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A8 Hood River News, Saturday, June 20, 2015 Become a reading Superhero at the library this summer This year the Hood River County Library District has planned a wide variety of edu- cational, entertaining and fun programs to fill the summer days. Everyone is invited to join our summer reading programs for chil- dren, teen and adults at the Hood River, Cas- cade Locks and Parkdale branches. Prizes are awarded for all ages of readers, simply for reading or listening to what they already enjoy. The summer reading program runs from Friday, June 12 through Saturday, Au- gust 29. Children may register anytime during the summer for “Every Hero Has a Story.” Regis- tration involves filling out a reading record and setting a reading goal of time spent read- ing over the summer. Children who cannot read yet may participate with a parent or caregiver. There are four levels of prizes ranging from gemstones or pool passes, cookies, books and ice cream. The Kick-off Party will be held Saturday, June 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hood River Library. Start off the summer with Popsicles, hot rods and performer Brad Clark and his mu- sical mayhem! There will be performances, crafts and parties throughout the summer in Hood River, Cascade Locks, Odell, and Park- dale. Throughout the summer, the Hood River Library will hold story times on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. To better meet the needs of our diverse story time attendees, Children’s Li- brarian Jana Hannigan and her assistant Yeli Boots split story time into two age groups. Babies and toddlers can enjoy Move- ment and Music with Miss Yeli. Preschool age children are invited to the children’s li- brary for story time and sing along with Li- brarian Jana. Cascade Locks branch holds story time on Saturdays at 1 p.m. Join Miss Amber for stories, songs, and fun with musi- cal instruments. The Teen Summer Reading is called “Un- mask!” For every 5 hours read, teens will re- ceive a prize. After they read 15 hours, for each additional 5 hours read, they’ll be en- tered into the grand prize raffle. Teens can win candy, new books, and a single scoop of Mike’s Ice Cream. Three grand prize raffle winners get a $50 gift card. Teens can also participate in a range of summer activities like the Movie Maker Club, Water Party, Game Night, Scavenger Hunt, popular Li- brary Lock-In and much more. Kids aren’t the only ones having fun at the library this summer. Adults can sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Program, “Es- cape the Ordinary.” The program is open to anyone 18 and over. Adults can read or listen to any book they want. Come into the library to sign up and receive a reading log and list of summer programs. Receive a stamp for each book, audio book or adult library pro- gram attended. Each stamp is one entry into the raffle. Each library branch is giving away a Google Nexus Tablet, plus several local Gorge businesses donated prizes. Win Dog River Coffee gift cards, movie passes to Skylight Theater, Cascade Locks Ale House or Solera Brewery gift certificates. Great programs for adults will be offered at all branches throughout the summer. The Hood River County Library District’s Summer Reading Program is made possible by the generous support of numerous local businesses and groups that contribute funds and in-kind donations for programs, prizes and supplies. Thank you to Andrew’s Pizza and Skylight Theater, Apple Valley BBQ, Bridgeview of Cascade Locks, Cascade Locks Ale House, Columbia Gorge Organics, Columbia State Bank, DelCarpine Automo- tive, Diamond Fruit, Dog River Coffee, Duck- wall Fruit, East Wind Drive-in, Friends of the Library, G. Williker’s Toy Shoppe, Juani- ta’s, Hood River Hobbies, Hood River Valley Park and Rec, McIssac’s, Mike’s Ice Cream, Mother’s Market Place, Pine Street Bakery, Solera Brewery, Sparkling Creations, To- furkey and Waucoma Books. For a full list of programs and events con- tact the Hood River County Library District at 541-386-2535, info@hoodriverlibrary.org, or visit their website at hoodriverlibrary.org. CG Tri Club enjoys great conditions at Ironman 70.3 Victoria Last weekend, 18 members from the local Columbia Gorge Tri Club travelled to Victoria, BC, to participate in the Ironman 70.3 Victoria, with 1,622 total finishers listed for the race. Ironman 70.3 represents the total number of miles in the race and is actually half the length of a full Ironman, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run (marathon) — raced in that order. Columbia Gorge Tri member Patrick Hiller said that conditions were excellent and that, “compared to our usual conditions in the Gorge with swimming in a rela- tively cold river with current, windy bike rides and climbs and lots of climbing on our runs, Victoria greeted us with moderate temperatures, a warm, calm lake, a bike course with limited climbing and two running loops on a mainly shaded trail around a lake. For several it was their first Half Ironman event and they exceeded their expectations. For those of us who’ve done several, I believe all marked their personal best times on this beautiful and fast course.” One Columbia Gorge Tri member, Sasha Kirchner, crashed his bike and had to exit the race with a shoulder injury “but joined the group for the post-race activities after a visit to the local ER,” reported Hiller. “It was wonderful to wander through Victoria on Sun- day night and Monday throughout the day and run into fel- low Gorge Tri Club members – even though several of us were walking quite funny,” Hiller said. “The positive vibes that everyone gets in this group are amazing. Several of us traveled with family and we were in constant touch with our fellow triathletes back in the Gorge who were well in- formed about our race progress.” PADDLE Continued from Page A7 a “Hawaiian/Tahitian her- itage sport” and that surf- skiing is a South African/Australian her- itage sport.” Johnson, who currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area, but is in the process of relocating to the Gorge where he spends four months out of the year, has paddled all over the globe, including Hawaii. And de- spite Hawaii’s status as the primo destination for big- wave aficionados, John- son notes that the Gorge is one of the best spots he’s seen for downwind paddling, which in addi- tion to surfskiing and out- rigger canoeing, also in- cludes the sport of stand up paddleboarding (SUP). “The thing with Hawaii is on the right day, it’s crazy. The problem is, the right day is only one out of every 10 days and the lo- gistics are borderline possi- ble…” he explains. “Here, the right day is more like two out of every five days — nuking conditions — and the bad days are not a write-off; the bad days are still pretty dang good.” “From logistics and the quality of wind and waves — this is the spot,” Johnson adds. Downwind paddling is one of the fastest growing water sports out there and while the sport maybe over- shadowed by kiteboarding a n d w i n d s u r f i n g h e r e, Johnson notes he’s seen an increase in outrigger canoe paddlers and surfskiers in the Gorge as well. Over 100 people have already signed up for the event, including about 20 from the Gorge area, as well as “three or four Olympic kayaking gold m e d a l i s t s. ” H e e x p e c t s about 200 will register for the event. The first few days of the Gorge Downwind Paddling Festival will give opportu- nities for those entering in the festival to take shuttles from Hood River to Steven- son and enjoy downwind paddling action that is more like a “fun cruise” as opposed to race, as well as outings at local restaurants at night. ‘From logistics and the quality of wind and waves – this is the spot.’ CARTER JOHNSON The first de facto race be- gins on Friday, the North American Championships, which will feature a race that starts in Home Valley and finishes at the Hood River Marina. On Saturday, the Wildside Relay will kick off, an event Johnson says has been “going on low-pro- file for over 20 years” in the Gorge (70 people showed up l a s t ye a r, a c c o r d i n g t o Johnson), but is now part of this event. The relay will run from Stevenson to the Bingen Marina, with stops GORGE TRI RESULTS Nicole Bassett - (Time: 6:02:01; Age 38; Div Rank 40; Overall rank 731) Clint Bogard - (Time: 5:23:39; Age 48; Div Rank 45; Overall rank 358) Patti Boyd - (Time: 5:32:45; Age 45; Div Rank 14; Overall rank 442) Mark Frost - (Time: 5:21:03; Age 48; Div Rank 40; Overall rank 323) Patrick Hiller - (Time: 4:50:30; Age 38; Div Rank 13; Overall rank 99) Sasha Kirchner – DNF (bike crash) Angela Krause - (Time: 6:09:31; Age 44; Div Rank 46; Overall rank 811) Jeff Rippey - (Time: 5:31:10; Age 58; Div Rank 14; Overall rank 424) Sonia Schuemann (Time: 7:07:13; Age 50; Div Rank 57; Overall rank 1210) Kim Scott – (participated in Sprint Triathlon; results un- available) Andrew Stewart - (Time: 5:30:04; Age 38; Div Rank 54; Overall rank 411) June Towne - (Time: 8:06:15; Age 63; Div Rank 16; Overall rank 1373) Anne Tyynismaa (Time: 6:03:43; Age 23; Div Rank 7; Overall rank 749) Edward Tyynismaa (Time: 5:33:37; Age 54; Div Rank 18; Overall rank 454) Tatum Tyynismaa (Time: 6:25:24; Age 23; Div Rank 10; Overall rank 954) Terri Tyynismaa (Time: 7:25:31; Age 52; Div Rank 60; Overall rank 1269) Alex Trout – (Time: 6:00:24; Age 55; Div Rank 27; Overall rank 717) Tammi Wimmer (Time: 8:06:46; Age 44; Div Rank 90; Overall rank 1374) i n H o m e Va l l e y, D r a n o Lake, and the Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery. Despite the tough compe- tition, Johnson says both races are open to recre- ational paddlers who will compete in a category sepa- rate from the pros. Divi- sions will be broken up via age group and watercraft category, with cash payouts in each category. Registra- tion costs $175 and includes downwind shuttles throughout the week, en- trance into the two races, and three dinners, includ- ing the “one all-out banquet at Springhouse Cellars” in Hood River. Johnson says Full Sail and Springhouse Cellars have both agreed to sponsor parts of the event and that he’s looking for more local sponsors. I t ’s a C u p r a c e, a n d there’s money on the line, but Johnson says the race is also about encouraging stewardship of North A m e r i c a n w a t e r w ay s , with 100-percent of the proceeds going to Rivers for Change — a California non- profit whose mission is to “organically connect peo- ple to the waterways” with- out pushing a specific con- servation agenda. “They’re not going to tell you to go to the Columbia River and save the salmon, they’re not going to tell you to go to the Columbia River and petition blowing up John Day Dam. They’re not going to tell you anything like that,” he explains. “ T h e y ’ r e g o i n g t o s ay, ‘Here’s an amazing water- way, how do we get people onto the water…’and once they’re on the water, people organically get interested.” S p e c i f i c a l l y, J o h n s o n says he’s working on get- ting the money used for one o f R ive r s fo r C h a n g e ’s “Source to Sea” trips, which takes students and teachers on tours from the source of a river to its ter- minus. It’d be a big trip, but Johnson is looking to get a Source to Sea journey that would run from the source of the Columbia River (gen- erally identified as Colum- bia Lake in British Colum- bia) all the way to its mouth near Astoria. It may only be surfskiing and outrigger canoeing this year, but Johnson says the plans are to add SUPs next year, and then windsurfing and kiteboarding the year after that if all goes well. “Over time, we want to be the one spot in North Amer- ica where inter nationals come from all around the globe to do downwind of any nature, of any kind… ambitions are big,” he says. Photo by Paloma Ayala CLINT BOGARD grabs some refreshment during last week’s Iron- man 70.3 in Victoria, BC. Submitted photo THE RACE runs from Home Valley to Hood River for the North American Dowind Championships and Stevenson to Bingen for the Wildside Relay. ■ For more information on the festival, go to .gorgepad- dlingfestival.com. UNIQUELY GORGE ADVERTISING WORKS Thank You for choosing LAKE TACO. The Uniquely Gorge Coupon Book has worked great for us and has brought us new customers! 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