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Tribal Heritage:
The ties that bind — B1
Columbia Gorge News
HOOD RIVER | THE DALLES | WHITE SALMON
Wednesday,February17,2021 Volume1,Issue45
Snow blankets Gorge
Hundreds of truckers
wait out storm in
Hood River
Kirby Neumann-Rea
■ By Columbia
Gorge News
$1.00
Shooting
nets man
six years
in prison
report
■ Staff
Columbia Gorge News
With Interstate 84 closed be-
tween Hood River and Troutdale,
Oregon State Police and Oregon
Department of Transportation dealt
with a glut of trucks hoping to get
onto the freeway at exit 63 in Hood
River over the weekend.
“They heard it might open so
everyone tries to get in line at
the jumping-on point,” said Pat
Cimmiyotti, ODOT district manager
as he and his team diverted trucks
into the Lot 1 area of the Port of
Hood River on Saturday.
The freeway was reopened on
Sunday morning.
On Monday, law enforcement
responded to multiple road issues
throughout the Gorge from The
Dalles west, with vehicles stuck at
exits 82 and 85, and white-out con-
ditions at milepost 55 causing more
than one driver to go the wrong
direction. Officers dispatched each
other repeatedly about drivers
traveling at unsafe speeds given the
icy or slushy conditions.
Medical responders answered
calls ranging from a man suffering
THE DALLES
— Amos Tee,
23, of The Dalles
received a 75
month prison
sentence after
pleading guilty
to four counts of
Amos Tee
attempted assault
in the first degree,
according to a Feb. 10 press release
from Wasco County District
Attorney Matthew Ellis.
The resolution of the case
resulted from a judicial settlement
conference on Jan. 27. By pleading
guilty, Tee admitted to attempting
to cause serious physical injury to
four separate victims.
Remmie Rousseau, in white cap, and
her friend Kiera Kalaher, laugh with
Kayden Goss, in checked cap and Kael
McKinney after the two pairs collid-
ed on the Jackson Park hill Saturday
morning in Hood River.
Kirby Neumann-Rea photo
See SENTENCE,page2
Klickitat
levies
passing
At right, Joshua Sandoz shuffles snow
off a Third Street sidewalk downtown
The Dalles Friday.
Mark B. Gibson photo
See SNOW,page15
Google seeks expansion in The Dalles
Former aluminum plant,
rodeo grounds site of
proposed projects
Mark Gibson
■ By Columbia
Gorge News
THE DALLES — The City of
The Dalles council and the Wasco
County board of commissioners
will publicly review a proposed
Strategic Investment Program (SIP)
agreement with Google for the
development of property Google
has purchased in The Dalles —
primarily consisting of the former
aluminum plant site and the rodeo
grounds — at two joint public meet-
ings scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Feb. 17
and 5:20 p.m. Feb. 22, according to
a Feb. 10 press release from Wasco
County.
“This will have a lot of repercus-
sions; citizens should know what
is going on,” said The Dalles Mayor
Rich Mays, who was part of the six
member negotiating committee
made up of city and county repre-
sentatives. “I think this is a good
deal for the city, all six of us believe
it is a good deal for the community.”
Mays said the committee is
“open minded about any input”
received. “Nothing is set in stone
until the city and the county sign
the agreement,” he said.
A decision on the agreement will
be sought March 3 at the Wasco
County Commission meeting and
March 8 at the City of The Dalles
council meeting.
The Strategic Investment
See GOOGLE,page15
COVID-19
restrictions
loosened
Property overview provided by City of
The Dalles, at right. The blue border
denotes the Google-owned property,
excluding Hydro (yellow) and Lockheed
Martin (red).
City of The Dalles Graphic
Baldwin Saloon has new owners
James and Molli Martin, owners
of Sunshine Mill, Copa di Vino and
Quenett Winery in The Dalles, have
officially completed their purchase
of the Baldwin Saloon downtown.
The Martins have assembled a
management team for the saloon
including three recent graduates of
Oregon State University’s College
of Business, who Molli calls “The
Baldwin Boys,” and Executive Chef
Joe Kosarek.
“The Boys” are James and Molli’s
son Griffin Martin, Liam Macleod
Every ballot proposal to lift levy
lids in school districts across the
county, four in total, are winning
by solid margins, according to the
latest unofficial election results
posted by the Klickitat County
Auditor’s office this week.
The slimmest margin to date
comes from the Lyle School
See RESULTS,page10
GORGE LOCAL — IN BUSINESS
Walker Sacon
■ By Columbia
Gorge News
Jacob Bertram
■ By Columbia
Gorge News
and Andrew Scardina. All three
Delta Chi fraternity brothers had
plans to travel or pursue further
education after they received de-
grees last year. They were recruited
by James after the Martins made
a somewhat spur-of-the-moment
decision to buy the building and
business, Molli said.
The Martins, born and raised
in The Dalles, heard last year
Hood River County
moves from ‘extreme’
to ‘high;’ Wasco
County unchanged
Gary A. Warner
■ By Oregon
Capital Bureau
Twelve counties, including
Hood River County, will see fewer
COVID-19 restrictions on busi-
nesses and activities beginning
Friday as the state dropped risk
level ratings for counties due to a
decline in new infections.
Hood River to the high risk
category from extreme risk. Wasco
County remains in the extreme
See BALDWIN,page14
Griffin Martin, Liam Macleod, Andrew
Scardina and Joe Kosarek in front of
Baldwin Saloon. Walker Sacon photo
See COVID-19,page8
COVID-19 VACCINE INFO: How to get vaccinated
Oregon
WHO
Older Adults
WHEN
80+ FEB. 8
WHERE
Public vaccination clinics
75+ FEB. 15
Local public health & tribes
70+ FEB. 22
65+ MAR. 1
Long term care facilities
Participating retail pharmacies
Wa s h i n g t o n
HOW
ONLINE
covidvaccine.oregon.gov
• Local events/links
• Get Vaccinated Oregon
registration/notification tool
• Chat box
211
• text ORCOVID to 898211
• email: ORCOVID@211info.org
• Call 211
WHO/WHEN
Winter
• All people 65 yearsor older
• All people 50 years or older in
multigenerational households (home where
individuals from 2 or more generations
reside such as an elder and a grandchild)
Spring/Summer
• High-risk critical workers 50 years or older
who work in certain congregate settings:
Agriculture; food processing; grocery
stores; K-12 (educators & staff); childcare;
corrections; prisons, jails or detention centers;
public transit; fire; law enforcement
WHERE
Public vaccination clinics
Local public health & tribes
Long term care facilities
Participating retail
pharmacies
HOW
WASHINGTON
1-800-525-0127
1-888-856-5816
https://www.doh.wa.gov/
Emergencies/COVID19/vaccine
covid.vaccine@doh.wa.gov
text the word “Coronavirus”
to 211211
Find out if it’s your turn at
FindYourPhaseWA.org