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Vol. 109, No. 16
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Official Newspaper, City of Hood River and Hood River County
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015
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Charge
for that
carbon
Youths speak out on
climate change;
council prepares to
seek public input
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
News editor
Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea
SENIOR DELANEY BARBOUR portrays the title character in “Madwoman of Chaillot”, at right. Above, the scheming Prospector (Sam Hannigan, left) and
wise Dr. Jadin (Rhianna Salmon), center, are soon at odds. Waiter (Nick Molina), street singer (Sean Gray), and dancer (Sierra Reynolds) are just a few of the
characters who add drama and color to one eventful day in Paris.
Entrez, ‘Madame’
Student actors give
color to ‘poetically
satirical’ play,
which opens at
HRVHS this weekend
PAGE A3
On stage at HRMS:
“The Girl Who Lived With The Bears,”
a musical by Mark Steighner, opens
Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
News editor
“Nothing is ever so wrong in
the world that a sensible
woman can’t set right in the
course of the afternoon.”
The title character’s sunnily
sardonic comment gives a clue to
events of the poetic satire “The
Madwoman of Chaillot,” opening
Friday at Hood River Valley High
School.
It’s also a representative of the
wise, funny, loopy, and ultimately
logical observations on life, love,
politics, and shoelaces, in Jean
Giraudoux’s 1943 play.
“The Madwoman of Chaillot”
has been described as “one part
fantasy and two parts reason,”
said director Rachel Har ry,
adding that it played Broadway
for two years and won a Tony,
“and is considered one of the
most interesting and rewarding
plays to have been written in the
‘40s and ‘50s.”
“I chose the play for a variety
of
reasons;
there
are
many wonderful quirky parts for
my actors to play with, very
strong female roles and fast
paced humor,” Harry said. Se-
nior Delaney Barbour portrays
Madame Aurelia, the street-
savvy regal guardian of Paris
who sees through the posers and
thieves of the world but believes
in the power of love and beauty.
Ultimately, Madame Aurelia
helps us see that if power cor-
rupts absolutely, those who seek
that power are brought down by
their own ego and delusion.
The President of an almost-
nameless company conspires
with the Broker, the Baroness,
and the Prospector to drain Paris
of its oil, leaving the city lifeless.
But with the help of a young man
Pierre, The Ragpicker, the plaid-
See PLAY, Page A9
TICKETS AND TIMES
Performances begin Feb. 27-28,
March 6-7 and March 13-14, 7
p.m. and March 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets
are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors
and students, in Bowe Theater at
Hood River Valley High School.
City Council heard strong words
from two young people Monday on
the subject of climate change and
proposed “carbon price” legisla-
tion.
In the same
meeting when
council heard
re por ts
on
stor mwater
management,
oil railcar con-
cer ns,
and
housing and
urban develop-
ment
con-
cer ns,
the
Dae Dahlquist
elected of fi-
cials started by
listening to pleas from two students
asking them to adopt a statewide
resolution that would call for
charging a fee to businesses releas-
ing carbons into the atmosphere.
“One of the great opportunities
that we have in Hood River is our
community that is aware of what is
happening to the earth,” said
Charley Boonstra, a junior at Hood
River Valley High School.
“I am here to ask you to approve
the Carbon Tax resolution for the
State of Oregon because it has be-
come necessary to discourage the
release of carbon into the environ-
ment and encourage the use and
development of alternative ener-
See COUNCIL, Page A5
Apple Valley sizzles again Full Sail employees
Parkdale eatery
repeats victory at the
bacon-laden benefit
Aporkalypse Now
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
News editor
JEFF LEMLEY won the bouquet of
bacon roses for his bacon poetry.
Apple Valley BBQ has a picture
of a pig on its logo, making its dom-
inance at the Gorge’s biggest bacon
event hardly a surprising thing.
The crew from the Parkdale
restaurant and catering service
swept the Peoples’ Choice and
Judges’ awards Friday at the Help-
ing Hands Ag ainst Violence
Aporkalypse Now benefit at Spring-
house Winery.
The benefit raised $2,934 for the
Helping Hands shelter and support
services and was attended by about
175 people who enjoyed sampling
the dishes, the bacon poetry con-
test, bacon eating contest, and even
a “pig-nata” for kids to take a
whack out in front of the building.
“The work our advocates do —
supporting victims of domestic vi-
olence — is a really difficult job;
but supporting our organization
doesn’t have to be,” said Stephanie
Irving, executive director of Help-
ing Hands Against Violence. “In
fact, sometimes it’s a heck of a lot
of fun. People came to Aporkalypse
for the bacon—the bacon appetiz-
ers, the bacon poetry, the bacon eat-
ing contest, and maybe even the
‘Pig-naata’! They ate, they drank,
they laughed — all while helping to
make this world a safer place for
the survivors at Helping Hands.
And because of them, it already is.
A big thanks to all who came and
enjoyed the good endorphins of the
evening.”
Apple Valley won for its bacon
ice cream and trimmings, with
many attendees eating the dessert
first – earning the restaurant, and
chefs Justin White and Sandy
Holmes, a Golden Ticket to the
World Food Championships.
Six restaurants vied for favorite-
bacon recipe honors, and Leila Coe
See BACON, Page A5
to vote on merger
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
News editor
Full Sail CEO Irene Firmat and
executive brewmaster Jamie Em-
merson announced Monday that a
major change is possible at the
brewery this spring.
Brewery employees will vote by
March 6 on whether to accept a
merger with a group of investors
known as Oregon Craft Brewers
Co. OCBC is the temporary name
of the group, whose primary part-
ner, Encore Investments of San
Francisco, brought the offer to
Fir mat and Emmerson this
month.
The merger “would honor the
commitment and value brought
by all of our employees, past and
present,” Firmat said. Voting will
be by a total of 78 current and past
employees who own shares.
“OCBC has been formed by a
group of investors to merge with
Full Sail and carry on our legacy
as an independent Oregon based
craft brewery,” Firmat and Em-
merson said in a statement re-
leased Tuesday. Full Sail’s two top
officers said, “On July 2, 1999, we
made the commitment to partner
and share equity with our em-
ployees. Now, we are pleased to
announce that Full Sail employ-
ees and shareholders will vote on
a possible merger.
“With this transaction, our em-
ployee shareholders will have
more financial security, and will
continue to be stock option hold-
ers going forward. They will be
able to pay for their children’s ed-
ucation, have a down payment for
a house and have more financial
peace of mind.
“This transaction is also a con-
tinuing commitment to our inde-
pendence, our community and
our employees. Our new partners
share our values and their exper-
tise with high growth consumer
brands will provide a strong plat-
See MERGER, Page A5
Four To Go
Lions Foundation offers grant
application packets
What’s your
‘Favorite Photo of the Gorge’?
Donations sought for Pine
Grove FD auction
Lucy Fine wins Poetry
Out Loud competition
The Hood River Lions Foundation
Trust 2015 Grant applications packets
are now available. Deadline is May 31 –
no exceptions.
Grant application packets can be
picked up at PrintIt! SignMedia, located
at 1820 Cascade Ave., and from Farmers
Insurance office located a 1313 Belmont
Ave., Hood River.
The Columbia River Gorge provides
endless scenes of beauty, and the Hood
River News’ Panorama special section
each April helps celebrate that.
Readers are hereby invited to help us
do that, in “My Favorite Photo of the
Gorge,” an annual feature of Panorama.
Send us your scenic from the past year
— any season is welcome — with a short
description of the place and circum-
stances. Photos should be 1MB, 6-10 inch-
es wide, jpg attachments preferred; send
them to hrnews@hoodrivernews.com by
March 1.
Pine Grove Fire Department hosts the
51st annual auction on Saturday, March
7, beginning at 9 a.m. Breakfast and
lunch will be available for purchase
The station is four miles south of
Hood River on Highway 35. Firefighter
Joe Long said donations are now being
accepted and the fire house will be open
Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., and
Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
For more information and if you need
to arrange pick-ups call Long at 541-806-
1173.
A total of 21 students from Hood
River Valley High School competed for
the school Poetry Out Loud title on Feb.
19 and the opportunity to compete in
the next round, which will be held on
March 7 in either Beaverton or Salem.
Sophomore Lucy Fine won the competi-
tion. She presented “The Nail” by C.K.
Williams, and “Domestic Situation” by
Earnest Hilbert. Freshmen Ruby Patter-
son and Ella Rand placed second and
third. The local competition was held at
Columbia Center for the Arts.
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