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  1. A Warm Gift

    Tuesday Nov 10 | The Dalles Chronicle

    ... in the hot months, so that we're ready come cold weather." Craig would like to see the program expand further into Wasco, Hood River and Klickitat counties. She's providing hats to kids in all three counties, but she really doesn't want to see one ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Knitting, The Dalles, OR, Crochet

  2. H1N1 vaccine arrives

    Thursday Nov 5 | The Dalles Chronicle

    ... been received in the past, there is still not enough to vaccinate all residents of health district's region covering Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam counties. People who do not fall into the priority groups listed below are not eligible for vaccine. ...

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, HIV/AIDS, Maupin, OR, Wasco County, OR, The Dalles, OR

  3. COCC gets the money | November 4, 2009Read the original story

    Wednesday Nov 4 | Bend Bulletin

    ... COCC's voting district includes all of Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, as well as portions of Klamath, Wasco and Lake counties. On Tuesday evening, COCC students, staff and board members gathered in the student center to await election ...

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    Related Topix: Bend, OR, Redmond, OR, Madras, OR, Prineville, OR

  4. School bond failsRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 4 | The Dalles Chronicle

    ... the construction would have taken place, voted 152 to 108 in favor, as did Kent, by a 31 to 22 margin. But voters in Wasco turned out against the proposal by a better than two to one ratio, with 218 opposed and only 100 in favor. Rufus voters were ...

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    Related Topix: Sherman County, OR, Moro, OR, Kent, OR, Rufus, OR, Grass Valley, OR

  5. COCC gets the moneyRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 4 | Bend Bulletin

    ... COCC's voting district includes all of Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, as well as portions of Klamath, Wasco and Lake counties. On Tuesday evening, COCC students, staff and board members gathered in the student center to await election ...

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    Related Topix: Bend, OR, Redmond, OR, Madras, OR, Prineville, OR

  6. Wind energy's success creates a power grid challenge

    Thursday Oct 29 | The Oregonian

    Windmills and power lines operate near Wasco in Sherman County. The region's electricity grid will need to expand to handle all the new wind and other renewable energy projects being built across Oregon and the West.

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Oregon, Oregon, Jazz, Sherman County, OR

  7. Young Life wants land swap with BLMRead the original story

    Oct 24, 2009 | The Dalles Chronicle

    ... involved." If Reinhardt can obtain approval from the three counties affected by the trades - Jefferson, Wheeler and Wasco - he intends to work on a bill with Oregon legislators in Washington, D.C. "I'm heading back to D.C. at the end of this month ...

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    Related Topix: John Day, OR

  8. Native Americans learn about culture preservationRead the original story

    Oct 22, 2009 | The Oregonian

    ... with language. Of the 54 languages identified in the Northwest, many verge on extinction. Only one speaker of the Wasco language is still living. Forty speakers of Nez Perce remain. Linguists predict that within two or three generations, no one will ...

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    Related Topix: Wedding, Umatilla, OR, Photography, Arts, US Politics, US News

  9. Preserving tribal culture focus of national conference, from language to memories to science

    Oct 20, 2009 | The Oregonian

    ... language. Of the 54 languages identified in the Pacific Northwest, many verge on extinction. Only one speaker of the Wasco language is still living. Forty speakers of Nez Perce remain. Linguist predict that within two or three generations, no one ...

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    Related Topix: Umatilla, OR, Wedding, Photography, Arts

  10. Land purchased for East Oregon parkRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

    A state park is being planned for land along the John Day River between Wasco and Condon.

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    Related Topix: Condon, OR

  11. State buys land for Eastern Oregon parkRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 1, 2009 | KATU-TV Portland

    A state park is being planned for land along the John Day River between Wasco and Condon.

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    Related Topix: Condon, OR

  12. John Day River property will become Oregon's largest recreation site

    Sep 30, 2009 | Oregonlive.com

    ... the grazing rights on that land, assuring it also will be reserved for recreation. The combined properties lie between Wasco and Condon on both sides of the John Day River. The waterway is the longest remaining free-flowing river in the West and ...

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    Related Topix: Oregon, Lottery, Sherman County, OR, Gilliam County, OR, Management

  13. State buys land for Eastern Oregon park

    Sep 30, 2009 | KGW-TV Portland

    A state park is being planned for land along the John Day River between Wasco and Condon.

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    Related Topix: Condon, OR

  14. Evo's hosts show to offset licensing feesRead the original story

    Sep 29, 2009 | The Ashland Daily Tidings

    ... and recorded his music for the first time. The group sang and drummed inter-tribal songs and family songs from the Wasco tribe, he said. He said he appreciated the chance to share the songs and hopes Native American drumming will become more ...

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  15. Rancher, historian Hilderbrand dies

    Sep 16, 2009 | The Dalles Chronicle

    Longtime Sherman County rancher, community leader, historian and wind power advocate Gordon Wilson Hilderbrand, 80, a resident of Wasco, died at his home on Friday, Sept.

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    Related Topix: Sherman County, OR, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, The Dalles, OR, Oregon

  16. Two file in circuit judge elections

    Sep 11, 2009 | The Dalles Chronicle

    ... wide variety of legal matters in all five counties of the 7th Judicial District. "I have gotten to know the people of Wasco, Hood River, Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler counties over the course of my life and my career and it would be a privilege to ...

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    Related Topix: The Dalles, OR, The Dalles, OR, Hood River, OR, Oregon State University, Willamette University

  17. PGE completes second phase of wind farmRead the original story

    Aug 17, 2009 | Portland Business Journal

    ... erect and available to supply power to the electricity grid. CEO Jim Piro said the second phase of the project near Wasco, Ore., finished on time and within budget. The project's first $255 million phase was completed in 2007 with 76 turbines and an ...

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  18. John Day River ranch open to visitors on foot

    Aug 20, 2009 | Travels with Terry - OregonLive.com

    The John Day River canyon is the setting of the Western Rivers Conservancy's purchase of the Murtha Ranch at Cottonwood, the Oregon 206 crossing between Condon and Wasco Land at the Oregon 206 crossing of the John Day River, between Wasco and Condon, has recently been opened to public access by its new owner, Western Rivers Conservancy , which ...

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    Related Topix: Condon, OR

  19. Saddle up

    Aug 17, 2009 | Bend Bulletin

    ... offer horseback riding instruction and activities: Ikiutan Stables 6823 state Highway 8, Warm Springs 'Ikiutan' is the Wasco Indian word for horse and the name of the full-service stables at Kah-Nee-Tah Resort & Casino in Warm Springs. Cost: $45 to ...

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    Related Topix: Warm Springs, OR, Sisters, OR

  20. Sherman County farmer prepares for retirement, volunteer work

    Aug 5, 2009 | The Oregonian

    ... McCoy, 65, is retiring after hoeing one of agriculture's toughest rows, that of a dryland wheat farmer. Years ago the Wasco-area native left a career as a professor at prestigious Williams College to return to the family farm. On Thursday after a ...

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    Related Topix: Sherman County, OR, Agriculture, Science

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