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www.hoodrivernews.com Hood River News, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 A5 Most retailers comply in youth ‘tobacco assessment’ Teens attempt to ‘buy’ tobacco A team of high school students from Hood River Valley High School Health Media Club in partnership with The Dalles Youth- Think recently participated in a tobacco retail assess- ment, a youth led evalua- tion around the sale of to- bacco products in their community. The participants visited over 50 tobacco retailers in Hood River and Wasco County on April 25 to assess if retailers would allow them to purchase tobacco products. The underage youth, with parental and law enforcement permis- sion, entered local retail stores and attempted to pur- chase tobacco products. Out of the 50 retailers, six did not card and allowed the minors to purchase tobacco products. Retailers that did not card were given a letter and tobacco product was not purchased. The letter asked them to remember to ask for identification and support the health of our youth. Re- tailers that did card and that refused to sell received a thank you letter from the participants. In this particular project, no citations or fines were delivered if a retailer was not in compliance. “It is strictly an evalua- tion of our local retailers’ efforts and to remind retail- ers to keep tobacco out of the hands of our youth,” said Belinda Ballah of Hood River Prevention Office. “We commend our local re- tailers that are consistently checking the I.D. of youth prior to selling tobacco products and refusing to sell to those who are under the age of 18.” Students discussed the ne gative health ef fects caused by tobacco and that tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of death and disease in Oregon. They also talked about how Big Tobacco tar- gets youth, communities of color and low income to ini- tiate tobacco use. At the end of the day when asked about their experience, youth participant Elizabeth Blas Campos said, “I want to be involved in my com- munity to create change.” Tobacco Assessment are used as a project to educate and engage youth in the health and well being of their community around to- bacco use and health equity. A community collaboration with Mid Columbia Health Equity Advocates, The Next Door, YouthThink, North Central Public Health Dis- trict and HRVHS Health Media Club and Hood River County Prevention Office. For more information about Tobacco Assessments please contact Belinda Bal- lah, Prevention Specialist at Hood River County Preven- tion Office, at 541-387-6890 or Shellie Campbell, Tobacco Prevention Education Pro- gram Coordinator at North Central Public Health Dis- trict, at 541-506-2609. FAREWELL DUNKING Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea The final day of school June 12 brings everyone — students and staff alike — outside to the scenic north side of the campus at Hood River Middle School for a dunk tank extravaganza. Students Above, Gene Bronson fires a near-miss at the target. The event also gave students such as Lauren Decker, left, and Chad Klaas the chance took turns trying to dunk teachers (principal Brent Emmons was to gather signatures for each others’ yearbooks. Many students also sought out staff to write messages. among the first). Mary Jensen, right, recruits more ball-throwers as teacher Eric Cohn takes his turn in the “cold seat.” Above, teacher Michael Becker exults moments before he heads into the drink. Hood River Weather Forecast Date Today June 17 Thurs. June 18 Fri. June 19 Forecast Mostly Sunny Sunny Mostly Sunny Daytime / Overnight High / Low (°F) 80° / 58° 80° / 56° 77° / 55° Sat. June 20 Mostly Sunny 84° / 58° Sun. June 21 Partly Cloudy 84° / 59° Oregon Weather Map Wind Speed SSE 1 G 4 MPH Barometer NA WASH. Astoria 51° | 63° Newport 48° | 59° Humidity 65% Portland 53° | 80° Salem 51° | 81° Dewpoint 40°F (4°C) Visibility NA Pendleton 54° | 90° Bend 49° | 84° Ontario 62° | 92° Eugene 50° | 81° Last update 15 Jun 6:00 am PDT IDAHO AGRIMET HOOD RIVER OR Lat: 45.6842 Long: -121.5181 Elev: 510 http://uspest.org North Bend 51° | 60° Medford 51° | 90° Klamath Falls 48° | 84° CALIF. © 2015 Wunderground.com This week’s Forecast Mon. June 22 Tues. June 23 Sunny Partly Cloudy 541-386-1123 82° / 57° Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. 82° / 58° @gVc #& JVRcd 6iaVcZV_TV 3140 W. Cascade, Hood River Ac`WVddZ`_R]]j EcRZ_VU EVTY_ZTZR_d 7RTe`cj BfR]Zej ARced Actual High / Low June June June June June June June 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - - - - - - - 95/59 91/66 80/60 80/58 73/53 77/46 86/46 Updated Monday, June 15 at 9:00 a.m. PST Data from www.weather.com 3Vde 3cR\V HRccR_ej
