The Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour is returning later this month. After being held in September last year, the event is scheduled for a more traditional spring weekend of April 22-24. Gorge Artists board member Ted Olson says 32 artists have confirmed that they will open their studios and be part of the tour. Studios of the participating artists from Cascade Locks to The Dalles on both sides of the Columbia River will be open to the public all three days. To get a tour map and more information, go to gorgeartists.org.

Baseball

Oregon City 11, Hood River Valley 0

The Dalles 4, Milwaukie 3

Battle Ground 10, The Dalles 0

King’s Way Christian 10, Columbia 2

Dufur sweeps Horizon Christian (Tualatin) 14-0 and 5-0

Pilot Rock sweeps Lyle-Wishram 17-5 and 16-12

Tri-Cities Prep sweeps Goldendale 2-1 and 6-1

  Softball

Columbia sweeps Riverside 20-2 and 16-0

Rainier 15, Stevenson 0

Goldendale sweeps Tri-Cities Prep 14-4 and 21-2

  Track and Field

Micah Castro won the boys’ pole vault to highlight the Hood River Valley effort at the Laker Classic in Lake Oswego.  The Eagles’ Shaw Burns was second in the boys’ triple jump, and Simone Tillman was third in the girls’ 400 meters.

  Goldendale’s Alden Williams was third in the boys’ 1600 meters and Emma Olson third in the girls’ triple jump at the Holden Relays in Yakima.

  Boys Lacrosse

Aloha 17, Hood River Valley 13

Baseball

Toutle Lake 15, Stevenson 1

  Softball

The Dalles 2, Putnam 1

St. Helens 7, Hood River Valley 1

  Track and Field

Aaron Smith won the javelin, long jump, and triple jump to help Lyle-Wishram’s boys finished third at the River View Invitational.  The Cougars’ David Bernier also had a first place finish in the 400 meters, while L-W’s Hannah Lind won the 100 meter hurdles.

  Olivia Fauth won the 200 meters, Sydney Cole the pole vault, Eva Battisoni the triple jump, and the four by 100 relay team all were victorious as Stevenson’s girls finished third in an eight-school meet at Napavine.  The Bulldogs finished fifth in the boys’ standings.

  Boys Soccer

King’s Way Christian 4, Columbia 0

  Boys Tennis

Hood River Valley def. Ridgeview in sets 10-8.

 

Travelers who use Washington Highway 14 in the Bingen area will need to add extra time into their trips early next week. During work to stabilize two separate slopes located along the north side of Highway 14 just west of the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area, Washington State Department of Transportation contractors discovered several large rock blocks that are too dangerous to be scaled by hand, and must be scaled and removed using a mechanical scaler. Beginning Monday and continuing through Wednesday, travelers in both directions of Highway 14 near Bingen can expect multiple, 45-minute-long roadway closures 7 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. for rock scaling work. Closures will begin at the top of each hour, with a 15 minute window to clear stacked-up traffic. Once rock scaling work is complete, travelers can expect weekday, daytime, single- and double-lane closures with 20-minute delays for the duration of the project, which is expected to be completed this summer.

Track and Field

The Dalles’ boys grabbed eight first place finishes in a three-school meet at St. Helens.  Jaxon Pullen won a pair of events for the Riverhawks.  In the girls’ portion of the meet…The Dalles’ Alana Cassidy and Zoe Dunn won two events apiece.

  Sophie Hulke of Sherman had a pair of third place finishes to lead the Huskies’ effort at the Sisters Invitational.

The Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation District is in the midst of taking over management of youth sports activities that formerly operated under the Hood River County School District’s Community Education program.  Jaime Rivera recently was named the district’s recreation supervisor, and he says the goal is to provide opportunities for youth to participate and partner with organizations that are already in existence.  Recreation Assistant Gio Magana also says summer camps will be returning, with an announcement on what will be available will be coming soon.  Information on those activities will be posted at hoodriverparksandrec.org as they are announced.

A brush fire on the east side of The Dalles on Tuesday afternoon did no damage. Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue reports yard debris was being burned when a gust of wind caused the fire to escape. MCFR said thanks to quick reporting by the owner, firefighters arrived at the scene within seven minutes of the emergency call. The fire was contained to the owners’ property. Dallesport Fire also responded to the location. MCFR reminds residents that burning is automatically suspended when the wind is at more than what it described as “a breeze.”

Baseball

Hood River Valley 3, LaSalle 1

Forest Grove 13, The Dalles 8

King’s Way Christian sweeps Columbia 5-3 and 17-3

Dufur 21, Lyle-Wishram 0

Goldendale sweeps Walla Walla Valley Academy 17-3 and 8-5

  Softball

Hood River Valley 4, LaSalle 2

The Dalles 6, Silverton 3

Mabton sweeps Goldendale 10-9 and 14-9

  Track and Field

Chanele Reyes of Columbia won both girls’ hurdles races while teammate Jessica Polkinghorn won the shot put and javelin at a five-school Trico League meet at Seton Catholic.  Camden Uffelman won the boys’ 3200 meters for the Bruins.

  Boys Tennis

Hood River Valley 5, Centennial 3

  Girls Lacrosse

Hood River Valley 16, Sunset 8

  Boys Soccer

King’s Way Christian 10, Stevenson 0

 

The Dalles City Council received a report on draft amendments to the stream corridor overlay code it is expected to receive in May.  Community Development Department Senior Planner Dawn Marie Hert told Councilors one of the modifications would remove allowing a 50-foot stream setback to be reduced by 50 percent when a riparian restoration plan is submitted.  She told the Council that was based on discussions with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, who told her they would have to go through environmental analysis if it remained in the code.  Other proposed modifications include dropping the maximum hardship adjustment of the setback from 67 percent to 40 percent, and the maximum amount of impervious surface within the setback due to a hardship adjustment from 3,000 square feet to 500 square feet.  The amendments are expected to go to the municipal Planning Commission on April 12 and City Council on May 9.  Stream corridor overlays are in place for Chenowith, Mill, and Three Mile creeks.

Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue says open burning within The Dalles city limits will begin on Friday at daylight.  Burn permits are required and will be available starting Wednesday, but burning cannot start until Friday.  Permits are $5, and can be obtained by visiting www.mcfr.org/burn-permits, or by visiting MCFR’s main fire station at 1400 West 8th in The Dalles weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  City burning is limited to small yard debris piles.  Burn barrels are not allowed within city limits by city ordinance.  The last day to burn within the city is May 14 for the spring burn period.