Performances at Adult Center Theatre will present “A Holly Jolly Holiday Revue” this Saturday and Sunday at the Hood River Valley Adult Center. Director Kathy Williams says it will be a variety show, with a number of local artists performing. She adds the show was put together with COVID in mind. There will also be an Ugly Sweater Parade at each performance. Performances will be at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Hood River Valley Adult Center. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children, and $25 for families, benefiting the Meals on Wheels program. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required.
The Wasco County Cultural Trust Coalition is now accepting grant applications for 2022 projects. Grants are available to individuals and organizations for projects in the arts, humanities, and heritage. Applications and guidelines can be found on the website: www.wascoculturaltrust.org. Grant applications are available for grant funding for projects occurring from February 1 to December 31 of next year. Grant awards will generally range from $200 to $2000 depending on the number of grants awarded and funds available. The deadline for applications is January 1, 2022 and awards will be announced January 31. Monies for these grants come from the Oregon Cultural Trust, which fosters art and culture throughout the state.
The public is invited to review and comment on the draft 2022-2027 Columbia Gorge Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. The strategy covers Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman Counties in Oregon and Klickitat and Skamania Counties in Washington, and is compiled by the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District. It was developed over seven monthly meetings in 2021 with more than 100 participants throughout the series, including local and tribal governments, regional partners, ports, chambers, legislators, state and federal partners, businesses and individuals. A summary of regional economic conditions, a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis, an action plan, and evaluation framework are included in the strategy. The draft plan can be found at mcedd.org.
The annual Everyone Loves A Firefighter, or ELFF, canned food drive takes place in The Dalles on Tuesday. Fred Coleman of Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue says they are once again unable to take the fire trucks out to collect donations, but instead they have partnered with The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce to have a reverse parade featuring a number of Starlight Parade floats for people to view as they take their donations to the station at 1400 West 8th between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Vincent dePaul, Salvation Army, and the Lions Club are all involved in taking the food donations.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center and Portland Adventist Health are continuing to search for doctors to staff their new cardiology partnership in the Gorge. Adventist Practice Administrator Jessica Scherler-Hyman says they are conducting a national search, and are advertising to find permanent physicians to locate in the Gorge. Scherler-Hyman says they expect to have the clinic staffed with full-time physicians by August. She notes the quality of life in the Gorge is helping to attract interest in the positions.
Boys Basketball
Hood River Valley 69, Mountain View (WA) 64
Corbett 60, Stevenson 45
South Wasco 74, Wallowa 21
South Wasco 65, Joseph 33
Powder Valley 54, Dufur 40
North Clackamas Christian 44, Horizon Christian 43
Lyle-Wishram 44, Bickleton 28
Sherman 47, Pilot Rock 41
Mannahouse Christian 60, Sherman 35
Goldendale 48, River View 40
Goldendale 65, Kiona-Benton 44
Girls Basketball
Hood River Valley 45, Estacada 38
McKay 29, The Dalles 25
Dufur 51, Powder Valley 25
Wallowa 38, South Wasco 34
Joseph 51, South Wasco 48
Bickleton 50, Lyle-Wishram 31
Pilot Rock 39, Sherman 33
Sherman 58, Mannahouse Christian 52
Goldendale 56, River View 18
Goldendale 53, Kiona-Benton 18
Wrestling
Hood River Valley’s Connor Farlow placed fifth at 113 pounds while The Dalles’ Freddy Rodriguez at 132 and Taylor Moorehouse at 170 earned sixth place finishes at the Tyrone Woods Invitational at Oregon City
Three people were killed in a head-on collision in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 near milepost 89 about two miles east of The Dalles. According to the Oregon State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed an SUV driven by 32-year-old Colin Leas of McMinnville was going the wrong way on eastbound I-84 and crashed head-on into another SUV operated by 35-year-old Jessica Treadwell of Condon. The OSP says both vehicles became fully engulfed in flames immediately after impact. The OSP reported that Leas, Treadwell, and a passenger in Treadwell’s vehicle, 56-year-old Lorena Sparkman of Condon, sustained fatal injuries in the collision. The eastbound lanes of the freeway at that location were closed for about two-and-a-half hours. The OSP was assisted by The Dalles Police Department, Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Four people were taken to hospitals, with two taken by LifeFlight to Portland hospitals, after a two-vehicle accident at the junction of Highways 97 and 14 north of Maryhill on Tuesday morning. According to a Washington State Patrol report, an SUV was northbound on Highway 97 at Highway 14 and failed to top, striking a car going east on Highway 14. The SUV rolled and came to rest in the westbound ditch, while the car spun around and came to rest in the westbound lane. The WSP says the driver of the car, 55-year-old Gary Lewis of Goldendale, was first taken to Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles and then flown to Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital. His passenger, a 29-year-old Goldendale man, was also taken to MCMC. The occupants of the car, a 54-year-old man from Hattiesburg, Mississippi and a 34-year-old man from Goldendale, were taken to Klickitat Valley Hospital in Goldendale with the 34-year-old flown to Emanuel Hospital in Portland. The WSP report indicated Lewis would be charged with vehicular assault and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.
Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation District has posted on its website a concept plan for improvements at Sorosis Park. District Executive Director Scott Baker says they did a robust outreach process over this past summer to develop the plan. He noted the overwhelming majority wanted to see the irrigation fixed and replant trees lost to disease in recent months. Baker says that will be the first phase of the restoration effort. Baker says the City of The Dalles have pledged $400,000 from federal funds earmarked for infrastructure uses, and the district is hoping for a similar action from Wasco County to go along with $200,000 it has on hand. Baker added that after that, it will take private donations to do other projects at the park. The conceptual drawing is posted at nwprd.org.
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