier 2: Vegan and Low-Fat Diets (scores 75-85)

These eating patterns mostly align with heart-healthy criteria and emphasize important food groups but fell short of reaching the top tier due to limitations.

• Vegan – A plant-based eating pattern that includes no animal products. Restrictions in this plan may make it more difficult to follow long term or when dining out. Following a vegan eating pattern increases the risk of some nutrient deficiencies, which may be overcome by supplements or fortified foods.

• Low Fat – A diet that limits fat intake to less than 30% of total calories, including the volumetrics eating plan and therapeutic lifestyle change plan. These types of plans often treat all fats equally. Those who follow low-fat diets may overconsume less healthy sources of carbohydrates, such as added sugars and refined grains. However, these factors may be overcome with proper counseling and education from a health professional.

To find the full results and learn more about heart-healthy eating, visit Heart.org.

NONFICTION

“Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” by John Valliant.

“Quietly Hostile: Essays” by Samantha Irby.

“The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully” by Morris S. Schwartz.

CHILDREN

“City of Secrets: Battle Dragons, 3” by Alex London. “Tiny T. Rex and the Grand Ta-Da!” written by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by Jay Fleck.

“Wombats Are Pretty Weird: A [Not So Serious] Guide” written and illustrated by Abi Cushman. This is just a small sampling of the many new titles added each week to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District collection. Visit the district’s 15 locations, our website at www.fvrl.org, or call (360) 906-5000 to reserve titles or nd additional listings.

The Postscript

A Boring Life

I’m writing this on my birthday and feeling more than usually grateful.

“What do you want to do?” my husband, Peter, asks, as he always does on my birthday.

Peter refuses to celebrate his own birthday, but he only applies the no-birthday rule to himself. I am free to celebrate any way I want—so long as I don’t expect any kind of surprise from him. I don’t.

And so I tried to think of what would make my day special, and it was hard. Because these days all my days are pretty darned special.

We just landed in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the day before yesterday, and there are a lot of wonderful restaurants we could go to. There is a hot spring not far away. I could get a massage. But none of those things sounded like anything I wanted to do. When I was totally honest, what I wanted to do was to stay right where I was.

When we are in Mexico, we stay in a little one-bedroom apartment. The countertops and furnishings are very 1980s. The sheets are dried on the line on the roof, so they are nice and crisp. The dishes don’t match. The bathroom is not luxurious. We love it.

When I thought about what a perfect day would look like, it would involve a little writing and a lot of vegetables—and cake. So that’s what I did.

I sat at my little green Formica desk in the apartment, and I wrote a few words. I’m working on a new novel, and it delights me. It’s different from anything I’ve written before, and it has a little girl named Lizzie in it. So I wrote a scene with Lizzie.

Then I went to the market. There is a giant open-air food market just a couple of blocks

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away from our apartment. My favorite fruit and vegetable seller, Veronica, was there. It’s the slow time of year in town, and she was happy to see me.

“What do you need?” she asked.

“I need everything!” I told her.

When I got home, I counted, and I had purchased exactly 12 different fruits and vegetables from Veronica. She always helps me pick out the nicest produce. Honestly, I might have bought more, but that was all that would fit in my three shopping bags.

Then, before I got back to the apartment, I stopped at the cake shop. All they sell are cakes. I went in and bought myself one. It was a small cake with fresh strawberries on top.

When I got back to the apartment, Peter had already cooked garbanzo beans for my salad. He set to work cooking beets and carrots because, at this altitude, we pressure cook them, and Peter is the king of pressure cooking. (Peter has many other specialized skills. Pressure cooking is just one of them.) Then I went for a walk. The clouds moved in, and the temperature dropped. I took pictures.

I suspect that there are more than a few people who would say I have a boring life, and I would not give them an argument. But I’ve had a few birthdays by now, and I feel very fortunate to know what I like. I like fresh fruit and vegetables. I like spending time with Peter. I like to write and to walk. And I like cake.

And I am very grateful because I know I am doubly lucky. I’m lucky to have a wonderful life, and I’m luckier yet to know what a wonderful life it is.

Photos of Mexico and other things can be found on Facebook at CarrieClassonAuthor.

Asteroids and Meteors

There are many objects floating around in our solar system. There are hundreds of thousands of these objects in orbit around different planets and the sun. They come in all shapes and sizes and some come very near to the earth even if you never see them. Space junk, asteroids, meteors, comets and more litter what we call space. Space junk is man made and is left behind by space travel. Asteroids, meteoroids and comets are naturally existing objects. These objects are important because scientists are able to collect data from them and study the history of our solar system. Scientists who study space are called astronomers.

Asteroids and meteoroids are made of the same materials – a variety of elements along with rock and metals. Scientists believe they are what is left from the formation of the solar system and the planets. That means these floating rocks have been around for more than 4 billion years! Of the two objects, asteroids are the largest. This is because most meteoroids are broken off pieces of asteroids. As the asteroids orbit the sun they sometimes have violent collisions. When this happens, pieces break off and meteoroids are born.

Most meteoroids, meteorites and meteors are small chunks of an asteroid that have broken off after two asteroids collided. These are really three names talking about the same object but at different times in its life. A meteoroid is the chunk of space rock travelling around the solar system. As the meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere it is called a meteor (some call it a shooting star). Many meteors disintegrate in the atmosphere but those that don’t and reach the surface of the planet partially intact are called meteorites. Meteorites that do hit the earth can sometimes leave a crater. Examples of meteor craters are the Barringer Crater in Arizona, which is 50,000 years old. The Chicxulub Crater in Mexico which is credited for killing the dinosaurs, and the largest crater is the Vredefort crater in South Africa which is believed to be two billion years old.

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Find extra learning activities including a recipe to turn potatoes into edible asteroids!

Collisions between asteroids and planets in our solar system have caused the planets to be permanently altered. Collisions with meteorites have changed the appearance of both planets and natural satellites like the moon. What exactly are asteroids and meteoroids? What are they made of? How are they different?

Barringer Crater, Arizona, is nearly a mile across.

Almost all of the asteroids in our solar system are in orbit between Mars and Jupiter. This is called the Asteroid Belt and there are more than one million asteroids up there. The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in a consistent pattern. Asteroids make their trip around the sun in the same direction as the planets but they tumble and roll and they go. Their path is elliptical, meaning it is not a perfect circle but more oval or egg shaped. Scientists have named the largest asteroid Ceres. Ceres is about 1/4th the size of Earth’s moon and was first seen in 1801 by an Italian Astronomer named Giuseppe Piazzi. Could an asteroid hit Earth? Yes! As a matter of fact scientists believe a nine mile wide asteroid hit Mexico and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs as well as most other plant and animal species about 66 million years ago. Could it happen again? Of course it could, but scientists think it will not be any time soon.

When there is a large group of meteoroids in space together and the Earth passes through the cluster, astronomers call this a meteor shower. There are a number of these meteoroid clusters flying through space. The Earth passes through these clusters during its orbit around the sun at about the same time every year. As the meteors pass through the atmosphere, air resistance causes heat friction and the meteor burns up. This causes bright streaks of light to cross the night sky. Normally, we don’t see many meteors at one time. During a good meteor shower, you may see as many as 100 meteors in one hour. There are many apps and websites that track these meteor showers if you want to sit in your yard to watch. It is best to be in a dark area with no light pollution.

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National High School Finals Rodeo

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The high school rodeo athletes who finished their season within the top four of the entire state, qualifying themselves for the National High School Rodeo, were off to Gillette, Wyoming. Four kids from Klickitat County—Peyton Sanchey, Joslyn Arnold, Wade Endicott, and Blake Masden— made the trip to one of the biggest youth rodeos in the country, each knowing how hard they worked to get this far. This rodeo draws competitors from every state within the United States, Australia, and Canada, for a total of 1,785 contestants. Each is the best of the best from their respective areas, coming to compete for national titles.

The athletes competed twice throughout the week, once for round one and once for round two. They then took their times or scores from each round and added them together to get an average. The top 20 in the average from each event competed in the short round

at the end of the week, the goal for each of our kids. There was some nervousness in the first round, but they prevailed and got things done. Blake Masden competed in bull riding and bareback riding. He made a qualified ride in both, setting him up nicely for the end of the week. Joslyn Arnold saddled up and made a good run in the goat tying, with a time of 9.2 seconds. Peyton Sanchey entered the arena, weaved through six poles in the pole bending, and crossed the line stopping the clock with a time of 21.6 seconds. Wade Endicott and his team roping partner had a little tough luck in the first round, but the week wasn’t over yet.

During the week, aside from rodeos, the kids had so many options for events that they could attend. There were nightly dances, cowboy prom, volleyball tournaments, a knowledge bowl, hundreds of vendors to shop from, visiting surrounding areas, a college fair, and visits from professionals in the sport. But one of the coolest things about

DNR honors Tennessee woman

this rodeo is that with all the kids attending from different places, they are able to make many new friends and rodeo connections from all over the world that will last a lifetime.

As the halfway point came, it was time for round two. You could tell that many of our competitors were ready to leave it all in

the arena as this could be their last run of the week.

Wade made a comeback in the second round, roping his steer and giving his heeler a great shot. Rider and heeler clocked in at 9.5 seconds that unfortunately, with the missed steer in round one, brought their week to an end.

Peyton walked up to the

arena knowing she had to make a clean, smooth run. The gate opened, and she was off weaving her way through the poles, but she caught one, knocking it down and adding a 5-second penalty to her time. The two combined times for her would be too long for the short round.

Joslyn also had made

a decent run in the first round, and she too had to tie her goat quickly to keep her short-round hopes alive. As she raced down the arena, you could see the determination. She got off, tied up her goat, and stopped the clock in 8.3 seconds. Two clean runs and an average of 17.5 seconds is a great accomplishment but still didn’t qualify for the short round.

Blake rode a tough bull in the second round, bucking off, but he made another great ride on his second bareback horse. He, too, was a little short of making the short round in both events. But he rode 3 out of 4 and finished within the top 30 in the nation for bull riding and bareback riding, a huge accomplishment.

These four athletes represented their hometowns and themselves with pride. I am sure you will be seeing more great performances from them in the sport of rodeo. Congratulations to you all for making it to Nationals, and good luck as you head down the road.

In recognition of her efforts to highlight the geologic eras that formed both the planet and the state of Washington, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has selected Taylor Swift, a singer and songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee, as an Honorary Geologist for the state of Washington.

Yes, that Taylor Swift.

The gesture arose from Swift’s current concert series called the Eras Tour, celebrating what she considers her various musical “eras” throughout her music career. The tour itself doesn’t touch on geology, but DNR figures an era here might equal an era there.

“Every day we think about the Cascadia subduction zone and the tectonic contribution to our state over geologic eras. But what we don’t spend enough time on is the tectonic contributions of Taylor Swift over her eras,” said Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz. “Now that she’s bringing her Eras tour to Seattle in what I can only assume is her efforts to shine a spotlight on the planet’s geologic eras, I’m proud to name her an Honorary Geologist for the State of Washington. Moving forward, this geologic partnership with Taylor is going to be forever, or it's going to go down in flames.

“Either way, this certificate has a blank space. And

her name."

Home to the Washington Geological Survey, DNR is

the primary source of geological products and services for Washington. The Survey works to ensure the safety and economic well-being of the people of Washington from geologic events.

DNR geologists are currently working on a theory renaming the modern geologic era as the Cenozoic Era (Taylor’s Version). The Cenozoic Era of geology is the earth’s current era.

“I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling 22 reasons Ms. Swift has been just as influential in shaping our world as the tectonic plates beneath us,” said Washington State Geologist Casey Hanell. (Swift’s current tour kicked off with the release of her latest album “Midnights” in 2022.) “Her arrival has ushered in one of the most significant eras in Earth’s history, ranking right up there with the breakup of the Pangea supercontinent, which is never ever ever getting back together.”

Recipients of DNR’s Honorary Geologist for the State of Washington title receive the opportunity to perform for two nights at Seattle’s Lumen Field, a ceremonial rock hammer, and an official certificate of achievement. All will be available for Swift at the agency’s office in Olympia but can be transported to one of the agency’s regional offices if more convenient.

C Left: Peyton Sanchey waiting under the rodeo lights for her turn in the arena. Right: Joslyn Arnold supporting her friends.