Goldendale Sentinel March 30, 2022

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Goldendale, Washington

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022

Vol. 143 No. 13

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Munyan talks on coming to Goldendale RODGER NICHOLS FOR THE SENTINEL

Following last week’s Goldendale city council meeting, newly designated Deputy City Administrator Patrick Munyan shared some of his background. Munyan will become city administrator later this year when current City Administrator Larry Bellamy retires.

“I grew up in Dayton, Washington and started working for the city there,” he said. “When I was 14 years old, I began working in the summers as a sexton, taking care of an 11-acre cemetery, burying people and mowing and watering. I then went to work full time out of high school. I left there and went to work for the City of Connell. I worked there for 18 years. By the time I was, I think 27 years old, I became Public Works director. I left the state for a few years. I went to Idaho, then to Oregon, and then came back to White Salmon as their first city administrator ever.

I also served as both their city administrator and public works director, and I will be doing both jobs here as well. It’s time for a

Teacher kayaks the Columbia to the Pacific LOU MARZELES EDITOR Laurie Wilhite wrapped up her long education career teaching journalism at Goldendale High School until her retirement in 2016. Now she’s drawing the attention of journalists across the country, since the Associated Press recently picked up the story of how she spent most of three years, off and on, kayaking 250 miles of the Columbia River, from just below the John Day Dam down to the Pacific Ocean.

Retirement, it seems, can provide the experience of a lifetime.

“As I started considering retirement, I was looking for an adventure, I guess,” Wilhite recalls.

“It just evolved into a series of 26 different paddles that took me to the ocean.” The journey took place between 2016 and 2019 and fulfilled her drive for something unique and extraordinary. “That was part of my quest,” she says, “to get to know the river better and slow down and take time to look around.”

A “paddle,” for those unfamiliar with boating terms, is a noun meaning one leg, one stretch of kayaking. Wilhite traversed the Columbia in 26 stretches over three years. Each paddle was about 15 miles.

“It’s a process, because when you do a paddle on a stretch of a river, you have to drop at the takeout [the point where you leave the water] and then go back to the put-in [the point where you get

RIDING THE RIVER: Laurie Wilhite, in these pictures, retired from teaching at Goldendale High School in 2016, then decided to paddle 250 miles of the Columbia River in a kayak over three years, from just below the John Jay Dam to the Pacific Ocean. The top picture shows her journey’s end, greeted by a bagpiper to honor her Scottish roots. Now she’s published a book about her adventure called Paddle to the Pacific, available now at the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce and on Amazon.

BROOKLYNN HILLEMANN WASHINGTON STATE JOURNAL

That was critical since she used her phone to take most of the astonishing pictures in her newly released book Paddle to the Pacific: A Journey of Reflection on the Columbia River.

What was a typical day like for her on a longer paddle? “Anticipation is a wonderful part of any adventure,” she says, “looking forward to it and planning for it. As I went down the river closer and closer to the ocean, the commute to get to the put-in and takeout took longer and longer, but I got to retrace the river as we drove by and see the places where I’d paddled. So first of all, it was encouraging to see the progress along the river. We would get to a new location, and we would have dry bags packed with lunch and a spare change of clothes [in case of a tip-over]. We were safety

See River page A6

Legislature 2022: What passed and what didn’t BROOKLYNN HILLEMANN WASHINGTON STATE JOURNAL Gov. Jay Inslee said lawmakers delivered on his call to take “big, bold, action,” after the 60-day legislative session came to a close March 10 in Olympia, working until the midnight deadline to push through a $64.1 billion supplemental state budget.

In addition to boosting spend-

ing by $5 billion in the current two-year budget cycle, legislators approved the first major transportation funding package since 2015.

The Democrat majority in both the House and Senate outlined priorities in the beginning of the year including addressing homelessness, combating climate change, and correcting legislation passed the previous year.

Speaker of the House Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, said: “We wanted to advance every single Washingtonian, and we’ve done that with the work we’ve done.”

Here’s what passed CARES paused: One of the earliest actions of legislators was to

change, and I needed something new and different and exciting and looking forward to coming to Goldendale.”

Asked if he was planning to move, he replied, “I live on Centerville Highway about 25 minutes from here. I’m right in the middle between White Salmon and Goldendale. So it just make

See Munyan page B1

School ‘active shooter’ drills get new guidance

TOP: FLETCHER WILHITE. ABOVE: LAURIE WILHITE. RIGHT: KARI MINIHAN.

on the water],” Wilhite says. “And then when you get to the takeout car, you load your boats, and you have to go back to the put-in to pick up your other vehicle. So it takes a team and planning. And that’s why I just did my trip when family and friends could join me.”

The team included her husband, Don, and their sons and friends.

Adventure on waterways is not new to Wilhite. “The first time I was in a canoe was on Northwestern Lake in White Salmon, before they removed the dam,” she recalls. “That was in 1977. It’s been a journey. Don and I have done wilderness canoeing and took our sons along with us. And then we went to kayaks of different sizes and sorts.” Wilhite used one kayak the entire trip, a Jackson Journey with a rudder. The vessel stood up to the elements well: she never capsized, never even lost her cell phone overboard.

RODGER NICHOLS

THE NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR-TO-BE: Patrick Munyan will take over Larry Bellamy’s job as Goldendale city administrator when Bellamy retires later this year.

pause the state’s long-term care benefit program by 18-months.

Both Democrats and Republicans argued the program was not solvent with more than 473,000 residents opting out of the program for a private plan. Additionally, lawmakers said the timing of a new payroll tax was not ideal with current inflation. Inslee signed the measure into law in January to delay the collection of the tax until July 2023. Legislators will reassess the program to address long-term solvency concerns.

Gun restrictions: Legislators approved a bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale or distribution

See Bills page B1

K-12 schools have more guidance on how to conduct active-shooter lockdown drills with a new bill just signed into law.

The bill prohibits schools from conducting drills involving lifelike simulations or reenactments of active shooter scenarios that are not “trauma-informed and age and developmentally appropriate.” Additionally, students, teachers, and staff will be alerted before carrying out a shooting-safety lockdown drill.

Prime sponsor of the bill, Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, said the legislation is needed to protect staff and students from unintended side-effects of simulation-style drills.

“Active shooter drills are associated with increases in depression, anxiety, and fears about death among children as young as five years old, to high schoolers, their parents, and teachers,” she said.

In a study conducted by gun safety nonprofit Everytown Re-

search & Policy and the Georgia Institute of Technology, over 95% of schools in the United States practice some form of an active shooter drill.

Additionally, the researchers surveyed students’ social media following the drills and found an increase in words such as “afraid,” “nervous,” and “suicidal.” The research indicated the drills increased depression in students by 39%, increased stress and anxiety by 42%, and increased physiological health problems by 23% in students from 5-years-old to high school age.

“There is no empirical research supporting the benefits of school-based armed assailant drills with a sensorial experience,” said Lake Washington School District psychologist Kathryn Salveson. “Typical lockdown drills without a sensorial experience do have benefits.”

Walen said the bill was created in response to hearing from parents about how their children were consistently upset after ac-

See Drills page A6

Anti-robocall initiative started Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday an initiative to combat robocalls in Washington state. The Attorney General’s Office created a new complaint form for Washingtonians tailored for reporting robocalls.

Additionally, as part of an effort to educate and inform Washingtonians, the Attorney General’s Office launched a website with descriptions of robocalls and telemarketing scams, including strategies for combating them.

Tuesday’s launch is a continuation of work to stop illegal robocalls. In the past two years, three lawsuits were filed aimed at holding illegal robocallers accountable.

Robocalls are a type of phone call that comes from automated systems where computers play a recorded message when someone answers the phone or when it goes to voicemail.

“Robocalls are more than just annoying—they can also be illegal,” Ferguson said. “Many of our cases are based on tips we receive from Washingtonians.

If robocalls are harassing you, please file a complaint with my office.”

Prior to the creation of the specific complaint form for robocalls, Washingtonians could report any suspicious calls through the Attorney General’s Office general consumer complaint form. The creation of a specific complaint form for robocalls will give attorneys, investigators, and staff more precise information for quicker reaction to complaints.

The robocall complaint form includes specific questions for reporting the details of a suspicious call to help our office better track and discover patterns for robocalls in the state—and prevent other Washingtonians from

See Calls page B1

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G oldendale ’ s A ttic

Answer to last week’s Mystery Picture

This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture You feel toasty just looking at that roaring fire in the center fireplace! Hope they moved those Christmas stockings before they got singed. It’s hard to tell

what that big metal thingy is the back right of the picture. Actually, we have no idea who these people are or what the occasion for this picture was. Do you?

All we know is this picture ran in The Sentinel sometime, lost in the annals of yesteryear. If you know anything about it, please drop us an email (info@

goldendalesentinel.com) or give us a call (773-3777) or drop in at the office—and remember, you’re welcome to come in and take a look at the original photograph.

Looking Back April 28, 1887 – 135 Years Ago Sheriff Van Vactor and Benjamin Snover brought Henry Timmerman up from Vancouver last Friday, and we visited him in the jail on Saturday and found him looking first rate. He says that the report that he attempted to kill himself while in Vancouver is all bosh; that there was nothing to it at all.

Deputy Sheriff Tom Stapleton started a fire in the jailhouse stove immediately after Timmerman was put into his cell. When the rotten old stove pipe commenced to leak just above the ceiling it was immediately discovered when Timmerman remarked loudly, “My God, man you had better be putting that out. Do you want to give me a taste of he_ _ in advance?”

March 17, 1932 – 90 Years Ago Max Maurer, who has hauled over four thousand gallons of gas from Portland to local parties, says the tax has been paid on all of the gas he has handled. The farmers who use the gasoline in their tractors are rebated five cents road tax, which gives them gas at ten cents a gallon. Max Maurer commenting on his gas sales. “I recall our first truck was a Model T Ford truck. It had an 8’x 9’ bed. I could place twenty 55-gallon fuel drums on it. I would drive to Portland, fill the drums with gasoline. Haul them back home, sell the gas @ 10 cents per gallon and make $20.00 per trip.”

March 18. 1932 – 90 Years Ago A surprising large number of old large sized bills have shown up at the bank and county treasurer’s office this month. It is believed that many of these are coming out of old socks or tin cans.

We’ve colorized this picture from last week to show what it might’ve looked like back then in color.

This last week we had the extreme pleasure of meeting Sharon Williams, longtime childcare provider in Goldendale, who, it turns out, was in last week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture. All of Sharon’s identifiers—Dr. Jim Ogden, Larry Hoctor, Mark Doubravsky and a very pleasant unknown identifier who declined to give us his name—let us know that Sharon has been caring for local children “for forever.”

If you didn’t know her from Boy Scouts or grow up with her kids, she most likely watched your kids. We found this week’s picture in the June 28, 1990, edition of The Goldendale Sentinel with a caption that read: “RECENT GRADS-Goldendale graduates from Yakima Valley Community College’s Early Childhood Education Teacher Program, shown with instruc-

tor Teri Nolan, left, are: Sharon Williams, Melody Smith, Linda Haggett, Becky Ham, Lynn Clay, and Elaine Wilson.”

Note that on a previous Goldendale’s Attic picture: the picture stated it was most likely a Pomona Grange meeting, and it was indeed a Pomona Grange meeting. We were able to find the story in the November 23, 1967, edition of The Sentinel. The caption read: “POMONA GR A NGE OFFICERS for 1968 are shown in this view, left to right front row: Gus and Edna Trumbo, treasurer and Ceres; Master Howard Bratton; Overseer Ranald Ferguson, his wife Sadie, chaplain, and Sybil Kelley, Pomona. Back Row, John Folmer, Gatekeeper; Bill Anderson, Steward; C.D. Kelley, executive committeeman; Merwin Eshelman, assistant steward; Bob Elwess, executive committeeman, and his wife Barbara, home-ec chairman.”

Sesquicentennial Corner: Bringing Goldendale back to its roots

March 11, 1937 – 85 Years Ago At the Centerville Grange building fund auction last Friday, Albert Walman brought a dozen eggs to be sold during the feature. When queried about the eggs, he admitted that there was a dozen in the cartoon and that if there wasn’t the buyer would get an extra dozen. The eggs were highly touted by the auctioneer, and finally sold for $1.06. Opening up the carton it was found to contain only 11 eggs, Albert agreed to provide the extra dozen. At the termination of the sale, one lone egg was found on the auctioneer’s stand and it brought 10 cents. Over $10 was raised for the building fund Friday at Centerville.

March 19, 1942 – 80 Years Ago The stork scored a photo finish victory over Albert Ingram here last Saturday afternoon after a thrilling race from Maryhill. Just as the Ingram car pulled to a stop in front of the hospital, a nine- pound boy was born to Mrs. Ingram. The infant, who has been named Ronald Albert, was born in the Ingram car with Dr. Rosser Atkinson attending.

March 26, 1942 – 80 Years Ago A total of 296 Klickitat County men are now serving their county in the uniforms of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guards. The names of these men, with their home address, have been compiled by Goldendale’s Louis Leidl post of the American Legion. The names will be inscribed on a plaque by the Legion, John Sanders, post commander said. This plaque will be placed in the new Klickitat County courthouse. As more men join the service their names will be added to the list. The list compiled by the Legion includes 200 men in the Army, 68 in the Navy, and 14 each in the Coast Guards and the Marines. Addresses listed show the following service men by post offices: Goldendale 87, White Salmon 40, Husum 27, Klickitat 20, Lyle 17, Bingen 17, Glenwood 15, Bickleton 13, Wishram 13, Troutlake 10 and Centerville 10. Goodnoe Hills, Alderdale, Maryhill, Appleton and Wahkiacus have smaller numbers.

—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society

Last week we featured an excerpt from an interview of Mrs. Sarah Emily (Golden) Barnett by Robert Ballou, author of Early Days of Klickitat County. This week we feature a story which ran in The Sentinel on February 9, 1925, titled “Pioneer History of Klickitat County.” Following is the excerpt, which for reading convenience we have not put in quotes: The following interesting story of Pioneer Days in Goldendale was written by Mrs. J. H. B. Royal and forwarded to The Sentinel for publication.

My husband, Rev. J. HJ. B Royal, was a pioneer Methodist circuit rider. The fall of 1871 his circuit was a large part of Klickitat County, including the newly laid out town of Goldendale. Mr John Golden had deeded several lots on the creek bottom to the Methodist church. The plan was to build a parsonage first, and a church later.

We lived for several weeks at Columbus, now Maryhill, enjoying the peaches and other fine fruits raised there.

Then a few loads of lumber were hauled to the Goldendale lots, and with our three children. We moved our few household goods and commenced camping by making a pen of some of the lumber where we spread our beds.

A woodshed was first built and we lived in that while the shell of the parsonage was erected. I cooked for the carpenters while they put up this, the first building of the town. Later on Thomas Johnson built the first store in Goldendale and the next spring a cheap school house was built.

Settlers began to buy lots

for their homes. When our parsonage had the kitchen floored and a small pantry made, we moved in. We put a bed in corners of the back part of the room, barring entrance to the unfinished part, hung a curtain in front of the beds, put up the cook stove and a table and commenced housekeeping.

Dr. William Miller, from The Dalles, with his wife and six children, moved into our wood shed for the winter.

This winter of 1871 and 1872 was very cold. Wood for the cook stove had to be gathered in the snow. After snow fell Mr. Royal was informed that Rev. Wilson Pitner, an elderly retired preacher who was living up in the timber some miles distant, was seriously ill, and he went at once and brought him and his wife and little boy they were keeping, to our kitchen where Dr. Miller could attend him. This made eight persons living in the one room. We gave the Pitners one of our beds, and our two boys ascended a ladder and slept on some boards laid down on the loft overhead.

The neighbors were kind to divide what provisions they had. A quarter of beef was hung in the unfinished part of the parsonage where it froze solid and could be sawed off in pieces, our first experience with that sort of cold storage, and ice chests were then unheard of. Potatoes raised in the alkali soil of the Columbia were plentiful, but not palatable. Dried fruit we had, but no milk or butter was to be had, although considerable stock ranged over the bunch grasses.

To be continued.

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Opinion That’s just the nature of a reportorial newspaper A few weeks ago, The Sentinel ran a story covering an appearance by a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Shortly after, we received a vitriolic letter to the editor (very specifically to this editor) chastising The Sentinel for covering the event and what the candidate had to say. “What in the name of God possessed you to do that?” the writer queried, delivering his take on the stark damage such coverage caused to the sensibilities of the general public.

About a week later, we ran a letter espousing views sharply critical of a particular political party; Lou Marzeles, the views contrasted sharply with the nature of the political event Editor we’d covered the week before.

Once again we were taken to task in a fresh letter from another literary bystander demanding to know why we would stoop to running a letter containing such viewpoints.

I’ll give you the same answer I gave to both these people in both these instances: Because we’re a newspaper.

Perhaps it’s because Goldendale sits on a particularly sensitive political fault line that some readers don’t understand the nature of a newspaper. Or perhaps it’s because it’s so easy to paint all media, big and small and in between, with one denigrating brush. Whatever the reason, some seem to feel The Sentinel has no business printing some things. To their minds, a newspaper must conform to the comfortable, so long as it’s compatible with their political point of view.

That is, quite simply, not what a newspaper does— well, let me qualify that. It’s not what a strictly reportorial newspaper does.

There is no escaping the reality that much major media, especially electronic media, is in the throes of sell-out. News is often packaged for greatest mass consumption with little respect for just reporting the facts. And it’s clear that some major print media, including The New York Times—today with the largest digital circulation of any paper, almost 5.5 million, and with record revenues—have editorial boards that historically list well to port and exercise vast influence.

But it’s in the heartland pockets of America that journalism commonly strives to adhere to its highest calling, which is to report history accurately as it unfolds before our eyes, to give voice to all of civility who wish to speak, and to keep a close weather eye on brewing storms building in secret.

The Sentinel has inherited that heartland tradition and honestly attempts to keep to it. That’s our compass heading. That means we will always prove discomforting to some, as we demostrate all the time.

We’re heartened by the fact that Democrats and Republicans alike pretty much equally express their sense that we lean in their opposite direction.

We not an advocacy publication. We’re a newspaper. We try to do what a good newspaper does.

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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 C I recently received an updated “Terms for Business and Deposit Account Agreement” from Columbia Bank. I am not in the habit of reading the fine print but for some reason this time I did. I came across an “added” line that I found very concerning. Again, this line is both for personal and business accounts. It reads: “We may refuse to open and account and may close your account at any time for any reason or for no reason at all.”

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

I contacted the bank for an explanation. The answer was essentially that “we wouldn’t do that.” Then why is it in your documents, I asked. The answer was to send me up the chain of command.

The second person gave the same answer as the first and then was to have me 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

Letters from the community Keep up the good work, Mildred I was sorry to read in The Sentinel that Mildred Lykens’ column “Lyle News” will no longer be printed in the Columbia Gorge News (CGN)— not because I read that newspaper, but because Mildred’s column has long been an important part of the Gorge community fabric.

I applaud Mildred for ending her relationship with CGN due to censorship of her conservative opinions and expressions of Christian

beliefs. And I find it ludicrous that anyone should be offended by her folksy humor to the point of editing.

“Lyle News” is popular because of Mildred’s down-home wit and wisdom, and because she is not afraid to share her faith as a natural part of daily life.

Differing opinions and the freedom to speak them are foundational to democracy. Without them, democracy cannot exist. How tragic that some of our left-leaning neighbors can’t bear to read the words of a

lovely lady who thinks differently than they do. What hope is there for someone that fragile? I’m sure Mildred would be happy to share the hope she has with them.

Many thanks to The Goldendale Sentinel for continually carrying “Lyle News” in its entirety. You have integrity.

Keep it up, Mildred!

Cheri Harris Goldendale

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RIVER from page A1 conscious. And I carried a throw bag that had 40 feet of rope on it, stuffed in a bag.

We would go down and drop a car where the takeout would be. That was usually about 15 miles downriver.

I used a waterproof map that actually shows boat launches and put-ins and takeouts and good fishing spots along the river. That’s how we found potential putins and takeouts along the way. I would put in on the next stretch of river exactly where I had taken out before to cover those miles.

And then once you get all that done, you glide off into your kayak, and you take that first dip of your paddle into the river, and it just feels wonderful.”

The book was not something Wilhite planned from the beginning. “Not at all,” she says. “It evolved, just like the journey did.” She says she was involved with a writing group in Goldendale called the Writers’ Bloc. “We would have to do assignments—ironic

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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

because I spent my teaching career correcting other people’s assignments and I had to do assignments every couple weeks for the Writers’ Bloc. It ended up that I would go on a paddle and come back and write about it, and then they would help to get it right.

As I gave more stories, I ended up with this collection. At least half the book I did was through the group.”

A key member of the group passed away, and the group slowly broke apart. Her husband stepped in and helped with final stages of the book’s production.

Surely Wilhite felt some connection with Lewis and Clark as she traversed the mighty Columbia, she is asked, and she confirms: “I did, especially at the end,” she says. “The last paddle, I wasn’t at the ocean, so my paddle to the Pacific actually didn’t end at the Pacific, but that’s how life is; it throws you curves.

On the last day we paddled from Home Valley to Drano Lake, but we were supposed to paddle from Drano Lake

to Home Valley down river.

But the wind was blowing so hard that Joseph Jones and Connie Hoffenberg [fellow experienced kayakers] had the idea to, instead of fighting the wind, surf the waves and paddle upstream. It made me think about Lewis and Clark returning. So everyone switched positions and we paddled on the heavy waves. That’s kind of a lesson in itself again.”

Her most memorable day on the river, other than the finish? She, her son Fletcher, and her friend, D’Ann Horrocks, were out in their kayaks. “I have to say it was the day that we had to abort our paddle when it was 43 degrees, and we put in at St. Cloud Park. We were going to paddle down and then cross the river to Rooster Rock Park where our car was. We kind of stranded and the winds were so much that we were taking on water, and would’ve capsized, so we aborted our plan for safety.

My husband, Don, came and found us. It was so cold

for three hours.

I think the city of Goldendale needs to rethink supporting burnouts in our park. Next year don’t issue a permit to any group that wants to burn-out. There are places in the county where it could be held, just not in the city please.

I hate toxic smoke, and you should too.

On Sept 4 I will be asking the mayor and his administration to make an ordinance forbidding anyone from reckless unsafe burnouts in any ones neighborhood or any street in the Goldendale city limits. I would appreciate some support from like-minded citizens at the council meeting. Let them know how you feel.

Ken McKune Goldendale C I 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.

we wore wetsuits to protect ourselves. When we paddled up against those cliffs at Cape Horn, we heard something. We paddled closer, turned around, and saw these 300-foot waterfalls coming off the rock wall—it was just exciting!”

Wilhite is in the process of once again traveling the length of the Columbia River, this time by car to make speaking stops where Paddle to the Pacific: A Journey of Reflection on the Columbia River will be available. She’s working on setting up a presentation soon here in Goldendale.

Presently the book can be found at the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce; the Discovery Center in The Dalles, where Wilhite will later hold a kayaking workshop; the Art Center, also in The Dalles; and at Vintage Books in Vancouver. It’s also available on Amazon.

To keep current on Wilhite’s speaking engagements and additional information, visit her website at www.paddletothepacific. weebly.com.

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

DRILLS from page A1 tive shooter drills.

At a House Education Committee meeting in February, Walen said her nephew described how shootings were simulated and students were instructed to build barricades during a drill at his high school.

“School shootings are rare, and we should probably not prepare our children to be anxious and afraid at schools,” she said.

Over 40 instances of a

gun being brandished or fired in a school setting have been recorded in Washing-ton state since 1990, according to data compiled by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s K-12 School Shooting Database research project.

However, of the more than 40,000-gun deaths annually in the United States, school shootings account for less than 1%.

The bill will go into effect on June 8, 90-days after the end of the 2022 Legislative session.

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Notes on school board meeting

Obituaries

Doris Ann Bills Doris Ann Bills passed away in Portland, Oregon, on March 15, 2022, at the age of 73 years.

Doris was born i n G oldenda le on July 16, 1948, to Lewis and Betty Bills. Doris attended school i n G oldenda le and g raduated from Por tland State University.

Shortly after she graduated, Doris joined the Army, where she spent 14 years and traveled to several countries. Her final job was in Portland working for the U. S. Forestry. She worked there until her health forced her to retire.

Doris is survived by her sister Patricia Lucas of The Dalles and her children Carolyn Layson and Darrell Clemmer of The Dalles and Lyle Crews of Hood River; brother Steven Jones of Goldendale and wife Patty,

and their children David Jones of Goldendale, Heidi and (Colby) Hernning of Dallesport, Washington; nephews Doug Grush and Rick Grush of California; and niece Karen Jones of Virginia. Doris was preceded in death by her parents Lewis and Betty Bills; brothers John Jones and Russell Jones; and sister Vickie Grush.

A g raveside committal was held on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Willamette National Cemetery (11800 SE Mt. Scott Blvd, Portland, OR, 97086).

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson’s Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.

Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.

JD Stearns, Jr. JD Stearns, Jr., passed away on February 13, 2022, from congestive heart failure in Portland, Oregon.

JD was born on July 29, 1962, in Waterville, Washington. He spent the first few years of his life in Waterville until the family moved to Goldendale, where he lived until graduating from Goldendale High School in 1981. JD attended Central Washington University, graduating with a degree in Mass Media in 1985. JD then went to Lynnwood, Washington, to pursue a degree in Paralegal Studies. He ended up finding his career at the VA hospital in Portland, where he worked until retiring a few years ago. Among his many awards, he received the Military Order of the Purple Heart for distinguished Service. JD helped patients get where they needed to go and made sure they were accounted for in the system.

He met a variety of veterans and listened to their stories.

JD was a member of the Cascade Chapter Disneyana Fan Club for over 20 years.

He was very involved with the club, often winning awards for best costume at events.

He enjoyed band in high school and college. He was

also very involved with school and community theater. One of his favorite pastimes was going to Broadway musicals.

Thanks to all who have reached out to our family with kind words and condolences. JD is leaving behind many people special to him: his classmates of 1981, the Disney club, his work family, friends from his condo association, and most of all his nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death was his best friend, our mom, Mary Stearns, and his pug, Mushu, which I am sure he loved more than his family!

Listening to all the people that have reached out to Dan, Dad, and me, they all said how JD was such a kind soul and a sweet man. Dan and I remember that JD was the best little brother that we could ever ask for.

He wrote his own eulogy.

This quote best sums it up: Stay happy, do good deeds, and don’t be afraid to tell someone how happy they make you feel. I’ll see you in Heaven.

JD, fly high, and remember how much your family and friends love you. We will miss you forever.

Following are notes on the Goldendale School District board meeting on Monday, March 28, attended virtually, by Alex Gorrod. These are not official minutes of the board meeting.

1. Dean Schlenker (Business Manager) reported the current general fund balance is $1,340,000, this is down from last year ($1,652,745).

Last month it was $1,258,424.

2. Mr. Schlenker also reported on attendance.

FTE stands for Full Time Equivalent. The Primary School is at 283.60 FTE (last year 277.62). The Middle School is at 255.00 FTE (last year 231.07). The High School is at 310.10 FTE (last year 274.08). The total FTE is 848.70 which is 37.70 above budget. The online school is at 1414.14.

3. Resignations were accepted from: Lynette Black (Family Consumer Science Teacher, effective at the end of the school year); Amber Wynhoff (Paraprofessional); Gretchen Nunn (Building Cook); and Chris Barthlow (GMS Paraprofessional).

4. Rob Wing (GHS Tennis Coach); Juli Rising (GHS Assistant Track Coach); Santos Estrada (GPS SPED Paraprofessional); Edgar Arellano (GMS Assistant Track Coach); Tawnee VanBelle (GHS Assistant Softball Coach); Sherry Dexter (GMS SPED Paraprofessional); and Robin Cameron (GHS Building Cook) were all hired.

5. The following were approved as spring volunteer coaches: Jenn Bartley (GHS Tennis); Candance Wing (GHS Tennis); Whitney Fredette (GHS Tennis); Kevin Gilk (GHS Baseball); and Bill Kauffman (GHS Baseball).

6. Ms. Hedges (Principal at GPS) reported that attendance is around 89%. There is an ongoing challenge with staffing issues. The school is getting ready to start doing state testing which returns to pre-Covid models.

7. Ms. Lummio (Principal

at GMS) reported that the 7th and 8th grade band was in a large group festival at Highland. They believe that they will earn a 2, which is an excellent rating. 20 athletes are participating in track this spring. There is a book fair that will run through April 1st. Staffing shortages continue to be a challenge. Conferences will be from March 29th-April 1st. Attendance is in the low 90^ range but absences due to illness have greatly decreased.

8. Mr. Westerman (Principal at GHS) reported that Parent conferences would be happening March 30th and 31st. The conferences are a combination of Student Led Conferences and Arena Conferences. The arena conference allows parents to meet directly with teachers if they would like. Any student with below a C- and their parents will be required to meet with teachers of those classes but are optional for others. The Drama Club completed its production of The Play That Goes Wrong and it was enthusiastically received by those in attendance. Springs sports have begun and schedules can be found through the athletic Facebook pages or at www. goldendaleathletics.com.

The GHS band was able to attend a Group Festival on March 10th and earned an “Excellent” rating. State assessments will be during late April and May. 9. There was discussion about having future meetings in person not just online. The health department still requires an online option but in person meetings can be done as well.

Chris Siebert felt that there should be in person meetings starting in May in order to give everyone a chance to prepare for that. Deborah Heart also would like to go back to in person meetings.

Beth Schorder also believes it should go back to in person

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but is leery because she feels like the state may change the rules again and doesn’t want to have it constantly changing. They will look at it at the next work session.

10. CTE (Career and Technical Education) did a short presentation at the beginning of the meeting. Over half of the GHS student body is involved in at least one CT group (FBLA, FCCLA, TSA, or FFA). They have received $111,314 in grant money.

In the Business program they have had 40 certifications in MOS (Microsoft Office Specialist) earned. 10 FBLA members competed in the SE Regional Leadership Conference and nine of those qualified for state (three will be attending State completion in April). Rachel Gallagher, Lexi Molnar, and a team composed of Grace Bland, Sara Hiebert, and Lizzy Edges, and placed 1st in different competitions.

FBLA is partnering with the Backpack for Kids program as well as with the Friends of the Goldendale Library to help run the annual book sale.

In the Food and Nutrition program they have several classes on food and nutrition and preparing for disasters, including basic first aid and survival skills.

In the Agriculture/STEM program they have seen GMS FFA members complete in a Floriculture competition. GHS FFA members competed in the State Agriscience fair at WSU. GHS plant biology class and the FFA planned and hosted a Grow at Home Fair that drew nearly 75 people.

There was a Stop the Bleed Training that saw 103 certified by the Goldendale Fire Department. Stop the Bleed teaches how to stop bleeding in a severely injured person.

TSA attended the state competition. Thea Smith placed 1st place in Extemporaneous Speaking and was elected the WA State TSA president

for 2022-2023.

11. There was a report on the Small Schools Conference that was attended by Deborah Heart, Chris Siebert, and Betty Richards. All three reported that they felt like this particular conference was better than other ones because of the ease of being able to relate to those who are in similar situations as our district. Deborah Heart brought up the idea of consolidation (combining smaller school districts) and how bad it would be for small schools and especially ours because it would increase travel times for students, take away from extra-curricular abilities, and towns would suffer from losing their school.

12. Deborah Heart talked about how the School Director Association has been looking at rearranging how school breaks are done and especially how to make it look more like year-long schooling.

13. The Board reviewed and approved the superintendent contract with Dr. Ellen Perconti to continue for 2022-2025.

14. The Board reviewed and approved the Phase 1 Energy Upgrades for GHS with Apollo Solutions Group. The total project cost is $2,455,070. The revenue sources are all nonlocal funds. This project will include replacing of two steam boilers and replacing three constant volume air handlers and will begin this summer.

Check out the previous minutes for meetings on the school website. All are encouraged to try to make it to upcoming meetings.

The next Board Work Session will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 11, location to be determined.

The next regular board meeting is Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m., location to be determined.

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Church Directory

GRACE BRETHREN BAPTIST

Columbus Avenue Baptist, S.B.C. 815 N Columbus, Goldendale, 509.773.4471; Pastor Michal Block, Sun Worship 11am, Sun School 9:45am. Call for Zoom services. We’re on YouTube, FaceBook, & Instagram. Mon 6pm prayer meeting.Wed 6pm Youth & Children's groups. For updates: ColumbusABC.org, ColumbusABC@embarqmail.com, or call.

CATHOLIC

Holy Trinity Catholic 307 Schuster, Goldendale; Father William Byron, 509.773.4516. Sat Eve Mass 5:30pm; Sun Mass 9am & 10am. Eve of Holy Days 7pm; Holy Days 9am. Daily Mass Mon-Fri 9am. CCD Classes Wed 2:15-3:30pm, K thru grade 6; Wed 7-8:30pm grades 7-12. Confessions every other Saturday noon -1pm.

EASTERN ORTHODOX Ss. Joachim & Anna Orthodox Mission 219 W Main, Goldendale, 907-317-3828; Rev John Phelps; Sat: 6:30pm Vespers; Sun: 8:15am Orthros, 9:30am Liturgy; Tue: 6:30pm Catechism; Wed: 6:30pm Youth Group; Fri: 6:30pm Compline

Community Grace Brethren 1180 S Roosevelt, Goldendale. 509.773.3388.

Sun Svc 10:30am in person. Wed: AWANA 2pm & Youth Group 5pm.

GoldendaleGrace.com. Watch us on Facebook Live: Facebook.com/GoldendaleGrace.

"Learning - Living - Loving JESUS."

LUTHERAN

Christ the King Lutheran S Columbus & Simcoe Dr, Goldendale; Pastor David Daugs. 773-5750. Worship services 10am Everyone welcome.

METHODIST

United Methodist

NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY of GOD

1602 S Columbus, Goldendale; Pastor Kevin Gerchak, 509.773.4650; Sun. School 9:30am; Morning Worship Service 10:30am; Evening Service 6pm; Family Night on Wed. 7pm with programs for ages 3 years through adult.

RIVER of LIFE CHURCH of GOD 2023 Pipeline Rd; Pastors Rod & Cathy Smith, 509-773-3185, Sunday Worship 10:30am; Wednesday Bible Study 7pm. RiverofLife222.org.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 1/2 mile east on Bickleton Hwy. Sabbath School Sat. 9:30am; Worship Service 11am; Pastor Michael Smith; 509.773.4381

Columbus & Broadway; Pastor Joyce O'Connor-Magee; 509.773.4461. Service times: Worship 9:30am; Adult classes 10:45am; Fall & Winter Children’s Church available during worship. All are welcome. Call the church for regularly scheduled events.

Centerville Community Church

508 Dalles Mountain Road, Centerville, WA 98613; 509-637-3068; Pastor Patti McKern; pastorpatti53@gmail.com; Sunday Worship Celebration 10am.

"Find refreshment for your soul and friends for your journey."

Father’s House Fellowship 207 S Klickitat Ave, 509.773.4719. Basic Bible Fellowship 9:30am; Worship 10:30am; Wed. Prayer 6pm “A Gospel-Centered Church.”

Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

NAZARENE

Church of the Nazarene 124 W Allyn, Goldendale; Pastor Earnie Winn and Pastor Greta Sines. 509.773.4216; Sunday worship 10:30am; goldendalenaz@gmail.com.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Contact The Sentinel at 509.773.3777 or Ads@GoldendaleSentinel.com to include your church’s services & offerings.

Blessings!

Online Worship Sunday 10am Religious Exploration for Children and Youth; email mcuuf1@gmail.com for a link to Online Service; MCUUF2.org; Rev. Judy Zimmerman, 541-241-6771.

Justice. Inclusion. Compassion.

A Welcoming Congregation

Goldendale, Washington

Extra

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday and Monday • Breakfast at the Legion: Sunday 8-noon, Monday 7-11 Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday • Alcoholics Anonymous, Goldendale United Methodist Church, 7-8 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday • Zumba Classes – Soul 2 Soul Health Center 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Monday • Programs for Peaceful Living Domestic Violence Victim support group via zoom Mondays 10 a.m. 509773-6100 or 509-493-1533.

• The Coalition for Preventing Abuse in Klickitat County (CPAKC) 4 p.m. every 2nd Monday via Zoom. 509-773-3776 or CPAKC on Facebook.

• Yoga Zoom meeting 6-7:30 p.m. Jill Kieffer RN Instructor call to pre-register (541) 490-3704 • Goldendale City Council meetings 7 p.m. 1103 S Columbus 1st and 3rd Monday of every month except on holidays.

Tuesday • Board of County Commissioners meeting every Tuesday Klickitat County Courthouse, 205 S Columbus Goldendale. Visit https://www.klickitatcounty.org/643/Board-ofCounty-Commissioners for information, agenda, and link for Zoom meeting • Soroptimist International of Goldendale business meeting 3 p.m. Goldendale Grange. Dedicated to helping women and youth in our community and worldwide. All welcome, call Cindy at 509-250-1590 for information.

• TOPS Club Inc – Taking Pounds off Sensibly 10 a.m.

American Legion. Questions? Sally/ojala@gmail. com • Goldendale Junior Community Chamber 7 p.m.

2nd Tuesday of every month at Umpqua Bank.

Call 509-250-0625 • Goldendale Photo Club 2nd Tuesday of Every month 105 West Main 6 p.m.

Jeanne Morgan 10-5 M-F at 509-772-2717 • KC Fair Board Meetings 1st Tuesday of the month is a Workshop, 3rd Tuesday of the month is a Board Meeting.

• Lyle Community Council Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30, Lyle Activity Center (308 Klickitat). Meetings also available via Zoom https:// lylewa.com/about-us Wednesday • Kiwanis 7 a.m. Simcoe Café 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Thursday • Bingo - Goldendale American Legion Thursdays - card packets go on sale 6:30 p.m. game starts 7 p.m. Food available Saturday • Lyle Lions Pancake Breakfast 1st Saturday of every month 7 a.m. -10 a.m. Omelets and ham and eggs cooked to order. Endless Pancakes. Location: Lyle Lions Community Center 5th & State Street (Hwy 14).

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

COMMUNITY April 1, 2022 - Alder Creek Pioneer Carousel Museum OPENS for the Season April 1 – October 2, 2022.

Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.

– 4 p.m. Call 509-896-2565 for groups any day Adults $5. Family $10. Children $1.

Buggies, Wagons, Veterans, Native American, Alaska, and

pioneer displays.

April 6, 2022 - Wildfire Risk Reduction Workshop 5 p.m. Lyle Activity Center’s Picnic Shelter Hosted by Lyle Community council and Lyle Volunteer Fire Department.

Learn about simple ways to make your home and property safer.

April 8, 2022 – Ukrainian Easter Eggs 6 – 9:30 p.m. New Life Assembly of God 1602 S. Columbus. Come join us in creating beautiful egg decorations. This is a fund raiser for Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief. Adults only $10 min donation. Pre-registration required by April 1, 2022 Reggister22@gmail.com April 9 – 10, 2022 - Lyle Community Cleanup will include recycling, yard debris collection, volunteer opportunities to help neighbors and more! visit www.facebook. com/events/381240223435535 for recycling guidelines.

April 16, 2022 – Easter Egg Hunt 11 a.m. Community Grace Brethren Church April 17, 2022 - Easter Brunch Buffet – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. American Legion Hall, Goldendale $20 adults, $15 kids 12 and under. See their FaceBook page for details www.facebook.com/legiongoldendale April 17, 2022 – American Legion Easter Egg Hunt whistle sounds at 8 a.m. sharp, Goldendale fairgrounds.

April 17, 2022 - Glenwood Women’s Club Easter Egg Hunt 10 a.m. County Park in the Pine Vista neighborhood.

The easter bunny will be there to pose for pictures with the kids and hand out candy April 22 - 23, 2022 - Bingen and White Salmon Community Clean-up Day 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 900 Marina Way, Bingen All Bingen and White Salmon residents welcome to bring waste including appliances, scrap metal, garbage, recycling, tires and more to drop-site. Donations welcome but not required.

April 26 – 27, 2022 – Klickitat County Pomona Grange Mini Fair 12:30 – 6 p.m. Goldendale Grange Hall on Darland St. Entries are open to everyone in Klickitat County, 4-H, and FFA members are encouraged to participate. A variety of categories are available for entries, there will be food and a variety of the famous grange pies available as well. Contact LuAnn Whitmire 509-833-7404 for details.

April 30, 2022 - Goldendale spring litter cleanup 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Goldendale High School 525 E Simcoe Dr. Join Columbia River Realty to help get our beautiful Goldendale cleaned up and litter free. Visit www.klickitatcounty.org/1219/CampaignsOutreach-Events to RSVP May 6 – 8, 2022 - Goldendale Home and Garden Show Klickitat County Fairgrounds Friday, May 6 Noon - 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 7–10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Wine & Beer Garden & Live Bluegrass 4-7pm Sunday, May 8 10 a.m.– 3 p.m.

Over 60 Exhibits, home improvement, landscaping, gardening, home and garden decor, local contractors, and more. Food, drawings, giveaways, new exhibits with live music, and fun for kids. Tips on spring planting, landscaping, pick up plants and trees, FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING Visit or call the Chamber for information or reserve a vendor booth. https://members.goldendalechamber.org/experiencegoldendale-calendar. (509) 773-3400 May 7, 2022 - Make Soup, Not Waste 2 – 3 p.m. Join the

Klickitat County Solid Waste Department for a live cooking demo with chef and author Anne-Marie Bonneau. Learn how to reduce your food waste and how to go plastics free in the kitchen. Visit http://www. klickitatcounty.org/1219/ Campaigns-Outreach-Events to sign up for this free event!

May 13 – 14, 2022 Goldendale Book Sale at the Public LIbrary May 14, 2022 Goldendale Farmers Market 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Open for the season.

Goldendale Chamber of Commerce yard, corner of Broadway and 3rd.

May 21 – 22, 2022 - Oregon Trail Rally in Goldendale Rally starts in Portland at the International Raceway on 5/20, Goldendale on 5/21 ends in Dufur Oregon on 5/22.

Please note certain designated county roads will be closed at this time. For spectator information please visit https:// oregontrailrally.com/.

May 28, 2022 Lyle Pioneer Day Parade starts at 10 a.m.

Hwy 14, vendors, food, and music in the park. For vendor information call 541-705-5963 May 28, 2022 Klickitat Historical Museum opens for the season May 28 – 29, 2022 - Elks Memorial Day Weekend Antiques & Glass Show May 28 10 a.m.–6 p.m., May 29 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Mt Adams Elks Lodge 124 NE Church Ave, White Salmon Antiques and Vintage items Adults $5.00, children 12 and under are free. Food and drinks for sale. For vendor information contact Jess Felton at 541-5196402 or Desteni Felton at 541519-2475 June 3 – 5, 2022 - Goldendale Bluegrass Pickers Festival Ekone Park, Bluegrass and old-time music lovers from around the Northwest.

Play or listen, everyone welcome. Camping for full weekend is $10 per person - day visitors free.

June 4, 2022 - June Blooms Goldendale Gardens Tour A map of the gardens in the tour available May 27 at the Goldendale Chamber at 903 E. Broadway. Gardens will be open to the public on Saturday, June 4th, from 10am - 5pm. garden tour is self-directed and free, no registration or tickets are needed.

Garden registration deadline is May 15. Register your city garden or get the garden map at https://members.goldendalechamber.org/experiencegoldendale-calendar.

June 4, 2022 - Annual Goldendale Soroptimist Plant Sale 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. 103 W Main Street Annuals, Perennials, veggies, herbs, flowers, and houseplants available. If you have a plant donation, call 509-250-3746. All proceeds from the sale go to support local programs to improve the lives of local women and girls through education.

June 4, 2022 – Trout Lake 100 Endurance Ride 25m, 50m, 75m, 100m distances.

This is a bucket list ride in one of the most beautiful equestrian ride camps around.

Home of the 2003 Pan American race. Visit www.facebook. com/mtadamsride June 4, 2022 – Camp Jonah Family Fun Day 31 Little Mountain Road, Trout Lake, BBQ and fun for the whole family. The auction will be online again this year. Camp Jonah also hosts a number of day camps as well as overnight camps for kids throughout the summer season. Check their website CampJonah.com or call 509395-2900 for more information June 4, 2022 - White Salmon Spring Festival Rheingarten Park

‘Paws-ing’ to plan: how you can ensure your pet’s well-being Our pets aren’t just companion animals. They’re treasured friends and even beloved family members. While it’s never fun or pleasant to think about what will happen to them if the worst should happen to us, it’s very important to consider how we can ensure they are well

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cared-for when and if we are no longer able to care for them ourselves.

Thankfully, creating a solid plan through a pet trust can help give us peace of mind.

Under st a nd i n g p et trusts While the idea may sound daunting, pet trusts

are actually just a specialized subset of estate planning. They’re legally binding arrangements in which the donor (the individual creating the trust) formally outlines their wishes in terms of how they want their pet cared for and sets aside material provisions for that care.

June 10 – 12, 2022 - Alder Creek Pioneer Association Picnic and Rodeo Cleveland Park, 4 miles west of Bickleton on Bickleton Highway - Washington’s oldest rodeo with 2022’s picnic 111th year! Visit www.bickletonrodeo.com or email Sandrap4@embarqmail.com Juner 11, 2022 Yarn Bomb Goldendale Library. visit the library to see a yarn bomb, bring knitted and crocheted materials to participate. See the FVRL.ORG event calendar for more details.

June 14, 2022 – White Salmon Farmers Market 4-7 p./m. Rhinegaren Park June 17 - 18, 2022 - Goldendale City Wide Yard Sales Map and list of yard sales available a few days before June 17 at the Chamber Office, 903 E. Broadway. Sign up begins in May for those having a sale in the Goldendale 98620 area - for online form and more information go to www.Goldendalechamber. org call or text 509-261-0789.

June 18 – 19, 2022 Ketchum Kalf Rodeo Glenwood. This top-notch NPRA rodeo has plenty to do, see, and sample for “kids” of all ages. Visit www.glenwoodwashington.info/rodeo for more info.

July 4, 2022 White Salmon Celebration in the Park and Parade July 8 – 9, 2022 - Goldendale Community Days Downtown Goldendale Spend your post-Independence Day weekend with the always-spectacular Goldendale Community Days, from July 8-9.

Friday: Celebrating Goldendale's Sesquicentennial at 6:30 p.m. on the Klickitat County Courthouse lawn off Columbus Ave. Saturday:

Parade at 10 a.m.

Goldendale Motorsports Association’s Show 'n Shine car show all day Presby Museum Quilt Show from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Live music, food, vendors, and children's activities all in downtown Goldendale. Goldendale Farmers' Market will be there with delicious berries, local produce, farm fresh eggs, and much more!

July 29 – 31, 2022 – Klickitat Canyon Days Downtown Klickitat Friday at dusk Kicks off with a free community movie on the blacktop Saturday parade, live music, vendors, beer garden, car show, reunion, and a host of fun activities for the whole family.

Sunday Ducky Derby, 600 small plastic ducks, numbered and sponsored by participants, are floated down the Klickitat River.

Klickitat County Senior Service Hot meals can be picked up curbside at the Goldendale or White Salmon locations or hot meals can be delivered within 30 miles of Goldendale or White Salmon locations.

Frozen home meals can be delivered anywhere in Klickitat County.

3/2 WS 3/3 GD: Beef Stroganoff 3/7 WS/3/8 GD: Baked Chicken 3/9 WS 3/10 GD: Swedish Meatballs 3/14 WS 3/15 GD: Quiche w/ ham & broccoli 3/16 WS 3/17 GD: Corned Beef 3/21 WS 3/22 GD: Sloppy Joes 3/23 WS 3/24 GD: Tuna Salad 3/28 WS 3/29 GD: Beef Lasagna 3/30 WS 3/31 GD: Chicken

Pot Pie Goldendale office: 509-7733757 White Salmon office: 509-493-3068 Toll Free: 800-447-7858 OPEN YEAR ROUND Art at the Chamber 903 E Broadway, Goldendale Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. –4 p.m. Over 50 local artisans display their wares Goldendale Community Library Open Weekly Monday – Saturday 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.

131 West Burgen Street Goldendale, WA 98620 360906-5000 or 1-888-546-2707 G oldenda le/ K l ick itat Bookmobile https:// fvrl.librarymarket. c o m /e v e n t s / u p c o m i n g ? branches%5B89%5D=89 for schedule Goldendale Observatory State Park 1602 Observatory Dr. Goldendale, WA 98620 April – September they are open Thursday – Sunday 3 p.m.- 5 p.m. and again from 9 p.m.- midnight. groups of 6 or more must schedule a tour, see website for more information.

WA State Parks Discover Pass is required to park on-site and is available for purchase at the facility; $10 day-pass, $30 annual. Visit www.goldendaleobservatory.com or call (509) 773-3141 Are you having an event, class, show, get together, or meeting you’d like the community to know about? Email us! Events@GoldendaleSentinel.com. This Calendar of Events listing is FREE! In need of an eye-catching display ad? Email us at ads@ GoldendaleSentinel.com, our friendly, helpful staff would love to help you find an advertising package that works for your needs and fits your budget!

2022 Klickitat County Solid Waste Spring & Summer Programs & Events Composting Workshops • Backyard Bin (May 24, 2022) • Lasagna Style (June 25, 2022) • Red Worm Bin (Sept. 17, 2022) Food Waste Reduction • Cooking W/ Scraps (May 7, 2022) • Canning 101 (TBD 2022) • Canning 102 (TBD 2022) Community Gardening • Goldendale

Community Cleanups • Lyle Community (April 9-10, 2022) • Litter Cleanup Goldendale (April 30, 2022) • Bingen & White Salmon (April 22-23, 2022) • Yard Waste Collection (Fall 2022) • Goldendale (June 25, 2022)

Repurposing • Recycled Art Sculpture Competition (July 2022)

Events/Booths • Home & Garden (May 6-8, 2022) • Composting bins and food waste buckets at a discounted price. *Supplies limited.

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The Washington Outdoors Report: State Fish & Wildlife Commission kills the spring bear hunt JOHN KRUSE

FOR THE SENTINEL The Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission (WDFW), on a 5 to 4 vote, made a fi nal decision to kill the 2022 spring bear hunt, a hunt that has taken place since 1999. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff recommended the hunt take place as usual, citing not only a healthy population of 20,000 to 30,000 bears, but also the facts that the hunt would help reduce human-bear con f licts, reduce damage to trees on commercial timber lands, and reduce the mortality of elk calves and deer fawns that bears prey on. This is a permit only hunt, with 664 permits issued resulting in an annual harvest of some 150 bears.

The hunt was initially voted on in November. In a public comment period prior to that vote, a huge number of anti-hunting activists argued against the hunt saying it was inhumane, that the bears were lethargic coming out of their dens in the spring, and that the hunt targeted lactating female sows that orphaned young cubs.

WDFW biologists pushed back on this, stating there

was no indication the latter two assertions were true.

In spite of that, the Commission, which consisted of only eight members at the time, voted 4 – 4 regarding the annual continuation of the bear hunt. Without a majority vote to go forward with the hunt, it was postponed.

Hunters, who had not previously commented in large numbers during a public comment period, became energized. Several petitions were submitted to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to reinstate the hunt. One petition, submitted by the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council, would automatically renew the hunt on an annual basis instead of having it come up to a vote by the commissioners every year. The proposed new rules would prohibit the harvest of cubs or female bears accompanied by cubs. Cubs (or offspring) were defi ned as bears less than a year old. The Commission opened public comment again and agreed to vote on this issue.

In the end, some 26,000 comments were received by the Commission from the public. The hunting community generated a large number of comments between November and March, as

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cerns of a large part of our constituency who oppose the hunt.”

The fi nal “no” vote was from Barbara Baker, a political attorney from Olympia who also voted “no” in November. In other business, Baker was elected as the Chairman of the Commission for the next year during this meeting.

Com m issioners K i m Thorburn, Jim Anderson, Don McIsaac, and Molly Linville all voted for the bear hunt as they did in November.

Despite Commissioner Lehmkuhl’s assurances, hunters should be worried about the future of hunting in the Evergreen State.

When the social values of a vocal group of anti-hunters and the apparent bias of certain commissioners trumps the WDFW mandate of, “Preserving, protecting, and perpetuating the state’s fish, wildlife, and ecosystems while providing sustainable fish and wildlife recreational and commercial opportunities,” there is cause for concern.

John Kruse – www.northwesternoutdoors.com and www.americaoutdoorsradio. com.

tions.

Signs of a scam • Caller asks for personal information. A legitimate caller should never ask for your password, social security number or bank account number. Scammers ask for your personal information to steal your money or identity.

• An offer that seems too good to be true. If the message on the call advertises something for free or at low cost, it is likely a scam.

• Request payment other than credit card. Scammers usually ask for payment with a gift card, online money transfer or other payment method that is hard to track.

Resist any pressure to send immediate payment, or hang up.

• Threats, scare tactics.

Some robocallers threaten individuals with cutting off their utilities, filing legal complaints against them or other actions to get them to send in money or call them back. The government or a legitimate business will generally send a letter if there is a legal issue or a problem with an account.

What to do if you sus-

pect a robocall scam • Do not trust your Caller ID. Scammers can fake, or “spoof,” the name and number that appears on your caller ID, making it look like the call is from an unknown number, legitimate business, government agency or local number.

• Do not answer the call. If you do not recognize a phone number, you can let the call go to voicemail.

• Hang up. If you answer a call and it seems like it is a robocall, hang up immediately.

• Do not pay for or accept any offers. Scammers will try to pressure you to make a decision without doing any research or talking to friends or family who may help identify a scam. Don’t make any decisions under pressure.

• Resist the urge to call back or confront the caller.

Individuals who call robocallers or scammers back can end up on a list of people who answer the calls then get more calls.

• Block. You can call your telephone service provider to see what options are available to block phone numbers

associated with robocalls and telemarketing scams.

• Report. Report any robocalls or other suspicious calls you receive to the Attorney General’s Office.

Some robocalls may give you an option to opt out of receiving future calls, but if the caller is a scammer, they are unlikely to honor your request. However, you can add your number to the national “Do Not Call” registry (www.donotcall.gov) to reduce the number of annoying telemarketing calls.

A few types of robocalls are allowed without permission. These include political calls about candidates, charities asking for donations or any message that is purely informational, like calls about a flight status or school closure.

Some robocalls or telemarketers may come from legitimate charitable organizations, but it is wise to contact the Washington Secretary of State’s Charitable Division at (800) 332-4483, or visit their website, to make sure any charity is registered with the state before you give money or credit card information.

JOHN KRUSE

OBJECT OF CONTROVERSY: A big black bear in the North Cascades.

did the anti-hunting side.

On March 19 the Commission voted on the bear hunt but before they did several of the Commission members explained their positions.

Lorna Smith said she read through most of the comments, including ones received after the comment period ended before voting “no” on the hunt. Smith is a controversial pick for the Commission based on her pro-carnivore stance and her comments about the declining Blue Mountain elk herd which she felt could be managed as a smaller herd

CALLS before midnight in the final hours or the session, the House and Senate Democrats passed a $5 billion boost to the state’s current two-year budget. The additional funds will be invested in programs to increase the number of school counselors and nurses, pay raises for state employees, increase rates for childcare providers and provide rental assistance.

Here’s what didn’t pass Criminalizing election lies: At the beginning of the session, Inslee advocated for a bill that would have criminalized elected officials or candidates lying about election outcomes if those claims resulted in violence. Inslee said in a January press conference, the measure was needed in light of ongoing “threats to democracy.” The legislation passed a Senate committee but did not receive a full vote on the floor.

E m e r g e nc y p owe r s reform: Since Feb. 2020, Inslee has maintained a gubernatorial state of emergency due to the COVID pandemic. Leg islation which authorized legislative leaders to terminate an emergency after 90 days advanced to the floor but died after being pulled off nearly half-an-hour into debate. Democrats said there was no time to have a lengthy debate when so many other issues were waiting for approval.

Tax relief: With billions in the state surplus, Republicans argued for significant tax cuts for all Washingtonians. Both Republican and Democrat backed bills proposed tax relief, but those efforts failed to receive hearings or pass their respective chambers. Those measures included proposing cutting the state sales tax by 1% and pausing the gas tax for a year. Within the House budget, Democrats included a proposed sales tax holiday where qualifying purchases over Labor Day Weekend would be sales-tax exempt, but ultimately scrapped the idea.

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from page A1 getting more illegal calls.

Even if illegal robocallers fake their caller identification, the Attorney General’s Office has resources to track these calls when Washingtonians report their telephone number, telephone provider and the exact time and date of the call.

Washingtonians who suspect they have received an illegal robocall can now report the call here: https:// fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/robocallForm. aspx.

An informational website about robocalls and telemarketing scams is here: https:// www.atg.wa.gov/robocalland-telemarketing-scams Washingtonians can also report illegal telemarketing or other types of phone scams via the general consumer complaint form here: https://www.atg.wa.gov/fi lecomplaint Washingtonians can also make complaints about robocalls to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

In February alone, the FTC received 6,075 complaints f r om Wa sh i n g ton i a n s regarding telephone solicita-

MUNYAN from page A1 a right-hand turn in the morning, instead of a lefthand turn, when I leave my driveway” He said the reception in Goldendale has been fantastic.

“The public is really just awesome over here in Goldendale. Over the years. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Miland [Walling] and Mike [Canon] when they were with both with the county. I worked with Dustin Conroy, who’s their city engineer, for years, and I’m pretty good friends with Karl Enyeart, who was the Public Works director here.

We’ve talked in the last couple of weeks about me coming over here. He’s really

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excited for me and thinks this is going to be a good fit.

“Larry has been here a long time and did a lot of good things for the community. These are some big shoes to fi ll, but I’m looking forward to trying to fi ll those shoes and continue moving the city forward in a positive direction, and getting some projects done.

I know the airport’s very important to the city, and we’re going to be looking at seeing what we can do to making some improvements out there and hopefully get it in turned into a light industrial commercial track and get some things going for the city.”

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of gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The measure requested by Democrat Attorney General Bob Ferguson, makes Washington the tenth state to regulate magazine capacity. Additionally, a bill was passed prohibiting weapons at ballot counting sites and school board meetings. The same legislation bans open carry of fi rearms at local government meetings and election-related facilities.

Those with concealed pistol licenses would be exempt.

Police reform: In the wake of the national uproar over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Washington lawmakers last year passed more than a dozen police accountability measures.

Legislators argued the reforms had unintended consequences on police agencies, including restricting use of less-than-lethal munitions and the ability to respond to non-criminal, community caretaking matters, such as using force to bring people in crisis to get mental health help. Bills passed this year addressed some of these issues, clarifying that officers may use .50 caliber less-than-lethal rounds, and can use reasonable force to take someone in crisis into custody. The bills define when police can use reasonable force. An additional bill proposing the loosening of restrictions on vehicular pursuit, stalled in the Senate on the final day of session.

Move Ahead Washington: The 16-year plan billed as the greenest transportation package in state history is headed to the governor’s desk for signing. The nearly $17 billion package invests in transit projects including the building of new hybrid electric ferries, funding more walking and biking corridors, replacing the Interstate 5 bridge at the Oregon border and replacing fish passage culverts.

After scrapping a controversial 6-cent-per-gallon fuel export tax, the state will fund the package with revenue from the new capand-trade program, federal money, a one-time transfer of $2 billion from the state operating budget surplus and increases in vehicle and driver licensing fees.

The budget: Squeezing in

with reduced hunting. This after an elk calf mortality study there showed cougars and to a lesser extent bears, had killed the vast majority of calves radio collared during the study.

All three of Gov. Jay Inslee’s most recent appointees—Tim Ragen, Melanie Rowland, and John Lehmkuhl—voted” no” as well.

Rowland, Ragen, and Lehmkuhl questioned the science relating to our bear populations, cub mortality and harvest data though Lehmkuhl and Rowland agreed the hunt would likely not

affect the statewide population.

Rowland, whose stance on hunting was unknown prior to this meeting, showed her cards when she stated in light of climate change, that she “calls for a new assessment of how the department looks at conservation to include hunting of animals.” She also went on to say she believes, “A spring bear hunt is not a responsible way to manage wildlife.”

Lehmkuhl, who says he is a lifelong hunter and fisherman as well as a career wildlife scientist for 30 years, bristled at some of the public comments he read and said “please do not question my integrity on this commission or my dedication to wildlife management or hunting traditions.” Regarding his “no” vote he said, “This is by no means the end of bear hunting, their remains a generous, two bear, three-month season in the fall in which 94 percent of the annual harvest occurs. Lehmkuhl went on to question the need for a spring bear hunt.

Lehmkuhl continued saying, “From my perspective cancelling the spring bear hunt is not the slippery slope of ending the hunting tradition in Washington.

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Observed on the first day of April, April Fool’s Day is a day in which people play practical jokes and good-natured pranks on each other. After a person plays a joke, prank, or hoax on their unknowing victim on this day, they will then expose their intentions by shouting at them “April Fools!”

Although it’s not an official holiday in most of the countries where it’s observed, it has been popular for over 200 years. Ironically, the only place where it is a public holiday is in Odessa, Ukraine. In that city, it’s an official city holiday, though it certainly isn’t observing it this year.

The History Of April Fool’s Day Many historians believe that this day can be traced directly to the Hilaria Festivals that were celebrated during the Vernal Equinox in Rome.

However, since this festival occurred in March, many people believe that the earliest recording of this day came

from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in 1392. This edition is a story about a vain rooster being tricked by a crafty fox on April 1, thereby spawning the practice of playing practical jokes on this day.

It’s also been posited that April Fool’s Day began during the Middle Ages in France and had a lot to do with moving New Year’s Day. In the Middle Ages, New Year’s Day began on Easter, but that changed when Charles IX issued the Edict of Roussillon—an edict that said that the New Year would now begin on January 1.

Since Easter is a holiday on a lunar calendar and therefore changes its date, people who still observed New Year’s on Easter were considered April Fools.

Over the years, some pretty fascinating pranks have been accomplished on April Fool’s Day, so we decided it might be a good idea to cover some of

these events, as well as other facts that we’ve uncovered about this holiday.

So, if you’re ready for some facts, read on. We promise that we won’t pull any April Fool’s Day pranks on you.

The BBC April Fool’s Day Prank Believe it or not, even the BBC got in on an April Fool’s Day prank in 1957. That year, they reported that Swiss farmers had a record spaghetti crop. They even showed footage of people picking spaghetti noodles from trees!

The Taco Bell Prank Taco Bell thought a good way to get some good publicity was to run their own prank in 1996. In this prank, they said that they had purchased Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and intended on renaming it to the Taco Liberty Bell.

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Are you dead yet? Time traveler A pseudo obituary page appears in for people who check Mystery Photo Do you check the obituary page every week to see if you’re in it? Well, you’re not. If you were, you’d have more demanding issues to deal with.

And, no, Nancy, you’re not in this week.

Project going well Les Miserables is being made into a bluegrass version.

School safety

A person showed up at Maryhill Winery last week and tasted a wine sample.

“This is good,” he said. “What year is it?”

“You mean the wine?” the server asked.

The man paused. “No,” he replied. “I’m from the future. Don’t break up with your boyfriend or I will never be born.”

The person then came to The Sentinel office and identified himself as someone in last week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Photo. The photo was from 1953 and showed people clearly in their twenties. The person standing in The Sentinel office was clearly still in his thirties.

“How do you explain that?” he was asked.

“Time travel,” he responded. Then he went across the street to Comprehensive Mental Health.

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Fun things to do on April Fool’s Day THE SUSPENSE First, bring a large suspicious bag to work and tell everyone that you’re definitely not going to do an April Fools’ Day joke. Walk around the office looking suspicious. Stand outside the bathrooms. Don’t actually do a prank.

THE REALITY CHECK Pick a person not to be in on the joke, and at an assigned time have everyone else in the office stand up in complete silence and leave the room in single file.

THE LITERARY APPROACH End everything you say all day with, “in accordance with prophecy.”

Some schools are creating safety lanes for students to walk in while texting.

TREE OF LIFE FOUND!

Rare photo of Lewis and Clark discovered!

This astonishing photograph of famed explorers Lewis and Clark was recently found in a pile of old photographs at The Goldendale Sentinel building.

“It came from upstairs, where no one goes,” said a spokesperson speaking on condition of anonymity. “It’s one of the few times someone’s gone up there and come back down.”

The photo proves once and for all there was indeed photography back in 1805 when this picture was taken.

It shows Lewis, right, and Clark, left, with a midshipman in the middle whose name, according to notes on the back of the photo, was Skippy Ferdinand.

Apparently the picture was processed by something called fotoShoppe in notes of the expedition.

i t e Y e h T The people from the far eastern countries that lie in the Himalayan Mountain Range tell folktales of creatures that roam the mountains. These creatures are the caretakers and protectors of the mountain. They are about 6 feet tall, walk on two legs like a human, weigh 300-400 pounds and have enormous feet. This large animal is quiet and likes to live far away from people, but they can be dangerous. These tales have been around for thousands of years but it has just been the last 100 years that people from western nations have been searching to find out if this creature is real or just a good story told around a campfire. What exactly is a Yeti and where would we look to find one?

Scan this for a YouTube video about the Yeti!

Yeti Puzzle, Fallen Phrase

The letters for each cell are below the puzzle. Rebuild the original message by choosing the correct letters for each cell.

Many people claim that this is just a cautionary tale. A story about a mythical creature used to make people, especially children, use caution. Every culture has cautionary tales. The boogeyman, La LLorona, skinwalkers and banshees name a few.

How can the Yeti fit in with them? He has no superpowers like they do. He is said to be a live creature and more like a human. In 1921 the Yeti was given the English name of abominable snowman by a reporter who had travelled from Britain to interview a group that had tried to conquer Mt. Everest. They told him about this giant bear-like man they saw. The reporter wrote about the Yeti causing many people to be curious enough that they wanted to prove it existed. After that many sightings were reported. In 1951 a mountain climber brought back pictures of giant footprints.

Could the Yeti be real? Even Edmund Hillary went on an expedition to find out.

What do you get if you cross the Abominable Snowman with Dracula?

Frostbite Find puzzle solutions here.

ACROSS 2. Related to rich collection of traditional tales 4. of very large weight, size, or amount 5. animal said to live in the Himalayan mountains 6. someone who takes care of someone or something 11. forming a mental image of something not there 13. a track left by a foot 14. involving possible injury, painor harm 15. an act or instance of seeing 16. A widely believed story that can’t be proven DOWN 1. To state as true 3. Mountains in South Asia 4. a journey for a particular purpose 7. A tale meant to be a warning 8. any large or small living thing that can move independently 9. A landform that rises high above the surrounding area 10. a person who takes care of a building or property 12. More than one person

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In many ways the Yeti has become more than just a legend. There is a motel named after him, movies have used him as a star. He is even a character in many books. At times he is characterised as a caring, friendly animal. At other times he is like a character from a horror movie. People have imagined the Yeti in many ways. What does your imagination tell you? Is it real?

Would you like to be the one to discover a new animal?

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Tennis Recap TAYLER BRADLEY

SPORTS EDITOR The tennis team has been excited to get out on the courts and compete in their fi rst match of the season.

The girls and the boys have been working hard on game play and technique to be at their very best level.

Their fi rst match up was against Granger at home.

The girls they had no singles players to compete, but the doubles teams put up some great fights. Taylor Beam and Gwen Gilliam played first doubles and were like two peas in a pod. They came out with a win 8-6. Doubles team Lizzy Hedges and Jeslyn Berry tried their very best and played well together but the Granger team took the win this time. And the last doubles team for the girls were Angelina Owens and Logan Armstrong. They are new to the game but played very well for their fi rst time. It just wasn’t quite enough for the win and Granger took this one as well. As for the boys, they also played hard and brought home some wins. Max Christensen played fi rst singles and he kept the win here in Goldendale with a fi nal score of 8-2. His teammate Rogen Bothamley played second singles also taking the win.

The doubles team had some struggles and just couldn’t overtake those Granger

teams. A great start for their first meet. Each player showed some promise and they saw some things to work on before their next meet.

Match number two for the season was in White Swan.

Max and Rogan both played singles again and both came out on top. They brought home the first two wins for the day. White Swan didn’t have enough boys to play doubles so they had to forfeit which meant Goldendale got the wins. The girls had a full team this week, Gwen Gilliam and Jeslyn Berry played first and second singles and they each got the ball past their opponents enough times to win their matches. Two wins down for the girls and the doubles teams stepped onto the court. This week Taylor and Lizzy played fi rst doubles and they too were a great match as they overtook White Swan for the win.

Second doubles were played

by Logan and Angelina who found a groove together and won their game. The final game for the girls was played by Ruby Russell and Frankie Shatraw who also hit the ball past the White Swan girls for the fi fth win and a clean sweep for the Goldendale Girls team.

After coming off a big win for the boys’ and girls’ teams they had a home match against Toppenish.

This week the girls mixed it up a little and Gwen Gilliam

played first singles. She had a tough opponent and though she put up a considerable fight it wasn’t enough to get the win. Jeslyn Berry played second singles which was a solid match up and she was able to get by for a win and final score of 6-1, 6-0. All three of the girls’ doubles teams played their hearts out but the Toppenish team was just a little stronger and took the win for all three games. The boys played great as well. Max had to fight hard as his game came to a tie breaker before he was able to grasp the win.

Rogan had a great game and took the win with a fi nal score of 6-0, 6-1. The boys’ doubles team also had a full roster. First doubles were played by Sam McCandless and Kyden Blunt, and they got their win fi rst. Tristen Toldeo and Logan Speer played second doubles and got a win over Toppenish.

Last game of the night was played by Hans Martin and Jacob Harris with yet again another win for a clean sweep for the boys.

The boys were feeling pretty good after their triumph in Toppenish as they headed to Highland for their next match. Max Christensen continued to play first singles and he was the only boy to play this game as Highland didn’t have enough boys to fill the team.

Max got the win with a final score of 7-5, 6-1. The girls also traveled to Highland

COURTESY JOHN LONGFELLOW

UP IN THE AIR: Goldendale gave it their best against a strong Toppenish tennis team last week.

and had some highs and lows. Taylor Beam played one heck of a game as fi rst singles, but it wasn’t enough to overcome her opponent.

Gwen played second singles and she brought home a win, final score 6-0, 6-1. The

girls’ doubles team started off with a win for Jeslyn and Lizzy. The other two doubles teams had some struggles and just couldn’t get that groove.

With a few matches in the books, both the boys’ and

girls’ tennis teams were able to get a feel for the game in competition, find some things to work on, and also got some encouraging wins.

Good luck to them this week!

TAYLER BRADLEY

SPORTS EDITOR The boys and girls track and field teams have competed in two meets so far this season and they have shown some real promise.

They are continuing to work hard, better their skills, and put in the hours of practice to get better each time they compete.

The first meet the Goldendale High School track and field team went to was in The Dalles at the Mullen Leavitt Invite. All the athletes competed well for their first outing. To start it out for the boys’ team, Leviticus Matteson finished 12th, Anthony Hauck 30th, and Sebastian Sanchez finished 36th in the 100-meter race. Sebastian also ran the 200-meter race finishing in the top 20 with a time of 27.74 seconds.

Teammates Sebastian and Leviticus fi nished 9th and 10th in the 400-meter race.

Stephan Pittman stepped in and ran the 800-meter race in 2:24.29 minutes for a 7th place finish. It was time for the distance runners to take their marks. The fi rst race was the 1500-meter. Alden Williams ran 4:28.37 for 2nd place, Isaac Call finished 9th, and Sean Henrikson fi nished 10th. Ivan Erland

ran the 3000-meter race and fi nished 2nd. In the 4x400meter relay race Leviticus Matteson, Stephen Pittman, Isaac Call, and Alden Williams took the win with 3:52.92 minutes. Leviticus switched gears and took 19th in the shot put. His teammates Ethan Mell and Canyon Call also made great throws finishing in the top 35. Ethan Mell took 16th in the javelin, Rowen Richelderfer, Canyon Call, and Owen Myra also made some great throws for top 40 fi nishes. Canyon Call took 14th in the Discus, Casen Doubravsky, and Ethan Mell also spun the discus through the air for the top 30 finishes. Stephen Pittman made the triple jump and finished 9th overall with 30 ft. 10.5 in.

The girls team competed well making some great jumps, runs, and throws. In the 100-meter race Graeson Mobley took 8th with a time of 14.62 seconds and she took 9th in the 200-meter race with 29.91seconds.

Emma Olson also ran the 200-meter finishing 12th.

The girls’ 4x100-meter team fi nished 3rd overall with a time of 58.30 seconds. Jenna Casey and Alissa Conroy both threw the discus over 50 ft for top 20 finishes. Ada Garner finished 12th in the

javelin with a throw of 77 ft. Alissa Conroy also made a great throw of 56 ft. 9 in.

Graeson Mobley finished 11th in the long jump and her teammate, Jenna Casey, finished 15th. Emma Olson was the only girl to compete in the triple jump and she finished 2nd.

For their second meet, the team headed over to Selah for the Ramos Relay.

All the athletes prepared themselves to compete in their events and do their very best for themselves and the team. Alden Williams took his skills from cross country and won the men's 1600-meter race with a time of 4:50. Teammates Isaac Call and Sean Henrikson fi nished 6th and 7th. Ivan Erland also ran the 1600 placing 12th and Damian Simonds snuck in placing in the top 20. The boys’ 4x100 relay race was a fast one, Casen Doubravsky, Storey Woodbury, Leviticus Matteson, and Anthony Hauck fi nished 18th. Rowan Richelderfer, Aaron Shelton, Owen Myra, and Sebastian Sanchez ran the 100-100-200400-meter race and finished 12th. Leviticus Matteson, Ethan Mell, Canyon Call, and Aiden Young all made a great showing for their first meet in the shot put. Three of the four threw personal

bests. As we move onto the discus, Casen Doubravsky, Canyon Call, and Ethan Mell threw well with Casen placing in the top 20. Stephen Pittman tied for 4th in the pole vault with a jump of 9 ft. 6 in. Storey Woodbury and Anthony Hauck also made great jumps to finish in the top 15. The boys did an outstanding job for their first meet.

The girls also went to The Dalles to compete and showed lots of promise.

Jenna Casey, Charolette Matulovich, Graeson Mobley, and Emma Olson ran in the 4x200-meter race and fi nished 5th overall. Jenna Casey threw 60 ft and Alissa Conroy threw 54 ft. 1in. in the discus. Ada Garner threw the javelin 74 ft. 4 in. for 10th place and her teammate Alissa Conroy threw 48 ft. 2 in. Graeson Mobley competed in the long jump and placed 8th with 13 ft. 2.5 in. Jenna Casey also jumped and finished 22nd with 11 ft.

3.5 in. To finish it out, Emma Olson triple jumped her way to 2nd overall with a jump of 30 ft. 3 in.

Overall, both boys and girls track and field teams have had a terrific start, and we are excited to see how the rest of the season goes for them.

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