The Encyclopedic Jim Drake has done it, yet, once again with so many options for music, entertainment, learning and growth that we kind of want to start tapping a high hat and kicking that bass drum. Check out all things fun and fantastic in this week’s edition of This Week in Gorge Entertainment.

Megan, the daughter of Klickitat County Assistant Fire Chief Todd Kindler, was lifeflighted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Joe Burgess also suffered severe injuries and was taken to a separate hospital. They have undergone multiple surgeries and there are still more to come.

A fire was reported at the Cherry Blossom apartments in the Dalles Oregon, today March 28th at 5:22 p.m. Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, The Dallas City Police and Dallesport, Fire District responded to the scene and quickly stemmed the blaze before it could spread to other apartment units. The occupant of the apartment was at home at the time of the blaze and managed to evacuate himself and his dog from the apartment safely.

The Dalles police responded to a 29-year-old woman found unconscious in a pickup truck at The Dalles First United Methodist Church on 11th Street adjacent to The Dalles High School on Monday, March 27. 

Join the community in support of survivors of sexual violence and take action during Sexual Assault Awareness Action Month by taking part in a walk, a 30 day instagram challenge, a t-shirt design project, youth meme contest and more.

From the high Rowena Crest Viewpoint east of Mosier, Riverside Community Church will celebrate the sunrise on Easter morning, Sunday, April 9, at 6:15 a.m., and then return to Riverside for breakfast, followed by morning worship at 10:30 a.m., and Easter Egg hunt after service.

A passerby reported the vehicle had no lights on and the vehicle appeared to be unoccupied. When Police arrived a short time later to check on the vehicle, they found a male laying in the middle of the bridge. 

Detectives from the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, the Wasco County District Attorney’s Office, and the Major Crimes Team provided an update today in regards to their continued investigation into the homicide of Amanda Harman, age 35 of The Dalles, OR.

This week the Columbia Gorge Resolution Center (CGRC) received more than $9 million from the Oregon Health Authority. Thanks to grants for the OHA as well as various other grants the Resolution Center is now fully funded with the amount of funds raised coming it at around $14 million as of this morning March 27th, 2023.

“It was so worth it,” said Arianne Walker of fighting off the freezing cold in soaked jeans on Saturday, March 25, while washing dozens of cars in The Dalles. “We ended up raising with what Tara contributed from bagels and donations, we ended up with $3,500.”

Renovations, rehabs, and teen clothing - come along and take a quick tour about TD as work is underway at multiple sites and news of coming stores is as near as the next window.

Kim Hamberg with Gorge-Us-Greens offered tastings of microgreens at the Sunday Market in The Dalles at the 6th Street Station on March 26. These small clippings from cantaloupe, chard, and sunflowers were pretty tasty on a Sunday afternoon.

Westside Metros FC in the Gorge, is organizing a GoFundMe campaign to bring more soccer goal nets to The Dalles area in Oregon. Locally, over 1,000 players share just four soccer goal nets. But with the help of the community Westside Metros hopes to add four more goal nets to keep kids active and engaged in the sport.

Pippin was about fifty feet ahead of me, his nose to the ground. I finally glanced upward to see what all the noise was about. Five eagles silently circled in perfect formation above Pippin. The tips of their wide wings almost touched as they flew in a tight circle above my little white dog. He weighs thirteen pounds, about the size of a  large rabbit or baby lamb, and probably looked like lunch. 

Friends of Rojelio Castellanos saw a huge flow of vehicles as their car wash fundraiser was in full swing today, March 25. The money will go to Castallanos’ family after the 37-year-old body shop man at Underriner Ford in TD passed just a week ago after a stroke.

With the outpouring of community support, The Dalles Art Center is on track to be preserved. However they still need to raise $1,300 in recurring monthly donations to continue their operations.

Klickitat Lyle Substance Abuse Coaltion (KLASAC) hosted an Opiod Awareness and Noloxone (NARCAN) Training at Lyle Activity Center on March 23rd. The training was aimed at equipping attendees with knowledge on recognizing and responding to opioid overdoses.

The 37-year-old self-taught body man with a seven-year-old had a stroke on March 7 and passed away on Saturday, March 18. No one saw it coming. Now his friends are pulling out their soap buckets and sponges and are asking for donations for TD’s Rojelio’s family in exchange for a clean vehicle. The car wash is on Saturday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 405 W. 2nd, The Dalles.

The community is invited to attend a public gathering at Lewis & Clark Festival Park on Saturday March 26th, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. to grieve, mourn, and honor Amanda Harman, a 35-year-old woman from The Dalles, Oregon, who was tragically murdered near Cherry Heights in The Dalles last week.

Charlotte Edwards, a local woman who is blind, shares how Circles of Care, a program by Age+ which pairs seniors with local volunteers is making a difference in the lives of Seniors in our community.