In the midst of salmon spawning, Parkdale Hatchery held a public tour on Sept. 8, introducing locals to the facility that’s trying to restore spring Chinook to the Hood River watershed.
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The board has lost half of its members, down from six in January; replaced a superintendent and principal; and heard resignations from administrators and teachers amid accusations of ethics violations in public board meetings.
Riverhawk junior Jazlynn Morris-Holmes gets ready to serve the ball last year.
Old news, stories and photos from the last century of local papers in the gorge. When a salmon took a fisherman for a swim in 1946, that was news.
Last week’s History Mystery was taken just after noon on July 9, 1946. The photographer was looking down Fourth Street, Hood River. What is the line of people waiting for? We still don’t know. Perhaps they have returned from war, and are in line to collect their GI benefits? Anybody got further information, please let us know!
The school board of District 29 adopted a mandatory policy on contact with ICE at their Sept. 1 meeting. The policy is now required by Oregon State law, and had to be in place before Sept. 30.
Tunnel vision is awful easy to acquire. Just go out in the wild and look for something specific. All around you, the critters you AREN’T looking for will sit in plain sight, probably laughing.
The previous history mystery, below, showed the building of Celilo Canal locks and that was all we knew. Then Bruce Johnson, Alan Hickenbottom…