Pop in for some corn and show your support
Columbia Cinema at 2727 7th St., The Dalles is offering drive up concessions today on Fridays and Saturdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to help offset costs while awaiting movies to return to the big screen.
Port to consider building manufacturer for enterprise zone
Worldwide Structures Property Company LLC is requesting a tax abatement in an extended enterprise zone to be considered by The Port of The Dalles Commissioners on July 22. The company is proposing to build a 35,000 square-foot-facility at 3855 River Road. The manufacturing building will be used to modify building materials, assemble all components of a completed home and some commercial structures, and ship the building to site.
Columbia Basin Care Foundation awards $16,000 in scholarships
The Columbia Basin Care Foundation has awarded $16,000 in scholarships to seven local students pursuing healthcare careers.
Round and Round
Harvest is officially underway in Wasco County as combines got the reels spinning today.
Flashback Friday: Max and the Fountain
We walk by it all the time at Sorosis Park. It’s part of our iconography in The Dalles. But what do you know about Max and his gift - a fountain that still runs after more than a hundred years. Find out in this week’s Flashback.
HOOKING UP
Wight said it was a tough year fishing for pikeminnow so far, noting he has to avoid a lot more pelicans with his fishing line when tossing his imitation bate off The Dalles bridge. Good days bring 20 to 30 fish. His best is 48 so far this season. Past years brought double that in a day’s plunking. At $5 to $8 a fish, it’s still worthwhile.
Cherries Are So Cool
Orchardists have several weeks left of harvesting as picking has moved to higher elevations such as 8-Mile Road and Dufur as they pluck away at the some 10,000 acres of cherries planted in Wasco County. “It’s been about an average harvest across the board.”
GET READY FOR THE BIG BANG!
The Dalles is among a small group of communities that will enjoy a fireworks show this Fourth of July. And it’s going to be big - think comets, bursts, strobes and glitter. Set to go off at around 10 p.m., the display expects to rival some of the largest had in The Dalles with an estimated run of about 20 minutes, said Doug Kirchhofer, member of the Fort Dalles Fourth committee.
Looking Good, Feeling Good
The trail has been resealed from the bridge over Chenoweth Creek to The Dalles Marina, according to Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation Executive Director Scott Baker. Additional repairs and sealing are set to occur on the section between Chenoweth Creek and the Discovery center in weeks to come.
Boat Rescue Update
Littleleaf Guides came upon Jerry Janeck’s former drift boat that sank in the Deschutes River in Whitehorse Rapids on Memorial Day.
Wasco County Commissioners to meet Wed., July 1
The Wasco County Board of Commissioners will hold a regular session at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The Board Packet is available on their website.
Making the Mask
While cotton masks are not a silver bullet against the disease, the vast majority of healthcare providers agree they do much to protect the spread of the disease when people are in close contact - less than 6 feet. “Why don’t we all get together and not have COVID.”
Momiji Express opens Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Momiji Express Gourmet Japanese & Chinese Cuisine next to Coastal in The Dalles is set to open on Wednesday, June 24. The 2500-square foot restaurant, 2632 W. Sixth St., offers both sushi and Chinese food. Yakisoba, Lo-Mein, Chow mein, Lunch combos, sushi, nigiri, rolls and bento are all on the menu. Go to momijitd.com to see the menu.
Longest Wingspan, prettiest voice
Large and primarily white, the American white pelican has the longest wingspan of any bird in Oregon. It also has an enormous orange bill, and flies with neck withdrawn. This pelican makes unusually long flights for feeding and migration, and at great distances, soaring flocks have been reported as UFOs.
Flashback Friday : Strong Drinks, Strong Woman- Belle Webb's Hi-Way House
Belle Webb Beatie had no time for whiners or crying. She drove a red Pontiac Firebird when she was in her 80’s. And if not for her, you would have never heard of the Hi-Way House.
BLM banners go up throughout Gorge
Several homemade banners promoting social justice and Black Lives Matter were put up this morning starting in Cascade Locks and ending at Rowena Loops. The banners come on Juneteenth, the oldest commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Appeal of 73-lot subdivision on Richmond Street continues tonight
The Dalles Planning Commission will continue to take comments tonight, Thursday, June 18, at 6 p.m., in an appeal against a high-density housing project on 6.92 acres on Richmond Street, a former orchard previously owned by John Geiger.
