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www.hoodrivernews.com Hood River News, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 A9 PARKDALE NEWS Valley Worship Center has permanent pastor By TAMARA EMLER BALL Parkdale correspondent May 19 at 6 p.m. There will be stories, cook- ies and a tour of the school for everyone who attends. “If you haven’t registered your child for school yet, please stop by the school office between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. any weekday,” said Princi- pal Gus Hedberg. For questions, call the school office at 541- 352-6255. Exactly 73 years to the day the church first came into being, life-long valley resident Rev. Don Howell was voted unanimously to be- come the permanent pastor of Valley Wor- ship Centerd. Other than his time away to attend Bible College at Northwest University in Kirk- ■ land, Wash., Powell Parkdale Elemen- has lived his entire life Tamara Emler tary students will be Ball in Hood River County. showing off their tal- He grew up attend- ing the church he is now pas- ents at their annual Talent tor of in the 1960s, when his Show that will be held on Fri- grandparents, Dale and Helen day, June 5 at 12:40 p.m. in the Howell, owned and operated gym. Parents and families are the Mount Hood Dairy, just across the road from where welcome to attend the event. ■ the church is located today. The last day of school is less Howell worked for many years with his father Phil and than a month away, on Friday, his brothers in the family busi- June 12, and will be a full day ness, Howell Construction, of school for Parkdale Elemen- and during that time also tary School students. ■ served as the Christian Educa- Much of the Upper Valley tion Director and Hispanic Ministries Director for at community knows Kim Vogel, Hood River Assembly of God, former principal at Parkdale Elementary for eight years now River of Life Assembly. From 1996 to 2010, Howell until last year, who split her served as pastor of Cascade job between Parkdale and Cas- Chapel Assembly of God in cade Locks Elementary for the Cascade Locks until it merged last three years of that time. Last year when she official- with the Cascade Locks Bible ly retired from Parkdale Ele- Fellowship. For the past four years, mentary and Gus Hedberg Howell has served as a bible was announced the new prin- teacher at River of Life As- cipal, the Hood River School sembly as well and filling the District asked her to remain as pulpit for other area pastors. Cascade Locks principal and Pastor Howell and his wife she agreed. Now Vogel says she is “real- LaRonna have been serving Valley Worship Center in an ly” retiring at the end of this interim capacity since the school year, after 25 years in the education profession, and middle of October last year. sent along a note. ■ “I wish to say thank you to Parkdale Elementary School is hosting an open all the wonderful families that house and story time for all in- made my eight years at Park- coming Kindergarten stu- dale Elementary School so dents and their families on memorable,” said Vogel. “Being able to be a part of the Parkdale family was amazing – you will always be in my heart. Perhaps with more ‘free time’ I will be able to see you more often.” Many of us in the Upper Valley hope she is able to do just that! ■ As the school year winds down, so are some of the class- es at the Mount Hood Town Hall. Tai Chi for Balance had a successful self-sustaining year through member contribu- tions is now closed until the fall, when classes will resume. Jill Warila will continue teaching Open Studio pottery classes through May 26, then will close the months of June, July and August in order to open an artists’ cooperative in Hood River. If any artists would enjoy working with clay over the summer, 25 pound bags of clay can be purchased for $10 each on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Town Hall until the end of classes for the season. Open Studio classes will re- sume in the fall, but a group of people plan of using the stu- dio a few mornings a week over the summer, so if you are interested, contact Bets Stover at bets.stover@gmail.com. ■ Send items to: date@yahoo.com. G OT N EWS ? Submitting a news item to Hood River News is easy: send it via e-mail to: hrnews@hoodrivernews. com. Information can also be sent by mail to P.O. Box 390, Hood River, OR 97031. News tips are also wel- come by calling the news- room at 386-1234, or by fax at 386-6796. 9-11 from 6-8 p.m. Cost is $10 per climber. Prizes will be awarded. Register at the event or by visiting www.hrcommuni- tyed.org, or call Community Ed at 541-386-2055. Gas Appliances Electrical Repair Get your RV road ready! RV Doc — Bruce Henderson Mobile Service & Repair State Fire Marshal Certification #001242-08 Nine HRVHS students screened their current video productions at the Hood River County Edu- cation Foundation First Annual Inde pendent Film Festival. Student videos were produced as an extension of a Video Production class taught by Shawn Meyle. Several films featured action across many local sports — snowboard, skiing, kite boarding, and surf- ing. The Festival was co- sponsored by Second Wind Sports, who provid- ed prizes as well as a pro- fessional film of surfing in the Aleutian Islands. Other sponsors includ- ed Zeal Optics, Dakine, and Stoked Coffee. HRVHS graduate Eric Nance, who created the HRVHS Official Music Video for the Class of 2013, spoke to the stu- dents about the post-high school professional op- portunities that video production students might consider. The video, “Eagle Nation,” a performance of an origi- nal song, was also shown. The “People’s Choice” award went to the video “Vision” by Austin Keil- lor. Audience members voted with tokens to se- lect this winner. “The quality of these Submitted photot LARONNA and Rev. Don Howell of Valley Worship Center. IT’S NOT LIKE HER. 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Partly sunny, with a high near 76. West wind around 8 mph. 79° / 56° @gVc #& JVRcd 6iaVcZV_TV 3140 W. Cascade, Hood River 541-386-1123 student films was excel- lent. T he Education Foundation is proud to sponsor this event that fo- cuses on a different as- pect of our students’ ac- complishments,” said AJ Kitt, the Film Festival co- ordinator. Following the student videos and the Alaska surfing film, prizes were awarded. The winners were: Grand Prize $500 Col- lege Scholarship — An- drew Clark, “In the Court of the South Moon,” a stop-action animation video. First Runner Up — Willem Dickinson, “Ac- tion Reel,”local snow board, kite board and skateboard action. Second Runner Up — Lewis Taylor, “Indi Film 1,” the restoration of a surfboard. Third Runner Up -— Austin Keillor, “Vision,” kite boarding in Mexico. Hood River County Ed- ucation Foundation pro- vided the organization and funding for the Film Fest. HRCEF is a local foundation, funded by donors, that provides col- le g e scholarships, teacher grants and spe- cial programs for stu- dents in the school dis- trict. Mom has always been so patient, but now when I ask her questions she gets angry. Climbing Wall Rodeo May 26 Gorge Grippers Climbing Team presents Climbing Wall Rodeo May 26 at the Hood River Middle School gym, lo- cate at 1602 May Street. The rodeo is for beginners and experienced climbers alike. Children ages 6-8 will climb from 4-6 p.m., and those uvup- Student videos capture awards at new festival Ac`WVddZ`_R]]j EcRZ_VU EVTY_ZTZR_d 7RTe`cj BfR]Zej ARced Actual High / Low AGRIMET HOOD RIVER OR Lat: 45.6842 Long: -121.5181 Elev: 510 http://uspest.org May May May May May May May 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 - - - - - - - 58/47 57/46 62/47 72/43 63/47 62/53 77/47 Updated Monday, May 18 at 9:00 a.m. PST Data from www.weather.com 3Vde 3cR\V HRccR_ej
