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Hood River News, Wednesday, April 22, 2015
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Community Work Day
returns on April 29
Photo by Trisha Walker
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have been caused by haz-
ardous fuel levels or dry con-
ditions. It was the first major
house fire in Parkdale since
last summer. The last resi-
dence that burned down was
also a light frame manufac-
tured home.
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Myles Cameron carefully re-
viewed the final cut of his
film submission, a skiing
video he shot, directed and
produced. Cameron said he
filmed his subject, HRVHS
skier Tucker FitzSimons, by
skiing behind him, holding a
camera on a Glidecam stabi-
lization rig. The duo shot the
video at Timberline Lodge
last spring.
Cameron and FitzSimons
tions came and presented to
student government on April
9. Students voted and the fol-
lowing will be receiving from
CWD: Cascade Mt. School,
Columbia Gorge Peace Vil-
lage, History Museum of
Hood River County, Relay for
Life, The Next Door, and
United Way. Past Community
Work Day events have gener-
ated upwards 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 ext. 1
or e-mail wendy.herman@
hoodriver.k12.or.us.
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Vezeau discussed notifica-
tion procedures and identi-
fied boat launches to get
booms on the water, which
will be the first line of de-
fense. There are 62 boat
launches in the plan, includ-
ing nine in The Dalles.
“We are much better
equipped to get oil off the
water than before due to
more collection strategies,”
Vezeau said.
Potential risks to the Co-
lumbia come from oil trans-
ported on large commercial
vessels, pipelines, rail cars
and trucks. The majority of
oil transported by rail into
Washington and Oregon en-
ters Washington at the bor-
der with Idaho near
Spokane. The oil is trans-
ported west along the Colum-
bia River to Vancouver be-
fore heading north toward
refineries in Anacortes and
Ferndale, near the Canadian
border.
The newly updated GRP
covers 198 miles of the river,
beginning upstream of the
Bonneville Dam and ending
at the Hanford Site near the
Tri-Cities.
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The Parkdale Grange enjoyed a busy weekend of visitors during its annual Blossom Dinner, held April 18-19. Saturday saw scores of vis-
iting diners — but Sunday is traditionally “locals day.” Vernon and Beverly Shoaf, Dale and Carolee Lyddon, Dale and Mary Blumenthal
and Ivan Hardman (all of Parkdale, except for the Lyddons, who reside in Hood River) took advantage of a Sunday lull to enjoy a friend-
ly meal together. Hardman’s wife, Jean, was busy selling tickets and serving at the event. See page B1 for more photos.
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Hood River Valley High
School (HRVHS) is support-
ing the 18th annual Commu-
nity Work Day (CWD)
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 time, the
business/individual pledges
a
$50
donation
to
HRVHS/CWD. All money
raised by the students for
CWD experience is donated
to local non-profit organiza-
tion(s).
Local non-profit organiza-
CL family recovers
from April 11 fire
A Cascade Locks family is
still recovering from the loss
of their home, which burned
to the ground the Saturday
before last.
Flames leveled the former
home of Christina Fehd,
Shane Barron and 13-year-
old son Logan Barron on Sat-
urday, April 11. The 40-year-
old cabin at NW Forest Lane
in Cascade Locks was
Shane’s childhood home.
The family lost roughly
$60,000 worth of possessions
in the fire. According to
Fehd, the family lost pic-
tures, memories, clothing,
furniture and electronics in-
cluding a computer.
In addition to local fire de-
partments, the American
Red Cross of the Cascade Re-
gion responded to the scene
on Saturday. Volunteers pro-
vided food, clothing and tem-
porary lodging at the Bridge
of the Gods motel in Cascade
Locks. The family stayed
there for three days before
relocating to a friend’s travel
trailer, where they’re cur-
rently residing.
The family has reached
out to the community for
suppor t. As of F riday,
they’ve raised about $450 on
GoFundMe.com — a dona-
tion website — and $250 from
a fund at Riverview Bank in
Stevenson. Their total goal is
$10,000.
Cash donations can be
made at the Barron fund at
Riverview Bank or online at
http://www.gofundme.com/
rnq3bfc.
are nationally ranked in
their respective crafts—
FitzSimons took first place at
the United States of America
Snowboard and Freeski As-
sociation Nationals last
week in Colorado, and
Cameron won state and na-
tional contests with a video
he directed, “Eagle Nation.”
Cameron’s classmates at
HRVHS provided the music
for “Eagle Nation.” The song
features rapid-fire rap lyrics
and hip hop beats by Owen
Kozec, and soaring vocals by
Noah Tauscher. The video
won Oregon School Activi-
ties Association’s “#1 Stu-
dent Section” contest last
fall. It then went on to win
$2,500 for the school’s multi-
media pro g ram through
“What Makes your School
Rock,” a national music
video contest hosted by
Jostens and the Grammy
Foundation. HRVHS was one
of three schools chosen for
the award nationwide.
The Hood River Indepen-
dent Film Festival will be the
first chance for Cameron and
his classmates to compete at
a local screening. Cameron
will be submitting two sports
action videos, and Kozec will
be providing the ominous
synth soundtrack for his
classmate Willie Ishizaka’s
fire-fighting video.
According to Schend,
there will be 10 student-pro-
duced films in total. Follow-
ing the student films will be
a professional independent
action film shot by Dakine.
The festival will be held at
Hood River Valley High
School in the Bowe Theatre
on Friday, May 8 at 7 p.m. The
event is open to filmgoers of
all ages.
sponse planner for the DEQ,
said while the goal is to re-
turn the site to pre-spill con-
dition, it’s not a question if
the environment with be im-
pacted but how?
Pettit said a spill is consid-
ered clean when there is no
visible oil, oil no longer rubs
off on contact and oiled veg-
etation is removed.
“There will always be im-
pacts on the environment
from actions associated with
cleaning up a spill,” Pettit
said. “There will always be
uncer tainty in knowing
what has been harmed, what
to do about it and when to
stop.”
Police and fire depart-
ments, Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife, U.S
Army Corps of Engineers,
Washington Department of
Ecolo g y and U.S. Coast
Guard would all report to an
oil spill. Response always be-
gins locally, then state re-
sources, followed by federal,
will be called if the spill be-
comes too much.
“The first day typically
goes very well because every-
body is out there, they know
their job and they are doing
it.” EPA coordinator Mike
Renz said.
Lead planner Sue Vezeau
briefly went over the Mid-Co-
lumbia River Geographic Re-
sponse Plan, which is being
updated for the first time
since 2004. The GRP provides
direction to responders in
the early hours of a spill.
Mission Chairs
For Sale
Kidnapping, rape suspect to see court in May
A Hood River man accused
of eight separate felonies in-
cluding kidnap and rape will
appear before a judge next
month, following a request
for re-appearance delivered
Monday by his attorney.
Michael Scott Linden, 52,
was charged with burglary,
kidnapping, rape, sodomy,
sexual abuse, assault fourth
degree, strangulation and
unlawful use of weapon— all
of which are felonies. Linden
was also charged with as-
sault and menacing, which
are misdemeanors.
Judge Karen Ostrye set
Linden’s next court appear-
ance at the Hood River Coun-
ty Courthouse for Wednes-
day, May 6.
Linden was booked in
Norther n Oregon Region
Corrections Facility last
Wednesday and arraigned at
the courthouse Thursday,
where he appeared before
Judge John Olson via video
feed.
Linden appeared again via
video for a follow up appear-
ance before Ostrye at the
court Monday, April 22. No
new information regarding
the criminal case was dis-
cussed.
Linden’s attorney, Brian
Starns, said the defendant
would reserve the right to
plead against the charges as
well as to formally file a mo-
tion for reduction of bail, but
would re-appear at a later
date.
“I would still like to keep
those options in place and
ask for a re-appearance date
at the court’s convenience,”
said Starns.
If the case proceeds to a
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Linden is found guilty, he
could face upwards of 40
years in prison for the most
severe charges levied against
him.
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are available online at
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/s
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er/MidColumbiaRiver.htm.
Vezeau said the GRP is
currently in draft form and
still needs work before it’s
published.
Comments can be submit-
ted
online
at
www.rrt10nwac.com/Comm
ent and or can be emailed to
GRPs@ecy.wa.gov before 5
p.m. on May 15.
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