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Happy Veteran's Day To All Who Have Served! There are simply no words to fully express our gratitude to all those who have and still do serve to ensure our freedom and way of life. Both of Mel's parents served; his father in the Navy in Vietnam his mother in the Air Force. Mel's uncle was a p...
11/11/2011
Let's Get Ready to Wrestle! Hood River Wrestling Club's Season Begins Last week brought the first practices of the Hood River Wrestling Club's 2011 season. On November 1st, the advanced group began practicing, followed by the intermediate and beginning groups on November 2nd. The team practic...
11/10/2011
Hood River Valley Reports A Successful 2011 Harvest A successful 2011 harvest is good news given the unusual weather 2011 brought and the concerns it raised for the harvest. Last fall, brought earlier freeezes before trees had gone dormant and winter in general included more hard freezes than...
11/10/2011
Occupy The Gorge - Mosier Occupation Nov 4-11, 2011 During the week, I saw several Occupy The Gorge and Occupy Mosier signs throughout Hood River. Saturday morning, I made a special trip to see Occupy Mosier for myself. Mosier has a reported total population of 430 - not your typical urban center...
11/06/2011
Speechless Sunday - A Tree On Fire! Autumn At Its Best I actually found this photo among some pictures I shot a couple weeks ago, but thought it was so vivid I wanted to share it anyway. Around here, colors like these are pretty much gone as autumn moves into winter. The higher elevations of ...
11/06/2011
Hood River Middle School Presents... Warren Miller's "Like There's No Tomorrow" Don't miss the premiere of Warren Miller's 2011 ski film, "Like There's No Tomorrow", 4 p.m., Sunday night at Hood River Middle School. The showing is a fundraiser for the middle school and the Hood River Schoo...
11/05/2011
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Don't Forget To FALL BACK Tonight! It's that time of year once again! Another sign that it's autumn! Be sure to set your clock back an hour tonight, Saturday, at midnight. And enjoy that extra hour of sleep Sunday morning!
11/05/2011
Bring Home This Curious Baby... Meet Kate the Great! The shelter has nicknamed this little dynamo "Kate the Great" and with good reason. Kate is curious and brave, always the first to check out something new and she's ready for whatever adventure is ahead. Just seven weeks old, this chihuahua...
11/05/2011
Wordless Wednesday - Trick Or Treating Main Street In Hood River Mel, our boys and I spent Halloween trick-or-treating Main Street in Hood River. It's such an awesome event... they close the street off, everyone comes and it's like a huge block party. The businesses that line the street lavis...
11/02/2011
Wordless Wednesday - Such A Sweet Little Witch! This is Jessa, my sweet little chihuahua, all dressed up as a witch on Halloween. She was quite the hit at trick-or-treating down in Hood River on Main Street. She was also far from the only pup dressed up and hitting the street! I saw a pumpkin...
11/02/2011
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