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B2 Hood River News, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 G ATHERINGS Submitted photo ‘BIG” JAMES BRAUER and his Little, Robert, take a break from trying to stand on a foam fish at Hood River Aquatic Center. ‘Bigs’ and ‘Littles’ splash together Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Columbia Gorge hosted its semi-annual pool party on Sunday, April 12 at the Hood River Aquatic Center. Approximately 20 pro- gram participants, com- posed of Bigs and Littles, from Hood River, Klicki- tat, and Wasco counties at- tended the event, where they splashed in the pool, swung from the rope swing, and slid down the waterslide. Little Sister Harlie said that the best part about the Big Brothers Big Sisters pool party is playing in the water with her Big Sister Courtney. The two, matched since July 2014, had a blast playing basket- ball in the water with E ARTH W EEK N ETWORKING Winners of the first Business Competition by Gorge Owned drew 125 or so people to The Pint Shack Thursday, where five businesses gave their pitches and three earned enough audience votes to snare the right to apply for a no-interest Kiva Zip non-profit loan for start-ups. Emily Reed’s on-line social networking app got the nod, along with Nicole Basset, center right, and McKenzie Guinon, right, for the garment-reuse project Re-Make; with them is Gorge Owned board member Becky Brun. The third winner was Ari Bacharach of Opa’s Goat Grove farm and ranch in Mosier, at left, with fellow applicant, photogra- pher Michael Peterson of Pro Media in Hood River who tells Bacharach, “We should do some work together.” other Big/Little pair Katie and Nevaeh. Little Brother Robert and his Big Brother James were all smiles after their failed attempts to stand to- gether on a giant foam fish. The fish sunk under the weight, leaving the duo to suffer the same fate, only to emerge in boister- ous laughter. Big Brothers Big Sis- ters, a program of The Next Door, provides chil- dren ages of 6 and 14 with one-on-one mentoring re- lationships with adult vol- unteers. For more information, contact Justine Ziegler in Hood River and Klickitat counties at 541-490-9979 or Courtney Reyes in Wasco county at 541-993-9022. Tod LeFevre Sustainability Awards were announced April 22 at Columbia Center for the Arts. Susan Hess of Envi- rogorge, and Suzanne Baumhackl (with son, Rune) accept the Individual and Business awards. HRVHS junior Charley Boonstra accepts the LeFevre Student award. With her are LeFevre’s daughter, Sutton, and Gorge Owned board member Lindsay Miller, right. ! K O O L This size ad in the HRN 9 times for only $175 50 ! Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea HR R EADS C ONCLUDES Hood River Reads concluded Saturday with a talk by author Luis Urrea (right) of “Into the Beautiful North” in the main reading room at Hood River Library. At left, HR Reads project coordinator Helen James, center, talks with committee members Leighton Hazelhurst, left, and Mole Schaefer, right.About 100 people attended the event, co-sponsored by the library and Waucoma Bookstore. Patricia Schmuck introduced Urrea, who started his talk with a humorous, yet tense, account of his efforts to conduct research with the reluctant assistance of the U.S. Border Patrol. Deadline for ‘Big Art’ is May 15 WKO-High Cascade Mills Art of Community was e s t a b l i s h e d i n 2 0 1 4 by artists to build on this dy- namic relationship, engage the community with art and work collaboratively to fur- ther promote and develop public art throughout the Gorge making it available to people of all ages and back- grounds. Vi s i t a r t - o f - co m m u n i - ty.com to learn more, includ- ing Artist Response informa- tion (deadline May 15). Selections are scheduled to be made by June 1 and the 2015-16 works installed by late August, in time for the Sept. 4 opening reception. In its second year, the Art of Community program, aka “Big Art”, consists of up to 25 sculptures on loan from artists (and for sale) for a pe- riod of one year. Gas Appliances Electrical Repair Get your RV road ready! 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