A2 Weekend of January 11-12, 2020
The Dalles Chronicle
Sacon joins news team
Western Washington
University senior and
Underwood, Wash. native
Walker Sacon started a 10
week newsroom internship
with the Chronicle this week.
Sacon will be covering
news and features, and may
provide some sports coverage
as well. He is interested in
stories involving the arts and
the outdoors as well as ag-
riculture, forestry and other
local industries.
Sacon looks forward to
reconnecting with goings-on
in the Gorge ahead of his ex-
pected March, 2020 gradua-
tion. Having grown up farther
west, he said he is excited to
hear some of the stories of
The Dalles.
“Sacon’s enthusiasm and
energy for storytelling is in-
stantly apparent, and inspir-
ing. I look forward to seeing
him explore The Dalles and
Gorge as a journalist,” Mark
Gibson, editor of The Dalles
Chronicle, said.
On his off days, Sacon
explores the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest with his dogs
or records music. He spent
the fall building a cabin and
is always excited to talk shop
with craftspeople and arti-
sans of all varieties.
Hood River.
The celebration will begin
at 4 p.m. with simultaneous
workshops: “Get Informed
About Immigration Laws” in
Spanish and “Being an Ally
for the Common Good” in
English.
The workshops will be
followed by a celebration
with music and guest
speakers at 5:30 p.m. and a
community potluck dinner
at 6:30 p.m.
Anyone interested in
Walker Sacon
participating in a commu-
nity gospel choir during
the 5:30 p.m. celebration
is invited to contact Evelyn
Charity at 541-380-1815 by
Monday, Jan. 13.
Events are free of charge
and open to the public.
Donations will be accepted
to support the communi-
ty justice work of Gorge
Ecumenical Ministries.
Childcare and professional
Spanish language interpre-
tation will be available.
Home Sweet Home
A flicker flies to the shelter of an occupied hole in a sycamore tree on Cherry Heights Road in The
Dalles.
Gary Elkinton photo
Walden announces $1.6
million grant for Morrow
Rep. Greg Walden
(R-Hood River) has an-
nounced the Department
of Transportation (DOT)
awarded $1,623,000 in
federal funding to the Port
of Morrow to assist with
improving equipment and
infrastructure in order to
meet the needs of the port’s
marine terminals. In October,
Walden wrote to Secretary of
Transportation Elaine Chao
urging DOT to award this
grant funding to the port. The
port was able to apply for the
grant due to DOT’s Maritime
Administration (MARAD)
designating the Port of
Morrow for Marine Highway
Project Designation and thus
expanding additional fund-
ing opportunities for the Port
and simultaneously increas-
ing economic opportunity for
the region.
WIRED
It’s about being
well connected
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MLK Day observances planned
Gorge residents are invited
to participate in a celebration
of the life, work and dreams
of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. on Monday, Jan. 20, in
Hood River.
The theme of this year’s
celebration, sponsored by
Gorge Ecumenical Ministries
(GEM), is “Perseverance
in the Struggle for Justice.”
Events will take place at
Riverside Community
Church, located at 4th and
State streets in downtown
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“The Columbia River
system is a valuable asset
for transporting wheat and
other products from eastern
Oregon to the world and
the Port of Morrow plays a
pivotal role in that system,”
said Walden. “... I want to
thank Secretary Chao and
the Trump Administration
for awarding these funds and
continuing to provide for
Oregonians.”
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build engagement page likes,”
she said. “It’s all part of your
membership,” she told one
attendee. “Don’t be afraid to
reach out to me.”
“I get into the mechanics
of it—help them get more
action on their posts, show
them how they can be more
effective and more active
with their Facebook page,”
she explained.
Non members are also
welcome, she said. In fact,
those seeking to start a busi-
ness in town would do well to
connect with the Chamber as
a first step.
“I have a lot of knowledge,
and a lot of experience,” she
said, noting that a success-
ful business has to be done
right, and starting off wrong
can waste time and funds.
Something as simple as lia-
bility insurance, for example,
can kill a good business idea
if the insurance cost is too
high. “You have to be real,”
she said, and a there are lot of
requirements people aren’t
aware of. But there are a lot of
resources in the community
as well, she added.
The weekly Wired event is
one of her favorite Chamber
events. Another is Coffee
Connections, a second net-
working opportunity offered
every fourth Tuesday of the
month at different businesses
in town. Details on upcom-
ing Coffee Connections can
be found on the Chamber
website or newsletter, call
541-296-2231 or email mar-
keting@thedalleschamber.
com for more information.
One great feature of each
Coffee Connections opportu-
nity comes at the end, when
those attending gather in a
circle and briefly introduce
themselves.
“You get to know people,”
she said. “It helps people
connect. You can’t be in
business without connecting
with people.”
Deluxe Corp., a small-busi-
ness services provider and
creator of the show.
Many helped get the Warren
and Manion
will appear with morning
the word out
show co-host Stephanie
Continued from page A1 Domurat. Warren is looking
forward to talking up all the
people who have helped
show, Searcy, Ark., has a
population of just 22,000 but with the effort to promote
The Dalles. He lauded
had about a million votes.
Lisa Farquharson and The
Boosters have been
Dalles Area Chamber of
encouraging people to use
Commerce, which part-
#thedalles and @thedalles
in as many social media
nered to take advantage of
posts as possible.
Bi-Coastal Media’s matching
Warren, a web devel-
money to fund radio spots in
December.
oper for data reporting at
Chris Zukin with Meadow
UPS, created the lovethed-
Outdoor Advertising cut the
alles.com website, which
time in half to give and put
was envisioned by Todd
up five billboards around
Carpenter. Carpenter
town to “advertise this great
heads IT for Rebound
opportunity,” Warren said.
Orthopedics, the team
physicians for the Portland He also lauded David Benko
of the Neon Sign Museum,
Trailblazers, and co-owns
who also hosted an event
the Last Stop Saloon in
Dec. 2 when respresentatives
downtown The Dalles.
of the show came to The
Warren first learned
Dalles to talk with business
about the contest when an
owners and civic leaders.
email came to The Dalles
Al Wynn at KODL has giv-
Main Street program invit-
en airtime to the effort, as has
ing The Dalles to apply.
Shannon Milburn at Gorge
Country Media, Warren said.
He thanked the Chronicle for
its coverage of the push to get
on the show.
Each season is eight
episodes. The first is about
the town overall, where it
was and where it wants to be.
Then the six businesses are
featured in one episode each,
and the last episode shows
all the services and help that
Deluxe Corp., which owns
Small Business Revolution,
provided to the businesses.
In addition to money for
businesses, some commu-
nity projects are also done,
such as pocket parks or tree
plantings.
other public business of the
city.
Social media is effec-
tive, but complicated, and
Grossman was looking for
tips on improving how she
managed the city’s Facebook
page.
“My goal is to get infor-
mation out better,” she told
Farquharson “I need to
organize it better, make sure
everything gets posted.”
She had come to the right
place.
“Social media is my
thing, I’m really good
at it,” Farquharson said.
She works primarily with
Facebook, but Twitter and
other social media plat-
forms play a role as well.
She asked Grossman“Pick
three different kinds of
posts, and send me the data
on impressions, shares and
likes,” she suggested. “I’ll
take a look at the page.”
“We can help people
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