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A2 Hood River News, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 K ING Continued from Page A1 you,” Boonstra said. “Dr. King taught us, ‘when we become silent about our dreams we die inside.’ Now take a long look around you and feel the power of a room full of dreams. Dr. King said, ‘Dreamers dare to take that first step even when they do not see the whole staircase.’ “He reminded us we are all connected and we are all re- lated. Remember his famous words, ‘we may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now,’” Boon- stra said. “Tonight in our turbulent waters, we share the same boat, brothers and sisters in the same boat,” Boonstra said. To a series of “amens,” he listed Anglos and Hispanics, straights and gays, undocu- mented and legally protect- ed, young and old, humans and all threatened species ”all in the same boat.” High school students Charley Boonstra and Christina Garcia spoke, and Garcia tearfully expressed her perspective as the daugh- ter of immigrant parents. “Why is there injustice? Why does it exist?” she said, noting that there are 12 mil- lion illegal immigrants, most of whom are in the U.S. for a better life and the chance for their children to gain an edu- cation and advance beyond menial existence. Garcia, an HRVHS junior, noted that in November 2014, voters de- feated the ballot measure cre- ating a driver card law for undocumented residents, yet Words of King, words of youth ‘We’ve learned to fly the air like birds, we learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven’t learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters.” — Dr. Martin Luther King “I have a dream I can make a difference. It is to go to Mexico and visit the place my family left behind.” – Christi- na Garcia passed the measure legaliz- ing sale and possession of marijuana. “How can this be possible? How can a plant be more legal than a human being?” Garcia asked. Blackburn called on the community to work in earnest to realize the ideals of Dr. King. “Dr. King spoke of what he saw from the mountain- top,” Blackburn said, “but in the Haitian proverb ‘there are mountains behind moun- tains,’ and our climb and ef- forts need to continue. Ours is the work to do, to preach morality, to stand up for the marginalized, to speak for the vulnerable, to remember the lonely. It is a big, tough world out there. Tonight as we celebrate Martin Luther King, we need to continue meeting the challenge, to keep going together, holding hands if necessary, and singing as often as possible.” At the end of the service, an offering supported the work of GEM with children and youth, including Peace Village, a summer day camp that teaches social justice and sustainability. Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea P IZZA P IZZAZZ Pizza cook Caleb Rocha spins his way to victory in the third annual “Pizza Battle” between cooks at Solstice Wood Fire Pizza on Jan. 13. Rocha tosses and twirls dough behind his back in the “talent” portion of the contest, held at Springhouse Winery.About 60 people attended, sam- pling unusual pizzas created by five cooks, including lead pizza cook David Jents. Zak Taylor pro- vided commentary as the cooks demonstrated their dough stretching talents and performed a musical number while tossing dough in creative ways. The restaurant closed for the night and owner Aaron Baumhackl manned the mobile oven outside Springhouse, turning out the at Cascade Locks School pizzas. Rocha won for his Mango Drop, employing mango chut- 300 Wa Na Pa Street ney, ham, and finished with a lemon drop hot sauce. Jents said the event gives the staff the chance to show their imagination Intro to Yoga Gentle, beginner-level class. and expand their pizza mak- Tues. & Thurs. - 3:45-5:00 pm ing talents. Swing by for Cascade Yoga Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea A RT C ELEBRATES K ING Oceana McQuade, 5, painted this picture of her dream, in a Monday art project at Starshine Childlife Habitat, a Mt. Hood daycare and preschool. Westside Elementary first-graders, in- cluding Leah Sandoval, studied Dr. Martin Luther King and cre- ated artwork depicting the civil rights leader on Jan. 16 in the classrooms of Alyssa Greenwood, Stacey Doss and Amy Has- sett. ‘We spent all day talking about Dr. King, and read a bi- ography, and learned what his life was like as a child,” Green- wood said. ‘I think it really resonates with first graders. They live in a world of what’s fair and not fair, so developmentally it kind of hits home with them. A lot of times they’ll look at the kids around them and start to see the different skin colors for the first time, and they think about what it would be like for those kids with darker skin, and apply it to their own life.” HOOD RIVER NEWS (ISSN 07465823) is published twice weekly, every Wednesday and Saturday. 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