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Hood River News, Wednesday, May 13, 2015
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ANGELA COE EVENT
Dozens of Cascade Locks and other area residents turned out May 2 to the Cascade Locks City Hall gym to register for the annual Angela Coe Rainy Day Run/Walk – which, despite the name, turned out to
be a sunny day, perfect for the all-ages 10K route to Eagle Creek and back to city hall. Proceeds go to the Childrens Cancer Association. The fourth annual event honors the memory of Angela Coe of Cas-
cade Locks, who died in 2011.
Deborah Jaques retires as Oregon
Hospice Association hires new CEO
The Oregon Hospice Asso-
ciation Board of Directors
has announced the selection
of a new CEO to lead the
state-wide non-profit agency.
Barbara Hansen, MA, RN,
CWON, Director of Hospice
and Home Health at Samari-
tan Evergreen Hospice (Al-
bany) and Good Samaritan
Regional Medical Center
(Corvallis) will begin her
tenure with the Oregon Hos-
pice Association in mid-July.
She will also serve as the Ex-
ecutive Director of the Wash-
ington State Hospice & Pal-
liative Care Organization
under a services agreement
with the Oregon Hospice As-
sociation.
Hansen succeeds Deborah
Whiting Jaques of Hood
River as CEO and Executive
Director of the two state en-
deavor.
Jaques, who has lead the
Oregon Hospice Association
since 2008, is retiring.
“We are sad to see DJ go,”
said Richard T. Skyba, Board
Chair for the Oregon Hos-
pice Association. “She’s been
a tireless, compassionate and
strategic leader who has im-
proved the OHA’s impact in
every aspect of our mission.
We wish her much happiness
in her retirement.”
Hansen has over 20 years
with the Samaritan system,
where she has lead the Hos-
pice, Home Health, Palliative
Care and Evergreen Hospice
House operations. She is a
wound/ostomy nurse and
was a surveyor for the Joint
Commission on the Accredi-
tation for Healthcare.
Hansen has participated in
various Oregon Hospice As-
sociation initiatives and task
forces. She was the 2014 re-
cipient of the organization’s
Elizabeth Wessinger Award,
which honors excellence in
hospice and palliative care.
Hansen received her Bach-
elor of Science in Nursing
from OHSU and her Masters
of Arts in Interdisciplinary
Studies at Oregon State Uni-
versity with a major in
Gerontology and minors in
Public Health and Adult
Health Education.
Skyba said, “Barbara is an
experienced and well-re-
spected leader. She possesses
the leadership skills to con-
tinue to build our organiza-
tion and to fulfill our mis-
sion to ensure Oregonians
have access to high quality
end of life care.”
Mountain View cemetery featured in TLC episode
Timothy Farrell writes:
“Several years ago the Board
of the Mountain View
Memorial Cemetery suggest-
ed that I take Master Garden-
ing classes in order to better
manage the historic two acre
property just outside the city
limits of Hood River.
“The property is the last
resting place of Nathaniel
Coe, Hood River’s founder.
On April 5, 2015, the property
was featured on The Learn-
ing Channel’s (TLC) ‘Who Do
You Think You Are?’ ( Go to
www.tlc.com.)
“TLC is a national cable
channel owned by Discovery.
It focuses on reality style
personal stories of educa-
tional value. The show’s
angle is to follow a famous
person’s lineage to find sur-
Timothy Farrell
prising stories. In this case,
that Tony Goldwyn, the actor
who played the villain in
‘Ghost’ and is currently the
star of ABC’s ‘Scandal’ (as
the President of the United
States), is descended not only
from film mogul Samuel
Goldwyn on his father’s side,
but also Sidney Coe Howard
on his mother’s side. Howard
was the Academy Award
winning screenwriter best
known for writing the
screenplay for ‘Gone with
the Wind.’
“The TLC episode dramat-
ically follows the actor
across the country where he
learns that Mary Coe, his
third great grand mother
and wife of Nathaniel Coe,
was an early political ac-
tivist.
“He learns that Nathaniel,
as a member of the New York
state legislature, champi-
oned her causes and was a
great supporter of women’s
rights nearly a hundred
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This
event features twelve au-
thors in the store on one day
and focuses on youth litera-
cy. Each of these twelve au-
thors has at least on Young
Adult (YA) novel, but many
other genres are also repre-
sented at the event.
Klindt’s will donate titles
from this year’s featured au-
thors to the NORCOR class-
room to kick off this drive.
Many visiting authors are
also donating books to the
NORCOR students.
Because the population of
the NORCOR classroom is
fluid and ever changing,
teacher Phil Brady relies
heavily on books in his class-
room. He includes several
Young Adult novels in his
regular curriculum.
Of his students, Brady
says, “Reading stories helps
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and caregivers take a cele-
bratory first lap to start each
event. Four million people
participated in more than
6,000 events worldwide last
year. The funds raised sup-
port groundbreaking cancer
research, education and pre-
vention programs, and criti-
cal services for people facing
cancer.
It is not too late to for com-
munity members to get in-
volved in the event or make a
donation to the Relay For
Life of Columbia Gorge. For
more infor mation, visit
www.relayforlife.org/columb
iagorgeor or call 1-800-227-
2345.
About the American
Cancer Society
The American Cancer So-
ciety is a global grassroots
force of nearly three million
volunteers saving lives and
fighting for every birthday
threatened by every cancer
in every community.
As the largest voluntary
health organization, the So-
ciety’s efforts have con-
tributed to a 22 percent de-
cline in cancer death rates in
the US during the past two
decades, and a 50 percent
drop in smoking rates.
Thanks in part to our
progress nearly 14.5 million
Americans who have had
cancer and countless more
who have avoided it will cele-
Pass The Word!
Shop Locally
And Keep
The Gorge
Working!
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Jenny Lorenzen of Lila
May’s Tutu Trot (see
page B1) gives credit to
the following for helping
make the May 9 event so
successful.
Sponsors were: Kidz
Dental Zone, G. Williker’s
Toy Shoppe, Peace at
Home
Nursing,
Rosauers, Shortt Supply,
Don and Bonnie Benton,
and Katie’s MoJava.
“A very special thanks
to: Columbia Gorg e
Graphics, UPS Store,
Oregon State Parks, Port
of Hood River, Chad
Sper ry, HRVHS Fight
Club, Mt. Hood Meadows
(Katie Kadlub), Hood
River News, Meadowlark
HOA, Ray Perkins Pho-
tography, Gorge-Us Pho-
tography, pFriem Family
Brewing, Gorge Do g,
Katie Rober ts, Jef f
Lorenzen, State Street
Bear, and downtown busi-
nesses.”
Lila May and
her mother,
Heidi Hall.
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Tim Farrell managed the
Mountain View Memorial
Cemetery from 1991 until
2014. He was a leader in the
state’s Cemetery Association
of Oregon for many years.
He now lives and works as
an attorney and lobbyist in
Washington, DC. In his spare
time he volunteers at the Na-
tional Botanic Garden.
the kids to process their
lives.” Brady and his stu-
dents have compiled a wish
list of suggested titles for
donors to consider when con-
tributing.
Klindt’s has the NORCOR
wish list on hand and is
stocking all of the titles on
the list. Donors can contact
Klindt’s for help selecting ti-
tles or for more information
at 541-296-3355.
‘Relay For Life’ of Columbia Gorge July 18
On July 18, 2015, Columbia
Gorge residents will join to-
gether at the American Can-
cer Society Relay For Life of
Columbia Gorge to help fin-
ish the fight against cancer.
The event will take place
from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. at the
Hood River County Fair-
grounds.
The Relay For Life pro-
gram is a community-based
event where teams and indi-
viduals set up campsites at a
school, park, or fairground
and take turns walking or
running around a track or
path.
Each team has at least one
participant on the track at
all times. Cancer survivors
C.J. Woodward and
Ken Tubbs write: “On the
morning of May 6, we
needed the help of med-
ical and emergency ser-
vices and was very lucky
to live in Hood River
County.
“We would like to
thank the Hood River 911
dispatcher, Hood River
and West Side Ambu-
lance personnel and
EMTs, Providence Hood
River Memorial Hospital
Emergency Room person-
nel and the Parkdale am-
bulance personnel. All of
these individuals were
very helpful, courteous
and professional, and we
are very fortunate to
have them serving the
Hood River County area.
Thank you again for your
service. You are very
much appreciated.”
years before women were
given the vote. The show con-
cludes with the Coe’s brave
move to Oregon, calling the
Hood River valley the most
beautiful spot on earth.
“The show also praises
Coe, an avid amateur
botanist, for planting the
first fruit trees and develop-
ing the valley into a commer-
cial center.”
Klindt’s book drive helps build up NORCOR library
Maximizing on the popu-
larity of their annual Spring
Author Festival, Klindt’s
Booksellers is kicking off a
two-week long book drive to
benefit the library for incar-
cerated students at the
Northern Oregon Regional
Correctional Facility (NOR-
COR).
Klindt’s 5th Annual
Spring Author Festival will
be held Saturday, May 30,
Words of Gratitude
brate more birthdays this
year.
As the nation’s largest pri-
vate, not-for-profit investor
in cancer research, we’re
finding cures and ensuring
people facing cancer have
the help they need and con-
tinuing the fight for access to
quality health care.Visit can-
cer.org or call us anytime,
day or night, at 1-800-227-
2345.
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money.” — Hood River’s
Brian Mears, who filled a
bag with donations at more
than 40 runs over the past
year, to give to Lila May.
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“Tutus in the sun, why
not support a good cause?”
— Sara Jones, Portland.
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“I think it’s absolutely
wonderful, amazing.” – Mari
Fuellenbach, whose son is
Ryan Schow, Lila May’s
birth father.
“My son had cancer and
he’s a survivor. We saw this
on Facebook and I thought,
‘we have to go out here and
do this for her.’ I like to sup-
port these things because
people did this stuff for us
when we were in our hard
times.” — Liz Bettencourt,
Troutdale.
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“He’s the one who got us
into this. So we just went to
the studio last night and
picked these out. There were
plenty to choose from!” –
“Nutcracker” director and
ballet teacher Nancy
Clement, who ran with her
son, Michael, 29, who
donned a pink tutu.