20 Years Ago, February 10, 1982 A budget levy outside the usual six percent limitation for The Dalles general fund will amount to $293,292, City Manager Del Cesar said today. The levy last year was $314,000. 40 Years Ago, February 10, 1962 Construction is expected to begin soon on the million dollar addition to Columbia Park State Home here. Paul M. Merrick was low bidder yesterday in Salem on the new building at the local institution for geriatric and the chronically ill. Merrick's bid was $1,031,000. Wishram's (Washington) Wade Flock scored 21 points Friday night to lead the hosts to a 57-52 win over heretofore once defeated Klickitat (Washington) in a Klickitat B League game. Trout Lake (Washington) scored a 57-47 win over Lyle (Washington) in another league game. Rudy Flock scored 12 points in the Wishram victory. Chris Neils scored 19 for the losers. 60 Years Ago, February 10, 1942 A request that persons residing on a street whose name recently was changed by city council action, designate their addresses by use of east and west came today from Miss Beulah Patterson, assistant post master. All streets east of Union are designated as east, and all those west of Union designed as west. Moro (Oregon) high school Huskies Friday night defeated Grass Valley (Oregon) high school basketball team 30 to 17. Moro's lead was never threatened and the half-time score was 16-7. Shipley, Husky guard, was high scorer rolling up 11 points. The University of Oregon Dads Association, convening this weekend for its annual meeting at Eugene Friday, will welcome the newly formed Dalles unit of the association, Thomas R. Hudson, vice president of the state executive committee, said today. 80 Years Ago, February 10, 1922 The proposition of obtaining a permanent county fair ground and erecting suitable buildings for use in holding the fairs for years to come will be placed before the voters at the primary election on May 19. This decision was reached last night by the county fair board, T.A. Sammis Jr., J.C. Johnson and N.G. Hedin. To get the measure on the ballot it will be necessary to obtain the signatures of 15 percent of the registered voters of the last general election, or about 1000 names, members of the fair board explained today. About 100 high school and junior high students were out of school today because of influenza, while the loss in attendance in all city schools will average around 20 percentd, superintendent R.L. Kirk said this morning. The situation has gradually become more acute during the last 10 days although the greatest decline has been recorded during the last two days, Superintendent Kirk said. 100 Years Ago, February 10, 1902 Casey got out Saturday and this morning came down Second street hugging every woman he came across and delivering a Fourth of July celebration at the same time. Wood (Marshall Wood?) put a stop to his hilarity and he will again hug a shovel on our cross walks, which are more in need of his services than the women. Smallpox has never gained much headway in The Dalles and let us see that it does not. It remains with our citizens to prevent it by the most stringent means. A case was quarantined in the family of E.C. Wilder in the east end this morning. Let it go no further. Written permission to reprint Looking Back: From the Chronicle's Files given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser