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Hood River News, Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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Cider Central
F ISH HQ
Cider group chooses
‘Spoke and Sail’ name
Campaign coordinator and FISH board mem-
ber Chuck Bugge thanks the community for
supporting the $1 million FISH food bank pro-
ject, at Saturday’s grand opening. More than
100 people gathered for barbecue and other
refreshments in the new meeting
room/classroom adjacent to the kitchen. Also
housed there are distribution and warehouse
spaces, office, and waiting room.
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
News editor
The June 17 Hood River
News edition mentioned two
new cideries due to open this
summer and fall in Hood
River.
We clarify the name of one
– it’s Crush Cider Cafe , 1020
Wasco Street – and announce
the name chosen for what
had been called “12 Ciders”
on the Heights.
Spoke and Sail will be the
official name of the Heights
cidery, according to partner
John Metta. The name re-
flects the love of outdoor
sports in this area, he said.
Metta said, “We’ll have
other local ciders, with a
focus on small Gorg e
cideries without any tasting
venues.
“Our plan is 12 cider taps
and three for beers — two
local, and one random,” said
Metta, who recommends that
those in search of diverse
ciders visit a cider taphouse,
and those looking for diverse
beers visit establishments
such as their Heights neigh-
bors, Volcanic Bottle Shoppe.
Parkdale
orchardist
Randy Kiyokawa, long a
Visitors tour the community garden where all
produce grown will go to food bank clients at
all four FISh locations in Hood River County.
FISH HQ is located on Tucker Road next to As-
bury/Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea
Submitted photo
H OUSING
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all will go into effect this fall
and continue into 2016.
Mayor Paul Blackbur n
stressed that Monday’s ini-
tial presentation was just
that: a first look at a long list
of potential solutions, and
that a process of work ses-
sions and public hearings at
Planning Commission and
City Council will follow this
summer and fall.
The next key date is the
Planning Commission’s July
6 public hearing on the
strategies, 5:30 p.m. at City
Hall.
Planning Commission
chairman Nate DeVol said
the panel should have a work
session (open to the public)
prior to the hearing, espe-
cially in light of proposed
strategies that are either
controversial or ones not in-
cluded in the report that
might still be open to consid-
eration.
“We need to have the
chance to review those
things we thought of as a
body, before we ask the pub-
lic about them,” DeVol said.
“Our purview is to make
sure zoning is right to ac-
complish the things you
want to accomplish,” DeVol
said.
The three basic strategies
proposed in the document
are:
■ Increasing efficiency of
use of land within the Hood
River Urban Growth Bound-
ary (main fix could be reduc-
ing density minimums with-
in some zones, to encourage
more housing units).
■ Regulate and manage
secondary and short-term
rental housing (main fix: en-
hance the existing permit
and licensing program so
revenue is accrued from
more homes not occupied on
a year-round basis).
■ Develop affordable hous-
ing, both market rate and
gover nment subsidiz ed
(main fix: partly in place:
Walbridge said Mid-Colum-
bia Housing Authority, rep-
resented in TAC, has stepped
up to take on a larger part-
nership with the city com-
mitting to increase its part-
nership with the city).
“We have not used them
enough in the past,” she said.
Monday’s public testimo-
ny on the report was sand-
wiched between Walbridge
and Goodman’s report, and a
lengthy discussion of more
than 20 strategies suggested
the city consider to reduce
the overall cost of housing,
and therefore accessibility, to
people of all income levels.
About 60 people attended
the meeting, and those who
spoke stressed the need for
action to benefit low income
people while also honoring
the town’s growing tourism
base.
“This problem is on a wide
continuum,” Becky Rawson
told the city officials, citing
cases of medical profession-
als, including physicians and
specialists, who she said can-
not afford to purchase a
home in Hood River. “There
is a stigma with affordable
housing, but it is imperative
we speak for all people.
Thank you for speaking to it
at all.”
“We are a tourist economy
as well as other things. Bal-
ance is a key,” said Libby
Taylor, who represents a
property management firm
that deals with vacation
homes. “Legislation is in
order but hopefully it’s rea-
sonable and easy to enforce,”
she said.
Walbridge said that, with
the report as guide, “When
we go about adopting these
strategies, it will be a more
smooth path. This is about
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straight up slick glass
windows?
At the end of
a fly’s foot are
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(pull –VIL-eye)
and two claws.
The claws help
the housefly
grab onto rough surfaces and
the pulvilli allow the fly to
stick to smooth surfaces.
Most of a housefly’s
head is covered by
its eyes. Houseflies
have compound
eyes, which means
that each eye is
actually made up of
3,000 to 6,000
simple eyes.
How many flies can you
find on today’s page in 60
seconds? Have a friend
try. Who found more?
FLY-O-VISION!
Compound eyes permit a
fly to see in many directions
at once. Each lens points
in a slightly different
direction, making it possible
for a housefly to see above,
below and to the sides, as
well as to the front. That is
why it is hard to sneak up
on a housefly!
Do the math to find out which part of
the housefly’s body senses each of the
following:
SEATING took an unusual shape Monday, for space reasons, as
council and planning commission gathered round table-style and
most staff sat in the council dais.
setting a path.”
“Zoning is your best tool
and you have some financial
tools available, but you can
no longer look to the federal
government for much help,”
Goodman said.
Specific proposed strate-
gies include: creating mini-
mum density requirements
This is the story about a lady who
swallows a fly, spider, bird, cat,
dog, goat, cow and horse. Do you
think she lives?
Houseflies have no teeth. Everything they eat
must be liquefied. If a housefly wants to eat
something solid, such as a sugar crystal, it must
first dissolve the food with saliva. Then it can
suck the liquid up its proboscis. The proboscis
is a hollow tube that extends out of its mouth.
Houseflies eat all kinds of things—manure,
garbage, human food and dead, decaying
animals. That’s why it’s important to keep houseflies away
from your food; they can leave behind germs.
Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that living organisms have distinct structures and
body systems that serve specific functions in growth, survival and reproduction.
Fly Hunt
Buzz through
today’s newspaper
and find:
• three adjectives
that describe
houseflies
• something a
housefly might eat
• numbers that add
up to the number
of days a housefly
normally lives
• three things that
can fly
Standards Link:
Research: Use the newspaper
to locate information.
in some area; allowing town-
houses in more zones; reduc-
ing R1 zone lot size to 5,00
feet, from 7,000; identifying
publicly-owned properties
that could be used for hous-
ing; creating ordinances to
allow more accessory
dwelling units and “cottage”
housing.
How many different words
can you make using some of
the letters in the word
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Read age-appropriate texts in a variety of genres.
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COMPOUND
SUCTION
LENS
SIMPLE
EGYPT
PULVILLI
GOLDEN
TOUCH
MOSAIC
SIGN
EYES
SENSES
CUPS
DOWN
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
D N S Y A T O U C H
O O P L S S P O I S
W I U F N G M Y I E
N T C E N P O G G Y
E C L S O F N W E E
D U P U L V I L L I
L S N O E L P M I S
O D A H S E S N E S
G L M O S A I C T H
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Compounded
A housefly
lives for about
21 days!
Help this fly climb
up the wall.
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
Unscramble the title of this book.
Then, check it out at your local
library this summer!
Each simple eye has its own nerve and six-sided lens.
When a housefly looks at an object, it doesn’t see one
smooth picture, but a mosaic made up of thousands of
pieces of that picture.
provider of whole apples and
crabapples to Northwest
cider makers, is about to
squeeze his way into the in-
dustry in a new way.
Kiyokawa is building a
structure on his Clear Creek
Road property where he, or
someone who arranges with
him to do so, can press fruit
into juice to make cider.
Kiyokawa said he does not
expect the facility to go into
operation this year, though
he has plenty of fruit at
ready, including five acres of
diverse cider-friendly apples
growing on leased property
on Lava Bed Road.
When he does make cider
himself, it will be sweet, non-
alcoholic cider, but the facili-
ty will be suited (as in
plumbed and drained) for ei-
ther a pressing or full-scale
cider making operation. He
sees his own facility as a
chance to “bridge the gap”
between people like himself,
with plenty of fruit, and
cider makers who are look-
ing for a place to forge their
wares.
Look through the newspaper for words that
make up compound words. Cut these words
out and glue them onto another piece of
paper to make compound words. Can you
make more than ten compound words?
Standards Link: Spelling: Students understand that compound
words are composed of two separate words.
A Fly on the Wall
If you could be a fly on the wall,
hearing and watching others without
their knowing, where would you go
and what would you like to watch?
SCORE YOURSELF:
1 - 3 words = Grounded
4 - 7 words = Fine Flyer
8 - 11 words = Boss Buzzer
12 - 15 words = Wonder Wings
16 + words = Super Fly!
Complete the grid by using all the
letters in the word FLIES in each
vertical and horizontal row. Each letter
should only be used once in each row.
Some spaces have been filled in for you.