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JUNE
RS FROM THE COMMUN
DAN RICHARDSON, PUBLISHER
SAM LOWRY, REPORTER
GREG SKINNNER, REPORTER
OF INC. • ANDREW J. MCNAB, PRESIDENT
Wew from the editor's
It's encouraging that residents of Goldendale and the county remember
important issues and, sometimes, ask political candidates serious questions
-- as they did during recent lunch talks with Ray Thayer and Steve Johnston,
two candidates for county commission. The seat for which they are vying
comes up for election this fall, but it's high time we start asking tough and
vital questions.
We hope they were listening to you. We know we were.
One of the public's questions, about toxic heavy metals in a regional land-
fill, inspired us to write a news article on the topic this week. (See page 1.)
We're working on others.
Next weekend, June 12, is the 13-Mile Yard Sale in Lyle and Klickitat and
surrounding areas. What a great idea! It's the second annual, and organizers
have expressed hopes that perhaps Goldendale might want to get involved ....
Well, do we?
This weekend, June 5-6, kicks off what promises to be the greater
Goldendale area's busiest motor sports summer (See page 1 stories). The
events this summer are a m'Lx of long-held local traditions, like the Jaycees'
Fourth of July Demolition Derby, and the new and untried, like the June 12-
13 motorcycle poker run. The kickoff event is the second annual vintage trac-
tor pull, Sunday, June 6, at the county fairgrounds.
All these events raise several questions in my mind that we as a communi-
ty ought to be hashing out with ourselves and our elected leaders:
• Is this a good fit for us? Probably after this summer's expected, occa-
sional crowds, we can get a better sense whether or not these events are
things we want to encourage. I suspect that we will.
• How do we coordinate regional events for maximum impact
and minimum confusion? The Chamber of Commerce is involved in co-
organizing several major events, but not all. It may well be time for the coun-
ty, various cities and the business community to co-fund a private, profes-
sional events coordinator.
• How do we reap economic benefit? During last summer's rock
crawl, local business owners seemed somnambulant. There are signs they are
starting to get it, though, with outreach to the Centerville-area motorcycle
tracks.
• How do we minimize impacts, like noise and crowds? That's a
topic for police, city and the business community - and another reason for a
professional coordinator.
m Dan Richardson
Just hit the ball and get it over with
I'm not a criminal ...
or, at least, not
much of one
To the Editor:
I've had my 15 minutes of fame in
Klickitat County, and I don't wish
for any more, but I would like to
answer Tim O'Neill's letter about
my sordid criminal past.
Forty years ago, I was involved in
a victimless crime with a couple of
people not so bright like myself. We
were told we couldn't fail, but we
did. I spent 50 days in the
Jacksonville County jail in Florida.
After that, a state marshal came for
me and brought me back to court.
The judge released me and said I
was free to go, and he would seal
my records.
I was back home in California the
next day.
How did that happen? My under-
standing was that someone stepped
up to the plate and told the truth. I
suppose I am the only one who cares
about my criminal past, but innuen-
dos and half-truths don't tell the
whole story. I don't want my neigh-
bors on the High Prairie thinking
that they are living next door to
some social deviant, ax murderer or,
even worse, a Republican.
Tom Gantry
High Prairie
Teach Christ's
mercy, Christians,
not condemnation
To the Editor:
In response to Daniel Durant's let-
ter to the editor in the May 26, 2004
edition of The Goldendale Sentinel,
entitled "Support Freedom and the
adult store."
As a believer in the gospel of Jesus
Christ and being one who bears his
name, I want to apologize to you and
any other unbelieving persons who
have possibly been dealt judgment
and condemnation by my fellow
believers through the despicable
The increasing popularity of golf is causing new problems for golf practice that you described while
addicts. Once a game for the rich and well-heeled, golf has become a sport you and/or others may have been
~:tl~es. ,!: ~ ~: ..... " ~:'. . ~ :.-. : .,,..= : frequenting the adult store estab~
..... This is frustrating for those who thought they were doing something other lishment (':n The Dalles).
people couldn't afford. It's like fox hunting: There's little pleasure in shouting
"Tally ho!" when everyone else is yelling, "There goes the varmint."
The proliferation of new players has clogged fairways and slowed play to a
crawl on many courses. A shortage of goff courses is part of the problem, but
slow play can be alleviated if folks will just remember two simple thoughts:
Forget how the pros do it, and suspend the rules
when necessary. (
Everyone should play by the rules, of course, ThO
but there has to be a limit, n person who hits a / BO~J[ ~l
cow in the neighboring pasture with his tee shot,
kills a wpodpecker with his second, and takes four [ ~0~[~ ~/]
swings in the sand trap, should be allowed to do
anything he wants for the rest of the round.
New golfers and duffers like me can play just as
fast as better golfers if we skip the practice swings, use cheap balls, and forget
about the ones that go in the bushes.
I like to blame slow golfing on too much television. Imitating the pros has
done more to slow down golf than anything I can imagine. I can remember
the days when a person would hit a golf ball, go find it, and hit it again. But
now television has given each golfer a routine. Now a person selects a fee from
his bag, places the ball on the tee, and walks around behind it to see if it's
straight. After lining up the shot in this manner, the golfer throws some grass
in the air to cheek the wind. Finally, he grimaces into the sun, takes four prac-
flee swings, and hits the ball. All of this comes from too much television.
Standing behind the ball to line up the shot reminds one of Jack Nicklaus.
Swinging the arms to loosen the shoulders imitates Fred Couples. Glaring
into the sun mimics Gary Player.
I played with a guy one time who rolled up his sleeves and shook his arms
just like Art Carney. If Jackie Gleason had been there he would have hit him
up side of the head.
Weekend golfers think the pros do these things to relax and improve con-
eentration. I think they do it just to irritate everyone else.
Golfers these days can be expected to line up the ball like Jack Nicklaus,
swing their arms like Fred Couples, and hit the ball like Barney Fife. I don't
know about others, but I can't even see a ball after Jack Nicklaus hits it; and
every time my shoulders get loose'I have to visit the chiropractor.
I'm not sure I have a solution to all of this, except possibly to suggest we
keep the game in perspective and try not to take it to seriously.
I agree with the famous golfer, whose name I can't remember. This fellow
said, "No one has fully mastered golf until he realizes his good shots are acci-
dents, and his bad shots are good exercise."
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OUR SOl_PIERS
wvR~ SCARI~P
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rebellion to God's love and his law of continuation of that war. I~
love sentence you to a prison of sin
and bondage, on death row, awaiting
the inevitable judgment that a holy
God must deal out.
As to my fellow believers, who in
their zeal have lost sight of their
ministry in the new covenant estab-
lished by our Savior, our message to
the world is one, and very simple:
We preach forgiveness of sins and
eternal life through Jesus Christ.
Remember that we are ministers
of God's grace and mercy, not con-
demnation which comes through the
old covenant. Now, if you see the car
of your brother in Christ parked in
front of a sinful establishment, you
have a scriptural command to seek
to restore your brother taken in this
fault with love being the motivation,
not condemnation.
When we take up social causes
such as in this case we diminish the
greater offense that the world stands
condemned for. Don't put your
Savior in the backseat in your order
of priorities.
Ryan C. DeHart
Goldendale
Everyone thought
Although what you and others are Saddam had WMD
practicing is a blatant transgression
of God's holy law, you and all other To the Editor:
unbelievers stand condemned for a Many present day writers pay lit-
much greater offense then partici- tie attention to history or facts.
paring in pornography or any form Contrary to the media, Bush did not
of sexual immorality: Rejection of declare war on Iraq. The ending of
the son of God is the greatest and the Iraq war in the 199os was con-
only unforgivable sin in God's eyes. tingent upon Saddam showing proof
You may call it freedom, (and in that his WMD were destroyed. He
that you have a choice, you are cor- didn't, so the war did not end.
rect) however your choice to live in The present military action is a
On Saturday, the largest gather- looked forward to their particular
ing of American war veterans since versions of the American Dream.
1945 took place at the formal dedi- The economic catastrophe called
cation and opening of the World the Great Depression postponed
War II Memorial. This memorial and sometimes eliminated the
will be specifically dedicated to dreams of their childhood and
those Americans that served in the youth. Children and young people
military during the war, but in a growing up in the Depression did
broader sense it honors an entire not have the wealth, leisure time and
generation of Americans, because in freedom that middle class American
WWII all Americans sacrificed for children and youth have now.
the war effort. Instead, they helped their families
The memorial and dedication are survive. They learned en masse the
long overdue: WWII ended 59 years value of hard work, thrift, and sacri-
ago, and in this entire time there has rice for the good of the group. They
been no memorial honoring all had no expectations that anything
those that served during the war. would be given to them, and nothing
Although this shameful neglect is was given to them. In hindsight, the
finally ending, it is too late for most Great Depression turned out to be
WWIIveterans. both physical and psychological
Of the 16 million Americans who training for their participation in
served in WWII, only 4 million are WWII, a major turning point in his-
still alive, and of all the original tory.
members of their generation, only a Most Americans acknowledge
small portion remain, that this generation successfully
Those that remain are in there fought and won WWII. Referring to
7os, 8os, and 9os, and thousands the consequences of their victory, in
are dying everyday. Consequently, 1995 President Clinton stated, 'The
although the memorial ostensibly WWII generation saved the world."
honors the passing generation, the This accomplishment alone would
real purpose of the memorial is to be enough to earn the title Greatest
remind the rest of us of the debt that Generation and our eternal grati-
we owe them, and to serve as a sym- rude, given the alternative: Hitler
bolic guide for future foreign and wins the war and his successors
military policy, dominate the planet to this day.
However, our debt to this genera-
. • • tion is even greater because their
accomplishments did not end in
These veterans are a part of a gen- 1945. In the years following their
erafion often called the "Greatest WWII victory they achieved two
Generation," a rifle they earned, additional remarkable accomplish-
Initially the members of this genera- ments.
tion, born approximately between After they defeated fascism, their
191o and 193o, were probably no Cold War leadership led to their see-
different from Americans that came ond accomplishment, the eventual
before or after them. Their parents defeat of communism between 1948
wanted increased opportunities for and 1991, allowing millions of peo-
their children, and they themselves ple to experience democracy, for the
2002, Congress voted
ingly, giving Bush
military force. In
Security Council voted
passing Resolution
Saddam a final opportunity
ply. Again he refused.
If Saddam had
WMD, why didn't he
end the war? Instead,
games with the UN, until
up in desperation.
What justification is
ing Bush a liar, when
months ago, both
UN, by
expressed belief that
WMD? If you lost a
you say
Those urging the US
pull out should
about 65 years ago, it
of time that England waS
replacing the
Chamberlain with
mately ending Hitler's
Internal dissent in our
encourages the enemy,
our troops and costs
"longingthe war.
Wayne L
Guest
Anthony
Central Washington
first time.
That generation's
plishment laid the
dation for the
class. Using their
pered work ethic,
inspired self confidence,
nuity, and the GI Bill
and 197o they created the
engine that
in the history
nucopia they
Americans and
because since 1945
loaned and invested
lars around the world.
Arguably, these three
than any other
the history of humanity.
I believe it is not too l
that a high percentage
alive now on this
freedom, rights, and
dard of living to
rifices of this generation.
However,
plishments, the
did not permanently
human evil. Powerful
desire
Therefore we cannot
age to this
carry on the work
Eliminating
extremism, spreading_
and the rule of law, and
standard of living of
world. Only then can we
sacrifices and efforts
Generation were not in