CRR January 2020

CRREADER.COM • Vol. XVI, No. 174 • January 10 – February 15, 2020 • COMPLIMENTARY Helping you discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region at home and on the road

People+Place

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Mining Columbia Gold

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COLUMBIA RIVER

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We’ve recently added two wonderful new CRR series and reprised our popular historical chronicle, Michael Perry’s “Dispatch from the Discovery Trail.” Adding writer and filmmaker Hal Calbom, creator of “People+Place,” and renowned naturalist Robert Michael Pyle to our stable of monthly contributors prompted many of you to ask:

“Can we subscribe to the Reader and not miss a single issue?”

We’re listening! We’ve responded to your suggestions and are introducing a bonus: a line of CRR-published and distributed books. Welcome to our latest innovation: the CRR Collectors Club.

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What really — truly — happened during those final wind-blown, rain-soaked thirty days of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? Southwest Washington author and explorer Rex Ziak revolutionized historical scholarship by providing the answers: day by day and week by week. We’re delighted to offer In Full View, and Rex’s other two books, one with an extraordinary fold-out map, as our inaugural offerings from CRR Collectors Club.

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he weather often surprises us, even in Winter. Following several days of a dreary deluge, the rain miraculously stopped Saturday afternoon on Dec. 21 and we were treated to a calm, dry glorious evening for Friends of Galileo’s Winter Solstice Lantern Walk at Lake Sacajawea.

Sue’s Views

Thanks to everyone who made this event possible and who visited any and all of the planets and non-planets represented along the path. Several hundred “space travelers” enjoyed a festive, beautiful, educational and invigorating evening!

And it was dry. The Force was with us.

N o w, t h a t w i l l b e a s u r p r i s e !

Enjoy Winter and keep looking up.

Sue Piper Publisher/Editor: Susan P. Piper Columnists and contributors: Tracy Beard Dr. Bob Blackwood Katie Bowers Hal Calbom Alice Dietz Joseph Govednik Ted Gruber Jim LeMonds Gary Meyers Michael Perry Ned Piper Perry Piper Robert Michael Pyle Marc Roland Alan Rose Greg Smith Alice Slusher Duane Thompson Debra Tweedy Production/Graphics Manager: Perry E. Piper Editorial/Proofreading Assistants: Merrilee Bauman Michael & Marilyn Perry Debra Tweedy Advertising Manager: Ned Piper, 360-749-2632 Columbia River Reader, llc 1333 14th Ave Longview, WA 98632 P.O. Box 1643 • Rainier, OR 97048 Office Hours: M-W-F • 11–3* *Other times by chance or appointment Website: www.CRReader.com E-mail: publisher@crreader.com Phone: 360-749-1021

CRR expect this event to continue growing in popularity and CRR is planning to participate again. We even invested in a vinyl banner to use next year!

Perry Piper left on his South American Odyssey on the Summer Solstice (June 21) and returned home one day before the Winter Solstice, just in time to help man CRR’s Comet Swift-Tuttle Station, located halfway between Neptune and Pluto.

When Ted Gruber emailed me this month’s Sky Report, he wrote, “I don’t know why I keep writing these with all the clouds.” He was kidding, of course.

He and fellow astronomy columnist Greg Smith know there are many opportunities, even in Winter, to look up and be dazzled and amazed. (Read about the night sky, page 35.) Just following the Moon’s phases can become a lovely ritual. And who knows? One of these nights we may witness a supernova as Betelgeuse explodes!

The view of Lake Sacajawea from CRR’s Comet SwiftTuttle Station during the Friends of Galileo’s 2nd Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Walk.

Winter: A Time for Surprises and Looking Up

Visitors were showered with star foilwrapped kisses, pocket warmers and fidget spinners...perhaps reminiscent of the meteor showers that occur every August when Earth passes through Comet SwiftTuttle’s debris trail. Or not.

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CRR Collectors Club Letters to the Editor Miss Manners Roland on Wine: A New Wave in Winemaking Dispatch from the Discovery Trail ~ Snugly fixed; pass the salt HaikuFest 2020: Last Call Northwest Gardening: Winter Gardening Itch The Super Bowl: Is it the Game or the Food?

Medical Matters Music Scene: Pablo Cruise Rocks the Columbia Theatre Museum Magic : Children’s Discovery Museum Quips & Quotes People + Place ~ School of Rock: Dean Demers People+Place Recommended Books Essay by Robert Michael Pyle: Consolation Prize Where Do You Read the Reader?

Besides CRR, What Are You Reading?

Cover to Cover ~ Bestsellers List / Book Review Lower Columbia Dining Guide Me and My Piano: Nothing to Fret About Outings & Events Calendar Lower Columbia Informer: Perry has returned!

Mt. St. Helens Club Hikes Astronomy ~ The Sky Report Movies by Dr. Bob Blackwood The Spectator: News from Cathlamet Plugged In to Cowlitz PUD Columbia River Reader / January 10 – February 15, 2020 / 3

Letters to the Editor

Civilized Living

Going down memory lane I like Ned Piper’s column, but especially enjoyed his latest.

Many of us enjoy planning and putting in nice landscaping, but sometimes the only time we see it is when we’re raking leaves, or pulling weeds. Those are times to truly enjoy our labors and really get a good look at what we’ve produced.

We have a small front city garden on a short slope, with a big Ginko in the center. A couple of months ago I terraced it with some beautiful rectangular rocks that have faint traces of reds and tans in them. The rocks form a curved line half way between the tree and the hedge.

When the Ginko dropped its leaves a few weeks ago the whole garden was covered in a thick layer of yellows dotted with a few small, round evergreens. I think it was at its most beautiful. I am not going to rake the leaves. They are melting into the soil to nourish next years flowers. All that bright green and yellow made me think of Ned standing under the big old oak and thinking about a job well done in such a pleasurable environment and how he enjoyed the day.

Rena Langille Seattle, Wash.

Editor’s note: In his column, The Spectator,” Ned wrote last issue about his enjoyment of raking leaves in his yard.

Cover shot kudos I love the cover pic on the CRR this month. That was taken at your shindig in early November! I remember seeing Hal hovering around the table with his camera.

Joseph Govednik Longview, Wash.

Editor’s note: The holiday issue’s cover photo was taken by Hal Calbom at a reception following Rex Ziak’s presentation at the Cowlitz County Museum. Joseph Govednik is the Museum director. Many others also commented that they felt the festive, holiday mood was perfectly conveyed in Hal’s photo.

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sometimes host cocktail hours at my home for people in my industry. The company that supplies the bartender prohibits a tip jar and adds a 21% service charge to their bill, of which the contract states 18% goes to the service staff.

This compensates the bartender at a living wage and then some. Still, some guests insist on sliding across dollar bills, which makes others reach into their wallets, too, which defeats part of my hospitality. Is there a way to tell people that staff in my home have already been fully tipped (a practice I find abhorrent anyway)?

GENTLE READER: Before the guests arrive, assemble the service staff, say how much you are looking forward to the party, thank them profusely — and remind them that, as a demonstration of that gratitude, they will be receiving 18% of the bill as tips so that guests may enjoy themselves.

After the party starts, intercept the first tip and return the money to your guest, asking that they please not worry themselves: You have already ensured that everyone is being fairly compensated.

Miss Manners notes that this will go better if you have used your pregame meeting to identify the server least likely to grimace behind you when you return your guest’s money. As a party game, everyone could then go looking for the unexplained 3% that has been added to your bill.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter-in-law bought me a designer purse for Christmas. I really do not like it and will never use it. It is not anything close to my style, and I know she paid a great amount of money for it.

How can I get rid of this thing without hurting her feelings? I am just sick about this, as I do not want to hurt her -- but on the other hand, I would be ill myself trying to use this monstrosity.

GENTLE READER: How often do you see your daughter-in-law? And how will you dispose of the bag when you decide, as you are on the verge of doing, that the pain of wearing it is stronger than any pain you might cause her?

This has always made me feel very uncomfortable. Am I wrong to feel this way? Please help resolve this dispute. We’ve been married for 32 years with three grown children. We have a good marriage, and thankfully are still in love.

GENTLE READER: And yet you haven’t built up any trust? If you go to a male dentist, is your husband worried that you will start kissing as soon as your mouth is no longer numb?

Miss Manners suggests that you take a look at the workaday world. Whether or not you are in it, you must see that it contains all genders. You might also have heard that although cordial working relationships are encouraged, people who don’t know when to stop are apt to run into terrible professional trouble. Men who are fearful of false accusations — and Miss Manners has

Miss Manners would like to spare both of you. The only sacrifice she asks is that you keep it for a while, although that would preclude returning it to the store. This is so that if your daughter-in-law mentions it, you can produce it and say that you are saving it for a special occasion. That the occasion is enough time having passed for you to sell it or give it away need not be mentioned.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my husband travels for business, he sees nothing wrong with going to happy hour or dinner, including alcoholic drinks, with single female colleagues.

And picking them up from the train station, airport, etc., and texting them

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or you lovers of Oregon and Washington wine: Tell me, what do the wineries Bergstrom, Beaux Freres, Brick House and Hedges have in common? They all make high end wines and they all use biodynamic agriculture. You may or may not have heard of biodynamic, but — trust me — you will in 2020 because it is a new wave in growing grapes and making wine.

Biodynamics is not a new practice in places like Burgundy, France, but slow to catch on in the “new world.”

This will change in a big way this year.

Biodynamic wines are coming to a tasting room near you. What may be

hard to understand about biodynamics is its relationship to other, more common movements like the so-called “naked wine” movement, which includes organic, natural, terroir-driven, and non-intervention wine making. So let me try to sort it out.

Biodynamic agriculture (BD) includes all the aforementioned practices along with some very strange and unconventional practices associated with new age and spiritual rituals.

Here is my feeble attempt to give you the basic ideas of biodynamic agriculture and how it is different from other “natural” practices. Biodynamic wine growers are obsessed with creating compost piles. They control weeds by using chickens and sheep, letting them loose among the vines. They welcome beneficial birds by providing food and shelter for them.

Sounds like organic, but there is more.

They follow guidelines related to the movement of the moon and positions of the stars, and careful preparations of the plants, codified by scholar Rudolf Steiner in 1924. Steiner wrote books and gave lectures on everything that interested him,

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including philosophy, art, literature, anthroposophy, and his, to say the least, crazy ideas about agriculture. I use the word “crazy” only because they seem unscientific and difficult to understand.

For example, biodynamic farmers fill cow horns with the manure of lactating bovines and bury them in the winter. They dig them up in the spring and the now decomposed material is added sparingly to water. Steiner’s instructions call for a ritual-like stirring of this mixture for one hour and then spraying it on the soil. There are many other preparations, all numbered, to be made throughout the year, some packed in horns, deer bladders, and cow intestines. Then sprayed on the plants, even the compost piles.

I learned about this in a book given to us by our good friend, Scott Edwards, of Watershed Garden Works in Longview.

The book, Voodoo Vintners, goes into this in great detail. Edwards follows sustainable and organic practices at his nursery and thought we would be interested in learning more about biodynamic practices as applied to vineyards.

As strange as the practices seem, they are used in coordination with other organic practices that reduce the amount of pesticides and chemical additions to the plants and soils. Most vineyards that we work with agree we must do what we can to make better wines and sustain the environment.

Wine consumers are also concerned about where their wine comes from and how it is produced. But it is confusing when it come to labels. What it tells us about wine In Washington and Oregon is that there are vineyards that utilize language like biodynamic, sustainable, organic, LIVE(low-input viniculture and enology), and certified salmon safe production, each with its own prescribed rules.

Let me say they all are committed to using less chemicals, whether in the vineyard or the winery. They emphasize creating healthier and sustainable soils.

They all have specific certification bodies.

For example, Washington State Department of Agriculture certifies organic vineyards which may or may not use biodynamic practices.

Biodynamic certification pre-dates the organic movement by 20 years

and goes beyond organic certification to include enhancing the soils with natural methods such as composting.

While wines may be made from grapes grown on certified biodynamic farms, this doesn’t necessarily mean the wine is certified organic. A certified organic wine must be produced in accordance with the Stellar Certification Services Standards or the Demeter Biodynamic Processing Standard. Wines not certified may be considered “natural wine,” made from organic grapes, minimally processed using little to no additives. There are no federal regulations for classifying a natural wine.

Wine drinkers should take some time to explore this movement and taste the wines. I welcome any changes that will allow wines to show their true character of place and help sustain our industry. You could start by visiting some of the wineries not far from us and ask some questions. What is yet to be known is whether the wines will be better for the earth and better for our palate. Time will tell!

Hedges Family Estates (certified organic): 53511 N Sunset Road, Benton City, Wash.

Wilridge Winery founded the first certified organic and biodynamic vineyard in Washington state: 250 Ehler Rd. Yakima, Wash.

Naches Heights Vineyard is LIVE (low-input viniculture and enology) and salmon safe certified, using organic or biodynamic practices.

By Appointment 509.945.4062 Paradisos del Sol Winery Their website says they are organic and pesticide free, but not certified: 3230 Highland Drive, Zillah, Wash.

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Lewis & Clark

FORT CLATSOP Winter 1805-6 Snugly fixed; pass the salt

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s we learned last month, the Expedition spent a miserable two weeks trying to reach the Pacific Ocean following the sighting of the mouth of the Columbia River from Pilar Rock on November 7, 1805. After deciding to spend the winter on the south side of the river, they loaded their canoes and went back upriver where the river was Michael Perry enjoys local history and travel. His popular 33-installment Lewis & Clark series appeared in CRR’s early years and began its second “encore” appearance in April 2018.

Lewis & Clark Encore We are pleased to present

Installment #20 of Michael Perry’s popular 33-month series which began with CRR’s April 15, 2004 inaugural issue.

“Dispatch from the Discovery Trail” helped define and shape Columbia River Reader in its early years during the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Each installment covered their travels during the corresponding month 200 years prior. We are repeating the series for the enjoyment of both longtime and more recent readers.

narrower and crossed over to Tongue Point. Lewis and a couple of men went ahead seeking a place to spend the winter. For the next five days, storms returned, pinning down Clark’s party and preventing Lewis’ party from returning. Clark became worried about Lewis, fearing he’d had an accident. A day later, Lewis returned and reported he’d found a good place to spend the winter.

The Corps constructed a log fort under a canopy of old-growth Sitka spruce somewhere near today’s reconstructed Fort Clatsop. The fort was on a bluff on the west side of the Netal river, southwest of present-day Astoria and about 7-miles from the ocean.

While it was a dark, damp and mossy setting, it provided protection from the gale force winds and crashing waves that the Corps had experienced in November as they made their way along the north shore of the river to reach the Pacific Ocean.

Nothing but the best-est

Plans were drawn up for a log fort and construction began on December 10th. The first priority was building a meat house since “all our last Supply of Elk has Spoiled in the repeeted rains which has been fallen ever Since our arrival at this place, and for a long time before.”

It only took two weeks to build Fort Clatsop with the “Streightest & most butifullest logs.”

During that time, it rained continuously. It snowed and hailed.

Lightning and strong winds added to the dismal conditions. Clark described December 16th as “Certainly one of the worst days that ever was!” During their four-month stay at the mouth of the Columbia River, only twelve days were without rain. Finding enough dry wood for their fires was a constant challenge.

A Christmas to remember On December 25th, Joseph Whitehouse wrote, ”We saluted our officers, by each of our party firing off his gun at day break in honor of the day (Christmass).” Sergeant Ordway wrote, “They divided out the last of their tobacco among the men that used and the rest they gave each a Silk handkerchief, as a Christmas gift, to keep us in remembrence of it as we have no ardent Spirits, but are all in good health which we esteem more than all the ardent Spirits in the world. We have nothing to eat but poore Elk meat and no Salt to Season that with.” Clark wrote they had “a bad Christmas diner” consisting of unsalted, spoiled lean elk meat, spoiled pounded fish purchased two months earlier at Celilo Falls, and a few roots.

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Everyone had moved into the still uncompleted fort by Christmas Day, and Clark wrote they were “Snugly fixed.” Sleeping under a roof must have been a great relief, but they still had to deal with the fleas “that torment us in such a manner as to deprive us of half the nights Sleep.” Sergeant Gass

wrote, “the ticks, flies and other insects are in abundance, which appears to us very extraordinary at this season of the year, in a latitude so far north.”

In their rush to build the fort, the men had neglected to build chimneys for the fireplaces. Whitehouse wrote, “We found that our huts smoaked occasion’d by the hard wind; & find that we cannot live in them without building Chimneys.”

A day later, Whitehouse wrote the chimneys were “completed, & found our huts comfortable & without smoak.”

On December 28th, five men hiked to the ocean, near present-day Seaside, to set up a salt making operation. A week later, Lewis wrote that two of the men brought back “a specemine of the salt of about a gallon, we found it excellent, fine, strong, & white; this was a great treat to myself and most of the party.” Prior to that, much of their meat had spoiled in the warm and damp conditions. In seven weeks, enough sea water was boiled to extract 20 gallons of salt, most of which was used to preserve meat for their return trip the next spring. While at Fort Clatsop, 131 elk and 20 deer were killed.

New Year’s Day of 1806 was welcomed with a volley of gunshots, “the only mark of rispect which we had it in our power to pay this celebrated day.” The men were, almost certainly, already making plans for the trip back to St. Louis in spring. But first, they had to survive a soggy winter.

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This photo, taken less than two weeks before Fort Clatsop burned down in 2005, shows smoke coming out of the chimney in the middle room. On that day, a re-enactor was demonstrating how the Corpsmen made candles by heating a kettle of tallow over a fire. This is probably where the fire started that destroyed the fort.

Fort Clatsop Replica

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he first Fort Clatsop replica, built in 1955, burned down on October 3, 2005.

Rather than rush to rebuild it in time for the 2005 Bicentennial events, it was decided to take a little time and try to do it right. In the 50 years since it was built, historians had learned more about the fort and knew the 1955 reconstruction was not as accurate as it might have been. However, while the replacement fort would end up incorporating some of the new knowledge to better reflect how the original fort may have been constructed, a decision was made to build the new fort on the old 1955 foundation even though evidence indicated the original fort was “U” shaped rather than made up of two structures facing each other, open at both ends.

In late 2005, after the charred debris was cleared, excavations were made under the replica fort in search of evidence of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

In three weeks of digging and sifting, the only things found were pieces of broken glass and pottery made after Lewis and Clark’s visit. A blue bead found was believed to have been made after 1850. Previous excavations in the area also failed to turn up any evidence of elk or deer bones, the Corps’ garbage pit, or a latrine pit (which could be identified by high levels of mercury from Dr. Rush’s infamous “Thunderclappers” used to treat many Corps members’ illnesses). Thus, there still is no clear evidence of where the original fort was located.

his note is for any haiku poet in our midst who treats the obvious as a revelation: If you don’t enter our 12th annual HaikFest, you can’t win! The train is leaving the station. Submissions, maximum of five per entrant, will be accepted until midnight, January 25th, 2020.

You’ve got word count down

The preferred means of transmission is email addressed to ggmeyers3899@aol. com, however, snail mail entries will be accepted when postmarked by Jan. 25 and mailed to G.G.Meyers, 3045 Ala Napuaa Place #1406, Honolulu, HI 96818.

“Noon –tall fir--Woodie.”

The categories are Traditional and Pop. with an additional category, Voyage of Discovery, added this year in recognition of CRR’s continuing interest in Lewis and Clark.

As a reminder, we adhere strictly to the traditional haiku format of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables each.

(Anyone having syllable questions can find many syllable counter links on the Internet. I use https://syllablecounter. net/ whenever questions arise during judging.) Winners will be announced in the February 15th edition of the Reader.

Recognizing that all poets can experience writer’s block from time to time, I offer in the next column a few samples, at right,as inspiration.

But this is not a math drill It’s image that wins.

Lonely woodpecker Tap tap tapping a message

Classic Asian charm Emotions held deep behind Mona Lisa smile.

The Explorers came, conquering wilds and unknowns.

Pacific their goal.

An icy wind howls Sadness and cold surround me Yet memories warm.

Deadline is looming.

Time to put pen to paper.

Fame and fortune await.

Good luck!

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This photo, taken in late September 2005, shows a “fireplace” in the rooms at Fort Clatsop, which was simply an open fire built on a stone slab. There was no chimney; the smoke rose in the room to escape through a hole cut in the roof.

The replacement fort was constructed indoors at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds so that visitors could watch as it was built. The reconstruction began on December 10, 2005, which happened to be 200 years to the day after Lewis and Clark started construction of the original fort. After the new replica fort was built, it was disassembled and treated with a wood preservative and then rebuilt at the Fort Clatsop site.

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Northwest Gardening

How to scratch that winter gardening itch Three ideas to keep your green thumb green

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anuary and February seem like the longest months of the year.

The flurry of the holidays is over, and now we…wait. Wait to get out and work in our gardens, plant seeds, prep our beds. There are a few outdoor tasks this month—pruning fruit trees and planting bare root trees. Other than that, however, there’s not a lot going on.

Here are some ideas to scratch that gardening itch you have —indoors.

If the roots are escaping through the drainage holes, if the plant dries out very quickly, or if you’ve noticed that the plant did not grow much in the past year, it’s time to re-pot.

Place an old plastic tablecloth on your work surface. You’ll need gloves, scissors, new pots (with drainage holes) that are only slightly larger than the old pot, and a good quality potting mix. Thoroughly water your plant an hour before you begin. I like to pre-moisten the potting mix, too. Place the amount you need in a big bucket, and add warm water until the soil is moist enough to clump—and feels like a damp sponge when squeezed. If water drips when you squeeze, it’s too wet — add more potting mix.

Attend a gardening class!

Both the WSU and OSU Extensions have some great classes to help you learn what you need to have a healthy Remove the plant from the old pot, and tease productive garden for the coming the soil from the roots. You can prune off dead season. Plan to attend one or more roots as you go. Put some fresh soil in the this month. Cowlitz County Master bottom of the new pot and add more around Gardener training begins at the end of and on the bottom until the plant and soil level January, and it’s not too late to sign up are about an inch or so from the rim. Gently to learn about all aspects of gardening tamp the soil around the roots so there are no and then give back to the community by volunteer service. If you are interested, call the Extension WSU/OSU Extension Events office: 360-577-3014, Ext. 3.

Cowlitz County: 360-577-3014, Ext. 3 OSU Columbia Co. Master 2020 Master Gardener Training Class. January 24 –June Gardener Training begins in 12, each Friday morning; 60 hours of classroom and handsearly February. Call 503-397on activities.

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Make-and-take Spring bulb planter. January 11 Groom or re-pot your houseplants Spring is on the way, and houseplants are gearing up for vigorous growth. For general maintenance, pinch off any dead leaves or stems, and gently sponge the leaves with water to let them make better use of the light. Check to see if any are in need of re-potting.

By Alice Slusher

Apple Tree Care Growing healthy trees, preventing insect damage and pruning how, why, and when. January 25 Microgreens Make-and-take Workshop. January 28 Raising Mason Bees workshop. February 8.

Spring Grape Care workshop . February 15.

For more information, please call the Extension Office 360-577-3014, Ext. 3

Columbia County: 503-397-3462 Master Gardener Chapter Meeting Jan 23, 6:30pm, Extension Office, Public welcome.

Succulents come in many varieties and textures and do well in a terrarium.

air pockets. When you’re done, give your plant a nice drink, remembering not to let the pot sit in a pool of water. You can start fertilizing it again in March or April and continue until September.

Make a terrarium Don’t put your soil and dropcloth away just yet—let’s start another project.

Succulent terrariums are great low maintenance ways to enjoy houseplants.

Invite your kids or grandkids to create one with you. Go to the dollar store, thrift shop, or estate sales, and pick up a glass container. I found a large glass brandy snifter, and it made a great terrarium. Make a trip to your local nursery or big box store to select a few small succulents. They don’t need much water, have few problems (unless you overwater them), and they come in lovely varieties of shapes, textures, and colors. You may want to get a potting mix formulated for cactus, or mix a small amount of sand in the mix you used for re-potting. You’ll need some activated charcoal and some moss or some pretty aquarium stones for topdressing.

Place two inches of activated charcoal in the bottom of the container, and add a couple inches of soil mixed with a few tablespoons of the charcoal on top of that. Set your selection of succulents in place, fill in around their roots with more soil mix, and tamp down to eliminate air pockets.

If you pre-moistened your soil, you may not have to water at this time.

Let the soil dry out between waterings—more plants are killed by overwatering than underwatering. Top dress with pebbles or moss, and clean the glass. Go for a walk with your young’un and find a couple of pretty stones to add. A colorful action figure is always a popular option, of course!

Place in a window with bright light, but no direct sun.

Now sit back and admire your refreshed indoor garden.

Snuggle up with a warm beverage and a seed catalog, and dream about getting your hands in that fertile garden soil when the weather finally warms up!

••• Kalama resident Alice Slusher volunteers with WSU Extension Service Plant & Insect Clinic. Drop by 9–12 Mon-Wed-Fri. at 1946 3rd Ave., Longview, with your specimen, call 360-577-3014, ext. 8, or send question via cowlitzmastergardener@ gmail.com.

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Things You Need to Know

BEFORE BURGER KING

What did Lewis and Clark eat?

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ewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop is pleased to announce the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event, “What Did Lewis & Clark Eat?” by Jennifer Burns Bright will be Sunday, January 19, at 1pm. Details, see calendar listing, page 31.

The program explores the diet of the Corps of Discovery members as they made their way to the Pacific Ocean, and why they might have made their

Jennifer Burns Bright, with kelp from the Courtesy Photo Pacific Ocean.

food choices. Thomas Jefferson’s love of good food will be discussed along with native diets, edible plants found at Fort Clatsop and in the Lower Columbia foodshed, and early 19th century cooking methods and nutritional challenges.

Jennifer Burns Bright, Ph.D, is a food educator, recipe developer, and travel writer based in Astoria. Known for her lively Oregon Humanities community discussions on the DIY movement, she

also teaches Northwest food history and culinary skills on land and aboard Columbia/Snake Rivers and Puget Sound cruises. In her spare time, she forages for wild edibles, makes artisan jam, and produces and hosts a KMUN seafood radio show called “A Fine Kettle of Fish.”

In Their Footsteps is a monthly Sunday forum sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. These programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and are free of charge.

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t all began on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California. The Green Bay Packers (NFL) beat the Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) 35–10 in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, later referred to as “Super Bowl 1.” According to findings in Wikipedia, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year, and it is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. So what were the preferred snacks eaten during the early years of the Super Bowl, and what will you make for the 54th Super Bowl on February 2, 2020?

Many appetizers have passed the test of time. One of the most popular is chips and Lipton Onion Soup dip. Some people refer to this as “California dip” because that is where the dip originated. Mix one package of Lipton Onion Soup with 16 ounces of sour cream. Chill it for at least an hour to make sure that the dried minced onions become soft. The people at Lipton did not create the recipe, but they promoted it by putting it on their packaging in 1958.

Another all-time favorite is meatballs.

One of the earliest recipes calls for frozen meatballs cooked in a mix of grape jelly and chili sauce. Other Vancouver, Wash. resident Tracy Beard writes about luxury and adventure travel, traditional and trendy fine dining and libations for regional, national and international magazines and is a regular “Out & About” contributor to Columbia River Reader.

long-time favorites are cheese balls and cream cheese topped with salad shrimp and cocktail sauce. Two of the most popular appetizers are chicken wings and pizza. According to mercyforanimals.org, approximately seven million birds give up the ghost each year for wing fans watching the Super Bowl. Potato chips take a close second in the running for favorite snacks with 11.2 million pounds consumed. An estimated 2.5 million pounds of nuts and 4 million pounds of pretzels are also in the Top Ten munchies list.

Planning the menu for Super Bowl diners has become more complicated in the last few years. In the past, most people tried and ate everything.

Hosts often put out a tray of veggies to placate dieters, but it was never much more complicated than that. Today’s diners are much more difficult, with large numbers of people living on a multitude of specialized diets: keto, paleo and vegetarian eating. If you are planning the menu, it is not necessary to create numerous dishes for each diet; however, you should make at least one dish that each person can eat. Below you will find some delicious updated favorites that should make even your most selective guests happy.

Bourbon – Bacon Meatballs 2 lbs. frozen meatballs, fully cooked ½ lb. bacon, chopped and cooked

(save 2 Tbl. bacon grease) 1-½ cups BBQ sauce (your favorite) 5 Tbl. Brown Sugar bourbon 1 /4 teaspoon red chili flakes or more if you like it spicy 2 tablespoons bacon grease Mix cooked bacon, BBQ sauce, bourbon, bacon grease and chili flakes in a crock pot. Add meatballs and cook until everything is hot.

Stir to make sure bacon bits coat the meatballs and serve with toothpicks.

Curry-Lime Wings 4 lbs. whole chicken wings Extra virgin olive oil Kosher salt and black pepper 4 Tbl. butter 2 tsp. Thai red curry paste Zest and juice of 1 lime 1 Tbl. honey 1 tsp. soy sauce Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Rinse and clean wings under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Put wings in a big bowl. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Place the wings on baking sheets and roast for 25 to 30 minutes until the skin is brown and crispy. Flip wings after 15 minutes.

Boubon-Bacon Meatballs

While the wings cook, place the butter, curry paste, lime juice and zest, honey and soy sauce in a small saucepan.

Whisk until melted and combined.

Place sauce in a large clean bowl, add cooked wings and toss. Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping.

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites 1 cup white flour 1-1/4 cups water 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. salt 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets ½ cup Frank’s Red Hot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce 3 Tbl. butter, melted

Curry-Lime Wings

Heat oven to 450 degrees.

Mix flour, water, salt and garlic powder in a bowl until smooth. Add the florets and stir gently until they are evenly coated with batter. Use a slotted spoon to pick up florets and let excess batter drain. Place florets on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

Mix Frank’s pepper sauce with melted butter and drizzle one-third of sauce over the florets. Bake an additional 10-15 minutes until they are crispy.

Serve with extra sauce and blue cheese dressing.

Baked Potato Bar 15 small to medium red potatoes or 30 fingerling potatoes, cleaned 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated 1 cup crème Fraiche or sour cream 1 stick butter 1 cup salsa 1 cup chili 1 cup bacon bits ½ cup chives 2-3 ounces of good caviar Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Scrub and wash potatoes. Rub each potato with olive oil, sprinkle with salt, pierce each one with a knife and bake

Fingerlings with Caviar

until tender, anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour. If you used red potatoes, cut them into large disks. If you used fingerling potatoes, leave them whole.

Keep potatoes warm and serve with assorted toppings.

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MEDICAL MATTERS

Dr. Lauder attends nanoscope seminar

By Jim LeMonds

A.J. Lauder, md, of Longview Orthopedic Associates, recently attended the twoday “Nano Arthroscopy and Minimally Invasive Hand, Wrist, and Elbow Symposium” in Sacramento. The clinic, hosted by Arthrex, exposed attendees to the latest concepts in upper extremDr .A.J. Lauder ity surgical techniques and included hands-on lab and training sessions using state-of-theart tools and methodology.

The focus of the Arthrex coursework was on nanoscope technology. “It could be a real breakthrough for hand arthroscopy,” Lauder said. “The scope is unique because it is small enough to fit into the joint.”

The nanoscope visualization system uses high-definition sensor technology to provide surgeons with a needlesize camera to use for diagnosis or for performing minimally invasive arthroscopic surgeries. The minimally invasive nature of the device is a big bonus for patients.

He also treats fractures and deals with reconstruction of the hand, wrist, and elbow.

He completed a hand surgery fellowship at the University of Washington in 2006 and subsequently earned Subspecialty Certification in Surgery of the Hand. He has co-authored nearly a dozen books dealing with the hand and wrist. His writing has also been published in the Journal of Hand Surgery, Skeletal Radiology, Spine, Foot & Ankle International, and the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Call Longview Orthopedic Associates at 360.501.3400 for additional information.

••• Former R.A. Long High School English teacher Jim LeMonds is a writer, editor, and marketer who rides his mountain bike whenever he gets the chance. He lives in Castle Rock, Wash. His published books are South of Seattle and Deadfall.

REAL ESTATE TIPS

Improving Your Home’s Winter Curb Appeal weather outside may be a bit but it’s not so bad that folks Taren’thefrightful, out shopping for homes. And, selling a home in winter is a brilliant idea.

Surprised?

Studies show that homes are far more likely to sell within six months in winter than during any other season. Of course, we want you to sell a lot quicker than that, so let’s take a look at some ways to entice those chilly homebuyers out of the nice, warm car and into your home.

1. CLEAR THE WAY A huge pile of snow between the curb and the home isn’t a way to invite people to look closer at the home.

It’s not safe, either. Ensure that the access to the home, whether it’s via the driveway or a walkway, is clear of ice, snow and debris.

Sal Vaglica of This Old House magazine suggests spraying the areas with a liquid magnesium chloride blend before it snows.

This, he claims, will “keep ice from bonding to hard surfaces.” Use 1 gallon of the solution per 1,000 square feet to be treated.

2.MAKE THE FRONT DOOR POP In snowy areas, a jolt of color is unexpected and charming. Slap some color on the front door, via semi-gloss exterior paint.

Don’t be shy here – choose a bold but deep color, such as charcoal gray or black. Zillow’s 2018 Paint Color Analysis studies show that homes with black front doors sold, on average, for nearly 3 percent more than homes without black front doors.

“For a seller, painting a front door is one the least expensive home prep projects, but also one that can have a powerful impact on a home’s sale price,” according to Zillow home design expert Kerrie Kelly.

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Music Scene

Pablo Cruise rocks the Columbia Theatre January 18

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By Hal Calbom

et ready for a quick getaway to the tropics and a comfortable cure for the January doldrums when smooth-crooning Pablo Cruise bring their “Yacht Rock” to the Columbia Theater Saturday, January 18th. Known for their palm-treed logo, soulful harmonies, and impeccable roots in the Bay Area music scene, the Cruisers are a great get for the Columbia and its executive director and impresario Gian Paul Morelli. “It’s absolutely rare to find a late 70’s band with most of it original members intact,” said Morelli, “And that’s who we have here with Pablo Cruise.”

“I wanted to hear their authentic sound bounce off the walls of the Columbia Theater,” he added.

“We’d tried to get them two seasons ago but couldn’t. So determination played a part in getting them to Longview.”

Pablo Cruise formed during the Summer of Love in San Francisco, and their rock and roll genesis story is both classic and commonplace, predictable but still priceless. “In 1964 I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan,” co-founder Dave Jenkins told Sounds of the Time, “and that was it. Two years later I dropped out of college and headed to San Francisco.” Fully steeped in the Haight Ashbury culture, Jenkins met two other musicians, Steve Price and Cory Lerios. “I thought they were big time,” Jenkins added, “They had an equipment truck and roadies.”

The intervening 50 years read like a classic Behind the Music episode: success in the sixties and seventies, break up in the eighties, solo projects in the nineties,

Pablo Cruise 2020, left to right: Robbie Wyckoff, Larry Antonino, and founding members David Jenkins, Cory Lerios, and Steve Price.

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re-uniting in 2005. The three original founders — Jenkins, Lerios and drummer Steve Price, — still lead the band, with solid additions in vocalist Robbie Wyckoff and bassist Larry Antonino. “Right now, in January in Southwest Washington, we can all use an escape,” said the Columbia’s Morelli, “and Pablo Cruise will take you there.”

Best known for its hits “Watcha Gonna Do” and “Love Will Find a Way,” among others, Pablo Cruise transcends the easy hard rock versus soft rock dichotomy. Guitarist Jenkins doesn’t dispute the “blue-eyed soul” label: “This radio station flew us in to do a show,” he recalled, “and we walk down the ramp from the airplane and there’s all the radio people there. They’re all black people. It’s a black radio station, and they thought that song was a bunch of black guys singing. We went ahead and did the gig anyway.”

As for the name, Pablo Cruise, Jenkins invokes an acid trip. Enough said.

Their persona — palm trees and margaritas — is less a Jimmy Buffett

trope than the ubiquitous “sailboat thing” in the late sixties and early seventies that had Loggins and Messina under Full Sail in Hawaii, and Crosby Stills and Nash hailing “Wind on the Water.”

Bands of this vintage, who’ve literally seen it all, seem to savor beautiful old halls like the Columbia, with great acoustics and enthusiastic audiences.

How many casinos can one band reasonably be expected to play before losing their souls?

Pablo Cruise seems both to have preserved its Haight Ashbury DNA and doubled down on its love of live audiences and intimate performances.

Expect a treat January 18th.

(Ticket info, page 31.)

••• Hal Calbom maintains a secret life as a garage band musician and songwriter.

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Miss Manners

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heard from many of them — should not shun their female colleagues, which has professional consequences for all, but provide their own chaperones.

The way to resolve your dispute is to apologize for your lack of trust, and to stop trying to make a fool of him for being the person who is forbidden to mix with his colleagues on business trips.

Unless he is a proven philanderer.

In that case, you would best keep him under lock and key, because temptation is everywhere.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every Christmas, I am the recipient of a card from a really darling relative. This relation makes a charitable gift to a third party, and then sends me the card as an acknowledgement of her giving (which is noted as being done on my behalf).

It is, of course, a thoughtful gesture.

However, I am unsure exactly how to respond. Do I thank her for thinking of me? Or do I thank her for thinking of others (the third party)?

I understand her charitable giving.

What I do not understand exactly is how to acknowledge her efficiency in getting the two birds with one stone (a card to me and also a donation to a charity). I feel almost chastised for not having made the charitable gift on my own (which I recognize is not at all her intention). But how does one properly respond to such a “gift”?

GENTLE READER: Having always deplored this two-fer trick, Miss Manners finds this neither darling nor thoughtful nor truly charitable.

The advantages to the giver are obvious: money saved by counting the donation as also fulfilling the obligation to buy a present; the satisfaction of feeling doubly charitable, and a tax write-off besides.

The recipient gets — nothing. Not even a

Al-Anon and Alateen: Help for Families and Friends of Alcoholics

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olidays are supposed to be joyous and festive occasions — bringing good food, good friends, laughter and happy memories.

But for families and friends of problem drinkers, the holidays take their toll. Celebrations are marred with worry, anger, resentment and fear.

If you are concerned about someone else’s drinking, Al-Anon Family Groups can help you do something about it. Give yourself the gift of Al-Anon; it is free and confidential. It is something you can give yourself any time of the year, but it is a special gift during the holidays when families and friends of alcoholics are most vulnerable.

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choice of charities. Miss Manners has even been told of people being “honored” with donations to causes they oppose.

No wonder you are puzzled about giving thanks.

Still, you cannot politely ignore the gesture. Try: “Thank you for thinking of me. I hope that your favorite charity appreciates your generosity.”

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My fiance and I are discussing keeping our names.

We haven’t decided anything yet, but it seems like that will be the route we end up going.

We h a v e a l r e a d y r e c e i v e d a housewarming gift from my fiance’s parents that displays his last name, and are wondering if there is an acceptable way to announce our decision so we can avoid more gifts like that. We are also thinking about possible checks addressed to a person who doesn’t exist.

GENTLE READER: Correspondence that bears your names ahead of the wedding will not help, as it is what you do with them afterwards that is relevant.

Some presents are bound to be wrong, and word-of-mouth faulty, particularly since you have not even made a decision yet.

There are, however, ways of announcing this after the wedding. A quaint one that might get their attention is an “at home” card, notifying friends that you are back from your wedding trip and ready as a married couple to receive guests: Ms. Lanie Antwerp and Mr. Roger Fairbank After [date of return] [Address]

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Perhaps more useful is a card with your names and address in the upper right corner, which you can keep using for invitations and enclosures with presents.

But there will still be some who get it wrong. Miss Manners asks you to be forgiving, sparing them lectures about the patriarchy and your independence.

As for banks, most are understanding and will accommodate checks if you bring in proof of the marriage or joint residence.

As annoying as this is, it may still prove easier than rehabilitating a stubborn mother-in-law.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I receive business calls, the callers say, “Is [my name] there?” Or “I’m calling for [my name].”

I have always thought it was correct for a caller to identify him- or herself before asking to speak with the person they are calling, especially if the caller is not known. This behavior is annoying to me, but am I being too fussy by clinging to past standards of propriety?

GENTLE READER: It is not the standards that are past so much as the technology. People are getting used to the fact that their names appear to the recipients of their calls, even before the telephone is answered — which is why it often isn’t.

But while Miss Manners asks you to understand this, she advises you to achieve your objective by asking, “Who is calling, please?” before you admit to being you.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When you have guests, must you offer a full bar or no bar at all? We don’t typically have anything on hand but martini fixings and scotch, but we do stock beer and wine for guests.

GENTLE READER: While good hosts make reasonable efforts to see that their guests enjoy themselves, you are not running a bar. Neither etiquette nor Miss Manners imposes any requirements about the contents of the liquor cabinet, any more than we require a menu of dinner options.

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transformed a “fixer” retail space into a creative learning space for children and families. I was blown away when visiting the new facility a few weeks ago and witnessing the area come to life with activity.

The new location boasts twice the space, is near many shopping opportunities in Downtown Longview, and features improved interactive exhibits, including a larger dance floor and dress up area, the rocket-shaped wind tunnel, expanded arts and crafts area, and magna-tile exhibit on the

CDM Executive Director Dawn Morgan gave me a tour of their new home in October when it was under renovation. Since then, CDM volunteers repainted, repaired flooring, improved plumbing, and essentially

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O n ly o n e d i f f i c u lt y with this January’s People+Place story. The weather was too good.

Since we contrive these stories some months previous — the subject, the text, the location, the cover treatment — we rely on an intricate choreography of semi-organized preproduction and basic dumb luck.

T h e p u b l i s h e r, a s t i c k l e r f o r authenticity, insisted that a January story must look like January. That this year’s spectacular October would not be an appropriate scene set for this hearty, man-against-the-elements story. Our subject is, after all, a gravel pit. Lipstick on a pig, perhaps. Glitter on a gravel pit, certainly not.

So, with the able assistance of Dean Demers, our P+P subject, we scheduled a series of “shoot days” when the weather might cooperate. In other words, feel (and look) like January.

And, voila, when we finally showed up in mid-November it did feel like January. January in Nome, Alaska.

The rain was sleety and blowing sideways. Even Ms. Authenticity opted to remain in the Production Vehicle, while that sad call — “see you on the re-shoot” — still echoed among the sand and stone stacks, a few decibels below the howling wind.

At Rainier the river and highway turn south, rambling past the old Trojan site, the venerable Goble Tavern, unincorporated Charlton and Tide Creek, the busier bergs of Columbia City and St. Helens. The atmosphere is drowsy, fog hangs close to the hills, moisture in the air.

At Scappoose the road jogs some five or six miles inland from the river’s main channel, suddenly separated by a forbidding no-man’s-land of backwaters, sloughs, islands, pools, and sandbars. The Chinooks dubbed it “scappoose,” the gravelly plain. The visitor tromping through today encounters only a bewildering confluence of land and water, mud, muck, and mire.

To Dean Demers and his raincoat-suited, hard-hatted team at Santosh Aggregate Plant, it’s a mother lode, a treasure trove. And maybe the best kept secret on the Lower Columbia.

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DD: I think this is the first time anybody from the media has ever been interested in what we do. So, thanks for coming out.

dig in. So what you see is a series of canals or artificial pools or lakes that we’re dredging from.

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HC: Well, we heard this is the second largest mine in the whole Northwest.

And nobody knows about it. That’s a pretty unique combination.

HC: Your open pits are open ponds.

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DD: Yeah, you could say that. And we dredge material up from the river as well as these ponds a few miles inland, then we rinse and sort and crush and tumble, and rinse and sort some more, put it onto barges and ship it upstream to Portland, Vancouver, and Troutdale, among other places.

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DD: I have brought people, friends of mine who have lived here in Columbia County all their lives, who don’t know this is here. And most of them have no idea it’s an open pit mine, which usually scares people to death.

HC: It’s not like you’re hidden behind tunnels and secret entrances? Burrowing or fracking?

DD: Nope. This is wet mining. Right here in the light of day. But wet! The water table is so close to the surface, here on the banks of the river, that we’re in water virtually from the moment we

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Second shoot. Same result. I called Dean from the road. Same forecast.

Plenty of January. January in Vladivostok.

Finally, third trip scheduled, we resolved to shoot rain or shine. And we got both. Followed Dean in his pickup down Highway 30, across to Vancouver, trooped onto the unloading dredge, grabbed process shots of him at work, including our cover, all this with the rain a tolerable drizzle and persistent mist in the air.

January can be a gray and moldy month. We just had to give it its due.

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Santosh Aggregate Plant is pure Industrial Revolution — something out of Dickens or D.H. Lawrence or Thomas Hardy — towering cranes, belts, lattices and superstructures, massive rock and sand piles everywhere, constant movement. This has to be one of civilization’s oldest industries: gathering and moving rock from one place to another, then building something with it. At Santosh, the processed products of all the dredging (suction-pumped from the bottom, not draglined or bucket-scooped) become concrete aggregates — sand, gravel and crushed stone. Rinsed and sorted, they move on linked conveyor belts stretching for miles to barges and tugs on the river. Dean Demers choreographs their movement 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

DD: We have multiple types of sand and gravel that are shipped out of here, others that are crushed and sized. Some rock is merely washed and sized and then shipped. Pea gravel would be an example of this. It’s just like it says, it’s the size of a pea. It’s come out of the ground like that, we screen it and it goes into its own pile.

HC: Are there various cocktails of concrete? Do you do special mixtures?

DD: That’s up to the other half of the operation, the redi-mix or

cement plant. There are hundreds of different mixtures of cement and various aggregates. You’re looking at the breaking strength of various kinds of concrete, and that’s an engineering and architectural job.

HC: So you guys are part of a much larger operation?

DD: Yes, our parent company is CalPortland. We’re a cement redimix business as well as an aggregate mining business, headquartered in Glendora, California. We also have a major regional office here in Portland.

“ The weather suits me. The river, by all HC: And the “Portland” in your name is not for our friends in the Rose City?

DD: No, that’s from Portland cement, concocted in England. There’s an Isle of Portland in Dorsetshire I guess, where a lot of this started in the 1800s.

HC: Where do your aggregates go from here?

DD: We take it to the greater Portland area with barges of 32 thousand tons, four times a day. And each of those barge loads is about 120 trucks plus pups.

HC: Pups?

DD: Those are the trailer dumps behind the main dump truck.

HC: Aha. Learn something every day.

DD: So if you think about four loads a day by barge, that takes more than 500 trucks a day off of Highway 30 through Portland and Vancouver.

HC: You’re using the river in a number of ways?

DD: You bet. That’s why I’m a mariner, not a geologist. We mine it, dredge it, carry our cargo on it, and then we create the additional benefit of keeping the channels open.

HC: How’s that?

DD: The Army Corps of Engineers and various cities with ports — like Portland — do a good deal of dredging on the river to keep navigation channels open. But there are private companies like ours that do a lot of dredging, too, and pay for the privilege. So the public benefits a

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couple of ways — we get our aggregate products out for redi-mix, we ship them by river not by road, we help the Corps keep the river navigable. And we pay all the licenses, taxes and utility bills, too.

Dean grew up on the East Coast, in Pomfret, Connecticut.

Early on he fell in love with boats and the sea, building his first boat when he was 13 and sinking it a year later.

Thanks to proximity to the Coast Guard Academy in New London, and a lifetime of visits to Mystic Seaport’s Museum of America and the Sea, his decision to attend the Academy came as no surprise. A successful Coast Guard career gave him experience and seasoning. Two Columbia River postings sealed the deal — he’s as complete a Northwesterner now as he is, still, a zealous New England Patriots fan.

DD: I did a tour in Iraq. I was a chief engineer on a river patrol boat.

They gave me a number of tour choices after that tour. A friend of mine who had lived out here said there was a ship called the Coast Guard Cutter ‘Bluebell,’ out of Portland, Oregon, a buoy tender. He said I’d be a fool if I didn’t choose that one.

HC: His reasoning?

DD: Its area of operation was the Columbia River and the Snake River. It doesn’t leave the river.

So, one, I don’t have to go out in the ocean and get bounced around, and two, it’s just the most incredible scenic trip every place you look. It was by far the most picturesque surround of any ship I’d ever been in.

HC: So you came out here from the East Coast...

DD: My wife and I drove out. First time I saw the Columbia was I crossed it at Tri-Cities, and I was excited already. As luck would have it, the ship was already underway, and somewhere around The Dalles I actually saw it at work.

HC: I’m not sure a lot of people know that it’s the Coast Guard that maintains and manages the buoys on the river?

DD: We do a lot of work on rivers. But the Columbia is a pretty unique river, especially with all the locks and dams, so there’s a lot of federal presence with the Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation. The most astonishing thing for me was Hood River. Being on a river and looking up at the giant mountain covered with snow.

To me it was amazing. Think about it: I’m in the Coast Guard and I’m at the base of a mountain right now!

fisheries patrol, and search and rescue, but most of the time every time that vessel left the port it would take a left turn, and not stop ’til it got to Panama or Columbia. I mean we’d stop at Long Beach to fuel up, but then we’d push on. We had working agreements with those governments to cooperate on drug smuggling.

HC: Was this your last tour before joining Santosh and CalPortland?

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DD: No, I did three more years, stationed in Astoria, on the ‘Alert,’ which was a drug interdiction vessel. We did

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DD: I’d seen their barges on the river. They’re not very common; there are probably six or seven of them in the world and we have four of them. I met a Santosh guy, interviewed with him, and next thing you know they hired me as a barge offloader.

Dean’s responsibilities as Maritime Manager include more than supervision. He plays a critical role not only maintaining the fleet of vessels, but also in scheduling them in the safest way possible, with a special regard for the weather and for navigation hazards. He describes the delicate business of filling the barges as “sinking them while you’re filling them up.” And despite the expertise of push boat (as opposed to tow boat) operators on the river, the massive barges are as challenging empty of cargo as they are full.

DD: They’re 16 feet higher out of the water. There’s no weight to them. It’s just like a giant sail.

So trying to maneuver an empty barge through a railroad bridge, for instance, or just getting them away from the dock, can be a handful. The size of these little tugboats — if you saw the size of the towboat in relation to a full gravel barge, it’s pretty intimidating. Then, there’s the weather.

HC: Do you think we’re doing a good job balancing uses for the river?

Protecting it?

DD: I’m a person who fishes on the river, hunts on the river, do all the things that a sportsman would do on the river. Anybody that spends any time on the river, you see it all every day, on a boat. Sturgeon, sea lions, salmon, geese, ducks. I’m sure back 100 years ago it’s significantly different, but with population growth it’s been managed well, in my opinion.

HC: Would you consider yourself an environmentalist?

HC: Really? We usually think of bad weather hanging around the mouth of the river?

DD: No way. You’ve heard of freezing rain and ice storms? Portland’s stock in trade? The wind probably has the most effect. One of the biggest things about this job is literally paying attention to the elements. I’m not going to send

a barge to Troutdale if I know it’s going to be a frozen rock of sand, or it’s going to be dangerous for the crew to offload it. And there’s the time factor: I send a barge out from here it’s not getting where it’s going for 9-10 hours, with 4-5 hours to unload it.

HC: How do you keep track of it all? It gets more complex all the time?

DD: Well, there are pretty amazing electronic resources, even ones for the public just curious about what’s going up and down the river. There’s an AIS — Automated Information System — that you can download on your phone or put it on your home computer. I use it all the time.

You can see where any towboat, commercial boat is going and where they’re from.

DD: I would say I’m a huge fan of Theodore Roosevelt. I would say he’s the father of the “green push,” the green effort. So, I guess I’m a conservationist, as opposed to an environmentalist, which can be a really loaded term. Our company believes in progress, that even though we’re an extractive industry we’re doing it in an earth-sensitive way. We need to keep building and improving our roads and schools and offices. We have a reclamation plan for every one of these dredge pools for the future, when we’re done mining.

I have confidence in our environmental stewardship.

HC: Sounds like a pretty Northwest answer — balancing economy and environment?

DD: I’m proud to live here. Happy to live here. I love the proximity of my life to the river, for sure. One of the big things for me is when I got out here I really enjoyed my time with the Coast Guard, and a big reason was not having snow! This weather suits me. The river, by all means, suits me. I was able to retire from one job and then stay in the same business, essentially, still working on the water. I’ve been lucky. I’m probably the luckiest person I know.

HC: Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks for a great interview and tour.

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n November 3 a front was on its way out, leaving the rivers high and the sky clear.

On a saddle between the Naselle River and Salmon Creek, yellow sun struck the shellacked leaves of salal and a late cluster of its flowers, hanging like little sugar-dipped bells.

I got out and breathed deeply, then drove on. One more watershed gap brought me down to Deep River, where the Pioneer Lutheran Church shone in fresh paint and local cedar shingles for the first time in many years. I followed a steep and shadowed forest lane to Deep River Cemetery.

Bright light leaked out of a recent clearcut beyond the edge of firs and hemlocks, glancing off frowsy bracken and bright fake flowers. The thirdgrowth clearcut was nothing unusual in this timber-dependent district, but the sun it admitted was a grace note where November usually comes in heavy grays. Mossy tombstones of those who felled the big trees long ago, and lichened monuments of the farmers who followed, ran in loose rows up toward the shaggy fringe of forest.

My eyes ran over the eroded stones.

There were lots of Wirkkalas, Rangilas, Piriilas, and Takalos in this Finn-rich ground. A plain gray pillar bespoke “Gustaf Gustaffson / Apr 16, 1890- Feb. 10, 1910.” Just twenty years. A low stone with a time-sheared lamb told of “Infant Daughter, Infant Son, Infant Daughter of John E. and Christen Rull / Died Nov. 3, 1886 Dec. 21, 1889 Dec. 19, 1891.” And nearby, “Kristine Rull Died Jan 12, 1895 Age 14.” Little wooden markers stood for Austin, Elrin, Bill, Mary, John, and one inscribed just “Rull.” A walk through an old graveyard full of children too soon taken always puts one’s own depression in perspective. And yet, it says, we live, for now.

Apart from the people, the cemetery was full of life. The dignity of the spruces, the irreverence of nuthatches beeping and nutting high up among spruce cones the color of their own breasts in the sun. Two ravens roaming the air all around, shifting their shadows from the sanctified turf to the down-toearth slash. Two bald eagles pumping overhead toward an uncut knoll. A big darner dragonfly, tardy migrant, glistening back and forth through the clearing. Countless shimmering strands of ballooning spiderlets, their sinuous

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sway on the suggestion of a breeze mirrored by a long waving sword fern left solitary on the cutover slope beyond.

A squirrel ululating from a hemlock wall, and a lively otter carved in red granite. Sprays of artificial autumn leaves reflecting the Crayola motley of real vine maples above. As I headed homeward, my postelection blues ran down Deep River in a pink wash of dogwood, cascara, and cherry. The appalling results would remain, but so would I, better able to face them for the tonic of the hills.

There are days when things look so bleak that I’d gladly trade in the whole world for spare change. For me, such occasions included the death of my mother at fifty-two, the shooting of Bobby Kennedy and John Lennon, the grounding of the Exxon Valdez, and the presidential elections of 2000 and now, 2004.

Times like these, I instinctively go outdoors.

Not that a ramble afield makes everything okay, just like that. But going out, alert and open, causes some chamber of the heart that has temporarily drained to pump again.

You remember that you can harbor loss, hold tight to sorrow, and honor grief, while still rejoicing in the rich gifts of the Earth. I think this is what Bruce Springsteen had in mind when he said in the plenty-dark song “Badlands” that “it ain’t no sin to be glad you’re alive.” In a life with its fair share of darkness, I have found full-body baptism in the plain and glorious particulars of life to be a powerful antidote to despair. The fact is that the details of our natural surrounds offer infallible fascination and a route out of morosity. In a

This is the 19th in a series of selected essays to appear in Columbia River Reader.

These were originally published in Orion Afield or Orion Magazine in the author’s column, “The Tangled Bank” and, subsequently, in the book of the same name published by Oregon State University Press in 2012.

world deeply flawed by the infantile excesses of our own kind, this is no small potatoes.

So it was one recent morning, a bright day darkened by reports of faraway war.

Returning from the mail walk, I tried to corner an unseasonably singing bird in a blackberry copse. It concealed itself among curious towhees and song sparrows, and when I tried to pish it up, I was quickly surrounded by a couple dozen kinglets, chickadees, and Steller’s jays flocking into the plums overhead.

Then a soft burr gave away a Douglas squirrel twitching nervously, upsidedown on a huge black walnut trunk.

Its belly the same butterscotch as the low beeches below, the squirrel hopped all over the tree, shot along an arcing limb to oaks across the road, and raced down to the ground. As the chickaree disappeared into the brush, a female northern harrier materialized over the field below, quartering silently for voles; and up behind the house, a bright white ornament atop an evergreen resolved into a white-shouldered kite, basking in the sun. As I came nearer, the kite dropped toward the river, its wings bent into a silver sickle. When, reluctantly, I finally went inside, the day felt safe from anything.

There used to be a quarterly supermarket magazine called Ideals, whose thick, glossy pages depicted scenes of perfection: frost on the pumpkin, turkey on the table, tulips by a farmhouse porch. Lush cont page 24

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Tangled Bank

from page 23

photographs and anodyne verse created a state alloyed from equal parts Currier and Ives, Norman Rockwell, Hallmark, and Ranger Rick—everyone’s ideal of a rural realm shorn of rough edges. Such compositions do exist in the actual world, and I watch for them. I saw one the other day, beneath the same black walnut where the squirrel disported.

A neighbor had passed below the house on the valley road, taking her granddaughter and her small dog for a walk in the warm afternoon sun. The low-angled light shone through their long, bouncing blonde hair as they walked, through the dog’s woolly white fur, and through each yellow leaf of the towering tree, setting them aglow. For just that moment, all was well in the valley; or so it looked to me.

When I was a boy, my grandmother loved Ideals. I too was drawn to its balm for the common longing. I remember the sting of youthful abashment when I learned that people more sophisticated than I considered such depictions to be kitschy, sentimental bromides. Maybe such a judgment is appropriate, if each “ideal” edits out what we most need to know in order to engage with the agents of change and loss. And maybe that was why I loved them. Pretty pictures, though, cannot stanch a society hemorrhaging from superstition, greed, aggression, oppression, and indifference. It’s not far from idealized reality to willful blindering, as about half the voters have shown again and again, voting against their interest.

Other critics dismiss the validity of a heartful response to simple beauty as merely spiritual, sentimental, or transcendental. So be it. The nomenclature of numinous experience is of no concern to me—especially since I find my numina in phenomena, and can’t even tell the two apart.

Sticks and stones aside, a transfixing vision actually can redeem the world, if only for the moment. And sometimes a moment is all we need.

••• The Day After the Election (Nov. 9, 2016) By RMP

A red oak leaf and a brown beech leaf lie across a wet sword fern frond in the late sun.

A chorus frog does a hoarse solo on the hill, a flicker cries a series of sharp single notes.

The sun falls, the mist rises all over the valley.

These things at least, I guess, will go on.

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While on the subway, the two struck up a conversation with a friendly woman (pictured at left) and learned that she had not only heard of Longview, Wash., but that she has a daughter, Dr. Divya Bappanad, who is a physician there Small world!

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By Katie Bowers Why Meadow Died

by Andrew Pollack and Max Eden

A

father of one of the victims of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, Andrew Pollack could not rest until he understood how and why his daughter, Meadow, died.

With bulldog tenacity fueled by grief, he started asking questions.

By chance, he met Max Eden, who’d come to Florida to write an article about the tragedy. Together, they found something terribly wrong within the school district: Administrators were following dangerous discipline and behavior policies dreamed up by bureaucrats at the federal level (students with multiple suspension-worthy incidents were not suspended; misdemeanors and felonies were never reported, thus, the shooter had no record in the FBI’s system); “incompetence” among school staff, and a district riddled with irresponsible decisions (Bond money for security/safety upgrades that had been passed years earlier hadn’t been used.)

Pollack and Eden show that Parkland was “the most preventable school shooting in American history.” They also leave readers with a sense of urgency: We must shed these horrendous discipline policies that were forced on schools nationwide, or else risk losing more precious lives.

This is not a book one reads for enjoyment but to understand and to be part of the solution to end school violence. Readers who want to make America a better place should read this book. Parents who want to keep their children safe should read this book.

And teachers (such as myself) should read this book. It offers practical steps we can take to secure our schools, and urges us to shed the disease of apathy for the sake of saving lives. This is an urgent read for America.

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Kate Bowers is an elementary teacher and blogs at myfellowteachers.wordpress.com and at forkidsandcountry.org

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Cover to Cover

Top 10 Bestsellers PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95 2. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17 3. There There Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16 4. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99 5. The Great Alone Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99 6. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 7. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 8. One More River to Cross Jane Kirkpatrick, Revell, $15.99 9. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99 10. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99

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BOOK REVIEW

By Alan Rose The Women’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote Penguin $18 Paperback

2020 marks one hundred years since women won the right to vote with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

It was a long and bitter fight, and even today there are probably some who regret that women were ever permitted out of the kitchen and into politics (see: Pelosi, Nancy.)

In 1776, Abigail Adams urged John to “remember the Ladies” when designing the American democracy Alan Rose organizes the monthly WordFest gatherings. His next novel, about the AIDS epidemic, As If Death Summoned, will be published in 2020 by Amble Press/ Bywater Books. More book reviews, author interviews, and news updates can be found at www.alan-rose.com.

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Brought to you by Book Sense and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Assn, for week ending Dec. 29, 2019, based on reporting from the independent bookstores of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. For the Book Sense store nearest you, visit www.booksense.com MASS MARKET 1. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99 2. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99 3. Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99 4. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99 5. The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99 6. The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99 7. The Lies of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99 8. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99 9. The Shining Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99 10. The Wise Man’s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99

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How the unthinkable became inevitable (He didn’t)—“When the founders wrote ‘We the People,’ they really meant ‘We the White, Wealthy Men.’ Despite much lofty rhetoric, all men were not created equal, and women didn’t count at all.”

Anne (Dudley) had smashed the Anti’s trusty rationale—that women did not have the right to vote because they were not required to bear arms in warfare—with her poignant reply: “Yes, but women bear armies.” And even the bitterest Anti solon had to admire Anne’s sangfroid when that bomb was tossed through the window while she addressed a suffrage meeting in 1913. “Is that an anti-suffrage bomb?” she asked calmly, peering over the podium, pausing only a few beats. It didn’t explode, so she continued on with her speech.

In 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York, the first convention was called to propose the radical idea that women be entitled to vote, yet by 1919, the United States was still the only major Western nation that didn’t extend the vote to its female citizens.

The Woman’s Hour tells the stories of the women who struggled to make “an idea once considered unthinkable into something inevitable.” Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul and many others fought through the decades for the nineteenth amendment, finally passed

by Congress in 1919. But it still required thirty-six states to ratify it; thirty-five were committed. It all came down to Tennessee in August 1920, and it was not looking hopeful.

would also mean black women could vote, and it was already hard enough dissuading African American men from exercising their right to vote through “voter suppression” measures, like lynching.

Southern states were militantly opposed to the amendment. They wished to protect the dignity and delicacy of womanhood from the coarse, messy world of politics—It

A number of Western states had enacted woman suffrage: Wyoming (1869), Colorado (1893), Idaho and Utah (1896)—the argument that women were too “delicate” was

probably harder to make where they were out plowing fields, fending off wild animals, and driving buckboards while raising families in their spare time. (Washington State gave women the vote in 1910, Oregon in 1912, the two states once again lagging behind Idaho.)

The strongest and bitterest battles pitted not women against men, but women against other women as they converged on Nashville in that overheated summer of 1920: Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Women Suffrage cont page 29

~ from The Woman’s Hour

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Clatskanie Fultano’s Pizza 770 E. Columbia River Hwy Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more!

Sun-Thurs 11am–9pm. Fri-Sat 11am–10pm. 503-728-2922

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant 640 E. Columbia River Hwy Fine Mexican cuisine. Daily specials.

The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials. Sports bar.

M-Th 11am–9:30pm; Fri & Sat 11am–11:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-728-3344

COLUMBIA RIVER

dining guide

Castle Rock

Longview

The Carriage Restaurant & Lounge Full breakfast, lunch and dinner 6am– 9pm. Full bar in lounge, open 6am.

Three happy hours daily (8–10am, 12– 2pm, 5–7pm). Group meeting room, free use with $150 food/drink purchases.

1334 12th Ave. 360-425-8545.

Country Folks Deli 1329 Commerce Ave., Longview. Serving lunch and dinner. Sandwiches, soups, salads. Open M-Sat 11am. 360-425-2837.

Rainier

The Original Pietrio’s Pizzeria

614 Commerce Ave., Longview. 18 varieties of pizza. Salad bar, Lunch buffet all-you-can-eat. Beer & wine.

Mon-Fri open 11am, Sat-Sun 12 Noon.

360-353-3512.

St. Helens, Oregon Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview Slow-roasted prime rib Fri & Sat, flat iron steaks, 1/3-lb burgers, fish & chips.

33 draft beers. Full bar. Family-friendly, weekly jazz and acoustic dinner hour sets on Weds. 360-636-1616. See ad, page 12.

Conestoga Pub Cornerstone Café 102 East “A” Street Microbrews, wines & spirits Prime rib Friday & Sat. Open M-F 6am–8pm; Sat-Sun 7am–8pm.

503-556-8772.

Evergreen Pub & Café 115-117 East 1st Street Burgers, halibut, prime rib, full bar.

503-556-9935. See ad, page 8.

Goble Tavern 70255 Columbia River Hwy. (Milepost 31, Hwy. 30) Food, beer & wine + full bar, Live entertainment. 503-556-4090.

See ad page 8.

Luigi’s Pizza 117 East 1st Street, Rainier 503-556-4213 Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine.

See ad, page 8.

Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd.

Hot pizza, cool salad bar. Beer & wine.

503-397-3211 See ad, page 34.

Scappoose

Alston Pub & Grub 25196 Alston Rd., Rainier 503-556-4213 11 beers on tap, cocktails.

Open daily 11am.

503-556-9753 See ad, page 8.

Parker’s Restaurant & Brewery 1300 Mt. St. Helens Way. I-5 Exit 49.

Lunch, Dinner. Burgers, hand-cut steak; seafood and pasta. Restaurant opens 11am, Lounge 12 Noon. Closed Monday.

360-967-2333

Freddy’s Just for the Halibut. Cod, halibut & tuna fish and chips, oysters & clams., award-winning clam chowder. Prime rib every Thurs. Beer and wine. M-W 10–8, Th-Sat 10–9, Sun 11–8.

1110 Commerce 360-414-3288.

See ad, page 12.

Hop N Grape 924 15th Ave., Longview M–Th 11am–8pm; Fri & Sat 11am– 9pm; Sun 11am–7pm. BBQ meat slowcooked on site. Pulled pork, chicken brisket, ribs, turkey, salmon. Worldfamous mac & cheese. 360-577-1541

Masthead Castaways 1124 Washington Way, Longview.

Famous fish & chips, gourmet burgers, Chowders. 13 beers on tap. Extra parking in back.

360-232-8500.

Grant’s in the Monticello Hotel on Longview’s historic Civic Circle. Casual upscale dining. Seafood, steaks, pasta, burgers. M-Th 11-9, FriSat 11-10. 360-442-8234. See ad, page 10.

Red Kitchen 848 15th Ave., Longview. Cocktails, taps, vino. Traditional diner fare, breakfast, lunch, dinner. Sandwiches, burgers, funky comfort food, incl. Bacon Gouda Mac n Cheese, shepherd’s pie, healthy options. Full service bar, incl 12 taps. 7am–10pm, M-F, 8am–10pm Sat-Sun.

Fultano’s Pizza 51511 SE 2nd.

Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more! “Best pizza around!”

Sun–Th 11am–9pm; Fri-Sat 11am– 10pm. Full bar service ‘til 10pm Fri & Sat. Deliveries in Scappoose. 503-5435100.

Roland Wines 1106 Florida St., Longview. Authentic Italian wood-fired pizza, wine, and beer.

Casual ambience. 5–9pm Wed-Fri, Sat. 11–3. See ad, page 12.

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant

33452 Havlik Rd. Fine Mexican cuisine.

Daily specials. The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials. M-Th 11am–9:30pm; Fri & Sat 11am–11:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-543-3017

Warren Teri’s 3225 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview.

Lunch and dinner. Burgers, steak, seafood, pasta, specials, fresh NW cuisine. Happy Hour. Full bar. Sun-Mon 3–8pm. Tues–Sat 11:30am–9pm.. 360577-0717.

Warren Country Inn 56575 Columbia River Hwy. Fine family dining. Breakfast, lunch & dinner. Fri Prime Rib special, Taco Tuesday. Full bar. M-Th 8am–9:30pm, Fri-Sat 8am–10:30pm, Sun 9am–9pm.

Karaoke Fri & Sat.503-410-5479.

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Book Review

ME AND MY

from page 27

Association, lead the fight for the “Suffs,” against Josephine Pearson, head of the Anti-Suffragettes, or “Antis,” as they called themselves.

It’s a gripping story of formidable women on opposite sides and the men who were caught uncomfortably between them, especially presidential candidate Warren Harding (his wife Florence was a Suff) and President Woodrow Wilson (his wife Edith was an ardent Anti.)

Of course, wherever there is politics, there’s money. The Antis were bankrolled by the liquor and manufacturing interests who feared that women would vote for temperance, child labor laws, better working conditions, and other “socialist” ideas.

Extortion, bribery, even physical threats were common. On the eve of the vote, one farmer-delegate told Joe Hanover, who was leading the floor fight for the amendment, “Sorry, Joe, but I’m going to have to leave you suffrage boys. The Antis just paid me two hundred dollars.” Hanover put his arm around his colleague’s shoulders, saying, “You sold out too cheap. I hear they’re paying the others five hundred.” The legislator was outraged.

“Why, them crooked [UNPRINTABLE IN A FAMILY MAGAZINE]! I’m going to vote for you, Joe.” Weiss creates nail-biting tension as ratification comes down to one vote.

(Spoiler Alert: it passed.) The Antis had the votes to defeat it, when 24-year old Harry Burns, the youngest delegate to the legislature and pressured to vote against ratification, received a note from his mother: “Don’t forget to be a good boy and help Mrs. Catt…

With lots of love, Mama.” What’s a boy to do?

And the rest is historical inevitability.

PIANO* *or other instrument

Nothing to fret about

Local man completes guitar course

By Duane Thompson started in high school

W

hile in my sophomore year of high school at Powers Lake,North Dakota, I decided to learn to play the guitar. I ordered a home study course from the U.S. School of Music and bought a lowpriced guitar.

The course was then, and still is today, a very good h o m e s t u d y.

The course is 96 lessons in length; in high school I completed 60 lessons.

Share your unique story of you and your relationship with a musical instrument in 500 words or less and mail to CRR, 1333 14th Ave., Longview, WA 98632, or email to publisher@ crreader.com. Note “Me and My Piano” in the subject line and if possible attach/include a current mugshot and/or a photo of you with your instrument.

Don’t worry about perfect spelling or syntax. If your story is chosen, we will provide editing services and will contact you for additional details or embellishments as needed.

Many musicians can hear a tone and tell you what note it is. I don’t have that ablility and must rely on a battery-operated tuner to tune my guitar. Even though I can look at a piece of music and say “this really looks like it would sound very nice played on a guitar,” I can’t pick up my guitar and play it without a lot of practice.

Discovering I Duane Thompson about to purchase his new Epiphone electric guitar. needed to be alone when I practiced, the U.S. School of Music, and that I found a very good private space at like me, he needed a private place to our home in Powers Lake. I discovered practice. His was the family barn where that Lawrence Welk had learned to he was alone except for the cows. play the accordion with lessons from

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There have been long periods of time when I didn’t have a guitar. When I first moved to Kelso in 1968, one of the first things I did was go to the Korten’s store located at the corner of Commerce and Broadway and purchase a Gibson Classic guitar; it is still the one I use today. I also have an Epiphone electric which I purchased about a month ago.

I have just begun Lesson 96 in my music study course, which is “Tango in D,” by Isaac Albeniz. The lesson is quite advanced, but when you play the D chord with the low E tuned down to D it is very beautiful — three D’s, two A’s and an F#. I’ll use my Epiphone on this piece because it takes you up to the 15th fret and I can’t reach that on my Gibson. When I have it memorized, I’ll play for my family and friends.

••• Duane Thompson is retired from a career with the Washington Dept. of Natural Resources. He lives in Kelso, Wash. We invite Duane to perform “Tango in D” in CRR’s office for a select audience, whenever he is ready!

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Outings & Events

Performing & Fine Arts, Music Art, Theatre, Literary Submission Guidelines Letters to the Editor (up to 200 words) relevant to the publication’s purpose — helping readers discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region, at home and on the road — are welcome. Longer pieces, or excerpts thereof, in response to previously-published articles, may be printed at the discretion of the publisher and subject to editing and space limitations.

Items sent to CRR will be considered for publication unless the writer specifies otherwise. Writer’s name and phone number must be included; anonymous submissions will not be considered.

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Broadway Gallery Artists co-op. Classes for all ages, workshops, paint parties.

Featured artists, Jan: Guest artist Jeremy Furnish (mixed media/sculpture). Jan 1325, Studio Clearance Sale. Gallery hours: M-F 10-5:30, Sat 10–4. 1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. 360-577-0544. www. the-broadway-gallery.com.

Tsuga Gallery Fine arts and crafts by area artists. Thurs-Sat 11–5. 70 Main Street, Cathlamet, Wash. 360-795-0725.

HOW TO PUBLICIZE YOUR NON-PROFIT EVENT IN CRR Send your noncommercial community event basic info (name of event, beneficiary, sponsor, date & time, location, brief description and contact info) to publisher@crreader.com Or mail or hand-deliver (in person or via mail slot) to: Columbia River Reader 1333-14th Ave Longview, WA 98632

Cowlitz Valley Old Time Music Association Music jam night with open mic, 6–8pm, 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays, Catlin Grange, 205 Shawnee, Kelso, Wash. Guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, piano, accordion. Traditional country and/or bluegrass. Dance floor open. Info: Archie Beyl, 360-636-3835.

Community Arts Workshop/Alcove Gallery Free instruction and materials, 1–3pm, Mon–Thurs. Located in the CAP building,1526 Commerce, Longview, Wash. Open Mon–Thurs 12–3:30pm.

Info: 360-425-3430 x 306, or email capartsworkshop@gmail.com.

Friends of the Library Winter Book Sale Thurs-Sat, Jan 23-25, 10am–4:30pm. $2 bag sale on Saturday. Longview Public Liobrary, 1600 Louisiana St., Longview, Wash.

ROY ORBISON TRIBUTE BAND

FIRST THURSDAY Feb. 6

Friday • Jan 31 • 7:30pm

$20 General • $18 Students/Seniors • $16 Children

Birkenfeld Theatre Clatskanie Cultural Center, Clatskanie, OR

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2019-2020

Community Concert Association Jeannine Goeckeritz Sunday, January 26 - 3:00 pm

Internationally-renowned flutist Jeannine Goeckeritz has entertained audiences worldwide with her captivating live performances, expressive style and inspiring music, with program highlights beautifully blending popular and crossover classics —Starry, Starry Night, Annie’s Song, My Favorite Things and more.

Sail On Beach Boys Tribute Friday, February 14 - 7.30 pm

VALENT DATE NINE’S IDEA! IGHT Sail On brings a young look, authentic sound and harmonies reminiscent of the original Beach Boys during their prime. The group’s harmonies capture the sound of the iconic band and transport the audience to the beach for an evening of memories and Fun, Fun, Fun. Energetic and youthful tribute to “America’s Band.”

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Calendar submissions are considered for inclusion, subject to lead time, general relevance to readers, and space limitations. See Submission Guidelines, above.

Forsberg Art Gallery, Lower Columbia College Rose Center for the Arts. Gallery open Mon/Wed 12–6, Tues/Wed 10–4.

Free. 1600 Maple St., Longview, Wash. lowercolumbia.edu/gallery

Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Many critics described his music as operatic, nicknaming him “the Caruso of Rock” and “the Big O”.

Unsolicited submissions may be considered, provided they are consistent with the publication’s purpose. Advance contact with the editor is recommended.

Information of general interest submitted by readers may be used as background or incorporated in future articles.

Outings & Events calendar (free listing): Events must be open to the public. Non-profit organizations and the arts, entertainment, educational and recreational opportunities and community cultural events will receive listing priority. Fundraisers must be sanctioned/sponsored by the benefiting non-profit organization. Businesses and organizations wishing to promote their particular products or services are invited to purchase advertising (contact info, page 17).

Koth Gallery, Longview Public Library Jerome Makinster, paintings and birdhouses; Opening Reception Jan 11, 11–1. 1600 Louisiana Street, Longview, Wash. Mon-Wed 10am-8pm, Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm. Info: Daniel, 360-442-5307.

Clatskanie Bloom Gallery Artwork from the lower Columbia River region.

Wed-Sat, 11-4. 289 N. Nehalem St. Clatskanie, Oregon. Info: 503-3089143. Clatskaniebloom@gmail.com. clatskaniebloom.com

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Broadway Gallery Featured guest artist Jeremy Furnish (mixed media/ sculpture). Reception with live music by local artists. 5:30-7:30pm.

1418 Commerce Ave., Longview, Wash.

Cowlitz County Museum Alysa Adams from Washington State Parks, an Interpretive Specialist at Seaquest State Park, will present.

She will share information about Mt. St. Helens, the Interpretive Center, and Seaquest State Park, home to the Silver Lake Mt. St. Helen’s Visitor Center, located outside Castle Rock.

7pm. 404 Allen St., Kelso, Wash.

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Recreation, Outdoors Gardening, History, Pets, Self-Help Cowlitz County Museum; First Thurs Feb. 6, see details, page 30. Museum Open Tues-Sat 10am–4pm. 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash. www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/ museum. Info: 360-577-3119.

Appelo Archives Center Historic exhibits, Naselle-Grays River area.

1056 State Route 4, Naselle. T-Fri 9–2, Sat 10–2, or by appt. 360-484-7103. appeloarchives.org.

In Their Footsteps Lecture series. Sun, Jan 19: “What Did Lewis & Clark Eat?,”

by Jennifer Burns Bright, Astoria-based food educator, recipe developer and travel writer. 1pm, Netul Room, Lewis and Clark Nat’l Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, Ore. Free. Info: 503-861-2471. See story, page 12.

The Columbia Theatre Soup-Off has been re-scheduled from Jan. 11 to March 27. More details coming soon.

Five high schools compete in Stageworks’ one-act play festival Stageworks Northwest’s third annual one-act play festival is on Saturday, January 11, at 1433 Commerce Avenue, Longview. Five schools are participating with seven plays. The lineup for presentation is as shown at right.

The schedule is a bit flexible, depending on the actual run time of plays and length of talkback sessions. Admission to the festival is free, but we do ask that audience members come in at the beginning of a scheduled play and if possible wait until the end of the talkback session immediately following to leave, in order to avoid disturbing the judging and the actors on stage.

Five of the seven entries are directed by students. Award categories include first place and honorable mentions for best performer, best supporting performer, best ensemble, best student director, and the top three choices for best overall play. The top three judge’s choices for best play will be presented in the Winners Showcase at Stageworks on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 17 & 18, with tickets $10 at the door.

One-Act Play Schedule 9:30 am - Rainier High School, “First Impressions” by Matt Thompson 10:00 am - Rainier High School, “They Doesn’t Speak Good English” by Don Lowry 10:30 am - Washougal High School, “Check Please: Take Two”

by Jonathan Rand 11:30 am - Mossyrock High School, “A Rose is Just a Rose” by Christina Hamlett 1:00 pm - Mossyrock High School, “An Experiment” by Brent Holland 2:00 pm - Skyview High School, “Numbers” by Kieron Barry 3:00 pm - Castle Rock High School, “It’s Not You, It’s Me” by Don Zolidis 4:00 pm - Break for judging 4:30 pm - Awards

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PUBLIC INFORMATION: PRESIDENT TRUMP­—PRESIDENT ZELENSKY CONVERSATION The following is the conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky, during a July 25 phone call, according to a Memorandum* of the conversation released by the White House website, www.whitehouse.gov. *See “Caution” note, page 33.

MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION UNCLASSIFIED Declassified by order of the President / September 24, 2019 SUBJECT: Telephone Conversation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Participants: President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Notetakers: The White House Situation Room Date, Time July 25, 2019, 9:03-9:33 am EDT and Place: Residence The President: Congratulations on a great victory. We all watched from the United States and you did a terrific job. The way you came from behind, somebody who wasn’t given much of a chance, and you ended up winning easily. It’s a fantastic achievement.

Congratulations.

President Zelensky: You are absolutely right Mr. President. We did win big and we worked hard for this. We worked a lot but I would like to confess to you that I had an opportunity to learn from you. We used quite a few of your skills and knowledge and were able to use it as an example for our elections and yes it is true that these were unique elections. We were in a unique situation that we were able to achieve a unique success.

I’m able to tell you the following; the first time you called me to congratulate me when I won my presidential election, and the second time you are now calling me when my party won the parliamentary election. I think I should run more often so you can call me more often and we can talk over the phone more often.

The President: (laughter) That’s a very good idea. I think your country is very happy about that.

President Zelensky: Well yes, to tell you the truth, we are trying to work hard because we wanted to drain the swamp here in our country. We brought in many many new people. Not the old politicians, not the typical politicians, because we want to have a new format and a new type of government. You are a great teacher for us and in that.

The President: Well it is very nice of you to say that. I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Much more than the European countries are doing and they should be helping you more than they are. Germany does almost nothing for you. All they do is talk and I think it’s something that you should really ask them about. When I was speaking to Angela Merkel she talks Ukraine, but she ·doesn’t do anything. A lot of the European countries are the same way so I think it’s something you want to look at but the United States has been very very good to Ukraine.

I wouldn’t say that it’s reciprocal necessarily because things are happening that are not good but the United States has been very very good to Ukraine.

President Zelensky: Yes you are absolutely right. Not only 100%, but actually 1000% and I can tell you the following; I did

talk to Angela Merkel and I did meet with her I also met and talked with Macron and I told them that they are not doing quite as much as they need to be doing on the issues with the sanctions. They are not enforcing the sanctions. They are not working as much as they should work for Ukraine. It turns out that even though logically, the European Union should be our biggest partner but technically the United States is a much bigger partner than the European Union and I’m very grateful to you for that because the United States is doing quite a lot for Ukraine. Much more than the European Union especially when we are talking about sanctions against the Russian Federation. I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost. ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.

The President: I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike... I guess you have one of your wealthy people... The server, they say Ukraine has it. There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you’re surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible.

President Zelensky: Yes it is very important for me and everything that you just mentioned earlier. For me as a President, it is very important and we are open for any future cooperation. We are ready to open a new page on cooperation in relations between the United States and Ukraine. For that purpose, I just recalled our ambassador from United States and he will be replaced by a very competent and very experienced ambassador who will work hard on making sure that our two nations are getting closer.

I would also like and hope to see him having your trust and your confidence and have personal relations with you so we can cooperate even more so. I will personally tell you that one of my assistants spoke with Mr. Giuliani just recently and we are hoping

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very much that Mr. Giuliani will be able to travel to Ukraine and we will meet once he comes to Ukraine. I just wanted to assure you once again that you have nobody but friends around us. I will make sure that I surround myself with the best and most experienced people. I also wanted to tell you that we are friends. We are great friends and you Mr. President have friends in our country so we can continue our strategic partnership.

I also plan to surround myself with great people and in addition to that investigation, I guarantee as the President of Ukraine that all the investigations will be done openly and candidly.. That I can assure you.

The President: Good because I heard you had a prosecutor who was very good and he was shut down and that’s really unfair.

A lot of people are talking about that, the way they shut your very good prosecutor down and you had some very bad people involved. Mr. Giuliani is a highly respected man. He was the mayor of New York City, a great mayor, and I would like him to call you. I will ask him to call you along with the Attorney General. Rudy very much knows what’s happening and he is a very capable guy. If you could speak to him that would be great. The former ambassador from the United States, the woman, was bad news and the people she was dealing with in the Ukraine were bad news so I just want to let you know that. The other thing, There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great.

Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it... It sounds horrible to me.

President Zelensky: I wanted to tell you about the prosecutor. First of all, I understand and I’m knowledgeable about the situation.

Since we have won the absolute majority in our Parliament, the next prosecutor general will be 100% my person, my candidate, who will be approved, by the parliament and will start as a new prosecutor in September. He or she will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue. The issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue of making sure to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and will work on the investigation of the case. On top of that, I would kindly ask you if you have any additional information that you can provide to us, it would be very helpful for the investigation to make sure that we administer justice in our country with regard to the Ambassador to the United States from Ukraine as far as I recall her name was Ivanovich. It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%.

Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President and she was on his side. She would not accept me as a new President well enough.

The President: Well, she’s going to go through some things. I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have

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Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it. I’m sure you will figure it out. I heard the prosecutor was treated very badly and he was a very fair prosecutor so good luck with everything.

Your economy is going to get better and better I predict. You have a lot of assets.

It’s a great country. I have many Ukrainian friends, their incredible people.

President Zelensky: I would like to tell you that I also have quite a few Ukrainian friends that live in the United States. Actually last time I traveled to the United States, I stayed in New York near Central Park and I stayed at the Trump Tower. I will talk to them and I hope to see them again in the future. I also wanted to thank you for your invitation to visit the United States, specifically Washington DC. On the other hand, I also want to ensure you that we will be very serious about the case and will work on the investigation. As to the economy, there is much potential for our two countries and one of the issues that is very important for Ukraine is energy independence. I believe we can be very successful and cooperating on energy independence with United States.

We are already working on cooperation.

We are buying American oil but I am very hopeful for a future meeting. We will have more time and more opportunities to discuss these opportunities and get to know each other better. I would like to thank you very much for your support.

The President: Good. Well, thank you very much and I appreciate that. I will tell Rudy and Attorney General Barr to call.

Thank you. Whenever you would like to come to the White House, feel free to call.

Give us a date and we’ll work that out. I look forward to seeing you.

President Zelenskyy: Thank you very much.

I would be very happy to come and would be happy to meet with you personally and get to know you better. I am looking forward to our meeting and I also would like to invite you to visit Ukraine and come to the city of Kyiv which is a beautiful city.

We have a beautiful country which would welcome you. On the other hand, I believe that on September 1 we will be in Poland and we can meet in Poland hopefully. After that, it might be a very good idea for you to travel to Ukraine. We can either take my plane and go to Ukraine or we can take your plane, which is probably much better than mine.

The President: Okay, we can work that out. I look forward to seeing you in Washington and maybe in Poland because I think we are going to be there at that time.

President Zelensky: Thank you very much Mr. President.

The President: Congratulations on a fantastic job you’ve done. The whole world was watching. I’m not sure it was so much of an upset but congratulations.

President Zelensky: Thank you Mr. President bye-bye.

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by Perry Piper He has returned!

CRR’s neo-Victorian, techno-meister, galloping gourmet is back from latest travels

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lying back to New York City USA from Bogota Colombia, I visited my Polish friend I met last summer in Australia hiking around the famous red rock, Uluru. Sadly, the Void VR, which would have given us backpack computers and special headsets to run around a maze, which to us would have appeared to be some kind of spaceship or movie-themed environment, was closed for the days I was there! And even seeing one of my favorite bands from high school and enjoying some

fine dining was spoiled by my friend’s ear injury, atomicly spicy food and difficult-to-hear concert speakers, but I suppose that adds to the story of the adventure and not every day can be grand.

As in Lima, Peru, more places fell victim to their own high reputation with overpriced, three star-meals that had me missing Soylent. Speaking of which, I excitedly bought many Soylent Cacao bottles from the 7-Eleven right next to my friend’s Wall Street apartment. The stuff tastes better at four dollars than the majority of meals I had in New York City. Although the Impossible Burger never disappoints.

Top: Perry Piper and Mara McClelland, originally of Longview, now The destination that not only lived up to, of New York City; below, with his second cousin (once removed), Gabriel, in Montana. but exceeded my expectations and is now my drinks could easily double the price number one favorite restaurant in the world, is the Inn at Little of dinner after tips, though, so keep Washington (in Washiington, Virginia), about two hours west of that in mind.

Washington DC. I used a fairly new app called Turo My dinner included a multitude of to rent a Chevy Volt from complimentary appetizers as well as a private owner and while a take-home box of desserts alongside I left three hours early, I my chosen meal “playlist” from the was still five minutes late menu of three options. At one point, because of crazy DC traffic one of my four waiters exclaimed and various hangups. The that I had built a fortress of glasses Little Inn dinner was around me, falling behind on the actually cheaper than pace of tastings. The dining room was many of the restaurants a mix of colonial and fantasy design in South America, yet and even included an interior design service was unmatched book to learn more about the origin among the formally of the Inn, reclaimed from an old gas dressed staff. The menu station, of all things. After several even had my name printed curated dishes, I was perfectly full, on it, welcoming me for not left feeling hungry nor stuffed. the evening! Ordering Perhaps I’m a bit too well traveled for paired wine and extra my own good, because upon ordering Absinthe from the extensive drink cont page 34

Food photos, from top, served at The Inn at Little Washington, Crispy Napolean of Chilled Maine Lobster with caviar;PotAu Feu of Lamb Loin; Selection of cheeses with honey.

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menu, even the waiter asked me for more details, saying he had never had any himself.

I would highly recommend everyone visit this or any other Michelin threestar restaurant at least once. Three is the highest rating and means a world class place that is worth visiting if you’re anywhere within hundreds of miles nearby. I don’t bother much anymore with mediocre middle priced places; I cook at home or have Soylent and then stretch out for the infrequent, but memorable-for-life world class restaurants. In the United States, there’re seven near San Francisco, one in Chicago, one near DC and five in New York City. France and Japan each have the largest number of options.

I was surprised that, while still not providing any good sleeper buses, American routes did offer very inexpensive $15 and $50 tickets from NYC to DC and DC to Cleveland,

respectively, although the first bus was a few hours late on the four-hour journey because of broken windshield wipers and a mandatory stop and swap.

I saw an old friend in Cleveland for board games with his mother and then I finished my quick American tour in Montana with my second cousin, her husband and their two young kids. My cousin lives on farmland alongside a lake with distant snowy mountains.

Their son Gabriel would bring me books for story reading time and showed me his favorite ring tossing game in his dad’s shop.

Being back in the Pacific Northwest for a few months will be relaxing before I see Asia later this year, starting with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Astronomy

Welcome to the full Winter Sky

SKY REPORT Jan 10 to Feb 15

The biggest and best night sky delights

Venus, a crescent Moon and distant Neptune line up January 27

By Greg Smith Here in the Pacific Northwest, winter is not the time to go faint “fuzzy” hunting in the night sky. Since we have so few clear nights, it is the time go for the bright and bold. With colder temperatures, time is of the essence. Even with a mug of coffee or hot chocolate, our hands get chilled quickly. So let’s concentrate on the biggest and best of the winter sky.

We must start off with the big and bold constellation of Orion. The hunter with his bow outstretched ahead of him and his sword held up behind him as though he was about to strike his prey. As we look at him, his sword is on our left. So we should think of him as a right-handed hunter.

Betelgeuse: About to explode??!

Orion’s shoulder is marked by the very red Betelgeuse, actually a star about to explode and give us one of the most remarkable sky shows since the 1800s.

Scientists think it is about to explode because the star’s brightness has been fluctuating and is now in a very deep dimming sequence. These fluctuations in brightness have been seen before in Betelgeuse, but this is the deepest dimming in decades, and it is still dimming. The time of this explosion is unknown. They are saying anytime from now to 100,000 years. It would be visible in the daytime if it exploded in our summer or give us a shadow at night if it blew up during our winter.

It resides about 730 light years away. If it has already blown up, we won’t know for up to 730 years. Keep watching.

Orion also has the well-known nebula halfway down the sheath of the sword hanging from the three stars of Orion’s belt. This is one fuzzy to get a look at, as it is visible with the naked eye.

Binoculars will show a bright dust bunny with stars inside it. A small telescope will show you many stars there. This is a place that stars are forming right now, along with maybe a few planets, as well.

Orion is not the only bright winter constellation. The brightest stars of six major constellations form a large ring around Betelgeuse: The star Sirius, to the lower left in Canis Major (big dog); directly left of Orion’s belt is the star Procyon in Canis Minor (little dog); moving clockwise in the sky are the two bright stars of Gemini the twins, Pollux and Castor; continuing

up and around is the next bright star Capella in Auriga, the Charioteer, then on to red Alderbaran in Taurus the Bull. As we circle Betelgeuse, we come to Orion’s foot, the bright white giant star Rigel. You have now made your way around the winter hexagon.

East of the star Procyon is the Y- shaped constellation, Cancer the Crab. At its center is the open star cluster known as the Beehive (M44). It is best seen with binoculars. Here is a wonderful of mass of stars that looks like a swarm of bees.

There is more coming through the night as you spend time looking at the abovenoted stars. The constellation Leo the Lion just to the left of Cancer, near the northeast horizon contains the faint fuzzies I mentioned. Galaxies sit just under it. But here, you must be really dedicated to being out in the cold this long to try and find these galaxies (M95 and M96) with your telescope. There are more galaxies here, but they are even fainter.

A whopper planet?

What else is going on in astronomy?

The search for “Planet Nine” is ongoing.

Researchers have found larger, icy-rocky objects further out than the two-lobed object, Ultima Thule, that the New Horizons spacecraft explored last January.

All these still line up with the requirements that hint to an object, with the mass 5 – 15 times the size of the Earth, shepherding these objects around the solar system.

You may have heard that tons of meteor dust lands on the Earth every year. This stuff is quite small and lands on our roofs and driveways. You can take a very strong magnet and go through your gutters and see if the magnet will pick up any round rocks about half the size of a sand grain.

Who knows, you may have a collection of miniscule iron meteors in your own gutters.

Now you have a scientific reason to clean those overflowing gutters! The February issue of Sky and Telescope has an article on this subject.

By Ted Gruber Evening Sky Venus is clearly visible in the early evening’s west-southwest sky and appears a little higher above the horizon with each passing night. This means the bright planet sets a few minutes later each night — around 8:00pm in mid-January, and just past 9:00pm in mid-February. Venus is the brightest object in the night sky other than the moon.

The early evening of January 27 presents two special celestial treats. A crescent moon appears just south (to the left) of Venus that evening. And if you have binoculars or a telescope (and clear skies), you might be able to see distant Neptune, which will look like a faint blue star, immediately west of Venus. This is the closest apparent approach of the two planets since 1984.

Although Mercury returns to the evening sky the last week of January, early February offers the best evening viewing of the innermost planet this year.

Look for Mercury low to the west-southwest horizon as the sky darkens after sunset. Mercury sets about 75 minutes after sunset on February 1, and about 90 minutes after sunset by mid-February. Each evening, Mercury becomes slightly dimmer, but it appears higher in the sky each evening through February 10, which should make it easier to locate.

Morning Sky Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn return to the morning sky in January. Reddish Mars rises in the southeast first, around 4:30am. It might be easy to mistake the red giant star Antares for Mars because of their proximity and similar color. However, Antares rises about 30 minutes before Mars, so it will appear higher in the sky. Antares is also slightly dimmer than Mars.

Jupiter, the brightest of the planetary trio, rises next. The giant planet rises just before 7:00am in mid-January and about three minutes earlier each morning over the next month.

Saturn rises about 30 minutes before sunrise in late January, but it will be difficult to find against the brightening sky. Better chances to see Saturn begin in early February, when the ringed planet rises 60 to 80 minutes before sunrise.

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Kelso resident Ted Gruber is president of Friends of Galileo. He makes a regular report to fellow members of the family-friendly astronomy club which meets monthly in Longview. For info about FOG, visit friendsofgalileo.com.

Look up and keep warm.

••• Longview resident Greg Smith is past president of Friends of Galileo. Meet him and other club members at monthly meetings in Longview. For more info about FOG, visit friendsofgalileo.com.

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lint Eastwood has taken on a difficult challenge. He is now responsible for telling a real life story about a bombing at an Olympic event in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996.

The major character is Richard Jewell, a responsible officer hired to keep order in the event. He is played by Paul Walter Hauser. Jewell was overweight, unlike most heroic characters in films, but he actually saved the lives of many people at the Olympic event from the large bomb placed by some madman in hiding there.

We see Jewell scattering the people without causing a bad scene as he warns them of the dangers of the very large bomb. It appears that Jewell took upon a major responsibility at the event, but he certainly knew how to move people out of the danger zone at some very real danger to himself. As the film mentions, he obviously wanted a police career. But he seemed to be regarded by the local constabulary as the local clown, not a serious person, which was not the case.

Part of the reason for Jewell being humiliated by some of his colleagues was due to his insistence on being a bythe-book fellow, rather than a dashing good-looking fellow who would spend most of his time flirting with the girls.

No, Jewell took care of business and also took care to eat quite a bit. Also, he did not have a wife or girlfriend. He lived with his mother, who was played

by Kathy Bates, who apparently was often on the edge of her nerves.

Originally, people thought of Jewell as a competent fellow, but that didn’t last long. He just wasn’t one of the boys, nor was he attractive to any of the girls. He wasn’t sharing in the usual give and take. Instead, he was just too much of a square, not hip, not a hit with the girls and not much of a thrill to any of the cool men on the scene.

His persecutor was played by John Hamm. Hamm’s character was quite willing to have Jewell, who had saved so many lives, be arrested on the grounds that he might have been involved, though no one had any reason to suspect that he was.

Hamm’s character was regarding the entire affair as something of a joke, though people were injured. Hamm’s

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character wanted to cause a problem, and he did. Luckily, Jewell had been around a bit. His only smart move was to seek the services of an attorney (Watson Bryand) just before he was taken away. The attorney, played so very well by Sam Rockwell, was a competent attorney who was no man’s pushover.

The FBI doesn’t do anything overtly illegal, but it did spend a lot of time working on Jewell. Jewell had done nothing illegal and did everything possible to save lives at great risk to himself. Luckily, Attorney Bryand was very competent and Jewell avoided any time in jail. He had saved lives almost at the cost of his own.

The actors did a good job in this film. When the film is over, you realize how people with a great deal of power can make the lives of good folks very unpleasant. Thanks to our laws, however, we all have our day in court. Praise the Lord.

Blackwood on Watching Films I’ve been spending money at the movies every week since I was 8. I moved to Albuquerque from Chicago for three reasons: milder weather, a laid-back metro population of about 850,000, and the third largest number of movie theater seats per capita in the USA. (I understand there is now a new 12-screen Regal Cinema at Kelso’s Three Rivers Mall.

Great!) Most of the time, I go to the 16-screen Regal at the Cottonwood Mall in north Albuquerque. It is very clean, and the staff is bright. I also go to the very small Guild Theater for independent and foreign films.

When do I see films? Usually, they have premiers on Thursday for films just being released. You pay the same, but the audiences are usually much smaller than the Friday or Saturday night crowds.

If I go during the weekend proper, I attend the earliest screenings possible.

If it is a “youth-oriented” flick, I see it at a Thursday premier. I have difficulties with a large crowd of young folks, a few of whom think the movies are a TV experience meriting undue comments. OK, I whisper to my wife at times, but not loudly; I mostly scribble in my notebook.

A scene from “Richard Jewel.”

What else should you do to keep abreast of what’s happening in the movies? Get a cheap subscription to Entertainment Weekly. Check out the photos; read the interviews with actors and directors. Then, you can become a film critic in your circle.

••• Dr. Bob Blackwood, professor emeritus of the City Colleges of Chicago, lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Editor’s Note: Mr. Blackwood informs me that this is to be his last column for CRR. He has served dilligently for several years and no doubt deserves a break. Along with our hearty “Thank you!” of course.

However, I am reluctant to consider this his official resignation and will continue to hound him to keep writing for us, even if only on an intermittent basis as films come across his radar screen that he thinks CRR readers would enjoy hearing about.

After all, we all know he won’t stop going to the movies ... Think about it, Bob!

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News from Cathlamet

2020 Outreach Takes a Village

Just before CRR’s press deadline, as Ned Piper was (finally) beginning his column, CRR received an exciting announcement from the Town of Cathlamet. Ned gladly yielded his space to share this news with readers. Now he has a whole month to write his next column.

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he Town of Cathlamet just received notification of a $7,500 award from the Lewis & Clark Trail Stewardship Endowment for the design, construction and installation of two Chinook Heritage signs at Elochoman Marina and Queen Sally’s Park in Cathlamet, along with two directional signs on SR- 4 and two in town.

The grant will also pay for consultation with a professional historian.

All signage design and placement will be in consultation with the Chinook Indian Nation. This project is unique in the Lower Columbia area, bringing together for the first time Wahkiakum County jurisdictions and the Chinook Indian Nation, whose indigenous homeland includes the local environs where Wahkiakum and Kathlamet Chinookan bands occupied the land adjacent to the Columbia river in selfgoverning villages for thousands of years before the arrival of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery in 1805.

The Chinook Indian Nation Tribal Council has endorsed the project, together with local partners, including Port District #1 (operator of Elochoman Marina) and the Town of Cathlamet (Grant Applicant). The Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners also supported the Town’s grant application.

The project as conceived will create initial signage for a projected Chinook Heritage

Trail in the lower Columbia area (including Wahkiakum and Pacific County, Wash. and Clatsop County, Ore.), representing the historic indigenous homeland of the Chinook Nation. Both confirmed sites are already under public ownership, including the Elochoman Marina (an existing Lewis & Clark heritage site) and Queen Sally’s Park (owned by the Town), where oral history recounts that the Corps of Discovery drew water in November 1805, during their journey downriver to the Pacific Ocean. The Queen Sally site is named for Queen Sally, a Kathlamet tribal member credited with spotting as a girl the arrival of the Corps, and a known notable figure in the early history of the Town.

“We are very appreciative of the grant support from the Lewis & Clark Trail Stewardship Endowment along with endorsement by the Chinook Nation and our local partners,” said Cathlamet Mayor Dale Jacobson in a press release.

“We hope this will be the start of renewed recognition and celebration of the unique Tribal heritage of Cathlamet, along with the pioneer heritage we have long honored.”

For more info: http://lewisandclark.org/grants/index.php http://lewisandclark.org/grants/index.php

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By Alice Dietz The following is an excerpt from an article written by Alice Dietz and published in the Northwest Public Power Association monthly magazine. For a copy of the full article, learn more about Cowlitz PUD or schedule a representative to present to a community group, email adietz@cowlitzpud.org

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n the summer of 2019, with a modest budget, Cowlitz PUD set out to create a 10-minute video that gives the audience a tour of our clean power resource portfolio, a brief history of Public Power and Cowlitz PUD, issues facing the utility, fish mitigation and an emphasis on the importance of the hydro system. We then hosted our state legislative delegation for an onsite tour of our Operations Center, presented the video, and opened the remainder of the meeting up for a policy discussion.

Rather than try and squeeze an hour’s worth of conversation into a 10-minute legislative session meeting, we had the representatives’ full attention and created the opportunity for open dialogue. As the session draws near and we find ourselves squeezed into our representatives’ offices, rather than try to cover these broad topics in the limited time schedule, we will remind them of the legislative tour in which they participated and why those topics continue to be important to Public Power.

But is legislative outreach enough? We don’t think so and all the regional surveys we are seeing would indicate we need to be doing more to convince not only our representatives of the importance of Public Power, but our communities, as well. Northwest River Partners reported survey results showing a steady decline in support for clean hydro. A recent survey by the Washington Public Utility District Association revealed that a substantial portion of the public does not know that they are owners of their utilities.

And a local survey completed in Cowlitz County had similar results. It is clear we need to do a better job of informing our customers, who have the ability to make substantial impacts in supporting the legislative needs of Public Power.

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Alice Dietz is Communications/ Public Relations Manager at Cowlitz PUD. Reach her at adietz@cowlitzpud.org, or 360-501-9146.

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