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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON MARCH 22, 2017 --3 Louis Homer Cosner was born on May 10, 1946 in Goldendale to Mary (McKil- lip) and Clinton Cosner. He passed into his Lord's arms on March 9, 2017 in The Dalles, Oregon. The oldest of four chil- dren, he attended Center- ville Grade School through 8th grade, then Goldendale High School. He grew up on the family ranch/farm in Centerville and then met his wife of 47 years, Patricia Sch- nebly of Ellensburg, Wash- ington, at W.S.U. in Pullman, Washington. They married in Ellensburg in 1969. Then Louie's draft number came up for Vietnam and he pre- pared to leave. Thankfully, Uncle Sam rejected him due to his "flat feet" and then they moved to Yakima where he worked for the USDA for 2 and a half years. Louie then convinced Trish to move to Centerville where he ranched and farmed for the next 40 plus years of his life, first with his father and later with his son, Kurt. He raised registered Angus Cattle, winning Klickitat County's "Cattleman of the Year" with his brother and father, Clint, in 1981. He farmed dryland wheat and alfalfa hay, which he sold to dairy farmers on the coast. He learned from his father and passed on his ranching/farming knowl- edge to his son, Kurt. Louie loved watching his beloved W.S.U. Cougars play any sport, especially football. He attended any bowl game they made it to as well as tak- ing his R.V. up to Coug games. As a season ticket holder for more than 20 years, he rarely missed a game (except Louis Cosner occasionally during hunt- ing season). He loved watch- ing the Mariners, Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers. He cried when the Trailblaz- ers won the NBA champion- ship, when his Cougs made the two Rose Bowls and when his Seahawks finally won a Super Bowl. He loved his sports teams, but none more than his own two chil- dren's sport- ing events! He supported and cheered them on with every sport they played and was fully involved in their 4-H (then FFA) steers at the Klickitat County Fair and the Toppe- nish Livestock Show every year. He loved traveling with his family and although always reluctant to travel to new places (or leave the ranch), afterwards you'd have thought he came up with the idea himself--but we all knew it was Mom's idea (and she gave him no choice!). Mexico and the Big Island of Hawai'i were two of his favorite destinations. A few years back, Morn finally talked him into buy- ing a condo on the Big Island. Sadly, due to his quickly dete- riorating health, they did not get to enjoy enough years at the condo in Waikoloa Vil- lage. Another great memory is that he was always will- ing to take the "road less traveled" when taking road trips. He would even let his kids choose "non-freeway" roads on road trips--you can- not believe some of the amaz- ing things we saw on these "side roads!" He was not in a hurry to get from point A to point B, and these little side adventures sure added to our trips (I am not sure Morn always agreed!). He loved hunting with his hunting buddies (and, boy, you should have seen those hunt- ing camps!), camping with family, hiking, skiing, picking huckleber- ries and just being outdoors. He loved trips to the cabin in the Simcoes and the annual trip to the "Huckleberry Patch" to pick berries near Mt. Adams. Dad taught us about hard work and he never got too mad when we screwed up on the tractor or the feed truck--and believe me, there were some royal mess ups! He adored his four grandsons and loved watching them run around and wrestle. He would have LOVED to watch them grow up and play sports, too! When we were younger, we always spent time with extended family on the farm. It was truly a great way to grow up. He knew no strangers and made friends wherever he traveled and went. He wore his Coug gear everywhere and was always prepared with a loud "GO COUGS" when he saw a fellow fan. He also loved to golf. Making time to golf in the summer for a farmer is never easy, but it was something that relaxed him. He and Morn loved their little Goldendale Golf Club and bragged about it far and wide. He is survived by his wife Trish Cosner; his son Kurt (and Barb) Cosner of Center- ville; his daughter Heidi (and Casey) Fox of Kennewick, Washington; and his four grandsons, C.J. and Bo Fox, and Trace and Nate Cosner. He is also survived by his two sisters Susan Baxter and Gall Nail of Redding, Califor- nia and his brother Bob Cos- ner of Athena, Oregon, as well as numerous nephews and nieces. He is preceded in death by his parents, Clint and Mary Cosner. Dad's last years were tough and his descent into his diseases rapid. We want to thank the loving caregiv- ers at Guardian Angel Home in Richland, Washington for taking such good care of him over the last few years. We also greatly appreciate all those family and friends who made the effort to reach out and include my parents while things were rough. His legacy will live on in his remaining family and the fifth-generation ranch/farm in Centerville. In lieu of flow- ers, donations may be made to the Centerville Grange or Presby Museum. A celebration of life ser- vice will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at New Life Assembly of God Church in Goldendale. To send condolences to the Cos- ner family, please visit www: gardnerfh.com. Robert Niemela Robert James Niemela was born May 6, 1934 in The Dalles, Oregon to Bernita (Ahola) and Wilbert Nie- mela. When he was three, his father passed away and Glen "Pete" Smith became a wonderful father to Bob. He passed away in Port- land, Oregon on March 9, 2017 at the age of 82. Bob graduated from Goldendale High School and served in the United States Army from January 1957 until his honorable discharge Janu- ary 1959. During a portion of his service, Mr. Niemela was stationed in Nevada for atomic weapons testing and experienced 13 detonations. On Jan. 3, 1956 he mar- ried Dorothy Jean Jeter in Bakersfield, California. Bob's early work experi- ence included ranching in Centerville. He worked for Klickitat County Pub- lic Works for 38 years and served two terms as county treasurer. He was a member of the Shriners, The Dalles Gun Club, and Masonic Lodge, where he was a 32nd degree Mason. Mr. Niemela enjoyed steelhead fishing on the Klickitat River and big game hunting, and was a wonderful dad and grandpa. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Niemela of Gold- endale; daughters Sherri Niemela of Goldendale and Laurie Niemela of Beaver- ton, Oregon; and grandsons Zach, Zane and Brandon. A memorial service will be held at Columbia Hills Memorial Chapel on Satur- day, March 25, 2017 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Cancer Society. To send con- dolences to the family, visit www.gardnerfh.com. Maxine Ledford Maxine Ledford, 84, passed away at her home in Goldendale, Washington on March 10, 2017. She was born in Banks, Oregon to Ida Mac (Wescott) and Leo Vandehey on Jan. 24, 1933. She married Dallas B. Ledford in Steven- son, Washington on Dec. 15, 1956. Maxine was a member of the Gleaners Club and enjoyed crafting, crochet- ing and baking. She also tended to "morn" everybody. Mrs. Ledford is survived by her son Jesse Wise of Port- land, Oregon; daughters Linda Ressegieu of Dundee, Oregon, Tena Adkins of Vancouver, Washington and Janice Laine of Goldendale; sister Carolyn Beitelspach of Forest Grove, Oregon; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was pre- ceded in death by son Jimmy Wise, brothers Dale, Larry and Darrel Vandehey and sisters Norma Armstrong and Danna Vandehey. Con- dolences may be sent to Maxine's family by visiting www.gardnerfh.com. Dear Friends: On Saturday, we had our first day of clinic at Lad Friends Children's Hospital. It is a beautiful building and the staffis friendly and help- ful. My translator on Saturday was a young man who works as a nurse at the hospital and spent one of his days off help- ing us. We set up the clinic at the outpatient clinic area of the building, since those services are closed on the weekends. The working conditions are very nice, with air conditioning in the rooms but not the hallways. One memorable patient was a 17-year-old who told me he wants to study optom- etry. I told him I made that decision when I was 17 and encouraged him to pur- sue the profession. He did not have glasses and to my amazement, he had a cor- rection of +10.00 on one eye and +11.00 on the other, with about 2.00 diopter cylinders on each eye. Best vision was only about 20/60, which is not surprising. I am going to try to get some high plus soft contact lenses and see how that might work. We plan to have clinic again next weekend, so I might get to try them then. The optician who is work- ing with us has an optical shop here in Luang Prabang and I think he can get some trial lenses for me. He is helping people select frames and will fabricate the lenses that are needed so everyone who needs glasses will get new ones. We brought 750 frames from the collection that was donated to me for projects by the DOC indus- tries optical lab at Airway Heights Prison. We also brought some of the thou- sands that Stan Buckley has obtained for me from an import company in Pullman. We brought a good supply of ready-made reading glasses, so we can give them to the patients who need them right away. We had an interesting group of patients on Satur- day--a group of about 60 Buddhist monks in train- ing. The youngest was about 12 and the oldest in early twenties. Most of them did not need lens corrections, but we are giving all of them sunglasses. The group of young men were all fairly easy patients, which was a good thing since the first day of clinic is usually the hardest until everyone gets into the swing of things. Having 60 young men as patients definitely made the day easier than if 60 people with cataracts had shown up. We ended up seeing over 100 patients on the first day. Sunday's clinic went well and we saw about 95 patients. A carload came from a vil- lage that I was told was a three-hour drive away. We had quite a few elderly peo- ple and many with cataracts. We were able to help most of them with glasses, which will last for a while, but even- tually they will need surgery to have adequate vision. The highlight of the day happened after we were finished with the clinic. We took some of the kid packs that the United Methodist Women have been making for us for many years and went around the ward where the overnight patients were. There were about ten kids, all in bed with an array of IVs, casts, bandages, braces, wheelchairs etc. and their family members. Patients in the hospital have to have a family member with them to do the basic patient care. The nurses do only the medical things and the fam- ily does the rest. The Lad Friends Children's Hospital is adjacent to the public pro- vincial hospital and there is a covered cooking area with food storage lockers where families of patients in either hospital can cook for them- selves and their family mem- bers while at the hospital. I walked around the ward playing the accordion that Walter Goik gave me several years ago while some from our team handed out the kid packs to all of the patients and siblings and other fam- ily as well. The kids and par- ents were all surprised and gratefully accepted the gifts. It was really nice to see some hurting kids and their par- ents smiling and cheered up for a while. Tomorrow, we plan to leave Luang Prabang to drive to an area of the coun- try where we are to have clinics in three villages on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is not planned yet, but we may do a vision screening at the school in the village where the two girls that John Miller helped through school grew up. Both of them have been helping us with translation and other logistical things. Until next time, Jim Ogden team on to Dear Friends: Monday morning (13 March), we left on a four day expedition in the mountains of Lads. We hired a 15 pas- senger van and driver and drove many hours, mostly on narrow and rough dirt roads. Our first stop was Phonkay Town where the District Health Office for that area of the country is located. We paid a courtesy call to Dr. Sochit, the direc- water/sewer April 15th' If you moves tor for the district and then set up our clinic at the local hospital and saw abut 30 patients, since it was already early afternoon. We spent the night in Phonxay at a guest house that looked like something from the set in Casablanca. Accommoda- tions were basic with squat toilets and real showers with cool water. Continued Page 5 Church D" BAPTIST Columbus Avenue Baptist, S.B.C. 815 N. Columbus, Goldendale. 773-4471. Pastor Michael Block, Sunday School 9:45am, Morning Worship 1 lam, Sunday Evening Stttdy and Worship 6pm, Wednesday Evening Prayer and Youth Group 7pm CATHOLIC Holy Trinity Catholic 307 Schuster, Goldendale. Father William Byron, 773-4516. Sat. Eve. Mass 5:30pro; Sun. Mass 9am; Spanish Mass Sat. evening 6:30pm Eve of Holy Days 7pm; Holy Days 7:30am and Daily Mass Mon - Fri 7:30am CCD Classes, Wed. afternoons 2:15 to 3:30pm Kindergarten through 6th grade. Wed. evenings 7:30 to 8:30, 7th - 12th grade. Con- fessions before Mass Sat. noon - lpm GRACE BRETHREN Community Grace Brethren 1180 S Roosevelt, Goldendale, Gregory M. Howell, pastor. 773-3388. Sunday School for kids & Adults 9:00am; Sun. Service 10:30am; Sat. Service 6:30pm; Wednesday Activities: Awana 3-5pm; Youth Group & Prayer Meet- ing 6:30pm; goldendalegrace.com. "The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible." LUTHERAN Christ the King Lutheran S Columbus & Simcoe Dr, Goldendale; 773- 5750. Sun. school, 9am, worship services 10am Everyone welcome. METHODIST United Methodist Columbus & Broadway; Pastor Pat Longstroth; 773-4461. Service times: Worship 9:30am; Adult classes 10:45am; Fall & Winter Chil- dren's Church available during worship. All are welcome. Call the church for regularly sched- uled events. NAZARENE Church of the Nazarene 124 W All) n, Goldendale; Pastor Victor Hunt, 773 -4216; goldendalenaz@gmail.com. Sunday School 9:30am; Worship 10:45am NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1602 S Columbus, Goldendale. Pastor Kevin Gerchak, 773-4650; Sun. School 9:30am; Morning Worship Service 10:30am; Evening Service 6pm; Family Night on Wed. 7pro with programs for ages 3 years through adult. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 1/2 mile East on Bickleton Hwy. Sabbath School Sat. 9:30am; Worship Service llam; Pastor Tim Gray; 773-4381 NON-DENOMINATIONAL Centerville Community Church 508 Dalles Mountain Road, Centerville, WA 98613; 208-792-7108; Pastor Ken Akins; palerider 1327~,yahoo.com; Sunday Worship Celebration 10am. "Where friends invite friends and Everyone is Welcome" Father's House Fellowship 207 S Klickitat Ave, 773-4719. Basic Bible Fellowship 9:30am; Worship 10:30am; Wed. Prayer 6pm "A Gospel-Centered Church." , Let the community know about your church by listing your services and offerings here for only $19 per month. Contact The Sentinel at 773-3777 to find out how. Blessings! SAT, Elks Lodge White Salmon SOCIAL HOUR: 5:00 pm RIB DINNER:6:30 pm $3O I hrchase you .rs at ese fine busmesses: Pharmacy [ Simcoe Insurance [Mid Columbia Producers I :Columbia Bank • t tl II JI J tJ mill '-" In Interested" []oining the WCA? Call Josh today!