Goldendale Sentinel October 5, 2022

Miracle match found for kidney donation

TAYLER BRADLEY FOR THE SENTINEL

The Mains family is a big part of our community, and their children have grown up through the school district here in Goldendale. One of their sons, Cameron Mains, was diagnosed with IGA nephropathy. This is a disease that attacks the kidneys and causes them to not filter correctly. He has been living with this for 11 years now and has not let it get in his way of living and loving life.

Cameron began his journey at the Seattle Children’s Hospital where they have been treating and caring for him over the years. He will now be transitioning to the UW Medicine for Kidney Care and Transplant Program. Cameron’s new need is a kidney so that he can continue to reach all his dreams and goals in life. But getting a match for organs can be hard and sometimes take a very long time. The love for him and his family is so big, though, that a family friend took the steps to see if she could donate her own kidney.

That person is another icon of our community, Alison Azevedo. She is a teacher at the Goldendale Primary School and a remarkable one at that. Alison

knew that Cameron had a lot of support but decided to do some research on live-donor kidney transplants. Living donors have a higher success rate for transplants, and because she is active and healthy, Alison knew she was in her prime to do this. As she learned about this process, she felt called to do something so amazing, especially for a good friend. Alison quietly began the process to see if she would be a match. She kept it a secret because she didn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up if she wasn’t. But the results came back with a miracle: Alison was the perfect match to donate a kidney to Cameron.

The Mains family was told by the UW Medicine team that a living donor was found but didn’t reveal who it was, for legal reasons. That helped Alison get together with the Seattle Mariners baseball organization, who helped surprise Cameron during a game to tell him that Alison was his donor. What made it even better was it also happened to be his birthday. What a day to learn of a gift that will allow him to live a healthier life.

This type of transplant has a huge cost and that can take a toll on the families involved. The

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The Sentinel talks with candidates in contested county races

The Sentinel spoke recently with candidate for Klickitat County Commissioner Matt Dumolt. Following are comments from that conversation.

Sentinel: How did you reach the decision to run for commissioner?

Dumolt: Basically, I’ve been a resident here for 22 years. I moved here from the Portland area. I worked down there in the corporate world. I started with the company, Warn Industries, when I was 18 years old on the assembly line, $4.50 an hour, which at that point in time was a living wage for me. I’m kind of a fiscally conservative person, and you can make it that way if you choose. But it wasn’t what I wanted for life. So I went to night school, worked my way up through the company in a few years. They build automotive parts. Most people know them for their winches and hubs, but they also build other automotive parts that have to do with four-wheel drive systems. After a while I ended up in the international sales division, and my primary function there was—they called me a technical sales engineer. I was not a salesperson. I was not an engineer. I came through the business and knew all of our products inside and out because I built every one of them. So I could take our products and go to somebody else and say, “Hey, this is how it works. This is how it functions.” And I had some schooling, so I was at least able to speak with people. I would negotiate. I worked into a division where our engineers would build something for a foreign automotive company, for example, Toyota. And then they’d say, “Now, take this part and go sell it to Toyota.” And I’d go to Toyota, and I would work with them and say, “Hey, this is our product.” And they’d look at that and go, “That’s not what we want. We want this.” And I’d go, “Okay, what would work for you?” Basically I was a negotiator between the two. Because engineers are very strong-headed, they’d say, “This is what we have, and this is what we want, and you will do this.” And you’ve got engineers on both sides. So I would work to come up with a consensus product for both sides that worked, that

Rolfe receives Employee of the Year award

AUDREY HILL FOR THE SENTINEL

Karie Rolfe, a paraeducator with 16 years of teaching experience—seven of those at the Centerville School District—recently received the 2022 ESD 112 Classified Employee of the Year award. Karie is not only a paraeducator; she also serves as a recess supervisor, librarian, bus loading and unloading assistant, and much more.

There are nine Educational Service Districts (ESD) across the state. Each chose a certified teach-

we could manufacture and they could use. And this was basically my job. I worked with all the automotive companies around the world. I spent two weeks overseas every month. And then when I’d get back in town, nobody’s doing my job in town, so I would spend 14, 16 hours a day in the office to make sure everything was caught up. And it was a means to an end for me. It’s not what I wanted to do in life. I wanted to raise a family. I always wanted to be in rural America.

Sentinel: Was that your upbringing?

Dumolt: I grew up on a farm when I was a kid, in Oregon City back when Oregon City only had 12,000 people in it. I wanted to get to somewhere with rural values. So I happened to be coming up here to buy some hay one time, and I go, “Wow, this is kind of a nice place. Let’s take a look.” And we found a little farm, and because I’m a very fiscally conservative person, I was able to come up here and buy a farm because I didn’t live the lifestyle that a lot of those people that did that job did. I would come home and spend time with my family when I could. But you know, with that job, you weren’t able to see your kids grow up. And I had three kids. I got promoted out of international sales, because I guess they thought I did a good job; I got promoted to their national accounts management job for their industrial and

military division, and I throw this out because it actually applies to a commissioner’s job because I was managing the budgets for these multimillion dollar accounts and also managing employees. So I have some background in that also. After I had a full 20 years in and I was fully vested, I was able to move up here. I came to Klickitat County. My idea of being part of a rural community is getting involved. So immediately we got involved in the [County] Fair, my wife and I. A couple years later, I became the wrestling coach here at the high school and the assistant coach for several years, and then the head coach. I started a youth wrestling program. If you’re in a community, you need to be part of the community. You need to be part of it. And I became a horse shoer, a farrier. People kind of look at you and go, “Why would you do that?” Coming from the dress shirt and wearing a tie every day to go to wearing suspenders and jeans. I’ve never been afraid of work. That’s never been a problem for me, but what I was looking for is I wanted to be part of a community. I wanted to not miss any of my kids’ things anymore. I did not want to miss a single ball game, wrestling match, cheerleading event, rodeo, anything. So as a farrier, I can set my schedule around my kids.

As a horseshoer, I cover the entire county. So I am down in White Salmon. I am over in Bickleton. And I’m talking with families all the time, and this is kind of building up to why I’m doing this. I listen to the people that are people that have a family, they have a schedule, they run their kids to soccer practice or baseball practice, they have dinner at night at the table. These are the families in the community that are what I call the 80 percent in the middle.

You’ve got 20 percent on the fringes. You’ve got 80 percent in the middle. They’re the core of our community. Those are the people I talk to all the time, people who have that same core family value.

LOU MARZELES

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Concours de Maryhill Car Show was at Maryhill Museum Saturday and drew hundreds of car–and nice weather–enthusiasts. See story on page B1.

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RECEIVER AND GIVER: Cameron Mains and Alison Azevedo at the Seattle Mariners game where Cameron found out Alison would be his kidney donor. It was also his birthday.

Goldendale’s first annual Scarecrow Village

Byars Avenue project still a problem

RodgeR Nichols For The SenTinel

The City of Goldendale is set to begin a review of the city’s Shoreline Master Plan. The plan deals with the portion of the Little Klickitat River that flows through city limits. At the regular council meeting Monday, Alex Capron of The Watershed Company, a consultant who will be help ing with the project, said the law requires the plan to be updated every eight years, and the last update was in 2018. Asked why the city should update its plan four years early, he replied that the Department of Environ mental Quality currently has money to help defray the costs.

library. Police Chief Jay Hunziker said it would give his patrols more justifica tion for moving people off the grounds at night. Cur rently, needles have been found in the sunken area leading to the basement level.

The Byars Avenue pro ject continues to be a prob lem. City Administrator Pat Munyan reported that the contractor has been una ble to find a subcontractor to replace the one that was unable to complete its por tion of the task.

get most of this stuff off the shelf within three days,” he said. “The last time we ordered this stuff, it took 11 months to get all these parts. A year and a half, two years ago, this list cost the city $20,000. Today, it’s $50,000.”

He also said those ris ing costs are going to force some changes in the city’s budget. A rough draft was presented last night, and a budget workshop has been scheduled for next Monday, October 10, at 6 p.m. at city hall.

In celebration of agriculture and the fall harvest, the Gold endale Community Library is partnering with Art at the Heart of Goldendale for the next installment of public art and is calling on everyone in the community to participate.

It may seem like a bizarre concept, but scarecrows have an interesting history dating back to ancient Egypt and have been used by numerous countries to help protect crops throughout time. More recent interpretations of scarecrows have been seen in films and in scarecrow festivals around the world. In one town in Japan, it has become a tourist location.

This project follows the spirit of these festivals and tourist locations, with the

intention of creating a public art project for the whole com munity to enjoy. Why public art? Public art is known to “improve street safety, pro vide tourism and new jobs, and combat social isolation and anxiety.” (Yes! Magazine December 6, 2021.) It is also something fun everyone can join in to create something interesting. Scarecrows are no longer limited to the field; they can be an expression of art tied to its rural and agri cultural roots.

The timeline: Create one or more scare crows during the month of October, then display your artwork on your lawn or in front of your business dur ing the month of November. If you would like to be on our

Scarecrow Location List, let us know at the library and we’ll add your location. We hope this will inspire every one to take walks throughout town to enjoy everyone’s crea tive outlet, which is the great thing about public art. The library also has a few book suggestions associated with scarecrows for all ages, just ask at the desk!

What you need:

• Choose a character (real or make believe) or a resident to emulate

• Clothing/material

• Stuffing (such as newspa per, leaves, etc.)

• Visit the library if you need help decorating your scarecrow

• A place to stage your scarecrow.

Councilors approved a request from the Golden dale branch of the Fort Van couver Regional Library to put up signs indicating that the grounds are closed at night. Approval was needed because the city owns the building and leases it to the

Prepare for power outages today

“We need to finish the project, and we need to do so now,” he said. “We’re sorry the contractor is in this position, but they’re two months over, and we are looking at starting to draft damages at this point against the contractor.”

Rising costs are also going to impact the city. Munyan presented a list covering a page and a quarter of all the parts and fittings needed by the city’s public works department.

“Two years ago, we could

On a more positive note, he said the airport fueling system project should be completed by the middle of November.

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Answer to last week’s Mystery Picture

This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture

Local residents travel back in time! Could that be what the caption to this photo said back when it first ran? Okay, probably not. A more reasonable

explanation is that these folks were in costume for a play. But who are they? What was the play? When was it? All we know about this picture is that it ran

L ooking Back

September 20, 1962 – 60 Years Ago

in The Sentinel sometime, lost in the annals of yes teryear. If you know any thing about it, please drop us an email (info@golden dalesentinel.com) or give

us a call (509-773-3777) or drop in at the office—and remember, you’re wel come to come in and take a look at the original pho tograph.

We’ve colorized this pic ture from last week. Only one person was identified, but by two people, so we are confident of their ID. Marc Niva and Diana Gallagher recognized their Aunt Lena Miller as the second person from the left; you can only see her face and part of her light-colored dress. Diana also recognized Aunt Lena in an Attic Mystery Picture from a few weeks ago, the one with the man holding something framed next to a lady with a Golden West Coffee can. This places the time for both pictures as being taken prior to 1966, as that is when Aunt Lena

passed away.

As far as the reason for the picture, Diana also had an idea about that. Did you know the Presby Museum has a coffee grinder col lection? According to Jim Link, the Presby Museum’s host for the day, the collec tion is on the second floor of the Museum, in the back. While much of the collec tion was donated by one individual many years ago, it has grown over the years and holds a wide variety of brands and sizes. If you’d like to view the collection for yourself, make sure to visit before they close for the season on October 15.

New home of Mason Furniture Company opened this week, on Columbus Avenue at the south city limit. The 6,000 square-foot building is of concrete block construction with wood truss roof and features a glass wall east front. It was built by Harold Blake and Goldendale Ready Mix. Today the building is occupied by the Goldendale City Hall

September 27, 1962 – 60 Years Ago

The Burger Basket which has been under the operation of Ken Jagger for the past year is closed. The Burger Basket, located on East Main Street, is owned and leased by Jack Quaintance.

September 27, 1962 – 60 Years Ago

Norman Beyerlin began work Monday repainting the façade of the old Mayson Furniture Company on Main Street in Goldendale. The building will be vacated by Mayson’s this weekend and will then undergo remodeling in preparation for the move of Sletten’s Department Store into the new location. The building was bought by Sletten’s early this year as a larger store site.

September 20, 1962 – 60 Years Ago

What soldiers and sailors wanted for Christmas 1942 was listed in order of preference as follows: waterproof matches, cigarettes, pen and pencil sets, leather wallets, framed photographs, pocket bibles, shirts and socks, sun glasses, very small portable phonographs, warm slippers, pipes, books, and flashlights. The Army and Navy requested that packages overseas should be limited to six pounds and restricted to shoe box size.

September 17, 1992 – 30 Years Ago

Bright’s, a well-known restaurant to Goldendale residents, has temporarily shut down the business. John and Nan have been in the restaurant business for eight years. Bright’s opened at its current location in October of 1989.

October 1, 1992 – 30 Years Ago

A small group of Goldendale citizens have been hard at work recently to restore an important Goldendale landmark. To see the continuing efforts of their labors, all one needs to do is turn towards the southeast and look at Lorena Butte. For years, Goldendale was like virtually every other small town with a hill nearby. They had their own hill with the first letter of the town’s name on the side of it. However, Goldendale didn’t last forever. As the story goes, the “G” that was once on Lorena Butte was destroyed by a rival high school football team quite some time ago. Unfortunately, it was never rebuilt—until now. John Halm, Amy Cochran, Kathy Marshall, Bob Marshall, Ed Hosko, and a number of other volunteers have pooled their efforts to rebuild the “G” before Goldendale High School’s homecoming October 16. The group has received donations of hundreds of old tires which will be used to outline the letter on the hill. Once placed, the tires will be painted white so they can be seen better. Heavy cable will be installed to keep the tires in place. Once the “G” is on the hill, the groups next task will be the lighting of it and its upkeep.

—Richard Lefever Klickitat County Historical Society

Sesquicentennial Corner: Bringing Goldendale back to its roots

This week we bring back a few snippets first published in The Sentinel March 8, 1945.

The first is titled “Pioneer Passes at Age of Ninety; Had Aided First Paper.” For read ing convenience we have not put it in quotes.

Winfred Cowles, one of the county’s oldest pioneers, passed away here Sunday following a fall. He had cel ebrated his 90th birthday on Feb. 17. Cowles was in Gold endale when it was an unin corporated town and Wash ington was but a territory, having come to the county in 1875.

He was the man who turned the crank on the first handoperated press of the first newspaper in Goldendale, which later combined with The Goldendale Sentinel, and he ran off the first copy of any paper to be published in this county. He was also known as a fiddler, having upon one occasion played his violin for dancing which lasted an entire night and kept on until the sun was shining.

He was married in 1878 and again in 1930. Neither wife survives him. Three stepdaughters and one step-son, all of California, do survive.

Funeral services were conducted from the Phillips Funeral Home with J. C. Gaw officiating. Burial was made in the Pleasant Valley cem etery.

The second snippet is titled “City Will Realize Revenue From Taxes Levied On Oper ators Of Card Tables Where Poker Is Played”

The city council passed an ordinance Monday evening

which levies a tax for the act or privilege of engaging in business as an operator of card tables within the limits of the city. This ordinance will bring a yearly revenue into the city coffers, mainly from two sources, the opera tors of the Town club and the Rialto club.

A yearly tax of$100 per table is levied for each per son operating a table where persons are permitted to play cards at the game of poker in any of its forms or variations, or any game which has any of the elements of poker.

An annual tax of $25 per table is levied upon every per son operating a table where persons are permitted to play cards for anything other than tokens and at which table any game of cards is played, other than poker in any of its forms, or at which card table any game of cards other than poker in any of its forms is a part.

Tax-free tables are those where tokens only are given or used by the players, the tokens being redeemable in merchandise only.

Failure to pay the tax will cancel the license granted the operator to conduct his busi ness. The tax is actually a lein on personal property, fix tures and stock of merchan dise in the building. The tax is payable April 1.

The complete text of Ordi nance 372 will be found on page 6. A correction of the ordinance should read “other than” rather than “of which poker in any of its forms is a part” in section (6).

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October is Domestic Violence Action Month

Domestic violence affects millions of people each year and has far-reaching consequences that directly affect the survivor and their family members.

“The purpose of Domestic Violence Action Month (DVAM) is to mourn those lost to abuse, celebrate survivors, and network for social change,” says Sarah Fader in an article published by the mental health website betterhelp.com. Each year, the focus in Octo ber helps to connect advocates with their communi ties while working to end violence within the home.

Domestic violence is a serious prob lem that affects many families. It is not only physical violence; it also can include violent threats, unwanted visits, texts or phone calls, degrading verbal insults, forced sex, the abuser threatening suicide if the survivor tries to leave, and/or the abuser tak ing complete financial control of the family’s resources making it impos sible to leave.

Guest Editorial Kirsten Poole, Programs for Peaceful Living

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey from the CDC shows that, on average, 20 people per minute experience physical violence by an intimate partner in the U.S. Estimates suggest that domestic violence from an intimate partner affects all gender and sexual identities.

One in four women and one in seven men will expe rience physical violence from an intimate partner at some point in their lives, and over 55 million children are affected annually by domestic violence. Historical ly marginalized and LGBTQ+ populations experience violence at even higher rates.

One common problem those working to end domes tic violence frequently face is that people know that domestic violence is very prevalent in today’s society yet don’t know what to do if they suspect someone is experiencing it.

Unfortunately, many survivors do not seek medical care or report to law enforcement for their injuries. They are too afraid of the consequences of exposing their abuser and potentially further escalating the violence.

Ways you can get involved in Domestic Violence Ac tion Month:

1. Wear Purple - The purple ribbon is considered a unifying symbol of courage, survival, honor, and dedi cation to ending domestic violence. Supporters can also wear purple t-shirts or accessories like bracelets or necklaces to create awareness.

2. Launch A Public Awareness Campaign - It can be as complex as organizing a large-scale event to something simple like volunteering at a community event booth. (Ask Programs for Peaceful Living for more ideas.)

3. Spread The Word - Create awareness and start a conversation about domestic violence. You can spread the word in many ways, like connecting with the me dia or using social media to inform people about the importance of domestic violence awareness.

4. Volunteer - Make an impact by showing your

support and that you care. Volunteers can make a real difference in the lives of people who experi ence domestic violence.

5. Share Your Story - If you have been affected by domestic violence, sharing your story can inspire someone else to get the help they need. Sharing your story can also help people who have not experienced domestic violence firsthand realize how important it is to rally for change.

If you are experiencing domestic violence, many resources are available to help you find a way out of the situation and provide ongoing support while you heal.

You can be connected with personal advocacy assistance, support groups, and online counseling ser vices by calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at (800) 799-7233.

The National Hotline will also connect you to a local Crime Victim Service Center like Programs for Peaceful Living.

For more information about crisis services and community resources in Klickitat County, call (509) 493-2662 and ask for the Programs for Peaceful Living office in either Goldendale or Bingen. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Fridays by appointment.

If you are in crisis, contact the 24/7 Crisis Line at (844) 493-1709.

Letters from the community

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Plain and simple: I just like our sheriff,

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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 .

You can argue about his age (he is actually younger than our Presi dent), or if he has enough hair (he does not, but that shouldn’t really matter), or if he is too scary for our criminals (let’s hope so).

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.

He has experience, he gets results, and he is proactive in that he does not just respond to crime, but he actually tries to prevent it by having visibility around the county with out being overpresent.

This year Goldendale Motor sports 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 skate board 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 like the signs around the county that warn drug dealers to stay away; seems like a reasonable request.

The Posse is an exceptional vol unteer and education program that costs almost nothing but saves our county hundreds of thousands in services, which leads to a better and safer life for us.

I firmly believe Garique has a background and support system in place that will allow him the abil ity to lean on his family, the com munity, and his faith to guide him through difficult decisions and lead Klickitat County through times of uncertainty.

On Sept 4 I will be asking the mayor and his administration to make an ordinance forbidding anyone from reckless unsafe burn outs 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.

It is a humbling experience to ask the voter for their support and trust to be their elected Sheriff. This is something I am quite familiar with and something that cannot be taken lightly by either the candidate or the citizen. Garique Clifford will serve the citizens of Klickitat County with pride and humility and will prove to be a strong leader and a Sheriff who will be accountable to the people.

tacted by some-one higher up. That person has not contacted me after more than a week so I am following through on what I told the bank contacts I was going to do—write a letter to the editor to be sure local folks are aware of how Columbia Bank is choosing to deal with its account holders.

ing African Americans to sit in the back of the bus. (Note the law was struck down later by the courts, but not before Rosa was arrested) While Sherrif Bob’s opponent is a nice guy, he lacks the education, management experience, law enforcement experi ence, and the wisdom that Sheriff Bob had both achieved and demon strated in his nearly eight years as our sheriff. My vote is for protection of my rights, for Sheriff Bob Songer.

Peter Leon Wishram

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If our sheriff, Bob Songer with his lovely wife’s support, wants to serve Klickitat County for four more years, I am wholeheartedly voting for him.

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 Lit tle 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.

Shirley Enstad Goldendale

For these reasons and many more, I am confident that Garique has prepared well to serve all of you. I believe the Sheriff’s Office and the county will find strong, confident, and secure leadership for many years by electing Garique Clifford as Sheriff of Klickitat County.

I endorse him

After nearly 36 years in law enforcement and the last 20 years serving as Sheriff in Skamania County, I have watched deputies come and go from this profession. On occasion, I see one who stands out above the rest and one who has a strong desire to truly serve the people.

I think the city of Goldendale needs to rethink supporting burnouts in our park. Next year don’t issue a permit to

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

Dave Brown, Sheriff Skamania County, Washington

Learn your Civics

“For No Reason At All” I particu larly found offensive.

Garique Clifford has been one of those few.

I contacted the bank for an explana tion. The answer was essentially that “we wouldn’t do that.” Then why is it in your documents, I asked. The answer was to send me up the chain of command. The second person gave the same answer as the first and then was to have me con

Garique is a man of great integ rity, strong ethics, and possesses a genuine desire to serve the com munity with passion. He has proven this with 19 years in law enforce ment and the last 16 of those years working for me here in Skamania County as a road deputy and a patrol sergeant.

Garique is now seeking the Office of Sheriff in Klickitat County. I am excited to see Garique working toward this goal, and I fully endorse and support his efforts.

I have had a multitude of conver sations over the years with Garique about the law, the constitution, and the Sheriff’s obligation and duty to the people. I am convinced the foundation that he has established will be of great benefit as he leads the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office into the future. Garique under stands the responsibility of service to all people, and he is meticulous

What a shame that Civics is no longer stressed in our school sys tems in the USA. Mr Thomas Wil son is also ignorant of Washington law in which RCW 36.28.010 states, “The sheriff is the chief executive officer and conservator of the peace of the county.” Hence, his elected position is in the executive branch of government.

Mr. Wilson was correct in his let ter last week in that the sheriff is hired by the people of the county. He is hired to first protect our rights. Like all elected officials, when they take their oath of office, they first swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Sheriff Bob takes his oath seriously and is committed to defend our Godgiven rights. Like prosecutors with prosecutorial discretion, the sheriff also has discretion on arrest author ity. No law enforcement organiza tion in our state or nation has the resources to enforce every law, reg ulation, or ordinance. Hence Consti tutional sheriffs have chosen to pri oritize their enforcement based on protecting our rights spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. Unlike Sheriff Bob’s opponent, Bob stated he would not have violated Rosa Parks’ right of equal protection under the law when she “broke the law” requir

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My concern is that a comment as broad as this opens the door for abuse. I have had no difficul ties 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.

She’s the one

There are two great residents of Klickitat County running for county commissioner. However, there is one who stands out as quali fied and ready to start the job on day one: Lori Zoller.

Ken Margraf Goldendale

Lori and her family have lived in our county for decades, and she has built a family business that appreci ates and protects our environment. She has volunteered and served on many commissions and boards, so she has a deep and intuitive under standing of the issues and how they are intertwined in our county. Lori brings to the table the ability to lis ten, to research, and to discuss. She is thoughtful in her decisions and her leadership; she is the right can didate for county commissioner.

Lisa Evans White Salmon

What are Critical Areas?

Oh, darn. The commission ers are defining “Critical Areas.” Where are the critical areas? I read the legal stuff but there is no map, just a bunch of legalese, terms, and details. It would seem a critical area can be deemed wherever the com missioners want.

And now we have an election. Wouldn’t it be nice to know the “Crit ical Areas?” A map? New commissioners and previous ones, where are these critical areas? This is of concern to landowners. But since no Critical Areas are identified, any thing could be critical based upon legalese. No commissioner lives by me in the woods with private roads and no utilities. Oh yeah, I want a Critical Area defined right by me.

Jim Bayer Goldendale

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Don’t miss Historical Society program

If you read the Glenwood News very often, you know by now how much I like to celebrate our Glenwood kids, past and present. I received some great news this week regarding Car men Guzman. Carmen, the daughter of Blas and Lau rie, was part of the class that graduated in 2020, although she switched to an online school program during her senior year and finished high school through that program. She is now an EMT and firefighter interning with the Hood River Fire Department while also studying to receive her degree as a paramedic. She says she loves her career choice and her job. I remember Carmen as always helpful and caring when she was in school here, so I think she went into the perfect field of work. Hood River FD is very lucky to get this awesome young woman. Carmen, we are all proud of you here in your hometown.

Last Sunday, October 1, several people attended the Camas Prairie and Vicinity Pioneers Association meet ing at the school, enjoying a delicious potluck dinner, good visiting, and a histori cal presentation regarding Oscar and Antonie Kuhn hausen’s separate journeys to American and the beauti ful life and homestead they made for their family. The meeting ended at Shady Nook Farm, where Glenn Pierce gave everyone a tour of the unique old red barn and other buildings that still remain from Oscar and Antonie’s time.

This Pioneers associa tion was formed 101 years ago and used to be a huge gathering of the residents of Glenwood and surrounding areas. Now Pioneers meets just twice a year, the first Sundays of May and Octo ber. All who are interested in the history of our valley, whether your family has lived her for decades or you are new residents, are wel come to attend. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon and learn about the community where you live or grew up.

Another event to mark on your calendar is the year-

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end program presented by the Klickitat County His torical Society on October 29 at the Glenwood Grange. I’ll include more details on this event as I get them. It’s guaranteed to be a very interesting program, and pie will be served, too. Can’t beat that for another great way to spend an afternoon.

Last week the Little Klick wood middle school volley ball girls had a great game against Trout Lake, win ning their game there. They lost a tough match at home (Klickitat) last Wednesday against Centerville, winning the second game and coming close in the third game. We are so proud of our girls for giv ing it their all in every game. This week they played Lyle/ Wishram on their Klickitat home court on Monday. To allow Little Klickwood to have a home game on the Glenwood court, they have added a game to the sched ule and will play Lyle/ Wishram again on Tuesday, October 11. This is the only game our middle school girls will have in Glenwood so please come out and show them some great hometown spirit and pride and rattle the rafters for them.

Our Big Klickwood high school girls traveled to Maupin on Saturday, Octo ber 1st for games against Bickleton and Condon, and won both games. Way to go, Klickwood. On Thursday, October 6, they will play in Lyle. They are having a great season and we’re proud of how hard they work to get these wins.

Our junior high and high school rodeo athletes did very well in Coulee City last weekend. Blaine placed 4th and 5th in goat tying on Friday. He decided to also compete in the rough stock steer saddle bronc event. He didn’t place, but he really enjoyed it. His mom tells me he’s hooked on that event now, too. His sister Joslyn placed first in goat tying both Saturday and Sunday and first in the average for the weekend. Wow, way to go, Joslyn.

Peyton Sanchey placed 5th in the barrels and 5th in the poles on Saturday and 9th in the barrel average for the weekend. Emma Pat

members compete at fair

terson placed 3rd in the bar rels Saturday and 4th in the barrel average. These Glen wood rodeo athletes are rep resenting their hometown so well this season. Satur day night the high school kids had their high school rodeo homecoming dance. The girls looked lovely in their sparkly dresses and had a great time with the many friends they’ve made through Washington State High School Rodeo.

Here's a reminder that the Glenwood Rodeo Associa tion has facilities available to rent for your special occa sions, meetings, etc. They have the large meeting/ dance hall with a kitchen, the arena, and the grounds. If you would like to rent part or all of the rodeo facilities, please contact Chris Miller at (509) 364-3427. Glenwood Rodeo Association is a nonprofit organization that has presented the annual Father’s Day weekend rodeo almost continuously for 87 years.

Another Glenwood organ ization, Glenwood Grange No. 94, is back to in-person meetings. The Grange began as an organization that rep resented farmers at the State and National levels, somewhat as an advocate or lobbying organization for farmers and ranchers. It has evolved over the years to more of a community ser vice organization.

Through the Grange, you can make a difference in your community and have a voice in the legislative process. There are many leadership opportunities, numerous hobby and tal ent contests, such as pho tography, arts and crafts, needlework, painting and drawing, creative writ ing, and foods/baking. The Grange offers scholarships for graduating high school seniors who are children of Grange members. Through the Grange you can help support youth activities in our community. The Wash ington State Grange and the member local granges have been working to enrich lives, strengthen families, and enhance communities since 1889. The next meet ing will be October 18.

Don’t miss Dallesportcandidates’ night

A message from a Lion’s Club member Michael Maguire reports: “In Sep tember the Lyle Lions did their vision screening pro ject at the Lyle School with assistance from The Dalles Lions Club. We screened approximately 40 students from multiple grades. Our Community Center hosted the Twin Bridges Museum in Lyle annual Spaghetti Dinner and silent auction fundraiser held September 17.In August we pro cessed 80 pounds of donated blue berries from local farmers for our monthly pancake breakfasts. We are gradu ally getting more guests to our pancake breakfasts on first Saturdays and senior lunch program on Tues days. In October we will begin planning for our annual Christmas Basket project. We no longer have a phone at the Community Center but have upgraded our Wi-fi. We have been gifted with an iPad and will begin hybrid Zoom and in-person meetings on first and third Mondays at 6 p.m. Fortunately there was no need for cooling shelter or fire evacuation use of our building this year.”

The Dallesport Commu nity Council is hosting a Candidates Night on Friday, October 7, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at their Community Center. All local and leg islative candidates on our November General Elec

tion Ballot have received invitations. This will be your opportunity to hear, from them, why they should receive your vote. The pub lic will be able to submit questions to the candidates, with council members screening the questions for politeness, relevancy to the positions each candidate is pursuing, as well as dupli cates. Lou Marzeles, editor and publisher of The Gold endale Sentinel, has agreed to moderate. The next local Can didates Night will be at the Centerville Grange on October 12 at 6:30 p.m.

The Klickitat County Burn Ban has been extended in Zone 1 and Zone 2 until October 14 due to high fire danger and lack of sufficient precipitation, but we still have to be on alert for any and all potential fire hazards.

On October 8 from 1 to 4 p.m., join the community to wish Sylvia Gould a fond farewell. She is moving to Spokane in November. The Open House party will be at the Lyle Celebration Center, 715 Washington St. in Lyle. Sylvia taught Kindergarten and First Grade in Lyle for 30 years.

This month is the Third Annual Howards Haven Animal Sanctuary Pump kin Patch event, held at 37 Monogan/Howard Road. It has been reported as being quite the “go-to” event that has many things to offer both children and adults,

from Pumpkin Decorating to Pallet Maze to a Petting Zoo, to name a few. There’s a free pumpkin for all chil dren in attendance, and it all starts on October 29-30, and it sounds to me it will be bigger and better again this year. It’s a must-see to appreciate celebration of the fall. Please call with an RSVP for a time slot; they are every hour and half hour. Call Donette at (509) 945-8362 or Ann at (541) 5713485. It’s still free, but to keep the animals happy, a donation is appreciated.

It’s never too early to plan ahead. Lyle’s Christ mas Bazaar will be held at the Lyle Activity Center on November 4 and 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat urday. Karen is still look ing for vendors: call (541) 490-5673.

Would you help those who burn firewood but cannot manage the work? Volun teers are needed for inter ested parties to process and deliver firewood for senior neighbors in the Lyle area. It’s like getting your exer cise while doing something useful. Mileage reimburse ment may be available for those with hauling capac ity. Learn more and signup with Klickitat County Senior Services. You know the old saying: wood stoves warm you twice, once for gathering it and once for burning it. This would help out a senior citizen who is unable to gather it.

Forty-three Goldendale FFA members competed in livestock, dairy, and horse judging as well as trac tor driving at the Central Washington Fair in Yakima on Tuesday, September 27.

Livestock Judging Plac ings: GHS 1 placed 11th and GHS 2 placed 17th out of 119 teams. Lorenzo Lummio placed 8th out of 519 partici pants.

Dairy Judging Placings: GMS 1 placed 5th, GMS 2 placed 6th and GHS placed 11th out of 49 teams. Har mony Casteel placed 10th,

Emmy Kruger placed 15th, Emma Gorrad placed 16th and Claire Gilmore placed 18th out of 203 participants.

Horse Judging Team Plac ings: Goldendale Middle School placed 3rd out of 51 teams overall and had the highest team score on Class Two, Logan Smith placed 5th, Anthony Hauck placed 6th, and Owen Myra placed 7th out of 222 participants.

Tractor Driving Placings: Goldendale High School team of Nick Bowdish and Dallas Villalobos placed 5th out of 36 teams overall.

Fatal collision on Bickleton Highway

One person died and two others were transported to trauma centers after an accident on Bickleton High way last Wednesday after noon.

That afternoon, Septem ber 28, at 3:38 p.m., the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a twocar motor vehicle collision at Old Mountain Road inter section and the Bickleton Highway.

When the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office Dep uties arrived on the scene, they found two vehicles involved. The first vehicle, a Chevrolet Suburban, had one male driver, later iden tified as Donnie Gilliland

DONOR from page A1

Children’s Organ Trans plant Association, a char ity that helps communities organize and raise dona tions, along with friends Tammy Kayser and Charis Weis, have set up a way for others to help through donations. One hundred percent of the proceeds that are donated through this charity will be given to help with any expenses related to the surgery. They have a Facebook page set up called “Team Cameron” and a website, www.COTAfor TeamCameron.com, where donations can be made and you can follow Cameron’s story.

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er and a classified employee of the year. The classified employee of the year can be any employee of a school district besides teachers and principals, such as par aeducators, bus drivers, secretaries, and janitors.

Karie Rolfe was nominated by Kristen Cameron, prin cipal of the Centerville School. Karie had to sub mit an essay, three letters of recommendation, and do an interview to be consid ered for the award. She was chosen due to her amazing work and commitment to her students, fellow employ ees, and to the school dis trict.

Lani Molnar, a mother of students in the Centerville School District, attests to Karis’s commitment; in her letter of recommendation, she states, “The kids look up to Mrs. Rolfe and can count on her for going the extra mile to help any stu dent reach a goal, complete

of Goldendale. The second vehicle, a Kia Forte, had a male driver and a female passenger, later identi fied as Lipano Sasa and Diane Sasa respectively of Roosevelt.

Rural 7 Fire and Rescue, Goldendale Medic, Dalles port Medic, and Golden dale Fire also responded to provide aid to the victims. They requested two Life Flight helicopters to land at the collision scene. Donnie Gilliland and Lipano Sasa were taken by helicopter to a trauma center. Diane Sasa succumbed to her injuries on the scene. The families of the victims have been notified.

This coming Friday the 7th, you can come down to the Goldendale High School football game early and tail gate with friends and fam ily, buy something warm to drink from Yummy Mudd Brews, and buy a tee shirt, sweatshirt, or bracelet to support Cameron and Alison. There will also be another dinner and fun draiser after the surgery taking place in Goldendale; details will be coming soon on that.

As the surgery day approaches, we are all send ing every ounce of prayers, positive vibes, and good thoughts for Cameron and Alison.

assignments, feel success ful, and always cared for… The students at Centerville School are blessed to have Mrs. Rolfe at their service, eager to assist them with her compassion and grace.”

Karie was chosen as the ESD 112 Classified Employee of the year this summer in July. She attended an ESD leadership retreat in Olym pia beginning September 9 and ending on the 12th. The goal of the retreat was to teach all of the award win ners about their role as the ESD Classified Employee of the year. Karie and all of the other award winners will be expected to write the story of their teaching journey that will be pub lished, as well as to speak at different school districts and events to teach others what it means to be the 2022 ESD Employee of the Year. Karie Rolfe is going to be an exceptional representation of the Centerville School District and to ESD 112.

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 .

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.

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This year Goldendale Motor sports 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 skate board 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’ve been listening, and it’s been really interest ing over the past about six years. The voice has changed in all the people from where it used to be. You don’t go in and ever talk politics to your cus tomers because that’s a no-no sensitive subject. They’re starting the con versation with how angry they are with our govern ment, on a local level and all the way to the top. I’ve never really been a politi cal person. I keep abreast, but that’s about it. I don’t get too excited about it. But I’m listening to these peo ple, and it’s been a change in attitude or atmosphere in our county for a little while.

On Sept 4 I will be asking the mayor and his administration to make an ordinance forbidding anyone from reckless unsafe burn outs 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.

ple. You’ve got the right, you’ve got the left, and you’ve got the extremes on both ends. Okay. That makes up maybe 20 per cent of the people. Eighty percent in the middle are the people that have jobs and have responsibilities. They don’t have time to go in and complain and say, “This is what we need.”

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 Klicki tat 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

Maybe it’s not the same message. You get down to White Salmon, of course they’re more of a liberal side. They’re still upset.

You get over to Bickleton, and they’re extremely conservative; they’re still upset. So everybody’s kind of voicing, and I’ve been able to listen to everybody, and I touch probably at least five families a day.

So what I’m finding is, the political scene this year, it is based on politics and agenda. If you are in there [in office], you are working towards your political aspirations, you are working towards your political party’s agenda. We’re a microcosm of what the national scene is, but I’m seeing that all over the place where people get into a position where they can do things like that. And it really drives me nuts because they’re tak ing our money in taxes to pay for their salary to run their agenda. And that is not okay with me.

Sentinel: It sounds like you’re suggesting there’s a mismatch between the politician’s agenda and what the people want.

Dumolt: That’s kind of what I’m seeing. My posi tion is, you’ve got this spectrum of political peo

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So if you’re only listen ing to these 20 percent, what their agenda is and they complain, how do you think the decisions are going to be made? That’s all they hear, and that’s how the voices are made.

Nobody’s getting out to that 80 percent and talk ing to them; they’re listen ing only to the squeaky wheels. So what you find out, and this is what I’m hearing from the peo ple in the county as I’m going around, is, “Can you believe what they did?”

Dumolt: Yeah. And to be honest, I didn’t even know what district I was in at the time. I just knew I had to be involved, to try to make a difference.

I contacted the bank for an explanation. The answer was essentially that “we wouldn’t do that.” Then why is it in your docu ments, 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.

Sentinel: Can you go into detail on some of the comments you’ve heard out in the county?

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 particu larly found offensive.

There’s so much frustra tion and anger going on. So running was a lastminute thing for me. I’ve never wanted to be in poli tics, ever, because I am not a politician. I really am not. I’m just a downhome country guy. I consider myself a pillar in the com munity. Not a politician. I do not have an agenda, but I’m willing to repre sent the people and their word in the county office. So I said, “Okay, I’ll get involved.” I jumped into the race because I know I can work with the people in the office. I know I rep resent the people’s voice, not an agenda, not a politi cal party, but the people’s voice. That’s how we need to represent our county.

Sentinel: At what point did you first start think ing about this, when the idea first occurred?

Dumolt: It was almost a year ago. I was listening to the people out there, and I’m thinking, “I can make a difference.”

Sentinel: This was before you knew [incum bent Commissioner] David Sauter was going to retire?

Still a few available

Of the original of these 300 Goldendale Sesquicentennial coins struck, 14 remain , so you can still get hold of one. Initial proceeds go to support the Fire Victims Fund, Trout Unlimited, and scholarships for graduating Goldendale High School students going on to college. The coins are $30 each. You can purchase them at The Goldendale Sentinel office, 117 W. Main Street, Goldendale.

Dumolt: The most com mon theme is that we’re not being represented in our needs and values in this county; there’s that discon-nect between their agenda and what they need. People actually are a little more educated than what the commission ers believe. For example, let’s take the solar panels, for one thing. Most of the people understand in this county that if we have some proper land use laws, then we can regulate what happens with solar, and their understanding is that we are not getting that through our commission ers. And that’s their job, to maybe not design it, but solidify our land use laws for this county. Down in Dallesport, you’ve got peo ple complaining because the commissioners aren’t working on the water issues down there.

cation problem with the county commissioners.

My concern is that a comment as broad as this opens the door for abuse. I have had no difficul ties 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

Dumolt: It might be. And to me it seems like it would be a relatively simple solution to get that resolved, because you sit down, you do the research, you figure out what needs to be done. You sit down with the people involved and get it done again. You work until it’s done. You don’t put it off or you don’t say, “Well, let’s hold off.”

And then you’ve got other people that are com plaining about reckless spending in the county, paving roads where you have six people on the road. Most of the county’s complaining about the new [county office] building and the money they spent on it. This is the people that are out there paying the taxes and saying, “Why am I paying for a building that’s so much nicer than my house? We didn’t need to spend, what it was, $22 million on something like that. We could have just fixed up the courthouse.

I’d like to back up just a little bit here and say, to make a decision and make a judgment on anything that I do, I do all of the research. I’ll do 20, 30, 40 hours of reading because I want to read your side. I want to read everything in between to say, “Okay, I guess this is what’s going on in the full spectrum. So let’s see what we can do to come up with a solution.”

This is what people are saying, not necessarily my opinion on it, but Dallesport water. There’s a well on the airport; there’s a contract with Dallesport and Klickitat County, and county commissioners are not honoring that. This is the story that I’m getting. So there’s a disconnect there.

Sentinel: It sounds like part of what you’re say ing is there’s a communi

So what if they have to go from building to build ing?” There’s a lot of anger where that’s concerned. I did a little bit of research on that and found out that the cost of maintaining the current building and fixing what we needed to fix in the current build ing over the next 20, 30 years was going to be more money than what it cost to build this building. But that was never communi cated to the public. Again, there’s a huge disconnect.

The people that do know me in this county, they do know me because of my honesty, integrity.

That’s how I’ve lived my life. And that has gotten them really excited for me to go into office because they say, “You know what, we’re going to get an hon est answer. Whether it’s what we want to hear, we’re going get an honest answer. We’re going to get communication.” They know this.

Peggy Woodard

THE PROJECT

JUST DOESN’T END: Byars Avenue paving is mostly completed, but a new contractor still hasn’t been found to finish the job, and residents remain irate.

Arlin Carroll Forgy –“Jack”

December 26, 1934 – Sep tember 20, 2022.

Jack Forgy passed away on September 20, 2022, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 87. He was born in Dierks, Arkansas. Jack spent his childhood in Arkansas, being raised by his mother and grandfather.

In 1952 he joined the Marines. During his time in the Marines, he was stationed primar ily in California and Texas. Fol lowing his ser vice, Jack made his home in Wash ington State. It was during his time working at the Camas Paper Mill, that the nickname Paperback Jack was coined. Each day after completing his duties as a shipping clerk, Jack would be found reading. His love of literature continued all throughout his life.

Jack spent many of his adult years hunting, fish ing, and he bowled until his favorite alley was shut down.

He also helped with the Spe cial Olympics in Vancouver, taking the team to State, he was a volunteer firefighter in Skamania County, a member of the Moose Lodge, and con tinued traveling around the country when he could.

Upon retirement from the Camas Papermill in 1997, Jack and his wife, Bette, moved to Goldendale. They continued traveling and working outdoors together. Jack could be found out in his shop every day, tinker ing with cars, building some thing, or helping a friend. During his time in Golden dale, Jack was a member of Gleaners and would help with food runs to serve his community. He was an active member of the American

Legion and refinished all of the weapons used for them.

He also continued his pas sion for music, singing, and playing the acoustic, electric, and bass guitar, for shows all throughout the Gorge.

Jack was a son, a brother, husband, father, grandfa ther, and great-grandfather.

He will be remembered as someone who would always be there to help, a storyteller, and friend.

Jack is pre ceded in death by his son Donn Forgy; grandson Roger Wray; and granddaughters Chrissy Hughes and Stephanie Potts.

He is survived by his wife, Bette, and eight children: daughter Rhonda Perkins (husband Dan Perkins, four children and nine grandchil dren); son Roger Forgy (wife Lynn Forgy, four children, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; daugh ter Lora Braley); daughter Jackie Tippen (husband Bill Tippen, two children, three grandchildren); son James Forgy; daughter Wanda LeeAnn Forgy (two chil dren, two grandchildren); son Lewis Potts (wife Lynelle Potts, two children, three grandchildren).

Services will be held at Evergreen Memorial Gar dens, 1101 NE 112th Avenue, Vancouver, Washington, on Friday, October 7, 2022. A viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The graveside burial will begin at 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served in the hospitality room from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

A Memorial Dinner will be held at the American Legion, 108 N Grant Ave Goldendale WA 98620, on October 22, 2022 at 1:00PM.

Energy Assistance Programs support low-income residents

Klickitat and Skama nia County seniors can apply to receive assis tance to pay their energy bills through local events held in an ongoing part nership with Washing ton Gorge Action Pro grams (WAGAP) and the Skamania and Klickitat County Senior Services.

WAGAP staff will hold in-person visits at local senior meal sites to help seniors apply for assis tance with energy, water, and weatherization needs. Senior Services staff will also help sen iors with PUD and water discounts at the same time.

Dates, times, and loca tions for energy assis tance support for seniors include:

October 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lyle Lions’ Club, 5th Street, Lyle, WA 98635.

October 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pioneer Build ing, 501 NE Washington St, White Salmon, WA 98672.

October 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Klickitat PUD, 1313 S Columbus, Golden dale, WA 98620.

November 07 from 9 a.m. to noon at Skamania

County Senior Services, 710 SW Rock Creek Dr, Stevenson, WA 98648.

November 09 from 9 a.m. to noon at Skamania County Senior Services, 710 SW Rock Creek Dr, Stevenson, WA 98648.

November 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pioneer Building, 501 NE Wash ington St, White Salmon, WA 98672.

November 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Klickitat PUD, 1313 S Columbus, Goldendale, WA 98620.

Applicants must pro vide the following docu mentation:

ID for all adults in the household

• Social Security cards for ALL household mem bers (including children)

• Proof of current monthly income (check stubs, award letters, bank statements, etc.)

Copy of most recent heating bill

• Copy of most recent PUD bill

All other residents in need of assistance in Skamania and Klicki tat Counties are able to request an appointment to apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

beginning October 3 at 8 a.m. through WAGAP’s Energy Assistance phone lines.

Low-income residents are asked to call (509) 493-2662 ext. 202 or (800) 755-1192 ext. 202. For Wishram and Golden dale residents, please dial extension 369.

Callers will be prompted to leave a mes sage including their name, the phone num ber they can be reached at, and the community where they reside. The message should also indi cate if they are a senior aged 60 or older. Names will be added to a wait list for a return call to schedule an appointment beginning in October.

In an effort to keep the process streamlined, WAGAP requests that each household leave only one message unless there is a change in their contact information.

“Calls are returned in the order received,” said Jan Pearo, Energy Assistance Director for WAGAP, who handles the LIHEAP applica tions. “It’s important to speak clearly, leave accu rate contact information,

and know that we will get back to you as soon as we are able.”

The LIHEAP program is provided by the Wash ington State Department of Commerce. It cov ers all types of heating, including propane, elec tric, gas, oil, coal, and wood. To qualify for this program, participants must earn less than 150% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).

For all qualified par ticipants, the benefit amount will be based on their household income and records of the past twelve months of heating costs. If approved, the participant would receive a one-time credit to their energy account, and the credit would continue to be applied until the entire amount has been used. Those using wood sources receive a vendor voucher, and the vendor would be reimbursed through WAGAP.

To learn more about Energy Assistance and other WAGAP programs, visit www.wagap.org/ programs.

Church Directory

GRACE BRETHREN

NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY of GOD

BAPTIST

CATHOLIC - Holy Trinity Catholic

Schuster,

EASTERN ORTHODOX

William

Community Grace Brethren 1180 S Roosevelt, Goldendale. 509.773.3388.

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

LUTHERAN

Christ the King Lutheran S Columbus

David

METHODIST - United Methodist Columbus & Broadway; Pastor Kendra BehnSmith; 509.773.4461. Service times: Worship 9:00am; Adult classes 10:45am; Fall & Winter Children’s Church available during worship. All are welcome. Call the church for regularly scheduled events.

Catechism; Wed: 7pm Youth Group; Fri: 6:30pm Compline

NAZARENE - Church of the Nazarene 124 W Allyn, Goldendale; Pastor Earnie Winn and Pastor Greta Sines. 509.773.4216; Sunday worship 10:45am; Sunday School all ages 9:30am; goldendalenaz@gmail.com.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

207 S Klickitat Ave, 509.773.4719. Basic Bible Fellowship 9:30am; Worship 10:30am; Tue. 6:30pm Freedom Now Meeting.

“A Gospel-Centered Church.”

Mid-Columbia

Father’s House Fellowship

Pumpkin Patch time

Audrey Hill For The SenTinel

It is that time of year again: the weather is cooling off, hot cocoa is being made, and the leaves are changing colors, which means the fall sea son is upon us. It also means that the pumpkins have been growing, and they are ripe and ready for picking. Over at the Howards Haven Animal Sanctuary, run by Risi Howard, they are work ing hard on getting ready for their annual pumpkin patch event.

They have been holding this event for a few years now with great success and they are very excited for this year. The two-day event is held around Halloween every year so the kids can come and enjoy a day full of activi ties and take home a pump kin of their choosing. The volunteers also have a vari ety of activities that the kids can participate in through out the day. They can walk down to the barn and check out all the animals, feed the ducks down by the pond, take a tractor ride, walk through the pallet maze, stop by the pumpkin painting station, build a fun craft to take home, take a pony cart ride, and go through their educa tional goody bags. There are also fire pits and free warm drinks for the parents to keep warm while their children are having the most wonder ful day. And of course before the day is over, a stop by the

merchandise store is a must.

The preparation for this fun filled day is not taken lightly. The whole staff is out and about making sure the land is cleaned up, the ani mals are ready for visitors, the goody bags are filled, all the stations are set up—the list could on. So much hard work and time goes into the prep just so they can see the joy and happiness in each one of their visitors faces. This just happens to be Donette Florin’s favorite part. She is one of those peo ple who spends a lot of energy getting things ready for each and every one of those kid dos. The pumpkin patch event is all run by donation.

The pumpkins, the goodies, the raffle prizes, food, all of it is donated by business and people who have the desire to help. Everything being donated allows them to not charge the visitors to attend. If you feel you would like to donate, that is always wel comed but not required. This is a must for this fall. If you want to come out, be sure to call ahead and reserve a time slot; to do so call Donette at (509) 945-8362 or Ann at (541) 571-3485. Why do you have to reserve a time? That’s to help with parking so there is room for all of the visitors. Sound like fun yet?

If it does, mark down October 29 and 30 on your calendar, dress warm, and prepare for the fun. Donette says, “We hope everyone comes out and enjoys it.”

Community agency benefits from unique matching Block Grant

In a unique turn of events, the Washington State Com munity Action Partnership secured $7.3 million of state funding in 2022 as a match to federal Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) funding. This funding helps Wash ington State’s 30 Community Action Agencies to stabilize and equip families and indi viduals to exit poverty for good through a network of local organizations.

Only 23 states have State and Federal CSBG programs.

Washington is the only state to achieve fund matching, a significant distinction according to Jeff DeLuca, the Partnership’s executive director.

“This is a historic vote of confidence in our network from the legislature,” DeLuca said. “Community Action Agencies will be able to use this funding to meet local needs with the active par ticipation of people living in poverty in setting priorities for the funding.”

DeLuca noted that’s what sets Community Action and CSBG apart: participation, local control, and flexibility.

“We are particularly proud that we came together as a network to direct the vast majority of this funding to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous,

and People of Color) and rural Washingtonians dis proportionately impacted by poverty.”

Local Community Action Agencies (CAA) are part of these greater State and National CAA Partnerships. These associations provide greater power to support organizations like Washing ton Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP), which are the boots on the ground helping people to live better lives.

WAGAP has been serving rural Klickitat and Skamania counties since 1966. In recent years the agency has become a significant employer in the area. Many employees were once served by programs like the Food Bank Network, Housing Program, or Energy Assistance. They use their lived experience to improve programs and provide com passionate service.

The new $108,032 of fund ing will help support the new associate director to provide outreach and the new Mobile Food Bank, which reaches deeper into rural areas to ensure families have food security. It will also help WAGAP offer stipends for bilingual staff fluent in Span ish and English.

Dandy Valley holds fall seminar

Audrey Hill

For The SenTinel

Dandy Valley Farm and Nursery, a local farm and nursery owned and oper ated by Ron Falter, is going to be offering a fall seminar on Sunday, October 9, at 2:30 p.m. Falter has been in the nursery business for the past 29 years and is going to

be speaking on the impor tance and benefits of plant ing in the fall. There will be no fee or price to attend the seminar. Dandy Valley will also be offering all attendees a discount on trees, shrubs, and perennials. Falter hopes that the fall seminar will help encourage people to get their planting done this fall to allow for adequate root growth before the soil gets

Community events

October 5, 2022, Pinochle Party: 2 p.m. Centerville Grange Hall. Everyone is welcome and a beginners table is available.

October 7, 2022, Dalles port Community Council Candidates Night: 6:30 p.m. 136 6th Ave, Dallesport Community Center. Can didates will be given an opportunity to introduce themselves and let the com munity know what they can offer if elected. Voters will be given the opportunity to ask questions of the candi dates. Forum is sponsored by the Dallesport Com munity Council and all local candidates have been invited.

October 8, 2022, Fall Bazaar: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Glen wood School, 320 Bunnel St. Come do your Christmas shopping early. There will be several vendors bring ing their wares to sell. The Homemakers will be serv ing breakfast and lunch items. Coffee is on the house, and military veterans and currently serving eat free.

If you are a vendor inter ested in reserving a table, contact Laurene Eldred at (509) 364-3495. This is a fun event where you may meet old friends you haven’t seen in a while and make new friends, too.

October 8, 2022, 7th Annual Oktoberfest: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. “Downtown” Trout Lake at the Commu nity Garden across from the gas station. Food, games, cider pressing and live music. Come for the cause, stay for the mud pit. 100% of the proceeds go to the schol arship fund.

October 9, 2022, Fall Planting Class: 2:30 p.m. 174 Rimrock Rd, Dandy Valley Farm, Goldendale. Come learn how to care for plants through the winter and related topics such as types of soil and weather.

October 9, 2022, Learn local series – West Coast Swing: 3 – 5 p.m. 1256 Hwy 141, BZ Corner. A lesson how to west coast swing, followed up by some prac tice dancing! Come with your partner or singly. Led by Jack Fee of Trout Lake, email themissingcorner@ gmail.com for information. Registration not required.

October 10, 2022, Taco Dinner and Silent Auc tion to benefit Goldendale FFA’s trip to Nationals: Dinner starts at 6 p.m., silent auction ends at 7:30 p.m. Gol

dendale American Legion on Broadway. Come help support the 19 FFA members who have qualified to attend and will receive nation rec ognition.

October 12, 2022, Candi dates Night: 6:30 p.m. Cen terville Grange. Everyone is invited to attend.

October 14, 2022 – Hal loween Paint by Numbers: 6 – 7 p.m. 129 E Main, Gol dendale. Tickets available online at bio.link/fgevents

October 16, 2022, Learn local series – Still Life Drawing: 3 – 5 p.m. 1256 Hwy 141, BZ Corner. Dust off your pencils, charcoals, and whatever drawing medium you have laying around. From a playful still life presentation your will work within your own personal aesthetic to draw what the eye sees. For all levels of experience. BYO paper and medium. Led by Brielle Duym of Lyle, email themissingcorner@gmail. com for information. Regis tration not required.

October 19, 2022, Pinochle Party: 2 p.m. Centerville Grange Hall. Everyone is welcome and a beginners table is available.

October 22, 2022, Begin ning Serger Class: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. please sign up as space is limited 509-439-7177

October 23, 2022, Learn local series – Herbcraft ing: 3 – 5 p.m. 1256 Hwy 141, BZ Corner. Prepare for the coming cold season by mak ing your own herb tea mixes and infusions wile meeting up with other herbologist in the area to share knowledge. Led by Melodie Ruppel of Trout Lake, email themiss ingcorner@gmail.com for information. Registration not required.

October 29, 2022, Trunk or Treat: Downtown Gold endale. Haunted House, trick or treating, refresh ments, prizes, and more. Contact Windermere Realty or The General Store, more details to be released in October.

October 29 & 30, 2022, Howards Haven Pumpkin Patch: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. 37 Monogan Howard Rd, Lyle. A wide variety of activities, photo ops, tractor rides, pet ting zoo, pony cart rides and so much more. donations are not required, contact Donette 509-945-8362 or Ann 541-571-3485, please RSVP for a time slot.

October 30, 2022, Glen wood Trunk or Treat:

Hiring

Wilkins, Kaiser, Olsen Inc.

Wilkins, Kaiser, Olsen Inc.

too cold and hard.

Once fall rolls around, everyone is tired of working in their gardens and flower beds, but Falter is hoping his seminar will inspire people to plant early to see better results. He and a few part time employees keep the nursery running all year round with winter storage in four large greenhouses. He prides himself in his

business and his impact on the surrounding wildlife. Dandy Valley does not use any harsh insecticides or pesticides, allowing for frogs to live in the greenhouses, keeping the bugs at bay.

For more information on the seminar, you can call (509) 773-3373 or stop by; they are open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and they are located at 174 Rimrock Rd.

Hiring

hosted by the Glenwood Women’s Club and Glen wood Grange No. 94

October 30, 2022, Learn local series – Pumpkin Art and Open House: 3 – 5 p.m. 1256 Hwy 141, BZ Cor ner. Go beyond the classic pumpkin carving! Come carve, decorate, and create a festive pumpkin to beau tify your porch. If you are so inspired, bring a pump kin dish and recipe to share.

Led by Crystal Luster of Mt Adams Orchards, email themissingcorner@gmail. com for information. Regis tration not required.

October 31, 2022, 10th Annual Carved Pumpkin Contest: Glenwood General Store, Glenwood. Carved pumpkins should be brough to the stor on 10/31 no later than 5:30 p.m., prizes will be awarded at 6:00 p.m. Com plementary clam chowder, chili and hot cocoa will be served. Two categories, 12 and under and 13 and over.

November 4 – 5, 2022, Christmas Bazaar: Lyle Activity Center, call Karen Beck to reserve a table 541490-5673

November 11, 2022 - Vet erans Day Parade: Golden dale Sponsored by ABATE, more information regarding participation and route will be coming later in the year.

November 12, 2022 The Road Less Traveled Fall Vendor Fair: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Gorge View Equine Facilty, White Salmon. Local arti sans, upcycled, country, chic, antiques, junk, local farmers, local food, and cof fee. For more information email bantamlane@yahoo. com or call 360-219-7516

November 22, 2022 American Red Cross Blood Drive: 12:30 – 6 p.m. Grace Brethren Church, Goldendale. Register at www.redcrossblood.org or call Nadine @ 509-439-2011 to reserve your spot.

December 10, 2022, Candy Cane Lane Christ mas Parade: More informa tion regarding participation and route will be coming later in the year

December 18, 2022, Christmas Concert with Lou Marzeles: 7 p.m. at the Goldendale Library

WEEKLY AND MONTHLY EVENTS

Sunday and Monday

• Breakfast at the Legion: Sunday 8-noon, Monday 7-11 Every Monday, Wednes day, and Friday

• Alcoholics Anonymous, Goldendale United Meth odist Church, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays

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

Monday

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

The Coalition for Pre venting Abuse in Klicki tat 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 preregister (541) 490-3704

• Goldendale City Coun cil meetings 7 p.m. 1103 S Columbus 1st and 3rd Monday of every month except on holidays.

• Book Discussion Group meets every third Mon day at 11 a.m. – Golden dale Library Tuesday

• Board of County Com missioners meeting every Tuesday Klicki tat County Courthouse, 205 S Columbus Golden

dale. Visit https://www. klickitatcounty.org/643/ Board-of-County-Com missioners for informa tion, agenda, and link for Zoom meeting

TOPS Club Inc – Taking Pounds off Sensibly 10 a.m. American Legion. Questions? Sally/ojala@ gmail.com

• Goldendale Junior Com munity 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 Tues day of the month is a Board Meeting.

Lyle Community Coun cil Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30, Lyle Activity Center (308 Klickitat). Meetings also available via Zoom https://lylewa.com/

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

Wednesday

Kiwanis 7 a.m. Simcoe Café 1st and 3rd Wednes day of the month.

Gorge Farmers Co-op Pickup 4 – 6 p.m. Colum bia Grange 87, Lyle

• Beginning Quilt class 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. call 3C’s Fabric to sign up 509-2612815

• Pinochle at the Cen terville Grange – 3rd Wednesday of every Month.

• Bunco at the American Legion – every week 6 p.m.

Thursday

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

• Bingo - High Prairie Community Center, 2nd Thursday of every month.

• Soroptimist Interna tional of Goldendale business meeting 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month. Dedicated to helping women and youth in our community and worldwide. All wel come, call 509-250-3746 for the location and more information.

Friday

• Beginning Quilt Class 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. call 3C’s Fabric to sign up 509-261-2815 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. Loca tion: Lyle Lions Commu nity Center 5th & State Street (Hwy 14). Columbia Grange meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.

• 3rd Saturday Dinners –Bavarian Deli 5 – 7 p.m. Local Beef brisket $25 Are you having an event, class, show, get together, or meeting you’d like the community to know about? Email us! Events@Gold endaleSentinel.com. This Calendar of Events listing is FREE!

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Concours de Maryhill Car Show/Car is King Weekend

Tayler Bradley

For The SenTinel

Vintage cars are always an eye catcher for any age of spectator. The owners bring the life back into those classic cars that everyone dreamed of having when they turned 16. The Gold endale Motorsports Asso ciation created an event for those enthusiasts. Concours de Maryhill celebrated its 23rd year of a fantastic car show.

All of these car lov ers drove their beauties through the gorgeous scen ery on the roads to the Mar yhill Museum on Saturday the 1st. Once they got there, they registered their car in one of the 29 categories that ranged from different years the car was made, the dif ferent make of car, foreign cars, and so forth. With so many different categories, this allowed for a wide vari ety that can draw in some pretty cool vehicles. Once the car was registered,

they parked it on the green grass in the field next to the museum. The judges took a look at each car throughout the day. They then picked the winners for each cat egory and announced them at the end of the day. Once the awards ceremony was over, those who wanted to join in on the barbecue could, and they walked over and got some yummy food to end the day.

This event also brings into play the very historic Maryhill Loops Drive. It is known as one of the earliest modern roads in the North west. It has eight hairpin curves that make this drive fun and very enjoyable, as you can see some beauti ful views on the way down. This road is usually closed off, but on this day it opened up for those gorgeous cars to take a spin on. On Sun

day the 2nd, they held the Maryhill Loops Hill Climb race. Those who entered the race with their cars from the 1930s to the 1960s made the climb.

While you checked out the cars, you might’ve grabbed lunch or breakfast from one of the two food ven dors that were there. Those who entered their cars also received two tickets to the museum so they could go check out some great his tory and beautiful artifacts. If you’d already done that, then a walk through the silent auction was a must.

This was such a great event for all ages. Shiny vin tage cars, beautiful views, learning about history, and spending time with the people you came with are all the things that filled the day. If you attended the event, you know exactly how much fun the day was. And if you missed it, don’t fret. There will be another one next fall.

The Washington Outdoors Report: Eastern Washington bird hunting prospects

John Kruse For The SenTinel

With several bird hunt ing seasons opening up this month, it’s time to take a look at what the season ahead has in store for us in Central and Eastern Wash ington.

WATERFOWL: Year in and year out, Grant County has offered the highest waterfowl harvests in the state. Last year, hunters took home 56,487 ducks and 18,167 geese. The reason for this is habitat. Potholes Res ervoir, Moses Lake, and sur rounding wasteways and ponds offer ample places for both resident and migrat ing waterfowl to loiter and abundant grain fields in the area provide a steady food source.

Last year a drought resulted in several longtime ponds drying up. This year, despite a cool, wet spring, there was once again very little rain over the summer months. Cou ple this with a 23-foot draw down of Potholes Reservoir, and the majority of these ponds remain dry or at very low levels.

Because of this, it will be difficult to access tradi tional hunting areas at the north end of Potholes Res ervoir, and there is a strong possibility the ponds in the North Potholes Regulated Access Area will be dry again this year. On the other hand, public lands along both Frenchman and Win chester Wasteway, as well as along Lower Crab Creek and Royal Lake, should hold ducks when the season begins. As the season pro gresses and birds come into the area from the north, hunting along the Columbia River and the Pend Oreille

River from Newport to Usk will provide hunters with good opportunities.

One other species to con sider is the snow goose. Rarely seen in the past, the Columbia Basin has been discovered by these birds, and thousands of them can now be found on Potholes Reservoir and in the sur rounding grain fields dur ing hunting season.

PHEASANT: Pheas ant hunting in eastern Washington used to be as popular as duck hunt ing, but changing agricul tural practices and loss of habitat have resulted in a serious long-term decline for these birds. Now, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) does approximately three releases every season of farm raised pheasants on to wildlife areas as part of their Eastern Washington Pheasant Enhancement Program. These releases usually occur in conjunc tion with the youth opener, the opening day of pheas ant season, and a week or two prior to Thanksgiving. Because of rising costs, fewer birds have been released in recent years, and hunters tend to be jampacked in the wildlife areas following a release, making for a hunting experience that is anything but idyllic.

An option to this is to pay to hunt on lands not accessible to the public. The Yakima Nation offers this opportunity near Toppen ish for both duck and upland bird hunters. You can find out more about purchasing a permit to hunt there at www.ynwildlife.org/per mits.

In addition to this, the Royal Youth Booster Club sells hunting passes out of

MarDon Resort that allow you to access up to 25,000 acres of private land to include areas where pheas ant are planted every week until Thanksgiving. You can purchase either a threeconsecutive-day pass or a season pass. There are only a limited number of these passes available, so you will want to contact Mar Don Resort sooner than later if you are interested. The telephone number to call is (509) 346-2651. One other thing: the proceeds from these hunting passes go to youth programs in the Royal City area.

QUAIL & CHUKAR: Whereas pheasant popu lations have been facing a long-term decline, quail populations have grown dramatically in some areas.

WDFW biologists in the Columbia Basin say, “Quail hunting is expected to be good again this year with reports from the field paint ing an optimistic picture.”

Grant County has lots of public land with good habi tat for quail, and last year hunters there harvested 11,000 birds.

Chelan and Douglas County (District 7) generally offers good quail hunting too, with a five-year average harvest of 9,718 quail. How ever, those harvest numbers have significantly declined the last two years despite hunter numbers staying sta

ble. Biologists believe wild fires in the area, along with prolonged drought, have knocked back quail num bers in this region. These same conditions have also brought down chukar num bers in this district, which in the recent past has had the highest harvest rate in the state.

Another place that tra ditionally holds good num bers of quail on state wild life areas and public land is Okanogan County, espe cially in the lower eleva tions. Unfortunately, har vest declined here last year as well, for the same reasons it did in District 7.

On the other hand, Oka nogan County should offer good opportunity for both chukar and Hungarian par tridge this year. Accord ing to WDFW, “Hungar ian partridge populations are widely distributed and locally abundant through out the district’s shrubsteppe habitats. Scattered groups of chukar are found in the rocky areas in lower elevations. The steep hills along the Similkameen River in the north part of the Okanogan Valley and the rocky areas of the Pateros and Indian Dan Wildlife Areas typically hold good numbers of birds.”

John Kruse – www.north westernoutdoors.com and www.americaoutdoorsradio. com.

Goldendale school board meeting notes

Alex Gorrod attended the Goldendale School District Board Meeting on Monday, September 26, in-person. He reports some of the high lights. These are not the offi cial minutes of the meetings. You can see the full agenda online at: https://meetings. boardbook.org/Public/ Agenda/780?meeting=546821.

1. TJ Wilder (GMS Assis tant Football Coach), Amber Wynoff (GPS SPED Para), Lindsay Dzikowski (GMS SPED Para), and Tiffany Lindsey (GMS SPED Para) were hired.

2. Resignations were accepted from: Kyhlie Linder (GPS SPED Para), Sherry Dexter (GMS SPED Para), and Rollaynne Bentley (GMS SPED Para)

3. Jed Garcia (GMS Foot ball) and Kenneth Porece (GMS Football) were approved as volunteer coaches.

4. The Board welcomed its two new student repre sentatives: Gwen Gilliam and Logan Telford.

5. Dean Schlenker (Busi ness Manager) reported the current general fund balance is $2,047,876, this is up from this time last year ($1,837,955). Last month it was $1,796.032. He reported that the general fund would be shrinking sig nificantly over the next cou ple of years. He also shared that the Masonic Lodge would be donating $145,000 for schol arships.

6. Mr. Schlenker also reported on attendance. FTE stands for Full Time Equiva lent. GPS had a 286 FTE (last year it was 279.06). GMS had a 261 FTE (Last year it was 254). GHS had a 295.01 FTE (last year it was 320.24). The total FTE was 842.01 (last year it was 853.30) which is 17.99 below budget. He stated that the reason for the dip in the FTE for the high school is because last year’s graduat ing class was very large. The online school was at 1908 FTE (last year it was 1058.5).

7. Ms. Hedges (Principal at GPS) reported that attend ance is around 90%. Family connections went well. They have 33 new kids (not count ing the 56 kindergartners) and 5 who have returned after being gone during Covid.

8. Ms. Lummio (Principal at GMS) reported that attend ance is around 90%. Family connection conferences went well. Volleyball and football are going on right now. FFA is off and running as well. She reported that the school has received several thank you’ s from parents because of the increased level of building security. She also said that most parents have also been thankful for the cell phone and dress code policy enforce ment.

9. Mr. Westerman (Prin cipal at GHS) reported that the family connection meet ings went well. Football is 2-1 (0-0 in league); Soccer is 3-2 (3-0 in league); Volleyball is 5-1 (3-0 in league); XC boys have finished as high as 2nd and the girls have come in as high as 14th. Cell phones are no longer allowed to be on and must be in bags. The new

buzz-in process and fencing has been installed in order to increase security. College and career day is coming up on October 26th. Homecoming is coming up in October.

• Monday (10/17) – JV FB (5pm)

• Tuesday (10/18) – Soccer (6pm)

• Wednesday (10/19) – Com munity Pep Rally (6:30pm); Coronation Ceremony (7pm)

• Thursday (10/20) – XC (4pm at Golf course)

• Friday (10/21) – Presenta tion of Court Football Seniors (6:35pm); Football (7pm); HalfTime Presentation of Court

• Saturday (10/22) – Vol leyball (11am); Homecoming Dance (Grange Hall; 8:30pm)

10. Dr. Ellen Perconti (Superintendent) shared about student voice. They are desiring to get more student input on how things are going in the schools. She suggested the Board consider holding a meeting with students to lis ten to them. She also shared that Goldendale was recog nized by WACA as a Cognia School of Distinction

11. The Board approved operating protocols. The first section talked about com munication. The Board will communicate by being trans parent with the community, both sharing information and also listening. The Board will communicate with each other by being open and shar ing information. The Board will communicate with the Superintendent any concerns or questions prior to public meetings. The second section is about the Board agreeing to act as a body rather than any individual acting on their own. If a vote is taken the Board will stand by that deci sion and the Board president will be the only one communi cating positions on controver sial issues. The third section defines the roles of the school board and the superintendent (the Board governs, guides, and directs; the Superinten dent manages, administers, and operates). The final sec tion has to do with conduct at board meetings. They will verbally respond on votes, they will engage fully in meet ings, they will come prepared, they will ask questions and share viewpoints, and they will bring up concerns and questions prior to meetings. Check out the previous minutes for meetings on the district website. I would love to encourage anyone inter ested in what is going on at the school district to try and make it to an upcoming meet ing.

The next Board Work Ses sion will be on Monday, Octo ber 10, and start at 6:30 p.m. in the Goldendale Primary School Library. The next reg ular board meeting is Mon day, October 24, at 7 p.m. at the Goldendale High School Cafeteria.

Lou M es CARS ALONG THE RIVER BANK: The Maryhill Car Show last Satur day had cars parked all over the Maryhill Museum grounds. Golden dale FFA members were on hand to guide traffic as visitors crammed parking spaces.

Space Station

you know there is a science lab 250 miles (402 kilometers) above the Earth? It is about the size of a football field and weighs about as much as 300 cars. It is one of the three brightest objects in the sky and you don’t even need a telescope to see it. This is the largest spacecraft to ever orbit the Earth and it has been visited by 240 astronauts so far. This amazing feat of engineering has taken many countries working together and over 96 billion dollars to build. It is the International Space Station. How would you like to live in space for a year or even longer?

The International Space Station (ISS) is a man-made, or artificial satellite. A satellite is an object that travels a certain path around something. The moon is a natural satellite. Like the moon, the ISS orbits the Earth. The space station travels at a speed of 17,100 miles per hour or 5 miles per second. Traveling at that speed means that it will orbit the Earth 16 times a day. At 250 miles above the Earth, it takes six hours for a spacecraft to get from here to there.

What do astronauts drink on the space station?

Gravi-Tea

There were two main countries that were responsible for the concept and building of the ISS. Those countries are the United States and Russia. They have been helped by the European Space Agency, Japan, Brazil, the Canadian Space Agency, Spain, Norway, France and more. The agency from the United States is called NASA. NASA stands for National Aeronautics Space Administration. NASA flight controllers in Houston, Texas, constantly watch the ISS and work to keep the satellite and the astronauts safe. They do this by monitoring the systems that run the space station and keep the people on board alive. Russia controls the guidance and navigation system from Moscow. The most important part of all of this is Russia and the United States being able to work together. The two countries do not get along all of the time.

The International Space Station is huge. It is so big it had to be built in separate smaller pieces here on Earth that were put together once they got into space. Each of these smaller parts are called modules. The first module was launched in 1998 by Russia. The name of that module was the Zarya. It’s most important job was to carry tools and parts that would help astronauts attach other modules to it. Unity was the second module and it was built by the United States, and the two were connected together a month later. The ISS has many different parts or modules, like solar panels, living quarters, airlocks and docking ports.

The main purpose for the ISS was to create a place where science experiments about space and technology could be conducted. So far more than 3,000 experiments have been conducted. Scientist want to know if living in space will affect humans and plants. Most of the experiments are planned by scientists on Earth who teach the astronauts what to do. Astronauts are also able to observe Earth from space and they record data that helps scientists down here see changes in oceans, polar ice caps and carbon emissions. Do you think being in space may change you or other creatures and plants?

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High School Rodeo Coulee City

TAyler BrAdley

For THe SenTinel

Week number three for the high school rodeo ath letes is complete, and they just keep making runs that are top notch. This last weekend the kids traveled to Coulee City to perform and shine. They did great and had so much fun with all of their friends.

As always, the Jr High kids competed first in the arena Friday evening and Saturday morning. Jackie Bean made two good runs in the goat tying over the two days, and she placed 10th in

the average. Hadlee Beierle also had a great weekend in the goat tying. She placed 8th on Friday and Saturday, placing her 5th overall in the average. Blaine Arnold rocked it in the boys’ goat tying, placing 4th Friday and 5th Saturday and giv ing him the 4th place aver age finish. We’ve got to talk to about Blake Endicott—he had a fantastic weekend in the arena. Blake and his team roping partner won the event Friday and Sat urday also giving them the average win. Blake also competed in the goat tying. He placed 8th on Friday, 8th

on Sunday, and combined for 7th in the average. In the ribbon roping Blake and his partner won Friday, placed third Saturday giving them the average win. Wow these kids are really getting con sistent. We can’t wait to see where they end up at the end of the year.

Once the Jr High athletes finished their rodeo, the High School Rodeo athletes took their turn on the arena.

Jorgia Bean had a good day Saturday, placing 2nd in the barrel racing and 12th in the pole bending. Blake Masden won 2nd in the bareback rid ing and Wade Endicott won

8th in the tie down roping and 9th in the team roping on Sunday. Emma Patter son placed 16th in the pole bending Saturday, 3rd on Sunday to place her 5th in the average. Emily Tindell had a great weekend in all of her events. She won the barrel racing, 7th in the breakaway and 6th in the goat tying on Saturday. She also placed 9th in the goat tying Sunday which allowed her to be 7th in the average. Peyton Sanchey rocked it in the barrels, she placed 5th Saturday, made a good run Sunday and she was able to place 9th in the barrel rac

ing. She also placed 5th in the pole bending on Satur day. Lexi Molnar roped both her calves in the breakaway roping. She was 12th Satur day and 10th Sunday which put her 6th in the average for the weekend. She also made some good goat tying runs all weekend. Mason Goosen placed 3rd in the team roping Saturday and then on Sunday he placed 3rd in the tie down roping and 6th in the team rop ing. He also snagged a 3rd placed win in the average of the team roping. And then we can’t forget about Joslyn Arnold. She placed 13th in

the breakaway Saturday but she shied even brighter in the goat tying. Joslyn won the goat tying both days which allowed her to also win the average.

These rodeo athletes are seriously killing it so far this fall season. They are making sure to set them selves up for their upcoming spring season so they can have all the points they will need at the end of the year to make nationals. They have one more rodeo this fall, this coming weekend in Toppenish. We are all root ing for them and hope they continue to have success.

Goldendale Timberwolves dominating both sides of the Soccer girls take on tough teams

Audrey Hill For THe SenTinel

Last Friday our Golden dale Timberwolves Football Team took on the Granger Spartans at the Toppenish High School, with neither team having the home field advantage. This was the Tim berwolves first league game, so nerves were high, know ing that this game would give insight as to what may come later in the season. Going into the game, Head Coach Aaron Cochran had one goal: “To execute and give great effort.”

The game started out rocky, with our first offen sive play resulting in a turno ver at the 17-yard line send ing a wave of fear through the crowd. However, Gold endale's defense held strong preventing Granger from gaining ground, turning the ball back over to our offense after four downs. Despite the mistake made at the start of the game our offense was going to get the job done. The Timberwolves drove the ball down the field 82 yards for the first touchdown of the game made by No. 6 Steve Faumuina, with their sec ond possession of the night. Faumuina ended the game with 13 carries for a total of 92 yards and one touchdown. And so, the game began, with Goldendale dominating both sides of the ball for score of 42-0 at halftime.

For the second half of the game, Goldendale sub stituted multiple younger players to allow them to get some Varsity play under their belt. Coming out of the locker room, Cochran said he “wanted to maintain the effort level and execu tion even when young guys were coming into the game.” There was a notable touch down by sophomore Mathew Gray, who finished the game with eight carries for a total of 59 yards and one touch

down. Sophomore Aiden Lucatero had 18 carries for 82 yards and one touchdown.

Kade Bomberger, our sen ior quarterback, completed six of 11 passes, with three resulting in touchdowns, one being a 45-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Groves. Groves, a junior, had one reception resulting in the aforementioned touchdown.

Senior Riker Hanning had four receptions for a total of 73 yards and one touchdown.

Seth Lucatero, a senior, led all of the scorers with two touchdowns running the ball six times for 79 yards total.

Rounding out the scorers is Eli Golding, a senior, who had one 27-yard reception resulting in a touchdown.

With a final score of 55-0, the Timberwolves were vic torious. They put up 311 total yards to secure the win, with our dominating defense hold ing Granger at only 27 yards and two first downs total.

Defensively Gray led with 11 tackles and .5 sacks, followed by Sam Wilder, a defensive lineman, with 6 tackles, and Garrett Peters, senior, with 1.5 tackles and .5 sacks. Cochran is proud of his team and the effort put forth. “We did a good job playing physi cal football,” he said. “Our leaders did a good job of not allowing an opportunity for kids to relax as the game went on. We ran the ball for 311 yards, which I think is a huge credit to our offensive line. They’re getting bet ter each week. The defense improved in tackling, giving up only 27 total yds and two first downs on the night.”

This week the Timber wolves will take on the Kitti tas Coyotes at Barthlow Field with kickoff at 7 pm. Kittitas holds a record of 3-2 equal with the Timberwolves and will bring a tough game. Kit titas is currently ranked first in our league, with us follow ing close behind in second.

TWOLF VB Welcomes 3 Match Home Stand

With a mostly “on the road” first month of the season, the Timberwolf Volleyball team welcomes this week’s 3 match home stand. Early trips to Walla Walla, Tri-Cities, Cle Elum, Granger, Quincy, and Kit titas have the girls longing for their own court and less bus time.

Last week’s trip to Kitti tas was a quick 3 set affair with the Timberwolves serving tough and beating the Coyotes with scores of 25-12, 25-11 and 25-9. 95% serving with 17 aces took any chance of offense away from the Coyotes. When they did return the ball, the Timberwolves efficiently ran their offense with a team total of 30 kills, with Taryn Rising pounding 14 of those. Lydia Hanning had

a great night with 7 kills on 9 swings. Brylee Mul rony was 21-21 serving and Emily Tindall dished out 22 assists. The win brought the Timberwolves to a 5-0 mark in the EWAC.

Tuesday night was “Dig Pink” for Breast Cancer Awareness as the High land Scotties came to town.

(Results were not available at press time.)

Thursday, the Timberwolves will host Cle Elum and fans are encouraged to wear all the Purple and Gold they can find! On Saturday a nonleague match against 1A King’s Way Christian will be Varsity only and start at 3 p.m., and fans are encour aged to dress in neon colors!

Lots of good fun going on at GHS this week!

—Jodi Bellamy

Audrey Hill For THe SenTinel

The Goldendale Girls Soc cer team took on two competi tive teams this week, the Cle Elum Roslyn Warriors and the Highland Scotties. The Timberwolves started out the week with a record of 4-0 in league. The Warriors and Scotties have been tough com petitors in past years, so the Timberwolves were prepared for a tough week.

In Tuesday's game against the Cle Elum Warriors, the Timberwolves were slow to start. The Warriors were a tough team producing a goal right of the bat as well as seven fouls total, resulting in Illiana Vega, a junior, who had the chance to score with a free kick and tie up the score at 1-1; she knew she had a job to do.

Vega could see the Warriors goalie’s disadvantage, and she used it to score, resulting in a tied game of 1-1. The Warrior’s defense was strong, holding us at one goal for the rest of the game; their offense was strong as well, but the Timberwolves did not give up, with goalie

Mackenzie Dahl ending up with five saves to end the game.

The score at halftime was 1-4 with the Timberwolves down; Head Coach Hector Sanchez was able to lift spirits and hold the Warriors at only two goals scored in the second half.

While it was a tough game, the Timberwolves had to refocus and use Wednesday’s practice to prepare for the Scotties.

On Thursday the Timber wolves took the drive to High land to take on the Scotties.

The Timberwolves knew it would be a tough game due to the weather, players out on injury, and the Scotties’ repu table offense. The game started out slow with high-speed winds and low temperatures causing kicks to fall short.

The Timberwolves were work ing against the wind and the Scotties, resulting in the Scot ties scoring two goals in the first half. The Timberwolves defense quickly warmed up, holding the Scotties at two goals for the remainder of the game. But the Scotties defense would not allow the Timber wolves to score, resulting in one shot on goal total. Illiana

Vega was the only player to shoot, as well as being named the offensive and overall MVP for both games of the week.

The Timberwolves held strong throughout the game, with defense able to hold the Scot ties, forcing them to turn the ball over a total of 225 times.

The Timberwolves showcased a resilient attitude throughout the game and plan to come back stronger this week.

The Timberwolves will take on Columbia Burbank on Tuesday at home, as well as the Granger Spartans on Thursday. Last year the Tim berwolves took the win against Columbia Burbank and beat Granger at the beginning of this season in a PK Shootout to finish the game. Both home games start at 6 p.m. and will be held at Barthlow Field.

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