Hood River County Chamber of Commerce executive director Michael Glover says there is “a very strong possibility” that the Roy Webster Columbia River Cross Channel Swim will be moved from Hood River to Cascade Locks.  Making the statement on Bicoastal Media’s Mid-Columbia Today program Monday morning, Glover says a decision has to be made by May 1 when entries for the Labor Day event will open to the general public, and he put the chance of the move at “80 percent.”  Glover said talks with the Best Western Plus Hood River Inn, where the finish line is located in Hood River, have not resulted in an agreement, primarily due to the Inn wanting a breakfast included in connection with the swim.  Hood River Inn General Manager Chuck Hinman says they’ve asked for that to be included for a number of years, citing people coming into the Inn’s restaurant and occupying tables until family members are done with the swim, and then the hotel can’t get its guests in for breakfast.  Glover says they’ve looked at other possible sites in Hood River but the way the river channel runs through the town does not allow the Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge to drop off swimmers at other locations.  He adds they believe the swim would have more economic impact in Cascade Locks than in Hood River, and also said this is not a decision that “we took on lightly.”  The swim has taken place nearly every Labor Day in Hood River since the late 1940’s, but has not happened the last two years due to the Eagle Creek Fire in 2017 and high winds in 2018.