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A4 The Dalles Chronicle Wednesday, January 1, 2020 2019 methamphetamine and her- oin, according to The Dalles Department. Tragedy, triumph Police • A 43-year-old man was marks year’s start sentenced Friday to over eight years in prison for Continued from page A1 raping a teen in 2017 when he was a houseguest at her family’s home. opened it up to anybody, • A Confluence project veterans and non-veterans,” to connect people with the Knopf explained. “There is indigenous history of Celilo no distinction.” The group’s Falls was put on hold due to primary focus is helping the opposition from the Yakama homeless. Nation tribal government, Superintendent Candy according to a Confluence Armstrong announced she Project press release. was retiring, as of July 2020, and the D21 school board be- gan gearing up for a lengthy MARCH replacement search and planned to involve commu- A The Dalles man who was shot and killed by a city nity input. That search has continued into the new year. police officer March 16 as he stood on his porch firing a Also in February: • Funding for street main- rifle had been the subject of a number of calls to police in tenance and ADA upgrades previous weeks. in The Dalles was found to The Dalles police were be inadequate and the city council considered adding a called to his home around 10 p.m. on reports of a man $5 transportation fee to city shooting a gun at his neigh- utility bills as one part of a long-term funding solution. bor’s house, according to a The annual department press release from The Dalles budget falls $1.2 million short Police Department. of optimal maintenance, and When officers arrived, they federal law requires upgrad- heard gun shots and located a male subject outside his ing 1,614 non-compliant residence on the porch, the sidewalk curb ramps in the release stated. Officers ob- city that will further tax the street department budget, served the man was actively according to a report present- shooting rounds from a rifle. At some point during the ed to the council at its Jan. 28 incident, the man was shot meeting. • A judge ruled the regional and killed. Officers attempted first aid, but he succumbed to jail’s contract to house immigration detainees does his injuries, the press release stated. No one else was not violate state law, but its injured in the incident. practice of notifying federal On March 27, The Dalles officials of the release dates Police Officer James Finch of foreign-born prisoners was found to be justified did. The ruling from Wasco in fatally shooting the man County Circuit Court Judge John Wolf was handed down by Wasco County District Attorney Eric Nisley. The man Friday, Feb. 8 and provided had fired multiple shots into wins for both the plain- a neighbor’s house, pointed tiffs—four Wasco County residents—and the jail. A key a rifle at the neighbor, and win for the Northern Oregon then fired multiple rounds in Regional Corrections Facility the direction of responding officers, according to a press (NORCOR) was Wolf’s release issued by Nisley. finding that the jail was After voting in support of not “apprehending” peo- making the Mueller inves- ple whose only violation is being in the U.S. in violation tigation report public, Rep. of federal immigration law. Greg Walden (R-OR) re- Therefore, its contract to turned to Oregon for a town house U.S. Immigration and hall meeting in The Dalles Customs Enforcement (ICE) March 15, where his vote was was considered legal. met with applause. “What • A traffic stop Feb. was I supposed to do? I’ve 11 in The Dalles yielded always been about trans- nearly $90,000 worth of parency and accountability in government, and I think Americans have a right to know what that report shows,” he said. The resolu- tion passed unanimously in the House. Also in March: • After more than 25 years on the job, Mary Reilly, 91, retired as office assistant at Cascade Eye Center in The Dalles. “I love the patients, I love the people. That’s what’s so wonderful about this job,” she said on Feb. 28, her final day at the office. • More teens were engag- ing in after-school activities and programs at The Dalles- Wasco County Library as the teen-focused redesign of the upstairs mezzanine neared completion and a unique team of two librarians work to create new programs and opportunities. “They call us the ‘dynamic duo,’” laughed Jeannie Glaspy, who shares the teen librarian position with Zulema Martinez. • The era of having a little extra wiggle room to deal with a ticket issued by The Dalles Police ended. For decades, the former clerk for The Dalles Municipal Court had a more relaxed method of processing traffic tickets, which kept the occasional tardy payer from facing a license suspension. • Nathan Nanez, a senior at The Dalles High School, was chosen to represent the Eastern Oregon area as part of a campaign called Oregonians for Student Success. He was one of four students selected statewide. • Gene Parker, longtime city attorney for The Dalles, announced he would retire in March 2020, giving the city time to find a replacement he could help train. He’s been with the city for 28 ½ years and has worked on several projects that “I believe have significantly benefited” the city, he said in his retirement letter. • One of the sex abuse victims of a former Dufur coach sued Dufur School District and three offi- cials, alleging the district violated her civil rights by failing to prevent the coach’s predatory behavior. • A crowded and diverse slate of candidates filed to TheDallesChronicle.com One occupant was burned as they escaped a fire that destroyed much of their home in the 1400 block of Nevada Street in January, 2019. The second occupant was not injured. Mark B. Gibson photo/file be on the ballot for the May 21 election for North Wasco County School District 21, where 13 candidates sought six positions. Three of the six seats up for election had three contestants each. Two were unopposed and one had two candidates. Several candidates were Hispanic. The filing period for the election ended March 21. APRIL In a rarity, $1,600 that an elderly woman in The Dalles was scammed out of was recently returned to her by postal inspectors, who made a special trip here from Portland to do so. But an alarming aspect of this case was that the scammers re- motely changed the woman’s phone number, “not once, but twice,” in an effort to isolate her, said Gwen Koski, postmaster in The Dalles. • With the completion of a $2 million high-density fiber See 2019, page A5 LOWEST PRICES OF THE YEAR the ON ALL HALF & FULL PAGE ADS In The Gorge Newspapers. PRE-ORDER TODAY! IS COMING! 1 DAY ONLY ALL MUST BE PURCHASED ON JANUARY 9, 2020 DURING THE 1-DAY SALE! 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