The annual Wasco County Children’s Fair will take place on Saturday in The Dalles City Park. Columbia Gorge Community College Child Care Partners puts the event on with help from 26 different agencies from around the area. Nancey Patten of Child Care Partners says it’s a free event to provide fun activities for children and their parents. There will be face painting, carnival style games, arts and crafters, music, and much more. It will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at The Dalles City Park.
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Ten More Days For Chinook Fishing Downstream Of Bonneville Dam
Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added ten additional fishing days for recreational spring Chinook downstream of Bonneville Dam during a joint state hearing this week. Fishery biologists are now expecting a return of 122,400 upriver-origin adult Chinook, similar to the pre-season forecast of 121,000. As of May 13, a total of 72,273 adult spring Chinook have passed Bonneville Dam, which is 89 percent of the 10-year average cumulative count and 123 percent of the 5-year average for this date. Typically, 50 percent of spring Chinook have passed Bonneville Dam by May 11. The season dates are now from Friday to Sunday this weekend, Saturday to Monday next weekend, and June 12 through June 15, from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to Beacon Rock plus bank angling only from Beacon Rock upstream to the Bonneville Dam deadline. The spring Chinook allocation for the mainstem upstream of Bonneville Dam has already been met, so this area will not reopen until the summer Chinook season begins both upstream and downstream of Bonneville Dam on June 16.
Klickitat County Approves Bingen Point Permit
The Klickitat County Commission approved a Shorelines Conditional Use Permit for the Port of Klickitat to make improvements on about 40 acres of the Bingen Industrial Park to support light industrial development and recreational use. The only question from the Commission was whether parking for the boat launch at the park would be maintained, and Port Property Manager David Sauter said it would be. Work will include leveling, filling, constructing asphalt roadways and multi-use pathways, paving parking areas, improving access, relocating existing pumphouses, stormwater management, and constructing franchise utilities. The permit had received a unanimous recommendation from the Klickitat County Planning Commission.
Grant For Hood River Basin Partnership
The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board has granted a Focused Investment Partnership award to the Hood River Basin Partnership. The Hood River Watershed Group says over the course of six years, partners will receive an anticipated total of $10,140,242 to implement projects in the Hood River Basin Aquatic Habitat Restoration Initiative.The Initiative includes the highest priority irrigation delivery and on-farm water conservation projects, instream and floodplain habitat restoration, stakeholder engagement, restoration design, and project effectiveness monitoring. The Hood River Basin Partnership – which includes the Hood River Watershed Group, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, Hood River Soil and Water Conservation District, the Hood River Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the East Fork, Farmers, and Middle Fork Irrigation Districts developed the Initiative with guidance from the Hood River Basin Strategic Action Plan that identifies and prioritizes restoration practices throughout the watershed.
Wasco County Sheriff Goes On X
The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office has added another social media outlet for putting out information. The Sheriff’s Office is now on X, which was formerly known as Twitter. A County spokesperson said it is in order to better reach the community during the wildfire season. In addition to the Wasco County Sheriff’s website and Facebook pages, emergency messages will also be posted on X through the end of wildfire season. Wasco County also has a Facebook page along with an Instagram page.
WAGAP Receives Funds From Skyline Health Foundation
The Skyline Health Foundation has awarded Washington Gorge Action Programs $8,000 as part of its 2024 Community Health Grant, which supports non-profit organizations that work to improve the health and well-being of the community within Skyline’s service area. WAGAP received a pair of grants: $5,000 for its Food Bank Nutrition program, and $3,000 for the Pathways Health Connect program. The Food Bank Network works to provide access to local and other cultural foods. The Pathways Health Connect program grant will support transportation to important medical and mental health appointments, and for prescription copays and medical supplies.
TD Budget Committee Finishes Work
The Dalles City Budget Committee wrapped up its work in two meetings, eliminating the need for a third. The Committee unanimously passed on the budget for the 2024-25 Fiscal Year with few significant changes. City Councilor Tim McGlothlin chaired the panel, and thanked the citizens who took part in looking over the financial document. McGlothlin added the committee played a role in finding a way to streamline how available funds are used. The budget now goes to the City Council for final approval in June.
WS Schools To Implement Standard Responses To Emergencies
The White Salmon Valley School District will be implementing a standard response protocol for emergency situations this fall. District Superintendent Rich Polkinghorn says the plan will use common language in all of the district’s buildings to respond to all kinds of emergencies, from weather events to threats to personal safety. The premise involves five specific actions that can be performed during an incident with a word assigned to communicate the action…followed by directions for each action.
Prep Sports Roundup For May 15
Baseball
Hillsboro 7, Hood River Valley 3: The Spartans knocked the Eagles out of the post-season hunt with the win. Hillsboro scored in every inning but one on the way to the victory.
The Dalles 13, Junction City 4: Avery Schwartz had four hits with a double and a home run, and drove in four runs.
Softball
Canby 2, Hood River Valley 1: The Cougars scored two runs in the first inning and made them stand up for the win.
The Dalles 16, Clackamas 1: The Riverhawks scored 11 runs in the first inning. Jeilane Stewart homered and drove in five runs. Maddie Brock and Keiliani Crichton-Tunai also had home runs for The Dalles.
Southwest Washington Class 1A Softball Playoffs
Elma 15, Columbia 5
Eatonville 16, Columbia 14
Washington District 5 Class 2B Softball Playoffs
Semi-Final
Warden 14, Goldendale 0: Goldendale faces Cle Elum-Roslyn in a loser-out game on Friday in Yakima.
Track and Field
Goldendale’s boys finished second to host Cle Elum-Roslyn at the EWAC Districts. The Timberwolves’ Raymond Holycross won both hurdles races, the long jump, and the triple jump, while Sean Henrikson won the 800 and 1600 meters, and Matthew Gray was first in the 100. Goldendale’s Emma Meagher won the girls’ 1600 and 3200 meters.
May 14 Prep Sports Roundup
Softball
Putnam 8, Hood River Valley 7: Putnam won the game on a run in the bottom of the seventh after HRV came back from a 6-2 deficit, including two in the top of the seventh on consecutive hits by Kenadie Lucas, Isa Rivera, and Marina Castaneda. Rivera had four hits in the game, including a pair of doubles, while Castaneda homered. The loss leaves HRV two games out of a playoff spot with just two to play.
Bend 8, The Dalles 3: An eight-run third inning gave the Lava Bears the non-league win, breaking the Riverhawks 19-game winning streak. Jeilane Stewart hit a home run for The Dalles.
Washington District 5 Class 2B Softball Playoffs
First Round
Goldendale 18, Tri-Cities Prep 10; Addie Bomberger homered and drove in five runs to lead the Timberwolves, who move on to play a semi-final at Warden today.
Golf
Dufur’s Tygh Timinsky finished seventh at the Oregon Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Girls Golf Tournament. Katelyn Vasser of The Dalles finished 20th.
Hood River Valley’s John Olsen finished 24th and Davis Kerr 43rd at the Oregon Class 5A Boys Golf Tournament at Quail Valley Golf Club in Banks.
Kirstin Fox of HRV finished 30th in the Class 5A Girls Golf Tournament at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, with her best two rounds of the year.
Boys Lacrosse
Hood River Valley 10, Ida B. Wells 6
Oregon State Girls Lacrosse Playoffs
First Round
West Linn 15, Hood River Valley 7