Summer event brings community members together to share food, activity, culture By Stu Watson Now in its fourth year, the Mercado del Valle in downtown Odell is the most visible part of an effort to connect low-income residents of the upper Hood River Valley with fresh, local foods. Started by the Gorge Grown Food Network, […]
Dear Members, We are now midway through 2017, a time I like to provide an update on the financial performance of your cooperative. Since I am writing in mid-June, the information reflects results through May. As you know, January and February were the coldest months on record for many years. As a result, residential and […]
North Carolina native brings his love of snowboarding and biking to downtown Parkdale By Stu Watson For Jason Barnes, life has been a downhill snowboard ride full of twists, turns and new places to glide. Now settled in Parkdale and pedaling toward his second year as proprietor of the Cloud Cap Cycle & Board Shop, […]
After spending long winter days indoors, most folks love to get outside in spring, even if just to do chores. But outdoor chores can bring electrical hazards. For example, ladders contacting power lines cause 9 percent of electrocution-related deaths each year, according to recent data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Landscaping, gardening and farming […]
Hood River Electric Cooperative members learn of rate hikes trickling down from the Bonneville Power Administration By Stu Watson Popularized in the 1964 song from the movie “Mary Poppins,” the wisdom that “a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down” rang true March 16 for members of Hood River Electric Co-op attending the 71st […]
Dear Members, The state of Oregon’s legal action against the federal hydroelectric system continues to be a topic of discussion. We are again asking for your help to join our grassroots program. Oregon is asking the federal court in Portland to mandate spilling reservoir water over eight federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers […]
Maine native finds fertile soil in Hood River Valley, volunteering and exploring until she discovers the art of shaping clay By Stu Watson Rebecca Brochu likes to compare her life’s path to someone hopping from stone to stone to cross a creek. The Maine native did not set out to become a potter, but one […]
Upper valley Hispanic families find career, college planning help in Juntos By Stu Watson As the first person from her immigrant family to attend and complete college, Luz Oropeza knows too well the fears, concerns and barriers facing Hispanic families who want their children to attend college. That is why she so gladly shares her […]
In her writing, Andrea wants to inspire people to loosen up in the kitchen and move beyond thinking cooking is a chore. By Stuart Watson Before blogging became common, Andrea Bemis might have written a diary and tucked it in a drawer for her grandchildren to stumble upon some day. Instead, she blogged to inform […]
A couple’s purchase of a longtime custom butcher business helps bring family closer. By Stu Watson Nothing about 16 years of installing and repairing cellphone towers suggested to Jason Johnston that he would ever dive with gusto into the trade of custom cut butchery. Nearly two years after he and his wife, Toria, stumbled onto […]
