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Gorge Columbia River Business Review Covering Gorge Business June 2015 Lutz Garden Momma Monzie’s (pg. 6) Volume 7, No. 6 Page 11 Smoking band at Port of Cascade Locks 2BlondesCrafting (pg. 8) SPECIAL SECTIONS INSIDE Page 7 W EEKEND E DITION Vol. 109, No. 45 Official Newspaper, City of Hood River and Hood River County HOOD RIVER, OREGON ■ SATURDAY, JUNE 6 , 2015 75 cents 5 Sections, 60 Pages www.hoodrivernews.com M USICAL G ESTURES Hood River Valley High School Chamber Singers perform Wednesday as part of a week for good- byes. Graduation ceremonies happen June 5 at HRVHS and June 6 at Horizon Christian School. The music department’s annual “Farewell Concert” at HRVHS included emotional sendoffs for seniors, many of whom have been involved in the music department for four years – or longer: see page A3 for related article. Shown are seniors and under- classmen members of the Chamber Singers per- forming as an ensemble for the last time, doing “Luk Luk Lumbu” featuring choreography by De- laney Barbour and Hannah Simons, based on In- donesian dance. The concert was the last one for music director Mark Steighner, who is retiring. His last time directing singers at HRVHS was Friday’s graduation, when music department members per- formed the Class of 2015 original song, “Blast Off,” written by Noah Tauscher and friends. See the June 10 edition for more graduation coverage. Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea 3 brothers arrested, 2 ‘Puff Factory’ charged with murder coming to CL Siblings suspected in 2014 disappearance of Parkdale man By PATRICK MULVIHILL News staff writer Three brothers are facing felony charges in connection to the May 2014 disappearance of a Parkdale man — two were charged with mur- der. Brothers Michael David Schnei- der, 27, Donald Mathew Schneider, 22 and Peter Damien Schneider, 23, of Parkdale were arraigned in court Thursday in connection with the May 2014 disappearance of their family friend, Jason R. Muschaweck, 24, also of Parkdale. Michael and Donald Schneider were charged with murder, burglary, theft, unlawful use of weapon and abuse of corpse in the second de- gree. Peter Schneider was charged with burglary and theft in the first degree. If found guilty, Michael and Don- ald Schneider would face 25 years to life for murder, a maximum of 20 years for first degree burglary and five years each for theft first degree, unlawful use of weapon and abuse of corpse second degree — a class C felony. Peter would face a maximum of 25 years in total if pronounced guilty of theft and burglary in the first degree, both felonies. The motive and cause of Jason Muschaweck’s death were not indi- cated in court Thursday. Hood River County District Attor- ney John Sewell said he could not re- lease any information on where or how the body was found, or how the Schneider brothers were linked to the case. Sewell said the court appearance Thursday was an “arraignment on information of felony,” not an ar- S p o t l i g h t a t u r d a y raignment following a formal indict- ment. The Schneider brothers appeared separately before Judge John A. Wolf at the Hood River County Cour- thouse Thursday via video feed from Northern Oregon Regional Correc- tions Facility (NORCOR). They were arraigned and charged individually, though Donald’s and Michael’s charges were identical. When reading out the brothers’ charges stacked against them, Wolf noted that the first degree theft and burglary charges referred to the theft of a pistol owned by Jason Muschaweck. Wolf appointed attorneys for each brother — Kami White for Michael, Jim Mason for Donald and Sheri Thonstad for Peter. However, Mason indicated that Donald Schneider might be appointed a different a lawyer in the future. See ARRESTS, Page A7 Port closes on deal with new freeze- dried fruit business By PATRICK MULVIHILL News staff writer The Port of Cascade Locks has finalized a deal with an Odell orchardist, Jacqueline Alexander, which will make way for “The Puff Factory,” a 26,000 square-foot plant that will freeze-dry Hood River Valley fruit and turn it into package- able snacks. The business will use a pro- prietary freeze drying process to transform fruit from local or- chards into a healthy snack food. The company has worked closely with the OSU Food Inno- vation Center in Portland to de- velop and test market the prod- uct, said Holly Howell, the JACQUELINE ALEXANDER of Morale Orchards in Odell has made a deal with the Port of Cascade Locks to start a new business, Puff Factory, at the Port’s business park. Port’s marketing and develop- ment manager. Puff Factory plans to employ 30-50 people, once the plant is up and running. See PORT, Page A2 A weekly series about a day in the life ... Melissa Vovou finds right steps with Pilates BY TRISHA WALKER News staff writer Photo by Trisha Walker MELISSA VOVOU, left, grew up in Hood River and, after traveling the world dancing, is now a cer- tified Pilates instructor in Hood River. Above, she prac- tices at Laurence Lake. More at melissaspilatesclasses.com. When Melissa Vovou was growing up, she wanted to be a vet- erinarian. “But it turns out I faint at the sight of blood,” she joked. So she turned to dance. Actually, that’s not quite correct. Vovou has always danced. She grew up in Dukes Valley, and, as a homeschooler, began bal- let classes as a social outlet. She was drawn to ballet and knew she wanted to dance — she just didn’t think she could make a career out of it. In those early days, she danced ballet at Bridgewater Dance Theater under Bev Cron, and later “did a little bit” at The Workout, owned by Charlotte Arnold and taught by Margaret Dallman — her favorite ballet instructor. She eventually took classes in the Portland area, and, after graduating from high school, moved to the Bay Area to dance at Marin Ballet, a school known to lead in to the San Francisco Ballet Company. “At that time, I thought that’s what I wanted to do — profes- See MELISSA, Page A2 Four To Go Tour de Coop is today Lions hold food drive today June 6 hike changes Plan ahead for July 4 Tour de Coop, a tour of Hood River chicken coops, takes place June 6. Coops will be open from 11-2 p.m. (except for that at Ted James’ place, which will be open until 3 p.m.). The tour is a fundraiser for Valley Critters 4H Club. Coops can be toured in any order. Maps are $3 and available at Little Bit Ranch Supply, Gorge Grown Food Network, and the OSU Extension office. The highlight is the unusual coops, from small to large, but also features goats, rabbits, pigs, geese and kids. The Columbia Gorge Lions organiza- tions are holding a food drive for FISH June 6 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Lions will be stationed at Hood River Safeway and Rosauers supermarkets as well as at Mid- Valley Market in Odell and Cascade Mar- ket in Cascade Locks. Lions will provide lists of what is need- ed most at the food banks, for shoppers to use while in the store. “We’re doing this drive now to take ad- vantage of a generous offer by Centu- ryLink to do a percentage match based on how much food and money we are able to gather,” said Lion Tony White. To find cooler weather, the June 6 Community Education hike will be to Killen Meadows in Washington in- stead of School Canyon. Killen Mead- ows is medium difficulty, elevation gain 1,520 feet,10 miles round trip, two- hour drive time to trailhead. The Meadows will be filled with wildflow- ers and great views of Mount Adams. Meet at Coe Building at 7:50 a.m., leav- ing at 8. Washington residents can meet at the park and ride west of bridge at 8:10 a.m. Contact Ed Walston at 541-308-5994. Bring two quarts of water, lunch, and $3. This year’s Hood River July 4 pa- rade theme will be “Beautiful Bounty,” starting 10 a.m. with the line up on Eliot Drive beginning at 8:30 a.m. To speed up the registra- tion, forms and instructions can be obtained by linking to “gorge- lions.org.” The parade fee is $10 and there will be monetary prizes for the best entries. The grand marshals will be people associated with Fish Food Bank. which opened its new facility last month. A food drive at Jackson Park will follow the parade. 7 05105 97630 3
