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Call to Artists
June 7 — Application
Deadline, “Mother River:
The Columbia and Her
Tributaries,” sponsored by
Columbia Center for the
Arts. For more information,
visit www.columbiaarts.org/
landscape-show.
Canceled
■ June 4-6 — City of
White Salmon Spring
Festival. For more info on
the cancellation, visit white-
salmonspringfestival.com.
Community Events
■ June 3 — Hood River
Soil & Water Conservation
District Meeting, 4-6 p.m.
via Zoom. For access info,
contact Heather Hendrixson,
Heather@hoodriverswcd.
org; 541-386-4588. Public is
welcome.
■ June 3 & June 10 —
Practical Parenting Series,
6-7:30 p.m. at Little Oak
Montessori School, White
Salmon. Outdoor, in-person.
Free; register at www.littleo-
akmontessori.com/practi-
cal-parenting-series-tickets.
■ June 3 — 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.
■ June 5 — Craft-Flea
Market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Mid-Columbia Senior
Center, 1112 W. Ninth, The
Dalles. For vendor info,
call/text Dianna Thomas,
541-980-1405.
■ June 7 — Lyle Lions
Club Meeting, 6 p.m. at
the Lyle Lions Community
Center, corner of Fifth and
Highway 14. No potluck;
masks required.
■ June 8 — Mommy &
Baby Wellness, noon to 1
p.m. via Zoom; register at
541-296-7319 or visit mcmc.
net. “Kegels, bladder health
and exercise.” Facilitated by
Laurie VanCott.
■ June 8 — Growing
Oregon Gardeners: Level
Up Series, 3 p.m. via Zoom.
Unique Winter Vegetables
to Grow with Lane Selman.
Hosted by OSU horticul-
ture experts. Free, open to
public. Register at extension.
oregonstate.edu/mg/grow-
ing-oregon-gardeners-lev-
el-series.
■ June 8 — Survivors
of Suicide Loss Support
Group, 5:30-630 p.m. via
Zoom (in-person meetings
are suspend due to COVID);
for a link, email belinda.
ballah@co.hood-river.or.us.
Open to anyone who lost a
loved one to suicide. Meets
second Tuesday of the
month.
■ June 10 — Carson
Mobile Farmers Market,
noon to 2 p.m. at Backwoods
Brewing Company, 1162
Wind River Highway;
Cascade Locks Mobile
Farmers Market, 4-6 p.m. at
300 S.W. WaNaPa Street.
Ongoing
■ Daily — Columbia
Gorge Discovery Center
and Museum, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., 5000 Discovery Drive,
The Dalles. More informa-
tion at www.gorgediscovery.
org or call 541-296-8600.
■ Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday — NU-2-U
Shop Open, 9 a.m. to noon
at the Mid-Columbia Senior
Center, 1112 W. Ninth, The
Dalles. Enter via front desk;
masks required. No trying
on clothes, no refunds.
Donations of clothing items
now accepted. More infor-
mation at 541-296-4788.
■ 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 beginning
June 15 — White Salmon
Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m.
at Rheingarten Park; thru
Sept. 14.
■ Tuesdays — Harmony
of the Gorge Chorus, 6:30-8
p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran
Church, Bingen. Masks,
social distancing. Info at
541-490-2481.
■ Wednesdays — The
Dalles Rotary Club, noon
via Zoom. Address: us02web.
zoom.us/j/693639881?p-
wd=UFlNdWw2QTZGTUR-
mRHVhY3VlZUQvQT09
(us02web.zoom.us).
■ Wednesdays — Gorge
Grown Mobile Farmers
Markets, May thru
October. Moro, first and
third Wednesdays from
noon to 2 p.m. at Huskey’s
97 Market, 106 Main St.;
Maupin, second and fourth
Wednesdays from noon to
2 p.m. at Kaiser Park, 506
Deschutes Ave.; The Dalles,
every Wednesday from 4-6
p.m. at The Dalles Transit
Center, 802 Chenowith Loop
Road. Market info, COVID
guidelines at www.gorge-
grown.com.
■ First & Third
Wednesday — Lyle Good
Food Pantry, 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Drive-
thru service during COVID
restrictions. Come in, apply
and take food home the
same day.
■ Wednesdays &
Saturdays thru August
— Thrift Shop, 9 a.m. to
noon at Hood River Valley
Christian Church, Hood
River. Volunteers needed to
work shifts at the shop; call
541-806-4011 for details.
■ Thursdays — Take
Pounds Off Sensible
(TOPS) Support Group,
8:30 a.m. weigh-in and
9 a.m. meeting at Zion
Church, 10th and Union, The
Dalles. First meeting is free.
■ 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. June 3: Lisa
Commander, education
director at the Discovery
Center.
■ Thursday, Friday and
Saturday — 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 inside.
■ Fridays — Gorge
Women in Black, Fridays
from noon to 1 p.m. at the
corner of Fifth and Oak,
Hood River. Standing in
silence for peace and justice.
More on Facebook.
■ 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 — Hood River
Mobile Farmers Market,
noon-2 p.m. at Hawk’s Ridge
Assisted Living, 1795 Eighth
Street thru October; Lyle
Mobile Farmers Market, 4-6
p.m. at Lyle Activity Center,
308 Klickitat Street thru
October.
■ Saturdays — Gorge
Grown Farmers Markets:
Hood River Farmers
Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at the Fifth and Columbia
parking lot thru Nov. 30;
Goldendale Farmers
Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
903 E. Broadway thru Sept.
25; The Dalles Farmers
Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
City Park on Union Street
Outstanding warrants,
parole, probation or terms
violations:
May 23 — Russel Boyd
McCormack, five counts
failure to appear II.
May 23 — Barry Walter
Anderson, violation of a
restraining order; released.
May 23 — Kristina Marion
Andrews, failure to appear II;
released.
May 24 — Melissa Ann
Cornett, nine counts failure
to appear II and a probation
violation.
May 24 — Jose Luis
Carbantes Leal, three proba-
tion violations.
May 24 — Jennifer Ranae
Sproule, failure to appear II.
May 27 — Michael
Marquis, misdemeanor
agency hold.
May 27 — Cody McMillen
Sims, parole violation.
May 27 — Joshua Allen
Gilmore, misdemeanor
agency hold.
Other:
May 23 — Pedro Ayala
Solorio, menacing, felony
felon in possession of a
weapon, and two post prison
supervision sanctions.
Hood River Police
Garry Estep
Organ concert
June 6 in TD
The Dalles organist Garry Estep will present a concert
on the Phelps-d’Autremont pipe organ on Sunday, June 6
at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, The Dalles.
Admission will be by donation and used to assist a
local family in need.
The Phelps-d’Autremont organ is the largest in the
Columbia River Gorge, boasting 20 straight ranks of
pipes, said a press release.
Estep will play light classical selections, music from
Broadway, as well as some jazz classics.
Seating will be limited to ensure the safety of audience
members, and attendees should be prepared to wear a
mask.
This concert is suitable for children of all ages.
For more information, contact the church at 541-296-
914, or stop by at the corner of 10th and Union Tuesday
through Thursday during business hours.
thru Oct. 9 (interested volun-
teers, email tdfmvolunteer@
gmail.com); Stevenson
Farmers Market, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. starting June 12
on the waterfront, 140 SW
Cascade Ave., thru Oct. 9.
Market info, COVID guide-
lines at www.gorgegrown.
com.
■ Saturdays — Grief
Share, 10 a.m. to noon in
the fellowship hall at Tucker
Road Baptist Church, 1450
Tucker Road, Hood River.
Contact Pastor Dean for
more info at 360-944-0964.
■ Saturdays — The
Original Wasco County
Courthouse Open, 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at 410 West Second
Place, The Dalles. Masks
required and COVID-19
precautions observed.
Admission free to members
and $3 per adult; families
welcome.
(one), harassment (one),
menacing (one), driving
under the influence of intox-
icants (one), and warrants
(three).
Notable incidents:
■ Five car prowls were
reported. In one incident,
subjects were detained by
the reporting party and a
power tool, drugs and mon-
ey were seized. In another,
a homeless male was found
sitting in a vehicle and was
thought to have slept there
during the night.
■ A tree fell onto the road
at E. 11th and Lewis, block-
ing both lanes and damaging
a vehicle.
■ Officers attempted
to stop a vehicle with the
driver’s side headlight out.
Officers pursued the vehicle
after it failed to yield, but
terminated the pursuit as
the vehicle continued on.
In another incident, officers
pursued a motorcycle with
a defective license plate
light; officers terminated the
pursuit due to high rate of
speeds.
■ Three catalytic convert-
ers were reported as stolen.
■ A two vehicle traffic
crash was injury sent a male
to the emergency room.
The female driver was cited
for careless driving (crash)
and failure to obey a traffic
control device. Both vehicles
were towed.
■ A two vehicle traffic
crash at W. Eighth and
Cherry Heights Road saw
one driver taken to the
hospital by medics; the other
driver was not injured. One
vehicle was towed.
■ Criminal mischief I
was reported to have oc-
curred at Heritage Heights
Apartments, W. 10th Street,
after a female discovered
two of her vehicle’s tires had
been slashed and windows
smashed. Blood was located
on the windshield that was
collected by officers.
POLICE REPORTS
NORCOR
May 21-27
Assaults, harassment,
menacing and domestic
violence:
May 21 — Olivia Gabriella
Quintana, aggravated ha-
rassment, assault on a public
safety officer and felony
driving under the influence
of a controlled substance;
released.
May 23 — Jamie Lynn Ball,
two counts misdemeanor
domestic assault IV, child
neglect II, criminal mistreat-
ment II and harassment.
May 26 — Shag Troy
Northstar Tyler Spino, ha-
rassment, criminal mischief
II, assault IV and criminal
mischief II.
May 26 — Benjamin
James Slusher, strangulation,
misdemeanor domestic
assault IV, harassment,
criminal mischief III, un-
lawful distribution of heroin
and unlawful possession of
heroin II.
Disorderly conduct, mis-
chief, criminal trespass and
vandalism:
May 21 — Michael Joseph
Sanino, disorderly conduct
II; released.
May 25 — Mark Jacque
Lafaive, harassment and
criminal mischief III;
released.
Driving under the influ-
ence of intoxicants:
May 21 — Troy Michael
Weidle, misdemeanor driv-
ing under the influence of
alcohol; released.
May 21 — Harry Ray
Adams Jr., misdemeanor
driving under the influence
of alcohol; released.
May 22 — Becky Marie
Cox, misdemeanor driving
under the influence of alco-
hol; released.
May 24 — Joseph William
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the influence of alcohol,
misdemeanor driving while
suspended or revoked, and
four probation violations.
May 24 — Shawn Michael
Patterson, misdemeanor
driving under the influence
of alcohol; released.
May 24 — Joseph Thomas
Canady, misdemeanor
driving under the influence
of alcohol, three counts reck-
less endangering another
person, disorderly conduct
II, unlawful use of a weap-
on, felon in possession of a
weapon, unlawful use of a
weapon, failure to perform
the duties of a driver (hit and
run), reckless driving, men-
acing and harassment.
May 25 — Rebecca Rose
Rubinstein, misdemeanor
driving under the influence
of alcohol; released.
May 25 — Don Gary
Lainhart, misdemeanor
driving under the influence
of alcohol.
May 26 — Allison
Lorrayne France, misde-
meanor driving under
the influence of alcohol;
released.
May 26 — Stephen
Romero Valentino, misde-
meanor driving under the
influence of alcohol and
attempt to elude police
officers (vehicle offense);
released.
Motor vehicle crashes,
incidents, offenses and
impounds:
May 21 — Teresa Anne
Walchli, failure to perform
the duties of a driver (prop-
erty damage, hit and run);
released.
May 24 — Scott C. Smith,
reckless driving; released.
May 24 — Everett Dean
Carpenter, misdemeanor
driving while suspended or
revoked.
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May 16-22
During the week of May
16, the Hood River Police
Department responded to
the following crimes that
resulted in arrests: Assault
(one), driving under the
influence of intoxicants
(two), eluding (one), reckless
driving (two) and trespass
(two).
Notable incidents:
■ Four thefts were
reported — a vehicle from
Freedom Loop, a jacket from
a vehicle, money taken from
a physician’s office bank
account, and camera footage
revealed a wallet dropped
in a parking lot being picked
up by a female, who then left
the scene.
■ Two burglaries were
reported at local businesses.
■ Two non-injury motor
vehicle crashes; a vehicle
was towed from one incident
after striking a semi-truck
while merging onto I-84.
■ A report of criminal
mischief involved property
damage to a vehicle, with
likely forced entry.
■ A male transient was
cited for trespass after en-
tering a residential property
without permission.
■ Officers responded to a
report of a dog bite. The vic-
tim was bit in the right thigh
after the dog had gotten
loose from its yard.
■ A resident received fake
$100 bills during a Western
Union transaction at a local
store.
The Dalles Police
May 21-27
During this time period,
The Dalles Police responded
to the following crimes that
resulted in arrests: Assault
Wasco County Sheriff
May 21-27
During this time period,
The Dalles Police responded
to the following crimes that
resulted in arrests: Driving
under the influence of in-
toxicants (one) and warrants
(three).
Notable incidents:
■ A resident of Bend
reported losing a firearm
on Endersby Road on the
morning of May 22.
■ Two vehicles were re-
ported as stolen, as well as a
popup camper. Additionally,
two car prowls were report-
ed, as was the theft of an
electric timer for an irriga-
tion system.
■ An injury traffic crash
occurred northbound on
Highway 197 at milepost
63. A trailer tire came off
of a passing vehicle, which
struck the victim vehicle and
caused the driver to crash.
The victim was transported
to a hospital in Madras via
ambulance and the vehicle
was towed.
■ Deputies engaged in
the pursuit of a vehicle
traveling at high speeds on
W. Chenowith Creek Road.
The vehicle crashed and the
female suspect was thought
to be in a canyon; she was
later located and admitted to
being the driver. The vehicle
was ultimately towed and
discovered it had been sto-
len. The female was cited for
unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle, reckless driving, and
cited for a statewide felony
warrant for possession of
methamphetamine. Multiple
agencies assisted.
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