HREC’s annual meeting celebrates success By Drew Myron From pies to prizes to profit, the news was good at Hood River Electric Cooperative’s 72nd annual meeting March 15. The yearly gathering is a family- friendly event that provides members with a state-of- the-cooperative report and an opportunity to elect directors to the board. Addressing a […]
Fifteen years after buying Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast, Steve and Mary Pellegrini revel in seasonal variety By Stu Watson Benjamin Franklin is credited with observing, “Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.” Most of Mary and Steve Pellegrini’s guests leave after one night. But unlike many, who have a limited tolerance […]
Please Attend! Hood River Electric Cooperative 72nd Annual Membership Meeting Thursday, March 15, 7 p.m. Community Building, Hood River County Fairgrounds The agenda includes: Election of three directors Operating reports Door prizes Dessert and coffee Hope to see you there! Report of the Nominating Committee We, the Nominating Committee, appointed by the board of directors […]
Inspired by nature upper valley artist brings love of bright color to work By Stu Watson Even with mid-winter sunlight tumbling over Mount Hood and through the picture window of Ron and Charlene Rivers’ house, most everything inside pales when compared to the riot of bright colors erupting from Charlene’s paintings. On the walls. And […]
Ben and Natalie Bronson built a coffee roastery as a way to serve the community By Stu Watson Coffee and hours of conversation provided the fertile soil for Ben and Natalie Bronson to form a family, find a home and start a business roasting coffee. “We’ve been coffee lovers for 25 years, and out of […]
Playing banjo, ukulele, accordion and washboard, Aaron and Nicole Keim make back-porch music as e Quiet American By Stu Watson Aaron Keim is joking a bit when he says he and his wife, Nicole, have 90 jobs. Spend a little time with the couple, however, and it’s apparent they have more than a few irons […]
Parkdale resident follows love of geology to a successful career identifying oil and gas resources By Stu Watson When mountains rumble, Lee Fairchild listens. When volcanoes threaten to explode a column or river of rock, ash, steam and gas at temperatures reaching 1,300 F—and scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey tell any sane person to […]
After years in the welding trade, lifelong craftsman is a one-of-a-kind upholsterer By Stu Watson Not many people approach the end of their working life with the realization they have become one of a kind. David Menasco, the first to say that he specializes in very little, says he is the only craftsman in the […]
So does the Northwest! And the hydropower system helps integrate it into the grid. Hydropower’s reliability and flexibility enables it to incorporate newer, more variable renewables—such as wind and solar—in the Northwest energy mix. Learn more at www.bpa.gov/goto/reliable
From a modest start in 2003, Odell business now employs 13 and serves 100 Northwest stores By Stu Watson When opportunity walked through the door in 2003, Veronica Jimenez grabbed hold and never let go. Fourteen years later, she and her family stand at the center of a bustling, growing business making and selling Veronica’s […]
