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JULY!
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ANDREW J. MCNAB - TARTAN PUBLICATIONS, INC., PUBLISHER
KAREN HENSLEE . GENERAL MANAGER
SAM LOWRY, GO-EDITOR
GREG SKINNNER, GO-EDITOR
Move Eddieville.
The incompatibility between a notable Centerville-area agricultural oper-
ator and a neighboring business - which happens to be a motocross track -
raises issues of county-wide concern.
If one of them should eventually need to move, which is it going to be?
Will it be the genuinely admirable motor-sports success story, or the long-
existing farm and ranch belonging to members of a generations-old family?
The owner of the Eddieville track south of Goldendale and the neighbors
who find its dust and noise intolerable may yet find compromise.
In case they do not, county officials and residents will, either by action or
the lack of it, decide either in favor of agriculture, or, let us say, against it.
I find myself leaning toward the farmers.
Mind you, the Eddieville track's success is testament to its owner's com-
mitment, vision and organizational skill. The land is family land; he is a local
native; he has rights and legitimacy. He has invested. He is also a gentleman.
The track has a large number of fans and very few detractors, even among
nearby farmers and ranchers.
But nobody in this case, it seems, is forcefully questioning the relationship
between development and agriculture, the county's bread and butter - its
golden goose. Should the probable benefits of motor sports events give them
a blank check, geographically speaking?
The Sentinel hears more often than you would think from residents wor-
ded about the state of land use planning and preservation of the county's
agricultural base economy.
The farmers in question, and some others who live nearby, object to the
track's noise and dust. Those are reasonable objections.
More than that, though, two of them, at least, consider an every-weekend
motocross track to be incompatible with their particular vision for a value-
added, place-based, customer-cultivating agricultural operation.
That is just the sort of operation that agricultural strategists from coast to
coast are saying will save the family farm in this country. Klickitat County needs them.
This makes the debate over Eddieville - which continues next Tuesday
evening when the county Board of Adjustment reviews the track's condi-
tional use permit - about more than weighing the interests of the few against
hhe interests of the many.
The interests of one group of motor sports fans are being weighed against
those of the entire county.
There is also the matter of planning. Siting development in an agricultur-
al area should he a matter of looking for the best spot, not acceding to the
convenient spot.
Might not Eddieville, relocated, cease to weigh so heavily on lives, liveli-
hoods, and the delicate balance between the county's pocketbook and its
soul? - Sam Lowry
the manure
I've always wanted to own a horse, but it just never seemed practical.
Our place is too small, horses are costly to maintain, and we probably
wouldn't ride one enough to justify the expense.
There is a way around this, though. Savvy horse owners know that hors-
es aren't all that expensive if you look at them as
an investment. ]['lle
No matter how many horses you have, one
more is fine if you consider the return on your BRCk
investment. A local farmer explained this to me Fe]l~
recently.
It seems some of the guys were sitting around
drinking coffee - when the horseman in the
group pulled a $1oo check out of his pocket and laid it on the table. "My
new horse won that at the cutting horse competition," he said.
All of these coffee drinkers have been around the barn a few times, so
the idea of making money on a horse was a bit foreign to them. One man
asked, "How much was the entry fee for that cutting horse competition?"
"A thousand dollars," the horseman said.
"Well, that's not all that profitable then, is it?" the skeptic suggested.
"Sure it is," the horseman said. "Where else can you get lO% on your
money?"
That reminded me of the woman who decided horseback riding would
be fun and horse manure would be great for her garden. Therefore, she
needed a horse.
This lady knew nothing about horses or how much it costs to keep one
- but figured she could get some good advice from the boarding stables.
So she bought a horse, and headed down the road looking for aplace to
board it.
The first stable owner she visited said he charged $80 per month.
"Veterinary fees ale extra, and we keep the manure," he said.
Eighty-dollars-a-month seemed like a lot, and this lady wanted the
manure for her garden; so she headed for the next boarding farm.
The manager at the second farm told her, "We charge $75 per month for
boarding, our farrier changes shoes every four months, and we get the
manure."
"Oh, I hope the farrier changes the horse's shoes, too," she quipped. (But
no one laughed.)
Now our new horse owner was beginning to learn something. Now she
realized that boarding horses can be expensive, vet bills and shoeing costs
come with the territory, and the manure is apparently quite valuable.
Our new horse owner was a lot more confident when she arrived at the
third farm. The w~angler said, "Boarding will cost you $30 a month, you
pay the vet bills, and shoeing costs are extra."
The woman was so pleased with the low price for boarding, she almost
forgot about the manure. Then she remembered, "Oh, who gets the
manure?" she asked.
The horseman pushed his hat to one side and said, "Look Ma'am, for
$30 a month there ain't gonna be any manure."
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T H E C O M M U N
..,.,,.~.==;am~'~" 32nd
grant. It is not my place to tell oth-
ers how to live, whom to marry,
campout set
.ow to worship, etc. Let us all cele-
brate freedom and practice toler-
ance. Let Peace Be?
for weekend Monte L. Isaacs
Goldendale
If people 'outside'
sound unsophisticated,
should say this loud
isn't words, it's actions
our character.
Alice and
To the Editor:
Congratulations to Karen
Actionsare
[Henslee]. You will do The
Sentinel, and all of us readers, a what matter
good job.
I would like everyone to know
that on July 2, 3 and 4, our District To the Editor:
14 of the state of Washington Old Last week's editorial implied that
Time Fiddlers will be sponsoring to write her Oregonian article,
our 3and annual campout; this will Wendy Owens made a few phone
be at the primary school, and we calls and speedily assessed
will have a free concert starting at 7 Goldendale residents as "gullible
p.m. each evening. Everyone is bumpkins". I know she did a LOT
invited. of research, interviewed QUITE a
During the 32 years of sponsoring number of people, and wrote some-
these campouts, we have brought thing much less revealing, let alone
lots of people into our area, and they embarrassin~,,than~d,t~might :~have~
all spend money here. We have from been.
75 to 175 people who stay three or I thought Ms. Owens was true to
four days; they buy food, gas and the way my friends and acquain-
many other things in our town - and tances talk and think. Yes, they
it's alotoffun, drawl. Yes, they are trusting.
We are grateful for the good folks Unfortunately, some WERE
who come and listen to the music, gullible. And some of us ARE
It is our goal to perpetuate our bumpkins. There's no shame in
wonderful heritage of music, that. A fast talker, quick on his feet,
We sponsor five or six musical came in here and 'sheared the
scholarships each year to young sheep'. There IS shame in that.
children who are interested in You're right, we should have sys-
learning music. We do this by hav- terns in place that help prevent
ing an annual family variety show mishaps and misdeeds. We can't do
on Palm Sunday. that without knowing how things
We also do a good service to our went wrong. I thank the people who
area by playing at the assisted liv- are coming forward with their sto-
ing [Golden View Terrace], for ries, so others won't fall prey to the
dances and for the Fair. same type of problems.
So please come and attend the We should insist on accountabil-
free concerts. I am sure you will Sty for those who misled people, or
enjoy the music, in some way broke the law and
Thanks to the Goldendale caused harm to others. That's not a
"comfortable" course of action, but
Sentinel for doing a good job; we
look forward each week to our it's the only way to begin to re-
newspaper, establish trust. It's unfortunate
Maxine Claussen there have been losses and hurt
Goldendale feelings, and may be more.
However, if we ignore wrongdoing,
if we say "let's just move on", aren't
Live and let live
we endorsing it?
I love this town, where a hand-
To the Editor: shake means something. Where, if
After reading Mr. Johnson's let- a neighbor agrees to buy a side of
ter and the responses printed to it, beef and then life "hits 'era upside
all I can say is, whatever happened the head", the debt is forgiven
to "Live and let live"? And what freely. Where, if a family has a crit-
about "Judge not lest ye be ical need for cash to get them
judged"? And one more thing, the through an emergency, a local
U.S. Constitutional right of "the restaurant opens its doors to have a
pursuit of happiness." fundraiser for them. Where, if
I reserve the right to live'my life there's a fire, people come forward
as I choose, and I grant that fight to with donations to help the unfortu-
others, as much as it is mine to nate.
Christianity
To the Editor:
Your writers [letters
tor] are right in that
a dismal record of
in all areas of life. As a
feel that God is the only'
has the right to set up
morality. Since God
man and woman and the~
a " a
to s y,. M n.,
and tlie)/wi~l become
(Genesis 2:24 -
You can read many
God made in Leviticus
29 we can read, "Do not
man as one lies with a
is detestable."
In Romans 1:24-27,
the boundaries in sex:
them over in the sinful
their hearts to sexual
the degrading of their
one another. They
truth of God for a
shiped and served
rather than the Creator
forever praised.
God gave them over to
lusts. Even their women
natural:-relations for
ones. In the
abandond natural
women and were
another. Men
acts with other men,
in themselves the due
their perversion."
Later in 1 Corinthians
says: "Do you not
wicked will not inherit
of God? Do not be
Neither the
idolaters nor
ers nor thieves nor the
drunkards nor
swindlers will inherit
of God. And that is
you were. (Change is
you were yoU
fled, you were
of the Lord Jesus
spirit of our God.
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1"he Goldendale Sentinel
Farewell from Goldendale schools"
This is my last column as la a )F'uperinten'ent's
Superintendent of Goldendale
Schools. Much like our seniors at / /
this years graduation, after 12
enjoyable years working for the L by Ian Grabenhorst J
district, I have reached a crossroad
in my professional life, one that is
taking me to Educational Service Valedictorian, this time of reflec-
District m5 in Yakima. A cross- tion has been a time of thankful-
road implies that a journey has ness and gratitude for the last 12
been under way and the course of years. I am thankful to have been
life has reached a significant point able to work with dedicated, hard-
where choices must be made. For working and compassionate staff
both seniors and myself, it is a who on a daily basis create a posi-
place of discovery and revelation, five, active learning environment
When we reach such intersec- for our students. I will miss them.
tions in our lives, before moving It is also apparent that our jobs
on we tend to look into the cannot be done alone. I am so
rearview mirror and reflect on appreciative of the number of
where we have been. As expressed strong community partnerships
at graduation by the Senior Class we have forged over the years to
President and also the help us meet our students' needs.
It is because of these
nerships with
Services, Yakima
Health, Klickitat
Department, the
Goldendale, and
Center that we are
services into our
port each child's
important, I want
parents who
their sons' and
and growth. This is
nership that ensureS
I want to thank the
Board of
uncompromising
provide the best
tion for Goldendale
last 12 years has beerl
Thank you.