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tional attention. The fire
damaged several structures
and burned a home inside
Foley Lakes Mobile Home
Park located on the west
side of The Dalles. The
cause of the fire was not of-
ficially determined.
■ A former Insitu con-
tractor was sentenced to jail
time after he was arrested
for trying to sell proprietary
information related to one
of Insitu’s unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAV), or drones.
Stephen Martin Ward, 49, of
Owensboro, Ky., was sen-
tenced in the U.S. Eastern
District Court of Washing-
ton in Yakima to three
months’ prison after being
convicted of Theft of Trade
Secrets under the Economic
Espionage Act after stealing
proprietary information re-
lated to RQ-21A Blackjack
drone. A one month under-
cover operation resulted in
Wa r d ’s a g r e e i n g t o e x -
change the data for $400,000
in currency and benefits.
During the operation, Ward
e-mailed the cover page of
the manual to foreign enti-
ties in Kuwait to gauge their
interest in the information.
■ After more than two
years of public review,
analysis, and permit filings,
delays, and extensions, the
Oregon Department of State
Lands (DSL) announces that
it has rejected a crucial per-
mit needed for the construc-
tion of the Coyote Island
coal export terminal pro-
posed for the Port of Mor-
row. Ambre Energy, an Aus-
tralia-based energy compa-
ny, had planned to ship via
barges approximately 8.8
million tons of coal annual-
ly from the port located in
Boardman, about 90 min-
utes east of Hood River. DSL
stated the permit was “not
consistent with the protec-
tion, conservation and best
use of the state’s water re-
sources, and that the appli-
cant did not provide suffi-
cient analysis of alterna-
tives that would avoid con-
struction of a new dock and
impacts on tribal fisheries.”
Update: The decision has
been appealed and is expect-
ed to go to a hearing in De-
cember 2015.
September
■ The city announces it
has reached a deal to help
end a dispute over Naito De-
velopment’s Nichols Land-
ing project, which would
create a four-story, 88-room
hotel and a 20,000-square-
foot commercial building at
the southern edge of the
Nichols Boat Basin. The
deal pushes the develop-
ment away from the water’s
edge and allows for the cre-
ation of a passive-use park
that is to eventually be
owned by the city. Work on
the project was expected to
begin sometime in early
2015.
■ Approximately 200 peo-
ple attend a climate change
march in downtown Hood
River. The march, which
was organized by the Co-
lumbia Gorge Climate Ac-
tion Network (CGCAN), was
part of a larger, worldwide
IN SEPTEMBER: About 200
people attended a climate
change rally in Hood River, orga-
nized by the Columbia Gorge
Climate Action Network.
event held to draw attention
to climate change issues
such as global warming and
the burning of fossil fuels.
Protests also focused on the
shipment of fossil fuels
through the Gorge.
■ The county receives nu-
merous comments on a plan
s u b m i t t e d by M t . H o o d
Meadows Ski Resort to de-
velop a 179-space gravel
park and ride in the center
of the community of Mt.
Hood. The proposal attract-
ed some controversy after a
neighboring
property
owner, Libby Rossknecht,
filed appeals against it, ar-
guing the county improper-
ly approved the application.
Meadows ultimately retract-
ed the application in an at-
tempt to find a different
park and ride site along
Highway 35.
IN NOVEMBER: Hood River Valley High School boys soccer
received a police and fire escort through down on their way
home from the 2014 OSAA 5A state championship game,
where they defeated Woodburn 2-0 to claim the first state
soccer title in HRVHS history.
October
■ Far m and orchard
equipment retailer Shep-
pard’s enters into a memo-
randum of understanding
with the Port of Hood River
that would result in its
move down to a yet-to-be-
constructed facility at the
cor ner of North Second
Street and Riverside Drive.
Sheppard’s has been at its
current location at First
and State for 85 years, and
in business for 10 years
longer than that. The Shep-
pard family said they made
the move in part due to lo-
gistical reasons and plan to
expand their business at
their new location.
■ Miguel Ang el Soto-
Quintana, 29, is arrested for
alle gedly murdering the
mother of his child, Cecilia
Campuzano-Ortiz, 23, after
her body was found inside
her apartment at 22nd and
Montello. Soto-Quintana
was convicted in 2013 of as-
saulting Campuzano-Ortiz
and was ordered by the
court to have no contact
with Campuzano-Ortiz,
with the exception of mail
or email to arrange parent-
ing time or text messaging
in the case of a medical
emergency of their 3-year-
old daughter. The courts
and law enforcement re-
leased little info about the
case, although court docu-
ments noted that Soto-Quin-
tana allegedly murdered
Campuzano-Ortiz “while
under the influence of an
extreme emotional distur-
bance.”
MIGUEL SOTO-QUINTANA
Update: Soto-Quintana is
scheduled for further pro-
ceedings Jan. 5.
■ Re p r e s e n t a t ive s o f
RipCity, that is, the Portland
Trail Blazers, came to Hood
River to film a commercial
down at the waterfront with
local fans. Blazer Dancers,
color commentator Mike
Rice, and Blaz ers alum
“ M e r cy M e r cy ” Je r o m e
Kersey joined in on the fun.
The commercial was sched-
uled to air at an undisclosed
point in the 2014-15 NBA
season.
Update: No sign of the
Hood River spots yet, but
the Blazers were 23-5 on
Dec. 31.
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with a way to fast track a
proposed Nestlé water bot-
tling plant, cutting down the
process from an anticipated
f o u r ye a r s t o t wo. T h e
change is designed to re-
duce the time needed to
process appeals from envi-
r o n m e n t a l g r o u p s. T h e
plant is expected to cost $50
million, and be 250,000-
square-feet in size.
Update: Application will
come to CL city council for
approval Jan. 12.
November
■ The Hood River Valley
High School boys soccer
team make history by claim-
ing the school’s first-ever
state title, winning the
OSAA 5A championship.
The HRV Eagles shutout
Woodburn, 2-0, and held a
perfect 18-0 record to finish
the season. Gio Magana,
Uriel Torres, Alex Gutier-
rez, and Marco Cuevas were
all selected as First-Team
All-State players and fifth-
year coach Jaime Rivera
was selected as the 5A boys
Coach of the Year.
■ Paul Blackburn beats
out Greg Colt for the Hood
River mayoral race, defeat-
ing him by a margin of 2-1.
In the Hood River City
Council race, seven candi-
dates vied for three posi-
tions; winners were Becky
Brun, Peter Cornelison, and
Susan Johnson. Voters also
approved measures sup-
porting fire and EMS de-
partments at West Side and
Cascade Locks and re-elect-
ed U.S. Rep. Greg Walden,
State Sen. Chuck Thomsen,
and State Rep. Mark John-
son, all Republicans.
Update: Blackburn and
council will take the oath of
office Jan. 5.
■ Columbia Gorge Com-
munity College announces
that it will have to close its
Indian Creek campus on the
Heights due to a $2 million
bu d g e t d e f i c i t . T h e a n -
nouncement received signif-
icant negative feedback and
was reversed a couple days
later, although college ad-
ministration has stated the
deficit would require cuts
elsewhere.
December
■ The Hood River City
Council votes down Wal-
mart’s application to ex-
pand its Wasco Avenue loca-
tion during a remand hear-
i n g f ro m t h e L a n d U s e
Board of Appeals. Walmart
had planned to add an addi-
tional 30,000 square feet to
the 72,000-square-foot store.
The council voted 4-3 that
the store’s vested right to
expand had expired.
■ Columbia River Gorge
C o m m i s s i o n r e c e ive s a
mixed message on funding
after getting an 89-percent
increase in its budget from
Oregon, but only a 7-percent
increase from Washington.
Because the commission
has to be funded equally, it
is required to take the lower
amount. Administrators of
the commission have re-
peatedly said it does not
have enough staff to process
the backlog of National
Scenic Area building per-
mits, and needs double the
funding it currently gets to
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Knight of Sufferlandia
Nathan Koch was one of six local resi-
dents to complete the ten-hour Knights of
Sufferlandia Challenge, which the group
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dated by the federal govern-
ment.
Update: Budget could
alter in upcoming legisla-
tive hearings.
■ The city of Cascade
Locks says it has come up
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IN SEPTEMBER: After a long and drawn-out
process, a deal was reached between parties
involved in development of a waterfront lot
owned by Naito Development. In fore-
ground, developer Bob Naito ; behind him is
Friends of the Waterfront attorney Brent Fos-
ter during a 2012 City Council discussion.
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