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12 Wednesday,September2,2020 Columbia Gorge News HoodRiverNews.com • TheDallesChronicle.com • WhiteSalmonEnterprise.com Cool jumps Henry Buckles completes his record-setting 63-5 shot put Aug. 15 in Oregon City. Danielle Buckles photo Henry Buckles sets HRV shot record Henry Buckles, a Hood River Valley High School se- nior, set a new school record in the shot put on Aug. 15 at a Super Throwers meet in Oregon City. His shot put mark of 63 feet, three inches surpassed Sebastian Barajas’ previous record of 62 feet 3.5 inches set in 2016. Earlier this sum- mer, Buckles also set a new personal best of 175-1 in the discus. Super Throwers is the club that Buckles competes with outside of the high school. Buckles is the defending 5A Shot Put state champion with a throw of 59-5.5 during his sophomore year. Buckles, listed as 6-2 and 285 pounds, has verbally committed to play football for Oregon State, and was recently named one of five Oregon prep players on the watch list for the Sports Illustrated All-American team for 2020. The others are Sam Vidlak from Grants Pass; Keith Brown from Lebanon; Damir Collins from Jefferson High School in Portland; and Nathan Rawlins-Kibonge, also from Jefferson. Riders are flocking to the expanded Golden Eagle Park bicycle skills complex, next to Hood River Valley High School. In cooperation with HR Valley Parks and Rec, this spring, Hood River Area Trail Stewards (HRATS) spent $15,000 to build the jump line and a kiddie course, next to the tennis and bocce courts, augmenting the popular Velosolutions asphalt track. HRATS paid Gary Paasch of Hood River to design and build the course. Helmets and social distancing rules apply and paren- tal supervision is required at the kiddie course. Kirby Neumann-Rea photos KEGLER’S CORNER Patrick Olson wins Challenge ■ By Jeff Olson W E HELD OUR FI- nal Challenge night at Hood River’s Orchard Lanes last Wednesday. The challenging oil pattern we chose was called Great Wall of China. It was 48 feet in length with just over 25 ml of oil applied to each lane. Remember a lane is 60 feet from the foul line to the head pin, so this pattern is long! Just 12 feet for the ball coming out of the oil to get to the pocket. It was slick. The oil ratio from the outside of the lane to the center was at 7:1. This pattern was more challenging than we normal- ly face but it was not terribly hard. The shot proved to be formidable for most of us with one notable exception. Patrick Olson was right at home. He won the scratch division in a complete rout racking up a gaudy 917 total pin count, a cool 229 average for the four-game test. Along the way, he also nabbed three high game pots with scratch 259, 226 and 216 games. Lenny Bunting took the other high game pot with a fine 223 game. Lynn Spellman finished second with a solid 804 total, a 201 average but he was 113 sticks behind Patrick! In the handicap division, our young emerging star on the lanes, Dr. Kristen Kawachi reigned supreme with a fantastic total of 1,013 total pins! Lenny Bunting fin- ished second with 989 pins and big Mike Bosse got third with 936 sticks. This chal- lenge was another success as 22 bowlers turned out to test their bowling skills. Folks, we are almost to September and you know what that means: League action is nearly upon us. Traditionally, leagues start after Labor Day. We are all going stir crazy with these current problems, so why not join in the fun and bowl league? And do not worry, we are totally com- pliant with the COVID-19 restrictions. Orchard Lanes is very spacious, we can easily accommodate everyone. The Monday night Industrial league starts at 7 p.m. on Sept. 14. The wildly popular Tuesday Nite Mixed starts at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15. Senior action in the Wednesday afternoon Colts & Fillies starts at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. The best league in the gorge, the high powered, fast paced Fraternal league starts at 7 p.m. on Sept. 9. More senior action in the Thursday afternoon Lads & Lassies starts at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 10. And the exciting County league starts at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 22. Small businesses are cutting costs during the pandemic with energy incentives New LED lighting at La Tapatia 2 makes shopping easier for customers while store owners save thousands in energy costs each year. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE IS ABOUT HAVING THE RIGHT TOOLS. With a tool box of knowledge, rebates, trade ally contractors and discounts at local retailers, Energy Trust of Oregon is helping people at home and at work save energy, reduce their carbon footprint and lower their energy bills dramatically. + Get more from your energy. Call us at 1.866.368.7878 or visit www.energytrust.org/tools. Serving customers of Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural, Cascade Natural Gas and Avista. Projects meant to bring down util- ity bills are doing much more for small businesses in Oregon – some are making properties safer and more convenient for customers. Juan Alavarez owns La Tapatia 2, a Mexican grocery and meat market in Gresham. He recently installed new energy-efficient LED lighting to replace the outdated lighting outside his store with help from Energy Trust of Oregon. Although he was look- ing for energy savings, the upgrade brought some additional, unexpected benefits to his business. Alvarez says his building is now safer and there’s less vandalism. “The new lighting is brighter and not easily breakable. Security is better. Customers and neighbors say it looks amazing.” – Juan Alavarez, owner of La Tapatia 2 Inside the store, Alavarez also replaced all of the overhead flu- orescent lighting with LEDs, which has helped lighten up dark- er corners. That makes it easier for customers to see what’s on each store shelf. “The first day after installation, customers com- mented that they could see our products better,” said Alvarez. The upgrades inside and out are saving La Tapatia 2 an esti- mated $2,600 each year in energy costs. But the store only had to a pay about 20% of the $34,000 project cost to purchase and in- stall the new lighting, thanks to incentives offered by Energy Trust. Energy Trust is a nonprofit created by the State of Oregon to connect more people to sustain- able, affordable energy and clean, renewable power. Energy Trust provides cash in- centives to individuals, business- es, schools, municipalities and others for equipment and projects that help use less energy. Since 2002, Energy Trust has provided incentives to thousands of Gresham families, businesses, schools, farms and ranches for en- ergy upgrades, helping Gresham utility customers save more than $40 million on utility bills from participation in Energy Trust. Visit energytrust.org/this-is- oregon to see more of how En- ergy Trust is helping small busi- nesses around the state.
