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a golden
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County
lissioner
BURKHARDT
Sentinel
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its way to
¢'.
Regional Disposal
of the regional
site in Roosevelt,
to finalizing an
bring trash from
Hawaii.
where the state's
Honolulu, is
to Klickitat
Don
has been
a proposal to
to Roosevelt
for the past year
"They can do that
dispose
island," Stuck
~they have a major
with no suit-
and no place to
Struck said the
a trial run,
as early as this
be general house-
he said. "If there
is nothing hazardous, we'd
welcome the trash stream.
There is no contract yet, but
Rabanco and the county of
Oahu are talking, and the
marketing arm of Rabanco is
in Oahu right now."
The garbage would be
barged directly to the landfill
site via the Columbia River.
"It goes directly' from the
port in Oahu to Roosevelt," he
said.
Struck added that there is
an existing barge offloading
facility at Roosevelt that could
handle the operation.
With the county getting $3
per ton to host the trash, the
preliminary estimate is that
the deal would bring
$3ooo,ooo a year to the
county.
"We expect lOO,OOO tons a
year to begin," Struck said.
Struck pointed out that new
technologies in handling the
trash are geared to not only
kill potential pests, but also
serve to make handling the
garbage more efficient.
"There is new technology to
compact and shrink-wrap the
trash and ship it in bales," he
explained. "The Department
of Agriculture needs to make
sure no pests come over to the
mainland, so they bale and
wrap the material, and it sits
in a warehouse until they are
File photo
Heavy equipment compacts refuse in an "open cell," in a
photo taken at the Rabanco regional landfill this summer.
convinced there is nothing liv-
ing in the bales due to the heat
and lack of oxygen. It's stack-
able, like hay bales. It's odor-
less even, and the way' they
wrap it and compact it is the
cleanest way of disposing it."
The Roosevelt facility,
which opened in January
1991, takes in garbage from
several sites, including some
exotic ones. Existing contracts
include taking in dredge spoils
from Puget Sound ports
(which come via barge); con-
struction materials from
Alaska; general trash from
Antarctica; and municipal
trash from Snohomish
County, King county, and
Spokane County. Most of the
tonnage comes to Roosevelt
by rail.
Currently, the Rabanco
operation employs about 2oo.
It was not clear whether the
possible deal with Hawaii
would create additional
employment.
Struck expressed enthusi-
asm for the potential new
source of revenue for Kliekitat
County.
"This is a golden opportuni-
ty," Struck said. "it solves a
major problem for the folks in
Hawaii, and I think it's a good
fit for us."
CountyProsecuting
the following
Superior Court on a
Cooley, 39, of White
,milty to one count of first-
cruelty, a Class C felony, and
~isdemeanor (see story, page 1.
Edwin Carman, 37, of
Pleaded guilty to third-degree
and will serve eight
pay $1,195 in fines
restitution to be deter-
is subject to sentencing
under the Special Sexual
requiring
below the age
as a sex offender.
Mtmoz, 24, of Bingen,
of a controlled
was sentenced to 3o
plus 12 months eommu-
nity custody, and must undergo evaluation
and possible treatment for substance abuse
and pay $1,96o in fees and costs.
Keith Macklin Spencer, 45, of
Goldendale, pleaded guilty to possession
of a controlled substance (more than 4o
grams of marijuana), received 6o days
with 3o converted to community restitu-
tion plus 12 months community custody,
and was ordered to undergo evaluation
and possible treatment for substance
abuse and pay $2,51o.
James Michad Maher, 58, of Hood
River, pleaded guilty to third-degree
attempted assault, received 365 days. with
335 suspended and 16 converted to work
crew plus 12 months probation, was
ordered to undergo evaluation and possible-
treatment for alcohol abuse and must pay
$86o plus xdctfln restitution.
Rick Wayne Jaggers, 38, of
Goldendale, pleaded guilty to third-degree
attempted assault, received 365 days with
335 suspended and the balance converted
to work crew, plus m months probation,
was ordered to tmdergo evaluation and
possible treatment for alcohol abuse and to
have no contact with the victim, and must
pay, $860 plus victim restitution.
Daniel Ray Smith, 40, of White
Salmon, pleaded guilty to
harassment-domestic violence, received
365 day's with 335 suspended plus 12
months probation, was ordered to have no
contact with the victim and must pay
$1,mo plus victim restitution.
Franklin Wayne Carlyle, 24, of
Bingen, pleaded guilty to obstructing a law
enforcement officer, received 365 days with
315 suspended plus 12 months probation,
and was ordered to have no contact with the
victim and pay $805 plus vidim restitntion.
Information regarding Superior Court
convictions may be found at www.kliekitat-
county.org/prosecutor or in the office of the
Clerk of Court.
By SAM LOWRY
News Reporter
Starting right now -
Tuesday at 7 p.m. to be precise
(6 p.m. for those who like
spaghetti) - the City of
Goldendale will begin its most
thorough and in-depth round
of community planning in sev-
eral years.
On Tuesday, in a public
meeting at the Goldendale
Grange, the city and the
Goldendale Area Chamber of
Commerce will ask the citizen-
ry: "What are our best bets for
attracting tourist dollars?"
Then in November the city
will ask, "What are priority
projects for the next several
years?" going beyond tourism
to consider everything from
infrastructure to industry to
schools.
With the help of two com-
munity planning professionals
already on board - Lisa
McCrummen from Seattle and
Paul Koch from the Portland
area - the city will solicit input
and direction from the entire
populace, then put in place
both a tourism strategic plan
(TSP) and a community action
plan (CAP).
The city wants to spend
tourism dollars where people
think it should, and that makes
the TSP a first priority, accord-
ing to Mayor Mark Sigfrinius.
"Completion of the tourism
plan will bring quicker com-
munity support," Sigfrinius
said. "And it will bring in dol-
lars more quickly than the
CAP, which is more of a five-
year plan."
The tourism plan might be
done by the end of the year,
according to Larry Bellamy,
Goldendale city administrator.
By early 2oo5 the city wants to
hire an events coordinator
using proceeds from the
recently increased city hotel-
motel tax; the TSP will serve as
the coordinator's marching
orders.
Also moving quickly, to
Bellamy's and others' delight,
is the newly formed Downtown
[e
Merchants' Association which
will host its first Downtown
Goldendale Thursday of the
holiday season next week on
Oct. 21, with stores open until
8 p.m. (see Biz Buzz, page 16).
"How do the merchants'
group and the Chamber and
the events promoter all fit
together?" Sigfrinius asked.
That will evolve as the work
proceeds, he believes; the city
will stay flexible.
Tuesday's meeting will be
facilitated by McCrummen,
whose firm CreafiveThink was
hired by the city to create the
TSP. McCrummen was chosen
in part for her familiarity with
Klickitat County, resulting
from her work with the county
economic development depart-
ment.
MeCrummen met with the
city's economic development
committee late last month to
start work on the TSP.
"I like problem solving," she
said. "There are a lot of smart
people in Goldendale."
A key, she and Bellamy both
said, will be prioritizing.
"We can't do everything.
What can be sustainable and
what can we build on?"
MeCrummen said she also
plans to bring to the table her
research on rural development
and tourism ideas that have
worked in other places.
"Over the last 1o years a lot
of the Midwest farming and
ranching communities have
tried things," McCrummen
said; she believes it is impor-
tant to have "a base, something
the town is known for."
Koch, whose project with the
city will move to the forefront
next month, said he has
worked with municipal gov-
ernments for 40 years.
"If I do my job, it's like a
Chinese fire drill. Out of chaos
comes the community's desires
that elected officials can then
deal with," he said.
Koch insists that towns
think long term. The work is an
investment, he believes. You
don't see results overnight; you
do it little by little.
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