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HELPING HANDS: Sky
Bichler is one of the
beneficiaries of this year's
Pig Bowl.
The Pig Bowl is back.
The annual charity
football game between
Washington and Ore-
gon law enforcement
agencies will be held
Saturday, Sept. 23 at 7
p.m at Sid White Field
in The Dalles:
As in past years, the
game is to raise funds
for families experi-
encing medical crises.
This year it will sup-
port one Washington
family and two Oregon
families.
The Washington
family is that of Noah
Messenger, the 18-year-
old who broke his back
in a fall off a cliff near
Maryhill Winery, "Be-
ing a paraplegic is ex-
pensive," Messenger
writes on a page for the
Pig Bowl. "With wheel-
chair ramps, medi-
cal supplies, physical
therapy appointments,
doctor appointments,
house alterations, and
pain management be-
ing our initial focus, we
are realizing now that
a wheelchair-friend-
ly vehicle would be a
huge blessing and step
towards regaining in-
dependence because
I cannot transfer my-
self into most vehicles
and can no longer drive
normal cars, which
means I have to depend
on other people to take
me anywhere. This has
been such an abrupt
and severe change that
I am still going day by
day and trying not to
look too far into the
future. I still have not
given up hope of walk-
ing again someday, and
am trying to do every-
thing I can now to stay
healthy and help my
body heal. I am so hap-
py to be alive, and it's
been so amazing to see
and hear about all the
support. Thank you to
everyone who prays for
my family and for me.
We know God has a
plan, and we know His
plans are best, so we
continue to trust him.
Our family is humbled
to have been selected
to be a part of the 2017
Pig Bowl, and we thank
you for supporting us
with your love and
prayers."
One of the Oregon
families is the Bichlers:
Heather, Shawn, and
Skylynn. Their story is
recounted on their Pig
Bowl page: "In Febru-
ary 2016, Shawn started
experiencing discom-
fort in his groin area.
He kept pushing it off,
thinking it wasn't any-
thing serious. In June,
he was finally cor :
vinced to go in and be
See Bowl page 7
CONTRIBUTED: KLICKITAT COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
FLAMING TENSIONS: A man in uniform, at left, is clearly shown walking from a fire at Hell Roaring Irrigation's water
gate in this Aug. 18 surveillance-camera photo. The Sentinel has additional pictures that plainly show the man placing
wood by the gate, the fire starting, and the man's face and badge. The Sentinelchooses not to publish those since
charges have not been filed. The story below, from The Seattle Times, is used by permission.
Surveill photos causing stir
between ranchers, Nation
A Yakama official, Glenwood water access, and a suspicious fire
HAL BERNTON been concerned that try to identify him. what he saw.
SEATTLE TIMES someone this summer had Other photos include Neither law enforce-
STAFF REPORTER been trying to sabotage images of the man stack- ment nor the tribe has
the structure that fun- ing wood by the water-di- publicly named the per-
The photo has caused nels water from Cougar version gate and the blaze son in the photo posted
a big stir in this small Creek, where they hold starting as he walks away, on Facebook. Because
ranching hamlet in south- water rights, into a canal, according to ranchers and the man's face is shown in
ern Washington. PostedSo they set up the camera, the Yakima County Sher-.that photo and no charges
on Facebook and forward- The camera took a se-iff's Office, which plans have been filed, The Seat-
ed to law-enforcement, it ries of photos of what to forward the case to the tle Times is not publishing
shows a man in uniformappears to be a Yakama FBI. that image.
standing next to a fire that Nation official setting fire "This is pretty trou- The fire occurred at
is consuming a wooden to the wooden irrigation bling, and we will be mak- the tail end of a difficult
water gate. gate without so much as : ing sure they are aware growing season for the
A surveillance camera taking the badge off his of this," said DetectiVe ranchers who own Hell
grabbed the image Aug. 18 shirt, according to the ir- Sgt. Mike Russell, of the Roaring Irrigation. They
on Yakama Nation land. It rigation company and a Yakima County Sheriff'sreside in a remote south-
was put there by a small Yakima County sheriff's Office. ern Washington valley
irrigation company that detective who reviewed David Quesnel, prose- where there have been
sends water from tribal images. The man's face is cutor forKlickitat County, long-running tensions as
lands to ranches outside visible in a shot that an which includes Glenwood, the tribe challenged the
the reservation, irrigation-company board said he also reviewed pho-
Company leaders had member posted online to tos and was concerned by See Fire page 11
CONTRIBUTED
GOING A BIG EXTRA MILE: Four classrooms from Goldendale Primary
School worked together the past few weeks to adopt a classroom in Hous-
ton, Texas. Hurricane Harvey ruined supplies in schools all over the city.
Second grade classes (Katy Gilliam's, top, and Tammy Kayser's (above);
and third grade classes; taught by Gilliam and Erin Klejeski, participated
in collecting supplies to send to a second grade classroom in Texas.
There's a particularly touching story about one family here, recounted
by Kayser: "Katelynn and Zoey [picture at right] had been saving all of their
change for three years to go to Disneyland someday. When they heard
about how Hurricane Harvey ruined classroom materials, they asked their
parents if they could use their vacation money to buy school supplies for
the class we adopted. Their parents loved the kind gesture and took them
to Staples to go shopping. The girls showed up at school the next day with
boxes and boxes of supplies. They bought 30 of everything--from mark-
ers to rulers to notebooks! I couldn't believe my eyes! What kind-hearted
girls to give up something they were saving for to help others in needr'
MAX ERIKSON
REPORTER
The school year is in
full swing for Golden-
dale families as kids get
acquainted with their
new classrooms and
new teachers. Now that
summer break is over,
it is time to get down to
the business of learn-
ing.
For the start of the
school year the student
body count for the dis-
trict is 960, up 33 stu-
dents from a year ago.
Superintendent Mark
Heid says it is the high-
est number of students
in the last five years.
"It is exciting to see
that we are growing,"
Held said. "The biggest
areas of growth was in
our primary school, es-
pecially in kindergar-
ten."
The district also had
a surge in new teach-
ers this year with 13
and Held says a strong
recruiting effort by the
district to fill those po-
sitions was highly suc-
cessful.
"It can be tough to
find people," Held said.
"So we are very excited
and lucky to have filled
every position."
Goldendale High
School is getting math
teachers Cole Walters
and Joanna Drake. En-
glish teacher Patricia
Randall, and Social
Studies teacher Marisa
Bateman, will also be
joining the faculty at
the high school.
As an English teach-
er, Randall is certified
by the state to teach col-
lege level classes, giving
students the option to
acquire college credits
in high school, which
can be transferred if
they continue their ed-
ucation to college.
"It is something oth-
er districts have been
doing for years," Held
said. "It's nice that we
can start offering that
nOW too."
The high school will
also be trying a new
program in the second
semester of this year
called Alternative High
School. It is a program
designed to allow upper
classmen to take more
personal responsibility
for their education.
For students who
maintain good atten-
dance, good grades, and
do not have disciplinary
setbacks, they can be
eligible to work inde-
pendently to complete
educational require-
ments online.
The middle school is
welcoming eighth grade
math teacher Mike
Beach, fifth and sixth
grade teachers Kristin
Lummio, and Carren
Tallman respectively,
New art teacher Beth
Dunn will split her day
between the primary
and middle school.
The middle school
will continuing using
its Navigation 101 pro-
gram, National Junior
Honor Society, Leader-
ship, Gateway to Tech-
nology, and the Highly
Capable Program, to
build relationships with
and among students.
The middle school
will be ramping up the
Gateway To Technolo-
gy curriculum by add-
ing a new course called
"Flight and Space'L
This new course will
give GMS seventh and
eighth graders access
to even more opportu-
nities in math and sci-
ence.
The primary school
will have six new teach
See School page 2