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time she is opening her stu-
dio, Art Studio 33, located at
1519 Lincoln Street, for the
annual Gorge Artists Open
Studios Tour, held this week-
end.
“I’m really excited to take
part in an event I’ve always
loved to attend,” Panzer said.
“I have no doubt I’ll be par-
ticipating for years to come
as I’ve also been asked to sit
on the Board for this fantas-
tic community activity.”
She plans to hold demon-
strations from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. Additionally, she
will have a kids’ torn paper
art table from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., with wine, Hor’dourves
and live music from 4-6 p.m.
She asks those planning to
attend email her at robin-
panzerart@gmail.com, to re-
ceive a special coupon for a
free 4x6 postcard print and
shop discount for the week-
end.
While this is an opportuni-
ty to showcase her artwork
locally, Panzer sells 95 per-
cent of her works online,
mostly through Facebook, al-
though she’ll have an online
shop live by the end of April
at robinpanzer.com.
“It’s exciting to me that my
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of both the accused and vic-
tim’s families were present.
Assistant District Attor-
ney Carrie Rasmussen pre-
sented photographic evi-
dence to the judge. She said
law enforcement officers
found evidence of scratches
on the defendant’s chest that
were consistent with the
shape of the victim’s hands.
Forensics specialists found
DNA under neath Cam-
puzano-Ortiz’s fingernails
that matched the scratches
on Soto-Quintana’s chest.
Campuzano-Or tiz was
found dead in her apartment
near Montello Avenue and
22nd Street on October 6,
2014, when police responded
to the residence for a welfare
check. Friends and cowork-
ers reported they had not
heard from Campuzano-
Ortiz for several days. Cam-
Hood River News, Saturday, April 11, 2015
audience is global thanks to
social media,” she said. “I
have pieces all over the
world: Australia, Canada,
Portugal, the United King-
dom and so forth.”
Recently, Panzer co-curat-
ed the Fine Feathered
Friends exhibition at the Co-
lumbia Center for the Arts.
“It was a gratifying experi-
ence to be able to show my
work locally,” she said. “So
many people have asked over
the years for me to show lo-
cally, and the opening night
turnout was terrific, with
such a bevy of talented
artists participating.”
Soon, she’ll participate in
the Old Friends Senior Dog
Sanctuary fundraiser auc-
tion in Nashville — an invi-
tation-only event, for which
she’s creating a life-sized
bull dog statue using Chigiri-
e.
While she doesn’t exclu-
sively create animals, most
of her clients request such
pieces. As an animal lover,
that’s fine with her.
“I’ve always been uniquely
in tune with animals and
they are the subject of many
of my pieces; my husband
thinks it is in part due to my
Native American heritage
combined with an inherent
need to nurture,” she said.
“It was a natural marriage
for me to create animals
from hand torn paper.”
She tends to work for only
The annual Gorge Artists
Open Studio Tour takes place
this weekend, April 10-12, at
various locations throughout
the Gorge. This self-guided tour
provides visitors the chance to
meet and talk with artists in
their studios. A total of 38
artists will be on hand from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
This year’s artists feature
works in a variety of media, in-
cluding painting, drawing, jew-
elry, glass, sculpture, photogra-
phy, textless, fiber and more.
Detailed maps are available
at www.gorgeartists.org, at
area Chambers of Commerce,
and the Columbia Center for
the Arts.
puzano-Ortiz was previously
a supervisor at Cardinal
Glass in Odell and most re-
cently worked at U.S. Cellu-
lar in Hood River.
Soto-Quintana was arrest-
ed the day after Campuzano-
Ortiz was discovered de-
ceased in her home. Soto-
Quintana was convicted for
violating the terms of his
probation he received in Sep-
tember 2013 for assaulting
Campuzano-Ortiz that July.
As part of his 18-month pro-
bation, Quintana-Soto was
ordered to have no contact
with Campuzano-Ortiz, ex-
cept via mail or email to
arrange parenting time, and
text messaging for medical
emergencies involving their
three-year-old daughter.
At the cour t hearing
Wednesday, Rasmussen pre-
sented family testimonials to
attest to the repercussions of
Campuzano-Ortiz’s death.
Yolanda Alvarado, a relative
of Campuzano-Ortiz, said
Soto-Quintana’s actions had
left his daughter without a
mother, as well as a father.
“I don’t think anyone will
understand what was going
through your head when you
did what you did,” Wolf said
after sentencing Soto-Quin-
tana. “Not only did you obvi-
ously end Cecilia’s life, but
you dramatically impacted
the life of your own daugh-
ter.”
Wolf urged Soto-Quintana
to consider the ramifications
of his actions while in
prison.
“Your actions had a very
significant impact not only
directly upon the victims,
but on a wide group of peo-
ple in this community. I hope
you consider that while
you’re in custody,” Wolf said.
Soto-Quintana will remain
in Northern Oregon Region-
al Corrections Facility until
he is transported to Coffee
Creek Corrections Facility
in Wilsonville. There, au-
thorities will conduct a 30-
day assessment before decid-
ing which prison he will ulti-
mately be transferred to.
the Legislative budget “road
show” event April 16 at 7 p.m.
at Mt. Hood Community Col-
lege in Gresham, to give feed-
back to legislators.
Goldman said a projected
7.5 teaching positions and 5.5
classified (instruction aides,
custodians, secretarial, for
example) and .5 to 1.0 admin-
istrative positions are sched-
uled for cuts.
He said schools will cer-
tainly see reduced electives
in career education and spe-
cial education, among oth-
ers, and cuts in transporta-
tion will mean fewer bus
runs.
On HB 3538, Johnson said
in a press release, “The K-12
education budget that was
passed on a party-line vote is
inadequate, underfunds our
schools, and does nothing to
help alleviate large class
sizes and outdated curricula.
Just this week, I attended
our school board meeting in
Hood River and saw first-
hand the potential conse-
quences of layoffs and the
loss of instructional days as
a result of this budget,” said
Rep. Johnson, who’s current-
ly serving his third term on
the Hood River County
School Board. “Directing 100
percent of the May revenue
forecast to K-12 funding will
help address these concerns
by stabilizing local budgets.
I’m hopeful that my col-
leagues will recognize the
need for this significant in-
vestment by scheduling a
public hearing and work ses-
sion on this proposal to con-
tinue this discussion.
“Despite opposing letters
and testimony from dozens
of school districts across the
state, as well as statements
from Republicans and De-
mocrats in both the House
and Senate criticizing the
amount of funding, the Leg-
islature chose to move for-
ward with a $7.255 billion
budget that shortchanges
Oregon’s schools. According
to teachers, superintendents,
school board members and
parents, this budget would
impose significant conse-
quences upon Oregon school
districts, including over-
crowded class sizes of 40+
students; layoffs of teachers
and school administrators;
outdated curricula, text-
books and other materials;
and dilapidated facilities and
resources.
“Since there’s broad con-
sensus among both Republi-
cans and Democrats in the
building to increase educa-
tion funding this biennium,
I’m calling on the Legisla-
ture to take action now and
devote 100 percent of the
May revenue forecast to K-12
schools to show a true com-
mitment to our students,”
said Rep. Johnson.
HB 3538 is chief sponsored
by Johnson and Sen. Chuck
Thomsen of Hood River
a few hours at a time “as my
eyes become bleary from all
of the small detail work,”
she said. She likes to “reset”
herself by walking her dogs
or going for a bike ride with
her husband and son.
“I am in and out of my stu-
dio all day and evening
long,” she said. “I’m always
ready to head back in and
create any time day or night
— I have so many ideas and
never enough time to make
them all.
“I am so very grateful to be
an artist and blessed with
such a magnificent, support-
ive family that allows me to
do what I love for a living.”
TAKE THE TOUR
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
H ONORED N AMES
Tsuruta Tennis Courts on May Street received a major upgrade in 2013 thanks to community
volunteers and fundraising. The four courts at the facility bear the names of individuals who
were instrumental in the project or played a role in development of tennis programs in the
community over the years. HRVHS athletes warm up here under the sign honoring retired
teacher and coach Jean Harmon. The other courts are named for project coordinator Leslie
Kerr and retired coaches Chuck Hiatt and Barb Hosford. The courts are available for public use,
though priority goes this spring to scholastic tennis competition.
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announced Friday he has
filed a priority bill aimed at
securing additional funding
for Oregon schools through
the May revenue forecast,
scheduled for release on May
14.
Up to a total of 12 HRCSD
classified and certified posi-
tions will need to be cut,
along with reductions in spe-
cial education, sports, trans-
portation, English Language
Lear ners pro g ram, and
more.
The cuts will certainly
mean larger class sizes, ac-
cording to Goldman.
“Oregon is already 49th in
the nation for number of
kids in classes, and this
(state budget) will do nothing
but maybe push us to 50th,”
he said. “Our priorities are
off. We need to be reinvesting
in our education system,” he
said.
Johnson, a Hood River Re-
publican serving Dist. 52 and
HRCSD school board mem-
ber, said, “In contrast to the
K-12 budget that recently
passed the House and Senate,
which only directs 40 percent
of the May revenue forecast
to K-12 education, House Bill
3538, directs 100 percent of
the May revenue forecast to
K-12 funding.”
The bill has been referred
to House Revenue Commit-
tee for further advancement.
Next step for HRCSD is the
May 6 district budget com-
mittee meeting on May 6 at
6:30 p.m. at Hood River Val-
ley High School.
Goldman also invited com-
munity members to attend
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meeting was not all bad
news; Goldman announced
two awards to staff: Keith
Bassham won the 5A OSAA
Athletic Director of the Year
Award and Andy Angstrom,
Hood River Middle School
math and engineering
teacher, earned the April
Legos Education award for
his robotics instruction.
Goldman also announced
the de par ture of Kevin
Noreen, human resources di-
rector, who has been hired
for the same position with
Forest Grove School District.
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