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Z-118 1.62025 Smalt 1own Papers, tnc 217 West Cota St SheRon WA 98584-2263 ICE DISNEYLAND TO HELP HOUSTON" BELOW *,', Goldendale, Washington WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 Vol. 138 No. 37 75 cents PG BOWL WEBSITE 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