Softball

The Dalles splits with Crook County, winning game one 15-4 but dropping the second contest 13-12 as the Cowgirls grabbed their first league win of the season.  The Dalles falls to 7-4 in the Intermountain Conference and now sit in third place.

Baseball

Dufur 10, Lyle-Wishram 0

Naches Valley 26, Goldendale 0

Track and Field

Columbia’s boys were first and girls second in a five-school meet at Seton Catholic.  The Bruins’ Hannah Polkinghorn won both girls’ sprints.  Trout Lake’s Samuel Gaige won both the boys’ high jump and pole vault.

Stevenson’s boys and girls won a three-school meet at LaCenter.  The Bulldogs’ Lincoln Krog won four events and Kaitlyn Rathgeber three.

Boys Tennis

Hood River Valley 7, Ridgeview 1

Boys Soccer

Columbia 7, Castle Rock 1:  The Bruins finish third in the Trico League, and will play a first round Southwest Washington Class 1A district tournament match in Montesano on Monday at 6 p.m. against an opponent still to be determined.

Boys Lacrosse

Oregon Episcopal 11, Hood River Valley 10

The Port of Hood River announced it is changing the times for planned overnight closures of the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge over the next three weeks.  The bridge will now close at 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday nights the next three weeks beginning May 5, and reopen at 5:30 a.m. the next morning.  Port Executive Director Michael McElwee says the move was made in response to significant concerns from food and beverage industry commuters on both sides of the river.  McElwee added the closures must be eight hours in duration, with the goal of avoiding closures extending into heavy traffic morning commute times.  Complete closure information is available at portofhoodirver.com.

The 32nd annual The Dalles Community Cleanup will take place on Saturday, with a slight change in the event location.  The disposal site for yard debris and large items will be at the southwest corner of 6th and Webber Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  The Cleanup will also include the Re-Use Fair, where people can drop off gently used items for others to take at no cost.  People are also encouraged to bring donations of canned food for The Dalles food bank.  For complete information on what will be accepted at the Cleanup and what cannot be taken, go to thedalles.org.

The Hood River County School District will remain open on Wednesday, the date the Oregon Education Association has been calling for a teacher walkout to call for increases to school funding, with teachers in Hood River opting for an after-school rally in Jackson Park.  In a statement, Superintendent Dan Goldman said administrators and teachers all agree that students in the district cannot afford to miss another day of instruction this year.  He added both the administration and staff recognize the Hood River County community already provides support that allows students to experience excellent educational programming.  Goldman did say the Oregon Legislature and Governor Kate Brown need to adequately fund the public school system after what he called “three decades of disinvestment.”  The Hood River Education Association , Oregon School Employees Association, the district board of directors, and administration have agreed to hold a “Red for Ed” rally at 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon in Jackson Park as a call to action for school funding.

The 13th annual Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour starts Friday and continues through the weekend throughout the region.  This year 48 artists will participate, featuring the highest quality of work from a variety of mediums.  Joanna Kaufman says they have ten new artists on this year’s tour, some of them new to the Gorge.  The studios are located throughout the Gorge, and will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.  For tour maps and more information go to gorgeartists.org.

Oregon State University Extension in Hood River and Wasco counties is inviting area growers to take part in an orchard soil moisture monitoring workshop later this month.  Extension horticulturalist Ashley Thompson says soil moisture monitoring has become more important with drought conditions and the planting of more high density fruit trees over the last few years.  The workshop will be May 16 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 4374 Willow Flat Road in Hood River.  For more information, call Thompson at 541-296-5494.

Klickitat County will put a ban on outdoor burning in its “Burn Ban Zone One” into effect on May 15.  Burn Ban Zone One defined as lands east of the Klickitat County Fire District #7 eastern boundary outside the jurisdictions of the Yakama Indian Nation and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.  The ban prohibits the issuance of burning permits except for authorized agricultural burning, and will be in effect through at least September 30.  Residential barbecues will be allowed.  Last year Klickitat County established three zones for the issuance of burning regulations.  Zone One is the eastern-most zone.  More information is available at the Klickitat County Emergency Management webpage.

The Dalles Main Street program has received a $200,000 Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant from the state to help restore the façade of the three storefronts of the Recreation Building.  Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, awarded 30 matching grants worth over five million dollars to Oregon Main Street Network organizations across the state for building projects that encourage economic revitalization.  The Dalles Main Street award is at the high end of the grants.  The department funded projects that best conveyed the ability to stimulate private investment and local economic development, and best fit within the community’s long range plan for downtown vitality.

Washington 14th District Representative Gina Mosbrucker saw four bills she sponsored signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee this week.  The governor signed a measure allowing inspections of factory-built housing and commercial structures built out of state to be performed by inspectors other than the Department of Labor and Industries, and another increasing penalties for animal abuse, and particularly against those who use dogs for blood sport fighting.  Inslee also signed a bill relating to natural gas taxes that synchronizes tax rates to help public utility districts be more competitive throughout the marketplace, and a fourth to provide information and helpful resources in the workplace for domestic violence survivors.  Another bill authored by Mosbrucker awaiting action by the governor would create a single vehicle license that allows for the operation of a motorcycle as either a motorcycle or a snow bike.

The Roy Webster Columbia River Cross Channel Swim is moving to Cascade Locks.  The Hood River County Chamber of Commerce posted swim registration information on its website Wednesday that the annual Labor Day swim in the Columbia River will move to the west.  The document says 95 percent of the swimmers the Chamber polled were in favor of the move.  Chamber executive director Mike Glover says the key to the move is retaining volunteer numbers, but they are getting commitments to take part.  With the move, participants will get on the Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge at the ferry dock in Cascade Locks to go over to the Washington side of the river.  The swim will be two-tenths of a mile longer than it was in Cascade Locks.