A4 Weekend of March 21-22, 2020
The Dalles Chronicle
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Working through difficult times
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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faltering even in the most difficult
of times.
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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-
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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
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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.
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