WHITE SALMON — Enrollment is down in the White Salmon Valley School District (WSVSD), mirroring nationwide trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, declining birthrates and alternative education models.

The annual Mother’s Day Flower Basket Fundraiser runs through April 15; pickup is April 29 through May 2 at Vanguard Nursery in White Salmon. The proceeds will be used to empower women and girls in the Gorge, said a press release. Order at soroptimist-hoodriver.square.site.

Recently, brush around the Grange Hall was cut to clear the grounds a bit, but members were busy with many other things and hadn’t been able to make time to haul it away. Community residents Greg and Brenda Wiebe volunteered to haul the brush pile away and things look much better around the hall now.

HOOD RIVER — Combined performances by the Gorge Sinfonietta and the Voci Community choir are always an event. On April 17-19, the two ensembles will come together for a performance called “Roads Not Taken.”

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CASCADE LOCKS — The Cascade Locks City Council reached a milestone on Monday, March 23 when it put away its delayed 2022-23 audit for good. Interim staff Gordon Zimmerman and Marianne Bump have the 2023-24 audit in their sights next.

THE DALLES — On March 20, Abundance Solutions announced the release of “AI and Ethics: Adopting AI Technology Without Losing Our Humanity,” a new book by local technology leader.

The Dalles Kiwanis Club meets Thursdays at noon at Spooky’s; visitors welcome

BINGEN — The city’s time capsule was one item of discussion at the Bingen City Council’s March 17 meeting. City Administrator Krista Loney has been tasked with accumulating the items to be included in Bingen’s time capsule, to be opened in 2124.

CASCADE LOCKS — City Council got a presentation from Energy Efficiency Services Group representatives Debbie Swanson and Brandon Blanchard at its March 23 meeting.

If God called you to be  a prophet, would you answer the call? What if you were the one tasked with turning around an entire society headed for destruction? You would be about as popular as a global pandemic.