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Columbia Gorge News
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Rolling along the Riverfront
Skyline hosts
‘Shine On!’ virtual
event Aug. 27-30
Skyline Foundation will
host “Shine On!”, a virtual
event, Aug. 27 through Aug.
30. The four-day virtual
fundraising event is honor-
ing Skyline Health’s Health
Care Heroes, who worked
diligently preparing for
COVID-19 — risking their
own health to ensure the
community’s well-being,
according to a Skyline press
release. This online auction
and special appeal is in lieu
of the foundation’s spring
gala “Cultivate Columbia”,
which was canceled due to
COVID-19.
The event will host a silent
auction with more than 60
items to bid on and an op-
portunity to donate directly
in honor of the Skyline Team.
It will be accessible via
HoodRiverNews.com • TheDallesChronicle.com • WhiteSalmonEnterprise.com
mobile devices or computer.
All proceeds benefit Skyline
Health’s community focused
programs and services such
as its Breast Health Program,
annual health care and nurs-
ing scholarships, and other
local community programs.
“We want to express how
tremendously proud we are
of our Skyline Team for their
dedication on the frontlines
during this COVID pandem-
ic,” said Elizabeth Vaivoda,
Skyline Health Foundation
director. “Shine On! is just
one way to demonstrate our
appreciation. We hope you’ll
join us and help honor these
devoted Health Care Heroes.”
Register now at bidpal.net/
shineonskyline, call 509-
637-2602 or email shineon@ A skater on roller blades rolls toward a pair of recumbent bicycle riders along the Riverfront Trail in The Dalles, just east of Klindt’s Cove
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Pocket Park, located in the Port of The Dalles Industrial Park.
Mark B. Gibson photo
White Salmon City Council votes
to allocate funding
Jacob Bertram
■ By Columbia
Gorge News
The White Salmon City
Council voted earlier this
week to allocate the majority
of CARES Act funding re-
ceived by the City in the form
of direct grants to resident
families and businesses.
Much of the funding,
$40,000 of the $78,300 origi-
nally allocated to city, will be
dedicated towards the White
Salmon Community Relief
Fund, which city officials
are pondering whether to
implement it through the
city or to partner with a local
non-profit organization.
Households making up to
200 percent AMI are eligible
for direct payments of up to
$500 per household if they
can demonstrate how the
impacts of the COVID-19
disease and shutdown has
affected them. The resolu-
tion cites certain criteria,
such as reduced work hours,
unemployment, change in
commuting needs, addition-
al costs related to at home
learning requirements, child-
care expenses, and lack of
distance learning electronics
to be eligible for the grant.
Thirty percent of the pay-
ments in the White Salmon
Community Relief Fund
are dedicated to Hispanic,
Latino, Black, American
Indian/Alaskan Native, and
Asian families, according to
the resolution.
Councilor Jim Ransier
asked what the Adjusted
Median Income was, to
which Mayor Marla Keethler
clarified the numbers the
city is using comes from the
2018 American Community
Survey, which uses census
data and annual sampling
data to project demographic
estimates.
The 2018 AMI in White
Salmon is $55,677 for a family
of four, according to the 2018
ACS five-year estimate.
Another $22,500 from the
CARES funding allocation
will be available in the form
of grants of up to $1,500
for businesses to ensure
they comply with operating
guidelines under COVID-19.
Businesses could apply for
the procurement of masks
or media to communicate
COVID-19 guidelines.
A business is eligible for
the grant funding if they
are SBA (Small Business
Administration) eligible re-
cipients, and if they have not
already received COVID-19
funding for such purchases.
The funding cannot be used
to cover payroll expenses.
The resolution authorizes
the mayor to work with staff
or a local nonprofit organiza-
tion to implement the White
Salmon Community Relief
Fund and the White Salmon
Welcoming Customers
Business grants, including
the development of an appli-
cation process for both the
available funds.
“As we expend the money,
we’ll be submitting vouchers
for reimbursement,” City
Clerk/Treasurer Jan Brending
said.
“I want to be clear to the
city council, this resolution
does give the mayor some
fairly broad authorization
here, so you need to be com-
fortable with that knowing
that, I think, she has the best
interest of the city citizens at
this instance,” Brending said.
“What I was trying to bring
forward was really so you had
a strong sense of the philo-
sophical approach to how we
want use this funding, and
to have that concept to sign
off on,” said Mayor Marla
Keethler, explaining that
the next step upon approval
would be to implement the
grant structure. The city still
has to decide whether they
want to partner with a local
organization to dole out the
cash assistance or to do it
themselves.
“I do expect that we prob-
ably will want to enlist an or-
ganization locally to help us
just to make sure that we can,
one, have broad outreach,
but also faster turnaround
and faster execution of the
grant,” Keethler continued.
The rest of the CARES
funding has been set aside
to procure laptops for city
employees, face masks, city
parklets, and additional ex-
penses, which the resolution
authorizes the mayor to do.
The motion passed unan-
imously, with Councilor
Jason Hartmann making the
motion, and Councilor Joe
Turkiewicz seconding.
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Disgusting germs don’t stand
a chance against my powerful
SECRET WEAPON!
Number the pictures in order
to show how a virus germ
makes you sick.
YOU can stop the spread of germs
that cause illness. But you’ll need two
important pieces of equipment to get
the job done—SOAP and WARM,
RUNNING WATER.
Germs that cause colds and flu are called
viruses and bacteria.
1. When a virus germ gets inside your body,
it finds a healthy cell and digs its way
inside.
roper hand washing
requires vigorous
lathering for at least
20 seconds—about
as long as it takes
to sing the ABC song.
2. Then it begins to multiply. One virus
germ becomes two. Two become four.
Four become eight.
Use whatever soap gets you scrubbing.
Regular soap works well!
3. Soon the cell is full of hundreds of virus
germs.
CLIP AND TAPE TO YOUR BATHROOM MIRROR
4. The germs break out of the healthy cell.
5. Each germ finds another healthy cell and
begins multiplying. Soon there are
millions of virus germs in your body.
Lather up both sides of your hands, around your
wrist, between your fingers and around your nails.
Rinse well to remove all the soap.
Dry hands with paper towels. Tip: Use a paper
towel to turn off the faucet after washing hands.
The coronavirus spreads very
easily from person to person as it
travels through the air when people
talk, cough or sneeze. To protect
yourself and others from getting
sick, scientists recommend you
wear a face mask when out in
public. Make sure the mask covers
your mouth and nose and fits snug
against your face.
The way a movie vampire covers his face with his cape is a
good way to stop the spread of germs. It’s called the Vampire
Cough. Next time you cough or sneeze, cough into the inside
bend of your elbow. If you cough into your hands, the germs
from your mouth get
spread around.
Think about
it—what was
the last thing
you touched
with the inside
of your elbow?
Hand
Washing
Before and
After
Keep track of how many times a day you wash your hands for one full week. Every time you wash your
hands, make a check in that day’s bubble. Take a guess before you begin, then fill out the actual number
after the week is over. Did you wash your hands more or less often than you thought?
I think I wash my hands
times a day. I discovered I actually wash my hands
Standards Link: Health: Know how to prevent the spread of disease.
times a day!
Look through the
newspaper to find
pictures of people
doing various
things. Mark it
with a red B if
people should
wash their hands
before this activity.
Mark it with a blue
A if they should
wash their hands
after this activity.
How many photos
did you mark with
both an A and a B?
Standards Link: Writing
Applications: Students
write narratives that follow
a logical sequence.
Standards Link: Health: Students understand the causes and recognize symptoms of common diseases.
© 2020 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 38
hen you
touch a germ,
it clings to
your hand.
Then when you
touch your mouth, eyes or nose,
the germ slips into your body.
Or if you touch some food, the
germ moves onto the food, and
when you eat the food, the germ
gets inside you.
Place the numbers
1 to 12 in the
circles so that the
sum of the
numbers in the
four circles will
equal 26 along
any straight line.
Standards Link:
Mathematical
Reasoning:
Solve problems
using logic.
When someone sneezes, germs
fly into the air. Those germs can
land on surfaces and, if you
touch those surfaces, germs get
on your hands. GROSS!
Find the two identical germs.
GERM
WASH
WEAPON
B E C H C S D N A H
VIRUSES
BACTERIA B G S A G E A Y N S
A A U E N U H D E D
HEALTHY
VAMPIRE
W S C G S T O R L E
COUGH
E F R T L U I C B R
ELBOW
A M F A E P R U O D
EQUAL
P G E R M R G I W N
CAUSE
HUNDREDS O H P A O S I R V U
SOAP
N E V E E Q U A L H
HANDS
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
BUG
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Cause and Effect
Find an article or advertisement that
describes a health problem. What is the
cause of the problem? What is described as
a solution or “cure” for the problem?
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Understand cause
and effect.
Standards Link: Health: Understand how
disease spreads; know how to prevent the
spread of disease.
Write tips for kids on how to avoid
getting sick. How can you stop
germs before they get you down?
… washing your hands
before meal times.