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Hood River News, Wednesday, June 3, 2015
N EIGHBORS
BBBS holds first golf event; Scouts convene Court of Honor
Submitted photo
SCOUT of the Year Michael Caldwell, District Executive Rick Denis,
and Scoutmaster of the Year Jeff McCaw, at Court of Honor.
Indian Creek Golf Course
hosted Big Brothers Big Sis-
ters’ first ever golf clinic on
Saturday, May 16. Justine
Ziegler of Big Brothers Big
Sister writes, “Mark Gradin,
Director of Instruction and
Player Development, and a
few volunteers from the
Hood River Valley girls and
boys golf teams generously
presented the event.
“On a windy but beautiful
day on the course, approxi-
mately 20 program partici-
pants, including Bigs and
Littles from Hood River,
Klickitat, and Wasco coun-
ties, attended the event,
where they lear ned the
health benefits of golf, as
well as putting and driving
techniques.
“Little Brother Zach said
he loves playing golf, but he’s
never had the opportunity to
play at such a nice facility as
Indian Creek. Walt Notter,
Zach’s Big Brother of almost
seven years, watched proud-
ly as Zach improved his ac-
curacy on his puts and follow
through on his drives.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters, a
program of The Next Door, is
actively seeking adult volun-
teer mentors for the children
on the waitlist (ages 6 to 14).
If you would enjoy spending
about eight hours a month
being a friend to a child, con-
tact Big Brothers Big Sisters
staff to apply. In Hood River
and Klickitat Counties, call
Ziegler at 541-490-9979. In
Wasco County, call Courtney
Reyes at 541-993-9022.
Scouts District Court of
Honor
On May 21, Scouters, their
families and representatives
gathered at the St. Mary’s
Academy in The Dalles to
honor their past year’s out-
standing participants.
Mid-Columbia District
Chairman John Pereira wel-
comed everyone and an-
nounced the presentation of
the colors which was led by
the Order of the Arrow:
Joshua Barringer, Sam Lemly
and Joey Slover. District Ex-
ecutive Rick Denis gave the in-
vocation before the dinner
catered by Kari and Jeff
Croke.
The ceremony proceeded
with many awards to deserv-
ing individuals such as this
year’s outstanding….
Pack of the Year – P395 The
Dalles; Cub master of the
Year– Jeff Kiser, P398 The
Dalles; Troop of the Year –
Troop 282 Hood River;
Scoutmaster of
the
Year…Jeff McCaw, Troop 282;
Cub Scout of the Year –
Austin Keene, Pack 398;
Boy Scout of the Year –
Michael Caldwell, Troop 282;
Commissioner of the Year
– Katherine Arbon;
Spark Plug Award — Mark
Lemley, Troop 282, Kari
Croke, Pack 282, Kathy Lam-
oreaux, Pack 395, Sandie
Fuwell, Pack 395, Lisa
Gabriel, Pack 282;
Boy Scout Family of the
Year – Michael and Meg Beck-
er, Troop 282
Cub Scout Family of the
Year – Leif and Jesse Fox,
Pack 392 Stevenson
Twilight Camp 2014 — Sara
Lavino, Pack 282
Membership Award: High-
‘G ORGE ’
B OOK
R ELEASED
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Linda and John Hardham of
Cook, Wash., meet writer Janet
Cook, seated at left, and pho-
tographer Peter Marbach at
Wednesday’s book release
event and photo presentation
at Columbia Center for the
Arts, attended by about 40
people. The “Columbia River
Gorge National Scenic Area”
book is now on sale at Wauco-
ma Bookstore and Hood River
News. Cook, who is The Gorge
magazine editor and long-time
Hood River News staff writer
and contributor, and Marbach,
renowned Gorge photograph-
er, have co-produced four other
books, but this is the first book
published by Columbia Gorge
Press with its enhanced full-
color printing capabilities.
G LOBAL
F ISH
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Abdelhohsen of Egypt, who
grew up on the fertile Nile
River delta. “I feel embar-
rassed a little for my her-
itage,” as Randolph suggested
planting a cucumber start
deeper in the ground.
In visiting FISH food bank’s
new facility and its support-
ing garden, the group learned
about new and ongoing efforts
to connect people to the
source of food, if not the soil
itself.
All food grown in the gar-
den will be given away at the
food bank, and the garden will
be a resource to teach people
how to grow food.
“It’s 100 percent for the food
bank, and we can help show
people healthy food choices,”
said FISH volunteer Debby
Chenowith in giving the
group a tour.
The visitors saw the coolers
where FISH now has the
means to store locally-grown
pears and apples – year-round
fruits and vegetables being in-
tegral to FISH and its partner
Gorge Grown Food Networks’
efforts to encourage diabetes
prevention. They toured the
new warehouse and food dis-
tribution center, along with
the educational kitchen that is
in final stages of construction
and will be used soon for class-
es for a variety of community
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Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
FISH VOLUNTEER Debby Chenowith gives a tour of the FISH
kitchen facility, still under construction.
groups.
Chenoweth told the group
that the kitchen will be avail-
able at no charge “to anyone
who is associated with dealing
with hunger,” and will be used
by other groups as well.
“The kitchen is set up so we
can teach about eating nutri-
tionally,” she said. FISH in
Hood River County serves 400
families each month.
Todd Dierker, Gorge
Grown’s food access manager,
told the visitors his organiza-
tion has just unveiled a “Veg-
etable Prescription” program
that he said provides produce
vouchers “for people who are
struggling with food security
and health.” Health care
providers, agency nutrition-
ists or the Food Bank will
identify families “that can re-
ally use some more produce,
Camp for free on June 6
State parks throughout Ore-
gon invite the public to camp
and play for free the weekend
of June 6-7 in celebration of
State Parks Day and Free
Fishing Weekend.
Camping is free the night of
June 6 in traditional sites —
full hookup (sewer, electricity
and water), electrical hookup
(electricity and water), and
tent sites. Yurts, cabins and te-
pees are available at regular
price. Parking will also be free
June 6-7 at the 26 parks that
charge a day-use parking fee.
Campsite reservations may
be made by calling 800-452-
5687 before 5 p.m. June 5. Or,
est increase in membership –
Pack 395, Troop 357, Team 352
and Crew 352
District Award of Merit —
Dave Barringer, Troop 282,
Michael Becker, Crew 282
Silver Beaver Presenta-
tion…Mildred E. Lykens re-
placed lost award from South-
ern Oregon’s Roaring Rogue
District.
National Outdoor Chal-
lenge Award — Troop 398,
Anthony Pereira Scoutmas-
ter
Scoutmaster Key —Antho-
ny Pereira, Tr398
Key Three — District’s Ex-
ecutive Rick Denis, Chair-
man John Pereira and Com-
missioner Gary Hesselink.
Friends of Scouting… A
large Silver Eagle Statue
awarded to Cascade Pacific
Council for highest percent-
age of family participation in
fundraising in 2015. FOS com-
mittee: Anthony Pereira,
Chair man and members:
John Pereira, Nick Kirby, Jeff
McCaw, Gary Hesselink, and
Rick Denis
Special thanks for years of
service: Carolyn Kirby, Out-
going District Advancement
Chair man; Ray and Elsa
Weiss for being Roundtable
Commissioners; and Dave
Griffith for hosting the first
Eagle Alumni / Silver Beaver
reception.
reserve
online
at
www.oregonstateparks.org. Of
the 52 state park camp-
grounds, 40 take reservations.
Visitors will also be able to
fish, crab and clam without a
license June 6-7 for Oregon’s
Free Fishing Weekend, hosted
by the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).
ODFW will provide the gear,
bait and instructions at some
state parks, including Cham-
poeg, Detroit Lake, Jessie
Honeyman and parks in the
Columbia River Gorge. All
events are listed at
dfw.state.or.us/education/ang
ling/free_fishing.
and give them a coupon
book,” for farmers markets in
the summer and at participat-
ing grocery stores other times
of year. Gorge Grown serves
five mid-Columbia counties
with a total population of
75,000.
“This way they can get pro-
duce year-round and come to a
facility like this and not only
receive produce but have the
cooking facilities to learn
what to do with kale,” Dierker
said, “or if they need pots and
pans, we can help with that,
and get at the root of what is
the reason they are not eating
more fruits and vegetables.”
Recycle Tips
BATTERIES
-Recycle any/all
batteries at our free
hazardous waste events.
-Hazardous ingredients
may include: mercury,
lithium, nickel
or cadmium.
- Alkaline batteries are
recycled into rebar in
Seattle area.
-Go to our website for
schedule of hazardous
waste events.
www.tricountyrecycle.com
541-506-2636
churches, and now we have a
really strong volunteer
group, and we are working to
bring in volunteers from or-
ganizations and partnering
with schools,” Randolph
said. Hood River Middle
School students grew starts
of beans, squash and other
vegetables in the school
greenhouse, and students
from the alternative school
Klahre House, located near-
by at The Next Door Inc.,
have created a “salsa gar-
den,” with all the onions,
peppers, tomatoes and other
ingredients needed for the
popular condiment; come
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
Steven Sliwa, PhD has
been awarded the Distin-
guished Eagle Scout Award
upon nomination by the Cas-
cade Pacific Council, Hood
River and the Boy Scouts of
America. This award is
granted to Eagle Scouts who,
after 25 years, have distin-
guished themselves in their
life work and who have
shared their talents with
their communities on a vol-
untary basis.
Sliwa has been a member
of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca, since Feb. 4, 1969; and
achieved Eagle Scout. He has
continued to serve God, his
country, and other people by
following the principles of
the Scout Oath and Scout
Law. Through his career as
founder and CEO of Insitu,
he has met all standards of
aforementioned principals
and continues to volunteer to
his community. (Details in
the June 6 edition.)
harvest time, Gorge Grown
will teach hands-on work-
shops on how to create salsa
from these fresh ingredients.
“It’s like the link in the
puzzle where we’re working
to connect people more di-
rectly to their food sources,
and part of that means grow-
ing food on site, so they can
literally walk out of the food
bank into the garden, see
where the vegetables are
being grown, and help in the
garden if they want to,” Ran-
dolph said. “In this way we
encourage the clients to get
involved in the garden and
learn about how they can
maybe give back.”
Randolph was hired half-
time to manage volunteers at
the FISH garden, whose mis-
sion is “to grow healthy, or-
ganic produce for the FISH
Food Bank this season and
connect needy members of
our community more direct-
ly with their food sources.”
“The way I’ve been func-
tioning is I have a board of
advisors and I call them to-
gether, and ask things such
as ‘what should we do in this
area?’ or ‘I have these seeds,
where best to use them?’ And
they give me advice and I try
to go out and spread it out to
the volunteers and make it
happen. I’m pretty reliant on
other people who have good
advice,” Randolph said.
“I spend the rest of my
time living and working on
Rahane Farm, which is an
off-the-grid community of
naturalists and agricultural-
ists cooperatively caring for
a tract of land near Kingsley
Reservoir.”