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AGREEMENT. REPRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED. 2004 PAGE 3 NEWS BRIEFS service announces rasslands reserve sign-up Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has the 2004 sign-up for the Grassland Reserve and will be accepting applications for Fiscal tg through July 23. the program, over $600,000 of U.S. of Agriculture funds are directed toward the of conservation easements on grasslands and in Wash4ngton state, said an NRCS announce- a voluntary program that helps landowners protect grassland, rangeland, pastureland and and provides assistance for rehabilitating and conserving water resources. The goal is to m conserving valuable grasslands and under a threat of conversion to non-agricultural =ement. can submit applications at local USDA service offers must be for private land that least 40 acres. GRP offers permanent ease- easements, rental agreements, or restora- details on payments and cost-share for the be found on Washington NRCS's Web site at ,gov. STATE DELEGATES Contributed photo Washington state congressman George Nethercutt is running against Sen. Patty Murray in the November election, with discussions regarding public debates in the works (see brief at left). At the Republican state convention, held May 27-29 in Bellevue, Nethercutt posed with members of the Klickitat County delegation: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Rich Lefever, Cathy Titchenal, Mary Ann Miller, Don Smith, Shirley Smith, Rex Johnston, Nethercutt, Laura Cheney, Keith Silen and Ray DeHart. Cheney, of White Salmon, is an at-large delegate to the national Republican con- vention in August. er district map available t in a series of new ranger district maps for the National Forest are now available for $4, Service (USFS) anouneed recently. Adams Ranger District map, which encompasses Wind PdverRangerDistrict, replaces a1992 emerge ey the new Mount St. Helens National Volcanic ). One or more contractors process will be to form an EM information on the Forest road system, may be chosen by the end of ~, horse camps, fishing, hunting, pie- July to provide emergency other points of interest, said the USFS management (EM) planning for the coun.ty, according to ghlight camping opportunities on lands Glen Chipman, the county the Forest." They are "topographic and user financial officer and interim people using GPS systems... These maps EM coordinator who is man- Created with a shaded relief background making aging the bid and review r more visual." process. Last week, the Klickitat Murray may debate County Board of Commissioners opened the 13 Murray (D-WA) confirmed last week that she proposals the county had her staff to begin negotiating debates with received before the bid dead- Nethercutt (R-WA), her opponent in line. election. They are looking for bids to after a joint appearance in complete three products, they attended a federal building transfer according to Chipman: a com- prehensive EM plan for the the event, according to the Nethereutt cam- county and its three incorpo- the congressman asked Murray for debates - rated cities (Goldendale, White so before - to which the senator replied, "our Salmon and Bingen); a county- ing on it." wide emergency cormnunica- wrote a note to Murray urging her to aides that you're ready," his office said. tions plan; and requirements debates would let voters hear us discuss for an emergency operations m a civil and thoughtful format. I think they center (EOC). o Of the 13 bidders, from loca- ~wrote. :- tions ranging from Califiornia grants to British Columbia, lO bid on Stream Stewards win all three parts of the proposal, Stewards, a group dedicated to re-vege- the others on one or two corn- Creek near the old Kliekitat mill,ponents, Chipman said. He new grant funding from the Washington was not able to reveal the range of Fish and Wildlife and the FishAmerica of bid costs, but said he expects the final project to cost "under community's dedicated volunteer efforts" $1oo,ooo." said Liz Kinne, director of the Mid- Enhancement Group (MCFEG). are "specifically earmarked for community- efforts... MCFEG acts as a liaison.., to get into our local communities," said Kinne. fund plant materials, tools, supplies, irri- an informational kiosk. Incentives for volun- prizes and awards on the day of the project, planned for Nov. 20. volunteer effort is a key corn- re-vegetation of Snyder Creek," The next step in the review t 1 showing in The Dalles 911, the critical political documentary by that has been much discussed in national opened at Columbia Cinemas in The Dalles who works at the theater, the full" houses since its opening. "It's .~ good business," he said. the film may already be the highest- of all time. are 1:~5, 4:2o, 7:oo and 9:3o p.m., !Week. Strege said that show times may change~ estimated that Fahrenheit 91x would be show- ,.~ at least three more weeks. advisor), board, representing the various types of respon- ders and law enforcement agencies in the county, Chipman said. "That will take a month or so... I will be working on it over the next few weeks." Chipman said he hopes to have the committee's recom- mendation regarding the appropriate contractor(s) to hire by the end of July. Proposals will be evaluated in closed review sessions, then recommendations presented in public to the commission- ers, Chipman said. "We hope to have all three plans done by the end of cal- endar year 2oo4," he said. Commissioners put Chipman in charge of the county's EM planning several weeks ago, transferring the function from the Sheriffs office. "1 am the interim EM direc- tor until April 15, 2oo5," Chipman said, adding that his main job is to get the contrac- tors hired. Chipman explained the process by which emergency equipment, funded by federal Homeland Security monies, is distributed to local jurisdic- 773-3265 or 773-4695 Local fresh corn on the cob ~ 6/$1°°! Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Plums, Waila Walla Sweets and more. Also local jams, jellies & honey. ~ Apricots Bring your own container! ® Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 65 Maryhill Hwy ° Maryhill Bridge on Hwy 97 I~ ~ Che.tri~ ~ Apflcoff ~9 Plums Fireworks start few small blazes Rural firefighters put out two Fourth of July fires, and town firefighters a single, tiny one, officials reported on Tuesday. "Not all of it was legal," Goldendale Fire Chief Howard Scartozzi said of the variety of fireworks set off in town. "There's only so much you can patrol." Around lO p.m. on the Fourth, five Rural 7 trucks sped downhill from Goldendale, responding to the report of a grass fire on River Road about two miles west of MaD,hill. Someone reported that a red-and-blue car was drag racing, its owner setting off fireworks, according to Rural 7 dispatcher Linda Story. The person or persons apparently set off a grass fire, which burned a small distance uphill in the windy conditions before the firemen arrived and extinguished it. A second call came around tions: "The dollars flow from 4 a.m. from near milepost lo6 the federal government to on Hw% 14, Story said. A res- states, to regions, then to ident reported hearing pops, counties. Equipment is like firecrackers, then looked bought by the counties; often out a window and saw anoth- it's bought by the state." er grass fire running uphill- Equipment, not cash, gets meanwhile, the car had sped distributed, he said, "proba- off, the resident said. Rural 7 responded and put bly for efficiency in paper- work.., it's a different philoso- the second fire out after it had phy than we're used to." burned about 1/2 acre, Story Homeland Security said. In the process, one fire- requires that 80 percent of man was hurt; the name and funds they make available nature of the injury" were not must go to local communities, released. Updating the system for pri- In Goldendale, one crew oritizing needs oflocal respon- put out a small grass fire on ders, then distributing equip- Allyn St., Scartozzi said. Two merit, will be "part of planning Goldendale crews were process," Chipman said. patrolling the town as a third -- Sam Lowry stood by at the station. Is your family photo album missing a picture? We may have it at The Goldendale Sentinel,i by '~ /, Stop and see. ' GIVE YOUR ELECTRIC A VACATIONI. efore you pack the suitcases and kids into the car for your summer vacation, unplug your television, computer, clock radios and microwave oven. They use electricity as long as they're plugged in, even when they're turned off. p,] ~ Turn up the thermostat to save on air conditioning bills. Do not turn your thermostat off before you leave, as a too-hot house can become humid and invite mold. Switch the water heater to "vacation" setting or the lowest temperature. Ct Turn offmost of the lights in the house. Connect a few lights to an automatic timer to give your house a lived-in look. Klickitat PUD, Owned by those it serves. Goldendale White Salmon 1313 S. Columbus 1 l0 NE Estes (509) 773-5891 (509) 493-2255 1-800-548-8357 KIjl)ki[l[ PU~ 1-800-548-8358 0mma IIv l'Rm II ~ e "" Klickitat SOurce for since 1879. l~amily rant VING ESE & ICAN ,4. Yuk with SOur chick- ~ SP~C~tL $575 Steak with ~- 8:30 773-6999 KLICKITAT COUNTY TOURISM PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY COST-SHARING ON TOURISM ADVERTISING Limited funds are available to assist tourism-oriented businesses located in Klickitat County to offset advertising costs. If you own or operate a tourism-ori- ented business in Klickitat County and advertise to non-County residents, you may qualify for this opportunity. Up to one-half of an advertising campaign could be eligible for reimbursement, To be considered for funding, your application should include one page identifying: Contact. person • The name and address of the business, including telephone, fax, and email information • Number of years at that location • Number of full-time and part-time employees • Brief description of the business and the target customers, Summary of the adver- tising campaign being proposed for funding (for example, newspaper, radio, magazine, web-based, etc; geographic area being targeted, if applicable; sum- mary of what the advertising message will be). An example of either the proposed advertising materials or representative past advertising materials is optional but can be included with the summary page. Applications will be reviewed and selected for funding by the Ktickitat County Tourism Advisory Board. Selection decisions will be announced mid-August 2004. Payment to selected businesses will be for the amount identified by the Tourism Advisory Board. Payment will be made to the selected businesses on receipt of the paid advertising invoice and an example of the ad. Applications are due on or before August 1, 2004 at 5:00 p.m and should be addressed to: Klickitat County Tourism Advertising Program, 127 W. Court St., Goldendale, WA 98620, or emailed to: danap@co.klickitat.wa.us Applications sent by email should contain the subject line "Klickitat County Tourism Advertising Program" and must be received on or before August 1, 2004 at 5:00 p.m. For additional information, please contact Dana Peck at 800- 785-1718 or the above email address. FT. I)ALLES DAYS Peo eO~:o with Erin Barrelman: Rowdy Barry & Mick Thompson Entertainment by: Kevin Higeley July 15 - Family Night (under 8 Free) i Steak Feed starting at 5 p.m July 16 Ft. Dalles Pro Rodeo Calendar goes on sale! Lee Anderson Band after performance July 17 Lee Anderson Band after performance