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Gorge
Columbia River
Business
Review
WATER
September 2012
Covering Gorge Business
Party
Time
The Masters
have a little fun
while they work.
Master
Page 7
Volume 4, No. 9
BUSINESS
Submitted photo
Tonia Farman’s passion
for water sports benefits others. See Page 8.
Ben McCarty photo
Jon Davies and the
Hood River Port commissioners are helping
shape the future of the
Nichols Boat Basin.
See Page 18.
Adam Lapierre photo
Aaron Sales and Matt Sweeting brought the MaiTai networking event to the Gorge
last month. See Page 10.
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Gorge
Columbia River Gorge Business Review, September 2012
Columbia River
Business
Review
CONTENTS
Who’s
Inside
Page 9
STAFF
Managers
Joe Petshow
& Marilyn Roth
Editorial
Elaine Bakke
Sverre Bakke
Mike Couch
Mark Gibson
Rebecca Gourley
Adam Lapierre
Ben McCarty
Jade McDowell
Kirby Neumann-Rea
Julie Raefield-Gobbo
RaeLynn Ricarte
Esther K. Smith
Kathy Ursprung
E-mail
[email protected]
TECH CORNER
Kinetics Inc.
Page 26
Mavis
Feist
Page 15
Erin
Martin
Real Estate Reunion
Page 19
Also Inside:
A bigger Dallesport airport
Page 4
Senator visits Insitu
Page 6
A circus-like atmosphere
Page 7
Business with pleasure
Page 10
Granada project advances
Page 13
Page 28
Judy
Streich
Content
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Rick McKee, district marketing manager from
ACE Hardware, presents Pat McAllister, president/CEO of Hood River Supply, with a service
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HOOD RIVER – Ace Hardware
Corporation has named Hood
River Supply a “Five-Star
Platinum” Ace retailer for its
exemplary service and retail operations. The hardware cooperative
honors approximately 10 percent
of its top-performing stores with
the designation.
Ace’s Platinum Performance
Retailing achievement program
provides merchandising initiatives
as well as operational training and
guidelines designed to help Ace
stores offer superior customer
service, improve sales and overall
Legal issue workshop Oct. 16
• Handle injured and disabled workers while complying with ADS,
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• Enforce the company’s attendance
policy while complying with state and
federal leave laws
• Apply privacy and confidentiality
laws during day-to-day activities
• Recognize red flags that may signal an important legal risk
The workshop is organized by the
Columbia Gorge Chapter-Society for
Human Resource Management.
Sponsors include BCI Group, Full Sail
Brewing Company and CatalystPerformance Consulting.
The Columbia Gorge Chapter of
SHRM represents a diverse group of
human resource professionals working
in a variety of public and private settings in the Columbia Gorge of Oregon
and Washington. The chapter was
established in 1991 and has more than
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The workshop is 9 a.m. to noon in
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By the end of this training program
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“At Hood River Supply, we
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Dallesport regional airport builds for the future
huge increase in coal trains and rail
traffic to the region if built. Currently,
about 30 trains pass through the corridor each day, Melonas said.
“This is one of the busiest rail routes
in the Pacific Northwest, and we handle all types of commodities on this
route,” he said. “We make improvements to handle current and projected
volumes.”
BNSF has mapped out a systemwide
capital investment program of $3.9 billion in 2012. BNSF tracks reach 28
U.S. states and two Canadian
provinces.
In Washington alone, this year’s
slate includes 1,020 miles of track surfacing and undercutting work, plus the
replacement of 56 miles of rail and
178,000 ties. New steel rails weigh in
at 141 pounds per 3 feet of material,
Melonas said.
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ment and how high they are flying,
making it possible for them to land
safely during cloudy or foggy weather
conditions.
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden worked with
federal officials from Washington to
obtain funding for the special equipment several years ago.
Within the next 30 days, Centrex
Construction of Aurora will start building a new maintenance hangar at the
airport, a $250,000 project that is funded by a loan from Klickitat County.
Trapp said the new 60-by-80-foot facility will provide the mechanic with an
enclosed and heated work space —
much appreciated during the winter
months — that has enough room to
service larger planes.
He said hangar space will also be
available to pilots for overnight stays
in the area, especially during winter
when no de-icing equipment is available.
“We currently don’t have anywhere
to house jets that come in here and we
get requests for that service constantly,” Trapp said. The new hangar will
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VANCOUVER – An estimated $106
million in rail work aims to boost
capacity on BNSF Railway’s
Washington system this year — much
of it on the century-old line connecting
Vancouver to the Columbia River
Gorge.
Construction crews last month finished replacing various sections of rail
between Vancouver and Pasco, said
BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. The
two-month job wrapped up near Home
Valley, just east of Stevenson.
A separate effort to recondition the
railroad bed beneath the tracks also
concluded last month, using an 1,800foot Loram “undercutter” machine
along the line.
The work comes amid controversial
plans for six coal export facilities in
the Northwest, expected to bring a
By RAELYNN RICARTE
Cascade Electric and Tennison
Engineering, both of The Dalles.
Trapp said 90 percent of the $3.2
million for the project is funded by the
Federal Aviation Administration and 10
percent is split between The Dalles and
Klickitat County, co-owners of the airport. He said runway improvements
also include lighted panels that will
show the pilots where they are on the
strip at night. The work is expected to
be completely finished by the end of
October.
Trapp said an example of the need to
upgrade the runway occurred in June
when Army Major Gen. Timothy
Kadavy, deputy director of the
National Guard, was traveling to The
Dalles to speak at the groundbreaking
ceremony for the new readiness center.
Because his plane was too large for
Dallesport, the general and his
entourage had to land in Troutdale and
drive to their destination.
The second runway at the airport,
which is 4,647 feet long, is being used
by planes while the main strip is under
construction.
That runway offers pilots a guidance
system that signals them about place-
TURE
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DALLESPORT – Jets and larger
planes will soon be able to land at the
Columbia Gorge Regional Airport and
officials believe new economic development opportunities could soon be
headed this way.
Terry Trapp, airport commissioner,
said Google, Insitu, Cardinal Glass and
other corporations in the area will benefit from work on the main runway. He
said once the airstrip has been lengthened and strengthened, larger groups of
executives can be brought to the Gorge
for business meetings.
He said the improvements could
also, one day, accommodate commuter
planes to and from Portland
International Airport, cutting travel
time for nearby residents.
He said there has to be enough of a
demand for that service to make the
flights cost-effective before a major
airline will commit to the plan.
Granite Construction, a multi-state
company that purchased MidColumbia Asphalt of Dallesport, is the
lead contractor for improvements to
the runway. The flight strip is 5,097
feet long and 100 feet wide but will
soon have 400 feet added to each end.
A safety issue is also being
addressed as Granite shaves off a 6foot “hump” in the center of the runway that has prevented pilots from
seeing what was happening at the
other end.
In addition to flattening the surface,
the base will be strengthened to handle
the poundage of larger planes.
Currently the runway can accommodate 33,000 pounds, but soon will be
able to take about double that weight
without damage.
“Our runway’s always been an issue
here and this will really increase our
capacity,” said Chuck Covert, past
chair of the commission and one of
three airport managers with
Aeronautical Management Inc.
The work began late last year and is
being accomplished in six phases.
Also involved in the project are East
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Airport
In the 1990s, the city was thinking
about closing the airfield due to a lack
of revenue. State and federal officials
began meeting with local government
Continued from 4
leaders to find a solution to the probtake 120 days to complete so it won’t
lem. The answer to the financial dilembe ready for this winter but will be
ma was to bring Klickitat County into
operational during the cold weather
the equation and that partnership
months of 2013 and beyond.
turned things around.
The airport currently has smaller
The airport commission began to
hangars rented for storage of 50 private bank funds for improvements and a 20aircraft and another 13-15 are parked
year master plan for the 1,000-acre
on the tarmac for a monthly fee.
property was developed and adopted in
Revenue from rentals of these facilities early 2012, setting the stage for several
is used to cover debt service on the
major projects to begin.
bond for construction of the hangars,
“It’s kind of nice after all these years
which will be paid off in 2014, and the to see things really shape up,” said
new loan for the maintenance hangar.
Trapp.
Klickitat County and The Dalles
The commission has authorized
split the operational costs for the airsurvey work for development of a
port, which are less than $100,000
business park along Dallesport Road
each year and offset by hangar fees,
that will include 46 lots.
fuel sales and land leased to Skyline
Infrastructure improvements will be
Hospital for an ambulance garage and done in two phases and parcels near
to Advanced Navigation Positioning
the tarmac reserved for aviation-relatCorporation and American Aerospace
ed companies.
Engineering LLC.
The remaining properties will house
About 50 acres is also leased to the
other enterprises. The FAA is providBonneville Power Administration to
ing funding for development of the
store equipment being used for consection of park that fronts the air strip
struction of a new high-voltage power and the commission is looking for
line that will move energy from east of other funding sources to complete the
the Cascade Mountains to large popu- project.
lation centers in the western sectors of
Klickitat County, as the host for the
Oregon and Washington.
airport, is in charge of the planning
Trapp said the Dallesport airport
process for the business park and
was established as an emergency stop Trapp said streets will be dedicated to
for the North American B-25 Mitchell people who have played a key role in
and other medium-sized bombers dur- development of the airfield.
ing World War II. He said the U.S.
Trapp said the plan is to have the
Army Corps of Engineers built little
entire business park ready for new tenair strips about every 60 miles
ants within the next five years.
throughout the Northwest in case the
“We are looking for state and federal
Japanese attacked the West Coast.
grants to provide some of the funding
The City of The Dalles took over the for that work,” he said.
airfield in 1941 but there was little
Because the Gorge airport does not
funding to make sizeable improvecurrently have flights to Portland
ments for many years.
International Airport, Trapp said the
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The Columbia Gorge Regional Airport is jointly owned by the City of The
Dalles and Klickitat County in Washington.
Department of Homeland Security
has required only a few security
changes since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He said surveillance
cameras are now in place and Gorge
Aviation Services, which provides
maintenance and flight lessons, has
someone staying on-site around the
clock and personnel undergo
Transportation Security
Administration training every year.
“We’re slowly becoming more and
more noticeable,” said Trapp. “Airports
provide an intangible benefit for the
communities where they are located
because they bring people in.”
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BINGEN – White
Salmon and Bingen have
been very popular with
Washington politicians in
2012, even if it is an
election year.
U.S. Sen. Maria
Cantwell came to town in
April. Gov. Christine
Gregoire stopped by in
June. Most recently, U.S.
Sen. Patty Murray visited
last week and, like those
who preceded her, made
it a point to drop in at the
Bingen headquarters of
unmanned aircraft manufacturer Insitu.
Murray, who is the first
female senator for the
state of Washington, met
with Insitu representatives during the early afternoon of Aug. 15 and
took a tour of the company’s Bingen facilities.
According to Murray’s
press office, the purpose
of the tour was to “see
firsthand the impact of
federal investment on the
local aerospace company.” Murray stated dur-
ing the tour that she procured “federal money for
research” for Insitu in
2003 or 2004, back when
the company was, as she
put it, “three or four guys
in a garage.”
Murray marveled at
the speed at which the
18-year-old Insitu has
grown. The business
now employs several
hundred people in
multiple offices.
The tour included a
viewing of the ScanEagle
and Integrator drones as
well as a look inside Insitu’s Rapid Response vehicle, which serves as a
mobile command post.
Murray got a crash
course (no pun intended)
in drone flying and called
it “incredible” that the
unmanned aircraft could
be sent to a location simply by the click of a
mouse button.
Murray, who is the
chair of the Senate’s Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development and Related Agencies, was asked
if she was aware of the
need for an overpass to
traverse the BNSF tracks
to Insitu’s facilities located at the Port of Klickitat. While Murray said
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HOOD RIVER – Hood River Distillers Inc. recently received honors at the 2012 Spirits International
Prestige Awards.
Pendleton 1910, the company’s 100 percent Canadian rye whisky, received a Platinum Award in the
Whisky-Canadian category, and SinFire Cinnamon
Whisky won a Best in Class and Platinum Medal.
“Receiving recognition for our two newest brands
... is truly rewarding,” said Ronald Dodge, Hood
River Distillers president/CEO.
she had “not talked to
this company specifically
about that,” the senator
said it’s important that
government provides
good infrastructure.
“It’s an important partnership for us to be able
to provide the place for a
company like this to
exist,” Murray said of Insitu. “Infrastructure is
part of what we as a
county have to invest in
to help countries like this
one grow.”
Growth can bring new
concerns. After the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill
was signed in February,
which allows for the full
integration of unmanned
aircraft into federal airspace by Sept. 30, 2015,
civil liberties advocates
balked at how an estimated 30,000 drones in
American skies by 2020
would affect privacy.
Murray, who voted
along with Cantwell in
favor of the bill, agreed
that these were legitimate
concerns that needed to
be addressed as unmanned aircraft switch
from military roles to domestic ones.
“I think it’s a conversation that we have to have
Photo by Ben
Mitchell
Sen. Patty
Murray
listens as
Insitu’s
manager
of demonstration
systems,
Steve Langen,
shows off
a ScanEagle during
a visit to
the Bingen
business.
as a community, as a
country; everybody needs
to know what the rules
are and I think that if
those rules really show
that there is a way to protect their privacy and that
we take into accommodation the needs and concerns of what the uses
are and do it in a pragmatic way, that there’s a
path forward,” Murray
explained. “It’s a conversation for the future and
we haven’t had it yet.”
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In this business, it’s all about fun
Alejandro and Ronelle
Masters bring circus skills to
The Dalles with Party
Masters
They have partnered with Riverside
Gymnastics to provide children’s circus camp in the past and are looking
forward to partnering with them again
in the future for circus birthday parties
and more circus classes.
By KATHY URSPRUNG
The spring school was “packed full,”
Alejandro said.
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The bouncy houses are commercial
THE DALLES – Owners of a new
business in The Dalles want to provide grade, he noted, and suitable for both
children and adults.
a higher level of fun for parties and
Foam parties are held in a non-bounevents. Party Masters, owned by
Ronelle and Alejandro Masters, offers cy inflatable pit.
“Instead of filling it with water, we
circus school, bouncy houses and foam
have a foam machine,” Ronelle said.
parties for all ages.
“And foam parties aren’t just for chilThe owners are two former circus
dren. They are for adults as well.”
performers. Ronelle was born and
The foam is nontoxic, biodegradable
raised in The Dalles before joining the
and safe for lawns and other plants. It
circus. She met her husband,
also lends itself to a variety of different
Alejandro, with a circus in England.
games, she added.
Alejandro grew up in the circus.
“They are open to any customer who
“When you’re in a circus, it’s a
small community,” Alejandro said; “it’s wants a private event — also bigger
businesses, festivals and street fairs,”
like a bigger family.”
Alejandro said.
The couple worked together in
Retreats and team-building activiescapology illusions and also had a
comedy plate-spinning act and an aeri- ties can also be planned around a
foam party. Bouncy castles also make
al act they performed together.
a good addition to store openings and
“He started as a juggler,” Ronelle
other business events, he added.
said. “I started on the flying trapeze.”
“We’re hoping to grow in a lot of
Circus school parties will focus on
different directions,” Alejandro said.
the physical skills required in the circus, such as climbing a rope and aerial Party Masters is working with
Riverside Gymnastics and plans to
movements, juggling, tightrope, hula
schedule some circus classes and
hoop and the rolla bolla, a board balevents in the near future.
anced on a cylinder.
“Ideally, we would like to have our
“It’s a good way to develop balance
and coordination,” Ronelle said. “It’s a own full-time circus school,” Ronelle
different route. It gets them active, but said, “including student performance.”
it’s a bit different.”
For more information about Party
The Masters have done two demonMasters and their services, call 541strations of their circus school this
year, one for spring break and the other 965-2087 or email [email protected].
during the Jammin’ July Street Fest.
Submitted photo
The Dalles native
Ronelle Masters
and her husband,
Alejandro, brought
their circus background to their
Gorge business,
Party Masters.
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Woman who does good is honored by SELF magazine
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Hood River’s Tonia
Farman will be honored at a
ceremony Sept. 12 in New
York City
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HOOD RIVER – Hood River native
Tonia Farman is the winner of SELF
Magazine’s fifth annual Women Doing
Good Award.
Farman was chosen from thousands
of reader-submitted entrees for her organization, Athletes for Cancer, which
provides one-week camps in Hawaii
and Oregon, where 15-to 39-year old
cancer survivors learn adventure sports
such as surfing and stand-up paddle
boarding.
Farman, along with two other hometown heroes and celebrities Jessica
Alba, Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Kerry
Washington, will be honored with
$10,000 to support her cause which
will be presented at a event ceremony
in New York City on Sept. 12.
Lindsey Benoit, SELF Magazine’s
associate director of public relations,
said: “SELF is honoring the three reader-nominated, inspiring women who
stepped up to fill a need and are helping change the world for the better.”
Other honorees include Catherine
Wyatt-Morley, who spreads the word
about HIV through her cause
W.O.M.E.N., and Sabrina Cohen, who
is on a mission to reverse paralysis
with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation.
Farman’s story, told on her website,
is inspirational. In 2006, her brother,
Scott, then age 18, found a lump in his
armpit and soon learned he had
leukemia. Scott died 13 months later.
“He was my only sibling,” said Farman, 41. “I thought Scott’s cancer was
going to be a speed bump and that
everything would work out fine. But a
week before he died, his doctors said,
‘Prepare yourself.’
“Those are hard words to hear —
everything flashes before your eyes. I
felt powerless. But to get through his
passing, I needed to do something.
Taking action was my healing.”
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Mavis and Alex Feist have
helped generations of FFA
and 4-Hers get to the
county fairs
is that some of
the kids who first
started coming to
us couldn’t see
over the counter,”
Mavis said.
“Now they’re
By KATHY URSPRUNG
returning to buy
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THE DALLES – Quite a few current for their kids.
and future Mid-Columbia farmers and It’s been real
rewarding to see
ranchers may have Mavis and Alex
Feist at least partially to thank for their them come back
to where they
start in the business.
started.”
The Feists’ business, The Feed
The Feists conShack, has been a regular stop for 4-H
tribute to an aucand FFA participants since they took
tion pool at all
Kathy Ursprung photo
ownership in 1988.
three nearby
Mavis Feist and her husband, Alex, have been a part of fair life since they purchased The
The Wasco, Klickitat and Sherman
fairs. They also
Feed Shack in 1988. Not only do they help with animal feed, tack (above) and other supcounty fairs all took place in August.
plies and equipment, they contribute to three local county fairs.
give
discounts
to
At each of the fairs, a good share of
4-H
and
FFA
the animals had been fed with food
“Usually, they ask what type of feed
The Feed Shack also offers equipyouths. They’ve had a long associafrom The Feed Shack, had worn their
they
need,”
Mavis
said.
“We
find
out
ment
and supplies for 4-Hers who
tion with the organizations. Their own
halters and leads or beeen groomed
what
type
of
animal
they’re
feeding
show
horses. They have a room full of
children raised animals through 4-H
with their specialized supplies. The
and
make
suggestions
for
what
they’ll
horse
tack and other equipment and
and
FFA
in
Sherman
County.
As
the
Feists also do a big business in chickwant
to
feed
it.
We
also
help
with
any
supplies.
generations
keep
coming
in,
the
Feists
ens, Mavis noted.
The Feed Shack is located at 2315 E.
offer what advice and assistance they equipment they might need — halters,
“One thing I’ve liked with having
leads
—
and
grooming
supplies.”
Second
St., or call 541-298-4937.
can.
the business as long as we have had it
Good
Continued from 8
“He was a hiker. Nature was his church,”
Farman said. “I made the
event such a priority that
I lost my job, but it was
a success, so I kept
going. Athletes for Cancer came out of that. We
do outdoor programs for
young cancer survivors
with activities that build
their confidence.”
Farman said she never
understood how many
lives were changed by
her camps, until she
started getting letters
from campers.“I feel like
I’m teaching people to
live and thrive again.”
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Business combined
with some pleasure
MaiTai highlights Gorge as
sports, tech hotspot; inviteonly event built around
kiteboarding
Adam Lapierre photo
A welcome-to-Hood River meet-and-greet at Indian Creek Golf Course
kicked off the four-day event aimed at bringing tech industry insiders
and investors together in the Gorge to share ideas and kiteboard.
according to a survey by Kiteboarding
Magazine, the average kiter is in the
40-year-old range, has a college education and an upper-middle-class household income.
“Kiteboarding is like the new golf
By ADAM LAPIERRE
for a lot of professionals,” said Aaron
Sales, former editor of the magazine.
CRG Business Review
HOOD RIVER – Kiteboarding isn’t “A lot of business conversations happen on the beach instead of the fairway
just for beach bums and boardheads
these days.”
anymore. To be fair, it never really
With that concept in mind, Sales and
was; but in the sport’s early days gear
fellow Gorge resident Matt Sweeting
was more physically demanding and
much less safe, so participants were of were busy for several months planning
the Gorge MaiTai, which ran last
the young, athletic, risk-taking type
month based mainly at the Hood River
almost by default.
As the sport exploded into the main- Event Site (the four-day event moved
stream and equipment improved drasti- to Stevenson on the final day). The excally over the last decade, demographSee PLEASURE, page 11
ics evolved along with it. These days,
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Continued from page 10
What exactly is the MaiTai? In short, it’s
clusive, invite-only business, networking
a mix of business and pleasure centered on
and kiteboarding hybrid event was founded the common thread of kiteboarding. Particiby Susi Mai (professional kiteboarder) and pants range from multi-millionaire CEOs of
Bill Tai (venture capitalist), hence the name Fortune 500 companies to aspiring entreMaiTai.
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to organize Silicon Valley business profes- handful of Gorge-area tech and industry insionals on the shores of Maui for network- siders are also on the invite list.
ing and fun in the sun. Since then the event
“When we first starting planning for this,
has grown to 150 people and has a waiting we had very little idea how big technology
list of several hundred more.
really is in the Gorge,” Sales said. “This
“I attended a couple MaiTai events repre- event is a great way to highlight the area as
senting Kiteboarding Magazine,” said
a recreation destination, as well as a place
Sales, who was editor of the magazine for
alive with technology and industry.”
six years before it was discontinued by parThe group stayed in about 10 vacation
ent company Bonnier Corporation. “I saw
homes rented for the event and spent its
the potential the event had for the Gorge
time alternating between playing on the
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“Most, but not everyone, will know how
to kiteboard,” Sales said. “For those who
don’t, we’ve hired a local kite school to
give lessons. For those who do, we’re
going to have pro kiters to showcase the
sport and one of the biggest equipment
demos in the nation on hand. The idea behind the demo is for people to try gear that
is sold around here and then have them go
to local shops to buy it.”
Sales said the event was about a 60:40
ratio of fun vs. business and included
mountain bike and ski outings, a trip to
Stevenson and a trip to the eastern Gorge
for those who wanted to explore the area
further. A variety of presentations and ideapitching sessions under a large tent at the
Event Site gaive participants a break from
the action.
Skyline hosts
its health fair
11
WHITE SALMON –
Skyline’s annual Health
Fair will be held on
Friday, Oct. 12 and
Saturday, Oct. 13 at
Skyline Hospital.
The 31st annual
Health Fair will run
from 7 a.m. to noon
each day. Skyline is
expanding the scope of
the health fair to include
a women’s health awareness symposium called
Body & Soul. The twomorning event is free
and open to all. Free
screenings are available.
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Terms of the project,
which includes urban
renewal funds, are still
being worked out
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Co nsu me r Pro te c tio n Since 1934 ™
ture, should have been required to bear
more of those expenses.
He said urban renewal is paying
almost all the expenses for a parking
structure that could cost as much as $3
million, plus the cost of an archeological study to identify any issues that
By RAELYNN RICARTE
might affect earthmoving activities.
CRG Business Review
Although he does not know the cost
THE DALLES – The Dalles Mayor
of that analysis, Wilcox said it could be
Jim Wilcox believes the Columbia
as high as several hundred thousand
Gateway Urban Renewal Agency is
dollars. In addition, he said Urban
spending too much money to help a
Renewal is picking up the tab for an
developer revitalize the downtown
environmental survey and an asbestos
Granada block.
“I’m a cheerleader for the success of and lead evaluation on the Recreation
Building property, which the agency
this project,” he said. “I think it could
owns but plans to sell to Rapoza for
be good for our downtown and good
for the area. However, I think we have $356,240 plus 50 percent of the
put more into it than we should have.” amount of past due taxes, plus penalWilcox said most of the initial costs ties and interest.
On top of these expenditures, Wilcox
to prepare for the siting of a high-end
hotel next to the historic theater will be said Urban Renewal is on the hook to
finance up to $100,000 for demolition
paid with urban renewal dollars. He
of the Recreation Building and provide
said the Rapoza Development Group,
$200,000 for installation of new HVAC
which stands to profit from the venand sprinkler systems at the Granada.
Urban Renewal will also arrange a
loan interest subsidy for 15 years if the
developer borrows funds to remodel
the theater, which will have its historical character preserved. The interest
rate on the borrowed funds cannot
exceed 5.75 percent and the value of
the subsidy must not exceed $132,000.
“It all comes down to dollars and
cents,” he said. “I think we’re offering
the developer more than was really
necessary.”
There is currently $4 million in the
DESIGNER Urban Renewal budget but most of that
COLLECTIONS money is committed to projects, such
as the parking structure, Washington
Street Plaza, streetscaping and interest
buy-downs on business loans, according to Nolan Young, city manager.
Although Wilcox, in his role as chair
of the Urban Renewal board, comDiamonds  Pearls
prised of city councilors, voted last
month against the agreement, the
Colored Stones
remaining five board members
Engagement Rings
approved it.
Wedding Rings & Bands
In his staff report prior to the vote,
Custom Designs
Dan Durow, director of the city’s
Planning and Community
File photo
The Granada Theatre opened in
1929, hosting ‘talkies’ movies.
Development Department, said the
Granada block was comprised of buildings that were 75 percent vacant or
underutilized.
“It is a substantial blight in our
downtown area,” he said.
Durow said the agreement between
Urban Renewal and Rapoza was not
the final document to be signed.
He said the disposition and development agreement that legally bound
both parties to the agreed-upon terms,
which could still be negotiated, was
expected to be signed by the end of
September.
He said performance measures
would be established in the final draft
that set a timeline for completion of
the $20 million project.
He said multiple opportunities during the site plan review process would
be provided for community members
to review plans and comment.
See HOTEL, page 14
Hotel
14
the Granada block refurbished instead
of replaced.
“You can look at them two ways:
either
as an asset or a liability,” he
Continued from page 13
said. “People love to come and see
them. And it concerns me that the first
He said although conceptual drawings of the hotel had been shown, these step in the project negatively impacts
were only preliminary visuals and sub- historic resources.”
Wilcox said no one had expressed an
ject to change as plans unfolded.
interest
in renovating the aging build“Those are really just for illustration
ings
so
Urban
Renewal had limited
purposes more than anything else and
options
to
work
with.
don’t represent what the hotel will look
Steve Lawrence, a candidate for
like on the outside,” said Durow.
mayor and former member of the Civic
John Nelson, a member of the city
Auditorium board of directors, chastised
planning commission who also sits on
Urban Renewal officials for spending
the Main Street Project’s design commore than two years in negotiations
mittee, asked that an independent
with Rapoza behind closed doors.
architect be consulted to comment on
“I hope this development does
the designs Rapoza brought forward.
everything it’s supposed to do and is a
“Let’s get another eye in there,” he
huge success — but I hope the comsaid.
munity never goes through a process
Eric Gleason, an archeologist and
like this again,” he said.
owner of a downtown building, volunLawrence said citizens of The Dalles
teered his services to help with the
needed to be informed about the finanstudy of properties on the belief they
cial strength of Rapoza’s proposal.
had historical significance. He stated a
He said the community also needed
preference for having the structures on to know the development group was
Financial
Fitness Day
is Oct. 6
A Financial Fitness Day will be held
Saturday, Oct. 6, at Pioneer Center,
501 N.E. Washington, White Salmon.
The 9 a.m.event will show those interested how to create a healthy financial future for themselves and their
families. The free public event will
feature a variety of topics. Workshop
tracks will include Youth, Business
Basics, Keeping More on Less, Senior
Living and Money Matters.
meeting standards that would be set in
the final agreement.
Brian Ahier, a Urban Renewal board
member, said he believed the agency
had a track record of “overusing” its
ability to hold executive sessions, but
he was in agreement that negotiating
the sale of city properties should be
done in a confidential setting.
In addition to buying the Recreation
Building, Rapoza will purchase the
Granada for $365,406, Blue Building
for $380,000 and Commodore II parking lot for $102,000.
Lawrence said Urban Renewal had
not fulfilled its financial obligation to
the Civic before tackling a new project,
which he felt was unfair and detrimental to another historic downtown asset.
Young said Urban Renewal grant
funds had been set aside for projects
that would enhance the Civic if that
board chose to apply for them.
He offered to provide the agency
board with a list of monies already
spent on the auditorium and the
amount of capital now available at a
September meeting.
Money Management International
will be available on-site to provide
one-on-one confidential credit counseling. There will also be a Resource Fair
where service agencies will promote
their services and offerings to the public. Registration will start at 8:30 a.m.
and the program will begin at 9 a.m. A
free lunch will be provided for those
who pre-register by Oct. 1. Pre-register
by calling 509-773-5817.
Telecommunications
seminar in Gorge
HOOD RIVER – “The Broadband
Ecosystem: Living with the Cloud,”
the 17th annual Oregon Connections
Telecommunications Conference, is
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18 and 19,
at the Best Western Hood River Inn.
Keynote speaker is
Gigi Sohn, CEO and cofounder of Public
Knowledge.
The 2012 conference
presenters and attendees
will explore how broadband access to IP netGigi
works and the applicaSohn
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The early bird registration fee is
$65. People can find the conference
agenda, information, online registration and updates at
www.oregonconnections.info.
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Osteopathic physician opens integrated medicine practice
Erin Martin and husband,
Casey Weeks, open
TrueMed Institute on
Cascade Avenue
minds are not separated from our bodies,” said Martin in a recent interview
on her practice philosophy. “I take a
western approach and look at other
approaches as well, including osteopathy, ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, acupuncture and naturopathy.”
By JULIE RAEFIELD-GOBBO
Trained in a more “functional”
CRG Business Review
western medicine model as a doctor
HOOD RIVER – The divide beof osteopathy, Martin hopes to expand
tween western medical practice and
eastern health strategies may be a step on preventive interventions instead of
closer to harmony with the opening of simply treating diseases “downstream.” Martin had worked in Hood
a new integrative medicine practice
River before as a primary care
under the leadership of Erin Martin,
provider with La Clinica Del Cariño.
D.O., M.P.H.
“I just completed a two-year felThe newly opening TrueMed Institute, located at 506 Cascade Ave., will lowship at the University of Arizona
provide patients a combined perspec- with the Center for Integrative Meditive on healthcare, according to Mar- cine, under the directorship of Dr. Andrew Weil,” said Martin. “It was
tin. A visit to the new facility conamazing; life-changing and careerfirms this is no ordinary doctor’s ofchanging for me.”
fice.
According to Martin, this fellowTake, for instance, the teaching
ship has led to new goals in her prackitchen placed at the center of the
tice, including expanding the western
consultation rooms.
practices beyond procedures and phar“Everything is connected. Our
maceuticals — including offering nutritional cooking classes in her office.
“I want to help patients become
part of their own healthcare and take
ownership of their care.”
Martin is joined in the new practice
by her husband and business partner,
Casey Weeks, a certified health counselor, who will work with patients
through nutritional and lifestyle counseling.
Working with other local primary
care providers, Martin hopes to provide consultations to referred patients
as well as for walk-in individuals. She
hopes to serve patients with chronic
disease as wells as high-performance
athletes.
Weeks and Martin know a bit about
that side of their practice on a personal level — both are triathletes themselves.
“In our culture, getting older is
equated with getting sick,” said Martin. “I don’t believe the two are synonymous.”
Julie Radfield-Gobbo photo
Integrating western and non-western
healthcare into a comprehensive patient evaluation is the goal of Erin
Martin, D.O., and her business partner-husband, Casey Weeks, C.H.C., in
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White Salmon shop open
16
Longtime residents Marc and
Rhonda Grillone started
Second Impressions on Main
Street
Business Briefly
spent months remodeling the space before
opening. Cheri Lunt donated many, many
hours decorating and setting up displays.
We wouldn’t have made it without her talent and generosity.
“To fill the store we were given many
donations from family and friends and purBy BEN MITCHELL
chased the rest. Now, however, it is filled
CRG Business Review
WHITE SALMON – Second Impressions mostly with consignment items,” said
is a resale shop in White Salmon owned by Rhonda.
Being a consignment store has many
Marc and Rhonda Grillone. It is located at
advantages for the customer. Generally,
121 N Main St. next door to Joseph’s
there are higher quality items and also a
Monuments.
The shop carries a wide variety of items greater variety of treasures than at a typical
secondhand store.
including men’s, women’s and children’s
The Grillones are both Columbia High
clothing, shoes and accessories; furniture,
antiques, dishes, kitchenware, home decor, School graduates and have lived in the
sporting goods, books, and items from local community for many years. They have five
kids: their oldest daughter works for
artists.
Sagetech Industries Inc; their son works at
When asked what made her decide to
Second Impressions and their three younger
open up a resale shop Rhonda said, “We
did it for our son, who suffers from a men- daughters attend White Salmon schools.
Second Impressions is open Tuesday
tal illness. Once we had the idea, the rest
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and
fell into place. Tom Pataky, our landlord,
Saturdays 10 to 4.
was extremely generous and patient as we
WORK
O N TH E
WATERFRONT
THE PORT OF HOOD RIVER is committed to quality, thoughtful development
on the Hood River Waterfront. That dedication is on display at the Waterfront
Business Park, where three new LEED-certified buildings are
emerging
alongside
the Port’s
Halyard
Building.
In late 2012,
Turtle Island
Foods’ headquarters and two
Hood Technology sites will
operate in a light industrial setting adjacent to some of the
world’s finest water recreation.
Combined with the Halyard
Illustration Courtesy of Key Development
Building, now home to Real
Carbon and Pfriem Brewing Company,
that translates into more than a $20 million publicprivate investment to provide nearly 100 local jobs.
Waterfront opportunities remain. To learn more, visit
www.hoodriver.org, or contact the Port at (541) 386-1645.
E-mail inquiries may be sent to [email protected]
PORT OF HOOD RIVER
1000 E. PORT MARINA WAY
541.386.1645 • Fax: 541.386.1395
E-mail: [email protected]
The Mid-Columbia Economic
Development District Board of
Directors will hold a full board
meeting on Thursday, Sept. 13, at
4 p.m. in the City of Rufus
Community Center. The meeting
will feature welcoming new board
members, appointing officers and
approval of 2012 CEDS, in addition to regular business of the
board. For more information, call
541-296-2266. MCEDD’s meetings are open to the public.
scholarships available. Contact
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Financial assistance is available
to small businesses who wish to
take advantage of support services
and assistance available through
the Oregon STEP Program.
Eligible applicants may attend
international trade shows or trade
missions and may receive training
for the purpose of beginning to
export products or services overThe Columbia River Gorge
seas, entering new markets or
Visitor Association is hosting a
increasing the volume or value of
Gorge-Wide Tourism Summit.
exports to existing markets. The
The summit is an all-day event
Oregon STEP Program shall reimtaking place on Wednesday, Oct.
burse 50 percent of a company’s
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downtown merchants for being
phenomenally
supportive,” said
Buckley. “I’m
also so touched
by the teenagers
and skateboardCRG Business Review
ers who have
HOOD RIVER –If you’ve got an
been Tweeting
urgent need for some of life’s basic
necessities, Nina Buckley of the newly and Facebooking
about the maropened Idlewild Market, on Fourth
ket.”
Street and Cascade Avenue, has got
With a plethora
just what you’re looking for.
Buckley is striving to provide a good of wall space in
mix of snacks (both healthy and other- the newly rewise), beverages (with and without al- modeled store,
cohol), toiletries, quick dinner options, Buckley is planning on displaysandwiches and coffee. Patrons might
find a few trinkets available for sale as ing local artists’
work on the
well.
walls on a rotatSince acquiring her lease in May,
Buckley has been sprucing up the for- ing basis.
“I really also
mer “That’s Swank” vintage clothing
want to feature a
store into a fast and convenient onelot of locally
stop shop for downtown pedestrians
made products,”
and drive-by visitors.
said Buckley.
“I’ve heard from a lot of locals that
That includes
they want quick, affordable lunch
items. I’m also planning on bringing in creating a whole
Julie Raefield-Gobbo photo
Four & Twenty Blackbirds’ catering to foods section that Idlewild Market is open at the corner of Fourth Street and Cascade Avenue in downtown Hood
she hopes to
provide fresh take-away items,” said
River. Owner Nina Buckley’s store offers snacks, beverages, trinkets, movie rentals, coffee and
stock with Hood
Buckley, on just one aspect of her
cooking essentials. Plans are in the works for sales of fresh pastries and sandwiches served up
River-labeled
growing business.
under local artwork displays.
goods.
While quick energy snacks may be
Double Mountain and other downtown with help from Columbia Gorge ComIdlewild Market is open Sunday to
downtown day-trippers’ first choice,
munity College, applied her existing
Buckley is hoping to build up her local Thursday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday- pubs.”
Buckley stepped away from a longskills and retirement funds and sought
Saturday from 8 a.m. until midnight.
clientele by responding to year-round
out additional financing.
needs. This includes providing a down- The late-night hours are currently some time career as a physician recruiter.
“I used to travel quite a lot — two to
With the help of a silent partner,
of the busier times in the store.
town site for video rentals, morning
three weeks a month,” said Buckley. “I Buckley is now bent on making a new
“We get a lot of traffic from people
coffee options from 10-Speed Coffee
lifelong career, meeting the quickand a planned grab-and-go pastry sec- late at night,” said Jerad Warren, man- had a real love-hate relationship with
shopping needs of Hood River’s
ager of the store. “We are trying to ac- my job.”
tion.
Buckley developed a business plan,
bustling downtown.
commodate people who are leaving
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The Great Cable Debate
Proponents: Park would boost local economy
By BEN McCARTY
sioners.
water,” he said.
WHAT’S NEXT
“The fundamental
Logosz said that
HOOD RIVER – In the coming
question here is
Port staff and legal counsel will cable parks have
weeks the Port of Hood River will be
whether or not to lease present their analysis of the proposal made a significant
deciding whether they think a proposed a large portion of the
on Sept. 4. A special meeting for pub- impact in turning
lic testimony on the cable park will be wakeboarding into a
cable park in the former Nichols Boat
Nichols basin for an
Sept. 12 and the Port is scheduled to more spectator-friendBasin represents a boon or a boondog- extended period of
make
a decision Sept. 18 whether or ly sport, in the same
gle for the community.
time for a cable park,”
not
to
offer a lease.
At a special August Port Commissaid Hood River Port
way that terrain parks
sion meeting, supportive stakeholders
Director Michael
have done for ski rein the project had their say.
McElwee in setting up the discussion. sorts.
Participants included project head
A cable park is a series of cables at“Wakeboarding as a sport is boring
Will Naito, architect Mark Vanderzan- tached to towers and powered by a
to watch ... it’s like watching paint
den, Mike Olsen, a cable park develop- motor, which allows wake boarders to dry,” he said. “With a cable park the
er who has built and operated parks in be pulled around a body of water and
cable is constantly going so you can
Kansas City and Houston, Jeff Logosz, often includes jumps and other terrain format it so it’s a better spectator sport
CEO of Slingshot, and Pepi Gerald,
features.
... it’s more of a stadium environment
owner of 2nd Wind Sports.
Naito opened the group’s presentabecause you have everyone in one
The commission also heard a letter
tion by trying to clear up perceptions
spot.”
by Big Winds owner Steve Gates, who on what a cable park is and what it is
Naito acknowledged that the cable
had been invited to participate as a
not.
park would regulated under state
neutral party but was unable to attend.
“It’s not an amusement park; it’s not amusement park regulations (OAR
In front of an audience of about 20
a carnival ride; it’s a venue for athletes, 918-200, ORS 460.310), but said that
people the group presented its argufamilies, weekend warriors, casual
was because of the broad nature of the
ments in favor of the park and anrecreationalists to enjoy their sport in a regulation, which governs all mechaniswered questions from the commiscontrolled environment out on the
cal systems designed for amusement,
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including ski lifts.
Several of the presenters argued in
favor of the proposal by emphasizing
positive economic impacts on the community and emphasizing claims of environmental friendliness and cost-efficiency for cable parks versus traditional boat-based wakeboarding.
“It really opens up the sport to people who otherwise may not have been
able to afford it,” Olson said.
Gerald said the local sporting goods
retailers and producers would see a
benefit from the cable park because “it
expands the season for us,” and gives
an incentive to out-of-town recreationists to come to the Hood River waterfront on days where there is no wind.
Naito also added that basin would be
open to the public in non-operating
hours and that accommodations would
be made for groups and businesses that
currently use the basin.
Commissioner questions focused on
how busy a typical cable park would
be and safety concerns.
Opponents: Park would limit use of the boat basin
By BEN McCARTY
boarding park operators and local businesses, came before the port to share
their thoughts on the project, the oppoHOOD RIVER – Opponents of a
nents took center stage.
proposed cable park in the former
The group included lawyer Susan
Nichols Boat Basin left the Hood River
Crowley, Heather Staten, Friends of
Port Commission with a choice at a
the Waterfront attorney Brent Foster,
special August meeting:
Anne Frodel, a member of the waterOne use or many.
front recreation committee, and Bart
“One of the great things about the
Vervloet, a local resident “who knows
basin right now is that we can all
more about the waterfront than anyshare,” said Heather Staten, who led
body” according to Port Director
90-minute presentation by opponents
Michael McElwee.
of the project.
Steve Stampfli, the Hood River WaStaten said the she did not see how
limiting the majority of the boat basin tershed group coordinator, attended as
a neutral party.
made sense.
Staten, a local business owner and
The basin is currently used by a kite
advocate for waterfront public access,
boarding school, kayaking school and
led off the discussion with a presentastand-up paddle boarders,
tion outlining a user survey she conTwo weeks after proponents of the
ducted of the basin over a week earlier
projects, including representatives
in August and an economic cost benefit
from Naito development, U.S. wakeCRG Business Review
analysis of putting a cable park in the
basin.
She contended that putting in the
park would not only restrict use, but
could have a potentially detrimental
economic impact.
She compared a cable park with
three employees and the likelihood of
150 customers on a busy day, to the
use of the basin by all the other groups
and businesses.
“Besides thinking those are fairly
modest numbers I started to think they
would be a wash in terms of economic
development ... there was not really
any gain,” she said.
She argued with the economic development the port has planned for Lot 1
to the west of the boat basin, putting in
a cable park would make no sense.
As a supplement to her presentation
she provided the port with the list of
all U.S. cable parks she could find. Of
38 she found she said 30 were on private lakes and 61 percent were on
lakes specifically constructed for the
cable park.
Staten said the cable park would attract a narrow customer demographic,
predominantly male and affluent, and
that the diverse uses of the basin now
would be squeezed out.
Later Frodel continued to advocate
for mixed use in the basin, saying that
if with the growing forms of water
recreation, the port needed to find
ways to increase public access, not restrict it. “Based on my prior experience
in the waterfront the biggest need I can
share with you is the need for access
and flexibility,” she said.
Most of the other presenters focused
on the right of the public to use the
basin.
Henry returns home, joins local, independent office
Katie Henry is back in her
hometown, bringing her
home-selling skills to Rena
Hunley Real Estate
By KATHY URSPRUNG
CRG Business Review
THE DALLES – Longtime real
estate agent Katie Henry has joined
Rena Hunley Real Estate.
Henry started her real estate career
in Washington in the mid-1990s, then
worked in Windermere/Glenn Taylor
Real Estate in The Dalles in the early
2000s, where she met Hunley, before
moving to Don Nunamaker Real Estate
in Hood River.
“I’ve always lived in The Dalles,”
Henry said, “but it’s very good to be
back [working here].”
Henry also serves as her father’s
caretaker. Over the past three years,
she traveled regularly back and forth to
Spokane to help with his care. Now he
Kathy Ursprung photo
Rena Hunley and Katie Henry are self-described Type A personalities.
is living in The Dalles.
“It just makes good sense to be
working here,” Henry said.
Hunley has been working independently over the past 11 years.
“It will be nice to have somebody in
the office who can help me cover day-
to-day maintenance,” Hunley said,
explaining that the time while a transaction is being completed requires
daily attention. “By myself, I pretty
much had to take care of things all the
time.”
Teaming up with Henry will allow
Hunley to enjoy a bit more leisure time
while still maintaining a strong business. It will also allow her greater
opportunities to spend time with her
grandchildren in Bremerton, Wash. Her
son and his wife both serve there in the
military.
The two women say they complement one another quite well.
“We’re self-motivated to the max,”
Hunley said, “total Type-A people. We
get things done. Plus it’s nice to have
somebody else to bounce things off.”
“We have a lot of the same real
estate philosophy, too,” Henry said,
creating a supportive environment for
each other, despite the ups and downs
of the real estate business. “We don’t
wallow.” Henry is also licensed with
CZ Realty in Washington.
Hunley has added a new credential
to her list. She is now licensed to sell
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Downtown Hood River
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Bray
the wall,” MiThe simranda said.
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HOOD RIVER – A perfect place to hangs above
fresh sourenjoy and receive a good hearty break- the newly
tiled wall.
dough bread
fast or lunch is tucked away inside
The carpetand contains
Mall 202 on the corner of Second
ed flooring
egg and
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River Daze Café is now open for
Extra topbusiness. Co-owners Carey and Miran- placed with
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pings can be
da Bray decided to take over the forthat matches
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During
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Owners Carey and Miranda Bray and chef Jon lunch time
The owners Love stand before the massive and colorful between the
Many locals in the community may
blackboard behind the River Daze counter.
hours of
remember the once existing café. How- have taken
11:30 a.m. to
ever, the Brays have completely reno- both of their
outside interests and incorporated them 2 p.m. the café is filled with customers
vated the place and have created a
to the café. Carey enjoys farming and
who order simple, fast, healthy meals.
whole new look.
The tuna and turkey melt sandwiches
As you enter the café you will be in- was involved with farmers markets.
Miranda has always had a penchant for are two of the most popular sandwichvited in by the warm, light moccasin
baking pastries. The couple decided to es ordered. These delectables are made
colored painted walls.
from freshly baked bread and are
“I like to call the color masking tape combine their many skills to open the
café.
topped off with mostly local produce.
because it blends in perfectly well to
At 91, Smiley
calls it a career
HOOD RIVER – It
was 1962. Ralph Smiley
was 41, a World War II
veteran and relatively
new to growing pears
when he was asked to
join the Hood River
County Farm Bureau.
“I said, what’s a Farm
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Earlier this year, 50
years from the time he
was asked that question,
Smiley retired as president of the Hood River
County Farm Bureau,
after serving 40 years in
the county’s top position.
Smiley is now a member
of the Oregon Farm
Bureau Hall of Fame.
Carey and Miranda said they try to
support local farmers as much as possible. There are eight styles of sandwiches available.
“These are standard sandwiches with
a twist,” Miranda said.
For example, the “mama mayo
sauce,” which is made by adding in
some peppers, gives the sandwiches an
extra kick of flavor.
“The sandwiches are high-quality,
hand-crafted and big,” Carey said.
Miranda and Carey grew up in northern California surrounded by rivers.
They both have spent a lot of time on
the water and have developed a love
for river towns. Their interest in rivers
is so strong that their son is named
River and that helps explain why they
choose the name River Daze Café.
So far business is going well for the
Brays. They both said they are looking
forward to expanding the breakfast
menu, adding soups in the fall and
adding more pastries.
Local business owner Jen Jones said:
“I am a health nut, so I don’t eat out
often; but I come and eat lunch here
because it’s something that I would
make for myself.”
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Travel agent arraigned on felony theft
More than 30 people
have come forward to
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Cascade Travel owner
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HOOD RIVER – Charges and
complaints against Cascade Travel
owner Sue Collins are mounting.
On Aug. 6, the Hood River travel agent appeared in Hood River
Circuit Court before Judge Paul
Crowley. District Attorney John
Sewell charged her with one count
of Theft I, a C-class felony.
Collins’ original arrest by Hood
River Police Department Detective
Don Cheli included four counts of
Theft II – all misdemeanors.
According to Cheli, an upgrade
to a felony status indicates that alleged victim losses now exceed
$1,000. Collins’ next hearing on
the DA’s charge is scheduled for
Sept. 17.
“It would be inappropriate for
me to comment on the case while
charges are pending,” said Sewell
when asked for comment.
When reached by phone and
asked about the felony charge,
Collins stated, “No comment.”
According to Cheli, after
Collins’ original four charges of
Theft II became public, 18 more
individuals contacted him with
stories of financial losses and travel plan disasters tied to Cascade
Travel.
“I now have about 35 individuals who have filed reports against
Collins,” said Cheli.
Of the newly received reports,
Cheli stated that he will file five
new criminal charges. According
to several individuals who contacted the Hood River News directly
and Cheli, Collins reportedly refunded alleged losses in the other
filed complaints precluding criminal charges.
According to Cheli, when a victim takes financial compensation
from an alleged misappropriation
of funds, this can constitute a
“civil compromise,” which in
most cases prevents criminal
charges from being applicable.
The original charges against
Collins were tied to a group of
family travelers, from whom
Collins allegedly took funds intended for travel insurance —
which Collins then allegedly never
purchased. Their reported losses
came to $486.
The new charges are tied to
losses incurred by Kay Ericksen of
The Dalles, and a planned family
vacation for her daughter Sarah
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Hospital will attend community meetings throughout Klickitat County over the next few months.
They will be there to discuss important changes
at Skyline and to answer any questions.
The schedule includes:
Sept. 4, 7 p.m., Snowden Community Council
Sept. 5, 7 p.m., Trout Lake Community Council
Sept. 13, 7 p.m., Dallesport Community Council
Sept. 18, 7 p.m., Glenwood Community Council
Sept. 19, 6 p.m., City of White Salmon
Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Lyle Community Council
Oct. 2, 7 p.m., City of Bingen
For more information, contact Madden at 509637-2919.
Keller of Hood River, Sarah’s husband, Jason, and the Kellers’ two
children.
The alleged cash theft equates to
more than $3,300 in replacement
tickets charges for the airline tickets that were to have been purchased as part of the family’s prepaid package with Cascade Travel.
In a related civil case, Mark
Flaming, of Hood River, sought a
civil judgement against Cascade
Travel owner Sue Collins in the
courtroom of Judge John A. Olson
on Aug. 22.
Flaming requested from Collins
$9,346.49 as reimbursement for
unauthorized travel costs charged
to his credit card account, between
February and July of 2011.
The total demand was based on
the balance owed to Flaming after
refunds from his credit card company and a single incomplete refund payment from Collins had
been obtained, following a
months-long struggle to retrieve
his money from Collins.
Olson ruled in Flaming’s favor
following a review of Flaming’s
claim, the supporting documentation, testimony of Hood River Police Det. Don Cheli, Hood River
attorney Jay Sherrerd and Collins’
own statements on the day of the
trial.
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HOOD RIVER – Planned construction on State Street this
summer is now being pushed
back until next spring.
As the city of Hood River
made preparations for the State
Street project, which would upgrade infrastructure under the
street as well as doing resurfacing from Front Street to Sixth
Street and from Ninth to 13th
Street, it found that infrastructure
on Front Street is actually worse
off than some of that on State
Street.
“The infrastructure on Front
Street is probably even more important” than that on State, said
Hood River City Manager Bob
Francis. (Front is a one-block
section east of First Street that
bends west to connect with Oak
Street.)
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on marking out utilities and plans
for the project from Front to
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Francis said it made no sense
to do the work on State and leave
an important pipeline to downtown unfinished.
“We want to make sure we can
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Oak Street had closures three
years ago for major resurfacing
work and this summer was supposed to be State Street’s turn,
but the city doesn’t see the point
in doing the work when it could
possibly leave a main connection
between the two streets as an orphan from both projects.
Francis said the total budget
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Romul Grivov opened Romul’s Restaurant, a fine
dining restaurant, about 10 years ago in downtown The
Dalles. Following that restaurant’s success, Romul
sought to open a second Romul’s Restaurant in downtown Hood River.
Romul’s Italian restaurant is now open and located at
315 Oak St. in the Paris Fair building. It has a full bar,
outdoor seating and is open for lunch and dinner. For
more information contact the restaurant.
Carrie Pipinich had worked in the
Mid-Columbia Economic Development
District office for a year as a RARE volunteer before she was hired recently as
the assistant project manager at MCEDD.
Pipinich organized the SET program sessions as well as updated the Housing Assessment for the Gorge region.
Carrie
Pipinich
Hood River SERVPRO franchise
owner Joel Olsen was honored with the President’s
Gold Award for outstanding revenue performance during the SERVPRO 43rd Annual National Convention,
held in June at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla. “Our business is to help
our community friends and neighbors get their lives
back on track after disaster strikes,” said Olsen. More
details are at crgta.org.
The Oregon Investment Board approved a grant of
$2,500 to Gorge Innoventure. Gorge Innoventure was
created by Gorge OEN to help local entrepreneurs by
connecting them with the resources to grow their businesses and add jobs. Gorge Innoventure applied for an
OIB grant to purchase equipment for their new business
accelerator facility located at the Port of Hood River office building. The business accelerator is expected to
open in September. (See related story this issue.)
Elk Ridge Grill on the golf course at Carson Hot
Springs is now open. The grill offers breakfast or lunch
with a view. It is open Sunday and Tuesday through
Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. For more information, call 509-424-0127.
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The board of directors of the Gorge Technology Alliance recently elected new officers for the organization. Jane Beatty, president of Custom Interface Inc.,
is now GTA president, with Brad Schrick, special projects manager at Insitu, as the new vice president. Mary
Kramer, career and technical education director with
Columbia Gorge Community College, continues her
role as secretary, while Kent Heighton, owner of
Gorge Technology, is treasurer. Past president Jeff
Nicol will remain on the board.
Ambulance services combined
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Hadassah will manage ambulance services of Klickitat and
Skyline hospitals
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WHITE SALMON – The
boards of commissioners of
the two hospital districts in
Klickitat County have entered
into a contract with Hadassah
Management Systems (HMS)
to manage the ambulance
services of the two entities.
HMS is a local communitybased company that has been
providing EMS management
in eastern Klickitat County
since February 2010. Both
hospitals have spent many
years and significant financial
resources to build a strong
emergency medical system
(EMS) in the county.
Effective Aug. 26, the
ambulance services of both
Klickitat Valley Health and
Skyline Hospital were combined and Hadassah
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OLYMPIA – Export
Washington is a program
developed by the State
of Washington Department of Commerce to
increase the number of
small business concerns
(SBC) which export, as
well as to increase the
value of goods and services currently being exported by SBCs.
The program is funded
in part through the U.S.
Small Business Administration. This program
is open to qualifying
Washington companies.
To learn more, visit:
www.choosewashington.
com.
Management Services took
over day-to-day operation of
both services. The rolling
stock and all capital equipment will remain owned and
maintained by each hospital;
the employees and operation
of the ambulance service will
be managed by HMS.
All ambulances will display
the logos of the three entities
and will be operated by the
same staff. There will be
ambulances based and staffed
in Goldendale, White Salmon
and Dallesport, with a fourth
standby crew and ambulance
in Goldendale.
In many states, the responsibility for emergency medical
services rests with the various
counties and municipalities. In
rural Washington, hospitals
stepped up to provide those
services where no ambulance
services existed. As training
and equipment requirements
increased, along with increasing costs associated with everincreasing new requirements
imposed by the government,
the small hospitals could no
longer afford the extra costs of
running ambulance services.
In recent years, reimbursements for all services have
continually been reduced as
the state and federal governments shave costs.
The future survival of rural
hospitals sometimes depends
on the hospitals returning to
providing required services
and maintaining access to that
care for the citizens they serve.
The two district boards will
ask the Klickitat County
Commissioners to establish a
countywide EMS district, with
its own elected board, to take
over the operation of the
ambulance service. The county commissioners can establish this district by a majority
vote of the commission. Upon
the establishment of an EMS
district, the district becomes a
junior taxing district and can
assess levies to help defray the
cost of operation.
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Foundation 45 adds
bath, body department
Store expands its
product lines;
remodels changing
room area
more on the way.
To make the space for all
the new products they remodeled and finished out the
back room which originally
accommodated the dressing
rooms only.
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“Now we have room for
HOOD RIVER – Mike and
Brooke Pauly of Foundation sale items as well as ample
45 at Oak and Fourth streets room for sleepwear and lingerie items,” Brooke said.
in Hood River just passed
“In addition, we did an overtheir second anniversary in
haul on the dressing rooms;
business.
added much more lighting,
“For our anniversary we
new signs, frosting on the
gave ourselves a big preswindows, additional disent,” Brooke said: “a bath
plays, refinished floors in
and body department.”
back, and much more.
Foundation 45 now has
“We still have a few projnine full lines and an extenects to finish and some
sive selection of bath and
body as well as a large selec- minor changes and paint, but
overall we are up and
tion of candles. Lines ingoing.”
clude Mor, Love & Toast,
The business now offers
Kai, Nivin Morgan, Nest,
expanded lingerie offerings,
Royal Apothic, 100% Pure,
Antica Farmacista, The Good as well, including P.J. Salvage and Chantal.
Home Co., Eco Tools and
GorgeLocal.com markets the Gorge
A business directory is
one feature of marketplace
and information website
is the mantra of the new
site, developed as part of
the Mid-Columbia Directory’s range of services.
“When you get there,
ByKATHY URSPRUNG
you’ll not just see a phone
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book,” said GorgeLocal
THE DALLES – In the world of Inter- representative Sandy
Sandy
net giants, how can a small, or even
Branham. “It’s about com- Branham
medium-sized, business avoid getting
munity. We have links to
lost online in a seething mass of inforthe Gorge newspapers and the informamation?
tion will build up over time as people
That’s the question that led to Gorge- get more familiar with it.”
Local.com, a new website designed as
The site is designed to put local busian online hub or marketplace for local
nesses’ web information in front of the
business and information. “Find what
customers they are hoping to reach,
you need in the Columbia River Gorge” whether they sell cars, computers, hair-
FM station call
letters change
JC Penney,
4-H team up
THE DALLES –
JCPenney continued
more than 80 years of
support of 4-H with its
“jcp cares” program, a
charitable giving program that invited customers to round up their
purchases and donate the
difference to 4-H during
the month of August.
“JCPenney’s partnership with 4-H has provided millions of youth
across the country the
opportunity to learn
from 4-H high-quality,
positive youth development programs,” said
Donalt T. Floyd Jr.,
National 4-H Council
president and CEO.
Programs have contributed $10 million over
the past 12 years.
THE DALLES – Bicoastal Media’s
KACI FM in The Dalles changed frequencies Aug. 6 from its longtime dial
position, 97.7 FM, to a new spot at
93.5 FM. Gary Grossman, Bicoastal’s
regional vice president, says the
change includes a move of the sta-
cuts or hand tools — and facilitate it
from whatever smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop or other device customers
may be using at the time.
“There’s so much overload, people are
confused,” Branham said. The new site
is designed to sort that confusion into
sensible categories, much like the yellow
pages in a phone book.
Want to take piano lessons or learn a
trade? Look under “education.” Want to
get a good massage or a tooth fixed?
Check out “health care.”
Branham offers free consultations to
help businesses find their best advertising options. And if she thinks one of the
services she offers isn’t the best fit, she
tion’s transmitter site from Sevenmile
Hill to Stacker Butte. The new site,
which is considerably higher in elevation, will give the new “KC 93.5” the
ability to reach about 18,000 more
potential listeners, including a localgrade signal in Goldendale.
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promises to tell the client so. She has extensive training and decades of experience matching the right advertising vehicle with her clients.
Branham hopes this new website will
help solve that problem for people seeking local information. GorgeLocal.com
is optimized for a wide range of different devices. It is also search engine optimized.
“And it may be the only region-wide
directory in the Gorge,” said The Dalles
Chronicle Publisher Marilyn Roth.
In today’s world, the entire Gorge is
linked, Branham added. “Nobody thinks
of Hood River and The Dalles as separate anymore,” she said.
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Tech Corner
Spotlighting Gorge Technology Businesses
Tech Corner, spotlighting one of the
Gorge’s technology
businesses, is a collaboration between
the Gorge
Technology Alliance
and CRG Business
Review. Story by Jessica Metta,
executive director, Gorge
Technology Alliance, The Dalles
R&D and T&E simulation
capabilities utilize
Anita GahimerElectroOptical/Infra=Red
Crow, business operations manager, and
(EO/IR) phenomenology,
Dennis Crow, owner
including scene rendering and
and principal scientist
signature modeling software
programs as well as R&D of
After spending his
the integrated real-time EO/IR
vacations windsurfing in
scene generation process.
the Gorge for several
Dennis R. Crow, senior sciyears, Dennis chose to
entist at Kinetics Inc., has been
settle and start his comworking in this industry for 34
pany here. Dennis is an
years, and continues to develop
avid outdoorsman and
state-of-the-art scene generacan be found outside
working on one project
tion codes for Department of
or another when not in
Defense Agency laboratory
his office. Anita is a
research of the next generation
born-and-raised
of weapon sensor and seeker
Skamania County resisystems.
dent who left the Gorge
Simulation systems rely on
in 1967, returning in 1995 to become the Port of Skamania County executive direcaccurate and specific synthetic
tor. Anita is an economic development and finance professional who serves on sevscene generation and represenKinetics Inc., founded in
eral local boards, as well as being a board member and secretary of the Rural
tation of the environment,
Community Assistance Corporation, which serves the 15 western states and Pacific
1996, is a small business
which is cluttered and comTerritories by providing technical assistance and financial resources for multiple
located in rural Skamania
plex. Kinetics’ codes are statehousing and water projects in rural communities. Dennis is a volunteer search and
rescue diver for the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office and Anita is an 18-year volunCounty
of-the-art and can be used with
teer Washington State Fish and Wildlife hunter education instructor. Dennis and
a variety of environments.
Anita live on 72 acres of forestland in the Little White Salmon River Canyon and
MILL A – The Missile Defense
Kinetics continues to move
have
four grandchildren between the ages of 1 and 3!
Agency. utilizing Department of
forward, and beyond IR, and
Defense Agency Research
UV, in its synthetic scene genLaboratories, conducts research and
eration code development.
tional and state-of-the art with the most the Gorge. Kinetics Inc. is a member of
development (R&D) and testing and
From Kinetics’ office Dennis applies current technology available. Anita
the GTA because they feel it is imporevaluation (T&E) of guided munitions’ his knowledge in the physical, matheGahimer-Crow rounds out the team,
tant to promote advanced high technolhardware and software components
matical, engineering and computational conducting the business and program- ogy businesses in the Gorge, provide
using codes, such as those developed
sciences to conduct this software
matic operations management, as well high tech educational opportunities for
by Kinetics Inc. in Skamania County,
research and development, and testing as contracting, finances and security.
young people and provide small busiWash. These codes are used in simula- and evaluation. Frank Gahimer, sysness development assistance through
tion testing, using synthetic scene gen- tems engineer, focuses on testing and
The Gorge Technology Alliance
the GTA’s activities. To learn more,
eration in real-time, for HardWare-Inevaluation as well as keeping the busi- (GTA) seeks to support, connect, and
contact Kinetics at:
the-Loop testing.
ness systems and components operadevelop the technology community of
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Upper Valley orchardist
will serve a four-year term,
representing Hood River
County
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HOOD RIVER – Three new commissioners have joined the ranks of
the Columbia River Gorge Commission, including one new representative
from Hood River.
Gorham Blaine, fourth-generation resident of Hood River, brings a farmer’s
perspective to the oversight organization
charged with developing land use and
natural resource policy for the National
Scenic Area within the Gorge.
Blaine and his wife own and operate
pear and apple orchards in both Odell
and Parkdale. He will serve a fouryear term.
“The Columbia Gorge has always
played a prominent role
in my life, from hiking
and windsurfing on the
river, to living in and
being a part of the community. I want to participate in and help shape
the continuous balancing
Gorham
Blaine
act ... preserving the natural beauty and ecology,
maintaining access and supporting a
successful and sustainable business
environment,” stated Blaine.
According to Darren Nichols,
CRGC executive director, “The new
commission appointments add a
unique and valuable perspective to the
impressive set of skills already on the
Gorge Commission.”
Blaine was appointed to the commission as the Hood River County
representative. Joining Blaine are
Janet Wainwright, appointed by Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, and
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Blaine is stepping into the shoes of
recently retired Hood River representative Joyce Reinig, who served on the
commission since its inception more
than 25 years ago.
“I believe Joyce felt she had accomplished everything she could possibly
do. She served us well,” said Ron
Rivers, Hood River Board of Commissioners chairman.
“Blaine has a passion for preserving
the Columbia Gorge. He is very articulate and intelligent. He will do well
in representing us,” said Rivers.
Wainwright, with a background in
forest biology, is a resident of both
Skamania County and the Puget
Sound area. She previously led the
Washington Environmental Council
and the Washington Wildlife and
Recreation Coalition.
Blair has worked on Gorge issues
for more than 30 years, including the
passage of the original National
Scenic Area Act in the 1980s, according to the commission.
The 13-member commission is comprised of one representative chosen for
each of the six counties in Oregon and
Washington that line the Gorge. The
governors of each state also appoint
three commissioners per state, with the
final, non-voting seat allotted to a U.S.
Forest Service representative appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
The commission operates as the appeals board for land use decisions tied
to properties within the National Scenic Area in the event they are challenged after issuance by a county or by
the commission’s executive director.
Nichols said the board is working to
incorporate the skills and leadership of
its newest members in preparation for
the upcoming year, with the first
scheduled meeting slated for Sept. 11.
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Judy and Hup
Streich farm their 80
acres of cherries,
pears with passion
evenings and weekends.
They have since retired —
Judy from Sprint and Hup
from Hood River County —
and can now focus their
energy on the 80 acres of
cherries and pears.
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Having grown up on her
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father’s
dairy farm, Judy
HOOD RIVER – With
says
she
felt destined to have
harvest season at hand,
a
farm
of
her own someday.
bright red Rainier, Skeena,
When
Judy
and Hup’s chilSweetheart and Bings symdren
—
Hup
Jr. and Hauna
bolize a dream come true for
—
were
old
enough,
they
Judy Streich.
quickly
became
part
of
the
Judy and Hup, her husfledgling
family
farm.
band of almost 40 years,
“It’s a great life,” Judy
planted the first cherry tree
said.
“It’s a lot of hard work,
on their Woodworth Drive
but
it’s
work I really enjoy.
property in 1993. With the
You
have
to enjoy it; you
goal of turning an old alfalfa
have
to
love
and want to do
field into a working fruit
if
you’re
going
to be happy.”
farm, the two worked douAlthough
the
orchard is on
ble-time; coming home from
the
Fruit
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and
does a
full-time jobs in Hood River
small
amount
of
online
to develop the farm on
sales, most of their product
goes to packing houses after
harvest.
For Streich’s Orchards,
cherry harvest comes in midJuly and is one of the more
stressful times of the year.
This year, for example,
untimely weather brought
rain at a time when nearly
ripe cherries are vulnerable
to splitting. As was the case
for orchards throughout the
county, however, luck was
on the Streichs’ side.
“With cherries, it’s a
worry until you get them in
the box,” Judy said this past
cherry season, after thunderstorms dropped heavy rain
around the valley. “You do
everything you can and just
hope it’s a great year.
Adam Lapierre photo
Fortunately this year we’re
Judy Streich retired from Sprint and she and her husband, Hup,
still in great shape.”
works their fruit farm full-time.
Superintendent announces
he will resign June 30, 2013
HOOD RIVER – Hood River
County School District will start looking for a new superintendent this
school year.
Charlie Beck has asked the school
board not to renew his contract, which
ends June 30, 2013.
Beck said, “The district is in good shape and
the time is right,” to step
down. He will serve the
district through the current school year.
Charlie
Beck plans to pursue
Beck
other career opportunities, likely in the Portland area, where his wife, Chris, is a
school administrator.
“It is with a great deal of regret that
I herewith tender my resignation as superintendent, effective June 30, 2013,”
Beck stated in a letter he presented to
the board. He informed board chairman
Jan Veldhuisen Virk and the other
board members before the meeting.
Beck signed a three-year contract in
2010. He had served as superintendent
of Bend-La Pine School District (9,000
students) before coming to Hood
River, and he had served in the Springfield School District (13,000) before
that.
He said two things fueled his decision to step down from his Hood River
job.
“One is I have spent my career in
large school districts and I’d like to go
back,” Beck said. “The other is my
family situation, with the commute.
My wife is a school administrator in
Portland, and after two years of driving
back and forth, we are certainly interested in having a shorter commute for
one or both of us,” he said.
“It’s that, and some career goals I’ve
looked at over the last six months.”
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Hood River providers
organize for uninsured
County comes up with
GAP plan, to better coordinate efforts of physicians
and clinics
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HOOD RIVER – Hood River
County has one of the highest rates of
uninsured individuals in the state
(about 33 percent versus the state average of 21 percent).
The downswing in the economy has
caused many existing patients to lose
prior coverage available under the Oregon Health Plan.
La Clinica Del Cariño, the longtime
source for low-income patient care, is
reaching maximum capacity within its
current budget.
As these challenges have become a
growing concern within the county,
health care providers and advocates
joined together to look for a solution.
What emerged is what may become a
model for many small towns in
Oregon.
The new program is called the Gorge
Access Program, or GAP, and is being
administered through the county public
health department.
Local physicians and clinics, in coordination with public health staff and
Providence Hood River Memorial
Hospital, have joined together voluntarily to create a backup option for
those who cannot afford care.
Local lead advocates and coordinators for GAP include Dr. Kristin Dillon
of Columbia Gorge Family Medicine,
Ellen Larsen, director of Hood River
County Public Health department,
Trish Elliott, nursing supervisor with
the public health department, and
Karen Joplin, Hood River County
Commissioner.
Because the health department provides community referral and information services, the partners felt it made
sense to
house the
program
there.
“Our
staff really enjoy
Karen
Trish
working
Joplin
Elliott
with GAP.
They
understand the impact that having
access to regular preventive medical
care can have in someone’s life,” said
Elliott.
The goal is to provide a coordinated
system to create “medical homes” for
those without insurance and who have
a household income of 200 percent of
federal poverty level or less.
Local physicians and clinics have
been offering “charity care” on a regular basis for years. The GAP system
hopes to better coordinate the physicians’ and clinics’ efforts.
The program aims to provide every
resident of Hood River County with a
regular source of health care by ensuring access to primary care and other
health services for low-income, uninsured members of the community.
Hood River physicians, mid-level
providers and organizations are banding together to volunteer their time to
make the program work, receiving
back only nominal fees and the hope
that the program will have an impact
on the health of the community as a
whole.
“The medical providers in Hood
River have been remarkably open to
GAP. Many have referred patients into
the program, and have agreed to accept new patients that qualify in the
program,” Elliott said.
According to Larsen, the program
“is not insurance coverage. The goal
is to establish people with a primary
care provider.”
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based on income level.
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Business mentoring, networking, development are
among the services offered
by nonprofit
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
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HOOD RIVER – The walls are up
and the Internet connection is in place
at a mentoring and business development nonprofit years in the making.
Gorge Innoventure will open Sept. 8
in the east corner of the Port of Hood
River office building, next to Hood
River Interstate bridge.
A program of Gorge OEN, Innoventure will provide a place for fledgling
businesses to learn, network and gain
coaching to help them proceed toward
opening for business and obtaining investment.
“This has been the culmination of
discussions for years around here on
the need for a way to grow new business,” said co-founder Gary Rains, a
member of Gorge OEN, an independent chapter of Oregon Entrepreneurial
Network. Rains also helped found
GAIN, Gorge Angel Investment Net-
work, in its sixth year of
providing investment opportunities for startups.
The Port of Hood
River was the charter
sponsor, and is providing
reduced rent in addition
Gary
to making the tenant imRains
provements in the longvacant space. Google and
Insitu have signed on with in-kind and
grant support.
“Up until now no one has stepped up
to the plate,” said Rains, who stressed
that more corporate sponsorships and
partners are needed for Gorge Innoventure. (Interested businesses or potential
partners can call Rains at 541-3865351.)
“The whole idea is to take someone
who has a good idea but is very green
as far as taking that innovative idea,
and help them figure out how to build
a business around it; and make them be
investor-ready,” Rains said.
“We need that kind of encouragement to take to the businesses that are
starting around here,” Rains said.
“GAIN has seen about 50 businesses,
some of them moderately successful to
highly successful, and there needs to
be a way to encourage them so they
can grow, create new jobs and get over
some of their hurdles.
“Who best to do that than those who
have started businesses and grown
them; people who can say things such
as ‘You have a really wonderful idea
and but you’re going in the wrong direction with it’?
“We’ve seen businesses that had
great ideas but had absolutely no protection, as in intellectual protection or
trademark work,” he said.
As such, Gorge Innoventure will provide networking and mentoring to help
meet a variety of needs including
bookkeeping, business plan development and business structuring, in addition to presentation, marketing and
idea development.
Rains describes the new nonprofit as
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A basic goal of Gorge Innoventure is
to help potential businesses figure out
their direction — including what type
of business they want to be, or should
be.
Gorge Innoventure’s first program
starts this month with a 10-week “boot
camp” for five fledgling businesses.
“The first day of the 10 weeks is all
about the businesses explaining what
they’re trying to accomplish,” Rains
said. On the last day of the fall boot
camp, the businesses will present to a
group of investors who will hear the
pitches and give them feedback. Depending on what the investor/judges
hear, offers of investment could
emerge from that last session.
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Julie (owner)
Bonnie
541-386-6600 • 1108 12th Street, Ste. B
Hood River, OR, 97031
409 Oak St.Downtown HR (Next to Dog River)387-GEMS (4367)
Change greets Country customers
Mike McCann takes
over Country
Financial office in
The Dalles
areas of need and make
That means
recommendations to fit
using a single
their personal situalump sum to
tion,” McCann said.
purchase a life
Country Financial
insurance polispecializes in insurance,
cy. The investor
CRG Business Review
retirement planning and
not only gets
THE DALLES – Mike
investments. The comlife insurance
McCann says investors can
pany offers life, farm,
for heirs, but
still find safe investment
auto, home, long-term
also a guaraninstruments that provide a
care and business insurteed rate of
good rate of return, despite
ance, as well as individreturn and a
the current stock market sit- ual retirement accounts,
higher rate of
uation.
annuities and a variety
return at the
The new Country
of investment options.
moment than in
Financial agent in The
“We are unique
the stock marDalles has 25 years of finan- because we can create a
ket or mutual
cial services experience.
plan for our customers
Kathy Ursprung photo funds.
Before taking over at The
that combines insurance Mike McCann, owner of Country Financial in
“The money
Dalles office, he worked for and investments to help The Dalles.
will not lose
Metropolitan Life in
them achieve financial
value,”
Portland. He is licensed,
That includes options that McCann said, adding that
security,” McCann said. “No
trained and certified to help matter where someone is
can help investors protect
Country Financial pays
people with insurance and
against the current troublestarting from, we can promore, “because the company
investments.
vide a complimentary insur- some stock returns.
pays dividends, and we have
“No matter where some“One of the strategies that for 85 years straight.”
ance and financial review to
one is starting from, we can help them identify areas of
highly educated people are
Policy holders who reach
provide a complimentary
using right now is singleneed and make recommenretirement age can also take
insurance and financial
premium life insurance,” he money out for retirement
dations to fit their personal
review to help them identify situation.”
said.
use, he noted.
31
Program helps
export business
OLYMPIA – Export Washington
is a program developed by the
State of Washington Department
of Commerce to increase the number of small business concerns
(SBC) which export, as well as to
increase the value of goods and
services currently being exported
by SBCs. The program is funded
in part through the U.S. Small
Business Administration’s State
Trade and Export Promotion
(STEP) grant program.
The Export Voucher program is
a key element of Export Washington. This program will reimburse
eligible SBCs up to $5,000 for
pre-approved expenses, such as
training, marketing campaigns,
trade show and mission expenses,
and business travel expenses, to
increase export sales.
This program is open to smallmed sized qualifying Washington
companies. To learn more, visit:
www.choosewashington.com.
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Maria, Carleen, Kirsten, Carol, Carrie, Kim and Connie.
541-386-2020
1002 10th Street, Hood River
32
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541- 490- 5099
[email protected]
RealEstateintheGorge.com
Mt Adams View • High Prairie
Beautiful Setting • Parkdale
New Listing • East Side
2495 Cascade ~ Hood River, OR
Unique Property• The Dalles
River/Gorge View • Bingen
SALE PENDING
$249,000 Need bigger? All utilities
in for 3 bedroom/2 bath home.
Dividable 13.3 acres, 2007 cottage,
landscaped. RMLS 113362011
$268,000 Immaculate triple wide
with 3 beds, 2 baths, 1982 sq. ft.,
.88 acres, large shop/garage
RMLS 1214063416
$329,000 Want a view of the Valley & Mt.
hood? This is it! Lovely landscaping.
Oversized garage/shop. 4 beds, 1.5 baths,
2174 sqft. 1.07 acres RMLS 12465172
$425,000 Zoned RH with CFO overlay.
Currently a church & basement leased
by school. RMLS 11024738
$995,000 Modern contemporary. 3.26+/acres, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 half baths,
4166+/- sqft. RMLS 11222709
Dbl Mtn Views • Hood River
Solar Home • Hood River
Cottage • Odell
Mt. Adams View • Hood River
Spectacular View • Murdock
NEW LISTING
NEW PRICE
SALE PENDING
SALE PENDING
$289,000 Newer established 2+ acre
parcel. All utilities to parcel to start
building your dream home
RMLS 12200692
$269,000 Double Mtn Views
High performance 3 bedrooms,
3.5 baths, 1725+/- sqft.
RMLS 11493898
$189,000 2 bed, 1 bath, 1320 sq. ft.
.85 acres. Nice territorial views,
shade trees & pastures.
RMLS 12242440
$329,000 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with
a low maintenance yard. 23’x30’ &
14’x28’ garage/shops. RMLS 11445135
$249,000 New construction on a .51 acre lot.
4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2000 sqft future house
plan. Seller will build. RMLS 12445647
Close to Town • Hood River
Mt. View Ranch • Hood RIver
Mt. Adams View • Westside
Spectacular View • Hood River
Great Location • Hood River
SOLD
$275,000 Oversized lot with beautiful,
mature landscaping. Bonus Room
above garage. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths.
RMLS 11152651
$249,000 Mount Hood & Mount
Adams view lot. Westside 2.22+/acres. Open Space CCR, HOAs.
RMLS 12348854
$582,000 Views of the WA hills and
Mt. Adams. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths,
2941 sqft on 2+ acres. Large shop.
RMLS 10090107
SALE PENDING
$499,000 Large house with golf
course, valley & Mt. Hood views.
3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3009 sqft on
.8 acre parcel. RMLS 12229377
$79,000 Quiet, newer neighborhood with
all utilities ready to go. Lot backs
Westside school. RMLS 11622978

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