The summer is the time to enjoy the outdoors, visit the
kids and grandkids and try to stay cool in the shade. So who wants to think
about some natural emergency situation that could strike at any time? But because
of drought conditions and above normal fire potential, and possible earthquakes
my wife is always reminding me about, it is best to be prepared for any
unforeseen emergency. (At least I don’t have to worry about tornadoes and
thunderstorms during the summer as I did growing up in Indiana.)
Besides keeping a basic emergency supply kit, (water, three
days of non-perishable food, battery powered radio, flashlight, first aid kit,
plastic bags, whistle, pliers, dust mask, manual can opener and cell phone with
charger), and creating a personal support network, you should consider signing
up with Wasco County Citizen Alert. It is a reverse 9-1-1 system when in case
of an emergency situation, you are called instead of the other way around.
If you have a landline you should already be in the system.
But if you want to be notified by other means such as your work phone, email,
or a voice or text message on your cell phone, you need to register. And when
you do register, you can also choose to be notified about different types of
critical information: severe weather, wildfires, floods, street and road
closures, missing persons, law enforcement activities and evacuation notices. You
can register at http://www.co.wasco.or.us and click on the Citizen Alert Notification
icon at the bottom of the page. If you need assistance, you can also register
by calling Wasco County Communications Manager at 541-506-2760.
I don’t know if The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library can
also help you with registering for Citizens Alert, but they do offer free,
hands-on, computer classes to residents of Wasco County. These classes are
ideal for the new and not-so-new computer user who wants to learn and practice
in a casual, low-stress environment. Space is limited to ensure personalized
instructions and advance registration is required. To register for any class, call 541-296-2815
or stop by the circulation desk.
Last week I mentioned that many folks enjoy traveling
during the summer and our friends at Sherman County Transit are no different.
They have scheduled a trip to Lincoln City from Tuesday, June 16th through
Thursday, June 18th. They will be staying at the Liberty Inn just a
couple of blocks from the Chinook Winds Casino. The rooms are $89 a night plus
taxes and the cost of transportation is $100. Besides the casino, a trip to the
Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy is planned for $3.00 per person. The bus will
be leaving Moro at 7:30 AM and stopping in The Dalles at 8:30. To join the fun,
call the Sherman County Transit at 541-565-3553. And the Center still has a few
spaces left for the June 10th trip to the Pendleton Underground and
Woolen Mills for $40.00 per person that includes transportation and the cost of
admissions.
Tuesday
Night Music and Dance at the Center on May 9th will feature Martin and Friends.
Doors open at 6:00, music starts at 7:00 and ends by sunset. All ages are
welcome and donations are always appreciated.
The name
of the unconventional style of shoe designed
with thick soles and thin heels and first sold in the United
States in 1970 was the Earth Shoe. (And the winner of 3 quilt raffle
tickets is Sandy Haechrel.)
Thanks to a suggestion from Jerry
Phillips, I’m going stay with old shoes but with a local history twist. For
this week’s “Remember When” question, who took over the family shoe repair
business in The Dalles and according to Jerry never had your shoes repaired
when you went to reclaim them, but would dig them out of the pile and repair
them promptly when you did show up? And if that is not enough of a clue, he was
also one of the original Northern Wasco County PUD sponsors, instrumental in
establishing The Dalles City Bus, and stopped the bulldozers from demolishing
the 1859 Wasco County Courthouse. Email your answer to
mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, call 541-296-4788 or mail it with a picture of the Fulton/Taylor
house at 705 Case Street.
Well, it’s been another week, too
hard of hearing to notice the ticking of time tip-toeing past my door. Until we
meet again, take time discovering all the beautiful colors between black and
white.
"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the
things that make you want to live to be a hundred." Woody Allen
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