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Stevenson head-on crash kills 4, including 2 young boys
By STEVIE MATHIEU, PATTY
HASTINGS
The Columbian
STEVENSON (AP) — Four peo-
ple are dead, including two boys,
ages 7 and 9, after a head-on crash
between a pickup and a minivan
near Stevenson.
The crash occurred Saturday
night when a pickup crossed the
center line of State Route 14 in
Stevenson near milepost 33 along
the Columbia River — in front of
Skamania Emergency Services
Station #5.
The pickup truck was driven by
Heath T. Martin, 24, of North Bon-
neville and the minivan by Ana-
toliy I. Goy, 47, of Kent, Wash.
Both were pronounced dead on
scene, as was the 7-year-old, who
was also in the minivan. The 9-
year-old boy died Monday night in
the hospital.
There were five people in total
in the minivan — Goy and his
wife, Mariya P. Goy, 49, and three
boys, ages 7, 9 and 11.
Anatoliy Goy and the 7-year-old
boy died at the scene, according to
Washington State Police.
Maria Goy and the two other
boys, ages 9 and 11, were taken to
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center
in Portland. Goy was listed in fair
condition as of Sunday.
The 1997 Toyota Tacoma pickup
and the 2005 Toyota Sienna mini-
van were destroyed. Skamania
Emergency officials reported
“heavy damage” to both vehicles.
Skamania County Emergency
Services, local fire districts and
the Washington State Patrol re-
sponded to the scene. The roadway
remained blocked for several
hours Saturday night, with travel-
ers being diverted to I-84 on the
other side of the Columbia River.
When troopers looked up Mar-
tin, they discovered he had a med-
ical restriction on his license,
which had been canceled, said Sgt.
Nate Hovinghoff. A canceled li-
cense means it’s been taken away.
Troopers aren’t sure why Mar-
tin crossed the center line. There
Photo courtesy of Skamania County Emergency Services.
will be an autopsy and toxicology
report done to determine possible A PICKUP COLLIDED with a minivan on SR-14 near Stevenson on Saturday night,
contributing factors, Hovinghoff killing four people and injuring two.
said.
Klickitat County considers two-year ban on new pot businesses
By LOU MARZELES
The Goldendale Sentinel
GOLDENDALE — T he
Klickitat County Planning
Commission was one vote
shy of unanimity in its meet-
ing Monday night in propos-
ing a two-year ban with a
sunset clause on new mari-
juana businesses to the
County Commissioners. The
vote has no binding authori-
ty but rather serves as a rec-
ommendation for action to
the county commission. No
action would affect existing
county businesses.
Commission Chair James
Dean ran an orderly meeting
over the two hours of public
testimony and commission
discussion before a vote oc-
curred. He also cast the sole
dissenting vote during a roll
call vote of each of the eight
commission members. In
sharp contrast to earlier
county and Goldendale mu-
nicipal hearings, speakers
both for and against marijua-
na businesses were uniform-
ly calm and generally courte-
ous, requiring little interven-
tion by Dean.
Testimony during the pub-
lic hearing phase ran almost
dead even between propo-
nents and opponents of al-
lowing new marijuana busi-
nesses in the county, with 10
speaking for and 10 against,
although one of the propo-
nents was from Oregon.
Most of the proponents
spoke of the benefits of med-
ical marijuana and found no
opposition to their argu-
ments. One speaker, Roxie
Hunter, talked movingly of
her experience. “I came here
to die,” she said, “in April.
It’s now June.” She said
she’d always been the last
person to ever consider
using marijuana but began
using it as a last resort. “It
has changed my life.”
Klickitat County Sheriff
Bob Songer spoke on the is-
sues of marijuana business-
es from a law enforcement
perspective and later, during
commission discussion, was
asked several follow-up ques-
tions on the cost in person-
nel hours and dollars of ad-
ditional police concerns with
marijuana businesses. “I
can’t put an exact number on
the cost,” he said, “but it has
an impact.”
Several of the marijuana
growers were also asked fol-
low-up questions, chiefly fo-
cusing on controls in place
for securing marijuana from
theft or unlawful consump-
tion. Commissioner Howard
Photo by Lou Marzeles.
ROXIE HUNTER speaks to the Klickitat County Planning Commis-
sion Monday night on her dramatic experience with medical mari-
juana.
Kreps asked if there were
anything to prevent a person
from buying large quantities
of pot day after day. There
were no marijuana retailers
in the meeting, but one grow-
er who said he was a friend
of the local retailer and
knew the law testified that
retail purchasers were limit-
ed to how much they could
buy at one time. “But there’s
nothing that keeps them
from going from store to
store or coming in at differ-
ent times and buying more,”
he said.
During the commission
discussion stage of the meet-
ing, it seemed that initial
consideration leaned toward
allowing new businesses
with tight procedural re-
straints. As conversation
continued,
the
sense
emerged that not enough
was known about all the is-
sues to do anything but rec-
Goldendale Library Washington cross-
mountain
endurance
holds summer
race coming August 7
book sale July 2-3
The Friends of the
Goldendale Library will
be holding their annual
Community Days book
sale on Thursday and Fri-
day, July 2 and 3 in the li-
brary’s Camplan Room.
Used books of all sorts
will be on sale, from gar-
dening to crafts, myster-
ies, children’s books and
much more. Most paper-
backs are 50 cents, and
most hardbacks are $1.
The sale starts at 10 a.m.
each day.
The sale closes at 6
p.m. on Thursday and 4
p.m. on Saturday.
A special pre-sale for
members of the Friends
of the Library will be
held Wednesday night,
July 1, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Memberships may be
purchased at the door for
$5.
Donations of books,
puzzles and videos will
be accepted until Satur-
day June 27. The Friends
of the Goldendale Li-
Runners will scale the Cas-
cade Mountains of Washing-
ton in August — from St. He-
lens to Mt. Adams.
The first point to point 200-
mile foot race in the United
States, the Bigfoot 200 En-
durance Run, will be held
from August 7 to 11. Runners
will experience a true moun-
tain race with over 50,000
feet of climbing over 200
miles. Participants from all
over the nation are expected
to join.
The massive endurance
event begins at Mount St. He-
lens, runs to Mt. Adams and
then North to Randle, Wash.,
where runners finish. The
race is not a stage race nor is
it a relay. Athletes will com-
plete the route solo in 108
hours or less, some without
sleeping.
However, there will be five
sleep stations with hot food,
medical and crew access, as
brary are a nonprofit
501(c)3 under the Fort
Vancouver Regional Li-
brary Foundation.
Funds raised by the
Friends of the Golden-
dale Library help sup-
port programs and li-
brary services. T he
Friends provide funds for
many special programs,
equipment and materials
for the library, including
Summer Reading enter-
tainment, receptions,
children’s celebrations,
writing programs and
lectures, books, movies
and more.
The Friends always
welcome new members
and volunteers. Anyone
interested in Friends ac-
tivities are encouraged to
attend the next meeting,
Monday, July 13 at 12:30
p.m. at the library.
For more information,
call the Goldendale Com-
munity Library, 509-773-
4487.
well as 14 full medical aid
stations along the trail.
To volunteer in Big Foot
200, contact Richard Kresser
at m.kresser@gmail.com.
For more information, call
race organizer Candice Burt,
at 360-305-0313.
ommend a two-year ban on
new pot businesses but with
a sunset clause, meaning in
the absence of further action
the measure would end at the
conclusion of two years.
“I have great respect for
the growers,” Kreps said dur-
ing discussion. “It’s clear
that you’ve worked your butt
off doing your operations in
careful regard to the law,
doing it right, and you’ve put
a lot of money into it. But I
work with teens every day,
every day. And I have to say
I’ve seen an increase in mar-
ijuana usage among teens
since I-502 came into law.
Now, I can’t say that anyone
in this room is the cause of
that. But it’s a concern.”
“I was listening to a story
on NPR with growers and re-
tailers in Colorado speaking
about their experiences
there,” added Commission
Lori Zoller. “I was surprised
that they spoke so much
about their financial difficul-
ties.” The story revealed that
revenues from pot business-
es in Colorado were not al-
ways what owners had antic-
ipated.
“It’s tough,” said Commis-
sioner Tony Riley. “It’s a very
complex issue. I’m just not
sure we know enough about
all the issues.”
Commissioner
Rick
Graves voiced concern over
the difficulties that could
arise when considering a
new marijuana business that
might infringe on the rights
or objections of neighbors.
“How do you decide?” he
asked. “And those issues
would end up right back
here, with us.”
Commissioner Matt Spald-
ing said he’d been leaning to-
ward Option 2, which would
allow carefully regulated
new marijuana businesses.
“But as I listen tonight,” he
said, “I’m finding myself
leaning toward Option 1,” a
prohibition on new business-
es, “at least for a reasonable
time.”
Riley added that the com-
mission should review the
issue again in six months, to
see if conditions permitted a
clearer perspective. County
Planning Department Direc-
tor Curt Dryer assured the
commission it was free to re-
view the matter again at any
time.
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