HEADLINES & HISTORY SINCE 1879
Goldendale, Washington
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2023
Vol. 144 No. 34
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SNAIL’S PACE PARADE: Saturday’s County Fair Parade was fun and festive as it is every year. For some reason, it moved incredibly slowly. Onlookers didn’t seem to mind.
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A COOL PLACE: Simone Glasgow (right) and her children take advantage of the cooling center at the Goldendale Church of the Nazarene while others come and go.
Heat and smoke prompt cooling sites ZACHARY VILLAR FOR THE SENTINEL Klickitat County experienced a heat wave last week that saw temperatures in the area reach 109 degrees. People were finding different ways to beat the heat, including visiting local cooling centers set up throughout the county. The heat lasted from Monday the 14th through Wednesday the 16th, cooling down just in time for the bulk of the Klickitat County Fair Events. The Goldendale Church of the Nazarene opened its doors to act as a cooling center from Monday through Thursday. They provided free bottled water and a place for people to sit and relax in an air-conditioned environment. Pastor Greta Sines was there greeting people who came in during those four days. She said that someone from the church board reminded her of the hot days that were coming, and she knew in her heart that they needed to open the church as a cooling center. “It was the right thing to do,” said Sines. She said they gave out lots of water and were able to feed some people. “We even had somebody bring a dog in on a leash.” The Nazarene Church is already thinking about setting up warming centers for the winter months. “That’s been a need before, so we’re going to be talking about this.” Simone Glasgow, who recently moved to Goldendale, was driving to the library with her kids when she saw the signs for the cooling center and decided to come in. She’d never seen the church before, tucked in as it is between the
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WINNERS: Madison Gamble with her Jean Schilling Memorial Award lamb, Woolbert, which also won Grand Champion and Class Champion at the Klickitat County Fair.
Gamble raises a Grand Champion ZACHARY VILLAR FOR THE SENTINEL
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THE WEST ON FIRE: On this map from Monday afternoon, the multitude of wildfires blazing across the northwest is plain to see. The larger the icon, the larger the fire. The AirNow.gov air quality scale runs from 0 to 400. Monday Goldendale was at 137 on the scale, well into the danger zone.
courthouse and the library, so the signs were a big help. “We’re building a house, and we’re in a trailer right now,” said Glasgow. “There are only so many places you can go [to stay cool]. If you’re on a budget, well, if you go to McDonalds, and you want to buy something off the menu because they’re taking care of you. And if you go to the library, it’s no food, and you have to be quiet,
and with five kids we can be quiet for about 40 minutes. After that, I was like, ‘Oh, a church. They’ll have a nursery and a kitchen. Let’s try this out.’ The kids wanted something new, and it was nice to have a little variety. It’s nice too when you move to a new town, and things open up and you get to meet people. The kids said, even before we came in, ‘Are we
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Thirteen-year-old Madison Gamble won big at the Klickitat County Fair this weekend. Her lamb, Woolbert, was awarded Overall Grand Champion Market Lamb and 139-150lb Class Champion, making it a triple award winner. In a full-circle bit of fate, Gamble chose this lamb when she received the Jean Schilling Memorial Award at the Annual Livestock Growers Banquet in March—making this the first time a Jean Schilling Memorial Award lamb has also won Grand Champion at the fair. “I am very honored to have been chosen for the Jean Schilling Memorial Lamb,” says Gamble. “Knowing the potential of my lamb, I worked extra hard with him. I was very thrilled when we were awarded Class Champion and then Grand Champion. I would like to thank everyone who supported me, es-
pecially the Rolfe family and my parents. I just wanted to raise a lamb worthy of this award, and I was especially honored when I found out I was the first person to ever get Grand Champion market lamb with the Jean Schilling Memorial lamb.” The Jean Schilling Memorial Award was created in honor of Jean Schilling who, along with husband Robert, moved to High Prairie in 1948 and purchased the Lester Omeg Farm where they raised cattle and sheep. They farmed and ranched there until 2000 when they stopped raising cattle and moved to a smaller farm in Goldendale and continued to raise sheep. Her granddaughter, Billi Bare, carries on the legacy and helps choose the young person who receives the award each year. “When my grandmother, Jean, passed away, we as a family felt that to keep her name and the sheep industry going for our county and the county fair, we
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