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The decade
s have ma
tured
Jack
son Park
. Wha
t began a
s
a humb
le
, h
i
l
ly p
lo
t o
f gra
s
s
and tree
s ha
s become a tru
ly
impre
s
s
ive fam
i
ly ga
ther
ing
p
lace
, thank
s to a con
t
inued
e
f
for
t from the commun
i
ty
throughou
t the year
s
.
Today
, the park thrums
w
i
th ac
t
iv
i
ty
. As many as
t for the popu
lar
2,000 turn ou
Fam
i
l
ie
s in the Park ser
ie
s
ho
s
ted by Hood R
iver Com
-
mun
i
ty Ed
, wh
ich fea
tures
per
formance
s by l
ive band
s
,
a
s we
l
l a
s grand sca
le mov
ie
n
igh
t
s
, pro
jec
ted on
to a huge
screen
.
Jack
son Park rema
in
s the
larges
t c
i
ty park in Hood
R
iver
, encompa
s
s
ing an en
-
t
ire c
i
ty b
lock
, tucked be
-
tween May Avenue to the
a
s
t
,
nor
th
, 13
th s
tree
t to the e
and Tay
lor Avenue to the
sou
th
. The s
lopes form a
gra
s
sy bow
l where fam
i
l
ie
s
can re
lax and p
lay in the
park
’s ma
ture oaks and
con
i
fer
s
.
The or
ig
ins o
f Jackson
Park trace back to Ju
ly 10
,
1939
, when a loca
l rancher
,
M
. V
i
la
te Jack
son
, dona
ted
the land to the C
i
ty o
f Hood
R
iver
. V
i
la
te and her hus
-
band
, Char
les Jackson
,
owned land a
long presen
t
-
day H
ighway 30
.
The park was or
ig
ina
l
ly
named Memor
ia
l Park in
f the Women
’
s Re
l
ie
f
honor o
, a Church o
f the La
t
-
Soc
ie
ty
ter
-Day Sa
in
t
s ph
i
lan
throp
ic
group
, o
f wh
ich V
i
la
te wa
s
the loca
l pre
s
iden
t
. In 1942
, a
tree wa
s p
lan
ted and a mark
-
er p
laced to ce
lebra
te the
cen
tenn
ia
l o
f the soc
ie
ty
.
Over the decade
s
, the s
i
te
became a ga
ther
ing p
lace for
fam
i
ly even
t
s
, inc
lud
ing bar
-
becue
s and dr
ive
-
in mov
ie
s
.
A Ju
ly 6
, 1961 ar
t
ic
le o
f the
Hood R
iver News repor
ted
900 d
iners “brav
ing the
wind
s” a
t “Memor
ia
l Park”
on Independence Day for a
bee
f and po
ta
to sa
lad barbe
-
cue
. They a
l
so came to w
i
t
-
ness mov
ies a
t the Tra
i
l
Dr
ive
-
in Thea
ter
, the New
s
repor
ted
.
The b
igges
t decade o
f
trans
for ma
t
ion was the
1980s
, when M
ike Schend
,
former Hood R
iver Commu
-
n
i
ty Educa
t
ion D
irec
tor
,
launched the Fam
i
l
ie
s in the
Park ser
ie
s
. A
long w
i
th the
concep
t o
f free mus
ic and
mov
ie
s in the park
, Schend
te s
tage
dreamed up a concre
to hou
se the fe
s
t
iv
i
t
ie
s
.
The idea wasn
’
t popu
lar
in
i
t
ia
l
ly
.
“They though
t I wa
s nu
t
s
in the f
irs
t p
lace
,” sa
id
Schend
. “
I
t wa
s tough try
ing
l
l th
i
s th
ing
.”
to se
Many saw the s
teep in
-
c
l
ine and un
ique ba
s
in s
truc
-
ture o
f Jack
son Park a
s a
“wor
th
le
s
s p
iece o
f ground”
for concer
t
s — too s
teep for a
band to p
lay from
, and a d
i
f
-
f
icu
l
t p
lace to ho
s
t an aud
i
-
ence
.
Schend launched the Fam
-
i
l
ies in the Park ser
ies in
1982 a
s a mean
s for “
fam
i
l
ie
s
to come toge
ther
,” bu
t the
program s
tumb
led a
t f
irs
t
.
Due to the merc
i
le
s
s grade o
f
lope
s
, there wa
s
the park
’
s s
nowhere to f
i
t a fu
l
l band or
sound equ
ipmen
t
. De
spera
te
vo
lun
teer
s a
t
temp
ted s
trap
-
p
ing speakers to trees in
some ca
se
s
, Schend sa
id
.
In 1984
, the Hood R
iver
L
ions C
lub dona
ted a con
-
cre
te pad to the park
’
s nor
th
-
we
s
t corner (where the s
tage
now re
s
t
s
)
, bu
t the p
iece wa
s
mean
t more for p
icn
ic
s than
for grand sca
le concer
ts
.
W
i
thou
t a ra
i
sed p
la
t
form
, i
t
wa
s s
t
i
l
l d
i
f
f
icu
l
t to see per
-
mer
s from tha
t spo
t
.
for
“
I
t wa
s t
ime to come up
w
i
th a so
lu
t
ion to ‘Where are
the en
ter
ta
iner
s go
ing to per
-
form from
?
’” sa
id Schend
.
F rom there
, Schend
drummed up suppor
t
. He re
-
que
s
ted tha
t the C
i
ty Counc
i
l
pu
t the i
s
sue on the
ir agen
-
da
, and they agreed
. Then
, he
reached ou
t to loca
l bus
i
-
ne
s
se
s for dona
t
ion
s
. By the
end o
f 1985
, h
i
s fundra
is
ing
e
f
for
t
s through Commun
i
ty
Educa
t
ion genera
ted $5
,600
.
s
t
ima
ted co
s
t
However
, the e
o
f the s
tage wa
s more than
tr
ip
le tha
t a
t $20
,000
.
I
t was a comb
ina
t
ion o
f
luck and generos
i
ty tha
t
sea
led the park
’
s crea
t
ion
.
Labor was one o
f the
b
ig g es
t loom
ing cos
ts
.
Schend cou
ldn
’ t f
ind a
source o
f sk
i
l
led vo
lun
teer
labor un
t
i
l he spoke w
i
th
John Brennan
, who taugh
t
the h
igh schoo
l
’
s cons
truc
-
t
ion c
la
s
s
. I
t turned ou
t the
c
la
s
s had been unab
le to se
l
l
the
ir mo
s
t recen
t hou
se
, and
s look
ing for an
-
Brennan wa
o
ther venue in wh
ich to p
ly
the
ir sk
i
l
l
s
.
“He (Brennan
) sa
id he
wou
ld love to do i
t so h
i
s s
tu
-
den
t
s wou
ld have a pro
jec
t
,”
sa
id Schend
.
Then
, severa
l bus
inesses
ro
se to the occa
s
ion for the
ma
ter
ia
l componen
t o
f the
pro
jec
t
. Hood R
iver Sand and
Grave
l dona
ted 50 percen
t o
f
the $10
,000 requ
ired for con
-
cre
te and f
i
l
l
ing
, a
s we
l
l a
s
the
ir concre
te “pumper
truck” to ge
t the job done
. A
a
l elec
tr
ic
ian
, John N
ig
l
,
loc
se
t up the e
lec
tr
ica
l sy
s
tem
S
e
e PARK
, Pag
e B2
THE PARK AND I
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Jack
son Park
’
s s
igna
ture even
t
s in the
summer are the venerab
le Fam
i
l
ie
s in the
Park ser
ie
s
, each Thur
sday in Augu
s
t
,
and the Sa
turday Mov
ie
s in the Park se
-
r
ies
, wh
ich s
tar
ted in 2002 us
ing a
por
tab
le pro
jec
tor (upda
ted a few year
s
ago
) and screen (
the or
ig
ina
l i
s s
t
l
l
l in
u
se
) purcha
sed w
i
th he
lp from a L
ion
s
gran
t
.
Fam
i
l
ie
s in the Park s
tar
t
s Aug
. 6 w
i
th
rock v
io
l
in
i
s
t Aaron Meyer
.
. w
i
th an open
-
The show
s s
tar
t a
t 6 p.m
t
, head
l
iner a
t 7
; br
ing a p
icn
ic or
ing ac
purchase food from vendors
. Quar
ter
-
f
la
sh head
l
ine
s on Aug
. 13
.
Mov
ie
s in the Park ha
s expanded in re
-
cen
t year
s to Fr
iday
s in Ca
scade Lock
s
(
see schedu
le be
low
) and on Ju
ly 12
, the
sy
s
tem wa
s u
sed a
t M
t
. Hood Town Ha
l
l
,
cour
te
sy o
f Commun
i
ty Ed and Park
s
and Recrea
t
ion D
i
s
tr
ic
t
.
Hood R
iver
’
s ser
ie
s s
tar
ted Ju
ly 11 (no
g
. 1 w
i
th G
-
f
i
lm Ju
ly 25
) and con
t
inue
s Au
rated “Th
ird Man on the Moun
ta
in
,” G
,
(112 m
inu
te
s
)
; Aug
. 8 br
ing
s “Sur
f
’
s Up
,”
G
; Aug
. 5 i
s “Akee
lah and the Bee
,” PG
,
drama (112 m
inu
te
s
) and the ser
ie
s con
-
c
lude
s Aug
. 22 w
i
th “De
sp
icab
le Me
,” PG
,
98 m
in
.
The Ca
scade Lock
s (Mar
ine Park
) se
-
r
ie
s beg
in
s Ju
ly 24 w
i
th ‘Mr
. Peabody and
Sherman” (PG
)
; Ju
ly 31
, “How to Tra
in
Y
our Dragon
;” Aug
. 14
, “The Pr
incess
ig
Br
ide
;” Aug
. 2
,”Frozen
;” Sep
t
. 6
, “B
Hero 6
.” A
l
l are ra
ted PG
. A
l
l mov
ie
s s
tar
t
a
t du
sk
. Br
ing layer
s o
f c
lo
th
ing and low
-
E L
INEf
o
r p
o
p
c
o
r
n i
s
j
u
s
t p
a
r
t o
f t
h
e
l
a
t
e
-
n
i
g
h
t
fo
ld
ing cha
ir
s or b
lanke
t
s
. Drug
s
, a
lcoho
l TH
and tobacco are proh
ib
i
ted
.
M
o
v
i
e
s
i
n t
h
e P
a
r
k f
u
n
.