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Hood River News, Wednesday, February 25, 2015
PARKDALE NEWS
Cedar’s fundraiser a big success
Photo by Tamara Emler Ball
PARKDALE RESIDENT Cedar, in front, enjoys the music by Bonneville Power Trio: Ryan McAlexander,
left, Tim Ortleib, and Ben Bonham.
By TAMARA EMLER BALL
Parkdale correspondent
merchandise and gas cards.
Raffle prizes are still being
accepted and can be dropped
off at the school office or
mailed to Parkdale Elemen-
tary School at P.O. Box 69,
Parkdale, OR 97041.
If you’d like to help out or
have any questions,
contact Sarah Wilson
of the Parkdale PTO at
503-819-4092 or by e-
mail at parkdalep-
to@gmail.com.
Upper valley residents
packed the house at the
fundraiser dinner at Solera
Brewery on Wednesday, Feb.
11 to support Parkdale resi-
dent Cedar and the ef-
fort to build him a
home.
“The fundraiser was
a huge success … we
raised $10,400,” said
Leila Coe of Apple Val-
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ley BBQ, co-chair of
The presentation of
the event. “What an
awesome showing of Tamara Emler “The Wizard of Oz” on
Saturday, Feb. 21 by
support in such a tiny
Ball
Parkdale Elementary
little town.”
students, with the help
Solera Brewery pro-
vided the venue, beer and of the Missoula Children’s
cider, Apple Valley made the Theater, was a big success.
Admission was free, but do-
delicious dinner of barbecue
chicken and pork, mashed nations were accepted to help
potatoes and green beans and fund much-needed new cur-
many generous people donat- tains and a new sound system
ed to the raffle and live auction for the school stage.
“We’d like to thank all of the
items.
A fun time was had by all families and friends who came
who came out to enjoy the din- out to watch the show and sup-
ner, auction and live music port the students and their
provided by the Bonneville theatrical talents,” said Park-
dale PTO member Sarah Wil-
Power Trio.
Many people have already son. “Also a special thank you
donated to the “Build Cedar a to Bill Weiler, who was our
Home” GoFundMe account piano accompanist for the
posted
at
gofund- week.”
Jackie Wiles and Nick Car-
me.com/gdxa98; however, an
additional account for cash tusciello of MCT spent all
and check donations has been week presenting acting work-
set up locally in Hood River at shops in each classroom at
CenterPointe Community Parkdale Elementary and
brought the set, lights, cos-
Bank.
Anyone who would like to tumes, makeup and props and
donate directly to the bank worked after school every day
fund can walk in and ask that with students cast in the show
their donation go to “Cedar’s so they would be ready for
their Saturday performances.
Fundraiser.”
“MCT is an international
“We are currently at almost
$19,000 of our $25,000 goal,” tour children’s theater that for
said Coe. “If (people) are in over 40 years has been foster-
Parkdale they can also find me ing developmental life skills in
Wednesday through Sunday at more than a million kids,”
Apple Valley BBQ between 11 said Wilson. “The PTO is
a.m. and 8 p.m. to drop off pleased to be able to provide
this wonderful experience for
their donation.”
our students.”
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The Mt. Hood Railroad be-
Saturday Skate Nights are
gins its 2015 schedule this
weekend, running trains on coming to an early close at
Parkdale School this season
both Saturdays and Sundays.
That means the Hutson Mu- due to a lack of volunteers.
The final Skate Night will
seum will now be open from
12:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. on be held this Saturday, Feb. 28
Saturdays and Sundays and as from 6 to 8 p.m. in the gym.
“Skating at Parkdale Ele-
the train adds days to their
summer schedule, more open mentary is a fun and inexpen-
days will be added to the mu- sive way to get out and have
seum’s schedule to accommo- some fun with your family
date train visitors to this Park- right here in Parkdale,” said
coordinator Hannah McCarty.
dale treasure.
Volunteers are needed to act “Sadly, with the busier times it
as docents during open muse- is not easy to get volunteer
help to keep the skate nights
um hours.
If you are interested in help- going. If we cannot get some
ing out while learning more help, we may have to discon-
about Parkdale’s history, tinue this fun activity.”
If you would be interested
please call Mary Pellegrini at
in volunteering just two hours
541-352-5551.
of your time on a Saturday
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The women of Parkdale evening next season from No-
Community Church will vember through March, please
begin studying “Twelve contact Hannah at 541-806-6695
hannahmccar-
Women of the Bible” begin- or
ning Wednesday, March 4 at ty@hrecn.net.
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9:30 a.m. at the home of Pat
The March community
Franz, 8403 Clear Creek Road
breakfast served up by the
in Parkdale.
“All women in the commu- Parkdale Grange will be held
nity are invited,” said member on Sunday, March 8 from 7:30
Tania Tyrrell. “Please join us a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Take a break from cooking
for inspirational teaching,
supportive friendship and de- that day and come out to sup-
port the Parkdale Grange!
lightful tea!”
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With the Parkdale School
Carnival coming up on Friday,
March 13, organizers are look-
ing for volunteers to help run
the carnival booths and serve
in the kitchen.
This year a dinner of pork
sliders, coleslaw and beans by
Apple Valley BBQ will be
available for purchase as well
as hot dogs, cotton candy, cook-
ies and desserts.
Raffle tickets are currently
on sale for $1 each from Park-
dale students or at the school
office from 7:15 a.m. until 3:30
p.m. on school days and you do
not need to be present to win.
Prizes include a 2-night
beach house rental, horseback
riding lessons, beautiful art-
work, handmade quilts, wine
gift baskets, gift certificates for
local restaurants, local store
The Spices of India will be
the topic for the Parkdale
Home Extension Study Group
meeting on Thursday, March
12 at 10 a.m. at the Parkdale
Grange Hall.
This presentation on explor-
ing the array of spices and
herbs from India, the health
benefits of them, and how
they are used in family meals
around the world was post-
poned from last fall due to the
weather.
Community members are
invited to come learn about
these amazing spices and
enjoy tea and snacks featuring
them.
For more information con-
tact Joanne Ehl at 541-352-7363.
Sadie Dallman and Andy Kennedy,
along with their families, have an-
nounced their engagement and will
be married at the Kennedy’s Lake in
Wamic this spring. The bride-to-be
is the daughter of Peter and Lynda
Dallman and the granddaughter of
Margaret and Tony Dallman of
Hood River and Dixie Broussard of
Portland. The future groom is the
son of Patrick and Mary Beth
Kennedy and the grandson of
Pauline Kennedy and Margaret
Gehrig of Odell. Sadie and Andy
were high school sweethearts who
graduated from Hood River Valley
High School in 2008 and reunited in
2013 when they returned home
from attending college.They plan to
live locally and happily ever after.
from locals when I wore my
longyi in the tourist areas like
Inle Lake and Bagan.
T RAVEL
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I will try my hand at some of
their dishes as they were
yummy and healthy (minus
the salt), and as my suitcase
was loaded with a variety of
their spices on my return.
After the clinic day, we
often taught an hour class on
different techniques and /or
theories in Traditional Chi-
nese Medicine. These classes
and the mentoring became
valuable learning opportuni-
ties for the doctors, as it is
cost prohibitive to travel for
continuing education. Follow-
ing the clinic/classes, these
doctors would travel back to
their own clinics and work for
four-plus more hours.
And we would hike … any-
where and everywhere. Usu-
ally, this involved going
straight up — about 1,000 foot
stairways, well-worn covered
paths, footbridges, open rus-
tic steps and trails of sorts.
We would try to get to the
ridge line so that we could
awe at the commanding views
of the hillsides, the Irrawad-
dy River, and the numerous
pagodas and temples that dot-
ted the scenery.
There are 500-plus pagodas,
temples, monasteries and
nunneries in this sacred area
of Sagaing Hills. While hik-
ing, we would walk into one
that connects with another,
which crosses through to the
next one. All of them beauti-
ful, different from each other,
and open to having people
visit them. (We respected the
privacy of the monasteries
and didn’t enter or cross
through without permission,
as some of them are not open
to foreigners.)
In each temple/pagoda, we
were required to dress appro-
priately, remove shoes and
speak quietly. These were sa-
cred spaces and they wel-
comed everyone, and re-
quired respect in return.
Actually, in all of Myan-
mar, dress codes and modesty
are customs that should be re-
spected. Women wear long
skirts (longyi) or pants, mod-
est blouse with shoulders cov-
ered, while men also wear
long pants (or longyi) and
shirt that covers shoulders.
The longyis are very com-
fortable and are fashioned
like a sarong, except that the
ends are sewn together, so
that you step into this circle of
fabric and tightly wrap the
top around your waist
(women to the side, men in
the middle). This custom is
changing in the large cities
and is beginning to change in
smaller areas as well. I re-
ceived many compliments
Back to the temples in
Sagaing Hills: Some were sim-
ple, but most stupas were
adorned in gold paint (or real
gold leaf). Soon U Ponya Shin
is the most prominent of
these temples, with a grande,
gold Buddha greeting you,
along with amazing territori-
al views. The Umin Thoun-
zeh, my favorite, is a stunning
cave temple, with 45 sitting,
gilded Buddhas arranged in a
semi-circle pattern, adorned
with mirrored glasswork mo-
saics behind them. This tem-
ple is also situated on top of
the ridge, so that the views
are spellbinding!
Each morning, we attended
morning meditation at the
Metta Dana Monastery, a
short walk (yes, up!) from the
hospital. This was a great way
to start our day, connected as
a group, with quiet peaceful
meditation. The traditional
form of meditation is called
Vipassana, translated into
“seeing through the veil of ig-
norance,” to promote insight
and concentration. A Pali
word, “papanca,” was learned
and used often — it is a word
to free one’s mind from crav-
ing, false views and conceit
and those challenging
thoughts that enter your
mind while meditating.
Sundays we had off, and
our doctors hosted us to
shopping and sightseeing in
their beautiful country. The
first Sunday was spent eat-
ing and shopping at Zegyo
Market, a larg e, multi-
floored market with literally
everything from local pro-
duce to longyis to traditional
spices and medicinal herbs
to the latest fashions, sun-
glasses, children’s toys.
Next stop was Mandalay
Hill and Kuthodaw Pagoda, a
complex built in 1857, housing
the complete text of the Tipi-
taka Buddhist scripture on
stone tablets, 729 of them.
This is the “World’s Largest
Book,” listed in the Guiness
Book of World Records. Next,
the beautiful Sataungpyei
Temple at the top. According
to Theravada Lore, the Bud-
dha visited Mandalay Hill and
prophesied that a great city
would be founded at its foot.
As a result, many people pil-
grim up this auspicious as-
sent to pay respect.
In Myanmar, about 90 per-
cent of residents are Bud-
dhist, and this faith seems to
permeate every aspect of
their life. They believe that
Buddhism is an integral part
of each of them and that right
thought and action will ac-
crue merit for this life and
lives to come. This may be
A son, Camden Joshua
Tenneson, was born Feb. 9,
why I did not see any alterca-
tions between anyone in the
whole month that I was there,
except for one time — a motor
vehicle accident. People were
kind, spoke softly and were
pleasant even in the case of
challenging situations. Bud-
dhism in Myanmar is of the
Theravada sect, which is the
oldest surviving sect of Bud-
dhism. Nats, or spiritual
guardians — specific to
Myanmar Buddhism —are
also a part of this tradition
and these 37 statues can often
be seen at famous temples.
The following Sunday of-
fered us a trip to Poo E Lwein,
a mountainous area, famous
for its cool air and flowers. We
rode in an open-air vehicle for
two hours to the top and to
Pho Win Taung Caves, a cave
temple of sandstone which
holds more than 520 rock-cut
chambers, carved between
the 14-18th centuries depict-
ing various teachings of Bud-
dha with figurines and Bud-
dha statues.
Two of the doctors’ fami-
lies hosted us to a traditional
meal and then later, “snacks”
which were a meal in them-
selves. We were also taken to
the National Kandawg yi
Botanical Gardens, created in
1915. This beautiful garden
covers 150 acres and holds
nearly 600 species of trees, 480
kinds of flowers, and 300 vari-
eties of orchids. A true trea-
sure of Myanmar!
After three weeks of clinic
work, closing ceremonies
were held, tears shed, speech-
es, words of encouragement
and pleas to return were
shared, and we said goodbye
to our new friends and col-
leagues. This was an experi-
ence that has awakened new
energy, compassion and has
given me much more than I
gave. I hope to return next
year to continue this recipro-
cal teaching.
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