hoodrivernews.com HOOD RIVER NEWS | Hood River, Ore. Photo by Andrew Jackson, City of Hood River CITY residents can help Public Works crews efficiently remove winter cinders from the streets this week. Night street-sweeping scheduled The City of Hood River public works department an- nounces public works crews will perform night-time street-sweeping operations, now until Thursday night, Feb. 13, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and asks for some assistance from the public. In preparation for the city- wide sweeping, residents will be allowed to sweep their side- walk debris into the street in advance of this schedule. “This is a temporary ex- ception to the rule of ‘no yard debris from sidewalks or prop- erty in the curb and gutter,’ which is normally treated as a storm-water violation and is against municipal code,” said Public Works Operation Man- ager Andrew Jackson. Public works also asks residents to park off-street when possible during the street-sweeping schedule. Spe- cifically, residents are asked to abstain from parking on State Street between Sixth and Ninth streets in order to completely clean the north and south sides of State Street. If you have questions, please call the City of Hood River public works department at 541- 387-5201. Photo by Carol Hoffman ‘AMAZING SKY’ Seeing a western curtain of pink, Carol Hoffman stopped along May street at 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 5 and took this photo. “It was an amazing sky, breathtaking to say the least. Would be a great painting!” group meet fi tness Erin works “I always feel like I get a better workout when I’m alongside friends who are working toward a similar goal.” — Erin Peters IN BRIEF: F U LL TIM E 3 RD G R A DE T EACH ER I N T H E DA LLE S | OS U GR AD UAT E HO BBIE S INCLUDE: H I K I N G | T R AVELI N G | BAR R E Erin started group fi tness a couple years ago when she felt she could be more fi t. She enjoyed Barre classes and when GAC did not off er an afternoon class, she decided to get certifi ed to teach. Erin enjoys getting to know her class members and watching their progress. She encourages new people to not be afraid to be a beginner - people are surprised by how much they can do! Gorge Athletic Club The Dalles | Hood River GorgeAthleticClubs.com Th e D a l l e s B a r r e - M o n & We d 6 : 3 0 - 7 : 3 0 p m Wednesday, February 12, 2020 A9