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Life
Flight
provides
cheap
peace of
mind
MAX ERIKSON
REPORTER
Life Flight Network
will be celebrating 40
years Of service in 2018
and continues to serve
the rural communities
of the Pacific North-
west by providing air
medical, transport for
people in life threaten-
ing situations.
It al o provides an
easy-way to keep their
costs cheap if you have
to use their services.
Injuries sustained in
life threatening situa-
tions or accidents are
sometimes beyond the
capabilities of local
hospitals to provide
the necessary care
needed. That is where
Life Flight comes in, to
transfer those patients
to specialized trauma
hospitals in Portland
and Seattle.
Established in 1978,
Life Flight Network
was the first of its kind
on the west coast and
over the years has com-
bined with four hospi-
tals in the Northwest to
jointly offer services to
patients.
Hospitals in Portland
include Providence
Hospital, Legacy Em-
manuel, and Oregon
Health and Sciences
University (OHSU). For
the state of Idaho, Saint
Alphonso's Hospital
provides services.
Stationed at the
Dallesport Airport, Life
Flight Network services
all of Klickitat County,
parts of Yakima Coun-
ty, and the east side of
Mt. Adams. It also ser-
vices The Dalles and
Hood River communi-
ties in Oregon.
Klickitat Valley
Health (KVH) is one
of those hospitals that
uses Life Flight one or
more times a week, and
the emergency staff are
very happy with the
service.
"I Can't say enough
good, things about Life
Flight," Emergency
Services RN Hannah
Gunnyon says. "Their
team is responsive and
dependable. We are
blessed tohave this ser-
vicd in our community.
They are amazing."
Life Flight Network
regional director Ja-
cob Dalstra says they
get,at least one call
per day--sometimes
more--for an emergen-
cy air transport in this
See Life Flight, page 10
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PHOTOS ABOVE: MAX ERIKSON. RIGHT:
Lou MARZELES.
SIGNS OF THE SEASON:
There was the Candy Cane
Lane Parade, more bazaars,
and the annual food drive in
Goldendale this past week-
end. Santa showed up and
delighted kids as he hitched
a ride with the Goldendale
Volunteer Fire Department.
Rescue 7 vehicles picked
up lots of food for those in
need in the area.
MAX ERIKSON
REPORTER
The latest edition to the
restaurant scene in Gold-
endale is La Plazita Mexi-
can Restaurant, located at
118 W. Main St. La Plazita
started serving on Nov. 27
with a soft opening, and
they're thinking about a
larger grand opening in
the near future.
Serving a variety of
Mexican dishes from
burritos to chili rellenos,
manager Miguel Sanchez
says it is 100 percent au-
thentic Mexican food.
"The food we are serv-
ing is like the food you
would find in Mexico,"
See Food, page 10
MAX ERICKSON
NEW EATERY IN TOWN: The staff of La Plazita Taquena pose proudly in front of their new
restaurant on Main Street in Goldendale. Their menu consists of Mexican food likely to be
unfamiliar to many--unless you're actually from Mexico. Experienced manager and cook
Miguel Sanchez (right) has cooked for the Glass Onion and the Town House. "We put a lot
of love into making our food," he says.
Reminder:
The Sentinel news-
stand price goes to $1
in January.
See story on page 4.
district
gears
up for
levy,
MAX ERIKSON
REPORTER
A group of indepen-
dent volunteers gath-
ered last week to pre-
pare for the upcoming
school district's Main-
tenance and Operations
Levy, scheduled for a
vote by Goldendale res-
idents on Feb. 13, 2018.
The levy is a two-year
extension to the vot-
er-approved levy from
2014 that expires next
December 2018. The
new levy will cover the
costs for the 2019-2020
school years.
The upcoming levy
will run at $1.50 per
$1,000 of assessed
property value. This
new levy dollar figure
is in compliance with
the state's mandated
changes to local school
levies in the wake of
last year's McCleary
judgment by the Wash-
ington State Supreme
Court.
The Maintenance
and Operation Levy
provides approximate-
ly 20 percent of the to-
tal operating budget for
the district, and next
year's levy rate is less
money than the rate
was for the 2014-2018
voter approved levy.
What that means for
property owners, for ex-
ample, is ff your home
has an assessed value
of $100,000, your school
levy tax would be $150
for the year.
The funds from the
levy covers district
costs for teachers'
salaries, facility and
grounds maintenance,
sports, and other ex-
tra-curricular activi-
ties. It also funds tech-
nology upgrades the
schools says it needs to
stay competitive in the
21st century.
Goldendale School
District Superinten-
dent Mark Heid says
that these volunteer
committee groups are
the people who can re-
ally get the word out to
the community about
the levy.
"The reason for the
community levy com-
mittee is because they
can be more proactive
then the school district
can," Held says. "We
can only give them the
facts of what we need
but the school district
is not part of the cam-
paign."
Heid continues "By
law, the school districts
can't be involved with
influencing voters. So
we must have a private
group to advocate for
the levy and encourage
people to vote for it. The
committee does all the
leg work with adver-
tising, yard signs, and
radio spots to get the
message out."
The committee is
forming a strategy to
get the word out to the
public and will be hold-
See Levy, page 10