North Wasco County School District 21’s latest long range facilities meeting on Tuesday featured break out groups taking educational adequacy and facility assessment data to develop priorities, and then they were all brought together to explain their choices.  Superintendent Candy Armstrong says representatives of BLRB Architects are going to take those viewpoints to develop a proposal, and bring that back for another meeting next month.  If the December meeting doesn’t get the plan done, Armstrong said they would schedule one more in January.  The next meeting will be on December 10.

Signups for the Hood River County Christmas Project will get underway on Thursday.  Once again the project will provide Christmas food boxes for Hood River County families who meet the state of Oregon’s low income eligibility standards.  But project coordinator Bruce Holmson says this year they are not going to require paperwork to sign up.  Instead, when a family comes to a sign-up location they will have a conversation with them and go from there.  Registration sessions will take place throughout Hood River County in November and early December.  For a complete schedule go to hoodrivercountychristmasproject.com.

 

Entry forms for Monday’s Veterans Day Parade in The Dalles will be accepted through Friday.  Forms are available at The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Wasco County Veterans Service Office, and the Columbia Gorge Veterans Museum.  There is no entry fee.  The parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, taking the usual route through downtown The Dalles.  The parade committee is asking churches and public buildings that have bells, sirens, or chimes to sound them to kick off the parade at 11 a.m.  There will a community potluck hosted by the VFW Post and Auxiliary 2471 following the parade at the Oregon Veterans Home.

Oregon Class 5A Boys Soccer Playoffs

First Round

Hood River Valley 3, West Albany 0:  Ivan Solano scored the first goal 13 minutes in off a giveaway from the West Albany goalkeeper, and Fabian Magana added a pair of second half tallies.  Zack Marble and Andrew Mondragon each had key saves to split the shutout in goal for the Eagles.  HRV moves on to a quarter-final matchup at Ashland on Saturday.  The Grizzlies defeated Parkrose 4-0 last night.

 

LaSalle 5, The Dalles 0:  The Riverhawks fall to the top seed in the 5A tournament.

 

Greater Columbia League Volleyball Tournament at Goldendale

Klickitat-Glenwood def. Sunnyside Christian 25-19, 25-22, 24-26, 25-10

Oregon Class 5A Girls Soccer Playoffs

First Round

Crescent Valley 8, The Dalles 0

Wilsonville 8, Hood River Valley 0

 

SCAC District Volleyball Tournament

First Round

Goldendale def. Wahluke 25-14, 25-10, 25-6:  The Timberwolves move on to meet Zillah in a championship semi-final on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Granger.

Hood River Measure 14-67 (Parks Vote Requirement)

Yes                  1,770               72%

No                   689                  28%

 

Westside Fire District Levy Renewal

Yes                  1,448               78%

No                   400                  22%

 

Skyline Hospital District Levy Lid Lift from 31 cents to 68 cents

Yes                  815                  45%

No                   1,015               55%

 

Dallesport Fire District Levy Lid Lift from 36 cents to 90 cents

Yes                  125

No                   133

 

White Salmon Mayor

Marla Keethler            276

Douglas Charters        63

 

Trout Lake School Board Pos. 1

Brendan Norman        125

Dana Robison-Miller   90

 

Goldendale School Board Pos. 1

Beth Schroder             828

Kent Apostol              300

 

Dallesport Water Commissioner #2

William Clark              74

David McNeal            70

 

Skyline Hosptial District Commissioner Pos. 4

Ricky Knowles                       959

Karleen Swarztrauber             603

 

North Bonneville City Council Pos. 5

Judie Whitcomb          90

Mike Riley                  29

 

Stevenson School Board Dir. 1

Andra Mobley             422

Sandy Vigil                 400

 

Stevenson School Board Dir. 5

Dan Fuller                   508

Jeanette Foster            301

 

Home Valley Water District Commissioner #1

Gary Collins                34

Mary Repar                 21

 

Skamania County Hospital District Replacement Property Tax Levy (50 cents for EMS)

Yes                              1,098   61.5%

No                               688      38.5%

 

Stevenson Sales Tax for Housing and Related Services (1/10 of 1%)

No                               121     

Yes                              98

 

Home Valley Water District Maintenance and Capital Improvement Levy

Yes                              41

No                               17

 A 38-year-old Parkdale man was arrested by the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office and charged in the stabbing of his brother.  The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says Leif Andrew Sorensen was arrested and lodged at NORCOR on charges of first degree assault and attempted murder.  The Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the 5600 block of Trout Creek Ridge Road after receiving a 9-1-1 call from 35-year-old Hans Severinsen, who reported being stabbed in the chest by his brother.  Sorensen was located about one mile away and taken into custody without incident.  The Sheriff’s Office says Severinsen was transported by LifeFlight to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, where is listed in critical condition.  Sorensen made an initial court appearance in Hood River County Circuit Court on Monday morning, with bail set at $100,000 and another court appearance scheduled for November 19.

The consultants hired by North Wasco County School District 21 to conduct the search process for a new superintendent will hold a pair of community meetings over the next two weeks to take input on the qualities people would like to see in whoever gets the job.  The firm McPherson & Jacobson will hold meetings Wednesday in The Dalles Middle School commons and November 13 at Mid-Columbia Senior Center, with both running from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.  The meetings are open to anyone wishing to provide input.  In addition, an online survey in both English and Spanish is available until November 18.  Link to it at nwasco.k12.or.us.

Fire management personnel will be conducting prescribed burns this week on the Barlow Ranger District of the Mt. Hood National Forest.  Planned burn locations include the Shamrock 1 burn on 180 acres north of Forest Service Road 44, and the Star 3 burn on 103 acres north of Camp Baldwin off Forest Service Road 4440.  Residents living on the east side of Mt. Hood can expect to see smoke for a few days following ignition.   Prescribed burning operations are planned to begin on Wednesday, but operations could take place any time during the next two weeks, depending on conditions.  A portion of the Eightmile Campground Interpretive Trail will be closed for approximately two to three days while the Shamrock Prescribed Fire is being conducted.  Crews will post signs in the area prior to ignition.  Visitors in the vicinity of Eightmile and Lower Eightmile Campgrounds should expect to see smoke, firefighting personnel, and equipment in the area.  Those campgrounds are currently closed for the season.

One Community Health is launching a new scholarship program for local Oregon high school students.  In a partnership with the Oregon State Treasury’s Oregon Savings Network, students at local Oregon high schools can submit their artwork to compete for $6,000 in scholarship funds.  One Community Health recently received a $3,000 award from the Central Oregon Independent Practice Association intended to be spent on artwork that reflects a mission to advance health and social justice in the community, and the Oregon Savings Network matched that amount.  Winning artwork will be displayed at One Community Health’s clinic in The Dalles and new clinic to open in Hood River in mid-2020.  Submissions are due on March 20, 2020, and can be dropped off at any One Community Health clinic location or submitted online.  For more information, go to OneCommunityHealth.org.