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MARCH
DAN RICHARDSON, PUBLISHER
SAM LOWRY, REPORTER
GREG SKINNNER, REPORTER
A PUBUCA 0N OF TARTAN PUBUCA 0NS, INC.. ANDREW J. MCNAB, PRESIDENT
Officials to look ahead,
plan for development
If you look at towns that have changed dramatically due to newcomers and
tourists - Hood River, say, or Bend, or Bandon, Ore. -- what's clear is that
many longtime residents didn't see it coming.
They didn't think, many of them, that their retirement homes would
become too expensive to own, or that traffic would become a serious hassle.
If those communities could go back to a time before the changes hap-
pened, they would likely seek thoughtful legislation and direction from their
public officials to protect the aspects of life they loved from the roar of
progress and growth.
Goldendale and central Klickitat County are at that point now. We can see
it coming -- if we look ahead. We know it must, too, because a deep eco-
nomic depression can't last forever. Sooner or later, some new industry or
economic trend will come to town, and people will jump on it for the jobs,
the tax dollars and for the hope of something better.
Motor sports, for good or ill, are making a run at Klickitat County.
Organizers are planning a second rock crawl this summer -- and very likely
many more to come -- along with more motorcycle races, a second annual
tractor pull, and a large motorcycle poker run. There's talk of having nitro-
burning trucks and tractors next year, and maybe a motorcycle rodeo. And
the Sports Car Club of America is still looking at Goldendale for a race track.
Vroom! The sound of motors may be the sound of exciting, even prosper-
ous, times to come. But if the events come, and if they bring new people and
new jobs, they will also bring noise, traffic and other, unanticipated issues.
Our local governments, city and county, ,appear to be entirely unready for
that eventuality. That doesn t mean there s not plenty of time for them to
engage themselves and the public on this issue -- one question that needs to
be asked is, can we take the noise of motor sports? - but time is more pre-
cious than money in public planning.
Motor sports are on the horizon. Will we and our governments do any-
thing to guide their development, or just get run over when they get here?
Dan Richardson
The more I buy, the fewer
fish I catch ... a cOnnection?
The sport of fishing gets more complicated each year. Times have
changed since the day I walked into the hardware store to buy my first fish-
ing rod.
I was earning 5o cents a week in those days, and Dad agreed to pay me
several weeks in advance to put me in the market for a fishing outfit. I hiked
down to the hardware store after school and selected an eight-foot fly rod
with an automatic reel made by South Bend. Then, I bought some E-level
line and a bunch of flies with beads on their heads.
~ There's no question that was the most miserable set of fishing equipment
a kid has ever assembled. The line was much too light for the rod and those
automatic reels were just like a runaway window
blind.
I kept the reel wound as tight as i could get it //~ Th8
-- and each time I hit the retrieve lever the thing / Bgck I~[
spaghetti.w°uld guzzle line like an anteater eating[ Fgr|v ~"~1
My rod cost $1o, and the reel was about the ~
same, bringing the total outfit to around $20.
Looking back I can see that rod and reel cost me almost a year's salary --
about the same as my fishing costs me nowadays.
I caught fish on that rod, though; and the reel would bring them in, too.
One push on that retrieve button and I had a fish with a rod tip half way to
his belly button.
Those were the days before everyone had a bunch of fancy equipment. We
just grabbed a pole and a few worms and rode our bikes down to the fishing
hole.
Nowadays folks spend two days gathering up equipment and drive 300
miles looking for a place to fish -- and a dock big enough to un-load a 2o-foot
..boat. Then we zip around the lake wondering where the fish are.
I can't speak for others, but I've learned a curious thing about fisffing. I've
noticed the more equipment I get the fewer fish I catch.
I thought this was a coincidence at first; the fishing probably isn't what it
used to be. Maybe I'm fishing in the wrong places.
The fact remains, though; the more I get, the less I catch.
Finally, I think I've solved the puzzle. A person who just jumps on his bike
and heads for the fishing hole spends a lot of time fishing, whereas a guy who
works 50 hours a week to pay for his equipment spends a lot of time in his
cubicle.
Therefore, I've adopted the philosophy of an old Swedish taxidermist my
brother met years ago. My brother landed a very nice bass at a lake in
Minnesota and took it to the taxidermist for mounting.
As he was leaving, Kenny asked the taxidermist, "How long will it take to
get the fish mounted?"
"It all depends," the old Swede said. "It should be about three months --
if I don't get too busy. If I get too busy, it could be f~'ever. 'Cause when I get
too busy, I don't do nothin'. I just go fishing."
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Vote for the levy,
for the children
To the Editor:
Goldendale citizens voted for
Goldendale School District's $1.395
million operations and mainte-
nance levy by 56 percent, a majority
in most cases, but not by the man-
dated 60 percent required by the
state. To us, this was a positive vote.
A big thank-you to our community
for its support.
What do we do now? Again, the
citizens of Goldendale came togeth-
er, in two town meetings, and the
consensus was to run the levy again.
After scrutinizing over possible
changes to our levy, we all believe
that what the levy supports is neces-
sary for the betterment of our stu-
dents and community. They are
actually the same operations it has
supported for the past two years.
We are not asking for any additional
programs, we are just asking for the
same programs, with the increased
amount covering the hike in prices
that we all have seen in our electric-
ity, natural gas, water, gasoline, etc.
What does the levy support?
Briefly, it covers utilities, insurance,
supplies, classroom equipment,
books, computer equipment, main-
tenance, counseling staff, school
nurse, and our middle school PE
Specialist. (The last three of these
were recommended by our Strategic
Planning Committee which was
made up of Goldendale community
members.)
We are proud of our schools and
the strides we have made in giving
our children an excellent education.
With your continued support, our
children will reap the benefits of a
stable environment where all things
are possible.
Linda Anderson
Chairwoman, Goldendale
School District Levy Committee
We were there, as
Centerville's
schools changed
To the Editor:
The article regarding the
Centerville school, on page 12 of
March 4 issue, has the statement
that in 12 years the school building
will reach its centennial. It should
read, in 15 years.
In 1918 Don Ritzschke, of
Centerville, and I were classmates as
we started first grade in the old
wood frame structure across the
street from the Church of Christ. The
next year we were in the same build-
ing for the first two months before
moving to the new brick building in
early November.
In 192o, Henry Garner, also of
Centerville, was in the first class of
first graders to start in the new
building. Henry, having skipped
one grade graduated from High
School in 1931, He was the first
graduate to have had all of his
schooling in the new building.
Henry served as a school board
member for several years. Before
this spring's election, he announced
he was not a candidate for another
term. I believe Don and I are the
only living individuals, with experi-
ence in both buildings.
Wayne L. Eshelman
Goldendale
Outsourcing jobs
hurts the US
To the Editor:
The outsourcing of jobs overseas
to places like Taiwan, China, India,
and other locations has taken a
hard hit on our economy. When
President Clinton signed the
NAFTA agreement with Mexico, it
looked good on paper, but the effect
of what this has done to the
American economy has been devas-
tating. Thousands. of quality
American jobs have been lost, and I
do not see any benefit for our coun-
try.
Everyone seems very eager to
blaine President Bush for our
recent economic hardships; but if
taken a closer look at, one can clear-
ly see that our economic woes start-
ed beginning in the last few years of
President Clinton's term of
Presidency. So, how can this be that
everyone is blaming our current
President for something he is just
trying to fix? Lack of information,
ignorance of the issues, short sight-
edness; it would be any one of
these.
There seems only several ways
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for this problem to be solved. First,
and probably the hardest, is for
every person to only buy products
made in the good o1' U.S.A.
However, this becomes increasingly
difficult since almost everything is
made overseas these days. Second,
and I'm not for government control,
is for our government to step in and
increase the import taxes on all
imported goods from overseas.
Although these actions may not
change our current economic prob-
lems overnight, it would certainly
hurt companies who think its OK to
sell out America.
Trent Aguon
Goldendale
KVH needs Brim
for management
To the Editor:
I want to state how impressed I
was of Brim Healthcare's presenta-
tion at the recent special meeting
held at KVH on March 4. It was very
apparent that this organization is
willing to provide the leadership,
accountability and responsibility in
restoring KVH as a credible and
financially stable healthcare
provide~in ofir c6/hfiihiait3/. How did
KVH get to this crossroad? It was a
year ago that Washington state audi-
tors, at the request of the Klickitat
County treasurer, conducted a spe-
cial audit of KVH's financial deal-
ings. The audit resulted in three
findings of instances of state laws
that were broken by KVH's officers.
The Klickitat County treasurer
expressed her concerns, long before
the request of the state audit, to our
publicly elected KVH board of com-
missioners, but the commissioners
did not act.
According to one commissioner
(referring to the county treasurer),
"She wasn't forceful enough" with
them. The great philosopher,
Forrest Gump, would
excuse as "Stupid is as
So, after an entire
operating on borrowed
another state audit
fall that had another
laws being broken, here
-- still standing, I
Yes, this publicly
board of commissioners
using basic
common sense and
sound advice from fellow
cials.
However,
health
comed and appreciated
strong effort by
their mess cleaned up.
about building a new
rather, it is about
cially strong existing
serves not just
entire hospital district.
about building
pride in the employees
in the citizens of this
district.
I look forward to KVI4
commissioners' decision.
we all need to be
buck does not stop with
management company
CFO/CEO. As long as
ues to be a public
stops with KVH's
who must conduct
transparent manner
leadership and prudent
ship of the taxpayer's
Goldendale Little Le=
Help us play ball, folks!
Goldendale Little Leaguevice-president,
(GLL) is in need of community safety officer,
support, officer. Other.available
If you are somebody thatare:- Softball manager;
believes GLL has worth and has a farm, and T-ball,
positive impact on the youth of coaches at all levels;
our community - then this is a keepers~ and field
plea to you! fund raising
After a long proficient presi- committee members;
dency, Bob Marshall has resigned goes on.
his position in GLL, due to A meeting is
employment relo- Sunday,
cation. Bob, along A meeting is at 6 p.m.
with many others, scheduled for Goldendale
has donated Fire Hall.
countless hours Sunday~ March 21 We
toward ensuring sit 6 p.nl. in thecurrent
the continual Goldendsile City prospective
members,
tencegr°wthofandour exiS-local Fire Hall (' 25 agers,
Little League pro- West Court). umpires,
gram. We greatly reefs at any
appreciate their diligence and attend.
commitment to the youth of our Bottom line is we are
community, cal point --- in need of
With Bob's absence, a new GLL munity's support. ThiS
board was appointed. We have opportunity to get
come up with several new excit- become a team player
ing ideas for the upcoming season positive contribute
-- such as 50/50 raffles, car bash, our community. AS the
new concession stand, and other goes "it takes a
fun filled family events, child" so true! So
Our goal is to provide a day of communities skills and
baseball and entertainment every to raise Goldendale
Saturday throughout the season, into a program that this ¢
I encourage anyone who has a nity can be proud off
desire to help us improve and A web site has been
expand the GLL program, to get for GLL that provides
out of the bleachers and step up information (game
to the plate. We can only make scores, sponsors, team
this happen with your help! etc.) Please it
Currently, we have positions www.eteamz.com
open on the board including: