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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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GLENWOOD NEWS
Get ready for ‘Shoebox Season,’ cattle on the road
By Mary Pierce
■ Fall
has arrived beauti-
exciting new chapter in your
life.
Chealsey Lynn Steininger,
fully and I’m sure you are
another Glenwood 2020
all enjoyed the warm sunny
graduate, started her online
days before the rains came
degree program through
as much as we did at our
house. Now is the time when Washington State University
cattle are being moved home global campus program.
Brooklyn Emerson’s college,
from summer pastures and
Central Oregon Community
there may be cattle drives
College, has delayed opening
on the highways from time
for now due to the corona-
to time. Please use caution
when meeting or coming up virus closures, so she is also
behind a cattle drive, for the studying online at this time.
safety of those on horseback, Brooklyn, we hope your col-
their dogs, and the cattle.
lege can open fully soon so
Most cattle drives won’t be
you can get settled in at Bend
on the highways for long dis- and enjoy the college and
campus life.
tances, so please be patient
Bella Couch was able to
as the cattle are moved along
and into a pasture. Thanks for start her classes in person at
Northern Arizona University
your consideration.
in Flagstaff. She reports that
Superintendent Heather
everything is going well and
Gimlin reports that all is
she is enjoying her classes
going well now that the
and meeting new people.
remaining grades, 6-12,
I haven’t heard from some
have returned, as well as
of the other seniors, but we
the preschoolers. We can
hope all is going well for
all be proud of how well our
students and staff are dealing them, too. The Glenwood
class of 2020 is an awesome
with the “new normal” rou-
tines of holding classes in the class of incredibly bright kids,
and we are proud of them all
age of COVID-19.
as they begin to work toward
Andy McFall, one of our
2020 graduates, is now settled their future goals.
Two of our local cowgirls
in to his dorm at Neumont
College of Computer science who did very well in the West
Klickitat Posse Playday 2020
in Salt Lake City and has
series also had great success
begun his classes. Andy,
at the Broken Spur Rodeo
the son of Sara and Adam,
in Goldendale on Saturday,
is working toward a degree
Oct. 3. Nahaleigh Schuster
in computer science. Enjoy
competed in and won first
your college experience,
place the pole bending, key
Andy. Best wishes for this
hole, figure 8, barrels, and
goat tying, and received the
all-around high point spot,
bringing home another beau-
tiful belt buckle to add to
her collection. Macie Lorton
placed second in all the same
events and received a beau-
tiful horse breast collar for
her second-place all-around
finish. Congratulations,
cowgirls. Way to represent
Glenwood over there. The
cowgirls and their parents
would like to thank Pat
Shamek, Julie Vance, and
Vince and Jackie Miller for
producing this great event
for county cowgirls and
cowboys.
I’m awaiting information
on the final standings for the
fall season of Washington
State Junior High and High
School Rodeo, which I’ll
share when it comes in.
Meanwhile, Billie Patterson
reports that Team Glenwood
finished their season strongly
at their rodeo in Basin City
the first weekend in October.
In Junior High rodeo, Emma
Patterson placed first in the
barrels on both days and
Peyton Sanchey placed sixth
in the poles on Friday and
fifth on Saturday.
In High School Rodeo,
Joslyn Arnold won the break-
away roping on the first day
but had tough luck in break-
away on the second day.
In the goat tying, she had
finishes of fourth and eighth
place. Way to add to your all-
around standings, cowgirls.
When the Junior High and
High School Rodeo season
starts up again in the spring,
I’ll try to share information
so some of Team Glenwood’s
fans here in Glenwood can
attend and cheer for these
amazing rodeo athletes.
I also have news about
a high school cowboy with
Glenwood ties. Shane Scott,
son of Amy and Shawn
Roggenkamp and Courtney
and Trevor Scott, competed
with his high school rodeo
team in Condon on Oct. 9-10.
Shane, who is grandson of
Glenwood residents Oop and
Diane Burgin and Marilyn
and Mike Scott, placed first in
calf roping and third in bull
riding. On the second day, he
placed first in team roping.
As with our Glenwood team,
this was Shane’s last fall ro-
deo and he is eagerly await-
ing spring rodeo season. Way
to go, Shane.
The week of Oct. 12 was
National School Bus Safety
Week. This year’s theme was
“Red Lights Means STOP!”
Glenwood students were
given safety materials, but
that theme is something all
drivers need to be aware of.
As I stand at the top of my
driveway on our corner each
afternoon to meet the school
bus bringing grandkids
home, I see traffic coming
from the other direction and
always hope they see those
red lights and are able to stop
in time.
Washington State law
states drivers following the
bus or coming from the other
direction must stop when the
red lights are flashing on two-
lane highways. The penalty
for passing a bus with red
lights flashing can be at least
$500, but the most important
thing is the safety of all our
Glenwood kids. Some have
to cross the highway once
they get off and their safety is
paramount.
We are so fortunate to
have great bus drivers,
Diane Burgin and Butch
Hallenbeck, who put the
safety of the kids first and
are always watching out for
them. If you get a chance, let
Diane and Butch know how
much they are appreciated.
The Pioneer Memorial
Community Church will no
longer be accepting return-
able bottles and cans. They
have appreciated all the
community support for the
church youth group through
those donations over the
past several years; however,
it is becoming increasing-
ly difficult to return them
and they don’t have room
to store them. They thank
everyone for their support. If
you would still like to donate
your returnables to support a
worthwhile cause, the Home
At Last animal shelter in The
Dalles, The Hood River Lions
Club, and the Hood River
Rotary where there is a do-
nation trailer in the parking
lot of Ace Hardware Sunday
through Tuesday. All of these
are worthwhile causes.
If I learn of more organi-
zations who would like your
returnables, I’ll share that
information.
It’s shoebox season!
Operation Christmas Child,
a project the church has
taken on over the last several
years, is gathering items to
fill shoeboxes with school
supplies for children in need
around the world. Jennifer
Hallenbeck reports they are
still in need of clothing for
boys and girls ages 2-4, 5-9,
and 10-14 (especially shirts
for the boys and tops, bot-
toms, and dresses for girls).
Also needed are school
supplies such as pencil
pouches, scissors, markers,
pencil sharpeners, erasers,
and glue sticks. Donations
may be dropped off at the
church or at the Hallenbeck
house. If anyone would like
to pick up an empty shoebox
(or two or five) to pack your
own, they are available at the
church.
Send your Glenwood news
to mpierce09@gmail.com.
DOMESTIC ABUSE MONTH
COVID-19 can worsen domestic abuse behavior
How to help and
numbers to call
Everyone deserves healthy
relationships, but for those
in abusive situations, this is
not a reality and the chal-
lenges that society faces in
battling COVID-19 may be
making the situation worse.
Restrictions put in place to
protect us from the virus are
unintentionally increasing
stress in homes, making rela-
tionships more vulnerable to
the risks of abuse.
October is Domestic
Violence Action Month an
opportunity to learn how to
take action against domestic
violence, according to infor-
mation from Programs for
Peaceful Living in Klickitat.
Programs for Peaceful
Living (PPL), part of
Washington Gorge Action
Programs in Klickitat
County, serves communi-
ty members who struggle
with a person in their lives
who seeks to control them
and take away their auton-
omy. The program had to
temporarily close in person
services due to Stay Home
– Stay Healthy orders earlier
this year until they figured
out how to operate remotely.
Services are open, including
advocacy by phone and sup-
port groups by Zoom. The
toll-free crisis line is open
24/7 at 844-493-1709.
What is abuse? It is a
pattern of behavior that one
person uses to gain con-
trol over another. It could
include creating an isolating
situation, manipulating and
degrading a partner with
emotional abuse, monitor-
ing activities, controlling
finances, and physically and
sexually assaulting another
person.
Stresses created by
COVID-19 restrictions
include isolation, financial
difficulties from loss of a
job or reduction in work
hours, school closures, new
responsibilities to educate
children, and loss of child-
care options. Children are
also affected and finding a
healthy balance in the family
is a challenge for all.
Kirsten Poole, the PPL di-
rector, said that restrictions
created an unusual circum-
stance. “The number of
reported cases initially went
down at the beginning of the
pandemic. We believe this
was due to isolation,” she
said. She indicated the total
number of individual clients
served year to date was 213
as of Oct. 7 compared to
224 for the same 2019 time
frame.
She noted normal outlets
for victims to be able to leave
home for work, school and
activities have been limited,
or ceased altogether. This
means victims no longer had
privacy to call for help, or
opportunity to report abuse
or seek out services.
Poole notes that cases
again began to rise in sum-
mer months, as society start-
ed to reopen. She said that
although the total number of
clients is down this year, over
one half of clients from 2020
have been in the last three
months alone. PPL staff are
concerned about getting
resources to the public to
support victims of domestic
violence.
So how can we take
action? According to the
Washington State Coalition
Against Domestic Violence
at wscadv.org/, here are
some important things you
can do to support victims:
Ask questions. What is
your biggest concern? How
are the kids doing? What are
you most worried about?
Be available to listen.
Really listen. Listen without
having your own agenda.
Acknowledgment makes
all the difference. You can
say things like “I believe
you” and “I’m here for you.”
Have they told you that
their abuser has a firearm or
has threatened to commit
suicide? If so, call 911 and
contact a domestic violence
advocate for help.
Stay connected. It can
take a long time for things
to get better, and it can be
difficult to hang in there
through it all.
If you, or someone you
know, are experiencing
domestic violence, reach out
to the local crisis line at 844-
493-1709 or call Programs
for Peaceful Living in
Goldendale at 509-773-6100,
or in Bingen at 509-493-
2662. For more information,
visit www.wagap.org/pro-
grams-for-peaceful-living
and show your support for
Domestic Violence Action
Month by wearing purple
every Friday in October.
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