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Hood River News, Wednesday, April 15, 2015
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. The work
day will be April 25, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations of
flowers, plants, flower pots,
dirt, fertilizer, seeds, bulbs,
bird and squirrel feeders,
tools, watering cans, and out-
door furniture are welcome
as well as donations of time.
Lunch and refreshments will
be provided.
For more infor mation,
contact Shannon at 541-386-
2688 ext. 4621.
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