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www.hoodrivernews.com Hood River News, Saturday, February 7, 2015 A11 Hood River Supply reports record year Hood River Supply held its 65th annual meeting on Feb. 3 at the Pine Grove Grange. The meeting was called to order by Board Chairman John Wells. President/CEO Pat McAllister reported on the past years audited finan- cial results for the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, 2014. McAllister re por ted record sales for the company, $9.3 million, a 16 percent in- crease over the previous year, a direct result of the completion of first full year of operation in the new re- tail facility in Hood River. He stated that HR Supply had a local profit of $181,000 and a net profit after region- al patronage and income taxes of $401,000. McAllister also reported continued growth in the overall financial condition of the balance sheet, even con- sidering the large invest- ment made in the previous two years. HR Supply’s ability to grow the business and im- prove its financial condition after making such a large in- vestment is very positive considering the relative flat economic conditions. Board Chair man John Wells gave a brief report on the actions and accomplish- ments of the cooperative during the past fiscal year. He outlined the cooperatives continued support of com- munity organizations and events especially 4H and the FFA. The company also contin- ued their support of FISH and The Next Door with the help of matching funds from the Land O’ Lakes Founda- tion for a total of $1,000 to each organization. McAllister then gave his management report review- ing the past year’s accom- plishments. Focusing main- ly on the company’s past fi- nancial trends and their con- tinued growth and financial strength of the company. McAllister outlined what the major goals and chal- lenges lying ahead for HR Supply. McAllister also re- ported on the amount of pa- tronage and stock retirement HR Supply was distributing to their members at the meeting. This year the cooperative will be retur ning over $177,000 in patronage to their members with $62K in cash and balance in stock. This represents 4.05 percemy of member purchases or based on last years average petrole- um price approximately 15 cents per gallon patronage. HR Supply had previously announced that the coopera- tive would suspend stock re- tirements for three years be- cause of the large invest- ment made in the new facili- ty in HR. However, after a two year absence HR Supply will re- sume their stock retirement program by retiring all out- standing stock issued 1994 and prior in the amount of $75,000. This brings the total amount returned to mem- bers in cash and stock over the last five years to nearly $1 million. An election of directors was also held, resulting in the re-election of two direc- tors, each to three year terms. Susan Wiebalk of Dee and Darin Molesworth of Mosier were re-elected. Ace Gift Cards where given as door prizes. Two $25 gift cards were won by Phil Howell and David Paasch, two $50 gift cards were won by Mary Couch and May Klantchneck and the two $100 gift cards were won by Alan Moore and John Logan. In addition members and guests received a gift card for $5 off their next purchase at either the Hood River or Odell store. Members and employees enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and cake prior and following the meeting.The Solarize the Gorge hosts open houses With support from North- west Solar Communities, Gorge Owned (GO!) is work- ing with local solar contrac- tors to offer discounted, bulk rates on solar panel installa- tions to Gorge homeowners in Klickitat, Skamania, Wasco and Hood River coun- ties. GO! Solar is a community “solarize” initiative aimed at helping Columbia River Gorge homeowners over- come the barriers associated with investing in solar power. Local contractors and suppliers are working to- gether to offer a simplified process and unbeatable prices. In addition to state, federal and local incentives, GO! Solar can reduce total project cost by up to 20%. The catch: Homeowners have to sign up for the program no later than March 30, 2015 to guarantee the bulk dis- counts. “Going solar pays off in a number of ways,” said Amanda Lawrence, Gorge Owned Membership and Pro- gram Director. “It reduces your monthly utility bills, in- creases your home value, re- duces your dependence on fossil fuel and, if done through GO! Solar, supports the local economy.” Attend a GO! Solar com- munity open house to learn about financial incentives. The scheduled for GO Solar Open Houses, all from 6-7 p.m.: ■ The Dalles: Tues., Feb. 10, , Clocktower Ales, 311 Union St. ■ White Salmon: Thurs., Feb. 12, , Columbia Bank Community Room, 390 NE Tohomish ■ Goldendale: Tues., Feb. 17, Klickitat PUD Communi- ty Room, 1313 South Colum- bus Ave. Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea LOGSDON owner David Logsdon stands in the entry of the Logsdon Barrelhouse and Taproom, 505 Cascade, with his wife, Judith Bams, and his daughter, Tamara. The barrelhouse, located around the corner from Knead Bakery, will be open for Zwickelmania weekend, Feb. 14-15. The Ale List Breweries host Zwickelmania tour By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA News editor Plenty of beer news this week, what with pFriem Family Brewing starting its second expansion since opening five years ago, and the Zwickelmania statewide brewery tour coming Feb. 14. We’ll have more on Zwick- elmania in the Feb. 11 edi- tion, but for now let it be known that every brewery in the county will participate in the annual Presidents’ Day weekend event. That’s Big Horse, Double Mountain, Full Sail, Logsdon Farm- house Ales, Solera, and Thunder Island. Two things of note: Logs- don will present its beers not at the farmhouse south of Hood River but at their new downtown Hood River Bar- relhouse and Taproom, 505 Cascade, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 14 and noon to 4 on Feb. 15. Also, throughout Feb. 14, the Breweries in the Gorge (BIG) folks will be at the breweries with information about the new BIG alliance, featuring a map and website. Zwickelmania is the annu- al one-day event in Oregon when breweries open their doors to casual and hardcore beer fans from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 100 breweries, both big and small, are par- ticipating with meet-the- brewer events and beer sam- ples. pFriem Family Brewing expands pFriem is now expanding its brewery, adding new tanks and filters to enable doubling of output from the cur rent 5,000 gallons to 11,000, with the groundwork lain to double again within about two years. Port of Hood River ap- proved a change of lease Tuesday for pFriem and also affecting neighboring Pocket Fuel, which will move. The brewery is moving into the upstairs office space formerly used by PocketFuel owners Mark and Heidi Ribkoff, and pFriem has been leasing much-needed barrel storage space from the Ribkoffs for the past three months. Next month pFriem will start its first bottling of Flanders Red and Oud Bru- ins, two sour beers savoring since Fall 2013. Owner Josh pFriem calls 2015 “the year we realize what we envisioned when we first started” in 2009, but ad- mits it is happening a couple of years sooner than he had expected. Double Mountain hoists ‘Yacht Rock’ Yacht Rock India Red Ale is now on tap and in bottles at Double Mountain. “Yacht Rock” the beer was created for the Feb. 5-8 Chefs’ Week PDX (CWPDX), with Chef Doug Adam, and was intro- duced Thursday at a CWPDX dinner. Yacht Rock will be poured at all CWPDX events. “We wanted to brew some- thing that would be perfect to pair with a menagerie of menus and keep things sail- ing easy. Hence, we bring you Yacht Rock,” Matt Swihart said. “Blood orange in color, this India Red Ale is clean and refreshing for the palate, with pine and citrus to ac- company the bread and bis- cuit on the back end. This is the beer you want to invite to the dinner party. It’s compli- mentary, polite, provides witty anecdotes, and will even help with the dishes.” Swihart said, “We had a blast working with Chef Doug Adams (Top Chef, Im- perial, and Portland Penny Diner) on this collabora- tive beer project.”
