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A hundred years ago in The Dalles: "A fire that caused several hundred dollars in damage to the bedroom of a home prompted Dalles fire Chief Charles Roth Jr. to speak a word of caution Friday to users of electric blankets..." Excerpts and stories from the last century of news.

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Gary Conley, Gary and Linda B, and David Liberty all recognized the last week’s History Mystery photos as a view of the new Interstate bridge over the John Day River, taken during construction of the John Day Dam in the 1960s; and of the uncompleted John Day Dam, looking west. The water had not been raised yet, and the bridge appears to be under construction.

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How might it feel to be a broomstick?

Trapped in a dusty closet or constantly swept carelessly around, only for dirt and dust to get caught in your bristles… Well, that’s what Hood River New School’s students worked on over the last couple of weeks.

Over one week, our sixth, seventh, and eighth graders wrote pieces of Flash Fiction in which our prompt was to write from the perspective of an inanimate object.