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A5 Hood River News, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 G REATER G ORGE www.hoodrivernews.com Mt. Hood NF recognized for ‘Wild’ film Photo courtesy of OSP A 26-CAR PILEUP on I-84 east of Baker City left 12 people with injuries and sent four people to the hospital early Saturday morning. The crash was still under investigation as of press time, but was be- lieved to have been caused by black ice. Twelve injured in Interstate 84 crash in eastern Oregon BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — Black ice is believed to be the cause of a freeway pileup in- volving more than a dozen tractor-trailers that left 12 people injured Saturday in eastern Oregon, police said. The 26-vehicle pileup left a long stretch of Interstate 84 closed for most of the day as crews worked to clean spilled diesel fuel and clear away dozens of vehicles that were either damaged or stranded. Twelve people were treat- ed for injuries at a Baker City hospital, with four of them then going to other hospitals with more se- rious injuries, Oregon State Police Sgt. Kyle Hove said. Police had initially reported just four people hurt. There were no fatalities. The crash occurred short- ly before 5 a.m. east of Baker City, about 130 miles northwest of Boise, Idaho. Hove arrived on the scene to find “a sheet of ice” on the roadway. Troopers are still investigating, but Hove said he believes it was a chain-re- action crash. “A couple of the trucks came upon the black ice, and they jackknifed and crashed into each other. And it just continued to escalate,” Hove told The Associated Press by phone. Authorities updated their report hours after the crash, increasing the number of ve- hicles directly involved from 20 to 26, and saying that the pileup left 50 to 70 vehicles stranded at the scene. There were several sepa- rate collisions over a stretch of about three-quarters of a mile in the eastbound lanes, Hove said. He said many of the damaged vehicles were tractor-trailers, and several spilled their loads. Two trucks were trans- porting hazardous materials. Their cargo did not spill, but crews had to clean up diesel from the trucks’ fuel tanks. “We understand it’s frus- trating when the freeway is closed like this,” said Tom Srandberg, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation. “Our prima- ry concern is safety, and (we) want to make sure every- thing is cleared by our haz- mat folks before we let any traffic through the areas.” I-84 links Salt Lake City with Portland, Oregon, and is the primary east-west highway through eastern Oregon. The eastbound lanes were closed for several hours but officials said at least one lane was reopening Saturday night. Westbound lanes were closed temporarily near the crash site. 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Gordon Sondland, Oregon Film chair, Cheryl Strayed, the author of the book “Wild” from which the film is based, and Russell Hornsby, from the hit TV se- ries, “Grimm,” were among the many notable attendees at the event held at the Eastside Exchange Ballroom in Port- land. Honoree Bill Westbrook, district ranger for the Zigzag Ranger District appreciated the recognition. “It always feels good to be recognized for hard work,” Westbrook said. “Putting together filming per- mits like the one we estab- lished for “Wild” took great ef- forts from many talented staff members. It’s wonderful to celebrate their efforts in this way.” It is projected by the Ore- gon Film & Television Office that more money will be spent WEEKLY SUDOKU ANSWER Sponsored by: Call 541-386-1234 to advertise here 2 1 9 4 5 7 2 9 4 3 5 6 1 8 7 3 8 6 9 3 8 6 4 1 1 4 7 5 8 2 6 5 2 7 3 9 7 6 5 3 2 8 1 4 9 3 8 4 9 1 6 7 2 5 4 2 6 8 7 3 5 9 1 5 9 3 1 6 4 8 7 2 8 7 1 2 9 5 6 3 4 Puzzle on Page A3 in the state on various media projects this year than ever before. The Oregon Film & Television Office’s Annual Governor’s Award celebrates the diversity and achieve- ments of media productions in Oregon. Since 2012, accord- ing to Oregon Film, the num- ber of projects and companies benefiting from the various film advocacy groups and state agency programs has more than doubled. The num- ber of jobs in the motion pic- ture and video production sec- tor has increased more than 60 percent in the last five years, and the number of in- digenous production compa- nies has seen growth of more than 25 percent over that same period. The filming of “Wild” was conducted at many locations along the Pacific Crest Trail but with special focus on the Mt. Hood National Forest. A 75-person crew filmed for three weeks in October and November of 2013 shooting a wide range of scenes around Mt. Hood National Forest such as Witherspoon throw- ing her boot off the cliff, meet- ing a Forest Ranger, seeing a fox in the snow outside her tent, purifying water with threatening hunters, and vis- iting a horse in its corral. “I think part of the reason why the Mt. 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