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Hood River News, Saturday, June 6, 2015
‘Incredible Years’ returns June 23
Come enjoy summer fun
with the Incredible Years pro-
gram for parents and other
adults and their children 2-8
years starting Tuesday, June
23, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at Indian Creek Apartments,
1615 9th Court St., northeast of
Walgreens. The children will
have fun activities that devel-
op self-esteem and self-con-
trol, emotional literacy (using
the pocket full of feelings kit),
anger management, and self-
care. The local library, Kid-
sense, Early Intervention, and
other organizations will bring
fun and educational activities
for children. Each week, par-
ticipants will receive an edu-
cational toy to take home to
play with their child. The pro-
gram last 6 weeks and meets
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
with a total cost of $25 per
family. A free lunch will be
served to all involved.
The parents, grandparents,
and other adults will learn
how to teach children skills
that will help them succeed in
school and practice those
skills during the summer,
when children often experi-
ence a “summer lag.” In the
Incredible Years program,
adults will learn the impor-
tance of child directed play, ef-
fective limit setting, ignoring
some behaviors, and getting
results by using proximal,
positive opposite, and specific
Submitted photo
RECENT INCREDIBLE YEARS participants are, back row, left to right, Scott Stevens, Jessica Metta and
Cecilia Metta, John Metta, Veronica Campuzano and Claudia Chamonica; front row, Logan and
Nathaniel Griffith, April Griffith, Adrian Metta, and Jahir Escoto Camprano.
praise. Child care providers
can use this series as part of
their training hours with the
State Child Care Division.
The Incredible Years Pro-
gram is very well liked by par-
ents, who say, “ I feel my kids
and I understand each other
better and their behavior is
much more positive. We talk
more about their feelings and
my children are more able to
focus and pay attention to
what I tell them. I do much
better on follow through on
limit setting. We have more
fun together and they are
learning so much!”
Call Nancy Paul at 541-436-
0319 at the Next Door to sign
up for the program. Spaces are
limited, so sign up soon. Infor-
mation about the summer pro-
gram is also on www.nextdoor-
inc.org and one can email nan-
cyp@nextddorinc.org to sign
up. Paul says that she is ex-
cited to offer the Incredible
Years program this summer
which both the parents and
children will learn a lot that
will help them with school in
the fall.
J ACK AND
THE
B EANSTALK
Jack, played by Noah McElher-
an, and his mother, played by
Alyssa Gassner, left, sing with
Jack’s friends about the won-
drous beanstalk that has grown
behind the family home
overnight in Mid Valley Elemen-
tary School’s annual fourth
grade production of Jack and
the Beanstalk. Students per-
formed two shows June 4. The
play has been running for
around 20 consecutive years,
said teacher Lyn Cimock. The
fifth grade will perform Little
Red on Tuesday.
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Parenting resources
Here is a listing of parent-
ing resources in Hood River
County. If your organization
would like to add to the list,
send brief details to twalk-
er@hoodrivernews.com.
Free Welcome Baby pack-
et: The Next Door offers all
Oregon first-time parents a
free “Welcome Baby” packet
of information about par-
enting, bonding with your
baby, healthy infant growth
and development, child care
and other resources. Call
541-436-0320 or visit
www.nextdoorinc.org.
Join a playgroup: For par-
ents and their children ages
newborn to 5; for more info
contact Nancy Johanson
Paul at 541-436-0319 or nan-
cyp@nextdoorinc.org. The
schedule is as follows: Tues-
days, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at Cascade Locks City Hall
gym; Tuesdays, 9-10:30 a.m.
at Hood River Alliance
Church, 2650 Montello Ave.
(Contact the church at 541-
386-2812 for details); Fridays,
10-11:30 a.m. at HR Early
Childhood Center (former
Pine Grove School), bilin-
gual, with developmental
specialists available (follows
school calendar). For more
info call 541-386-4919.
Library story hour: Hood
River Library, Thursdays at
10:30 a.m. (on vacation until
June 18). Additionally, baby,
toddler and preschooler par-
enting educational bags can
be checked out. The bags in-
clude “Make Parenting a
Pleasure” DVDs, parent
booklet and “Happiest Baby
on the Block.”
Hood River Family Life
Skills classes: Run 30 weeks
and educate individuals on
how to build healthy, sus-
tainable personal, family
and community relation-
ships. For men, women and
teens. To register call 541-
386-1170 or www.hoodriver-
familylifeskills.com.
New Parent Services and
Families First: Healthy
Families Home Visiting Ser-
vices to parents who are ei-
ther pregnant with or newly
parenting their first baby.
Must enroll prenatally or be-
fore baby is 3 months old. To
see if you qualify, call 541-
436-0320.
Mid-Columbia Children’s
Council: Early Head Start
provides year-round home
visits for parents prenatally
to children up to age 3. Head
Start preschool programs
are for children 3-5. Child
development, school readi-
ness and family support ser-
vices. To see if you qualify,
call
541-386-2010
or
www.mcccheadstart.ort.
Hood River County Pub-
lic Health Department: Sup-
ports pregnant women and
parents with infants and
children up to age 5. Pro-
grams include maternity
classes, Babies First and Ca-
Coon. Visits for Spanish and
English speakers with a
focus on providing educa-
tion and support by encour-
aging regular visits to
health care. For more infor-
mation call 541-386-1115 or
www.co.hood-river.or.us.
Hood River Valley High
School Teen Parent Pro-
gram: Helps teen parents
complete high school while
their children are cared for
in a certified center on cam-
pus. More information at
541-386-4500.
Breastfeeding support:
Breastfeeding Support
Group meets twice monthly
at Riverside Community
Church, 317 State Street in
Hood River. For more infor-
mation call 541-386-6344.
Early intervention and
early childhood special edu-
cation: Call if you have con-
cerns about any baby, tod-
dler or preschool child re-
garding their ability to
walk, talk, see, hear, re-
spond to others, play, learn,
or cope with new situations;
541-386-4919.
Mid-Columbia Center for
Living: Provides a wide
range of services to adults,
children and families with
mental health issues, addic-
tions, or developmental dis-
abilities. Services include
help with maternal depres-
sion, children with emotion-
al/behavior issues, and par-
ent training. Call 541-386-
2620.
Helping Hands Against
Violence: Hope, safety and
support to survivors of do-
mestic violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking. Crisis
line is 541-386-6603.
Photo by Trisha Walker
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Capital
Improve-
ment Program cost
estimates and an
updated draft ALP.
This meeting is open
to the public.
For additional in-
formation, please
contact:
Matt Rogers –
Project Manager
Century West En-
gineering
541-322-8962
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Accessible Meet-
ing Information
This meeting loca-
tion is accessible.
Special accommo-
dations are available
upon advance re-
quest. Please con-
tact Matt Rogers at
least 48 hours prior
to the event to dis-
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Please Take No-
tice that Crystal
Springs Water Dis-
trict intends to es-
tablish a contract or
price
agreement
through a permis-
sive
cooperative
procurement for the
purpose of procur-
ing a modular office
building. The esti-
mated amount of the
procurement
is
$380,000. The ad-
ministering contract-
ing agency is Inter-
mountain Education
Service
District.
Those wishing to
comment on the pro-
posed procurement
may do so in writing
on or before 5 pm on
June 15, 2015. Writ-
ten
comments
should be submitted
to Crystal Springs
Water District, Attn:
Superintendent Fred
Schatz;
3006
Chevron Drive – PO
Box 186, Odell, OR
97044. Fax (541)
354-1821.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The Hood River
Valley Parks and
Recreation District
Board of Directors
will be holding a
Special Meeting at
the Aquatic Center
on June 11th, com-
mencing at 11am.
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NOTICE OF BUD-
GET HEARING
June 10, 2015
Hood River Coun-
ty
Transportation
District
Board of Directors
Meeting
Columbia
Area
Transit
224 Wasco Loop
Hood River, OR
97031
Agenda
9:00 am
1.
Call Meet-
ing to Order
2.
O p e n
Budget Hearing for
Public Comment
3.
HRCTD
Fiscal Year 2015-
2016
Budget
Process
A. Budget Hear-
ing
B. Public Com-
ment
C. Close Budget
Hearing
D. Resolution 14-
15-02
i. Adopt the FY
2015-2016 Budget
ii. Make Appropria-
tions
iii. Declare & Cate-
gorize Taxes
4.
A p p r ova l
of Minutes of Last
Meeting
5.
Director’s
Report
6.
A p p r ova l
of Bills Paid
7.
Old Busi-
ness
A. Financial Infor-
mation
8.
New
Business
A. MCCOG Inter-
governmental
Agreement
9.
Any Other
Business
10.
Public
Comment
If necessary Exec-
utive Session may
be held in accor-
dance with:
ORS 192.660 (1)
(d) Labor Negotia-
tions, ORS 192.660
(1) (d) Property,
ORS 192.660 (1) (d)
Legal Rights, ORS
192.660 (1) (d) Per-
sonnel
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