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Thursday, October 7, 2004 • Goldendale, Washington 98620-9526
One hundred and twenty-fifth year-- No. 41
By SAM LOWRY
News Reporter
land Patriots quarterback Drew
to give the secret of his success:
he received.
ement for a son to say,"
Rohrbacher of the Goldendale
~ens, Drew's dad, Mac Bledsoe,
so seriously that he made it
Work.
only good at it; he is really good
it.
Kiwanis will host a program
by Mac Bledsoe in the
High School gym next Tuesday,
~p.m.
he is excellent," said Cheryl
COunselor at Goldendale Primary
has seen Bledsoe speak and has
his videotapes, "Parenting with
to me, as a parent... We
t to tell us we're doing a good
we are in the middle of a tough
said.
'ears before his son became
then a teacher and coach,
taught about parenting. Then
it possible for him to do it full
time, establishing the Drew
Bledsoe Foundation with his
first big National Football
League check.
Ever since, the elder Bledsoe
has taught about parenting to
anyone who will listen.
"Having it be a man is
MAC incredibly important," Patton
BLED~)E added. "So much of what we
hear is from women nurturers.
[Bledsoe] is a real nurturer."
Rohrbacher said that last spring the local
Kiwanis, a service organization focused on
children and reading, wanted to do some-
thing for a wider audience.
"I thought of the Bledsoes," Rohrbacher
said; he had once worked with Mac's father,
Stu Bledsoe, when Stu was U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture; Rohrbacher remembered that
Mac Bledsoe once spoke at the Centerville
School, and called him up.
Bledsoe's goal was to "put the whole con-
cept of parenting in the spotlight,"
Rohrbacher learned. "It's cool; and it's a
learned behavior. Being a good parent is
doubly tough."
That hit home; it seemed like something
good for Goldendale. They worked out a
date.
See BLEDSOE, page 3
urn
II
SKINNER
is working." That
the bottom line
County
' decided
countywide burn
3o lift date.
in the past
[the burn
the date," said
Ray Thayer.
was much con-
for people who
by lifting the
with slash piles
and leftover brush from resi-
dential firebreaks.
When it comes to the annual
burn ban Goble said, "Most peo-
ple are doing the fight thing."
The right thing is burning when
experts and the authorities say
it's a safe thing to do. "It's about
timing," said Goble.
This fire season, the DNR has
been to 70 "starts"; 85 percent
of those are human starts.'~,n
Klickitat County roughly 15 per-
cent of fires come from light-
ning strikes.
The DNRbreaks fires into one
of several categories of intent or
neglect: arson, debris, campfire,
logging, children, or recreation.
The problem with starting or
causing a fire during a ban is the
"Fire Bill." The fire bill, Goble
said, is a computation of the
total expense for fighting a fire
no matter the size. The fire bill is
'Tour Worst Nightmare," DNR
~a'ote acro~ the top of a fire pre-
poster on fireworks last
~lmmt~t'.
The ti~in was extended to Oct.
~7 at the combined request of
area fire agencies, said Thayer.
Only District One asked to be
omitted from the list of 14 fire
districts.
See BAN, page 1o
By SAM LOWRY community professions, your street and mine,
News Reporter will take the Summit's message back to their
worlds and set wheels in motion to implement
morning, Nan Stoops told 50the Summit's community action plan, out-
2004 Goldendale Domestic lined by Saturday afternoon.
about Maria Teresa Macias; The consensus is that we need to educate
every avenueto escape yearsof the community, through impact panels,
violence schools, service organizations and the faith
community," said
and their
how he
said she
story told;
of the
State
Against
Violence,
is telling
of the
In Our
from
eaforcement,
coun-
courts,
other
Patty Cooper, who
co-organized the
event. "The action
plan is for out-
reach, especially
youth outreach,"
said co-organizer
Tracy Hoctor.
The Goldendale
Domestic Violence
Task Force plans
regular meetings
and events. Those
Photo by Sam Lowry wanting more
Susan Arb, of the Yakima Countyi n fo r m a t i o n
Prosecutor's office, speaks to representa- should call 250-
tives at the Domestic Violence Summit held o315.
on Saturday.
Photos by Greg Skinner
Following a pre-dawn 40 minute "harmonic
tremor," steam escapes the crater at sunrise
Sunday morning leaving a prehistoric image of
the North Fork of the Toutle River. (LEFT)
Goldendale resident Travis Dahl points Terry
Anderson toward the steam and ash plume ris-
ing from Mt. St. Helens, 70 miles in the distance,
last Friday just after noon.
By GREG SKINNER
News Reporter
Last Friday around noon Chrystal
Philipsen answered the phone to find her sis-
ter calling from Utah to tell her the news: Mr.
Saint Helens started its expected eruption..
Philipsen then did what others m
Goldendale did -- drove out to the overlook
on Highway 97 where four Cascade volca-
noes are visible to have a look.
.... When Terry and Mary Anderson heard the
news on their car radio, they had just passed
building activity in the crater of Mt. St.
Helens since the fall of 1986.
At n:57 a.m., with the volcano at Alert
Level II, a steam and ash plume punched a
too-foot diameter hole through the crater
glacier and rose several thousand feet from
the north side of the 876-foot dome, escap-
ing the crater by just a thousand feet.
With that news going out live, thousands
flocked to the Johnston Ridge Volcano
Observatory, just five miles from the 198o
crater left behind after the largest landslide
in recorded history. By Saturday afternoon,
through Yakima. The Spokane couple was on 2,500 people would be in the parking lot of
their way to Portland. Only the chance of Johnston Ridge. Media personnel from
their route took them past the lookout. Terry around the globe came streaming in.
Anderson pointed his camera at Mt. Rainier
thinking it was St. Helens.
From the distance of nearly 70 miles, peo-
ple gathered at the overlook peering through
binoculars, cameras and video recorders try-
ing to catch a glimpse of the first dome-
Friday's first eruption came as predicted,
said Tom Pierson, a USGS geologist/hydrol-
ogist. In the days before, he and the rest of
the multi-level agencies called for a steam
and ash burst to happen soon and rise to the
See ST. HELENS, page z6
candid
LOWRY
Jporter
the Scenic
will
Arnold.
sign on to the
Over my dead
ponded.
[or face-to-face
competihg
last
as the Lyle
Council hosted
the first
county (see
night
schedule).
There were few fireworks -
applause following incum-
See CANDIDATES, page 9
CANDIDATE FORUMS
Upcoming Candidates'
Nights:
Trout Lake: Oct. 6
White Salmon: Oct. n
Dallesport: Oct. 12
Goldendale: Oct. 14
County Commissioner
Debate:
Goldendale: Oct. 15
C
The fine fall weather
means.., it's time for the
Loops.
On Saturday, Oct. 9, from
~o a.m. to 4 p.m., the
Goldendale Motorsports
Association (GMA) and
MaryhiU Museum will pre-
sent the sixth annual
Concours de Maryhill car
show on the museum lawns,
featuring an array of vintage,
classic and custom cars.
At noon, 40 vintage racers
.will parade noisily down Hwy.
~4 and into the show.
Then on Sunday, starting at
9 a.m., the same ~93os
through ]96os speedsters will
compete in the annual hill-
climb race up the museum's
historic Loops Road.
The legendary Sam Hill,
founder of Maryhill Museum,
was a car and road enthusiast.
"He would love this event,"
said Colleen Schafroth,
Maryhill's executive director.
According to GMA's Travis
Gray, the Contours is an open
ear show, so "anyone with a
special ear may enter." Those
interested in showing a car
are encouraged to contact
GMA at 773-3677.
Admission to the car show
and the outdoor sculpture
garden is free. Refreshment
vendors including Caf6
Maryhill will be on site, and
Oregon Trail Candy will offer
fruit pies. Car show awards
will be presented at 3:3o
p.m., followed by a buffet din-
ner in the Museum's picnic
grounds and wine tasting at
the Maryhill Winery located
just to the west.
On Sunday, spectators can
view the Maryhill Loops race
for free from an overlook on
Fill photo
i
Drivers of vintage, classic and custom cars will drive the
loops once again during the Concours de Maryhill car
show and Maryhill Loops run this weekend.
Hwy. ~4.
Spectators wanting a closer
view may pay $5 for the shut-
fie bus run to tlae top of the
course, operated each year by
U.S. 97, three miles north of the Greater Goldendale Area
Chamber of Commerce.
The race is organized by the
Society of Vintage Racing
Enthusiasts and only their
approved cars and drivers can
compete.