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UGI: Keep nature in the city PORTLAND METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION

By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

Cities are comprised of more than just buildings and people. In fact, the world’s most “livable” cities — including some of the most famous — are known for their open spaces and culture. “Nature is vital for our mental and physical wellbeing,” says local travel writer M.J. Cody, who sits on the board of Urban Greenspaces Institute in Portland. She joins Mike Houck – once her high school sweetheart – who founded UGI in 1999 and now acts as executive director. He is its indefatigable visionary and leader, who also serves on Portland’s Planning and Sustainability Commission and is a board member of The Intertwine Alliance. Houck has been engaged in green space issues on the local to international levels since 1980, when he founded the Urban Naturalist Program at the Audubon Society of Portland. Cody is also flanked by 13 others on the UGI board of directors, all of whom are older adults. “Other people may retire, but not our board,” Cody says. “We’re too busy trying to save the planet in some major way.” These are not just board

“(The board has) made incredible sacrifices keeping tabs on initiatives that protect the environment. I was moved to tears ... being among such good people.

~ M. J. Cody Urban Greenspaces board member members who come to meetings, have a two-hour discussion around a big conference table, and then leave for another month. They are active in many endeavors to protect natural environments within cities, including parks, trails, streams, wetlands, fish and wildlife habitats, urban forests and green spaces. The board and its many collaborators know they can’t prevent so-called progress, Cody says, but they don’t want to see the city cemented and covered over with blacktop. Instead, they’d like to ensure the region responds to climate change and that it’s a

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well-designed, nature-rich, ecologically-sustained space. “Infrastructure is taking over everything and we are losing our connection to nature,” she says. “Every ditch, every empty lot, all are important to our board. People need room to play for their health.”

A ‘green’ background Cody and Houck grew up in Estacada, along the Clackamas River and evergreen forests, where “green” was not a concept but a way of life. “I grew up in the woods, a land of trees and fauna,” Cody says. “It was magical. We never thought about it, but we were a part of it. My brother Robin and I – I was 5 and he was 8 – were allowed to go to the river by ourselves and we were free to play all day.” Her parents were teachers, and her grandfather was a gyppo logger who worked from one mill to the next. As a family, they took walks in the woods, where Cody’s mother knew the names of trees and plants Cody and Houck dated in high school, and he was like a member of her family. She remembers him running past her house and throwing rocks at her window. They parted ways when he went to college

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M.J. Cody not only writes and photographs about her beloved Oregon, but she’s also active in Urban Greenspaces Institute, fighting to keep a balance between infrastructure and green spaces. in Iowa and she attended the University of Oregon. Now, they work together to further environmental issues in the Portland area. “It will be to our peril with all the blacktopping of driveways instead of the use of gravel,” Cody says. “What happens to our rain? We have to be conscious of the run-off in our streets and yards. Streams are being paved over.

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Big projects It would take books to catalog all of the activities in which UGI is involved. One of its current projects is a collaboration with Oak Quest and the Oak Prairie Group, led by Ted Labbe, to build a comprehensive map of native Oregon white oak trees for future conservation and restoration efforts. Board member Judy BlueHorse Skelton, is working with the Native American Youth Association (NAYA), to help students on the project. Labbe has engaged more than 80 volunteers who have contributed more than 1,000 hours to collect information on it and other tree species. It’s a top priority in Portland, Cody says. UGI also supports mandatory green roofs for new structures, a project led by Tom Liptan, who’s also writing a book on green roofs. Board member Mel Huie has worked tirelessly with Metro’s regional trail coordinator; Kelly Punteney is the driving force in designing and developing popular trails throughout Clark County. Other important issues for UGI are education, equity, responsible stewardship and

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M.J. Cody has authored several books, including “Wild in the City: A Guide to Portland’s Natural Spaces,” and “Best Places to Stay in the Pacific Northwest, Our Portland.”

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balancing nature with a “built” environment, as well as storm water management. Houck’s motto is “endless pressure, endlessly applied,” a strategy he feels is necessary to ensure city and regional leaders, and members of the business community, prioritize protection of the environment. “We have overwhelming talent on the board and from numerous collaborative people and organizations,” Cody says. “They have made incredible sacrifices keeping tabs on initiatives that protect the environment. I was moved to tears at our last retreat, being among such good people.” UGI depends on support from the Portland City Council and Mayor Charlie Hales. They work to initiate legislation that will slow down a more “built” environment. “The city council and mayor are crucial to what happens in the next 40 years with overbuilding,” Cody says. “It’s a huge problem because we are losing trees and green spaces, we are tearing down old houses and that really bothers me. It ruins neighborhoods. It is a blight when we tear down sweet little homes and beautiful Craftsman houses that make this city what it is.” Young professionals move to the Portland area because they want access to nature areas outside the city, but they are not involved in keeping nature in the city, she adds. Urban Greenspaces also expresses concern about the misuse of the Willamette Ri-

Visit urbangreenspaces.org for more on the group’s initiatives.

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Tom McCall Waterfront Park is a good example of how the city balances green spaces with surrounding freeways and bridges. ver, where the homeless camp nearby, polluting the river with human waste, garbage and drugs. Cody says the park by the Rimsky-Korsakoffee House in southeast Portland is no longer safe for children to play because of homeless camps. “It’s a watchdog situation,” she says. And board members are working with river and lake ecologists to identify causes of blue-green algae in the Ross Island lagoon. They are developing strategies to reduce the algal blooms that threaten human health and the island’s ecosystem. “I’m proud to be associated with this group,” Cody says. ■

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The Slocum House, now located at Esther Short Park and owned by the city of Vancouver, originally belonged to Charles Slocum, a store owner who supplied the local military.

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Nearly 160 years ago, Vancouver was a freshly-minted city in the Oregon Territory settled by pioneers looking to forge successful careers of their own along the Columbia River. In the six decades before its incorporation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in January 1857 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the military and fur traders were the only nonnatives plying their trades of the wild Pacific Northwest. But that was about to change. The first non-Native American to enter the Columbia River was Robert Gray. Shortly after, British Lt. William Broughton, serving under Capt. George Vancouver, plied his boat 100 miles upriver. Along the way, he named a point of land along the shore in honor of his commander.

country, seeking new opportunities. Along with a few other notables, the Shorts made a significant impact on the city of Vancouver.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark camped just east of modern-day Vancouver, while returning from their famous expedition to the West. In the mid-1820s, Dr. John McLoughlin pulled up stakes, relocating the Northwest headquarters of the British Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay Co., from Astoria to create Fort Vancouver. The fort, a hub of fur trading, also drew a variety of settlers, but it was the Oregon Trail that spurred significant migration toward the head of the Columbia River. By 1849, the American military established what eventually became known as Vancouver Barracks, which was located just north of Fort Vancouver, and provided a â&#x20AC;&#x153;peaceful American settlement of the Oregon Country,â&#x20AC;? according to the National Park Service. Only a few years prior to the establishment of the military barracks, the Amos and Esther Short family traveled west from Pennsylvania across the

Esther and Amos Short Today, a bronze statute stands in Esther Short Park, the centerpiece of downtown Vancouver. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fitting that the statue is known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pioneer Mother,â&#x20AC;? and represents Esther Short, says Bradley Richardson, curator, Clark County Historical Museum. The park itself was developed on four city blocks she left with the intent that it become a public plaza. That property was just some of the land she and her husband, Amos, had claimed after they moved to the Northwest. In addition to starting a business, Amos became a probate judge after the territory became part of the United States. But he passed away unexpectedly in 1853, while returning to the area after transporting goods to California, Richardson says.

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The Shorts staked a claim to property and established a farm in what is now downtown Vancouver. Richardson says records portray Esther as a “strong and fiery personality.” A local play about her included depictions of her standing up to the Hudson’s Bay Company, which disputed the Shorts’ claim to their land and even resorted to burning their crops and tearing down their fences in an effort to keep land north of the river under British control. “There are other stories of her and her kids being placed in a boat (by the British) and being taken to the Oregon side (of the Columbia) and told not to come back,” Richardson says. “There were several encounters between the Shorts and the British. She was a strong personality. She would not take it sitting down.” The land, in dispute even among the Shorts and other American settlers, eventually became the downtown area, which Esther — part Algonquin Indian — platted in 1855. The industrious Esther sold portions of the family land holdings to help support her family, donated waterfront land to the public and also started a few businesses. And as for Capt. Vancouver? Once the American control of land traveled north to the 49th parallel — today’s border between the United States and Canada — he packed up Hudson’s Bay Company and moved north to Canada, where he eventually incorporated Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1875.

Mother Joseph Born Esther Pariseau in Quebec, Canada, Mother Joseph learned carpentry and building from her father, and embroidery and other skills from her mother, according to Pat Jollota’s book, “Legendary Locals of Vancouver.” The convent she had entered sent Mother Joseph and other nuns to Vancouver in the 1850s, where they settled initially in an old Hudson’s Bay cabin. Eventually, she established a mental health facility, a hospital, and an academy she was

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A bronze statue stands in Esther Short Park to memorialize the city’s “pioneer mother,” an industrious land owner who stood up to much opposition in her day. Charles Slocum Charles Slocum, a Massachusetts native, was 22 when he made the trek to the Northwest aboard a steamer in the 1850s. He was hired as a carpenter at the Vancouver Barracks, and forged a reputa-

tion as an adept businessman. By 1860, Slocum had opened a general merchandise store in Vancouver to supply the U.S. military — an arrangement that underscores the importance of the relationship between the city and the Vancouver Barracks, Richardson says. Slocum also established stores in Idaho and eastern Washington, each establishment securing contracts to supply the government. Slocum and his wife Laura built a house in the Italianate villa style in 1867, which now is a historic, city-owned structure that was relocated to the corner of Esther Short Park in

said to have designed to double as an orphanage and school. “Legendary Locals” notes the latter was the largest brick building north of San Francisco when it was finished. Legend has it that during the academy’s construction, after builders had left for the day, Mother Joseph climbed up and redid some of their work to her own liking. “She was a hard worker who wanted things done the way they were supposed to be done,” says Richardson, noting the belief that she was an architect and talented wood carver who even made pews in her shop in the academy basement. “She was just an amazing person.” ■

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The January air sent a chill through me as I stepped out of the car onto soggy ground. I zipped my jacket and I scanned the open, plant-filled lot for my friends Trude and Barbara. We were meeting here to rescue plants that would otherwise be trampled under the weight of progress. After hugs and hellos, we gathered our gear and began digging. Later, I went home with a trunkload of treasures and a grand sense of satisfaction. That day many years ago was my only experience with saving plants. But, Aloha resident Trina Studebaker is the queen of the plant rescue and runs a plant exchange nursery in her backyard. She not only rescues, she re-pots and resells those treasures to the grateful public. My sister and I had the privilege of visiting Trina at her

home/nursery on what had to be the rainiest day in March. Trina’s garden, even during a downpour, was a delight to explore with cute pathways, well-placed plants and eyecatching garden art. Making our way through a vine-clad allee, we entered the sales area in the back. Several wood benches, built by Trina’s handy hubby, were lined with plants for sale while, off in one corner, the plant “hospital” housed the rescues needing time to convalesce. In another area was a large raised bed for growing vegetables. If the weather had been more hospitable, we would have spent more time exploring. As it was, my sister and I still ended up purchasing several plants. Trina launched her nursery, From My Bed to Yours, in 2011. “I love having a business that feeds my soul and helps to feed others,” she says. How did she come up with the idea? “One day, I visited

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our local used bookstore — where you can bring back your books and get credit to use toward more books,” she says. “As I opened the door to the bookstore, the idea ‘dropped’ on me. That’s what it felt like. I thought, why can’t I do this with perennials? I’d been dividing my perennials for years and having neighborhood plant sales. Why couldn’t I go bigger with it? It would be a way to make gardening more affordable.” Affordable makes it so much more fun, she says, because you get to add more plants to your garden. “A friend of mine had added the rescue part to the idea because people were always bringing me their dying plants,” Trina says. “The business has organically evolved. I now get to go rescue plants from properties and gardens that no longer want/need the plants. I bring them back to my property. I give them tender loving care by potting them in nutrient-rich soil and fertilizing with worm castings and fish emulsion. Before long, they are ready to sell. I also come home to plants that people have just dropped off. How fun is that?” Recently Trina helped a client rescue plants from her childhood home. “The house had been demolished and she was devastated because she wasn’t able to save anything from it,” Trina says. “But the plants were still there. She hired me to rescue the plants she grew up with. I just love

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Trina Studebaker runs a plant rescue operation out of her backyard in Aloha, in addition to her garden design consulting business.

that we got to do this for her.” You can find all the information for From My Bed to Yours by visiting Trina’s website: frommybedtoyours. com. It is full of information on her policies, sales, and events such as classes and demonstrations. She also explains her new potting bar, where you can customize your own potted plant. Trina also does garden design consulting as well as identifying plants that are unfamiliar or rare. With all of

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Tips for May: Depending on the weather, May means many warm-season vegetable and flowering plants can be planted. If the soil isn’t too soggy, bulbs and tubers such as dahlia, canna and gladiola can be planted as well. Be sure to watch for slugs and take appropriate measures. ■

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By PAT SNIDER

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May marks the beginning of the busy cruise season in Alaska, and it may well be naturalist John Muir who was responsible for the popularity of this travel experience. In 1879, he sailed northward through the Inside Passage to Glacier Bay where he studied the movements of glaciers to better understand the formation of Yosemite Valley. He sent back a series of glowing, enthusiastic reports, and implored readers of the San Francisco Chronicle to “Go and See!”

Travelers have followed his advice and the cruise industry now delivers almost a million visitors to Alaska each year to enjoy the breathtaking natural beauty of snow-capped peaks, tide-water glaciers, and abundant wildlife. Beyond the beautiful scenery are ports of call offering opportunities to learn more about the 49th state’s history and native culture as well as try some adventurous encounters with nature from dog sledding to sea kayaking. Juneau, the state capital, is a stop for most ships cruising the Inside Passage and provides a wide spectrum of things to see and do. With the fifth-largest ice field in North America in its backyard, Juneau is an excellent place to try a helicopter or floatplane visit to a glacier. These are expensive outings, but still a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Close to town is Mendenhall Glacier, a short bus shuttle or taxi ride. While you only observe the glacier at a distance, it is nonetheless a remarkable site and worth the visit. The Mount Roberts Tramway begins across from the cruise ship dock and whisks passengers from sea level to 1,800-feet in about six minutes. Viewing platforms and hiking trails provide breathtaking vistas of Juneau, the Gastineau Channel, and surrounding mountains. From here, it is easy to understand why Juneau is the only state capital unreachable by road. North of Juneau is the historic town of Skagway, another popular port of call. As a gateway to the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, it has retained many original buildings, wooden sidewalks, saloons,

and false-fronted shops. Much of the downtown area has been designated a National Historic Park and rangers lead free, narrated walking tours through town. The narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon railroad follows the route of the gold seekers to the top of White Pass and the border with Canada. It’s a 120-mile round trip, scenic excursion that is very popular with cruise passengers. Sitka is another historic small town visited by many ships. Founded in 1799 by Russian explorer Alexander Baranoff, the town retains its Russian heritage with St. Michael’s Cathedral, the first Russian Orthodox church in North America. Its onionshaped domes dominate the center of town. The native Tlingit culture is also evident at the Sitka National Historic Park where a pleasant path through the forest showcases a variety of totem poles. Nearby is the Sheldon Jackson Museum featuring an extensive collection of Native Alaskan artifacts, and the Alaska Raptor Center. While not technically a port of call, Glacier Bay is a cruise highlight and most

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ships spend the better part of the day in the area visiting several glaciers. This is Alaska at its best: snow-capped mountains, tidewater glaciers dropping down to the sea, floating icebergs, and a good possibility of spotting whales, seals, porpoises and eagles. Ships not stopping at Glacier Bay usually include equally-scenic Hubbard Glacier. Other favorite stops along the Inside Passage include Ketchikan, Haines, Icy Strait and Petersburg. All the ports of call offer a variety of shore excursions for everyone from the extremely adventurous to those who thrive on shopping for souvenirs. No wonder Alaska has become one of the top cruise destinations in the world. The impact of the cruise industry on Alaska’s economy has been significant, accounting for one in 13 jobs and generating $4 billion in expenditures. But, with popularity comes problems. Some of the larger ships carry as many as 3,000 passengers, a virtual floating city. When several of these behemoths are in port at the same time, life on shore can be uncomfortably crowded.

Photos by Pat Snider

A cruise through Alaska’s Inside Passage: Left, totem poles in Sitka National Historic park; above, parked at Sitka; below, a tram ride to Mendenhall Glacier.

Likewise, a number of environmental concerns have arisen, including the discharge of sewage and heavy metals into the state’s waters. Several years ago, Alaska voters passed legislation to

mitigate air and water pollution, but the cruise industry wielded its economic power and most of the laws were rolled back. One wonders what John Muir would think. ■

HEALTHY VIBES BP advice you can take to your heart 8

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Donann Warren has noticed a current wave of older adults attracted to the ukulele, with some active groups in the Portland area. She also notes there is a recreational music program at the Community Music Center that has group classes and loaner instruments for ages 60 and older.

By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

Many homes have a piano, but it has become just another piece of furniture. Not so for Donann Warren, a classical languages professor who also teaches piano to adults. For her, it is an instrument of pleasure. She understands that many older adults don’t quite feel that way. They remember as a child being tutored by a stern instructor who soured the experience. And they may feel it is too difficult to continue learning. However, Warren believes that while adult piano students may have slower reflexes, they know how to learn and are patient. They also have made the choice to study piano, compared to being a child and taking lessons to please their parents. When she was growing up in Santa Barbara, California, Warren had four pianos in her home because her parents operated a retirement home. It seemed inevitable that she would become a professional player and teacher. She also sings, plays guitar and teaches ukulele. Her piano lessons began in grade school and she played in the band through high school, but walked away from music to concentrate on her studies in college.

Top, Donann Warren never imagined she would someday become a piano teacher, but she now teaches both adults and children out of her Portland home, tucked back on a dead-end street where she can enjoy her magnolia tree (above).

The center — a former fire station — is located at 3350 SE Francis St., Portland. It has a concert hall and classrooms, and is run by Portland Parks and Recreation. Call 503823-3177 for more information.

ries and have had to get beyond that. It never really goes away but you work at it.” She attended PCC Sylvania, taking music classes with young college students, then studied with Professor Mary Kogen at PSU, where she learned how to teach piano. “She helped me segue to teaching,” Warren says. Now 60, she is keenly aware of the benefits of studying a musical instrument. Doing so involves fingers, ears, eyes and brain. Neuroscientists have touted the value of studying a musical instrument for improving memory and cognition. To learn more about the connection, Warren recommends reading “This is Your Brain on Music” by Daniel Levitin, which discusses the positive impact of music on

them where they are and takes them forward. She recognizes the brave step she took in returning to school as an adult, and the nurturing instructors, especially Krogen, who helped her overcome her own selfjudgment. Her approach is to make piano lessons interesting by using sheet music that includes pop tunes from the Beatles, the melodies of Gershwin, and the classics. She also encourages her students to sing. “The voice is the bridge between the brain and the hand,” she says. Warren, a Quaker, sings in a choir and also studies ballroom dancing. She enjoys the dance instruction because she is able to surrender to the male lead. “It’s hard for women who have always been independent to let go, she says, “but it’s fun.” ■

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When she moved to Portland, Warren taught Latin at Lakeridge and Lincoln high schools, then at Willamette University until the commute became too difficult. Now, she is an adjunct professor teaching Latin and Greek at Portland State University. Through it all, music has never left her mind, and in fact she continued to play just for her own enjoyment. When she was in her early 40s and living in Portland, she decided to pursue her interests and reclaim her musical passions. She had to quiet down the judgmental voices she had heard as a young child learning to play piano. “Many of us were left with guilt, shame and comparison, the judges in our head,” she says. “I still carry old memo-

the brain. Learning music is not only a good mental and physical activity, but a spiritual one as well, she says. “All parts of the brain are activated; deep down we are in time with creation.” She notices the difference in the way young people and adults approach learning an instrument. She says music lessons teach young people how to use their time wisely. For adults, it is a recreational opportunity. It’s important to build trust between teacher and student, Warren says, because it creates a more relaxing atmosphere. “When a student realizes the teacher is not that judge of their 8-year-old self, you can feel the change.” A good piano teacher has a deep knowing of where the student is emotionally, meets

Writing about Bigfoot

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Many believe the furry monster has taken up residence in Oregon By MARY OWEN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

Once upon a time, high in the mountains near Idanha, Ore., a woman lived in the woods with her husband when the Green Veneer Mill was still operating. “One nice day, she was hanging out laundry when a Bigfoot emerged from the woods and approached her,”

Joe Beelart recounts of a story he insists is not “just a fairy tale.” “A long, staring standoff ensued which ended when she had an overwhelming premonition that the giant was going to kidnap her,” Beelart continues. “She ran to the house, terrified, tearing at the screen door latch. Turning, she saw her monster was gone. That evening,

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Joe Beelart (right) teamed up with his friend Cliff Olson (left) to write a “quirky little book” about Bigfoot “sightings” in Oregon, mainly in the wild forest of the upper Clackamas and Breitenbush rivers. her husband and a band of men searched the area, finding only one track of large footprints which headed up Mount Jefferson.” After finishing his tale, Beelart says people delegate Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, to the same category of happenings as UFOs and ghosts. “People see them, but there is no hard scientific proof they exist,” he says. Beelart recently teamed up with his good friend Cliff Olson to write what they call “a quirky little book about our barefoot friends.” The book, “The Oregon Bigfoot Highway,” is a collection of 31 Bigfoot sighting reports,

43 track finds, and 26 Bigfoot-related incidents in the wild forest of the upper Clackamas and Breitenbush rivers. “Incidents have included things such as finding ‘teepees’ made from trees much too large for men to tip,” says Beelart, who hails from West Linn. “Not surprisingly, some incidents have happened to fishermen. We have gathered reports from six fishermen ranging from a simple report of a fly fisher describing Bigfoot climbing

the slope on the other side of the Breitenbush River, to a terrifying encounter near Hoover Campground at Detroit Lake.” Beelart says a fly fisherman and his children were backed out of a stream bed in the North Fork by a Sasquatch, which repeatedly bumped into the tip of his 9foot fly rod. This incident was taken seriously by the U.S. Forest Service as the report was essentially of a huge

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Eastside Bluegrass, The Horsenecks and Tenbrooks, 7 p.m., Freedom Foursquare Church, 660 SE 160th Ave., Portland.

April 30 Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with author readings, storytime, giveaways and more, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Vintage Books, 6613 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, Wash. 360-694-9519. April 30 (also May 1) NW Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit, noon to 5 p.m., Marylhurst University Clark Commons and Wiegand Recital Hall. $3.

. . . . . MAY . . . . . Conversation Project: A World Without Secrets: Privacy and Expectations in the United States,” 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Free.

Artist reception, Gordon Campbell and Leopoldine Brew, 5 to 8 p.m., Sequoia Gallery, 136 SE Third Ave., Hillsboro. 503-693-0401. Prime Timers Dining Club, 6 p.m., The M&M Restauant and Lounge, 137 N. Main Ave., Gresham. 503-936-5861 or PrimeTimersDning@aol.com.

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Tony Furtado, 7:30 p.m., The Walters Cultural Arts Center, 527 E. Main St., Hillsboro. $20/$25. Brownpapertickets.com. Camas Plant and Garden Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., downtown Camas.

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Portland Wind Symphony Armed Forces Day Concert, 7 p.m., Grant High School, Portland. Pcws.org or 503-285-7621.

Oregon’s Ghostly Legends, by Anne Rutherford, 7 p.m., Elsie Stuhr Senior Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. Donations taken. HistoricBeaverton.org or 503-4300106.

(through May 14) Va Va Voom goes Hee Haw, 2

p.m. ( 7 p.m. Saturday), Barberton Grange, 9400 NE 72nd Ave., Vancouver, Wash. $10. Seasoned Adult Enrichment Program: It Happened at the Falls, 9:30 a.m., OIT-191, 7726 SE Harmony Road, Milwaukie. 503-594-0620.

Ghost Town Poetry workshop with poet laureates, 3 to 5 p.m.; open mic, 7 p.m., Angst Gallery, 1015 Main St., Vancouver, Wash. christopherjluna@gmail.com.

Encore Senior Players, “Anna’s Brooklyn Promise,” and two short plays, 7 p.m., Rose Schnitzer Manor, 6140 SW Boundary, Portland. Also 2 to 4 p.m. May 17, Beaverton Retirement Lodge, 12900 SW 9th Ave.; 2 to 4 p.m. May 21, Elsie Stuhr Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. Donations taken. Encoreseniorplayers.com. Paul Hawken speaks about his work with Project Drawdown, 7 p.m., First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1126 SW Park Ave., Portland. $20. Hawken.brownpapertickets.com. Author visit: Dee Williams, “The Big Tiny, A Built-ItMyself Memoir,” 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Free.

The Sisters’ Journey: A Legacy of Faith concert, 7:30 p.m., Flavia Hall, Marylhurst University. $15/$10. Marylhurst.edu/journey. The Blind Boys of Alabama, 7:30 p.m.,

Alphabet Show artist reception, 5 to 8 p.m., Currents Gallery, McMinnville. Free.

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $20+. OrSymphony.org.

Portland Taiko benefit banquet, 6 p.m., Wong’s King Seafood Restaurant, 8733 SE Division St., Portland. 503288-2456 or info@portlandtaiko.org.

Break of Reality, 7:30 p.m., Winningstad Theatre, Portland. $32.50. Portland5.com. Clark County Historical Society benefit dinner and silent auction, 5 to 9 p.m., Club Green Meadows, 7703 NE 72nd Ave., Vancouver, Wash. 360-993-5679 for tickets.

Genealogical Society of Washington County, “Evernote for Genealogy,” 10 a.m. to noon, Hillsboro Main Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. 503-6404431. Writer’s Mill, 1 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Free.

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Group: “Someone Knows My Name,” by Lawrence Hill, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Free. Comedian Ron White, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $29-$75.

VoiceCatchers present prose and poems, 3 p.m., Holy Names Heritage Center, 17425 Holy Names Drive, Lake Oswego. Bring canned goods. Mount Hood Pops Orchestra Spring Youth Concert, 3:30 p.m., Mount Hood Community College theatre, Gresham. $15/$10. 503-6691937.

CALM: Coloring and Listening Moments for Adults, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Road, Suite 13, Portland. Free.

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“Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back” by Janice P. Nimura (Norton) Nimura tells the tale of how three young Japanese women learned from and adapted to a world whose priorities and customs were utterly foreign to them — and the struggles they had to overcome when they brought those customs back with them to Japan 10 years later. They departed from the Japanese port of Yokohama bound for post-Gold Rush San Francisco. The book reads like a novel that happens to be true. Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes.

“Marie Equi: Radical Politics and Outlaw Passions” by Michael Helquist (OSU Press) Historian, journalist, editor Helquist presents an engrossing story of a gay woman who became one of the first practicing woman physicians in the Pacific Northwest. She mounted soapboxes in Portland, fought with police, and was a birth control advocate with Margaret Sanger. She battled for economic justice at every turn and protested the U.S. entry into World War I. What is fascinating is the realization that the same issues being debated today were happening in those years in Portland. Hysteria leading to a

McCarthy-like atmosphere is just one example.

“Deep South, Four Seasons on Back Roads” by Paul Theroux (An Emon Dolan Book) This is an absolutely fascinating book by the prolific travel writer Theroux who, with a great eye for detail, nuance and cadence, takes you into the backwaters of small towns where he engages people to talk about their lives. What we find is an atmosphere much like the developing nations of Africa and India, but without philanthropic interest. We find great hospitality, sacrifice and resilience,

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naked man approaching children, he adds. He also tells of how, in 1953, three young teens were interviewed by the U.S. Forest Service about an incident at Round Lake just north of Detroit. “They were told ‘the hermits’ up there don’t hurt anyone,” he says of the teens’ encounter. “The rangers were mainly interested in the species of fish the boys caught.” In “The Oregon Bigfoot Highway” are several discussions of geographic names related to Sasquatch, Beelart says. A1924 U.S. Geological Service logbook reads, ‘We came upon an old prospector living with a group of apes,’” Beelart adds. “At the time, ‘Tarzan, the Ape Man’ by Edgar Rice Burroughs was a wildly popular book, so the surveyors named the nearby springs, Tarzan Springs. “About half way south of Tarzan Springs toward Detroit and near Round Lake, there is Ogre Creek, not to be confused with Ochre Creek which is about two miles north,” he adds. “One can only speculate what the surveyors experienced to name the creek ‘Ogre.’” According to Beelart, the name of the creek flowing through the ‘new’ town of Detroit is Monkey Creek. “Before the dam flooded the ‘old’ Detroit, Monkey Creek was on the maps recorded before 1900,” he

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says. “And the list of Bigfootrelated geographical names goes on. Devils Peak abuts Breitenbush Hot Springs. There is Skookum Lake, the Memaloose, Devil’s Ridge and more.” For 15 years, Beelart, Olson and a loosely-knit group of adventurers called The Clackamas Sasquatchians scouted the area and gathered seemingly genuine accounts relating to Bigfoot from persons of diverse professions from loggers to lawyers. “When we accumulated over 100 reports, the project was done,” Beelart says. “It could have gone on forever, we think.” He says one of the most interesting reports was of a major track find in July 1994 below the Big Cliff Dam, east of Gates near the Santiam River. In a shallow beaver pond, a banana-shaped inand-out track line was filmed with a video camera along with two dead beavers from which the creatures had eaten “the delicacies.” “One track was cast, and it clearly shows the suction action of a two-part foot, as theorized by academics dabbling in Bigfoot theory,” Beelart says. “In any event, even after seeing the tracks, the grandfather who owned the property didn’t believe in Bigfoot, but his son said he started carrying a shotgun every time he visited that neck of his woods.” Beelart, who has wandered the mountains for decades, reports personally seeing the elusive ape-like creatures twice, once in the Oregon

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“The Bigfoot Highway” is available on Amazon.com, and signed copies are available from wepress@comcast.net. For more information or to arrange a speaking engagement, call Beelart at 503-557-0963.

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Joe Beelart, shown here at Mount Jefferson, says he personally reported seeing a Sasquatch twice in the Oregon mountains. Olson also has spotted the elusive creature. Coast Range and once in the upper Clackamas forest. “The coast range sighting was 23 years ago along the side of the road late one evening,” he says. “The other sighting was when one came into our camp at Cabin Creek. It just stood past the bed of the pickup and watched me quite a long time. “There are episodes where these ‘things’ have told people things, given instructions like ‘leave here now,’” he says of telepathic thoughts the creatures convey. “Most likely, they were protecting their young.”

During his 39-year career with Portland General Electric, Olson also spotted the elusive creature. “Cliff lived his first 13 years at the Oak Grove Fork powerhouse project in the heart of the Mount Hood National Forest,” Beelart says of Olson. “There he found his first unmistakable track in 1957.” For those who hunker hunting for Bigfoot themselves, Beelart says, “Our book has 13 specially drawn maps and lists numerous GPS coordinates, which are handy for use with Google Earth. In

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