Seeing Hood River “trending” nationally on Facebook the other day, and what it was trending for, made me so disheartened and mad, I actually used the word “jerk-wad” in a post.

Since last April, drummer turned DJ Jeff Minnick has been broadcasting the classic country sounds of the 40s, 50s and 60s with his two-hour Tuesday night program The Countryside, live on the air and over the internet from 7-9 p.m.

How often do you have a chance to thank your piano teacher for all those lessons your parents paid for so many years ago?

‘Throwback’ film series Sept. 18; ‘Jive’ at Marley’s Sept. 13; more