COMMUNITY NEWS

May 2002

Lyle Community Action Council hosted the Forest Service at their meeting on the 28^th of May.  The topic was the proposed park on the Starr property.  Virginia Kelly, Mike Ferris, and other Forest Service personnel presented the three alternatives they are considering for development.  Public comment period is open and the Forest Service will accept written comments through June 17^th.  Send your comments to USFS, 902 Wasco Avenue, Suite 200, Hood River, Or, 97031.  You could also view the three alternatives at their office. 

Greg Colt is sponsoring a contest to come up with a “Town Slogan” for Lyle.  Put on your thinking caps and drop your entry in the containers that will soon be around town.   Seattle is called “The Emerald City”, Portland “The Rose City”, and Lyle the --------.  Deadline is October 1^st and the winner will be announced at the Chili Cookoff, October 19^th, and will receive a $50.00 gift certificate to the Lyle Hotel, compliments of Greg Colt.  Lyle residents of any age can participate. 

Visitors from Houston, Texas, are Tim and Jenny Gould.  Tim grew up in Lyle and is visiting his mother Sylvia Gould, grandmother Maude Gibbs, his brothers and sisters and friends.  Jenny had the experience of picking and eating her first really fresh strawberry out of Sylvia’s garden. 

Burlington Northern Railroad is holding a public meeting June 5, 2002 at the Lyle Community Center, at 6:00 p.m.  The meeting is to receive public comment on their proposed closure of the Depot Road crossing on the West End of Lyle Point. 

“Bottoms Up Espresso” is open for business.  There are lot of tasty drinks, hot and cold, on the menu and excellent ice cream items, etc.,etc.,  Stop by and try some of these goodies.  Hours are 6:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. weekdays.  Hours are different on weekends so check that out when you stop for your Vanilla Latte or Smoothee. 

Just a reminder:  The Chip Site is open.  Dispose of your brush and limbs at this site, recycle all that you can -- let's see if we can do away with burn barrels.

June's Lyle Community Action Council Meeting is Monday, June 24th, Lions Club, at 7:00 p.m.

Lyle History: As published in the Ruralite September 1974:

The Walls’ most unusual pet is “Old Gobbler”.  A four-year-old white and bronze turkey, he proudly proclaims in gobbler dialect that he runs the whole place, and Edna laughenly admitted, “we just keep him  ‘cause he’s Tim’s pet.”

But all of the animals know they must stay out of the garden.  All 100’x 35’ of it was spaded by Tim who is still great with the shovel, and all of it is weed-free because of Tim’s diligence with the hoe.

Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

Third Annual High Prairie Firehouse Sale, Saturday and Sunday, May 18th and 19th, 2002.  Saturday 9-5, Sunday 9-3.  For sure you'll find a treasure you can't live without, while eating Myrin's Famous homemade Bratwurst & Sauerkraut.  Also serving breakfasts and lunches.  Come to the High Prairie Fire District 14 Firehouse, 704 Centerville Highway, Lyle.  For more information, call 509-365-4429 or 509-365-5459.  Proceeds go to the High Prairie Volunteer Fire Department and the High Prairie Neighborhood Association.

Lyle had three medical calls and two fire calls in April for a total of five. 

In case you haven’t noticed, the new building at the Lyle Fire Department is coming along famously. Drive by and take a look at how our Economic Development Dollars are contributing to our community. Volunteers from the Fire Department and the community of Lyle are working together like an old-fashioned barn raising.  Good Job!!! 

“Bottoms Up Espresso” is still on track and shooting for the middle of May as it’s opening date.  The menu is going to include milkshakes, ice cream cones, Italian Sodas, and many more goodies along with a great coffee list.  Watch for the neon OPEN sign. Just a reminder:  The Chip Site is open for Spring.  Lots of chips are bagged and ready for you to pick up.  Thanks to Klickitat County for maintaining this facility and for the citizens using it properly.

Lyle Cemetary Workday will be Saturday, May 18th, beginning at 8:30 a.m.  Potluck Dinner at the Columbia Grange Hall at noon.  Annual business meeting to follow.

This month's Community Action Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 28th, and Virginia Kelley from the U.S. Forest Service will be speaking.

Lyle History: As published in the Ruralite September 1974:

Now that the Walls are retired, their life is not quite as strenuous.  But there is nothing, not even Tim’s four operations in the past year, that could change their “living with and loving our animals” life-style. 

They are devoted to Lobi, Trina, and Bootsie, the pureblood Norwegian Elkhounds, and to Fluffy, Pudgy, and Babe, their smaller miscellaneous breed dogs. 

Reuben, the biggest of seven cats, catches gophers and is the favored feline.  He has the run of the house, but he doesn’t bother the three canaries in one cage or the wild finch in the other. 

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Slow news week, or maybe the wind blew it all away? 

If you missed the grade school play at the Granada last Saturday you really did miss a great experience.  We should be so proud of the kids and their coaches!  I doubt that many small schools put so much effort into an extra curricular (not sports) activity. Way to go Dallesport. 

We do have the stats for the month of April: Suspicious Circumstances 5, Fire 2, Burglary Complaint 1, Assault 1, Medical Assist 2, Driving While Under Influence 1, Driving While Suspended 1, Disorderly Conduct 3, Abandoned Vehicle 1, Malicious Mischief 2, Violation of Court Order 1, Domestic Disputes 2, Animal Complaints 3, and Citizen Assists 2, whew 29 calls to Lyle. Can’t be proud of that can we? 

The Lyle Cemetery Association will hold their annual cleanup day on May 18^th from 8:30 A.M. until noon. Potluck lunch and annual meeting will follow at the Columbia Grange Hall at noon. Every one is welcome and many hands make quick work. The Cemetery always looks go good after this workday. 

Lori Clary from Moscow, Idaho was home visiting family this last week. Her newborn son Kyle Reed and her older son Grant accompanied her.  Don’t think anyone would be in doubt that Bill Hamm is their grandfather. Grant is Bill’s spiting image and Kyle is a miniature Grant. 

Lyle History: As published in the Ruralite September 1974. 

During 14 of Tim’s work years he expertly used his 16-foot pike-pole to raft logs on the log-boom in the Columbia, not far from his house.  That was in the 1940’s when there used to be a mill near the railroad.

 Equally hard working is Tim’s wife, Edna, who came to Lyle in 1926.  She married Tim in 1934, and he helped raise the youngest two of her six children. 

They lived in the small, old house, which has since collapsed to the ground next to the three lots where they built their present home in 1937.   Edna was plenty busy in those days with four cows to milk, 13 hogs and a boar, plus rabbits, pigeons, 25 turkeys, 23 geese and 300 Rhode Island Red laying hens to care for. “And I hand-scythed the alfalfa we grew for the animals, besides,” she said. 

A skeptic is a person who when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it’s a forgery…

 
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