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CGOA auditi
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for Youth Choru
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Jan. 7, from
Youth Chorus
in The Dalles. 5:45-6:15 p.m. at Chenow
are Tuesda
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of the ensemb Under the direction ith Elementary School
of Corin Parker,
instruction. le is to offer high quality
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sing a scale to audition. Students voices from age 8 to 13
can bring a
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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p.m. at The
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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
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INSIDE
a Year
in Review
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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
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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
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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
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