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Vol. 109, No. 48
Official Newspaper, City of Hood River and Hood River County
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015
2 Sections, 24 Pages
www.hoodrivernews.com
Summer’s here — activities for every age!
How to beat the summertime doldrums
Art Center
The Columbia Center for the
Arts, 215 Cascade Ave., has a vari-
ety of Summer Art Experience
classes for children to choose from.
Prices are listed; some scholar-
ships are available. For more infor-
mation on any of the classes below,
visit
columbiaar ts.org/
SummerArtExperiences.
■ June 22-25 — Nature printing,
9-noon. Haiku, bookmaking. Ages
8+. $105.
■ June 22-25 — Glass for kids, 1-4
p.m.. Ages 8+. $95.
■ June 29-July 2 —Realistic and
abstract painting, 9-noon. $90.
■ June 29-July 2 — Skateboard
Art, 2-5 p.m. Ages 9-15. $135.
■ July 6-9 — Long-necked whim-
sical creatures, 9-noon. Ages 8-12.
$85
■ July 6-9 and 13-17 — Shake-
speare for teens, 1-4 p.m. Ages 13-18.
$150.
■ July 13-16 — Costume and soft
sculpture with Megan Mesloh,
Wildcraft Studio School, 9-noon.
Ages 7+. $90.
■ July 20-23 — Mon.: Introduc-
tion to visual journals; ages 9-15,
$30. Tues.-Thurs.: Learn to draw
what you see; 9-noon. Ages 6-12, $75.
■ July 20-23 — Handmade books
of all shapes and sizes, 1-4 p.m.
Ages 9-12. $105.
■ July 20-23 — Physical theater,
1-4 p.m. Located in theater. Ages 7-
12. $85.
■ July 27-30 — Summer art expe-
riences at Columbia Center for the
See SUMMER, Page A11
THERE’S MORE INSIDE
For more ideas see Parkdale News
on page B2, and the updated Vacation
Bible Schools listing on page A9.
Read about getting involved in two
traditional summer events: July 4
weekend on page A11 and the Hood
River County Fair on page B12.
Watch the weekly “For Kids” listing
in the Happenings section, which runs
in the Wednesday and Saturday paper.
Want more? Check out the Hood
River News’ 2015 Visitors Guide, avail-
able at our office and local businesses
– suitable for visitors and locals alike.
COLUMBIA GORGE
Visitors Guide
2015
Camps, classes, reading, hikes,
games and music. And all within —
or close to — Hood River.
Below is a sampling of the
plethora of kid activities planned
for everyone from preschoolers to
high schoolers this summer.
With all of this, there’s no need
to hear the dreaded “I’m bored!”
this summer.
DRIVE • HIKE • LEARN • CAMP • DINE • DRINK
A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE HOOD RIVER NEWS AND THE DALLES CHRONICLE
Charges mount
for Schneiders
Donald Schneider
indicted for murder,
conspiracy and
animal abuse
By PATRICK MULVIHILL
News staff writer
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
‘ T HE H OME P LACE’
Frances Goe Arnold and Ken Goe talk about 100 years of farming during Sunday’s celebration at the Goe farm on Webster
Road just outside of Odell. John Clifford Goe and Eva Alger Goe bought the first parcel in a handshake deal with the Wort-
man-King Investment Company in June 1915. June 13 was also the centenary birthday of Frances’ brother, Joe. The Goes
hosted a lunch for family, friends and employees in the new barn next to the original barn on “the home place”. Frances,
born in January 1923, is the oldest Goe family member. In March 1928, she carried her baby brother Dick out of the house
when it caught fire. Frances also remembers being in charge of the strawberry patch while a young girl. Ken, 52, farms the
16-acre pear/cherry/blueberry farm with his parents, Mike and Geri Goe; Ken and Darla Goe’s children, Jessica, 25, and
Brent. 23, are involved in the business. Ken said, “We got the place cleaned up for the party and we’ll take a couple of days
off and then it’s full-bore toward harvest.”
One of two brothers accused of
murdering a Parkdale man last
year — and shooting the victim’s
dog — is facing new charges of
criminal conspiracy and aggra-
vated animal abuse.
Donald Matthew Schneider, 22,
was indicted in court Monday on
eight felony counts: murder, bur-
glary, theft, unlawful use of
weapon, abuse of corpse, two
counts of criminal conspiracy
and aggravated animal abuse. The
latter two charges surfaced follow-
ing a closed grand jury hearing
Friday.
Donald, and his brother,
Michael Schneider, were arrested
on June 3 in connection with the
death of Jason R. Muschaweck,
24, who disappeared last May.
According to court records,
both were charged with the theft
of Jason’s pistol, which they were
alleged to have stolen “with the
intent to use unlawfully against
Jason Muschaweck.”
Michael and Donald Schneider
face 25 years to life for murder, up
to 20 years
for first
degree
burglary
and five
y e a r s
each for
theft first
degree,
u n l aw f u l
use
of
weapon
and abuse
of corpse
second de-
gree. Ag- Donald Schneider
g r avat e d
animal abuse and criminal con-
spiracy would mean an additional
five years for each count.
On May 5, 2014, the Hood River
County Sheriff ’s Office responded
to calls of a reported burglary at
Muschaweck’s home. Deputies
searched the house on Clear
Creek Road in Parkdale and deter-
mined Jason was missing — but
they discovered his dog, Sox, had
been shot and stabbed.
See COURT, Page A9
FISH food bank holds open house Saturday
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
News editor
FISH Food Bank is fully permit-
ted for occupation, and the organi-
zation celebrates Saturday with a
ribbon cutting and open house, fol-
lowed by a dance, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
The site is located at 1130 Tucker
Road, across from Orchard Lanes
and next to Our Redeemer Luther-
an/Asbury United Methodist
Church, on land donated by the
church. Simurdak Construction is
general contractor.
The building contains the distri-
bution and storage areas for donat-
ed food as well as what FISH pur-
chases from Oregon Food Network
and other sources, along with FISH
offices and a full-scale community
kitchen and attached classroom,
and plenty of parking.
The kitchen and classroom will
serve as a nutrition outreach facili-
ty for a wide range of groups (side-
bar, page A11).
The food bank waiting room fea-
tures a large mosaic mural depict-
ing the planting, harvesting and
sharing of local food, done by Hood
River Middle School students.
Next to the FISH building is a
community garden, supported by
the church and a number of com-
munity groups; all food grown
there will be made available to
FISH clients.
The $1 million building was
made possible by a 2012-13 capital
campaign drawing on about 600 in-
dividual donors as well as grant
funding.
The new facility replaces the for-
mer site in Concordia Lutheran
Church on the Heights; FISH began
serving clients in the building in
early May. The Odell, Parkdale and
Cascade Locks sites continue to op-
erate as well.
According to the FISH web site,
the new building will improve ser-
vices for clients and help the orga-
nization by:
■ Increasing the amount of food
that can be stored and distributed
to other sites and to clients;
■ Increasing accessibility to the
food bank by providing a single-
level ADA floorplan;
■ Improving client experience
through a system allowing clients
to select their own food — shop
rather than be handed bags of food;
■ Providing a warm, comfort-
able, confidential reception area;
■ Increasing awareness of
hunger in our community;
■ Creating a more efficient deliv-
See FISH, Page A11
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to the FISH open house starting at 1 p.m. at 1130 Tuck-
er Road in Hood River.
Four To Go
Mt Hood Town Hall holds
annual fundraiser Saturday
The Mt Hood Town Hall holds its annual
fundraising dinner, June 20 at 5:30 p.m.
Dinner will be by Apple Valley BBQ, Tim
Mayer provides the music, and a live auc-
tion is scheduled. Tickets are $35 for adults,
$15 for kids under 14.
All proceeds go to continued support of
the MHTH, located 14 miles south of Hood
River on Highway 35. See Parkdale News
column on page B2 for details.
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A high tea benefit on June 27
Cemetery Tales seeks tour guides
“High Tea Among the Blueberries” takes
place June 27, 2-5 p.m. at the Wilinda Blue-
berry Patch on 730 Frankton Rd., Hood River.
Enter prize drawings or purchase authentic
Ugandan baskets. This is a fund raiser for
The Fistula Project which supports surg-
eries for women in Uganda who suffer from
the debilitating childbirth injury.
Tickets (at Waucoma) are $18; tickets pur-
chased at the event are $20. Admission for
children is $10. All donations made to The
Fistula Project are tax deductible.
Sixth annual Cemetery Tales is looking for
friendly volunteers to lead guests on their
journey through Idlewild’s rich history. Tour
guides get to see the show at no charge. Pick
and choose from one or more 90-minute
“shifts” over the weekend. In Cemetery
Tales, Sept.25, 26, 27, local people develop
scripts based on the lives of people buried at
Idlewilde, and, in costume, present 7-minute
stories of those lives.
There are other volunteer roles if want to
help out but not be a tour guide. If you are in-
terested email or call: thmvolun-
teer@gmail.com or 541 386-6772.
Singer Dana Lyons
performs Saturday
Singer and songwriter Dana Lyons per-
forms Saturday in a concert at 7:15 p.m. at
Riverside Community Church. The main
purpose is to raise climate awareness and
provide a sense of community regarding
climate change, according to organizer
Charley Boonstra of the Columbia Gorge
Climate Action Network.
“We want to really create an open place
to talk about the major threats to our plan-
et,” she said. Donations are encouraged at
$15. Local businesses are donating dishes
to be a part of a dinner open to the public
at 6 p.m.