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www.hoodrivernews.com Hood River News, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 A5 PARKDALE NEWS Come one, come all to the Parkdale carnival this Friday By TAMARA EMLER BALL When the students reach their goal of selling 4,000 raffle Parkdale correspondent It’s time to take the family tickets in advance of the car- over to Parkdale Elementary nival, they get to watch their School this Friday, March 13, principal, Mr. Hedburg, dress to enjoy all the fun and games, up like Elsa from the movie not to mention good food, at Frozen and lip synch to the the annual carnival fundrais- song “Let it Go” at a date to be er sponsored by the Parkdale announced. If you or your busi- PTO. ness would still like to “Join us for a fun donate to the raffle, do- evening for the whole nations are still being family,” said Principal gladly accepted at the Gus Hedberg. “Activi- school office this week. ties will include great Proceeds from the games, carnival food, carnival each year and a raffle drawing benefit students by for some very nice Tamara Emler providing the funds for prizes!” Ball supplementary music, The evening of fun PE, and art programs, starts off with dinner from 5 to 7 p.m., followed by as well as school assemblies game booths open from 5:30 to and field trips. ■ 7:30 p.m., followed by the final Before the fun each year a raffle prizes being awarded lot of work goes into the Park- until 8 p.m. Be sure to come hungry be- dale School Carnival to make cause dinner, donated by the event happen. If you have any time avail- McIsaac’s Store and cooked by Apple Valley BBQ, will be able to help, The Parkdale PTO available for $5 each with a is still looking for adult help to choice of two pork sliders or a get everything up and going hotdog and one side of either and clean up afterwards. On Wednesday, March 11 coleslaw, beans or chips. The usual treats of cotton from 5:30 to 7 p.m. help is need- candy, cookies and other ed to bring carnival booths up desserts will also be available from the basement and set them up. to buy. On Thursday, March 12 Booths will be set up in the gym for kids to “go fish,” play from 7:45 a.m. until 2:15 p.m., basketball, soccer, or spin to help is needed to work with win and a bounce house will each class to set up and deco- rate booths, make and hang be set up in the library. The gym will also boast the posters and make cotton “jail” where, for the price of a candy in advance of the carni- few tickets, students can have val. During the school day on their favorite teacher, princi- pal, or even parents “arrested” Friday, March 13 from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., adults and thrown into the pokey. It’s all for a good cause and helping during the school day the jailbirds can either serve will blow up balloons, set up their time or be bailed out by the gym with prizes and orga- the price of a few more tickets. nize raffle items. From 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. Classrooms will be set up for bowling, nerf zone, and on Friday classrooms will two cake walks with all sorts need to be cleared out, signs of goodies donated by valley posted around school and car- nival items brought in from businesses to win. Special this year is a new cars outside. During the carnival, each “Zen Room,” a quiet place where parents and other booth needs 4 parent volun- adults can go to relax and get a teers to keep it going and last neck massage by local mas- year some booths had to close early due to lack of adults to sage therapists. Tickets to play games, have run them. Adult help is also needed in someone arrested or bailed out of jail, or to enjoy the Zen the kitchen to serve food and Room are 4 for $1 and will go clean up the cafeteria after- on sale this Thursday, March ward and carnival clean up 12 at the school office for those starts at 8:00 p.m. to take down of you who want to get a head booths and set everything back to rights for school on start on purchasing them. Raffle tickets are $1 each Monday morning. If you’d like to help out or and can be purchased from students, at the school office have any questions, contact from 7:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Sarah Wilson of the Parkdale or at the carnival and you do PTO at 503-819-4092 or by e- at parkdalep- not need to be present to win. mail Prizes include a 2-night to@gmail.com. ■ beach house rental, horseback On Saturday, March 14, riding lessons, beautiful art- work, handmade quilts, wine Parkdale Elementary will gift baskets, gift certificates for send their first Oregon Battle local restaurants, Mt. Hood of the Books team to the re- Meadows ski passes, three gional OBOB tournament at prizes of a $100 bill, store mer- The Dalles Middle School. Fifth grade teacher Holly chandise and gas cards. Lavoie has coached the school’s three teams with such celebrated names as The Flaming Cheeseballs, the Dy- namite Dragons, and the Book Busters. The Dynamite Dragons will represent Parkdale Elemen- tary at the tournament, com- peting against teams from May Street Elementary, West- side Elementary, Mosier Ele- mentary and schools from The Dalles. “A special thanks to all the parents who have been en- couraging their students to read and for donating books to our OBOB book shelf at school,” said Gus Hedburg, principal. “Special thanks also to parents Julie Stuben and Mel Toney for their help dur- ing practice times and to the Parkdale PTO for sponsoring the team and covering the cost of registration.” Propagating vegetable and flower seeds class March 21 Learn how to reproduce seeds for vegetables and flow- ers so that you can have won- derful plants year after year! Join us at the Hood River Li- brary on Saturday, March 21, 2 p.m. This two hour hands-on workshop will be taught by Oregon State University Ex- tension Service Master Gar- deners, Audrey Schneider and Paul Marcotte, from Hood River. Materials will be provided except for gloves. Since partic- ipants will be working with soil, you may wish to have gar- den type gloves available for your use. The workshop is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Hood River County Li- brary District at 541-386-2535, info@hoodriverlibrary.org, or visit their website at hoodriverlibrary.org. ■ The Parkdale Health and Wellness Committee, a group made up of parents and com- munity members looking to increase opportunities for healthy living in the Parkdale Community, will be meeting on Thursday, April 2 at 2:30 p.m. at Parkdale Elementary. The meetings are open to the community and this month’s discussion will be on preparing for an upcoming Health and Wellness Fair to be held on Monday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. at the school. ■ A reminder that the Park- dale Home Extension Study Group meets this Thursday, March 12 at 10 a.m. at the Park- dale Grange Hall for the pre- sentation, “The Spices of India.” Tea and snacks featuring In- dian spices will be provided and community members are welcome to attend. For more information con- tact Joanne Ehl at 541-352-7363. ■ Many of you know that each year this reporter partic- ipates in the Mid-Columbia Lions Follies fundraiser for the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. We often need items to use in the show and this year is no exception. If you have any of the fol- lowing items and would be in- terested in either donating them with a receipt, or will loan them to the Follies for the show, it would be appreciated. Items needed this year in- clude 1960s-style small couch or chair and table, a wooden kitchen table, old-fashioned milk cans and moonshine jugs, a metal bed pan and hay bales. E-mail uvupdate@ya- hoo.com or call 541-352-4254 to arrange for pickup or drop off. DISCOVER H O R I Z O N CHRISTIAN SCHOOL You want your child to . . . Be strong academically Be grounded in a biblical worldview Be a person of integrity Stand firm in their values /HW¶V ZRUN WRJHWKHU Pre-Kindergarten ² 12th Grade Call for Information and a Tour (541) 387-3200 3DFLILF $YHQXH z +RRG 5LYHU 2UHJRQ ■ Send items to: date@yahoo.com. uvup- Springtime astronomy with Jim White Join Trout Lake amateur astronomer Jim White for a presentation about the universe and tools to explore the skies above on Friday, March 27, 7 p.m. This program is for anyone who would like to know more about the stars, planets, and galaxies, or are interested in get- ting/using a telescope. 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