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David Gross has never acted before but he knew the part of the Boss was right for him. “I’ve lived it,” said Gross, a long-time Dufur resident, of living the ranch life. It’s what drew the longtime U.S. Forest Service employee to the role of the hard-bitten ranch boss in “Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck, on stage through this weekend at Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River.