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ENTERTAINMENT
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Feb. 19: Hum along with Aretha Franklin’s classics and
make an African Kente cloth, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 26: Listen to lively, danceable African music while
creating your own African mask, 5:30 p.m.
Hood River County Library, 502 State St., Hood River;
541-386-2535.
History Forum returns in February
The original Wasco County Courthouse (410 West 2nd Place,
The Dalles) hosts the Regional History Forum series Saturdays
at 1:30 p.m. featuring lectures and presentations from top local
and regional historians. Free admission; donations accepted.
Saturday, Feb. 8: The Women of Sorosis: Social ‘Influencers’
of Their Day (Denise Dietrich Bokum); Saturday, Feb. 15:
Rufus and the Army Camp that Helped End World War II (Cal
McDermid); Saturday, Feb. 22: Finding the Wire Trail: Early
Instant Communication in the Gorge (Dave and Helen Wand
and Larry McGinnis); Saturday, Feb. 29: Famous Visitors:
Guess Who Came to Dinner? (Rodger Nichols).
Mardi Gras party Feb. 8
A cat takes advantage of a stump to watch traffic along West 13th Street Saturday.
Gary Elkinton photo
are locations that unfortu-
nately are victims of graffiti
more often than others, but
Prompt removal
as a whole our area is pretty
reduces vandalism free of the bold, large-scale
graffiti areas.”
Continued from page A1
The Dalles does not have
a severe graffiti problem
graffiti removing crews have but the idea, as explained
by Lesich and Rogers, is
kept the city mostly clear of
to stop and prevent future
such vandalism.
vandalism.
“I am very proud of the
“Law enforcement is able
City of The Dalles and the
to locate and refer youth to
immediate surrounding
area,” Rogers said. “I travel a the Department of Youth
Services for graffiti, and our
lot around Oregon and my
office supervises any sanc-
observation is that we have
less than many areas. There
tioning,” Roger said. “There
are a variety of variables
involved with youth who tag,
the key variable being age.
While there may be many
episodes within a short
period of time, once a youth
starts to work with a Juvenile
Court Counselor and the
Community Work Service
program, the recidivism
drops drastically.”
Lesich said the new agree-
ment helps make the com-
munity look more appealing
and attractive to both visitors
and residents.
“I think in any commu-
nity, when you’re looking
at blight and making your
curb appeal in general,
it’s a lot of little things
that add up to making our
community more beauti-
ful, attractive and cleaner
in general,” Lesich said.
“That’s the goal; keep our
community in check and
balanced when it comes to
enforcement and compli-
ance to ordinances such as
this one.”
To report graffiti, fill out a
code enforcement com-
plaint form at thedalles.com
under the public docu-
ments and forms link.
they’d like. “School becomes
really not interesting to them
because they can’t take any-
Connection, hope thing
they want.”
North Wasco County
for success key
School District 21
Continued from page A1 Superintendent Candy
Armstrong said the gradu-
Evans said that for students ation rate and the dropout
rate were two very different
to stay in school, two things
have to happen: they have to things.
feel connected, be it through
The on-time graduation
classes, sports or clubs; and
rate looks at how many
they have to feel like they can students started high school
be successful in school.
as freshmen—wherever they
If a student fails math in
may have started—and then
ninth grade, they have to
graduated, on time, four
repeat it, meaning they can’t years later.
take the elective courses
Students are moving in
and out of the school district
constantly; sometimes 100
students will transfer and
in and out of one grade in a
single year. A lot of tracking
goes on to measure how
students are faring in other
districts.
The dropout rate, however,
measures how many seniors
started their senior year
and how many graduated.
Armstrong said the school
district used to think a 5 per-
cent dropout rate was really
good. Last year’s dropout rate
was just 1.6 percent.
She said an 80 percent
graduation rate does not
equal a 20 percent dropout
rate.
The school had 23
students listed as home-
less, and for that group,
their dropout rate was 8.9
percent.
Armstrong said Oregon
has taken a beating for hav-
ing a graduation rate listed
as the 49th lowest in the
US, but she said the state
has stuck to its guns and
retained some of the highest
graduation standards in the
nation.
“We’ve got a lot of work to
do, but we don’t lower our
expectations,” she said.
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Transport yourself to the French Quarter of New Orleans
at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center’s Mardi Gras
Celebration, Saturday, Feb. 8, 7-11 p.m. Authentic food, live
jazz music and professional Tarot Card readings. Tickets $20.
21 and over only. The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center,
5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.; 541-296-8600; www.gorgediscovery.org.
Kit Garoutte at Feast
Live music coming up at Feast:
Thursday, Feb. 6, Kit Garoutte and Jay Reed, 5:30-7:30
p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13, Kit Garoutte and Ann Flemming, 5:30-
7:30 p.m.
Feast Market & Delicatessen, 151 E Jewett Blvd, White
Salmon; 509-637-6886.
Al and Nolan at Everybody’s Brewing
Live music Monday’s at Everybody’s:
Feb. 3: Al and Nolan, 6-8 p.m.
Feb. 10: Brian Greeley, 6-8 p.m.
Feb. 17: Scott and Rebecca, 6-8 p.m.
Everybody’s Brewing, 177 E. Jewett Blvd., White Salmon,
Wash; 509-637-2774.
Pride Book Club meets Feb. 13
The Pride Book Club meets Thursday, Feb. 13, from 6:30-
7:30 p.m. to discuss “Becoming Nicole: The transformation
of an American Family,” by Amy Ellis Nutt. The Pride Book
Club is open to all persons 18 years and older interested in
reading LGBTQA literature. The Dalles-Wasco Co. Public
Library, 722 Court St, The Dalles, 541-296-2815.
Europatopia plays TD Art Center Feb. 16
It’s Klezmer and Beyond with Europatopia, a seven-piece
world-music band led by Joel Kabakov, at The Dalles Art
Center on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. $15 suggested do-
nation. The Dalles Art Center, 220 E. 4th St., The Dalles;
541-296-4759.
Entertainment listings can be e-mailed to jdrake@thed-
alleschronicle.com, run as space allows, and should be sent in
by 5 p.m. Friday, and run as space allows.
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