Volume One Hundred-Nineteen, Number Thirty-Eight, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Single Copy 50 Cents Publication No. 497720 Stevenson, Washington News Clips Inside: • WRMS online fundraiser begins, p. 5 • Scouts ask for help at dam cleanup, p. 3 • Skamania Dive Team trains at Takhlakh Lake, p. 8 • Hunters take to the field during area seasons, p. 6 Weather Submitted by Brian Baynes, Carson Date Precip. Temp. Sep 13 0.00 H 81 L 51 Sep 14 0.00 H 76 L 53 Sep 15 0.32 H 80 L 51 Sep 16 0.08 H 80 L 59 Sep 17 1.10 H 79 L 59 Sep 18 0.28 H 78 L 60 Sep 19 0.55 H 74 L 58 Help stop hunger at a Sept. 25 Crop Walk in Hood River. walk- ers register at 9:30 a.m. at Hood River Valley Christian Church, 975 Indian Creek Road. The walk begins at 10 a.m. There are 10K and 5K walks and a Golden Mile for the physically challenged. Gather at the church after- ward for a potluck. Learn more by calling 509-427-8069. An open house held for retiree An open house for Ska- mania County Senior Ser- vices bus driver Ed Hop- kins, who is retiring after 32 years, will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednes- day, Sept. 29, in the new Se- nior Services office at He- gewald Rock Creek Center. Hopkins’ last day behind the wheel is Sept. 30. Ft. Vancouver board meets here The Ft. Vancouver Re- gional Library’s Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting in Stevenson on Monday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. at Stevenson Community Library. An executive ses- sion is planned earlier at 3:30 p.m., which will not be open to the public. Meeting locations are rotated so that each library has an opportunity for that community to attend at least one meeting a year. Citizen comments are wel- come at regular meetings. Written comments can also be sent by email to [email protected], or sent by mail to FVRL Board of Trustees, 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663. You can also fax 360- 693-2681, or call toll free from area code 509 at 1-888-546-2707. S-C Board holds 9/22-23 workshop The Stevenson-Carson School Board meets Sept. 22 and 23 from 5 to 9 p.m. in the district administra- tion offices for a semi-an- nual planning workshop. There will be a short 10- to-15 minute business meeting at 5 p.m. Sept. 23 to act on a memoran- dum of understanding for a school resource officer, and to act on a resolution related to the $205,000 grant we just received from OSPI to upgrade the energy-related infrastruc- ture at the pool. Port of Skamania county manager John McSherry checks out the prog- ress of work connecting infrastructure to the port’s industrial property. Port land readied to create more jobs The largest industrially- zoned site in this part of the gorge on the north side of the river, Cascades Business Park, is ready to “meet the demand for existing and new business growth that will result in new private invest- ment and job creation and retention,” according to the Port of Skamania County. The port is grading, build- ing roads and completing installation of the necessary infrastructure --- sewer, wa- ter, electricity, gas and high speed Internet --- on its 42- acre parcel in North Bonn- eville. The project is nearing the construction phase, said port manager John McSher- ry. The North Bonneville site has about 32 useable acres, and is part of land created by building the second power- house at Bonneville Dam in the 1970’s. The project includes in- stallation of 4,000 feet of looped 10-inch municipal water main, 3,000 feet of lin- ear sanitary sewer line, gas line, and 2,000 feet of elec- trical and telecommunica- tions conduit shared by Ska- mania County PUD, Sprint and Sawtooth Technologies. The infrastructure con- necting the west boundary of the site and the east end, where the grading is occur- ring, is being paid for with $600,000 from a Public Works Board grant from the state, $160,00 from port cof- fers, and $200,000 from the county’s .09 percent sales tax fund and other county mon- ey earmarked for economic development purposes. A similar federal pass- through $2.16 million grant has gone to the City of North Bonneville for upgrading its infrastructure. The county, City of North Bonneville and the Port of Skamania County have been “working together to make this go forward,” said McSherry. One thing that helped grant timing was the port’s readiness to move ahead. “We had the preliminary de- sign and engineering,” said McSherry. “We said, ‘Hey, we have this project ready to go.’” After the grant award in February, the port pro- ceeded on with the final de- sign, plans, specification and bidding. Work started Aug. 11 on the project, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 1, if the weather and other un- foreseen factors cooperate. The Phase I plan is to de- velop 20 acres of the site, which is graded and offers sewer, water and utilities. “That’s a big deal,” said McSherry. “We don’t have properly zoned industrial property.” “This is really good stuff in this difficult economy,” said Peggy Bryan, the long- time director of the Skama- nia County EDC, who add- ed, “There are some exciting things happening in Skama- nia County.” Bryan is leav- ing the EDC, which is adver- tising the position this week. Preparations included removal of 60,000 yards of material, originally placed there from rock and dirt re- moved for construction of the tail raceway at the second powerhouse. “It’s not the old town. We haven’t found any- thing,” said McSherry, other than a few pieces of surface fencing and Visqueen, plus quite a few large rocks. Some of the dirt removed has gone to the City of North Bonneville, and quite a bit of it went to build the overpass for the day use area at Bea- con Rock State Park. As part of the permit, a 200-foot buffer between the city and industrial site in- cludes berms and native veg- etation to muffle sounds and sights. One road punched through from the City of North Bonn- eville to Ft. Cascades has been dubbed Coyote Ridge. One day as port staff visited the site, a coyote stood on the ridge and was spotted look- ing down at them. The port is proceeding on in other ways, and has an en- viable 100 percent occupan- cy rate. Batelle is expanding its workforce in North Bonn- eville’s Teitzel Building, and Slingshot is bringing back manufacturing jobs. The for- mer Crab Shack, also known as the Old Saloon building on the Stevenson waterfront, is being transformed into the 130 Bar and Grill. The big- gest boon has been Insitu, which occupies the largest amount of industrial and of- fice space on the Stevenson waterfront. In all, port tenants ac- count for 16 percent of pri- vate sector jobs in the coun- ty, McSherry said. EDC director has resigned “It’s hard to leave af- ter 24 years,” said Peggy Bryan, who is resigning as executive director of the Skamania County Eco- nomic Development Coun- cil. “I put in my resignation Thursday, and decided I will work through October. I agreed to finish up some things I’ve been working on,” added Bryan. After nearly two years of dating, Bryan is getting married to Jerry Miller of Yakima. The warm, dry weather agrees with her, and she is not rushing to look for other employment. The EDC just hired Rob- ert Waymire as the new of- fice manager, and Bryan said she is disappointed she will not be able to continue working with him. Test results are ‘mixed’ here, statewide Results from the first year of Washington’s new Measurements of Student Progress for grades 3-8 and the High School Proficiency Exam for grade 10 have been released . State Superintendent Randy Dorn called the re- sults “mixed” and said that is to be expected with new state tests and online testing. Similar to statewide scores, Stevenson-Carson School District scores also show mixed results. Stevenson-Carson stu- dents scored above the state average in third and sixth grade math and in high school reading and scored near state averages in other areas. “Our test scores are not as high as we believe they could be,” said Superintendent Dr. William Hundley. “Our teachers and administrators have been working hard to develop and implement a plan for improvement, which includes finding and filling the gaps in our curriculum.” The district’s math im- provement plan was put into motion last year. Over the summer, the Board of Direc- tors adopted a new reading curriculum, Reading Street. The board and staff hope the new curriculum will pay div- idends in both reading and math. The math Measurements of Student Progress estab- lishes a new starting point for grades 3-8 because it is a new test with different learn- ing standards. In spring 2011, the state will add grades 4 and 5 to online testing in reading and math, and grades 5 and 8 in Continued on p. 3 Rocky S.R. 14 is a little more passable to drivers The SR 14 rockfall miti- gation project at Dog Moun- tain and in the White Salmon area was completed Sept. 16, cheered by drivers who endured schedule changes and road closures beginning April 1. That’s the date a large chunk of the hillside above the highway at Dog Moun- tain gave way due to a test blast with too much explo- sive power, blocking the roadway and partially cover- ing the railroad tracks until the debris could be removed. The $3.8 million project proceeded more smoothly throughout the summer as the potentially hazardous rock, soil and other debris was removed from slopes near M.P. 54 and M.P. 64. Between March and Sep- tember, contractor crews blasted and carved away more than 31,000 cubic yards of rock and soil – enough to bury a football field 21 feet deep. Crews also installed rock bolts and cable netting in both locations to further stabilize the slopes. The slope near Dog Mountain is now angled away from the highway. Crews also built a 30-foot- wide catchment ditch where rocks can accumulate and be cleared away before they be- come an obstacle to drivers, not to mention trains. The project presented multiple challenges to driv- ers, WSDOT engineers and contractor crews. Crews had to work around train sched- ules in a small work area while using explosives to remove large quantities of rock. Drivers exercised a lot of patience planning around numerous closures and lengthy delays. Crews and drivers worked through these obstacles all spring and sum- mer --- the payoff is a safer drive on S.R. 14. WSDOT has dedicated $300 million to evaluate, pri- oritize and mitigate unstable slopes through the Unstable Slope Management System. For more information, visit http://www.wsdot. wa.gov/biz/mats/Geotech/ usms.htm. GPNF bridge projects will aid fish passage Gifford Pinchot National Forest bridge replacement projects continue, using stimulus and other funding sources and a regionally- based workforce. Forest engineers and biol- ogists have worked together to design and implement structures to better withstand winter flooding while con- tinuing to provide safe ac- cess for forest visitors. The new bridges will also reverse habitat degradation and passage blockages as- sociated with older obsolete wooden bridges built in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. “We were able to accom- plish decades’ worth of work in two years due to the eco- nomic stimulus and other special funding initiatives to maintain and restore im- portant access to the Gifford Pinchot,” said engineering and public services manager Ron Freeman. Here is an update on the current status of each bridge project: * Silver Creek: Steel gird- ers are in place, and wood components will be installed soon. This bridge is slated for completion by the last week in September. This is an aquatic restoration project reconnecting up and down- stream habitat along with Continued on p. 5 This stitchery of a heron in the moonlight feed- ing at a koi pond took top prize in one category at the Columbia Gorge Quilt Show held here.
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Volume One Hundred-Nineteen, Number Thirty-Eight, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Single Copy 50 Cents Publication No. 497720 Stevenson, Washington
NewsClips
Inside:• WRMS online fundraiser begins, p. 5 • Scouts ask for help at dam cleanup, p. 3• Skamania Dive Team trains at Takhlakh Lake, p. 8• Hunters take to the fi eld during area seasons, p. 6
WeatherSubmitted by
Brian Baynes, Carson
Date Precip. Temp.Sep 13 0.00 H 81 L 51Sep 14 0.00 H 76 L 53Sep 15 0.32 H 80 L 51Sep 16 0.08 H 80 L 59Sep 17 1.10 H 79 L 59Sep 18 0.28 H 78 L 60Sep 19 0.55 H 74 L 58
Help stop hunger at a Sept. 25 Crop Walk in Hood River. walk-ers register at 9:30 a.m. at Hood River Valley Christian Church, 975 Indian Creek Road. The walk begins at 10 a.m. There are 10K and 5K walks and a Golden Mile for the physically challenged. Gather at the church after-ward for a potluck. Learn more by calling 509-427-8069.
An open house held for retiree
An open house for Ska-mania County Senior Ser-vices bus driver Ed Hop-kins, who is retiring after 32 years, will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednes-day, Sept. 29, in the new Se-nior Services offi ce at He-gewald Rock Creek Center. Hopkins’ last day behind the wheel is Sept. 30.
Ft. Vancouver board meets here
The Ft. Vancouver Re-gional Library’s Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting in Stevenson on Monday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. at Stevenson Community Library. An executive ses-sion is planned earlier at 3:30 p.m., which will not be open to the public.
Meeting locations are rotated so that each library has an opportunity for that community to attend at least one meeting a year. Citizen comments are wel-come at regular meetings.
Written comments can also be sent by email to [email protected], or sent by mail to FVRL Board of Trustees, 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663.
You can also fax 360-693-2681, or call toll free from area code 509 at 1-888-546-2707.
S-C Board holds9/22-23 workshop
The Stevenson-Carson School Board meets Sept. 22 and 23 from 5 to 9 p.m. in the district administra-tion offi ces for a semi-an-nual planning workshop. There will be a short 10-to-15 minute business meeting at 5 p.m. Sept. 23 to act on a memoran-dum of understanding for a school resource offi cer, and to act on a resolution related to the $205,000 grant we just received from OSPI to upgrade the energy-related infrastruc-ture at the pool.
Port of Skamania county manager John McSherry checks out the prog-ress of work connecting infrastructure to the port’s industrial property.
Port land readied to create more jobs The largest industrially-
zoned site in this part of the gorge on the north side of the river, Cascades Business Park, is ready to “meet the demand for existing and new business growth that will result in new private invest-ment and job creation and retention,” according to the Port of Skamania County.
The port is grading, build-ing roads and completing installation of the necessary infrastructure --- sewer, wa-ter, electricity, gas and high speed Internet --- on its 42-acre parcel in North Bonn-eville. The project is nearing the construction phase, said port manager John McSher-ry.
The North Bonneville site has about 32 useable acres, and is part of land created by building the second power-house at Bonneville Dam in the 1970’s.
The project includes in-stallation of 4,000 feet of looped 10-inch municipal water main, 3,000 feet of lin-ear sanitary sewer line, gas line, and 2,000 feet of elec-trical and telecommunica-tions conduit shared by Ska-mania County PUD, Sprint and Sawtooth Technologies.
The infrastructure con-necting the west boundary of the site and the east end, where the grading is occur-ring, is being paid for with $600,000 from a Public Works Board grant from the state, $160,00 from port cof-fers, and $200,000 from the county’s .09 percent sales tax fund and other county mon-ey earmarked for economic
development purposes. A similar federal pass-
through $2.16 million grant has gone to the City of North Bonneville for upgrading its infrastructure. The county, City of North Bonneville and the Port of Skamania County have been “working together to make this go forward,” said McSherry.
One thing that helped grant timing was the port’s readiness to move ahead. “We had the preliminary de-sign and engineering,” said McSherry. “We said, ‘Hey, we have this project ready to go.’” After the grant award in February, the port pro-ceeded on with the fi nal de-sign, plans, specifi cation and bidding.
Work started Aug. 11 on the project, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 1, if the weather and other un-foreseen factors cooperate.
The Phase I plan is to de-velop 20 acres of the site, which is graded and offers sewer, water and utilities.
“That’s a big deal,” said McSherry. “We don’t have properly zoned industrial property.”
“This is really good stuff in this diffi cult economy,” said Peggy Bryan, the long-time director of the Skama-nia County EDC, who add-ed, “There are some exciting things happening in Skama-nia County.” Bryan is leav-ing the EDC, which is adver-tising the position this week.
Preparations included removal of 60,000 yards of material, originally placed there from rock and dirt re-
moved for construction of the tail raceway at the second powerhouse. “It’s not the old town. We haven’t found any-thing,” said McSherry, other than a few pieces of surface fencing and Visqueen, plus quite a few large rocks.
Some of the dirt removed has gone to the City of North Bonneville, and quite a bit of it went to build the overpass for the day use area at Bea-con Rock State Park.
As part of the permit, a 200-foot buffer between the city and industrial site in-cludes berms and native veg-etation to muffl e sounds and sights.
One road punched through from the City of North Bonn-eville to Ft. Cascades has been dubbed Coyote Ridge. One day as port staff visited the site, a coyote stood on the ridge and was spotted look-ing down at them.
The port is proceeding on in other ways, and has an en-viable 100 percent occupan-cy rate. Batelle is expanding its workforce in North Bonn-eville’s Teitzel Building, and Slingshot is bringing back manufacturing jobs. The for-mer Crab Shack, also known as the Old Saloon building on the Stevenson waterfront, is being transformed into the 130 Bar and Grill. The big-gest boon has been Insitu, which occupies the largest amount of industrial and of-fi ce space on the Stevenson waterfront.
In all, port tenants ac-count for 16 percent of pri-vate sector jobs in the coun-ty, McSherry said.
EDC directorhas resigned
“It’s hard to leave af-ter 24 years,” said Peggy Bryan, who is resigning as executive director of the Skamania County Eco-nomic Development Coun-cil. “I put in my resignation Thursday, and decided I will work through October. I agreed to fi nish up some things I’ve been working on,” added Bryan.
After nearly two years of dating, Bryan is getting married to Jerry Miller of Yakima. The warm, dry weather agrees with her, and she is not rushing to look for other employment.
The EDC just hired Rob-ert Waymire as the new of-fi ce manager, and Bryan said she is disappointed she will not be able to continue working with him.
Test results are ‘mixed’ here, statewideResults from the fi rst
year of Washington’s new Measurements of Student Progress for grades 3-8 and the High School Profi ciency Exam for grade 10 have been released .
State Superintendent Randy Dorn called the re-sults “mixed” and said that is to be expected with new state tests and online testing. Similar to statewide scores, Stevenson-Carson School District scores also show mixed results.
Stevenson-Carson stu-dents scored above the state
average in third and sixth grade math and in high school reading and scored near state averages in other areas.
“Our test scores are not as high as we believe they could be,” said Superintendent Dr. William Hundley. “Our teachers and administrators have been working hard to develop and implement a plan for improvement, which includes fi nding and fi lling the gaps in our curriculum.”
The district’s math im-provement plan was put into motion last year. Over the
summer, the Board of Direc-tors adopted a new reading curriculum, Reading Street. The board and staff hope the new curriculum will pay div-idends in both reading and math.
The math Measurements of Student Progress estab-lishes a new starting point for grades 3-8 because it is a new test with different learn-ing standards.
In spring 2011, the state will add grades 4 and 5 to online testing in reading and math, and grades 5 and 8 in Continued on p. 3
Rocky S.R. 14 is a little more passable to drivers
The SR 14 rockfall miti-gation project at Dog Moun-tain and in the White Salmon area was completed Sept. 16, cheered by drivers who endured schedule changes and road closures beginning April 1.
That’s the date a large chunk of the hillside above the highway at Dog Moun-tain gave way due to a test blast with too much explo-sive power, blocking the roadway and partially cover-ing the railroad tracks until the debris could be removed.
The $3.8 million project proceeded more smoothly throughout the summer as the potentially hazardous rock, soil and other debris was removed from slopes near M.P. 54 and M.P. 64.
Between March and Sep-tember, contractor crews blasted and carved away more than 31,000 cubic yards of rock and soil – enough to bury a football fi eld 21 feet deep. Crews also installed rock bolts and cable netting in both locations to further stabilize the slopes.
The slope near Dog Mountain is now angled away from the highway. Crews also built a 30-foot-wide catchment ditch where rocks can accumulate and be cleared away before they be-come an obstacle to drivers, not to mention trains.
The project presented multiple challenges to driv-ers, WSDOT engineers and contractor crews. Crews had to work around train sched-ules in a small work area while using explosives to remove large quantities of rock. Drivers exercised a lot of patience planning around numerous closures and lengthy delays. Crews and drivers worked through these obstacles all spring and sum-mer --- the payoff is a safer drive on S.R. 14.
WSDOT has dedicated $300 million to evaluate, pri-oritize and mitigate unstable slopes through the Unstable Slope Management System.
For more information, visit http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/Geotech/usms.htm.
GPNF bridge projects will aid fi sh passage
Gifford Pinchot National Forest bridge replacement projects continue, using stimulus and other funding sources and a regionally-based workforce.
Forest engineers and biol-ogists have worked together to design and implement structures to better withstand winter fl ooding while con-tinuing to provide safe ac-cess for forest visitors.
The new bridges will also reverse habitat degradation and passage blockages as-sociated with older obsolete wooden bridges built in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s.
“We were able to accom-plish decades’ worth of work
in two years due to the eco-nomic stimulus and other special funding initiatives to maintain and restore im-portant access to the Gifford Pinchot,” said engineering and public services manager Ron Freeman.
Here is an update on the current status of each bridge project:
* Silver Creek: Steel gird-ers are in place, and wood components will be installed soon. This bridge is slated for completion by the last week in September. This is an aquatic restoration project reconnecting up and down-stream habitat along with Continued on p. 5
This stitchery of a heron in the moonlight feed-ing at a koi pond took top prize in one category at the Columbia Gorge Quilt Show held here.
Support Groups
Water Underthe Bridge
Sept. 22, 2010 Stevenson Toastmasters Breakfast Club meets at 6:40 a.m. at Hegewald Center. Visitors welcome. For info call Bernice McCollum at (509)427-4590.
Sept. 23, 2010Lions Club meets at 10:30 a.m. at Marks Place. Call Frank Cox at 427-5466.Stevenson Eagles #1744, Aerie meets at 7 p.m.WR Search & Rescue meets at 7 p.m. in the Emer-gency Operation Center. Women’s Sacred Prayer Circle at the Sage Center, last Thursday each month at 6:30 p.m. For informa-
tion call 427-7001. Sept. 24, 2010
SKCN meets from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Lyle Lions Community Center. Call 509-493-2235 for more in-formation.
Sept. 27, 2010Fire Dist. #1 meets at 7 p.m. at the Carson fi re sta-tion.Fire Dist. #5 meets at 7 p.m. at the fi rehall.
Sept. 28, 2010 Skamania Co. Commis-sioners meet Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m, The agenda may be viewed at www.skama-niacounty.org .Fire Dist. #3 meets at 7 p.m. at the fi re hall.
Meetings & Events
Alcoholics Annonymous’ Spir-it of the Gorge Unity Group meets Wednesdays and Sundays from 7-8 p.m. at Carson Hot Springs (Old Hotel) on St. Mar-tin Road. For information call 509-427-7527. Stevenson AA meets Mon-days, Thursdays and Fridays 7 to 8 p.m. at Shepherd of Hills Lutheran Church, 161 Luther-an Church Rd. For information (509) 427-5548. Alanaon, will meet every Tues-day evening from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Stevenson United Method-ist Church; corner of Jefferson and School Streets. Contact (509)427-4970.Narcotics Anonymous/12-Step Program will be held at Steven-son Lutheran Church on Tuesday and Friday, 6 p.m. and Saturdays at Carson Bible Church at 6 p.m. 509-427-7345.Skamania County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program. 427-4210All denominational men’s prayer breakfast 7:30 a.m. at the PUD building in Carson; the second and last Saturday of each month.
Sage Center Women’s Wis-dom Circle the second Thurs-day of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information 427-8755. Diabetes Support Group meets the fi rst Wednesay each month at noon in the diabetes offi ce at Skyline Hospital. 509-493-1101. Bereavement Classes Free to the Public - offered by Heart of Hospice on the fourth Monday of each month from 3-4 p.m. at Rock Cove.Crafty Ladies meet on Mon-days 7 p.m. at Evergreen Com-munity Church in Mill A, 509-538-2218Playgroup meets (ages 0-6 years) on Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to noon at Evergreen Community Church in Mill A, 509-538-2218. Women’s AA Gorge Gals meets Tuesday at 10 a.m., Wednesday at noon, Thursday night at 6:30 p.m at Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Second Sunday each month Free Health Lecture at Steven-son Adventist Church in Steven-son
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I have to walk warily in talking about hunting, because Mrs. Jessup gets on me for shooting doves, but in last week’s paper she reports clubbing a porcupine, and I was relieved to note that “he seemed a joyless little fellow” and, presumably, happy to go when his time came. Each of us, I guess has a little of the ol’ killer in him. I shoot doves to feed my family. Mrs. Jessup clubs porcupines to defend her property. Nature in the raw is seldom mild. I was chopping wood the other evening when Dale Fisher and Steve Hutcheson came by. Dale was leaving the next day for Willamette, where he is on the honor list as a result of his grades at Stevenson High and is therefore eligible for certain special courses and Steve was heading for the Navy. Anyway, the boys brought several wild pigeons and doves by and gave them to the Crafts for supper and they were excellent.
Stevenson Bulldogs and White Salmon Columbians re-new their annual gridiron feud on the White Salmon fi eld this afternoon at 2:30. As in previous years the game has all the indications of being one of those typical nip and tuck af-fairs with the team getting the breaks coming out on top. The local squad evidently will be somewhat heavier, but will at the same time be a little slower on foot; whereas the White Salmon team will average about 165, the Bulldog team will take the fi eld will probably average around 175. Both squads lost their principal ball packer from last year’s team, Mor-ley 210 pound fullback from White Salmon and Loftin from Stevenson.
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When a second powerhouse was constructed at Bonnev-ille Dam in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge, the Corps of Engineers was cognizant of the historic importance of the site adjacent to the new City of North Bonneville. An area which includes a part of the old Portage Railroad, the site of an archaeological dig at an Indian village, described by Lewis & Clark, and the original Lower Cascades settlement was designated an historic site. This area is being developed with trails and markers and in August the Corps granted a long-term lease to Skamania County, Washington for con-struction and maintenance of a Columbia River Gorge Inter-pretive Center-Museum near the historic site. The Skamania County Historical Society, which presently maintains a mu-seum in the Courthouse Annex in Stevenson will be respon-sible for construction and operation of the Center.
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The Skamania Co. Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault wants your help in designing our October Courthouse Lawn Display. Entry content should express a community effort to reduce Domestic Violence. Entries
must be submitted before September 24th 2010.
The winning entry will receive their design displayed on the courthouse lawn in Stevenson, a $20 gift certificate to Andrew’s
Pizza and $20 in Stevenson Bucks.’ Please send your submission along with your Name, Address, Phone Number and Email to:
Skamania County Council On Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Attn: Rachel Bryan PO Box 477 Stevenson, WA 98648
Design Contest!Love and Logic Parenting Classes
A common-sense approach that teaches parents to use easy-to-learn skills that create respect, responsibility and good decision-making in youth. Love and
Logic is a well-known and trusted name that is research based.
The classes teach children responsibility and help them to be self-confident, motivated and ready for the real world with this win-win approach to parenting.
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Please call to sign up, if childcare needed or if you have questions.Skamania County Health Department (509) 427-3881. (12316)
Stevenson EaglesKARAOKE NIGHT
Friday and Saturday September 24th and 25th
8pm to ClosingMembers and Guests Only
Friday Night—Fire Island Ziti W/ Salad Bar and Monteray Ranch Bread
$10 per personDinner served from 6 to 8pm
Births
ELECT BOB ANDERSONSKAMANIA COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
DISTRICT 3
A MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS!As the General election approaches nearer I know that I cannot get out and meet with everyone as I would like to. It is important though that I learn as much about the thinking of our residents as possible. My thinking is that I would like to offer a phone number and an e-mail address for those who would like to meet and discuss issues or anything of importance to you. I can come to your home or we can talk on the phone – your choice.
Please give me the opportunity to get to know you before you vote. THANK YOU!
Bob Anderson360-440-9185 • [email protected]
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Stop by and visit our Alpaca Farm and meet our new babies, Lily and Bentley.Feel the luxurious fleece that these beautiful alpacas produce.
Refreshments • Fleece Sales • Spinning Demo • Halter Demo • Alpaca Products
Quality Alpacas in the Heart of the GorgeAlan & Angela Rogers • 182 McNichols Rd., Cook, WA Follow signs from Hwy 14 or call for info, 509-538-2070
Columbia Gorge
Carol Bradley 971-533-3646Real Estate Professional
Why rent when you can Buy? Exceptional Deal $79,500.
2008 Home 3 bdm 2 bth, all rooms have upgrades, comes with all appliances. Built in Entertainment center, oversized doorways, Huge Garden, end lot on cul-de-sac. Space Rent 200 a month, includes Septic. RMLS # 8098870.
Come visit Don at Rock Creek Center the last Wednesday
of each month.
Cascade Hearing Aid Center541-386-1666Hood River
Don McAndieBC-HIS
Aiden David BriscoeAdien David Briscoe was
born Aug. 8, 2010 at McKay-Dee in Riverdale, Utah at 2:14 a.m. He weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and 19-1/2 inches
long. His parents are Steffany
and Joshua Briscoe of Roy, Utah.
His maternal grandparents are Cindy Rutherford and Russ Bradley of Carson and Robert Daugherty of Woods Cross, Utah. His maternal great grandparents are Rober-ta Rutherford of Stevenson, Tom Rutherford of Stevenson, Barbara Ellingson of Hood River.
His paternal grandparents are Richard and Carrie Bris-coe of West Point, Utah. His paternal great grandparents are Dick and Areullea Steven-son of Odgen, Utah.
Collen Michael SchultzCollen Michael Schulz
was born Sept. 7, 2010 at 2:39 a.m. at Providence Hood River Hospital in Hood River. he weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.
His parents are Jeremy and
Jessica Schultz of Carson. His joins big sister Kaelynn.
His paternal grandparents are Roger and Lorie James of Carson.
His paternal grandparents are Ron and Joyce Schultz of White Salmon.
Cont. from p. 1 science. Incoming 10th grad-ers in the class of 2013 will be required to pass all state ex-ams --- reading, writing, math and science --- to be eligible for a diploma.
Last November, Superin-tendent Dorn proposed chang-es to the math requirement through the class of 2015 and a delay in the science require-ment until the class of 2017. However, the Legislature opt-ed not to act on his proposal.
Dorn said the results re-flect two straight years of cuts to the K-12 education budget as many crucial services, such as after-school and summer-school programs intended to help the most challenging stu-dents, have been cut or elimi-nated.
For more detailed test in-formation and comparisons with previous years’ WASL scores, go to http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/
Testing...
It was a soggy training near the Pacific Crest Trail Saturday, Sept. 18, into Sunday morning for Wind River Search and Rescue members. Here, Neal Sacon gets temporary respite under a homemade shelter in the rain be-fore helping other volunteers retrieve a psudo-human from a deep ravine.
Scouts seek help for dam area cleanup Help clean up the Wash-
ington shore near Bonneville Dam during a River’s Edge Community Cleanup from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Sept. 25.
The event is hosted by Cub Scout Pack/Boy Scout Troop 314, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and SOLV.
All are invited to this ser-vice project --- the goal is picking up fishing line left by
anglers. It is a hazard to birds and other wildlife, who can get it wound around their feet or bodies.
Turn south onto Dam Ac-cess Road and travel downriv-er to the west until you reach the end of the road and a large parking lot. Please check in and also check out at the end of the day at the SOLV regis-tration table.
Bring a filled water bottle, a snack and lunch. If possible, wear a life jacket to work along the riverbank --- just in case. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office will have a
patrol boat in the water; and Skamania County Emergen-cy Medical Services will be available to provide first aid, if needed. Remember to dress in layers for the various kinds of fall weather possible in the gorge.
After noon, the scouts have made reservations for an indoor area of the dam for lunch. Starting at noon, there will be lunch space near the dam’s indoor fish viewing windows. At 1 p.m., there will be a family-friendly guid-ed tour of the second power-house and turbines.
Skamania County Pioneer
Frank and Judy DeVaul .........................PublisherJoanna Grammon ............................. News EditorJean Foster............ Office Manager/Sports EditorAngela Rogers .....................Advertising ManagerBridget Callahan ...................Circulation Manager
Skamania County’s Official NewspaperPeriodical class postage paid at Stevenson, Washington 98648The Skamania County Pioneer is published at 198 S.W. Second
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OpinionLetters to the Editor
Page Four Skamania County Pioneer Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Skamania County PUD is operating like a dysfunctional family. With the board at odds, strife is seeping from what had previously seemed a bastion of tranquility. As a customer-owned utility with 5,700 electrical customers plus two water systems with 1,300 customers in Carson and Underwood, the PUD is owned by you and me.
It has an elected, three-member Board of Commissioners. with fiscal powers and budget authority that sets fees and is-sues debt. Management serves at the pleasure of the board. The district’s 28 employees operate the district on a budget of ap-proximately $9.5 million annually.
Two of the PUD Commissioners, Dennis Gale and Curt Esch, seem to be finding issues that could best be described as A) defining job descriptions and performance, B) salaries, and C) differences in personal styles. The two board members are both former longtime PUD employees. While this is an asset, there may also be a downside.
As to whether or not PUD Auditor Chris Iobst is carrying out his job satisfactorily, it is worth noting that he is also function-ing as the office manager, IT manager and conservation man-ager. If he goes, the PUD would likely have to hire two or three more people. And there are no official hints of problems with financial matters, a la Michael Garvison. The state’s 2009 Ac-countability Audit “marked the 15th consecutive audit year no findings were reported for the district,” the report stated. The PUD’s recent financial audit was also clean: “The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported,” the report said. Esch is ask-ing for another audit. Issues have been simmering awhile. A di-rective to employees to remain “closed mouthed” around PUD commissioners is one indication. Esch has noted his objections.
Two long executive sessions were held in May, during the time period manager Bob Wittenberg was asking for a 5 percent raise. In March, the manager requested “feedback about the per-formance of management,” in response to the “recent executive sessions.” None was given. In May, a motion to terminate Iobst, made by Esch and Gale, was later withdrawn by Gale and Leach following an apparently stressful executive session..
The salary plus benefits package at the PUD is comparable with similar sized public utilities, in a competitive environment.
Clatskanie PUD serves the same number as Skamania Coun-ty. The manager makes $133,452; five other employees make over $100,000, and another four over $90,000. That utility has 39 employees. Our PUD is operating with fewer management positions and 28 employees. We do not want to be Clatskanie. Their entire board was recalled by the voters after they placed the manager on leave. An investigation came to naught; their manager was restored but it all left scars. Do we want that? Tak-ing egos out of it, let’s judge strictly on the merits.
Eye of the storm...By Joanna Grammon
Lanz supportsfiber optic
PAID ADVERTISEMENT I feel that I must respond to my fellow Commissioner’s letter to the Editor printed in the
Skamania Co. Pioneer 9/15/2010 not because he endorses my opponent but because he brings up many troubling accusations that must be clarified. I had hoped that this campaign could be a positive one while we as a Commission continued to address the serious issues before the PUD Board in a constructive manner. However, it is obvious that Commissioner Leach is so angry that I continue to desire accountability within both the Management and the Com-mission that he is unwilling to address these concerns in an unbiased manner. I will attempt to tell you the full story. Then you, the owner of Skamania PUD, will be an informed voter.
For years PUD employees have come to me with concerns regarding issues at the PUD, in particular a claim that the Manager had enforced a gag order preventing communication between employees and commissioners. Then last year it became more concerning as more and more employees came forward. I began to get documents in the mail anonymously detail-ing concerns regarding the management.
Then someone within the PUD staff braved the alleged gag order by contacting Com-missioner Dennis Gale to relay concerns.
It takes two votes to enter into executive session and now there were two PUD Commis-sioners concerned and wanting to discuss the issues. Yes, we have had months of executive sessions. Yes, there have been internal investigations. Commissioner Gale is particularly equipped to investigate the accounting issues since he was the former PUD Auditor.
I cannot give out confidential personnel information but it is suffice to quote the PUD minutes of 6/7/10 under Old Business “Performance of Auditor – Commissioner Gale ex-pressed his concerns of the performance of the Auditor and made a motion to terminate the employee in the Auditor position effective this date. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Esch.” While the following is not detailed in the minutes it would be available in the record-ing of the open meeting that following extensive comments by Commissioner Leach and his supporters Commissioner Gale is overcome by tears and withdraws his motion.
So now, we as a Commission are at an impasse. I have requested that we as a Com-mission request an early WA State Audit for 2009, in addition to addressing any inconsisten-cies within additional years. That could relieve accounting concerns that have been brought before the Commission. To this date my fellow Commissioners have not supported me in this request. One Commissioner stated that he did not want to raise any ‘red flags’. Well I believe that we are long past red flags and that our job is not to cover up problems but to investigate and to resolve them. I believe that is what I was elected to do.
When I could not obtain a definitive answer regarding the legality of the alleged gag order within the Commission meetings I eventually hired an attorney (at my own expense) to give me a legal opinion regarding that and other troubling issues. My attorney stated that a gag order upon public personnel was clearly illegal. I then relayed my findings to the full Commission. I have attempted to keep them fully informed of all my findings from any of my research.
During the months of executive session I contacted the WA State Auditor’s Office, the WA State Legal Affairs Office and the Attorney General’s Office to seek advice and direction.
I have attempted to get various financial documentation from within the PUD, con-cerned that certain administrative actions could lead to increased costs to you. I was refused those documents. Various State Offices gave me both verbal and written opinions that I as a PUD Commissioner had full access to documents. Finally, I did obtain the documents once I signed a Freedom of Information request and paid for the documents. I then used those docu-ments to inform the full Commission that the administrative action in question was indeed going to end up costing you the ratepayer. No action was taken.
I have raised concerns that the PUD’s growing administrative costs will adversely im-pact the PUD’s bottom line. The 2010 Electric Budget (line #45) shows the Manager/Auditor salary/expense at $306,600. After comparing our top two administrators to other PUD admin-istrators and considering the tough economic times that Skamania County is facing I objected to past administrative raises, unsuccessfully.
Actually it is a relief to have this before you, the owners of the PUD and the voters. At least we can put the facts on the table and you can decide the resolution. You do have a clear cut choice. My opponent has clearly and repeatedly voiced her unquestioning support for the PUD Management.
Commissioner Leach has complained numerous times when I attempt to hold the Man-agement accountable. I have tried to work within the Commission and show proper respect to my fellow Commissioners. But I have questioned unreasonable spending and will continue to do so. I will continue to push for proper policies. I will not ignore concerns when they are brought to my attention. When I am told that actions taken are illegal I will follow thru to the best of my ability. I will continue to be fully aware that each dollar the PUD spends comes from your pocket and I will seek accountability in regard to that. If that requires that I stand alone at times, I will continue to do that. It is obvious that Commissioner Leach finds that “negative focus”. But I call it doing my job. At a public meeting a PUD Commissioner commented that he just does what the Manager tells him to do. I will never be that kind of a Commissioner. I am committed to reasonable rates, fiscal accountability, updating infrastruc-ture, transparent government, policy oversight and I ask for your vote. I take this job, my responsibility to you very seriously. This is your PUD; your vote counts.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me. (509) 427-8591 Apparently there have been accusations that I have inappropriately increased my pay.
Again let me give you the full story. The WA State Legislature recently took action that standardized the PUD Commissioner salaries. Previously Commissioners were paid different salaries based upon their latest election date. Following the legislative action all three PUD Commissioners are now paid the same salary, $1,300 per month. Curt EschPaid for by Curt Esch; [email protected]; 509-427-8591
Dear Editor,I would like to express ap-
preciation to the Public Utility District #1 of Skamania County. Ten years ago, the P.U.D. was a founding member of NoaNet, which established a point of presence in Skamania County. This fiber optic entrance to the Internet and telephone networks enabled our county to be con-nected.
After fiber optics were con-structed in Stevenson the fol-lowing benefits were realized: * Stevenson-Carson School District was connected at super high speeds, enabling distance education and advanced servic-es for our students* 911 service received a backup link* SawNet and Broadstribe of-fered broadband over their net-works* Public wi-fi connected to su-per high-speed Internet* Skamania County was includ-ed in the $54 million broadband stimulus funds awarded to No-anet* Our community can now compete in attracting employ-ment opportunities like those provided by Insitsu
This fiber optic network has been a proven financial success for all parties involved, and the benefit to the residents of this county is clear cut.
It is unfortunate that the cur-rent PUD Commissioner Esch opposed this fiber optic devel-opment. Today, after 10 years of proven success, fiber optics and high speed Internet are be-ing extended to all parts of Ska-mania County with incredible support from all levels of gov-ernment, schools, and private companies. Why does Com-missioner Esch continue to op-pose such an important resource for our community?
Skamania County needs a new PUD commissioner that is open to discussing new ideas like fiber optics. I eagerly sup-port Judith Lanz for PUD Com-missioner as a candidate who will consider such opportunities for our community.Brian AdamsOwner, SawNet
PUD retireetrusts CurtDear Editor,
I have lived in Skamania County all my life. I worked in logging and construction. I had my own business 15 years. The last 12 years of my employment were spent working for the Skamania Co. P.U.D. as a line equipment op-erator.
In June I was approached by someone who knew I had worked for the P.U.D. He spe-cifically asked my opinion of Curt Esch. I told him Curt and I didn’t always agree on some things, but he was a very knowledgeable and experi-enced worker. He would draw on his many years of experi-ence and research a problem thoroughly and then fix it in the most cost-effective way. I was always satisfied with his ability to keep equipment maintained in safe working order.
In last week’s paper I read the letter from P.U.D. District
Checking intoPUD concerns Dear Editor,
Having read the letter from Commissioner Leach in the Sept. 15 Pioneer issue, it’s hard to remain silent and leave the matter unchallenged. A purely personal attack by a PUD commissioner upon a colleague is astonishing. It is hoped this letter did not rep-resent the views of other PUD principals, who should be em-barrassed and as distressed by the content as I was.
If we are to examine the character and integrity of Curt Esch, the target of Mr. Leach’s tirade, these traits should not be in question. Curt is not only my commissioner, he is a valued personal friend.
Those of us who know him attest to his honesty and his tenacious resolve to match PUD needs with avail-able resources to produce a result which, though not pleasing to everyone, still represents the best outcome our jurisdiction can manage and expect.
As far as him being the source of apprehension and anxiety among PUD employees, the charge is ludicrous. If anything, Curt’s background as a for-mer PUD employee should identify him as one who is sensitive to their problems and concerns; making him an advocate rather than an adversary. If the PUD employees were polled, Curt Esch would probably emerge as the commission-er most responsive to their position.
The veiled complaint that he is divisive and not a team player requires exami-nation. Curt is, in fact, the quarterback for the “Rate-payer’s Team!” Makes you wonder who is on the opposing team and what
3 Commissioner Leach. If I correctly understand Mr. Leach’s letter, where he says he is “saying it like it is”, he is saying that Curt Esch is dis-tracting the board with what he feels are ‘unsubstantiated investigations and allega-tions that have been going on for months’ with many hours spent in executive (closed to the public) meetings. Ei-ther this is Mr. Leach’s way of agreeing with Curt and bringing it to our attention or else he is asking us to replace Curt on information that we as customer/owners are not privileged to know.
Why can’t we know? Is it because one commissioner, namely Curt, is questioning some practices? There are policies and laws governing our P.U.D. and it is the ju-diciary responsibility of the commissioners to see these are followed. By asking questions and raising aware-ness of possible misdeeds, Curt is just doing the job he was elected to do. As a cus-
their game plan may be. Any reference to an internal inves-tigation as being a negative distraction that needs to be avoided should be a red flag. A group of public servants owes it to the constituents to be self-policing. Why this should inspire resistance on the part of Mr. Leach is in-comprehensible.
It would be enlightening if Commissioner Leach would employ a subsequent opinion letter to enumerate the inci-dents when Commissioner Esch did not act to support the interests of the ratepay-ers. Unless I’m mistaken, he will be hard-pressed to pro-duce such evidence. Certainly no substantiated charge was made in the previous letter.
These are tough times. It behooves our PUD prin-cipals to engage in contro-versy, when needed, as did our founding fathers in the Continental Congress when the spirit of our nation was being defined. Only after vig-orous debate may we be sure that the final PUD consensus is based upon practicality and will yield the most satisfac-
tomer advocate he is not willing to turn his back on problems. I think Curt is taking his job se-riously and I commend him for that.
Mr. Leach seems to think the morale of the employees is low because of the unrest. I recently talked with several of the line crew and they all said they did not know what Mr. Leach was talking about and work was go-ing on as usual.
I personally feel (as does my wife) that with Curt’s 26 years of employment, plus his vol-unteer attendance of meetings and then as a commissioner, he has far more knowledge of our P.U.D. functions than his oppo-nent.Gerald D. Harrington Carson
tory benefit for the ratepayers.Gordon CarlsonStevenson
SDS : Heroesor villains?Dear Editor,
There is irony in the Pio-neer story about the dump cleanup on the Drach Under-wood property.
It seems whenever we have a huge problem like Bin-gen being flooded with rocks from Dry Creek, or a library or cemetery improvement or countless unknown acts of as-sistance, who do we call and depend on for help?
It’s SDS. Yet when they want to use their private land for resource production (tim-ber to build houses), alterna-tive energy production, job creation, tax revenue for the county and schools, who do they vilify? It’s SDS. Make up your minds, folks, and see who the real heroes are and see the irony.
Helen PaulusUnderwood
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Skamania County Pioneer Page Five
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT Dear Skamania County Citizens,
As I have been campaigning from door to door the past few weeks, I have heard your concerns about a lack of openness from the County Commissioners and the status of the former County Auditor.
Investigating the former Auditor is in the hands of the Attorney General. His staff is moving as quickly as possible considering delays caused by State furlough days, summer schedules and general upheaval due to the state budget. We all want closure and justice with this issue. I regret that I must withhold comments about this case as it moves through the legal process. Please bear with us and trust that justice will prevail.
Your concerns about a lack of openness may stem from a lack of direct communication with the community, for which I apologize and am correcting. Please note there are several things that have occurred over the past few years to make the actions and availability of the County Commissioners more transparent. We have:
• changed our public hearings to evenings to allow more people to attend; • added our weekly agenda documents to the County website prior to approval;• added an audio version of our meetings on the website, thus eliminating the need for
a public records request and associated fee;• established free 800 phone access for the entire County;• built a new County website that will be easier to navigate and contain more
information than our current website. It will go online the fi rst week in October.
Expanding broadband service is a major priority to improving communications Countywide, along with improving traditional modes of communication.
As your County Commissioner, please know that I am open to your suggestions..
Sincerely,Jamie TolfreeSkamania County Commissioner509-427-8661 H360-334-2555 [email protected] Paid for by the Committee to Vote Tolfree, Democrat
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The REAL CURT ESCH
The Real Curt Esch: Curt Esch, PUD Commissioner takes a whopping 30% salary increase in June 20101 while he claims “I have been criticized for being ‘old school’ in keeping an eye on expenditures. But we need to remember that every dollar comes from your pocket.”2 Did you know that his salary is now $1300 a month for attending a mere 2 meetings a month? Yes, his 30% salary increase comes out of your pocket! He takes the full raise while he voted to raise Carson Water rates 51%. He took a 15% increase in per diem (in addition to his $1300 a month salary he takes $104 a day for a meeting) —plus has his travel, hotels and fancy meals paid by us—the ratepayers. Did you know he gets full health & dental insurance for him and his family from the PUD—that’s a benefi t of over a $575.92 a month! Do the math: salary increases and benefi ts for him equal rate increases for us.
Full time politician: Full time door knocking since June 2010 for his campaign but where was he when he voted YES to a 51% rate increase3 to residences of the Carson Water system or a 60+% water rate increase to WKO and other commercial industrial businesses? Did he knock on your door to fi nd out how you felt about a rate increase since he took offi ce in 2004 or has he only showed up at your doorstep during campaign season for your vote? Of course he is campaigning hard--he wants to keep a total of $135,066.244 of salary and benefi ts for the next 6 years.
Feeding at the Public’s trough for 32 years: He was the PUD’s mechanic for 26 years and now a Commissioner for 6 years and wants to continue feeding for another 6 years. These are hard economic times and families are struggling to make ends meet then why is Curt Esch taking raises while denying PUD union employees cost of living adjustments?5 In his ad, he calls himself a “citizen volunteer”6—which citizen volunteer do you know that gets $1,875.92 of salary and benefi ts a month?? Enough is enough!
VOTE for Judith Lanz for PUD Commissioner for REAL Accountability and Transparency
Paid for by Judith Lanz; 509-427-5515(Endnotes)
1 HB2707 Sect. 1, 1b; Sect. 1 (3) says any commissioner may waive all or any portion of his compensation but Curt Esch took the increase.2 his ad in the Pioneer 6/23/20103 PUD Resolution 23314 salary of $1300 x 12 months = $15,600 a year x 6 year term = $93,600 for 6 year term + medical benefi ts of $575.92 x 12 months = $6,911.04 a year x 6 year term = $41.466.24 EQUALS a Total of $135.066.24 for 6 years.5 Voted no on PUD Union contract March 16th, 2009, minutes from the meeting6 His campaign brochure
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Notice of Planned Power Outage for October 2, 1010 to facilitate substa-tion maintenance. The outage will begin at 10:00 p.m. Saturday Nigh and will be off up to 7 to 10 hours into Sunday morning. it will affect the Underwood, Mill A, Cooks and
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Continued from p. 1improvements.
* Willame: Steel gird-ers are in place and all wood components are installed. This bridge is slated to be completed by the last week in September. This is an aquatic restoration project. Resident aquatic species will benefi t from reconnection of up and downstream habitat along with improvements in associ-ated river processes.
* Lower Johnson: The older modular bridge was removed Sept. 9, and site work to re-store the original stream banks will be completed soon. This is an aquatic restoration project. Flow-constricting structures will be set back, reconnecting up and downstream habitat for resident fi sh.
* Davis: Concrete abut-ments were poured Sept. 9, more concrete will be poured soon and girders should be set
in two weeks. Forest Road 63 will be closed until the middle of October.
* East Canyon and East Canyon #2: Steel girders are in place, and wood com-ponents are being installed. These bridges should be com-pleted by the last week in September.
* Langille: Steel girders are in place, wood compo-nents will be installed next week. This bridge should be completed by the last week in September. Large woody material was conserved in-stream for the benefi t of fi sh.
* Skate Creek Bridge is in place with completion expect-ed by the last week of Septem-ber. A pillar inside the stream’s banks has been removed to restore unrestricted fl ows and the original stream channel.
* Both the Crater Creek and Compass Creek bridges have been completed. Flow
constriction from the old tim-ber bridges has been removed with reconnection of up and downstream habitat. This is high-quality steelhead habitat contributing to restoration ef-forts in Trout Creek, which is part of the Wind River drain-age, and Columbia River fi sh-eries in general.
* The Jodi Mullins Bridge, which failed during a 2006 storm, was removed in late July under a Federal Highway Administration contract.
* Green Fork is a culvert-to-bridge replacement project meant to improve passage for ESA listed summer steelhead in the East Fork Lewis River drainage. It will remove a high-pressure constriction to fl ows, restoring the stream to its natural form and function, while increasing production of steelhead for East Fork Lewis River and Lower Co-lumbia River fi sheries.
Bridges...
Dive team trains at mountain lakeThe Skamania County Sher-
iff’s Offi ce Dive Rescue / Re-covery Team spent the Sept. 11 and 12 weekend at Takhlakh Lake on the southwest fl ank of Mt Adams conducting a mock underwater search and rescue exercise.
Special training is needed to deal with high altitude diving conditions --- the lake sits at the 6,800 foot level. Anything over 1,000 feet is altitude diving and requires special dive tables and safety concerns.
Divers were briefed on a
scenario regarding an overdue fi sherman without a point-last-seen location. Divers had to coordinate a search of the lake bottom to locate the subject with limited information. A training mannequin was located and recovered shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday in 30 feet of water.
As usual during these train-ing missions, Skamania County Divers removed trash and de-bris from the lake bottom to help clean up local waters.
The following divers were recognized for their achieve-
ments: Rescue divers Dennis Crow of Mill A and James Lars-en of Vancouver were awarded a 10-year volunteer Rescue Diver certifi cate.
Rescue diver and assistant team leader Carl Johanson of Home Valley and rescue div-er John Deo of Bingen were awarded “Exemplary Service” awards for their continuing con-tributions to the dive team.
Rescue diver Jayson Cottle of Vancouver was awarded the dive team’s most improved div-er for 2010.
Online fundraiser aids WRMSWind River Middle School
is implementing its fi rst online fundraiser. All proceeds from sales will be used for edu-cational activities, trips and events during the 2010-2011 school year.
At www.gafundraising.com, you can order maga-zines and gift items, or fi nd collegiate logo items for the Washington State Cougars and University of Washington
Huskies. To benefi t Wind River Mid-
dle School, enter the school’s name and ID# 661603, then either choose to submit the order, or enter the fi rst and last name of any student you want to receive credit for priz-es. Students can win prizes through Saturday, Sept. 25. However, you can shop online throughout the year and the school still gets credit.
Skamania Dive Team members search the chilly waters of Takhlakh Lake.
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C.A.S.P. (Community After School Program)
Grades K– 8 Monday– Thursday End of School-5:30
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A two-point buck scratches an itch during a confab with four other deer hanging out in the Carson area, knowing they are not threatened there.
Hunters take to the fi eld for deerEarly hunting seasons are
underway this month for deer, elk, ducks, geese, and other game birds. Muzzleloaders are heading to the fi eld to hunt for deer today, Sept. 25, through Oct. 3.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biolo-gist Eric Holman reports that deer populations are generally stable in lower-elevation units such as Washougal (GMU 568) and Battle Ground (GMU 564) and in the Klickitat County GMUs. Hunting will likely be tougher in areas of the Cascade Mountains such as Lewis River (GMU 560), Wind River (GMU 574) and Siouxon (GMU 572), where deer populations remain sup-pressed.
Modern fi rearms deer sea-sons begin around the state Oct. 16.
Check WDFW’s Big Game
rules pamphlet (http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/ ) for regulations specifi c to each GMU. Holman notes that signifi cant changes were made in hunting rules for deer last year, and several new rules will be in effect for elk hunting this year in GMUs 5468 (Washougal), 574 (Wind River) and 578 (West Klicki-tat).
For example, taking antler-less elk is illegal during gen-eral muzzleloader or modern fi rearms seasons in all three of those areas. In addition, a three-point antler restriction has been adopted for all gen-eral elk hunting seasons in those three areas.
As you are out in the fi eld: * Be sure of your target,
and what is in front of it and beyond it.
* Control the muzzle of your fi rearm at all times.
* Treat every gun as if it were loaded.
* Keep your fi nger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.
* Wear blaze orange. It does make a difference.
Hunter education classes are required by Washing-ton State law for everyone born after January 1, 1972, who must show proof of ba-sic hunter education training before purchasing a hunting license. There is currently no minimum age to purchase a hunting license in Washing-ton.
The Sportsman’s Club pro-vides hunter safety training in Skamania County three times a year, including a fi nal range day. If it’s been awhile since you took classes, you can re-inforce those skills, or take the course online at www.hunter-ed.com/wa/
GORGE SKIES By Les Hastings - NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
The forecast seems to show we are in for a warm comfort-able week, so this will be a good chance to get out into the evening skies before summer comes to an end.
September is a great time for stargazing as night arrives earlier. The night is also rela-tively warm--- we have yet to feel the snow starting to settle on nearby mountains.
This is also the time of the year when the Milky Way be-comes prominent in our eve-ning skies; it is now appearing directly overhead in the early evening.
If you step out into the night around 9 p.m. and you look overhead, the fi rst thing you will notice is the bright star Vega slightly westward of almost directly over your head.
As soon as you see Vega, you will also notice it seems to be part of a triangle with two other bright stars. East of Vega is Deneb, and directly south of Vega is Altair. Altogether the three bright stars form the as-terism called the Summer Tri-angle.
The Summer Triangle is brought to your attention at this time, for a river of tiny dim stars which make up the Milky Way, fl ows through the triangle and continues on to the southern horizon where the ce-lestial river intersects with the constellation called Sagittarius.
When viewing this river of stars, the stars may not be readily distinguishable at fi rst, but as your eyes adjust to the night you will be able to pick out fainter light objects and the Milky Way then becomes vis-ible.
The best part of the stargaz-ing is the realization that you are viewing your home galaxy from an arm of the spiral gal-axy, and you are looking into the central axis of the galaxy, and as your eyes follow the river down to the southern ho-rizon they are carrying you to the direction of the center of our galaxy.
In our earthly orbit around the Sun, it is during this time of the year at night that we are lookingdirectly toward the cen-ter of our galaxy. The rest of the year, our nighttime view is
pointing away from our home galaxy, and we are gazing out into the rest of the universe.
This September we are truly watching the changing of the guards of the night skies, as brilliant Venus is leaving our evening skies shortly after sun-set, whereas Jupiter is rising at sunset.
Jupiter is not as bright as Venus, but it is still bright in its own right. On Sept. 21, Ju-piter reached opposition and it shone more brightly (-2.9 mag-nitude) and appeared larger (49.9” across) than at any time since October 1963.
The reason for the increased brightness and size is because the Earth is passing Jupiter in the part of its elliptical orbit when it is closer to the Sun, and at the same time the Earth is further from theSun in its el-liptical orbit.
Don’t forget the Autumnal equinox at 8:09 p.m. tonight, Sept. 22. Also the Full Harvest Moon occurs this Thursday, Sept. 23.
Enjoy your stargazing dur-ing this transitional time of the year.
Public lands cleanup ends with a BBQSaturday, Sept. 25, is Na-
tional Public Lands Day, the largest single-day volun-teer event for public lands. Last year more than 150,000 Americans participated at sites in all 50 states.
Mount St. Helens Insti-tute volunteers will gather at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 25 at the Marble Mountain Sno*Park south of Mount St. Helens. They will perform trail work, sign restoration, cut fi re-wood, clear brush and fi ll a dumpster donated by Waste Connections with trash from Gifford Pinchot National For-est land. The Swift Commu-nity Action Team and Wash-ington Trails Association will also be performing volunteer work in the area.
Volunteers will receive a free “Get Dirty” t-shirt from REI, which is also supply-ing a continental breakfast and entry in a raffl e . Other sponsors including Amboy Market, Peet’s Coffee and
Tea, Tim’s Cascade, Hansen’s Soda and Turtle Island Foods, Inc. will donate coffee and food for a celebratory bar-beque at the end of the day.
The South Gifford Pinchot Resource Advisory Commit-tee (RAC) partially funded the event with a grant that helped the Washington Trails Association put together two National Public Lands Day events rather than one this year, said Ryan Ojerio, the WTA coordinator.
Help WTA restore a sec-tion of the June Lake Trail in on the Mount St. Helens Na-tional Volcanic Monument. The hike required is approxi-mately three miles round-trip. No prior trail work experience is necessary. WTA provides tools, training and leadership.
This work party begins at 8:30 a.m. and will end no later than 3:30 p.m. Afterward the
party will meet up with Mount St. Helens Institute members and volunteers at Marble Mt. Sno*Park to celebrate their accomplishments with a bar-becue dinner. Volunteers earn a Northwest Forest day-pass for their day of service.
Participants in the WTA-run event will meet at the June Lake trailhead. Partici-pants will receive driving in-structions and car-pool lists with registration.
To participate in WTA events, registration is re-quired. Visit www.wta.org/volunteer/trail-work-parties for more information, register by phone at 360-722-2657 or email [email protected].
To fi nd out more about what the Mount St. Helens In-stitute is doing or to RSVP for this event visit tinyurl.com/trails2010 or call the Institute at 360-449-7883.
See alpacas up close and personalVisit member farms and
ranches of the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association this weekend, Sept. 25 and 26, during National Alpaca Farm Days.
This is a unique opportu-nity to explore the alpaca in-dustry. Meet these beautiful, inquisitive animals in person.
Alpacas, cousins to the llama, are beautiful, intel-ligent animals native to the Andes. Alpacas are curious social animals that seek com-panionship. They communi-cate most commonly by softly humming. The United States fi rst commercially imported alpacas in 1984. There are now over 150,000 registered
alpacas in North America.Alpacas have soft pad-
ded feet instead of hooves and can leave even the most delicate terrain undamaged. Alpacas convert grass and hay to energy very effi ciently, and stop eating when they are full. However, alpacas do not mind eating brush, fallen leaves and other vegetation, leaving the good stuff for species that do not have the stomach to digest roughage.
There are two types of al-pacas in the United States to-day. The Huacaya (wa-Ki-ah) is the more common of the two and has a fl uffy, extreme-ly fi ne coat. The Suri is the rarer of the two and has silky
fi ber that resembles pencil-locks.
Cedar Creek Alpacas, owned by Alan and Angela Rogers, is located at 182 Mc-Nichols Road in Mill A. They are holding an open house Saturday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 26, from noon to 4 p.m.
Steelhead Ranch Alpacas, owned by Micki and Matt Colloton, are also holding an open house at
1376 Highway 141, near White Salmon.
For a complete listing of farms and ranches participat-ing in National Alpaca Farm Days, visit www.NationalAl-pacaFarmDays.com.
Waters is aWSU grad
Emily Susan Waters of Stevenson has graduated from Washington State Uni-versity for the summer 2010 semester. She earned a bach-elor of arts degree in human development.
Support group coming soon
A new support group is coming soon. The Jagged Grief group will meet the fi rst Wednesday of the month, and will be free to the public. For more information, call Ellen at 509-427-4210.
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Continued from p. 11secure an obligation “Obli-gation” in favor of National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Ben-efi ciary. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are pro-vided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Prop-erty’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Benefi -ciary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfac-tion of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grant-or’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation. III. The Benefi ciary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to re-instate by 7/16/2010 Monthly Payments $29,154.73 Late Charges $1,115.18 Lender’s Fees & Costs $280.38 Total Arrearage $30,550.29 Trust-ee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $475.00 Title Report $778.00 Statutory Mailings $14.34 Recording Costs $15.00 Postings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,352.34 Total Amount Due: $31,902.63 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obliga-tion is: Principal Balance of $319,329.93, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evi-dencing the Obligation from 08/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due un-der the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to sat-isfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on October 22, 2010. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent pay-ments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be dis-continued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s business on 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, togeth-er with any subsequent pay-ments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), and be-fore the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of princi-pal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Benefi ciary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Stephanie Fresh 121 Baldwin Road Washougal, WA 98671 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Stepha-nie Fresh 121 Baldwin Road Washougal, WA 98671 Mark Fresh 121 Baldwin Road Washougal, WA 98671 by both fi rst class and either cer-tifi ed mail, return receipt re-quested on 05/25/10, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 05/25/10 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicu-ous place on the real prop-erty described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a state-ment of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any
time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec-tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may re-sult in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN-ANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary pro-ceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with writ-ten notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trust-ee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwest-trustee.com and are incorpo-rated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwesttrustee.com and www.USA-Fore-closure.com. EFFECTIVE: 7/16/2010 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Autho-rized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: Chris Ashcraft (425) 586-1900. (TS# 7886.22464) 1002.157890-FEIPubl: Sept. 22 & Oct. 13, 2010 (12323)
NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICENOTICE OF CLOSING
VOTER REGISTRATION BOOKS
GENERAL ELECTIONTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,
2010
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that the registration books and fi les of the registrants in Skamania County will be closed to new registrations and transfers from October 5, 2010 through November 2, 2010 both dates inclusive, the latter date being the date of the No-vember 2, 2010 General Elec-tion.
Except as provided by RCW 29A.08.145, an elector may register to vote during the pe-riod beginning after the closing of registration for voting and ending on the eighth day before a primary, special election or general election. During this period, an unregistered quali-fi ed elector may register to vote in-person in the offi ce of the County Auditor in which the applicant resides and apply for an absentee ballot for that pri-mary, special election or gen-eral election. Dated this 15th day of Septem-ber 2010.
TIMOTHY O. TODD, Ska-mania County Auditor and Ex-Offi cio Supervisor of Elections
Publ: Sept. 22, 1010 (12325)
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AUDITOR’S FILE # 2010176369
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR
SKAMANIA COUNTY
SHERIFF’S PUBLIC NOTICE
OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Teresa L. Phimister, a mar-ried person as her separate es-tate Paul Hamrick, a married man as his separate estateMark Hamrick, a single man andTeresa L. Phimister, Trustee of
the Steve Hamrick Trustvs.Loren Eby, a single manDefendant(s)
CAUSE NUMER 10-2-00069-2 DATE OF JUDGMENT 8/26/10ORDER SALE ISSUED 9/7/10DATE OF LEVY 9/13/10
TO: Loren Eby
The Superior Court of Ska-mania County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Skamania County to sell the property described below to satisfy a judgment in the above-entitled action. The property to be sold is de-scribed on the bottom of page 2. If developed, the property address is: 21 Hudson Road, Washougal, WA 98671
The sale of the above de-scribed property is to take place:
TIME: 10:00A.M.DATE: FRIDAY 10/22/10PLACE: MAIN WEST ENTRANCE OF SKAMANIA COURT HOUSE240 VANCOUVER AVE-NUE, STEVENSON WASH-INGTON
The Judgment Debtor can avoid the sale by paying the judgment amount of $67,021.65 together with in-terest, cost, and fees, before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Sheriff at the address stated below.
DAVID S. BROWN, SHERIFF SKAMANIA COUNTY, WASHINGTON
By Marlea McKenzie Chief Civil DeputyP.O. Box 790Stevenson, WA 98648509-427-9490
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:County of Skamania, State of WashingtonA tract of land in Section 7, Township 1 North, Range 5 East of the W.M. described as follows:Beginning at the Northeast corner of the West half of the Northwest quarter of theNortheast quarter; thence west 456.8 feet; thence south 206.8 feet; thence east456.8 feet, thence north 206.8 feet to the point of beginning; except right of way for Belle Center County Road No. 1004Subject to all easements, re-strictions, reservations and agreements of record, if any.
Publ: Sept. 22 & 29, Oct. 6 & 13, 2010 (12327)
NOTICES
Summary of Board of County Commissioners
Meeting for Week of September 8, 2010
Discussion:* Staff meeting: payroll leave accrual/usage, human re-sources, budget, meeting pro-posed by the Sheriff regard-ing the FEIS for the Cascade Locks casino, consent agenda item #2, Board of Equaliza-tion vacancy* Department reports.* Executive sessions: person-nel.* Meeting updates.* Workshop with Commu-nity Development & Public Works: staffi ng issues.Approved by motion action:* Minutes of August 31, 2010.* Authorization to increase purchase approval for One Source Offi ce Interiors to cover the sales tax for the pur-chase of furniture for the He-gewald Center.* Appointments to Home-less Housing Council: Jamie Hepner - two-year term, and Ellen Jensen - two-year un-expired term vacated by Amy Buettner per her resignation.Agreement with Administra-tive Offi ce of the Courts to provide for partial reimburse-
ment for the purchase a re-placement desktop computer and monitor for the Superior Court Judge. * Agreement with Depart-ment of Commerce for fund-ing for the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program to improve the community response to violence against women.* Lease Agreement with Ska-mania County Lions Club, amendment #1 to extend the duration of the lease to Janu-ary 31, 2011 for providing a center for recycling news-papers, aluminum cans and other commodities, as autho-rized. * Payroll* Proclamation declaring September 11, 2010 as 911 Day.* Resolution 2010-56 Loan funds from Cumulative Re-serve Salaries, Wages and Benefi ts Fund to Current Ex-pense Fund.
Adjourned September 8, 2010.For complete copy of minutes call 509-427-3700 or view on our website at www.skama-niacounty.org.
Publ: Sept. 22, 2010 (12329)
NOTICES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGBefore the
Board of Skamania County Commissioners
PURPOSE: Skamania Coun-ty Board of Commissioners hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held to consider Resolution 2010-58 Supplemental Budget #5 for 2010 to supplement budgets for various department funds due to unanticipated expendi-tures and revenues unknown at the time of approval of the 2010 Budget.
Written testimony/comments to be considered at the public hearing by the Board of Com-missioners must be received by the Clerk of the Board by 12:00 PM on the Monday preceding the date of the pub-lic hearing.
Copies of Resolution 2010-58 are available to the public in the Commissioners’ Of-fi ce, Room 15, 240 NW Van-couver Avenue, Stevenson, WA or may be viewed on our website at www.skamania-county.org.
DATE: Tuesday, October 5, 2010TIME: 5:30 PMPLACE: Skamania County Court-house, Room No. 18 (lower level)240 NW Vancouver AvenueStevenson, WA. Skamania County Court-house is accessible for per-sons with disabilities. Please let us now if you will need any special accommodations in order to attend the meeting. (509) 427-3700. DATED this 14th day of Sep-tember 2010.
Pamela JohnsonClerk of the Board
Publ: Sept. 22 & 29, 2010 (12330)
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CITY OF NORTH BONNEVILLE
Notice of Request for Proposal
The City of North Bonneville is requesting proposals for an integrated, windows-based municipal fi nance software system. The system should include all or part of the fol-lowing comprehensive, fully integrated systems: Budget Preparation, Accounts Pay-able, Cash Receipting, Pay-roll, Utility Billing and Re-porting applications including Category Two Washington State BARS Reporting.
Packets are available at the
City of North Bonneville, PO Box 7, North Bonneville, WA 98639 during regular business hours.
All proposals must be re-ceived by 5:00 PM on Octo-ber 1st, 2010. Please submit proposals to:
City of North BonnevilleAttn: Finance System PO Box 7North Bonneville, WA 98639
The contract award will be made to the qualifi ed respon-dent whose proposal is most advantageous to the city with price and other factors consid-ered. The city retains the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularities in the RFP process.
For any information or to request a packet please call John Spencer, 509-427-8182 or email him at [email protected]: Sept. 22 & 29, 2010 (12335)
NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF STEVENSON
Notice is hereby given that the Stevenson City Council did pass the following ordinance:
Ordinance No. 2010-1040 An Ordinance Amending the FY’200 Budget for the City of Stevenson, Washington, for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2010.
After review at one public hear-ing the Stevenson City Coun-cil did amend the 2010 Fiscal Budget to address the costs as-sociated with a special capital project funded by an Enhanced Housing Community Develop-ment Block Grant for a total of $151,000. The budget amend-ment will increase appropria-tions in the Street Fund by $71,100 to an amended total of $289,900 and will add $79,900 to the expense line item ‘White Cap Apt Sewer Expense in the Water/Sewer Fund.
Both ordinances will be-come effective fi ve days from date of publication.
Full copies of the ordinance are available from City Hall (509-427-5970).Publ: Sept. 22, 2010 (12336)
NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Mitigated
Determination of Nonsignifi -cance
PROPOSAL: To construct a two story, 40’ x 94’ multi-purpose building next to the existing Stevenson First Bap-tist Church in the R1 Single-Family Residential District at 252 NW Roosevelt Street,
Stevenson, WA (Tax # 03-07-36-24-1200). PROPONENT: Stevenson First Baptist ChurchLEAD AGENCY: City of Ste-venson. The lead agency has determined that this proposal as mitigated does not have a probable signifi cant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed envi-ronmental checklist and other information on fi le with the lead agency, available to the public on request.MITIGATION MEA-SURES: The City is requiring seven (7) mitigation measures as part of this DNS. These measures relate to revegetation, erosion control, construction spills, stormwater control, cultural resources, toxics cleanup, and transportation. The full text of the mitigation measures are on fi le at City Hall and available upon request.This MDNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2). The lead agency will not act on this pro-posal for 14 days from the date of this notice. Comments must be submitted by 12:00 pm on October 8th, 2010 to Ben Shu-maker, Planning Director, City of Stevenson, 7121 E Loop Rd, PO Box 371, Stevenson, WA 98648.Publ: Sept. 2, 2010 (12333)
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Notice of Meeting - Hearing/ Adoption of 2011 Budget
Skamania County Public Util-ity District will have its 2011 Budget Hearing during the regularly scheduled Commis-sioner Meeting on Monday, October 4th, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
Copies of the Proposed Bud-get will be available upon re-quest starting September 8th, 2010.
Publ: Sept. 15 & 22, 2010 (12318)
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The South Central Workforce Development Council Board of Directors meeting is sched-uled for Thursday, September 23, 2010 from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. at the Yakima Health District Offi ce, 1210 Ahta-num Ridge Drive, Union Gap.
Publ: Sept. 22, 1010 (12315)
Page Eight Skamania County Pioneer Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Riverview Community Bank Congratulates Volunteer of the Month
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church725 Sw Rock Creek Dr.; Stevenson -509-427-8478Rev. Fr. Peter Gillette - Parish Priest Deacon Bill Townsendwww.ourladystarofthesea.orgSunday Mass...9 a.m.Friday, Mass...8:30 a.m. Sacrement of Reconcilliation precedes all MassesEucharistic Adoration: Tuesday..6:30 p.m.; First Friday...9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church161 Lutheran Church Rd. East end of town just off Hiway 14. Phone 509-427-5972 email: [email protected] School for all ages...9:30 a.m. - Worship & Holy Commu-nion...10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship following service. Call for information about Bible Studies and special events. All are welcome & invit-ed! Handicap Accessible Pastor Ron McClung
Carson Bible Church Pastor Dave West; Phone 427-8373Morning Worship...8:30 & 11 a.m. Sunday School...9:45 a.m. Bible Study, Wednesday...7 p.m. Women’s Bible Study, Thurs-days 10 a.m.
First Baptist Church252 Roosevelt St., StevensonPastor Dr. Glenn Damon - Phone 427-8342Sunday School...9:30 a.m. Morning Service...10:45 a.m. Fellowship time...9-9:30 a.m. Wednesday AWANA...6:30 p.m. at Stevenson Elementary SchoolFriday, Men’s Discipleship...6:30 a.m. Home Bible Studies Available www.stevensonbaptist.net
Stevenson United Methodist Church Corner of Jefferson & School Sts.Rev. Dr. Keith Hackett, Phone 427-5354Adult Sunday School...9 a.m. Sunday Worship...10:30 a.m. UMW meets third Wednesday monthly; potluck and presenta-tion...6 p.m.
Carson Church of the NazareneP.O. Box 929, Dalen Street, Carson Pastor Todd FutterSunday School (all ages)...9:45 a.m. Worship Service...11 a.m. Wednesday - “Joyful Noise” Kids Group; 1:30 p.m. - Study and Prayer at 6:30 p.m. Nursery available Sunday AM servicesFor further information see: www.carsonnaz.org
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsMaple Way & Loop Rd., Steven-son Bishop Dan Davenport, Ph. 427-8716Visitors WelcomeSacrament Service ...10 a.m Sunday School & Primary...11:20 a.m. Priesthood, RS, YW & Prima-ry...12:10 YM & YW - Wednesdays - 7 -8:30 p.m.
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church 2350 Main Streeet, Washougal Phone 360-835-5301The Rev. Dr. Alice Scannell, VicarWorkship & Eucharist...10 a.m.
Unitarian Universalist 4262 Barrett Drive; Hood River541-387-4011 or 493-4819Room for Different Beliefs, Yours10 a.m. Sunday Service and Children’s Program We are a Welcoming Congregation
The Bridge Community Church Pastor Chad Leeson www.thebridge-Stevenson.com 363 NW Jefferson; 427-5378Sunday Service 10:45 a.m.
Faith Tabernacle Open Bible Church 12 NE Vancouver Ave., Stevenson Pastor Brett Johnson Phone: 427-5451Sunday Service...8:30 a.m.Sunday Service...10:30 a.m. Wednesday Evening Service...7 p.m. Nursery Available for all servic-es. For more information visit: www.faithtab.org.
Seventh-Day Adventist Church41 NW 2nd St., Stevenson, 509-427-8890Pastor: Walter Mancia; 360-335-9942Worship Service...11 a.m. Saturday Sabbath School...9:30 a.m. Tuesday Prayer Meeeting...7-8 p.m. Church of ChristFermin Obias- MinisterPhone 427-4669 or 427-4701Sunday School...10 a.m. Sunday Meeting Worship...10:45 a.m. Other meeting times posted at Church
Community Church North BonnevilleWacomac and Pioneer DriveGary Clelland, PastorPhone 427-8142Sunday School...9 a.m. Morning Worship...10 a.m. * Nursery Available
Little Church in the Valley41 Trout Creek Road in StablerChurch: 427-8344; Contact 427-7446Sunday Service...9:30 a.m. Worship Service...10:45 a.m.
Church Directory
The Lena Pierce Senior Cen-ter in North Bonneville at C-33 Cascade Drive is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday, except holidays.
Nutritious lunches are served at noon. The sug-gested meal donation is $4 for members and $5 for non-members. All new members will be welcome. Member-ship is $5 per year. Dues for 2010 are payable now. Make reservations by calling 427-5234 by 9 a.m. leave mes-sage if center is closed. Ska-mania County residents who
are 50 or older may join. Visitors welcome. Call (509) 427-5234.
Please note: If you are not a regular at the mealsite - You must make your reservation by 9 a.m. so the cooks will know how many meals to prepare. Special menu items are available, when necessary, for diabetics. If you have special needs, please men-tion them when you make your reservations.
Cards, games and pool are available at 10 a.m. at the North Bonneville Cen-ter. The directors meet on
the second Tuesday of the month. Cribbage is avail-able for anyone who wants to play.
If you are interested in en-tertaining the seniors at the birthday lunches, if you have a musical talent contact the Senior Center at (509) 427-5234.
Activities:Line Dancing: 10 a.m. Fourth Thursday: Show
and Tell Menu:Sept. 23: SpaghettiSept. 28: Baked Chicken
North Bonneville Senior Center Lena Pierce Building
Please Note: Senior Lun-cheons are at Rock Creek Center on Monday, Wednes-day and Friday. Please join us to watch a movie, play cards and eat a homemade meal.
A retirement party will be held Sept. 29 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. for Ed Hopkins. The public is welcome to attend.
On Oct. 15, a SKAT trip is planned for Bill Gaither Homecoming Tour at the Portland Rose Garden Arena; at 7 p.m. Call 509-427-3990 to sign up.
Senior Services Open House will be Sept. 22, all are welcome to visit the new fa-cility from 2 to 4 p.m.
AARP Defensive Driving Class, 55 ALIVE, will be held October 13 and 14, 1-5 p.m. Rock Creek Center. Call 509-427-3990 to sign up.
Senior Services offers hot and cold home deliv-ered meals to housebound seniors. If you are unable to shop or cook for yourself and
would benefit from home delivered frozen meals, call Senior Services and see if we can help, call 509-427-3990; collect calls accepted. Sug-gested donations for seniors over 60 at the temporary Ex-hibit Hall mealsite is $3 and those guests under 60 is $5. If you are not a regular (only occasionally attend), please call and let us know you are coming.
Arts and Crafts are offered on M-W-F 10-11:45 a.m.
Senior Support Club is ac-cepting donations of clean, re-usable clothing and household items. No electronics please.
TRANSPORTATION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: For all medical and rural trans-portation call (509) 427-3990. Medicaid Transportation; call 1-800-752-9422; General Transportation is available for all ages. If you are a client on medical coupons, you will need to call your ride request into Medicaid Transporta-tion. Collect calls are accept-
ed. Skamania County Public Transit Bus runs from Carson to Vancouver three times per day, Monday through Friday. New Skamania Transit bus schedules are available at lo-cal businesses and stores, or you may call 427-3990 and 427-3991 and ask for the Pub-lic Transit Bus. The fare is $1 each way.
If you need transporta-tion to medical or dental ap-pointments, local shopping, or financial services, call Se-nior Services at 427-3990 at least 2 to 3 days in advance. Tuesday and Thursday are the best days to schedule these kinds of trips. Local rides may be combined with our Mon.-Wed-Fri. mealsite rides to Carson and Stevenson.
MENU:Wednesday, Sept. 22, Sal-
ad and Broccoli SoupFriday, Sept. 24, Salisbury
SteakMonday, Sept. 27,
Cheesy Ravioli
Of Interest to Senior Citizens Skamania County Senior Services- Courtesy of Arlene Johnson
Volunteer of the Month Skamania County Senior Services - Evelyn Skaar“She’s always here, always cheerful --- she’s one of the people you can always rely on,” said
Arlene Johnson of Skamania County Senior Services. Evelyn Skaar keeps track of people at-tending the Skamania County Senior Services lunches three times a week, and signs people up for special trips and excursions. She started volunteering for senior lunches after her husband Larry died in 2005. Due to his ill health, she was a fulltime caregiver for several years and
feared she’d lost touch with people.
“I know quite a few people now. I get more out of volunteering --- I don’t feel they’re getting their money’s worth,” said Skaar. Born in Vancouver and raised on the old Kuhnhausen homestead in Glenwood, she came to this county in 1954. In a way she’s come full circle; she now lives on the old Skaar home-stead. She got married before she completed
high school, and graduated from Stevenson High School in 1967 with her daughter, Patty. Her husband, John “Larry” Skaar was an insurance agent for 40 years here, and Evelyn sutdied, got her license and was a Grange Insurance agent for eight years. Other years, she drove school bus, worked at the Wind River Nursery and marked fish for local hatcheries. Her five children have blessed her with many grandkids, step grandkids and greats. She is still a Grange mem-ber. After the Stevenson Grange folded, she became a member of the Salmon Creek Grange in Vancouver because they have daytime meetings. She attends the Little Church of the Valley in Hemlock, and loves visiting her children and other family members who live in Vancouver.
Business Cards & Rubber Stamps509-427-8444
Drawing the door prizes during a recent Skamania County Chamber of Commerce business after hours sponsored by CenturyLink are, from left, Lisa Willis and sales consultants Michelle Farnham and Kathy Gay.
Ice Age Floods group holds its annual meeting and field trip on Sept. 24-25
On Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24 and 25, the Ice Age Floods Institute is holding its annual meeting and field trip in The Dalles.
A pre-field trip lecture and membership meeting with election of officers is on the agenda Friday, Sept. 24, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles. The featured speaker will be Dr. Scott Burns.
Also, the semi-annual board of directors meeting is Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Discovery Center. Columbia Gorge chapter president Terry Hurd has announced that he is stepping down his leadership of the regional group.
The Discovery Center has a newly expanded Ice Age Exhibit featuring the Ice Age Floods as well as a collection of Ice Age Floods artwork by Corvallis artist Stev H. Omin-ski.
A field trip is planned on Saturday, Sept. 25, “Colum-bia River Gorge: Dramatic Natural Landscape Tells the
Story of the Cataclysmic Ice Age Floods.”
The tour will explore the unique geology in the Colum-bia River Gorge. The remark-able results of the Ice Age Floods of 15,000 to 18,000 years ago are featured in this mobile exploration. The sud-den failure of the Lake Mis-soula ice dam flooded eastern Washington and the Pasco, Yakima, and Umatilla basins was followed by drainage of these basins through the Co-lumbia River Gorge.
The Sept. 25 field trip will see many of the effects of flood waters surging through the gorge at speeds of up to 65 miles per hour, reaching elevations of more than 1,000 feet.
The field trip will start at Cousins Country Inn, 2114 W 6th St., The Dalles. The bus will load at 7:30 a.m. and the trip will begin at 8 a.m.. Buses will return to the same place no later than 6 p.m. The cost is $55 for institute members, $70 for non-members.
The trip includes a de-tailed, well-illustrated field trip guide, plus snacks, drinks, a box lunch and a comfortable chartered bus with a micro-phone system for lectures enroute. Tour guides will be Richard Waitt, Scott Burns and Jim O’Connor.
For more information and to register, download the reg-istration packet at www.iafi.org. Go to “Events.”
Congress passed legisla-tion authorizing the National Park Service to establish the Ice Age Floods National Geo-logic Trail included language directing the Park Service to work with the Ice Age Floods Institute in implementing the trail. The necessary funding has not yet been secured for the project.
An Ice Age Floods video and PowerPoint presentation on area flood features and gorge geology will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9, at the Goldendale Public Library. Terry Hurd is the presenter.
Vintage cars, antiques featured at museumEarly Columbia Gorge au-
tomobiles will be coming to be admired at the Gorge Heri-tage Museum in Bingen on Museum Day, Sept. 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In addition to an antique car club, there will be a dem-onstration and stories about the telegraph, live music of
days gone by, a plant sale, instructions on how to make origami, and a demonstration of sock knitting on a vintage machine.
You can have your antiques appraised ---verbally, not of-ficially --- for $10 per item. There will also be a museum surplus sale. Admission to the
museum will be free and re-freshments will be served.
Visit the replica country store inside the museum and browse the past. The Gorge Heritage Museum is operated by the West Klickitat Histori-cal Society and is located at 202 East Humboldt in Bingen, one block north of S.R. 14.
Maryhill Museum offers a free weekendMaryhill Museum of Art
is inviting residents of Ska-mania, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Pacific and Wah-kiakum counties to visit the museum free the weekend of Sept. 25 and 26. Present your driver’s license to receive free admission.
While this is the 18th year Maryhill has extended this offer to its neighbors, it is es-pecially timely now as area residents continue to seek free and low-cost activities, says Maryhill’s executive director, Colleen Schafroth.
“We want to give North-
west residents an opportu-nity to experience Maryhill and the new exhibits on view each season,” she says.
“Visitors will also have a chance to see our new exhi-bition, ‘Comics at the Cross-roads: Art of the Graphic Novel,’ which features the work of 40 leading artists who are part of the thriving Pacfic Northwest comic art community.”
Maryhill’s Free Counties Program is between April and October; each month residents of selected coun-ties in Oregon and Washing-
ton are offered a weekend of free admission. By the end of the season, all residents of Oregon and Washington will have been offered an opportunity to visit Maryhill Museum of Art at no cost.
Maryhill Museum of Art is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 15. Most of the time, admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $2 for children age 6-16.
Admission to Stonehenge Memorial is free; it is open from 7 a.m. to dusk daily. For more information, visit www.maryhillmuseum.org.
Local Navy recruit has completed basicNavy Seaman Recruit Jef-
fery A. Stratton, son of Jen-nifer L. Stratton-Pies and stepson of Randy R. Pies of North Bonneville., recently completed U.S. Navy basic
training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
During the eight weeks, Stratton completed training that included classroom study and instruction on naval cus-
toms, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety, plus physical fitness.
Stratton is a 2009 graduate of Stevenson High School.
Professional DirectoryREAL ESTATE
Frank CoxBroker
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Buying or Selling?For the service you deserve, call Frank
Corner of Russell & Hwy. 114Stevenson, WA
Bob AndersonRealtor
www.Anderson.MyWindermere.comGorge Native
25 Years of ExperienceBuying, Selling, Homes or Land
Office 509-427-2777 Cell 360-440-9185Email [email protected]
Jane KeelerReal Estate Professional
for 20 years in Skamania County
Columbia Gorge
Stevenson Office: 509-427-0021
Columbia Gorge
Stevenson Office: 509-427-0021
Carol Bradley“We are who you can trust for the highest
standards of professionalism”
APPRAISAL SERVICES
LAXSONAppraisal Services
John Laxson, OwnerReal Estate Appraisal Services
Since 1957(509) 427-4836 • [email protected]
ALTERATIONS
Alterations & Minor Repairs
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66 Russell, Stevenson
427-4160
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BURIAL SERVICES
Skamania County Cemetery District #1PO Box 357 - Carson, WA 98610
509-427-4114Office hours: Monday–Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pmCLOSED ALL HOLIDAYS AS OBSERVED BY SKAMANIA COUNTY
The Skamania County Cemetery District and its staff are dedicated to the continuous care of its many cemeteries and to serve the needs of its people. Preplanning ensures your wishes
and may relieve the stress and responsibility put on your survivors.
Please contact us for further information about services and pricing information.
FUNERAL SERVICES
GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, INC.Chapels in Stevenson
and White Salmon (509) 493-1323
FURNITURE REPAIR
Woods Edge, LTDUpholstry
Furniture RepairCustom Furniture Building
Call Ed Biggs427-5097
JEWELRY REPAIR
Artisan’s Jewelry and Gallery
• Jeweler • Gemologist• Platinumsmith
• Master Diamond Setter• Jewelry Repairs33 years experience
509-493-1333137 E. Jewett Blvd.
White Salmon
CONTRACTORS
BENT NAIL CONSTRUCTION
“Ricky the Roofer” & CrewFREE Estimates
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LANDSCAPING
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HEATING AND COOLING SERVICES
LANDSCAPING & NURSERY
FORESTRY SERVICES
WKO - High Cascade MillsBuying Logs & TimberWhite Fir - Douglas Fir
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Mill (509)427-8413Jeremy Beddingfield (541)399-3933Norm Byars (541)490-2940
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BOB’S WELDINGand Auto Repair, Inc.24 HOUR TOWINGFree towing up to 15 miles
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Dan’s Top Notch Heating and CoolingSince 1993
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Furnace/Heat Pumps/Air ConditionersDuctless Heat Pumps
Licensed Oregon & Washington – DANSTTN964JGPhone: (360) 835-9364 Website: www.danstopnotch.com
Jeff RogellLandscaping & Tree Care
Licensed, Bonded, Insured (509) 637-0497
Skamania Lic#ROGELJ*001M5
Landscape Construction
Patios/WalkwaysRetaining Wall
Lanscape Gardening
Arborist Services
OrnamentalPruning
Tree PruningRemoval and Replanting
Polzels Plastering& Drywall• Clay & Stucco
• New Construction• Remodels
Chad Polzel(509)427-4688(541)490-7500Licensed & Bonded
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FIREPLACE & STOVE SHOP(360) 835-1366Gas, Wood & Pellet Units Sales
Service & Installation2126 E. St., Washougal
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Van Pelt Inc.Ask us about Green Building Techniques and the HUGE opportunities available in New Home Construction NOW.
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Columbia Gorge Landscape & NurseryJim Borup, Owner
Trees • Ground Covers • Native Plants and more Design & Construction • Complete Horticulture Services
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TOWING & AUTO REPAIR
• 24 Hr. Towing• Lockouts
• Full Service Auto RepairIncluding
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Polzels Plastering& Drywall• Clay & Stucco
• New Construction• Remodels
Chad Polzel(509)427-4688(541)490-7500Licensed & Bonded
Reg # POLZEPI06KC
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PET GROOMING
Pets Paw GroomingServices For Cats and Dogs
Grooming is an important part of your pet’s care.
Cheryl Shipp - Groomer/Owner 77 SW Russell Ave.
Stevenson, WA 98648(509)427-4360
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EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Skamania County Facilities & Recreation is accepting applications for an Aquatics Supervisor/60% FTE/Range 18 - $1,878 ~ $2,218. Ap-plications and complete job descriptions are available at the Facilities & Recreation Office/710 SW Rock Creek Drive/Stevenson or online at www.skamaniacounty.org Questions regarding this position can be addressed to Scott Pineo, Director at 427-3980. Applications are due by 4:00pm on Wednesday, Sep-tember 29th Skamania County is an EOE. SCFR37-38B------------------------------------Mt. Adams District Collab-orative Group seeks resource specialists (botanist, arche-ologist, fisheries biologist, wildlife biologist) to contract for environmental analysis (NEPA) of restoration projects including road management and meadow enhancement in the Mt. Adams area. For more information please contact Lisa Moscinski at [email protected] or 503.221.2102 ext. 104. GPTF37-38B------------------------------------Executive Director – Skama-nia County Economic Devel-opment Council Serves as Chief Administrative Officer of the Council and manages the office operation. Must have knowledge of Economic Development, laws, rules, regulations and policies of the City, County, State and Feder-al governments affecting eco-nomic development. Contact [email protected] for full description and applica-tion process. EDC38-40B Church). WC33-35BFOR RENTRV SPACES FOR RENT – Monthly - $225.00. Lewis and Clark RV Park 427-5559 DUFNB ------------------------------------ RETAIL OR OFFICE SPACE in Stevenson. $650-$800. Frank (509) 427-5466 CUFNB------------------------------------2BD MOBILE HOME for rent quiet park. No pets. 427-8758 BF49UFN----------------------------------- RETAIL SPACE FOR LEASE - highest traffic loca-tion in Stevenson next to Big River Grill and Don Perry Metal Arts. 600 sq/ft. $650 month - Lease terms negotia-ble. 541-490-4389. S16UFN ------------------------------------LARGE CLEAN ONE BEDROOM Mo-bile home- 425.00/moSpacious one Bedroom Apt includes utilities 625.00/mo Large clean two bedroom mobile home - 450.00/mo 509-219-0007 or 541-399-1059 F21UFNB`------------------------------------Stevenson: Stevenson Re-tail Space on Hwy 14 with off street parking - 427-8999 Commercial Shop bldg with fenced area $600; 427-8999 Stevenson Remodeled 3 bed 1 bath home $985; 427-8999
------------------------------------FOR RENT; 2 Br., 1 Bath, house in Stevenson, close to schools & shopping; $575, monthly + $300 deposit. Call for application and appoint-ment. 360-430-6004. HUFNB------------------------------------ONE BEDROOM APT $450 1ST & last plus Deposit, 6291 Loop Rd. Beautiful View. Ask for Kelly 702-738-1993 or 509-427-4265. A31UFNP------------------------------------Newly refurbished clean one bedroom apt in downtown Stevenson.All utilities paid. $595/mnth 1st, last referenc-es and deposit. Non Smok-ing, No pets. 541.490.4389 S32UFNB------------------------------------FOR RENT: 2BD 1 BA APT WITH GARAGE in North Bonneville. Washer/Dryer, dishwasher, gas fireplace, wa-ter, sewer, garbage included $750.per mo. $700 deposit. $300 pet fee, some pets ok. $50. Application fee. Call Jennifer @ 541-400-0171. SP33-39B------------------------------------CARSON: 2 BD DUPLEX modern, dishwasher, great quiet neighborhood. No Pets, No Smoking. Call 509-281-1055 or 509-493-2208 C34UFNB------------------------------------REALLY NICE 2BD HOME, Fenced, Large Yard. One dog welcome-land lord approval. Ample covered parking. No Smoking. $850 509-493-2208 or 509-281-1055. C33-UFNB------------------------------------2 BD MOBILE HOME w/ Carport & Wood Stove, On private lot in Carson. No Pets. $475.00 per month,$300 Se-curity Deposit. 427-5864. N36-38B------------------------------------STEVENSON: 2 BD Park Model with 2 covered decks, private, secluded. Partly Furnished. Basic Electric included. $650.00/mo, first &$250.00 Deposit. Available 9/15. 360-305-0468. H37-39P------------------------------------NORTH BONNEVILLE: DUPLEX 3BD 1 1/2 BATH, Attached 1 car Garage, Stor-age shed, bonus room, nice yard. Scenic Views, by trails & near golf course. Avail-able Oct 1st. $1000.00, First, last+ deposit. 503-705-8758. W37UFN------------------------------------CUTE HOME, STEVEN-SON, Fully furnished 1bd 1 ba, Available Oct 1st-May 15th. $795 includes gas, elec-tric, water, sewer & trash. No Smoking. 509-427-5064. F37-39B------------------------------------REAL ESTATE
North Bonneville Commer-cial Bldg $63,900; 427-8999Stevenson building lot with Mt. Views $25k; 427-8999 28 acres of View Property in Stevenson outside manage-ment area; 427-8999 SUFNB VIEW LOTS ½ ACRE, Out-standing river views, for more info go to: http://viewpoint.
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FOR SALEVERY RARE:WINCHESTER Model 94 lever action in 32 Winchester Special… Built in 1904…Ap-praised by a Winchester Spe-cialist for $1800.00-$2200.00, I am asking $1500.00 OBO or trade for Fiberglass Insu-lation. 509-427-7097 hm or 360-440-3246 cell. G38-40B------------------------------------For sale: 20FT TRAVEL TRAILER 1984 Concorse. Always parked under roof, everything in great condi-tion except the refrigerator. Used very little, sits high for good back road clearance. $1000.00. 509-427-8385. P37-39B
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Carson, WA 98610- 509-427-5094IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REVISED CODE OF WASHING-TON (RCW 46.55.130). BOBS WELDING AND AUTO REPAIR #5709 WILL SELL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER THE FOLLOW-ING VEHICLES ON 09/27/2010 AT 11:00am. PRIOR INSPEC-TION WILL BE FROM 8:00am UNTIL 11:00am. THE SALE LO-CATION IS: 82 Callahan Rd, Carson.LOT# YEAR MAKE MODEL LICENSE/PLATE
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YARD SALE: Sept. 24, 25 & 26 at 32 Brooks Rd. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.. 9 foot couch, chairs, quilt rack, lots of plants, seed and bulbs, spinning wheel, lamps, nice wood for creating, RADA cutlery, kitchen items, firewood, old piano, gifts, windows, fine horse, folding tables, clock, computer, hed-getrimmer, glassware, books, new clothes, one fine fat cat and more. Corner or Brooks & Metzger. D37-38B----------------------------------ESTATE SALE: 9am-5pm, Thursday & Friday, Sept 23 & 24. Quality furniture including Heywood Wake-field drop leaf dining table and small cabinet. Good qual-ity furnishings, collectibles and tools throughout house at 2950 Kusisto Rd off summit drive, Odell, South of Hood River, Oregon. Sale by John & Ivone Delepine Estate & Moving Sale. D38B
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Skamania County Pioneer Page Eleven
PUBLIC NOTICES Legals conti. from pg. 10
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NOTICES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGBefore the
City of North Bonneville Council
Purpose: The City of North Bonneville hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance Number 968,Water Rate Increases.
Written testimony and com-ments to be considered at the public hearing by the City of North Bonneville Council must be received by the City Clerk/Treasurer by 12:00 PM on the Friday preceding the date of the public hearing.
Copies of Ordinance 968 are available to the public at the North Bonneville City Hall, 214 CBD Drive, North Bonn-eville, WA.
Date: September 28, 2010Time: 6:30 PMPlace: North Bonneville City Hall214 CBD DriveNorth Bonneville, WA
The North Bonneville City Hall is accessible to persons with disabilities. Please let us know if you will need any special accommodations in order to attend the meeting. (509) 427-8182.
Dated this 13th day of Septem-ber, 2010.
John SpencerClerk/Treasurer
Publ: Sept. 15 & 22, 2010 (12320)
NOTICES
State of Washington Department of Ecology,
SWRONOTICE OF APPLICATIN TO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS TAKE NOTICE: That Skamania County PUD #1 of Carson, Washington on March 1, 2010 under Applica-tion Number G2-30541 filed for a permit to appropriate public waters, subject to ex-isiting rights, from a well in the amount of 50 gallons per minute and 183 acre-feet per yer as needed year round each year for municipal supply. The source of the proposed appro-priation is located within NW 1/4NE1/4, Section 1, T, 3N, R. 7-1/2 E.W.M., in Skamania County, Washington.Protests or objections to ap-proval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections; protest must be accompanied by a ($50.00) recording fee and filed with Department of Ecology, at the address shown below, within thirty days from the last date of publication. Department of EcologyCashiering SectionPO Box 47611Olympia WA 98504-7611Publ: Sept. 22 & 29, 2010 (12324)
NOTICES
File No.: 7023.75049 Grant-ors: Northwest Trustee Servic-es, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank, NA Grantee: Christine C. Basnett, as her separate estate Tax Par-cel ID No.: 01050522080000 Abbreviated Legal: #800, Sec 5, Town 1N, Rng 5 E BB Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pur-suant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On October 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main lobby of the Skamania County Court-house, 240 Vancouver Av-enue in the City of Steven-son, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at pub-lic auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of
Skamania, State of Washing-ton: Beginning at the South-west corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, Town-ship 1 North, Range 5 East of the Willamette Meridian, Ska-mania County Washington; thence East on the South line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5, a distance of 545.83 feet to an iron rod; thence East 27.95 feet to the center of State Road; thence on the center line of said road North 61 degrees 11’ West 393.25 feet; thence on said center line North 43 degrees 11’ West 330.74 feet to the West line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5; thence South on said West line 21.85 feet to an iron rod; thence South on said West line 405.36 feet to the Place of Beginning. Com-monly known as: 3901 Can-yon Creek Road Washougal, WA 98671 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 05/18/04, recorded on 05/21/04, under Auditor’s File No. 2004153051, records of Skamania County, Wash-ington, from Christine C. Bas-nett, a single person, as Grant-or, to H and L Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obli-gation “Obligation” in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Beneficiary. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are pro-vided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Prop-erty’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficia-ry of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Ob-ligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in ar-rears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 07/13/2010 Monthly Pay-ments $5,509.45 Late Charg-es $172.68 Lender’s Fees & Costs $118.36 Total Arrearage $5,800.49 Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $725.00 Title Report $750.91 Statutory Mailings $25.36 Re-cording Costs $0.00 Postings $70.00 Total Costs $1,571.27 Total Amount Due: $7,371.76 IV. The sum owing on the Ob-ligation is: Principal Balance of $131,379.64, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evi-dencing the Obligation from 02/01/10, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provid-ed by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the ex-pense of sale and the Obliga-tion as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regard-ing title, possession, encum-brances or condition of the Property on October 22, 2010. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Trust-ee’s business on 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the en-tire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed
of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursu-ant to the terms of the obliga-tion and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Ben-eficiary or Trustee to the Bor-rower and Grantor at the fol-lowing address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Christine C. Basnett 3901 Canyon Creek Road Washougal, WA 98671 Christine C. Basnett 14102 Southeast 17th Street Vancouver, WA 98683-7573 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner Of Chris-tine C. Basnett 3901 Can-yon Creek Road Washougal, WA 98671 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner Of Christine C. Basnett 14102 Southeast 17th Street Van-couver, WA 98683-7573 by both first class and either cer-tified mail, return receipt re-quested on 06/11/10, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 06/11/10 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicu-ous place on the real prop-erty described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a state-ment of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatso-ever will be afforded an op-portunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a law-suit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for inval-idating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur-chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and any-one having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not ten-ants. After the 20th day fol-lowing the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occu-pants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwesttrustee.com and www.USA-Foreclosure.com. EFFECTIVE: 07/13/2010 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Sig-nature P.O. BOX 997 Bel-levue, WA 98009-0997 Con-tact: Vonnie McElligott (425) 586-1900. (TS# 7023.75049) 1002.159930-FEIPubl: Sept. 22& Oct. 13, 2010 (12321)
NOTICES
File No.: 7314.20912 Grant-ors: Northwest Trustee Ser-vices, Inc. GMAC Mortgage, LLC Grantee: LS Columbia River LLC, an Oregon Limit-ed Liability Company Tax Parcel ID No.: 02-06-33-0-0-1801-0 Abbreviated Legal: SW 1/4 SEC 33 T2N R6E No-tice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Wash-ington 61.24, et seq. I. On Oc-tober 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main lobby of the Skamania County Courthouse,
240 Vancouver Avenue in the City of Stevenson, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any condi-tions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Skama-nia, State of Washington: A parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 33, Township 2 North, Range 6 East, Willamette Meridian, and in a portion of the North-east Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 4, Town-ship 1 North, Range 6 East, of the Willamette Meridian, in the County of Skamania, State of Washington, de-scribed as follows: Beginning at the North Quarter of said Section 4; thence North 01 degrees 43’15” East, along the East, along the East line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 33, for a distance of 155.35 feet to the North right-of-way line of State Route 14; thence continuing South 77 degrees 18’52” West, along said North right-of-way line of State Route 14, for a distance of 1096.19 feet to the True Point of Beginning. Thence leaving said North right-of-way line of State Route 14 North 01 degrees 06’57” East, for a dis-tance of 450.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 10’12” West, for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 06’57” West, for a distance of 497.15 feet to said North right-of-way line of State Route 14; thence along said North right-of-way line of said State Route 14, along the arc of a 1382.40 foot radius non-tangent curve to the left, for an arc distance of 51.38 North 78 degrees 22’45” East, for a chord distance of 51.38 feet; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line of said State Route 14, North 77 degrees 18’52” East, for a distance of 154.34 feet to the True Point of Beginning. Commonly known as: 22 Franz Road Skamania, WA 98648 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 04/28/08, recorded on 04/30/08, under Auditor’s File No. 2008169741, records of Skamania County, Wash-ington, from Charles L. Deib-ert, a married man, as Grant-or, to Skamania County Title, as Trustee, to secure an obli-gation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Reg-istration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, the beneficial in-terest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Reg-istration Systems, Inc. to GMAC Mortgage, LLC, un-der an Assignment/Succes-sive Assignments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 2010175600. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are provid-ed solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Prop-erty’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficia-ry of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Ob-ligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in ar-rears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 07/16/2010 Monthly Pay-ments $18,848.07 Late Charges $807.75 Lender’s Fees & Costs $48.50 Total Arrearage $19,704.32 Trust-ee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $725.00 Title Report $876.33 Statutory Mailings $138.62 Recording Costs $28.00 Postings $140.00 Sale Costs $0.00 To-tal Costs $1,907.95 Total
Amount Due: $21,612.27 Other known defaults as fol-lows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $279,292.19, to-gether with interest as provid-ed in the note or other instru-ment evidencing the Obligation from 10/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obliga-tion, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without repre-sentation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on October 22, 2010. The default(s) referred to in para-graph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Trust-ee’s business on 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in para-graph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 10/11/10 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grant-or, any Guarantor or the hold-er of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Charles L. Deibert 22 Franz Road Skamania, WA 98648 Unknown Spouse and/or Do-mestic Partner of Charles L. Deibert 22 Franz Road Ska-mania, WA 98648 Suzanne Deibert 22 Franz Road Ska-mania, WA 98648 Charles L. Deibert P.O. Box 97 Corbett, OR 97019 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Charles L. Deibert P.O. Box 97 Corbett, OR 97019 Su-zanne Deibert P.O. Box 97 Corbett, OR 97019 Charles L. Deibert 308 North 26th Ave-nue Yakima, WA 98902 Un-known Spouse and/or Do-mestic Partner of Charles L. Deibert 308 North 26th Ave-nue Yakima, WA 98902 Su-zanne Deibert 308 North 26th Avenue Yakima, WA 98902 Charles L. Deibert 201 North-east Salzman Road Corbett, OR 97019 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Charles L. Deibert 201 North-east Salzman Road Corbett, OR 97019 Suzanne Deibert 201 Northeast Salzman Road Corbett, OR 97019 LS Co-lumbia River LLC 201 North-east Salzman Road Corbett, OR 97019 LS Columbia Riv-er LLC c/o Irving W. Potter, Reg Agent 425 Northwest 10th Avenue, Suite 306 Port-land, OR 98209 LS Columbia River LLC P.O. Box 97 Cor-bett, OR 97019 LS Columbia River LLC 22 Franz Road Skamania, WA 98648 LS Co-lumbia River LLC 308 North 26th Avenue Yakima, WA 98902 by both first class and either certified mail, return re-ceipt requested on 06/15/10, proof of which is in the pos-session of the Trustee; and on 06/15/10 Grantor and Bor-rower were personally served with said written notice of de-fault or the written notice of default was posted on a con-spicuous place on the real property described in para-graph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of
such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to any-one requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The ef-fect of the sale will be to de-prive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, title and interest in the Prop-erty. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCU-PANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest ju-nior to the deed of trust, in-cluding occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the pur-chaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un-der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a ten-ant with written notice in ac-cordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also ac-cess sale status at www.north-westtrustee.com and www.USA-Foreclosure.com. EF-FECTIVE: 07/16/2010 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Sig-nature P.O. BOX 997 Bellev-ue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: Vonnie McElligott (425) 586-1900. (TS# 7314.20912) 1002.156651-FEIPubl: Sept. 22 & Oct. 13, 2010 (12322)
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File No.: 7886.22464 Grant-ors: Northwest Trustee Ser-vices, Inc. PNC Mortgage, a division of PNC Bank, N.A. sbm National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank Grantee: Stephanie Fresh, as her separate estate Tax Parcel ID No.: 02 05 30 0 0 1808 00 Abbreviated Legal: Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pur-suant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On October 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main lobby of the Skamania County Court-house, 240 Vancouver Av-enue in the City of Stevenson, State of Washington, the un-dersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Skama-nia, State of Washington: A tract of land in the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quar-ter of Section 30, Township 2 North, Range 5 East of the Willamette Meridian, in the County of Skamania, State of Washington, described as fol-lows: Lot 4 of the Southridge Short Plat, recorded in Book 3 of Short Plats, Page 319, Skamania County Records. Commonly known as: 121 Baldwin Road Washougal, WA 98671 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 01/07/08, recorded on 01/15/08, under Auditor’s File No. 2008168710, re-cords of Skamania County, Washington, from Stephanie Fresh a married woman as her sole and separate property, as Grantor, to Skamania County Title Company, as Trustee, to
SPORTSPage Twelve Skamania County Pioneer Wednesday, September 22, 2010
SHS Sports Schedule Sept. 22-28
Thursday, Sept. 23Volleyball, Away @ Ridgefi eld; 5:45 & 7 p.m.
Soccer; Away @ Kalama; 5 & 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24
Football, Home vs. Castle Rock, 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27
JV Football, Away @ Castle Rock; 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21
Soccer; Away at Toledo; 5 & 7 p.m. Volleyball; Home vs. LaCenter; 5:45 & 7 p.m.
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This SHS volleyball player gets plenty of air during a recent home game. She sent the ball over the net while her teammates prepared to back her up. Stats unavail-able at press time.
Pigpile into the net was the answer for these young soccer players at the AYSO Jamboree.
Smiles and looks of determination where on the faces of these young soccer players.
These soccer players are amongst the oldest of the participants in the local Ameri-can Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). The annual jamboree was held this past weekend.
The Stevenson High School girls soccer team trav-eled to Castle Rock Tuesday, Sept. 14.
In the fi rst half of the game the Bulldogs had three shots on goal (Rebekah Hodges 1, Dakota Marr 1 and Jennifer Rathgeber 1).
Rebekah Hodges posted a goal six minutes into the game
assisted by Rathgeber. Bulldog goalie Hanna Mc-
Donald is credited with fi ve saves.
Castle Rock had nine shots with sixon goal and scored in the18th minute.
In the second have Steven-son again had three shots on goal (Silva Paz 1, Rathgeber 1, Hodges 1).
McDonald, the SHS goalie is credited with fi ve saves. SHS relief goalie Clarissa Bliss played in the last 30 minutes and was credited with fi ve out of fi ve saves.
Castle Rock had 13 shots with 13 on goal and scored in the 42nd, 48th, and 50th, minutes.
Final score 1-4 Castle Rock.
SHS girls soccer team posts loss to CR
SHS Football team 3-0; hold opponents scoreless
The Stevenson High School football team is undefeated. Having held all of their opponents scoreless for the fi rst three games of their season. They defeated Ilwaco 23-0 Friday, Sept. 17 in Ilwaco. No stats were avail-able at press time.
United Way of holds kickoff celebrationThe United Way of Klicki-
tat and Skamania County will hold their kickoff celebration at Skamania Lodge on Oct.
9, with nine holes of golf fol-lowed by a prime rib or roast-ed chicken dinner. Entertain-ment is also included.
For more information con-tact United Way of the Co-lumbia Gorge at www.Unit-edWayColumbiaGorge.com.
YOUTH FOOTBALL: The Youth Football team will travel to White Salmon; Saturday, Sept. 25. The 3-4th graders will play at 10:30 against Hood River Gold and the 5-6 graders will play at 1:30 against Hood River Gold.
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