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Pictured are Dashiel Meriwether, Cascade Locks student; Janice Crane, executive director of the Cascade Historical Museum; Brad Lorang, Port of Cascade Locks president; Deb Lorang, president of the Cascade Locks Historical Society; Eclipse Larkin, Hood River Rotary Interact member; Jeremiah Blue, executive director of the Port of Cascade Locks; Courtnee Keilman, Cascade Locks city councilor; Kevin Keilman; Brenda Woods, mayor of Cascade Locks; and Steve Schmidt, Hood River Rotary and Peace Pole committee chair. 

 Chelsea Marr photo

CASCADE LOCKS — Cascade Locks received a Peace Pole at The Bridge of the Gods Pacific Northwest trailhead and rest area on Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace, from the Hood River Rotary Club.

Third graders from Cascade Locks Elementary selected the languages transcribed on the pole, including Gaelic French, Japanese, English, Spanish, Italian, Warm Springs Kiksht and Braille, for the visually impaired. Eclipse Larkin, Hood River Rotary student Interact club member, read the dedication during the ceremony, explaining the Peace Pole began with Japanese philosopher Masahisa Goi after the devastation of World War II. Goi believed in the spiritual belief of peace and the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” He also believed in the spirit of universal love.