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Organization calls for more officials

  • Ray Rodriguez
  • Updated

Over the past seven years, there has been a decline in new officials joining up across all sports, so that has given the Mid-Columbia Officials Association more involved in recruiting new men and women from the surrounding communities.

Officials facing crossroads
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Officials facing crossroads

  • Ray Rodriguez
  • Updated

With the dwindling number of sports officials, high school sports athletic directors have been forced to move Friday football games to Thursdays and even Saturdays, creating a mad scramble with schedules and getting proper coverage. The numbers issue is not just gorge-area based, however, as communities in the Blue Mountain and Portland areas are suffering from a lack of adults willing to officiate youth contests.

Sports officials needed for the 2016-17 season
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Sports officials needed for the 2016-17 season

  • Ray Rodriguez
  • Updated

Since the 2010 sports season, there has been a steady decline in referees and officials across all sports. Mid-Columbia Football Officials president Bob McFadden is calling on men and women from across the gorge to be contributing to the community and get involved in interscholastic sports.

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McFadden resigns from Port Commission

  • Mark Gibson
  • Updated

Bob McFadden, president of the Port of The Dalles Board of Commissioners, will finish his term as a commissioner at the end of June, he announced to the board Wednesday.