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A4 Wednesday, February 5, 2020 The Dalles Chronicle TheDallesChronicle.com Lookout Post ENTERTAINMENT Continued from page A3 Feb. 19: Hum along with Aretha Franklin’s classics and make an African Kente cloth, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 26: Listen to lively, danceable African music while creating your own African mask, 5:30 p.m. Hood River County Library, 502 State St., Hood River; 541-386-2535. History Forum returns in February The original Wasco County Courthouse (410 West 2nd Place, The Dalles) hosts the Regional History Forum series Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. featuring lectures and presentations from top local and regional historians. Free admission; donations accepted. Saturday, Feb. 8: The Women of Sorosis: Social ‘Influencers’ of Their Day (Denise Dietrich Bokum); Saturday, Feb. 15: Rufus and the Army Camp that Helped End World War II (Cal McDermid); Saturday, Feb. 22: Finding the Wire Trail: Early Instant Communication in the Gorge (Dave and Helen Wand and Larry McGinnis); Saturday, Feb. 29: Famous Visitors: Guess Who Came to Dinner? (Rodger Nichols). Mardi Gras party Feb. 8 A cat takes advantage of a stump to watch traffic along West 13th Street Saturday. Gary Elkinton photo are locations that unfortu- nately are victims of graffiti more often than others, but Prompt removal as a whole our area is pretty reduces vandalism free of the bold, large-scale graffiti areas.” Continued from page A1 The Dalles does not have a severe graffiti problem graffiti removing crews have but the idea, as explained by Lesich and Rogers, is kept the city mostly clear of to stop and prevent future such vandalism. vandalism. “I am very proud of the “Law enforcement is able City of The Dalles and the to locate and refer youth to immediate surrounding area,” Rogers said. “I travel a the Department of Youth Services for graffiti, and our lot around Oregon and my office supervises any sanc- observation is that we have less than many areas. There tioning,” Roger said. “There are a variety of variables involved with youth who tag, the key variable being age. While there may be many episodes within a short period of time, once a youth starts to work with a Juvenile Court Counselor and the Community Work Service program, the recidivism drops drastically.” Lesich said the new agree- ment helps make the com- munity look more appealing and attractive to both visitors and residents. “I think in any commu- nity, when you’re looking at blight and making your curb appeal in general, it’s a lot of little things that add up to making our community more beauti- ful, attractive and cleaner in general,” Lesich said. “That’s the goal; keep our community in check and balanced when it comes to enforcement and compli- ance to ordinances such as this one.” To report graffiti, fill out a code enforcement com- plaint form at thedalles.com under the public docu- ments and forms link. they’d like. “School becomes really not interesting to them because they can’t take any- Connection, hope thing they want.” North Wasco County for success key School District 21 Continued from page A1 Superintendent Candy Armstrong said the gradu- Evans said that for students ation rate and the dropout rate were two very different to stay in school, two things have to happen: they have to things. feel connected, be it through The on-time graduation classes, sports or clubs; and rate looks at how many they have to feel like they can students started high school be successful in school. as freshmen—wherever they If a student fails math in may have started—and then ninth grade, they have to graduated, on time, four repeat it, meaning they can’t years later. take the elective courses Students are moving in and out of the school district constantly; sometimes 100 students will transfer and in and out of one grade in a single year. A lot of tracking goes on to measure how students are faring in other districts. The dropout rate, however, measures how many seniors started their senior year and how many graduated. Armstrong said the school district used to think a 5 per- cent dropout rate was really good. Last year’s dropout rate was just 1.6 percent. She said an 80 percent graduation rate does not equal a 20 percent dropout rate. The school had 23 students listed as home- less, and for that group, their dropout rate was 8.9 percent. Armstrong said Oregon has taken a beating for hav- ing a graduation rate listed as the 49th lowest in the US, but she said the state has stuck to its guns and retained some of the highest graduation standards in the nation. “We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we don’t lower our expectations,” she said. GRAFFITI GRAD Green Home Design + Build now offers gutter services! Transport yourself to the French Quarter of New Orleans at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center’s Mardi Gras Celebration, Saturday, Feb. 8, 7-11 p.m. Authentic food, live jazz music and professional Tarot Card readings. Tickets $20. 21 and over only. The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 541-296-8600; www.gorgediscovery.org. Kit Garoutte at Feast Live music coming up at Feast: Thursday, Feb. 6, Kit Garoutte and Jay Reed, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, Kit Garoutte and Ann Flemming, 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Feast Market & Delicatessen, 151 E Jewett Blvd, White Salmon; 509-637-6886. Al and Nolan at Everybody’s Brewing Live music Monday’s at Everybody’s: Feb. 3: Al and Nolan, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 10: Brian Greeley, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 17: Scott and Rebecca, 6-8 p.m. Everybody’s Brewing, 177 E. Jewett Blvd., White Salmon, Wash; 509-637-2774. Pride Book Club meets Feb. 13 The Pride Book Club meets Thursday, Feb. 13, from 6:30- 7:30 p.m. to discuss “Becoming Nicole: The transformation of an American Family,” by Amy Ellis Nutt. The Pride Book Club is open to all persons 18 years and older interested in reading LGBTQA literature. The Dalles-Wasco Co. Public Library, 722 Court St, The Dalles, 541-296-2815. Europatopia plays TD Art Center Feb. 16 It’s Klezmer and Beyond with Europatopia, a seven-piece world-music band led by Joel Kabakov, at The Dalles Art Center on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. $15 suggested do- nation. The Dalles Art Center, 220 E. 4th St., The Dalles; 541-296-4759. 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