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The Dalles Chronicle
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NEWS IN BRIEF
D21 seeks sup’t hiring panel
The deadline is Friday, Feb. 14 to apply for a spot on an
advisory committee that will help interview finalists for the
new D21 superintendent.
The board is seeking a variety of members, such as stu-
dents, district staff and community members. Applications
are due by Friday at 4 p.m. It is unknown yet how many peo-
ple will be on the committee.
For applications, visit the district website at www.nwasco.
k12.or.us and find it under quick links. The form can be filled
out online, or printed off and submitted to the district admin-
istrative office at 3632 W. 10th St., The Dalles.
Candidates must commit to attending all three interviews,
which are tentatively set for March 9, 10 and 11 from 3-4
p.m., depending on the number of candidates selected to be
interviewed. Once the schedule is finalized the committee
members will be notified.
Superintendent Candy Armstrong, who has helmed the
district since 2004, when the former D9 and D12 districts
dissolved and merged, is retiring June 30.
The committee will ask each candidate pre-determined
questions and score each candidate on the approved “input
to the school board” form and submit the form to the com-
mittee moderator before leaving each day. The school board
will review the committee input forms after official candidate
interviews have been completed.
Wasco County seeks law firm
Wasco County is seeking qualifications and quotations
from law firms to support Wasco County in collective bargain-
ing negotiations, grievances, arbitration and other related
areas as needed involving the county’s collective bargaining
agreements. RFQ submissions must address each of the
requests for information included in the RFQ posted on
the front page of the County website: www.co.wasco.or.us
and must be received no later than 4 p.m., Friday, March 6.
Contact Tyler Stone at 541-506-2552 or tylers@co.wasco.or.us.
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lesson that we offered on
Tuesdays and Thursdays,”
Tragethon said. “We found
that there were a lot of peo-
ple who ski and snowboard-
ed who were dropping out of
the sport because they didn’t
have a place to drop off their
kids. We found that was a
barrier for families that have
parents who’re very passion-
ate on the mountain.”
Infants as young as 6
weeks and kids as old as 11
years can be dropped off at
daycare. Mt. Hood Meadows
employees also take advan-
tage of the service.
The latest development
was the completion of the
Providence Hood River
Memorial Hospital Mountain
Clinic. The clinic serves
Mount Hood Meadows
and receives patients from
Timberline Ski Area and
Government Camp.
“It’s basically the same
thing as an emergency room
at the mountain,” Tragethon
said. “We have the capability
to take x-rays. It’s as if you’re
walking into an ER, that’s the
Skiers board the Mt. Hood Express lift.
The front entrance of Mt. Hood Meadows.
type of treatment you can get.
I would suggest that those
that are regularly staffing the
clinic at Mt. Hood Meadows
may be more suited to certain
types of injuries than if you
went to an E.R. because they
see common injuries that
come from the slopes.”
There’s even a helipad for
situations where a person
needs to be flown out for in-
tensive care, Tragethon said.
Now that most needs
have been taken care of, Mt.
Hood Meadows is building a
learning center, restaurant,
and event center: the Sahale
Building. It’s expected to
be finished in the 2020-21
season.
“The primary thing that
it’s going to do is provide 60
percent more seating in our
lodges on those busy days
where we desperately need
it,” Tragethon said. “But it’s
also going to give us a chance
to provide a much more var-
ied menu in the Sahale grill.
It’s a building that’s multi-use
that we’re going to be able
to use for summer opera-
tions, meetings, wedding
space, and for our summer
kids camps, in addition to
our chair lift operation and
culinary offerings.”
Even with its latest addi-
tional services, Mt. Hood
Meadows still provides skiing
and boarding opportunities
for different skill levels.
Mona Goudarzian from
Corvallis and Erika Linden
from Portland first visited the
resort Jan. 25. Both, who are
fairly new to the sport, skied
and visited the restaurant
during their stay.
Linden said she appreciat-
ed the helpfulness of the staff
at the resort.
“People have been helpful
enough that it makes it more
streamlined,” Linden said.
“At Willamette I feel like I
had to intentionally seek out
where here they were more
helpful.”
Goudarzian said Mt. Hood
Meadows provided a fun
recreation experience where
she bonded with Linden, an
idea that Tragethon wanted
to convey.
“We’re taking that message
and theme of diversification,
and we’re applying it to the
resort,” Tragethon said.
“The idea is not just diver-
sifying Meadows, but also
recognize that Portland mar-
ket, the northwest generally,
is growing.
“We’re designing this to
present to a larger variety
of people that would be in-
clined to go downhill skiing,
snowboarding and hiking.”
starting Feb. 10, 2020, until I
appoint a successor or one is
lawfully elected.”
Some dispute
Those duties include
appearing “on behalf of the
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state in each and every state
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grand jury proceeding within
the jurisdiction.”
office.” In a Feb. 4 response
In an emailed statement to
to Attorney General Ellen
Rosenblum, Brown directed OPB, Nisley said he has “co-
the DOJ to “discharge the
operated fully” with the state
responsibilities of the Wasco while he is suspended for
County District Attorney
two months. But he strongly
disputes the DOJ’s opinion
that his elected office is now
forfeit.
“There is a vigorous discus-
sion going on now between
the Governor, the AG, my
lawyer and the Oregon
District Attorneys Association
about whether the DOJ
position on this is legally ac-
curate. Until that is resolved,
I cannot comment any more
about this,” Nisley wrote.
On Feb. 6, Clackamas
District Attorney John Foote
sent a letter to Gov. Brown
arguing that the Attorney
General’s stance is “in direct
conflict and inconsistent”
with past practice. “As the
elected District Attorney,
[Nisley] is an independently
elected state official. Both
his position and his person
deserve much better and
more respectful treatment,”
Foote wrote.
In 2018, a trial panel
for Oregon’s Disciplinary
Board ruled that Nisley lied
about investigating a county
official. The panel rejected
charges that his improper
investigation was retaliation
against a women he allegedly
harassed.
The county official,
then-county finance director
Monica Morris, reported
Nisley to her supervisor after
a professional conference in
2011, where she said the DA
sexually propositioned her
and she rebuffed him.
In 2013, Morris made two
loans to an intern out of the
county’s petty cash fund.
Nisley asked the state to in-
vestigate, and when the DOJ
declined, he began looking
into it personally.
Other county officials ob-
jected, and in May 2015, the
Wasco County counsel filed
a complaint with the bar that
began the process.
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