Verbatim for August 28, 2024

H. R. Robinson, county fire marshal, who was called to the scene, reported today that loss was estimated by P. Peterson, manager, at about $30,000, partly covered by insurance. Peterson said that he had no place to rebuild immediately.

The fire started when the watchman turned on an electric motor that operates the elevator, to clean the debris left by the days operations. Fanned by a high wind, the flames spread rapidly and soon got out of control. A forest service crew and the Dufur fire department aided Robinson in fighting the flames. — The Dalles Chronicle, Aug. 22, 1944

Clerk sued over Antelope

The Wasco County clerk’s decision that Antelope’s name-change election will be by absentee ballot only and that the precinct will be the county courthouse is now in court.

The Antelope city council, all members of the Rajneesh commune, had voted Aug. 12 to change the name of the town to Rajneesh instead of Antelope.

County Clerk Sue Profitt, had ruled that all the voting on an Antelope city charter amendment would be by absentee ballot and that the precinct used would be the Wasco County Courthouse.

Proffitt on Friday at 5 p.m. was served notice that the decision was the subject of an application for an injunction to move the election back to Antelope.

Initially, Proffitt said that the reason for her decisions was that the clerk for Antelope, Ma Anand Kavido, and for Rajneeshpuram, Ma Anand Sagun, had come to her and expressed fear and concern of harassment and physical violence in the future. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Sept. 2, 1984

Middle School sports good to go

Let the games begin.

Yes, those in Athens are nearly over. But set to go are the middle school games. Middle school sports, cut from the Hood River County School District budget for 2004-05, have been funded — for the fall — thanks to the work of the Save Our Sports organization. Practices at Wy’east and Hood River middle schools start for volleyball, football and cross country once school opens Sept. 7, thanks to the car washes, phone banks and other fundraising efforts by adults and students over the summer. Mary Sassara and Valarie Urquidez led the grassroots SOS effort, stepping up to the challenge because they, like many parents, felt the sports programs were too valuable to lose. SOS has raised approximately $8,000 for the fall, sufficient to pay for one coach at each school for each coach, uniform upkeep, and referee fees. — Hood River News, August 28, 2004

Bus fleet acquires new diesel vehicle

Nearly one year and approximately $67,000 later, the White Salmon Valley School District received the latest addition to its transportation fleet Friday – a new 78-passenger Bluebird diesel transit bus. Bids for the bus, the first diesel in the White Salmon district, went out in December 1983. Western Bus Sales of Gresham, Ore., had the low bid and the bus was finished in June.

District transportation Supervisor Sharon Schalk said the decision to purchase a diesel bus was originally made about two years ago. “It was a good idea, too,” she said, “because diesel tanks are about the only kind made that large now.”

Schalk said the diesel bus is also more economical, gets better mileage and should require less maintenance. — White Salmon Enterprise, August 30, 1984