September 6, 2017
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R ELIGION
Portland Fire & Rescue crews protect the Multnomah Falls Lodge from being consumed by wildfire
overnight in the Columbia River Gorge in a mutual aid callout. A massive wildfire that spread from the
Eagle Creek Wilderness threatened the structure but crews were able to save it.
Massive Fire Drops Ash
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Dirty skies add
to heat advisory
A light coating of ash fell in
the Portland metro overnight into
Tuesday leaving a dirty film of
black and grey dust on top of cars,
patio sets and other outdoor items
as a major wildfire grew out of the
nearby Eagle Creek Wilderness
east of Portland with smoke drift-
ing over the city.
Smoke from the fire is causing
poor air quality throughout the re-
gion. Portland Public Schools de-
cided to let classes out two hours
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early Tuesday afternoon because
of the unhealthy air that came in
combination with a heat advisory
that was already in effect for high
temperatures.
The heat and hazardous air
quality forecasts will mean that
Portland’s garbage, recycling
and composting trucks will again
be making collections early this
week to get them off the streets
before the hottest parts of the day.
Like it did during hot weather
a couple weeks back, the city asks
that residential customers set out
their roll carts the night before
their collection day as trucks may
be out early than the usual 6 a.m.
start time.
In the nearby Columbia Gorge,
the Eagle Creek fire grew Mon-
day to 3,200 acres and forced new
evacuations and caused closures
on I-84. Authorities suspect the
fire was caused by illegal fire-
works when it started on Saturday.
Flames threatened the historic
lodge at the bottom of the Mult-
nomah Falls overnight on Tues-
day, but hadn’t touched the lodge.
Multiple fire trucks were on the
scene and fire crews were working
to protect the historic building,
originally completed in 1925.
Building Named for Waters
Albina Head Start and
Early Head Start, the
pre-kindergarten program
serving families from Port-
land’s disadvantaged and
minority communities, has
named one of its buildings
in honor of the late Glad-
ys Waters, an educator and
mentor known for her com-
passionate care during her
40 years of work for the
local organization.
The Hughes Memorial
Albina Head Start building
on Northeast Mallory and
Falling Street was recent-
ly rededicated in her name
and now will be known as
the Gladys Waters Center.
“Even though Gladys
isn’t with us, I’m sure she
is smiling down on us with
tears of joy,” said an Albina
Head Start representative.
Photo by t racey s tadaMire /u n -4-g ettable P hotograPhy
Gladys Waters helped kids for generations at Albina Head Start.