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Broadway • Goldendale VOTE from page 1 I would really like to help Q: What does a proactive best for the community and structure, promote, andgrow school board look like in kids in the long term. There our athletics departments, financial decisions? is a great future here. and really all extra-curricu- JIt: We have hired a new JI-I: I've been a lifelong lar activities, business manager who does Goldendale resident. My Q: Mr. Hoctor would you most of the daily communi- daughters went to school like to weigh in on that? cations with ESD in Yakima. here. I'm proud of my family JI-I: Well, I have said all Right now we need to beaccomplishments. Members along that over half of high prepared for what to do, but of the Hoctor family gradu- school kids participate in nobody knows how that is ated from Goldendale High something--from band, to going to work. Everything School almost every year in FFA and sports. But they is still up in the air. It is still the past. There are two new can't participate in those notknown, but the court will board members comingon, activities unless they have have the final say, and when so I think with a third new good grades. So it incentiv- they do we will abide by it. board member it might be izes those kids to be good stu- When that happens, then we too much to learn. I feel I'm a dents. But in regards to find- will fall into what is expected good listener and give every- ing and keeping teachers, we of us. So it is a wait and see body a chance to voice their advertise all over the United situation until they get this input. I try to be to the point States and we have attracted thing worked out. Then we in my comments and opin- teachers from Alaska, the will know what direction we ions when representing my Gulf Coast, the East Coast need to go in with that final views. and they come back to the dollar amount. Elections for Klickitat Val- Northwest. But some teach- TJW: I think 100 percent, ley Health (KVH) IIospital ers have a hard time see- you've got to be proactive. District 1, for Commissioner ing a future here and tend You need to know the budget Pos. 2, has incumbent Mark to move to aomewhere ¢loe. you're goin6 to get, and you 8igfrinius seehi1~g re-election We've hired retired or semi- can look at the past averages to a six-year term against retired people to fill some of to project what the budget challenger Sherrill Basse, a those position but often times will look like. I think you long-time Goldendale resident they can only do it for a year. need to have a plan ready and presently an employee at In the last three years we when the budget comes. KVH. have had a dozen or so long- That would be a proactive Q: What is your back- term teachers retire, so that approach with different fund- ground and what profes- makes the problem stand out ing models to work with. So I sional experience do you more. We are trying to incen- think on the school board, in have that you will bring to tivize new teachers to stay relation with getting every- the Pos. 2 of Hospital Com- three or four years with "X" body on the same page and missioner? amount of dollars. But with lined out, you have things Sherrill Basse: I'm cur- the new state mandates it is ready to go, like a gage to go rently finishing my bach- still not certain how it will all by and then adjust otherwise, elors of science in business work out. As far as teachers Q: What is one last thing administration and I have a and unions bargaining and you would like to share with background in banking and negotiating contracts there our readers? retail construction. My fam- are so many "what ifs" to be TWJ: We love our commu-ily is from the area and I have determined, nity, we love our programs at lived here off and on since TJW: With the McCleary the school, and we are very 1976. My husband is from decision, you are almost up invested in the community. Centerville and our two chil- against the wall. My intent I think I can bring a differ- dren were born at this hos- would be to do what is best ent perspective and different pital. We moved back here for us. If we can commit look. I'm a visionary guy, and eight years ago to help family. people to five years in there would like to see things bet- I currently work at the coffee policy that might be a good ter in our athletic programs, shop at the hospital and have way to keep teachers. If that and extra curricula activi- been there the last two years. is a possibility. I would look ties. We love our kids. This is I'm very interested in rural into that when hiring people for the future. It is not about health and how we can keep to meet us where we are at. us as individuals but what is our hospitals viable. I want Columbia River Gorge Quilters' Guild October 21-22, 10-5 p.m,: mission Entry is $6.00 ($5.00 with this coupon). One person HOOD RIVER ARMORY 1590 12TH St., Hood River, OR per coupon Demonstrations and Vendors Antique Quilt Bed Turning www.gorgequiltersguild.org II to be part of the solution to keep our hospital working well into the future. Q: Mark, tell us some of your background and your current work at the hospital. Mark Sigfrinius: I've been in public service for 43 years and was the mayor of Goldendale for 12 years. We had a great team and got a lot accomplished for the city. I believe hospitals are vitally important to this commu- nity. In my tenure as hospi- tal commissioner we have remodeled the first and sec- ond floors and made a beauti- ful clinic, with a lot of input from the employees. We have hired hospitalists, who just take care of patients, and that has helped take away some of the responsibility of our phy- sicians and that has made a big difference. We have out- 8ourced our ambulance ser- vice which has helped with costs. We are now servicing about 2000 people a month. It has been a great experience for me, but has been a lot of learning on the job. Q: Sherrill, if elected what would be your approach to the job and what new ideas would you like to try? SB: For me I think it is really important to have adequate information before making decisions. I believe having statistics and data is the best way to know what will work and not work. I'm very much a data person. I like to research all the sta- tistics in order to make an informed decision. A prior- ity for me would to make sure there is a good ethical foun- dation for everything that is done. I see ethics as the foun- dation, not only for our per- sonal lives, but for business. Some ideas I would look into for our rural health commu- nity would be telemedicine. Giving patients a chance to meet with doctors electroni- cally. That is a huge trend in ruralhealthcare. I also think having several smaller clin- ics in the community would help meet our heaithcare needs. ~ Q: Mark, would you like to address some of the other accomplishments the hospi- tal has had in the past few years? MS: Telemedicine is some- thing we have currently accomplished at the hospital. At one point we didn't have enough bandwidth to do it, but we have that now. We have relocated the life-flight helicopter pad, and we will be finishing the new physi- cal therapy clinic here pretty soon. When I first got the posi- tion six years ago we were a 1.5 million dollars in debt and now that is not the case. Continued page 11 Decades of experience! Goldendale Commercial & Residential Etectriciar Also, Installation/Service/Repair on: • Heating • Ventilation • Air Conditioning • Refrigeration 509.773.5164 971.220.5191 • GoldendaleCom Let me fix it for ya! 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