Goldendale Sentinel September 7, 2022

Sentinel: Would you summarize how you came to your decision to run for office? It was [current Commissioner] David Sauter who suggested you run, is that Zoller:correct? Yes, it was. I’ve known David for years, and I’d actually interacted at the county in positions, through Joan Fry for many, many years when she was commissioner. And then when she went out, David came in. So then I interacted with David. I built a working relationship with David over the years. And last October, November, he came and said he wouldn’t run again and visited with me privately and asked if I would consider running. Because of my background, I have a broad base knowledge of the county from all the different departments I’ve worked with over the years. He said he was trying to think of somebody who could step in and keep his good projects going. He has a lot of things in the works, plus I knew enough at the county, that I’d be able to step up and start working right away.

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The weather was perfect for the second annual Bickleton Community Day, hosted by Alder Creek Pioneer Association Carousel Museum, Bickleton Goodwill Society, Rebekah Lodge, Sunshine Outpost, Bluebird Inn, Market Street Café, and the community of Bickleton. Market Street was blocked off from the Museum on the west end of town to the Grange Hall on the east end and was lined on both sides with decked-out, classic cars. Titles won by a few of the cars were “Go Fast – Burn Gas,” a 1973 Trans Am owned by Andy Sytsma of Grandview; “Eye-Catching Paint,” a 1955 Chevy pick-up owned by D. Sutton of Arlington; and “Scariest Ride,” a 1930 Model A with a Jag engine owned by Bob Burke of Kennewick.Therewas something for everyone who came to enjoy the day. The Grange Hall was the place to be with the Flea Market overflowing out into the parking lot. Vendors, local as well as visitors, lined the walls with jewelry, hand-stitched gifts, children’s books, scented items, and other hand-crafted goods. Ray Miller had his wood frames and other wood crafted articles he had made, and the Bickleton School had lots of home-baked goodies on sale to support the Bickleton Pirates. If you were thirsty after all that shopping, there was a lemonade stand in the parking lot of the Grange where you could buy a 50 cent cup of lemonade from Mrs. Remos’s grandkids. Ron Jackson, who owns Jackson’s Produce, is a traveling man who has been nicknamed the Watermelon Man. This year at Community Day he was selling fresh donut peaches and large Hermiston watermelons—with

Sentinel: Did he announce first that he was retiring, or did you announce first that you were running, or was it kind ofZoller:simultaneous? He announced first he was retiring. I gave him andchangehowandtoabouthavefiwantedconsideration.thatHetobesurerstthatheletmetimetothinkitandtalkmyhusbandfamilytoseethatwouldourliveswhatwewould do. And they were all very supportive because of everything I’ve done over the years; they felt it was a good fit. It’s a big change in the work I’ve done before for sure. I was more on committees and in departments. So to be more in a director-type position—I had to think about it to see, and look at the hours it takes. It’s not a simple job. It’s probably 60 hours a week. And there’s so many different committees that you’re on. It isn’t just the Tuesday meetings. You do your work at a lot of times; it’s Thursday workshops, too, but then you have nighttime meetings. They have the Mid Columbia Economic Development Board that we’re on. They have the Health Board that we’re on. They have legislative steering that we’re on. There are in the teens or twenties of committees that the commissioners divide up. I’m really interested in legislative steering, because you work with Olympia. You’re on a board that you start looking at what is being written and what will come out to our county, and you help steer that. Is that going to be good for the county? Is that not going to be good for the county? So that requires time in Olympia, and there is travel involved. [Commissioner] Jacob Anderson just went to Washington D.C. to testify for money for the White Salmon bridge replacement. He had to fly clear back to D.C. with some other people to testify to Congress, why they should give us that money. And then of course there are community councils and fire districts and everybody that you need to support. You need to understand what their needs are. Sentinel: Would becoming a commissioner interfere with your business work? Zoller: I have retired from our business, about five years ago. I’ve done it 38 years. My husband’s done 45. We decided, enough, that’s a lot. He’s semi-retired where he just has his standard clientele, people who come every year and fish with him, and the office work. So about five years ago, I said, I came in recreation [the recreation area of business] by marriage, and I came from a logging, ranching family who were always very involved in politics; they’re fourth generation. I think every one of my family’s still involved in the logging industry. I understand that lifestyle, too, and the burdens of ag, and what’s happening to timber. I stay in touch with those people, and I’ve always worked on water issues and things that impacted people’s ability to keep those types of lifestyles going. These are great people in this county; they forged our county, and they’re good family people. These lifestyles, the old lifestyles of ranching and timber, those are really pressured. We’re losing ag property, we’re losing timber property. Those lifestyles are moving down in pressures from economy, the pressures from regulation. It’s very hard now to keep ag and timber going. And they work hard, and they work massive hours a week to do it. Recreation, on the other hand, is building, and people want to come out and enjoy our county. And I love the recreation. I love serving the people and making people happy, but economy-wise, it is so seasonal. Recreation isn’t a good idea for full-time economy for our county. And it’s become a burden for our county in other ways, too. They all come, so we need more bathroom facilities. We need more places for parking. We need improved boat ramps. Sentinel: What happened with the recent vote by the Klickitat County Republicans, which you were part of? The vote was unanimous to endorse Sheriff Songer, even though both sheriff candidates are Republicans. Zoller: The problem with that situation is people are very passionate about who they want to win. And when I wanted to abstain from a vote with the Republican Party and move forward, I explained to them in email why I wanted that. And that was because of the perception of choosing one side or another and my working relationship in the middle. This was after the vote. We’d had some very heated discussions about voting. The group is fairly new. They kind of came back together, had new elected officials, and Lisa Evans [president of the Klickitat County Republicans] does a great job moving this group forward and is trying to facilitate everybody’s different views and put them into a functioning group. During the campaign time, we took a straw poll that came up quickly for some of the Olympia candidates. And it ended up with some of the group upset and bewildered a little bit. It was like, “Wait, why did we just do this vote?” It just caused some contention. Then we had a second straw vote a month or two later, and it ended up kind of the same. It ended up in an upheaval. So when this last vote happened, it was quick. And it was, “Hey, we’re going to vote.” We hadn’t decided how we were going to vote or how any of it was held. It was a very quick conversation, and the vote happened. I went home feeling uncomfortable.SoIwroteLisa back and said, “I would like to rescind my vote and just abstain. I think it’s a better position for me.” I didn’t think about it at the table. They pulled up Robert’s Rules of Order and said, “Too late, you have to have abstain right at the table.” And I said, “Okay, we’ll move forward from here.” I understand now, but from here on out, my position is—and no offense to one candidate or the other—I don’t want to be involved in that situation. As I said, “I would like to rescind my candidate].[endorsingvote”asheriff

TROY CARPENTER, THE GOLDENDALE OBSERVATORY NOT SO NORTHERN LIGHTS: Goldendale Observatory Administrator Troy Carptener captured this image of the Northern Lights over Goldendale this past weekened. Troy explains: “Observatory visitors were pleasantly surprised this Labor Day weekend by a bright and lengthy auroral display Saturday evening and Sunday morning. This happened after our planet experienced a G2-class geomagnetic storm due to the impact of a solar wind stream rushing from an Earth-facing hole in the Sun’s corona. The storm was predicted by NOAA, but not its impressive duration; activity was observed globally for nearly 24 hours. At one point, solar ions were striking Earth’s upper atmosphere at over 1.6 million miles per hour. Thanks to the length and intensity of this geomagnetic event, people were able to observe Aurorae from Maine to Washington and many states not on the Canadian border.”

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Candidate for Klickitat County Commissioner Lori Zoller spoke with The Sentinel last week. Following are comments from that conversation. (Her opponent, Matt Dumolt, did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.)

Bickleton Community Day a huge hit

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PEGGY WOODARD GOOD SHOWING: In one of summer’s last hurrah’s, the Bickleton Community Day drew a respectable crowd to ooh and aah at all the goings-on. There were classic cars (second from top) along with cutting-edge classics-to-be. Among the vendors was Ron Jackson (right) appropriately named the Watermelon Man.

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September 6, 1892 – 130 Years Ago The Centerville Leader newspaper came to our sanc tum last week much improved under its new manage ment. It is readable and reliable and will be a credit to the little town of Centerville.

September 2, 1932 – 90 Years Ago Falling in line with the general safety campaign now being waged, Patrolman E. D. Williams of Goldendale is advising drivers of motor vehicles what the require ments are for lighting. All cars and trucks must be equipped with one tail light. Trucks must be equipped with two headlights and one tail light and clearance lights on the left side of the bed, one green light in front and one red light in the rear. These clearance lights should be arranged as near the outside edge of the bed as possible. All drivers are requested to keep their light ing systems up in good shape.

Whoever these people are, they look like they mean business. Like they were announcing the dis covery of pods that were taking over people’s bod ies while they slept. “It’s mysterious,” the profes sorial-looking man on the right probably just said, while the other three people are think ing, “He’s right.” We’re pretty certain that’s not what really happened; it would’ve been in all the papers. But all we know about this picture is that it ran in The Sen tinel sometime, lost in the annals of yesteryear. If you know anything 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 welcome to come in and take a look at the original photograph. This week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture

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As was published in an earlier Sesquicenten nial corner, and originally appeared in The Sentinel July 4, 1935, Mrs. Sarah Emily (Golden) Barnett (first child of John and Jane Golden) recalled how the Golden family came to the Klickitat Valley and said the party “gazed upon an almost endless expanse of waving, knee-high bunch grass, watered by silvery streams, flanked by forests of the Simcoe Mountains, and towered by snowcapped peaks in the Cas cades.” Then in the July 3, 1947, edition of The Senti nel, the front page sported a headline “COUNTY HAY YIELD 30TH IN NATION.” While this may not be “pio neer” history, the very roots of Goldendale are found in the lush fields of native grasses. For reading con venience we have not put this in Klickitatquotes.County is one of four in Washington with grain rating for production of alfalfa based on 1944. Only 29 counties in the entire Untied States grow more alfalfa than Klickitat County, according to the lat est figures released by the U.S. Department of Com merce. The report, which is for the growing year 1944, latest on which complete statistics are available, shows that 39,089 acres of alfalfa were harvested in Klickitat County. The report shows fur ther that Klickitat, Ste vens, Yakima, and Spokane counties raise 62 percent of Washington’s total crop of 197,199 acres. The posi tion each of these counties held in the national table is shown in the following fig ures:Yakima County,10th with 63,411 acres; Stevens, 16th with 50,970 acres; Spokane County 23rd with 43,729 acres; Klickitat County, 30th with 39,089 acres. These Department of Commerce statistics give official support to Klickitat County’s claim as one of the nation’s major hay farming areas.Volume of production is only one of the outstand ing features of the Klickitat County and Goldendale hay area, however. More impor tant is the result of impar tial tests made by many feeders which show that in quality, the dryland alfalfa raised in the Goldendale area contains much more nutritive value per ton and thus is preferred by feeders.

The Warwick wooden facility burned in 1947 and was not replaced. The Goldendale elevator burned in 1955 and was replaced that same year with a concrete elevator; an additional silo was constructed in 1972. About 1960 a concrete elevator was built in Centerville and the old crib elevator was torn down. An office complex in Gold endale was added in 1960. The combined capacity of the concrete elevators is 1,200,000 bushels.

We colorized this picture. Jackie Ladiwig knew some of the faces, but Gene Han son was the only one who was able to put names to any of the ladies from last week’s Goldendale’s Attic Mystery Picture. This pic ture may have been a Jay cees event; several of these ladies were very active in the Jaycees in the ’60s and ’70s. Though he didn’t know all of them, the names Gene gave us are, left to right: Alice Deshiel (her husband Bud was the manager of the Klickitat Valley Bank), Sally Solie (one-time presi dent of the Jaycee Wives; her husband Gary had a TV store on East Main street), unknown, unknown, Glenda Leisle (her husband was the manager of the JC Penney’s store).

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September 3, 1942 – 80 Years Ago “For a minute, I sure thought war had broken out in our peaceful mountain haven!” exclaimed Bill Garner, after 20 cowboys and cowgirls rode down the trail in real Western fashion, shooting and hollering as their steeds bore down on the Garner summer cabin in the Simcoes. They had come to Charivari Bill and Ruth Garner, who were spending the last half of their honeymoon at the mountain cabin.

Points to ponder: I named my dog Five Miles, so I say I walk five miles every day. Our pastor put hot air hand dryers in the church bathrooms, and after two weeks he took them out. I asked him why. He said they worked fine, but when he went into the men’s restroom, he saw a sign that read, “For a preview of today’s sermon, press here.”

September 6, 1954 – 70 Years Ago The first night football game in Goldendale was played in September this year. The local high school tangled with Naches, coming out on the very low end of a 38-0 score. The dedication game saw Naches score 32 points in the first quarter. The losers were plagued with fumbleitis.

I think I took a wrong turn. Looks like I have to back track about 25 years.

July 6, 1972 – 50 Years Ago The Klickitat Valley Grain Growers is a community-owned enterprise. The local co-operative bought out the existing Farmers Union and Centerville Elevator company in 1930. The primary sponsors and promoters were Charlie McDowell, Barney Schuster, Harry Ferguson, Claude Eshelman, Frank Tubandt, Albert Jussila, Frank Linden, E. C. Thompson, and Orville Hamilton. Joel Abshier was the first manager, followed by George Willis. With a capacity of 275,000 bushels, the KVGG had three crib (wooden) elevators, one each at Goldendale, Cen terville, and Warwick. The original sacked grain warehouses at these locations were constructed in about 1902 by Balfour Guthrie and Company in preparation for the coming railroad.

The glass is always cleaner on the other side.

September 4, 1962 – 60 Years Ago The residents of Skamania County are on the verge of giving their 40-year-old wall telephones back to the Oregon Washington Telephone Co. and sending their messages via smoke signals. In the County Fair parade in Stevenson, the telephone subscribers sponsored a giant float showing why Indians had a more efficient system of communication than the subscribers have. The float showed the problems of three telephone subscribers on a 13-party line trying to place calls over phones built before 1900 through a switch board made in 1920. The opera tor had fallen asleep on a cot, and at the rear of the float a subscriber had gone mad and was trying to phone with two empty cans for an earphone and mouthpiece.

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File photo REBUILDING: Work is ongoing rebuilding the grain elevator in Goldendale after a fire destroyed it in 1955.

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Personally I support having law enforcement that is steadfast in the defense of our Constitution and the safety of our county, which is exactly what Sheriff Bob Songer and his deputies have demonstrated with 50 years of law enforcement experience, including eight years as our own sheriff. My choice for sheriff is someone who has proven performance in protecting and defending our county, and standing steadfastly for our Constitution—Sheriff Bob Songer.

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He’s right about that Songer says: “The difference between a police chief and a sheriff is when the police chief gets crossways with the mayor, he’s gone; when the sheriff gets crossways with any of the other elected officials, it’s up to the people whether he is gone, not the county commission, not the governor, or any of those. So there’s a lot of independence there because he or she, depending on the case, is the top law enforcement official of the county. The only allegiance the sheriff has is to the people he serves, period.”Andthat is exactly why he needs to be voted out. He is too often “side ways” to the elected officials and his constituents. It is not his job to inter pret the nuance of our Constitution; that belongs to the courts of law. His opponent more clearly repre sents everyone in our county, not just the Republican extremists.

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.Myconcern 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.KenMargrafGoldendale

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Firsts August 31 was the first day of school of the 2022-23 school year for the Goldendale School District! Our 75 classified and 62 certificated employees greeted 850 students into our schools. For 20 of our staff, it was their first day of working in Goldendale Schools. There’s a nervous excitement that builds as the first day of school draws near. We all want to be positioned for the best year ever. It’s a bit like baseball spring training where every team envisions winning the WorldOverSeries.theweeks leading up to the first day of school, our staff attended professional learning designed to pre pare for the year ahead. This learn ing focused on how to implement strategies and supports that will lead us toward our goal that all children will achieve at high levels.

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Last week’s Sentinel articles on the two candidates for sheriff offered a striking contrast in the views of each candidate. Sheriff Songer appears to believe that any one who votes Democrat should not vote for anyone who is running as a republican. He accuses Garrique Clifford “of being a Democrat or being supported by the Democrat Party.” Shocking! In the last presidential election, nearly 44% of Klickitat County vot ers cast votes for the democratic candidate, and over 53% voted for the republican candidate. Nearly 3% voted as independents. Who are Democrat and independent voters supposed to vote for when both “top two” candidates are Republicans, as in our current sheriff’s race? More to the point, Bob Songer appears to believe that his constituency is made up of only Republicans, and that if you are not a conservative Republican, then you are “far left” and your ”hair is on fire.” Refresh ingly, Garique Clifford says, “When I’m sheriff, I’m sheriff for every body.”Inthe same issue of The Sentinel, a local citizen with 37 years of expe rience in law enforcement (and in much larger counties than Klicki tat County) wrote a letter endorsing Garique Clifford’s “skills and exper tise to professionally administer” the sheriff’s department and said Clifford’s “goals for the department are right on target.” So, I think we can ignore Songer’s belittling com ments on Clifford’s competence. Setting aside Songer’s awkward on-again, off-again, on-again deci sion to run for re-election, we are looking at a man who will be 80 years old if he serves out a full term as sheriff. The voters in this county are entitled to be heard on who they want to serve as sheriff. My concern, that I raised in a letter to The Senti nel on May 6, is that Songer’s deci sion to run is a cynical power play intended to install a candidate that the voters have already rejected— for example, Loren Culp? In the event Songer wins and then resigns in a year or so, the local Republican Party would forward to the county commissioners the names of three candidates, perhaps someone like Culp and a few less likely candi dates. Does this seem farfetched? At least three people have said this is just what is being planned. Rumors cannot be relied upon, but why not elect a sheriff like Garique Clifford who intends to complete his term? If Songer is thinking about a runand-resign strategy to cheat voters from being heard, the county com missioners should refuse to play. SandyWahkiacusDeMent Fresh air Garique Clifford is a breath of fresh air for our county. Like many people in our county, I am weary of the angry, name-calling, fear-based, and divisive rhetoric of Bob Songer. Clifford understands the impor tance of law enforcement leadership that works for all community mem bers, not just those who he agrees with. Songer’s personal politics have no place in his profession. It’s time for Songer to retire and time for ethical and nonpartisan leader ship in the sheriff’s office. I urge voters to support Garique Clifford.

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We need him I recently received a “warning” flyer from an organization that identifies itself as the Klickitat Vot ers for Responsible Government (KVFRG) that appears to promote a perverted version of extremism in our U.S. Constitution. They are endorsing their own brand of a “Republican” sheriff to uphold their own interpretation of our Constitu tional rights, a candidate who has never held a managerial position or has any experience as even an undersheriff.Itisofinterest that several donors to this “responsible government” group appear to have previously signed a petition to defund Sheriff Songer and his department. Why would the KVFRG put forth a candidate for sheriff if their donors’ intent is to defund the sheriff’s department? Follow the money! This conflicting message begs the question as to why would someone run for sheriff and accept funds from individuals who have advo cated defunding the sheriff’s office. What is the quid pro quo in this arrangement with their own “Repub lican Sheriff” candidate, or is this to set up a new sheriff for failure to achieve their hidden agenda?

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.”

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On Wednesday morning, our staff greeted students with smiles, guided students who weren’t sure where they were heading, assured parents that their child would be well cared for, and began creating a positive learning culture. While there’s a difference outwardly in how a first grader and tenth grader appear on the first day of school, the underlying emotions are very similar. As students arrived on Wednesday, staff had break fasts waiting, floors shining, bus routes generated, scheduling completed, classrooms prepared, bulletin boards decorated, and lesson plans created. There’s a lot of work that goes into the preparation for the start of the school year. We are fortunate to have a dedicated and amazing team of adults working for the students of Goldendale. Our High School athletes have been training and preparing. Our Goldendale High School’s first home football game is October 7, first home volleyball is September 10, soccer’s first home game is September 8, and cross country’s home meet is October 20. This is our first year in three that COVID has not impacted the way we start school. That’s a pleasant relief. We continue to take precautions, ensure clean liness, and ask that people stay home when ill. But we are happy to not have the stress of impacts like we experienced in the last two years.

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GSD is anticipating many more firsts over the course of the school year. We will celebrate children’s first books read, Supervised Agricultural Experienc es, welding projects, multiplication problems, essays, and science experiments. We look forward to sup porting our students in persevering, problem solving, collaborating, and creating. Goldendale Schools are off to a fantastic start. Thank you for your ongoing support.

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 meThis. 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 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 for three hours. I think the city of Goldendale needs to rethink supporting burnouts in our park. Next year don’t issue a permit to any group that wants to burn-out. There are places in the county where it could be held, just not in the city please. I hate toxic smoke, and you should too.On Sept 4 I will be asking the mayor and his administration to make an ordinance forbidding anyone from reckless unsafe 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.

Editor’s note: Is The Sentinel run ning an unfair preponderance of letters toward a particular political candidate, one way or another? We get asked that sometimes when the number of letters running is heavily in favor of (or against) a candidate. The reality is, so long as letters meet the guidelines published every week in The Sentinel, we run what we get. If you don’t see more letters of the kind you’d like to see, write them. He makes a case against himself Thank you for the sheriff candi date interviews The Sentinel pub lished in its Aug. 31 edition. Through his own inaccurate, inflammatory rhetoric, Bob Songer demonstrates why it’s time for a change in the sheriff’s office. Songer says of his opponent, Garique Clif ford: “He’s being pushed and fed by the far left.” “He’s being coached by the Democrats.” “He needs to…not try to use the cover that he’s an R in order to get more votes when in fact he’s a D.” These remarks slander Clifford. In every setting, including in front of Democratic audiences, Clifford declares unambiguously, “I am a conservative Republican.” He is not being pushed or coached by the “far left.” Songer appears to be saying that if a man earns support from Republicans, Independents, and Democrats, he is therefore a tool of the far left. He is saying that unless you buy into his radical right-wing agenda, you cannot call yourself a Republican.Inthesame interview, Songer throws his own deputy, Tim Neher, under the bus. When asked to respond to the report that deputies and staff in the sheriff’s office asked Clifford to run, Songer replied, “That was when Tim Neher was running. Apparently, there were some deputies that weren’t real happy with Tim.” A responsible supervisor would never trash one of his employees in public the way Songer did. I’m the county Democratic party chair who, as Songer said, fistbumped Clifford at the county fair. I disagree with Clifford’s political philosophy, but that doesn’t mean I can’t support him, and that doesn’t mean my support somehow makes him a Democrat. To say so is an attack on Clifford’s integrity and hurtful to his family, his friends, and everyone who knows him. Americans are sick of this kind of divisive talk. Klickitat County deserves better than that.

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It seems as if most of the news this week is about our school and students, but things are really busy, exciting, and fun over there on Bunnell Street, and I love sharing what our kids are up Congratulationsto.

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to Landon Sanchey, senior at Glenwood High School, who is one of 62,000 stu dents from across the coun try to earn academic honors from the College Board’s National Recognition Pro grams! Students who may be eligible have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and have excelled on the Grade 10/11 PSAT Test or earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP exams and attend school in a rural area or small town. “We’re thrilled that Landon Sanchey has earned this prestigious recogni tion. We are very proud of Landon for his achieve ments in the classroom and on the College Board assessments,” stated Glen wood High School Counse lor, Mrs. Bridget McLaugh lin. “These programs help students from underrep resented backgrounds and rural areas stand out to colleges during admissions. Glenwood School and com munity congratulates Land on’s hard work and efforts throughout his high school career!” Way to make us all proud, Landon! Two other Glenwood HS students also made the news. Sophomores Tomei and Christian Tomeo were recognized for their 1st and 2nd place finishes in the Chief Lookingglass Pow wow 5K run in Kamiah, Idaho. Congratulations to Tomei and Christian. We’ve all seen how much they love running and how well they did in HS track last spring. Now they can look forward to a fall sport as Glenwood adds Cross Country to its athletic program this fall.

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September features two very important organiza tions: Fire Fighting Month and the Suicide Prevention Awareness month. Let’s show support to both. If anyone needs your support, these do. There are hard-working folk taking time out of their lives to make yours safer, stable, and more signifi cant. If someone you know is experienc ing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 immediately. That spaghetti dinner I mentioned last week for the Lyle Museum will be held at the Lyle Lion’s Club. They will also have raffle baskets with special items donated by local merchants, arti sans, and community mem bers, making them worth every penny you spend. Also, the food is provided by Beneventi’s Pizza, mak ing it the greatest spaghetti ever! The Beneventi family has always been generous to the communities around the area by their donations. The Museum will be having their annual Spaghetti Din ner coming up on the 17th of September from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or various board mem bers. Prices are only $10 each or $50 for the whole family. Your dollars help keep the electric bill paid, which pro vides the security of a stable environment that maintains the condition of the his torical exhibits for years to come.Don’t miss out on the High Prairie Second Mini Fire house Sale being held on September 23 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 704 Center ville Highway, the old HP red fire hall. For more informa tion, call Sharon Aleckson at (509) 365-4429 or Barbara Parrish at (509) 281-0933. And while you are out and about hunting those great sales of one of a kind items, remem ber the Swap Meet at the old

The Back to School Bash was a big success!

On August 6, members of the Goldendale community came together to show their support of children and families. 426 children received bags of school supplies, were in a drawing for 26 backpacks filled with school supplies and three extra backpacks donated by attendees, and enjoyed a day of fun, free food, and useful information about community resources. The Nazarene Church and the Back to School Bash Committee want to say a big “Thank You!” to all of the volunteers, donors, and participants who made the event a success.

Lyle Merc downtown, every other Saturday. If you wish to become a vendor at this one, call Brian Hinde at (509) 281-1656.OurLyle Water Conserva tion Update posted a thank you from the Klicki tat PUD to the Lyle Water customers for their efforts to conserve water while they work to repair fiber that affects the controls for the ‘Omeg’ well. As the repairs have not been com pleted, they are asking for your continued assistance in conserving water. Please avoid unnecessary outdoor watering or reduce your out door water use to help their operators in the process of monitoring the well levels manually. They promise to keep us updated on their pro gress, so when I know more, you’ll know too. Along with the water advisory, there is also an air quality alert in Klickitat County due to the nearby wildfires. It was predicted to be moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups last Labor Day weekend but is expected to clear up early next week. The latest smoke and wild fire information can be found at: ordred3757.Seniormorethosemileagetions.andsometimesbebors.firewoodingunteersnityfirewood?ting,blogspot.com.https://wasmoke.Doyouenjoyfalling,splitandtrimmingtreesforTheLyleCommuCouncilisseekingvolinterestedinhelpgather,process,andhaulforseniorneighIfinterested,youmustwillingtoworkoutdoors,inuneventerrainvaryingweathercondiReimbursementformaybeavailablefordoingthehauling.Forinfo,contactKlickitatServices(509)773-Submityournewsto:MilE.Lykens,(509)365-2273lykensme41@gmail.com.

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We wish them lots of luck in their first year of this sport. Last Thursday, Septem ber 1, Glenwood School held a rous ing pep rally in sup port of volleyball, rodeo, and cross country. Athletes from all the fall sports were recognized, and students and parents were loud and exuberant as they cheered and sang the school fight song, letting our fall athletes know how proud their school and community are of them. We wish them all the best in their sports thisThatfall. same night, our Klickwood (KlickitatGlenwood) volleyball team played their first home game against Bickleton. The girls, coached by Jae cee Hoctor, handily won in three straight games. Usu ally, Klickwood has the least number of players on its teams. This year, they have 20 players, which is amazing, and Coach Hoc tor put some of the younger players in at times to gain experience playing in var sity games. Later, they also played a jun ior varsity game. I just have to add, senior Allison McFall served at 100 percent for the night and deserves a big shout out. Way to go, Ally. The sophomore class ran the concessions stand, which had been shut down during covid, the stands were full, and things just felt back to normal. It was a great night for Glenwood andPreschoolKlickitat. started on Tuesday, September 6. Mrs. Arnold has a pretty full class of eager little learners this year, so there will be lots of joyful noise down at their end of the hallway. Middle School volleyball practices also started on the 6th. It does remain to be seen if there will be enough girls to have a team, but I’m keep ing my fingers crossed that Coach Sara McFall can make a team so those girls can have their fall season, too.

WELL DONE: Landon Sanchey, senior at Glenwood

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David and Rhonda Ack erman were global mis sionaries for the Church of the Nazarene from 1999 to 2008. They have a remark able story to share, which they will do on Saturday, September 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Goldendale Naza rene Church. Desert will be served afterwards. The Ackermans spent over seven years at AsiaPacific Nazarene Theologi cal Seminary in The Phil ippines, where David was Professor of New Testa ment and Rhonda was part time campus nurse and involved in various minis tries. They also served at Nazarene Theological Col lege in Australia, where David was Lecturer in Bible and Rhonda assisted in campus ministries. David has been a pastor in Idaho, Wyoming, Colo rado, and Australia. The Ackermans returned to The Philippines in 2016 and relocated to Guam in 2019 where they presently live. David serves as the Field Education Coordinator for The Philippines/Microne sia Field and helps with regional education devel opment. Rhonda serves as the member care (mission ary care) field coordinator and micronesia district NMI president. Together they serve as pastoral lead ers and leadership/disci pleship developers at the Guam First Church of the Nazarene.

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We appreciate these community partners who enthusiastically participated: Klickitat Valley Health, Klickitat County Health Department, Coalition for Preventing Abuse in Klickitat County, Goldendale Schools, Mid-Columbia Children’s Council, Rural 7 Fire Department, Goldendale City Fire Department, Goldendale City Police, Klickitat County Sheriff ’s Department, Washington State Patrol, Fort Vancouver Library, and the Home School Co-op. Special thanks goes to New Life Assembly of God Church and volunteers for providing the music for the event. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to those who generously donated: Anonymous, Allyn’s Building Center, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary 16, Bishop Services, Cunningham/Harrison Family, Father’s House Fellowship, Franz Bread, Goldendale Tire Center, Holcomb’s Market, Klickitat Valley Reality, Les Schwab, Market Fresh, Mid Columbia Veterinary Clinic, New Life Assembly of God, Linhe Insurance, Pioneer Rock and Monument LLC, Pioneer Survey & Engineering, Inc., Puget Sound Energy, Riverview Bank, Ross Foundation, Sons of the American Legion, Steindorf Family, Triple D Corner Market, United Methodist Church, and Umpqua Bank.

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a person who’s running for an office that will work with everybody, I’d like to abstain, and it’s become kind of prickly with some who have their idea of what they want. Yeah. Labels have been thrown, and situ ations have been concocted of one way or the other. So for the upcoming meeting, I’ve asked for a motion that we put that out on the floor and we have a talk about it—I think the hardest part is how we’re going approach voting from now on. There were two others that I heard about who called in and said their voice wasn’t heard. They would like it to change. I feel like people need to understand what happened, because there is a lot being said about that situation. It’s being turned into something else. For me, on the record, I could say that was an uncomfortable situation for several people on that board. I wanted to rescind my vote, not because of people or candidates, but because I feel as a commis sioner, I understood I need to stay outside of anything that might cause me con flict later on working with a person.

Sentinel: Share a lit tle bit about that back ground, exactly what that’s been, in terms of public service. Zoller: I started out com ing from a family that believes in government and sees what that does to your business. The family stayed involved with poli tics and their counties and their legislators because anything new that comes out is a new taxation, so I understood that from the beginning; it was taught to us to get involved. I enjoy serving people, and I care about people. Probably in the 1980s was when I first started out on a board or volunteering and getting involved with people, here in Klickitat County. I worked with boards or the water shed planning or the fishery recovery boards that intro duced me to people from White Salmon to Roosevelt. I had to interact with all those different issues that they were having with their property or with their water. The job I had was actually— the federal government had been controlling the money for watershed planning and fish recovery, and it was millions going out every year, and they still weren’t getting any different results for healthier watersheds or better numbers for fish coming back. Their idea was shift it down to the states and let the states appoint counties to manage those watersheds and fish recov ery and give that money to the counties, and then have an administrator that worked with those groups,

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.

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Sentinel: Let’s talk about Tract D. How does the latest Supreme Court decision [affirming the Yakama Nation’s jurisdic tion over Tract D and the Glenwood valley] affect Klickitat County?

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Sentinel: There is a perception in the com munity that you and Garique [Clifford, candi date for county sheriff] are friends. Zoller: I knew Garique when he was a boy; he was in my home with my children. They lived across the street from me in White Salmon. It’s been a hard situation because I’m not going to not be friends with somebody I’ve watched grow up. And he has become a wonderful young man from a wonder ful family. But I told him from the beginning: I have to be very careful with per ceptions. I have never, ever stepped over the line. I treat Bob [Songer, incumbent sheriff] no differently than I treat Garique. That’s what I want to bring into being a county commissioner: I want people to understand that about me, that I’m able to move forward with what’s correct and needs to be done. I hope to create a board like that. I hope to work with the board, and we all get on the same page that we’re public servants; we do what’s right for the best of our county.

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Sentinel: Has there been any conversation with the tribe about this? Zoller: I haven’t had a con versation. But you also have two or three different sec tions of the tribe. You have those that are in the Tract D issues and the water issues. You have those that are on the river, that are the biol ogy type people, and you have the tribal council. The government operates very different than ours. We need conversations with all of them about how are we going work this out together for Tract D, the water and the biology.

About May or June of each season, when the regular creeks dried up they could run that more to the west side of the mountain, and this goes miles and then down into the Glenwood val ley, and that water went into the irrigation ditches, and it fed Conboy Refuge. Then in about July, when that water would dwindle down, they’d go up and open the next head gate, which is a half a mile on tribal property. It’s on the reservation. They’d open that gate and let that water come down and go into the valley. Over the past years, it became contentious to let those ranchers go between the two of them [the ranch ers and the tribe] to open it, and then the tribe shut them off from the water. Totally. That’s gone. It’s impacting a lot of people up there, even the community of Glenwood. So everything’s changing for them. How can they grow hay? So they went to Depart ment of Ecology right away, and they wanted to use our Water Conservancy Board, which allowed us the right to transfer water rights to a different area. We could take that somewhere else and bring the water in to help them. And then now they’re denying them permits for irrigation in that Glenwood valley, because it’s intrac ity, and they’re saying water belongs to the tribe. Water will be contentious. Gina Mosbrucker [legislative representative] has been working on it. Everybody’s trying to work on, how do we make a relationship so we still can use that water and improve that area, and nothing’s been resolved yet. And there’s another issue to that, that people haven’t looked at. It changed the face of the Klickitat River. When the water comes off the mountain in June and July, it’s melting glacier. So it’s glacier silt. In the Klickitat, it turns into Colorado red because of what it’s hitting as it’s coming down. It used to go down the irrigation ditch, go into the Conboy Refuge, and settle out. Then it would come out to a set tling pond just below Glen wood and come back into the Klickitat as cleaner water. Now it’s going straight down from the big muddy. And we’re getting every bit of glacier silt into that river. Go down tomorrow after a hundred-degree day and see what that river looks like. Everybody that’s fishing, everybody, that’s staying in a hotel to fish, everybody that’s buying groceries and gas, everybody that’s driv ing a shuttle. That’s gone, that economy’s gone during late June, July, August.

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Zoller: Water. There were two glaciers on Mount Adams, which are kind of to the north, the east side of the mountain. A hundred years ago, the rancher/ farmers that were home steading there went up and dug an irrigation ditch, as big as this building. And you could put a car in it, drive it down. They worked year after year after year, and they engineered it so that when water out of one, they put a big gate in there to let that irrigation water start.

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Sentinel: Were you sur prised at the primary vote, how that came out? Zoller: I had set myself a goal of 1200 votes, so I was close. I was surprised that at the close race between Mr. Dumolt and Mr. Mor ris. That was fascinating. I looked at the past voting records and went through the past primaries just to see where the votes had ca\ ome from and how many I thought I could expect by what I had seen in differ ent districts. And I felt good about it. Sentinel: Does the vote change your strategy from this point on, through the rest of the campaign? Zoller: Work harder. I want more people to get to know me and know that I care about them and I’m coming into this position with ideas. I do want good for the county, and I have been working for the people of the county for almost 30 years, and it’s always been about their constitutional rights and their property rights and water rights.

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Fish and Wildlife recom mendations, Department of Ecology, ranchers, farmers, irrigators, anybody that had interest in that land at the table to say, what’s our best way to do this. Then they wanted to design projects where that money would be applied I got to do that. That’s when we created the Natural Resource Board, the Fish Recovery Board, the Watershed Planning, those were all created at that time. That’s my signatures on all of those. I just stayed involved. I was appointed to the Planning Commission after that; I’ve been on the Planning Commission for over 10 years now.

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RIVER of LIFE CHURCH of GOD 2023 Pipeline Rd; Pastors Rod & Cathy Smith, 509-773-3185, Sunday Worship 10:30am; Wednesday Bible Study 7pm. RiverofLife222.org Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Online Worship Sunday 10am Religious Exploration for Children and Youth; email mcuuf1@gmail.com for a link to Online Service; MCUUF2.org; Rev. Judy Zimmerman, 541-241-6771.

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Sentinel: Is there any thing else you want to be sure to mention? Zoller: As we move into the general election and things became more heated, the rumor mill has started, and because I’m in rec reation or have been in my lifetime, someone is say ing that I’m only in this because I’m going to change my own land use laws, and I’m going to build Under Canvas on my property, and that we’re going to build a private bridge for ourselves across the Klickitat. The Klickitat is a wild and scenic river; it’ll never see another bridge. And no, I don’t want that many people on my property. I like my private life. So, addressing rumor mills—call me. I welcome anybody to ask me ques tions anytime and sit down and talk. You can call me at (509) 369-2366. If you don’t get an answer, leave a mes sage; I will get back to you.

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My wife and daughter and I reserved a small cabin in the park months ago that sits right next to a small, lily pad-lined body of water called O’Neill Lake. In addi tion to three cabins, several yurts, and even lighthouse keeper’s quarters available for rent, there are also 220 campsites, about a third of them with full or partial hookups for RVs. There is a lot to see and do here. If you enjoy time at the beach, you can stroll to Wai kiki Beach near the park entrance or walk two-milelong Benson Beach between the North Jetty and North Head, where a red and white lighthouse stands watch. Another option is to drive on the beach from Seaview north of the park south to Beard’s Hollow, which offers the chance to explore rocky tidepools full of sea anemones at low tide. At the beach you’ll see people flying kites, casting for surf perch, beachcomb ing, and just enjoying the chance to dip their toes into the surf of the Pacific Ocean. Speaking of fish ing, early to mid-September offers a very good chance to catch coho salmon in Baker Bay near Ilwaco, around Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia and even off the North Jetty where sure footed anglers cast big spin ners or drift plug cut her ring or anchovies under a slip bobber. Unfortunately, fisheries managers closed all salmon fishing on the Columbia River on Septem ber 2 due to higher-thanexpected catch rates for Chinook salmon in August. This leaves jetty anglers contenting themselves jig ging for rockfish and ling cod as summer transitions into fall, though it is pos sible fishing for coho could reopen this month. Coho salmon fishing is scheduled to remain open in the ocean through September, but check the emergency regu lations before going. Something else to do? That would be crabbing. The best crabbing for keepersize Dungeness crab is from a boat in the Pacific near the mouth of the river. Land based crabbers or kayakers catch crab close to the North Jetty in the park. We tossed a crab ring and snares off the boat launch dock at the park, and over the course of three afternoons liter ally pulled up close to 500 Dungeness crab. Unfortu nately, not one of them was keeper sized. The biomass of crab was amazing, but they were all small. Hopefully by next year a lot of these crabs in this area will be big enough to keep. If you like to hike, you’ll be able to enjoy a trail sys tem covering eight miles that will take you to Cape Disappointment, the North Head Lighthouse, and through forests to wetlands and to the beach. Wildlife watchers will be rewarded with the sight of blacktailed deer and racoons in the park along with birds like kingfishers and osprey around the freshwater lakes as well. Meanwhile, there are bald eagles, cormorants, pelicans, and a wide variety of shore birds on the coast off the rocky points and the beach, along with the chance to see seals and the occasional whale. There is also much to see and learn here from a his torical point of view. The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached Cape Disappoint ment as they completed their initial mission of reaching the Pacific Ocean in November of 1805. Today, a world-class interpretive center with over 200 exhib its and artifacts can be seen here. The Center is open seven days a week in the summer and has reduced hours the rest of the year. The mouth of the Colum bia is difficult to navigate, and the waters around it became known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. To help ships safely enter the river, Cape Disappoint ment Lighthouse was built and became active in 1856. Aaron Webster, the head Interpretive Ranger at the State Park, was asked why a second lighthouse was built just two miles north. Webster explained that ini tially, most shipping came from the south and San Francisco, and the light at Cape Disappointment worked fine. When rail lines reached Tacoma to the north, shipping began to come to the mouth of the Columbia that way, and they could not see the light of Cape Disappointment. That’s why the North Head Lighthouse was built, which became operational in 1898. Today, tours are available at the North Head Light house during the summer months.This was also a mili tary installation. Webster explained this fort, along with Fort Stevens on the south side of the Colum bia River mouth, were built during the Civil War because of a Confederate shipping presence in the Pacific Ocean. The forts received state of the art coastal artillery pieces towards the end of the 19th Century and received more troops and artillery, along with radar stations, search lights, and mines, in World War II. That’s when the threat was the Impe rial Japanese Navy, which did have a submarine shell nearby Fort Stevens in 1942. After the War the fort was deactivated, and Fort Canby was turned over to the Washington State Parks Commission. Today, you can walk among some of the World War II fortifications which are located next to the Lewis & Clark Interpre tive Center. You can find out more about this amazing destination and the North Head Lighthouse at northheadlighthouse.com.Disappointmentparks.wa.gov/486/Cape-https://andhttp:// John Kruse –com.www.americaoutdoorsradio.westernoutdoors.comwww.northand

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INTERMEDIATE DIVISION: Ximena McAllister: Grand Champion Showman High Point Buckle Champion Ember ReserveEchols:HighPoint Buckle Champion Addie Throop: Reserve Champion Showman Intermediate Sportsmanship Award SENIOR DIVISION: Keira Beasley: Grand Champion Showman High Point Buckle Champion All Around West. Equitation Champion All Around Brbck Equitation Champion All Around Eng. Equitation Champion All Around Trail Champion All Around High Point Champion Raina McAllister: Reserve Champion Showman Reserve High Point Buckle Champion All Around Showmanship Champion ADULT DIVISION: Robin Hudson: Grand Champion Showman Reserve High Point Buckle Champion Adult Sportsmanship Award Dona Schuster: Reserve Champion Showman Hannah Detweiler: High Point Buckle Champion Klickitat Horse from a shopping only the perishables you & your family will eat in one or two the hottest food in sealable mason jars, which will create their own sterile vacuum. Quick-cool warm food in the freezer for 1 hr, then transfer to fridge. Keep refrigerator set to 33oF to minimize food spoilage. Compost produce scraps. Impulse buy; it may end up in the trash. Buy more perishables than you and your family will consume in 2 weeks. Put hot food in the refrigerator— this heats up the entire interior, which accelerates spoilage! Add non-produce materials (e.g., meat) to small compost bins/piles. There is insufficient heat for decomposition. America on average wastes more food than any other country on Earth—nearly 40 million tons (80 billion pounds) every year.* DISAPPOINTMENT DOESN’T DISAPPOINT: Left, the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. Right, a black-tailed deer at the park. Park–a crown jewel On the left are High Point Buckle ons, left to right: Kasia Hylton, Laken Riley, Ember Echols, Raina McAllister, and Robin Hudson. On right Buckle left to right: Meresse, Beasley, Ximena McAllister, Beasley, Detweiler.

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White Sands was a National Monument, but in 2019 it became the 62nd National Park in the United States. It is a place you can visit year after year and you will never see the same thing twice. Well, the visitor’s center never moves, but the sand is constantly shifting. The sand is blown by the desert winds to create rolling sand dunes that seem to never end. Some of these dunes are up to 60 feet high. Many people take sleds with them when they visit the park. You can hike to the top of the dunes and ride your sled down.

The white sand is not the only unusual thing you will see. The landscape has created its own ecosystem and many of the animals and plants have adapted to their surroundings. The same animals you may see near your home that are colored tan, brown or black have, over time, evolved to have skin and fur light enough to blend into the sand. Most of the desert animals are nocturnal because there is very little water and it is hot. Even though they come out at night, dark colors can be seen by predators easily. Animals that live in the park include mice, lizards, foxes, insects, birds and snakes. Other things you may see as you hike through the dunes are footprints from the ice age. Thousands of animal and human footprints have been found as the wind shifts the sands and uncovers new parts of the dry lake bed. You may be walking the same path as a wooly mammoth, a dire wolf, or a giant sloth.

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White Sands sits at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert in a place known as the Tularosa basin. Thousands of years ago, the basin was not a desert at all. It was a great lake that was named Lake Otero. The lake formed as glaciers from the ice age melted and flooding occurred. The basin is surrounded by mountains and the water from the lake had nowhere to drain. Instead the water evaporated. All of the minerals that flowed out of the mountains settled to the bottom of the lake. One of those minerals was gypsum which is naturally clear. Over time, the desert winds eroded the gypsum, and as the gypsum eroded the clear mineral became a fine white sand. The winds pile this sand into dunes and the white dunes look like a large area of snow. These dunes cover 275 square miles. That’s huge!

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The park is surrounded by Holloman Airforce Base and The White Sands Missile Range. You can often see military jets flying low overhead. As you drive down the highway to get to the park it is not unusual to see signs that say the road is closed due to missile testing. Just north of the white sand dunes, on July 16th, 1945, the first atomic bomb was tested. The spot where the bomb detonated is called the Trinity Site and is open to visitors twice a year. In March of 1982 the Space Shuttle Columbia landed on the Northrup Strip on the White Sands Missile Range.

Geology has created some of the most wonderful places. Places that people from all over the world want to visit. Many of these wonders can be found in the United States. The Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yellowstone National Park, Niagara Falls in New York and Devils Tower in Wyoming are just a few. In the middle of the desert in New Mexico is a place like no other on Earth. Almost 800,000 people go to White Sands National Park every year. The natural geology is not the only reason to visit the beautiful rolling dunes of white sands. This amazing place is also where the modern atomic age began.

Goldendale WashinGtonB8 september 7, 2022 S port S The 2022 Klickitat County Market Stock Sale was a huge success! Our Deepest THANKS ALL proceeds are invested back into our amazing kids, the future of agriculture in Klickitat County. This was made possible due to the generous contributions of over 200 businesses and community members locally and throughout the Columbia River Gorge (as well as volunteers and sale attendees). THANK YOU for your support! We look forward to 2023.

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FaCebook WELL DONE: Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer presents the Klicki tat County Cup to the Goldendale Timberwolves Football team.

The Timberwolves are reloading with the return of seven letter winners and improvement and growth of theirSeniorunderclassmen.GwenGilliam is leading the way as a cap tain, with three solid years of experience at the outside hitter position. Her solid serve-receive passing and improved hitting only mag nify her value to the Tim berwolves team. The Junior tandem of Captain Taryn Rising and Brooke Blain have grown and improved their strength to step into the aggressive offensive players needed to bring the kills of last years All State Middle Blocker Sara Hiebert, who is off to college at Dominican Uni versity in California. Rising is a great hitter and tough server and Blain, a force at the net with her imposing blocking skills. Both are expected to average double figure kills throughout the season!Sophomore Emily Tindal is quick and athletic and has earned the job of setter, following in All State Player Rachel Gallagher’s foot steps. Gallagher is leading her Clark College team in Vancouver. Tindall is eager and willing to embrace the offensive leadership of the team and also has a tough jump float serve that should prove to be a nice weapon for the SophomoreTimberwolves!Brylee Mul rony has taken over the position of the libero in place of All State Player Kennedy Berry, who is also playing college Volleyball at Olympic JC on the west side. Mulrony is a great passer and has great abil ity to anticipate where the ball will be. Her backrow attack hitting has improved immensely, and she will surprise some teams with her aggressive swings. Junior Lexi Molnar is working hard in the back up setter position and has the knowledge to fill at most any position. Sophomore Lydia Hanning has improved a good deal over last year and will work hard for the Timberwolves on the right side and can play anywhere on the court. Sophomore Ada Garner got some great experience in the off season playing club volleyball in Yakima and will work in the middle hitter spot. Three freshmen—Greta Gilliam, Ella Riley, and Maggie Gutierrez—will suit up with the Timberwolves and bring some enthusiasm and support in practice, while being challenged daily in the GHS Volleyball tradition. Their primary job will be leading a very solid JVLongteam.time JV Coach Tif fany Ferch (GHS 2005) has moved to Idaho, so while we all miss Coach Ferch very much, we are happy to have Coach Kylee Barnes (GHS 2009) move up from the middle school to the JV position. Ocean Bryan (GHS 2017) is again volunteering with the program this year. Both coaches bring a wealth of knowledge, ability and passion to the program. The Timberwolves will compete for the League and District Championship again this fall, and I really look forward to seeing what they will accomplish as they grow and bond as a team! We are all excited to get our fans back in the gym and have another great season!

The Goldendale Timber wolf Football Team has been out on the field get ting in some great practice days. All of them have been working hard on the skills and plays they will need for each game. They kicked off the season early this year and traveled down-river to White Salmon for game number one. The Wolves were feel ing all the excitement and adrenaline as they ran out on the field. This was a great pre-season game, and the team got the ball roll ing and worked together. The game started slow, but senior quarterback Kade Bomberger made some great plays with his receiv ers. He started the game off with a 23-yard pass to Riker Hanning and then handed the ball off to Seth Lucetero to pick up a first down. Kade lit the fire, and the whole team kept it burning. Both teams were scoreless for the first part of the game, but the Wolves had worked the ball up the field, and Kade ran it 18 yards for the first touchdown of the game. The Wolves got the ball back and Kade made a beautiful 54-yard pass to Cameron Groves. This got the Wolves within reach of the end zone, and Evan Riley took it right on in for the second touchdown. Defensively, Joshua Smith read a great play where he intercepted the ball and ran it back into the end zone for touchdown number three. The Wolves gave up one touchdown to White Salmon, but it didn’t even phase them. They worked the ball back down the field where Kade passed the ball to Riker Hanning for a 28-yard touchdown. Final score of the game 25-8, Timberwolves with the win. Seth Lucetero ended his night with 22 carries from 130 yards, and Eli Golding caught two passes for a total of 53 yards. Riker Hanning caught three passes for 50 yards and Kade Bomberger carried the ball 8 times for 69 yards. This game was also the decider for the Klickitat County Cup that Sheriff Bob Songer pre sented to the Wolves after theirTheywin.had a great start to their season, and it was just an indicator of what is to come. The coaches did an excellent job executing, and they got a better view of the players and their potential. They will continue through the week with practices and play game number two away against Seton Catholic High School in Vancouver, Wash ington, this coming Friday, September 9.

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The Sentinel is about to lose its Sports Editor. Tay ler Bradley has been doing a fantastic job during her time with us, but she’s mov ing to Texas very soon. If you enjoy sports and enjoy writing, The Senti nel has an opportunity for you, and you don’t have to be a seasoned pro. You need solid English basics, but beyond that we can train you—Tayler had never writ ten professionally before working for us, and did we mention she’s been doing a fantastic job? And yes, this is a paying gig. Keep in mind you won’t start as Sports Editor; neither did Tayler. Rather, you’ll start as a sports writer, wow us with your diligence and coverage, and then ascend to Interested?editorship. Give us a call (509-773-3777) or send an email to daleSentinel.com.News@Golden

The nets have been put on the field, and the soccer balls have been tossed out. It’s a new year for the Lady Timberwolf Soccer Team and they are ready to take the field, but this time with a new coach. Hector Sanchez is a great fit for this job and has taken it on with no hesi tation. He is ready to see just what these girls can do. Hector has always talked about coaching soccer, but he just never took the leap. He has quite the experience on the field, as he has been playing soccer basically his whole life. He played on the boys' high school soccer team, the adult league in Hood River, coached youth soccer for his own kids, and played pickup games with his family; Hector is a great choice for the job. “Soccer is my passion,” he says, “I love every aspect of it, and I am excited for the rest of the season.” The paperwork is something that is new to him, but he is taking it all in and has some great sup port from assistant coach, Anna DeMott, and volun teer, Melissa Browning. As for the girls, there are 12 returning players and 11 first-year girls who came out to play. The 12 return ers have been great leaders on the field in the past. The first practice was held at midnight under the lights, which is something the football teams do as well. It was such a good time for the coaches and girls and a positive way to kick off the season. Hector has taken a fundamental approach paired with skill sessions and drills to build a good base for these players. They usually end their practices with a scrimmage to put into practice the skills they have been working on. “They have been adjusting their positioning,” Hector says, “and angling of their passes and shots, and it has already made a huge improvement on their game.” The help from the community by donations has given the team some much needed practice equipment, which has helped make the prac tices more productive. They are very thankful for the community's support. “These girls have a lot of grit and really absorb the coaches' feedback,” Hec tor says. He is excited to see how far the girls will go this season and all they will accomplish. Each one of these girls have already made progress on the field, no matter if they have never played before or have been playing for years. Their first home game will be Thurs day, September 8, and they would love to see a huge crowd come out and support the Timberwolves. Playing for a crowd is so much more exhilarating, so come on out and support these girls.

With the graduation of 3 college bound players from the League and District Champions and 6th Place State Finishing Timber wolf Volleyball Team, the question has been asked often since last November: Rebuild or Reload?

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