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Ed Loy signs copies of his new book at the Albany Regional Museum.
Gem Of The Willamette Valley by Rick Rogers Just a few of the items you might consider to be collectables.
by Karen Rogers A New Year is a fine time to start a new collection! My brother and I are very lucky people, as we came from a family that never threw stuff out. I have my 50’s and 60’s comics and Little Golden Books, and my brother has his original G.I. Joes, complete down to the Gemini capsule! A lot of people my age weren’t so lucky — when things got outgrown, Mom tossed ‘em. My generation is considered to be the greatest collectors of all time; they’re trying to relive their childhood. As for collecting, gather what you love and what interests you. Don’t try to invest in fads, like Beanie Babies or Cabbage Patch Dolls. Look for things of lasting value and haunt thrift shops, auctions, garage sales and flea markets. Be sure to read up on whatever you decide to collect. Use local bookstores, libraries, and the internet. Talk to other collectors and handle the merchandise as much as possible. Take the Antiques Roadshow with a large grain of salt! Prices are dependent on condition, geographic area, and shifting trends. You may collect fine silver or bone dishes, but your collection is your very own. Display it so visitors will notice and comment. Hoarders never display nor do they have visitors, so you’re safe. As our house continues to fill up, we are comforted that we are NOT hoarders, we are merely collectors. Very, very advanced collectors.
Edward Loy of Albany never set out to be an author. Although he moved to Albany with his parents as a young child in 1945 and has lived here ever since, he really didn’t get into writing local history until he started to write occasional articles for the Albany Regional Museum newsletter about ten years ago. Shortly after that, it was brought to his attention that there was really no written history of the World Championship Timber Carnival that started in Albany prior to the beginning of World War Two in 194l and, with the exception of the war years, continued until the early 2,000’s. The result in 2010 was Ed’s first book, “Tim-Burr” After completing the Timber Carnival history, Ed started work on his current book “Gem of the Willamette Valley” which explores the history of the city of Albany and the people who were instrumental in building it. After thousands of hours of research, gathering photographs and memorabilia, and checking facts, the book is now a reality. Albany was once called the “Hub of the Willamette Valley” because it was the shipping center for agricultural and wood products produced in the central valley. It was where the trucking, railroad, and river traffic all came together. The back cover of Ed’s new book states, “He brings to life the story of the Oregon Trail, the valleys river traffic, the coming of the railroad and its economic importance, and early religious activity and its effects on Oregon settlers.” Loy breathes life into the stories about the people who settled the area, the people who were the “movers and shakers” who made the city of Albany what it is today. The many photos and other Albany memorabilia sprinkled throughout the book’s 417 pages bring it all to life. “Gem of the Willamette Valley” by Edward Loy, as well as his first book, “Tim-Burr”, are available for purchase at the Albany Regional Museum located at corner of Second Avenue and Lyon St. in downtown Albany. If you love local history and want to know more about the area in which you live, this is the new book you should place at the top of your reading list!
Front cover of Loy’s book on Timber Carnival history.
Front cover of Loy’s latest book on Albany history.
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Its a new year loaded with fun, educational, and interesting things to see and do. All year long, the mid-valley offers a wide variety of events for the whole family. Each month, you will find a list of specially-selected educational and entertaining events for you to enjoy. Keep this list handy so you can check it throughout the month. • CHRISTIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE meets at 7:30AM the second Thursday of each month at Novak’s in Albany for a no-host breakfast. There is no additional charge for attending. The next Christian Chamber meeting will be on the morning of January 8 and features a special guest speaker. Great networking opportunity for Christian business owners. Go online: www.cccnw.org. or call: 541-791-2901 for more information. • ALBANY CIVIC THEATER PRESENTS “The Secret Garden” with performances January 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23m and 24, The theater is located at 111 W. First Avenue in downtown Albany. Ticket and other information is available at: www.albanycivic.org. • WILD TO MILD MOTORSPORTS SWAP MEET is scheduled for January 10 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. Get more info by calling: 503394-3070; or go online to: www.lcfairexpo.com. • GOLD DOLLAR HORSE SHOW will take place at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany on January 10 and 11. Details available by calling: 541-979-3718, or go online to: www.lcfairexpo.com. • ALBANY BRIDAL SHOW will be held at the Albany Golf and Events Center, 155 Country Club Lane in North Albany from noon until 4PM on January 11. More information is available by calling: 541-401-9276. • ALBANY WOMEN’S CONNECTION MONTHLY BRUNCH will take place at 10AM on Wednesday January 14, at the Comfort Suites Hotel, 100 Opal Court N.E. This month will feature High Points’ own Karen Rogers speaking about comfort foods. There will also be an inspirational speaker. All women are welcome. For
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details and reservations call: 541-928-2286. HISTORY BITES LUNCH SERIES will be held at noon on January 14 at the Albany Regional Museum, 136 Lyon St. in downtown Albany. Information is available online at: www.armuseum.com. ANIMAL HOUSE FLYBALL CLUB TOURNAMENT will take place from January 15 through 18 at the Linn County fair and Expo Center in Albany. You can get all the details by calling: 503-307-0703; or go online www. lcfairexpo.com. OREGON HIGH SCHOOL EQUESTRAIN TEAM HORSE SHOW will come to the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany on January 16-18. To get details call: 541-924-9055; or go online to: www.lcfairexpo.com. HERITAGE MALL KIDS CLUB meets at 11AM on Saturday, January 17, in the mall at 14th and Clay Sts. In Albany. Get information online at: www.heritagemall. com. MID-WINTER SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL featuring dancers from throughout the region will be held January 23 through 25 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. Call: 503-465-9398 for more information; or go online to: www.lcfairexpo.com. POINTS FOR PROFIT ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET will be held on the evening of January 27 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany, For additional details, please see the cover of the Points for Profit section in this issue of High Points, or call: 541791-2901 to make reservations.
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Welcome to 2015! (That sounds like the opening sentence of an H.G. Wells novel!) Traditionally, on January first, we reflect on changes we would like to make in the New Year. The most popular resolutions involve taking better care of ourselves. We declare with great conviction that THIS will be the year we lose weight, exercise more, quit smoking, etc. - just like we did last year! The decision to change our lifestyle is made with the best of intentions (we know we need to!), so why do we find ourselves making the same pledge to improve, annually? Perhaps the answer lies in how we choose to implement the modification. The human brain and body are resistant to change, even when the change is a positive one. Many have had the thrill of quickly losing several pounds, only to regain them a short while later. The body wants to return to a set point that is familiar. We may be setting ourselves up to fail by trying to change too much, too fast. When a “meat and potatoes” person forces themselves to eat only salads; the body reads this radical change as deprivation. The brain then joins
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I’m a husband and a father of four grade school children. I know how hard it can be to guide a family through making healthy food choices. I have kids who don’t want to eat their vegetables or who want to eat sugary cereals for breakfast. I guess I’m trying to say that in a lot of ways, I’m just like you. Sometimes people ask what I do to get my kids to eat healthy foods and enough of them. Here are some tips that I hope you will find helpful. Ownership – It is easy to reject foods that somebody else is trying to make you eat, but if you own the food, it makes it easier to eat. If you want your child to eat vegetables or a salad, let them help make it. Sometimes, kids aren’t rejecting the food so much as they are rejecting the unknown. When they are in on the preparation, they can see exactly what goes into the food and they might eat more just out of pride or curiosity. Planning – If you don’t plan what you are going to eat then it’s tough to make the right choices. Try planning your meals for the week so that you aren’t having to make good food choices on the fly and asking your kids
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Colds and flu viral infections most often occur between October and February when the immune system is busy fighting off the stress of winter. Kids are back in school and the seasons have changed from fall to winter with cold and flu virus in the air. Washing hands frequently greatly reduces spreading and duration of the cold and flu virus. At health and Herbs, we have many herbal remedies to zap the flu bug and common cold quickly and naturally. Some favorites, like our Colds/Flu/Virus Begone Formula #1125, boost your immune system so you can fight off the virus. A teaspoon to a tablespoon four or more times a day helps to remove symptoms immediately, including nausea. Antibiotic Formula #1018 is the number one natural antibiotic formula to have on hand for that extra infection fighter and immune booster. Colloidal Silver #4710 is a must-have for doubling the immune system and is specifically for respiratory support. There are many other natural remedies for anything from strep-throat to congestion.
The use of herbs and medicinal plants were the first medicines and have been used for centuries. Every culture on earth, through written or oral tradition, has relied on a variety Brittney of the natural Haywood, Owner Health chemistry found in healing plants for and Herbs their therapeutic properties. Have you ever wondered how different herbs work and when to use them? Would you like learn how to make your own herbal extracts, salves and compresses? Beginning herbal classes are now available at Health and Herbs Albany location. The course is four weeks long, one hour each week, and explores important concepts in natural medicine. At the conclusion of the course, the student receives a Beginning Herbal Course Certificate of Completion. Each of the four weeks, students will learn to make a different product. All materials needed for the projects, along with a book of herbal descriptions, is included in the class registration price. For more information, or to sign up contact Health and Herbs by calling 541-791-8400; or email: brittney@ healthandherbs.com.
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Points for Profit meeting is January 27, 2015 starting at 5pm at the Linn County Fair and Expo, Albany. Jacopetti’s Catering is serving a Prime Rib dinner! This is the annual Points for Profit awards banquet! If you would like to reserve a dinner please RSVP by 5pm on January 23, 2015 to info@pointsforprofit.org or call (541) 791-2901.For more information visit pointsforprofit.org.
Get ready for the annual Points for Profit awards banquet coming to the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany on Tuesday, January 27. Awards certificates totaling thousands of dollars will be presented to our participating organizations and those attending will get a chance to hear how each of those organizations talk about what they do, how they operate and their plans for the using the awarded money throughout the year. Doors will open at 5PM so those attending can look over a wide array of silent auction items donated by our Points for Profit members and other merchants. The auction will offer all types of merchandise and services ranging from artwork, jewelry, vacations, restaurant certificates, gifts, pet and garden supplies, household services and so much more. There is also a dessert auction of wonderful items prepared by some of our best local cooks, bakers and restaurants. All money raised from the auctions stays in the Points for Profit program to benefit our participating non-profits. New for the 2015 Auction will be an item or grouping from our non-profit organizations; 100% of the proceeds of their organization’s item will do directly to that non-profit organization. A delicious prime-rib dinner with all the trimmings will be served by Jacopetti’s Catering starting at 6pm. Cost for the dinner is $24.95 per person for advanced ticket purchases. As always, we expect to fill the tables and we must have your reservation if you are planning to eat no later than January 23rd. Ticket prices will be $34.95 if after the 23rd up to date of event. To make reservations call: 541-791-2901; or email: lbeck@inspiritmarketing.com. Awards will also be handed out to small, medium and large businesses, home-based businesses and volunteers of the year. Votes are now being accepted in those categorizes and may be called in or emailed
The staff at Jacopetti’s Catering will be serving a delicious Prime Rib dinner. to the numbers and email address in the paragraph above. Now is a great time to get your reservations and votes in. It will truly be a festive evening to remember. From all of us at Points for Profit and High Points may you have a happy and prosperous NEW YEAR!
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Happy New Year Happy New Year….. Woot! Woot! Who is ready for a new you? Brand new beginnings and second chances are here. I am so excited to think of all the possibilities this year will bring for everyone. I acknowledge all of you who have set intentions to improve yourselves in 2015. Each day is another opportunity for growth and learning. May you all grasp it and hang on for a great ride! I have received so many questions on anti-aging makeup and skin care. So, for those of you planning a new “makeup look” this year try adding a great skin care makeup. Yes this does really exist. Makeup that is also skin care! This was such a “find” I had to share it with you and I’m thrilled! No matter what makeup line you may choose as you are looking for those new key pieces to add to your cosmetics collection, there are a few key few points to keep in mind. Coverage which is provided by concentrated pigment, undiluted by talc, which will allow your skin to both breathe and function. Expect coverage that camouflages aging issues, accentuating assets, with no creasing or smearing. Your goal is to have a finished look that is natural looking with the perfect
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A Second Chance
Normally, if I am dissatisfied with a book, I do not read another book by the same author. Frankly, there are too many good authors out there! Several years ago, I read Gone for Good by Harlan Coben, and found it to be a standard sort of suspense novel, rather dull in its lack of creativity. So, I was continually surprised by the number of people who came in to the store looking for his mystery series: these readers were avid about reading the complete series and nothing would get in their way! Could this be the same author? After years of resistance, I finally caved in and gave Coben a second chance. The book I chose was Fade Away, which won the Edgar Award, so I figured it just had to be good. I’m grateful I did, because it’s not only good, it’s great. Myron Bolitar is a sports agent. He wasn’t always a sports agent, but once was a star college basketball player who, along with his arch-rival, was one of the top college players in the country. A bad knee injury prevented a pro career, so he wound up representing other athletes. However, he also wound up with a background in
investigative work. His arch-rival went on to a successful pro career on the fictional team: the Dragons. Scott Myron, of all people, Givens, is hired by that Browsers team’s manager to Bookstores, find his rival when and fellow he disappears, and reviewer, offers Myron a place daughter, on the team while Amanda he investigates. Can Givens you see where this is going? A simple “find the guy” job quickly becomes complicated as Myron not only has to uncover layer after layer of secrets and lies, but also has to deal with his own emotions about having a second chance at playing pro. The book is good for several reasons: we have a believable and complex main character paired up with some entertaining side-kicks; the plot moves quickly and in a spiral, circling back to the same places we were, but at a deeper level; and the constant stream of humor coming from Myron’s own internal voice, or the repartee between he and his side-kicks, provides great fun during the already good show. As for the first book I read by Coben? Maybe it was better than I thought, and I just wasn’t in the right mood at the time; but I think any time would be good for reading another of the Myron Bolitar series.
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In this column, I have often mentioned the film restoration work of companies like KINO International and Criterion. Yes, their DVDs often feature classic movies that are in the public domain and cost more than the same title manufactured by smaller, less careful companies from multiple generations of old TV prints. Stay with me here, because the extra cost over those “bargain bin” DVDs is well worth it. The latest release comes from KINO International and is available in a restored Blu-Ray or regular DVD format. The movie is a neat little murder mystery from 1933 titled “The Death Kiss.” The story is set in a movie studio where a gangster film is being made. The stars are the same three major actors from Universal’s “Dracula” made two years earlier. David Manners plays a young mature detective, Bela Lugosi plays a LouieB.- Mayor-style studio head and Edward Van Sloan, Van Helsing in “Dracula”, plays the gangster movies director with something to hide. This DVD release is set apart because it has been restored from 35mm archival elements. Although it is black and white, viewers will be surprised, as
the first-run theater audiences were in 1933, to see sequences where orangeish yellow flashes come from the barrels of black and white guns. In one scene, the film itself erupts into colorful Rick flames. The original Rogers audiences were Movies startled to say the and DVDs least. All of these sequences were hand-tinted on the frames of the actual film itself. Also from KINO, I want to recommend a box set called “Houdini, the Movie Star”. In the early 1920’s, famed magician Harry Houdini made several movies for companies like Mascot and Paramount. For a time, he even owned his own movie production company. This set features the complete serial called “The Master Mystery”, as well as the complete feature films, “Terror Island”, “The Man From Beyond” and “Haldane of the Secret Service”. You also get the remaining footage from Paramount’s “The Grim Game”, lots of special features and newsreel footage of Houdini’s daring publicity escapes. Congratulations to KINO International for the restoration efforts and compiling this amazing DVD boxed set. I’ll talk more about the amazing restoration efforts in future columns.
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Arthritis is an all too common disease affecting older dogs and cats. The term arthritis refers to any condition that ultimately leads to degeneration of the healthy tissues of the joint. In dogs, the cause is often genetic, like hip and elbow dysplasia, but can also occur as a result of trauma. Aging cats typically have a more generalized process of osteoarthritis affecting multiple joints. The manifestations of arthritis in cats and dogs can be subtle. Signs of arthritis in cats can include anything from a dull coat due to decreased grooming or reluctance to jump up to favorite high spot. Dogs will often tire after walking shorter distances or show stiffness in the morning. Weight gain is often seen as activity decreases while food intake remains the same. The most important strategy in both offsetting the onset and slowing the progression of arthritis is weight management. Heavy dogs with unstable joint conditions like hip dysplasia and poor muscle tone will develop signs of arthritis much earlier in life than dogs that are lean and have good muscle tone. Regular exercise is important for our pet’s joint health. Swimming just might be the best form of exercise for dogs but so are regular long walks. It is important not to over-do either the intensity or duration of exercise. Cats, especially indoor cats, should also be exercised by engaging them in active play with laser pointers and other toys. The amount of food each animal is fed must be controlled, unless you’re lucky and your pet happens to be a grazer with a causal relationship with their food. Unfortunately, this is usually not the case. Feeding amounts
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January marks National Train Your Dog Month, the perfect time for all of us dog owners to consider getting our dogs some obedience training. After all, obedience training is probably one of the more important things we can do for our canine friends. It is the key to solving many behavior problems or preventing them before they happen. Without proper training, dog behavior problems will lead from one to another such as excessive barking, chewing, digging, and even biting. The good news is, no matter the age of your dog, it is never too late to begin training! SafeHaven Humane Society is dedicated to helping people build and maintain happy, lifelong relationships with their pets. From tip sheets, to dog training and obedience classes, to one-onone consultations and training, our goal is to be a resource for the communities we serve and to help owners experience the many rewards of pet ownership. When class isn’t in session, you’ll often find one
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are often based on trial and error. Most veterinarians are happy to help you figure out the amount. Joint supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin can help to protect cartilage at risk for degeneration. They are most effective when taken early in the course of disease rather than starting them when the signs of arthritis have become debilitating. Fatty acid supplement in the form of high quality fish oil is also helpful in preserving joint health by naturally reducing inflammation. Other recognized supplements that can help in dogs are green-lipped muscle extract as well as the extract of elk antler velvet. Class 4 therapeutic laser therapy is another exciting method of treatment that can help reduce inflammation, provide pain relief and stimulate healing. Its benefits may be of particular importance in controlling arthritis in cats that cannot tolerate long term use of anti-inflammatory drugs. The anti-inflammatory drugs are the last line of defense in treating severe arthritis, as well as treating sudden increases in inflammation brought on by the trauma of overexertion. Speak to your veterinarian before using these medications. Ibuprofen is toxic to dogs and Tylenol will kill a cat. Other types of pain medication can and should be used to help reduce the need for anti-inflammatory drugs, these include medications like Gabapentin, amantadine, and tramadol. Successfully managing arthritis in dogs and cats must be multi-modal with an emphasis placed on weight control through exercise and controlled feeding, as well as speaking to your veterinarian about starting certain supplements early, especially in breeds at high risk or in pets with physical exam findings that point toward problems down the road.
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