Helping Hands Against Violence, Hood River’s sexual assault and domestic violence shelter serving the Gorge, will be starting its annual volunteer training for its crisis line.  Serra Perrino will be conducting the classes, and she says listening is the most important skill to have.  Helping Hands receives about 15 calls a day on its crisis line.  The volunteer training will take place for four consecutive Wednesdays beginning on October 2.  To sign up for the training, call Helping Hands at 541-386-4808.

Fisheries managers from Oregon and Washington Tuesday announced that recreational salmon and steelhead fishing will close effective at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday for the mainstem Columbia River from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to Highway 395 near Pasco.  The closure remains in effect through October 31 downstream of Bonneville Dam and through December 31 upstream of Bonneville Dam.  Based on recent harvest estimates, recreational fisheries have exceeded their allocation of upriver bright fall Chinook.  Fisheries officials say the action was necessary to avoid additional Chinook mortalities resulting from ongoing fisheries, and to provide additional protection for upriver steelhead.  Recreational fishing for hatchery coho remains open from Buoy 10 at the river mouth upstream approximately 18 miles to Tongue Point.

Boys Soccer

Mac-Hi 4, The Dalles 3

LaSalle 4, Hood River Valley 0

 

Girls Soccer

LaSalle 3, Hood River Valley 0

Stevenson 5, Riverside 3

Columbia 2, Irrigon 1

 

Volleyball

The Dalles def. Pendleton 25-11, 25-17, 7-25, 26-24

Crook County def. Hood River Valley 25-14, 25-22, 25-5

South Wasco def. Dufur 25-11, 25-23, 25-16

Echo def. Sherman 3 sets to 0

Goldendale def. Zillah 20-25, 25-19, 24-26, 25-23, 15-11

 

Cross Country

Trout Lake took four of the top five places to finish first in the boys’ portion of a Class 2B Central meet at Rainbow Lake.  Justin Peck, Mason Stock, and Shane Pearson finished 1-2-3 for the Mustangs, while Gabe Harpe was fifth.  Trout Lake finished second to Rainier in the girls’ race, with Myana Stock the top individual Mustang runner in third place.

 

Kate McBride was appointed by the Hood River City Council to serve for the next 15 months as Mayor.  McBride has been on the City Council since 2012, and will finish the term of Paul Blackburn, who resigned at the start of the month with his family moving out of the area.  During the interview process with Council when she was asked what she hoped to accomplish as Mayor, McBride included moving toward land banking for affordable housing development, working on new parking strategies for downtown, continuing development of a transportation systems plan, and the City becoming more energy efficient in its day to day operations.  McBride says it’s the same list the Council identified in its goal setting earlier this year.  McBride was selected over Ed Wilder, who emphasized road improvements and police department needs, and Jason Gibson, who objected to the process as he claimed he did not have enough to time to adequately prepare for the two minutes the candidates were given for each of the six questions they were asked.  The City will now work on filling McBride’s seat on the Council, with materials to be posted on the City’s website by the beginning of next week.

The Dalles City Council accepted the first phase of an economic opportunities analysis for the city, but asked for more cost information on an action plan.  The analysis is the result of a committee made up of various local stakeholders, economic development partners, industry representatives, and developers.  It identifies likely economic development opportunities over the next 20 years, with goals including expanding the existing industrial base, growing and attracting talent, and creating a place for all of that to happen.  The action plan is a short-term five-year implementation plan for immediate programs and projects.  Councilors indicated they wanted to see more cost data for some of the programs before making a commitment to that plan.

The Dalles Public Works Department will begin a street reconstruction project Wednesday on West 6th Street from Mt. Hood Street to Trevitt Street.  The east and westbound travel lanes on West 6th will be closed to all traffic between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.  Motorists, bicyclist and pedestrians are asked to use alternate routes around the work zone during the closures.  The purpose of this project is to smooth the eastbound approach to the 6th Street Bridge.  Motorists are asked to proceed with caution around work areas during construction times and observe all temporary traffic control devices.

Volleyball

Columbia sweeps Riverside 25-17, 25-9, 25-8

Stevenson sweeps Columbia Adventist 3 sets to 0

Lyle-Wishram def. Condon-Wheeler 25-22, 25-20, 25-18

 

Boys Soccer

Damascus Christian 1, Horizon Christian 0

Pacific Power reports a squirrel got into Hood River’s Union Street substation, leading to a blown transformer that took out power to much of Hood River this morning.  The outage occurred at 8:50 a.m., and Pacific Power crews restored the electricity about an hour later.

The Oregon State Police is looking for the public’s help after an Elk was unlawfully taken in the White River Wildlife Area near Tygh Valley.  According to the OSP, the incident occurred last Thursday.  Fish and Wildlife troopers out of The Dalles would like to question those associated with a late-model Toyota Tacoma pickup with soft bed-topper canopy, roof-mounted tent, and receiver hitch motorcycle rack with late model KTM 450 xc or similar dirt bike, and a grey Chevrolet or GMC pickup with matching canopy.  Any information regarding people associated with these vehicles should be reported to OSP Dispatch by calling *OSP (*677).  The Turn In Poachers program offers preference point rewards for information leading to an arrest or issuance of a citation for the unlawful take and possession or waste of big game mammals.

 

Hood River municipal officials are continuing to work on plans to put a bond measure on the ballot in November 2020 to construct a new police headquarters.  That office has bounced around a number of times in the past three decades, and is currently in the lower level of City Hall, occupying around 4,500 square feet.  A consultant recently retained by the City has recommend a facility of around 13,000 square feet in size to address current needs and future growth.  Assistant City Manager Will Norris says it’s not just about having a larger building, but also the functionality that most modern police departments have.  Norris noted they currently are looking at six potential locations for the facility.  The City has bonds that constructed the new fire hall adjacent to the Hood River City Hall coming off the books over the next three years.