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Hood River News, Wednesday, May 27, 2015
N EIGHBORS
Mid-Columbia Celilo DAR makes donation
of books, bags to Children’s Book Bank
Photo by Trisha Walker
PICTURED WITH some of the donated books and bags are Honorary State Regent Ellen Hopkins, State
Treasurer Nancy Slagle, State Literacy Chairman Barbara Menard, and Grace Poole of CBB.
The Mid-Columbia
Celilo Daughters of the
A m e r i c a n Revo l u t i o n
chapter donated over 550
books for the Children’s
Book Bank, a nonprofit
l o c a t e d i n Po r t l a n d ,
wh i ch w i l l d i s t r i bu t e
them in the Portland area
to low income preschool
and grade school chil-
dren.
The donation was given
during the Daughters of
the American Revolu-
tion’s 101st State Confer-
ence, held in Wilsonville,
May 14-17. Grace Poole,
Community Engagement
Manager at The Chil-
dren’s Book Bank, accept-
ed the donation.
Celilo Chapter mem-
bers also made and donat-
ed handmade book bags.
C ULTURE F EST
Submitted photo
Subbu Palaniappan and Jessica Bryan
Bryan to wed Palaniappan
John and Alison Bryan of
Hood River announce the
engagement of their daugh-
ter, Jessica Reid Bryan, to
Subbu Palaniappan, origi-
nally of Chennai, India.
The future bride graduat-
ed from Hood River High
School, received her Bache-
lors of Arts from the Uni-
versity of Oregon, and re-
cently completed her Mas-
ters in Public Health from
the University of Colorado.
Her fiancée is employed
as a computer engineer, and
is currently finishing his
MBA at the University of
Denver.
An August 2015 wedding
is planned and the couple
will live in Denver, Colo.
Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea
COMMUNITY MEMBERS taught origami, provided music, and showed aspects of their folklore during the first Gorge Culture
Fest, May 21 at Columbia Gorge Community College. In the commons and adjoining classrooms, students and others shared
food, crafts, and other examples of cultures. DJ Wicked, left, spun the tunes as his sideman Wes provides rap lyrics. Other mem-
bers of the Defcon5 group performed breakdance moves. Cecelia Pulard shows off servilettas made by her mother, Maria Cas-
tro. The richly embroidered cloth were traditionally used to wrap around food and keep it hot, Cecelia explained.
Submitted photo
Bobbi Jo Bond and Curt Kane
Bond, Kane to wed
Bobbi Jo Bond and Curt A.
Kane, both of Gladstone,
have announced their en-
gagement. They will be mar-
ried Aug. 8, 2015, in Glad-
stone.
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Hood River News, Saturday, May 16, 2015
healthy hood river
The Pulse of Prevention
HOOD
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By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
News staff writer
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That’s one question among many in the “Fit
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curriculum developed by health and wellness
teacher Stacy Claus over the past 14 years, and
now vigorously presented to students by teacher Kyle Turn-
er, with assistance from parent volunteer Marge Gale.
Topics include the benefits of fitness (why we should do
this?), assessing one’s fitness, and, ultimately creating and
implementing a personal fitness program.
“Fit for Life is essentially Personal Training 101,” noted
Claus, a long-time teacher in the Hood River County School
District who is currently on maternity leave.
“Hopefully, kids learn what they can do to stay in shape
once they are out of school or no longer have a coach pre-
scribing their workout for them,” Claus said.
On a typical afternoon, the students can be seen outdoors
recording their at-rest pulse, then running or jumping rope
or doing other heart rate-raising activities, followed by
checking and recording their pulse in the heart rate lab in
their notebooks. The lab asks questions such as, “how long
did it take your heart rate to return to the original rate of
beating at rest?” and “could you improve your physical con-
dition? What type of exercise should you do?” The curricu-
lum lists plenty of types of exercise, along with tips for
stretching, weight control, and nutrition.
To answer the “how hard do I need to work” question,
students can follow a chart that lists weight loss, anaerobic
strength and lactate tolerance as benefits of expending
higher and higher percentages of maximum heart rate for
durations of an hour, 15-40 minutes, and 1-5 minutes.
Students learn that the “why exercise” is all about weight
maintenance, better sleep, reduction of depression and
stress, better academic performance, increased muscle
mass, and the social benefits. Students learn about metabo-
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some of the reasons behind common health-related dis-
eases such as obesity, diabetes, and eating disorders.
“Students discuss healthy body image, as well as com-
mon fitness myths and outside pressures from the media to
confirm to a certain size,” Claus said.
The model for the class is half lesson/lecture and half
physical activity.
“Some kids enter the quarter moaning about the written
work, quizzes, and project, but, more than any other PE
class I’ve ever taught, students thank us, year after year, for
providing them with the tools to create a lifetime of health
and wellness,” Claus said.
Fit for Life is sort of like one big science experiment
where an eighth grader gets to use his or her own body as
the subject. “Students report that they are often surprised
by how good they feel after participating in the 9-week
course,” Claus said.
Claus said the class “morphs into something greater each
year.” The curriculum is based on a high school FFL class
developed by Human Kinetics, but “there was nothing on
the market appropriate specific middle school audience that
needs to move!” Claus said.
“Over the years, I have created a 40-page workbook that
serves as a text for the class. It’s always changing. I am very
thankful to have Kyle as a new PE partner. Both of us have
a background in exercise science and nutrition, and that is
the foundation of every lesson we teach.”
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ACTIVE SENIORS join OSU extension health instructor, Lauren Kraemer, in a balance test, part of her lesson on osteoporosis prevention
at the Hood River Adult Center in April.
Looking to get fit? Here is
a list of local resources to get
you started.
Classes
Mondays: Tai Chi for Bal-
ance, 1-2 p.m. in the Mount
Hood Town Hall’s Mount
Hood Room. Classes are free
and for any level. No experi-
ence necessary; donations
accepted; summer schedule
will be announced soon.
Mondays and Wednes-
days: Walk with Ease pro-
gram, 8:30-9:30 a.m. at Co-
lumbia Gorge Community
College, Hood River cam-
pus. Join anytime. Spon-
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and the Arthritis Founda-
tion. More info at 503-708-
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Tuesdays and Fridays:
StrongWomen Fitness Pro-
gram class (for men, too),
9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Mt.
Hood Town Hall. Join any-
time. Sponsored by OSU Ex-
tension. Work out with
other strong women. More
info at 503-708-6469 or an-
ndow@me.com.
Wednesdays: Gentle Yoga
for beginning seniors 50
and over, 10-11 a.m. at the
HR Care Center, 729 Hen-
derson Rd. Free. Taught by
certified yoga instructor
Christine Shannon. Wear
loose, comfortable clothing;
bring yoga mat and water
bottle; some mats available
onsite. No experience nec-
essary.
Clubs/centers
Curves Hood River, 1108
12th Street; call 541-386-6600
Flow Yoga, 118 Third Street;
call 541-386-9642
Hood River Aquatic Center,
1601 May Street; call 541-386-
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Hood River Sports Club,
1300 Brookside Drive. Call 541-
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Inside Out Fitness, 15 Third
Street; call 541-490-8717
Power Station/CrossFit
Hood River, 1813 Cascade Av-
enue; call 541-436-2635
Root Down Yoga Hood
River, 202 Cascade Avenue;
call 541-399-7788
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