Supt. A. M. Cannon is in receipt of a letter from Prof. E F. Carleton, of Eugene, chairman of the Oregon Committee on Credentials of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, saying that”the Hood River High School was duly accepted as a fully accredited high school by that association at it annual meeting this year. This means that graduates of our high school who complete the prescribed courses, adopted by the board of directors last year, will be admitted to those higher institutions now on the accredited lists by both the Northwest and North Central associations on the same basis as graduates from other high schools. It other words, our high school now ranks with the best there are in the quality of work done. Superintendent Cannon has been working for this recognition ever since he came here four years ago, when he discovered that many graduates has plenty of credits so far as number was concerned, but that they were not of the kind to be recognized for credit by the higher schools. — Hood River News, August 22, 1924
Celilo Village overhaul to start soon
A $13.2 million federal redevelopment project at Celilo Village will start soon with improvements to the village longhouse and a new water well.
The two projects are the advance guard of a much more extensive redevelopment effort in progress through the cooperation of the U. S. Army Crops of Engineers, the three tribes that own the village, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Congress approved funding of the project in February as part of a larger measure in Native American issues, and the president signed it into law March 2.
“It’s practically a complete urban renewal project,” said Jim Beard, comprehensive planner for the Umatilla Indian Tribes. “The only things left [from the existing village] will be the dance shed and the longhouse.”
In addition to reconstruction of the entire village, its associated structures and systems, and repairs to the longhouse, the project includes operation and maintenance of the rebuilt village.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers speeded work on the longhouse and well in response to encouragement from village residents, as a way to demonstrate progress to the elders, according to the monthly Celilo Village Redevelopment Newsletter. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle, August 26, 2004
German, Welsh BBC crew visit Bingen, White Salmon
Coincidence alone kept city and chamber of commerce officials from Bingen and White Salmon busy Sunday, as a German wine expert and a contingent from the British Broadcasting Corporation arrived here, independently, barely a half hour apart.
Heinz J. Frank, export director for Goldener Oktober Winery of Bingen-am-Rhein, Germany, drove up from Portland to spend several hours in an open house provided by Charles and Della Henderson in the Mont Elise Winery in Bingen. Welcoming him, in addition to the Hendersons, were Bingen Mayor Charles Long and his wife Joan, White Salmon Mayor Francis Gaddis and his wife Mamie, and 12 other local residents … shortly after the reception started in Bingen several members of BBC-Wales arrived for a lunch prepared especially for the occasion, and an impromptu tour of the area. Welcoming them were Mayor Gaddis, Chamber President Lynne Kilgore, school board Chairman Bev Elsner, Bill and Loretta Hopper of the Inn of White Salmon, and other officials … — White Salmon Enterprise., August 23, 1984
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