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Hood River News, Wednesday, February 11, 2015
PARKDALE NEWS
‘Follow the yellow brick road’ to Parkdale Feb. 21
By Tamara Emler Ball
For the Hood River News
The Wizard of Oz will be
performed at Parkdale Ele-
mentary School on Saturday,
Feb. 21 at 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Students at the school are
once again teaming up the
Missoula Children’s Theater,
a touring production compa-
ny complete with costumes,
scenery, props and makeup,
to tell the
story
of
Dorothy and
her little dog
Toto travel
after being
snatched up
by a tornado
in Kansas.
Tamara Elmer
The story
Ball
follows them
on their jour-
ney to find their way back
home with the help of a good
witch and their friends the
munchkins, the Cowardly
Lion, the Tin Man and Scare-
crow and hopefully the Wiz-
ard. Auditions for the show
will be held on Tuesday,
Feb.17 from 2:30 p.m. until
4:30 p.m. in the school gym
and all interested students
g rades
Kinderg ar ten
through Fifth Grade are en-
couraged to attend the full
two hours.
Among the roles to be cast
are Dorothy, Toto, the Cow-
ardly Lion, the Tin Man, The
Professor/Wizard, the Green
Guard, Glinda the Good
Witch, the Wicked Witch,
Mayor Munchkin, Farmer
Munchkin, the Munchkins,
the Winkies, the Magicians
and the Fierce and Ferocious
Flowers.
Some students will begin
learning their parts in re-
hearsal as soon as auditions
end and rehearsals will con-
tinue throughout the week
from 2:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.
each school day, with the
final performances on Satur-
day.
Performances are free, but
donations will be accepted to
help fund new curtains and a
sound system for the stage.
The Missoula Children’s
Theatre touring group’s visit
is sponsored by the Parkdale
P.T.O.
For more information con-
tact Sarah Wilson at 503-819-
4092.
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Parkdale Family Math and
Reading Curriculum Night
will be held this Thursday,
Feb. 12 from 6:00 p.m. until 8
p.m. at Parkdale Elementary.
This fun and informative
evening begins with a free
dinner and child care with
activities for the little ones,
then an infor mational
evening for parents on Com-
mon Core standards, then
teaching them activities they
can do at home to support
their children.
“Teachers and staff have
been preparing for an infor-
mative and enjoyable
evening focused on student
learning,” said Principal
Gus Hedberg. “We hope you
and your family can join us
for dinner too!”
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The Parkdale Elementary
School Carnival is coming
up on Friday, March 13 and
donations are being accepted
for raffle prizes or cash spon-
sorships.
Proceeds from the carni-
val help the Parent Teacher
Organization sponsor extra
activities for students such
as artist-in-residence, li-
brary books, field trips, as-
semblies, science and much
more.
Donations can be dropped
off at the school office or
mailed to the school at P.O.
Box 69, Parkdale, OR, 97041.
For questions contact the
Parkdale PTO at 503-819-4092
or
at
parkdale p-
to@gmail.com.
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Another Scrabble Night of
fun will be held on Tuesday,
Feb. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the
Parkdale Elementary School
library.
Games are just $2 per per-
son and all ages are welcome
to par ticipate in the
fundraiser evening for Park-
dale’s Battle of the Books
team.
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The Parkdale Home Exten-
sion Study Group will pre-
sent Go Green: Growing and
Enjoying Leafy Greens at the
Parkdale Grange Hall on
Thursday, Feb.12 at 10 a.m.
Many of us often eat let-
tuce, tomatoes, carrots and
green beans, but how often
do we include highly nutri-
tional greens such as kale,
chard, and collards in our
meals?
This presentation will talk
about these wonderful veg-
etables and how to grow
them and will include
recipes on how to prepare
them for eating.
A potluck lunch will follow
the meeting and members of
the community are invited to
attend.
Attendees are asked to
thank the Grange for their
hospitality by helping with
donations of paper towels,
toilet paper, Dawn dish soap,
regular or decaf coffee or
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If you were unable to at-
tend last month’s combined
Home Extension Study
Group’s panel presentation
on Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault, but are inter-
ested in seeing it, you can
now see it online.
John Hardham of Light
Wave Communications
recorded the 1:20 presenta-
tion and has made it avail-
able to view online at
youtu.be/3QBGYYJp0TU.
Lauren Kraemer, OSU Ex-
tension Family and Commu-
nity Health Agent for Hood
River and Wasco counties,
moderated the panel of rep-
resentatives from Oregon
State Police, Victims’ Assis-
tance Program, Department
of Human Services and
Helping Hands Against Vio-
lence.
“I know personally this
pro g ram touched some
lives,” said Parkdale Home
Extension member Joanne
Ehl. “After the program a
mother and grandmother
came up to me and thanked
us for putting on the pro-
gram and said, ‘We want you
to know you have saved five
lives.’ She listed the chil-
dren’s ages and all I remem-
ber is 18 months. This really
touched my heart.”
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Solera Brewery on Base-
line Road is hosting the
Build Cedar a Home commu-
nity fundraising effort on
Wednesday, Feb. 11 starting
at 6:00 p.m.
Friends and neighbors are
encouraged to come out and
enjoy a $10 barbecue dinner
by Apple Valley BBQ and a
special selection of beers
Survival Spanish for farmers and orchardists
our
website
at
http://www.hrcommunit
y.ed
The class will focus on
vocabulary, verbs, ex-
pressions and ques-
tions/answer dialogues
that have come from past
classes where the in-
structor asked “What
Spanish expressions do
you need most outdoors
and in the orchard?”
Also, a list of Border
Spanish slang words. In-
cluded is six weeks of
basic grammar review,
dialogue development,
oral drill, and role play-
ing.
Past coursework in
Spanish is helpful but not
required.
Cost is $75.
T he Columbia Gorg e
Breastfeeding Coalition has
formed a mother-to-mother
support group to offer a
place to turn during this im-
portant time. The group
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RV Doc — Bruce Henderson
family is now hosting a 15-
year-old French exchange
student, Alizé Lambert, for
the next three weeks. If you
happen to see this nice young
man around Parkdale and
the valley, or at Hood River
Valley High, I invite you to
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community we have by say-
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at Solera Brewery or Apple
Valley BBQ.
Proceeds from the event
will go towards building
Cedar and his little dog Piper
a new home.
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PET OF THE WEEK
This week volunteers at
Adopt A Dog have selected
Poco as the program’s adopt-
able pet of the week:
This little Chihuahua is
Poco. And Poco is about a
year old and not even 5
pounds — and half of that is
in those huge ears! He must
hear everything going
on! Poco sure has a good time
chasing and playing, but he
thinks he’s a big dog and
likes to take charge in play
time with little dogs, until he
gets to know them. Then
he’s thrilled to have more
pals joining the game.
He takes corrections well,
so learning comes pretty eas-
ily. Treats help, of course! He
has a gentle mouth and will
sit politely and wait for his
turn, but he’s the first to
snatch up a dropped
crumb! As you can tell by his
picture, he’s not at all op-
posed to a good cuddle, ei-
ther! In fact, I’m pretty sure
he’ll write it into his con-
tract!
Poco is a happy leash
walker and likes to lead the
way, but doesn’t like long
walks. I suppose because
that just takes away from his
play time! He’s smart, and
adorable, and my goodness,
he’s small!
This cuddle-bumpkin is
cur rent on shots, mi-
crochipped and will be
neutered next week. The
adoption fee for Poco is $175.
The fee to adopt is charged to
Photo by Tamara Emler Ball
ALIZE LAMBERT enjoys a visit to the Space needle in Seattle. Alizé
will be shadowing host sister Megan Ball at the high school for the
next three weeks, learning more about how American families live,
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Breastfeeding support group meets
COMMUNITY ED
Instructor Paul Kuiper
offers a class to help
farmers and orchardists
communicate with their
Spanish-speaking em-
ployees.
It starts Feb. 25 at Coe
Building in Hood River, 1-
3 p.m. Wednesdays for
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