A meeting is planned in Klickitat County on Thursday to discuss the County’s current behavioral health program’s capabilities and resources, and potential next steps to increase access to mental health services for all county residents. The County already had to take over its own crisis services last year, and now Comprehensive Healthcare has notified the County it intends to close its physical locations in Goldendale and White Salmon. County Commissioner Lori Zoller says this is a continuation of the County having to reinvent how behavioral health operates. The meeting on Thursday begins at 11 a.m. in the County Services Building on 115 West Court in Goldendale.
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Westside Urban Renewal Information Session Set For Tuesday
The City of Hood River will host an online information session on the Westside Urban Renewal District on Tuesday. City Manager Abigail Elder says community members are invited to attend, learn more, and have their questions answered. The purpose of this new district will be to establish funding for the City’s plans and goals set in the Transportation System Plan, Affordable Housing Strategy, and Multi-Jurisdictional Parks Master Plan. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom. To register, go to cityofhoodriver.gov.
CGCC Presidency Finalists Announced
The Columbia Gorge Community College board has named four finalists as the search for the school’s next president continues. The list includes Des Moines, Iowa, Area Community College provost Anne Howsare Boyens; Texas City, Texas vice president of instruction Jerry Fliger; Skagit Valley Community College vice president of instruction Ken Lawson; and Hawaii Community College chancellor Rachel Solemsaas. The group of finalists followed recommendations of a 13-member search committee. The school is looking to fill the president’s role being vacated by Marta Yera Cronin, who is leaving CGCC on June 30 to assume a community college presidency in Pennsylvania. The board says CGCC constituents, staff, and faculty will have the opportunity to visit with the four finalists early in June.
Goldendale Man Arrested After Domestic Distrubance
A Goldendale man was taken into custody after Klickitat County Sheriff’s officers responded to a domestic disturbance last Tuesday evening at 24 Baehm’s Way in Goldendale. According to a Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office release, sheriff’s and Washington State Patrol officers secured the scene after residents reported the suspect was firing rounds and had a machete. After a search warrant was obtained, the Tri-City Regional SWAT team entered the property and arrested A.J. Campo, who was booked on numerous charges. The Klickitat County Prosecutor’s office filed charges of three counts of first degree assault, a count of second degree assault, and first degree of unlawful possession of a firearm. Campo’s arraignment is scheduled for June 5 in Klickitat County Superior Court.
Columbia Arts To Release Strategic Plan In Mid-June
Columbia Arts in Hood River says it will unveil its new five-year strategic plan to the public in mid-June. A statement from the organization indicated its board spent eight hours over two days developing the plan after recently holding a number of public input sessions. The board also recently expanded from five to seven members. While announcing that the plan will be released publicly in about a month, a mission statement was put out. It says the organization’s mission is to “promote and provide an equity based, accessible, arts rich environment in the Columbia Gorge.” Columbia Arts has been working to reinvent itself and chart a path forward for full recovery after the pandemic-related shut-downs dealt a severe blow to the organization. Columbia Arts is the legal name of the organization more commonly known as Columbia Center for the Arts.
May 19-20 Prep Sports Roundup
Baseball
Hood River Valley 3, Canby 2: Jake von Lubken scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning after a throwing error followed a Jordan Webber single. HRV visits Midwestern League champion Thurston in round one of the Oregon Class 5A baseball playoffs on Tuesday.
Softball
Canby 9, Hood River Valley 7: The Cougars scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out the victory.
Southwest Washington Class 1A Softball Tournament
At Fort Borst Park, Centralia
Columbia 7, Stevenson 2
Columbia 6, Elma 2: The Bruins grab third place in the tournament and advance to the Washington Class 1A tournament in Richland beginning on Thursday.
Track and Field
Hood River Valley’s girls placed fourth and the boys fifth at the Northwest Oregon Conference Championships in Hillsboro. The Eagles’ Simone Tillman won both the girls’ 200 and 400 meters. The HRV girls earned seven entries in this weekend’s state 5A meet at Hayward Field in Eugene, while the Eagle boys grabbed six.
The Dalles’ girls finished second to Crook County and the boys were fourth at the Tri-Valley Conference Championships in Madras. The Riverhawks’ Zoe Dunn won both the girls’ long jump and triple jump, as The Dalles girls receive eight entries in the state 4A meet in Eugene. Juan Diego Contreras won both the boys’ 1500 and 3,000 meters and Julian Morehouse the pole vault to help the Riverhawks grab five entries for the boys’ half of the state meet.
Sherman won the girls’ title and Horizon Christian tied with Mitchell-Spray for first in the boys’ standings in the Oregon Class 1A Special District 3 Championships at South Wasco. Myana Stock of Trout Lake and Sophie Hulke of Sherman each won a pair of events in girls’ competition, while Caleb Yuan of Horizon Christian won both boys’ races.
Oregon Class 5A Boys Tennis Tournament at Portland
Boys Doubles
Isaiah Poole & Oscar Avalos of Hood River Valley won one out of three matches.
Oregon Class 4A Boys Tennis Tournament at Corvallis
Boys Doubles
Paul Kelly & Paul Capek of The Dalles finished fourth, winning their first two matches to reach the semi-finals before falling in their final two matches on Saturday.
Washington Class 1A Boys Soccer Tournament
Second Round
Wahluke 4, Columbia 3
May 18 Prep Sports Roundup
Track and Field
Shaw Burns finished second in the boys’ long jump, and Robert Wood and Francisco Solberg finished second and third, respectively, in the boys’ pole vault to highlight Hood River Valley’s effort on the first day of the Northwest Oregon Conference Track and Field Championships at Hare Field in Hillsboro. Elliot Hawley finished third in the boys’ 3,000 meters, and Simone Tillman was third in the girls’ long jump.
Columbia’s Ella Zimmerman swept the hurdles races, Jessica Polkinghorn won the shot put and finished second in the discus, and the Bruins’ four by 100 meter relay team was victorious as CHS finished fourth in the girls’ competition at the Southwest Washington Class 1A District Championships at Seton Catholic. Stevenson’s Hudson Holzauer won the boys’ discus.
Baseball
The Dalles 2, Banks 1: The Riverhawks scored both of their runs in the third inning, as Diego Gonzalez contributed an RBI double, then Finley Corbin came on to get the last two outs in the seventh inning with the tying run at second base.
Softball
The Dalles 2, Glencoe 1: Kennedy Abbas pitched a five-hitter, striking out 14 to make a two-run first inning for the Riverhawks stand up.
Sheriff’s Office Responds To Threatening Note At Mill A School
The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says it responded on Wednesday to a shooting threat made at Mill A School. According to a Sheriff’s Office statement, school personnel alerted law enforcement when a threatening note was discovered in a bathroom garbage can. The Sheriff’s Office says a student suspected of writing the note was interviewed by deputies, and safety measures were enacted by school personnel. The statement says this is the sixth threat of school violence the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office has responded to in 2023.
Searches Unable To Locate Teenage Swimmer Near Thunder Island
Search crews have been unable to locate a teenage swimmer who was last observed east of the Bridge of the Gods near Thunder Island on Wednesday. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says it deployed a boat in an effort to locate the missing male, while several deputies also responded on land to assist in the effort. Numerous agencies including the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Fish and Wildlife, United States Coast Guard, and Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement, were also involved in the search. Further efforts were made on Thursday.
HRV Parks and Rec Taking Summer Camp Signups
Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation District is taking sign-ups now for its wide-range of summer camps and programs for kids. District Recreation Supervisor Jaime Rivera says there is variety of camps available including the popular weekly Summer Kidz Camp series and a large number of specific sports and activities camps. Rivera emphasizes there is financial help available for families who need assistance to pay for the camps. For a complete list of the camps and activities available, go to hoodriverparksandrec.org.