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A4 Weekend of March 21-22, 2020 The Dalles Chronicle TheDallesChronicle.com OPINION Working through difficult times O UR NEWSPAPERS, THE Hood River News and The Dalles Chronicle, remain committed to the communities they serve. The health and well-being of our employees and our readers will remain a top priority. Over the upcoming weeks you will find both offices will have limited office hours. Many of our employees have been set up to work from home, others are limiting their work hours. This is not a decision we take lightly. It is scary, as businesses around us halt business hours, advertising promotion, and day- to-day contact with customers, friends and neighbors. The concern and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus has made each of us reevaluate daily as the situation evolves. Our newsroom is working long COVID-19 From the Publisher Chelsea Marr hours, behind the scenes, prepar- ing the most up-to-date news and information for our community. We have grouped up with other top news organizations in Oregon to be sure each of us has the latest facts available on the coronavirus. Top health organizations in our state, along with local health profes- sionals are continuing to provide information on the virus, so we can share this with our readers. It is a difficult time for all of us. Our newspapers rely on advertising Continued from page A2 opens up support services to all the local communities in the county, including emergency services and health care facilities, according to a press release from Klickitat County Emergency Management. Klickitat County and local city governments of Bingen, Goldendale and White Salmon have maintained a proactive stance for over two weeks in anticipation of any person being diagnosed with COVID-19. These declarations provide for additional coordination between local and county govern- ment in their efforts to inform, serve, and protect the public. In response to recommendations on social distancing provided by the CDC, the Washington State Department of Health, and the Klickitat County Health Department, Mike Canon, Mayor of Goldendale, advised that the city is looking to conduct city council meetings by telephone in an effort to minimize group gatherings. Cases increase A total of 75 people in Oregon have been confirmed to have COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to the Oregon Health Authority. That includes 10 new cases confirmed statewide Thursday, March 19, in the following counties: Benton (1), Lane (2), Marion (4), Washington (2) and Yamhill (1). COVID-19 has also claimed two more lives in Oregon. These individuals include a 60-year-old woman in Lane County, who died at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend on March 14, and a 71-year-old man in Washington County who died March 17 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. The Lane County resident tested positive for the virus posthumously March 17. The Washington County resident received a positive result on March 16. Both had underlying medical conditions. Unemployment Insurance The Oregon Employment Department enacted temporary rules Wednesday, March 19, 2020, to give more flexibility in providing unemployment benefits to COVID-19 affected workers. LOOKING BACK Continued from page A3 support, the poor band was still $4,000 shy of its goal. Just in the nick of time came an anonymous benefactor, who agreed to make up the difference. 40 years ago — 1980 Sample ballots for a special district election in Wasco County on March 25 (next Tuesday) are now available and will be published in the Chronicle on Thursday. Included on the ballot will be tax levies for Wasco County, the City of The Dalles, Treaty Oak Area Education District and The Dalles, Chenowith, Petersburg, Dufur, Tygh Valley, Antelope and Wamic school districts, and Wasco County Union High School. Steve Swearingen and Susan Konautz, Emergency Medical Technicians from White Salmon, Wash., are preparing to remove victims of a simulated auto- mobile accident during an EMT Auto extrication class on Snipes St. Nearly 50 students and licensed EMT’s participat- ed in the rescue class on Sunday. The Wasco Education Service District does not have a money issue on the ballot next Tuesday, but two positions on the board of directors will be elected. T. Scott Woodside, a Maupin area rancher, is seeking re-election for board position No. 3. He has no opposition. The Dalles School District No. 12 is seeking approval of a $1,930,545 tax levy and will pick two new school board members in the county-wide special district’s election on Tuesday. The levy request is outside the six percent limita- tion and will mean an estimated $8.03 per $1,000 valuation, district superin- tendent George Yertson said. The levy request is subject to A ballot treatment and 30 percent of the levy, or $815,260, is reimbursable from the state. Chelsea Marr, publisher Contact us Editor, Mark Gibson, The Dalles Chronicle, 541-296-2141 ext. 107; tdchron@thedalleschronicle. com. Please leave a message if prompted. Subscription changes—Tanya Lindsey, Circulation Manager, Tlindsey@thedalleschronicle.com Advertising—Jody Thompson, Advertising Director, jthompson@ hoodrivernews.com Publisher—Chelsea Marr, cmarr@hoodrivernews.com or cmarr@thedalleschronicle.com. We will continue to monitor this quickly evolving situation and are here to assist you as needed. closed, fish stocking of lakes and ponds continue at this time. Parks: The Oregon State Park system will continue to adapt to the COVID-19 outbreak by limiting park services and events. These changes will happen as new guidance is released by state and federal Centers for Disease Control, and could affect operating hours, facilities and services. Visit https://bit.ly/OPRD-covid for ongoing updates. Hatcheries, parks closed ODFW: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fish hatcheries are closed to visitors as a precaution against COVID-19. Effective Wednesday, March 18, all state-operated fish hatcheries closed to public access and visitors, according to a press release. The closure is meant to protect staff as they continue to op- erate the hatcheries, which raise millions of fish critical to the state’s economy and biological systems. While hatcheries are Winter is over in Oregon. Spring, with a few showers in some areas, arrived at 3:10 a.m. The National Weather Service said a frontal system would move inland today and be out of the state by evening. Scattered showers and partial clearing periods are expected. The second day of spring, Friday, is expected to provide more sunshine. The Treaty Oak Area Education District, which provides community col- lege services throughout Wasco County, is seeking permission to levy taxes serial- ly for three years at a rate of 25 cents per $1,000 of true cash value. If approved, the levy would raise estimated amounts of $139,489 in 1980-81; $147,520 in 1981-82 and $154,800 in 1982-83. The money raised by these taxes would be subject to state reimbursement. Site plans for the addition to The Dalles General Hospital and the Fred Meyer properties Inc. development on West Sixth Street near Terminal Avenue were approved by The Dalles Planning Commission Thursday night. The plan for the Fred Meyer development required only one modification by the planning commission as they rejected request for a curb cut on Terminal Avenue near the intersection on west Sixth Street. A $226,000 annual levy for the next three years for operation of the Dalles Parks and Recreation departments will be on the Tuesday ballot. The total amount for the three-year tax levy’s $678,000. If the measure is approved all of these taxes will be supported by local taxpayers and there will be no state reimbursement. 60 years ago — 1960 In anticipation of an annual problem, The Dalles police department today issued a precautionary reminder. The department cited a city ordinance that prohibits the shooting of air rifles, BB- guns (rifles and pistols), pellet guns, etc., within the city limits. cmarr@thedalleschronicle.com CeCe Fix/Business Manager • 541-296-2141 Ext. 110 cfix@thedalleschronicle.com Tanya Lindsey/Circulation Manager • 541-296-2141 Ext. 108 tlindsey@thedalleschronicle.com Mark Gibson/News Editor • 541-296-2141 Ext. 107 mgibson@thedalleschronicle.com • Established 1890 • Ray Rodriguez/Sports Editor • 541-296-2141 Ext. 105 541-296-2141 rrodriguez@thedalleschronicle.com 811 East Second, The Dalles, OR 97058 A member of Eagle Newspapers, Inc. Joe Petshow, President Neita Cecil/Reporter • 541-296-2141 Ext. 115 All rights reserved commonality, each has a passion for our business that remains un- faltering even in the most difficult of times. We understand all businesses in our communities are struggling. To assist, our newspapers are offering deeply discounted rates so local businesses can get their messages out. We are here to help you market in our newspapers and on our web- sites and social media. We hope you will continue to invest in our newspaper’s mis- sion of providing local news and information for our communities. Your feedback, letters, phone calls and emails are welcome. A kind word goes a long way during these difficult times. Thank you for your loyalty! The Oregon Employment Department provides Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits to most workers who are out of work through no fault of their own. Unemployment Insurance benefits will be available during temporary layoffs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. These benefits are for employees whose employer stops operation for a short period of time, such as cleaning following a coro- navirus exposure or by government requirement. Workers can get unemployment benefits, and do not need to seek work with other employers, if their place of employ- ment will resume operations. To receive benefits, affected workers must still be able to work, stay in contact with their employer and be available to work when called back. A full resource guide with questions and answers about specific coronavirus-related situations and unemployment benefits is available at Oregon.gov/employ. This site also has information for filing an online claim. The number of initial Unemployment Insurance claims filed in Oregon rose from approximately 800 on Sunday, March 16 to a total of 18,500 on Tuesday, March 18, 2020. For help finding jobs and training resources, contact your local WorkSource Oregon center or go to WorkSourceOregon. org. To file an online claim for unemployment benefits, go to Oregon.gov/employ or call 1-877-FILE-4-UI. Equal Opportunity program — auxiliary aids and ser- vices available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Contact: (503) 947-1794. For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, call 711 Telecommunications Relay Services. Chelsea Marr/Publisher • 541-296-2141 Ext. 119 © 2018 The Dalles Chronicle revenue to support their mission. Unfortunately, this model has been interrupted, as pre-print inserts, and advertising investment are paused. Schools have closed and changed the job of our sports reporters. The city council, the port meetings, plays and art shows have all been canceled, again, changing our weekly reporting. Our newspapers will not stop our mission. We will continue to provide the latest facts on the pandemic to our community, but we will need to do so mostly behind closed doors as we work. Our staff will be seeing reduced hours and less pay as we continue to remain a viable business. We know we will get through this. Our newspaper team is committed to the commu- nities it serves. It is a strong circle of friends and co-workers with one ncecil@thedalleschronicle.com The problem of garbage dumping is becoming acute again, the Wasco County Sheriff’s deputies and a warning to others was issued by Sheriff Ernie Mosier. In reminding that the city dump is closed on Mondays, sheriff Mosier said anyone dumping refuse or garbage along Steele road, leading to the dump, is in violation of laws prohibiting dump- ing on public roads. The Dalles Dam powerhouse gallery and some of the other points of interest in addition to the fish ladders will be open for visits by the public on weekends and holidays after April 2, the Corps of Engineers announced Monday. Bob Craig of The Dalles copped the Class C all-events crown with a 1753 in the 19th annual Oregon state bowling tournament for men which wound up Sunday night in Salem. Rich Tenold of The Dalles High School Future Farmers of America chapter was elected to the State Farmer Degree at the state FFA convention ending today at Pendleton. Tom Tanner, Dalles High School biol- ogy instructor, has been appointed to a position in the traveling science demon- stration lecture program administered by University of Oregon. Confirmation of his appointment to the program, at a salary of $6,000 plus travel expenses, came this week from P. B. Jacobson, dean of the school of education at U. of O. William A. (Bill) Johnson, The Dalles, has been named to the combined office of Wasco County weed supervisor and watermaster, Jack Thienes, county extension agent announced this week. The dual position was created by the Wasco County Court following a conference with the Wasco County Weed Committee. PORTLAND (UPI)—Plans by Portland’s two strikebound daily newspapers to put armed guards inside their plants The Dalles Chronicle is published Wednesday and Satur- day except: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Entered as Periodicals postage paid at the Office of The Dalles, OR and additional mailing offices. Print readers will find some of what they read here feels like “old news.” Coronovirus outbreak coverage is currently posted daily on the Chronicle’s home page, www.thedalleschronicle.com. Postings are free and include state and regional coverage in addition to local alerts and stories. aroused the ire of the Inter-Union Strike Committee today. The committee sent telegrams to Labor Secretary James Mitchell, Gov. Mark Hatfield and others asking for “immediate intervention to prohibit use of armed guards.” 80 years ago — 1940 Two rural Wasco County dwellings to- day had been totally destroyed by fires of undetermined origin. Flames struck late yesterday at the Eight Mile home of Mrs. Cora Endersby, which was burned to the ground. Earlier, the Carney Cooper home six miles south of Mosier was the scene of a blaze that destroyed the dwelling, barn and implement shed. First step in a program which ultimate- ly may mean construction of a million bushel grain elevator at The Dalles was announced today by W.T. Balsiger of Moro, president of the Mid-Columbia Terminal, a recently-created farm cooperative includ- ing three Sherman County cooperatives and one Wasco County group. A race in the November general election for the Wasco County district attorney’s post was assured today with announcement by Roscoe Krier, Dalles attorney, that he will seek democratic nomination for that office. Krier was born in The Dalles Feb. 8, 1908. Opening of the Blossom Inn, one and a half miles west of the city on the Columbia Highway, has been scheduled for 6 o’clock tomorrow night by Ben Tamura, experienced in both American and oriental cookery. Tamura for some years was chef at Hotel Dalles. Regular lunches and dinners will be served and the private dining room will be available for special parties and banquets. Announcement was being made today of a five weeks’ “Attend church” campaign, under the sponsorship of The Dalles Kiwanis, the local ministerial asso- ciation and business interests in the city. 100 years ago — 1920 ADVERTISEMENT--Reilly’s Dufur Stage and Taxi Line leaves Hotel Dalles 8:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and leaves Dufur 11 a.m. and 4— p.m. Stage drivers will call on any place in city for passengers. Up-to-date taxi cabs in connection. Careful drivers. Country trips. Taxi telephones, main 3782, main 1151. Residence telephone red 3301. Fare $1.25, war tax 10c. An aged Yakama Indian, Sam Williams, is making his last fight to retain his fishing rights in the Columbia river near The Dalles. He has asked the supreme court of the state for a re-hear- ing in the case of Sam Williams versus Seufert brothers company whereby the court decreed that the Indian had aban- doned his rights by refusing to apply for a fishing license in 1915 and 1916. Members of the Wasco county farmers’ union advocated continuance of their affiliation with the Tri-State Terminal company as a means of market- ing wheat instead of adopting any sys- tem such as has passed the censorship of the Washington farmers, at a meeting held Saturday afternoon in Dufur. The Chronicle office has several hundred packages of seeds for free distribution to adults. These are gov- ernment seeds and are to be dispensed through the courtesy of Congressman N. J. Sinnott. The pre-Easter “each on wins one” campaign of the Christian church to increase membership in Sunday school and church was successfully launched today. The strike of the local laundry workers union against Model laundry continues although the laundry is open and the managers assert they will be able to han- dle all except wet wash work this week. The unionists are firm in their demands for a higher wages scale and declare they are in the fight to win. EDITORIAL GUIDELINES The Dalles Chronicle welcomes letters. They must be accurate, free from personal attacks, and include the writer’s name and contact information for verification. Those without identification of the writer will not be pub- lished. Letters containing advertising will not be printed. Digital submis- sions are welcome and can be submitted online or emailed. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Dalles Chronicle, P.O. 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