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Sole Mates CL Mural School dedicates student art – A10 A call to ‘restore the pair’ M IDWEEK E DITION B2 Vol. 109, No. 40 HOOD RIVER, OREGON Official Newspaper, City of Hood River and Hood River County ■ WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015 75 cents 2 Sections, 24 Pages www.hoodrivernews.com Friends sue USDOT over oil train safety rules By PATRICK MULVIHILL News staff writer Seven U.S. environmental groups, including Friends of the Columbia River Gorge, filed a law- suit challenging the U.S. Depart- ment of Transportation’s new crude-by-rail safety rules, calling them too “weak” to prevent fiery derailments. The coalition launched their legal challenge Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. The groups hired Earthjustice, an environmental law organization based in San Francis- co, to challenge the federal trans- portation department on their be- half, calling for a revision of train safety rules USDOT released on May 1. Under the rules, tank cars built before 2011, known as DOT-111, will be phased out within three years. Tank cars without reinforced hulls built after 2011, known as CPC-1232 will be phased out by 2020 — not soon enough for some conservation groups. “We’re suing the administration “It’s causing Gorge communities to work together for a common goal, and that goal is safety.” MICHAEL LANG because these rules won’t protect the 25 million Americans living in the oil train blast zone,” said Todd Paglia, exectutive director of ForestEthics, one of the seven groups petitioning. “Ten years is too long to wait for improved tank cars, and emergency responders need to know where and when these dangerous trains are running by our homes and schools.” The petitioners include the Friends of the Columbia Gorge — a conservation group with offices in Hood River and Portland — and six other environmental g roups around the nation including ForestEthics, Sierra Club, Water- keeper Alliance, Washington Envi- ronmental Council, Spokane River- keeper and the Center for Biologi- cal Diversity. Michael Lang, Friends of the Gorge Conservation Director, said the Friends first became involved in the political charge in response to an increase in oil trains rolling through the gorge and the proposed Tesoro oil terminal in Vancouver. According to Lang, roughly 19 crude oil trains enter the gorge per day. “It’s causing gorge communities to work together for a common goal, and that goal is safety,” said Lang. See TRAINS, Page A5 ‘Women are Veterans, Too’ A R OYAL R OUNDUP Photo by Mark B. Gibson MARGIE ANDERSON displays the PSYOP (Psy- chological Operations) patch that she earned during a 2006-08 deployment to Iraq with a mil- itary police company based in Germany. By RAELYNN RICARTE The Dalles Chronicle Photo by Patrick Mulvihill Knights and maidens from the Society for Creative Anachronism took over the Hood River County Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon. It was the first time the Columbia Gorge shire hosted the event. Roughly 600 members of the Northwest kingdom, An Tir, traveled from as far as British Columbia and Southern Oregon over the weekend. More details in the Saturday edition. Margie Anderson wears a bracelet that says “Women are Veterans Too” and is proud to have been part of the minority pop- ulation in the military. She is also grateful, as an Army veteran with a service-connected disability, to now be able to help others who have worn the uniform. Anderson recently joined U.S. Rep. Greg Walden’s staff and will provide assistance to veterans in the Second Congressional District, which includes Wasco, Hood River, Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler counties. “I think she’s already brought to the of- fice exactly the kind of experience that will be beneficial to our veterans,” said Walden. “Margie is somebody who will understand their issues because she has also been in harm’s way. She will be a tenacious fighter to get our veterans what they have earned See ANDERSON, Page A2 Dalbey is new HRCSD human resources director Catherine Dalbey has been se- lected as the next Human Re- sources Director for the Hood River County School District beginning July. Her selection was approved by the School Board on April 22. Dal- bey will be re placing Kevin Noreen, who has resigned the posi- tion effective June 30 to take a posi- tion with Forest Grove School Board. Dalbey’s move to the District Of- fice is the third change in princi- pals announced this spring. Cas- cade Locks principal Kim Vogel will retire in June, and Kim Yasui was named principal of Mid Valley in March, to succeed Dennis Mc- Cauley, who will also retire in June. Vogel began her career at the dis- trict in August 1990 as a fourth grade teacher at Cascade Locks and taught there for twelve years. In SCHOOL CHANGES Sarah Braman-Smith will succeed Dalbey as Wy’east principal. Braman-Smith has spent the last nine years as an administrator at Madras High School. District retirees were honored Monday at HRVHS; details in the Saturday edition. June 2002, Kim Vogel left the dis- trict to take a position as the mid- dle school principal at Howard Street Charter School in the Salem Keizer School District. She worked there until 2006, when she returned to the Hood River County School District to be the principal at Park- dale Elementary while also serving as the Project PM Coordinator (an afterschool program in the dis- trict). From August 2010 until this school year, Vogel had been serving as principal for both Parkdale Ele- mentary and Cascade Locks. This year, she has served half-time as the principal for Cascade Locks El- ementary School. “Catherine Dalbey has demon- strated excellence in every position she’s held in our school district, from elementary school teacher through her 11 years of adminis- trative leadership at Wy’east Mid- dle School. In every position, Catherine has been dedicated to student success, to our school dis- trict’s vision, to all educators’ growth and success, and to our community partnerships. She has earned the trust of staff and com- See DALBEY, Page A5 Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea WY’EAST principal Catherine Dalbey stands in the hallway of the District Office, where she will work as human resources director. Four To Go Roald Dahl Literary Challenge May 29 HRVHS reunion concert May 23 Lauren Hegemann, on lad- der, and Max Cordell of the Library Teen Council deco- rate the library for the May 29 Roald Dahl Trivia Challenge, 5:30 p.m. Youth with a knowl- edge of the author of the Willie Wonka tales and other children’s books are invited to participate. 7 05105 97630 3 Outgoing director Mark Steighner will lead the May 23 HRVHS reunion concert at 7 p.m. at Bowe Theater at HRVHS. The concert is free, and donations are ac- cepted to support music education at the high school. Expect music from the reunion choir, some solos, a mini-reunion performance by Auro- ra, and some anecdotes and testimonials. Rehearsals are Friday night and Saturday morning and afternoon. About 80 alums have signed up to sing, dating back to 1990. Con- tact Steighner at msteighner@gmail.com if you want a PDF of the music. Marbach and Cook unveil book May 27 Election results posted on-line Join photographer Peter Mar- bach and author Janet Cook for the unveiling of their new book on May 27, “Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area,” printed in Hood River by Colum- bia Gorge Press. The event will be at the Colum- bia Center for the Arts, Third and Cascade, as part of the public program “Wild at Heart in the Co- lumbia River Gorge” at 7 p.m. Book signing starts at 6:30 p.m. Voting for the Special Dis- tricts election in Hood River County ends May 19 at 8 p.m. Take your ballot before that time to either the county building at Sixth and State or to Cascade Locks City Hall. For results (too late for press time) go to www.co.hood- river.or.us/elections For CGCC results, go to www.co.wasco.or.us/elections