Boys Basketball
Seton Catholic 64, Columbia 45
King’s Way Christian 88, Stevenson 49
South Wasco 71, Dufur 65
Sherman 48, Horizon Christian 37
Royal 85, Goldendale 74
Girls Basketball
Pendleton 75, Hood River Valley 27
South Wasco 55, Dufur 52
Trout Lake 60, Lyle-Wishram 30
A robust community effort to get The Dalles featured on “Small Business Revolution” has fallen short of its goal.
Program co-host and Deluxe Corporation Chief Brand and Communications Officer Amanda Brinkman announced Tuesday night that Fredonia, New York had been selected from among five finalists.
Voting had taken place over an eight day period that ended last Tuesday, and Fredonia had led in every update issued on the program’s Facebook page, with The Dalles in second.
A large crowd gathered in The Dalles Civic Auditorium to hear the announcement, and after a moment of disappointment, broke out in a loud roar saluting the community effort, and civic leaders also spoke about how the town had been brought together in the process, and the opportunity to do more with that unity.
The “Small Business Revolution” program and Deluxe Corporation will invest $500,000 in Fredonia to improve six small businesses over eight episodes during the fifth season of the program, which is distributed on Amazon Prime and Hulu.
Workers doing maintenance repairs at the Sorosis Reservoir in The Dalles have found leaky pipes underneath the tank that need to be fixed. City Public Works Director Dave Anderson reported the need to the City Council at their Monday evening meeting, noting contractors who were painting the inside of the tank and doing some seismic upgrades found the damage. He said the cost to fix them will run approximately $86,000. Mayor Rich Mays says they City has the money to do it in their capital reserve fund without using general fund dollars. Anderson added metal deterioration has been detected in the roof structure, and he will be coming back to Councilors for authorization to make those repairs.
Washington 14th District Representative Chris Corry is optimistic a bill to provide compensation to ranchers and farmers whose land leases are terminated early by the Washington Department of Natural Resources will pass this session. Corry introduced a similar bill in 2019, and the Republican says he has worked with various groups and DNR to make adjustments to it and bring it back this year with a compensation plan that would give the farmer or rancher net returns for the remaining years of the lease that is being terminated. State law allows DNR to use a non-default termination to replace a lessee with a higher-revenue tenant. The terminations have been occurring as the state receives offers from companies interested in locating solar farms on DNR lands.
The Oregon Department Of Transportation says it will keep a two-mile section of the Historic Columbia River Highway west of Multnomah Falls closed until at least Wednesday afternoon while crews evaluate whether a small Tuesday morning slide indicates a more serious threat. The road will remain closed between Multnomah Falls and the Angel’s Rest trailhead. ODOT geologists and hydrologists inspected the area Tuesday morning and determined that the road should remain closed as a safety precaution. The heavy rain forecast for the Columbia River Gorge could create further instability in an area prone to slides. Crews will consider Wednesday whether to reopen the road.
Boys Basketball
Hood River Valley 61, Mac-Hi 36: The Eagles cruise to the win in Milton-Freewater in a tuneup for a key Intermountain Conference game at home against Redmond on Friday night.
LaCenter 74, Stevenson 63: The Bulldogs fall into a tie for third in the Trico League with Seton Catholic.
Girls Basketball
King’s Way Christian 49, Columbia 31: The Knights scored 34 second half points to propel themselves to the victory.
LaCenter 39, Stevenson 37: LaCenter comes back from seven points down at halftime to grab the win. Stevenson and Columbia are tied for third in the Trico.
Tuesday evening The Dalles will learn if has won last week’s Internet vote to be featured in season five of the “Small Business Revolution” program. Fredonia, New York had led every update issued on the program’s Facebook page with The Dalles second. Main Street The Dalles led a massive voting push featuring its lovethedalles.com website and establishing a number of locations where people could vote multiple times per day on a number of different devices. The program’s producers will announce the selected city in a streamed presentation Tuesday at 5 p.m., with program co-host and Deluxe Corporation Chief Brand and Communications Officer Amanda Brinkman appearing on stage in the winning city. A watch party is planned for The Dalles Civic Auditorium Tuesday, with doors opening at 3:30 p.m., and video presentations beginning around 3:45. The “Small Business Revolution” program and Deluxe Corporation will invest $500,000 in The Dalles to improve six small businesses over eight episodes during the fifth season of the program, which is distributed on Amazon Prime and Hulu.
Hood River City Manager Rachel Fuller says last week’s water line break and boil water advisory exposed some weaknesses in the City’s public communication process. Fuller said on Bicoastal Media’s Mid-Columbia Today program on Monday that they understand it was an unnerving situation for some residents, and some of their communication plans did not go as expected. She says many of those have been resolved, but there is more work to do. Many of the issues involved the technology the City uses to put out emergency messages did not work as expected. Fuller adds a City-wide review of all of their emergency operations plans has been initiated, and that they need to learn from the experience.
Klickitat County Commissioners are receiving requests from communities to allow ATV’s to be driven on public roads under certain parameters. The Dallesport Community Council will make a presentation to the Commission at their Tuesday meeting, and Bickleton has also made a request. The County allowed ATV’s on roads in the Glenwood area as a pilot project a few years ago, and Commissioner Rex Johnston says so far it seems to have worked out. The County can authorize ATV use on roads with speed limits up to 35 miles per hour.
Boys Basketball
Redmond 65, The Dalles 45
LaCenter 75, Columbia 31
Stevenson 58, Castle Rock 55
Dufur 49, Perrydale 48
Mitchell-Spray 61, Dufur 59
Ione 66, Horizon Christian 41
South Wasco 83, Mitchell-Spray 51
Sunnyside Christian 67, Trout Lake 39
Yakama Tribal 78, Klickitat-Glenwood 15
Tri-Cities Prep 67, Lyle-Wishram 17
Mabton 73, Lyle-Wishram 21
Bickleton 60, Trout Lake 43
Cle Elum-Roslyn 72, Goldendale 63
Girls Basketball
Ridgeview 61, Hood River Valley 19
The Dalles 52, Redmond 43
Columbia 61, Stevenson 59
Perrydale 50, Dufur 21
Dufur 59, Mitchell-Spray 20
South Wasco 56, Mitchell-Spray 26
Damascus Christian 49, South Wasco 35
Sunnyside Christian 45, Trout Lake 41
Tri-Cities Prep 66, Lyle-Wishram 25
Mabton 81, Lyle-Wishram 40
Sherman 51, Klickitat-Glenwood 35
Cle Elum-Roslyn 54, Goldendale 45
Wrestling
Hood River Valley was fifth and The Dalles 11th in the Hood River Invitational. Hood River Valley’s Chad Muenzer won the 138 pound division and Dusty Dodge of The Dalles took first at 170. In the girls’ portion of the tourney HRV was 11th and The Dalles 26th.
Hood River Valley 51, Bend 28
Girls Wrestling
Bend 53, Hood River Valley 3
Swimming
The Dalles won both the boys and girls titles at the Madras Invitational. The girls won by 51 points over second place Corbett, while the girls nipped the host White Buffaloes by eight points.
Nordic Skiing
Hood River Valley boys and girls both finished sixth in the Cross Country Oregon Invitational at Mt. Bachelor. The Eagles’ Frances Dickinson finished 13th in the girls’ individual 5K.
