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Hood River News, Wednesday, April 8, 2015
G ATHERINGS
Photos by Lisa Ann Kawachi
HUNDREDS OF youngsters thronged Jackson Park Saturday for the
annual community Easter egg hunt and safety fair. Fisk Reagan, 4,
of White Salmon exults as he and Bjorn Swanson, 3, of Mosier find
some eggs. Above, Lila May Schow, 4, fills her Easter-bunny basket,
which goes with her pink-and-white Easter attire.
Blue Ribbon Campaign raises awareness
The Blue Ribbon Campaign,
started in 1989 as a grand-
mother’s tribute to her grand-
son, who had died as the result
of child abuse, came to down-
town Hood River on April 4.
With help from Boy Scout
Troop 282, trees along Oak
Street were lined with blue
ribbons to raise awareness of
National Child Abuse Preven-
tion Month, which has taken
place each April since 1983.
Buckets of ribbons were also
delivered to local businesses
by the Vineyard Church youth
group, Hawks Ridge Assisted
Living and community mem-
ber/grandmother Mary Hub-
bard.
Debi Baskins, Director of
Columbia Gorge Children’s
Advocacy Center, encour-
ages all community mem-
bers to pick up a ribbon and
wear it this month to show
support for victims of child
abuse and to raise aware-
ness.
Columbia Gorg e Chil-
dren’s Advocacy Center will
hold its annual fundraiser on
April 19 at Springhouse Cel-
Photo by Lisa Ann Kawachi
GABE ROTH, left, and Tyr Anderson hand out blue ribbons to Dan
Smith at Frame Gallery on Oak.
lar from 6-9 p.m. The event
will include food, and silent
and live auctions. Funds
raised support the center’s
work in Hood River, Sher-
man and Wheeler counties,
and is sponsored by A Kidz
Dental Zone, Cardinal Glass,
Columbia Gorge Family
Medicine, DelCarpine Auto-
motive, and the John-
son/Grizzle family.
BOOK SIGNING / EVENING LECTURE
COLUMBIA
RIVER GORGE
National Scenic Area
Photo by Lisa Ann Kawachi
A PPLE C UP A CTION
A total of 48 cars – five adult and 43 student drivers — from Hood River Valley High School
and seven other high schools around Oregon and Washington, participated in Saturday’s an-
nual Apple Cup electric car race in downtown Hood River. A group of drivers heads east on
the Industrial Way incline. Eight HRVHS cars and two from Columbia High School in White
Salmon competed, and about 200 spectators attended.
Photography by Peter Marbach
Essay by Janet Cook
Join
photographer Peter Marbach
and author Janet Cook
for the unveiling of their new book:
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
NATIONAL SCENIC AREA
April 15 at Columbia Center for the Arts
Book signing starts at 6:30,
public program “Wild at Heart in the
Columbia River Gorge” starts at 7PM
Event sponsored by Weinstein PR
PRINTED BY COLUMBIA GORGE PRESS