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Hood River News, Wednesday, June 17, 2015
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County adopts budget, considers 911 radio improvements
gency Communication Dis-
trict fund, which could be
seeing some big changes
this year.
A trio of 911 representa-
tives — Erica Stolhand,
Hood River County 911 Di-
rector, Brian Rockett, chief
deputy of the Hood River
County Sheriff ’s Office,
and Joel Harrington, an
ADCOMM Engineering
consultant — proposed a
new countywide radio sys-
tem that all fire and police
departments could use.
Currently, the County
By PATRICK MULVIHILL
News staff writer
The Hood River County
Board of Commissioners
met Monday to adopt a $55
million budget for the 2015-
2016 fiscal year. Commis-
sioners also discussed an
overhaul of the current 911
emergency radio system
used by police and fire de-
partments.
The county’s total bud-
get, effective July 1, will be
$54,987,950. Of that total,
the county allocated
$4,087,200 to the Emer-
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Parkdale, Odell churches
hold VBS Aug. 3-7
Parkdale Community
Church, Parkdale Nazarene,
Parkdale Baptist and Pillar
Bible Fellowship of Odell
will hold a combined vaca-
tion bible school Aug. 3-7.
For more information, see
Tamara Emler Ball’s column
on B2.
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VBS at Immanuel
Lutheran on now
Immanuel Lutheran (9th
and State street) invites all
children ages 4 through 11 to
a wonderful week of Son-
Spark Lab —“Where God’s
love is the formula for life!”
This free week of fun, games,
crafts, songs, treats, faith
lessons and surprises galore
happens from 9 a.m. to noon
June 15-19. The kids will also
learn how to share God’s love
in an exciting way through a
food collection competition
all week long for our local
F.I.S.H. food bank. Register
now
at
www.ImmanuelHR.org as
space is limited! For more in-
formation call 541-386-3046.
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‘Thailand Trek’ at HR
Alliance
A free summer kids’ event
called Thailand Trek VBS
will be hosted at Hood River
Alliance Church June 23-26.
Thailand Trek is like taking
a trip to Thailand! Kids will
participate in memorable
Bible-lear ning activities,
sing catchy songs, play team-
work-building games, dig
into yummy Thai-inspired
treats, experience cool Bible
adventures, collect Bible
Memory Makers, and ex-
plore what daily life is like
for kids in Thailand. Each
day concludes with a Closing
Celebration that gets every-
one involved in living what
they’ve lear ned. Family
members and friends are en-
couraged to join in daily for
this special time at 11:30 a.m.
Kids at Thailand Trek
VBS will join an internation-
al mission effort to share
God’s Word by providing kid-
friendly Thai-language New
Testaments for children in
Thailand.
Thailand Trek VBS is for
kids from age 4 to 5th grade
and will run from 9 –11:45
a.m. each day. Space is limit-
ed, so make sure you pre-reg-
ister
your
child
at
www.hoodriveralliance.org.
For more information, call
541-386-2812.
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Earth Camp comes to
Riverside UCC July 13-17
Looking for a summer
camp that incorporates art,
outdoor activities, music,
games and healthy snacks?
Sign up for Riverside’s
“Earth Camp,” where kids
will grow in faith, have fun,
and change the world.
Riverside Earth Camp is
an environmentally focused
5-day experience that in-
spires kids to make a differ-
ence with their own unique
approach and gifts to the
world.
911 dispatch center and
Hood River Fire operate on
different systems. Har-
rington referred to them as
“separate silos” in his re-
port. The fire district uses
a “simulcast” system with
UHF technology, while the
county dispatch center
uses VHF.
Harrington said he con-
ducted ride-along studies
with Hood River County
Sheriff ’s deputies, and dis-
covered “poor to non-exis-
tent portable radio cover-
age” in remote areas of
Hood River County, and
even some areas within the
city.
According to his written
report, deputies get no re-
ception in some rooms of
the Hood River Court-
house and the Sheriff ’s In-
vestigation Office.
Also spotty are the Prov-
idence Hood River Memor-
ial Hospital emergency
room, Hood River Inn,
Hood River City Hall, and
the Hood River Middle
School.
Harrington said one offi-
Oregon’s unemployment
rate was essentially un-
changed at 5.3 percent in
May compared with 5.2 per-
cent in April. This kept the
state’s rate close to the na-
tional level, as the U.S. un-
employment rate was 5.5 in
May and 5.4 percent in
April.
An unemployment rate
close to 5 percent is near the
lowest Oregon’s rate has
been over the past 40 years.
The rate did reach similar
levels during four prior peri-
ods of economic expansion
since the 1980s, but Oregon’s
rate never dropped substan-
tially below 5 percent. The
record low in the series,
which dates back to 1976, oc-
curred in January and Feb-
ruary 1995, when the rate
dropped to 4.7 percent.
Payroll employment
growth paused in May, post-
ing a seasonally adjusted de-
cline of 1,400, the first
monthly drop since Septem-
ber 2012. But this one-month
decline is not an indicator of
continued job losses. De-
spite the one-month decline
in jobs, payroll employment
was still up substantially
over the year, having added
50,500 jobs, or 2.9 percent,
since May 2014.
Taking a breather from
Earth Treasure Vase heads
toward Hanford on June 21
A Global Healing Project
aimed at awareness of im-
pacts from the Hanford nu-
clear facilities comes to the
Gorge on June 21.
The journey of the Earth
Treasure Vase at comes out
of the Tibetan Buddhist tra-
dition of burying prayers
and offerings to heal and
protect the earth, according
to spokeswoman Kalama
Reuter.
The gathering will be at
the Balfour-Klickitat day
use area near Lyle, Wash.,
from 4 to 5 p.m.
“This is another event
where all are welcome to
honor the sacred waters of
Earth, connect with nature
and meet as river peoples,”
Reuter said. “We will add
our collected intentions to
an Earth Treasure Vase on
Sunday as we link up with
Nature Connect‘s Healing
Journey on the Waters.”
Reuter said pilgrims are
heading toward Hanford,
acknowledging the waters
of the confluences and the
history, beauty and resilien-
cy of the river’s communi-
ties. The vase will be
buried at Hanford Reach
National Monument on
June 23, the anniversary of
the Hiroshima and Nagasa-
ki bombings.
For more information on
this five day camping expe-
rience, contact Judy Todd,
503-260-4995.
The two bugs on this week’s Kid
Scoop have come up with clever
ways to use digging, or burrowing,
skills to survive. The trapdoor
spider digs into the ground to
create a nest that is also a trap.
A wasp drills into trees to find safe,
food-filled havens for its eggs.
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When it is time to lay her eggs, the female
ichneumon wasp finds a pine tree. She
lands on a trunk or branch and gently taps
the wood with her antennae. She is
listening for a hollow sound that tells her
there is a grub inside.
With the sharp tip of her ovipositor, she
pierces through the bark and drills until
she finds the grub. She lays a single egg in
the grub’s body.
In a few days, the tiny ichneumon young
hatches and feasts on the grub’s fat body.
When it is big enough, it tunnels out of the
tree and flies.
Adult ichneumon wasps drink the nectar
of flowers.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Know the
sequence of events.
rapid g rowth in recent
months, most industries
hired close to their normal,
seasonal numbers of jobs in
May. Retail trade was the
biggest exception as it added
only 700 jobs in May, when
an increase of 2,100 is its
seasonal norm.
The slight dip in the May
jobs figures could be pay-
back from strong gains in re-
cent months. Oregon’s mild
and dry winter helped keep
people employed in indus-
tries affected by winter
weather. For example, con-
struction employment did-
n’t drop as much as normal
during January and Febru-
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Sox, a 2-year-old female pit
bull, was lying on the bath-
room floor with multiple
puncture wounds to the
throat, and a gunshot wound
to the head. Sox survived and
underwent medical treat-
ment at Tucker Road Hospi-
tal in Hood River and a vet-
erinary hospital in Portland.
The Muschaweck family set
up a donation account at Pa-
cific Nor thwest Federal
Credit Union to help cover
the cost.
“She’s done extremely
well,”
said
Sharon
Muschaweck, Jason’s moth-
er, of Sox’s recovery as of
early June.
When an insect comes near, the
trapdoor spider senses the vibrations
it makes on the
ground with special It takes some
kinds of
sensitive leg hairs.
trapdoor
spiders just 0.03
It pounces! In a
rapid pounce the
(that’s three
spider snatches the hundredths) of a
insect, injects it
second to grab
with poison and
a victim. That is
pulls it down into
faster than the
the burrow to be
blink of an eye!
eaten.
Hold this page up to a mirror to
see the title of this book. Then
check it out at your local library!
Facts are pieces of
information that can be
measured, proven or seen.
Opinions describe how
someone feels about a thing or
event. They can vary from
person to person.
TRAPDOOR
SPIDERS
BURROWS
POUNCE
SILK
VICTIM
GRUBS
HAVENS
FANGS
SENSES
COZY
HINGED
WASP
PINE
BODY
Look at the Autos
for Sale ads in the
newspaper. Using
the format of these
ads, write ads with
descriptions of
different insects.
For example:
Sleek Optima
Ladybug, brand
new wing casings,
red and black,
new owner, 7-day
warranty, 5-speed,
tinted windows,
all-weather wings.
Standards Link:
Writing Applications: Use
descriptive language that
clarifies and enhances ideas
in expository writing.
Read today’s Kid Scoop page.
List three facts you found on
the page:
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
P S E S N E S K O U
R N S C P I L N G S
P O W I V I C T I M
S H O D S O D E E H
G I R D Z B C E A R
N N R Y P N U V R P
Write an opinion you found on
the page:
A G U D U A E R I S
F E B O T N R N G A
R D P B S A E T P W
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Bug News
Hot Rod
Bugs
In court Monday, Schnei-
der’s attorney, Peter A. Par-
nickis, appeared in person.
He asked Donald if he had
been given a copy of the
charges the grand jury had
handed down. When Donald
said “no,” Parnickis request-
ed more time to discuss the
case with his defendant.
Judge Karen Ostrye, Dis-
trict Attorney John Sewell
and Parnickis agreed to meet
later and discuss a date for
Donald to appear again in
court.
Michael Schneider has not
yet been formally indicted on
a grand jury decision. His
next court appearance is set
tentatively for next Monday.
A third brother, Peter
Schneider, faces theft and
burglary charges, and is
scheduled to appear in court
June 17.
In order for a news article to be
fair and accurate, a reporter must
separate fact from opinion.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
The trapdoor spider sits under the
trapdoor with its legs sticking out.
ary. This allowed many in
construction to get back to
work sooner than usual.
Following these unusual
fluctuations, construction
employment stood at its
highest May total in seven
years at 81,300 jobs, a gain of
1,100, or 1.4 percent, since
May 2014.
Real wages are growing.
With Oregon’s unemploy-
ment rate dropping close to
historic lows, wage gains re-
flected a tightening labor
market. Average hourly
earnings increased 2.2 per-
cent over the year for Ore-
gon’s private-sector payroll
employees.
After eating constantly at the
fast food restaurant known as
Gussy’s, ten-year-old Roscoe
finds himself turning into a
giant bug.
This trapdoor spider snagged
some of the words out of Nellie’s
article. Can you draw a line to
where each word belongs?
Standards Link: Life Science: Know that the behavior
of individual organisms is influenced by internal and
external cues.
Another bug that uses special digging
skills is the ichneumon (ik-new-man)
wasp. This wasp lives in the pine forests of
North America, Europe and New Zealand.
In other action Monday,
County Commissioners fi-
nalized revisions to an or-
dinance gover ning the
county’s appeal process,
which had been referred to
in the past as “unusual” by
the state Land Use Board
of Appeals (LUBA).
Commissioners also
cleaned up language in a
county Pest Control ordi-
nance which now refers to
all fruit tree growers, in-
stead of “orchardists”
when determining a pest
hazard on orchard land.
Labor market largely unchanged in May
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the burr
cer claimed, “each school
(in Hood River County
School District) has a
portable radio, but can’t
talk to dispatch” due to
radio coverage limitations.
Commissioners request-
ed more detailed estimates
of the cost required to up-
grade the emergency com-
munications system. The
ADCOMM report listed a
range of $35,000 to $500,000
per site for its short term
option, but did not include
a final cost of a county-
wide upgrade.
Insects frequently appear in the news.
Checking the newspaper for a week, clip
and save any articles that talk about
insects. On a map, locate each of the insect
populations mentioned in the articles.
Standards Link: Social Science: use map skills to locate the
absolute location of places.
Research and write three to five facts
about a bug you think should be in
the Bugs Hall of Fame.
Read a letter to the editor in
today’s newspaper. With a
partner, underline the facts in
green and the opinions in red.
Name:
Partner’s name:
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Identify the difference between fact and opinion.
Complete the grid by using all the
letters in the word TRAP in each
vertical and horizontal row. Each letter
should only be used once in each row.
Some spaces have been filled in for you.