A8 Wednesday, March 11, 2020
HOOD RIVER NEWS | Hood River, Ore.
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Photo by Teigan Slatt
TEIGAN SLATT won the middle school poster contest, Hood River County Reads. Details at right.
Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea
HR R EADS
The annual community book
reading kicked off Saturday at
Hood River Library with distri-
bution of some of the 500-plus
books the Friends of the Library
are giving away: “The Highest
Tide” by Jim Lynch. Committee
members Mole Schaefer and
Helen James examine sea-
shells, left, and HRVHS teacher
Matthew Gerlick speaks to the
30 or so people in attendance
in the main reading room, after
introducing student art winners
(details at right).
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Poster by Claire Bokovoy, HRVHS
P OSTER C ONTEST W INNERS
Two first place winners — one high school, one middle school — have been announced in the
annual Hood River County Reads poster contest last week that feature artwork inspired by “The
Highest Tide” by Jim Lynch, this year’s book. Winner at the high school level was Claire Bokovoy,
Hood River Valley High School, pictured above. At the middle school level, the winner was Teigan
Slatt, Hood River Middle (pictured above). The two, along with four other winners in the second
and third place categories, were present at Saturday’s event launch, and will be on display through
April 19.