New Neighbors?

Audrey Bentz

If you know of anyone who has recently moved to High Prairie, please send information to Audrey Bentz, amsong@gorge.net or 509-365-3600.  We’d like to send an official welcome to them.

Heard Through the Grapevine

Thank you, thank you, thank you! to the intrepid local snow plow operators who spent long hours opening up roads and driveways this winter. Everyone on the receiving end of their services is extremely grateful. It may inspire even greater appreciation when you realize that the operators’ costs can push $1000 or more for fuel, maintenance and repairs.

Animal Care Needed

Carole Garner

We are looking for someone to come to our place on Centerville Highway when we are gone, to feed our animals. We do not need someone to house sit; rather, just come over once a day in the afternoon to feed 3 horses, a dog and 2 cats, and some chickens. The horses have on demand water so it’s a pretty easy tasks to come over once a day. We pay $15. Interested parties can email me garner.carole@gmail.com. 

Attracting Pollinators

Debbie McDonald

Hello, neighbors.  I can’t wait to find my garden under the snow. If you’re in a planning stage like me, you might find this publication interesting and educational on attracting pollinators to your garden from the Forest Service.  Can’t have too many pollinators and their free labor working in our yards. Enjoy! https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/AttractingPollinatorsV5.pdf

Oda Knight Road Party/Meeting On March 19

Audrey Bentz

All Oda Knight residents (full time or weekenders) are invited to Morning Song Acres [6 Oda Knight Road, Myrin and Audrey Bentz residence] on Sunday, March 19, for an evening get-together. There will be a “happy hour” between 5 and 6 to get better acquainted, especially with the newer residents, followed at 6 pm by a potluck meal. Afterward we’ll discuss our horrendous road, due to the snow! It will also be a way to thank Dan Hartford for his road work a year ago, and to Ray Lindsey for his continual snow removal for all. For RSVP or questions, call 509-365-3600.

Good Neighbor Lighting

Audrey Bentz

From Time magazine, May 30, 2016:  “For centuries, people gazing at the sky after sunset could see thousands of vibrant, sparkling stars… In the U.S. so-called light pollution has gotten so bad that, by one estimate, 8 out of 10 children born today will never encounter a sky dark enough for them to see the Milky Way.”

Here on High Prairie we are privileged to see the Milky Way most summer nights, UNLESS we have an outdoor light nearby that shines its light upward to the sky.  If you need to have an outdoor light during nighttime hours, please be sure it is the newer variety that simply (and more effectively) lights only toward your ground and/or your building.  Home Depot and other such stores have a good choice of “Good Neighbor Lights.” Thus you will save on your PUD bill by being conservative on outdoor lighting, and keep our amazing sky show available for all.

Toilet Ring?  Here’s What Works

Deb Hansen (and Karen, too!)

Hello, neighbors! My husband, Ken, and I moved to High Prairie from Alaska a year and a half ago. We LOVE the area and the people. Only two things have really frustrated me… the bugs that seem to invade our home twice a year (sometimes more frequently) AND the mineral rings in our toilets. I haven’t found a way to keep the bugs out, but I HAVE found the miracle “cure” for the toilet ring dilemma! I wish I could take credit for this discovery, but the kudos (and my undying admiration) go to Karen, who resides in Goldendale and is a friend of Judi Strait.

The “miracle,” non-chemical cure is… wait for it… drywall sanding screen!!! Who knew???? (Besides my hero, Karen!) This product comes in sheets that can be cut to any size. It is a water proof silicon carbide material that won’t damage porcelain, plastic, metal, wood or painted surfaces. You can find it in any hardware store.

Here’s to sparkling toilets! Happy house cleaning, my friends!

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