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Thursday, May 6, 2004 • Goldendale, Washington 98620-9526
One hundred and twenty-fifth year--- No. 19
uncil, county
ials disc
munity'
possible
river-
rSAM LOWRY
good at rolling up
Thanks for setting
Klickitat County
Joan Frey at a
Thursday, prais-
for being
county's "most
year was
the trucks were
;in," she said of the
annual
drive.
was the Lyle
Council's sec-
)
with county
thank them for
discuss priori-
advice.
members have
council
' than towns-
it does, so it's
Work with county
and maintain
chance to run
them, a sharing
president
of the evening
!at the Lyle Lions'
Club.
Frey and fellow commis-
sioners Don Struck and Ray
Thayer, along with Sheriff
Chris Mace and Kathy Norton
of the Economic
Development Department,
represented the county.
All six of Terry Mills' fellow
council-members were on
hand to watch his video slide
show of Lyle sights, projects
and accomplishments.
Mentioned with pride, in
addition to cleanup day, were
scholarships the Lions have
given out; a recent communi-
ty survey; the Web site
(http://community.gorge.net
/lyle) where a community
newsletter is posted for the
first time; the Klickitat Trail;
and beautification efforts
including the new practice of
hanging banners from down-
town light poles (or American
flags on holidays).
The council thanked the
county for economic develop-
ment grants given this year
for upgrades to the local fire
hall and school playground.
Talk turned to dreams -
there are three huge ones: A
pathway from Lyle High
School to downtown, a histo-
ry museum, and a boat dock.
All agreed that foot access
between the school and
downtown will require acqui-
sition of right-of-way and
See LYI~ DREAMS, page 4
traditions alive on
Prairie, in Glenwood
ago, the Camas Prairie and Vicinity Pioneer
lOoth anniversary drew a large crowd of west-
descendants to celebrate in Glenwood.
continues to meet on the first Sunday of every
alize, share information and pictures,
s involvement in events such as the
Kalf Rodeo.
can be based on descent and/or geography,
Hutton.
were (pictured above, left to right,
Claudette Gahimer, Mary Mullins
Harry Dechand, Lois Dechand, Anne
Wanee Kuhnhausen, Jerry Ladiges,
Bonne Harris, Larry Rutledge, Kay
"met, Harold Cole.
-- Sam Lowry
fair this
andal HS gym
reed- required for all blood tests.
a chance to Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for
and get blood drawings - and for
fee. breakfast, served until lo a.m.
Goldendaleby the High School Rodeo
held this Club for $4.
6, in the Physicians will be conduct-
ing free skin and breast exam-
a inations from 8 a.m. until
the noon, and Goldendale
will optometrist James Ogden
at 7:3o and dentist David Reirnche-
~rge, the Vu will also offer health
a screenings during the fair.
blood Vendors representing vari-
along ous areas of health care will
easurement, be open for business at 8 a.m.
added thisto share informational and
educational materials. The
is a TSH fair closes at 1 p.m.
$8, PSA For more information
and a please contact Pat Scarola at
for Klickitat Valley Hospital, 773-
is 4022, Ext. 2026.
FLAMING FIELDS
Photo by Greg Skinner
A large controlled, permitted burn roars across farmland on the Centerville plain Sunday morning. This centuries-
old practices stimulates seed growth, reduces erosion, kills diseases and pests in an economical and chemical-
free way. Fanned by ripping gusts of wind, the flames flared at least six feet high at times.
Sheriff
By GREG SKINNER
News Reporter
Over the weekend, the
Klickitat. County Sheriffs
Office stopped Goldendale
police from booking people
arrested during an operation
along US 97 into the county
jail.
According to Dave Hill,
Goldendale police chief, this is
the third time the sheriff's
office has tried to close off the
jail -- for reasons, he said, he
didn't know.
'~laere are no provisions for
him to shut the jail off," in the
city-county contract said Hill.
The jail superintendant,
Paul Tesi, told the Goldendale
Police Department (GPD)
Friday that he didn't know
why, but that shutting them
out was a direct order from the
sheriff.
The contract, between the
city of Goldendale and
city out of jail, alleges profiling
Klickitat County, stipulates
that if there is a grievance, a
conversation shall take place
between them.
Whatever the reason, shut-
ting the jail off is not the
answer, said Hill.
J,flie Vance, Goldendale city.
attorney, said the closure, as in
the past, happened on the
weekend with no given reason,
when no injunction can be
arranged, and the county com-
missioners were away.
Then she said, on Monday
when the government was
open, the jail was suddenly re-
opened and some reason is
given. Chris Mace, Klickitat
County Sheriff, said that past
closures were to protect the jail
for liability issues.
Monday morning, Hill and
the city's attorney meet with
Tim O'Neill, prosecuting attor-
ney for Klickitat County. Hill
said O'Neill agreed that the jail
shouldn't have been cut off.
(O'Neill declined to comment
for this article, citing an ongo-
ing legal issue.)
This time the reason came in
the form of a letter, on
Tuesday.
Tesi sent a memo to GPD
detailing the reasons for the
jail closure. GPD had plans for
two days of heavy traffic moni-
toring April 30 and May 1. The
"traffic violation/education
effort" was called an "empha-
sis." Tesi said there were liabil-
ity issues with the county jail's
housing of potential prisoners
from the planned traffic stops.
Citing staff reports to the
sheriff, Tesi wrote, "informa-
tion from the Yakima Drug
Enforcement Agency that this
emphasis was set up for the
purpose of seizing funds, tar-
geting 'nice vehicles' and
'Hispanics'."
Sheriff Maee told The
Sentinel that he refused to
expose h!s officers to potential
lawsuits coming from what he
called possible civil rights vio-
lations.
Hill denied these allega-
tions, calling them "inflamma-
tory and slanderous."
Gregory Gassett, special
agent in charge of U.S. Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA),
said that the DE_A never made
the comments attributed to the
agency in Tesi's memo.
Gassett said that kind of
policing is never to be done.
Over the weekend,
Goldendale PD made 8o stops
and gave out eight tickets,
making one arrest for a sus-
pended license.
"If we were profiling, we
were profiling Caucasian
males," said Hill.
Mace contends, regardless
of what the DEA said, that the
planned two-day traffic mis-
sion was in fact an operation
targeting presumed drug run-
See JAIL, page 2
FLOWER
SHOW
Photo by Sam Lowry
The Columbia Hills
were a sea of yellow
flowers as warm
spring weather finally
reached Klickitat
County. Dalles Mou-
ntain Road (LEFT)
offered views of The
Dalles far below.
For an article about
the new state park on
the Columbia Hills,
see page 16.
Wind storm rattles area, shuts off lights, some damag
Steady winds of around 35
mph and gusts estimated at up
to 50 mph buffeted Kliekitat
County last Tuesday after-
noon, causing scattered power
outages and creating minor
havoc
Oddly, at about the same
time similar winds were
reported from coast to coast,
causing damage in the Rocky
Mountain states and the far
northeast.
Ron Ihrig, operations man-
ager for the Kliekitat Publie
utility District (KPUD), said
he'd been following the weath-
er news that day and heard
reports of a cold front affecting
areas of Washington state
from Snohomish to Yakima.
In Goldendale, pitchers'
pitches and tipped foul balls
went sailing in odd directions
during games on both dia-
monds at Goldendale High
School; later, several four-foot
by eight-foot plywood signs
affixed to outfield fencing
were torn askew. Simcoe
Drive was closed from concern
that signs would blow across
the road, said Goldendale
Police Chief Dave Hill.
Several large plastic bins
were blown loose from the A~
M. Todd mint-off plant on S.
Columbus Ave., then tumbled
through an adjoining field,
chased by workers. A billboard
on East Broadway was
destroyed by the gusts.
Ihrig reported several
minor power outages caused
by downed lines and tripped
breakers.
The first reports of downed
lines came at about 4:30 p.m.,
on Dot Road south of
Bickleton and in the Three
Prong area further to the east,
Ihrig said.
Next came reports of out-
ages between Goldendale and
Satus Pass, north of town on
Hwy. 97. Crews discovered
that a tree near mile post 23
had fallen across lines feeding
areas all the way toward
Toppenish.
Outages in the areas of
Fenton Lane, Woodland Rd.
and the Goodnoe Hills were
traced to a tripped breaker
feeding the main 69-kilovolt
line to Roosevelt; later, anoth-
er breaker was tripped in
Roosevelt, Ihrig said.
A wire down on North
Columbus Ave., north of the
golf course near Goldendale,
and another in White Salmon
were the last of the storm's
pranks before it blew out at
dusk.
Power was restored to all
KPUD customers by n p.m.,
Ihrig said.
-- Sam Lowrg