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A2 Wednesday, January 1, 2020 The Dalles upda nm t en e t Entertainment Update | A2 Chronicle E N T E R TA en te rtai INMENT TheDallesChronic le.com CGOA auditi ons for Youth Choru Open auditio s ns for the CGOA Jan. 7, from Youth Chorus in The Dalles. 5:45-6:15 p.m. at Chenow are Tuesda y, of the ensemb Under the direction ith Elementary School of Corin Parker, instruction. le is to offer high quality the goal choral ensemb encouraged All unchanged youth le sing a scale to audition. Students voices from age 8 to 13 can bring a are 23 at Wy’eas for an audition. A perform song or simply t Performing Arts Center ance is planned for Feb. in Odell. Chamber Concert Jan. The second 12 Europatopia, annual Chamber Music Thursday, Jan. Canticum Vocal Choir, Concert featurin g and 12, at 2 p.m., Church. Present at Hood River more happens ed by the Columb Valley Association. ia Gorge Orches Christian Hood River Free admission, donatio tra Hood River, Valley Christian Church ns gladly accepted. 541-386-2608. , 975 Indian Creek Rd, ‘Dancing with the Gorge Stars’ return Back by popula s Jan. 10 returns Friday, r demand, Dancin g with Jan. 10, at 7 Just like the p.m. at The the Gorge Stars reality TV dance Dalles High a dance routine and compet show, six local Gorge School. Columbia Commu Stars e nity Concer for your votes in this Mid- learn entertaining t Association judging panel fundraiser. tiful mirror ball will determine trophy. Dancer who wins An from the Utah Ballroom Dance s are working with the beau- rehearsals profess Co, and video available at are shown during the event. highlights of ionals The the Booksellers, Dalles Area Chamb Tickets are $20 advanc Lines of Design er of s, or online at Commerce, Klindt’s e, www.mccca.inf o. Kris Delane and the Hurt brought a Motown Extrava ganza (tickete d show) to The Ruins for New Year’s Eve. Jim Drake photo ‘Ernie Stern o’ at Zim’s Live music Jan. 3 Tuesday, coming up at Zim’s: with Al Hare, Dec. 31: New Year’s celebra Friday, Jan. Kenny Olsen and guests, tion (East Coast Time) 3: Ernie Sterno 7-9 Saturday, Jan. and the Blue p.m. 4: Howlin Woods Flames, 7-10 Tuesday, p.m. Kenny Olsen, Jan. 7: Tuesday Taps & , 7-10 p.m. Tunes with 7-9 p.m. Zim’s Brau Haus, Al Hare and 604 E 2nd St., The Dalles, 541-296-2368. ‘Go in Peace Symphony’ with Sam Baker Austin singer- songwriter Jan. 4-5 Columbia Sam Baker collabo Go in Peace Gorge Sinfonietta in a special rates present with the Sunday, Jan. Symphony” on Saturda 5 (2 p.m.), at y, Jan. 4 (7:30 ation of “The survived a terroris Wy’Eas p.m.) t bomb attack t Middle School PAC. and original music in 1986 and Baker dence.” Tickets to convey his search now uses his at gorgeorchestr for “beauty and bers), $10 youth/c a.org; $30 adults transcen- The Dancin hildren Arts Center, g North Central with the Gorge Stars 3000 Wy’eas . Wy’East Middle School ($25 mem- t Rd, Hood River, Public Health Mirror Perform District , right, Ball Trophy winner 541-354-1548. ing for 2019 took second was Gorge . This years Kit Garoutte Mickens performance at Feast, Tarwa Co-hosted by Catch guitaris is Jan. 10, from MCMC, left. Maria the Oregon ter 7 p.m. at Peña of County Library Tuesdays in t Kit Garoutte at a venue Humanities Contributed The Dalles High School. , 502 State St., January, Tarwate Project near you: Salmon. photos by Hood River; . Hood River r Tavern, 5:30-7:3 Patti Blagg 541-386-2535. The Lonely, /file Thursday, Jan. 0 p.m. White 9, Feast Dalles Civic celebrating the music Salmon (with Pride Book Ann Flemm Market, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Club meets “The Lonely Auditorium on Wedne of Roy Orbison at The The Pride Book ing). White Jan. 9 Club one and only delivers a sensitive and sday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. p.m. at The Dalles Librar meets Thursday, Jan. Roy Orbison dynamic tr Wilb ‘Lunch Time in 9, fr plus the hits Con of The Tr Food carts see new regs EVENTS TO application TD Boys beat 6A McMinnville | A9 ▶ Midweek $1.00 January 1, 2020 The Dalles, Oregon www.thedalleschronicle.com Vol. 229, Issue 1 MGIBSON@ or stop by our office finding and Gibson ■ Mark The Dalles Chronicle Mobile food vendors previously permitted in The Dalles as tran- sient merchants will be operating under new food vendor permits in the coming year, following adop- tion of new codes by The Dalles city council in December. Prior to the change, food carts in the city were permitted as transient merchants, a category that included all temporary or short-term vendors, including food carts. Under the new rules, operators will be able to license their food carts under short, me- dium and long-term regulations, according to the staff report. Type 1 or short-term licenses will be available in 30 day incre- ments, renewable up to 180 days. Type 2 or medium-term licenses will be available in one-year incre- ments, with a two year maximum. Type 3 or long-term licenses will apply to food carts with related 2019 curb to drop evaluating contrac See FOOD, page A3 Bentz replacement considered Nichols ■ By For Rodger The Dalles Chronicle Oregon Second District Congressman Greg Walden’s October decision not to run for re-election is having a ripple effect in Eastern Oregon. State Senator Cliff Bentz, whose 30th District includes the east- ern portion of Wasco County, is resigning on Jan. 2 to run for Walden’s seat in the U.S. House. A story in the Baker City Herald on Friday reports that Republican precinct committee officials plan to meet Jan. 4 at the Grant County Airport in John Day to nominate at least three candidates to replace Bentz in the Oregon Senate. Elected commissioners from each of the 11 counties in District 30 will then meet on Jan. 6 to choose from among those three. So far, the paper reported, two people have applied, one of them being former Wasco County Commissioner and current The Dalles City Council member Rod Runyon. The other is Lynn Findley of Vale, a state representative whose 60th District includes southeastern Wasco County and the towns of Antelope and Shaniko. State law requires the precinct committee members to nominate three, four or five candidates. If fewer than three people apply, then Oregon Governor Kate Brown gets to appoint Bentz’s successor. Whoever is chosen will fill out the remainder of Bentz’s term, which runs through 2022. When the county commission- ers meet on Jan. 6, not all votes will be equal. That’s because Oregon law provides for weighted votes based on county population. For every 1,000 people or greater frac- tion of 1,000 people in a county, the commissioners from that county get one vote. Deschutes County will have the most votes with 17, followed closely by Wasco, and Malheur counties, both with 16 votes. Jefferson County has 15 votes, Baker County has 12, Grant off new or gently Gibson ■ By The Mark Dalles Chronicle W HERE 2018 WENT down in history as a summer of fire following a series of destructive wildfires, 2019 was a cooler and calmer year. The Dalles struggled to come to grips with an increasing popula- tion of homeless men and women, worked through the collapse and partial demolition of a downtown building, and mourned the loss of an iconic rodeo announcer and local radio personality. Here are some highlights from the first six months of 2019. A re- view of the second half of the year will be published this weekend, Jan. 4-5: JANUARY The Dalles Chronicle began its first full year as a twice-weekly newspaper after decades as a daily newspaper with its Jan. 5 edition. The year’s first baby, Jackson James Modar, the son of Travis and Katrina Modar, didn’t waste any time getting the year started with his 7:32 a.m. arrival on Jan. 2. He was 21 inches long and weighed 7 pounds, and was pictured in the Chronicle with is dad and his sister, Harmony Modar. A day-long event called “The Community Connection,” held at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center, was organized by a group that formed in 2018 to tackle issues fac- ing the homeless. The event pro- vided a range of services, includ- ing veterinarian care for their pets. The inaugural event drew about 100 people Jan. 30, far exceeding the organizers’ expectations. The event was created by The Dalles Housing Solutions Coalition to not only reach the homeless, but bring together those who can help the homeless. That effort was one of many. “Bridges to Change” worked with the county to provide those released from jail or prison with safe, sober and structured housing as they move back to the community on parole or pro- bation, reported Wasco County Community Correction Director Fritz Bachman. He told to The Dalles City Council the program had decreased jail time and arrests as clients were more successful in supervision and less likely to re-offend when they left. Later in the month, the Oregon Department of See REPLACEMENT, page A3 INSIDE a Year in Review Entertainment Senior News Marketplace Representatives from throughout the region gather for the dedication in front of the new Quenett Creek Substation in The Dalles for a group photograph. The substation, dedicated in June, increased availability of electrical power throughout the region. Mark B. Gibson photo/file Transportation installed fencing be- neath two overpasses in The Dalles to prevent transients from camping under them. Also in January: • Following federal requirements, Mid-Columbia Medical Center posted its standard pricing for everything from baby aspirin to ER visits to medical procedures on its website. With an eye to improving transparency and allowing cost comparisons, federal law required all hospitals to post their pricing on the internet by Jan. 1. MCMC post- ed its pricing before Christmas. • In mid-January, Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) decided to pursue an intergovern- mental agreement (IGA) with The Dalles and Wasco County for $3.5 million in enterprise zone funds and proceed with a $7.6 million full faith and credit bond for construc- tion of a skill center and housing project at The Dalles campus, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Education at its January board meeting. “Sometimes we have to gamble. It’s a risk, but it’s a calculated risk,” said CGCC presi- dent Dr. Marta Croninin, expressing her support of the program. • A partial shutdown of the federal government, then in its record-setting 24th day, closed two area offices, the Farm Service Administration in The Dalles and the Barlow Ranger District office in Dufur. Some 25 percent of the federal government was impacted by the shutdown. • A traffic stop Jan. 12 in The Dalles led to the discovery of a cache of stolen items in Dallesport, according to The Dalles Police Department. Two men were arrested following the stop near The Dalles Marina. Thousands of dollars worth of stolen industrial pruning equipment, chain saws and concrete-cutting saws were found at a home in Dallesport after police obtained a search warrant based on information gained from one of the suspects at the traffic stop, said The Dalles Police Detective Austin Ell. • The words ‘thank you’ are often such a throwaway nicety that it’s striking to hear them when they actually come from the heart. There was no doubt about the depths of gratitude felt by the steady stream A2 A3 A6 Winter storms brought out members of Point Man International Ministries of The Dalles and “Operation Wrap Up.” The group expanded its operations to include non-veterans in 2019. Contributed photo/file of people who showed up to get a free load of firewood from Wasco County’s wood program. “Thank God,” said Kammie Jensen of The Dalles. “Being disabled and stuff I can’t go out and cut wood.” The slick operation, in which someone was scheduled to arrive at the coun- ty lot at 10th and Walnut every 10 minutes all morning long, was the handiwork of Nicole Beaman. She’s been working on the county’s wood program for nine years now and serves as the community work crew supervisor for Wasco County. • The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce 2019 Man of the Year, Tim McGlothlin, paid tribute to his wife Laura at the chamber’s annual awards banquet Jan. 26-27. • U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden field- ed wide-ranging questions from students and community members at Dufur School, and in response to one, said that attorney general nominee William Barr considered presidents “royalty” and above the law. “In his actual own words, he pretty much thinks the president is royalty,” Wyden said of Barr at the town hall meeting. He said if Barr Obituaries Comics Sports was up for confirmation, he would be voting against it. • The D21 school board gave the go-ahead Jan. 16 for staff to look at starting a dual language immersion program. Dual language immersion is a form of bilingual education in which students are taught litera- cy and content in two languages. It contrasts with full immersion, where instruction is entirely in the non-native language. The issue would circle back in December, when a proposal to create such classes at Colonel Wright raised the ire of staff and parents, who felt they had been given no say in where the classes would be based or how they would be set up. FEBRUARY Expanding its outreach pro- grams, Point Man International Ministries, long active in The Dalles, began serving area residents and veterans alike, according to outpost leader Michael Knopf, MCPO, US Navy, Retired. “We’ve See 2019, page A4 A7 A8 A10