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Oct 28

Oct 28 Can you see the Star from the Forrest? Fun Group strikes again

Tom Peterson

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A bit of choreography played out in west The Dalles as the elite 8, a highly skilled sect of the Fun Group, used a series of levered poles to lower the Chinook Star to replace LED lights on the 40-foot symbol of Holiday joy.

Oct 14

Oct 14 Louis, Louis, oh no, take me to where your star gotta go

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Louis Red Cloud stepped into the sky on Saturday, Oct. 12, in quest of lighting up the Fun Group star in West the Dalles, atop the former Bert Hodges property.

Nov 30

Nov 30 Couple of cold ones & a bright idea lead to a lot of Fun

Tom Peterson

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Why join a group unless it’s fun? That was Bert Hodges’ thought some 30 years ago. Little did he know that day he and six others would start a tradition that has championed the local holiday spirit for the past three decades.