The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center will hold the Backcountry Film Festival this Friday evening. CGCC Executive Director Cheryl Ragar says the film festival is free, but it is a fundraiser for the Center’s Snow School for fifth graders. The movies are from the Winter Wildlands Alliance, and there will be a taco truck and beverages available for sale. The Backcountry Film Festival will run from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, with the films beginning at 6 p.m. in the Discovery Center’s Murdock Theatre.
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Gala Fashion Show Friday To Help Hood River Family
After an absence of a decade, a Gala Holiday Fashion Show will be held in Hood River this Friday. Cathy Carter has brought the show back, and she says a number of different Gorge merchants will be displaying clothing reflective of what people in the region wear. Proceeds from the show benefits the Hulett-Mahaffey family to help them with expenses related to medical treatments for their two-year-old child. The show begins Friday evening at 7 p.m. at the Best Western Hood River Inn Gorge Room. Tickets are $39, go to eventbrite.com.
November 8-9 Prep Sports Roundup
Oregon Class 5A Football Playoffs
First Round
Dallas 28, Hood River Valley 13
Oregon Class 1-A 8-Man Football Playoffs
First Round
Dufur 62, Powder Valley 14: The Rangers play a quarter-final against North Douglas on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Sutherlin High School.
Sherman 20, Mohawk 18: Sherman travels to Crosspoint Christian on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Union 74, Lyle-Wishram-Klickitat 20
Oregon Class 1-A 6-Man Football Playoffs
First Round
South Wasco 51, Days Creek 13: The Redsides are at North Lake on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Washington Class 2-B Football District Playoff
Goldendale 56, Lake Roosevelt 6: The Timberwolves advance to the first round of the state playoffs and will play at Freeman this weekend.
Oregon Class 5A Boys Soccer Quarterfinal
LaSalle 3, Hood River Valley 2 (4-2 PK)
Oregon Class 4A Boys Soccer Quarterfinal
Henley 2, The Dalles 1
Oregon Class 4A Girls Soccer Quarterfinal
North Marion 3, The Dalles 2 (OT)
Washington District 4 Class 1A Girls Soccer Tournament
Loser Out
King’s Way Christian 3, Columbia 1
Oregon Class 4A Volleyball Tournament
QF: Crook County def. The Dalles 16-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-22
Consolation: The Dalles def. Henley 25-17, 21-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-8
4th Place: The Dalles def. Cascade 25-22, 25-18, 17-25, 19-25, 15-10
Washington District 4 Class 1A Volleyball Championship
LaCenter def. Stevenson 22-25, 25-19, 25-18, 18-25, 15-13: Stevenson goes to the state tournament in Yakima, and will face Lynden Christian in round one of Friday afternoon at 2:30.
Washington District 5 Class 2B Volleyball Tournament
Goldendale def. Okanogan 3-1
Goldendale def. Warden 3-1: Timberwolves finish third in the tournament and advance to the state tournament in Yakima, and will face Freeman on Wednesday morning at 9:45.
Oregon Class 5A Boys Water Polo Tournament at Bend
Quarter-Final: Hood River Valley 18, Hillsboro 8
Semi-Final: Summit 8, Hood River Valley 7
Third Place: West Albany 10, Hood River Valley 9
Oregon Class 5A Girls Water Polo Tournament at Bend
Semi-Final: Hood River Valley 20, Hillsboro 4
Championship: Hood River Valley 15, West Albany 11
Cross Country
The Dalles was second in the boys’ standings and third in the girls’ at the Oregon Class 4A Cross Country Championships at Lane Community College in Eugene The boys trailed only Newport, and were led by Trey Hodges with a ninth place individual finish, followed by Caleb Caldwell in 11th and Tyson Long in 12th. The girls were third behind Philomath in Klamath Union, and were led by a second place effort from Alana Casady, while Abigail Pope was 27th.
Hood River Valley held off Caldera to finish fourth and bring home a trophy from the boys’ Class 5A Cross Country Championship. Logan King was the top Eagle finisher in seventh, while Kai Wagner was 27th. In the girls’ 5A race, HRV’s Syl Perrin was 26th.
At the Washington Class 1A Girls’ Cross Country Championship in Pasco, Columbia finished eighth and Stevenson 14th. Kathryn O’Connor led CHS with a 19th place finish, and Stevenson’s Daisy Jones was 48th. In the 1A boys’ run, Columbia was 15th as a team with the Bruins’ Noah Slayton in 30th.
Goldendale was 11th in the Class 2B boys’ standings and 12th in the girls’ run. The Timberwolves’ Malachi Lawson was 23rd in the boys’ race, and Emma Meagher was 40th in the girls’ run.
Ageless Awards Presented
The 2024 Wasco County Ageless Awards will be presented Friday at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center in The Dalles. The awards began in 2019 in conjunction with the statewide Age+ group. MCSC Executive Director Rob Garrett says they take nominations from around Wasco County. Garrett adds the awards also illustrate how seniors remain active and contributing members of the community. This year’s honorees are Rose Denslinger, Jody Chastain, Pat Lucas, and Pastor George Clark. The ceremony is at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon at Mid-Columbia Senior Center on 1112 West 9th in The Dalles.
Wasco County Discusses Local Access Roads
Wasco County Public Works Director Arthur Smith gave County Commissioners on options to help maintain local access roads around the County. Wasco County has about 125 miles of these roads, which are open to the public but are not in any governmental agency road system, and many are in need of repair that property owners have a difficult time affording. Smith notes the County is not in a fiscal position to take over those roads and special road districts and local improvement districts are difficult to put together. Smith added Wasco County isn’t the only place in the state facing this problem. One option that might be affordable would be for the County to provide rock for these roads. The main road through Tygh Valley is a local access road that needs maintenance, and Commissioners did authorize Smith to do an assessment on what can be done there.
Skamania County Search & Rescue Busy Again
The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office, along with search and rescue volunteers, were inundated with another round of search and rescue missions this past week. That includes a mushroom hunter becoming lost on Tuesday in the Trail of Two Forests area near Mt. St. Helens. The Volcano Rescue Team found that person after a five-hour search and reunited him with the reporting party. On Saturday, a mushroom harvester was reported missing near the Forest Service 93 Road, and was located a short time later and reunited with his group. And last Wednesday, a hiker called the Skamania County Communications Center for assistance from the Loowit Trail, on Mount Saint Helens, advising he was “stuck” in blizzard conditions and unable to return to his vehicle. After an eight-hour mission, the hiker was extracted from the trail and safely returned to his vehicle. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind visitors and residents of the lowering temperatures, lower-altitude snow, and decreased daylight that occur this time of year.
Second ATM Theft In Skamania County
There has been a second theft within just over two months of an Automated Teller Machine in Skamania County. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says early Saturday morning, a suspect entered a building at Elk Ridge Golf Course and removed an ATM with a hand truck. That’s after an ATM was stolen in a similar manner from Skamania Lodge in late August. The Sheriff’s Office suspects the two crimes are related. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says anyone who has information regarding these incidents should contact its non-emergency dispatch number at 509-427-9490 and dial 0.
Klickitat/Skamania County Election Returns as of 8:30 p.m.
Klickitat County Commission Pos. 1
Todd Andrews (R) 3,141 53.1%
Amanda Kitchings (I) 2,761 46.7%
Klickitat County Commission Pos. 3
Ron Ihrig (R) 3,464 62.6%
Dan Christopher (R) 2,015 36.4%
Klickitat County EMS Proposition 1
Yes 4,246 72.7%
No 1,595 27.3%
Skamania County Commission Pos. 1
Brian Nichols (R) 3,974 68.4%
Mary Ellen Grode (Ind. Party) 1,817 31.6%
Skamania County Commission Pos. 2
Rob Farris (R) 3,710 62.8%
Mary Repar (D) 2,204 37.2%
Skamania County PUD Board
Dan Boyes 3,062 58.2%
Mel Steele 2,178 41.8%
Skamania County Cemetery District Property Tax Lid Lift
No 4,281 73.2%
Yes 1,567 26.8%
Underwood Parks and Recreation District Six-Year Continuation of Levy
Yes 326 65.9%
No 169 34.1%
Skamania County Sheriff’s 3/10 of a cent sales tax
No 3,148 52.4%
Yes 2,864 47.6%
Wasco/Sherman County Election Returns as of 8:15 p.m.
Wasco County Commission Pos. 2
Jeff Justesen 6,193 57%
Brian Lauterbach 4,606 43%
Wasco County Sheriff
Lane Magill 8,229 81%
Write-In 1,953 19%
The Dalles City Council Pos. 3
Dan Richardson 3,097 60.3%
Debra Liddell Gomez 2,015 39.7%
CGCC Bond Measure
Yes 12,134 53.3%
No 10,628 46.7%
White River Health District 5-year local option
Yes 414 35.1%
No 764 64.9%
Dufur Mayor
Connor Reed 276
Merle Keys 108
Michael Austin 33
Dufur City Council Pos. 1
Brandon Welk 225
Josiah Dean 148
Dufur City Council Pos. 5
William Parke 270
Tony Gonzalez 96
Maupin City Council (vote for 3)
Tom Troutman 158
Madeline Rhoades 157
Matthias Kesler 156
Kathy Peck 129
Rob Miles 104
Shaniko City Council (vote for 2)
Sandi Thomas 22
Pam Brown 21
Sandy Cereghino 10
Mark Haskett 10
Antelope Mayor
Carol Raymond 11
Julianne Herman 10
Antelope City Council Pos. 4
Elizabeth Samul 14
Julie Davis 8
Rufus Mayor
Austin Evans 81
Amber Baker 23
Rufus City Council Pos. 3
Daniel Ruise 65
Wendy Boyer 58
Hood River County Election Returns as of 9:40 p.m.
Hood River County Public Safety Levy
Yes 8,416 73.4%
No 3,049 26.6%
Hood River City Council
Amanda Goeke 2,606
Gladys Rivera 2,593
Anna Cavaleri 2,465
Curt Ivy 1,415
Cascade Locks Mayor
Brenda Wood 331 50.5%
Pete Happy 319 48.7%
Cascade Locks City Council (vote for 3)
Tiffany Pruit 308
Marianne Bump 296
Bernard Seeger 287
Emily Seely 189
Courtnee Keilman 187
Butch Miller 181
Samuel Murillo 175
Sean Crompton 88
Scott Jackson 40
Cascade Locks EMS Fee to Fund EMS Services
Yes 477 72.3%
No 183 27.7%
New Cascade Locks City Charter
No 353 54.5%
Yes 295 45.5%