Wednesday,May26,2021
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KITEMARE
New signage
planned
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In a letter to port commis-
sioners, Brian Towey, a Hood
River resident, described
the situation as a “kitemare,”
referring to occasions when
a kiteboarder loses control
of a kite.
“I hope that you will con-
sider signage that explains
the danger and unpredict-
ability of wind sports and the
associated equipment. It is
apparent that many people
just don’t know the hazards
and would probably move to
safer areas if they knew the
alternatives available,” Towey
wrote. There are already
many signs, he said, but they
are often ignored.
Back on the Nichols
Basin dock, in the 2020
season, about 3,000 people
from Anderson’s company
launched paddleboards and
kayaks from the dock. On the
busiest day, more than 50
users per hour were on and
off the dock.
Anderson said that, al-
though he leases a portion of
the dock, he has no authority
to settle conflicts with swim-
mers. He offered commis-
sioners several suggestions
to improve the situation,
beginning with returning
“no swimming” signs to the
dock and establishing rules
for the dock including dock
A bald eagle perches on a cliff
overlooking the Columbia
River Gorge May 14 just off
of State Route 14 near Lyle,
Wash. and enjoys a sunny
Friday afternoon. According
to the National Audobon
Society, annual migration pat-
terns see these majestic birds
of prey fly south from Canada
for nesting during the winter
months and often stay here
in the Columbia River Gorge
during the summer months,
with abundant hunting oppor-
tunities for these raptors, who
normally feed on waterfowls
and fish.
The popular Nichols Basin dock sees swimmers and watersport en-
thusiasts compete for space.
Kirby Neumann-Rea file photo
capacity limits and paddle
sport priorities during peak
times. Safer swimming areas
for families and youths are
just north of the dock, at
Marina Swim or Frog beach-
es, he said. Anderson offered
to help the port pay for and
install a safer floating dock
off Frog Beach.
The port is scheduled to
install signage along the
waterfront before Memorial
Day weekend, Port President
John Everitt said. “There’s
competing uses for that
space and they get more
intense every year,” he said.
according to Michael
McElwee, port executive di-
rector. Parking enforcement
started this month with the
sale of 717 pre-season pass-
es, compared to 390 passes
sold during the same period
in 2019.
“There’s every indication
that this will be a really busy
summer,” he said.
The Port of Hood River
sells parking passes for the
Event Site and the west
Jensen Beach recreational
parking lots on a seasonal
and daily basis. Daily parking
passes are $8 at kiosks locat-
ed on the waterfront. Season
passes, if purchased by
May 26, are $100, available
online at portofhoodriver.
com/waterfront-recreation/
purchase-event-site-parking-
passes. Parking is free at the
city’s Waterfront Park area.
Jacob Bertram photo
“Our primary objective
here at SDS is to continue
our employees,
Primary objective supporting
community and our custom-
ers,” Webber said. “We’re
is community
doing our best to remain fo-
Parking pre-season
Continued from page 1 cused on the daily operations
passes on sale
of our businesses.”
thru May 26
Julian Garratt, executive
Already, season parking
process and I am not able to director at Perella Weinberg
Partners, had not responded
passes are have become
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questions at this time.”
Columbia Gorge News pre-
viously reported that com-
munity groups have concerns
about SDS’s plans to sell its
assets. CGN reported that
the company maintains a
higher-than-average harvest
grievance will not be considered.
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SALE
Want to write a letter?
in a recent post about the
announcement of Project
Steelhead, saying the sales
brochure “makes it absolute-
ly clear that the outcome will
be maximum profits for SDS
and for investors, at whatever
price the rest of us will pay,”
pointing out that the bro-
chure hadn’t mentioned any
environmental sensitivities.
News of the sale came
late last year amid an-
nouncements of the com-
pany shifting gears. Last
September, SDS announced
that President Jason Spadaro,
who had worked with the
company more than 30 years,
would be stepping down
from his role, replaced with
Webber, while continuing to
serve as a board member. The
company also installed three
new board members around
this time: Sandy McDade,
who brings experience in the
industry from Weyerhauser;
Bill Brown, former president
of Green Diamond Resource
Company and chief finan-
cial officer of Plum Creek
Timber Company; and
Clyde Hamstreet, founder
of the business consultancy
Hamstreet & Associates.
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