David Joseph Lavine was convicted of two accounts of murder in the first degree, following a hearing held back on January 26, for a double homicide committed on the morning of March 29, 2024. Last Monday Lavine was sentenced in Klickitat County Superior Court.
The sentencing hearing was held at 1:30 p.m. with Lavine in custody. The families of the victims came forward with their statements regarding the murder of Steven and Sasha Hicks. Included in this group were Sasha’s brother and sister, as well as her sister-in-law (Steven’s sister) and others who spoke on their behalf. Following their statements, the court sentenced Lavine to 300 months on count one and 320 months on count two, with 60 months added to both sentences due to the crime having been committed with a firearm. In total, Lavine will serve 740 months, or 62 years, in federal prison.
Maryhill Museum opens centennial season this Sunday
lou MarzeleS editor
On opening day each spring, the quiet hill above the Columbia River begins to stir again.
Families walk the winding road toward the stately BeauxArts building, visitors pause along the bluff to take in sweeping views of the Gorge, and the doors of the Maryhill Museum of Art open once more to a new season of art and discovery.
This year’s opening —this Sunday, March 15 — carries special meaning.
The 2026 season marks the beginning of Maryhill’s centennial celebration, commemorating the moment in 1926 when Queen Marie of Romania traveled across the United States to dedicate the museum overlooking the Columbia River. A century later, the museum is honoring that historic connection while welcoming visitors with new exhibitions, updated galleries and a day filled with art and family-friendly events.
Opening day promises something for everyone—art lovers, families, and those simply curious about what’s new inside one of the region’s most distinctive cultural landmarks. And there’s a free puppet show for children.
Visitors arriving for the first day of the season will be able to explore a diverse slate of new exhibitions spanning centuries,
continents and artistic traditions.
Among the featured exhibitions are:
• American Classical Realism
• Russian Icons; New Mexican Bultos and Retablos
• Contemporary Indigenous Art
• Romanian Embroidery
• Illuminated Manuscripts
• The 1946 Lelong Dance Dress
• Romanian Folk Pottery
• Teachers As Artists: The Space Between Together, the exhibitions reflect the museum’s longstanding approach of combining global art traditions with regional perspectives. From sacred devotional works and intricate textiles to contemporary creative expression, the displays invite visitors to explore a wide range of cultural histories and artistic forms.
The museum is also unveiling new displays within its permanent collection galleries, including additions to the Indigenous Peoples of North America gallery made possible through donor support.
Art in action on opening day
Opening day itself will feature more than just gallery viewing.
The museum doors open at 10 a.m., and shortly afterward visitors can see artist Aimee Erickson creating a live painting
Windy Wheat Refillery: Small changes, big impact
lorrie Fox
For the Sentinel
Windy Wheat Refillery, located at 222 West Main in Goldendale, is a new family-run business focused on reducing household waste and offering non-toxic products for the home.
The shop, run by Melissa Enyeart and her daughter Elizabeth “Elle” Pittman, celebrated its open house last Saturday, giving area residents a chance to browse through products and see the refill process in action.
The idea for the business grew out of a realization while shopping for household products, Enyeart said. “We saw a need for more accessible, non-toxic, refillable options in our area, and we didn’t want our community to have to drive long distances to find them.”
“Our family has become increasingly passionate about clean living, supporting small businesses, and reducing unnecessary waste in our home,” Enyeart said. “What started as personal lifestyle changes slowly grew into a bigger vision— creating a space where others in our community could access the same kinds of products and support.”
For Enyeart and Pittman, opening the shop in Goldendale
felt like a natural choice. They love the charm and history of downtown and wanted to support the growth and vitality of the local business community. Both attended Goldendale High School and have lived in town (again) since 2011.
The goal at Windy Wheat Refillery is to make the refill process easy for first-time customers. The system is designed to be simple and welcoming.
“Customers can bring their own clean jars or containers or purchase one at the shop if they’re just getting started,” Enyeart said. “Each container is weighed before it’s filled with as much or as little product as needed. At checkout, customers pay only for the product, not the packaging.”
The store encourages reuse and hopes community members will donate extra jars to help reduce waste, making it easier to cut down on single-use plastics without complicating everyday shopping.
The name Windy Wheat Refillery reflects both the landscape and the family’s agricultural roots.
“The rolling wheat fields and open winds of our region are part of what makes Goldendale special,” Enyeart said. “‘Windy
‘Blood moon’ total eclipse captured at
Goldendale Observatory Administrator Troy Carpenter sends us this report on last week’s spectacular total lunar eclipse. He took this striking picture of the eclipse at its height. Last Tuesday’s Total Lunar Eclipse was our most enjoyable special event since the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. Despite cold temperatures and early hours, over
Observatory
250 visitors dropped by (not all at once!), and the sky remained clear enough to observe the eclipse in its entirety. Additionally, our live web stream was watched by almost 1,500 people, and the recording continues to receive traffic.
The image seen here was taken at the moment of maximum eclipse, 3:33 a.m. with our new Astro-Physics 7” f/9 Triplet Refractor. I attempted to expose the moon as it appeared to the human eye, and a time lapse sequence can be found on the special events page of our website, GoldendaleObservatory.com. Thank you to all those who made this rare occurrence a safe and happy experience. See you again on August 27 for the “almost total” Lunar Eclipse.
GHS tennis season underway
The 2026 tennis season is underway at Goldendale High School, with practices officially beginning on March 2. The program has seen a solid turnout on the girls side, and it is hopeful that additional players may still join the boys team in the next week or two.
This year’s girls team features a group of 10 players across all grade levels. Leading the squad are two seniors, Madison Groves and Linzy Hannah, who bring experience and leadership to the court. The junior class includes Jaclyn Coronel, Sofia Perry, and Isabella Perry. Ella Rice represents the sophomore class, while freshmen Lexi Payer, Heidi
Martin, and Adelina Davis round out the younger members of the team.
The boys team currently has one player, Beau Hill, who has stepped up to represent Goldendale this season. Coaches remain optimistic that more boys may join in the coming weeks. A full high school tennis lineup for matches requires eight players, and additional participation would help strengthen the program moving forward.
The team is coached by Head Coach Rob Wing, with volunteer assistant coaches Candi Wing and Lori Groves helping guide practices and player development. Wing last coached the GHS Tennis squad in 2022. Players have been hard at work during the first week of practice, focusing on fundamentals, conditioning, and match preparation as they get ready for the upcoming schedule.
Goldendale will host its first home match of the season on Tuesday, March 17, when the Timberwolves take on Stevenson. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the Goldendale High School tennis courts. Community members are encouraged to come out and support the team as they open the home portion of their schedule. While the girls roster has a
Unforseen expense faces proposed new giant flagpole
rodger niCholS For the Sentinel
At their March 3 meeting, Klickitat County Commissioners extended a moratorium on battery energy storage systems for another six months, heard more concerns about hidden costs involved with the giant flagpole, approved hiring a deputy prosecutor to replace Rebecca Cranston, got disheartening news from Olympia and good news from the Airport Manager Jeff Renard.
At that the battery storage moratorium hearing, Planning Director Scott Edelman reviewed the history of the measure. It was originally passed in September 2024 to give the county time to establish standards and an ordinance. It was later combined with a solar ordinance. An advisory committee began meeting in January 2025.
That committee had not finished by March 2025, the end of the original moratorium, so it was extended another six months to September 2025. The committee finished by July 2025 and sent
their recommendations to the planning commission.
The Planning Commission then took it up, and they were not finished by September so extended the moratorium again to March 2026. In December, the Planning Commission was comfortable with a draft, but they had concerns about some of the legal aspects and asked the Prosecuting Attorney (PA) to review the draft. Then the PA resigned, and in that changeover, the office has not had time to do the legal review. So commissioners extended it last week again to September 2026.
Edelman said he had been talking to new PA, Rebecca Cranston, and it looked as if the office would be able to make the review in a month or two.
“I don’t anticipate another extension,” he told commissioners, then backtracked a bit. “I can’t promise that, but I do expect that once we get the legal opinion, we should be able to get it to the board fairly quickly.” He said it would take only one meeting of the Planning Commission to make any changes coming out of
the legal opinion. In a brief appearance, Cranston received approval to advertise for a deputy prosector to fill the position she vacated when she stepped into the PA role. This did not violate the hiring freeze, since it didn’t affect the budget. Public Works Director Jeff Hunter came up with more potential hidden costs involving the giant flagpole. “We’re very concerned that they’re not going to be able to light that flag and make it work so it meets the city’s lighting ordinance,” he said. He reminded commissioners that Goldendale has a dark skies ordinance that mandates downlighting and said the top of the pole would only be a foot wide, which would mean a downlight would only illuminate the part of the flag nearest the pole. If the flag couldn’t be illuminated, he said, it would have to come down every night and put back up in the morning. He called that option “a nonstarter,” because there just wasn’t the manpower available. He also said there may be prob-
Mobile licensing unit fills gap in Goldendale
Lorrie Fox
For The SenTinel
Since the closure of Goldendale’s walk-in Department of Licensing office last May, the DOL2Go mobile licensing unit has become Goldendale’s primary source for in-person license renewal and other driver licensing services.
Thomas Charlson, communications consultant for the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL), said the agency now brings its DOL2Go mobile unit to Goldendale about once per quarter, offering many of the same services once handled at the local office, helping rural residents maintain access to driver licensing.
“DOL2Go was developed to provide onsite driver licensing services to people
with barriers to visiting a traditional brick-and-mortar office,” Charlson said.
“We’ve expanded our services to many rural residents, including communities that previously had no part-time office.”
How the mobile service works Upcoming visits are posted on the DOL2Go calendar and through the department’s social media announcements so residents can plan accordingly. Appointments for the DOL2Go mobile unit open 30 days before each visit, allowing residents to book time online. While scheduled appointments are recommended, walk-in customers may also be helped if time allows.
The Goldendale Community Library has also hosted recent events where resi -
dents can renew licenses, obtain identification cards, and complete other driver licensing transactions.
The mobile unit has served an average of about 61 customers during each visit to Goldendale. Residents who cannot wait for a mobile visit still have other options. The nearest full-time driver licensing offices are in White Salmon, Sunnyside, and Vancouver. Many services can also be completed online through the Department of Licensing website, dol.wa.gov.
Goldendale office closure
Charlson said the DOL is funded mainly through Washington State’s transportation budget, and that recent budget cuts led to the closure of Goldendale and other parttime offices.
“During the 2023-25 and
2025-27 biennial, budget reductions cut driver licensing staffing across the state. This was a key factor in closing nearly all of our part-time offices in May 2025, including the Goldendale office,” he said. “We decided to use our DOL2Go mobile unit to continue serving customers in Goldendale and other rural communities.”
Charlson said that before closing, the Goldendale office was open part-time, on the first and third Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and was run by employees traveling from a full-time office.
“Those employees now remain at their full-time office,” Charlson added.
In 2024, the Goldendale office served 661 customers.
State officials say they will continue monitoring
Bill on data center restrictions falls short
AyedA MAsood WaShingTon STaTeJournel
A proposal to impose new regulations on large energy-using data centers died in the Washington Legislature Monday after failing to advance in the Senate.
If passed, HB 2515 would have required electric utilities serving emerging large energy use facilities (ELEUFs) to impose special tariffs or policies designed to prevent cost shifts to other customers and avoid long-term financial risks.
ELEUFs are defined as facilities with a maximum demand of 20 megawatts or more that primarily provide data processing, hosting and related services, meaning the bill would have significantly affected AI infrastructure and large data center campuses.
The bill, which passed the House earlier this session, would have imposed new cost-recovery and clean energy requirements on
those facilities as electricity demand rises across Washington. The bill would have required ELEUF owners to report energy and water use, established clean-energy standards for new or expanding facilities, and prevented the Department of Ecology from issuing no-cost allowances under the state’s carbon Cap-andInvest program to those customers.
Rep. Beth Doglio, D-Olympia, said the proposal responded to rapid growth in the sector that was not anticipated in Washington’s 2021 energy strategy.
During the bill’s most recent hearing, Doglio referenced a 2025 blog post by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlining plans to rapidly expand AI infrastructure.
“Our vision is simple. We want to create a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week,” Altman wrote. Doglio said, “These goals are ambitious, just like
Washington state’s clean energy and climate laws.”
Under the bill, utilities would have been required to structure rates and contracts to recover the full cost of serving large data centers, including infrastructure investments and climate-compliance costs tied to state energy policies. Facilities would also have been required to agree to curtail electricity use during certain energy emergency events.
Supporters argued those guardrails were necessary to protect Washington’s power grid and environmental resources.
Tribal leaders and environmental advocates testified that curtailment provisions could help prevent emergency operations at Columbia River hydroelectric dams that can harm migrating salmon during electricity shortages.
“We saw this during the 2001 energy crisis when an emergency hydro system
operation killed tens of millions of juvenile fish,” said Anna Allen, regional government affairs direc -
tor for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. “Data centers rely on shared public resources --
our power system and our rivers. With that comes a responsibility to protect them.”
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This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture
What do we learn from this picture? The man and woman on the right and left are in winter coats, but the woman in the middle looks dressed to the nines and ready
for summer. And she’s wearing what appears to be a crown. There are umbrellas in the background but not over these people. What in the world? All we know
is this picture ran in The Sentinel sometime, lost in the annals of yesteryear. If you know anything about it, please send 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.
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March 6, 1941 – 85 Years Ago
Samuel C. Lancaster, 77, who surveyed the Maryhill Loops and Goldendale’s paved streets, died at his home in Portland Tuesday. Mr. Lancaster, who lived in Goldendale from 1910 to 1914, was well known in Klickitat County. Mr. Lancaster surveyed the Maryhill Loop Road for Samuel Hill and superintended its construction. He personally surveyed the route from Columbus Station to the Hill memorial fountain. Mr. Lancaster became internationally famous as the engineer who surveyed the Oregon Columbia River highway. At the time of its construction the Columbia River Highway was regarded as one of the engineering marvels of the world. Mr. Lancaster personally designed many of the guardrails, bridges and tunnels on the river highway.
March 7, 1946 – 80 Years Ago
Last Sunday proved to be a “red letter” day for Goldendale Methodists and their friends as they held their first worship service in the new church building at the corner of Columbus and Broadway. The Methodist congregation had been without a church since the old building was destroyed by fire, and their first gathering in the new church proved to be a happy time. The church will be occupied for all regular Sunday services in the future, and it is hoped that the new furniture for the church auditorium will be available soon.
March 7, 1946 – 80 Years Ago
The well being drilled in the courthouse yard at the southwest corner of the building was down to 70 feet at noon Tuesday. Below the 60-foot level a flow of water, estimated at 100 gallons per minute, was encountered, but the drilling is still underway since it is believed artesian water would be available if the shaft is sunk deeper. Kastl and Son has the contract for the drilling and is making satisfactory progress. The chief purpose of the well is to provide for irrigating the courthouse lawn.
March 7, 1946 – 80 Years Ago
Klickitat Valley alfalfa hay will be in greater demand by dairymen in the Seattle and Mt. Vernon area, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hornibrook learned this week after spending last weekend in Seattle and Mt. Vernon. While there they visited the Schroeder Bros. Dairy, which is operated by Carl and Bill Schroeder. The Schroeder brothers told Mr. and Mrs. Hornibrook that they were now feeding their dairy stock nothing but Klickitat Valley hay and found that milk production had not declined too much since they stopped feeding grains. The Schroeder brothers started buying Klickitat Valley dry land hay from the Hornibrook farm here years ago. This year they will increase their hay purchase from 500 to 1000 tons.
March 7, 1946 – 80 Years Ago
Two service sons of Mr. and Mrs. M.R. Enyeart, of Goldendale, have received their discharges and arrived home. They are PFC Luke Enyeart and Sgt. Fred S. Enyeart. They completed their service at Ft. Lewis, where they received their discharges.
March 3, 1955 - 71 Years Ago
Though there is no organized county volleyball league, the Wishram high school girls team is recognized as the best of the lot. They lost only one game this season, to Glenwood 30 – 20. They won six contests. Their coach is Wishram School Superintendent George Tucket, a former mentor in football, basketball, baseball and track. The girls’ team consisted of Ellen Baldassare, Caroline Leachman, Jane Franklin, Pat Sackett, Sonia Leachman, Barbara Rayburn, Sylvia Miller, Janice Brehm, Fern Ellifritz, Marlys Graybill, Joanne Smith, and Ruth Franklin.
Answer to last week’s Mystery Picture
Points to ponder:
Portrait of Yesterday
Today The Sentinel begins a new periodic feature on the Goldendale’s Attic page. It’s called Portrait of Yesterday. We’ve found some pictures that just show historic views of Goldendale, and we’ll
run them once in a while for your viewing pleasure. This one has a caption identifying the picture. But do you know who the man on the sidewalk is? Do you recognize the building?
My new band is called Free Beer. When we advertise our gigs, our signs say, “Free Beer tomorrow at 9 p.m.” We always get a good crowd.
I have Parrot’s Disease. I repeat everything I hear.
This guy goes into a restaurant for a nice Christmas breakfast. He tells the waiter, “I’ll have the eggs Benedict.” His order comes a little later served on a big shiny hubcap. He asks the waiter, “What’s with the hubcap?” The waiter replies, “Oh, there’s no plate like chrome for the hollandaise.”
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused novacaine for his root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication.
Darth Vader: “Luke. I know what you’re getting for Christmas.”
Luke: “How do you know?”
Darth Vader: “I felt your presents.”
Before they invented golf balls, how did they measure hail?
— Richard Lefever Klickitat
County Historical Society
This picture has been colorized. Most readers correctly identified John Bright, left, and Dr. James Ogden. This was taken in 1991. John was handing Jim a check to support a mission trip.
Life can have some scary moments. We have all been there or may be there at any given time. Sickness scares us. Dealing with a debilitating illness is scary. Cancer is scary. Heart disease is scary. Dying is scary. We fear having enough food, money, housing and transportation. We fear what our children might have to face. We can all name numerous fears that most of us share in some way.
Yet, we can’t live our lives in fear. Fear immobilizes us. There is no going forward when we are stuck in fear. It’s difficult to get through the day if we are shaking in fear. Fear often prevents us from moving forward in a career, marriage or even buying anything. When you look at the cost of buying a new house and a 30-year mortgage to pay for it, it can be scary. Having any kind of surgery can be daunting.
A certain amount of fear is healthy. The fear of crashing your car and hurting yourself or someone might prevent you from driving 90 mph. Or maybe you fear the police pulling you over. This is a healthy fear. Fear of diving into shallow water is healthy. You might break your neck, so it’s better to find a safe place to dive if that’s what you want to do. You don’t want to just blindly put your hand under a big rock. There might be something there you really don’t want to find. Certain fears are healthy and might prevent us and others from being hurt.
We have to live our lives with common sense and with willingness to trust God in faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God. In Jesus’ parable of the talents, the first two servants were commended because they increased the talents entrusted to them by their master. The third servant was scolded because he was afraid to invest or increase the worth of his talent. His fear of failure prevented him from trying to increase its worth.
There is some risk to everything. You don’t know for sure what life will bring when you marry, start a business, have a child, or simply drive to the grocery store. If we don’t move forward and try, we will never know.
We have all heard that it’s better to try and fail than to fail without ever trying. If you try, you will at least know. It may be a success or a life learning experience. We have a lot of those life learning experiences. Education is seldom cheap.
Today, move forward and keep this in mind: “If God be for us, who can be against us?” Often our biggest enemy is ourselves. We fret, we worry and we dread. There comes a time when we trust God and move forward.
Dr. Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist read in all fifty states. He is also the author of numerous books and can be heard each weekday morning on XM Radio 131.
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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. I personally was left with a bad taste in my mouth and lungs. Even though I made it a point to stay away from the burn-out and was at my home where I thought I would escape the noise and smoke, when the toxic cloud rose from the park and drifted over the Little Klickitat River Park (the swimming pool) on to the kids and families at the pool and on to me while I was sitting on my property. We were contaminated by the toxins in the smoke, and my eyes and throat were imitated, and my lungs filled with carbon monoxide and other cancer causing toxic compounds
for three hours.
I think the city of Goldendale needs to rethink supporting burnouts in our park. Next year don’t issue a permit to 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
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I recently received an updated “Terms for Business and Deposit Account Agreement” from Columbia Bank. I am not in the habit of reading the fine print but for some reason this time I did. I came across an “added” line that I found very concerning. Again, this line is both for personal and business accounts. It reads: “We may refuse to open and account and may close your account at any time for any reason or for no reason at all.” “For No Reason At All” I particularly found offensive.
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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.
My concern is that a comment as broad as this opens the door for abuse. I have had no difficulties with our local branch and am sorry that the headquarters has decided to take such a hard line. It ap-pears I will need to look for a bank that does not behave in this manner.
Ken Margraf Goldendale
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Easter egg hunt returning School board meeting notes
Here’s a fun event you might want to mark on your calendar. The Glenwood Women’s Club will once again host the community Easter Egg Hunt at the county park in Pine Vista on Saturday, April 4, starting at 10 a.m. This year members of the Mt. Adams Community 4-H club have volunteered to help the Women’s Club help prepare the park for the Easter Bunny arrival and hiding the eggs. The park will be sectioned off by age groups. I’ll share more information on age groups. Please watch for posters in the Glenwood businesses and the post office.
Last fall some of the Glenwood High School students joined with students from other local high schools to tour colleges from Central Washington over to the west side of the state. It was a very informative field trip for our students as they decide which college or university might best suit their post high school education needs.
Last week it was a tour of various colleges that offer great Career Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) pathways. Mrs. McLaughlin, the Glenwood school counselor, provided a recap of the trip with Glenwood students joining students from Klickitat, Lyle, and Wishram. On Day 1, they toured the Tongue Point Job Corps campus in Astoria and enjoyed lunch on campus. Job Corp provides CTE in several trades for ages 16 through 24 at no cost to the students. After the tour, the students enjoyed some bowling in the evening.
On Day 2, students explored CTE programs at Lower Columbia College and STEM pathways at the Washington State University Vancouver Campus. It was a very successful trip for the four high schools while opening
the doorways for our rural students and their postsecondary careers and pathways. Mrs. McLaughlin noted that the students were very well behaved and polite on this trip and left a very favorable impression with those giving the tours to our students.
Here’s more very important school information for those who have not yet heard. The following message was sent by the Glenwood School interim superintendent, Dr. Jerry Lewis.
“Glenwood School District Staff, Families, and Community: On behalf of the School District, I would like to share some changes that will happen next school year regarding the administrative structure. Because the skill set for a principal and superintendent are very different, the district will change to a full-time principal and a very part-time superintendent. This is the model that most small districts have adopted. The fulltime principal position will be posted this Friday, March 6 and applications will be due April 6. Applications will be screened during April 7 – 10 and interviews will happen during the weeks of April 13-17 or 27-30. We will share updates as the process moves forward. Dr. Jerry Lewis, Interim Superintendent” And since there has been a lot of speculation and questions regarding the Glenwood School on Facebook lately, I urge everyone with questions or comments to contact Dr. Lewis at the school to learn what the facts are and what the future holds for our school. We also encourage all community members to attend the monthly school board meetings, which are held the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the school library. The March meeting will take place on the 19th.
Alex Gorrod attends meetings of the Goldendale School District Board and reports on them. These are not official minutes of the meetings.
I was able to attend the Goldendale School District Board Meeting on Monday, February 23, 2026. Here are some of the highlights. This is my summary and I do my best to include what is said (without my own bias), though it is most often my summation rather than direct quotes. Check out the full agenda online at: https:// meetings.boardbook.org/ Public/Agenda/780?meeting =729111.
1. Patty Johnson (GHS LAP Para), Diana Brokaw (Bus Driver), Blake Lesko (GHS Asst. FB Coach), Shannon Ihrig (Business Manager), and Rob Wing (GHS Head Tennis Coach) were hired.
2. Resignations were accepted from Edgar Arellano (GMS Head Track Coach), Darrell Simmons (Bus Driver), and Estephani Heredia (GPS SpEd Para).
3. Mr. Schlenker (Business Manager) reported that the general fund was at $1,703,800 in January (up from $1,218,297 in December and from January 2024, $1,507,964). He shared that currently 23 positions are using soft money grants (temporary grants that could go away at any time). They are down around $400,000 since the beginning of the school year, last year they were down about $200,000. This doubling is due to the enrollment drop. The FTE total drop is 44.48 which roughly comes out as $445,000 in less funds.
4. Mr. Schlenker also reported on enrollment. FTE stands for Full Time Equivalent, every FTE provides around $10,000 in funding. GPS had a 284.50 FTE (last year it was 305.4). GMS had a 249.15 FTE (Last year it was 256.98). GHS had a 281.56 FTE (last year it was 297.31). The total is 815.21 (last year it was 859.69). Online had a 2263.88 FTE (Last year it was 1993.34).
5. Mr. Schlenker also gave an update on current facilities’ projects. They are still looking to fix all the lead pipe issues at GHS through grant money this summer. They also received a $150,000 grant for playground equipment. They are looking at building or adjusting the current GPS playground area for around $250,000, including this new equipment. GMS will also receive some equipment. The track and field project is still being worked on. Bleachers should be in around late March and
installed in April. This will make it so that everything should be finished by the end of the school year and the new stadium being ready for next football season.
6. There was a Mid-Year Data Report given to the board concerning ELA (English Language Arts) and Math. I’ll include the pictures with the data below. Each class is showing strong movement to be on track for where they want students to be by the end of the year. The ratings are done by teachers using an authentic mixed method which takes into account testing, iReady scores, in class work, SEL (Social Emotional Learning), and the teacher’s opinion on where the student is.
7. Mr. Twohy (Board Chair) updated the board on the search for a new superintendent. Toward the beginning of March the company they hired to help with the search will hold a series of meetings for various groups to give input on what qualities they are hoping to have in the next superintendent hired. There will be meetings for the administrators, staff, students, and community. The summaries from these will be given to the Board at their open meeting on March 30th so that the Board can refine what they want the company to be looking for using that information. The school district has set up a webpage for all this information and surveys the community can fill out: https://www. goldendaleschools.org/ about/superintendentsearch
8. Ms. Hedges (Principal at GPS) reported they have 286 students currently. They have 42% of students who have missed less than 5 days (at this time last year it was at 32%) and 71% who have missed less than 10 days (61% last year). GPS will be hosting a District-wide Family math night on Thursday, February 26th from 5-6:30pm.
9. Izzy Doll-Torres (Student Representative) reported that FBLA has six students who qualified for state competition (Maggie Gutierrez, Zoe Taylor, Brynna Baumgarten, Margaret Matulovich, Daniel Pittman, and Beau Brence). FFA floral placed 7th at their recent competition, qualifying them for state (Harmony Casteel, Emma Gorrod, Haylie Bakker, and Elysia Bakker). Wrestlers had 12 go to state and 8 placed (Brielle Starr and Aidan Minne (6th); Logan Smith (5th); Jacob Gray and Mozzy Visser (4th); Max Wirshup (3rd); and Oliva and Rydell Myers
(2nd). Spring sports start on March 2nd. They also just celebrated kindness week at GHS. Finally she shared that FCCLA, FBLA, FFA, and SkillsUSA are putting on a CTE Showcase Night at GHS on Thursday, February 26th from 6:30-8:30pm, the public is welcome to come and see what students have been doing.
10. Ms. Reddinger (Principal at GHS) started by apologizing to the board for the Spring Sports meeting being placed on a Wednesday night as it goes against district practices. She then spoke about the students who earned being placed on all-team for winter sports. Wrestling (1st Team): Oliva Myers and Brielle Starr. Wrestling (2nd Team): Rydell Myers, Brock Armstrong, Aidan Minne, Logan Smith, and Max Wirshup. Wrestling (Honorable Mention): Mozzy Visser, Kaden Williams, and Aaron Lucatero. Basketball (1st Team): Seth Wilder and Brody Hatfield. Basketball (2nd Team): Anna Wilder, Kelly Smith, and Grant Hatfield. Basketball (Honorable Mention): Dilynn Herrington and Alias Butterfly. She spoke about kindness week and that 468 students had been recognized by their peers for demonstrating kindness at school.
11. Jon Morris (SpEd Director) shared that the district has 128 students receiving SpEd services. He expects that number to end around 135, which is in line with a normal year. 10 students are currently being served elsewhere and they are trying to reduce this amount.
12. During board comments Mr. Twohy spoke about how there is a lot of doom and gloom due to the budget and enrollment issues but that there are also a lot of great things happening in the district as well (citing the wrestling program, the CTE night, and the boy’s basketball team being league co-champions as examples). He also said that they are trying to keep as many positions as possible.
Ms. Heart thanked Steven Randall for doing so much work around the district that many don’t even notice but are important for the schools to operate properly. She shared that she recognized angst among the staff over possibly losing their jobs due to the budget issues but asked that they wait for facts instead of letting rumors lead them to anxiety. She promised that the Board would do their best in this process.
Mr. Siebert talked about
the various good things that happened for winter sports and how he is excited for the spring sports season. He shared that the current processes going on, including hiring a new superintendent, were difficult but they will keep moving forward and doing their best for the district.
Mrs. Wilder shared that she is excited for the upcoming CTE event. She also shared that she was able to go to cheer for the state wrestlers at the tournament. She is excited to see the track get done and thanked Mr. Schlenker for all the work he has done for the district.
Ms. Richards thanked Dean for showing her the new stadium bathroom and concessions stand as well as the track and field. She had just helped judge for a 7th grade CTE completion where 13 teams from various schools in the area participated.
13. During the Legislative report Ms. Heart talked about various laws currently being talked about that will hurt rural districts harder as they reduce funding. She had time to speak to our Representatives and Senators who asked her to communicate to the community and Board to let them know what their needs and desires are as their constituents.
14. During the WIAA report Mrs. Wilder shared about specific amendments being considered that would affect our district out of the 35 that are currently being debated. She pointed out that Chris Siebert had been named 2B Boys Coach of the Year for basketball and that so far this year our school has not had any ejections of players or coaches.
15. Dr. Perconti (Superintendent) shared that they sent an email out last Friday about the $600,000 expected shortfall in the budget due to declining enrollment and that it may cause some loss of jobs. She then stated that she and the Board are looking at how to save and prioritize jobs but that it may not be possible to save all of them. They are currently looking at next year’s enrollment projects to finalize how much they need to cut. Some of the staff had suggested moving to a 4 day week to save money. She felt that this wouldn’t save a lot of money and would be difficult for families since there is not a lot of childcare available. Finally she stated that they are in middle of switching over from their Skyward system to Qmulativ. This app helps with communication of grades and other announcements.
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For The SenTinel
Heading north on High-
way 97, a sign reading “Welcome to Goldendale” has long greeted travelers from its position overlooking the roadway on private property. Over the years, however, exposure to the elements has taken its toll. In the winter of 2025, strong winds finally tore away the sign’s upperleft corner, leaving a loose flap of wood hanging and sections missing entirely.
The Goldendale Chamber of Commerce decided to take action. Working with the property owners, local businesses, and county government, the Chamber launched a project not only to repair the sign but to replace it with a redesigned version. In a public statement, the Chamber announced: “Funding has been officially approved for the replacement of the Goldendale sign on Highway 97,
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and the project has received final approval from the county.”
As the town’s primary northbound greeting, the sign plays an important role in shaping visitors’ first impressions. The Chamber says the new design will be more eye-catching while remaining consistent with existing county branding.
“The long-awaited upgrade will bring a fresh new look to one of our community’s key
gateways,” the statement reads. “While the new sign will be slightly smaller, it will be far more visible from the roadway and will feature colors that align with the City of Goldendale’s updated logo—creating a stronger, more cohesive first impression for visitors.”
In keeping with its mission to support local businesses, the Chamber sought out services from within Klickitat County to carry
David Raymond Counts
David Raymond Counts, aka Dave, Butch, or Bear, from Goldendale, passed away on Saturday February 28, 2026, in Yakima, Washington. He was born on March 24, 1947, in Goldendale to Allen and Nellie (Beaver) Counts. He lived with his parents and brother in Goldendale and graduated from Goldendale High School in 1965. While in high school, Dave played football and drove a black 1957 Chevy. Dave also liked to work on cars and drag race with his buddies. Dave attended Yakima Community College until he was drafted into the US Army in 1968. He served in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star of bravery for putting out a fire in a munition’s depot. In 1969, Dave and his first wife, Cheryl, welcomed their daughter Stephanie and, four years later in 1973, their son, Todd. Dave worked as a farmer for most of his life. He also put in 20 years with the Washington Department of Transportation. In 1980, Dave married Lynn Pickett and in 1982 welcomed their son, Jay. Dave had many hobbies, including: bidding at auctions, (because you can always find a good deal), playing pool (rumor has it he was pretty good), collect-
ing books on local history, and spoiling his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Dave is survived by his wife Lynn; sons Todd and Jay; his daughter-in-law Toni; his grandchildren Blake, Jordan, Brittany, Skylar, Logan, Sydney, and Andrea Maddison; and his great-grandchildren Anna, Lucas, Bailee, Salem, Beau, and Hudson; as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents, Allen and Nellie; his brothers, Mike and Tim; his sisterin-law Mary Rose; and his daughter, Stephanie.
Services will be held on March 14, 2026, at 1 p.m. at Columbia Hills Memorial Chapel in Goldendale.
Shirley Ann and Melvin Ernest Johnson
Shirley Ann Johnson, born October 10, 1926, and passed away November 20, 2025. Melvin Ernest Johnson, born August 13, 1924, and passed away July 27, 2022. A Celebration of Life for Mel and Shirley will be held March 21, 2026, at the
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Cemetery on North Columbus in Goldendale. Graveside service will be at
p.m. with a luncheon at the Goldendale Grange Hall on East Darland to follow.
out the project. “We are incredibly grateful to be working with Gorge Ink, a Klickitat County company, to bring this project to life.” Gorge Ink, a White Salmon–based printing company, is one of several collaborators involved in the effort. Because the sign sits on private land, the project also required approval from the property owners. That approval was ultimately granted. “We would also
like to extend our sincere thanks to the property owners for their partnership and patience throughout this process,” the Chamber said. “Their willingness to allow us access to the property, work through necessary approvals, and wait alongside us as we secured funding made this project possible. We are truly grateful for their support and collaboration in helping us enhance one of our community’s key
gateways.”
The announcement has been met with positive reception locally, with some noting the quick response to repair and improve a visible community landmark. With work beginning soon and completion expected in early June, the updated sign is anticipated to welcome travelers in time for Goldendale’s summer season, when traffic through the area typically increases.
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He said the agreement with the Ross Foundation would have to specify that any problems found in the excavation for the flagpole would be the sole responsibility of the foundation.
On the state front, Washington counties lobbyist Zak Kennedy said that Democrats in Olympia had swept $4 billion from the Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Plan 1 (LEOFF 1) Retirement System into the general fund to plug budget gaps.
LEOFF 1 is a pension plan for law enforcement officers and firefighters hired before Oct. 1, 1977. It is widely recognized as one of the best-funded pension plans in the country,
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Wheat’ felt rooted, local, and grounded, and it’s also the name of our 100-acre farm here in Goldendale. ‘Refillery’ reflects renewal—using something again instead of discarding it. Together, the name symbolizes honoring the land while making thoughtful choices that protect it.”
On the shelves, shoppers will find household essentials and personal care items like laundry detergent, dish soap, all-purpose cleaners, hand soap, shampoo, and conditioner, which are all made with ingredients customers can recognize and understand, she said.
Part of the excitement for Enyeart and Pittman is showing how easy it can be to switch to refillable, clean-
which has made its surplus a target for state budgetary adjustments.
Supporters of the move concede that, although the plan is basically sound, it’s heavily overfunded and the funds can be better used elsewhere.
Opponents argue this is a dangerous move that jeopardizes the retirement security of first responders.
“The mechanism with which they performed that sweep may cause us some problems in the future,” Kennedy told commissioners.
“Basically they figured out how to sweep a fund that’s not supposed to be sweepable... I don’t know how much Klickitat County has in terms of liabilities for LEOFF 1 officers and first responders, but we’re asking is that if they’re going to take that money, we want to pivot the liability for medical expenses under LEOFF 1 to the state.”
Columbia Gorge Regional Airport Manager Jeff Renard shared some good news with
ingredient products. Customers are surprised at how effective these products are and how simple the transition can feel.
The business plans to expand into bulk food staples soon, further broadening its sustainable offerings. For Enyeart and Pittman, the refill model is about more than waste reduction; it’s about aligning with the community’s values. The shop reflects the area’s focus on practicality, stewardship, and supporting local businesses. It allows families to save money, make more intentional purchasing decisions, and keep dollars circulating locally rather than relying solely on big-box stores or online orders.
As the store prepared to
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commissioners: “We were awarded a grant for $124,000 to put up a pole barn for our snow removal equipment and any of our equipment, our tractors and trucks and whatnot can get undercover. We’ll have it designed with enough power in there that we can plug in block heaters and battery chargers and just keep everything ready to go.”
He said new hangers being built at the airport will have no problem being rented out, as he has a waiting list of 25 people who paid a deposit to be on the list.
Under the consent agenda, commissioners approved:
• A contract amendment with Washington Department of Corrections to update contact information
• Executing the contract retainage bond for the Wood Gulch Bridge Preventive Maintenance Project, CRP 388
• Professional Economic Development Services Agreement with Public Eco-
open, one thing stood out to Enyeart: the encouragement from the community. Many people had said, “We’ve been waiting for something like this,” a response she found both humbling and inspiring. It showed that families are eager for healthier, lowerwaste options; they just need easier access and community support.
That sense of connection was a big part of why they chose to host an open house. Enyeart said it was important because the event wasn’t just a new store opening, it marked the beginning of something community centered.
Looking ahead, Windy Wheat Refillery plans to host monthly community swap events and gatherings, pro-
nomic Development
• Notice to vendors to advertise for the 2026 liquid asphalt purchase
• Notice to Contractors to advertise for the Guardrail Upgrades Project, CRP 390
• Notice to Contractors to advertise for the Klickitat County Fuel Station Project
• Amendment #11 to the Klickitat County Health Department 2025-2027 consolidated contract
• Local agency agreement supplement for the bundle – preventative maintainance. Deck Repair Project, CRP 376
• Local agency federal agreement project prospectus for the Bundle – Preventative Maintenance Deck Repair Project, CRP 376
• Offering certain real property as surplus & sale by public auction
• Resolution amending the sale of certain tax title properties by public auction
viding a space for neighbors to connect and share ideas for healthier living.
Above all, Enyeart hopes customers leave the shop feeling empowered—aware that small changes matter, that supporting a local business is meaningful, and that sustainable choices can be simple. “Empowered knowing they have options. Empowered knowing small changes add up. Empowered knowing they’re supporting a local business while making thoughtful choices for their own home,” she said.
“If someone walks out thinking, ‘That was easier than I expected,’ or, ‘I can make lower waste choices,’ then we’ve done what we set out to do,” she said.
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in the museum’s education center. Later in the afternoon, Erickson will return for an artist talk discussing her work and creative process.
Guests can also take part in a museum orientation tour in the early afternoon, providing an introduction to the galleries and highlights of the museum’s collections.
Meanwhile, Loïe’s: The Museum Café will be open during the day, giving visitors a chance to relax with refreshments while enjoying views of the Columbia River Gorge.
A puppet show for kids— and kids at heart
Families with young children will have a special reason to attend the opening day festivities.
At 2 p.m., Portland performer Red Yarn will present “The Red Yarn Puppet Show,” a lively musical performance designed especially for children and families.
The show blends energetic folk music with playful storytelling and puppet characters. Between songs, Red Yarn’s cast of “critter puppets” provides humor and messages about friendship, community and emotional awareness. The interactive performance invites children to sing, dance and participate in the experience.
Thanks to event sponsors, children and their caregivers attending the show receive
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strong start, the program would welcome a few more players. The boys team in particular could benefit from additional athletes interested in representing Goldendale on the court this spring.
Tennis is open to high school students of all experience levels, and new players are encouraged to come out and learn the game while competing as part of a team.
Parents or guardians of high school–eligible students who are not currently involved in a spring extracur-
complimentary admission to the museum that day, though advance registration is encouraged because seating capacity is limited. You can register at https://tinyurl. com/5n6hbnvx.
A century of art in the Columbia Gorge
Founded by visionary entrepreneur Sam Hill, Maryhill Museum opened its doors in 1926 and has since grown into one of the Pacific Northwest’s most unusual and eclectic museums.
Perched above the Columbia River near Goldendale, the museum houses collections ranging from European sculpture and Indigenous art to chess sets and historic textiles. Its opening day tradition each spring marks the start of another season welcoming visitors from across the region.
This year’s opening carries special meaning as the museum begins its centennial celebration, honoring a century of art, culture, and international connections that began with Queen Marie’s historic dedication nearly 100 years ago. With new exhibitions, live art demonstrations and family-friendly performances, opening day offers a chance for longtime visitors and firsttime guests alike to rediscover what makes Maryhill one of the Gorge’s cultural treasures.
ricular activity and may be interested in joining the tennis team are encouraged to reach out.
For more information about joining the team or if you have questions about the upcoming season, contact Coach Wing at (509) 250-0357. With the season now underway and the first home match just around the corner, the Goldendale High School tennis program looks forward to an exciting spring on the courts. Go Timberwolves! — Rob Wing
TENNIS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT, Troy Bryan, Plaintiff, vs. No. 26-2-00028-20 Christopher Wirges, Defendant.
The State of Washington to the said Christopher Wirges: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 11th day of February 2026, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Troy Bryan, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff Troy Bryan, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of the action is to quiet title to real property located in White Salmon, WA. Andrew J. Myers Plaintiff’s Attorney. Davies Myers Sandri, PC PO Box 417, Hood River, OR Hood River County, Oregon. (0609, 0707, 0804, 0901, 1001, 1101)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids for the 2026 Annual Striping Program, RN 642-26, 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 March 17, 2026 for performing the work described below. Sealed bids received will be opened at the Commissioner’s Chambers and publicly read aloud on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Bids received after 1:15 p.m. March 17, 2026 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. March 17, 2026, 2026 Annual Striping Program, RN 642-26”.
This Contract provides for the improvement of the 2026 Annual Striping Program: The work to be performed under these specifications includes but not limited to, the installation of yellow skip, no-pass, white edge pavement markings, painted and plastic pavement markings. Paint lines and/or markings shall be applied with paint that complies with the Specifications for low VOC waterborne paint and plastic pavement markings shall be Type A. Phase 1 is to be completed early summer 2026, work will consist of restriping all lane lines, striping some newly paved or seal coated surfaces and installing new painted and/or plastic pavement markings in specified locations. Phase 2 consists of striping the remaining newly paved or seal coated surfaces, striping areas that were not previously striped or areas that have been determined to need another coat of paint, finishing new plastic pavement markings and other work, all in accordance with the attached Contract Plans, these Contract Provisions, and the Standard Specifications. The improvements are located throughout Klickitat County. 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 $400,000 and $650,000.
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 affirma-
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tively 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 24th Day of February, 2026. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Klickitat County, Washington Ron Ihrig Chairman Todd Andrews Commissioner Lori Zoller Commissioner ATTEST: LeeAnn Burgin Clerk of the Board Klickitat County, Washington (0810, 0904, 1002)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT Estate of, LINDA L. MATHIEUS, Deceased. Case No.: 26-4-00007-20 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(RCW 11.40.030)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
The above Court has appointed Kaaren J. Caraway as Personal Representative of Decedents’ estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and; (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1) (c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. First Publication of this Notice: February 25, 2026 Justin D. Leigh (WSBA No. 55307) Attorney for Kaaren J. Caraway LAW OFFICE OF JUSTIN D. LEIGH 106 N. Grant St. | P.O. Box 855 Goldendale, WA 98620 (509) 426-4415 (0811, 0905, 1003)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT. SHERIFF’S PUBLIC NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff v. JASON GATES ERWIN, SARA ANNE ERWIN; THE WASHINGTON STATE HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OCCUPANTS OF THE PROPERTY OF 609 5th Ave, Dallesport, Washington 98617, Defendants, No. 25-2-00096-20. TO: Jason Gates Erwin, Sara Anne Erwin, The Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 609
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• Summary of Ordinance: No 1552 Designated StreetsCity of Goldendale
• Probate Notice to Creditors: Lynde Sue Fink CurtisLaw office Of Justin D. Leigh
Probate Notice to Creditors: Stephen Pimley - Carolyn S Simms, Attorney at Law
Notice of Public Hearing: Consideration of an Ordinance to Change Maximum Speed LimitsKlickitat County Public Works
Public Notice: Klickitat Lead Entity Citizens Review Committee Meeting March 19 - Klickitat County
Natural Resources Department
• Probate Notice to Creditors: Stephen V TalbitzerNW Legacy Law, P.S.
5th Ave, Dallesport, Washington 98617. The Superior Court of Klickitat County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Klickitat County to sell the properties legally described as follows to satisfy a judgment in the above entitled action: Property Description: Street address: 609 5th Ave, Dallesport, Washington 98617. Legal Description: LOT 5 AND THE SOUTHEASTERLY HALF OF LOT 6, BLOCK 1, DALLESPORT ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED JUNE 4, 1946 IN BLOCK 3, PAGE 19, AUDITORS FILE NO. 31814, KLICKITAT COUNTY PLAT RECORDS, IN THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT AND STATE OF WASHNGTON. Assessor’s Property Tax Parcel/Account Number: 02133360010500. The sale of the above described properties is to take place: TIME: 10:00 A.M. DATE: March 4, 2026 Rescheduled to March 27, 2026, PLACE: Klickitat County Courthouse. The Judgment Debtor can avoid the sale by paying the judgment amount of $355,448.98, together with interest, costs and fees, before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Sheriff’s office at the address stated below. KLICKITAT COUNTY SHERIFF, 205 S Columbus, Room 108, Goldendale, WA 98620, 509-773-4455. (0513, 0607, 0705, 0803, 0903, 1004, 1101)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids for the Guardrail Upgrades, CRP 390, 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 March 24, 2026 for performing the work described below.
Sealed bids received will be opened at the Commissioner’s Chambers and publicly read aloud on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Bids received after 1:15 p.m. March 24, 2026 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. March 24, 2026, Guardrail Upgrades, CRP 390”. This contract provides for the improvement of guardrail on Snowden Road and Canyon Road by removing guardrail, raising guardrail, installing guardrail blocks, installing new aes. treated beam guardrail, terminals 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 $140,000 and $230,000.
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 3rd Day of March, 2026.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Klickitat County, Washington Ron Ihrig
Chairman Todd Andrews
Commissioner Lori Zoller
Commissioner ATTEST: LeeAnn Burgin Clerk of the Board Klickitat County, Washington (0909,1005,1101)
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
In the superior court of the State of Washington for the county of Klickitat, Plaintiff, Nathan Bell vs. Simon Yugler and Paige Brummett, No. 2025-113, Defendant. The State of Washington to the said Simon Yugler and Paige Brummett:
You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 4th day of March, 2026, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Nathan Bell, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff Nathan Bell, at his (or their) office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. Plaintiff seeks reimbursement for damages caused to real property in violation of the terms of a lease agreement.
First Date of Publication: March 4, 2026
Nathan Bell 8 Tomahawk Rd. White Salmon, WA 98672 County of Klickitat, Washington (0910, 1006, 1102, 1201, 1301, 1401)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids for the Goldendale Fuel Station, 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 March 24, 2026 for performing the work described below. Sealed bids received will be opened at the Commissioner’s Chambers and publicly read
aloud on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Bids received after 1:15 p.m. March 24, 2026 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. March 24, 2026 Goldendale Fuel Station”. This contract provides for the development of a fueling station including clearing and grubbing, site excavation, installation of storm sewer and retention pond, base course and top course, commercial asphalt, fuel island including pumps, pipework and canopy, electrical lighting, controls, power supply, grounding, and card reader system, fencing with gates 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 $800,000 and $1,300,000. 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 3rd Day of March, 2026. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Klickitat County, Washington Ron Ihrig, Chairman Todd Andrews, Commissioner Lori Zoller, Commissioner ATTEST: Clerk of the Board LeeAnn Burgin In and for the County of Klickitat, State of Washington (0911, 1007, 1103)
NOTICE TO VENDORS Sealed bids for Klickitat County 2026 Liquid Asphalt will be received by the Board of County Commissioners at the reception desk located in the Klickitat County Public Works Department, 115 W. Court St. Room 302, Goldendale Washington. Mailing address 115 W. Court St, MS 303, Goldendale Washington 98620 until 1:15 PM on March 17, 2026 for providing materials described below. Sealed bids received will be opened at the Commissioner’s Chambers and publicly read aloud on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Bids received after 1:15 p.m. March 17, 2026 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. March 17, 2026, 2026 Liquid Asphalt. Materials that shall be furnished and delivered to Klickitat County Public Works Department include various liquid asphalt materials meeting or exceeding the technical specifications and requirements for CRS-2P, CMS-2S and CSS1H. This is considered an open-ended bid as no specific quantities will be purchased against this bid during life of the contract from April 15, 2026 through November 15, 2026.
Total Estimated Project Cost Range $500,000 to $800,000 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: 1. 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; Goods & Services; 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 3rd Day of March, 2026.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Klickitat County, Washington Ron Ihrig Chairman Todd Andrews Commissioner Lori Zoller Commissioner ATTEST: LeeAnn Burgin Clerk of the Board Klickitat County, Washington (0912, 1008, 1104) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of DAVID PORTER VANBUSKIRK, Deceased No. 25-4-00072-20
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
bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.
DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: 25th day of February 2026
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 4th day of March, 2026.
Terri Ruthann VanBuskirk, Personal Representative
514 S. Columbus #8 Goldendale, WA 98620
Prepared By: LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEY AT LAW 514 S. Columbus #8 GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (0914, 1009, 1105)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY
In the Matter of the Estate of MERLE L. GEARHEART, Deceased No. 25-4-00067-20
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 non-probate assets.
DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: February 25, 2026.
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: March 4, 2026. Andrew John Halm, Personal Representative 514 S. Columbus #8 Goldendale, WA 98620 Prepared By: LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEY AT LAW 514 S. Columbus #8 GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (0915, 1010, 1106)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of CAROL GAE EVANS, Deceased No. 26-4-00005-20
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 non-probate assets.
DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: 25th day of February, 2026
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-
TION: 4th day of March, 2026. Suzanne Foisie, Personal Representative 514 S. Columbus #8 Goldendale, WA 98620 Prepared By:
LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEY AT LAW 514 S. Columbus #8 GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (0916, 1011, 1107)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY
In the Matter of the Estate of MARK TIMOTHY RABE, Deceased No. 25-4-00076-20
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 non-probate assets.
DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: 25th day of February 2026
DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 4th day of March, 2026. Charlie Rabe, Personal Representative 514 S. Columbus #8 Goldendale, WA 98620
Prepared By: LORI LYNN HOCTOR, ATTORNEY AT LAW
514 S. Columbus #8 GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 (509) 773-0149/ Hoctor.law@ outlook.com (0917, 1012, 1108)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR KLICKITAT
COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of MICHAEL LEE WHITE, Deceased.
Case No.
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 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: February 25, 2026.
/s/ Kimberly Floyd, Personal Representative Estate of Michael Lee White PO Box 758 Hood River, OR 97031 /s/ Robert Floyd, Personal Representative Estate of Michael Lee White PO Box 758 Hood River, OR 97031 (0814, 0907, 1013)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT Estate of, LYNDE SUE FINK CURTIS, Deceased.
bike $40 503-515-5665
Case No.: 26-4-00006-20
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
The above Court has appointed Dana B. Geary as Personal Representative of Decedents’ estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and; (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1) (c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.
First Publication of this Notice:
March 11, 2026
Justin D. Leigh (WSBA No. 55307)
Attorney for Dana B. Geary LAW OFFICE OF JUSTIN D. LEIGH
106 N. Grant St. | P.O. Box 855 Goldendale, WA 98620 (509) 426-4415 (1015, 1109, 1202)
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN PIMLEY, Deceased. Case No. 26-4-00009-20 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 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 PUBLICA-
TION: March 11, 2026
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE:
RICKY S. PIMLEY
ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE:
Carolyn A. Simms, WSBA #18258
Of Carolyn A. Simms, Attorney at Law
ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE:
A. Simms, Attorney at Law 2035 NE 3rd Loop Camas, WA 98607 (360) 833-2174
COURT OF PROBATE
PROCEEDINGS Superior Court of Klickitat County AND CAUSE NUMBER No. 26-4-00009-20 (1016, 1110, 1203)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMITS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Klickitat County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 at 1:30 pm in the Commissioners’ room in the Klickitat County Public Services Building, Goldendale, Washington. In accordance to statutory provisions of RCW 46.61.415, increase and/or Decrease Maximum Speed Limits by local Authority; the County Engineer is recommending that the existing maximum speed limits of the following county roads should be changed: ROAD NAME, ROAD NO., M.P. TO M.P., FROM TO Counts Road 22420 0.00 –2.38 Unposted 35 MPH Hill Road 25770 2.07 – 4.35 Unposted 35 MPH A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 at 1:30 PM. for considering the establishment of these maximum speed limits in the Commissioner’s Chambers in the Klickitat County Courthouse, Goldendale, Washington at which time testimony will be heard for or against the above proposed speed limit changes. Maps of proposed seed limit changes may be downloaded by going to the Klickitat County Public Works webpage http://klickitatcounty.org/501/ Public-Works.
Approved this 10th day of February, 2026.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Klickitat County, Washington Ron Ihrig, Chairman ATTEST: LeeAnne Burgin Clerk of the Board Klickitat County, Washington (1017, 1111)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Klickitat Lead Entity Citizens Review Committee Meeting March 19, 2026
The role of the Klickitat Lead Entity Citizens Review Committee (CRC) is to support salmonid recovery by identifying credible and fundable habitat protection and enhancement projects. This process will support related programs and activities that produce sustainable and measurable benefits for fish and fish habitat. This meeting will be held on Thursday, March 19th, 2026 from 6-8pm, at the Klickitat County Administrative Ser-
vices Building. The Klickitat County Administrative Services Building is located at 115 W Court St, Goldendale, WA 98620. This open public meeting will also be accessible online using Google Meet via the link provided below. Other meeting dates will be announced in future notices. Meeting Links: Google Meets Meet.google.com/mox-fbbffib
Join by Phone (US) +1 727-637-0752 PIN: 839 781 224#
SIP Address 6760779409580@video. klickitatcounty.org If there are any questions, please contact: Klickitat County Natural Resources Department Email: alisa.grumbles@klickitatcounty.org
Phone: 509-773-2410
Office: 115 W Court St, Room 204, Goldendale, WA 98620 (1018, 1112)
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR CLARK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN V. TALBITZER, Deceased. Case No. 26-4-00268-06
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.020, .030 Christopher V. Talbitzer has been appointed as personal representative (“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) 30 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 RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.
Date of First Publication: March 11, 2026
Personal Representative: Christopher V. Talbitzer Attorney for the Personal Representative: Jakob O. Seegmuller Address for Mailing c/o NW Legacy Law, P.S. or Service: 1003 Officers Row Vancouver, WA 98661 Court of probate proceeding: Clark County Superior Court Cause number: 26-4-00268-06
Jakob O. Seegmuller, WSBA No. 53860 Attorney for Personal Representative NW Legacy Law, P.S. 1003 Officers Row Vancouver, WA 98661 (1019, 1113 ,1204)
Call for pricing 509-2501776 (2.18) BEEF JERSEY BEEF! ¼ AND ½ AVAILABLE. Delivered in the Gorge mattchiles@ horseshoebendranch.net Matt at 509-250-3755..
MARKETPLACE
$500 OR LESS DREXEL CHINA CABINET $350 cash, you haul located in Goldendale 701 Franklin Court MAPLE KITCHEN TABLE great condition, seats 4 with charis. Has leaf extension
$125 509-250-2389 call M-F
2 – 4 pm
FREE Electric Wheelchair, needs a battery 360-7028124
FIREWOOD – FREE – you cut and haul, Goldendale, Jim 541-980-4082
GENERATOR Coleman Powermate ProGen 5000 $500 used 509-250-6154
TOOLS Benchtop drill press $250, 16” delta scrollsaw $175. More – mechanic tools, hand tools, portable saws, etc 509-365-5203
METAL ROOFING, used, Brown 21’ legnths x 18” wide. $1.00 per foot 509773-3636
BIKE EQUIP Stationary bike trainer, Deuter MT-04, use your won
RECLINER, new in box. Yaheetech black recliner, comfortable and sturdy. $130 509-773-3245 6 DRAWER DESK used, blue pine desk, 58” long. Needs refinished. Free 541-490-4787 ROCK AND ROCK EQUIPMENT: 2 saws (18” & 24”) several tons of northwest rock. Call for pricing 509426-1100 REWARD $500 1997 Jeep Cherokee, emerald green. STOLEN from Wishram plate #199YHP. Any information contact 509-2811953 and leave a message. RE-HOMING Lhasa-Apso spayed 7 years old, Loving and protective. Moving and can’t keep 360-702-8124
FRESHLY CUT and limbed pine logs, FREE, on Box Canyon Rd 509-773-4497
RECLINER in good shape
$50 509-773-4497
RC CARS, 1 electric 1 fuel powered, + extras $100 each OBO 509-773-5494
FISHING REELS 3 unused, make an offer 509-773-5494
CHROME RIMS. Ford 6 lug. $100 or B/O. 509-773-5227. SLIDE-IN STOVE. Samsung double oven, propane/ gas. $250 or B/O. 509-7735227. 2 SOAPSTONE rocks for carving $25 each 509-2612115
HARLEY DAVIDSON vest and chaps, LIKE NEW $125 for the set 509-261-2115
MOTOR HOIST – 2 ton FREE 509-393-6230 PINT CANNING JARS – 2 dozen @ $12/dozen 509773-5666 PROPANE TORCHES, 4, 2 with hoses, & 1 oxy-propane torch with many accouterments $75 STIHL 18” MS290 chainsaw with Oregon skiptooth chain $300 907-252-1593
Announcements & Notices Request for Proposal Cascade Locks
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.
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 inperson meetings are being conducted the first Thursday of every month from 6 to 7:30pm at the Gloria Center at 2505 W. 7th Street, The Dalles. 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. Alcoholicos Anonimos Reuniones
Volunteers
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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.
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.
MENTORS
WANTED
14. 1-833-423-3683
AA in MAUPIN (open), Maupin Community Church, 490 5th St., Thursdays @ 7pm.
Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group Meets in person at Columbia Gorge Community College, Hood River campus, across from Rosauers, on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30-6:30pm. Support group participants have all lost someone to suicide and strive to help each other with their grief journeys and advocate for suicide prevention. Contact Brent and Shawnee at bsemmons@ hrecn.net or 541-806-2790.
DEMENTIA Support Group
every 2nd Monday of the month at the Oregon Veterans Home, 10:30am - 11:30am 541-296-7190 for info.
MAC Lung Disease Support Group: for details, please call 541-483-2253 or 541805-5068.
TOPS OR #942 meets at Gateway Presbyterian Church, The Dalles, Thursdays, 5:30-6:30pm.
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.
DO YOU HAVE HURTS, HABITS, HANG-UPS?
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
TRITON Electric Chiropractor Massage Bed. Model TRE-24. $400. Call Rich at 541-340-0081.
TRUMPET. Jupiter CXL CTR-60. Used. Valued new at $850, selling for $350. Comes w/ hard case and music stand. Email: ljcaracciolo@embarqmail.com or call/text: 541-705-0342.
JACOB Doll Antique Upright Piano. Needs to be cleaned and tuned. Free. You Haul. 541-806-0859.
TABLE. Two tier round mahogany claw foot table. Top 26 “ diameter, lower shelf 20” diameter and 13 “ above floor level. $195. 541-4907254.
LENNOX China Service for 12. 68-piece service for 12 Lenox China. Belvidere pattern. $400. 541-490-7254.
CLEAR Glass Dinner Plates, set of 15. 10 inch diameter. $45. 541-490-7254.
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 our newspaper to place your ad: Columbia Gorge News 541-386-1234
ART Glass Wall Plate. 26” x 18 x 6” with hardware for hanging. $195. 541-4907254.
COUCH. Medium-sized couch with hide-a-bed. Brown and tan fabric. $45. 541-354-1748.
$500 OR LESS Ads run 1 Week FREE! • Private Party Only • No Commercial Ads •
TRITON Electric Chiropractor Massage Bed. Model TRE-24. $400. Call Rich at 541-340-0081.
Musical Items
TRUMPET. Jupiter CXL CTR-60. Used. Valued new at $850, selling for $350. Comes w/ hard case and music stand. Email: ljcaracciolo@embarqmail.com or call/text: 541-705-0342.
Tools TOOLS. Table saw, power tools, sander, hand tools. Many to choose from. Make an offer. Call to view. 541386-3776.
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.
Dogs LABRADOR PUPPIES
8 weeks old. Black, brown & white. $100. Call Dave or Laura at 509-493-3993. Garage/Yard Sales
Advertise Your Garage Sale Up to 10 lines Print and Online $25 Prepaid To place your ad contact us. Columbia Gorge News 541-386-1234 ColumbiaGorgeNews.com Click Classifieds The Dalles Library BAG BOOK SALE! Sat., March 14 9am-Noon The Book Barn Library Upper Parking Lot at 722 Court St. 9am-10am is $3/BAG 10am-11am is $2/BAG 11am- Noon is $1/BAG You pick the books to fill your bag!
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OUTSIDE MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE Outside Marketing Representative: Columbia Gorge News is hiring a marketing advisor to service businesses in the area. This position is outside sales for the weekly newspaper in print and online plus niche publications. You must live in the Columbia River Gorge to perform this job. If you are outgoing and like to talk through ideas, this position is for you. The candidate will work from both home and the office. They will need reliable internet, computer, and a smart phone. A vehicle and valid driver’s license with insurance is a must. The candidate will work one on one with small businesses in our community to help them find ways to effectively market their business. The sales position will allow the person hired to work their own schedule to fit the needs of the customers. Weekly sales meetings and trainings required. Must have the ability to multi-task and be selfmotivated. The ability to handle basic excel or word documents, perform math calculations and the willingness to communicate well with customers in person and over the phone are needed. Sales experience a plus but will train the right candidate. This position is mainly MonFri but is somewhat flexible with part-time or full-time hours. Hourly, mileage, plus commissions. Email resume and references to: ChelseaM@GorgeNews. com Columbia Gorge News P.O. Box 390, Hood River, OR 97031. If you have questions, leave a message: 541386-1234 Ext. 100. 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.
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REPRESENTATIVE Columbia Gorge News is seeking a sales and marketing representative for the news media territory. Sales experience preferred. Candidate should have the ability to meet multiple deadlines, communicate clearly and effectively, be outgoing and have the ability to want to work with a variety of customers. Small businesses are the heart of our clients, and the job will require travel to businesses throughout The Gorge area. Office and remote work available. Weekly newspaper sales, niche print publications and online website are many of the products to market. Pay will be hourly during 60-day training and work towards salary and commissions. PTO/retirement match. Health insurance not currently available. Full or part time offered. Contact publisher, ChelseaM@GorgeNews.com to apply.
PT CUSTOMER SERVICE & ORDER ENTRY ASSOCIATE Hood River Distillers is seeking a part-time associate capable of delivering first-class customer service to our nationwide customers and in-house sales team. Candidates should be skilled at time management and multi-tasking; have problem solving ability; and pleasing phone etiquette. Must have strong competency in Excel and other Microsoft Office Suite programs; have true attention to detail and accuracy; and have the ability to work in a fast paced, manufacturing environment. Experience within a manufacturing or specifically the spirits industry a plus. Apply at hrdspirits.com LOOKING for a new job? Browse employment ads from throughout the Gorge on our classified website: ColumbiaGorgeNews.com
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• Approximately 6 hour shift from 7am-1pm • Company Van Provided Local newspaper delivery driver needed on Tuesdays. Job is to pick up delivery in Hood River early morning and take to post offices and then deliver to all newsstands and stores in The Dalles. Company van provided. The delivery driver oversees weekly delivery of the newspaper and keeping newsstands in clean and good working conditions. Must have clean driving record with valid local driver’s license. Requires the need to drive-in all-weather conditions. Ability to easily lift 25lbs required. Minimum wage, part time. To inquire send job history and references to: ChelseaM@Gorgenews.com or call 541-386-1234 ext. 100. Address: Columbia Gorge News, 1812 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031.
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 541-308-2207 or visit www.nextdoorinc.org/ fosterparent to apply.
IMMEDIATE JOB OPENING FOR A MECHANIC
Bishop Truck Repair in Biggs Junction, OR has an IMMEDIATE OPENING for a truck and trailer mechanic. Must have some experience. High wages depending experience, 401K, company paid medical. Monday- Friday 8am-5pm. Please send
call 503-378-4621, 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
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Beth Wood, Collection Librarian Fort Vancouver Regional Library District Contact Beth Wood with questions about this column: 360-906-4996 or bwood@fvrl.org
Women in History During World War II March is Women’s History Month, and we are surrounded by histories of outstanding women. In recent years declassified records, newly discovered documents, and a resurging interest in family histories have contributed to many new books which showcase remarkable stories of women’s roles during World War II. Below I have listed some recent titles, along with a brief description of each. If WWII history is one of your interests, you’ll find something here to intrigue you - or one of these fascinating heroines will pique your interest. Read on:
• “The Art Spy” by Michelle Young (2025) - In 1944, Rose Valland infiltrates Nazi leadership in Paris to save the world’s most treasured art masterpieces.
• “Crash of the Heavens” by Douglas Century (2025) - The daring and bravery of Hannah Senesh, who was captured after parachuting behind enemy lines.
• “The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück” by Lynne Olson (2025) - French Resistance fighters who banded together in the all-female concentration camp.
• “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman (2025) - American women who traveled to England to ferry fighter planes and bombers for the British Royal Air Force.
• “American Flygirl” by Susan Tate Ankeny (2024) - Born in Portland, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military. Susan Ankeny is a local author.
• “The Confidante” by Christopher C. Gorham (2023) - Biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became FDR’s closest advisor.
• “Lethal Tides” by Catherine Musemeche (2022) - Tells the story of Mary Sears, whose groundbreaking oceanographic research led the U.S. to victory in the Pacific theater.
• “Sisters in Resistance” by Tilar J. Mazzeo (2022) - Three women who risked their lives to deliver critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces.
• “The Nine” by Gwen Strauss (2022) - Follows the true story of
the author’s great aunt, who led nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a forced labor camp and fled back to Paris.
• “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days” by Rebecca Donner (2021) - Extraordinary life of the author’s great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.
• “Three Ordinary Girls” by Tim Brady (2021) - Astonishing story of three fearless female teenage resisters whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
• “The Girls Who Stepped out of Line” by Mari K. Eder (2021)Page-turning narrative by retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder describes the roles played by 15 unknown women heroes.
• “The Sisters of Auschwitz” by Roxane van Iperen (2021) - Story of sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, were captured, and survived the Holocaust.
• “The Women with Silver Wings” by Katherine Sharp Landdeck (2020) - Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), which gave women aviators a chance to serve their country.
Beth Wood is a senior collection development librarian for Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries. Email her at readingforfun@fvrl.org.
Manage busy spring schedules with simple, nutritious bowls
(Feature Impact) When jampacked calendars and seemingly constant takeout orders get you down, diving into a fresh way to rethink homecooked meals can get you and your loved ones into a better-for-you routine.
Close your favorite food delivery app and instead break out the bowls for simple yet nutritious recipes that are equal parts filling and fresh. Easily prepped ahead of time, dishes like Chicken and Rice Bowls with Peanut Sauce provide powerful protein and flavor without the hassle. For added pizzazz, drizzle with extra peanut sauce and squeeze a dash of lime juice.
Or put a tangy twist on a traditional chicken bowl with these GreekInspired Power Bowls featuring homemade tzatziki made with Dandy Celery, a naturally sweeter, crispier and less stringy alternative to other celeries. Celebrating its 100th anniversary, it delivers the ultimate snack time (or dinner) crunch and flavor, offering a satisfying complement to sliced chicken, mixed greens, whole-grain quinoa and Kalamata olives.
An added bowl-inspired bonus: These family-friendly recipes can be personalized for taste preferences so no one goes hungry.
Rethink your family’s menu with more quick, nutritious recipes to alleviate the stress of hectic schedules by visiting DudaFresh.com.
Chicken and Rice Bowls with Peanut Sauce Recipe courtesy of The Produce Moms Prep time: 7 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2 Creamy Peanut Sauce:
jasmine rice
• 1 cup Dandy celery, julienned
• 1 cup shredded carrot • 1/2 medium English cucumber, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup unsalted roasted peanuts, coarsely choppedw
• lime wedges, for serving To prepare peanut sauce: In small bowl, whisk soy sauce, lime juice, rice vinegar and honey. Add peanut butter and sesame oil. Whisk vigorously until sauce is completely smooth and creamy. Set aside. To prepare bowls: In nonstick 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat, heat olive oil until simmering. Add shredded chicken and about 3 tablespoons peanut sauce. Stir constantly to coat chicken and heat through, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
To assemble rice bowls: In deep serving bowls, add cooked rice. Top with warm chicken covered in peanut sauce. Arrange celery, carrot and cucumber around chicken. Top with peanuts.
Drizzle remaining peanut sauce over bowls. Serve with lime wedges to squeeze over bowls.
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• fresh herbs, for garnish
To make celery tzatziki: Mix yogurt, celery, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and walnuts, if desired. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir well. Chill.
To assemble bowls: In two bowls, layer greens and cooked quinoa evenly. Top with grilled chicken. Spoon 1/4 cup hummus on side of each bowl. Add olives, 2-3 tablespoons tzatziki and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with fresh herbs.
New at the Library
FICTION
“Wicked Onyx” by Debbie Cassidy
“Blood Relay” by Devon. A. Mihesuah
“How Simi Got Her Groom Back” by Sonali Dev
NONFICTION
“Art Therapy for Every Day” by Nadia Paredes
“Peace Be with You!” by Pope Leo XIV
“Good Daughtering: The Work You’ve Always Done, the Credit You’ve Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough” by Allison M. Alford
CHILDREN
“Rumpelstiltskin” by Mac Barnett
“Why? Animals: Brilliant Answers to Baffling Questions” by Derek Harvey “Goodbye, French Fry” by Rin-rin Yu 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 find additional listings.
Yesterday, I saw a woman trip on the pavement. She immediately turned to her husband and started to complain.
I couldn’t hear all she was saying, but I was thinking there was really no point in complaining to your husband when you trip on the pavement. It might be your fault, or the fault of the pavement, or the fault of your shoes, but it almost certainly has nothing to do with your husband, and the odds are he is wearing sensible shoes.
San Miguel de Allende, where my husband, Peter, and I spend much of the winter, is a city that requires sensible shoes. The entire town is a World Heritage Site, which means that the things you see outside must look pretty much exactly as they did in the mid-1700s, unless there is some life-threatening reason to change them. Tripping on the pavement does not qualify as life-threatening. Peter loudly lobbies for hiking poles. He says every person should be using at least one at all times and two if taking a hike of any length. Peter probably has a good point, but he is not going to win this argument with most women who are going out to dinner and carrying a purse and taking photos with a phone and possibly holding an ice-cream cone or a churro. Adding hiking poles to the ensemble is not going to be an option for most—in spite of Peter’s well-intentioned entreaties.
I have noticed that footwear varies greatly by age. Young women will wear chunky, practical sneakers with dresses and pull it off with ease and charm. Slightly older women will wear more fashionable footwear and risk falling on the slippery, uneven, (but historically accurate) pavement. Women who are older yet will revert to chunky sneakers very similar to the ones their young counterparts are
wearing. I can see a convincing argument for skipping the fashionable shoe phase and jumping right to the chunky sneaker phase, but I’m not there yet. And neither, apparently, was the woman complaining to her husband. Perhaps we are in no hurry to reach the “I’m wearing chunky sneakers for the rest of my life” phase. Or perhaps we somehow relish the challenge of navigating the rounded, irregular stones beneath our feet and making a triumphant entry into the restaurant, unscathed. Or perhaps we are slightly jealous of the women who come in from Mexico City who wear not just impractical shoes but shoes with towering narrow heels, and traipse about the city with a small dog under their arm as if there was no skill involved at all.
My suspicion is that there are women in parts of the world trained from a very early age to manage high-altitude heels and, like learning a foreign language, one will never master it effortlessly unless they begin young. This is surely true of women in Paris. My dearest girlfriend used to live in Paris, and I would fret over what to wear when I went to visit her. She told me before a visit in July, “Don’t worry about what to wear. The streets are filled with tourists in ugly shoes.” Meanwhile, the men wear pretty much whatever they feel like wearing and manage the cobblestones much better. I agree it makes no sense. I believe my health and safety should come before anything as frivolous as fashion. I can imagine how effortless it would feel to walk after dark on slippery stones with a heavy rubber cushion beneath my feet.
But this does not mean that I’m ready for sensible shoes. Yet.
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Carl Magee
Carl Magee lived the kind of life that sounds more like an adventure story than real history. There were gunfights, investigations, angry politicians, and even an invention that changed the world. Carl was a journalist, a lawyer, and the inventor of the world’s first parking meter. If history gave out awards for “Most Likely to Start Trouble and Invent Something Useful,” Carl Magee would have been a top contender.
In the early 1900s, Magee owned newspapers in New Mexico and believed reporters should do more than just write polite stories. He used his newspaper to expose a powerful group of politicians known as the Santa Fe Ring. These men were accused of using threats and violence to control land and politics. People were too afraid to challenge them, but not Magee. He printed story after story about the shady deals, making some very powerful enemies along the way.
He also helped uncover the famous Teapot Dome scandal in the 1920s, where government officials secretly gave oil companies permission to drill on public land. One of the men involved, a government leader named Albert Fall, was furious with Magee. When the two men ran into each other in a hotel lobby, tempers exploded into a fight. Shots were fired during the chaos, and the shocking scene made headlines across the country. Later, Fall would become the first U.S. cabinet member ever sent to prison for corruption.
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After all the trouble in New Mexico, Magee moved to Oklahoma, where a different kind of problem was growing. Oil had been discovered, and people were rushing into cities like Oklahoma City hoping to strike it rich. Soon more and more people began buying automobiles. At first there were only a few cars on the streets. Then there were hundreds, then thousands. Finding a place to park cars was nearly impossible. Drivers circled the blocks like hungry buzzards, and arguments over parking spots sometimes turned into shouting matches or even fistfights.
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Carl Magee decided there had to be a better way. So he invented a small metal machine that would keep track of how long a car stayed parked. Drivers would drop a nickel into a slot, and the machine would tick away the minutes. He called it the Park-O-Meter. It was the world’s very first parking meter. Not everyone was happy about it. In fact, plenty of people were furious. Imagine being told you had to pay money just to park your car on the street! But the idea worked. Soon cities across the country, and then the world, began installing parking meters. Carl Magee died in 1946, but his invention is still around today. And somewhere, every time a driver groans about getting a parking ticket, the legacy of Carl Magee lives on.
Newspapers are still important today. Reporters ask questions, investigate problems, and help people understand what leaders are doing. When newspapers do their job well, they help make sure the people in charge are honest and playing by the rules. That’s one of the ways newspapers help keep our communities fair for everyone.
