The Goldendale Sentinel November 17, 2021

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Goldendale, Washington

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Vol. 142 No. 46

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TAYLER BRADLEY

HAND-CRAFTED IN HONOR: Students at Goldendale Middle School wrote information about family members serving or who had served in the armed forces on slips of paper, which were then folded and glued together to form an American flag.

Schools celebrate veterans TAYLER BRADLEY FOR THE SENTINEL

TOP: NAOMI JAMES. ALL OTHERS: LOU MARZELES.

HONORING VETERANS: Thursday was Veterans Day, and Goldendale had its annual Veterans Day Parade—with rain letting up miraculously just in time.

With streets still soggy, the marchers and floats celebrated veterans in a variety of colorful ways, including the Goldendale High School marching band.

Prizes were given to the top three floats. In first place was the American Legion, with the award accepted by 1st Sergeant Brian Thimmig, a veteran of Desert Storm and Desert Shield (middle). In second place was the Goldendale Christian School (above right). In third place was Bishop Sanitation, award accepted by LaDawn (right middle).

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CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF LIFE AND LOVE: Mildred Dunham turned 100 years old on November 11, and her family celebrated by taking her to the Goldendale Reindeer Farm. Owners Tanya and Dan hosted the event free of charge, to the delight of Mildred (seated, in the red jacket) and the five generations of family who were in attendance.

Even the reindeer over on the right of the sled looks like he’s about to start singing “Sleigh Ride.” Mildred lives in Goldendale with her daughter, Virginia.

Veteran’s Day is a great day to look back on those who fought for our country, celebrating and thanking them for all they did. There are many students in our schools who have family members who gave their lives or their time in fighting to keep our country safe. Each school did something to thank our veterans for their service.

In the past, all our schools usually held a Veteran’s Day assembly, but due to Covid restrictions, that couldn’t happen. The primary school students didn’t let that stop them, though, and they found other ways to do their part. Many classes did art projects and some reading on the holiday so they could better understand why we celebrate it. The second-grade class took their art projects and decorations they made to the American Legion to decorate for the actual holiday. It was their way of thanking the veterans. The primary school also put up a wall of heroes. The students brought in information and a picture about their family member who served and hung it up in the hall for remembrance and celebration.

Over at the middle school, they too weren’t allowed to have an assembly, so they found ways to reach out and celebrate our veterans. The ASB leaders put together a project for the whole school.

Each student with a family member who served, or is currently serving, was able to write down their information on a piece of paper. Those pieces of paper were then glued to strips of colored construction paper and strung together to make a paper chain American flag. Some other middle school students also wrote letters to the veterans, and they were dropped off at the American Legion as well.

As for the high school, their gym meets the Covid restrictions so they can hold assemblies, and that is exactly what they did. They all came togeth-

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Goldendale, Washington

G oldendale ’ s A ttic

Answer to last week’s Mystery Picture

This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture Is this a school building these ladies are standing next to? Could be, since those look like field lights in the background. Why

are they here? What was this occasion? And who are these people? All we know is that this picture once ran in The Sentinel, lost in

the annals of yesteryear. If you know anything about it, please drop us an email (in fo@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 November 12, 1891 – 130 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Landrum and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gunn missed their association with the Eastern Star and started thinking about forming a chapter in Goldendale. They gathered together 22 signers and petitioned for a chapter in 1881. After many suggestions for a name, “Evergreen,” suggested by Peter Gunn, was decided on. The charter was granted, and November 12 is the anniversary date. [Evergreen Chapter No. 1—first in Washington State.]

November 17, 1921 – 100 Years Ago An editorial stated: “Little by little the nation’s expense bill has been reduced from an estimated $5,200,000,000 to the present $3,940,000,000.”

November 8, 1951 – 70 Years Ago Centerville School News; Those in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades neither absent or tardy for the month on October were: Charles Eshelman, Charles Gray, Shirley Jackel, Dyan Kayser, Jay Olson, Lucinda Ritzschke, Virginia Collins, James Isaacson, Michael Niemela, Mavis Buck, Dale Cameron, John Eshelman, Dana Tobin, and Dale Thiele.

November 8, 1951 – 70 Years Ago Twenty-nine Klickitat County residents are among the graduates of 245 Washington high schools represented in the student body of nearly 5000 now attending Washington State College. Those from Klickitat County attending the institution are as follows: Bickleton, freshman, Delma Allbritton, sophomore, Robert Juris; senior, Thomas Juris. Goldendale, freshmen, Agnes Hoctor, Don Horner, Robert Huckfeldt, Frances Ingraham, Naida Kelley, Harold Laxton, Michael Montanye; juniors, Ruth Davenport, Orin Dayton, Harold Wolverton; graduates, Robert Divers, Jack Davenport.

November 11, 1971 – 50 Years Ago The Layman Lumber Mill log deck fire last Thursday burned fiercely for an hour without attracting much attention. The reason? It was a very hot fire, which is not the kind that generates smoke—at least not in dry wood. This calls attention to the fact that as of Thanksgiving weekend, Layman Lumber is scheduled to convert its teepee burner to a “smokeless” operation. It’s the same principle: intense heat and recirculation burns up the elements which originally are seen as smoke.

Editor: Hastening to get in the front lines for camera shooting at the Layman Fire, I passed Harold Hill and a couple other farmers leaning against a fire truck, watching the show. To my question of their inactivity, Harold replied: “When we have a rural fire at Blockhouse, the city folks come out and watch the action. We thought since this is a city fire, maybe we should do likewise—come and watch the action!”

November 15, 2001 – 20 Years Ago While two 50-foot cranes installed ten 145-foot concrete beams for the new Columbus Avenue Bridge span across the Little Klickitat River, residents like Bob Rising and others were distracted by the buzz of chainsaws cutting down three ancient cottonwoods. “I am just sad to see them go,” said Rising, who believed the trees were around when Lewis and Clark traversed the Columbia River Gorge in 1804-06. Goldendale Mayor Mark Sigfrinius summed up the reason for cutting down the trees in one word: “Rotten.”

—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society

Betty Zesiger, Tracy Hoctor, Mark Doubravsky, and Bonnie White were able to identify all the people in last week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture. The pine tree gave us our first clue as to the time of year, the people identified gave us a where, and, strangely, the socks gave us a mid to late ’60s timeframe. The men in front were associated with a bank, though there was some confusion about the name of the bank at the time—it seems that bank has changed names numerous times over the years. We dug through The Sentinel’s archives and found the picture on a “Letters to Santa” ad for the National Bank of Commerce from December 22, 1966. Today it is known

as Columbia Bank.

For those who don’t know, The Sentinel’s “Letters to Santa” are from elementary school kids throughout Klickitat County and have run in The Sentinel for 114 years. This year’s collection will be published December 22.

Front: Donna Ballard, Fred Hoctor, Daryl Spaulding, Bud Dashiell, Gary Isaacson, Myrel Mesecher Back: Carol Klebe (Anderson), Mildred Whyte, Doris Riches, Jayne Butler, Marilyn Enwards, Ruth Scofield, Vergie Olsen, Virgina Taylor, Janet Crawford, Betty Thomsen (Sarsfield).

Did you know The Sentinel has hardbound books containing printed copies of all volumes back to 1918?

Naomi James

WHAT IN THE WORLD?: We found this in the upper mysterious regions of the Sentinel building. We’re pretty sure it’s not a waffle iron, but beyond that we have no idea what it is. Do you?

Feel free to stop in and examine it in the Sentinel office.

Points to ponder

Honking all the time isn’t going to make others move any faster. Stupid goose.

What’s large, gray, and makes you jump? The elephant of surprise.

There was a piece of cake in the fridge with a note on it that said, “Don’t eat this.” Now there’s an empty plate and a note saying, “I don’t take orders from a cake.”

I went to the Missing Persons Bureau to make a report.

No one was there.

I’m not flying a kite. The kite is walking me on a leash.

His head is so big his ears are in different time zones.

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Goldendale, Washington

Opinion

Burn-out has got to go

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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.

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.

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 Ken McKune bum rubber. Rednecks of many Goldendale degrees, punk kids or maybe the little old lady from Pasadena.

C I personally was left with a bad taste in my mouth and lungs. Even though I made it a point to stay I recently received an updated away from the burn-out and was at “Terms for Business and Deposit Ken Margraf my home where I thought I would Account Agreement” from ColumGoldendale escape the noise and smoke, when bia Bank. I am not in the habit of theIt’s toxic cloudthing rose from the park reading print our but for some Act the willfine provide state $71 mil- Priorities a good and drifted over the Little Klicki- reason I did.toI support came the lion this over time five years tat River Parkand (the swimming across an “added” thatcharging I found netexpansion of line an EV For years years, America’s Isn’t it interesting that: 1) in this concerning.

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Funding passed by Congress and signed smoke, my eyes andwe’re throat yourtoaccount anypipes time so forthat anyevery dilute the value of the dollar; 2) the replaceatlead law byand President Biden, going were imitated, and about my lungs or for can no reason at all.”

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No Reason All” I particuIt willAtupgrade our airport thousands of illegals every day; 3) Washington State, bridges cancer causing larlyand found ouroffensive. harbor ports to help elimi- rioting and looting in the cities; and and over 5,400toxic milescompounds of highway are in poor condition. On average, each nate supply chain backlogs. It will 4), in the land of the free and the driver pays $659 per year due to upgrade our power infrastructure, home of the brave, people all across driving on roads in need of repair. by building thousands of miles of the country being told they must Washington can expect to receive new, resilient transmission lines to give up their God-given right to $4.7 billion for federal-aid high- facilitate the expansion of renewa- make their own medical decisions way programs and $605 million bles and clean energy, while lower- to an illegal government mandate... for bridge replacement and repair ing costs.

Yes, interesting, that it’s frontThis legislation will support hun- page news that our United States over the next five years. The Hood River-White Salmon Bridge could dreds of thousands of jobs and grow Senator Patty Murray (D) chooses our economy. Sadly, even though to spend her energy standing up for certainly benefit.

It’s no surprise to Klickitat County the infrastructure bill attracted the a policy of year around daylight savresidents that 8.5% of Washingtoni- votes of many Republican senators ing time. Pretty important stuff, all ans live in areas where there is no and representatives, none of Wash- right. broadband infrastructure. Under ington State’s Republican representthis new funding, our state will atives supported it. That includes Rick Mercer receive a minimum of $100 million Dan Newhouse, who’s likely to be Alderdale to help provide broadband coverage Klickitat County’s representative in across the state, which would pro- Congressional District 4 after redisvide access to at least 241,000 Wash- tricting. Let’s hope he doesn’t show ingtonians who currently lack it. up at the ribbon-cutting ceremonies, Moreover, 19% of Washingtonians trying to claim credit even though will be eligible for the Affordability his vote could have sabotaged the Connectivity Benefit, which will effort. help lower-income families afford internet access.

Rick George In addition, the Infrastructure White Salmon

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CAPITOL IDEAS: Above, the current Washington State Capitol building nearing completion in the mid 1920s. Below, the original capitol building soon after Washington Territory was established in 1853. Left, the seal of Washington Territory and a map showing the territory’s greatest expansion, all the way to the Continental Divide in Wyoming, in 1859. Below, old maps.

A cursory history Washington State, please say thank you to Millard Filmore. You know, the 13th president of the United States? He left office in March of 1853, but just before that he was able to sign into law the formation of the Washington Territory, whereupon he drifted away from the national scene, to become a trivia question a century or so later.

For the next 35 years, the territory—the only one named for a U.S. president—drifted along in quasi-union with the rest of America. The first territorial governor, Isaac Stevens, established Olympia even back then as the capital, though several cities would vie for that distinction until a capitol building was completed in Olympia, effectively saying “So there!” to the other cities.

The original territory

stretched from the Pacific well into Montana. In 1859 the territory was reconfig-ured when Oregon became a state, and Washington spilled out all the way to the Continental Divide in Wyoming. The formation of the Nebraska and Idaho territories in 1861 and 1863 pushed Washington back to its current borders.

These days a lot of people would like to shrink it even m o r e , say, to the Casc a d e Mountains, liber-

ating eastern Washington to join Idaho or form a new state.

Washington became a state on November 11, 1889—this, of course, was before the establishment of Veterans Day, so the date held no particular significance then.

The proposed state constitution, passed by a four-toone ratio, originally included women’s suf-frage and prohibition, but both these issues

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Despite these initial defeats, women in the Pacific North-west received the right to vote earlier than the rest of the country with Washington passing a suffrage amendment in 1910.

Prohibition followed in 1916, two years before the rest of the nation.

s e l a t s i r C s a l e d a v e u C There are places of wonder all over the world. Some of those places are known to humankind and others are still out there waiting to be discovered. One place on earth that is a good example of this is Cueva de los Cristales, or the Cave of the Crystals. The cave has been buried under the Sierra de Naica Mountain in Mexico for thousands of years but was only accidentally discovered 20 years ago by miners who were looking for silver.

The Cave of the Crystals is 300 meters, or 980 feet underground.

The thing that makes this cave so amazing is that it is filled with Selenite crystals that are enormous. The largest crystals are 11 meters (36 feet) tall. When you see pictures of the cavern with a person standing next to one of the giant crystals it looks fake. The pictures look like the scene out of a movie.

There will never be a movie made in the Cave of the Crystals, and it will never be open to the public because of the environmental conditions. The cave sits above a large pool of magma and water is constantly present. This makes the air hard to breathe because of the humidity, and the temperature is normally 58° celsius (135° fahrenheit).

Scientists haven’t managed to stay in the cavern for more than 10 minutes and cameras stop working at 6 minutes.

Selenite crystals are formed when the mineral gypsum is present with salt and water. As the water evaporates the crystals form. The reason the crystals at Naica were able to get as big as they did was the growing conditions for the crystals were just right. Scientists call this the Goldilocks principle.

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Down 1. to feel admiration, surprise, or amazement 2 the human race or species 4. a state of being or existence 6. not planned or expected 9. A country in the southern part of North America 10. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals 11. something that shows what a group of things is like 14. very large in size or amount 18. The basic unit of length in the Metric System

B8—NOVEMBER 17, 2021

GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON

S P O RT S

GHS Volleyball Brings Home State Trophy The Timberwolf Volleyball team battled hard at the WIAA State Tournament last week in Yakima and brought home a 6th place trophy for their labors. Anytime a piece of iron comes home from the 16-team tournament, much has been accomplished.

Following a spirited school and community send off, the girls settled into the tournament at the Yakima SunDome.

As the No. 4 seed, the Timberwolves faced No. 13 Liberty HS from Spangle, a town south of Spokane. Liberty proved a worthy opponent, taking the third set (15-25) after Goldendale had won the fi rst two with scores of 25-18 and 25-12.

The Timberwolves showed strength and focus in the 4th with another 25-18 score to secure the match and a ticket to the second round. Sara Hiebert came out swinging hard, leading the way with 19 kills. The sophomore duo of Brook Blain and Taryn Rising each added 9 kills. Rising made some keys kills under pressure in the 4th set to help the Timberwolves to the win. Setter Rachel Gallagher handed out 32 assists and put down 6 kills. Serving for the Timberwolves was a little off for the match, most likely for nerves and adjusting to the lights of the SunDome.

Kennedy Berry held down the passing and defensive department with some amazing digs, 11 total, much to the delight of the many Timberwolf fans

in attendance. Audrey Hill chipped in 10 digs, 7 assists and 3 kills in a solid fi rst match.

Liberty went on to a finish 7th place finish, much higher than their initial No. 13 seed.

Next up for the girls, No. 5 seeded Manson. The very athletic and savvy team from the Chelan area battled Goldendale in a back-and-forth affair. With the teams splitting the fi rst 4 sets, the fi nal fi fth set was not meant to be for the Timberwolves. Scores were 25-15, 19-25, 25-15, 19-25 and 7-15, showing how close the match was with both teams scoring 95 points, but Manson scoring at the right time in the final set. Manson went on to the fi nish 3rd in the tournament after a semi-final loss to eventual State Champion, LaConner. The loss sent the Timberwolves to a gut-check 8 a.m. match with the No. 9 Okanogan Bulldogs.

Gritty for sure, the Timberwolves came out swinging like a fighter out of a timeout in a cage match. Hiebert was too much to handle at the net for the bulldogs and registered 19 kills. Gallagher served the opponents tough, with 4 aces and many out of system balls that were neatly wrapped for Berry to pass for the quick attack. Taryn Rising added 5 kills and Caitlyn Jauken put down 3. When the Bulldogs did send the ball back, Gwen Gilliam picked up many of their tips with 13 digs. The match

was over in less than an hour with scores of 25-10, 25-10 and 25-11. All the Timberwolf players were able to get into the match and experience the excitement of a state tournament. The win put the Timberwolves into the trophy round against perennial power No. 2 Colfax, who had been upset in the second round.

The final match for 5/6 place saw the Timberwolves come out strong and take the fi rst set. Heibert and Gallagher had 17 and 12 kills respectively, but it was just not enough to overpower the hard-hitting Bulldogs in the long run. Brook Blain (6) was an imposing presence at the net with Hiebert (7) as the two of them compiled 13 stuff blocks. Winning the first set 25-18, the girls looked great and in control. Colfax adjusted defensively, picking up Timberwolf attacks and running their offense quite efficiently.

The gritty girls from Goldendale never gave up and battled to the end, with final set scores of 25-18, 18-25, 13-25 and 20-25.

It’s always hard to lose the last match, but the team quickly realized the accomplishments and fun they have had in playing a game they love with people they love, easily outweighed the sting of the loss.

Sen iors R achel Ga llagher, Sara Hiebert, Natalie Schroder, and Kennedy Berry played their hearts out at the SunDome in their final battles. They are the end of an

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WELL PLAYED: The Timberwolf Volleyball team ended their season with a 6th-place trophy from the 16team tournament.

era of very successful teams who have earned 3 state tourney berths (couldn’t go in the Covid year), won 3 league and 2 district championships, and two state trophies. A big mark has been made on the GHS Volleyball program by these kids, and they will be missed! Their record the last 3 years: a nice 46-6!

Final stats for the entire tournament: Gallagher 10 aces, 16 PP, 123 Assists, 39 digs, 65 kills and 5 stuff blocks.

Hiebert 3 aces, 80 Kills and 15 stuff blocks. Taryn Rising 5 aces 24 PP 21 Digs 24 Kills, 5 stuff blocks. Kennedy Berry 53-53 serving 3 aces 45 digs 95 PP and 3 Kills. Brook Blain 23

Kills 17 stuff blocks. Audrey Hill 24-25 serving 14 PP 7 assists 7kills 19 digs. Natalie Schroder 11-12 serving 6 digs 3 PP. Caitlyn Jauken 10-11 serving 17 PP 7 digs 5 kills. Gwen Gilliam 60-63 serving 4 aces 23 PP 45 Digs 10 Kills. Brylee Mulrony 28-30 serving 13 PP 14 digs. Lexi Molnar 2-2 serving 2 digs. Lydia Hanning and Ada Garner support players.

Glossary (K) Kill when a player terminates the ball on the opponent’s side (A) Assist the person who sets the ball to the player who kills it earns an assist (PP) Perfect Pass When the receiving team’s 1st contact

goes right to the setter so all attackers can be set Dig The defensive team digs a hard hit or smartly placed ball to stop a kill attempt Ace A serve that hits the floor on the receiving side and or results in the opposing team being unable to pass the ball to the setter and it results in a point.

Stuff Block The front row players jump up with raised hands and arms and stop the opposing attacker from hitting the ball over the net. The block results in a point for the defense.

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A VALIANT SHOWING: The Goldendale Football team put a great fight at State.

GHS Football in first round of State TAYLER BRADLEY

SPORTS EDITOR This past week our Goldendale Football team took on the Forks Spartans in their fi rst round of State Playoffs. The boys took the week and prepared for the big game ahead of them. They knew this game wouldn’t be easy, but that wasn’t going to slow them down. They came out on the field and warmed up for Goldendale’s first state appearance since 2011.

The Timberwolves started out strong making some amazing plays. Kade Bomberger made a strong pass to Austin Neil who caught the ball through some tough defense for 40 yards. Both teams found the end zone twice bringing the score 14-14. Both teams were putting up great fights.

The Timberwolves kept pushing in hopes to keep the Spartans out

of the end zone. But the Spartans were able to get past the defense again for another touchdown. The Wolves were down by 7, but that didn’t stop them from pushing forward and fighting for possession of the ball. When the offense did get the ball back, Kade Bomberger made a beautiful 57-yard pass to Tyler Wells for their third touchdown of the night.

Though these boys left everything out on the field, blood, sweat, and tears, the Spartans were able to push past the Wolves and end the season for Goldendale. The final score was 35-20. These boys had some impressive stats for the night. Kade Bomberger completed 20 passes for 232 yards, and he had 8 carries for 32 yards. Caleb Smith had 32 carries for 93 yards and 2 catches for 21 yards and one touchdown. Matt Blain had 3 carries for 7 yards and one touchdown. Bryce

Waddell had 3 catches for 12 yards, Riker Hanning had 2 catches for 4 yards and Cameron Groves had 3 catches for 10 yards. Tyler Wells ended the night with 2 catches for 76 yards and one touchdown. Austin Neil also ended the night with 8 carries for 107 yards.

This group of boys have done some memorable things this season. They brought home the district title, went on an eightweek winning streak, and made an appearance at State. There were also many boys who made all-league. These are all things that the boys should be proud of.

Though your season didn’t end the way you wanted it, this whole community is proud of the team and your accomplishments. Good job this year, and we are already waiting to see what 2022 brings Timberwolves football.

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