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C OMMUNITY www.hoodrivernews.com Hood River News, Wednesday, April 15, 2015 A5 Community Work Day returns on April 29 Sign up to hire a student for a day, proceeds to help local groups Hood River Valley High School (HRVHS) is support- ing the 18th annual Commu- n i t y Wo rk D ay ( C W D ) Wednesday, April 29. CWD is an opportunity for students from HRVHS to partner with local business owners or individuals for five hours to do work for the business/individual. For five hours of a student’s t i m e, the bu s i - ness/individual pledges a $50 d o n at i o n to HRVHS/CWD. All money raised by the students for CWD experience is donated to local non-profit organiza- tions. Local non-profit organiza- tions came and presented to s t u d e n t g ove r n m e n t o n April 9. Students voted and the following will be receiv- ing from CWD: Cascade Mt. School, Columbia Gorge Peace Village, History Muse- um of Hood River County, Relay for Life, The Next Door, and United Way. Past C o m m u n i t y Wo rk D ay events have generated up- wards of $20,000. If you would like to spon- sor a student or have ques- tions, contact Wendy Her- man in the Summit Career Center at 541-387-5034 or e- mail we n dy. h e r- man@hoodriver.k12.or.us. Thank you in advance for helping our students partici- pate in an active and positive role in their community! Payment policy is as fol- lows: ■ S t u d e n t s wo rk f ive hours. ■ The sponsor will pay a flat fee of $50 (checks are preferred and payable to HRVHS/CWD (please be sure to include the student’s name in the memo line). ■ Pay m e n t s h o u l d b e given to the student(s). ■ Students are to turn their payment in to the SUM- MIT Career Center located at the high school, or ■ Pay m e n t s m ay b e mailed to HRVHS/CWD, 1220 Indian Creek Road, Hood River, OR 97031 if the indi- vidual/business prefers. ■ All donations are tax de- d u c t i bl e – H RV H S i s a 501(c)(3) non-profit organiza- tion Federal Tax I.D. 93- 6000502. Photo by Gordon Leigh/Positive Negatives O ZARKS ‘F OLLIES ’ T HIS W EEKEND Actors pose in a bit of backwoods gothic appropriate to “Lions Follies in the Ozarks,” on stage this weekend at Hood River Mid- dle School Auditorium. Surrounding bootlegger Fred (Wade Hogg) are Onar Smith, left, Megan Ball, Anne Marie Goodman, and Emma Dexter. The Mid-Columbia Lions present the 39th annual show. Dates are April 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children. All proceeds go to the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. Follies is an all-volunteer produc- tion employing songs and comic sketches tying together a story based on the “Egg and I” stories featuring Ma and Pa Kettle. GTA hosts April 28 presentation On April 28, the Gorge Tech Alliance welcomes everyone to hear expert Mar- cella Vail, from the Portland marketing firm Kinesis, for a presentation on “Recipes for Marketing Success for Manu- facturers.” The event will be at 6:30 p.m. at the White Buf- falo Wine Bar in Hood River. Appetizers will be provided; there is a $10 entry for non- GTA members. All too often, marketing represents a lot of activity, but is disconnected from quantifiable results. Yet mar- keting done right is a power tool for business growth. Today, manufacturers look- ing to grow their business face a talent shortage and in- creasingly aggressive compe- tition. T hrough the Kinesis philosophy of Marketing From the Inside Out™, Vail’s presentation will demonstrate how mar- keting can help manufactur- ers both attract and retain a workforce of A-players and grow a rich customer base. The presentation will also re- view major trends of digital marketing in the industrial sector and provide guidance on how to prioritize the many marketing levers. Ex- pect to walk away with exer- cises and resources that will help you make immediate change and turn marketing activity into results. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs and with over 15 years of strategic market- ing experience, Vail is pas- sionate about helping small businesses thrive. She helps business owners connect marketing to company per- formance by building a phe- nomenal culture full of en- gaged people who deliver on a clear and remarkable brand promise. She loves helping business leaders dis- cover the power of this con- vergence as they work hard to create not just a business, but a legacy. The Gorge Technology Al- liance supports, connects and develops the technology community of the Columbia River Gorge. It meets each month with networking and educational opportunities. Lear n more about this month’s event or about the GTA at crgta.org. Crop Talk scheduled for April 27 This month’s Crop Talk, h e l d a t t h e Ro c k f o r d Grange, 4250 Barrett Drive in Hood River, will feature a short field trip to a farm lo- cated near the Grange. Meet at the Grange and then car pool to Casa Verde CSA, which delivers veggies to members’ homes March through October. Unlike traditional CSAs, C a s a Ve r d e m e m b e r s charge up a Veggie Account and weekly deliveries are customized or put on hold to suit the member’s needs. Most veggies are grown in a 3,000 square foot g reen- house and include early sea- son greens, May tomatoes and peppers in July. New for 2015 Casa Verde CSA is co- operatively working with area farmers to provide a larger variety of veggies in- Learn about the National Alliance on Mental Illness Do you or someone you love have a mental illness? Come learn more and get support at an exploratory meeting to create a chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The meeting will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 10 a.m. in the meeting room at Hood River Library. At the meeting, partici- pants will discuss whether there’s inter- est in forming a chapter of the national mental illness support network. NAMI was created by family members of those with mental illness. Family members got together to support each other and learn to better help their loved ones. Since being formed in 1979, NAMI has expanded its scope to provide sup- port for family members and the mental- ly ill alike. They educate, support, and advocate about mental illness. ■ For more information, contact Buzzy Nielsen at buzzy.nielsen@gmail.com or 971-270-0527. Thunder Island hosts PCT talk Thunder Island Brewing in Cascade Locks is conclud- ing its three-part Pacific Crest Trail Speaker series April 23 with “A Love Gone Wild.” Seth Conde and Amy Buglione share their story of g etting eng a g ed while through-hiking PCT in 2013. Happy hour is from 4-7 and the talk starts at 6:30 p.m. Owner Dave Lipp said he cluding broccoli, carrots, corn and fruit. All veggies are grown with high quality org anic inputs and are GMO and pesticide free. For more information, visit the we b s i t e a t c a s ave r d e c - sa.com. After the tour, an infor- mal discussion for farmers, growers and gardeners will be held. The meeting is open to the public. ȱ ȱ ŗşŚśȱ ŗŘȱ ǯ ȱ Ȋȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ śŚŗȬřŞŜȬŘŝśŝ řŞřŗȱ ȱ ȱ Ȋȱ ȱ śŚŗȬřśŚȬřŖŖŖ 1RZ L V D JU HDW W L PH W R JHW L QW R I XO O JHDU ZL W K \RXU O DZQ FDU H ǯ Celebrate Poetry Month with Stafford reading The Writing Group of White Salmon Valley Commu- nity Library cordially invites poets and poetry lovers to an open mic poetry reading in memory of national award- winning and internationally recognized Ore gon poet William Stafford on Tuesday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the li- brary’s Sprint/Baker Gallery. The public is invited to bring an original work, share one of your favorite poems by Stafford, or sit back and enjoy listening to area poets and readers. The annual poetry event will be hosted by former Staf ford student Joan Chantler. Featured guest poets will be Rishell Graves, Oliver Lewis, Jackie Mc- Manus, Mike Newman and Ashley Platt. Stafford was known as a caring teacher, a poet of peace, and an observer of na- ture and he remains Oregon’s most famous poet. Known for his encouragement of stu- dents and other writers, Stafford is the author of more than fifty books of poetry and essays including “Every War Has Two Losers,” “Down in my Heart,” “The Rescued is working on a summer se- ries, including a sailing talk and another featuring films presented by Hood River au- thor Scott Cook. Year,” and many other vol- umes of poetry. Stafford was a political activist and a consci- entious objector, working in civilian public service camps during World War II. He later became a well-loved professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Volunteer for work party at Care Center April 25 Spring has sprung at the Hood River Care Center. The community is invited to join residents, staff and friends of the care center to help beautify the grounds and help create a park-like environment for our resi- dents and families. 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