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A2 Hood River News, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 G REATER G ORGE www.hoodrivernews.com Hiker slips off trail, hangs from cliff for 45 minutes Photo by Daniel Dancer, courtesy of Lyle School District LYLE SCHOOL DISTRICT students joined to form the shape of a salmon for the ‘Art for the Sky’ pro- ject with photo artist Daniel Dancer of Mosier. Lyle schools unite with ‘Art for Sky’ Lyle — Students from Lyle School District created a grand scale human paint- ing of a crimson salmon last Friday. The schools teamed up with “Art for the Sky” photographer Daniel Dancer of Mosier to make the proposed public art piece a reality. About 280 students wore red t-shirts and gathered in the shape of a massive fish behind Lyle High School on a field owned by Friends of the Gorge. Once everyone was in place, Dancer took photos from above on a crane. Students from Dallesport Elementary, The Wishram School District and Lyle Secondary School partici- pated, as well as local com- munity members. Wishram student Phoenix Dorsey and his two younger broth- ers sang and drummed. The school district said they honored the salmon because it represents the lifeblood of the local Native American community. They said it also served as a re- minder to respect the beau- tiful Columbia River. This project has been in the making for over two years. The project was spon- sored by The Confluence Project as well as Dancer, D a l l e s p o r t P T O, R a p i d Readymix, The Lyle School District, Lyle Students and community volunteers. For more information, go to the Lyle School District’s home page at www.lyle schools.org/wordpress. To see more of Dancer’s work, visit www.artforthesky.com. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — April Meads’ first hike of the season was almost her last. Her foot slipped while hik- ing with her sister Sunday near Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. She fell off the trail and over the side of the cliff. Her options: Find something to hold or go into a 100-foot freefall. “As I slid down, there was one thought I had: ‘My life is about to end,’” she wrote on her blog. The 19-year-old clutched a branch that broke and start- ed to slide again. She then quickly found a root stick- ing out of the cliff; it was small, but big enough to hold her for about 45 min- utes until passing hikers came to the rescue. One of them, Wim Aarts, climbed down nearby trees with a rope made from cloth- ing. Meads wrote that she grabbed the clothing rope — held by several people above —and eventually returned to safety and her sister Stacy. “I walked to her as fast as my shaking legs would let me, and I threw myself in her arms as we both began to sob on each other’s shoul- der,” she wrote. “I had never been so happy to see her and to walk on flat ground.” Aarts praised Meads for remaining calm in a desper- ate situation. “If you want to rescue someone, you want to rescue someone levelheaded like she was,” Aarts told The Oregon- ian (http://is.gd/bwgxLI). Meads lives near Portland and recently completed her sophomore year at Linfield College. Though she escaped her brush with death, she told The Oregonian it hasn’t escaped her dreams. “I’m waking up kicking my legs, thinking that I’m back on the cliff,” she said. Photo by Stacy Meads via AP APRIL MEADS was rescued Sunday from a cliff near Horse Tail Falls, several miles east of Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. Shaniko Days June 20-21 Shaniko’s first seasonal event, Pioneer Days, takes place June 20-21. Pioneering activities such as coal forge blacksmithing, gunfights and kids’ pioneer games will be available, but the real focus will be on Shaniko’s pi- oneers, de picted in the town’s murals. New this year are murals of the Moody, Fowlie and Farrell families. The Toy & Game Museum, with its miniature village in the Shaniko School, will be opened from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Performer Meg Graf will be at the Stagecoach Station on Saturday with music from the turn of the century. Old Tyme photos will be available for purchase by pho- tographer Alex McNabb, who will also be selling copies of a two-hour documentary on Shaniko. The Guild will spon- sor wagons for exhibit near and within the Pioneer Camp; try a cup of campfire-cooked coffee and learn about mod- ern-day wagon travels and more from Jim Fosback and friends. Food and vendors will be on site. Stevenson Elementary principal becomes school superintendent The Stevenson-Carson School District Board of Di- rectors selected Karen Dou- glass, Principal of Steven- son Elementary, as its new d i s t r i c t S u p e ri n t e n d e n t Thursday. Douglass will begin her new position on July 1, replacing outgoing Superintendent Dan Read. Douglass has worked in the S t eve n s o n - C a r s o n School District for over 25 years, spending the last 10 ye a r s a s P r i n c i p a l o f Stevenson Elementary. She currently serves as the Dis- trict’s federal programs su- pervisor, Title I Learning Assistance Program direc- tor, homeless liaison and professional development coordinator. She holds a b a ch e l o r ’s d e g re e f ro m Warner Pacific College and a Master’s de g ree from Portland State University. “The reason I chose to apply for this position is be- cause I’m passionate about our school district, our community and the fami- lies who live here,” she said. “This is my home and I have no plans of going anywhere else,” she said. As an active member of the Gorge Early Learning Commission, she is also p a s s i o n a t e a b o u t e a rl y learning and plans to work closely with the entire early lear ning c o m m u n i t y. Thanks to a Community Foundation grant, she has been involved in a school readiness program in part- nership with ESD 112, Available at: Rosauers • Gorge Dog Dickey’s Farm Store Dinah’s Dog House Gorge Grooming & Pet Supply Bike Tour on Mt. Adams Bikers will traverse the scenic flanks of snow clad Mt. Adams soon — the 2015 Mt. Adams Country Bike Tour is hitting the Trout Lake, Wash. area on Satur- day, June 27. 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