The Mid-Columbia Council of Governments has tabbed former Hood River City Manager Bob Francis to be its new executive director.  MCCOG board chair Michael Smith says Francis is already working with current executive director John Arens on the transition.  Arens announced his resignation from the position in May.  Francis was the city manager of Hood River for nine years before stepping down from that position.  Mid-Columbia Council of Governments provides services in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties that local governmental agencies do not provide on their own.