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WEATHER
80-90S IN HOOD RIVER,
HIGH-90S TO 100 THIS
WEEKEND IN THE DALLES
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Columbia Gorge News
HOOD RIVER | THE DALLES | WHITE SALMON
Wednesday,August12,2020 Volume1,Issue19 $1.00
Funeral homes update policies
as state mandates change
■ By Trisha Walker
Columbia Gorge News
GORGEWIDE — The funeral
industry has undergone many
changes since the COVID-19 pan-
demic hit American shores, from
online live streaming of events to
scheduled viewing times.
These days, however, which side
of the Columbia River you live on
dictates crowd size and whether or
not receptions are allowed after a
funeral. In Oregon, businesses in
Phase 2 can have up to 100 people
indoors, but in Washington, Gov.
Jay Inslee recently rolled back
crowd sizes to 20 percent or 30 peo-
ple — whichever is lower, and only
if facilities are able to maintain a six-
foot physical distance — because of
recent coronavirus surges.
Oregon expands for
counties in Phase 2
When Oregon’s Executive Order
20-12 went into effect March 23,
it limited gatherings to 10 people.
Current mandates on gatherings
make it possible for larger crowds;
Anderson’s Tribute Center in Hood
River and The Dalles said current
business guidelines for counties
in Phase 2 allow them to accom-
modate 100 visitors inside and 250
outdoors. All must wear masks and
practice social distancing.
Anderson’s has disposable and
homemade cloth masks, made
by Office Administrator Mayra
Sandoval, at both its Hood River
and The Dalles locations. Face
SeeFUNERALS,page2
■ By Jacob Bertram
Columbia Gorge News
Victoria Lara, licensed funeral director and embalmer, and Domonique Krentz,
co-owner, sit in the outside venue of Gardener Funeral Home with Charles
(middle).
Submitted photo
Live music returns to Bargeway
‘Where
taps, food,
and people
meet’ once
again
■ By Mark Gibson
Columbia Gorge News
W
HEN THE COVID-19 PAN-
demic shut down restau-
rants and bars throughout
Oregon, Bargeway Pub & Catering
in The Dalles was among the many
"nonessential" establishments
closing their doors. Live music,
restaurant dining, happy hours and
more fell abruptly silent.
Yet their doors didn’t stay closed
long — emergency personnel at
medical facilities, fire stations and
elsewhere still needed to eat, and
Bargeway co-owners Stephen and
Stacey Kane landed a contract to
prepare and deliver meals to 450
essential workers in The Dalles.
The contract provided a critical
Stephen and Stacey Kane, co-owners of Bargeway Pub & Catering in The Dalles, take a seet in the outdoor dining area of
the pub. The couple added a large outdoor dining area and stage prior to fully reopening. They first opened the pub about
a year ago.
Mark B. Gibson photo
lifeline early in the pandemic.
The Kane’s were able to hire back
much of their staff, and despite
good unemployment benefits, the
bulk of them returned. “Working
the first responder thing, we
brought our staff back. They all
came back, they take pride in their
work here,” Stephen explained.
Which was a good thing for the
Kanes. “It takes a team to run one
of these places,” he said.
TD revives 'Beautification Award'
■ By Mark Gibson
Columbia Gorge News
T
HE DALLES
Beautification Committee
has awarded the August
“Beautification Award” to The
Dalles’ homowners Stephen and
Vande Wegner, who reworked the
outdoor areas of their home at 311
West 12th St. this spring.
“We thought it would be a neat
way to thank people for their efforts,
and inspire people to add to the
beauty of our town,” said beautifi-
cation committee member Connie
Krummrich. “It’s about pride.”
Krummrich won the award
years ago, she said, but the award
was discontinued when the sign
disappeared. A new, wooden sign
has been created by local artist Jeff
Stewart and will be displayed in the
front yard of the winning home.
The revived award will be given
monthly through October. A
December award will honor a home
for its Christmas decorations, and
another round of awards will be
given April through October, and
December, in 2021.
Committee Member Brenda
Coats said currently, the committee
itself will be choosing which home
in the city to honor each month.
Winners will be announced in
Columbia Gorge News and on the
city’s utility bill.
The award is sponsored by
Columbia Gorge Real Estate.
“We want to support the award,
White
Salmon,
Yakama
Nation
seek water
supply
help reinstate it and recognize
improvements to yards and homes,”
said broker Jorge Barragan. “It’s
for homes that show pride of
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After a hiatus of many years, The Dalles Beautification Committee has re-
vived the “Beautification Award” to honor The Dalles’ homeowners who have
worked to improve the beauty of their homes and gardens. Pictured are, left to
right, Connie Krummrich of the Beautification Committee; The Dalles Mayor
Rich Mays; Beautification Committee member Brenda Coats; Columbia Gorge
Real Estate broker Jorge Barragan; and award recipients Stephen and Vande
Wegner. The home is at 311 W. 12th St., The Dalles. The monthly award will be
awarded through October, with a Christmas award in December, and will return
in April of 2021. The wooden sign was made by local artist Jeff Stewart.
Mark B. Gibson photo
With the catered meals out the
door each morning at 11 a.m., the
Kanes began turning their attention
to the future, a future now dictated
SeeMUSIC,page13
WHITE SALMON — Local,
state, and tribal partners are ex-
ploring if the White Salmon River
could be used as an alternative
source for drinking water during
the summer.
The Confederated Tribes and
Bands of the Yakama Nation is the
latest member of a key advisory
group to dedicate funding towards
the next round of studies aimed
at exploring the reliability and
feasibility to establish a new sur-
face water diversion on the White
Salmon River.
Bill Sharp, project coordinator
with Yakama Nation Fisheries, said
the agreement, which is still in
process, was created for cost-shar-
ing purposes since the group sees
a benefit to examining further
whether the White Salmon River
could provide suitable drinking
water in the summer, leaving Buck
Creek as a habitable tributary for
instream aquatic resources during
spawn season.
Sharp said there is data to show
that decreasing the flow with-
drawal could lead to an increase in
natural resources.
“Post-Condit Dam Removal,
within days after that we saw salm-
on move upstream,” Sharp said,
including Steelhead and some
Spring Chinook. “That’s the real
driver ... it could go a long way in
conserving resources.” (The Condit
Dam on the White Salmon River
was removed in October 2011.)
Sharp explained the Yakama
Nation Fisheries has been involved
with this project early on, one fac-
tor being the Treaty of 1855 signed
between the Yakama Nation and
the State of Washington, which
cites the White Salmon Basin as
ceded lands.
“The Yakama people have been
on the landscape, it’s part of their
traditional home,” said Sharp,
explaining it is why they “work to
preserve and protect the land.”
SeeWATER,page10
Second drowning victim found
Local area law enforcement have
now recovered the body of a sec-
ond drowning victim from a group
of swimmers from the Ridgefield
Church of the Nazarene, who were
in distress near Marina Beach on
Aug. 5.
The two victims, an 11-year-old
male (name withheld) and 44-year-
old Andrew Inskeep, were both
in Hood River as part of a youth
outing and were at the beach with
18 youth and adults, according to a
press release from the Hood River
County Sheriff's Office.
Hood River 911 received a call at
approximately 6:53 p.m. on Aug. 5
of several swimmers in distress off
the sandbar at Marina Beach on
the Columbia River. Officers with
the Hood River City Police were
dispatched.
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Divers and boats search waters of the
Columbia in Hood River.
Kirby Neumann-Rea photo
Of the swimmers who were
initially reported as struggling in
the water, five were able to either
self-rescue or were rescued by adult
church sponsors or nearby wind-
surfers, according to the Sheriff's
Office, but two in the group were
unaccounted for.
SeeDROWNING,page10
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