Volleyball
Hood River Valley def. Parkrose 25-16, 25-14, 19-25, 25-10
South Wasco def. Lyle-Wishram 25-18, 25-12, 25-17
Boys Soccer
Trout Lake-Horizon Christian 5, Damascus Christian 1
YouthThink To Host Teen Brain Workshop Thursday
YouthThink of Wasco County will host the first in a series of workshops on understanding the teen brain on Thursday. “The More You Know” will feature Dr. Linda Richter from the Partnership to End Addiction. Richter’s research has involved substance use prevention, vaping, alcohol, and marijuana use. Debby Jones of YouthThink says this will be the start of year-long series with the Partnership to End Addiction. The workshop is Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at The Dalles Middle School. It is a free event.
Bridge Authority Members Visit D.C., Trying To Keep Momentum For Funding
Members of the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority visited Washington, D.C. in September, looking to keep momentum toward getting a new bridge funded. The delegation met with Northwest congressional staffers and transportation agency officials, as an application for $532 million in funding from the federal Bridge Investment Program is being considered. Commission member Eric Wilson said the delegation was encouraged by the positive responses they received, noting funding commitments from both Oregon and Washington help their application. He adds they also on the verge of the Record of Decision for the bridge’s Environmental Impact Statement being finalized, but the federal government shutdown has delayed that. How the federal government shutdown impacts the schedule for considering the Bridge Investment Program application is also unknown.
Klickitat County Burn Ban Stays In Place
The Klickitat County Department of Emergency Management says burn bans throughout the county remain in effect. The Emergency Management Department says it continues to monitor current and future weather forecasts, and takes the recommendations of local fire districts into account before recommending to the Klickitat County Commission when the ban on residential outdoor burning should be rescinded. Once widespread wetting rains begin, the recommendation to the Commission to rescind the ban on residential outdoor burning can be made individually by the County’s three burn ban zones, or done county-wide. The resolutions establishing the burn bans, Klickitat County burn ban maps, as well as what kinds of outdoor burning are allowed, and what is not allowed during a burn ban can be viewed online on the Klickitat County Emergency Management webpage.
Tour Of Burdoin Fire Footprint Finds Mitigation Had Impact
A group from the Washington Department of Natural Resources toured some properties in the Burdoin Fire footprint that had taken steps to mitigate danger from a large scale wildfire, and they found those actions did help protect trees and buildings. DNR’s Alison Martin says they observed a change in fire behavior where mitigation efforts had taken place. Martin said they had video from the fire that showed how its behavior changed where mitigation efforts had taken place. Martin notes DNR does have help available for landowners to strengthen their protection from fire by using the Landowners’ Assistance Portal available by searching online for “DNR Find Your Forester Tool” with your favorite search engine.
October 3-4 Prep Sports Scoreboard
Football
Hood River Valley 53, LaSalle 13
Woodburn 28, The Dalles 21 (OT)
Rainier 34, Columbia 13
Kalama 32, Stevenson 0
Dufur 35, Imbler 30
Elgin 66, Lyle-Wishram-Klickitat 48
Sherman 46, Dayville-Monument 13
South Wasco 59, Ione-Arlington 24
Volleyball
The Dalles lost to Ridgeview and defeated Ida B. Wells at the Mt. Hood Invitational at Barlow High School
Sherman def. Lyle-Wishram 25-6, 25-21, 25-16
Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler def. Trout Lake-Glenwood 26-24, 25-19, 25-21
Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler def. Lyle-Wishram 25-21, 26-24, 25-19
Dufur def. Country Christian 25-3, 25-12, 25-11
South Wasco goes 1-2 at the Damascus Christian Invitational, defeating Willamette Valley Christian but losing to St. Paul and Damascus Christian.
Boys Soccer
Trout Lake-Horizon Christian 8, Riverdale JV 0
Cross Country
Trout Lake’s Melody Stock won the girls’ varsity race at the Apple Ridge Run in Cowiche.
October 2 Prep Sports Scoreboard
Volleyball
Canby def. Hood River Valley 28-26, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15
The Dalles def. Molalla 25-9, 25-15, 25-15
Columbia def. Stevenson 3-0
Dufur def. Sherman 25-12, 25-22, 25-19
South Wasco def. Condon 25-10, 25-15, 25-11
Lyle-Wishram def. Horizon Christian 25-21, 25-21, 25-13
Ione-Arlington def. Trout Lake-Glenwood 25-12, 25-13, 25-17
Boys Soccer
The Dalles 9, Estacada 1
Girls Soccer
The Dalles 5, Estacada 0
Columbia 7, Stevenson 0
Cross Country
The Dalles boys and girls won the Mustang Invitational in Heppner. Tyson Long had a third place finish for the Riverhawk boys, while Abigail Pope did the same for The Dalles girls.
October 1 Prep Sports Scoreboard
Cross Country
Columbia was second to LaCenter while Stevenson was third in the girls’ portion of a seven-school Trico League meet at Vancouver Lake. The Bruins’ Lilah Zimmerman was second and Kathryn O’Connor fourth, and Stevenson’s Daisy Jones was fifth. In the boys’ race CHS was third and Stevenson fourth with LaCenter winning again. Colton Hollis of Stevenson was sixth, and Luther Thomas of Columbia was ninth.
Hurdle Remains For Fire Cleanup Agreement
The Rowena Fire Incident Management Team is close to a deal with the State of Oregon on how phase two of cleanup of properties burned by the fire will be paid for, but there is a hurdle that will still need to be cleared. Sheriff Lane Magill told County Commissioners Wednesday that the County has reached an agreement with Crestline Construction to manage the cleanup, for a cost of $3 million that the state would cover. However, Magill says the state has been seeking language for a Debris Removal Operations Plan, or DROP, that includes additional work that would cost the County another $3 million, and Magill says that’s not acceptable. Magill told Commissioners a proposed contract is to arrive by the end of the week. If it does not include the DROP language, they’ll move ahead quickly, but if it is included, the County will not move forward.
Next Door Harvest Of Hope Comes Amid Funding Questions
The Next Door will hold its annual Harvest Of Hope fundraiser later this month amid a backdrop of uncertainty for some of the funding it receives for the 35 programs the organization administers. Director of Marketing and Development Amanda Lawrence says they are seeing cuts at both the federal and state levels. Lawrence says many of The Next Door’s programs help to lift people up and get the tools they need to succeed and not need shelters and food banks. The Harvest of Hope fundraiser will be held on October 23 at 5:30 p.m. at The Ruins in Hood River, featuring Next Door board member Maija Yasui as keynote speaker. Tickets are available through The Next Door’s website or Facebook page.