Baseball Dufur 16, Portland Christian 0:  The Rangers advance to visit Kennedy on Thursday in the 1A/2A Title Week series.   Boys Basketball Ione-Arlington 59, Sherman 49   Girls Basketball Toledo 53, Stevenson 24 Ione-Arlington 46, Sherman 27 Goldendale 61, Seton Catholic 23   Girls Lacrosse Summit 10, Hood River Valley 9

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  Wasco County: https://results.oregonvotes.gov/ResultsSW.aspx?type=CTYALL&cty=24&map=CTY

  Sherman County: https://results.oregonvotes.gov/ResultsSW.aspx?type=CTYALL&cty=27&map=CTY

 

The Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division is asking the public for help in finding a 15-year-old child in foster care who went missing in Portland about two months ago and is believed to be in danger.  ODHS says Payton Brazell Smith is known to frequent Goodwill stores in The Dalles and Portland, and may be at a hotel or motel in the area near where Portland borders Gresham.  She is suspected to be in the company of two to three adults.  Payton is described by ODHS as being five-feet-six inches tall and weighing 140 pounds, with hazel green eyes and brown hair that is frequently dyed purple, red, or other colors.  She also has a tattoo on her right inner arm that says “Hati.”  Anyone who suspects they have information about Payton’s location should call 911 or local law enforcement.  

Hood River County Commissioners have agreed to place a letter of support in the City of Hood River’s packet soliciting developers interested in pursuing an affordable housing project on over seven acres on Rand Road.  The County has two acres to the west of that property, and the letter indicates a willingness to include that land in the project along with a possible contribution of $300,000 of County construction excise taxes.  County Administrator Jeff Hecksel said the Commission did make some wording changes to the letter to give them more flexibility as they review the project moving forward.  Hecksel noted the County does see the potential for this project to help address the area’s housing issues.  Much like the City, Hood River County officials have for many years considered affordable housing to be a vital issue to address.  

North Central Public Health District is hosting multiple vaccine clinics this week.  Pfizer clinics for students 12 and older and their families will be held Wednesday at Dufur School and Saturday at The Dalles Middle School, and for an appointment go to ncphd.org.  Thursday, the district will take walk-ins for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine at our clinic at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.  On Friday, NCPHD will be at the Bargeway Pub from 5-7 p.m. for its second “Take a Bite Out of COVID” event.  Get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and $10 in tokens toward your food bill, with no appointment needed.  And on Saturday there will be a walk-in Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson clinic at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with ice cream and live bluegrass music.  Appointments can also be made for that clinic by calling the senior center at 541-296-4788 or the health district at 541-506- 2600.  

The change in mask wearing guidance last week from the Center for Disease Control won’t lead to any operational changes for the Hood River County School District for the remainder of this school year.  District Superintendent Rich Polkinghorn says the Oregon Department of Education has indicated it won’t be making any operational guidance changes until the end of this school year.  Polkinghorn says the impact of the CDC guidance change is more impactful on planning for next school year, when he believes they will definitely have full days of classes.  Polkinghorn says at this time, the district is planning to have high school graduation ceremonies this year at Henderson Stadium by invitation only on June 11, with all graduating students together and receiving four tickets for admission.

Community input has led the City of White Salmon to move a joint City Council and Planning Commission meeting on comprehensive plan revisions back to the end of June and planned adoption to July.  Mayor Marla Keethler was happy to see the community engagement, and much of it centered around the perception of changes in the land use designation map means there would be zone changes.  She noted they are not saying they will take an established single-family neighborhood and making it an R-2 zone, but rather indicating there is a flexibility for medium density development where appropriate.  Keethler said the City needs to do a better job of communicating how the land use designation map actually works with the comprehensive plan and informs zoning.

Intermountain Conference Baseball Tournament First Round Ridgeview 4, The Dalles 2:  Riley Brock struck out seven over six innings on the mound for the Riverhawks, while also driving in a run at the plate. Redmond 11, Crook County 5:  Redmond advances to play Hood River Valley in the semi-finals tomorrow at 4:30 at Traner Field.   Intermountain Conference Softball Tournament First Round Hood River Valley 17, Redmond 3:  Molly Routson homered, doubled, and drove in three runs, while Reese Leiblien had three hits and also had three RBI.  The Eagles visit Ridgeview for an IMC semi-final tomorrow. Crook County 13, The Dalles 5:  The Cowgirls jumped out to an early lead, and the Riverhawks could not catch up.  Jeliane Stewart and Amyrah Hill drove in two runs apiece for The Dalles.   Boys Basketball Open Door 58, Horizon Christian 47 Mitchell-Spray 57, Trout Lake 51

This weekend provided a reminder of an early fire season, as Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue crews dealt with two grass fires.  The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office says on Friday night crews were at the scene of a brush fire on Highway 30 on the west side of The Dalles that closed Interstate 84 for a short time.  Then on Sunday afternoon there was a grass fire on the 4300 block of Cherry Heights Road.  That one burned about an acre and a half, and was caused by a burn pile.  The Oregon Department of Forestry declared the start of the fire season on the lands it protects over the weekend, and both Wasco and Hood River counties are planning burn bans to begin on June 1.

Businesses are awaiting word from the state on what the guidelines will be for the lifting of mask requirements in certain indoor and outdoor settings if people are fully vaccinated.  The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Lisa Farquharson says the state Chamber organization is asking the Governor’s office to provide liability protection to businesses and not make them be “vaccination cops.”  Farquharson says she is asking people to continue to wear their mask in businesses until they can adjust their operations for whatever the requirements turn out to be.