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ilMAGE ©SMALLTOWNPAPERS, INC. ALL CONTENT COPYRIGHTED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. fUSE SUBJECT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT. REPRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED. PAGE 4 APRIL :ine DAN RICHARDSON, PUBLISHER SAM LOWRY, REPORTER GREG SKINNNER, REPORTER A PUBUCATION OF TARTAN PUBLICATIONS, INC. , ANDREW J. MCNAB, PRESIDENT A theme by any other name... Looking around Goldendale these days, you'd think the town has already got a theme, as some folks have been suggesting for years. The theme? Second-hand shopping paradise. If that's too pedestrian, we could go with, treasures, gifts and rare finds. Consider the evidence: Main Street has four stores, including two new ones, offering second-hand shopping and consignment items. There's everything from clothes to jewelry. If you count the new art gallery and The Front Porch in the broad mix of shops, there's six stores of a kind. Add two others (one, Aimee's Attic, a newly opened second-hand furni- ture store) on Broadway, and Goldendale's retail market begins to look like its taking on a shopping theme. It's not one that city or county officials would pick, given that small shops employ few people and don't add dramatically to a tax base. But shopping attracts visitors and their money; just ask Leavenworth or Troutdale. And these second-hand and gift stores, new and old, are the free market at work. A free people, starting businesses and pinning their hopes on their own labor - now, thafs something a community could build a theme around. --- Dan Richardson I Talk about bad hair day/ Talk about a bad hair day! Animal behavior expert Temple Grandin says studies have shown that cows with high hair whorls on their heads are more flighty, and bulls with unsightly hair whorls on their heads have a lower sperm count. Fifty percent 6T bulls with hair whorls that were ugly or off-center failed the fertility test in Grandin's studies. Farm World newspaper correspondent Nancy f ~-~ Lybarger reports these findings from a presenta-// rl]8 ~'~ tion Grandin made in Evansville, Ind. One of [ llal~k ~1 Grandin s students also found that cattle with | DOuR t~1] finer bones tend to be more high-strung. [ FOIlV ~//I i can't quibble with these conclusions, but ~ - n .14~/ J ,. . ......... \ ©2004 14oger rona .f nnKing sperm counts to bad halr is a blt ot a ~ stretch, it seems to me. Who knows why bulls with rumpled hair are less fertile? Maybe they stayed up all night fighting? , Maybe the bulls with off-center hair whorls are the older ones? They re just trying to cover up a bald spot. Or maybe that's the bull you hit with a 2x4 every time he gets too close? Look and see if the bull s eyes are crossed. That should tell us something. I would expect finer boned cattle to be more flighty. They re less clum- sy. They run faster. That's why I ve always thought Angus cattle are more skittish. They disappear into the darkness quicker. That s the problem with using physical characteristics to predict animal behavior. It's hard to say what s related to what. We should take another look at the theory that cows with higher hair whorls tend to be more flighty. This was determined by running 15oo cat- tle through a squeeze chute, with one student looking for harebrained ten- dencies while a second student checked for hair whorls. Nobody mentions the breeding behind these cattle. I suspect the cattle with the big hair and flighty tendencies have some Charolais blood in them. They re blonde, for heavens sake! This isn t the first time animal scientists have come up with new ideas for producers. I remember back in the 7os when scientists decided cows with longer necks were more fertile. That s probably true. They can reach through the fence further. They get more to eat. Then scientists at Texas A&M University learned pigs who had their ears scratched on a regular basis grew faster than those who didn t. (Nobody knows how they found this out.) Animal scientists seem to forget this kind of information is only good at a university. You've got to have a lot of graduate students around if you want to try something like that. Can you imagine advising a man with 4,000 hogs he needs to scratch h!s pigs ears? Or telling the head cowboy, O.K. Earl, here's the plan. We 11 run all these heifers through the squeeze chute, and you watch for the ones with high hair whorls. Then, we'll sort those out and sell 'em.'. "But, Boss,' Earl says. "You know we can't get them cattle anywhere near a squeeze chute! State House of Re0resentatives Rep. Bruce Chandler, 404 John L. O'Brien Bldg. Olympia, WA 98504 Office phone: (360) 786-7960 Rep. Daniel Newhouse, 422 John L O'Brien Bldg. Olympia, WA 98504 Office phone: (360)786-7874 Senate State - Sen. Jim Honeyford, 403 Legislative Bldg. Olympia 98504 Office phone: (360) 786-7684 U.S.- Patty Murray, 513 Hart Senate Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510 Seattle phone number: (206) 553-5545 Maria Cantwell, 915 2nd Ave., Ste. 3206, Seattle, WA 98174 Seattle phone number: (206) 220-6400 U.S. House of Re0resentatives Richard "Doc" Hastings, 1229 Longworth HOB Wash 0.C. 20515-4704 Office phone: (202) 225-5816 Brian Baird, 1721 Longworth HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 Office phone: (202) 225-3536 15th District Hotline: 800462-6000 THE GOLDENDALE SENTINEL OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR GOLDENDALE AND KLICKITAT COUNTY, WA ESTABLISHED 1879 • PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FROM OFFICES AT 117 W. 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Main St. Goldendale, WA 98620-9526. oldendale entinel Klickitat work proves we can make a difference To the Editor: For decades, a sluice way at the old mill in the town of K]ickitat vir- tually blocked all salmon from reaching spawning and rearing areas in Snyder Creek. In 1999, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) undertook an ambitious project to restore fish pas- sage through the abandoned mill site. Funding for the project came from a variety of sources; including the Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group, Salmon Recovery Funding Board, Yakama Nation and WDFW. The economic repercussions will be severe if we allow salmon populations to con- m,barry~c.,ad~ amounts of cash through the Land ~;II Conservation Fund and the National Grassl~ / Program. So do states. In Colorado, for ex~ than $15o million generated by the state lotted[ [ to the protection of some 358,000 acres oI gl__[ since 1994. tax ~ Citizens are also increasingly willing to .~ [ to protect private lands. Even in the off-el~:t|[ 20o3, voters in Western communities apprOv~ [ measures that will result in more than $300j~ open spaces and parks, according to theTrt~'--~," || some ranchers to stay on the land for at least ~'~ eration. But raising livestock will continue to~ ginal economic activity for all but the most ~ stubborn, and the most wealthy. Non-ranCh~A likely end up with most of the private land o..~ That s a hard pill to sw,allow, but it doeSta~.~l [ mean the end of the West s rural landscape, oft4[ mount question we must address today is rJ0~ I do we save ranching?" but, "How do we save ~1] Paul Larrnev is the executive director of ~. ig~ I News (hcn.org), based in Vaonia, ColoradO" " contacted at plarmer@hcn.org. _~ care so much about was run over by a Mack truck. The truck is driven by the good old American market- place. Foreign livestock producers and a monopolistic meatpacking industry have made it almost impossible for ranchers to make a living. Then there is that alluring temptress we all face in America: the rising real estate market. Though ranchers often have ties to the land that go sev- eral generations deep, they find it as hard as the next per- son not to sell out when people with checkbooks come knocking. In the last 30 years, nearly a quarter of the West's private ranch lands have been converted to other uses, according to the American Farmland Trust. And the pace is quickening. Over the next decade, more than half the ranches i~ the region will change hands, as an aging population of ranchers sells to newcomers or passes their lands on to heirs who are more interested in the land's monetary value than in continuing an economically challenged tra- dition. All of this spells huge trouble for the West, because these lands are some of the most beautiful and biologi- cally rich. They are also next to our public lands, where ranchers graze their herds during the summer months. If current population and land-use trends hold, cattle may disappear from the public domain, greatly pleasing some environmentalists, but the Western landscape will dimin- ish to apatchwork of over-used public lands, surrounded Few environmental issues have Guest Column by ever more sprawlirSal~ stirred up as much dust in the West --~f--, - ---- Wildlife that tradition anlln~~ as the debate over livestock grazing, laa U l L armer from the mountains ana.at~ In the early 199os, a small group of the well-watered rivers ~h~,~ conservationists looked beyond the and confused by the tar~ hyperbole and found a third approach: supporting ranch- roads, fences, houses and strip malls. ~ t~! I ers who wanted to raise healey livestock while also xoo million acres of private ranch land is ~l[I improvi,,ng the health of the land. Keep good ranchers on throughout the West. dP the !and' became their mantra. If the West of tomorrow is going to retain a.~ I It s a nice sentiment, but the fact is that ranching is chunk of open spaces, the public is going to l~ dying in the West and has been for some time. While we up tens of billions of dollars in the coming de~A! were debating whether or not cattle could be grazed in an not an impossible goal. The federal gover~.~ ecologically sound way, the Western landscape we all ability -- though not now the will to thr°~Jrl tinue to dwindle and expire. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service reports in the Survey of Economic Benefits Thank you all What a couni of the Fishing and Wildlife Recreation 2OOl, $853 million dol- To the Editor: To the Editor: lars was spent in Washington by the Sometime ago I read an article ,, To quote Yackov sport fishing industry for items like regarding the "right or "wrong" America! What a country'~ tackle, gas, motels, food and boats, things to say to someone suffering a Where else in the world Working to rehabilitate Snyder loss, grieving or ill. One of the things son drive with excessive slI[ Creek and other important tributar- that stands out in my mind was how eluding police, the sheriffs| I ies to the Klickitat River will impact one is prone to say, Let me know if state troopers from twol[ local economies through an there is anything I can do to help. under the influence of s0W improved fishing season. The article stated that although we cant, endanger people's l~ [ The residents of Klickitat face mean well, the person suffering can- on state property in a m~ul[ serious economic challenges. This is not adequately state what they need danger to that proper][[ a town that once relied entirely on a when just making it through the through a closed gate,~ logging mill operation for its eco- next minute seems difficult. The another state and try to eV[ nomic base. That mill shut down article suggested that we just "do." state police, ditch avehicle~ [ over a decade ago and now we have Never has that suggestion been supposed to be driving ~ I the opportunity to do something more clear to me since March 15th suspended license, plead I[ positive with an abandoned site. when my husband suffered a heart have a court date set for tla.~ Although the town may be eco- attack and I was on, the receiving end month only to be given nomically depressed; the spirit of of the question, Let me know, if em, two)months in jaila~ the citizens of Klickitat that I've there is anything I can do to help.' fine, when the possibility ~ [ worked with has been very positive. Never have I needed to say thank been five years and/or !~ The Klickitat Citizens Council and you to so many that just "did." fine in an obviously rushea~ school district have provided direct Thank you to the quiet angels that I ask you, where but in support and participation with the brought, food.to our door so. we did- What a countryW. Sn der Creek pro'ect n t have to think about cooking JoPIA Y - 9 " " G Steelhead trout will now be able to Thank you to the many doers that ,ql! pass through the re-constructed gathered medication money, in ~ - = . 1 flume. This §pring, threatened Mid- donation cans and to those that F;;n~ftomr~f~#ntll Columbia steelheads are making filled them up. . ,=:~ f.il~ their way up the re-constructed Thank you for the card and check DOODle tO VOI I sluiceway. This project will result in mailed by someone we have never ",,,Ai~Am m ..... [[ opening almost four miles of habitat met. 06111.1UI I~Vy ! I that tlae salmon historically used Thanks to those who invited us to To the Editor -- |[ before the mill was constructed, take a ride just to get out of the .... : is [I Snyder Creek has water in it above house, uelta r~appa tiamma ~ ]~ I Th promsslonal eoucators, the mill site that provides habitat for anks to those that brought - - • ~t~ resident fish throughout the year. fresh fruit and smoked fish. currently teaching, ot~[~ The larger freshets needed for big Thank you for the get well cards retired. We would like t0]~ coho salmon and steelhead occur with special messages, support for the upconag~[~ ~e~egh:~!!d t:h~tsW~s tab~ "~~eSt~hg2s~.°und °ur It:uI~htth'sn PtahSet 5a°eYesca~s~t] Snyder Creek's restoration can Thank you for putting oil in the strongly feel that the ~[[~ demonstrate the power behind local car, checking the tires and filling the me backbone of the ~[[ ..... community m communities supporting restoration gas tank. " - " • - - ot~ our han we nave watcnea y | efforts instead of criticizing them. Thank you for holding ds ..... ~.~ | We can make a difference in salmon Thank you for just doing when it leave our .schoo!s an0~l was di ul wer the uestloeeome solid citizens I recovery at a community level and "ffic t to ans ,, q "on ....... ~1 I we are proving it in Klickitat. "What can I do to help.? stun .ms m many nem s. :j~ I Elizabeth Kinne, Thank you. Thank You. age me .peopm or. t~.~ I Executive Director, dessica Bicker support the upcoming le,:~ • • 6~ . * "Mud-Columbia Fisheries Goldendale Yes on April 27. _ et~ in Saving ranch~ands wtal to non-ranchers, to~