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Hood River News, Saturday, May 2, 2015
ROOTS
A nd B ranches
By MAIJA YASUI
Turn, turn, turn
S
ometimes life has to smack you on the noggin
to get your attention. Other times something as
simple as a song from the past makes you sit up
and take notice of roads you have traveled, and
places yet to go. Last week I was driving in to
Portland to work with an African American preven-
tion coalition when a blast from the past came rolling
over the airwaves and upset
my sense of serenity. It was
a Pete Seeger song of the
‘50s, sung by The Byrds in
the ‘70s, inspired by a bibli-
cal passage written cen-
turies ago.
“To everything, turn, turn,
turn, there is a season, turn,
turn, turn, a time of love, a
time of hate, a time of war, a
time of peace.” Appallingly, 50
years later the powerful lyrics
still have relevance. I shame-
lessly belted out the folk song
in the sanctity of my car, words and melody as familiar
as a childhood nursery rhyme. It was the anthem of my
teens, one of many folk songs that fanned the flames of
youthful outrage and injustice. Protest songs stirred our
passion, moved us to service, and helped set our compass
for where we wished to go on our life’s journey.
■
My generation, born in the ‘50s, coming of age in the
‘60s, would be on the front lines waging war on hunger
and poverty, racism and apartheid, disease and discrimi-
nation. We would succeed in achieving world peace. The
naivety of youth blinding us to the fact that our parents
and theirs and untold generations before faced these
very same challenges.
We sang the song as a protest against the seemingly
endless stream of wars our generation had been exposed
to. Although not particularly aware of World War II or
the Korean War, the wars of our parents, we were raised
in the shadow of nuclear war. We were taught in elemen-
tary school to hide beneath our desks if the blaring
sirens signaled a nuclear attack. We practiced evacua-
tion, and learned where local bomb shelters were locat-
ed. Yet it felt like a game to us as children.
My generation’s war was Vietnam. Its inhumanity
brought into our homes through television news cover-
age, into our personal consciousness through loss of
classmates, friends and lovers. We believed we had
brought the horrors of war to an end when the troops
pulled out of Vietnam. This would be the end of all wars.
Yet I can think of no time since, for my children or
theirs, that our country has not been at war with some-
one, somewhere throughout the world.
We fought wars of a different ilk on our own ground,
at Kent State, on the Birmingham Bridge, in Watts, in
the fields of California and the wasteland of the inner
city. We were moved by the music of other anthems per-
formed by the likes of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mahalia
Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and John Lennon.
We fought for civil rights regardless of race, religion,
gender or socio economic status. We fought for clean air,
clean water, toxic free plants, earth, carpets and toys. We
fought against police brutality, encouraging neighbor-
hood policing. Our leaders were articulate orators, John
and Bobby Kennedy moved us to service through action
and martyrdom, Martin Luther King and Nelson Man-
dela moved us to end racism and apartheid through
peaceful means. Rachel Carson inspired us to save the
environment. Shirley Chisolm and Gloria Steinem lifted
up the rights of women. Mother Teresa was the personi-
fication of selfless service to those living in indescrib-
able poverty and Mahatma Gandhi the voice of reason.
We raised our fists in peaceful protest, we sat in, lay
in, sang in, to punctuate our passion. As we aged our
protests turned to action. We built schools and hospitals,
youth centers and homeless shelters, ball fields and food
banks. We invented new vaccines that prevented disease,
new forms of energy and transportation that were gen-
tler on the environment. We recycled, banned pesticides,
saved the salmon and the spotted owl. We became scien-
tists and legislators, policemen and doctors, teachers and
preachers. At some point we realized we had become the
very establishment we fought so strongly against.
Ironically, the solutions we implemented have caused
other problems that our children must solve. When you
prevent one disease, another will arise often as a byprod-
uct of what you have created. Eradicating the measles,
polio, and tuberculosis gave rise to other diseases resis-
tant to our vaccinations, more virulent, more invasive.
Conquer HIV and Ebola raises its head. Decrease tobac-
co use in the US and it increases in third world coun-
tries. Legalize a more fashionable drug such as marijua-
na or deliver it in a hip fashion, vaporized, dissolvable,
edible.
We have cleaner air, water and soil than we had in gen-
erations past, but have a climate that is warming, creat-
ing a very different world in which we live. We have in-
creased the rights of people of all ethnicities, ages and
genders, but those on the fringe continue to suffer in-
equity.
Women are serving in almost every workplace imagin-
able, but still paid less than their male counterparts. We
have neighborhood policing and an honorable police
force that are serving us well in most cities across the
United States. But there still exists an underlying need
for excessive force and imprisonment that flies in the
face of service.
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My passion for civil rights started at an early age,
seeded by my aunt’s friendship with Martha McKeown
and her recounting of the traditions of Chief Tommy
Thompson at the Celilo fishing village. My outrage in-
creased in the ‘60s, listening to speeches by Martin
Luther King and the Kennedys. I participated in peaceful
protests at Oregon State University, advocating for black
power. When I returned to Hood River, I researched the
evacuation and internment of the Japanese from this
valley I called home. In the ‘80s, the focus shifted to work
with Mexican immigrants and as of late, northeast Port-
land African Americans and natives in the Gorge. Ironi-
cally, 50 years after I set out to eradicate racism, it looms
even larger. This is not to say nothing has been accom-
plished. It simply underscores the tenacity of some of
society’s greatest ills.
As I listened to the anthem of my youth, I thought our
children need some protest songs to stir their passion.
Then I realized I am of my father’s generation. They are
playing an anthem loud and proud on some iPod and I
am just too old to understand the Rap, too deaf to hear
the words, or too out of step to understand what they are
saying.
I am thrilled that yet another generation has raised
their voice against inequality, racism, poverty, war, and
climate change. They are present with their signs, in
marches, in song and on stage, tweeting and twittering,
hash tagging and YouTubing their way to a better world.
I am saddened that these are problems never seem to
be solved. But I believe that in facing our weaknesses we
grow stronger and ultimately we change the world.
A5
HR Farmers’ Market This Week at HRVHS
opens for ‘15 season
The Hood River Farmer-
s’ Market kicks off the 2015
season at Hood River Mid-
dle School on Thursday,
May 7, from 5-8 p.m. Every
week, vendors from across
the Gorge will be selling lo-
cally raised fruits and veg-
etables, meat, fish, cheese,
eggs, bread and more! Hot
food vendors, local musi-
cians, cooking demonstra-
tions, and children’s activi-
ties will make each week
unique and fun for the
whole family. The market,
operated by local non-prof-
it Gorge Grown Food Net-
work (GGFN), is encourag-
ing shoppers to bring their
grocery lists as inspiration
to load up on all the fresh
food they need for the
week.
The market will be held
every Thursday evening
from May 7 through Nov.19.
From May through June
11, the market will run
from 5-8 p.m. From June 18
through Aug. 27, hours
shift from 4-7 p.m. Starting
Sept. 3, the market will
move to Springhouse Cel-
lars.
Visit
Gorge-
grown.com for more about
Gorge-area markets.
Gorge Grown Food Net-
works’ mission is to build a
resilient and inclusive re-
gional food system that im-
proves the health and well-
being of our community.
Total revenue for all Gorge
markets has grown from
about $190,000 in 2009 to al-
most $500,000 in 2014.
“We believe that the
farmers’ market is a great
opportunity to bring the
community
together
around healthy food,” says
Zak Lance, Farmers’ Mar-
ket Manger with GGFN.
W ORSHIP
D IRECTORY
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
RIVER OF LIFE ASSEMBLY
Pastor Terry Abbott
979 Tucker Rd.
Hood River, OR 97031
541-386-3656
www.river-of-life-assembly.org
For details check the current
bulletin on our website
riveroflifeassembly@gmail.com
Service Schedule
Sunday
8:30 a.m. Early Worship
Celebration
10:00 a.m. Coffee, Conversation
& Refreshments
10:30 a.m. Worship Celebration
& KidzChurch, K-6th*
6:00 p.m. Discipleship Classes
(choose from three topics)*
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Royal Rangers &
Mpact Girls Club (K-6th)*
Connect Groups for Adults
(several groups to choose from)
Thursday
6:30 p.m. Youth Group 7-12th
7:00 p.m. Connect Group
Upper Valley
*Childcare provided at the
church for those attending
VALLEY WORSHIP CENTER
5780 Hwy 35, Mt. Hood/Prkdl
Rev. Don & LaRonna Howell
Sundays
Bible Classes
9:45 am
Coffee & Fellowship 10:30 am
Worship Celebration 10:45 am
Dinner & Service
6:00 pm
www.valleyworshipcenter.org
valleyworshipcenter.pastor@
gmail.com or (541) 352-7269
BAPTIST
1st BAPTIST CHURCH
of ODELL
3081 Odell Hwy
Pastor Rick Plank
541-354-1863
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Service 11 a.m.
Evening Service 6 p.m.
Wednesday Service 6 p.m.
GRACE
BAPTIST CHURCH
1280 W. Jewett • White Salmon
Worship Service 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:45 a.m.
Jr/Sr. High Youth • Small Groups
(call for times & location)
Pastor Mark Hoeffner
(509) 493-2597
www.gracews.org
BELMONT DRIVE
MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
4200 Belmont Road
541-386-4201
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Sunday evening Bible study
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday evening Bible study
6:00 p.m.
PARKDALE BAPTIST
6310 Dee Hwy., 541-352-6515
Bobby Joe Beauchamp, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11 a.m.
Evening Worship, 6 p.m.
Wednesday Study, 6 p.m.
TUCKER ROAD BAPTIST
Pastor Dean E. Kelly, Jr.
1455 Tucker Road
Hood River, OR 97031
541-386-1049
– Sundays –
Bible Study, All Ages, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
– Wednesdays –
Prayer Meeting 6 p.m.
CATHOLIC
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
CHURCH
1501 Belmont, Hood River
Saturday Sacrament of
Reconciliation in
English/Spanish 4-5 p.m.
Saturday
Mass in English 5:30 p.m.
Mass in Spanish 7 p.m.
Sunday
Mass in Spanish 8 a.m.
Mass in English 10 a.m.
Mass in Spanish 1 p.m.
Holiday Masses
7 a.m., 12:10 p.m., 7 p.m.
Daily Mass 7:30 a.m.
Father Ronald M. Maag,
Pastor, 541-386-3373
CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY
ALLIANCE
HOOD RIVER ALLIANCE
“You’re Always Welcome!”
2650 W. Montello St.
541-386-2812
www.hoodriveralliance.org
Steve Grace, Senior Pastor
John Blosser, Associate Pastor
Tina Graves, Youth Pastor
Emily Blosser, Worship Pastor
Sunday Morning
2 Worship Services
9 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Monday Night
Senior Youth Group
Tuesday Night
Celebrate Recovery Group,
6:15 p.m. (Contact Person:
John Blosser 507-820-0871)
Wednesday Night
Junior Youth Group
Nightly Activities
Small group Bible studies
through the week.
La Iglesia Esperanza Y Vida
Sabado 6 p.m.
Spanish Service Saturday at 6 p.m.
Tony Estey, Pastor
Llame para un orario completo
541-806-2691
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SOCIETY
701 Washington St.
The Dalles, OR 97058
Sunday Service 10 a.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
HOOD RIVER CHURCH OF CHRIST
1512 Tucker Road
Cody Singleton - Minister
9:45 Bible Classes
10:45 Services
541-386-2782
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
ODELL CHURCH OF CHRIST
3784 Summit Drive
Worship 10:30 a.m.
541-354-3127
COVENANT CHRISTIAN
COVENANT HOOD RIVER
Pastor Fritz Stranz
455 Frankton Rd.
Hood River, OR 97031
Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday Youth & KIDZ
6:30 p.m.
541.386.8805
covenanthr.org
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
HOOD RIVER VALLEY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Interim Pastor Myrna Phillips
975 Indian Creek Road
541-386-2608
hoodrivervalleychristianchurch.com
– Sunday –
9:30 a.m. Classes for all ages
10:30 a.m. Worship
& Children Worship & Wonder
5:00 p.m. Youth meetings
Call for information on other pro-
grams for children, youth and adults
Childcare provided for all activities
EPISCOPAL
ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST
11th & Eugene
Rev. Anna Carmichael
Sunday Holy Eucharist
at 8 and 10 a.m.
Child Care at 10 a.m.
Wednesday Holy Eucharist
at 11:30 a.m
Everyone is welcome.
For more information, call:
St. Mark’s Office
541-386-2077
Monday, May 4
AP Chemistry Test, 8 a.m.
@ CGCC
Student Firefighters Field
Trip, 10 a.m. to Portland
JV Boys Lacrosse vs
Kingsway, 5 p.m. @ Westside
JV Boys Lacrosse vs
Kingsway, 7 p.m. @ HRVHS
Tuesday, May 5
AP Calculus Test, 8 a.m.
@ HRVHS
Varsity/JV Baseball vs
The Dalles, 4:30 p.m. @
Traner Field
Varsity/JV Softball vs
The Dalles, 4:30 p.m. @
Westside Elem
Wednesday, May 6
AP Literature and Com-
position test, 8 a.m. @
CGCC
AP Physics Test, noon @
CGCC
Girls Tennis vs Hermis-
t o n , 4 p. m . @ Ts u r u t a
Courts
Middle School Track
Meet, 4 p.m. @ HRVHS
Thursday, May 7
AP Spanish Test, 8 a.m. @
HRVHS
G i rl s J V L a c ro s s e v s
Cleveland, 5 p.m. @ West-
side Elem
Girls Varsity Lacrosse vs
Cleveland, 7 p.m. @ HRVHS
Field
Friday, May 8
AP US History Test, 8
a.m. @ CGCC
AP Studio Art, 8 a.m. @
HRVHS
Girls Golf District, TBA
@ Eagle Crest, Redmond
State Choir Contest, TBA
@ George Fox University
Varsity /JV Baseball vs
Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. @ Tran-
er Field
Varsity /JV Softball vs
Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. @ West-
side Elem
Saturday, May 9
Frosh Baseball vs Pendle-
ton (DH), 11 p.m. @ JV
Traner Field
Prom, 8 p.m. @ The Dalles
Sunday, May 10
Voci Concert, 2 p.m. @
HRV Bowe Theatre
All games and activities
(home and away) can be
found at www.HRVHS.com.
LDS
SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY
BIBLE CHURCH
8th & Pacific, Hood River
Tommy Moon, Pastor
Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
svbchr.org
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
18th & May, Hood River
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Hood River Ward
Sacrament Meeting 10 a.m.
Sunday School 11:20 a.m.
Priesthood/Relief Society 12:10 p.m.
Grupo en Español
Hora Sacramental (Traducida) 10 a.m.
Escuela Dominical
(Clase en Español) 11:20 a.m.
Sacerdocio y Sociedad de Socorro
(En Ingles) 12:10 p.m.
LUTHERAN
CONCORDIA EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELS
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
11th & Pine • Hood River
541-386-4004 or 541-298-8385
Pastor Jesse Jacobsen
Sunday School & Bible Class
8:00 a.m.
Divine Service 9:00 a.m.
Office Hours: Wednesday
www.concordiahoodriver.org
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
305 9th St. 386-3046
Pastor Jeff Mueller
www.ImmanuelHR.org
Sunday Morning Schedule
Adult Bible Class 8:45 a.m.
Worship Service 10:00 a.m.
Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.
Nursery Care 9:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Small Groups All Week
Check our web page above
for all the details
Sr. High Youth Group
Saturdays @ 6:30 p.m.
Middle School Youth Group
Fridays @ 3:30 p.m.
“It’s all about
RELATIONSHIPS!”
Please join us!
METHODIST/LUTHERAN
ASBURY OUR REDEEMER
PARTNERSHIP
Pastor David King
1140 Tucker Road
541-386-3993
9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship
10-10:30 a.m. Fellowship
Time 10:30 a.m. Celebration
Worship
10:30 a.m. Christian
Education
Everyone is welcome!
NAZARENE
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Joel & Mindy Alsworth, pastors
2168 Belmont Drive
Church Office: 541-386-2604
Fax: 541-386-2064
9 a.m.-Noon
Church Web site: www.hrnaz.org
Sunday
Worship Service – 9:30 a.m.
Christian Education/Sunday School
(for all ages) – 11 a.m.
Monday-Thursday
Home Group Studies
Tuesday: 6:30 a.m.
Men’s Prayer Time
8 a.m. Ladies Breakfast
Downtown
6:30 p.m. Youth Group
PARKDALE CHURCH OF
THE NAZARENE
4th & Van Nuys
(by grade school)
Services
Carl Casey, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Ladies’ Bible Study, Mon. 9:30 a.m.
Call 541-352-6913
or 541-490-6673
for further details.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
Senior Center
2010 Sterling Place
Sundays 10 a.m.
“Love Jesus, Love People”
For more information contact
John: 541-354-2495
or Don: 541-231-3482
www.hoodriver-biblefellowship.org
FAITH BIBLE CHURCH
1889 Belmont, 541-386-3557
www.fbchoodriver.org
Pastor Bruce Parker
– Sunday –
Sunday School (all ages) 9:15 a.m.
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.-12:00
Expository preaching
Childcare provided 10:30 a.m.
We offer youth and small groups.
Call for times and locations.
PRESBYTERIAN
PARKDALE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
4910 Baseline Drive
541-352-7747
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship, 10:45 a.m.
Rev. Mark N. Willems, Pastor
QUAKER
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF
FRIENDS
Mountain View Worship Group
meets First and Third Sundays
of the month
at 10 a.m. at 700 Union St.
(the old Episcopal Church)
Everyone is welcome.
Contact Jeff Hunter,
541-490-6006
JeffHunter1859@gmail.com
for directions and information.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
13th & Oak, 541-386-3220
Ron Hart, Pastor
9:30 a.m. Bible Study
11 a.m. Worship Service
Spanish Services meet at
1100 22nd St.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
MID-COLUMBIA UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
Sunday Worship and
Children’s Program
10 a.m. at the Rockford Grange
4262 Barrett Drive, Hood River
Classes, Groups &
Community Service
Rev. Judy Zimmerman
Info: (541) 241-6771 or
www.mcuuf.org
We Are A Welcoming
Congregation.
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
RIVERSIDE
COMMUNITY CHURCH UCC
Heart of Downtown at 4th & State
Worship at 10:30 a.m.
riversideucc.com
Doubters welcome
An “Open & Affirming”
congregation
Rev. Vicky A. Stifter,
541-386-1412
BETHEL
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Inclusive - Welcoming -
Peace & Justice
Rev. Kelly Ryan
480 East Jewett Blvd.
(509) 493-1747
White Salmon
Morning Family Worship &
Sunday School 10 a.m.
www.bethelwhitesalmon.org
UNITED METHODIST
PINE GROVE/ODELL
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
3422 Odell Hwy., Odell;
541-354-1063
Christy Matson, Lay Preacher
2415 Eastside Road, Pine Grove
Sunday Worship Schedule
Adult Sunday 8:45 a.m.
Worship 10 a.m.
Sunday School 10:15 a.m.
Sept.-June at Odell Building
July & Aug. at Pine Grove Building
Everyone is Welcome
THE VINEYARD “A COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES”
VINEYARD CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP
OF HOOD RIVER
“Come as you are!”
Pastor Denny & Sue Anderson
Assoc. Pastor Dave Turner
Youth Pastor Carrie Turner
Sunday Worship Celebration
Coffee & Fellowship 9:30 a.m.
Worship 9:45
Youth Group - Wednesdays 6:15
Grades 6-12
AWANAS - Thursdays 6:30
Ages 3 through 6th grade
Home Groups - Thursdays 6:30
www.vcfhr.org.
508 9th St. (Across from
Children’s Park)
541-386-7070