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A10 Wednesday, January 1, 2020 HOOD RIVER NEWS | Hood River, Ore. hoodrivernews.com REVIEW: Looking back at the last six months of 2019 continued from A1 for the position alongside Ed Wilder and Jason Garrett Gibson. Mt. Hood Railroad’s as- sets and business operations have been turned over to Novo Advisors, a financial advisory firm, after a U.S. District Court judge ordered the railroad’s owner, Iowa Pacific Holdings, to place the railroad into receiver- ship. Mt. Hood Railroad has been owned by Permian Basin Railways, a subsidiary of Iowa Pacific Holdings, since 2008. “Everything is moving forward in a positive direction, and we’re looking forward to a busy Christmas season,” said General Man- ager Ron Kaufmann. October Gorge Wellness Alliance debuted its short documen- tary, “Cultivate: Compas- sion,” at Columbia Center for the Arts, produced by CoenFilm. The documenta- ry features six local people from the Columbia River Gorge sharing their personal journeys and some of the as- sociated challenges they’ve Photo by Caleb Lundquist faced in life. THE ANNUAL Roy Webster Cross Channel Swim had a change of location this year: Cascade Locks. The Bridge of the Gods is getting ready to implement electronic tolling, utilizing the same BreezeBy system as the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge, said Jess Groves, Port of Cascade Locks Commission president. The Port of Cas- cade Locks is hoping to use electronic tolling as a way to offer discounts to those in fi- nancial need, Groves said, as well as speed up transactions across the bridge in the busy summer months. Rep. Greg Walden an- nounced via video statement Oct. 28 that he would not seek reelection to the Second Congressional District and Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea will retire at the end of his LATINO NETWORK President Martha Verduzco introduces SHEPPARD’S celebrated its 100th birthday in 2019, as highlighted current term, after a career that spans 30 years. Walden speakers from the Mike Schend Stage at the third annual Latino in a December Kaleidoscope. Above are, from left, Bill, Craig and Ben Sheppard. won re-election to a ninth Fest in August, held at Jackson Park. term in 2018, by a wide mar- November Parks,” pass 1,786 to 690, gin but his closest ever: 56.3 percent of the vote to 39.4 The Nov. 5 Special Dis- a 72.13 percent to 27.87 1,457 votes to 401 no: 78.424 ture improvements in the percent for Democrat Jamie tricts election in Hood River percent victory. The West percent to 21.58 percent. The works at the Ken Jernstedt McLeod-Skinner. County saw the city-only Side Fire Local option levy levy renews an existing five- Airfield, surrounding res- Measure 14-67, termed by renewal question garnered year local option levy. idents are concerned that With planned infrastruc- ongoing noise problems are supporters as “Protect Our a 78 percent approval, with going to get worse. The Port of Hood River has had a spike in noise complaints over the last few years and in response, the port im- plemented the Fly Friendly program, which encourages pilots to adhere to a set of guidelines designed to min- imize noise impacts. While residents think the program is a good idea, they don’t think it ultimately works because there isn’t a way to enforce it. The elections and assess- ment staff would probably have voted against it, but Kim Kean has retired as chief deputy clerk for Hood River County. Kean, who has overseen assessment re- cord-keeping and the ballot tabulation process for three decades, received a retire- ment send-off on Nov. 22 at the County Administration Building. Angel Reyes Borton, Glad- ys Rivera and former Coun- cil Member Susan Johnson have applied for the va- cant position on Hood River City Council. All were inter- viewed at the city council meeting on Dec. 9, with Ri- vera ultimately appointed to fill the position of now Mayor Kate McBride, who left her council seat vacant when she was appointed in September to fill out the term of mayor. December After more than a year’s absence, FISH Food Bank re- turned to Odell in December with a school-based pantry at Mid Valley Elementary School. The Odell site will be open on the west end of the building on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month from 3-5:30 p.m. Sheppard’s celebrated its 100th birthday this year. 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