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JANUARY 15, ~tNUP
A toddler sledding near to Klickitat Valley Hospital, Tuesday that he was a little
Pipeline Road was struck by where he received treat- shaken by the accident and
a van Monday after appar- meat, including stitches. He did not care to speak about
ently sliding into its path. was released Monday night, it.
Klickitat County Sheriff's according to hospital offi- The sheriff's department
Office deputies responded to cials. The boy's parents is investigating the accident;
the accident in front of 919 could not be reached for initial reports indicate the
Pipeline at 5:3o p.m., clos- comment, boy sledded into the path of
ing the road to traffic for Driving the 1991 Chevrolet the van, which veered off the
approximately 45 minutes. Astrovan that hit the boy road immediately after the
Medical workers trans- was Roger Snovelle, ca, of collision.
ported the boy, a a-year-old, Goldendale. Snovelle said -- Dan Richardson
KVH moving forward with acute care wing THE HOOD RIVER BRIDGE Contributed fir prot
~s creat~
= • idownel
Will appoint citizen committee; They also thanked commissioner Eric I I
Keller for serving as chair during two diffi- || ~te's "Fd_~t~ toI
Carver is new board chair cult years, giving him a round of applause
BYNewsSAMReporterLOWRY before electing Dennis Carver chair for the i rtrltlln l• II J] 'Real
next two years, and Wayne Claussen as vice- ihj/i ~4 u~rn°ar~
---------- ~ chair. Keller will serve as secretary. ~Sage ~
Commissioners said they expected to add
The Klickitat Valley Hospital (KVH) new members to the acute care wing com- Jan. 22 open Highway Administration The DEIS addrest~~
(FHWA), Washington state issues including fut~-"~
board of commissioners will call on mem- mittee. They want to get the pulse of the hOUSe will consider Department of addition of a third trap !
bers of the citizens' group that helped them community on building the addition, newly-released Transportation (WSDOT), lane, connections at b bmpa~
three years ago, and will ask for help making Asked by Goldendale resident Russell .
decisions about the same acute care wing Bartoo whether the citizens group would be environmental Oregon Department of ends of the budge, ~lk~ro]
proposed - then, as now- for the hospital. "handpicked or independent," the commis- impact statement Transportation (ODOT), facilities, funding, ~Mean~
The com,missioners announced plans for sioners shared, the list of 25 couples they and the Southwest impacts on endange~a-esfiil~
Washington Regionalspecies, visual and hist0bst
the citizens group at their regular meeting intend to call. You see if they are indepen- The ongoing, multi-year Transportation Council resources, water qual~3sal
on Jan. 8. They also elected new officers, dent or yes-men, Keller suggested. The list project to replace the Hood
and discussed hospital finances, billing sys, includes, among others, dentist Lyle Ferch, River bridge took a signifi- (RTC). and recreation. !~Y red
The DEIS evaluates envi- The DEIS is available twe cad
tems, a recent patient survey, managers county planner LoriAnderson, cityadminis- cant step forward this ronmental impacts of a review at the Hood ~,up ~
concerns, and help for the adjoining Golden trator Larry Bellamy, insurance agent Kandi month, with release of a new span in approximately County Library, the wIL~..rtun]
draft environmental
View Te,rraceThere s beenaSSisteda lotliving facilitY.of,, water under the Svendsen.Lindhe' and KPUD adminisrator Tom impact statement (DEIS) existingthe samebridgelOCatiOnacrossaS thethe SalmonLibrary,ValleYand CommuniSt nelSon_line ~chht
webridgewere,in'threesaid boardYearS'memberWere andab°UtoutgoingWhere Bartoo said he and his wife, Alice, have evaluating the bridges Columbia River between http://www.rtc.wa.gov/0~ue~h fq
chair Eric Keller of the acute care wing. 'Bu,t, requested information from the state effects. Hood River and Bingen,, dies/sr35. ~ugh._]
regarding specific code requirements the Local residents mayaccording to the agencies Residents sho~. r~
we have a finished design, with a price tag; hospital must meet. At issue is whether all review the document, press release, address questions, co~,J~
The hospital, with the citizen s group s features and costs for the wing, as proposed, which four agencies The project will "rectify meats, and requests fo~.pile_bl
help, passed a levy in 9000 for $6 million, are really needs, or just wants,
copy of the DEIS to ~Jnd "o~]
That was the amount their architect said In the current proposal, Keller said, involved in the project current and future trans- nlm_tpla~
released on Jan. a, at local portation in, adequacies and Robins, by mail at R~wseq]
they'd need for upgrades to keep the '5os- "we ve taken out everything possible and s
era hospital in compliance with state codes, kept it in the main building. He and libraries, on the projects deficiencies with the old P.O. Box 1366, Vancou~aSno,,l
Later, they discovered it would actually take Claussen have previously explained that a Web site, or by requesting bridge. A proposed new WA 98666-1366; by ph~l~e~
about $4 million more. new-wing was decided on because closing a copy. two-lane, fixed-span bridge at (360) 397-6067 e~ces,,,1
The hospital subsequently changed archi- the main building for refurbishment would Citizens may also attend would meet current design 521a, or by e-mail ~ . " I
tects, and in aped, lost $432,ooo to a bad risk losing not only,,revenue, but clients, a public open house/hear- and construction stan- sr35@rtc.wa.gov, i I.oc~
construction contract. Just a few weeks ago, Said Keller later, We can t scale [the new ing, to review and discuss dards, better accommodate Comments will , -1
they recovered most of the money through wing].back any further and provide even the the DEIS, from 5 p.m. to trucks and transit, improve accepted through Feb 16~Snow
an insurance claim. Irregularities surround- level of service we're providing now." 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, river navigation, and pro- Winning entries from~atbega~
Jan. 22 at the Best Western vide for pedestrians and vouth desien contest ~ heat
ing the contract, though, brought to light by County Treasurer Dani Burton thinks the Hood River Inn. cyclists, said the release, t'he new bridge, held ~nt
a state financial audit in Spring 2003, cost hospital may have some trouble raising an
the hospital their administrator and chief additional $4 million. Said Burton, "The Agencies involved in the The old green iron-grille 2o0a, are also posted ,]~ drl
financialofficer, both of whom resigned late state auditors did do them a favor, bypro- project and the hearing bridge will eventually be theRWCsprojectWebs~,fl;"d
last year. ducing an unqualified follow-up audit last include the Federaldemolished. -- Sam Lou~ ~eep1
At the Jan. 8 meeting, the board formally fall. She said she does hope they will get ~dv'~
appointed and welcomed contract adminis- some "fresh faces on the committee eo ~ ~ dy
-P - ~~S
trator Keith Mesmer and find ei~l officer 9lemon both sides" of the needs-vs-wants Hospital board of directors me "
Jerry Lundberg, both of Brim~ ,~tt~h~ ~: ~:~:~:
iibla The special meeting of the Klickitat celled Tuesday afternoon" A replacert~.)
Drought loans ava e through Feb Valley Health Services board of directors date for the meeting was not given, ~at
• scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 14, was can- press time. u .... u .....
~-~1
Family farmers in Klickitat through Monday, Feb. a3. farmers, U.S. citizens or legal
County who have suffered
losses or damages, due to a
drought that began in
October cool may qualify for
low-interest loans.
Lisa M. Ruff, farm loan
manager for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency's (FSA)
Yakima office, said that
applications may be filed
Emergency (EM) loans
carry 3.75 percent interest
and payment terms up to 4o
years with real estate securi-
ty; loans based on losses to
foundation livestock or chat-
tels can have terms up to 2o
years, according to an FSA
press release.
Qualifying applicants must
be established family-sized
immigrants, who have sus-
tained a qualifying loss and
are unable to obtain reason-
able credit terms elsewhere.
Those interested should
direct questions or applica-
tion requests to Yakima
County FSA, 16o6 Perry
Street, Suite A, Yakima, WA
989oa-5769, or call (509)
454-5746.
Scenic area forest meeting re-set to Jan. 17
Due to-the continuing be held at the Hood River tion as they review the
inclement winter weather, Inn, no8 East Marina Way in Management Plan guidelines
the U.S. Forest Service Hood River, from xo a.m till 2 for these topics.
rescheduled its Jan. xo For general information,
National Scenic Area public P'~'l~e meeting's purpose is to people may may contact
workshop to discuss pro- explain proposed changes to Virginia Kelly at (54a)308-
posed changes to the "special the Special Management Area 17ao or vkelly@fs.fed.us.
management area" forest forest practice guidelines, Issue papers for the proposed
chapter of the National Scenic including proposed guide- changes may also be reviewed
Area management plan. lines for the conversion of on the Columbia River Gorge
The public workshop has lands in forest use to agrieul- National Scenic Area, Forest
been rescheduled for tural use. The Forest Service Service's website at
Saturday, Jan. 17 and will still encourages public participa- www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia.
ECONOMY
from page 1
said, "will be hard to do.
Everybody's trying to do it.
We need to have something
that everyone rallies around.
And we have to find the right
little niche."
Bellamy noted that past
plans spoke of the importance
of infrastructure. "Many of
those items have been done,
or begun," he said. "We have
done a lot to attract business
and jobs. Now, we're in a
position to do more." BeHamy
hopes the committee will look
hard at true costs and bene-
fits of different options.
Johnston has a big respon-
sibility. He expects to look for
committee members from
different sectors of the busi-
ness community - at the
group's suggestion, from
banking, real estate, manu-
facturing, and private busi-
ness, he said.
He and Goodrich will pro-
vide liaison to the Chamber
of Commerce. Committee
members will participate in
the Chamber's forums, "a
great source of information
and ideas and energy," he
said.
And he expects the com-
mittee's work to be included
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Effective January 26, 2004
Change in Operating Hours
Klickitat County Auditor .,
Vehicle/Vessel Titling & Renewal
The Vehicle/Vessel Titling and Renewal department of
the Auditor's Office will be closed during the hours of
8:30 A.M. and 12:30 P.M., Monday through Friday,
until further notice.
Vehicle and Vessel Titling and Renewal will be available
to the public from 12:30 P.M. until 5:00 P.M., Monday
through Friday, to provide full service as before.
This change will not affect the White Salmon Sub-
Agent Office for vehicle licensing.
The Auditor's Office will remain open from 9:00 A.M.
until 5:00 P.M. daily to provide mandated services.
The change in normal operating hours in the vehicle
licensing department has been necessitated by require-
ments to meet other critical functions of the Auditor's
office while maintaining the same resources.
The Auditor's office regrets having to reduce services to
the public, but statutorily, mandated services must take
precedence over other non-mandated services.
Additional resources have been requested but denied.
If you have questions or concerns please contact Diana
Housden, Klickitat County Auditor at 509-773-4001, e-
mail: dianah@co.klickitat.wa.us, or by mail at 205 S.
Columbus, MS-CH-2, Goldendale, Washington, 98620.