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TheDallesChronic le.com The Dalles en te rtai Entertainment Update | A2 Chronicle E N T E R TA upda nm t en e t INMENT Wednesday, Februar y 12, Tony Smile y at Route 30 Live music Feb. 15 Friday, Feb. coming up at Route 30: 14: Alonzo Garban Saturday, Feb. zo 15: Tony Friday, Feb. 21: Th e New Smiley Saturday, Feb. Prohibitions, 22: School 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28: Th e Growle Boi (AC/DC cover band), Route 30 Bottles 7 p.m. and Brews, rz, 7 p.m. 541-993-3155. 317 E 2nd St, Th e Dalles; Reddy Black Trio at Rivertap Friday, Feb. Feb. 16 (Duo, Covers 14: Jeff Carrell and Kenny Olsen, , Rock N Roll) Sunday, Feb. 6-9 p.m. 16: Sunday Black Trio, 6:30-8:3 Night Jam featurin Rivertap, 703 0 p.m. g Th e Reddy E 2nd St, Th e Dalles; 541-296 Alonzo Garba -7870. nzo at Live music coming at Solera: Solera Feb. 15 Saturday, Feb. Saturday, Feb. 15: Alonzo Garban 22: Albert Nichola zo, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. s, 6-9 p.m. 28: Ry Mac Solera Brewer Band, 6-9 p.m. y, 4945 Baselin e Dr., Parkda le; 541-352-5500. Willy & Nelso n at Zim’s Feb. Live music 15 Friday, Feb. coming up at Zim’s: Saturday, 14: Big River Blues Band, 7-10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15: Willy & Nelson Guitarist Ben Kenny Olsen Feb 18: Tuesday Taps Band, 7-10 p.m. & Tunes with and Jose Maya schedule with Rice was in Hood River Zim’s Brau Haus, Al Hare, on 541-436-4677. Lewis Creed and the last week with a blues 604 E 2nd St., drums, 7-9 p.m. Geezer coming trio featurin Th e Dalles, g 64 Taphou up Thursda 541-296-2368. ‘reVoiced’ at se y, Feb. 20. Music starts owner Rod Steward on Abomination,” Civic Feb. 18 Th e dynam at 7 p.m. at drums. 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Hood River 541-386-2114. 7:30 p.m. to Book Club meets Th ursday Cardboard unforgettable their distinct person fi ve charismatic enter- by alities Armo vocal togethe experience.” r an American discuss “Becoming Nicole: , Feb. 13, from Middle School 6:30- Proceeds benefi r to create an 22, Visit the Hood River Library Workshop Feb. 22 Th e transfo is open to all Family,” by Amy Ellis at Th e Dalles Music Department. from 10 a.m. t Th e Dalles Makerspace Nutt. Th e Pride rmation of persons 18 to 2 p.m. to make on Saturday, LGBTQA literatu mor, or Pauldro brownpapertic Middle School, Colum Tickets are $12 in advanc years and your own Feb. older interest Book Club n, out re. Th e will lead and Federa kets.com. Th e Dalles bia Gorge Toyota, or participants of cardboard. Instruct piece of shoulder ar- Court St, Th e Dalles; e Dalles-Wasco Co. Public ed in reading l streets, Th e at Civic Auditor or Brooklyn 541-296-2815. Dalles. Library, 722 ium, Fourth ter. 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As of Jan. 10, the state justice department will take over the duties of DA Eric Nisley until Gov. Kate Brown appoints a successor or a new one is elected. Jan. 10, was the first day of a 60-day suspension for Nisley, who has denied allegations of professional and sexual miscon- duct and spent years fighting his suspension for lying to state investigators. But, as her chief legal agency urges ousting Nisley, Brown’s office has not committed to a pro- cess for selecting a new DA. “At this point the Governor’s Office has not yet made a decision whether to fill the vacancy by appointment at some future date, and there isn’t a set timeline for making that decision,” Brown’s press secretary Charles Boyle said in an email Thursday. Oregon Public Broadcasting aired the story Friday. The suspension is the culmi- nation of years of conflict, which led to an Oregon Supreme Court decision in Dec. 2019 upholding Nisley’s suspension. State officials and the governor appear to have only recently grappled with the idea of removing him from office, and how that will affect a rural county with about 26,000 residents and hundreds of open cases. In a letter sent to Brown’s office on Jan. 30, Deputy Attorney General Frederick Boss wrote that Nisley’s suspension “neces- sitates immediate action by your Mona Goudarzian from Corvallis and Erika Linden from Portland enjoy a visit to Mt. Hood Meadows in January. The resort has been a mountain destination for over 50 years. Gabriel Bravo photo Mt. Hood Meadows continues to adapt Bravo ■ By The Gabriel Dalles Chronicle F OR OVER 50 YEARS, MT. Hood Meadows has been evolving, transforming and adapting for its skiing and snow- boarding visitors. Dave Tragethon, vice president of sales and mar- keting for the ski resort, said that same ideology continues today. “We’ve actually begun diversi- fying the different products and services that we offer so that we could attract more and a broader section of people,” Tragethon said. “Whether they’ve never skied or snowboarded, or they are very advanced and just want powder or double black diamonds, we have to accommodate the entire spectrum. Now we have snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. We’re broad- ening and diversifying our winter experience.” The diversification of the resort’s services and experiences has been driven by a need, Tragethon said, but it is now leaning mostly to the wants of people. After its completion in 1967, Mt. Hood Meadows offered, and still offers, equipment rentals. Soon after that, ski and snowboard lessons were available. The idea was to teach the basics of the sports and get them comfortable in the snow, Tragethon said. Once people understand the basics, then it’ll be easier and more enjoyable for them, he said. Another need skiers and board- ers had was childcare. During the 1999-2000 winter season, Mt. Hood Meadows opened a state certified daycare. “Before we had daycare, we used to try to address the needs of our guests with two day a week mini mite. It was a special ski school See MT HOOD, page A10 Mt. Hood Meadows offering free shuttle rides to mountain A new free shuttle system is now running daily from the Hood River Event Site to Mt. Hood Meadows. Dave Tragethon, vice president of sales and marketing, said the partnership between the ski resort and Columbia Area Transit was created in order to alleviate parking congestion. “Before we did the free shuttle, we used to wait until our parking lot was full,” Tragethon said. “Then we’d try to shuttle from lots in Parkdale, Odell and closer to Hood River. But by that time, we were telling people who were driving to Mt. Hood Meadows to turn back and drive 25 miles to get on a bus to come back here.” Mt. Hood Meadows began shuttling skiers and snowboarders to the mountain Dec. 21 and will continue until March 29. Not only do skiers and snowboarders use the service, Mt. Hood Meadows employees also catch the bus to the mountain. See DA, page A10 What matters is the ridership and demand, Tragethon said. As long as there’s a clear need for the shuttle, the resort will continue to provide it. “For this first year, it’s between Hood River and Mt. Hood Meadows,” Tragethon said. “But eventually, we would like this to connect with Government Camp and Sandy so that we could really offer around the mountain type of transit system not just during the winter but also during the summer months.” Since its first trip back in December, there have been over 6,000 round trips made. Notable riders in these trips are teenagers. Parents drop off their kids at the waterfront and pick them up when they return. This creates a sense of self-sufficiency, Tragethon said. “There’s a feeling of independence,” Tragethon said. “Particularly we see this with a lot of our team members’ Riders board the free shuttle at the Hood River Event Site on Feb. 3. Gabriel Bravo photo kids and such. We have kids that are very young that are capable of riding the shuttle by themselves. They grow that confidence and independence. They can say, ‘I know where I am, and I know what to do if I need help.’ We take that seriously.” For more information, visit www. skihood.com/shuttle for arrival and departure times. TDPD starts “fix-it ticket” program Cecil ■ By The Neita Dalles Chronicle For years, city police would issue warnings for equipment violations on vehicles, only to see the same vehicle, still unrepaired, driving around later on. Under a new program, called “Fix- it Ticket,” The Dalles city officers will issue tickets instead of warnings, but if people fix whatever they were tick- eted for their ticket will be dismissed after they pay a $35 administrative fee. The Dalles Traffic Safety Officer Jeff Kienlen said, “The ticket will go away, but there’s a fee for the program and the fee’s substantially less than the fine.” The program includes 19 cor- rectable violations, most of which are safety issues, Kienlen said. They include operating without a proper muffler/exhaust system, defective lighting equipment, no rear view mirror and obstructed windows. Other correctable items aren’t equipment violations, but cover things like failing to register a vehi- cle or renew a registration, failure to change an address/vehicle regis- tration and failure to carry current proof of insurance. Those under 16 face a fix-it ticket for no helmet when riding on a skateboard, roller blades or scooter. Kienlen expects to see fix-it tickets mostly for defective lighting equipment and failure to renew registration. A lot of drivers will also get surprise tickets for driving without a driver’s license. That’s because, even when a driver may have a license issued by another state, as soon as they aren’t a resident of that state anymore the li- cense is no longer valid, Kienlen said. Putting your license plate on your dashboard is a violation, as is not having a front license plate. The person getting a ticket must make the correction before the court date listed on their ticket, which is usually set for two weeks after the ticket is issued, Kienlen said. Once they make the repair, they have to bring it to the police INSIDE Senior News Entertainment Obituaries department, at 401 Court St., for an inspection. The inspections will only be conducted Monday through Friday (except holidays) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Once the officer has signed off on the inspection, the person takes the completed form and the $35 administrative fee to The Dalles Municipal Court. Fix-it tickets can only be used one time for the same offense. The city began working on the program 10 months ago. A paralegal at the city who was drafting revised municipal court rules suggested the program, which she’d seen in another city. “She brought the idea to the police department for our input, and we liked it and just made a few minor changes and that was mainly to the violations that people would be cited for in the program,” Kienlen said. Kienlen thinks the program will be a good thing, since the current traffic school options are limited in what violations qualify. “And a lot of times to complete these classes A2 A3 A5 or diversion programs it can be far more expensive than the citation.” The seat belt diversion class costs about $150 and the citation is $115, but people take the class because the extra money is worth it to some to not have a conviction on their record, he said. Qualifying violations are: failure to change address/vehicle regis- tration; failure to register vehicle; failure to pay registration fee; failure to display license plate; altered/ obstructed license plate; improper display of stickers; failure to carry current proof of insurance; operating a vehicle without driving privileges or in violation of license restrictions; failure to change address on ID card or driver’s license; failure to main- tain seat belt; no bicycle helmet; no helmet when riding a skateboard, roller bladesor scooter; improper fenders or mudguards; obstructed windows; tinted windows (less than 35 percent light transmittance); operating without a proper muffler/ exhaust system; no rear view mirror; and defective lighting equipment. Comics Marketplace Sports A7 A8 A9
