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April 4 Prep Sports Roundup

Baseball

Country Christian 8, Sherman 4

 

Track and Field

Hood River Valley’s Simone Tillman won two events, while the Eagle boys scored first place finishes in eight different events in a three-school Northwest Oregon Conference meet at Milwaukie.

Hannah Adams of Horizon Christian won two events as the Hawks’ girls scored a total of four first place finishes at the St. Paul Buckaroo Roundup.  Dufur’s Hayley Peterson won the girls’ shot put.

 

Girls Lacrosse

Hood River Valley 17, Wilsonville 9:  The Eagles’ Lily Goldman scored five goals in the victory.

 

Chinook Season Downstream Of Bonneville Dam Extended To Tuesday

Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added four additional days, from Saturday through Tuesday, of recreational spring Chinook salmon fishing in the mainstem Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam.  The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says through last Sunday, April 2, there have been about 23,500 angler trips, resulting in a harvest of approximately 1,000 adult spring Chinook, only about 14 percent of the upriver spring Chinook allocation available to it prior to an in-season run size update.  ODFW staff believe that could go up to 40 percent of its pre-update upriver spring Chinook allocation by today, when the fishery was originally scheduled to close, leaving room to add more days and remain confident that the fishery will be well within its conservation limits.  The season upstream of Bonneville Dam, from the Tower Island power lines upstream to the Oregon/Washington border, started Monday and is scheduled to continue through Thursday, May 2. 

Bonham Tabbed As Senate Republican Leader

Oregon State 26th District Senator Daniel Bonham of The Dalles has been tabbed as the new Senate Republican Leader.  Bonham will take over for Tim Knopp of Bend, effective on April 15.  Knopp cannot run for re-election in November.  He and five other GOP Senators whose terms are up at the end of 2024 were disqualified from the November ballot when the Oregon Supreme Court upheld Measure 113, approved by voters in 2022 to dissuade lawmaker walkouts, which Republican Senators did the following year.  Bonham’s term runs through the end of 2026, and he ineligible to seek re-election at that time.  Bonham was elected to the Senate in 2023, after serving six years in the Oregon House.

Wasco County Seeks DHS Grant To Update Emergency Ops Plan

Wasco County will be applying for a grant from the Oregon Department of Human Services to help fund an update to the Wasco County Emergency Operations Plan.  DHS recently received $10 million in funds from the Oregon Legislature for the Resilience Hubs and Networks Grant program.  County Emergency Manager Sheridan McClellan says the current emergency plan is out of date and in need of revision, and does not include incorporated cities in it.  Plans for the revision include incorporating city-specific addendums for incidents unique to their jurisdiction that is not covered by the basic plan.  Cost to do the revision work is estimated at $70,000.

April 3 Prep Sports Roundup

Baseball

Pendleton 3, The Dalles 1

 

Softball

Nelson 14, Hood River Valley 13:  The Hawks scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win a wild game in Happy Valley.  That came after Marina Castaneda hit a grand slam and Isa Rivera clubbed a two-run homer to give the Eagles the lead as part of six-run sixth inning.

 

Boys Lacrosse

Hood River Valley 15, Newberg 5

Kramer To Talk With OHA Official About Resolution Center Funds

Wasco County Commission Chair Steve Kramer says he will have a meeting with an Oregon Health Authority official on Tuesday as the drive to seek funding to construct a long-planned mental and behavioral health Resolution Center in The Dalles continues.  Center backers have been trying to get the OHA to release $9.3 million in funding designated to go to the original provider for the Center that withdrew from the project, and give it to Wasco County to move forward.  Kramer told fellow County Commissioners on Wednesday that he has been disappointed with communication with the OHA, but hopes the meeting with Behavioral Health Strategic Projects Director Christa Jones will be productive, adding they will be direct with their questions.  The Resolution Center would serve the entire Mid-Columbia region.

No Jail Resolution At End Of Klickitat County Commission Meeting

Klickitat County Commissioners got an update from staff Tuesday afternoon on where they are at in the fact-finding on the future of the Klickitat County Jail and whether a contract with NORCOR in The Dalles to house inmates is feasible.  That came after an emotionally charged morning session with over two hours of public comment that ranged from praising heading toward closing the jail as proactive to condemning the Commission for not doing enough to provide the jail what it needs, and jail employees who felt insulted that commissioners had not talked to them to hear what they go through on a day-to-day basis.  Staff said they have contacted many stakeholders but they have some steps still to take, and Commission Chair Lori Zoller said they weren’t ready to present any kind of resolution.

 

The morning began with Zoller and Anderson making statements as to why they had moved forward with a motion during a special meeting last Friday to enter into negotiations with NORCOR.  Anderson said he could not comment on the pending legal cases stemming from the jail and contract negotiations with corrections officers, but said he had been talking to stakeholders for a number of months, and shared a financial analysis of the jail that shows a projected $635,000 deficit for 2024, noting the County cannot continue with the status quo.  But Commissioner Dan Christopher said that he had no knowledge of what the other commissioners were doing in regards to the jail before Friday’s meeting, and called moving to close the jail a rush to judgement.  Commissioners did ask for staff to provide updates on their jail research at their weekly Tuesday meetings.

Firefighters Contain Structural Blaze In Goldendale

Firefighters were able to contain a late Monday night fire at Café Genevieve’s on South Columbus and East Court in Goldendale to the southside of the building.  A statement from the Goldendale Fire Department indicates the main progression of the fire was knocked down within a short period of time, but work efforts extended well into Tuesday morning.  The fire extended through the walls and ceiling but was contained to the southside of the building, while smoke did extend throughout the structure.  Goldendale Fire Chief Noah Halm credited the quick fire extinguishment to engine crews arriving on scene within six minutes of the call being paged by emergency dispatchers.  The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

Next Door Taking Applications For Summer Program

The Next Door is taking applications for its Summer Youth Employment Program.  Youth Services Department Manager Heather Howard says the jobs involve doing projects on the Mount Hood National Forest.  Applications are being taken for crew members, with youth age 14 to 20 eligible.  Howard says they are also seeking crew leaders, who should be 21 or older.  To apply, go to nextdoorinc.org.

 

Visit Hood River Grant Applications Available Until The End Of Week

Visit Hood River is taking applications for its Community Investment Matching Grants program until the end of the week.  Visit Hood River’s Hannah Settje says they have up to $50,000 to award to support businesses and economic vitality in the Hood River area.  Each project requires its own application, and applicants must demonstrate the ability to meet the matching funding requirements.  The Community Investment Matching Grant Program application and guidelines are available on the Visit Hood River website in English and Spanish.

 

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