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February 2 Prep Basketball Roundup

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Boys Basketball

Hood River Valley 62, Centennial 41:  Zak Poole scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as HRV was finally able to pull away for the win.  The Eagles moved even with Canby for fourth in the Northwest Oregon Conference with the win.

Kittitas 53, Goldendale 48

 

Girls Basketball

Crook County 36, The Dalles 24:  The Cowgirls dropped the Riverhawks out of the logjam for third in the Tri-Valley Conference.

Hood River Valley 52, Mountain View (Vancouver) 36:  Marina Castaneda scored ten straight points to end the first quarter and give the Eagles the lead for good in the non-league contest.  Castaneda finished with 16 points on the game.

King’s Way Christian 49, Columbia 39

Seton Catholic 59, Stevenson 39

Goldendale 41, Kittitas 31

 

 

Man Taken Into Custody After Police Standoff Identified

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The man who remained in a Hood River home for several hours before surrendering to police Thursday night has been identified.

Hood River Police Chief Neal Holste says 42-year-old Simeon Hill was taken to a medical facility after giving himself up following an hours-long standoff.

Police spokesman Don Cheli says Hill was not wounded or injured in the incident.

Holste says officers responded to a call from Hill’s father shortly after noon on Thursday, and he explained his son was a combat veteran with access to multiple firearms, and had fired a gun in his residence at 2510 Viento Lane shortly before police arrived.

When officers moved toward the residence, they reported hearing several more shots being fired from the residence over their head in the direction of nearby businesses.

Holste says nearby businesses and residences were evacuated.

After several hours of negotiating, at around 9:30 p.m. Hill emerged from the residence and surrendered.

Several firearms and ammunition were seized from the townhouse.

Holste says the case will be reviewed by the Hood River County District Attorney’s office for charges including unlawful use of a weapon, reckless endangering, and disorderly conduct.

Update: Hood River Police Take Suspect Into Custody

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The Hood River Police Department says they have taken the individual involved in a shooting incident in Hood River early this afternoon into custody.
A statement on social media from the HRPD at 9:40 p.m. said the male suspect was taken into custody safely with the help of multiple surrounding law enforcement agencies to bring this incident to a close.
The person’s name and other details have not yet been released.

The HRPD said residents who live in the affected area and were asked to evacuate can return home.

Police responded at around noon to a call about a dangerous situation at a private residence near Viento Lane and Clearwater Lane.
When officers tried to make contact, an individual in the house fired multiple shots.
Police were able to contain the person in the house, and evacuated surrounding businesses and residences, while schools in the lower Hood River Valley were placed on secure status for a time.
A Special Weapons and Tactics team from Clackamas County was brought in, with loud distraction devices and tear gas deployed to attempt to bring the man out of the home.

State Bar Professional Responsibility Board Dismisses Complaint

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The Oregon State Bar’s State Professional Responsibility Board has found former Wasco County District Attorney Eric Nisley and former Deputy District Attorney Leslie Wolf did not violate state’s Rules of Professional Conduct.  Current Wasco County District Attorney Matthew Ellis had filed a complaint against Nisley and Wolf, alleging the pair hid evidence that former The Dalles Police Department officer Jeffrey Kienlen had been found to be untruthful by the department, after Ellis in 2021 found a notice of Kienlen’s demotion from sergeant to police officer in February 2011 in a desk drawer shortly after taking office.  But the board wrote in its decision that it could not find clear and convincing evidence either Nisley or Wolf violated any ethics rules.  Ellis, a former defense attorney, claimed Nisley and Wolf should have provided that document to defense counsels in various prosecutions after the notice, and did in 2022 conduct a hearing that determine Kienlen would be disqualified as a witness in Wasco County prosecutions.

Newhouse Introduces Forest Stewardship Bill

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Republican Washington Fourth District Congressman Dan Newhouse has joined with Democrat Representative Scott Peters of California, Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana, and Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein of California to introduce a bill to provide the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management a clear statutory tool to efficiently treat forests and empower collaborative processes.  The Root & Stem Act would authorize the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to propose and enter into stewardship contracts and agreements prior to the completion of environmental review.  It also allows the preparation of the environmental analysis to be paid for with timber receipts, provided the environmental analysis would be completed by an independent third party and the agency retains final decision authority for both the environmental analysis and the project.

 

Smoke Plan Subject Of Virtual Listening Session

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Oregon State University Extension will hold a virtual listening session Friday on a community response plan for wildfire smoke.  The plan has been developed over the past year, with OSU Extension taking a lead role with a grant from the Department of Environmental Quality.  Extension’s Lauren Kraemer says the session will get people up to date on where the draft of the plan stands.  The session will run from noon to 1:30 on Friday on Zoom.  To sign up, go to the OSU Extension Office Facebook pages for Hood River or Wasco counties.

           

January 31 Prep Basketball Roundup

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Boys Basketball

Canby 96, Hood River Valley 94 (OT):  The Eagles came back from 20 points down, capped by Zak Poole’s three-quarters court shot at the buzzer, to force overtime, but the Cougars regrouped to win in extra time.  Poole and Sam Fauth scored 21 points apiece to lead Hood River, while Jaxon Lawson and Connor Gensman led the Cougars with 24.  Canby moved a half-game in front of HRV for fourth in the Northwest Oregon Conference.

The Dalles 67, Molalla 53:  The Riverhawks took firm control of second place in the Tri-Valley Conference at the midway mark of the season, one game behind Crook County, who will visit The Dalles on Friday.

Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler 65, Sherman 46

Irrigon 75, Trout Lake 36

Mabton 60, Goldendale 52

 

Girls Basketball

Canby 62, Hood River Valley 50:  A third quarter run was the difference as the Cougars finally pulled away from the Eagles, who were led by a 30-point effort by Megan Griggs.  McKenna Kraft topped Canby with 17 points.

Molalla 48, The Dalles 37:  Molalla nudged in front of the Riverhawks for third place in the TVC.

Columbia 49, LaCenter 29:  The Bruins clinched third place in the Trico League with the win.

Stevenson 49, Castle Rock 37

Sherman 39, Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler 31

Trout Lake 48, Irrigon 31

Mabton 47, Goldendale 33

 

Four Day Closure Planned For Hood River Bridge In May

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The Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge will be closed to all traffic for four consecutive days in May, beginning at 12:01 a.m. the morning of May 19 through 11:59 p.m. the night of May 22.  During that time, crews from Hamilton Construction will remove and replace and adjust the tension in the wire ropes of the bridge that support the counterweights.  The work will include complete replacement and adjustment of the counterweight ropes.  The work is not weather dependent and will be underway continuously round the clock during the entire closure.  This work requires access to the roadway surface as well as other areas on the bridge and therefore the bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic.  The bridge will not be operational for marine traffic when the ropes are being replaced.  The new ropes have a service life of at least 30 years.  During the months of March and April, there will be intermittent, single-lane closures of the bridge primarily during nighttime hours as Hamilton Construction crews work to prepare for the closure.  The Port accepted a bid from Hamilton Construction in the amount of $1,119,250 for the project in October of 2022.     

Hood River Police Seize Fentanyl & Meth In Traffic Stop

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Hood River Police seized fentanyl and methamphetamine after a vehicle search on Saturday.  According to a police statement, the driver of the vehicle was taken into custody after exhibiting signs of impairment during a traffic stop and field sobriety tests were done.  During a search of the vehicle, in excess of 120 grams of suspected fentanyl, over five grams of methamphetamine, a digital scale, packaging materials, and cash were found.  Police noted the fentanyl was in the form of colored pills that resembled candy.  The driver and a passenger were taken into custody and lodged at NORCOR on distribution and possession of a controlled substance charges, along with other charges.

MCMC Suspending Medical Oncology Services

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Due to staffing issues, Mid-Columbia Medical Center is temporarily stopping its medical oncology services at Celilo Cancer Center effective on February 28.  MCMC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jayant Eldurkur says other services at Celilo Cancer Center will continue.  Eldurkur says they are actively working to restore the medical oncology services as soon as they can.  He says patients affected are being contacted by MCMC, and they are seeking partners to continue treating them.  He also said MCMC’s impending affiliation with Adventist Health should help in recruitment of new medical oncology staff.

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