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ren’t we fortunate that local businesses and organizations sponsor free outdoor summer concerts in our communities? The lineup of performers is amazing this year (see listing, page 30). What fun to throw together a snack box — or go all out and devise a “designer picnic” to share with family and friends, while relaxing and enjoying live music in one of our beautiful parks. There is even summer music on our local volcano, Mt. St. Helens!

We may be entering a new era with regard to Mt. St. Helens. Many of us cherish nostalgic memories of Spirit Lake and the mountain before its eruption in 1980. The camping, huckleberry-picking, boating, fishing and hiking were glorious. We’ll never forget Harry Truman, summer camp, snipe hunting and singing around the campfire. What a loss when it all changed. But Mt. St. Helens need not forever remain a symbol of grief and destruction. Or a shrine to what once was.

It’s been 33 years and Nature has worked a miracle. Some community leaders — a few who were not even born yet when the mountain blew! — are gently helping us “turn the page.”

The volcano and surrounding area offer a mountain of new possibilities.

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Mountains of music Yes, something big is afoot at Mt. St. Helens. Authority over one segment of long locked up electrical power has been passed from the U.S. Forest Service to Cowlitz County PUD. This will benefit all property owners along SR-504, from Milepost 22 to Cold Water Ridge. “This is a major step in promoting economic ON THE COVER Scenes from Cowlitz Community Farmers Market, Longview.

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development along the corridor,” wrote Mark Smith, who owns EcoPark Resort in Toutle.

Meanwhile, new hiking, mountain bike and snowshoe trails are being developed. Alice Dietz mentions many of the attractions along Spirit Lake Highway (SR-504) in her column “Beyond the Eruption” this month (see page 31). Some 300,000 visitors come to Mt. St. Helens each year, Alice told me. Two-thirds of them travel from foreign countries. We locals must be missing something!

When is the last time you made the short, 52-mile jaunt up Spirit Lake Highway? Maybe it’s time to venture to the mountain — again or for the first time. Let’s all get ready to take a “new look” at Mt. St. Helens.

A great opportunity presents itself on June 29 when Arts & Vines invites us tour from Castle Rock to the mountain, sipping local wines and enjoying Northwest art at various venues along the way (see ad, page 19). The day culminates at Johnston Ridge with Music on the Mountain (see ad, page 22).

Columbia River Reader’s bus will be on the scene. Stop by for your free gift and enter our drawing for an invitation to a future bus excursion.

Rumors are flying about recent sightings of Bigfoot in the vicinity.

Maybe we’ll get lucky and catch a glimpse. Some people say Bigfoot is drawn by the sound of drums.

Enjoy the music of summer.

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Quips & Quotes ~ Letter to the Editor Armchair Travel: Visit Our National Treasures Biz Buzz Miss Manners Cover to Cover: Top 10 Bestsellers/ Book Review From the Bedside Manor: Vacation & Exercise My Slant: Crop-sharing / Why I Garden Farmers’ Market Listings Fresh Food Growers Listings My Slant: Family Gardening, by Diane Pond Family Plot: Establishing Roots Northwest Gardener: Play Dirty this Summer Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter Man in the Kitchen: Grow Herbs for the Smell of It Out & About ~ Arts & Vines / Pomeroy House Bucket List ~ You Can Go Back Where Do You Read the Reader?

Health & Wellness: Summer Games for Men Outings & Events Calendar / Music Scene Lower Columbia Informer ~ Atlantis: Our Empire?

Movie Reviews: “The Great Gatsby” and “Mud” Columbia River Dining Guide Northwest Gardener Bonus: Vermi-culture The Spectator ~ CRR Writers: Food for Thought What’s Up Under the Bridge? Port of Longview Columbia River Reader / June 15 – July 14, 2013 / 3

Letter to the Editor 5 Years Ago Favorites re-run in memory of Jean Carnine Bruner

I changed the light bulbs to energy safe light bulbs and I’m buying a hybrid car. Little things that people can do every day make a huge difference.

--Paris Hilton Well, I thought it was funny.

--Stephen Colbert No American should go through life without knowing a river, some river, and the wilder the better.

--Wallace Stegner, in Sierra Magazine

It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight.

--Edward Abbey, ecologist To be conscious that you are ignorant is a step to knowledge.

--Benjamin Disraeli

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y wife, Marty, and I enjoy taking group tours and have traveled with Road Scholar on many an occasion. Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) was created in 1975 to promote educational adventures for those 55 and older. Leafing through their catalog, we found a bus coach tour that included seven national parks. On this tour, we visited Yosemite (established 1890), Sequoia (1890), Kings Canyon (1940), Joshua Tree (1994), Bryce Canyon (1928), and Zion (1919) — none of which we had previously visited. While our children were younger we did not travel through the eastern parts of California, let alone travel to Arizona or Utah.

Yosemite was the first park on the tour. Marty’s great grandfather (her mother’s grandfather) and family visited this park in 1897 using a wagon pulled by horses, leaving from Riverside, “There can be nothing in the world more California. Another park on the tour would be Kings Canyon, beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the which also interested her because her mother and grandfather, giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of residents of Sacramento, California, visited the park in 1936 the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, during a High Sierra pack the Three Tetons; and our people should see trip. to it that they are preserved for their children At each site we were joined and their children’s children forever, with by an instructor steeped their majestic beauty all unmarred.” in knowledge about its Longview resident ~ Theodore Roosevelt particular geology, animals, John Freeman is a retired high school and flowers. This helped us understand how and when these natural formations developed and why math teacher who enjoys cooking, they are the color that they are. Traveling during the month of May, we travel and music. saw many of the waterfalls that by mid to late summer will dry up. Each park has unique features that inspire and overwhelm — in Yosemite, cont page 11

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Port of Longview operating revenue tips $33 million in 5th record year

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The Port of Longview recently announced its 2012 year-end results showing continued momentum – posting a new record for operating revenue for the fifth year in a row.

The strong year elevates the Port to the third largest port in Washington State by operating revenue only behind the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle, and now leading the Port of Vancouver, Washington.

Located 66 river miles from the Pacific Ocean, The Port of Longview is the first Southwest Washington full-service operating port with strategic transportation connections on the deep-draft Columbia River shipping channel. Port facilities include eight marine terminals and waterfront industrial property with direct connections to main-line rail and interstate highway systems. Cargo handling specialties include all types of bulk cargos and breakbulk commodities such as steel, lumber, logs, pulp, paper, project and heavy-lift cargo. For more information, visit www.portoflongview.com.

The annual report revealed a significant increase of nearly 20% in operating income over 2011, which was also a record year. The numbers showed continued strength in the Port’s diversified portfolio, with bulk grains and agricultural products, calcined petroleum coke, logs, steel and wind energy cargo helping drive more business through the Port’s facilities, and more jobs in the region.

“We’re very proud of what we accomplished with the help of our customers and strategic partners in 2012,” said CEO Geir-Eilif Kalhagen in a press release. “We’ve worked hard to mitigate our risks during the recent global economic downturn and as we see the broader shipping markets coming back to life, we’re positioning ourselves to capitalize on the new opportunities we see on the horizon.”

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(From Hamlet, by William Shakespeare)

At the conclusion of one of several projects the Longview Rotary Club has accomplished to support literacy efforts in the community, a delegation of club members presented 58 books to Longview’s St. Helens Elementary School library this spring.

Pictured above, left to right: Harold Alexander, Cynthia Hanson (Longview SD Program Director for Linking Education and Parents), Sarah Koss, Dr. Suzanne Cusick, Chet Makinster, and Mark Purcell.

Alice Dietz was recently elected president of Longview Downtown Partnership. She will lead and coordinate the continuing efforts to revitalize Downtown Longview.

Dietz is the former owner/operator of The Brits English Tea Shoppe, and is currently employed as director of programs at Cowlitz Economic Development Council.

Jeff Bauman and Kenny Johnson are interning with Cowlitz PUD this summer. Both are electrical engineering students, Bauman at Washington State University Vancouver, and Johnson at Gonzaga University. Bauman, who managed a Longview gas station/convenience story for 11 years before going back to school, will graduate after Jeff Bauman completing studies in renewable energy and mathematics. Johnson developed a power-generating floor mat for his senior design project at Gonzaga.

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1. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m writing a memoir and want to write honestly how I experienced incidents involving other persons, while including the caveat that the other persons may have felt very differently about the same incidents. I think these other people would rather I not write about them at all. Where does self-expression and one’s right to tell one’s memories end, and other people’s right not to be included in my written memories begin?

GENTLE READER: Every writer must be a voracious reader. Miss Manners recommends that you read libel law.

It is true that your parents will probably not sue you for saying you had a rotten childhood, and that plenty of successful writers have written about people they know in ways that may not have pleased those people.

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Miss Manners is not saying that you should not attempt this, thus possibly discouraging what may be a great piece of literature illuminating the human condition. She is only asking you to be aware of the effect on others and not sacrifice their feelings unnecessarily.

2. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had an overnight guest who proudly informed me the next day that I need not change the linens on the bed since he had not slept between the sheets!

I was appalled but did not feel it was appropriate to inquire exactly where he actually slept. I assumed it was on top of the blanket and under the quilt since this occurred in the wintertime.

This is not the first time this type of thing has happened, although in the past the guest was a young adult and I assumed it was just youthful ignorance. This time the guest was my father-in-law!

Of course, I still had to strip the bed of all linens, including the blanket and quilt, and launder everything.

How does a hostess politely explain that she expects her guests to sleep between the sheets and that not doing so creates more, not less, work for her?

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Another precaution would be to say graciously, on the next visit, “I know you like to sleep on top of the bed, so I’ve had the blanket cleaned for you.” If he protests, you must reply, “No, no, it was no trouble at all. I want you to be comfortable.”

St. Helens Community Federal Credit Union is giving a boost to HOPE of Rainier’s “Keep HOPE Alive!” fundraising campaign through the month of June. Those wishing to contribute financially may do so at SHCFCU’s St. Helens, Scappoose and Rainier locations.

3. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I watch TV together only on weekends. Last night we were watching a movie and the phone rang. My wife answered it. It was a friend of hers calling to say hi and chat. They stayed on the phone for half an hour.

The credit union will also sponsor a Recycle Drive (aluminum cans and bottles) on Saturday, June 29, 9am–1pm at the Rainier branch, 118 East “A” Street. Proceeds will benefit HOPE. $16,829 raised as of June 12 to “Keep HOPE Alive!”

who refrains from using the simple amenities. Plus, as you point out, it can create extra work.

When the call was done, my wife asked me if I was angry, and I said yes, I thought it was rude of her to interrupt our evening together to talk on the phone. She disagreed, saying I was inflexible, and that it is not always possible to ask a friend if she could call back the next day to talk. What do you think?

GENTLE READER: Frankly, watching television together hardly seems like such a romantic activity as to be inviolate. If your wife were taking calls during dinner, or your weekend Scrabble game, Miss Manners would feel differently.

••• Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

“The goal is within reach,” said HOPE Board Chairman Larry Wallace. “We have been amazed by the generosity of the community and are confident we will raise the needed $20,000.”

With increased food demand during the prolonged economic recession, rising food costs and a significant cut in United Way funding, the organization launched an urgent campaign in late March.

Rainier Mayor Jerry Cole proclaimed April the month of HOPE. Donations, which are tax-deductible, may also be mailed to HOPE, PO Box 448, Rainier, OR 97048, or delivered to the food bank at 404 E. “A” Street (11-4 Mon, Tues, Wed, 2-7pm Thurs). Local organizations and groups are encouraged to sponsor fundraisers to benefit HOPE. For more information, call 503-5560701.

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ho among us lives without guilt?

Probably only the very young and the morally insensitive. Yet some people just seem made for guilt. It fits them like a custom tailored hair shirt.

Tom Sherbourne is a decent, thoughtful and principled man who feels his guilt—for having betrayed his mother when he was a small boy, for what he had to do in the Great War, and perhaps most, for returning unscathed when so many came back badly maimed, or didn’t return at all.

Perhaps it is the most decent among us who feel their guilt the sharpest.

Tom becomes a lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, perched between

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In time, he meets and marries Isabel, a spirited, young woman, and they share an idyllic life together, in time and tune with the tides.

He traced the constellations as they slid their way across the roof of the world from dusk to dawn. The precision of it, the quiet orderliness of the stars, gave him a sense of freedom. There was nothing he was going through that the stars had not seen before, somewhere, some time on this earth. Given enough time, their memory would close over his life like a healing wound.

All would be forgotten, all suffering erased.

turn her over to the authorities to be placed in an orphanage?—Tom buries the man, sets the boat once more adrift, and they pretend the baby is their own, naming her Lucy (from the Latin word for “light.”)

However, after two The joy the three miscarriages and the find together still-birth of her baby continues until boy, Isabel falls into a several years later deep depression. Then when Lucy is a something miraculous toddler. Visiting happens: a boat the mainland on a ~ from The Light Between Oceans bumps up against the vacation, they learn rock, carrying a dead the story of the boat, man and a squalling and of the mother, baby girl. Tom wants to report the still devastated by the disappearance occurrence, but Isabel convinces him of her baby daughter. that the infant is theirs, a gift from Tom wrestles with the moral dilemma: God, to replace their dead son.

What is best for Lucy? What is best Out of his love for Isabel and concern for Isabel? And what about the for the infant—How could they grieving mother who has held on to a fragile hope that her child still lives?

For Isabel, the answer is clear: Lucy is now their daughter.

A number of reviewers have described this story as “heartbreaking,” “heartrending,” and “heartwrenching.” What’s left for me? They took all the best words. [Hint: Don’t look for a happy ending.]

The Light Between Oceans is a beautifully written, poignant story of the choices good people make for good reasons, and the guilt they must live with when facing the consequences of those choices.

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From the Bedside Manor

VACATION Renewer -vs- spoiler?

By Richard Kirkpatrick, M.D.

Take your New Year’s resolution along

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hen June comes, most of us begin thinking of vacation, especially as the rain continues to fall. But if you have kept your New Year’s Resolution to exercise daily, vacation can pose danger.

You see, on vacation, we not only leave our established routines (translation: good habits), but also we let down our guard regarding the health nemeses of overeating and inactivity.

It takes a fair amount of discipline to stick to those resolutions, no matter what life places in front of you (like bad weather and good food).

On vacation: How to maintain your commitment to exercise daily – no misses, no excuses •Renew the commitment and beware of the seduction of vacation. Remind yourself of your New Year’s Resolution.

•Set up specific plans to counteract/ contradict those urges to cut loose.

•If you must modify your program due to details of the vacation, start your new workout BEFORE you leave; establish it as your regular routine before you go.

•Set a specific time for accountability, like every Sunday night. Take a few moments to plan the following week’s fitness activities.

•If you slip up, do double duty to make up for the omission. This helps you to regain your self esteem about your new (as of 1/1/13) lifestyle. Figure it’s like a “mulligan” in golf. Don’t let a failure cause you to quit.

machine could be 80 or 120 elsewhere.

In other countries, everything may be measured in kilograms and kilometers.

Get help finding a gym Ask the hotel/motel concierge, who may have free coupons for trial memberships. Overseas, ask the concierge or US Embassy staff.

Consider alternate ways of weight training You may have to purchase those plastic collapsible dumbbells that hold 20-30 pounds of water for dumbbell- based exercising of arms, shoulders, chest and neck/traps. If you’re camping, take some dumbbells along (adjustable weight rather than fixed weight). You could also do body-weight exercises like pull-ups and push-ups, wall squats, deep knee bends, sit-ups and calf raises. Or lift suitcases or other heavy objects (or even people) For short-term use, you might try isometrics (pushing as hard as you can against an immoveable object for a minute or two at a time). but this is considered somewhat hazardous because it raises your blood pressure.

For aerobic conditioning Consider other options besides gymbased ellipticals, treadmills, stair climbers, and bikes. Most often this means jogging, but sometimes that

Key to success: the gym For most of us, a key to our success is the gym environment and perhaps even specific equipment, which may not be available on our trip. Find a gym that’s open hours that fit with other activities of the trip. For many, this means going to the gym late after dark.

Many gyms, such as Snap, Gold’s, LA Fitness, Bally, and 24-Hour Fitness are available 24/7 in most cities, even internationally. Note that the machines are often calibrated differently; 100 pounds on a local 10 /June 15 – July 14, 2013 / Columbia River Reader

can be hazardous, particularly in urban or international areas. Ask the concierge, local contacts, or Embassy personnel about safe locations and safe hours. If the environment is dangerous, try running indoors; most hotels have interior stairwells that you can run/walk up or down. (How I remember the Seattle Westin’s 47 flights of stairs.) You can also do jumping jacks or jogging in place, to get the heart rate up. Or try circuit training with your body-weightmoving exercises….(10 repetitions, then a different exercise for 10 reps, then another, and so forth, without rest in between.)

Most hotels, nowadays, have “fitness centers.” These generally contain two or three aerobic machines (bike, treadmill, elliptical) and either a few dumbbells or a “universal” machine that can be used for about six exercises. Problems include broken equipment, aerobic machines calibrated in metrics, limited hours, and crowded conditions. Some hotels have formal relationships with nearby health clubs or the YMCA, providing a temporary free membership.

If your facility has a pool, you can swim laps for aerobic needs, and use cupped hands to push against the

water, to reconstruct basic weight exercises (bench and shoulder press, arm curls and reverse curls, etc.).

Equipment and environment must not deter you Remember, we work out every day — no misses, no excuses. We’re getting our bodies in shape so that we feel better today, and qualify for health care procedures tomorrow.

Editor’s note: Dr. Kirkpatrick’s suggestions are not meant to substitute for medical advice from reader’s own physicians. Individuals vary; check with your doctor about what exercise approach is recommended for you. To read his previous article about exercise, visit crreader.com, click on “Digital Magazine” and navigate to January 2013, page 9.

••• Dr. Kirkpatrick practices medicine with Kirkpatrick Family Care in Longview.

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City officials estimate that 10,000 people normally enjoy the fireworks display. “We know that people line up on the Washington side. We know that people boat in from Portland and stay for the weekend,” said Crystal Farnsworth, the City of St. Helens’ communications officer.

The fireworks, launched from Sand Island and best viewed from Columbia View Park on the riverside in St. Helens Old Town, will follow day-long events, including an art show and ice cream eating and garbage can painting contests.

“We’re really focused on familyfriendly activities for the entire family,” said Farnsworth. “You’re not going to be lacking for activities that day. And you can’t beat our venue.

There’s nothing else like it on the waterfront.”

July 4th Events in St. Helens Old Town 8:30 Doggie Dash/Elks Club Pancake Breakfast 11:00 Patriotic Bike Parade 3pm “Everyman’s War,” screening at Columbia Center Auditorium 6pm Sweetwater Band plays at Columbia View Amphitheatre 10pm Fireworks For more info, call J.J. Duehren, who is heading up the fundraising effort for this year’s show, at 503-312-5521.

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the massive and towering “Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the granite El Capitan, the half dome, Yosemite Falls; freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the in Sequoia and Ki ngs grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy Canyon, the ancient and garden nooks full of nature’s darlings. Climb the giant sequoia trees (some mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s thousands of years old) peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into with names of General trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into Sherman, General Grant, Oregon, and Fallen you and the storms their energy, while cares will Monarch; in Joshua Tree, drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one the singular Joshua Tree source of enjoyment after another is closed, but — not really a tree but a nature’s sources never fail.”

Yucca, and boulder piles; at

~ from “Our National Parks,” 1901 South Rim Grand Canyon, multicolored, a mile deep, 4 to 18 miles wide, California Condors flying overhead; at Bryce Canyon (not really a canyon but a series of amphitheaters), surreal landscapes of hoodoos and pink cliffs; in Zion, emerald pools, towering Navajo sandstone forms with names of Court of the Patriarchs, Weeping Rock, and Temple of Sinawava.

Viewing in person All of these sites range in altitude from around 2000 feet in Joshua Tree to slightly over 9000 feet in Bryce Canyon. I have looked at paintings or photographs of the sights we saw but nothing can compare to viewing them in person to appreciate the wonder of nature. Theodore Roosevelt stated this after visiting many of these natural areas.

On a historical note...

There are 60 designated National Parks, 58 in the 50 states and two in U.S. Territories – one in American Samoa and one in U.S. Virgin Islands. Congress must vote to establish a national park. Yellowstone was the first, in 1872. The most recent, Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, was established in 2004. A National Monument is a protected area similar to a National Park, except that the President can quickly declare one without the approval of Congress. This power comes from the 1906 Antiquities Act. The first National Monument designated was Devil’s Tower in Wyoming in 1906. The Mt. St. Helens National Monument, proclaimed in 1982, is one of 108 National Monuments in the United States.

Our group leader had us guess the total number of miles we had travel during the tour. I was way under by 1000 miles. The bus driver’s official count was 2830 miles. You can tailor your visit by selecting just one to visit or visit as many as you like.

Making reservations for any type of accommodation is strongly encouraged. The parks have visitor numbers ranging from one million to four million per year with most from May through September. Whether you like camping, staying in a modest motel, or staying in a grand lodge, the choice is yours.

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Crop sharing

Farm to Table / My Slant

Why I garden

Fresh produce subscriptions quickly spoil (you)

Pleasure and passion combine with pragmatism

CSA is shorthand for Community Supported Agriculture. Joining a CSA means that the consumer purchases shares from a local food producer. In return, the CSA member receives fresh, local food. A CSA is a great way to become familiar with the source of your food while cutting out the long supply line inherent in most commercially-available foods.

Potential Risks: There can be variability in what produce arrives from week to week. Seasons and natural forces are at work on the farm.

Hail, rain, sun, heat, fungus, animals and bugs will affect the production in one way or another. Most CSA farmers plant/grow a diverse set of species. Some varieties thrive one year and not the next.

Here’s how a CSA usually works: A family pays a lump sum at the beginning of the farm season. The farmer invests this money in the farm, purchasing seed, maintaining equipment and covering season start-up and production costs.

The farmer delivers fresh produce, or eggs or meat products to the shareholder on a regular schedule. It’s a simple way for ensuring a weekly supply of fresh, wholesome food grown in your community.

Guaranteed Risk: You will become spoiled! You will find that regular store-bought produce tastes pasty and dull after eating fresh whole foods straight from the farm.

love vegetables. But I grew up with a very limited vegetable vocabulary. After college, a vegetarian friend introduced me to my first artichoke. my first squash, my first asparagus, my first beet, my first broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts; my first spinach, chard, kale and collards. We ate them simply, with salt and pepper, a little butter (which I had only discovered the year before) and fresh lemon. What a revelation! And coming just at an age when I was discovering pleasure and passion in all kinds of places!

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A CSA is a collaboration that ensures a secure source of income for the small farmer, while bringing in a bounty for the person who will enjoy the food. It provides the ultimate in freshness. And it is an excellent way to know where and how your food is produced. These are benefits usually lacking in the big chain grocery stores.

What to consider when signing up for a CSA service A CSA usually asks for full payment up front. An investment often between $200 and $500.

R e w a r d s : Yo u receive very fresh, tasty food at fair prices throughout the season. Other rewards include: improved health, broad sample of veggies, deeper connection with the Earth and its bounty and discovering new and fun ways to prepare and eat food.

••• Rick Sievers owns Moon Bear Produce near Battle Ground.

He offers organic veggies at both Salmon Creek Farmer’s Markets and through a CSA. He is also the author of three books of poetry. For more info, visit ricksfarm@yahoo.com or visit moonbearproduce.com/

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I have my own very personal reasons, too I garden because I find it immensely satisfying to redeem a small patch of soil, to turn a bit of orange clay into dark, crumbly humus.

I garden because, like a child of the Depression, I cannot bear to waste what nature so freely gives. Like the copious piles of leaves on our corner lot and the grass clippings that come with a large expanse of lawn. I just cannot cope with the thought of dumping everything in a landfill where it only exacerbates our problems, turning to methane and gassing up the atmosphere. It’s a combination of social conscience and hardnosed pragmatism.

Within another year, I was a vegetarian I could see no end to the variety of tastes I was discovering.

And it hasn’t ended.

I may no longer be a vegetarian but I still get excited when I also garden just for I discover a new a place to put our vegetable or a new compost. My worm way of preparing it. Kate Packard prepares her garden for bins turn our garbage (My current passion planting. into rich organic is for grilled fennel.) matter that others buy This is why I garden. in bags. I get it for free.

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By Kathleeen Packard

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In three years, with all we’ve invested in it — the compost, the labor, the grass and leaves, the coffee grounds and crushed egg shells, and the old Columbia River Readers that line our paths — our community garden plot has turned into a fluffy bed for deep, deep roots. Some things are so easy to grow that they are like weeds; things like rosemary and arugula and red sorrel.

Why pay $8 a pound for something that, once it’s planted, will be available for your pleasure essentially forever?

Abundance And there’s this: When my kids were young, we would spend Saturdays in summer and fall picking fruit at a u-pick orchard. When you are standing on a ladder in a giant cherry tree, surrounded by branches heavycont page 13

Farm to Table

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Salmon Creek Market Tuesdays • 11–3pm thru Sept. www.salmoncreekfarmersmarket.com Info: Ann Foster, 360-574-5093 At Legacy Hospital entrance 2211 NE 139th St., Vancouver, Wash.

Thursdays • 3–7 thru Sept 1315 NE 134th St., Vancouver.

Behind Biscuits Café Rainier Saturday Market 1st & 3rd • 10 - 3 thru Sept 5 Riverfront Park www.rainierchamberofcommerce Info: Mike Kreger 503-320-8303 michael.a.kreger@gmail.com

Two Islands Farm Market Fridays 3–6:00 pm 59 West Birnie Slough Rd, Cathlamet, Wash.

Columbia-Pacific Farmer’s Market Info: Mike and Kim 360-849-4492 Fridays • 3 – 6 thru Sep or Rob and Diane 360-849-4145 Downtown Long Beach, Wash.

Check us out on Facebook Info: Sarah Shapiro 503-621-6311 St. Helens Open Air Market www.longbeachwa.gov Thursdays • 2–9 Cowlitz Community Farmers Live music 6–9 at the Amphitheatre Market St. Helens Plaza, St. Helens, Ore. Tues and Sats • 9 – 2 Info: Heather Ebert 503-750-1918 7th Ave, Cowlitz Expo Center, Scappoose Community Club Longview, Wash.

Farmers Market Info: John Raupp Saturdays • 9 –2 Jrshamrockhill3@aol.com E. 2nd Street (street closed during www.cowlitzfarmersmarket.com market), Scappoose, Ore. (between City Downtown Bridge Market Hall & Library - visible from Hwy 30) Sundays • 10 - 3 Info: Bill Blank 503-730-7429 The Merk parking lot, 14th Ave wwwscappoosefarmermarket.com between Hudson and Broadway , Toledo Saturday Market Longview, Wash.

2nd & 4th Saturdays • 10 - 3 thru Sept Info: Betty Erickson 360-957-2515 Corner of 2nd and Cowlitz Ilwaco Saturday Market Downtown Toledo, Wash.

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laden with fruit, you can’t help but be awestruck by the bounty around you. Someone planted a tree and tended it for a number of years, and then it began giving back, and giving and giving and giving. Its primary needs, water and sun, were provided free of charge. I get the same feeling at harvest time in the garden - a sense of wonder at what abundance is ours for a very small investment of time and trouble. This is why I garden.

Golden garden opportunity If you haven’t got your garden in yet it’s not too late. The City of Longview still has nine 20’x40’ and seven 10’x40’ unclaimed community garden plots. For $53.50 ($35 for the smaller plot) plus an additional $5 for non-Longview residents, you get a patch of ground that is yours yearround. (How about fresh spinach, kale, chard and beets all year long?)

And the City provides water and piles of leaves for mulching, free of charge. You can’t beat that.

Wiggle room And if you are ready to begin turning your food waste into compost, contact me for a free supply of red worms, miraculous little creatures that can turn smelly yuck into living, breathing soil in a matter of days. See Nancy Chennault’s article on keeping a worm bin, page 37.

••• Longview native Kate Packard enjoys gardening and cooking. She sings with Lower Columbia College’s community choir and helps edit and proofread Columbia River Reader every month. Contact her at 360-423-2615 or packard.kd@gmail.com.

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Products: Vegetable starts, shelling and snap peas, cabbage, tomatoes, beans, squash (summer and winter), garlic, pumpkins, cucumbers, apples and pears. All garden produce grown organically.

Venues: Cowlitz Community Farmers Market and directly from the nursery.

Season/Hours: Produce available starting early August, except for the peas which are May/ June. Hours: 9-5 Mon-Sat, Sun 10-3, subject to change.

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Eggs available year round, chickens available in late summer, and pigs available in the fall (these must be ordered in the spring).

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Venue: CSA, Two Islands Farm Market Hours: 3–6:00 pm Fridays May - Oct

Watershed Garden Works (360) 423-6456

Scott & Dixie Edwards 2039 44th Ave., Longview, Wash. dixie@watershedgardenworks.com www.watershedgardenworks.com Products: Over 300 species of native plants. Wide variety of containerized edible and ornamental plants. Free range eggs, garlic, shallots, artichokes, tomatoes, basil, melons, fingerling potatoes, pickling cucumbers, peppers, french beans and many other crops grown without chemicals. Jams and jellies from Dixie’s commercial kitchen (Columbiana Foods).

Venue: Farm direct Season/hours: April - Nov. Tues-Fri 10–5, Sat 10–2.

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Carol Carver 541 W. Birnie Slough Rd., Puget Island. Cathlamet, Wash. islandsendfarm@gmail.com www.IslandsEndFarm.com Products: Vegetables and fruit, large variety, including year-round greens (kales and collards), Asian vegetables and heirloom tomatoes. Ferments: Cheese, sauerkraut. All grown in soil nurtured with organic practices for 30+ years.

Venue: Sold from telephone or email orders, Kenton Farmers Portland Market and Astoria Farmers Market.

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Van & Judy Youngquist 6620 Willow Grove Rd , Longview, Wash. youngq@cni.net Products: tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, green beans and sweet corn (in season) available at the produce stand on Willow Grove Rd., and pumpkins in October with gourds, corn stalks and hay bales. Please call or email for availability.

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Mike & Kim Howell 316 E. Little Island Rd., Puget Island, Cathlamet, Wash. howescar@centurytel.net www.littleislandfarm.com Products: Large variety of fruit, berries and vegetables; Local, all natural grass-fed meats (beef, pork, lamb and goat) sold by retail cuts (USDA Processed); pastured poultry meat (duck, chicken and turkey) and eggs. All meat products are hormone free and pasture raised (cage free). Fruits and vegetables are naturally grown and chemical free.

Venue: Farm direct, Two Islands Farm Market.

Season/Hours: Call ahead for availability of products. Visitors invited year-round.

Michael & Ruth McKee 8561 Willow Grove, Longview, Wash. pumpkinpatchatwillowgrove@yahoo.com Products: Salad greens, sugar snap peas, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, onions, summer and winter squash, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, beets, carrots and many other kinds of produce.

Venue: Cowlitz Community Farmers Market, CSA, Farm direct, U-pick pumpkins Season/ hours: June 15–Oct. 15, call for hours

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Note: There are likely other fresh food growers in the local area. These are the ones who responded to CRR’s invitation to be listed here. To be included in future Farm to Table issues, contact publisher@ crreader.com.

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My Slant

From seven acres to a small city lot

Kids turned out better than cows and vegetables

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They were either first or second generation farm escapees and saw no romance in things that smacked of farming — only work and dirt. My husband, Steve, and I on the other hand assumed that maybe the greatest generation had become noble by developing a great work ethic while “working the soil.” For this reason we bought seven acres in Castle Rock on which to raise cows, vegetables and kids. Luckily, the kids turned out better than the cows and vegetables.

Diversifying crops We had a substantial garden and after the first few years we figured out how to have it yield something besides 200 pounds of zucchini and one beet. For sure, it was a great place to work kids. We would assign each of the seven kids a section or row to keep watered and weeded. They absolutely hated it and could sometimes be found wailing in their row: “This is too hard.” They also refused to eat anything that grew in their row. The fruit trees and the animals were much more popular and the wide open spaces were wonderful. On balance, we would probably do it all again, although I have noticed none

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of our kids have opted to be “novice farmers.”

I think the yen must skip a generation.

One of the most exasperating things we dealt with was the wild critters.

We put an eight-foot wire fence around our plot when the proliferating deer became a nuisance. We buried chicken wire six inches below the ground at the base of the fence to keep out burrowing rabbits. The moles still came in underground and snatched our carrots and beets from underneath. When the crows started coming, Steve said: “We will share, as I refuse to put netting over the top.”

Impossibly gross As desert-bred people, we found the slugs impossibly gross. Our first summer in the country, I went out our back door to find a speckled slug the size of a yam eating out of the dog dish. That same summer I discovered the shock of going barefoot on our gorgeous lawn and stepping on what appeared to be somebody’s jungle rotted and discarded big toe ­— so yucky. Voracious, hideous slugs can decimate a garden. We salted them, stabbed them with our pitchfork and got them drunk.

Later, when we lived in France I refused to eat snails which, in my opinion, are only dressed up slugs even if you call them escargot. Eventually we controlled the slugs by encircling the garden with a line of grey Deadline. Very soon we realized we were growing the most expensive vegetables west of the Cascades. Of course it had never been about frugality. It had always been about bonding with nature, eating the product of our labors and making sure all our kids left home and went away to school at age 18.

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By Diane Pond

With the children all safely tucked away into their own lives, we now garden in several boxes on our small city lot. It is still not about frugality as we filled those carefully crafted boxes with gourmet soil and after the first year had to add boards and deepen our boxes with more gourmet soil. The tomatoes had waved their roots at us and ask if we really thought they were going to bear fruit while located in six inches of soil. We have enjoyed lots of snap peas and green beans and leeks and very fat, short carrots.

Cannot, will not can I am thrilled that Steve alternates flowers with vegetables as we don’t eat that much and I am done with canning. I only like things in a bottle that I didn’t put there.

We spray some and pull out a few weeds and battle the slugs with a dozen feet of Deadline, but we sleep soundly as our sprinkler system waters everything at 2am.

I really do love the gardening in this very pared down state. I should trim around those boxes, however, and prune back a few bushes. Please excuse me while I grab my nail scissors and Steve’s Schick razor. Ahh, this is the good life.

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has learned how to plant, fertilize, and care for a garden.

She’s watched her mother can the produce and knows when we’re eating those homemade goodies that a lot of work and love went Dean Piotrowski and his daughter harvest rhubarb for the day’s dessert. into them. There’s nothing better than he’s my little girl, she’s great hearing your little one announce: fun and a great helper. And I’ve “This pie came from our raspberry found that through our “chores” bushes!” she’s learning a great deal. Whether We’ve had great discussions about it’s fractions (one slug cut in half is temperature control in the greenhouse two halves of one slug) or learning and have enjoyed long walks in the the facts of life through Pretty Pete woods, talking about the various the rooster and his harem-o-hens, Arbor Society trees we’ve planted our little one is living and learning all (magnolia, sugar maple, chocolate the time — without even knowing it. mimosa).

While bike riding, my wife pointed out an old dogwood that was blooming.

Our miniature horticulturist then shared that we have a dogwood in Vote the greenhouse. And that when it’s C.J. Nickerson ready, “Daddy will plant it along the driveway.” She knows the variety of every tree in the greenhouse and in Students should be at the the yard.

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We moved to the country for this very reason: to give our youngest the best possible childhood. What we’re finding is that everything we do is a learning experience, whether it’s mathematical equations masked as egg gathering or basic psychology through how we treat animals (kindness and consistency breed trust). Building nesting boxes began a fascination with the tape measure (I found it in her little pink purse the other day), and reading the “chicken book” is one of her favorite bedtime stories (my wife really appreciates that one).

She’ll proudly tell you she’s a good chicken farmer and always has an eagle eye out for the hawks and other predators that could hurt her little brood.

Separating our food waste into treats for the chickens, the dogs, and the compost bin teaches the differing preferences, proper composting as well as the importance of the “sniff” test. Through it all, our little gardener

You know it’s sinking in when a little voice tells your wife: “The chocolate mimosa has its own water jug now.

We poked a hole in a milk jug so the water comes out ever-soslowly.”

These are the times that she and I will fall back on when we’re not seeing eye to eye.

My wife asked me this morning, “Should we do something fun as a family today?”

“We’ve been having fun all day,” I replied. “We watered the trees, checked the plants in the greenhouse, fed the chickens and talked the entire time. It’s been a great day.”

And though my wife was hoping for a different answer, she had to admit it sounded like a great day. I guess the blessing that I’m most grateful for is this time with my girl, that she’ll come play

with me, and how she loves to learn — even when she’s not aware of it happening. These are the times that she and I will fall back on when we’re not seeing eye to eye.

Because no matter what happens, we will always have chickens, orchards, and gardens to talk about.

••• Dean Piotrowski describes his family’s 20-acre mini-farm in Lewis County as “off the beaten path and a stone’s throw from Heaven.” He is vice president of commercial lending at Heritage Bank in Longview.

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Nancy Chennault and cousins play in the dirt.

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emembering my childhood summers, I can’t recall any one collection of “precious memory moments” that steered me toward a lifetime of gardening. Typically, I spent the long days of summer outdoors. My siblings and cousins spent the majority of our daylight hours digging in the dirt when visiting “Gram” at Belly Acres, near Castroville, California (the artichoke capital.) See above photo, circa 1951.

We farmed before there was a “Farmville.” We rode the range on imaginary horses and engineered “creeks and Local gardener rivers” with the garden hose.

Nancy Chennault Sometimes we pulled weeds. was born with a hose in her hand…

The painfully boring chore of well, almost. removing the grass from the Today, she and iris bed outside my Grandma’s her husband Jim kitchen window stays with me garden on their to this day. sunny, wooded property near Castle Rock where they grow vegetables to feed the body and flowers to feed the soul.

Plenty to go outside for Summer in the Pacific Northwest presents unique opportunities to give our children and grandchildren many reasons to go play outside.

The days are long and often sunny.

Usually not hot enough for swimming, but just right for a game of “creeks and rivers.” Grandparents become daycare providers and sometimes moms and/ or dads get to stay home more. When Mom and Dad can play in the dirt, it is even more fun. cont page 28

Photos, clockwise from top:Wwhat could be more appealing than harvesting strawberries grown right in front of your eyes? Great-Gramma Bev knows where to find the perfect nosegay of Lily of the Valley; September sunflowers are ready to shed. A young Ella Chennault picks a sunflower bloom to reveal the seed to be dried; as if pondering his next move in a chess game, Parks Chennault contemplates building a house for his forest fairies. Doc, one of the Seven Dwarfs, lives in the woods at Nannie and Boppy’s (his grandparents) home. Nora, Jay and Kari Chennault create herb gardens to add fresh flavors to summer meals. run ahead of the pack

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MAN IN THE KITCHEN Paul Thompson

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dd new zest to your cooking and plant herbs in your garden this year. Now’s the time. Fresh young plants are available and an easy way to get started. Dried herbs don’t compare to the taste and quality of fresh ones. Fresh herbs have oils that dried ones lose in their processing.

They can be mixed into a recipe or added as a final garnish on top.

One of my most useful fresh herbs is parsley, adding its subtle flavor to many dishes. There are two varieties of parsley: the Italian, flat leaf type and the curly leafed type. The curly type is what we push aside on our plates in restaurants. The flat leaf has many uses in salads, garnishes and even soups.

Parsley is a lone biennial and must be replaced every two years.

New to my garden this year is sorrel which, according to Wikipedia, has been cultivated for centuries.

“The leaves may be puréed in soups and sauces or added to salads; they have a flavor similar to kiwifruit or sour wild strawberries.

The plant’s sharp taste is due to oxalic acid, which is a poison. In small quantities sorrel is Paul Thompson moved harmless; in t o L o n g v i e w f r o m large quantities Sequim a year ago, it can be fatal.” also “transplanting” his Yikes, I will use gargoyle to watch over his kitchen garden featuring it sparingly. basil, Italian parsley and I also grow sorrel (shown here, at a number of base of gargoyle).

other herbs, annuals and perennials: chives, basil, dill, thyme and rosemary, so far. It’s such a pleasure to pick a leaf, squish it between my fingers and smell it. Try it.

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A-tisket, a-tasket Fill that wooden basket Story by Suzanne Martinson • Photo by Bob Martinson

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et’s get one thing perfectly straight: Filling your wooden basket at the farmers’ market is one thing. Emptying it is quite another. On these first days of summer, it’s almost impossible not to grab more than we can gobble.

Northwest strawberries arrived early this year. “We usually have Memorial Day off,” said Erin Thoeny, carefully picking out the best berries for buyers. Thoeny Farms in Woodland is a longtime fixture at the Cowlitz Community Farmers Market. My first market day at the fairgrounds a dynamic duo sang the late George Jones’ country hit, “I Will Always Love You” — surely all about my passion for local strawberries. A bright red accent atop spring greens.

A farmers market is satisfying in so many ways. Once the sun elbows its way out of the clouds, dogs bark, shopping bags rustle, and personal testimonials flow.

“Try the little Walla Walla Sweets,” advised CRR travel writer Shirley Smith. The small onions were thinned from the rows so their sisters could grow larger.

A farmers market never fails to surprise. This time it’s “new potatoes” making their debut many weeks ahead of schedule. Were they held over from last year? No, these red and white spuds were planted in Eastern Oregon in January. “If we planted them here, they’d rot,” said seller Yvonne Krause of Jo’s Country Market in Clatskanie.

We may think, “Potatoes are potatoes,” but once we’ve tasted a baby spud fresh out of the ground, we know different. Shake them in olive oil in a zippered plastic bag, drop them onto a baking pan, sprinkle with kosher salt, and roast in a 400-degree oven. They’re done when you can easily prick them with a fork.

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A roasted new potato can be dropped into a fresh green salad, or eaten out of hand, giving whole new meaning to “Hanging onto life, like a hot potato.”

Say what?

I’ve always wondered what Ella Fitzgerald was really singing about when she wrote the lyrics for her 1938 song about the children’s game that featured “a green and yellow basket.”

In short: A tisket is the basket part.

A tasket is the handle part.

Sometimes, the rules for the rhyming, circle game required kissing.

~ Suzanne Martinson

My go-to staples for green salads are dried cranberries and nuts (toast walnuts or pecans on a baking tray in a moderate oven for 5 to 10 minutes).

Don’t wander off to catch a glimpse of HGTV’s “Love It or List It” because scorched nuts are not tasty.

Onions: mixed signals An exemplary green salad cries out for onions, too. But on our family farm in Michigan, onions sent mixed signals. Not for us a big slab of onion on our burger. Mom banned onions.

“Onions make your breath smell,” she said. Her delicious scalloped potatoes went to the table sans onions, until her four sisters-in-law insisted, “Scalloped potatoes needs onion.”

At the next family dinner, Mom’s potatoes had an onion. She didn’t cut it up, just put the whole onion

among the potato slices in the center of the casserole dish. “Easier to pick it out,” she explained.

So imagine my surprise on a recent trip to Michigan. When we went out to eat, I was shocked to see Mom order French onion soup. Twice. An onion conversion?

“Oh, I pick out the onions,” said Mom. “If you eat onions, you’ll never get a kiss.”

I would make an exception for my microwave recipe for scalloped potatoes, which give onions their good name — and kisses, too.

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As a youngster, I seldom saw a cranberry outside of Thanksgiving, cont page 28

Food writer Suzanne Martinson grew up in Michigan.

Farmers markets were in short supply then, because most farm families had a garden.She is the author of The Fallingwater Cookbook: Elsie Henderson’s Recipes and Memories. Contact her at acesmartinson@comcast.net.

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OUT • AND • ABOUT Pomeroy Living History Farm

“Life here was hard.”

Story & Photos by Erin Hart

If You Go

“Life here was hard.”

This is my father’s favorite thing to say on every museum visit or camping trip we take in the Northwest. And while the experience at Pomeroy Living History Farm sometimes reinforces that belief, there’s also something about the place that makes you yearn for the solitude and simplicity brought by living on a truly “backwoods” farm.

Are we there yet?

Driving to the farm is in itself a trip back through time. (And an exercise in patience if you have small children who feel that a 35-mile-an-hour speed-limit automatically means “we’re almost there.”)

F r o m t h e interstate, you drive through slightly urbanized farmland to a Battleground h o u s i n g development, then turn towards Lucia Falls and the state highways give way to more narrow roads, set Ruby Hart at Pomeroy’s petting zoo.

Pomeroy Living History Farm 20902 NE Lucia Falls Rd, Yacolt, WA 360- 686-3537 deep in the trees. In some places, the trees are so thick you wonder how original settlers could have ever imagined this to be decent farming country. But on arrival at Pomeroy, the trees have been removed and the green fields appear to have won hardfought battles against the surrounding hillsides.

Year-round events We came to Pomeroy during the recent Herb Festival, but there are multiple opportunities throughout the year to experience the farm. (www.pomeroyfarm.org) From their annual Steam Logging Show to holiday teas and their Fall Pumpkin Festival, it’s not hard to find an excuse to pack up the family and head to Pomeroy.

Getting there: From Interstate 5, take the NE 219th Street exit in Battleground and head east on 502.

Turn left on WA-503 (NE Lewisville Hwy), then right on NE Rock Creek Road. This will turn into NE Lucia Falls Road. Continue on and turn left into the Farm parking area.

Pomeroy’s hours are varied and can be found on their website (www.pomeroyfarm.org). They enthusiastically encourage school field trips, and often host private weddings and events, so call ahead to make sure your visit is well-timed.

As a member of the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums, Pomeroy is one of many farms providing a living history experience for modern-day families.

Check out the ALHFAM website (www.alhfam.org) for more information.

Living History Originally a 160-acre homestead in the 1920s, Pomeroy has today become a non-profit run by the original heirs, and emphasizes the educational experience to be gained by seeing how an authentic early-20th-century farm functioned. And guess what?

“Life here was hard.” cont page 22

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If it’s open on your visit, make sure to tour the original farmhouse. Volunteer docents enthusiastically share the story of how the house was built, burned down, and then rebuilt around the surviving fireplace. They will highlight the economies of space in the kitchen, and point out to the small children on the tour what’s missing from the

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kitchen. “Do you see a sink?

A refrigerator? Do you know how they washed the dishes?”

Of course, my youngest found the hidden plumbing in the cold-storage pantry that had been modernized in the 1960s, but the point was not lost. The oil-fired stove is like nothing in their current experience, but my father (who grew up in the 1940s in homes that lacked some of these amenities) enjoyed helping the volunteers explain how these kitchens functioned. In the parlor, they allowed us to view images through their antique stereopticon. (My 3-year-old asked, “Is this a ViewMaster?,” referring to her plastic toy at home.)

In what I am sure is a similarity to children in the 1920s, the barn and animals are still the favorite attraction of modern kids.

Scarlet Hart enjoys a sweet treat from the honey vendor’s booth.

My daughters cheerfully fed the goats and squealed when goat tongues tickled the palms of their hands. With pigs, chickens, cows and hayrides through the winding path near the woods, the “Charlotte’s Web” references were flying.

During the Herb Festival, like many of their other weekend occasions, vendors were present selling everything from potted plants to fresh honey. In the field, antique yard toys were set-up for the kids. (Who knew that tossing a feather-tailed corncob through a hoop could keep kids busy for an hour? Why should anyone ever buy an iPad?) Madrigal singers in period costumes were singing in the sunlight with the moo-ing sounds of nearby contented cows backing them up.

Was life here really that hard?

Without cell phone service and with the parking lot hidden behind trees, it’s quiet at Pomeroy.

(Even the voices of those singers only carry so far.) I bought a ticket to take the girls on a hayride around the circumference of the farm. Nearing the end of the day, we were the only ones on the flatbed, and outside of the rumble of the tractor, it was quiet. Even the girls were quiet, riding through the muddy roads beneath the vine maple and fir trees. As the festival tents became more distant, wind in tree branches and bird sounds became the only peripheral noise, and for a little while, life felt incredibly easy.

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he smell of the pine and the sound of the river awakened my memory as I trudged through the forest. I had made separate trips to this mountain wonderland with each of my two sons, my daughter and my future son-in-law when they were in their teen years some 30-plus years ago. There had been other hikes to this country, several with good friends, a couple with youth from church and even one very special adventure many years ago with my wife. Each trip had its special memory tag: the one where we saw the bear climb the tree; the trip when Bill caught the monster fish; the one where Butch and I rambled the mountains rolling monster boulders; the pristine waters, the backcountry food, camp coffee.

“Oh well, you are only young once, and the way I looked at it, we were younger at that moment than we would ever be again!” ~ Terry Tack

I had put these memories away for the last 15 years, knowing full well I would never be back to these mountains. My knees were banged up from too much running, climbing, and a very untimely horseback riding accident which left me with a crooked leg and a limp.

Each fall hunting trip had me take a closer look at that man in the mirror. Where had the days of energy, endurance and exuberance gone?

My physician had stated emphatically that I should put off any knee replacement (this was the only fix) until after I turned 60, so after one more pain-wracked hunting trip to Wyoming in 2007, I submitted myself to the process. I just could not go any further. Well your knee-bone is connected to your hip-bone and your hip-bone is connected to your heart-bone (I think that is what they say in Gray’s anatomy, isn’t it?), and before you know it all three were under major repair, Humpty Dumpty style. cont page 27

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Bob and Chris Simmons, of Kelso, in Venice. Photo by traveling companion Michael Perry, taken from the balcony at his apartment.

Down under The Emmanuel Lutheran Church (Longview) FOCS group took a trip to Australia and New Zealand in Nov 2012. Pictured here, with Sydney Opera House in the background: Bill Whitaker, Kelso; Janet Grizzard, Vancouver, Wash; Anne Marie Grizzard, Seattle; Elizabeth, New York; Pauline Thomforde, Longview; Laritta Edwards, Rainer; Betty Rupp, Rainier; Judy Brown, Rainier; Margie Clark, Rainier; Dorene Salzsieder, Longview; Jean Lessollen, Kelso; Ron & Shirley Emerich, Rainier; Charlene Darby (holding the Reader), Longview; Dodie Burton, Longview; Betty Whitaker, Kelso; Becky Myhre, Longview

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In Thailand Kalama residents Walter and Hildegard Pistor at historic Ayutthaya, Thailand.

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a B s i c o s: Recycling 101 t k c a B PLASTICS

REVIEW

Acceptable Items

Items Not Acceptable

• Milk jugs • Soda and water bottles • Peanut butter or salad dressing containers.

Bring your #2 plastic bags back to the grocery store.

Acceptable Items • Cardboard (flattened) • Paper Egg Cartons • Cereal Boxes (no liner) • Milk Cartons

Empty contents and rinse lightly. Throw away plastic lids and caps.

• Toys, Styrofoam, pet carriers, plastic caps, lawn furniture, prescription bottles, plastic coat hangers, motor oil, pesticide or other solvent bottles, plastic packing peanuts and clear plastic cups & tubs

Place your recyclables into paper bags or directly into your recycling Container. Do not place into plastic bags.

CARDBOARD

Corrugated cardboard (used to hold paper, small appliances or boxes from warehouse stores), smaller boxes, such as cookie, gift boxes, and soda cartons.

Longview only accepts clean cardboard

Cardboard recyclables MUST BE CLEAN. Remove all contents from the box, including food, plastic liners, waxed paper, or Styrofoam packaging from inside the boxes. Flatten ALL boxes to conserve space.

GLASS

• Any blue colored glass, window glass or mirrors, ceramics, CorningWare or Pyrex, drinking glasses, crystal, or fluorescent light bulbs

• Any green, brown or clear glass food or beverage container Empty contents and rinse lightly. No need to remove lids, labels or rings.

Place the lids inside the cans - a safety feature for the recycling crew.

TIN & ALUMINUM

Acceptable Items • Aluminum, steel and tin cans (including drink, food, even pet food) and clean aluminum foil.

Items Not Acceptable

Empty contents and rinse lightly. Labels may stay on. Place the lids inside the cans - this is a safety feature for the crews sorting your recyclables.

• Propane cylinders, beach or lawn chairs, pots, pans or other scrap metal, contaminated foil, and motor oil or other automotive fluid cans.

Acceptable Items

• Juice boxes, milk cartons, phone books, newspaper and inserts, paperboard egg cartons, household paperboard boxes, hardback and paperback books, paper towel and toilet tissue tubes, junk mail (even window envelopes), mail order catalogs and other magazines, greeting cards and gift wrapping (no foil), shredded paper (please place in a paper bag), CLEAN and EMPTY food and snack boxes

Paper recyclables MUST BE CLEAN. Remove food, plastic liners or Styrofoam packaging from inside the boxes.

Recycling Rule of Thumb: When in doubt — throw it out!

If an item is reusable, please consider donating or reusing it before throwing it into the garbage.

In an effort to serve you better, the City has compiled common information that residents often request, plus created an easy way for you to communicate with us. Got a question?

Just Ask Longview!

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• Paper plates, cups and napkins, Styrofoam of any kind, waxed cardboard

Items Not Acceptable

Acceptable Items

MIXED PAPER

Items Not Acceptable

Items Not Acceptable Contaminated containers or boxes such as Styrofoam plastic cups, pizza boxes, paper towels, tissues, paper plates and cups, tinfoil type gift wrapping.

Most plastic bags are a solid color, preventing sorters from seeing the contents. Used needles or other hazardous materials are sometimes found; for safety reasons, such bags are not opened up.

For more information, visit our new website:

www.longviewrecycles.com

Bucket List

cont from page 23

After a year of gaining new parts, another year of endless rehab and another year of regaining lost muscle mass and strength, the man in the mirror, although well scarred, stood straighter and taller and looked like he might be ready to take another stab at an outdoor adventure Furrowed brow and angst So last winter, when my hiking pal, Kent Doehne, needled me a bit about making another trip into the Cascades to Klonaqua Lakes, our favorite spot, I thought: “Why not?”

Well, you might guess, there are lots of reasons why not when your body has been an exercise in “cut and paste.”

My family reminded me of this with furrowed brow and some angst when I announced my intentions to strap up and head out come August. Sure, I considered their concern and was glad for it, actually, but the mountains were calling, and any of you who have had an ear for the wide and the wild know what I mean. For those of you who have not, you are missin’ nature’s call at its best.

These thoughts were pounding at my consciousness as I moved along the trail, stepping gingerly over rocks and brush, going over, under and around the willy nilly blow downs across the trail. I had heard there had been no trail maintenance, and the reports had been exact. Where the well-traveled track had once been, there was an array of Doug fir and jack pine pickup sticks. Kent, his brother Bill and Dan Hiatt made up our foursome. We didn’t say much as we puffed along. I did some math.

I had started these trips when in my early thirties with my kids, I had brought Kent into this country when he was in his early twenties, Bill had joined us once a few years later, this was Dan’s first trip here.

for the elevation gain and the questionable trail. We anticipated the lake, its cold clear waters, and the trout in the frying pan as we sweated up the hill.

certainly to Kent for asking and urging me to this trip; to all three of my buddies for their times of help in camp and on the trail; to my family for not tying me up at home; to my doctors and surgeons for their repair work; and of course, to the Lord for His magnificence, His nature, and His protection for us all on one more adventure.

As we rounded the last turn into the lake, we found memory had not deceived us. There it was.

Our jewel nestled securely away from the main traveled trails, with high rocky cliffs on all sides, snow rimming the mountain tops and trimming out the shoreline between the cliffs, trees and the water. It was beautiful.

Four days of bliss We stayed four days, fishing and swimming, hiking, rock rolling, sunbathing, talking, laughing, playing pinochle under the stars by campfire light, cooking eggs and fresh-caught trout for breakfast.

When we returned to the truck after the hot and dusty hike out I was pretty well gassed and was fairly certain sure this would be my last rodeo. But, shoot, that has been a few months ago now and, well, I just don’t remember it as that bad, really.

Age has its benefits.

A short memory is one of them.

Bill Doehne on the trail, surrounded by Nature’s grandeur.

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On our way out I counted my blessings and thought about the many “thank yous” I needed to offer after this adventure: Longview native Terry Tack is a practicing optometrist at Longview Eye and Vision. After 40 years, he says he has no intention of retiring. He and his wife, Ruth Ann, who was named Miss Longview in 1964, live on a 65-acre tree farm in Rose Valley (south of Kelso, Wash.) “I am never bored,” he says. He served as a military optometrist and worked elsewhere for a few years prior to returning to the area in 1974. Dr. Tack says “There’s no place like home.”

Only young once Kent was now 56, Bill, 60, Dan, 62 and I was the oldest at 66. Actually, we were a group of senior citizens but boy wannabes. Oh, well, you are only young once, and the way I looked at it we were younger at that moment than we would ever be again!

The hike itself, a total of 12 miles, ambles along French Creek the first eight miles with only a small amount of elevation gain. The last four make up for the first placid eight as the trail switchbacks up the mountain through some of the toughest terrain and most beautiful forest you could ever imagine. The beauty made up Columbia River Reader / June 15 – July 14, 2013 / 27

Northwest Gardener from page 17

Activities to sprout a budding gardener in your family Strawberries: Children are built close to the ground, but having containers that elevate fresh fruits and vegetables to the child’s height will keep them engaged and participating in the harvest. Easily grow Alpine strawberries from seed or purchase plants from your local garden center.

They ripen early and continue to bloom and set and ripen fruit all summer and well into fall. They are about the size of a blueberry and taste like candy.

Sunflowers: It’s not too late to plant some sunflowers if you do it right away. The tall, seeded varieties make perfect natural bird feeders. (See photo #4). Before the fall rains begin, cut the heads from the sunflowers and hang in a cool dry spot to cure. To collect the shedding seeds, enclose in a paper (not plastic) sack.

Summer vacations are full of treasured memories of visits to Gramma’s house. Take advantage of decades of gardening experience and stroll a garden path with the “greats.” Young and old will enjoy the company. They are sure to create a bond and share a love of the natural world that will last a lifetime.

Fairy houses are all the rage, even with adult gardeners these days, so imagine the thrill for children to build a fairy wonderland. You don’t need a forest or even trees to build a fairy house, and there are many ways to go about it.

Because of forest fairies’ recent escalation in popularity, Northwest Gardener will do an in-depth report on them next month. Did you know if you build a house for them that they favor, they may come to live in it?

At the end of the day, the more time children (of all ages) can spend outdoors just playing in the dirt, the better. All that fresh air and exercise will work wonders for their appetite.

They will probably snag some carrots out of the garden and shell a few peas to munch. They’ll be worn out at the end of the day.

Just like any adult gardener who gets to spend cherished hours working the soil, a child that “plays dirty” all summer will sleep like a baby. And perhaps learn to love a garden, as well.

I did.

Farmer’s Daughter from page 18

when they’d appear, jiggling, in an altered state, straight out of the can, to escort the turkey to dinner. A tip of the hat to the person or persons who popularized dried cranberries and, we hope, increased sales by the Washington Coast cranberrybog boys and girls.

Food reader alert (I am not a doctor, so you may skip this testimonial for a home remedy): Cranberry juice is tart so it’s usually mixed with other juices, but straight, unadulterated 100 percent cranberry juice is my antidote to the first murmurings of bladder troubles, which is why one chilly night in New York City, Ace and I went saloon to saloon around Times Square, finally scoring a bottle in a seedy convenience store. I drank it all, thus salvaging our big night on the town.

From Fallingwater When I want to go first class tossing a salad for entertaining, I pull out coauthor Jane Citron’s recipe for lemon vinaigrette in The Fallingwater Cookbook.

Jane added this advice: “The best walnut oil comes from France. The taste is excellent, and it is well worth seeking out the genuine product. Nut oils have a long shelf life if kept under refrigeration.

On the other hand, olive oil should be kept at room temperature in a dry, cool place.” Read: not over the range.

Lemon Vinaigrette 1 Tbl. minced shallots 1 tsp.Dijon mustard Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 2 tsp. grated lemon rind 1 Tbl. sherry wine vinegar 1/2-tsp. balsamic vinegar 2 Tbl. walnut oil 2 Tbl. extra-virgin olive oil 4 Tbl. light vegetable oil Touch of heavy cream (optional) Combine the shallots, mustard, salt, pepper, and lemon rind in a small bowl.

Whisk in the oils and vinegars, blending well. If desired, the dressing may be finished with a splash of heavy cream.

Microwave Scalloped Potatoes 5–6 medium potatoes, sliced about oneeighth inch thick (4-1/2 cups) 1 med. Walla Walla Sweet onion, sliced 4-1/2 Tbl. flour 1-1/4 tsp. salt 1-1/2 C. milk, scalded 3 Tbl. butter Paprika Arrange half of sliced potatoes in an 8-inch glass baking dish. Cover with onehalf of the onion slices. Combine flour with salt and sprinkle on potato layer.

Repeat with other half of ingredients.

Pour scalded milk over potatoes. Dot with butter and sprinkle generously with paprika. Cook, uncovered, in microwave 20 minutes, or until potatoes are barely tender when pricked with a fork.

Makes 6 servings.

OMG! It’s that time of the month again!

Where can you find the Reader?

It’s delivered all around the River, but here’s a list of handy, regularly-refilled sidewalk box and rack locations you can visit any time of day (almost), even in your bathrobe ...

Sidewalk Box/Rack Locations LONGVIEW Post Office Bob’s (rack, main check-out) YMCA Fred Meyer (rack, grocery entrance) The Brits Dollarland Plus Fibre Fed’l CU - Commerce Ave Hometown Bank Monticello Hotel

(side entrance) The Masthead Kaiser Permanente St. John Medical Center

(rack, Park Lake Café) Cowlitz Black Bears box office LCC Student Center Mini-Mart next to Regents Indie Way Diner KALAMA Heritage Bank Columbia Inn WOODLAND Visitor’s Center The Oak Tree

To scald milk: In 2-cup glass measuring cup, microwave milk until bubbles form along the edges of the glass cup. Cool.

CASTLE ROCK Castle Rock Exhibit Hall Four Corners General Store Parker’s Restaurant

Adapted from Amana Radarange “New Microwave Oven Cooking Guide.

RYDERWOOD Community Center

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RAINIER Post Office Cornerstone Rainier Hardware (rack, entry) Lucky Town (on Hwy 30) DEER ISLAND Deer Island Store COLUMBIA CITY Post Office ST HELENS Chamber of Commerce Sunshine Pizza Post Office Wild Currant Olde Towne (near Bemis Printing) Safeway SCAPPOOSE Post Office Road Runner Fultano’s Ace Hardware CATHLAMET Cathlamet Pharmacy CLATSKANIE Post Office Sporty’s (rack, entry) Wauna mill (parking area)

For more locations or to find the pick-up point nearest you, visit crreader.com and highlight “Features,” and click on “Find the Magazine.”

Health, Wellness & Fun

Gentlemen, start your engines

Action-packed event offers free health screenings, easy access to health care services

If You Go

et ready for the Summer Games, celebrating Men’s Health Week and kicking off M-Power, PeaceHealth’s new program of health services for men. This will be no ho-hum health fair. On Thursday, June 20, Longview Urology and PeaceHealth Medical Group primary care will transform Pacific Surgical Institute’s normallysedate parking lot into a “carnival” of information and action.

Thursday, June 20, 3 – 6 pm Pacific Surgical Institute parking lot 625 9th Ave, Longview

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urologic meeting Dr. Mansfield attended last year. Displays related to Men’s Health Month caught his interest. Later,

Men are reluctant to go to the doctor due to fear of the unknown, fear of giving up control, denial about symptoms, hassles of parking, waiting, getting off work and even making the appointment in the first place.

A 40x60-foot tent will house stations for free cholesterol, glucose, body mass index, and blood pressure screenings.

Participants will receive results on the spot, explained Dr. John Mansfield, a partner at Longview Urology.

Physicians specializing in gastrointestinal, sleep, cariology, primary care, orthopedics, physical therapy and urology will be on hand in the “Man Cave,” where men can visit multiple “Ask the Doctor” stations and get information in a personal, informal setting.

Outside the tent Men can try out mountain bikes, motorcycle and obstacle courses and watch a Traeger grill demonstration.

They can admire classic cars and even take part in a three-on-three basketball tournament. The unique Men’s Summer Games is the first such local event, but campaigns to increase awareness of men’s health issues are not new.

Men’s Health Week: June 10–16 Congress created Men’s Health Week in 1994 to heighten awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. Senator Bob Dole and Congressman Bill Richardson sponsored the legislation, citing the cost-effectiveness of a shift from treatment to prevention in health care. Supporters also noted that prevention requires public awareness and designating a week would spread information on preventing illnesses affecting men. The governors of 45 states now sign official Proclamations making June Men’s Health Month, with the week prior to Father’s Day spotlighted as Men’s Health Week.

Helping men live healthier, longer The idea for a special event in Longview was sparked at a national

“I keep meeting men suffering from low testosterone symptoms — low energy, fatigue, diminished sex drive, voiding dysfunction, and weight gain. “They’re getting up (to go to the bathroom) five times per night ... yet they don’t go to the doctor.”

give us “aCome test drive. We understand men.

It’ll be fun. ” ~Dr. John Mansfield, Longview Urology

“By raising the public’s awareness of health issues,” said Dr. Mansfield, “we can improve the quality of men’s health in this region.” That’s the goal of the Men’s Summer Games, which organizers hope to make an annual event. “We can handle several hundred men,” he noted.

“We’re trying to make it fun, convenient and easy.” The event is free and open to anyone — even those already receiving health care — with no obligation.

learning that Cowlitz County has the worst longevity statistics in Washington (state-wide, it’s 80, but here, only 77 years), he and his colleagues began talking about what they could do to help.

Sad but common scenario Great men work their entire lives, raise their families and target retirement for the time they’re going to really enjoy life, Dr. Mansfield said. But then, their health often fails.

“We see it all the time: men in their 60s dying of preventable diseases.” For example, he noted, thirty percent of the time, the first symptom of coronary artery disease is sudden death. “If they’d gotten some health care in their 40s and 50s, they could’ve lived to enjoy their retirement and their grandchildren.”

Critical: early detection The top three health issues for men are cardio-vascular, cancer, and lung diseases, Dr. Mansfield explained. But these are preventable and treatable with appropriate lifestyle changes and health care. In many cases, including bladder and prostate cancer, early detection is critical. “It really does make a difference,” he said. “Everything’s easier if we catch it early.”

“We don’t want to disrupt existing doctor-patient relationships. If they already have a primary care doctor, we would want them to stay with him or her. But if they have urologic issues, we are happy to see them.

And men should feel free to bring along their wife or significant other. “Forty percent of men enter the health care system because of the lady ‘pushing’ them,” he said.

The new “M-Power” program A PeaceHealth primary care provider will be working in Longview Urology’s regular clinic. “We’ll take care of everything for you,” said Dr. Mansfield.

Men’s Summer Games

Presented by PeaceHealth’s “M-Power” and Longview Urology

Park at nearby First Baptist Church

•“Ask a Doctor” one-on-one • Free health screenings with immediate results • Games • Prizes • Food No reservations necessary For more info: 360-442-7926 “It’s a great collaboration. Both our organizations desire that good health care be provided locally,” he said. “Our values and goals are the same.” Dr. Lawrence Neville, regional medical director for PeaceHealth Medical Group, agrees.

“PeaceHealth is tremendously excited to partner with Longview Urology in providing primary care support to the Men’s Clinic,” he said. “Our goal is to attract a famously difficult group — men! — to receive health care and coaching in a convenient and confidential single setting.”

Dr. Mansfield, who will serve as medical director for M-Power, invites men of all ages to take part in the Men’s Summer Games. “We want them to feel like they can access health care,” he said. “Come give us a test drive. We understand men. We are really trying to make it easy and convenient. It’ll be fun.”

Even a reluctant participant might win a prize. And the best prize of all could be better health.

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Live Music Scene around the River To learn which band is playing when and where, go online or call the restaurant or bar.

The Bistro 1329 Commerce Ave, Longview 360-425-2837 • Music Thurs 6–9; Fridays 6–10, Sats 6–9 thebistrobuzz.com

Outings & Events

SUMMER CAMP

“Fundamentals of the Professional Actor”

with Jon-Erik Hughes Hegstad Scene study, stage combat, monologue work, voice & speech, improv skills, movement & more

Grades 6–8 July 8-20 Grades 9-12 July 22-Aug 3 Sessions: 9:15am–5:30pm $200 per student, includes camp T-shirt.

To sign up: Call 360-636-4488 or visit stageworksnorthwest.org

Performing & Fine Arts Music, Art, Theatre, Literary Broadway Gallery Artists co-op. June: Susy Halverson (paintings), Janice Newton (sculpture), Student Art Show. July: Charles Funk, Stan Gibson (pottery), Janice Newton (painting), Jane Gerdon (knitting). Artists reception July 11, 5:30–7:30pm, music by Dian McCracken. Regular gallery hours Mon-Sat 10-5:30. 1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. 360-577-0544 Broderick Gallery Temporarily closed for relocation. Watch for announcement soon. Info: 503-703-5188. www.broderickgallery.com LCC Gallery at the Rose Center Through May 31: Student Art Exhibit. Gallery hours: Mon-Tues 10-6,Wed-Fri 10-4. Lower Columbia College, 15th & Washington Way, Longview, Wash. 360442-2510, lowercolumbia.edu/gallery

The Birk Pub & Eatery 11139 Hwy 202, Birkenfeld, Ore 503-755-2722 • thebirk.com

Lord & McCord A r t wo r k s M i c h a e l Metz(crystalline glazed and carved ceramics, jewelry). Reception July 11, 5:30–7:30pm.

Regular gallery hours.

Tues-Fri 11-5, Sat 124. 1416 Commerce, Longview, Wash. 360423-9100.

The Brits Friday & Sat Nights 1427 Commerce Ave, Longview 360-575-8090 Live Music 7–9pm facebook.com/TheBrits/122919501062224 Goble Tavern 70255 Col. River Hwy, Rainier 503-556-4090 • gobletavern.com The Mansion 420 Rutherglen Rd, Longview 360-425-5816. rutherglenmansion.com Wed 5-7 pm Winetasting Buffet $20

Teague’s Mezzanine Gallery “Life Is Art.” Icon class June 19– Aug 28, 6–8pm; June 22 chalk painting workshop, 1–3:30pm.

Call to sign up. MonFri 10-5:30, Sat 10-3 (‘til 7pm July 3). 1267 Commerce, Longview, Wash.

Tsuga Gallery Fine arts and crafts by 30+ area artists. Summer classes available. Thurs-Sat

Mark’s on the Channel 34326 Johnson Landing Rd Scappoose, OR 503-543-8765 Live music on Saturday nights. marksonthechannel.com Monticello Hotel 23 Club 1405 17th Avenue, Longview 360-425-9900 ”The Original Monticello” Karaoke every Thursday Weekend Music 9 pm–1 am Fireside Lounge Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview 360-636-1616 facebook.com/pages/Porkys-CafeLounge/11041404898298

To learn when and where your favorite performer or band is playing check these websites: Raeann raeannphillips.com phillipspettitr@facebook.com Avi avimuzo.com avimuzo@facebook.com

To list your music venue here, call Ned Piper, 360-749-2632

13 Nights on the River St. Helens, Ore. June 13 Britnee Kellopp June 20 Pause 456 June 27 Jack Straw July 4 Sweetwater Band July 11 The Get Ahead July 18 The New Iberians July 25 Michael Allen Harrison Aug 1 Hit Machine

Count the Ants Aug 8 Sweet Baby James Aug 15 Lulu LaFever

The Hot Tamales Aug 22 The Steve Hale Trio Aug 29 Jujuba

6–9pm Thursdays, St. Helens Columbia View Park, Olde Town, St. Helens, Ore. Info: 13nightsontheriver.com

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FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTS Concerts at the Lake Longview, Wash.

July 11 Abbey Road Beatles tribute July 18 Harmonious Wail jazz, swing, gypsy July 25 Max’s Midnight Kitchen

American folk, Bluegrass Aug 1 Stone in Love Journey tribute Aug 8 Joni Harms Band Country & Western

11-5; Sun, 12–4. 70 Main Street, Cathlamet, Wash. 360-795-0725.

Info: tsugagallery.org.

Columbia Artists Members MayJune: Irene Bacon, Donna Patching, Gini Smith exhibit at Longview Country Club, 14 Country Club Drive, Longview, Wash Please check in at office when entering clubhouse.

Pacific Northwest Gift Gallery Local artists and authors. Tues Sat, 11 am to 5 pm. If interested in showing your work contact Terrie at 360-274-8583. 1316 Mt St Helens Way, Castle Rock, Wash.

First Thursday Downtown Longview, Wash. Held instead on July 11. See Broadway Gallery, Lord & McCord Atworks listings.

Call to Artists Maritime Heritage Festival juried art show July 26-28 at Courthouse Plaza, St. Helens Historic Downtown. Deadline to submit 4–8 samples and website link showing artwork to be sold: June 17. $25 entry fee+15% commission.

Proceeds benefit St. Helens Arts & Cultural Commission’s public art programs. Info: Jennifer Johnson, 503-397-6272, email: jenniferj@ ci.st-helens.or.us Shanghaied in Astoria July 11-Sep 14. Astor Stree Opry Company Playhouse. Astoria, Ore. 503-3256104. www.seasideor.com 12th Annual Winlock Pickers Fest July 12-14. Winolequa Park, Winlock, Wash. www.winlockpickersfest.com Music on the Mountain Free concerts at Johnston Ridge Amphitheatre.

June 29, July 27, Aug. 31. See ad, page 22.

Hot Summer Nights on the Plaza • Woodland, Wash.

July 12 The Catillacs

Classic rock, rockabilly

July 19 Rode Hard

Classic country & rock July 26 Stifler Contemporary, high energy rock Aug 2 Silver Rose Country rock Aug 9 Betty on the Rocks

Country & classic rock Aug 15 Half Step Down Blues

Aug 15 The New Iberians Zydeco & Blues 6–8pm Thursdays, Martin’s Dock, Lake Sacajawea Park, Longview, Wash.

Bring blankets, low-backed chairs.

Picnics OK, food available. No alcohol.

Info 360-442-5400.

7–9pm Fridays, Hoffman Plaza, downtown Woodland, Washington.

Bring lawn chairs. Alcohol-free. Info: revitalizewoodland.org

Outings & Events

Recreation, Outdoors, Gardening Pets, Self-Help, Living History Woodland Planters Days Jun 13-16.

Parade, rides, frog-jumping contest, classic car show. Woodland, Wash. www.lewisriver.com/plantersdays.

Astoria Festival of Music Jun 14-15.

Astoria, Ore. www.astoriamusicfestival. org 32nd Annual Northwest Garlic Festival Ocean Park June 15-16. Ocean Park, Wash. www.opwa.com Annual Beach Chowder Run/Walk June 22. Long Beach, Wash. 360-6422400, www.funbeach.com Scandinavian Midsummeer Festival June 21-23. Clatsop County Fairgrounds, Astoria, Ore. www. astoriascanfest.com

27th Annual Sand-Stations July 1013. Long Beach, Wash. 360-642-2400. www.funbeach.com Rainier Days in the Park Jul 11-14.

Rainier, Ore. www.rainierdaysinthepark. com. See ad, page 20.

Long Bell Reading Room Info on Longview history, including sports, photos and memorabilia. 9am-6 pm, Mon-Sat. In The Merk, 1337 Commerce Ave, Longview, Wash.

360-636-0993.

Squirrel Fest Aug. 17, Longview’s Civic Circle. Unveiling of new squirrel bridge, music, food & craft vendors, wine and beer garden. Chainsaw carving, Kiwanis Kids parade, fun run. lvsquirrelfest.com

Fifth Annual Doggie Olympic Games Jun 28-29. Long Beach, Wash. 360642-2400. www.funbeach.com The Smoky Water Follies Show June 28–30. Music, entertainment and family fun. Skamokawa, Wash. 360795-8770.

Heritage Days June 29. Cruise Car show, Pie in the Park. Clatskanie City Park Clatskanie, Ore. www.clatskanie. org/cruisers Strut Your Mutt dog show. June 30.

Clatskanie City Park, Clatskanie, Ore. 503-728-4248.

Go 4th Celebration July 1-4. Parade, street fair, kids activities, fireworks.

Lake Sacajawea Park, Longview, Wash. www.gofourthfestival.org

Something BIG’s afoot at Mt. St. Helens!

Visit CRR’s Party Bus at “Music on the Mountain” June 29 (see ad, page 22) for a free gift and a chance to win an invitation to a future bus excursion. Recent sightings of Bigfoot have been reported in the area and, with luck, you may catch a glimpse!

Fifth Annual Great Cardboard Boat Regatta Jul 2, 5:30-8:30pm. Martin Dock at Lake Sacajawea, Longview, Wash. 360-636-0110.

HOW TO PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENTS IN CRR List your community event’s basic info (name of event, sponsor, date & time, location, brief description and contact info) and email to: publisher@crreader.com or mail or hand-deliver to

BEYOND THE ERUPTION

Things to do on our Mount St. Helens

By Alice Dietz, Director of Programs, Cowlitz Economic Development Council

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to get your kiddos tired out after a long efore I took this position, I drive! Interested in ordering a boxed didn’t visit the mountain very dinner on your way up to Music on the often because I thought I had Mountain? Give them a call and order already seen everything. Boy, was I ahead of time. wrong! Here are a few things to get you through the month: Music on the Mountain Coldwater Science June 29th at 6:30. and Learning Center FREE! Join us for the Playing for Now Open on the start of our concert the gods at weekends! Saturdays season at Johnston and Sundays 10am – Mt. Olympus.

Ridge Observatory 6pm A m p h i t h e a t r e . We ~Robbie Laws, musician Come check out have three concerts describing the once-inthe incredible views scheduled for this a-lifetime performance venue at Johnston at Johnston Ridge summer on the last Ridge Observatory Obser vator y open Saturday of the summer Amphitheatre, 2012. daily from 10am to months.

6pm Scheduled for June 29th is the Arts and Vines June 28th – June Portland, Oregon-based Americana 30th. The opening reception is on the outfit, Sassparilla. Their live show 28th from 6-9pm at the Castle Rock is a raucous set filled with highExhibit Hall. On the 29th and 30th energy, vocal harmonies, and plenty make your way up Highway 504 and of danceable songs to make you shake, enjoy the many stops featuring local smile, and groove. Kelso Rotary will wines and Northwest art. For more be on hand serving wine and beer in information visit visitmtsthelens. the beverage garden. T-shirts will be com/arts_vines.html available, along with food, and fun!

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With great power comes great responsibility This adage lines up with today’s very complex and confusing information explosion. Anyone can type in a subject they are skeptical of and find numerous articles by writers with professionallooking citations, suggesting whatever they are writing is true. This leads to confirmation bias if we aren’t careful.

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Will we become just another legend to future civilizations?

Perhaps we can prevent our becoming another Atlantis. We need to keep offline records to complement cloud documents and become more skeptical of all ideas.

By applying critical thinking and remaining open to hearing each side,we can grow with our technology rather than letting it overtake us.

••• Perry Piper lives in Longview and works as CRR’s production manager and technical consultant (see ad, page 14). He recently beat a parking ticket in Portland by pointing out to the Court clerk the misleading wording on the City’s sign.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby has been done three times as a motion picture in the sound era with Alan Ladd (1949), Robert Redford (1974) and Baz Luhrmann’s “Gatsby” with Leonardo DiCaprio (2013). The Ladd film didn’t go over well. Redford’s performance and the color cinematography seemed to be the only saving grace of that “Gatsby.”

Luhrmann’s “Gatsby,” except for a coterie of critics who seem to have some personal animosity for Luhrmann, is by far the best.

Apparently some critics did not approve of a 3-D big budget film of “Gatsby” with all the latest Tobey Maguire (Nick) & newcomer Elizabeth Debicki (Jordan) are framed by an special effects and a terrific soundtrack thanks overhead shot at one of the big Gatsby parties. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures to Jay-Z, Bryan Ferry and others. Perhaps those critics thought the title of the (Neckbone)—will help him rebuild book should have been, “The Middle Class Gatsby.” an old cabin cruiser he has found on an island in the big river.

The cast is exceptionally w e l l c h o s e n . To b e y Now, if you have never known smallMaguire as Fitzgerald’s town farmers’ sons, you might be narrator, Nick Carraway, surprised at how good some of them shows the vulnerability are in scrounging for parts to repair of Fitzgerald’s character motorcycles, cars and even goodas well as his acute sized boats. Those young men have perception of how the to make their own “toys.” No one is American class structure going to lay serious money on them.

Leonardo Di Caprio (Gatsby) and Carey Muligan (Daisy) works. Carey Mulligan as The boys do their job. We learn with Tobey Maguire (Nick) in the background share a moment Daisy Buchanan radiates that Mud got in trouble with the in “The Great Gatsby.” Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures a passive sexuality and law by killing the vicious beau of masks her innate selfishness until the very end, making half of the men in the his on-and-off girlfriend, Juniper, audience fall in love with her. Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan — the brutal and played by Reese Witherspoon. Mud conniving husband of Daisy and squire of who knows how many women — gives is also facing revenge from the beau’s a human dimension to what could have been a two-dimensional character. wealthy family, led by Joe Don Baker DiCaprio is the best Gatsby yet, a man who does not know what it is to have a (King). Mud’s only friend in the friend until he meets Nick. This Gatsby really knows very little about women on his own social level, probably because he didn’t come from his current social level. He spent his time either fighting in WWI or hustling bucks in the ruthless world of Prohibition Era New York City.

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••• Dr. Bob Blackwood taught at Wright College in Chicago and, now retired, lives in Albuerqueque, New Mexico. He hopes to be up to Longview in October to chat with his editor and his publisher, his friend Paul “Man in the Kitchen” Thompson, and his fellow writers.

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Luigi’s Pizza 117 East 1st Street 503-556-4213 Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine. See ad, page 8.

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1333 Broadway. 360-425-7700 Locally roasted espresso, fine teas, fresh pastries daily, smoothies, beer & wine, homemade soups. Breakfast and lunch.

Country Folks Deli 1329 Commerce Ave., Longview. Opens at 10 for lunch. 360-425-2837

Rainier Conestoga Pub Cornerstone Café 102 East “A” Street Microbrews, wines & spirits Prime rib Friday & Sat. 503-556-8772

El Tapatio 117 West “A” Street, Rainier Authentic Jalisco cuisine from scratch. Full bar. Karaoke Fri & Sat 9pm–2am Riverview dining. Sun-Thurs 11am–10pm; Fri-Sat 11–11, Bar til 2am.

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Hop N Grape 924 15th Ave., Longview M–Th 11am–8pm; Fri & Sat 11am–9pm; Sun 11am–7pm.

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Evergreen Pub & Café 115-117 East 1st Street Burgers, halibut, prime rib, full bar. 503-556-9935 See ad, page 8.

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Ginger’s Restaurant (located in the Monticello Hotel), Longview Traditional breakfast, lunch & dinner – homestyle Sunday dinners. Full bar (‘23 Club).

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Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview Slow-roasted prime rib Fri & Sat, flat iron steaks, 1/3-lb burgers, fish & chips. 28 draft beers. Full bar. See ad, page 20.

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Lexi’s Pizza Pub 1613 West Side Hwy Classic & specialty pizzas, fish & chips, outdoor seating, lounge, live music every Friday, TVs, jukebox. M-Tues 2–9pm, W-Sat 2–10pm, Sun 3–9pm.

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Mark’s on the Channel floating restaurant.

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“Vermi-composting system” is the scientific name for the cultivation of worms, red wigglers (Eisenia foetida), in a “bin” or “condo.” This process gives the homeowner a process for disposing of a multitude of household waste items. This “garbage” is then quickly turned into rich humus — humus that includes the nutritious, organic ingredients gardens need to grow healthy plants. It’s the perfect symbiotic relationship.

Story & Photos by Nancy Chennault Excerpts of an article first published in CRR, October 2009

My husband Jim and I have had a worm bin for 10 years and the amount of kitchen scraps and garden debris it has consumed is staggering. We filled the 50-gallon worm bin to the brim countless times for four and a half years before we dug out the incredibly gooey mass of fresh, earth-scented compost. We decided to see how long we could continue to fill the bin and still see the level drop.

We just kept adding material to it and it would always be ready to accept more after just a few days.

It was amazing to see how efficiently thousands of two-inch worms voraciously consumed everything we tossed into the bin. Finally, in the fifth summer, Jim used the compost for hills of pumpkins. We used only the worm compost as fertilizer and the Big Max pumpkins more than lived up to their name.

His and Hers Ours is a two-worm-bin family. Jim has been using a stackable “condo” (pictured below), for about four years. Our original 50-gallon plastic tub, with its generous capacity for garden trimmings, weeds, paper plates and dirt clods, occupies a spot against the north foundation of the house.

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Sharing the worms I got my original worms from local Master Gardener Mara Williams, also known as the “worm lady.” While sharing memories of the late nature enthusiast and

Composting with worms turns food waste and garden debris into a rich, organic humus useful in gardening.

conversationalist, Ruth Deery, Mara told me that my worms were descendants of some that Ruth had given her many years before. I was pleased to be able to carry on the tradition as so many others have done because of Ruth’s generous spirit.

Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System by Mary Appelhof (published 1997) is a reliable source of information and instructions for how to begin your adventure into worm composting. You will reap the benefits of yet another way to garden “green.” Soon you will have plenty of red wigglers to share with neighbors and family.

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