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Hood River News, Saturday, May 23, 2015
Write on: schools offer contest
The Hood River Public
Schools writing competition
is on.
You have until June 5 to
submit your work of fiction,
non-fiction, how-to, poetry,
graphic novel, or other types.
It could even be a pop-up. It
could be written either for-
Get a
Grip!
ward or backwards.
Talk to your school librari-
an for full details; the most im-
portant thing is that it be orig-
inal work done by you. First
place prize for K-5 is $50, for 6-
8 it’s $75 and for 9-12 it’s $100.
Second and third-place cash
prizes will also be awarded.
Eat in
o r T a k e O u t
This Memorial Day
Weekend
& G a l l e r y o f G a m e s
107 2nd St • Hood River • (541) 386-1606
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ROWAN ANNE MCKENNA, who is 6-and-three-quarters, scales the climbing wall at Hood River Middle School, site — and ben-
eficiary — of the May 26 Climbing Wall Rodeo.
May 26 Climbing Wall Rodeo welcomes
beginners and experienced climbers
Gorge Grippers Climbing Team pre-
sents Climbing Wall Rodeo May 26 at
the Hood River Middle School gym, lo-
cate at 1602 May Street.
The rodeo is for beginners and ex-
perienced climbers alike. Children
ages 6-8 will climb from 4-6 p.m., and
those 9-11 from 6-8 p.m. Cost is $10 per
climber.
Prizes will be awarded; the event is
a fundraiser for the Hood River Mid-
dle School climbing wall.
Register at the event or by visiting
www.hrcommunityed.org, or call
Community Ed at 541-386-2055.
“This a fundraiser for the climbing
wall and a way to get more people in
the community familiar with it,” said
Keenan Collins, an HRVHS student
who is organizing it. Collins said there
will be two groups, beginner and expe-
rienced climber, and eight challenges:
four on the wall and four on the
ground. The wall challenges are dif-
ferent for the beginners and experi-
enced.
“On the climbing wall, kids will see
how many times they can climb up
and be lowered down in 5 minutes,
then perform challenges like climbing
up using only three points of contact
all the way up, follow certain routes
up. Experienced kids even climb blind-
folded.,” Collins said.
The ground challenges are the same
for all kids and include giant hula
hoop rotations, jumping with climb-
ing rope, crab walk challenge, and fun
activities designed to have kids use
their athletic skills in different ways.
“There will be a winner and runner
up in each age category and each par-
ticipant has the chance to win prizes
at raffle. So far there are about 30
prizes,” Collins said. Since it is climb-
ing, parents do have to resister kids
themselves either at Community Ed
or at the event.

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Try these two track events
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
WESTSIDE’S SAM KNOLL got warmed up at Thursday’s Wildcast
Chase, a fundraiser for school programs.
Don’t run and hide.
Just run!
If you want to learn or
c o m p e t e i n t r a c k , t wo
events happen in June to
help you do it.
The first is the June 13
Track Town League all-
comer meet – meaning any-
one can compete – for ages
8-14, at Hood River Valley
High School. No experience
necessary.
Events are the 100, 400
and 1,500-meter, long jump,
and “turbojav.”
Qualify for the state
championship June 277,
against kids from through-
out Oregon on June 27. Sign
up by emailing assistant
track coach Brandon
Bertram
at
Bran-
don.bertram@hood-river.
Or, go to tracktownyuoth-
league.com.
The second is the June 17-
19 elementary fun and run
camp, 8-10 a.m. Cost $25 in-
cluding camp t-shirt. Hood
River Middle School is the
site, and is open to all stu-
dents grades 1-5.
Register on line at Hood
River Community Educa-
tion, www.hrcommuni-
tyed.org or in person at the
Community Ed office, 1009
Eugene St.
1615 Woods Court
Hood River, OR 97031
(541)490-4993
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H APPENINGS
FOR CHILDREN
■ May 23 — Camp Jonah
Family Fun Day fundraiser, 8-
6 p.m. at Jonah Ministries, 31 Lit-
tle Mountain Rd., Trout Lake. Fun
races, silent auction, zipline, fami-
ly field games, bonfire and s’-
mores, climbing wall, inflatables,
face painting, disc golf. Open
house from 1-3 p.m.; breakfast 9-
10, lunch 12-1, dinner 5-6 provid-
ed $5 per person per meal. I5k,
10k start at 8; $10 each. All other
activities
free.
www.campjonah.com.
■ May 24, 31 — Pokemon
Club, 1:30-3 p.m. at Hood River
Hobbies, 110 Fourth St. Supervi-
sion provided for 8 and up. Bring
or purchase deck and cards to
trade. More info at info@hood-
riverhobbies.com.
■ June 13 — RC Car Class,
9-10 a.m. at May Street Elemen-
tary covered play area. Students
must be old enough to operate
their vehicle safely and stay out of
driving area while cars are mov-
ing for safety reasons, or must be
supervised by a parent. $10 for 3
Get An Early Start
classes. Sign up through Commu-
nity Ed. More at info@hoodriver-
hobbies.com.
■ June 17-19 — Elemen-
tary Fun & Run Camp, 8-10
a.m. at Hood River Middle School.
Open to all students grades 1-5.
$25, includes t-shirt. Register thru
Community Ed, www.hrcommu-
nityed.org.
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