A2 Hood River News,
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
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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,
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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.
Bikers can choose from
the 11.5 mile Family Fun
Ride in Trout Lake Val-
ley, the 51 Mile Loop
through Trout Lake to
Glenwood and back, the
54 Mile Forest Loop up
and down the flanks of
Mt Adams, and the com-
bined 105 Mile Infinity
Ride — a pair of 51 and 54
mile loops.
Each well-marked ride
takes bikers on quiet
country roads and is fully
safety-suppor ted with
sag wagons, emergency
teams, radio coverage,
snacks/rest stops, option-
al box lunch and post-
ride meals.
Day-of registration and
rides begin at 7:30 a.m. at
Trout Lake School, 2310
WA-141 in Trout Lake.
The cost is $10 for a
Family Loop, all others
are $65.
For more information
and to register online, visit
http://troutlakewashingto
n.com/mt-adams-bicycle-
tour.
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While Douglass is excited
about taking the next step
in her professional and per-
sonal journey, she said leav-
ing the elementary staff
with whom she’s worked for
many years will be tough.
“It will definitely be a day of
tears,” she said.
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