All in The Dalles

Word! Your Focus for 2023 - in one Word

Word! Your Focus for 2023 - in one Word

Tom Peterson
Columns, Home Page, The Dalles, Klickitat County

I hit 183 pounds this winter, and I thought a fight with my stomach might help me out. Well, kinda. But I’m still 183 pounds. Oh, and 5’5. I lost a few inches over the years. It got me thinking. Not about the extra weight, but why?  I came up with this, Move. It’s my one-word anthem for the year - move. Anyways, the thought prompted this question of the week as we are six days into the new year. What is your focus for 2023? In one word. 

Salvation Army on the move; building up for sale for $1.65 million

Salvation Army on the move; building up for sale for $1.65 million

Tom Peterson
Business, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

Another move downtown has the commercial district shaking. The Salvation Army is headed east to a leased building on Second Street and their old digs are up for sale for $1.65 million. The 0.29-acre lot with 24,000 square feet of building space and 10,000 square feet of parking provides a lot of potential to a would-be investor. Housing, restaurants, food carts? Who knows. Time will tell.

Group Considers Proposing a Bond for a New High School In The Dalles - The What, Where, Why and How Much?

Group Considers Proposing a Bond for a New High School In The Dalles - The What, Where, Why and How Much?

Robin
Home Page, Education, The Dalles

Community Advisory members and the North Wasco County School District in The Dalles met for the fourth time on Wednesday, Dec. 14 as they consider building a new high school to replace the current 1940 facility. 

The discussions have been ongoing since June as community stakeholders advise the School District on the matter of a bond measure for school facilities.

There are some tough decisions to make.  

Column: Awarded Best Light Display: Stephanie and Doug Hoffman, 407 W. 11th Street

Column: Awarded Best Light Display: Stephanie and Doug Hoffman, 407 W. 11th Street

Sarah Cook
Art, Entertainment, Home Page, The Dalles

“We love to hear people say they drove by our house and they loved the decorations or that their kids really like Frosty,” said Stephanie Hoffman. “I would miss coming home in the evening or leaving in the morning and seeing the lights. I would miss watching cars slow down to look at the lights. I believe the decorations help people get in the Christmas spirit. As a kid, my parents used to drive us around to look at lights. It was one of my favorite things to do.” 

Column: Awarded Best Inflatable Scene: Dorothy Waters, 1534 E. 11th Street

Column: Awarded Best Inflatable Scene: Dorothy Waters, 1534 E. 11th Street

Sarah Cook
Art, Columns, Entertainment, The Dalles, Home Page

“It’s kinda hard for me to do this—it’s a lot of work—but I do enjoy doing it, and I do it because the kids come by and they like seeing everything. I have people who will pull up in front of the house at night and stay for 5 minutes just taking it all in,” said Dorothy Waters. “Some years I think, Well, maybe I shouldn’t…But I always do. Recently a neighbor said, Boy, I’m glad you do this every year, it’s so nice to look at.”

Judge finds fish impacts minimal clearing way for Walmart in TD; Legal wrangling, however, not likely over

Judge finds fish impacts minimal clearing way for Walmart in TD; Legal wrangling, however, not likely over

Tom Peterson
Business, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

A recent order by Oregon Administrative Law Judge Jennifer Rackstraw concludes that minimal impacts at most would come to endangered species such as steelhead and Chinook if wetlands are removed in the construction of a Walmart supercenter in The Dalles. She found the public benefits outweighed some degree of wetland destruction and degradation, stream and river pollution, fish mortality, and wildlife mortality and displacement.

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