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Obituary: Mary Ellen Picking

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Mary Ellen Picking passed away peacefully on Feb. 12, 2022, at the age of 94. She was born on Dec. 2, 1927, to John W. and Eunice L. Wirrick i…

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The Dalles girls netters continue improvement

  • By Brandon Risley For Columbia Gorge News
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As we reach the midway point of the spring sports season, The Dalles Riverhawks girls tennis team has shown marked improvement since its opening match last month.

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Riverhawk girls adjusts to tough competition

  • By Brandon Risley For Columbia Gorge News
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Under a beautiful week of weather, The Dalles’ young girls tennis team began its season with home losses to Redmond and Ridgeview by identical 7-1 scores. But there were plenty of positives starting with the Riverhawk No. 1 doubles team of Addison Little and Diana Flores Garcia, who won both their matches.

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Pot vaping up sharply

  • By Neita Cecil The Dalles Chronicle
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A 2019 state survey shows about 20 percent of Oregon 11th graders use marijuana, a rate unchanged from 2017, but one method of ingesting it, vaping, was up nearly 300 percent.