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Hood River News, Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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School Board meets tonight
Hood River County School District
Board of Directors meets tonight at
6:30 p.m. at Hood River Valley High
School Library. The community is
welcome to attend, and a period of
public comment is always on the agen-
da.
Discussion items include English
Language Development, an update on
the student retention and promotion
policy and an update on Common Core
State standards and the board will
hear budget committee and human re-
sources reports, as well as a report
from Superintendent Dan Goldman.
Under action items, the board will
consider adopting an updated policy
on weapons in schools
Serving are Board Chair Jan Veld-
huisen Virk, Vice Chair David Russo;
and board members: Liz Whitmore,
Mark Johnson, Kateri Osborne Lohr,
Bob Danko, Julia Garcia Ramirez,
and ex-officio member Rob Brostoff.
Elks Lodge honors Acosta, Sanchez
as December Students of the Month
A n n E l i s e A c o s t a a n d in our country.
them not to sell tobacco
Ibette Sanchez have been se-
AnnElise is the daughter products to minors and de-
lected as December Students of Orlando and Melody signing stickers and tagging
of the Month and were pre- Acosta. She has two younger alcoholic beverages to re-
sented checks for $100 at the sisters, Olivia, 15, and Celia, mind adults not to provide
Elks Lodge weekly meeting. 12. Next fall, AnnElise will alcohol to minors. Ibette has
The awards were in recogni- attend Washington Universi- worked in concessions to
tion of their achievements ty in St. Louis, Mo. She will raise funds for the prop and
in the classroom, extracur- major in International Stud- purchased, wrapped and de-
ricular activities
ies and Spanish. livered Christmas gifts for
and for their vol-
She would ulti- needy families in the com-
unteer work in
mately like to be munity. She has worked
the community.
involved in some many hours for St. Mary’s
They are both se-
type of social church at their annual sum-
n i o r s at H o o d
services work. mer camp, organizing meals
R ive r
Va l l e y
Her spare time is and camp activities for kids
High School.
spent backpack- aged 8-12.
AnnElise is a
In July 2012, Ibette was in-
i n g , t r ave l i n g
very creative per-
and playing the vited to represent our coun-
son with an ener-
ty in Nashville, Tenn., at the
piano.
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getic personality.
semi-annual Community
AnnElise Acosta
Ibette Sanchez Anti-Dr ug Coalitions of
She is an active
is a very charis- America. She attended work-
member of the
youth group at Riverside matic and outgoing young shops with the club advisor
Church and a member of the lady. She is very involved in and lear ned of strategic
Hood River Valley Chamber various projects at school plans for successful preven-
Singers. This group toured and in the community. With tion in the community. This
Ireland in March 2013 and is t h e h i g h s ch o o l H e a l t h past year, she did work with
highly ranked in State com- Media Club, she helped pro- the Mid Valley dancers, help-
petition. She is a 13-year duce theater ads and radio ing teach three different
member of the Columbia PSAs, and has given a num- dance groups and styles. She
Gorge Dance Academy and ber of presentations in the helped choreograph a song
performed in the Academy’s c o m m u n i t y t o p ro m o t e by herself, practiced three
“Scenes from the Nutcrack- healthy and safe
times a week for
er” until 2012. She also in- h ab i t s a m o n g
six months and
terned at The Next Door, a yo u n g p e o p l e.
attended perfor-
local social services organi- Her junior year,
m a n c e s wh i l e
zation, for four months in she was treasur-
wo rk i n g w i t h
2014. AnnElise has been a e r o f M E C H A
kids 5-10 years
member of the varsity ten- C l u b a n d t h i s
old.
nis team since 2013 and is year is club pres-
Ibette is the
also a member of the Nation- ident. She is a
daughter of Este-
member of the
al Honor Society.
ban and Isabel
Her community service National Honor
Sanchez. She has
work includes preparing Society and has
an older sister,
Ibette Sanchez
food packages and distribu- been a member
Vanesa, a Port-
tion for the Oregon Food o f t h e P ro m
land State Uni-
Bank and the FISH Food Committee, helping orga- ve r s i t y g r a d u at e, a n d
Bank, and as a Link Crew nize the annual dance.
younger sister Briseida, a
Her community service Hood River Valley High
leader helping freshman
with orientation at the high work includes meetings with S ch o o l f re s h m a n . A f t e r
school. She has also been in- Alcohol, Tobacco and Other school, Ibette will continue
volved with her church Drugs Coalition, where she her studies at either Port-
group babysitting, helping will update others on what land State or Western Ore-
raise money for various the high school is doing, gon University. She would
church projects and activi- along with future plans and like to study social work for
ties. Through the Riverside activities. She also works elementary education and
Church youth group, she with the Drug Free Commu- become a licensed state so-
went on a five day trip to the nities Coalition, giving up- cial worker working with
Yakama Nation to lear n dates on HRV Health Media children and families, or an
about various programs on Club. Other volunteer work elementary school teacher.
the Indian reservation and includes serving food at the Her outside interests in-
learn about the current situ- fall Wy’east Eagle Fest, and clude going for an occasional
ation of Native Americans talking to stores to remind run or making crafts.
Local students start reading to
prepare for Battle of the Books
T he New Year means
schools across Oregon are
gearing up for the spring sea-
son of Oregon Battle of the
Books. OBOB, a kind of liter-
ary, Jeopardy, pits teams of
four against each other in
three divisions, grades 3-5, 6-
8, and 9-12 in answering
questions covering a list of a
dozen books from multiple
genres. Adult volunteers are
needed to assist in officiating
tournaments.
A training has been sched-
uled to aid adults learn the
rules and procedures within
OBOB, events to which the
community is cordially invit-
ed. Feb. 17, from 5:30-7 p.m. a
session will be held at the
Westside Elementary School
in Hood River at 3685 Bel-
mont. This is in preparation
for the regional tournament,
which will be held at TDMS o
March 14 from 8 a.m. to-1
p.m.
More details on OBOB
may be found online at
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ta.pbworks.com/w/page/565
3620/FrontPage.
CLASS NOTES
Gray, Gallagher, Norton earn honors
Lauren Gray, of Hood
River, has been named to
the Dean’s List for the fall
semester of the 2014-2015
academic year at Illinois
Wesleyan University.
The Dean’s List, which
was announced by Provost
and Dean of Faculty
Jonathan Green, includes
students from 26 states and
17 countries. To be on the
Dean’s List, a student must
have a grade-point average
of 3.50 or better during the
semester, based on 4.0 for
Joe Guenther
Financial Advisor
1631 Woods Ct
Suite 102
Hood River, OR
97031
541-386-0826
www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC
straight A’s.
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Trenton Gallagher, 2014
Hood River Valley High
School graduate and fresh-
man at Oregon State Uni-
versity, has earned Dean’s
List recognition for fall
2014. He currently has a 3.9
grade point average. Gal-
lagher is majoring in Chem-
ical Engineering.
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Te r r y N o r t o n was
named to the fall 2015 honor
roll at Spokane Community
Queen Size
Mattress Sets
Starting at $ 249
College. To receive honor
roll status, students must
earn a 3.0 grade point aver-
age or higher.
Community Colleges of
S p o k a n e i s a dy n a m i c,
12,300-square-mile state
community college district
that includes Spokane Com-
munity College, Spokane
Falls Community College
and six rural education
sites, serving residents in
Pend Oreille, Stevens, Whit-
man, Ferry and parts of
Lincoln counties.
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THE DALLES YOUTH of Heart of Hospice members Martin Corker, and Andy Felderman, centenarian
Viola Wilson, Ben Feil and Santa (Robin Pereyda) at Oregon Veterans Home.
Heart of Hospice youth spread cheer
Each year The Dalles and
the Hood River Youth of
Heart of Hospice (YoHOH)
clubs end their year with a
Christmas celebration,
singing and giving out deco-
rated gifts and cards.
Santa joined the group of
14 Youth on their outing,
sur prised that this was
their first day of school va-
cation. The group visited
most every Hospice patients
both in Hood River and The
Dalles facilities.
“It was meaningful to
watch the patients to watch-
ing Santa patients with
child-like eyes pulling on
his beard, to see if it was
indeed a real beard,” volun-
t e e r c o o r d i n a t o r J ay n e
Mederios said. “Many of
t h e re s i d e n t s a n d s t a f f
joined in the singing.”
N o m a t t e r wh a t t h e
weather the Youth of Heart
of Hospice and Santa
(Robin Pereyda) car pool
f r o m O r e g o n Ve t e r a n s
Home in The Dalles, Hawks
Ridge Assisted Living in
Hood River, Hood River
Care Center and every fa-
cility they could visit,
singing, shaking hands and
bringing gifts and joy.
“Thanks you YoHOHOs
and Santa Robin for donat-
ing your time and efforts it
was wonderful to be a part
of,’’ Mederios said.
Gorge First Tech Challenge
comes to The Dalles Jan. 31
Families and robot
lovers of all ages are
invited to watch the
fun at the Columbia
G o r g e F i r s t Te c h
Challenge (FTC)
Tournament on Jan.
31 at The Dalles Mid-
dle School (1100 E.
12th St.). This free
all-day event is the
local qualifier for the
inter national FTC
robotics competition
for students in 7th to
1 2 t h g r a d e s. B e s t
p u b l i c v i ew i n g i s
from noon to 3 p.m.
In this sports-style
competition, teams
of up to 10 students have
been working since Septem-
ber to design, build and pro-
gram their robots to com-
pete on a 12-by-12-foot field
against other teams. Robots
are about 18-inches square
and are built using a Tetrix
platform that is reusable
from year-to-year using a
variety of programming
languages.
The match starts with a
30-second autonomous peri-
od where robots are operat-
ed via pre-programmed in-
s t r u c t i o n s o n ly. A t wo -
minute driver-controlled
period follows where teams
compete to score the most
points.
This year’s challenge,
called the Cascade Effect,
has the robots trying to
score with 160 large and
small white plastic balls
into two center goals or six
rolling goals with clear
tubes of various heights.
This event is being hosted
by the students of T he
Dalles High School FTC
Teams, coached by Bev
Froemming. Support is pro-
vided by the Gorge Tech Al-
liance and sponsorship
Gorge youth artists
invited to submit works
The Dalles Art Center will
be accepting entries for the
annual Middle/High School
Student Art Show Jan. 27 to
Jan. 31. All submitted work
must be ready to hang,
mounted, matted, or framed.
Registration for ms are
available at the website,
www.thedallesart.org under
calendar, or at the gallery.
The show will run Feb. 3-28th
with closing reception and
awards on Feb. 28 from 3-4
p.m.
from Boeing. FTC
teams from middle
schools and high
schools all around
the Gorg e will be
c o m p e t i n g at t h i s
event. The competi-
tion should be espe-
cially fun for fami-
lies with students in-
terested in getting
into robotics them-
selves.
Org anizers need
many volunteers to
help on the day of
the event. There is
no robotics experi-
ence required, just a
desire to have fun.
Contact Bev Froemming
at froemmingb@nwas-
co.k12.or.us or 541-506-3400
Ext 2217 to help.
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