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Hood River News, Saturday, July 18, 2015
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healthy hood river
‘Wellness’ gets
a local brand
The art designs of Alexandra Buckles and
Allison Thompson, incoming freshmen at
Hood River Valley High School, were recent-
ly selected for the Hood River County Well-
ness Committee logo.
The girls originally created the art designs
as part of an Earth Camp Class on wellness
and prevention held at Riverside Community
Church. The design was chosen for use at a
county park on a prevention education sign.
Buckles and Thompson were delighted to be
chosen not only for that sign, but also for the
Wellness Committee logo.
The Hood River County Wellness Commit-
tee meets on a monthly basis working with
Pacific Source to educate county employees
on health issues, raise awareness for such
things as heart attacks, strokes, financial
health, dental care, exercise for mind and
body and healthy eating.
This year they choose to do a kick off by
holding a biometric screening for all employ-
ees that would give participants information
on Body Mass Index, blood pressure, choles-
terol and glucose levels. But first they wanted
to brand the Wellness Committee and looked
for logo options. That’s where the girls come
in. Belinda Ballah, Hood River County Pre-
vention Director suggested that they consid-
er the logo that the girls created for the park.
A number of options were made available for
the employees to vote on and this one was
chosen.
The logo is being used on water bottles,
lunch bags and communication with the em-
ployees.
Submitted photo
WELLNESS LOGO artists Alexandra Buckles, left, and Allison Thompson hold up bottles with their logo design.
Calling all ‘Gorgivores’: Summer brings food and farm events
Photo courtesy of Kristy Athens
AUTHOR KRISTY ATHENS will speak Aug. 22 on “Good Food, Bad Food”. Now living in Wallowa
County, Athens is a former Gorge resident, and wrote a book about her farm experiences in the area.
Local Food Challenge — Go the Ore-
gon Food Bank website for details.
Sign-up at to track all your local food
purchases for the month of August.
Here are some reasons Gorge Grown
encourages people to seek ways to buy
locally:
■ Local food supports the local econo-
my: Money spent on local food stays
close to home and is reinvested in the
community.
■ It’s easier on the environment:
From helping to maintain farmland and
open spaces to reducing the carbon foot-
print.
■ Locally grown food is full of flavor:
Food grown nearby is less likely to have
lost nutrient value since the time be-
tween harvest and market is shorter.
■ It builds community: Shopping at a
farmers’ market can encourage you to
explore the neighborhood, make new
friends or reconnect with old ones.
‘Place At the Table” — A free viewing
of the film “ A Place At The Table” hap-
pens July 29 at 6 p.m. at FISH Food
Bank, 1130 Tucker Rd., Hood River (de-
tails on page A1).
A discussion of existing resources
and next steps will directly follow the
film screening. According to 0 million
Americans - 1 in 4 children - don’t know
where their next meal is coming from.
In a riveting journey that will change
forever how you think about the hungry,
A Place at the Table shows how the
issue could be solved forever, once the
American public decides - as they have
in the past - that ending hunger is in the
best interests of us all.
Gorge Grown Food Network
announces a series of summer
events intended to promote
the consumption of good food,
buying it locally, and ways to
develop local resources.
One of those is the “Local
Food Challenge” in August.
Gorge Grown asks Gorge resi-
dents to ask, “Where does your
food come from, who grows it,
and how?”
The Oregon Food Bank has
created a Local Food Chal-
lenge as an opportunity to
think about these questions
for one month and track how
much you spend while you do
it. (Details below)
The goal is to shoot for buy-
ing 10 percent of your food lo-
cally for the month.
“But we here at Gorge
Grown think that our Gorgi-
vores can do so much better
than that,” said Gorge Grown
director Sarah Shepherd.
Gorge Grown is also spon-
soring “Good Food, Bad Food:
Agriculture, Ethics, and Per-
sonal Choice,” a free conversa-
tion with author and food out-
reach expert Kristy Athens.
Oregon boasts a multi-bil-
lion dollar agricultural econo-
my that includes both indus-
trial agriculture and small-
scale efforts such as communi-
F REEZING
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State University Extension
Service. We have 18 differ-
ent classes this year in
Hood River and The Dalles.
They will teach you all
about putting up your own
food in a variety of ways.
This will not only help you
to eat healthier, but it will
also help you take advan-
ty supported agriculture
memberships, farmers mar-
kets, and community gardens,
according to Athens. These
smaller, community-based ef-
forts are on the rise as a means
to nurture community and
create local and autonomous
food systems. Are these choic-
es as consequential as con-
sumers would like them to be?
Does “voting with your dol-
lars” significantly shape our
agricultural systems?
This is the focus of “Good
Food, Bad Food,” on Saturday,
Aug. 22 at 4 p.m. at Hood River
Library. This programs is
hosted by Hood River Library
and co-sponsored by Oregon
Humanities and Gorge
Grown.
Athens is the author of Get
Your Pitchfork On!: The Real
Dirt on Country Living. In
2014, she received on Oregon
Literary Fellowship from Lit-
erary Arts. Athens recently
completed a Master of Sci-
ence degree is food systems
and society from Marylhurst
University. She lives in Wal-
low County, where she works
at the N.E. Oregon Economic
Development District as an
outreach specialist.
For more infor mation
about this free community
tage of lower priced, sea-
sonal produce.
You can find the full list
of our classes here:
http://extension.ore gon-
state.edu/hoodriver/food-
preservation-class-schedule
or feel free to contact me di-
rectly for more informa-
tion:
Lau-
ren.Kraemer@oregon-
state.edu.
If preserving isn’t your
thing, check out the hun-
dreds of simple, easy, low-
cost recipes on our
discussion, contact Hood
River Library at 541-386-2535
or info@hoodriverlibrary.org,
or visit www.hoodriverli-
brary.org.
More serious fun with food
■ Harvest Dinner — On
Sept. 27, enjoy a classic farm
dinner set at a beautiful table
at Kiyokawa Family Or-
chards in the Hood River val-
ley featuring a four-course
meal prepared by Chef Ben
Stenn of Celilo Restaurant
and Bar.
Dinner will highlight daz-
zling seasonal produce and
savory meats raised right
here in the Gorge with local
beverages paired for each
course. Appetizers will be
served at 4 pm followed by
dinner and dessert.
Meet local farmers, enjoy
the mountain view scenery
of a working orchard, and
support a great non-profit
working to build a thriving,
vibrant local food system in
the Gorge.
Seating is limited. Tickets
are on sale today at Brown
Paper Tickets!
Contact Gorg e Grown
Food Network at 541-490-6420
or communications@gorge-
grown.com with questions.
www.FoodHero.org website.
■
Healthy Active Hood
River County (HAHRC) is
our community healthy liv-
ing coalition. We promote
wellness through increased
physical activity, healthy
eating, tobacco use preven-
tion, behavioral health, pre-
vention of addictions and
policy and environmental
change. Join us at our next
meeting July 28th 11:30am-
1:00pm at Providence Hood
River Hospital Boardroom.
It’s time for our 15th Annual
PET PHOTO CONTEST
20% of all entry proceeds will be donated to
Hood River Adopt-A-Dog & Be Mine Cat Adoption
Photos must be
submitted by
August 24, 2015
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*All Photos must be submitted by Noon on August 24, 2015.
Photos must be picked up by 5 p.m. on September 14, 2015
Mail or drop off your full color or black & white photo, entry form and entry fee to
the The Hood River News P.O. Box 390 or 419 State St.,
Hood River, OR 97031.
Or submit your photo online to:
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