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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

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HRVHS Homecoming 2011

GOOD TIMES: Homecoming at

A colorful week

of true school

Spirit

Hood River Valley High School means a week of craziness that students remember for the rest of the year. Activities included hall decorations, dress up days, class contests, a parade, a bonfire and the perenial crowd-pleasing Air Guitar competition, taken this year by the Seniors, who edged out the Juniors for bragging rights. Friday nights football game against Summit featured a halftime crowning of Queen Hannah Young and King Jose Ortiz. For more Air Guitar photos and descriptions from this page, please turn to page B12.

Photos by Adam Lapierre, Hallie Curtis and Ben McCarty

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Hood River News, Wednesday, October 5, 2011

REUSE, RESEND, REMIX?

County Library District starts Creative Commons

Libraries and librarians like to share, whether they be sharing books, movies, audiobooks or knowledge. Now, with the approval of a new intellectual property policy, the Hood River County Library District is sharing in a whole new way by encouraging people to reuse, distribute and adapt works created by the Library District. Rather than having a restrictive all rights reserved mindset regarding copyright on its works, Hood River County Library District has adopted a Creative Commons Attribution license as the default for district-created content. This change makes Hood Rivers libraries the first in Oregon to provide such permissive copyright uses by default for most of its content. Copyright restricts peoples ability to copy, reuse or adapt works without permission. These restrictions are in place to protect the people who create the stories, music, and videos that we love. However, copyright can be difficult to apply to a 21st century digital world. When people post on sites such as YouTube, Flickr or blogs, they often want others to share and adapt their content. For instance, when the Library District creates instructions for accessing e-books, recommended reading lists for preschoolers or presentations about library services, it wants people to share them far and wide and remix them as they see fit. Enter Creative Commons. Creative Commons is an alternative to traditional all rights reserved copyright. It allows content creators, such as libraries, to permit certain uses of their works without requiring permission. Hood River County Library District chose one of Creative Commons most permissive licenses: Attribution. This allows people to reuse, share, remix or even make commercial uses of the Library Districts content as long as they cite the Library District as the original source. The board of directors feels that, as a publicly funded entity, it is appropriate that the districts content be shared. There are some restrictions to this policy It does . not apply to the districts logo, third-party material that is being used under fair use or with permission (such as third-party electronic resources and the photograph on the library websites masthead) or any photog raphs where patrons, staff or board members of the district are easily identifiable. However, the vast majority of materials produced by the district will be available under this more permissive license. For details or to view a copy of the county library districts intellectual property policy , contact them at 541-386-2535 or info@hoodriverlibrary .org or visit www .hoodriverlibrary .org. Information about Creative Commons can be found at www.creativecommons.org.

Seniors win, but staff takes the

Theres nothing quite like watching two veteran high school math teachers in candy-striped tights, cutoff jeans, high-top boots and tank tops, spank themselves in unison to the tune of about a thousand screaming students. A highlight of Hood River Valley High School homecoming activities is the annual Air Guitar competition, which pits classes against one another in a judged danceoff of sorts where the wackiest, edgiest and best-choreographed performance earns points and bragging rights for the rest of the school year. As the real senior class, staff has entered the competition each year along with the students since the inception of Air Guitar, way back when Mr. Bassham actually wore cutoff jeans and high-top boots to school as part of his normal work attire. Bassham, rousing an audience so large that overflow seating and a live video stream had to be set up in the Bowe Theatre, noted that staff has only ever won the event once in the history of Air Guitar. Judges are partial to students, and rightfully so. But if audience reaction were the judge, staff would almost always take the cake. Adam Lapierre

B1 photo guide
The whirlwind of photos on page B1 reflects the dizzying array of events throughout HRVHS Homecoming Week Sept. 25-30, surrounding the photo of the Wednesday Bonfire and King Jose Ortiz and Queen Hannah Young. At top, the juniors perform their Dr. Seuss Air Guitar routine, won by the seniors. Freshman Olivia Brink dances with the HRVHS Eagle during Air Guitar; at their feet, Seniors celebrate Air Guitar victory, and to their right, sophomores Mason Bailey and Ellie Truax twirl their locks. Next to them, students attempt to finish their meal in Fear Factor at Bonfire: from left are Madison Sanchez (holding her nose), Dustin Martin, Aundrea Braniff and Jesus Morales; below them, Gabby Marquez shows spirit, as do rally squad members aboard a fire truck during Fridays parade. At left thats Prince Noah Valentine showing his surprise as Princess Emily Thompson paints his arms in Bonfire games. At the bottom of the page, members of the marching band walk in the parade, sophomore Kam Walker and friends ride, and sophomore Ben Dane wears a pile of hats. On Bonfire night the junior class tug-of-war team pulls and a team pushes a truck.

SENIOR MOMENTS
Hood River Valley High School staff performs their 2011 Air Guitar routine Thursday to a packed audience. Pictures include (top to bottom) the group led by Troy Tactay-in-a-box, dancemaster Evelyn Charity; Keith Basshams thug-life, Mary Ann Hay gets a haircut, Heidi Mudry as Marilyn Monroe, Ted Cramer as Shirley Temple and (cutout) Cary Mallon in his favorite peppermint tights.
Photos by Adam Lapierre

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