The Families In The Park free concert series returns for the 41st year this month in Hood River’s Jackson Park. Concerts are planned for 7 p.m. every Thursday for the first four Thursdays of August. The Hood River Lions Club and the Gorge Community Foundation are putting on the shows with the help of a number of local sponsors. Mike Schend of the Lions Club started Families In The Park while with Hood River County School District Community Education, and he says the goal is the same as it was the first year. Hit Machine will be this week’s performers. Food vendors will be on site.