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ISE SUBJECT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT. REPRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED. PAGE 4 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." Have something to say? Write us a letter/ Send it to our editorial page at gspublisher@gorge.net THE GOLDENDALE SENTINEL OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR GOLDENDALE AND KLICKITAT COUNTY, WA ESTABLISHED 1879 • PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FROM OFFICES AT 117 W. MAIN ° GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 TELEPHONE (509) 773-3777 • FAX (509) 773-4737 EMAIL: (NEWS) SENTINEL@GORGE.NET OR (ADS, COMMUNITIES, HOMETOWN) GSENTINEL@GORGE.NET OR (EDITORIAL) GSPUBLIsHER@GORGE.NET THE GOLDENDALE SENTINEL STAFF KAREN HENSLEE, CLASSIFIEDS, JOBWORK &PRINTING AMY WALKER, GRAPHIC DESIGN HELMUT ADLER, ADVERTISING SALES & CIRCULATION Deadlines: Display Advertising: 5 p.m. FridayI Classified Advertising: Noon Monday Legal Notices: 10 a,m. Tuesday News and Letters: Noon Friday Subscriptions: 1 Year, 2 Years Goldendate - Carrier $22, $37 In Klickitat County - $29, $52 Outside Klickitat County. $38, $70 USPS 2213-6000 WEEKLY. Periodical postage paid at Goldendale Post Office, Goldendale, Wash. 98620. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Goldendale Sentinel, 117 W. Main St. Goldendale, WA 98620-9526, lille Guldendale Sentinel 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 M THE COMMUN YI~R TAX IT'S AH" F'O~? YI~R CHECI< I~SSI~NTIAL RE-'GIS-I'~R .P YI~R LIST PART OF NtY TAX OF P I>RI~PARATION --SO ! GOTTA FIND IT/ ....... ~ m J~ar r ~fscartoon.~com 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: