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Dick Hannah Dealerships partnered up with Portland’s 105.1 The Buzz for the CCA. Together, with a raffle for one lucky winner to get a NEW car from Dick Hannah, we raised $62,500 for the Children’s Cancer Association!! THANK YOU so much to our great community and everyone involved!

The new Honda CR-Z is coming to this Honda dealer near you soon! We are expecting this exquisite sport hybrid to arrive in September 2010 and we are very excited! This sleek, sporty hybrid is truly amazing!

Reminding you to drive safe, from all of us at Dick Hannah Dealerships!

Here is what is going on around Portland/Vancouver this week!

Walking With Dinosaurs
February 24th - February 28th
Rose Quarter
One Center Court, Portland OR 97227

Light Pollution
February 25th 1:30 am - 1:00 pm (in the auditorium)
OMSI
1945 SE Water Ave. Portland, OR 97214-3354

Portland Home & Garden Show
February 24th - 28th
Portland Expo Center
2060 North Marine Drive, Portland OR 97217

Tale of the Allergists Wife
February 26th - March 21st
Slocum House Theatre
605 Esther St., Vancouver WA 98660

The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs: A Musical
February 27th 2:00 pm (Also showing @ 5:00 pm today)
Dolores Wingstad Theatre, Portland OR
Washougal High School 1201 39th Street Washougal, WA

For more great ideas for what to do around town, check out our Local Event Guide at the top of this page. Also, make sure swing by our Dick Hannah Honda Facebook page as well.

American Idol has finally started in my opinion now that all the auditions and Hollywood week are over. They have chosen the top 24 and now the competition begins. So far I have two favorites but we’ll see how that goes. They don’t always show everyone in the beginning of the season.
The two I like so far are Casey James and Andrew Garcia.

The Girls perform Tuesday so that will give me a chance to see who I really like from the girls. I can’t even imagine the pressure they go through but I think if it’s something that you really really want you will do great!  I also am glad Ellen DeGeneres is on the show, I think she is so funny and I’ve notice that Simon seems a little nicer now that Paula is gone? We will see if that will continue.

My Co-worker at Dick Hannah Honda (and fellow LiveLoveAndDrive lady), Kim Kirkpatrick watches American Idol as well and we always talk about who sang best and who looked the best the following day.  So lots more to come… stay tuned!

1955 VS. 2010

Scenario 1: Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck’s gun rack.
1955 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack…
2010 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.Scenario 2: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1955 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2010 - Police called and SWAT team arrives — they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario 3: Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1955 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal’s office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2010 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD… The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario 4: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1955 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2010 - Billy’s dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy’s sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison.. Billy’s mom has an affair with the psychologist.

Scenario 5: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1955 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock..
2010 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations… His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario 6: Pedro fails high school English.
1955 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2010 - Pedro’s cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist.. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro’s English teacher.. English is then banned from core curriculum.. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario 7: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1955 - Ants die.
2010 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism.. The FBI investigates his parents –and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny’s dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario 8: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1955 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2010 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy
I wish I had the words to describe how this makes me feel. “Sad” doesn’t even come close. What a shame that this is all kids are going to grow up experiencing. I shared this with some co workers at Dick Hannah and really wanted to share it everyone else as well!

In 1949 William Hannah became the third partner in a Studebaker dealership…
Here’s what else happened that year and if you catch your jaw dropping, it’s normal.
Enjoy,
Simone

How Much things cost in 1949
Yearly Inflation Rate U.S.A. -0.95% UK 2.6%

Average Cost of new house $7,450.00

Average wages per year $2,950.00

Cost of a gallon of Gas 17 cents

Average Cost of a new car $1,420.00

Minimum Hourly Wage Rate 70 cents per hour

Bacon per pound 50 cents

Dobbs Hat $8.50

Kitchen Table and Chairs $100.00

Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling

Average House Price 1,911

What Events Happened in 1949
Ecuador
• 6.75 Richter scale earthquake in Ecuador kills 6000 and destroys 50 towns
Russia
• Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
NATO
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Established
Germany
• Federal Republic of Germany officially founded
Indonesia
• Indonesia gains it’s independence From Netherlands
Germany
• Berlin Airlift officially comes to an end on May 12th
China
• The Communist People’s Republic of China is proclaimed under Mao Tse Tung.
Taiwan
• Republic of China / Taiwan on the island of Formosa comes into being following the defeat by Mao Tse Tung
Switzerland
• The Geneva Convention is agreed providing an agreement on the treatment of prisoners
U.S.
• RCA Perfects a system for broadcasting color television
U.S.
• First Polaroid Camera sold for $89.95
U.S.
• President Harry S. Truman authorizes $16 million in aid for Palestinian refugees
U.S.
• The Emmy Awards for US Television first presented
U.S.
• First Volkswagen Beetle The Peoples Car sold in US
Germany
• The first car with a Porsche badge is shown
UK
• De-Havilland Comet first commercial passenger jet airliner test flight
South Africa
• Apartheid Made official Policy of National party in South Africa
Canada
• Newfoundland Joins Canada Confederation

Technology
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use ) 1949

The first automatic street lights are installed in New Milford, Connecticut
45 rpm Record USA

The world’s first commercially available computer The Ferranti Mark 1 Released

Popular Culture
• George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four is published
• 45 rpm discs are introduced
• First Polaroid Camera History sold for $89.95
• “A” your adorable ” by Perry Como
• “Mule Train ” by Frankie laine
• FILM Twelve O’Clock High
• First Polaroid Camera sold for $89.95
• Frank Sinatra stars in “On The Town” with Gene Kelly
• Rodgers and Hammerstein debut the musical “South Pacific” on Broadway

Born This Year 1949
Larry Holmes News And Events From November 3rd

Jeff Bridges This Day In History December 4th

Lionel Richie News And Events From June 20th

Bruce Springsteen This Day In History September 23rd

John Belushi February 4th — Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Patrick Duffy March 17th — Townsend, Montana, U.S.

Gloria Gaynor September 7th — Newark, New Jersey, United States

Maurice Gibb December 22nd — Isle of Man

Andy Kaufman January 17th — New York City, New York, United States

Jessica Lange April 20th — Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S.

Meryl Streep June 22nd — Summit, New Jersey, U.S.

Vera Wang June 27th — New York, New York, U.S.

Sigourney Weaver October 8th — Manhattan, New York, U.S.

via 1949 including Popular Culture, Prices, Events, Technology and Inventions.

(thepeoplehistory.com)

This is an extremely cute video! This little Pug pushes her stroller around Portland, Oregon!

After showing all the LiveLoveAndDrive Ladies, we had to post it!

Our Service Manager here at Dick Hannah Honda, John, took the opportunity to go the Portland Monster Jam and was kind enough to share his experience with us!

I was showing my Monster Jam photos to some of my coworkers at Dick Hannah Honda and they all thought they were really cool. A couple of people suggested I post them to the LiveLoveAndDrive site for others to see too. After all it’s not every day you see 20,000 pounds and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of monster truck flip onto it’s side, up close and personal! This show had some privately owned trucks like Ironman (a really nice custom build, see photo) and Tropical Thunder as well as a couple of the REALLY big, nationally known teams like Grave Digger, Donkey Kong and Blue Thunder. I thought this was a cool event to take the kids to see. Be sure to take your ear plugs, thankfully we had ours. Those things are really loud! I could not believe my eyes when I looked to my left and saw a little boy, maybe 3 years old, completely out of it, sound asleep. He did have a nice set of ear muffs. They must have worked great to make a nice quiet nap spot for him. Poor guy! His Dad did wake him up in time to see the big show. There is a lot of excitement, surprising speed for such a small track, HUGE AIR and the people watching is pretty interesting too. Hopefully the next venue will be a little bigger. That way they could get even more speed up and even bigger jumps. The Portland Rose Quarter was still cool even though it seemed a bit small for such huge trucks to race in. Anyway, the next time the Monster Jam comes around, go check it out if you have a chance. It’s worth the trip!