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Children and Teens
■ March 6 — The Dalles’
Babe Ruth Baseball In-
Person Signups, 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. at Kramer Field (Babe
Ruth Field), or call 541-993-
2230 to receive a mail-in
application. Open to players
12-15 from The Dalles and
Hood River areas. New
players to Babe Ruth are
required to provide a copy of
their birth certificate.
■ Anytime — Hood River
Chess Club. Free online
chess through lichess.org;
click “Community” tab un-
der “Teams.” All abilities are
welcome; individuals can
make challenges any time,
and games can be played at
any pace. For more informa-
tion on joining, email Justin
at sushiokalani@gorge.net.
■ Mondays — 4-H Chess
Club, 3:45–5 pm. Grades
5-12; online, free. Creative
problem solving skills,
tactical maneuvers. Register
at 541-298-4004 or ham-
mackd@oregonstate.edu.
■ Tuesdays & Thursdays
— Online Homework
Help for Students and
Parents, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Tuesdays and 3:30-4:30
p.m. Thursdays; Hood
River County Library staff
available by Zoom at zoom.
us/j/91001800954. Teachers
also welcome.
■ Tuesdays & Thursdays
— Teen Study Space, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fireside
Room at The Dalles Civic
Auditorium. Supervised;
masks and social distancing
required. For high schoolers;
bring homework, laptops.
■ Wednesdays — Online
Teen Hangout, 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the Hood
River County Library
District. Games, chat, etc.
Email rachelt@hoodriverli-
brary.org to join. For teens.
■ Wednesdays — 4-H
Girls Who Code, 3:45–5 p.m.
Free. Learn coding skills,
build web pages, apps, more
as a team. For girls grades
6-12. Register at 541-298-
4004 or seapyl@oregonstate.
edu.
■ Thursdays — 4-H Coder
Club, 3:45-5 p.m. Free.
Grades 5-12; program games
and animations. Register
at 541-298-4004 or ham-
mackd@oregonstate.edu.
Community Events
■ Now — Lyle
Community Council is
taking comments regarding
thoughts on how making a
public access to the sandbar
in Lyle at the intersection
of Old Highway 8 and State
Highway 14, and the mouth
of the Klickitat River will im-
pact the community. Email
comments to lylecouncil@
gmail.com.
■ Feb. 23 — Hood River
Watershed Group Virtual
Meeting, 6-8 p.m. at
us02web.zoom.us/meet-
ing/register/tZEsceiorDIt-
G9Ve-SYyzE-6x88yETJKci01.
“Salmon and Steelhead
Resiliency to Disturbance
and Implications for
Watershed Restoration.” Info
at alix@hoodriverwatershed.
org or call 541-386-6063.
■ Feb. 26-27 — Film: “All
I Really Need to Know I
Learned from Being in a
Bad Play,” 7 p.m. Friday and
4 p.m. and 7 pm. Saturday;
online link at hrvhstheatre.
wordpress.com. Presented
by Hood River Valley High
School Performing Arts
Department. Donations go
to HRVHS theater program.
■ Feb. 27 — Paper
Shredding Fundraiser, 8:30
a.m. to noon at the White
Salmon Columbia Bank
parking lot. Sponsored by
Soroptimist International
of Mt. Adams. Suggested
donation is $7.50 per box.
For more info, contact Kim
Larsen, 509-493-1669.
■ Feb. 27 — The Dalles
Friends of the Library Book
Sale, 9 a.m. to noon at 722
Court St., The Dalles (upper
library parking lot); 9-10
a.m. $3/bag, 10-11 a.m. $2/
bag and 11 to noon $1/bag.
Bring your own bag. Masks
required.
■ Feb. 27 — Electric
Power in Wasco County,
Past and Current, 1:30 p.m.
via Zoom, OWCCZoomLink.
info; to attend by phone,
leave a message at 541-
296-4798. Sponsored by
the Original Wasco County
Courthouse. With Rodger
Nichols.
■ March 1 — CASA
Training Starts. Become an
advocate for a child in foster
care. Contact mmayfield@
gorgecasa.org for more
information or to start the
application process.
■ March 1 — Lyle Lions
Club Meeting, 6 p.m. at
the Lyle Lions Community
Center, corner of Fifth and
Highway 14. No potluck;
masks required.
■ March 4 — NAMI
(National Alliance on
Mental Illness) of the
Gorge, 6-7:30 p.m. via Zoom
(in-person meetings are
suspend due to COVID); for
a link, email susanbgabay@
gmail.com or margiest@
centurylink.net. Provides
a monthly support group
meeting for caregivers,
friends, and family mem-
bers of persons with mental
illness, meeting the first
Thursday of the month.
Ongoing
■ Ongoing — Hood River
County Library District
Craft Supply Drive. Drop
off any and all craft supplies
during Curbside Service
hours. For child craft
projects. More information
at 541-386-2535 or info@
hoodriverlibrary.org, or visit
hoodriverlibrary.org.
■ Thru Feb. 27 — Art
Show, “Hurts So Good,”
at Columbia Center for the
Arts; hours 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday thru Saturday. More
at columbiaarts.org.
■ Thru April 12 — AARP
Tax Aide. Hood River and
Wasco counties, make an
appointment at gorgetax-
aide@gmail.com; Skamania
County, call 360-302-2641.
■ Monday thru Friday —
Klickitat Senior Services
Telephone Support, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Goldendale, 509-
773-3757; White Salmon,
509-493-3068; or Toll Free,
1- 800-447-7858. Staff will
direct callers to available
resources, assist with online
benefit applications and
issues with Social Security
and Medicare. Seniors can
also call for essential grocery
delivery, prescription pickup
or food bank needs.
■ Mondays & Thursdays
— OSU Hood River County
Extension Central Gorge
Master Gardeners Virtual
Plant Clinic, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free. To receive help for your
home gardening questions,
go to extension.oregonstate.
edu/mg/hoodriver to com-
plete and submit the Plant
Clinic Submission Form, or
call and leave a message at
541-386-3343 ext. 39259.
■ Tuesdays & Thursdays,
Feb. 23 thru March 25 —
Online Classes for Seniors,
2-3:15 p.m. via Zoom; for
those 60 and over. Learn
new skills, save money,
get in shape, and make
new friends. Sponsored
by Providence Volunteers
Friends of The Dalles Library are hosting a book sale from 9 a.m.
to noon on Saturday, Feb. 27 in the upper library parking lot, 722
Court St. Masks are required; see listing, at left, for more informa-
tion on this fundraiser.
Photo courtesy of Friends of the Library
in Action in partnership
with Senior Planet. Info or
registration at 541-387-6404
or email brittany.willson@
providence.org.
■ Wednesdays — The
Dalles Rotary Club, noon
via Zoom. Address: us02web.
zoom.us/j/693639881?p-
wd=UFlNdWw2QTZGTUR-
mRHVhY3VlZUQvQT09
(us02web.zoom.us).
■ Thursdays — The
Dalles Kiwanis Club Online
Meetings. Log in between
11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. at
TheDallesKiwanisZoom.us.
For more information go to
www.thedalleskiwanis.org/
or The-Dalles-Kiwanis-Club
on Facebook. Feb. 25:
Kiwanis Governor Lonnie
Johnson.
■ Fridays — Bilingual
Conversation Series, noon
to 1 p.m. via Zoom, us02web.
zoom.us/j/88382995731.
Casual language exchange;
part English and part
Spanish. Sponsored by
Hood River County Library
District.
■ Fridays and Saturdays
— Hood River Valley Adult
Center Thrift Shop, 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Proceeds benefit
Meals on Wheels. Masks
must be worn and provided
hand sanitizer used before
entering; limited capacity.
LYLE NEWS
Lyle food pantry schedule changes starting March 3
E. Lykens
■ By For Mildred
Columbia Gorge News
Lyle
Good Food
Pantry will
be switching
from their
present
winter hours
of 10 a.m. to
Mildred E.
1 p.m. and
Lykens
2-4 p.m. to
their first
distribution day of spring
starting March 3 to 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. and 3-5 pm. The
pantry is open the first and
third Wednesdays of each
month. Tax-deductible
monetary donations are
accepted during those hours
or can be sent to WAGAP, PO
Box 805, Bingen, WA 98605.
By putting “Lyle Good Food
Pantry” in the memo line, all
donations will go to Lyle and
surrounding communities.
If you like cooking and
wish new ideas or recipes,
KLASAC invites you to a new
kitchen venture by cooking
together as a family and a
community. You will receive
a bag with everything you
need to cook a meal and
RECORD
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Outstanding warrants,
parole, probation or
terms violations:
Feb. 7 — Hood River —
Hood River resident arrested
for a Hood River Municipal
warrant for assault from
2008. The suspect was cited
and released with a court
date.
Feb. 8 — The Hook —
Male contacted on port
property regarding a
suspicious activity call. The
vehicle had license plates
that did not belong on the
vehicle in question. The
have the option of joining
other community members
via Zoom to cook together. If
you are unable to join them
or cannot access internet,
you can still sign up by call-
ing Sheila at 509-316-9523
and leave a message or email
klasaccoalition@gmail.
com. You will receive written
directions and access to a
video so you and your family
can still enjoy and cook a
meal together. Sign up space
is limited, so call and leave
your contact name, phone
number, address, student’s
name (if you have a child
in Klickitat or Lyle School -
only for delivery of the bag
purposes).
A report from the Lyle
Community Council is
asking for feedback from the
community on a long stand-
ing problem associated with
the ongoing problem that’s
plagued the sailboarders,
windsurfers and fisher-
men for years. As the BNSF
Railroad has made it against
their rules to cross the tracks
and has set barriers to keep
those sport enthusiasts out,
stating safety precaution
as their motive. The LCC’s
Sandbar/River Access Task
Force has been gathering
information and wish feed-
back from the Lyle residents
about their thoughts on how
making a public access to
the sandbar in Lyle at the
intersection of Old Highway
8 and State Highway 14, and
the mouth of the Klickitat
River will impact the com-
munity. What are impacts
that should be considered?
Can the community support
this moving forward? Give
your impression, yah or nah
and why by emailing lyle-
council@gmail.com
Another little bit about
Gordon Macleod Sr.: After
his school years, Gordon
joined the Air Force in 1956,
was stationed in California
and Washington for four
years then the reserve for
another two years. Gordon
married Mariana Collum
in 1957 and had three
children, who begat nine
grandchildren, who begat
22 great-grandchildren.
After his Air Force years, he
moved back to his birthplace
family farm on Fisher Hill
in Lyle. Later he became
supervisor of the Klickitat
County Road Department.
After retirement, the family
moved to The Dalles until
his passing on Jan. 10, 2021.
Gordon enjoyed fishing,
hunting and camping with
family and friends. In later
years, he spent much time
playing music with friends
and 10 years with compan-
ion Norma Nichols. He will
be laid to rest with his wife’s
remains, at their Appleton
Pleasant Hill Cemetery fam-
ily plot, in a private celebra-
tion of life.
I had the question of,
“Why are the post office
box holders in Lyle charged
an exorbitant amount per
year when the Dallesport
boxes are free?” I asked the
Dallesport Postmaster but
really did not comprehend
the answer ... or maybe I was
too angry to accept.
I received this informa-
tion from one who lives
there: “What I heard ... about
15 years ago, someone
started a suit against the post
office because it was not
fair to charge residents for
the only way they could get
mail. Dallesport residents
have no other option than
to have a PO Box because
there is no mail delivery
here. Do all Lyle residents
use the post office in order to
receive their mail? If so, then
they should not be charged.
If they have mail delivery
to their homes, then they
would need to pay for their
PO Box because the box is
not necessary. Dallesport
residents must show proof
and sign a form each year
showing that they are resi-
dents here.”
“Our Klickitat” is a Drug
Free Communities pro-
gram operated through
Washington Gorge Action
Programs Their calendar
meetings are on the third
Fridays from 9-10 a.m. It is
a zoom meeting and can
be found by contacting in
various ways: OurKlickitat@
gmail.com — 509-281-2399
— online at OurKlickitat.
org and on Facebook at Our
Klickitat.
A representative of the
local Fire Dept/EMT staff
wishes to get the word
out to the local residents,
65 and older for schedul-
ing their COVID-19 im-
mune vaccine. To make a
required appointment, call
Goldendale’s Klickitat Valley
Health’s COVID Hotline
at 509-773-4029, Klickitat
County Health Departmenet
at 509-773-4565, Skyline
Health 509-637-2926,
or if you prefer to go to
Northshore Medical Group
509-493-2133 in White
Salmon, then follow their
directions (possibly adding
No. 9 when prompted). Be
prepared to give your first
and last name; date of birth;
phone number, address, and
perhaps insurance if any.
If transportation is
an issue, Mt. Adams
Transportation is available
at no cost. But again, after
you make your scheduled
appointment, call 509-493-
4662 for a ride and you (as
well as other eligible mem-
bers of your family) will be
transported to and from the
vaccine site.
male owner of the vehicle
initially provided a false
name. Officers were able
to locate the male later and
were notified he had five
active arrest warrants. The
male was ultimately cited
and released for the war-
rants. New charges included
giving false information to
a police officer and identity
theft.
Feb. 12 — Button Bridge
Road — Tigard resident
arrested and lodged at
NORCOR on the charges of
failure to carry and present
a driver’s license, giving
false information to a peace
officer, identity theft, felon
in possession of a firearm,
unlawful possession of
methamphetamine, menac-
ing (domestic violence), es-
cape III, resisting arrest and
a nationwide felony arrest
warrant out of Washington
County. In the same inci-
dent, a female was arrested
on five counts of identity
theft, five counts of giving
false information to a peace
officer and a nationwide
felony arrest warrant out of
Washington County.
contact, it was discovered
the male had multiple local
warrants. He was arrested
on the outstanding warrants
and additionally charged
with theft; he was later
lodged at NORCOR.
Feb. 12 — W. Cascade
and Mt. Adams — Vehicle
reported to have been stolen
from a parking lot located at
the above address. The vehi-
cle was recovered a couple
of hours later in Klickitat
County and was towed.
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855-385-4473
Feb. 10 — Hood River
— Alleged child sex abuse
reported.
Feb. 9 — Cascade Avenue,
2200 block — Male reported
to have shoplifted beer from
a business. He was located
a short time later. Upon
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