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A10 Hood River News, Saturday, May 2, 2015 Seasonal weekend transit begins May 2 Going to the Gorge Blues and Brews, tired of trying to find parking on the weekend at Dog Mountain trailhead, or need a ride to Vancouver? If so, ride the WET bus seven days a week starting May 2. The seasonal week- end expansion will add four runs a day on Saturday and Sunday. The last run on Sun- day is an express to Vancou- ver/Fisher’s Landing and back. The bus is ADA acces- sible. The bus schedule includes stops at Stevenson, Carson, North Bonneville, Fisher’s Landing in Vancouver on 164th Avenue, and then a re- tur n to Columbia River Gorge trailheads and resorts. The additional stops include Salmon Falls Park and Ride/Cape Horn Trail, Bea- con Rock, Bonneville Hot Springs, Pacific Crest Trail, Skamania Lodge, and Dog Mountain. The public transportation grant is intended to relieve congestion at trailheads and shuttle guests from hotels and motels, festivals and fair visitors from resorts to trail- heads, and locals from town to town. Paid for by a grant from Wester n Federal Lands, Washington Department of Transportation, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Steven- son, and North Bonneville Tourism funds. For a complete schedule, see skamaniacounty.org or call 509-427-3990. Photo by Patrick Mulvihill. THE BRIDGE OF THE GODS may see electronic tolling and major deck upgrades as part of the Port of Cascade Locks’ 10-year bridge plan. P ORT Continued from Page A1 N EPAL Continued from Page A1 to Kumari. We have option to walk and hiking 3-4 hours from the highway. We can supply all supplies nearby Kumari and all needy people will come to pick it up from village. We will monitor all records and collect numbers of victims from Kumari. “Recently, we need about 5,000 sleeping tents, blankets about 10,000, medicines and foods. Foods are Dal (lentil), rice, salt, sug ar, and kerosene, etc. These all we can buy here in Nepal and just need funds to get it. “More emergency supplies for the injured and some so- cial supports and coun- selling to the children and people. Children and women are the really fearful and whole days they are on to the hill and (won’t go) home be- cause scaring from the de- stroyed buildings and hous- es. I am thinking all the times about my Kumari and clinic building, my 85 year- old Mom, also my home where I was born 43 years ago. “It has been really hard life here and we don’t have net services, telephones and not able to communicates with anybody. Our all banks and offices are closed and we can’t check yet. I will try to- morrow once if they are open. Thanks brother for your thought and recently, we are not getting any sup- ports from anybody. I hope, if this money been collected into bank then will see be- cause, in Kumari we have re- ally big trouble to save our (supplies) from the clinic building and have to buy as soon as tents, plastics and shelters for (families). “Our situation is much critical and hard to live safe. Diseases everywhere be- cause of dead bodies around. I am really worrying be- cause, my 12 years young son and wife is in Kathmandu on the road tent and the rest of (supplies) with us. Our Kath- mandu house is all damaged and very fearful to spend nights. Namaste …” automated. In addition to speed and ef- ficiency, a goal of the up- grades is to efficiently raise prices for bridge crossers from out of town without raising prices for locals. “The commission decided that we don’t want to raise tolls for the locals, but we may want to raise tolls for people who are not local,” said Groves. The raised prices are in- tended to fund the bridge’s necessary upgrades over the upcoming years, said Groves. Estimates for the electron- ic tolling project range in cost from $800,000 to $1 mil- KUMARI LEADER Jagat Lama in happier times; the view of the hillside clinic in Kumari, where Hood River visitors have visited and delivered assistance to a community that lacks access to health care and education even in normal circumstances. years old on or before Sep- tember 1st to meet the age re- quirement for entry into kindergarten. Parents need to bring the following to registration: ■ Child’s birth certificate, immunization records, and social security card (volun- tary) ■ Proof of residency in Hood River County: Parent electric bill, other utility bill, current rent receipt with ad- dress signed by landlord or mortgage statement, Oregon driver’s license or Oregon DMV card or Oregon voter registration card. Oregon law requires the following shots for a child en- tering kindergarten. These vaccinations may be ob- tained from your family doc- tor, local county health de- partment, or health screen- ing clinic. ■ 5 Diphthe- r i a / Te n t a n u s / Pe r t u s s i s (DTaP) ■ 4 Polio Your Mortgage Lender Call Bernie today 541-490-0167 Bernie Dittenhofer Licensed Mortgage Banker NMLS #2550 NMLS #114231 ML 832-21 A division of Mann Mortgage, LLC 509 Cascade Ave., Suite F, Hood River Apply at berniedittenhofer.westcorpmortgage.com Find the newest member of your family. INKA D E T P O AD AAD Footwise 413 Oak St., Hood River 541.308.0770 HUCKLEBERRY D E T P O AD HAL The Pilates Studio of Hood River LLC 541.490.0660 ANGIE AAD D E T P O A D Pietro’s Pizza 102 2nd St., Hood River 541.386.1606 MILO HAL D E T P O A D ROSAUERS 1867 12th St, on the Heights in Hood River • 541.386.1119 called “BreezeBy,” on the Hood River Bridge in 2007. Koch said the Port of Cas- cade Locks hadn’t yet con- fir med a decision on whether to upg rade its tolling system. “This is the beginning of the process,” said Koch. “At this point the commission has only autho- rized us to get proposals. The (proposals) deadline was just last week. We haven’t had a chance to analyze what’s there and hold work ses- sions.” Koch said the port is tar- geting to make a decision on the electronic upgrades by the end of the year. In the meantime, the port staff will review proposals from elec- tronics companies and then hold work sessions through the upcoming months, nar- rowing down their search. Kindergarten Roundup May 4-8 The Hood River County School District will hold their annual “Kindergarten Roundup” during the week of May 4 - 8, 2015. This is the time for parents to register their children entering kindergarten for the 2015- 2016 school year. Parents are to register their children at their local school on the fol- lowing dates and times: ■ Cascade Locks, Monday- Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. ■ May Street Elementary, Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; May Street is having a parent orientation on May 12 at 6 p.m. ■ Mid Valley Elementary, Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ■ Parkdale Elementary, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. ■ Westside Elementary, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Westside is having a parent open house on May 4 at 6 p.m. Students must be five Photos by Peter Marbach lion, although the port has not yet accepted bids. Ac- cording to the Port’s Interim General Manager Paul Koch, several companies have laid out an alternative system, which would charge two or three cents per bridge cross- ing, instead of one blanket cost. The electronic upgrades, which would be installed and coordinated by companies like Xerox and 3M, would use radio transmitting devices, transponders, which are at- tached to a vehicle’s wind- shield or dashboard and are then read by an antenna as they pass through the toll booth. T he transponder could be connected to the dri- ver’s bank account like a credit card. The Port of Hood River in- stalled similar technology, DANIKA D E T P O AD AAD ROSAUERS 1867 12th St, on the Heights in Hood River • 541.386.1119 TRINKET D E T P O D A HAL ROSAUERS 1867 12th St, on the Heights in Hood River • 541.386.1119 ■ 1 Varicella (chickenpox) ■ 2 MMR or 2 Measles, 1 Mumps, 1 Rubella ■ 3 Hepatitis B ■ 2 Hepatitis A Contact the following if you need further details: ■ Cascade Locks School, 300 WaNaPa St., 541-374-8467 ■ May Street Elementary, 911 May St., 541-386-2656 ■ Mid Valley Elementary, 3686 Davis Dr., 541-354-1691 ■ Parkdale Elementary, 4880 Van Nuys Dr., 541-352- 6255 ■ Westside Elementary, 3685 Belmont Dr., 541-386- 1535 ■ Prime Time After School Program, 1009 Eugene St., 541-386-2055 ■ ExCel After School Pro- gram, 4880 Van Nuys Dr., 541- 352-6255 LOOK! This size ad in the HRN 9 times for only $175 50 ! Call Kirsten at 541-386-1234 AXLE D E T P O A D AAD Carol Annala 2495 Cascade Ave, Hood River 541.387.6563 Look for this month’s Adopt-A-Pet page in the May 9 Hood River News
