The Oregon Health Authority is issuing recommendations on the amount of lamprey from the Columbia River and its Oregon tributaries that people should eat. Fish tissue data from the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission show polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, at levels of concern in lamprey for the general population, and for PCBs and mercury for vulnerable populations, including children under 6 years old, people who are or may become pregnant, and nursing mothers. OHA issues advisories when fish or shellfish tissue data show that the levels of contaminants — in this case, PCBs and mercury — are high enough to potentially harm health. The OHA recommends the general population limit whole body meals of lamprey to four per month in the general population and two per month for those in vulnerable populations.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding duck and goose hunters that Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza, or HPAI, has been circulating in wild birds in North America since December 2021. The current strain of the virus was first detected in Oregon in May 2022 and continues to be found in wild birds and backyard poultry flocks. More detections are expected during fall and winter as waterfowl migrate through Oregon or spend the winter here. Wildlife managers are continuing to monitor for the disease by testing birds found dead and sampling live birds and birds harvested by hunters for the disease. Hunters should always practice the following safe bird handling and cooking techniques and especially this season due to HPAI. Do not harvest birds that are obviously sick or found dead, wear rubber or latex gloves when handling and cleaning game birds, keep the game bird and its juices away from other foods, thoroughly clean knives and any other equipment or surfaces that touch birds, wash your hands with soap and water after handling birds, cook all game meat thoroughly, and do not feed dogs raw meat, organs or other tissue from harvested waterfowl. ODFW asks that hunters and the public report groups of three or more sick or dead wild birds to the Wildlife Health lab at 866-968-2600 so they can be investigated and tested for avian influenza.
Applications are being taken now for Soroptimist International’s “Live Your Dream” cash awards. Between the club’s chapters in Hood River and the Mt. Adams area…they have six $1500 grants to women with primary financial responsibility for herself and dependents while involved in an undergraduate degree program or a vocational skills training program…and has a financial need. Kate Daugherty of the Soroptimist Hood River chapter says the money can be used for whatever the woman needs to stay in school. Deadline to apply is November 15…go to soroptimist.org and look up the “Live Your Dream” award. For local information…call 541-760-6050.
Volleyball
Putnam def. Hood River Valley 25-19, 25-20, 25-21
Boys Soccer
Lakeridge 7, Hood River Valley 1
Horizon Christian 5, Damascus Christian 0
Trout Lake 4, Central Christian 3
A man from The Dalles has been charged with federal child exploitation crimes after he allegedly persuaded a child to engage in a sexually explicit video chat with him on Discord, a popular instant messaging social platform. The U.S. Attorney’s office for Oregon says 40-year-old Jason Kroeskop has been charged with enticing and sexually exploiting a child online. According to court documents, special agents from Homeland Security Investigations in Tulsa, Oklahoma were contacted by local law enforcement in August to request assistance with an investigation involving the online exploitation of a child under 12. The documents say investigators allege that Kroeskop pretended to be an Oregon teenager to convince the child to engage in sexually explicit acts during a video chat on Discord. He also recorded the video chat without the victim’s knowledge. Investigators tracked Kroeskop’s Discord account to an internet protocol address registered to his residence in The Dalles. The U.S. Attorney Office says last Thursday, HSI special agents from Portland contacted Kroeskop at his place of employment, was arrested without incident, and on Friday he made his initial appearance in federal court and detained until further court proceedings. Anyone who has information about other crimes allegedly committed by Kroeskop, or the physical or online exploitation of any children, are encouraged to contact Homeland Security at (866) 347-2423 or submit a tip online at report.cybertip.org.
The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area plans to conduct prescribed burning in the eastern Gorge sometime in October or November when weather, fuel conditions, and air quality become favorable. This prescribed burning will take place in Washington between Bingen and Lyle on National Forest System lands. Burn areas will include the ridge located between Catherine and Major Creeks, and the south side of Catherine Creek. The prescribed fire projects are located and designed to be controlled to reduce the potential for adverse effects, and for escape as a wildland fire. Scenic Area officials say these projects will follow local air quality standards and are coordinated with the Washington Department of Natural Resources to reduce the impacts of smoke to our neighbors, cooperators, and surrounding communities. Smoke may be visible on Highway 14 and Interstate 84 at times during the burns. To minimize impacts from smoke, fire officials will determine burn dates based on weather conditions, and publish details on the Scenic Area Facebook and Twitter accounts.
The Dalles Public Works will be conducting asphalt maintenance on West 10th St. from Cherry Heights to Walnut, weather permitting, starting next Monday and continuing through October 20. Work will progress from west to east. Work is scheduled from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Lane closures will be in effect on W. 10th St. throughout the day. Intersections, business and residential access will be partially closed all day in each work area and opened to all motor vehicle traffic at the end of the day. Motor vehicles and bicyclists will be detoured to adjacent side streets. While W. 10th Street will remain open to traffic throughout the project, use of alternate routes is encouraged. Pedestrian and sidewalk access to businesses and residences remain open through the duration of this work. No parking will be allowed within the daily work areas due to heavy equipment use. No parking signs will be place on the curb 48 hours before the project moves into each work area.
Football
Wilsonville 52, Hood River Valley 6
Crook County 26, The Dalles 0
Seton Catholic 45, Columbia 21
Kalama 30, Stevenson 20
Sherman 66, Enterprise 46
South Wasco 47, Dayville-Monument 20
Goldendale 55, Granger 0
Girls Soccer
Banks 2, Trout Lake 1
Volleyball
South Wasco def. Condon 25-7, 25-2, 25-14
South Wasco def. Bickleton 25-6, 25-15, 25-6
Klickitat-Glenwood def. Bickleton 25-20, 25-16, 25-17
Klickitat-Glenwood def. Condon 25-15, 25-21, 25-20
Dufur def. Lyle-Wishram 18-25, 25-18, 20-25, 25-18, 15-3
Ione-Arlington def. Dufur 25-5, 25-13, 25-13
Ione-Arlington def. Lyle-Wishram 25-16, 25-17, 25-13
Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler def. Horizon Christian 25-23, 25-23, 25-11
Sherman def. Horizon Christian 25-7, 25-17, 25-9
Cross Country
Hood River Valley finished fourth and The Dalles sixth in the boys’ half of the Champoeg Invitational. The Riverhawks’ Juan Diego Contreras finished fourth, while Hood River Valley’s Elliot Hawley was seventh. HRV was fifth in the girls’ standings and The Dalles was eighth. Phoebe Wood was the top Eagle finisher in tenth, and The Dalles’ Alaina Casady was 17th.
Sean Henrikson finished third in the boys’ run for Goldendale at the Apple Ridge Invitational.
The Dalles Public Works Department says water quality testing conducted at three locations near the 9th Street Bridge over Mill Creek show that conditions have returned to normal for this time of year. Signs which were placed at locations of public river access on the Oregon shore of the Columbia River, to warn of contaminated water, were taken down Thursday afternoon. The signs went up last Friday after a Public Works crew found a manhole on the 9th Street Bridge over Mill Creek had been plugged by vandals. They found the lock had been broken and vandals had thrown rocks and concrete pieces into the manhole, causing a plugged sewer pipe. Sewage overflowed directly into Mill Creek and into the Columbia River. The sewer pipe was cleared and the pipe was repaired on the day the problem was found. The Public Works Department notes that Mill Creek is posted with “No Trespassing” signs year-around throughout The Dalles to allow for undisturbed fish spawning.
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