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By KIRBY NEUMANN-REAHOOD RIVER — Go east,brother.“Nordic-inspired” foodcomes by the board, literally,to Hood River Hotel.Broder Ost, which translatesfrom Norwegian to “BrotherlyEast,” will open in early May asdowntown Hood River’s nexteating destination. In Scandina-vian style, pancakes, baked egg,sausage, potato and seafooddishes are served piping hot incast iron cookery and pre-sented on wooden boards. Sal-ads and vegan dishes will alsobe on the menu.White Salmon native ChadHinman, who has licensingrights to the Broder name, issetting up the new breakfastand lunch spot next to thelobby of the hotel at First andOak streets.Broder restaurants startedin east Portland with Broder,expanded in 2010 to BroderNord (north) in the Albina dis-trict, and in 2015 to BroderSoder (south) in the GardenHome area of Portland. Hin-man said Broder founder PeterBro gave him a “generous” li-censing agreement, and thegroup had been eying HoodRiver for several years. (Thehotel restaurant had operatedfor most of the past 10 yearsas Cornerstone Cuisine; Vin-

tage Grill was in the space formost of 2015.) Burt Hissong ofBroder will be chef; Broder ex-ecutive chef Daniel Oseas willassist with training.The dining room is undergo-ing extensive expansion andremodeling. Changes includenew sliding doors betweenlobby and restaurant, done inthe same style as the hotel’sFrench-style entryway doors.It’s all part of an effort to com-plement the dining room tothe lobby, Hinman said.Other changes are paint andnew flooring on the groundfloor and mezzanine. The oldbar from the restaurant’s 1989Pasquale’s days has goneaway, to be replaced by asoapstone bar and simple backbar. At that bar, look for a se-lection of aquavit, a Scandina-vian distilled spirit. Hinmansaid an aquavit Bloody Mary isa specialty of the Broderrestaurant line.Few changes were neededin the kitchen, which Hinmandescribed as “fully equipped”and clean. The main workbeing done at the burners isprepping the cast iron panswith repeated curings of veg-etable oil and salt, necessaryfor creating the delicate Dan-ish- and Swedish-style pan-cakes that are central to thecuisine and Broder menus.

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An earthquake information event brought together experts, speakers and skill stations to Springhouse Cellar on April21.The event was hosted by Hood River County Sheriff’s Office, Columbia Gorge Community College, and many part-ner groups. Hood River County Emergency Manager Barb Ayers speaks to the crowd about family strategies to com-bat disasters.Althea Rizzo,Ph.D., gave themain speech.At right,Debbie McDonald chats with Jane Palmer,while 9-1-1commander Erica Stolhand helps inform attendees about what to do when disasters strike.

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Aubree Olmstead heads Columbia Basin CareTHE DALLES— Aubree Olmsteadis the new executive director of Co-lumbia Basin Care in The Dalles, theonly community-owned, not-for-profit skilled nursing facility in theColumbia River Gorge.An Oregon native, Olmstead is agraduate of Oregon State University,where she earned a degree in pub-lic health with an emphasis inhealth management and policy, anda minor in business.“I have a passion for geriatrics,”she said. “Long-term care is a criti-cal part of the health system. How

we treat our elderly is a direct re-flection of who we are, and what wevalue.”Born and raised in Hood River,Aubree is happy to return to theGorge, where she will lead a facilityof over 60 residents and more than80 employees.“My roots are here,” said Olm-stead. “I wanted to return home tomake a difference in the communityI love.”Olmstead spent nearly a year im-mersed in the operations of Colum-bia Basin Care, gaining firsthand

knowledge and critical experiencein every aspect of the facility, fromfood service to billing, nursing to ac-tivities, housekeeping to trans-portation and more. The companywas founded in 1964.Olmstead is especially drawn toColumbia Basin’s personal ap-proach. “I get to spend one-on-onetime in building relationships withresidents, their families, and ourstaff,” she said. “We get to knoweach other, and create meaningfulconnections and experiences.”Columbia Basin Care offers the

area’s only onsite geriatric nursepractitioner. Valerie Hively-Blatz isan in-house primary care provider,specializing in geriatrics. In addi-tion, a team of on-site, licensedphysical, occupational and speechtherapists provide comprehensiverehabilitation and restorative serv-ices and are equipped with top ther-apy technology such as the Omni VR(virtual reality), as well as electric,ultrasound and thermal therapy.Columbia Basin Care Facility is lo-cated at 1015 Webber St.; 541-296-2156, www.colbasin.com.Aubree Olmstead

HOOD RIVER — Here’s a stopfor your Blossom Time wander-ings this weekend: Mt. Hood Win-ery, just voted 2016 OregonWinery of the Year.The panoramic tasting room islocated five miles south of HoodRiver, near Highway 35, on VanHorn Butte Drive. The patio takesin views of both Mount Adamsand Mount Hood. Wine PressNorthwest announced the awardlast week, stating in a release,“Steve Bickford and his familygrew up in the Hood River Valleywith generations of success withtree fruit, but they’ve been arather quick study when it comesto wine. And it wasn’t even hisidea to plant a vineyard back in2000.”“I just took a gamble on somegrapes,” Bickford said. “A friendspurred me into it, telling methere was a nursery that hadsome grape vine cuttings. I askedhow many, and he said, ‘4,000.’ Iguess it was ‘go big or go home.’ ”Bickford began by replacingNewtown Pippin apples with 5acres of Pinot Noir and 1 acre ofPinot Gris. Those efforts by Bick-ford, his brother Don and sister-in-law Libby paved the path toWine Press Northwest namingMt.HoodWineryas the2016Ore-gon Winery of the Year.Their résumé for 2015, au-thored by winemaker Rich Cush-man, led with a double platinumfor its 2014 Dry Riesling — thehighest-ranking Riesling at lastfall’s Wine Press Northwest Plat-inum Judging. That wine earnedits way into the Platinum with adouble gold at the Great North-

west Wine Competition, one of sixgold medals won by Mt. Hood atthe spring event, which alsoawarded the 2012 Glacier LateHarvest Riesling as best dessertwine and 2012 Barbera and 2014Gewürztraminer with best-of-class awards.More validation came this win-ter when the Mt. Hood 2013 Mer-lot finished second overall in theWine Press Northwest peer-judg-ing of 100 Northwest examples of

Merlot.“I don’t come in and just getwork orders,” Cushman said. “Itfeels like a family here. We allhave lunch together every Fridayand drink other people’s wines.But I’ve also walked throughthose vineyards so many timessince 2007, and the Bickfords arereally good farmers. They arededicated.”It’s been a steady climb for Mt.Hood Winery. Those initial plant-

ings reached their third leaf in2002, and the grapes weren’tgoing to turn themselves intowine.Cushman’s winemaking pathincluded stops in Germany andthe University of California-Davisbefore working throughout Ore-gon for 25 years. He moved backhome to Hood River and beganmaking wine for a couple ofclients. One brand rented spacefrom the Bickfords, who’d re-

cently sold their successful fruit-packing operation and transi-tioned into a 10,000-square-footwinery facility.“We got bigger, and Rich endsup staying here,” Bickford said.Cushman’s arrival in 2007 isnot a coincidence with the rise ofMt. Hood Winery. Production ofthe brand has reached 3,000cases,withCushman’sownVientolabel at about 2,000 cases. Therealsoareahandfulof custom-crush

clients, and they partner on theirgrowing Hood River Ciderworks.Estate plantings make up 70 per-cent of Mt. Hood’s bottlings.Bickford, a mechanical engi-neer from Oregon State Univer-sity, sits on the board of directorsfor the Columbia Gorge Wine-growers Association. The groupcounts more than 30 wineriesalong both sides of the river with80 vineyards covering a total of1,250 acres.

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Punchbowl land transferred to countyBy PATRICKMULVIHILLHOOD RIVER — The scenicwaterfall realm that will be-come Punchbowl Falls Parkhas passed into Hood RiverCounty’s hands.Western Rivers Conser-vancy, a Portland conservationnon-profit, transferred the103-acre property at the con-fluence of the East and WestFork Hood River to the countyon April 15. The county signeda purchase and sale agreementto buy the land in late March,but the land actually came intotheir ownership last week.Construction on new trailsis expected this summer, withplanning to refine the park’s

designs beginning this week.Punchbowl Falls Park wasrealized through a $470,000grant last year from OregonParks and Recreation District,which helped the county buythe land from Western Riversin order to set up a protectednetwork of trails — a passiveuse park. There will also belight impact features like rest-rooms and signage.Buying the property and de-veloping it into a park was setto cost $1.2 million—WesternRivers put up $575,000, andthe rest came from the stategrant and funds from thecounty, Hood River ValleyParks and Recreation District

and local donations.“Protecting Punchbowl Fallsis a century-old idea whosetime has finally come,” saidRon Rivers, Hood River CountyChair. “Punchbowl Falls Parkis the result of a true commu-nity effort and it will protectan area that is near and dear toall of us.”A popular hiking and swim-ming site for more than 100years, Punchbowl Falls formswhen the West Fork HoodRiver pours over a basalt ledgeinto a circular bowl carvedinto the canyon. The pool issurrounded by a natural basaltamphitheater.“We are glad that our ef-

forts, and the outpouring ofsupport we’ve received,helped make protecting thisstretch of the Hood River a re-ality,” Western Rivers Presi-dent Sue Doroff said.County Public Works Direc-tor Mikel Diwan said planningfor trail work will start thisspring, with construction ex-pected in the summer.“There was a lot of publicsupport for the park last yearand much of the work wasproposed to be done by volun-teers,” Diwan said.Heather Staten, Hood RiverValley Residents CommitteeExecutive Director, said parkgroups are going “full steam

ahead” now that the land buyhurdle has been cleared.The Trail Keepers of Oregonwill work with local volun-teers for the trail work. TheTrail Keepers did an earlyscoping trip in March and thenext step is to refine plans, flagthe proposed trail and consultwith the county on routes andschedules.Crews will be placing infor-mational signage, installingportable toilets and develop-ing a parking lot this summer.Although the site has beenprivate property for over acentury, people have walkedto the falls along old loggingroads, where they developed a

patchwork of social trails toand along the river. Thecounty hopes new improve-ments will reduce the impacthikers have on the site.The park’s physical conceptstill needs some polishing up,which could take until earlysummer. A grand opening forthe park isn’t scheduled yet,but the county anticipates thepark won’t be closed for thesake of a formal event.“In the meantime, peoplecan still access the propertyand we simply ask that they becourteous, stay safe andenjoy,” Diwan said.See map next page

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By PATRICK MULVIHILLPARKDALE — Black railcarsstowed on the tracks from HoodRiver to Mount Hood may resem-ble oil trains, but fire officials saythey’re actually storage cars thatformerly held propane and otherraw chemicals. Some residue stillremains.Since March, Mt. Hood Rail-road has been storing at least 150of the semi-empty railcars on thetracks in Hood River County. Each“residual tanker” contains lessthan 250 gallons worth of variouschemicals, mostly propane, HoodRiver Fire Chief Devon Wells said.“They raise a little bit of a risk,but at the same time they’re legalon the tracks,” Wells said. Therailcars don’t violate fire code,and they aren’t as flammable ordangerous as loaded oil tankers,he said.Amid slumping gas prices na-tionwide, the railroad has beenreceiving a storage fee from ship-ping companies to park the ex-cess railcars on the tracks alongthe Hood River, mostly tuckedout of site and shepherded awayfrom populated areas. The carsget shuffled between differentspots in the valley on a regularbasis.Ron Kaufman, railroad generalmanager, said it was a “businessdecision” to cut short the com-

pany’s usual summer excursiontrips to make way for the vacantrailcars. Most likely, the tourroute that usually extends toParkdale will stop in Odell thissummer, he said this week.“Due to extremely low gasprices there is an influx of rail carsin need of temporary storage na-tionwide,” Kaufman said in aMarch press release.Kaufman said Mt. Hood Rail-road began as a freight operationand has always kept that role, buthe acknowledged the switch fromsummer tours in the Parkdalearea to storing cars is a noticeable“change.”Some upper valley residentswere caught off guard by the in-flux of trains. A handful of peoplefrom Parkdale and Dee called theHood River News office, report-ing more than a hundred blackrailcars on the tracks, and voicingconcerns of a potential fire dan-ger.Mike McCarthy, of Parkdale,was asked about the cars and saidhe learned the railcars weremostly empty, but the visual im-pact of the line of cars nearWoodworth Road was still unset-tlingly “eerie.”Local environmental watchdoggroup Columbia Riverkeepertook the stance that the tankerspose an element of risk, but the

danger’s not as extreme as an oilshipment.“Storing these tankers alongthe Hood River is not ideal. Evenso-called empty oil and chemicalrailcars continue to (give off gas)due to residual chemicals,” saidBrett VandenHeuvel, ColumbiaRiverkeeper executive director.“A bigger concern, of course,would be full railcars.”As oil transport declinesaround the United States, fullcrude bearing units trains haven’tbeen spotted recently on the Ore-gon side of the Gorge, saidMichael Lang, Friends of the Co-lumbia Gorge conservation direc-tor.However, many oil trains arestill visible from Washington. Aproposed oil-by-rail terminal inVancouver has drawn fiery oppo-sition from elected leaders andcitizen groups around the region(see related story on A11).Lang said crude oil unit trainscan be spotted by the red Depart-ment of Transportation (DOT)placard with the number “1267.”A standard DOT-111 oil tankerholds upwards of 34,500 gallonsof crude oil.Some railcars in the HoodRiver Valley have a red flameicon, but the number is “1075” —Class 2 flammable gas — thesame placard on propane tanks.

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Railcars near Parkdale, as seen fromWoodworth Road off Highway 35, are mostly emptyexcept for chemical residue,such as propane.Mt.Hood Railroad has been storing at least150 of the excess cars,which aren’t being used due to the nationwide oil downturn.

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THE DALLES — Tonkin and Subaru ofAmerica awarded Home At Last Humane So-ciety in The Dalles with a donation during theCherry Festival downtown The Dalles.During the “Share the Love” event held atthe end of each year, Subaru of America do-nates $250 for every new Subaru vehicle soldor leased. Customers who purchase or lease avehicle during that period select a charity toreceive the donation.Home At Last partnered with Tonkin Sub-aru of The Dalles for the event.Through the generosity of the Subaru cus-tomers, Scott Sidell, Tonkin Subaru GeneralManager, presented a check for over $6,000

to Diana Bailey, Home At Last Board Presi-dent.“We are very pleased to be a part of thegood work being done by the staff and manycommunity volunteers at Home at Last” saidSidell.“Theirs is special work that should nevergo unrecognized in the community. It wasgreat local support from our Gorge Subarucustomers that made this possible.”Home at Last is a private, non-profit hu-mane society caring for hundreds of animalseach year and striving to ensure that no com-panion animal is killed because it has no placeto call home.

Pictured at the Northwest Cherry Festival,held April 22-24,are Scott Sidell,TonkinSubaru General Manager,Diana Bailey,HomeAt Last (HAL) Board President,DonnaBailey, HAL Board Member, Donna Hansen, HAL Manager and Homey Bear, HALAlumnus to be.

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began when Evans and Ashburnstarting churning dairy-free icecream at home after realizingtherewerevery fewoptionsavail-able in stores. Ashburn had al-readybeenabrewerofkombuchaand they quickly realized that thetwo items were perfect for eachother. From there Gorge Kitchenused the inspiration of “old fa-vorites” to decide to offer itemslike chocolate chip cookies, coffeeice cream, and kombucha flavorsreminiscent of classic beveragesall while crafting everything witha focus on healthful ingredients.“The Gorge is full of excitingcraft brewing and food experi-ences andwe are excited to jumpinto the mix,” said Ashburn. Theshop has indoor and outdoorseating.The store will be open fromnoon to 7 p.m. to start. Find outmoreaboutGorgeKitchen’sprod-ucts andmission at theirwebsite,www.Gorge.Kitchen.

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GORGE Kitchen owners Dave Ashburn and Sara Evans holdfresh kombucha at their new counter. Behind them is thedairy-free ice cream machine.The shop is in the newly-re-developed Diamond and Davidson building, just north ofColumbia Center for the Arts,between fellow tenants KnotAnother Hat and Farmers Conservation Alliance.


By PATRICKMULVIHILLHOOD RIVER — The formerExpo Center is no more.Crews with Crestline Con-struction chewed into the build-ing, 50-foot piece by piece,turning it to rubble. Key Devel-opment Corp. bought the prop-erty from the Port of Hood Riverin March to implement a newchapter in the property’s his-tory.The greater Expo Site —known historically as Lot 4 —will soon be home for a Tofurkystorage facility and, by mid-2017, two new light industrialbuildings.The Expo Center itself, one ofthe county’s largest publicbuildings, held a special place inHood River for years as an eventcenter — festivals ranged fromthe agricultural tour-de-force ofHarvest Fest and the Bite of theGorge to wind sports conven-tions.Expo Timeline1980—Clark Door, an inter-national door manufacturingcompany, signs with the Port ofHood River to build a factory ona 5-acre tract north of JantzenInc.’s clothing plant on the wa-terfront— known now as Lot 4.The factory opens in 1982.1990 — Clark Door files forbankruptcy after years of finan-cial uncertainty and plant clo-sures at its parent company,Mesker Clark.1991— Port decides to con-vert the old Clark Door building,then called “Blue Building,” into“Waterfront Centre” to hostevents.1996—With high hopes, theport takes on a $1 million reno-vation of the building, revivingwhat had come to be known asthe Hood River Expo Center. Awind sports convention kicksthe center off with a gust of en-ergy.1999— Port considers par-tially “mothballing” the buildingafter three years of losingmoney through Expo Center,

which rarely brought in events.2001-2005 — Expo Centerhosts a handful of popularevents, despite overall losses forthe port. Harvest Fest staysstrong at roughly 20,000 peopleannually. Other highlights wereBite of the Gorge and Windfest.2001-2006 – North annex of-fice used by Hood River Cham-ber of Commerce for offices andVisitor Information Center, andby Full Sail Brewery. (Untildemolition, a Full Sail sign re-mained in the main door, di-recting deliveries and inquiriesto brewery offices on ColumbiaSt.)2006 — Port decides toadapt the building for commer-cial re-use after reflecting on itsstark annual loss of $200,000from Expo Center. Its primaryfunction becomes storage spacefor local industrial businesses,including Full Sail Brewery andSolstice Cafe.2013 — Port decides to sellthe property to Key Develop-ment, on condition that a hand-ful of re-zones get carried out incoordination with the City ofHood River.2014—City planners recom-mend the two-parcel Expo Sitegets re-zoned from generalcommercial (C-2) to light indus-trial (LI), part of the greaterWa-terfront Refinement Plan, whichsets rules and criteria for an-other era of change on the wa-terfront.2015 — The port approvesdesign plans for new buildingswhere Expo Center sat, as wellas a Tofurky storage facility onthe west parking lot area of thesite. City approves designs, butrequires Key to demolish theold structure before gettingbuilding permits. From Januaryto March the north annex (for-mer Full Sail offices) is leased toHood RiverWarming Shelter forovernight accomodations forthe homeless.2016 — In winter, the portsells the west portion of the

property (Tofurky) and east(Key). On April 7, crews begintearing down the old Expo Cen-ter. As of mid-April, construc-tion is expected soon on theTofurky building.2017—Within one year, KeyDevelopment expects to finishtwo new buildings on PortwayAvenue. From there, two morebuildings are expected to sproutup in the greater Expo Siteproperty, finishing a new light-industrial block by 2019.

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The remains of the Expo Center, what had once been called “Blue Building”and“Water-front Centre,” looking northwest through the old atrium.The Expo Center served as FullSail and Chamber offices,and in its final iteration, theWarming Shelter.Key Developmentexpects to finish two newbuildings on the site by 2017,with another two added by 2019.


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By KIRBYNEUMANN-REAHOOD RIVER — Dan Pe-terson of Hood River is themicrobiology-trained brainsand brawn behind Ferment,one of Oregon’s newestbreweries, and a unique one.Peterson started Fermentin Portland in 2015 afterleaving pFriem FamilyBrewing, where he workedfor two and a half years.“It was a tough decision,but it was a great opportu-nity at the right time to havecreative control over thebeers,” Peterson said.He focuses on a “bal-anced, English-style” ofbrewing, adding that“there’s not a lot of Eng-lish-style beers being madein Oregon.” Peterson reliesmainly on English malts,though his IPA employsBelgian yeast.He’s also doing the en-tire brewing process him-self, and distribution willbe limited.Ferment pale ale, Irishdry stout and ESB areavailable at Pine StreetKitchen, and the IPA ispouring at Volcanic BottleShoppe, both on theHeights in Hood River. Thepale is on tap at Camp1805, on the waterfront.Peterson’s wife, Jen, is apartner in Pine StreetKitchen.Ferment brewery andpub will both be knownsimply as “Ferment.”Peterson, a University ofVermont microbiologygraduate, worked in a can-cer research lab before hislove of homebrewing tookhim to a combinationlab/entry level brewing jobat Brooklyn, N.Y., Brewing.He moved to Hood River togo to work at Full SailBrewing for three years be-fore shifting to pFriem.

Peterson brews now atPints in Portland, and willadd two fermenters to thenew Portland brewing co-operative Zoiglhaus. Hisyeast concoctions start athis home yeast lab.Those are parts of whatmakes Ferment unique.Another part is that Peter-son plans a pub first, thenhis own brewery. The pubwill be in Portland, at a lo-cation soon to be an-nounced. The brewery,however, will be in HoodRiver. Peterson is lookingat a variety of locations,one of which could be inone of Key Development’snew structures to replacethe Expo Center, now beingtorn down.His brewing regimenstarts in Portland, wherehe creates his wort, andthen takes samples to theslopes of Mount Hoodwhere he leaves it in theopen overnight for wildyeast to join in.At the pub, “food will bemade to suit the beer.” Thepub should open by latesummer, and the brewerywould follow in late 2016or early 2017.In Portland, the ESB andpale are available, respec-tively, at Clyde Commonsand The Richmond.

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celled.“Somebodywill have topay forthose classes,” Norris explained.“Either everyone pays, or thoseattending the (small) classespay.”Last year, classes with fewerthan 8 students were cancelled,with the exception of those stu-dents needed to graduate from aCGCC program. As a result, stu-dents working on transfer pro-grams were sometimes forced towait for as long as a year to get aclass they needed.The small class premium wasgenerally supported by studentssurveyed, although the majorityof those surveyed had never hadaclass cancelled (68percent) andalso supported a general tuitionand fee increase (61 percent).Board Member Ernie Kellernoted that if a cancelled classwasgoing to “keep you from graduat-ing, compared to waiting $150isn’t verymuch.”Boardmember Charlotte Cobbnoted that the small class pre-miumwas confusing for studentstoplan for. “Weneed tobesimple,conciseandsustainable,” shesaid.“I would rather we spread thecost out, somehow.”Cobb suggested increasing tu-ition, andaddinganadmission feeto create a financial cushion thatcouldbeused to reduceclass can-celations.Theboardagreed, adopting the$6 tuition increase and $25 ad-mission fee. Other increases andadditions in fees included a $4.50increase in College Now fees, anew $1 increase in general feesfor mental health services, a $45increase in Moodle (online classprovider) fees, a $9 per credithour increase inwritingclass fees,a new $5 student ID card fee, a$75 increase in nursing programfees, a $55 increase inmedical as-sisting program fees, a $100 in-crease in each of two EMT coursefees, a $150 and $60 increase intwo nursing lab fees, a $10 in-crease in first aid lab fee, a $50 in-crease in a welding course fee, a$100 increase in RET course fees,a $200 increase in computer sci-ence course fees, a $100 increaseinbusinessadministrationcoursefeesanda$100 increase in Japan-ese language course fees.

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ByMARK GIBSONTHE DALLES — Bob McFad-den, President of Port of TheDalles Commission, was re-cently in Washington, D.C., as arepresentative of The DallesCommunity Outreach Team.It was the first time the an-nual trip to D.C. was a one-man-show.“It was difficult,” said Mc-Fadden. “We had always goneas a group, and we could di-vide the presentations up. Thisyear, it was ‘Bob talking aboutthis... and then here is Bobagain, talking about that,’” heexplained with a laugh.“I think I kept it all rolling. Idon’t think I dropped the ballon anything,” he said. The out-reach team meets monthly andwas formed in the late 1990s.At that time, unemploymentwas high nationwide, Oregonhad the highest unemploy-ment rate of any state andWasco County had the highestrate of any county.“We decided as a group thatwe needed to do something

about it.” For many years, theannual trip resulted in federaldollars being appropriated forlocal projects by the legisla-ture. “That has all changed,”McFadden said.Such appropriations arenow rare, and local budgetsdon’t see a direct budgetaryimpact from the visit, he ex-plained.“Today, the dollars are notthere, with the legislature,they are with the federal agen-cies,” he explained. The out-reach team continues to meetmonthly, and McFadden ar-rived at the capitol with “TheBook,” a printed guide detail-ing community projects sup-ported by the committee.While in DC, McFadden wasable to meet with four sena-tors, two from Oregon and twofrom Washington, as well astwo representatives andagency staff from the Depart-ment of Agriculture and theDepartment of Labor.

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115 and included picture books,early reader chapter books,workbooks and coloring books.The traveling library arrivedin Tanzania in January. RogerDery, owner of Roger Dery GemDesign, delivered the books tothe school’s headmaster.Apland traveled with Dery toTanzania on his trip to Africa inJune 2015 and delivered bookson that trip as well.Apland Jewelers is again tak-ing book donations suitable forschool children, which will bedelivered this June. Donationsneed to be made at the store byApril 30.

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PHOTO BYPATRICK MULVIHILL“The two agency appoint-ments were very productiveand there is a lot of follow-uphappening, both from the Cityof The Dalles and work forcedevelopment,” said McFadden.The Port and legislativestaffers also met with the U.S.Forest Service to identify a po-tential resource for added fund-ing to the Oregon andWashington Investment Boards,one of the economic develop-ment avenues provided in theColumbia River Gorge NationalScenic Area Act.A Forest Service represen-tative was also contacted todiscuss the Dog River Pipelinefeeding The Dalles Watershedreservoir and forest fuels re-duction needed to keep thewatershed safe.Although the committee isfocused on The Dalles, re-gional issues are also repre-sented. McFadden said theDepartment of Labor was verysupportive of the committeeproposal, and spoke of grantpossibilities in the spring. Oneof those financial assistancerequest proposals involved eco-nomic development fundspromised in conjunction withthe Columbia Gorge NationalScenic Area and never received.The proposal document states,“A new infusion of funds is ur-gently needed to support oureconomic development loansand grants program.The funds from this requestwill both increase the Invest-ment Boards’ local financing ca-pacity to support the economyof the Columbia River Gorge andsupport vital initiatives to ad-dress lost economic opportuni-ties resulting from the nearly30-year gap between congres-sional fund authorizati8on andappropriation.” Funds were alsobeing sought for restoration ofThe Dalles Civic AuditoriumTheatre and for the Historic Co-lumbia River Highway and StateTrail restoration.Policy issues addressed bythe committee, to be pre-sented by McFadden, includedfuels reduction and Dog RiverPipeline in The City of TheDalles watershed, which in-

volved a meeting with the For-est Service; urban growthboundary expansion in TheDalles; continued payments inlieu of taxes; an administrativechange with the U.S. EconomicDevelopment Administrationthat would save fees; changesin the Columbia River Treatywith Canada and federal high-way designation for the HoodRiver Bridge.McFadden is a representa-tive of the port as well as thecommittee, and was also ableto get together with represen-tatives of the port districts ofCascade Locks, Hood River,Morrow and Umatilla. “It wasgood to be interacting withthem, and to find out that weare saying the same thing onissues that affect our ability tobe the economic drivers upand downstream from TheDalles,” said McFadden. TheDalles Community OutreachTeam includes: Mayor SteveLawrence of the City of TheDalles; Columbia Gorge Com-munity College President Dr.Frank Toda; North WascoCounty School District 21 Su-perintendent Candy Arm-strong; Mid-ColumbiaEconomic Development Dis-trict Executive DirectorAmanda Hoey; NorthernWasco County People’s UtilityDistrict General ManagerRoger Kline; Port of The DallesExecutive Director AndreaKlaas; Port of The Dalles Com-missioner Greg Weast; TheDalles Area Chamber of Com-merce CEO/President LisaFarquharson; Wasco CountyCommissioner Scott Hege.

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demolished.After building the new BigJim’s, Ted and Lynda Beckleyspent eight more years in therestaurant before selling to Rexand Beth Tegen in 1997.Tegen, who grew up inYakima, Wash., had been work-

ing for Pepsi in TheDalles for 23years. Tegen has set his ownstamp on the Big Jim’s restau-rant, and its original slogan.“I’ve added quite a few differ-ent varieties and sizes of sand-wiches,” he said.His additions include freshfruit in the milkshake line-up,and a switch to local Northwestbeef as well. “It’s fresher,” hesaid of the meat. “I order it, it’sground that day and deliveredthe next day. There is betterquality control, and the beef ispackaged the way I like it,” headded.Big Jim’s isn’t a restaurantchain, and Tegen doesn’t try tocompete on price.“Our traditional burgers are athird of a pound, topped withonly the best produce and ourhomemade burger dressing fora flavor that chain restaurantscan’t even come close to,” hesaid.To compete with franchises,“you have to be fresher, have ahigher quality product and bet-ter customer service,” he added.“It hasn’t been easy competingagainst the national chains, withtheir buying power,” he said.“We constantly train in cus-tomer service, and good food.We concentrate on the taste andquality of the food, and attentionto detail.”As a result, sales are up 15percent this year, and grew 12percent last year, said Tegen.He said the big payback forgood service and a quality prod-uct is repeat customers. “We geta lot of repeat customers fromPortland, Seattle, Eastern Ore-gon. They plan their trip so theycan have lunch here. We arevery popular with people driv-ing down the gorge.”“Repeat business is key,” henoted. “That’s true for anybusiness.” It isn’t just travelerswho stop by the restaurant, ei-ther. Local customers make upabout 60 percent of his cus-tomers, Tegen said. Being in

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A T T O R N E Y S A T L A WBy DANIELLE FROSTWASHOUGAL — After muchdiscussion, the Washougal SchoolBoard has selected a name for itsnewest elementary school.Columbia River Gorge Elemen-tary beat out two other finalists,Nch’i Wana Elementary and Gib-bons Creek Elementary, by a 4-1vote.Nch’i Wana is Native Americanfor “Great River,” and Joseph Gib-bons was a prominent resident ofWashougal in the 1800s who do-nated land to the district to buildan elementary school.Board member Jaron Barneycast the dissenting vote.“If we go with Gibbons Creek,it’s just another white person weare naming a school after,” hesaid. “How often do you get toname a school after an indige-nous community that predatesany of us? I really think this is aunique opportunity to go in a dif-ferent route that will bring asense of inclusiveness to a com-munity that has been marginal-ized at times.”Board member Karen Rubinonoted that Nch’i Wana was an in-teresting name, but voiced con-cern that it could provechallening to pronounce andspell.“I like the uniqueness of theNative American name but it willget butchered,” she said.

Board member Teresa Leessaid she asked her children andhusband which name they likedbest.“The kids loved Nch’i Wana,but my husband preferred Co-lumbia Gorge Elementary,” shesaid.The School Facilities NamingRecommendation Committeeconducted a community searchvia an online survey for sugges-tions during a two month periodand recommended the finalists tothe board.The naming committee wascomprised of Rhea Bohlin, ReneCarroll, David Cooke, Joyce Lind-say, Blaine Peterson and RickThomas.Construction on the 400 stu-dent elementary school, whichwill be located next to JemtegaardMiddle School, is expected tobegin this summer.

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It’s a lot of work to maintaina busy restaurant, Tegan said,but he maintains a strict regi-men of cleaning that regularlyearns the highest rating possi-ble from local health agencies.“We have a seven days a weekcleaning regiment. You have to,when you are serving thismany people.”As a result, the restaurantlooks new inside despite its 28years of service.“My wife and I take pride inthe business, and in our employ-ees,” he said.Milly Will manages therestaurant, and Linda Beiter isthe assistant manager.Displayed next to the en-trance is a row of awards withemployee names on them. These

recognize the “employee of themoment,” Tegan explained.“It’s for doing something be-yond the call of duty, it lets themfeel that they have done well.”The recognition includes a cashaward as well.“I teach a good work ethic, tobe dependable, responsible, togrow as a person and be suc-cessful in life,” he said of hisworkers. “I give great referrals,as well as give them jobs.”Big Jim’s is also a supporter ofthe community, donating toschools, churches and thefundraisers of service clubs andother nonprofit groups. Theyfeed all the volunteers duringthe Christmas Tree Pickupfundraiser for the Lions Club, forexample.

“Customers have given ustheir dollars, we are giving backto those in need,” he explained.What does the next 50 yearshold for Big Jim’s?This summer, Tegen will beoffering a host of anniversaryspecials — check for local radioand newspaper ads — and plansto continue making hamburgersin The Dalles for years to come.“If I was 15 years younger, Iwould build four more BigJim’s,” Tegen added. “It’s hardwork, but it’s been really good.It’s been a great business.”Big Jim’s can be reached at541-298-5051, via email at com-ments@ bigjimsdrivein.com, orvisit online at bigjimsdrivein.com.Summer hours are 10 a.m. to 10p.m. daily.

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By KIRBY NEUMANN-REAHOOD RIVER — Judie Haneltook home a new award that isnamed for her, the Judie HanelService award, at the 10th an-niversary awards night at Co-lumbia Center for the Arts onApril 2.Hanel founded CAST 39years ago and was co-founderof CCA and driving force be-

hind the transformation of thefacility from its old role asAmerican Legion Hall. In 2005the old interior walls and partof the Cascade Avenue exteriorwere knocked out to createColumbia Art Gallery andCAST theater, and the facilityhas been home to plays, con-certs, films, dance, and otherartistic pursuits nearly every

week ever since. (The galleryhad previously been located inthe basement of city hall, andCAST’s home was a block awayin what is now the Moth

Lounge, on Fourth Street.)The center is expanding itsartistic offerings this year withthe “poTENtial” series.“When you add up all the artthat has happened within thewalls of this Art Center overthe last 10 years, the accom-plishment is impressive,” saidKerry Cobb, CCA executive di-

rector, who served as emcee.“So many exhibitions, con-certs, dances, presentations,plays, films. Art that under-scores the mission of CCA ‘totouch the heart, challenge theintellect, and spark conversa-tion’,” Cobb said, quoting thefacility’s mission.“Everyone in this room has

had a hand in making this Cen-ter the great place it is — andeveryone here has a right to beso proud of this place.”Other CCA Awards were:• Raises the Barre Award, toKate Mills and her late hus-band, Jack, co-founders of CCA,for their overall contributions.


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• Adds Color to the CenterAward, to Cathleen Rehfeld, anartist and CCA board member,for her contributions to the vi-sual arts.• Action! Award to one ofCAST’s regular directors, TomBurns.(Board member Angel Reyespresented the award; he andBurns will be teaming up nextmonth to bring the comedy“Vanya and Sonia and Mashaand Spike” to the CCA stage,which opened May 5.)• Well-Played Award, toactor Desiree Amyx Mackin-tosh, who is also in “Vanya andSonia” and has played numer-ous roles ranging from “OurTown” to “Macbeth.”• Just Our Type Awqrd, for lit-erary contributions, to Julie Hat-field of Plein Air WritingWorkshop and (sponsored byCCA) the Gorge Literary Journal.• Stacks Up Award, to Jennyand Muir Cohen of WaucomaBookstore for their partner-ship in book-related events atthe center.• Sets the Right Tone Awardto Cindy Allen, long-time vol-unteer and house manager.• Fine Art of VolunteeringAward, to Rhonda Harris andDawn Elle, both artists, whohelp set up every exhibit in Co-lumbia Art Gallery.• Helps Prop up the CenterAward to long-time volunteerand financial supporter Mau-reen Higgins.Also at the event, auctionedart work by the late JudithCunningham and the late EllenDittebrandt, two artists whowere married, helped raisemore than $15,00010 Years ago when the Cen-ter opened its door, it broughta new world of art to the com-munity of the Gorge—and itcontinues to be a place of

learning, listening, dreaming,playing, creating, thinking, andhaving fun. Art matters in allour lives.Angel will be playing Spike,who spends most of the showin his underwear—so there iscurrently a fierce boxers vs.briefs debate going on behindthe scenes.Rounding out the night wasan auction with auctioneerSteve Talbot (who served thesame role in the CCA’s firstmajor gala in 2005) and KathyWatson and the Fresh StartCulinary Arts Program pro-vided hors d’oeuvre anddesserts.�The event was as much alook back as a look ahead,Cobb presented a video pre-view of the 10-segment 10thanniversary “PoTENtial” se-ries, which started April 4 withauthor Brian Doyle and con-tinues April 22 at 7 p.m. withNational Geographic photogra-pher Melissa Farlow.“These 10 events each focuson one art form to share withour audiences a wide range ofart experiences,” Cobb said.“Our goal is to offer a high cal-iber of art and art entertain-ment to you.“Art touches our lives in somany ways and through somany art forms,” Cobb said.“Sometimes we know howpeople visiting the Center areeffected — like the middleschool student who was partof our recent cigar box guitarclass, who told me, ‘I can’t be-lieve you can have so much funwithout a computer or aphone.’ Or the tears and laugh-ter that flowed during theevening of storytelling withPortland Story Theater.“We know that what audi-ences and visitors take home

with them from their experi-ences at the Center have ef-fects that multi-layered andmulti-faceted. And our job is toprovide those experiences isways that challenge, thrill, sur-prise, and enrich us all.”Cobb thanked the CCA Char-ter Member, saying, “withoutyour support 10 years ago andthroughout the years, this Cen-ter would not exist.” She rec-ognized board president RonCohen, CCA Board memberand vice chair Dillon Borton,finance director Chris Smith,technical specialist Bruce Lud-wig, and music director BillWeiler, who performed withthe Columbiaires quartet.


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Safeway Manager Gabe Coots, left,and Assistant Manager Martin Torres help weighPinewood Derby cars for members of Cub Scout Pack 395.They came to the rescuewhen the club found themselves unable to complete the cars.

ByMARK GIBSONTHE DALLES — The 12 boys in Cub ScoutPack 395 were almost ready to roll – literally.“Pinewood Derby is a special event for CubScouts,” explained Sandie Fuwell, who worksclosely with The Dalles troop, in which hernephew is a member. “They get to make theircar look like a fast car. Boys always want todo that, make their car look fast.”The race cars had been constructed withcare, kit wheels spinning freely, shiny paint.Now it was time for the “weigh-in,” andFuwell discovered they had a problem. “Wedidn’t have a scale,” she said.Her first thought was The Dalles Safewaystore. “We have a store that helps us. We relyon Safeway a lot, because a lot of fam-ilies cannot afford the dues. Wedo all the fundraiser wecan do.”She asked managementif they could come in andweigh the cars at the store,and they said “sure, noproblem.” She loaded upthe cars and set off to weighthem, hooking up with SafewayManager Gabe Coots and AssistantManager Martin Torres.“We went to every department in the store,trying to find a scale that would weigh downto 5 ounces. We couldn’t find one,” Fuwellsaid. “So Coats called and located one at Bi-mart, gave us the money for it. We bought itand brought it back to the store.”When asked if they really had time to helpso long, Coats and Torres insisted they did.“We set it all up in his office, we had thescale and pennies for weights and glue andeverything, all right there,” said Fuwell. “Theyhelped us weigh and glue and drill, all of it. Wewere there for a couple of hours.”At one point, Coots had a call and asked thecaller to wait, saying he was in a very impor-tant meeting, Fuwell said with a laugh.The boys – they range in age from 6 to 12 –were thrilled to get their cars finished for thebig race.“You can’t race if your car isn’t finishedright,” Fuwell said. “They took the time to helpa bunch of boys get their cars ready to race.

Some of the boys won first place, because theweight was perfect.”When asked about his generosity, Cootssaid he was more than happy to help. “We’re acommunity, we try to keep the communityfeel to the store.” He has worked in the localstore for only six months, after years workingin Safeway stores in the Portland metro area.The Dalles is unique, he said. “Out here, youcan see that everybody cares. It’s a lot differ-ent than a city store. It’s nice to see the typeof community where people really care.”With only one Safeway in town – unlikePortland, with many store location – TheDalles store is the only resource for some. “Weare really the only Safeway store out here tohelp,” Coots said. “We try to help wherewe can.”He was pleased with theresults of his and Torres’efforts on the PinewoodDerby cars, as well. “It wasawesome to see the pic-tures of the kids after theycompleted the derby, andwon. The fun the kids have,that’s why we do it. They said‘thank you,’ to.“We were thrilled to be able tohelp,” Coots said.The example of the Safeway managers did-n’t just help the troop complete their cars: Itgave them an example of scouting values inaction, said Fuwell. “Our pack doesn’t have alot of male participation,” she explained. “Wehave a lot of single moms, single dads, who arealso working.”The pack doesn’t just receive help, they giveit as well, Fuwell said. “We have our ownPinewood Derby track. We don’t rent it, we letany pack use our race track. We try not tocharge for anything.”With the scale purchased by the Safewaymanagers, those who were unable to finish intime were able to get their cars ready, as well.“Wewent to the Miracle on Sixth Street car lot,and Charles Palmer and Les Bursell helped thelast four boys weigh-in, helped them finishpainting and the final details.”Yet another small miracle for a group ofpack of young boys.Lee Bursell, with Miracle on Sixth Street,helps get cars ready for Pack 395’sPinewood Derby Race.

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TOFURKY’S‘ANIMAL HERO’Animal Hero Kids, Inc., a global charity promot-ing kindness and empowering youth to be com-passionate, surprised local Tofurky founder,SethTibbott, in April with an Animal Hero Kids Com-passionate Entrepreneur award. “I am humbledand appreciative,“ he said. “Seth is a compas-sionate innovator,” said Animal Hero Kidsfounder and author, Susan Hargreaves, middleright,who flew from Florida with Animal Heroeseducator Ronnie V. Cow to surprise Tibbott “forhis years of helping all beings” by founding thevegan-products company and championing itfrom a time when non-animal-based agricultureproducts were not as widely accepted as theyare now.“He has made it easy to choose kind-to-animals products,”said Hargreaves,adding thatTibbott joins past recipients Russell Simmons,Paul McCartney and Ellen DeGeneres. To nomi-nate or learn more go to animalheroKids.org.

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CASCADE LOCKS — CascadeLocks ushered in a new bikinghub at Overlook Park on April11 with a ribbon cutting cere-mony, which drew leadersfrom Gorge cities as well astransportation, historical andbiking groups. The fix-it sta-tion opened just in time for thespring recreation season.The hub, near the post officeon WaNaPa Street, will en-courage visitors to exploreCascade Locks’ main streetand the sample the town’sculinary highlights.Six communities along theHistoric Columbia River High-way State Trail from Wood Vil-lage to The Dalles have bandedtogether to develop a system

of Gorge Hubs, which anchorthe communities on the trail.The hubs are going in along-side Oregon Department ofTransportation and partnergroups’ multi-year project toconnect the old highway into aseamless hiking and bikingtrail.The fix-it station is a com-mon amenity of each GorgeHub provided through a dona-tion from the Portland Wheel-men bike group to the Friendsof the Historic Highway.Cascade Locks’ hub is beingdeveloped in the city’s corenear the post office and willtake advantage of OverlookPark. The plan is to leverageopportunities for funding a

proposed pedestrian bridgeover the railroad tracks thatwill link WaNaPa Street to theport’s Marine Park on theriver.Each city has developed ahub design unique to theircommunity that will featurekiosks, maps, and a bike fix-itstation. Groups say the ideabehind the Gorge Hubs projectis to help spur economic de-velopment by encouraging vis-itors to stage their trips fromthe communities’ businesscores.nHood River got a head startwith the first completed GorgeHub. Special features of thehub, located at Third and State

Street, are its two restrooms,bike racks, drinking fountain,and a sculpture, “View”, by Hood River artist MacraeWylde. Coming later this sum-mer and in 2017 are an information kiosk, repair station,and additional art, amongother amenities.


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Gorge Hubs Committee dedicates Cascade Locks’ hub. From left, Holly Howell, Port of Cascade Locks; Kristen Stallman, ODOT; Gordon Zimmerman, city administrator; Gary Bran-nan, Friends of the HCRH;Daniel Hunter,City of The Dalles;Michelle Spatz,MCEDD;Mayor TomCramblett; Scott Bricker,Travel Oregon;BobMcDonald,West Columbia Gorge Cham-ber of Commerce; Arthur Babitz, City of Hood River; Greg Dirks, City of Wood Village; Jamen Lee, State Parks; Sandra Hikari, ODOT; Craig Ward, City of Troutdale; Kathy Fitzpatrick,City of Mosier.

Kalista named sales managerTHE DALLES — U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM)has named Shandi Kalista sales manager forthe The Dalles store, 1218 W Sixth Street.Kalista will lead the store associatesteam to help customers get the exact planand device to meet their needs and showthem how wireless technology can simplifyand enhance their life or business. She hasthree years of experience in wireless tech-nology and sales.“Shandi’s passion and leadershipthroughout her U.S. Cellular journey is in-

spiring and motivating, and I am excited tohave her guide our team in The Dalles,” saidJeff Heeley, director of sales for U.S. Cellu-lar’s Northwest market. “At U.S. Cellular, wefocus on providing the best wireless expe-rience for our customers through a high-quality, nationwide network and the mostknowledgeable associates in the industry.”Kalista began her career with U.S. Cellu-lar in 2013 as a retail wireless consultant.Most recently, she held the role of salesmanager in Medford.


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GOLDENDALE — Maryhill Winery will cel-ebrate its 15th anniversary with special re-leases, live music, seasonal food and itsaward-winning wines over Memorial Dayweekend.Opened in 2001 by Craig and VickiLeuthold, the family-owned winery is knownfor its stunning location above the ColumbiaRiver in Goldendale, Wash., as well as for de-livering premium wines at affordable prices.Named the 2015 Pacific Northwest Wineryof the Year by Wine Press Northwest, Mary-hill Winery produces more than 50 wineswith grapes sourced from growers in eight ofWashington’s American Viticultural Areas(AVAs).While its wines are distributed throughoutthe U.S., their popular tasting room, which of-fers panoramic views of Mount Hood and theColumbia River Gorge, are a great place toenjoy them.“Creating Maryhill Winery and growing itinto one of the top destinations in the Colum-bia River Gorge has been life changing,” says

Craig Leuthold. “It’s gratifying to look back onthe personal growth Vicki and I have experi-enced, the fabulous relationships we’veforged and the achievements we’ve accom-plished over the last 15 years,” he said.“We owe a lot of our success to our loyalcustomers and staff,” he added.The winery will over a variety of specialsover the weekend, May 28-30. Craig and VickiLeuthold will officially kick off the celebratoryweekend and their summer terrace musiclineup with a sparkling wine toast on the ter-race at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 28.Live music will be performed each day ofthe Memorial weekend: Matt Brown Satur-day, the Signatures Sundaym and The Table-rockers Monday.Food from The Glass Onion will be avail-able for purchase from noon to 5 p.m. TheGlass Onion, based in Goldendale, is knownfor its seasonal dishes made from fresh, localingredients.Live music on the terrace will continueevery weekend through Labor Day.

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PORTLAND — The Bon-neville Power Administrationis looking at a normal wateryear after putting in place dry-year operations in 2015.Record-setting precipitation inDecember and a wet Marchhave helped boost this year’swater supply forecast.The April 19 water supplyforecast for January throughJuly is 105.7 million acre-feet,or 104 percent of normal. Thereport is produced by theNorthwest River Forecast Cen-ter, based on water volumemeasured at The Dalles Dam.“One major difference wesee this year is a more normaland evenly distributed snow-pack in the Columbia Basincompared to last year,” saidErik Pytlak, manager of theWeather and Streamflow Fore-casting group in BPA PowerServices. “Snowpack is whatfeeds the system’s spring andsummer runoff, so it’s impor-tant to BPA to have goodsnowpack by this time ofyear.”With the approachingrunoff, there’s a chance BPA

might need to use its oversup-ply management protocol thisyear if oversupply conditionsarise.The company last used thatstrategy in 2012. Oversupplyoccurs when a rare combina-tion of factors comes together:low energy demand, an abun-dance of water, high hydro-electric generation andoperational limitations on theamount of water that can bespilled, or passed through thedams, to protect fish.The oversupply protocolcan be triggered any time ofyear, but is most likely duringspring runoff, even in an aver-age water year. BPA recentlyreceived approval from theFederal Energy RegulatoryCommission to use the OMPindefinitely, although BPAmust still file the rate withFERC every two years. Theprotocol places the associatedcosts largely on the participat-ing customers.The El Niño weather patternthat the region has been expe-riencing since March 2015 isfinally weakening, but because

it was so strong, the region canexpect the effects to linger fora few more months.“Strong events like we hadthis past winter can bring sig-nificant precipitation to the re-gion and result in a healthysnowpack. That has indeedplayed out so far this year,”Pytlak said.BPA reported a “ratherwarm” winter, not only in thePacific Northwest but acrossthe United States. The warmerweather has been linked tolower demand for natural gasand this year’s decline in gasprices. The lower gas priceshave driven down the price ofBPA’s surplus electricalpower, reducing the com-pany’s sales outlook this year.Surplus power sales are usedto keep BPA rates lower thanthey would have been other-wise.On the bright side, theamount of water in ColumbiaRiver Treaty storage dams isrecovering from the additionalwater releases made lastspring and summer to offsetlow streamflow conditions.

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Water flows through Bonneville Dam west of Cascade Locks. BPA took stock of water con-ditions this spring and reported their supply is at 104percent of usual,or normal conditions.

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ByMARK GIBSONTHE DALLES — Denny’s inThe Dalles celebrated its recentremodel by serving up an all-day Grand Celebration lastWednesday, April 20, givingdiners a first look at its all-new,locally-inspired design and up-dated features.“We feel very positive aboutthe changes,” said District Man-ager Peter Keller during the cel-ebration.“We’ve had many years ofvery loyal customers, we’vebeen very successful here. Weare very pleased to be reinvest-ing in the community with thisremodel.” he said.“We look forward to manymore years in The Dalles,” headded.To celebrate, Denny’s offeredselect diner classics at a reducedprice (from $2.99 - $5.99) from 8a.m.until 10p.m.Hundredsof ad-ditional prizes, including compli-mentary cups of Denny’s new

signature coffee blends for onemonth, were given awaythroughout the celebration.The remodel is part ofDenny’s new heritage brand re-imaging campaign; 70 percentof the system is will be remod-eled by 2018.Denny’s has undergone anextensive top-to-bottom inte-rior renovation, complete witha hint of The Dalles flavor, withan exclusive The Dallesmural inaddition to updated booths,chairs and tables. Modern wallaccents, hardwood floor tiles, afresh coat of paint and freshlandscaping ensure guests willenjoy an all-new Denny’s fromevery angle.“Today’s reopening is notonly an exciting day for the res-idents of The Dalles, but for allof us at Denny’s, as well,” saidRaymond Moore, franchisebusiness leader.“We’ve been a key part of thiscommunity for many years, and

we couldn’t think of a betterway to thank our friends andneighbors for their continuedsupport than with a grand cele-bration,” he added.Open 24 hours a day, 365days a year, The Dalles Denny’swill continue to serve food at af-fordable prices for breakfast,lunch, dinner and late-night in arelaxed, friendly environment,he added.Denny’s currently operates1,700 franchised, licensed andcompany-owned restaurantsacross the United States,Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico,Honduras, Guam, Curaçao,Puerto Rico, Dominican Repub-lic, El Salvador, Chile, NewZealand and the United ArabEmirates.For further information onDenny’s, visit their website atwww.dennys.com or their socialchannels via Facebook, Twitter,Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram orYouTube.

Denny’s Restaurants nationwide aresporting a new look, and The DallesDenny’s, located at 1710WSixth Street,is no exception. Pictured in the recep-tion area are, left to right, HostessBrooke Holst, Cook Scott Hamilton,General Manager Shana Irish, ServerAngie Bott, District Manager PeterKeller and Restaurant Manager GregWard.Denny’s,which describes itself asa“Casual diner chain dishing up classicAmerican comfort fare, includingbreakfast,” is open 24 hours a day.Denny’s remodel has local flavor

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Denny’s Restaurants nationwide are sporting a new look,andTheDalles Denny’s, locatedat 1710W 6th Street, is no exception.They celebrated the remodel April 20.

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SHEPPARD’S DIGS INA new Sheppard’s locale on the waterfront is coming to life.The Hood River orchard equipment retailer broke ground in late April on a new facility at the corner of North SecondStreet and Riverside Drive.Workers with Crestline Construction were hard at work Thursday morning digging a tunnel on the east border of the property to install water mains,subject to an Oregon Department of Transportation permit.The south lane of North Second will be closed while crews work on site. Construction on the building’s foundation isset to begin within a month. (A sculpture by CJ Rench that had been placed at Second and Riverside as part of the Art of Community outdoor art gallery was to make way for util-ity excavations.Art of Community organizers are working with the Port of Hood River,which owns the property, to find a new location in the area.)


By PATRICKMULVIHILLODELL — Puff Factory iscoming to Odell.Construction begins on the29,500-square-foot “fruit puff”production and shipping plantSaturday, May 7, with agroundbreaking ceremony at3030 Lower Mill Drive. Com-pany representatives hope thefactory will be up and runningby late fall.A startup business, Puff Fac-tory aims to transform fruitfrom northwest orchards intopackaged, healthy snacksthrough a patented freeze dry-ing process. The finished“puffs” will source a nascentbrand, Know Your Fruit.Owner Jacqueline Alexan-der, who also owns nearbyMorale Orchards, teamed upwith Oregon State University’sFood Innovation Program todevelop the patented recipe,which is a trade secret.Alexander said the “single ori-gin” method allows the fruit to befreeze-dried quickly after it’spicked, at the “peak of quality.”“Single origin gives us totaltransparency and greaterquality control. We know ex-actly how our fruit is grown sowe can ensure that our Puffsare made with the highestquality and most flavorfulfruit,” Alexander said.According to Know Your

Fruit’s website, the productbegins as whole fruit — rang-ing from cherries, strawber-ries and marionberries toapples and pears. Then, thefruit gets sliced into snack-sized bites, flash frozen,crisped and finally packed upfor delivery.Unlike more “shriveled”dried fruit, owner’s represen-tative Gary Rains said, the fruitpuffs have a more impressiveappearance, akin to hydratedfruit. The fruit will be sourcedby orchards across the North-west, including the Hood RiverValley, and sold across the na-tion.The decision to site theplant in Odell, instead of Cas-cade Locks as formerlyplanned, was influenced byproximity to neighboring or-chards as well as utility andhighway access, Alexandersaid.“Our location is ideal as weare closer to our growers,”Alexander said. “We believethe quality of our products is areflection of its origins whichis why we are focused on sup-porting a community of amaz-ing growers.”Alexander bought the LowerMill property from Garin Buck-les of Alloy Holdings LLC inDecember, according tocounty assessment records.

The Puff Factory site, cur-rently bare, sits across fromthe U.S. Post Office and west ofCardinal Glass. The factory willneighbor the Lower Mill Busi-ness Park the Port of HoodRiver has been developing.According to Puff Factory’sapplication and narrative sub-mitted to Hood River CountyPlanning Department last fall,the factory will be two storiestall, with 29,500 square feet oftotal under-roof space. Thefootprint will be 26,000 squarefeet.The first phase of the planwill require construction of abuilding to house cold storageroom facilities, an area for itsfruit processing line, freeze dry-ing equipment and offices.The building will requireramps for incoming productsoff-loading and handling andseparate ramps for outgoingshipping — Puff Factory wouldprocess, package and ship thefruit puffs for export markets,the document says. The list offruit products, which would begrown in farms around the Pa-cific Northwest, includes apples,berries, cherries and pear prod-ucts.Once fully operational, the fa-cility is expected to require 30-40 full-time employees withvarious levels of skill, from foodsorting and processing labor to

skilled management and mar-keting personnel.The company plans to have aworkforce of about 30 to start,with up to 50 once operationsgear up. Alexander suggestedthat more plants could be builtin the future.Puff Factory hopes to blaze aquick trail on its Odell plant,

launching the product and sell-ing to customers by November.First will be excavation plans.“It’s a fast track and a lot ofwork,” Rains said.


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Puff Factory to break ground in Odell

Puff Factory is set to go up at 3030 Lower Mill Drive inOdell, with groundbreaking scheduled for May 7. Thestartup fruit production and shipping plant is expected tobe operational by late fall.



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