Klickitat County is considering whether to open up roads to help with firefighting efforts in the Columbia Hills area of the County.  County Commissioner Jim Sizemore says he was asked by Centerville fire officials to organize a meeting with property owners to discuss the issue.  Sizemore adds the goal would be to increase the accessibility for firefighting equipment to get into the Columbia Hills and extinguish blazes rather than letting them burn.  The meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday evening in the Centerville Fire Hall.

A group of law enforcement agencies conducted a sex offender compliance sweep in Hood River County this month, resulting in enforcement actions against six registered sex offenders.  The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says compliance checks showed that of the 89 sex offenders in the county, eight were non-compliant, resulting in arrest, citation, or warning on six offenders.  The remaining two verified as non-compliant were not located, likely due to moving out of state.  The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office, United States Marshal’s Service, and Oregon State Police took part in the sweep.

Baseball

Hood River Valley splits with Crook County, losing game one 6-4 but winning the second contest 12-0:  Ryan Gray pitched a five-inning perfect game to help the Eagles bounce back after losing their first Intermountain Conference game of the season in the opener.

The Dalles sweeps Ridgeview 16-0 and 4-0:  Mike Armstrong pitched a five-inning perfect game in the opener, as the Riverhawks now share first place in the Intermountain Conference with Hood River Valley.

Sherman split with Pilot Rock, winning game one 4-1 but losing the nightcap 2-1.

Dufur at Union doubleheader postponed to today at 2 p.m.

Lyle-Wishram lost two games to Sunnyside Christian in extra innings, falling 8-4 in eight innings and 8-7 in ten innings.

Softball

The Dalles splits with Ridgeview, losing the opener 8-0 but coming back for a 2-1 win in the second contest to hand the Ravens their first loss of the season and moving into a tie for first in the Intermountain Conference.

Hood River Valley sweeps Crook County 11-0 and 17-6:  Lauren Decker pitched a four-hit shutout in the opener, while Makenzie Chambers had a grand slam on the way to driving in five runs in the nightcap, running her school record RBI total to 52 in 15 games.

Stevenson at Castle Rock, postponed to Wednesday.

Goldendale sweeps LaSalle (Yakima) 16-1 and 17-2

Track and Field

Columbia and Stevenson finished one-two in the boys’ competition while they were third and fourth behind victorious Estacada in the girls’ standings of the Bruin Invitational in White Salmon.  Lincoln Krog of Stevenson won three boys’ events while Columbia’s Stanley Hylton and Chandlor Bucklin won two apiece.  Hannah Polkinghorn and Chanele Reyes each won a pair for the CHS girls.

The Dalles girls were fourth and the boys sixth at the Hermiston Kiwanis Invitational.  Dufur’s Kiersten White won the girls’ high jump.

Hood River Valley’s Frances Dickinson won the girls’ 1500 meters and took second in the 800 at the Wilsonville Invitational.

Horizon Christian’s boys were second and the girls fourth at the Condon-Wheeler Invitational.  Caleb Lingel, Andrew Wells, Kyle Brown, and Valerie Bruggeman were event winners for the Hawks.

Trout Lake won both the boys and girls team titles at the Pirate Invitational in Bickleton.  Kevan Bren of Glenwood and Jeremiah Larson of Klickitat won two boys’ events apiece, while Glenwood’s Brooklyn Emerson won three girls’ events.

Goldendale’s Ellie Rising won the girls’ 800 meters and finished second in the 1600 while Tiana Watson won the javelin at the Prosser Rotary Invitational.

Boys Tennis

Redmond 8, Hood River Valley 0

Boys Lacrosse

Hood River Valley 8, Summit 7

White Salmon will not have a swimming pool this summer.  Klickitat County and Washington state health inspectors found numerous critical deficiencies to the aging pool that are a significant risk to health and safety that would have to be repaired prior to its opening, and the cost is estimated at over $50,000, more than what municipal officials had budgeted to run the pool this summer, so City Councilors made the decision not to reopen it.  The City along with the new White Salmon Valley Metropolitan Pool District agreed to look into providing discounted passes to the Hood River Valley Aquatic Center for district residents this summer.  The pool district has already indicated it is highly unlikely a new pool can be built before the 2020 summer season.  That district was created in November with the intent of seeing through construction and then operation of a new swimming pool.

Oregon 26th District State Senator Chuck Thomsen is expecting the K-12 education budget for the upcoming biennium to reach the $10.37 billion that school officials say is needed statewide to maintain current service levels.  The Governor’s budget proposal was for $9.24 billion, but Thomsen says this is following a pattern he has seen in his previous eight years in Salem.  He says every year it reaches that mark once the revenue forecast comes out.  Thomsen is not in favor of using new taxes to fund another two billion dollars in school initiatives Governor Kate Brown is pushing for.  The Hood River Republican believes if those are adopted they can be done through existing revenues. 

Baseball

Sunnyside Christian 5, Lyle-Wishram 4:  Sunnyside Christian scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to come from behind for the win.

Track and Field

Sherman was the boys’ winner and South Wasco took the girls’ title at the Husky Twilight Meet in Moro.  Sherman’s Tyler Jones, Luke Martin, and Owen Christiansen all won two boys’ events for Sherman, while Daisy Brown of Sherman and Abbie Silvey of South Wasco both won a pair of events in the girls’ competition.

Boys Soccer

Toledo 4, Columbia 0

Stevenson 3, Castle Rock 1

Girls Tennis

The Dalles 5, Ridgeview 3:  The Riverhawks won three out of four doubles matches to take the victory.

Castle Rock 4, Stevenson 1

Girls Lacrosse

West Linn 14, Hood River Valley 13:  Josie Peterson scored five goals for the Eagles in the game.

The Dalles Police Department has identified the driver of a vehicle that crashed on Monday after a pursuit by police was discontinued as 32-year-old Jessica Widner.  Widner suffered critical injuries and was taken by Lifeflight to a Portland area hospital.  According to a statement by the department, in-car video confirms that officers had discontinued the pursuit, but the vehicle Widner was driving was involved in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 30.  The statement also says officers terminated the pursuit just outside of Rowena because speeds were not safe for the driver, officers, and the public.  Police reports of both the pursuit and the accident are being reviewed by the Wasco County District Attorney’s office.

Oregon 59th District State Representative Daniel Bonham says there won’t be much activity on the carbon cap-and-trade bill in the next couple of weeks beside amendments that continue to roll in.  The Dalles Republican, who is on the Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction that is dealing with the bill, says there have been 120 amendments offered so far, which is far more than the normal amount.  He uses as an example trying to find a formula for a fuel tax rebate that is fair to rural residents.  Bonham says his goal remains that if the bill is going to pass to make it “livable.”

A group of Mid-Columbia health care advocates have formed the Gorge Wellness Alliance.  One Community Health behavioral health manager Lucas O’Laughlin says members from Wasco, Hood River, Klickitat, and Skamania counties make up the group that looks to promote healthier lifestyles in the region.  The group is also trying to destigmatize mental health issues.  To that effort, the GWA is producing a series of short videos featuring people who are living positive, productive lives despite mental health or substance abuse challenges.  They are looking for people willing to be interviewed.  Those interested can call 503-560-6402.

Track and Field

Crook County won both the boys and girls team competitions in a six-school meet at Henderson Stadium.  The Dalles was second and Hood River Valley third in the boys’ standings, while on the girls’ side Hood River Valley was second and The Dalles third.  The Riverhawks’ Kristine Carter won three events, while Hood River Valley’s Robby Running and Henry Buckles won two apiece.

Boys Lacrosse

Sherwood 10, Hood River Valley 2