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at Rivertap
Live music
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17: Kit Garout
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(One-man
Sunday,
band,
Black Trio, Jan. 19: Sunday Night
6:30-8:
Jam featurin
Rivertap, 703 30 p.m.
g The Reddy
E 2nd St, The
Dalles; 541-29
6-7870.
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at Zim’s:
7-10 p.m. Jan. 17: Al & Nolan Hare
with Ben Tibbet
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7-10 p.m. Jan. 18: County Line
(Americana,
Tuesday,
Countr y),
and Kenny Jan. 21: Tuesday Taps
Olsen, 7-9
& Tunes with
p.m.
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Al Hare
541-296-2368 Haus, 604 E 2nd St.,
The Dalles;
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Willie & Nelso
Barney & the
Stray
Bill Nielsen
$1.00
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Vol. 229, Issue 5
DEQ levies $1.3M fine for TD plant violations
Facility violated
air quality permit
for over a year
Gibson
■ Mark
The Dalles Chronicle
as material that’s free of oil, grease,
paints or other coatings. DEQ found
the facility processed unclean,
coated aluminum scrap for more
than a year. Processing this material
is prohibited under the facility’s
permit.
Hydro Extrusion The Dalles is
part of Norsk Hydro, a Norway-
based company that operates
A nearly $1.3M penalty was
aluminum facilities worldwide,
issued to Hydro Extrusion USA
including dozens in the U.S.
LLC for multiple air quality permit
The DEQ also found the facility
violations at its aluminum recycling
did not conduct the required track-
facility in The Dalles on Thursday,
Jan. 8, by the Oregon Department
ing and monitoring intended to
of Environmental Quality (DEQ),
prevent the processing of unclean
according to a press release from
charge, failed to keep required
the department.
records, submitted inaccurate certi-
The fine is the largest air quality
fications to DEQ, and exceeded the
penalty ever issued by the depart-
allowable rate of an additive used to
ment, which also regulates land and improve product quality.
“DEQ found Hydro Extrusion
water quality in Oregon.
operated with flagrant disregard
The facility in The Dalles melts
down aluminum scrap so it can be for the rules and conditions of its
air quality permit,” said Kieran
recycled into new products.
DEQ and the U.S. Environmental O’Donnell, DEQ compliance and
enforcement manager. “DEQ
Protection Agency discovered the
violations during an unannounced expects industrial facilities to
adhere to the rules that are in place
inspection in April 2019. The facil-
to protect the health of Oregon’s
ity’s air quality permit allows it to
people and environment. Hydro
melt only “clean charge,” defined
Homeless
outreach
Jan. 30
Volunteers
needed for
service event
Cecil
■ By The Neita
Dalles Chronicle
A local group that hosts events
to bring services to the homeless
is moving its third such event,
on Thursday, Jan. 30, to the Civic
Auditorium, providing much more
room and more privacy for medi-
cal services.
The Community Connect event
is put on by The Dalles Housing
Solutions Coalition, and will run
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The past
two such events were held in the
basement of the Mid-Columbia
Senior Center, but the move to the
Civic, at 323 E. 4th St., will allow
medical practitioners to set up
their services in greater privacy in
the Fireside Room at the Civic.
The coalition is a collabora-
tion of over 30 public and private
non-profit partners across the
region.
The event provides health ser-
vices, support, warm clothing, and
food is served the entire time.
Services include flu shots, rapid
HIV testing, hepatitis screening,
signing people up for the Oregon
Health Plan, arranging for them to
get replacement IDs, and getting
them signed up for Medicare.
Also offered will be information
on services available to veterans,
as well as outreach materials from
mental health providers. People
can also receive food stamp assis-
tance and would have a safe place
to talk to someone if they are in a
domestic violence situation.
“This event is a great network-
ing event for anyone, young
and old, experiencing unstable
housing challenges,” said Nadja
McConville, community part-
nership coordinator for the state
Department of Human Services
Self Sufficiency program.
The main event will be held
in the large room adjacent to
the Fireside Room. Food will be
provided, as well as to-go meals.
Items like clothing, toiletries,
blankets and sleeping bags will be
See OUTREACH, page A4
INSIDE
Hydro Extrusion The Dalles is located on Second Street near the old Northwest Aluminum plant site. Mark B. Gibson photo
Extrusion chose not to follow these
rules, and the DEQ is holding the
facility accountable to ensure in the
future it operates in full compliance
with environmental laws.”
After identifying the violations,
the DEQ ordered the facility to
stop using unclean aluminum,
improve its tracking and monitoring
program, and submit monthly
records so DEQ can verify compli-
ance. Hydro Extrusion has since
improved its scrap monitoring
program at the facility and certified
to DEQ that it has stopped process-
ing prohibited material.
The majority of the $1,296,885
penalty—$1,063,485—is the
estimated economic benefit the
facility gained by avoiding the cost
to install and maintain pollution
control equipment. If the facility in-
stalls control equipment, DEQ may
recalculate the economic benefit
portion of the penalty.
See FINE, page A4
Dancing with the
stars
Mary Davis takes
the Gorge trophy
Sacon
■ By The Walker
Dalles Chronicle
Over 600 people filled the lower
level of The Dalles High School au-
ditorium for a dance contest with a
familiar format on Friday, Jan. 10.
After dance performances by
local contestants, the youth of The
Dalles Dazzling Dancers and a
touring ballroom dance company,
Mary Davis lifted the mirrored ball
trophy as the winner of “Dancing
with the Gorge Stars” season 7.
Each attendee’s ticket doubled
as a ballot for an audience vote to
decide the winner. Davis ultimate-
ly won by a single-digit margin
over runner-up Mimi McDonnell.
Organizer and Mid-Columbia
Community Concert Association
President Patti Blagg said she
was happy with the end product
of the association’s only yearly
fundraiser.
“Who wants to sell cookies or
do a garage sale? Nobody really
gets to enjoy it,” Blagg said of the
fundraiser. “This brings in a lot of
money. It’s an expensive show to
put on but it’s a lot of money com-
ing for revenue and 650 people get
to have a really nice evening out.”
The show opened with 14
dancers, ages 11 to 16, from The
Dalles Dazzling Dancers after
Blagg addressed the audience and
introduced Utah Ballroom Dance
Company Executive Director Mark
Baker as the event’s MC.
Baker, who has been with Utah
Ballroom Dance since it was
created in 2010, got a roar from
the crowd when he asked “How
many of you know one of tonight’s
contestants?” ahead of the first
performance.
Davis, the eventual winner,
was the first of six local contes-
tants to perform, each paired
with a professional dancer from
Utah Ballroom Dance Company.
After her performance, she
bribed the judging panel of
County Commissioner Scott
Hege, Cousins’ General Manager
Addie Case and State Farm agent
Dean Dollarhide with comically
large $20 bills to laughs from the
audience.
Davis was followed by The
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Mary Davis (right) poses with her trophy after winning the 2020 season of “Dancing With the Gorge Stars” at The Dalles
High School on Jan. 10, 2020. Davis’ partner from Utah Ballroom Dance Company, Drew Innis (center), and runner-up Mimi
McDonnell (left), are also pictured.
Walker Sacon photos
Dalles Art Center Executive
Director Scott Stephenson’s country
routine to Steve Holy’s “Brand New
Girlfriend.” Laura Johnson, who
works at Great ‘N Small Childcare
and her family’s Renken Farms, was
next with a Cha Cha performance
to “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns
N’ Roses.
Next, Dr. Mimi McDonnell nearly
received a perfect-30 from the judg-
es for her mambo performance to
Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance
with Somebody.” Dollarhide called
McDonnell, North Central Public
Health District’s health officer, “the
doctor of dance” as he awarded her
the first 10 of the evening.
Zion Lutheran Church Pastor
Tyler Beane Kelly performed the
single-time swing to “Johnny B.
Goode” by Chuck Berry. His per-
formance included cheerleading
background dancers, a TDHS let-
terman jacket and a nearly-fumbled Laura Johnson dances with Dallas McKinney of the Utah Ballroom Dance
handoff to Hege at the judges’ table. Company at The Dalles High School on Jan. 10, 2020. Johnson was among six
local contestants in 2020’s “Dancing With the Gorge Stars” fundraiser for Mid-
Columbia Community Concert Association.
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