Oct 13

Oct 13 Google donates $100k toward student mental health

Wasco County students to connect with critical mental health services with support from Google. New $100,000 grant to support mental health in Columbia Gorge Education Services District.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Our Whole Lives Brings Uplifting Inclusive Sex Education to the Gorge

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Education, Home Page

Have you ever heard of LGBTQ+ inclusive sex education being taught in church? Well, now you have! Bethel Congregational Church in White Salmon will host Our Whole Lives (OWL) sex education courses for youth and adults starting October 20th, 2021.

Oct 8

Oct 8 CGCC President Joins Latino Student Initiative

Columbia Gorge Community College

Education, The Dalles, Home Page

Excelencia in Education, a national organization whose mission is to accelerate Latino student success in higher education, has announced that Dr. Marta Yera Cronin, president of Columbia Gorge Community College, has chosen to be part of Presidents for Latino Student Success and the Excelencia in Action network.

Oct 5

Oct 5 Sense of Place Lecture: The Unusual Mushrooms of Cascadia

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Entertainment, Education, Home Page

Michael Beug will give a lecture on the ‘fungus among us’ in the Cascade region. Beug started mushrooming in 1969 and has discovered more than 50 new mushroom species in the Pacific Northwest.

Oct 5

Oct 5 Mid-Columbia Senior Center looking to bring back classes

Columbia Community Connection

Positive News, Education

Senior Center to slowly bring back classes such as Less Stuff, More Happiness. Read more about it in this month’s Mid Columbia Senior Center Newsletter.

Oct 4

Oct 4 Students underway at Columbia Gorge Community College

Tom Peterson

Education, Home Page, The Dalles

Students, Avery and Star bundled together in the cool autumn air for the movie in the amphitheater on Friday, Oct. 1, the last night of welcome week at Columbia Gorge Community College, The Dalles campus. Disney’s Jungle Cruise was playing.

Sep 30

Sep 30 TD Public Schools are now posting COVID cases on website

Tom Peterson

Education, Home Page

Parents and guardians who are concerned about COVID cases occurring in public schools now have a new tool in The Dalles. The North Wasco County School District has launched a new COVID dashboard on its home page.

Sep 28

Sep 28 Marc Harvey Joins Lyle School District Board of Directors

Columbia Community Connection

Education, Home Page

After living for the past 40 years in the mid-Columbia Gorge and serving on multiple non-profit boards, Marc Harvey is joining the Lyle School District Board of Directors.

Sep 22

Sep 22 HR Cemetery Tales features first black family, Jose's Taco House, Japanese American

Columbia Community Connection

Education, Hood River County, Positive News

This popular annual theatrical performance about influential members of our community from the past has been created on video. Typically a live performance, Cemetery Tales 2021 is a professional video production available for online viewing October 1-3.

Sep 21

Sep 21 Columbia Basin Care Foundation Awards $12,500 in Scholarships

Columbia Basin Care Home The Dalles

Education, Business, Home Page, Positive News

The Columbia Basin Care Foundation has awarded $12,500 in scholarships to seventeen local area students pursuing careers in health care during the upcoming college 2021-2022 school year.

Sep 17

Sep 17 CGCC hosts local author reading and Q&A

Columbia Community Connection

Education, Positive News

Columbia Gorge Community College Library and Learning Commons is hosting a Community Read of bestselling author and CGCC instructor Tina Ontiveros' memoir rough house Thursday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m.

Sep 15

Sep 15 CGCC Seeks Public Input on Proposed Affordable Child Care Center By Sept 17th

Columbia Gorge Community College

Education, Home Page

Do you or someone you know need affordable childcare? Take this public child care center needs assessment survey in English or Spanish. The survey closes Friday, September 17th, 2021. Paper versions of the survey have also been distributed to libraries, schools, and other locations.

Sep 14

Sep 14 College rocking for Metallica Scholars; free drive-in screening Sept. 22 at Sunshine Mill

Columbia Community Connection

Education, Entertainment

Columbia Gorge Community College is ready to rock. Join them for a free drive-in screening of Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2 at the Sunshine Mill Sept. 22. Metallica is offering $1,700 scholarships to locals seeking skills training. Read more here.

Sep 13

Sep 13 TD Council to make decisions on how to spend $1.74 million

Columbia Community Connection

Education, The Dalles, Home Page

The Dalles City Council is set to decide on how to spend $1.74 million in federal dollars coming from the American Rescue Plan tonight, Monday, Sept. 13. Check out the list of projects here.

Sep 10

Sep 10 Local Schools report 19 cases of COVID during 7-day period

Columbia Community Connection

Education, Home Page

Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 8, schools in Wasco and Sherman counties reported 19 cases of COVID-19. School-based cases can be reported among students, staff or volunteers. None were due to transmission in the school setting.

Sep 9

Sep 9 CGCC gets first-ever 3D Ceramic printer; innovator to give lecture

Columbia Community Connection

Positive News, Education

The college will also be home to the first-ever Squirt3l Ceramic 3D printer, built by artist and innovator Bri Murphy. Bri is a visiting artist who will be offering a lecture and presentation on Zoom this Friday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m.

Sep 3

Sep 3 Lyle School Seeks Candidates for School Board Opening

Columbia Community Connection

The Dalles, Klickitat County, Home Page, Education

The Lyle School District Board of Directors is seeking a district resident to fill an at-large position on the board, which was vacated by Lisa Bren on July 28. The appointee will serve through the next general election in 2023, and may file for election to the position. Applications due by September 17th.

Aug 31

Aug 31 And The Winners are...

Columbia Community Connection

Education, Positive News

Here at The Dalles Public Library, our 2021 Summer Reading program was very successful. We had 384 people of all ages sign-up through the Beanstack app. Those aged 0-4 were keeping track of the books read, or read to them; there was a staggering 3,132 books read. Read all about it in this month’s Library Happenings newsletter.

Aug 30

Aug 30 TD Students back to school today, Aug. 30; Parents seem pretty happy

Tom Peterson

Education, Home Page

Students across The Dalles returned to almost regular School today, Monday, Aug. 30 as classes are meeting in full and teachers and staff are now instructing in person. It has been about 18 months since this has been possible, due to the pandemic.

Aug 27

Aug 27 Lyle Has a Great First Day Back to School

Cole Goodwin

Education, Klickitat County, Home Page, The Dalles

“We’ve had a great first day of school,” said Ann Varkados, Lyle School District Superintendent. “Kids are excited to be there and teachers are excited. We’re looking forward to having kids in class every day.”

Welcome, friends.