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JANUARY 8,
rd, Chandler, Newhouse
"sit, p " legisl " "on
On Monday, Klickitat County's entire for both government and business.
Olympia delegation came in out of the cold. "It's supposed to [provide] sure and certain
That is to say, they paid a snowy visit to The relief," for an injured worker, said Honeyford.
Sentinel's offices in downtown Goldendale, to The delegation's goal will be to take care of
talk about the legislative session about to workers and employers, and "keep the system
begin on Jan. x2. whole," he said.
District 15's Senator Jim Honeyford Tort reform, according to Chandler, is
(R-Sunnyside), and Representatives Bruce needed to end huge awards in liability law-
Chandler (R-Granger) and Dan Newhouse suits against contractors, la~vyers, doctors,
(R-Sunnyside) said they expect priority top- and state and local governments, particularly
ics to include the state's supplemental budget, the Dept. of Social and Health Services.
workers' compensation, tort reform, water "We've had some spectacular claims," he said,
rights, and stream flow rules, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
The main budget challenge, they said, is to "The big issue is a cap on non-economic
account for many new expenses, particularly damages," i.e., pain and suffering, said
increases in welfare and student rolls. "We Honeyford. "I think we need to have a cap."
must stay within reasonable fiscal discipline," The delegation said they expect two major
said Chandler. water bills. One, they hope, would change a
With wastewater plants around the state 1967 law that instituted a use-it-or-lose-it
becoming obsolescent, a major issue for many water-rights policy, called "relinquishment."
rural communities, as in Klickitat County, is The law, they said, encourages water overuse,
to pay for upgrades to meet stricter federal not conservation, and also shifted the burden
standards. "It is important to provide state of proof from state to landowner. They want
help," said Honeyford. to shift it back, and add more flexibility to
Regarding Glenwood's wastewater facility and water-rights sales and trades.
long-standing disagreement over a piece of land At the same time, said Chandler, the system
called "Tract D," Chandler and Honeyford must not make it possible to "de-water' areas,
(Newhouse arrived a bit late), said they believed as happened in Arizona.
the state Department of Ecology had erred when The other, anticipated water legislation
they let wastewater review authority default to would direct the state to set in-stream flow
the U.S. Department of Environmental Quality. limits, complete the task within 2o years, and
Said Chandler, "I think it would be helpful specify a method for doing so. Governor
if the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the federal Locke, they noted, has said he would like to
government would take more aggressive leave this as part of his legacy.
action on this." Glenwood, as a community, The visiting delegation concluded by dis-
he added, "has a very legitimate claim." cussing Golden Northwest Aluminum ("I am
The state's workers' compensation system, concerned about the Chapter n filing, but
the legislators said, has suffered from stock hope it will facilitate the plant reopening,"
market losses and agency inefficiency. The said Honeyford) and the mad cow scare ("the
combination has led to an unacceptably slow syst6m worked, and the food supply stayed
claims process, and to years of rate increases, safe," in Chandler's view.)
LOCAL ........
from page I
Rob Schaefer said trucks from another lol customers. All
Portland have been consis- resulted from extreme cold
tenfly late. Customers may and wind, which downed a
also have missed deliveryand line on Hoctor Road and
pickup due to piled snow, he tripped breakers elsewhere.
said - his drivers must be "We had pretty good luck,"
able to reach mailboxes said Mata. "But it's been
"without exiting the vehicle." busy."
But he wasn't too sure.
"There hasn't been this much
snow in lo years."
REGIONAL
from page z
The Rabaneo landfill's gen- Emergency crews were ed winds of 25 miles per hour,
eral manager Matt Henry said grateful to be on standby with gusts up to 33 mph, she
cold temperatures had jelled only. Klickitat County Search said.
diesel fuel in several of his and Rescue received no calls; For the first time in years, the
trucks. He recommended that Klickitat Valley Hospital's same storm compelled trans-
customers put garbage out On (KVH's) ambulance service portation officials to require use
their, regular collection da~ calls through of chains on Interstate 5; from
t~nd keeisqt frorfi,gett!ng cov, :~and still ~0fie By Ashland~thewaytoPortland,
ered with snow. ' We ll get to Tuesday. distance of about 30o miles.
a
Donna Tuning, KVH's headOn Sunday, Dec. 28, about
of nursing, said the emer- 15o miles of Interstate 5
gency room had seen "noth- between Ashland and Redding,
~i~iiii~ ~ii!~:)~ i/~,, i,
. Photo by Sam Lowry
The north face of the Columbia Hills following a recent snow
storm.
it as we can."
Over at the Washington
state Highways Division shed,
following the Jan. 1 storm,
maintenance supervisor Bud
Wall reported "Everything
okay. The same old stuff -
lots of snow removal, sanding
and plowing. A lot of people
in the ditches." By Tuesday
there were "still no hangups.
It's almost phenomenal," he
said.
The division's Goldendale
headquarters runs two lo-
hour shifts, 4 a.m. to 2:3o
p.m. and 4 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.,
from sheds in Goldendale and
Bingen. "We stay at it steadi-
ly," said Wall - an under-
statement.
Joe's Towing in Goldendale
got its share of business from
the ditch-bound.
"We call it harvest season,"
said owner Joe Sellers.
His dispatcher reported 35
calls between Christmas and
Jan. 2, mostly pull-outs.
"There were a couple of truck
wrecks, including a beer truck
that tipped over on Satus Pass
on Christmas weekend." The
company's crew had to off-
load exploded beer cans by
hand.
Scattered New Year's Day
outages kept power crews
busy, according to the
Klickitat PUD's Luann Mata.
The "Bloodgood" breaker in
Goldendale opened due to
overload and extreme tem-
pertures, causing a morning
outage that affected 245 cus-
tomers.
Three outages in Bicldeton,
and others around
Goldendale in Ponderosa
Park, Hoctor Road, and the
Juniper Point area, affected
ing extradordinary. No
hypothermia. People are tak-
ing their aspirin and eating
their apples."
The Farvue Motel saw no
extra business from stranded
motorists, but Judy
Lackstrom, manager of the
liquor store on South
Columbus Ave., liked the snow.
"We're always busy in the snow
- people don't know when
theyql get back into town," she
said. But, she observed, "New
Year's Eve is our busiest day of
the year anyway!"
John Scarola, manager of
Maryhill State Park as well as
Brooks Memorial State Park
on Satus Pass, said his crews
were busy plowing out both
parks, even reporting a few
intrepid campers - "maybe
two or three a night, at
Maryhill."
Brooks Park, said Scarola,
is not designated as a Sno-
park. "Some use it for skiing."
Calif., wereshut down
overnight, leaving about 200
motorists stranded.
About nine inches of snow
fell on New Year's Eve in
Portland, Eugene, and Salem,
areas more used to rain. Late
last week, freeways around
Portland were, "if not complete-
ly impassable, then temporarily
blocked" due to cars that had
.spun out, said Thompson.
No sooner had snow at lower
elevations melted than this
week's storm hit, shutting down
schools and services and inter-
rupting traffic throughout
Portland, the Willamette Valley,
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TROPHIES ALL AROUND
Posing recently at the studio are (LEFT TO RIGHT,
Keffeler, Royanna Hughes, Leandra Kessinger,
(FRONT) Karri Furlong, Andrea Keffeler, Boby
Kessinger, and Kalsey Nida.
The public is invited to attend ~t practice guidelines, includ-
a public workshop on Saturday, ing proposed guidelines for the
Jan. lo, 9004, to review and conversion of lands in forest use
discuss proposed changes to the to agricultural use.
Special Management Area "We want to discuss your
(SMA) Forest chapter of the issues and concerns with our
Management Plan for the proposals," said Dan
Columbia River Gorge National Harkenrider, Forest Service
Scenic Area. Area Manager. "We will then
The US Forest Serviceconsider changes to the pro-
announced the meeting in a posed Forest chapter guide-
recent news release, lines, and prepare the guide-
The Forest Service, Columbia lines to be included in the draft
River Gorge National Scenic revised Management Plan."
Area, is hosting the workshop The January workshop will
between lo a.m. and 2 p.m. in focus on the SMA Forest chap-
the Columbia Room at the Best ter. Decisions on the proposed
Western Hood River Inn, no8 changes to SMA Natural
East Marina Way in Hood Resources and SMA General
River. Land Use will be distributed in
The workshop's purpose is to late December or early January,
explain the proposed changes to according to the Forest Service
the National Scenic Area's news release. These guidelines
Special Management Area for- would then be included in the
and the entire Northwest.
"Every plow in the region is
out working," reported the
Washington state Department
of Transportation (WSDOT) on
Tuesday at 8 a.m. "Every state
route and Interstate has com-
pact snow or ice.~
Chains were required on
Highway 14 through the
Columbia River Gorge, and on
Highway 97 from Goldendale
over Satus Pass, but no major
accidents had been reported as
of Tuesday afternoon.
Over the weekend and into
the week of Jan. 5, arctic cold hit
areas east of the Cascades.
Goldendale reached minus one
degree Fahrenheit, areas in the
surrounding hills were several
degrees colder, and Yakima
reported minus 14 on Tuesday
morning. Areas in Idaho and
Montana reached 30 below.
Worse was predicted.
WSDOT warned of freezing
rain to come, predicted in
some areas by Tuesday
evening. "[It] will make condi-
tions even more slippery than
they are now. Extreme caution
is advised everywhere."
O'Malley of the NWS said
that freezing rain and sleet
were already falling on
Tuesday afternoon, in the
southern Portland metropoli-
tan area.
Freezing rain and sleet, he
said, were likely to spread
gradually north and east into
the gorge region.
During the three storms in
succession, the Cascade
Mountains received feet of
snow. "It's great for the snow-
pack," said Andy Bryant, a
hydrologist with b~VS in
Portland.
What Should You Do When a
Photo b'
The
Competition
from Gina
Touch of Class
Gymnastic ar
Cheerleading Studi
on S. Columbus
in Goldendale, made
strong showing at
Dance Magic
tion on Dec. 6-7
Portland. McCal:
said that most of
performers placed
in their
BACK) Cristi Koffeler,
Cindy Furlong, Felicia Buddd
Koffeler, Sierra Davis, KeandJ
Power Outage Occurs?
Before calling Klickitat PUD to report an outage
make sure a circuit breaker hasn't tripped or
fuses are not blown in your house.
Check to see if the neighbors lights are off too.
Be prepared to give your name and address.
Turn on an outside light so repair crews can see when
power has been restored.
Trip the breaker to space and water heaters to avoid
damaging the equipment.
Unplug voltage-sensitive equipment.
Don't turn everything back on at once when power returns.
Make sure your home is equipped with a power outage kit.
Be patient, and remember, major problems must be fixed
first!
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The Forest m
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to publish a draft
Management Plan in
January that will
proposed Special
Area and General
Area changes. Both
will take further public
ment on the draft
Management Plan. A
heating
ther comments on
No final decisions on the
Forest issues, or any
ics, will be made until
public hearing in February.
Issues papers may
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Forest Service's website
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Classes 112 E. Main, Goldendale
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1/10
~ng Window~ (an introduction to the Windows
Operating System for real beginners). Saturday, 9-12,
$15. Goldendale Middle School.
1/12, ~ay and Other Online Sites.
1/26 &Good and bad points of online selling, how to get started,
2/2 research your item, close the deal, plus packing tips and
much, much more. Jeanette Pritchett, instructor. Three
Mondays, 6-8PM. $30. Learning Center computer lab.
1/13- Woodworkin wit Ma erf Id. Learn to use power tools
3/3 and tt~en work on a project of your choice. Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 6-8 PM, $125 plus materials. Eight-week,
32-hour class. Goldendale High School shop.
1/14- Office Computer Essentials tl. Guided practice in use of the
2/18 components of Microsoft Office 2000. Basic knowledge of
programs is required. Wednesday evenings, 6:30-8 PM.
$40. Six-week class. Goldendale Middle School.
1/24 Internet and Web-based E-mail. Saturday, 9-12 PM, $15.
Goldendale Middle School.
1/31 Microsoft Word (learn the basics of word processing).
Saturday, 9-12, $15. Learning Center computer lab.
Visit our website at LearningCenters.wsu.edu/klickitat