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HOOD RIVER NEWS | Hood River, Ore.
YESTERYEARS
Snow hits upper valley in 2010
1910 — 110 YEARS AGO
in all respects as that of any store has a green front, its busi-
upstate newspaper in Oregon. ness is booze, and the boom
was hardly surprising. Prices
went up April 1, so state liquor
1940 — 80 YEARS AGO
store manager Pauline Kirk-
With spring has come a land and her crew had a busy
strong demand for tracts in time handling the rush before
Hood River Valley and in re- the price rise went into effect.
cent weeks a number of new Increases will range from a
people have been here looking nickel a fifth on vodka bottled
over acreage available in hopes in Hood River to 15 or 20 cents
of finding what they require. on domestic whiskeys to 85
Several completed sales have cents and more on imported
also been reported by Truman liquor.
Butler, realtor. The big sale in-
volves the 147-acre tract above 1980 — 40 YEARS AGO
the Sunday ranch on Neal
Mount St. Helens became
Creek, which has been owned
for a number of years by Tom something less than saintly last
Sherrard and J.C. Chapman. week when it began a series of
The new owner is C.F. Allegre, eruptions that spewed volcanic
well-known dairyman of the ash as far as Hood River’s door-
valley. Sherrard was for many step. It made itself the center of
years with the Forest Service attention for scientists, news
and has now retired.
media, worried officials and
a curious public. Automobile
owners are cautioned that
1950 — 70 YEARS AGO
the ash contains sulfur com-
Above normal stream flows pounds that may produce mild
which will produce “excellent acid reactions and that cartops
to abundant” water supplies may be damaged by chemical
for the April-September period reaction with metal if the ash is
were predicted for Hood River not hosed off with water.
County Thursday at the 10th
annual northcentral Oregon ir- 1990 — 30 YEARS AGO
rigation water forecast meeting
It was still dark Monday
on the basis of mountain snow
and soil moisture conditions. morning when 18 junior high
Mountain snow cover in the students from Tsuruta, Japan,
Hood River-Wasco area is now ended a week’s stay in Hood
between 150 and 200 percent River. They boarded a school
of normal with more than the bus and, just as the rising sun
usual amount occurring at low greeting them, they headed
elevations.
west to Portland International
Airport. It was the seventh visit
of a group of young people
1960 — 60 YEARS AGO
from Tsuruta to its American
School voters in three west- sister city, Hood River. And it
ern Wasco County districts will certainly was one of the best
go to the polls in May to decide recorded. NHK Television in
the merits of a school reorga- Japan sent a crew to record
nization proposal that would every aspect of the visit.
merge school districts in Che-
nowith, Rowena, Petersburg 2000 — 20 YEARS AGO
and Mosier areas. The resulting
Seeking ways to maintain
system would create a central
high school of some 350 stu- emergency services in an era of
tighter regulations and shrink-
dents, according to the plan.
ing budgets, local fire officials
are considering a proposal to
1970 — 50 YEARS AGO
consolidate area fire districts
It was Christmas in March and departments. The idea
in an unimposing little Hood arose as local officials consid-
River store early this week. The ered how best to utilize the
One of the largest land sales
that has ever taken place at
Mosier was consummated Fri-
day when C.A. McCarger pur-
chased the George Sellinger
place, for which he paid in the
neighborhood of $40,000. The
purchase consists of 296 acres
of what is considered some of
the finest fruitland (sic) in the
Mosier district, 100 acres of
which is cleared. The place has
a house and other improve-
ments on it and is located near
the big fruit farm of the East
Hood River Fruit Company
about a mile east of town. It
is probable that Mr. McCarger
will cut it up into smaller acre-
ages and sell some of it to the
many investors who are buying
in this fast-developing district.
1920 — 100 YEARS AGO
Fruitgrowers of the Upper
Valley are now making prepa-
rations to handle their in-
creasing crops of fruit in the
coming fall. Chas Steinhauser
is to have a new apple house
of hollow tile and concrete. Its
dimensions will be 50x90 feet
and it will consist of a base-
ment with two stories above
ground level. The basement
will be used for storage, the
ground floor for packing and
the second floor for supplies
and to furnish accommo-
dations for help during the
season. Rea Babson, another
Parkdale rancher, is arranging
for extensive additions to his
apple house and barn to meet
his growing requirements.
1930 — 90 YEARS AGO
As a result of a decision ar-
rived at by stockholders of the
Hood River News on Saturday,
this newspaper will occupy a
new home on Oak Street. Plans
are now being drawn for a
modern building, 50x80-feet of
reinforced concrete and brick
front, to occupy the site on
which the laundry now stands,
directly opposite the Rialto
block. When completed, the
interior will furnish the News a
home as modern and complete
Hood River News archives
A PRIL 2 , 1970
Hostesses for the 1970 Hood River Valley Blossom Day celebration will be these four prin-
cesses, whose official function starts with publicizing the annual event. Susan Pegg, left, and
RosAnne Merz, second from right, represent Parkdale Grange; Nancy Norton, second from left,
and Diane Troxel, represent Pine Grove Grange. Both granges serve public dinners the day of
the blossom tour (April 26) and the girls will greet the guests.
personnel and equipment of
the area’s fire service providers,
and whether organizing the
various departments and dis-
tricts under a single umbrella
can provide efficiencies in
operations, training and other
areas.
VERBATIM
Work On New Playground
Is Already Underway
If plans of local play-
ground promoters mate-
rialize, and if the weather
permits, much work should
be accomplished on the
new community playground
south of the high school this
coming Saturday afternoon
and Sunday.
Last Sunday morning
(Easter), more than a dozen
willing workers were on
the job and by noon had
laid more than 100 feet of
tile for drainage of the site.
Work will be intensified on
the tilling this weekend and
softball league managers are
urged to cooperate by noti-
fying all team members that
their services can be used to
great advantage on one or
both days.
As soon as the tile has
been laid, actual grading of
the field can be commenced
and it is for this reason that
Claude Collins, president of
the softball league, and Pep-
per Mann, chairman of the
2010 — 10 YEARS AGO
An Easter weekend storm
dropped on the Hood River
Valley Friday. Snow collected
on the highways in the mid-
and upper valley, requiring
drivers to put on chains while
traveling on Highway 35. “Any-
where past the Odell junction
it starts to get slick,” one Hood
River County deputy stated at
11:30 a.m. Snow made travel
hazardous on the higher eleva-
tions above Oak Grove on the
west side of the valley.
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Compiled by Trisha Walker
and Emily Fitzgerald, News
staff writers
construction committee, are
anxious that a large quota of
men appear Saturday and
Sunday.
As far as playing space
is concerned, when fin-
ished, the new grounds will
be as large or larger than
Portland’s Vaughn street
orchard. It will take a most
potent blow to propel a
baseball over the right field
boundary and not even Joe
DiMaggio himself could be
expected to knock one over
the left field embankment.
A home run to center field,
needless to say, would also
be well earned.
Home plate will be situat-
ed at the extreme southeast
corner of the field and slop-
ing embankments directly
behind the plate and along
the first and third base lines
provide a natural base for
raised bleachers when that
time comes.
— Hood River News,
March 29, 1940
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A message from The Next Door
The Next Door executive director
Dear Friends,
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threatened. No doubt
we’re all feeling overwhelmed,
anxious, and scared, but we at
The Next Door are determined
to fight for those most vulnera-
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community members we serve
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suffering lost wages, lost
connections with people they
care about, and heightened
fear and anxiety. These friends
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Our staff consists primarily
of home visitors, community
health workers, youth outreach
workers, therapists, counsel-
ors and educators. They have
these services through digital
channels.
This means online classes for
students in our Klahre House
and Kelly Avenue schools,
Welcome Baby visits with new
parents via FaceTime, men-
tal health treatment sessions
through video conferencing,
and more.
Over the past couple weeks,
countless community mem-
bers have contacted us want-
ing to volunteer and do some-
thing to help. We’re incredibly
grateful and have been happy
to refer these helping hands to
other organizations that have
remained open to the public,
like our local food pantries. We
have also worked in partner-
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traditionally provided vital
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in homes, community gath-
ering places, and schools. In
this ever-changing situation
with COVID-19, our dedicated
staff are adapting to carry out
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needs
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start entirely new services
that
will help our most vulnerable
neighbors.
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lies heavily on grants and
donations from our beloved
community, we’re anxious
about what the future holds.
What will an economic reces-
sion mean for our funding,
and what vital services might
be lost?
In the coming weeks, we’ll
be sharing powerful stories of
struggle and triumph with all
of you on our website.
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your local community. Please
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Athlete of the Week
Grace Miller
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The Hood River County Li-
brary District will now tenta-
tively be closed through April
28. This date is subject to
change based upon recom-
mendations and guidelines
from the Center for Disease
Control, Oregon Health Au-
thority, Gov. Kate Brown and
Hood River County public
health officials.
During the closure, the
Hood River Library District en-
courages patrons to use their
online resources and services.
They ask patrons to not
return their library materials.
Their drop boxes are closed.
All due dates have been ex-
tended and library fines will
not accrue during the closure.
All blocks due to patrons ex-
ceeding the fine threshold have
been temporarily removed,
which will allow all patrons to
use their online resources and
services. The wifi is on in the
library buildings and can be
accessed from outside.
The Hood River County Li-
brary District will be offering a
variety of online programming
and services. To learn about
programs and services, pa-
trons can follow the library on
social media (Facebook and
Instagram), check the library
website and sign up for their
eNewsletter for the latest up-
dates at hoodriverlibrary.org.
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Wrestling Association Northwest Conference
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