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MANIFEST DESTINY & THE AMERICAN DREAM page 5

ASTORIA’S SCANDINAVIAN MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL page 17

DOWNTOWN LONGVIEW CELESTIAL WALKABOUT

Summer Lights

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A SUMMER GARDEN AT YOUR DOORSTEP page 14

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Solstice: the sun standing still

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s the Earth revolves around the sun, the sun appears to move northward, stop, move southward, stop, and then move northward again during each yearly cycle. This means that for part of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is inclined toward the sun and for part of year, it is inclined away from the sun. Solstice (from a Latin phrase meaning “the sun stands still”) occurs because the Earth is tilted 23.4 degrees on its rotational axis.

In our Northern Hemisphere, spring begins about March 21 when the sun appears to cross the equator on its way north. Summer begins about June 21, when the sun reaches a latitude of 23.4 degrees north at what is now called the Tropic of Cancer. This is its most northerly position and its arrival is known as the Summer Solstice. On this day, the sun appears directly overhead at noon (viewed at the Tropic of Cancer).

It is the longest day of the year.

The sun then heads southward again, crossing the equator in September. (autumnal equinox) It reaches the Tropic of Capricorn (23.4 degrees south) on Dec. 21 (winter solstice), and then traverses the sky on its climb back to spring, when it re-crosses the equator (vernal equinox) on its way north, completing the cycle of the seasons.

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Sue’s Views

The Summer Solstice, Celestial Walkabout and Lewis & Clark

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ummer officially arrives on June 21, when the sun seems to stand still, astronomically speaking. We’ll be celebrating the Summer Solstice and recent warm temperatures have certainly set the stage. Here comes the season for dining al fresco, evenings at the ball park, Coming next month: CRR’s Outdoor Dining Guide. Restaurants with outdoor seating and table service who are not already listed in our Columbia River Dining Guide (page 29) may contact Ned Piper (360-749-2632) for information.

Deadline for inclusion: June 26.

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berry picking, gardening, hiking, swimming and just lying in the hammock, relaxing and marveling at the beauty of it all.

Celestial Summer Walkabout Plan to join the fun on June 26 as we celebrate the summer solstice in Downtown Longview. Festivities begin at 4pm at our office on 14th Avenue. Pick up your “Star Chart” anytime before 5:30, enjoy a glass of lemonade and gaze (safely) at the sun through Greg Smith’s solar telescope.

Then, make the rounds to the 13 Walkabout shops.

You’ll receive a warm welcome, along with samples, gifts and goodies. The journey ends at Broderick Gallery, where you’ll deposit your completed Star Chart to enter the prize drawings.

During the party, in what is known as “sidewalk astronomy,” Greg will show you the moon, in its waxing gibbous phase. Weather permitting, it will be visible in the sky — even though it won’t yet be dark — and amazing, seen through a telescope.

More details, page 9.

Welcome back, Lewis and Clark We are happy to announce the return of “Dispatch from the Discovery Trail,” which began with our April 2004 inaugural issue. Written by Michael Perry, the 33-installment series coincided with the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and helped inspire, define and shape Columbia River Reader in its early months.

Mike visited the Midwest recently on a genealogical research quest ending at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. There, he experienced an epiphany, understanding anew the deeper significance of Lewis and Clark in the western expansion of the United States. And since the spirit of Lewis and Clark is so ingrained in CRR territory, we are certain many newer readers and longtime readers alike will enjoy reading (or re-reading) the coming articles. See page 5.

There’s no need to stand still all summer, but a little time relaxing will be good for everyone. Enjoy the sun!

Sue Piper

Columbia River Reader . . . helping you discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region at home and on the road.

In this Issue

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Letters to the Editor

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Manifest Destiny and the American Dream

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Local Books / Book Review / Bestsellers List

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CRR’s Celestial Summer Walkabout

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Biz Buzz

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Miss Manners

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Northwest Gardener ~ A Flower Garden at your Doorstep

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Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter: A Season for Snobs

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Out & About: Astoria’s Mid-Summer Scandinavian Festival

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The Sun: Dialing it in

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Out & About: Backpacks in the Family Tree

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Where Do You Read the Reader?

26-27 Outings & Events Calendar / Farmer’s Market Listings 28

Lower Columbia Informer ~ Board No More

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Columbia River Dining Guide

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Movies ~ Mad Max: Fury Road; Tomorrowland

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Letters to the Editor

CRR Submission Guidelines

Do as I say, not as I do I must not have listened to my own counsel, as when we downsized in April, we gave away about half of our wardrobe and truckloads of other belongings.

Letters to the Editor (up to 200 words) are welcome. Longer pieces, or excerpts thereof, in response to previously-published articles, may be printed at the discretion of the publisher and subject to editing and space limitations. Items sent to CRR may be considered for publication unless the writer specifies otherwise.

We do not publish letters endorsing candidates or promoting only one side of controversial issues. Name and phone number of writer must be included; anonymous submissions will not be considered.

BUT what a sense of freedom to be in a new place with less STUFF, and from now on I shall follow the old rule.

Political Endorsements As a monthly publication serving readers in three counties, two states and beyond, we cannot print endorsements or criticism of political candidates as Letters to the Editor Unsolicited submissions may be considered, provided they are consistent with the publication’s purpose—to help readers “discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region, at home and on the road.” Advance contact with the editor is recommended. Information of general interest submitted by readers may be used as background or incorporated in future articles.

I am reminded of the great article by Shirley Smith that you published some time ago.

Delores Rodman Scottsdale, Arizona Editor’s note: Ms. Rodman refers to her advice to get rid of a corresponding “old” item whenever bringing home a new one, which was mentioned last month in Sue’s Views, and to an article on downsizing, which may be found online at crreader.com. Click “Features,”then the link to “Past Issues Archive,” then the Jan 2014 issue. Ms. Smith’s article starts on page 28.

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recently spent a week driving through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois retracing the routes my ancestors traversed 150 years ago as they worked their way west to the Oregon Territory. Strangely, I was never very interested in my ancestors until after both of my parents (and my aunts and uncles) died. Only then did I take a serious interest in the family tree… after it was too late to ask questions. It would have been a lot easier if I hadn’t waited until everyone had died, but I guess I like challenges!

My trip helped me understand the paths my ancestors took as they came west, and I was surprised how seeing the farms they lived on, or the actual places they died, impacted me. It’s a shame my parents aren’t here to see what I found.

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Previously, I hadn’t thought much about what drove so many families to pull up stakes and move a little further west.

But there were many reasons, including free land, escape from perceived overpopulation, drought and epidemics.

In St. Louis, Missouri, I began thinking about how the mass movement to the west in the mid-1800s was a direct result of Thomas Jefferson’s vision. He wanted to expand the United States to include all the land from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean. In his 1801 inaugural address, Jefferson said that while “three

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thousand miles of ocean separate us from the wars and the dictatorships of Europe… we have a great and rich land, with room for a hundred, perhaps a thousand, generations of Americans yet to be born.” By 1900, just four generations later, President Jefferson would have been shocked at how fast the land had filled up, and how American Indians had been displaced and treated in the process. cont page 12

Just below the Gateway Arch is the Eads Bridge, the first large bridge to cross the Mississippi River.

Co mple ted in 1874, it was the first alloy steel bridge in the world, and it is still in use today. To prove to the public that it was safe to use, an elephant was led across followed by 14 steam locomotives.

A $2.00 postage stamp showing the Eads Bridge was issued in 1898 – adjusted for inflation, that stamp would cost $60 today.

Michael Perry enjoys local history and travel. His popular 33-installment Lewis & Clark series appeared in CRR’s early years and will be published again in CRR beginning July 2015.

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Cover to Cover

Top 10 Bestsellers PAPERBACK FICTION

PAPERBACK NON-FICTION

1. The Boys in the Boat 1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20 Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 2. The Martian 2. Astoria: Astor and Andy Weir, Broadway, $15 Jefferson’s Lost Pacific 3. The Invention of Wings Empire Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17 Peter Stark, Ecco, $15.99 4. Euphoria 3. Wild Lily King, Grove Press, $16, Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 5. The Rosie Project 4. The Salish Sea: Jewel of Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.991 the Pacific Northwest 6. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki Audrey Delella Benedict, and His Years of Pilgrimage Sasquatch Books, $24.95 Haruki Murakami, Vintage, 5. The Sixth Extinction $15.95 Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $16 7. The Storied Life of A.J. 6. Tibetan Peach Pie Fikry Tom Robbins, Ecco, $15.99 Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, 7. The Four Agreements $14.95 Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, 8. Delicious! $12.95 Ruth Reichl, Random House, $16 8. We Should All Be 9. Orphan Train Feminists Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, $14.99 Anchor, $7.95 10. A Tale for the Time Being 9. David and Goliath Ruth Ozeki, Penguin, $16 Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18 10. A Spy Among Friends Ben Macintyre, Broadway, $16

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1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 2. Seveneves Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35 3. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95 4. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Knopf, $24 5. Dry Bones Craig Johnson, Viking, $27.95 6. The Water Knife Paolo Bacigalupi, Knopf, $25.95 7. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99 8. Uprooted Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $25 9. Radiant Angel Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $28 10. Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $26.95

HARDCOVER NON-FICTION 1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99 2. The Wright Brothers David McCullough, S&S, $30 3. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26 4. The Road to Character David Brooks, Random House, $28 5. Dead Wake Erik Larson, Crown, $28 6. Missoula Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $28.95 7. Very Good Lives J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $15 8. H Is for Hawk Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26 9. On the Move Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $27.95 10. The Crossroads of Should and Must Elle Luna, Workman, $16.95

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1. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99 2. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99 3. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 4. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99 5. American Gods Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780380789030 6. Personal Lee Child, Dell, $9.99 7. Top Secret Twenty-One Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99 8. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99 9. Remains of Innocence J.A. Jance, Harper, $9.99 10. Vertigo 42 Martha Grimes, Pocket, $7.99

1. Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $10.99 2. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99 3. Counting by 7s Holly Goldberg Sloan, Puffin, $8.99 4. Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 5. Minecraft: Combat Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 6. Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99 7. Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 8. Minecraft: Construction Handbook Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685177 9. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Chris Grabenstein, Yearling, $6.99 10. Nimona Noelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $12.99

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By Alan Rose

The adventures of an American masterpiece

Huck Finn’s America: Mark Twain and the Era that Shaped his Masterpiece

By Andrew Levy

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iographer Justin Kaplan once noted that Twain’s masterpiece has had almost as many adventures as Huck Finn himself.

From the day it was first published, on February 18, 1885, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was controversial. By March 17, it had already been banned in Concord, Massachusetts, beginning “its long career of being removed from library bookshelves.” (Sales of the book immediately increased; Twain was delighted.)

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Huck Finn is a mess, a hodgepodge.

Parts of the book are ‘fun,’ and parts are traumatic, and parts are ‘real,’ and parts are implausible, and parts are written for children, and parts for adults, and the ghosts of all this playfulness persist: a study at Penn State in 1983 found that, even after ‘weeks of serious study,’ approximately one-third of all students missed the ‘satire’ and still saw Huck Finn as ‘an adventure story.’ ~ from Huck Finn’s America

But it wasn’t banned because of race — most contemporary reviews hardly mentioned race at all; they were more concerned about the messages it sent to children. It was seen as “a tooviolent book about a too-bad boy.” It wasn’t until 1957 that it was banned specifically for “passages derogatory to negroes.”

For most people today, controversy surrounding Huckleberry Finn is about the use of the so-called “n-word,” a self-conscious construction created in the 1990s, Andrew Levy tells us, “where a racial slur can be used and not used at once.” We are left with the paradox of the first Great American Novel being an anti-racist book that

appears racist. (At least one modern edition has replaced the word with “slave.”)

As the subtitle suggests, Levy’s book is also about the cultural context in which Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn: the years following the Civil War, amid the crumbling, corrupt failure of the Reconstruction period, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, and the resulting loss of the dream of equality.

The Civil Rights Act of 1875, ensuring (male) African Americans the same rights as white males, was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883, restoring segregation and white control to the southern states. (Sound familiar?) Levy notes, “Southern governments became homogeneously white again…There is no question that Twain was paying attention. And there was no question he was angry.”

Though coming from Missouri, a slaveholding state, Samuel Clemens’ attitudes toward race had shifted by the time he became Mark Twain, and he was now capturing that shift in the story of a boy’s awakening to the injustice and inhumanity of slavery.

The rising popularity of Huckleberry Finn in the classroom coincided with

the American civil rights movement.

“Racism is first learned, Huck told American schoolchildren, and then unlearned through contact with the racial other, and then combated through acts of individual courage and contrition.”

Finally, writers will also enjoy seeing how this masterpiece changed as it went through numerous drafts, and the different possibilities Twain considered for Huck’s adventures. He decided against one scenario where the boy escapes on an elephant. Good call.

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CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SOLSTICE Summer Solstice: Does Hallmark make a card for that?

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appy Alban Heflin, Feast of Epona, Feast of St. John the Baptist, Johannistag, Litha Sonnwend or Midsummer Day! All these are names for the ancient observances and celebrations of the summer solstice. It is officially the first day of summer, referred to as “Midsummer,” because it is in the middle of the growing season of Europe. Summer solstice comes from two Latin words, sol, meaning “sun” and sistere, to cause to stand still.

Shakespeare celebrated it From ancient times to modern day, people have observed the changes in the earth and sky. In the Northwest, we gauge our seasons by when the crocuses bloom, the geese fly over and the infamous smelt runs in the Cowlitz. So as these events mark the beginning of something, summer solstice continues to mark “The Light of Summer,” the day of maximum light, historically the longest day of our year. Shakespeare even wrote a comedy about romance in a fairy kingdom that takes place on the summer solstice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Ancient peoples used the alignment of light or projection of shadows to announce this special day. The entrance of the 5000-year-old temple, Stonehenge, a magnificent megalith built by the Druids, aligned with the sunrise at the summer solstice. The earliest known event took place in Egypt at the Temple of Amen-Ra in 3700 B.C. On the solstice, the sun’s rays would project beam into the temple interior for 2–3 minutes.

The priests determined the length of the solar year from this event. During my Linfield College experience, I traveled to Peru to study South American culture. The Incas built temple entryways that captured the sunrise on the solstice and today, Peruvians still use the temple to mark the solstice.

Seasonal celebrations: at the center of community life.

Summer solstice was often a time of marriage and wedding celebrations in ancient times; this continues today as June is heralded as the wedding month. It was a time when snow was disappearing, food was easier to find and flowers were beginning to bloom. The first full moon in June is called the Honey Moon, traditionally thought to be a holy time to harvest honey from the hives. During this month, couples would be wed between the planting and the harvesting of crops. To encourage love, newlywed couples ate dishes prepared with honey for the first month of married life; evidence of this tradition survives, as the “honeymoon” follows the wedding.

Summer solstice signals predictability ~ something to celebrate!

The solstice implies continuity of life and the natural cycles. It occurs under the astrological sign of the Crab, which has been interpreted to symbolize the year starting to move backward from this day.

So we can celebrate any way we like and discover a little astronomy, anthropology and folklore, too.

Summer solstice is like a giant greeting card that reads, “Get out the barbecue!”

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CRR’s Celestial Summer Walkabout FRIDAY JUNE 26 4–6:30pm Celebrate Summer’s Arrival in Downtown Longview!

4PM START Pick up your free Star Chart at Columbia River Reader’s office (1333 14th Ave., next to ZoJo Coffee) by 5:15pm. Allow enough time to mix and mingle, perhaps grab a bite along the way, as you explore Downtown Longview. Make the circuit, visiting the “constellation” of 13 participating shops staying open late.

You’ll enjoy samples, discounts, gifts and giveaways. Get your Star Chart stamped.

6:30 END Deposit your completed Star Chart at the Celestial Reception starting at 6:15pm at Broderick Gallery.

PRIZE DRAWINGS will be held at 6:40pm.

A Heavenly Bonus: Sidewalk Astronomy!

FREE telescopic viewings of the sun and moon, guided

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This piece was written in 2007 for CRR by Deena Martinson, since deceased. We remember her fondly, and we miss her bright spirit.

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Altrusa International of Longview-Kelso recently welcomed into office Pat Gurrad and her elected officers. Reflecting the theme “Leading to a Better Community,” members are encouraged to work together for the betterment of our neighbors. Pictured, from left: June White, immediate past president; Beverly Coryell, director; Cindy Donaldson, director; Gail Mezger, treasurer; Diane Sue Wing, standing in for Mary Harding, secretary; Anne DeFrancisco, assistant treasurer; Nancy Russell, president-elect; Pat Gurrad, president; Lois Brudi, standing in for Aileen Stanford, vice president; Ilona Kerby, membership director; Judy Kirby, standing in for Edith Uthmann, service director; Ramona Leber, director at large; Kathy Williamson, ways and means director.

The United Way of Cowlitz & Wahkiakum Counties’ board recently appointed David Green as executive director and elected a new executive committee for the coming year. They will work closely together to raise funds for local agencies You can count on and address community needs.

“I am excited to begin ... and work with such an august body of volunteers who now make up the Executive Committee,” said Green in a press David Green release. “These people are passionate about the mission of United Way and will use their skills to guide our organization to be a premier provider of needed support for our partner agencies. I look forward to the positive impact United Way will have in the community.”

The executive board includes John Anderson, president; Margaret Lapic, vice president; Terry McLaughlin, secretary; Graham Bailey, treasurer; Cindy Wardlow, allocations; Greg McCormick, campaign; Judi Smith, board development; Glenn Gelbrich, media/communications. There are an additional 12 regular board members.

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n May 16, Armed Forces Day, the Cowlitz AmeriCorps Network (CAN) partnered with Building In Youth, Highlands Neighborhood Association, Goodwill, and Love INC to facilitate a service project, “Ramp Up, Spruce Up!” Longview’s Highlands neighborhood. More than 100 volunteers and AmeriCorps members built access ramps, did yard work, and spruced up many alleys throughout the neighborhood.

Phil Hayes of Building In Youth works with a group of young volunteers during Ramp Up, Spruce Up! on Armed Forces Day.

Cowlitz Americorps Network is a national service program that places members in schools or non-profit agencies in a fulltime capacity to increase the services

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Extravagant wedding; Stealing the dip franchise; Tell friendly neighbor he’s just a friend DEAR MISS MANNERS: My fiancee and I have decided it makes more financial sense to elope on a nice beach somewhere than to spend money we don’t have (nor do our parents) on a big wedding.

However, I come from a close-knit Southern town, and I know some friends and neighbors will be horribly offended that they were not invited. I know a couple who have held grudges for years over this sort of thing!

What is the kindest way to explain to them that I care about them very much, but don’t have thousands of dollars to spend on a fancy wedding?

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However, if the affection is mutual, and finances are your only problem, Miss Manners can help. Eloping is a way of escaping the participation of others. But you express regret not being able to afford including them.

All you have to do is to detach the concept of “wedding” from “lavish,” “expensive” and “fancy.”

An informal wedding can be charming — even a relief from the overblown, pretentious extravaganzas so common today. You can send first-person, handwritten notes to those people you care about, inviting them to your beach wedding. If it is not scheduled at a usual mealtime, you can serve them punch, or beer, or lemonade, and a homemade cake.

Your true well-wishers will have the pleasure of witnessing and celebrating your marriage. Anyone who is disappointed not to be treated to champagne, a four-course dinner and an evening of dancing (not to mention

the auxiliary events that so often turn a wedding into a weekend of activities) may decline. And any grudges on that account need not bother you, because they will not be held by friends.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My signature appetizer dish for years has been my spinach dip. I am going to a game-watching party, and my “friend” who knows this is my dish says that she is bringing it.

I feel she should have asked if I was bringing it, as she knows I always do.

I told her I’m bringing mine regardless, and there will be plenty of spinach dip for all!

GENTLE READER: Will the teams be negotiating their own disagreements, or will there be a referee?

Miss Manners thought so. In the absence of what used to be called a host — who either provides the food himself or awards jurisdiction for different dishes at a potluck — you will have to hope that everyone likes spinach. (And if you want to offer the other fans an additional contest to watch and possibly cheer, you could label your offering “Sofia’s original spinach dip.”)

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I moved into my home, I moved in with my then-partner of two years. Now, three years later, my partner has left me, and I am a young woman living alone.

I am not bothered by that, but I have not yet had time to grieve my fiveyear relationship, and things are still turbulent with my ex.

How do I politely tell my next-door neighbor that I am not interested in his offers of a date or companionship now or in the future?

He is very nice to me and, before, was very nice to my ex. I really don’t want to burn the bridge of friendship, but so far, my excuses of being very busy or not sure of my plans have not discouraged him. What can I do or say to get my interests across?

GENTLE READER: Or lack thereof.

“I’m so sorry, but I’m afraid that I’m just not interested in changing the nature of our very nice friendship.”

Miss Manners notes that wisely, you have not told him you are “not ready” for romance, as when you eventually are, it will be very clear — as he lives next door — that you were just not ready for him.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please advise me on the proper way to eat spaghetti when a family of little kids and adults are informally around the dinner table.

Next, what’s correct for a gathering of only adults? And finally, how should it all be done when there is a major formal place setting for each guest?

If they wish, others may go ahead and sing “Jam your right fork in, pull the oozy gooey out, twirl it high into the air, and catch it in your mouth” — the “meatball on the floor and out the door” song. I only want to set a cont page 28 proper example.

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While most Americans were content to live along the Atlantic seaboard in 1800, Jefferson wanted to expand the 25-year old nation as quickly as possible. When he made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, he was looking far into the future. When President Jefferson ordered the Lewis and Clark Expedition to travel up the Missouri River, starting from St. Louis on May 14, 1804, he wanted to know more about what lay west of there.

Over the following 20 years, other famous explorers, such as Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long, traveled across the uncharted land west of the Mississippi River. Fur trappers and “mountain men” soon followed.

America, the land and resources seemed inexhaustible. Everyone believed that just beyond the fringe of civilization was more land and opportunity to create a better life.

While the phrase “Manifest Destiny” wasn’t coined until 1845, the idea had been around since the beginning of the republic. Manifest Destiny embraced the belief by America’s leaders and citizens that it was God’s will and the right of Americans to take over the entire continent. That view of history ignored the fact that American Indians had lived here for thousands of years, and that Spanish, British, French, Russian, and other explorers and settlers had lived in the West before the mass migrations of the mid-1800s.

The Gateway Arch memFrom 1841 until the orializes the epic masstranscontinental railroad migration and westward was completed in 1869, expansion of the United more than 300,000 States during the 1800s. settlers set out from the St. Louis area to go to This quarter was part of a It was designed in 1947, California or the Oregon popular 50-coin statehood but construction didn’t Territory. Those wagon series issued by the U.S. Mint begin until 1963. Riding the tram up to the top of trains each took four to from 1999–2009. the 630-foot stainless steel six months to make the arch, I looked out over St. Louis, trip. Sadly, Jefferson died in 1826 home to 2.5 million people today. and never realized how important his When Lewis and Clark began their vision had been to America’s future. trek west in 1804, just 1,200 people From the beginning, when the lived there. first European emigrants settled in Seeing the Gateway Arch in St. Louis took me back to “Dispatch from the cont page 13

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Northwest Gardener

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Location: Where will the container be placed? Sun or shade? East side or west? You will want to choose the plants that grow best with the sunlight exposure in your chosen location.

Container: Choose a pot that is suitable for the spot you have chosen. “Bigger is better” may not apply if the mature container garden interferes with your outdoor living space. Drainage holes are a must and if you place the container in a tray

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Soil: Your soil mix should be light and fluffy and consist of some organic matter such as compost and peat moss. A “soil-less” sterile mix used in greenhouses is ideal, mixed 50/50 with a high quality potting soil. If you have old soil already in your containers, remove and mix with fresh potting soil every year to rejuvenate. Avoid using regular garden dirt, as it will compact in your container, making root development difficult.

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The choices can be overwhelming, but remember you are doing this for your enjoyment. You need to please only yourself. “There are no rules…. only guidelines.” Do keep in mind nutrition and water needs, ultimate size and the bloom potential of your collection. Container gardens are all about instant gratification. Choose enough plants to fill your container immediately. You don’t want to wait for them to grow!

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Let’s break it down Guidelines: Containers should have a thrilling focal point. If it is to be viewed from all sides, this will be placed in the middle of the pot. If the container is to be placed against a wall, then the “thriller” is planted at the back. Its size will depend on the size of your container and it will be the tallest plant of your combination.

Fillers mound and fill in the middle of your container garden. The trailing spillers cascade over the sides. The taller the pot, the farther the spillers can tumble. The wider the pot, the more of each you will need. A large container, such as a wine barrel, may even have more than one thriller at slightly different heights.

Fertilizer: There are many different ways to feed your plants. They will grow fast, bloom profusely and give months of astonishing beauty and satisfaction if they are fed on a regular basis. An organic 4-4-4 can be mixed with the soil along with a slow release 14-14-14. Re-apply in August. Liquid natural fertilizers are applied weekly, as are the liquid formulations of synthetic fertilizers. Talk to those that grow beautiful baskets and containers and ask them what they use. Their advice will help you choose the right fertilizer.

Water: Without a doubt, the most important activity associated with growing successful container gardens is the amount and frequency of watering. Thorough watering will be needed when the plants are billowing out of the pot, challenged by summer sun. Never rely on summer rains to water for you. It will not be enough.

Enjoy a flower garden up close by surrounding yourself with gardens in multiple containers, all summer long.

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COOKING WITH THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER

A season for snobs It’s the berries!

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A FAMILY TRADITION Thursday, July 9 - Sunday, July 12

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ust say it: I’m a strawberry snob. The supermarkets can ship in all of those big, red berries from two states south and pretend they’re The Real Thing, but I know different. They’re impostors.

Sure, the berries put on airs, but all a Northwest cook has to do to see how inferior they are is to cut one right through the middle: they’re WHITE inside, bred and grown for shelf life and traveling long distances.

The Real Thing is red all the way through. Its aroma alone lures us to the farm stand or farmers market.

As I write this, strawberries The just-picked Pacific Northwest strawberries and the are going gangbusters, but buttermilk cake combined with whipped cream frosting make a showstopper dessert. Raspberries or marionberries if hot weather has forced are delicious options. an untimely end to their season, our lovely local raspberries or breaking, it’s hot, it’s dirty. When I bite marionberries would also work well. into a berry today, I sing silent praises to the farmers who bring fresh food to As a longtime food editor, my definition our tables. Shoppers who complain of “local” is squishy. I used to live of high produce prices get no truck in rural Rainier, and I will cross the with me.

Columbia because I consider northwest Ory-gun as local as Puget Island, Speaking of food snobbery, I believe Woodland and other nearby neighbors. in real shortcake, too, even as I condescend to using convenience I can tell you what local is not. It is foods, such as Bisquick. This is a not Mexico or Southern California or departure from my mother, who started British Columbia. Any berry that has her shortcakes from scratch with flour, to hail a bus to get here and spend the baking powder, a bit of sugar and night on the road lacks the personality Guernsey Gold cream. (Our cows’ required for this delicious, albeit messy, cream was so rich in butterfat that Fresh Strawberry Cake. no shortening was required.) Today, I have no cow, but if there’s cream Sure, some restaurants try to confuse in my fridge, I might use that in the us with that bright red strawberry that baking mix. the cook has plopped on our plate for color, but we strawberry elitists will not Like my mother, I don’t roll out and be fooled. And once strawberry season cut the biscuit dough into neat circles, begins (it arrived early this year), we just plop rugged blobs of dough onto send the lily-livered faker back to the the cookie sheet to bake. kitchen. Unloved. Uneaten.

“In season” is everything to growers.

Local berries are seldom just a pretty At strawberry time, we had shortcake face, and when they come from your every day, often twice a day. Oddly, backyard berry patch they may be best our family did not attempt to gild of all. Yet, when I was a slip of a girl on the proverbial lily. Despite a herd the family farm in Michigan, I dreaded of milking cows in our pasture, we Mother’s words: “Suzanne, go pick a never had whipped cream atop our quart of strawberries for supper.” shortcakes. That decadence developed later, when my parents sold their cows Without knowing it, I was learning the meaning of “stoop labor.” It’s backcont page 30 16 /June15 – July 14, 2015 / Columbia River Reader

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Old world celebration features music, dancing & specialty foods Story and photos by Ron Baldwin

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othing says “summer” like pretty young girls and handsome young men in crisp white cotton and multicolored plaid swirling to the music of a hot, accordion-fired Scandinavian orchestra. This time of year brings out the midsummer festivals common throughout Scandinavia. After winter temperatures have gone, the festivals provide a venue for socializing with relatives and neighbors and for young people to meet. Music and group dancing are the big stars and the foods, especially the sweets, are the sparkling universe.

and dancers perform for the crowds. Friday and Saturday nights conclude with a big dance where you can get your Schottische or your Hambo on. (For you non-Scandi types, those are dance steps.)

Many ethnic festivals in America have fallen on hard times, with generations and miles separating the early immigrants and their descendants. Interest has waned for many of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of these immigrants so the festivals have suffered. Astoria’s festival, on the other hand, has grown stronger every year.

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The driving force for continuity at Astoria are the folkdance clubs sponsored by Scandinavian lodges and other organizations. These clubs have continually brought “new blood” to the festival through their youth teams.

Boys and girls from 5 to 17 strut their stuff through difficult dance routines, all dressed in period costumes.

When Scandinavian immigrants came to the U.S. and Canada in droves in the early part of the last century, along with them came the traditions of Mid-summer Festival. Today there are many midsummer music festivals across North America.

Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Astoria, Oregon

June 19, 20, 21 Admission for 3-day event $8 for Adults, $3 Youth, 6-12. Under 5 Free.

Parking $2 per day $5 Weekend Directions: Travel to Astoria and follow the well-placed signs to Clatsop County Fairgrounds.

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For more info, visit www.astoriascanfest.com

It’s hard to over-emphasize the concept of family ties in this event. In every activity and at every stage, family togetherness and involvement is stressed. Nowhere is it more evident than the friendly competition for Miss Scandinavia, the Queen of the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival.

Astoria’s Scandinavian Midsummer Festival has been a big draw since its revival in the 1970s. It takes place on the third weekend of June at Clatsop County Fairgrounds, in farm country south of Astoria. Music performances and dancing take place all through each day and hundreds of musicians

Each of the five flags, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland is represented by a princess, typically a high school senior, and a junior princess from the 10-12 year old set. On Friday night at 7pm, the girls are escorted to the stage by their fathers. The older girls make presentations outlining their experiences growing up in the community and what the festival has meant

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to them. A committee chooses the queen based on her presentation and Miss Scandinavia is crowned.

The junior miss is also crowned that night. Often the royalty are daughters, granddaughters, or even great-granddaughters of former royalty. Most of these girls have been involved in these festivities all of their lives. At the coronation ceremony, it

seems like everyone knows each other. Afterwards, Miss Scandinavia and her father perform the first dance of the Queen’s Family Ball. Then, everyone joins in and the dance continues into the night.

Other activities abound during the three-day festival. Booths open at 9am Saturday and Sunday, featuring traditional foods from each country.

The aromas of Krumkake, Swedish Meatballs, Riisipuuro, and Aeblskiver waft through the Great Hall where the big stage features music acts and the dance floor swirls with dancers.

Vikings, armor and beer High quality imported goods from all five flags fill decorated booths. Local products and handcrafts are also scattered among the displays. Outside, a group of would-be Viking knights demonstrate armor-making and Viking life, engaging in mock battles for the crowds. Barnfest is set up to entertain and delight the kids. On Friday and Saturday, adults enjoy a beer garden with live music.

On Saturday at 8:30am, the Running of the Trolls begins the day, followed by the Optog Parade and Midsummer Pole ceremony. Meanwhile, music and dance groups perform all day.

In the afternoon a new feature of the festival is a demonstration of Kubb (“coob”) , a 1000-year-old game of Scandinavian origin played by six-member teams throwing batons to knock down the goals of their opponent.

One of the coolest, can’t-miss attractions of all is on Saturday night when yours-truly attempts to perform the “Chicken Dance” with a plate full of Swedish Meatballs and Aeblskiver.

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Saturday evening brings the Trolls like kisses, too.

Longview native Ron Baldwin lives in Dancers Ball, another chance for us to make Chinook, Wash. He loves the outdoors, complete fools of ourselves while attempting to old Volkswagens, fast cooking and music. look cool dancing, but even we fools are welcomed Hear his jazz on the floor for an all-around good time. program 6–8pm On Sunday, the Pannukakku Breakfast from 7 to 11 am is followed by a communal church service.

The festival is concluded with a raffle for many prizes donated by various groups. The coveted grand prize is a trip to Scandinavia. Raffle tickets are available at the entrance.

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2015-16 season with 30-plus events celebrates centennial of region’s cultural crown jewel

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he Columbia Theatre, crown jewel of Southwest Washington, will present a spectacular array of delightful performances marking the historic Theatre’s 90th birthday, as well as the Columbia Theatre Association’s 30th Anniversary Season. There will be 11 shows in the Main Stage Season; six 3rd Fridays comedy nights; eight Classic Films beginning in October and the return of the much-beloved Fibre Federal Credit Union Rainy Months Series. And, just for a change of pace, the new Stage Door Concerts promise an intimate acoustic concert evening unique in every aspect.

For information about all of the Columbia’s events call the Box Office (M-F, 11:30 – 5:30) at 360-575-TIXX (8499) or 888-575-8499 for single or subscription ticket info or visit columbiatheatre.com to see the season video and order single tickets online.

Special Buying Periods The season rollout includes special buying periods for Columbia Theatre supporters and season subscribers. The buying periods include: Friend’s First Nighter level donors and above, June 15-June 19; Returning subscribers June 22-26; NEW subscribers and Friend’s

single ticket sales June 29-July 2; and ALL remaining tickets will be available for sale on July 6th. For Group Sale information please contact the theatre directly at 360-575-TIXX (8499) or info@columbiatheatre.com

MAIN STAGE SEASON Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone • Thurs Oct. 1st • 7:30 pm Universally regarded as one of Rock and Roll’s finest and most versatile entertainers, Peter Noone is second to none! Star of stage, screen and record, Noone’s performances are the stuff of legend, deftly delivering a broad palette of music, all gems that, through his voice, defined a generation.

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Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam Friday, Nov. 13th • 7:30 pm Join Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and co-founder of the legendary band Traffic, Dave Mason for an evening, of music history as he retraces the earliest days of his career with Tr a f f i c a n d the works that launched his Photo by Chris Jensen successful solo career.

The Blind Boys of Alabama Talkin’ Christmas • Tues, Dec. 8th 7:30 pm This holiday season, music lovers will have a lot to celebrate because The Blind Boys of Alabama will be Talkin’ Christmas! The show follows the Oct. 21 release by Sony Music Masterworks of Talkin’ Christmas! (with Taj Mahal), a summit meeting of two American music icons. Music

includes new versions of Christmas standards, covers of hidden gospel gems, and seven brand-new holiday songs – six of which are the first Christmas songs ever penned by the Blind Boys themselves. Theatre patrons will likely hear a handclapping rearrangement of the usuallyslower classic “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and a refreshingly intimate, acoustic version of “Silent Night.”

Eugene Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” Sunday, Dec. 13th 7:00 pm The music of Tchaikovsky, a magical holiday tradition where Christmas memories are made. No holiday season is complete without it!

Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom Wed, Jan. 13th 7:30 pm Just as a plant craves light, Celtic people are drawn to music and song.

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OUT • AND • ABOUT

Backpacks in the family tree Hiking heritage spans generations

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Story and photos by Dr. Terry Tack hat drives a sane person to forsake the comforts of home for the rigors of the outdoors?

How about that masochistic act of putting weight on your back, walking in the woods with shoulder straps and hip belt digging at your anatomy? Who can explain it?

I spent some of my pre-teen summers at Longview Y Camp at Spirit Lake, and although some of the most fantastic times are thriving in my memory closet, hiking was not my favorite pastime. The canoe trips to Harmony Falls, the fishing afternoons to Donnybrook, volleyball, jousting matches in the frigid waters — now that was fun. But the hiking? Not so much. Only much later in life did I realize the value of what I had been taught about pace, prep, footgear and the like.

When our kids were very young we packed them up for canoe camping and fishing expeditions to Bear Cove on Spirit Lake.

They seemed to enjoy all that was before them, especially their first lake trout, cooking over a campfire, sleeping on those blue pads.

Of course, my wife and I had the double sleeping bag with the blow up cloud beneath us. We had the great outdoors, but no hiking. It still was not on my “Favorites” Photos: A small tributary stream (top) flows into Siouxon Creek (right), as the trail winds through ferns and tall trees (above).

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list. After several summers of these great times, we lost our mountain getaway in the Mt. St. Helens blow up. All of us Southwest Washington kids who grew up with trips to this mountain paradise lost a member of the family.

We thus expanded our outdoor smorgasbord to include a canoe adventure to the Bowron Lakes in Canada (but that is another story!) and several trips to central Oregon…but no hiking.

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smooth out any relational rough spots along the way. As the summers passed, we graduated to longer hikes, then overnighters, then several days at a time. Interestingly, the further away from the trailhead, the more profound

the scenery and the better the fishing became. Funny how that worked.

Our hiking family grew to include the boys’ friends and my pals as well. Our daughter decided “if the boys can do it, so can I,” so at age 10 she became another great mountain companion.

After a couple warm ups she and I

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decided to tackle a family mainstay out of Leavenworth where granite peaks climb to the blue and mountain trout abound. Although I had been a bit uncertain about her strength and stamina, I figured we could always turn around. But she did just great and we made memories with five days of alpine scenery, brilliant sunshine, camp cooking and awesome fishing.

But these times drew to a close with the natural maturing of a family: college, new friends, new interests and responsibilities, spouses and then kids of their own. The packs, sleeping bags

Siouxon Creek Trail Length: 4.5 miles.

Elevation Gain: 400 feet Trail is well-maintained and great for kids. Dogs are allowed, but on a leash. Certainly this is not too long for most day hikes, but for us an overnight was perfect.

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This trail is utilized by trail bikers, but there is room for everyone on the trail. If you go in the summer season, go during the week.

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The road forks - stay right on FR 54. In four miles take FR 57. In about a mile, take FR 5701 to its endpoint (3.7 miles) where there is a parking lot and the trail head to Siouxon Creek Trail (Trail 130). A hand hewn wooden bridge crosses the Siouxon to Chinook Creek and the Chinook Creek Trail (Trail 130-A). Suggestion: Print out the well-labeled map at www.USDA.gov

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THE READER? A family art outing

Enjoying “Art of the American West: The Haub Family Collection,” in the Tacoma Art Museum, left to right, standing: Michael McDermid, Michelle and Lewis Griffith (daughter and son-in-law); seated: Rosalie McDermid.

Mexican sun Front, left to right: Loretta Urling, Randy Sweet, Sheli Sweet.

Back: Skip Urling, Kathy and David (Josh) Johnson, at the Villa Del Palmar Resort at the Islands of Loretto, Mexico. The group of Longview area residents described the trip: “Good friends and great weather everyday!”

At spring training Longview residents Jeanne O’Connor with Keith and Pat Larson at a Seattle Mariners Cactus League game in Peoria, Arizona.

WHERE DO YOU READ THE READER? On the southern edge of civilization Larry & Bev Hanks, Kelso, Wash., with Marie & Roland Laird (Victoria, BC) in Ushuaia, Argentina, considered the southernmost city in the world.

Send your photo reading the Reader (high-resolution JPEG) to Publisher@ CRReader.com. If sending a cell phone photo, choose the largest file size up to 2 MB. Include name and city of residence. Thank you for your participation and patience. Keep those photos coming!

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Looking Up & Around

Our sun: dialing it in

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rior to the invention of atomic clocks, all timekeeping was based on the apparent motion of the Sun or stars. Astronomers had sidereal clocks based on the latter. Everyone else used clocks coordinated with solar time. The earliest such clocks were Equatorial ring sundial at Skamania Lodge in the Columbia sundials. A sundial that River Gorge. Photos by Perry Piper. dates to 1500 B.C. has been found in Egypt. Prior to World War I, sundials were still used by railroad workers in France to set their watches.

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The basic principle of any sundial is simple The position of the Sun’s shadow is used to determine the time. The shadow-maker is called the “gnomon.” It casts its shadow onto a surface called the “dial plate.” The time is estimated by comparing the position of the gnomon’s shadow with marks on the dial plate.

A well-designed and constructed sundial can be accurate to within one minute of “true” time, as measured by an electronic clock.

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There are dozens of sundial designs. The most common resemble the sundial in Longview’s Civic Center in front of the Monticello Hotel and Longview’s city hall, library and post office.

That sundial, pictured at left, has a horizontal dial plate. The angle between the top edge of the gnomon and the dial plate equals the latitude of the sundial’s location. The gnomon should also be aligned towards true north (which is generally not the same as magnetic north). At local noon, when the Sun is highest in the sky and due south of us, the gnomon will cast its shortest shadow to the north.

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A solar day is defined as the time between two such consecutive local noons When mechanical or electronic timekeepers were used to measure each such solar day throughout the year, it was discovered that they vary in length. The Sun does not appear to move at a steady speed across the sky. This is partly due to the tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis relative to the plane of its orbit around the Sun; and partly a result of the Earth’s orbit being elliptical, rather than circular. Our electronic clocks are coordinated with a fictitious Sun that traverses the sky at a steady speed. Therefore, a sundial may be as much as 16 minutes slow or fast, compared to this “mean solar time.”

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sundials.” Such a sundial is located in a courtyard at Lower Columbia College in Longview (park in the LCC main lot along 15th Avenue and then follow the pathway between the Physical Science Building and the Vocational Building leading to the courtyard.) It is also a “human sundial” since it uses the observer’s body as the gnomon. The equatorial ring type sundial at Skamania Lodge, near Stevenson, Washington, also incorporates analemmatic correction (see photo, page 24).

Another complication: time zones We synchronize our watches with mean solar time at the center of our time zone, which is about three degrees of longitude east of us. Therefore, our local solar time will tend to run behind Pacific Standard Time by 12 minutes.

The hour lines on the dial plate can be rotated to compensate for this longitude difference. The LCC and Skamania Lodge sundials incorporate this adjustment.

Murdock Hall, at Linfield College in McMinnville, has a sundial with a vertical dial plate. Readers who know of other public sundials in our area are invited to send in this information (e-mail: Publisher@CRReader.com) ••• Longview resident Steve Powell teaches science at Mark Morris High School in Longview, Wash. He is a charter member o f Fr i e n d s o f Galileo, a familyoriented, amateur astronomy club which meets in Longview each month. Visitors are welcome. For more info call Chuck Ring, 360636-2294.

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and camp cooking gear languished in storage for a number of years, waiting for a resurrection of interest and any number of miracles to make a renewal possible. I slowly accepted the fact that memories would have to be enough, and Father Time rudely reminded me that some adventures should be left to the young in body. I mean, just look at that old guy in the mirror, dude.

And then a miracle. A friend whom I had encouraged to go on a hike with me 30 years ago returned the favor, and after much soul searching I decided to take him up on his offer and his help. A confidence booster to say the least. And then, a year later another miracle. Actually, several miracles. One of our sons and our son in law decided that the mountains were again calling their names, and now that they had sons of their own…..you can guess the rest.

And they invited me along!!! The hardscrabble hike, the wood smoke, sounds of young voices echoing off the granite and shale, the wonderful fishing, camp coffee, and even the rain took me back to when those young voices I recalled were now the men leading our family into the future. (I wrote about these trips in the CRR a couple of years ago).

And then last summer, two of our granddaughters commented, “If the boys can do it so can we…” Hmm. Our son Jeff, son-in-law David and their young daughters, Erin, 10 and Olivia, 12, decided to take an overnighter, and since it was September, it needed to be fairly close to home. Now, to select a venue.

They needed a challenge to enable a sense of accomplishment, but not so challenging to discourage them.

Jeff and Dave settled on the Siouxon Creek, a tributary of the upper Lewis, and a great choice it was. And yes, I was invited on this caper as well!

The Siouxon (pronounced Soo’sawn) meanders through old growth forests accompanied by a well maintained, smooth as silk pathway.

Beautiful foliage, ferns and flowers and a number of campsites adorn its length. Dramatic Chinook Falls and its chilly pool marked our turnaround spot at four miles. We came back along the trail a mile or so to a flat, fern filled, firewood rich clearing to set up our tents. Again, what a blessing. These young cousins forgot all about school, basketball and

dance lessons as they explored the forest, played in the river, and told stories well into the evening. And I got another chance to watch my boys in action, this time with daughters.

That ever so important relationship of a father with his daughter thrives in these families.

As we returned, left alone with my thoughts and the soft sound of Danners on a well-worn path I let my mind slip back in history: where had all these incredible blessings come from? Well, good health (thank you Lord), good friends (thanks Kent,

Dan, and Butch), my parents’ sense of adventure (thanks Mom and Dad) and even patient and model-worthy Y-Camp counselors. By the way, thank you, Ned Piper.

So, now it is spring. The weather has become more friendly and predictable.

Mmm boy. I can hardly wait to see what rivers, lakes or flower-filled meadows the summer has in store.

And yep. I’m the guy who didn’t like to hike.

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Chamber of Commerce Backstage Café (rack) KALAMA Fibre Fed’l CU Columbia Inn WOODLAND Visitor’s Center The Oak Tree

RYDERWOOD Community Center RAINIER Post Office Cornerstone Café Rainier Hardware (rack, entry) Earth ‘n’ Sun (on Hwy 30) El Tapatio (entry rack) 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 Fred Meyer Fultano’s Ace Hardware ARK Real Estate

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

CATHLAMET Cathlamet Pharmacy

CASTLE ROCK Lacie Rha’s Cafe (32 Cowlitz W.) Four Corners General Store Parker’s Restaurant (rack, entry)

CLATSKANIE Post Office Hump’s (inside entry) Chevron / Mini-Mart Wauna mill (parking area)

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Outings & Events

Performing & Fine Arts Music, Art, Theatre, Literary

Save the date!

An outdoor concert for jazz enthusiasts. Great food.

Grilled oysters. Beer & wine.

Kid-friendly! Bring chairs or a blanket and enjoy.

Saturday, Aug. 15 • 12–5pm Wilson Field, Ocean Park (on the Long Beach Peninsula) • $25

Mel Brown B-3 Quintet Geno Michaels & Soulcity Dan Balmer Trio

Live Music Scene around the River For music schedule, 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

FIRST THURSDAY • July 9 (re-scheduled due to July 4th festivities) Downtown Longview Broadway Gallery Reception, 5:30-7:30pm. Live music.

1418 Commerce Ave. www.the-broadway-gallery.com Broderick Gallery Reception 6–8pm 1318 Commerce Ave. 503-703-5188 www.broderickgallery.com Longview Outdoor Gallery 1200-1300 blocks, Commerce Ave. Free guided sculpture tours by LOG board member. Meet at Broadway Gallery, 6pm.

Teague’s Gallery 1267 Commerce Ave. 360-636-0712 Artisan jewelry by Suzanne Long.

5:30–7:30pm.

Flowers ‘n’ Fluff 45 E. Col River Hwy, Clatskanie, Ore. 503-728-4222 Live Music Friday evenings clatskanieflowersnfluff@gmail.com

Original • Local • Cheerful Columbia River Dining Guide Cowlitz Black Bears, Farmers Markets & Outdoor Concert Schedules All about the good life Handy during a heat wave

Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview 360-636-1616 Porkys-Cafe-Lounge To find where your favorites are playing: Raeann raeannphillips.com Avi avimuzo.com Fred Carter FredCarterLive or www.fredcarterlive.com

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

Broderick Gallery. “Regional Art” show.

1318 Commerce, Longview, Wash. Tues-Sat, 10am–5pm or by appointment Info: 503-7035188. www.broderickgallery.com McThreads Wearable Ar t/Lord and McCord ArtWorks Nine local fiber artists.

Sidewalk Fashion Show July 16. See ad, page 21.Open Tues-Fri 10-5pm. 1206 Broadway, Longview, Wash. 360-261-2373 or mcthreadswearableart.com.

Music on the Mountain Free concerts at Johnston Ridge, Mt. St. Helens. June 27 The Student Loan; July 25 Casey Neill and the Norway Rats; Aug 29 The Resolectrics.

See ad, page 18.

Teague’s Interiors & Gallery 10–5:30 M–F, 10–3 Sat. Acrylic paintings in the gallery. 360-636-0712. 1267 Commerce Ave, Longview, Wash.

Tsuga Gallery Fine arts and crafts by more than 30 area artists. Thurs-Sat 11–5. 70 Main Street, Cathlamet, Wash. 360-795-0725.

Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Fest June 19–21. See story, page 17, ad page 18.

Arts of the Mountain June 27-28, 10am– 6pm. Fine arts, music, food. Various stops along scenic Spirit Lake Hwy to Mt. St. Helens (SR-4). Info: Arts of the Mountain (Facebook), artsofthemountain.org or 360431-9802.

“Look for me far away from any fireworks on the Fourth of July.”

~ Smokey

Man in the Kitchen’s cat.

Makes a great fan!

Goble Tavern 70255 Col. River Hwy, Rainier 503-556-4090 • gobletavern.com Mark’s on the Channel •Fri, June 19 7pm, Robbie Laws solo • Fri., June 26, 7pm, Jamie Wyatt Trio • Sat., July 11, 7pm, Tough Love Pyle • Fri/. July 17, 7pm, Kenny Lavitz Solo, West Coast blues • Sat, July 18, 7pm,Robbie Laws Solo

Rainier Days in the Park July 9–11.

Columbia Riverfront, Rainier, Ore. See ad, page 16.

FOX Theatre Film Series June 27, Superman; July 11, Father of the Bride. 123 S. Tower Ave., Centralia, Wash. 2pm and 7pm. Tickets $8 single, family $20. See ad, page 20.

The Birk Pub & Eatery 11139 Hwy 202, Birkenfeld, Ore 503-755-2722 • thebirk.com Cassava 1333 Broadway, Longview 360-425-7700 Live music first Friday. Check Facebook.

Broadway Gallery Artists co-op June: Art students; Katey Sandy (paintings), Bernadett Crider (pottery). July: Julie Martin (paintings), Bob Kizziar (pottery), Madeline Houston (photos). Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30.

1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. 360-5770544.

13 Nights on the River St. Helens, Ore.

June 18 Juke Box Heroes June 25 Love Bomb Go-Go July 2 Melao De Cuba July 9 Bon Ton Roulet July 16 Brothers of Baladi July 23 21 Horses July 30 Shanghai Wollies Aug 6 Finnders & Youngberg Aug 13 Mosby Aug 20 Whiskey Union Aug 27 Quarterflash 6–9pm Thursdays, St. Helens Columbia View Park, 265 Strand Street, Historic Riverfront Olde Town, St. Helens, Ore. Info: 13nightsontheriver.org

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FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTS

Concerts at the Lake Longview, Wash.

July 9 Big Night Out

Rock, Pop, Funk & Show band

July 16 Robbie Laws & his Big Band

Jump, swing, jazz, blues

Gloriana Wed., July 22, 7pm. Cowlitz County Fair. Advance tickets $20, at the gate $25. Advance party corral $25, at the gate $30. See ad, page 31.

Art in the Park Call for Artists Sat., Aug 15. 10–5, Lake Sacajawea Park, Hemlock Plaza, Longview, Wash. Juried exhibition of fine art and crafts for sale, with opportunity for public to meet the artists. Apply by July 15, incl 3 photos of work, artist commitment form and $40 check payable to Columbia Artists Assoc. Application and more info: columbianartists.org

HOW TO PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENT IN CRR

List your non-commercial 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 (in person or via mail slot) to: Columbia River Reader 1333-14th Ave Longview, WA 98632

Submission Deadlines Events occurring July 18 – Aug 20: Submit

by June 25 for July15 issue.

Events occurring Aug 18–Sept 20: Submit

by July 25 for Aug15 issue All submissions are considered, subject to lead time, general relevance to readers, and space limitations.

Downtown Woodland Hot Summer Nights July 10 Half Step Down July 17 Mojo Blasters Blues July 24 Silver Rose Country rock Contemporary, high energy rock

July 23 The June Bugs Pop meets Americana July 30 Wally & The Beaves 50s & 60s rock ‘n’ roll tribute Aug 6 Britnee Kellogg Country rock Aug 13 Paperback Writer Beatles Tribute

Juy 31 Mark Stevenz Elvis tribute Aug 7 Misty Mamas Aug 14 Road Hard Guitars, vocals, drums

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, blanket. Alcoholfree. Info: revitalizewoodland.org

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Outings & Events

Recreation, Outdoors, Gardening History, Pets, Self-Help Book Sale Fri-Sat, June 19 (10–4) June 20 (9–1), bag sale 1–2pm. Sponsored by Friends of Woodland Community Library.

Held at Woodland Community Center, 782 Park Street. Children’s books from 25¢ to $1. Most other books $1. All media items are two for $1. Lots of material for homeschooling. Proceeds help fund library activities and a future library. Info: 360560-8130.

Summer Solstice 5K Run/Walk June 20, 6pm. Netul River Trail (40-ft elevation gain), start/finish line in front of Fort Clatsop replica. Lewis & Clark Trail Series is open to walkers and runners of all ages to experience the northwest coast the way people have done it for thousands of years – on footpaths. (Next event Sept 26.)

Register 5-5:45pm at Fort Clatsop Visitor Center. Fee is purchase of $10 annual pass, or free with any NPS site pass. Parent/ guardian sig required for those under 18.

Info: 503-861-2471.

Celestial Summer Walkabout Friday, June 26, 4–6:30pm. Start at CRR office, 1333 14th Ave., end at Broderick Gallery, 1318 Commerce. Details, page 9.

Strawberry Shortcake Day June 27, 1–4pm. Whole wheat shortcake topped with ripe strawberries. Cedar Creek Grist Mill. I-5 Exit 21 from, 8 miles from Woodland. Info: cedarcreekgristmill.com or 360-225-5832.

Change the Story Change the Future Sun, June 28, 5–7pm. Discussion by author, co-founder of “Yes!” magazine and Longview native David Korten.

Presented by Interfaith Advocates for Justice. LCC Health and Science Building (HSB 101), 1600 Maple, Longview, Wash.. Free. Info: Kathy Thompson, 360-749-4901.

RA Long Class of 1967 July 11, 12:30pm. I-5 Exit 16, west to 33402 NW 49th Rd 1.2 miles. Gate on right side of road, go down to East Fork of Lewis River. Info: Tom, 360-431-1346.

Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social and Historical Marker Dedication Sun, July 12. Caples House Museum (built 1870).

2–4pm. Ice cream sundaes $3; music & sing-along in the Caples House Historic Orchard. 1915 1st St., Columbia City, Ore. Info: 503-397-5390.

Cowlitz County Museum At Cowlitz County Fair July 22-25 at Bush Family Cabin. Wed., July 25, 1pm, kids’ pie eating contest; butter churning all day Sat., July 25. , Ongoing exhibit at the Museum: Badges, Bandits & Booze.”

Many photos on display from the early days to current times. Museum open Tues-Sat 10 am–4 pm. 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash. www.cowlitzwa.us/ museum. Info: 360-577-3119.

Adoption: Here I am, but where did I come from? With Darlene Wilson.

Aug 13, 7pm. (No July meeting).

Lower Columbia Genealogical Society, meeting held at Somerset Retirement Apts., 2025 Tibbets Dr., Longview, Wash. Genealogical helper available every Wed, 1-3pm, Longview Public Library. Info: lcgsgen@yahoo.com; rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs

Our services include:

Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum Logging, fishing and cultural displays. Open 1-4pm, Thurs-Sun. 65 River Street, Cathlamet, Wash. For info 360-795-3954.

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

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

Education Family Support Health & Nutrition

Website: www.lowercolumbia.edu/programs/head-start E-mail: headstart-info@lowercolumbia.edu Physical address: 1720 – 20th Ave., Longview, WA Mailing address: PO Box 3010, Longview, WA 98632 Limited transportation provided

Community / Farmers’ Markets Astoria Sunday Market Sundays • 10–3 thru Oct 11 Downtown on 12th, just west of Hwy 30, Astoria, Ore. Info: Cindi Mudge, 503-325-1010

Ilwaco Saturday Market Saturdays • 10–4 thru Sept 26 Port of Ilwaco, Ilwaco, Wash. www.portofilwaco.com Info: Bruce Peterson 503-338-9511

Battle Ground Village Outdoor Market Saturdays • 10­–3 thru Sept 26 At Battle Ground Village SE 10th Ave & SE Commerce Ave Battle Ground, Wash. www.bgvillage.com Info: Jennifer Riddle 360-397-0334

Puget Island Farmers’ Market Fridays • 3–6 59 West Birnie Slough Rd, Cathlamet, Wash.

Info: Rob and Diane 360-849-4145 Check us out on Facebook

Clatskanie Farmers’ Market Saturdays• 10–2 thru Sept.

Cope Park. From Hwy 30, turn north on Nehalem, east on Lillich. Produce, jewelry, soaps, arts/crafts, food cart. Live music. clatskaniefarmersmarket.com Info:clatskaniefmmanager@gmail.com Columbia-Pacific Farmers’ Market Fridays • 3–6 thru Sept 25 Downtown Long Beach, Wash. www.longbeachwa.gov Info: 360-642-4421 Cowlitz Community Farmers’ Market Tues and Sats • 9–2 thru Oct 7th Ave, Cowlitz Expo Center, Longview, Wash. www.cowlitzfarmersmarkets.com Info: John Raupp 360-785-3883 Jrshamrockhill3@aol.com Kelso Bridge Market Sundays • 10–3 Three Rivers Mall Southwest entrance Kelso, Wash.

Info: Betty Erickson 360-957-2515 or bettyerickson@comcast.net.

Goble Community Market 4th Saturday •June, July, Aug, Sept Goble Tavern parking area, Goble, Ore. Info: 503-396-0503, Tracie goblecommunitymarket@gmail.com Featuring handmade and farm-raised.

Spirit Market Wed thru Oct 21, 5–7pm Sun thru Oct 18 12–2pm St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 22nd and Louisiana St., Longview Wide variety of produce, native and edible plants, cut flowers, honey, baked goods and jams & jellies, provided by Watershed Gardens. Occasional guest vendors and live music.

St. Helens Open Air Market Thursdays • 3–9 Live music 6pm at the Amphitheatre St. Helens Plaza, St. Helens, Ore. Info: christina.13nights@gmail.com or 620-654-8205.

Scappoose Community Club Farmers Market Saturdays • 9–2 thru Sept 26 E. 2nd Street (street closed during market), Scappoose, Ore. (between City Hall & Library - visible from Hwy 30) wwwscappoosefarmermarket.com Info: Bill Blank 503-730-7429 Woodland Farmers Market Fridays • 4–8, June 19 – July 31 Aug 7 – 31 • 3–8pm Hoffman Plaza, Woodland, Wash. www.woodlandfarmersmarket.org Info: 360-852-2670 or 360-903-9084

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Technology

the LowerColumbia

Informer

By Perry Piper

Board no more ~ the bright future of games More players than ever connecting, in old and new ways

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ou get your hot coffee, fresh from the machine, in one hand and some cookies in the other, anticipating your relaxing evening alone with a favorite novel. Before you can flip to the first page, though, you hear distant teen screams and the rumbling of gunfire. Closing your eyes and sighing, you reminisce about the “good old days” when kids quietly played board games to pass the time.

Many popular video games are military simulators, but there are other genres as well, just like with books, movies and music. It’s true: Video gaming continues growing in popularity, but board games are now returning to share the spotlight.

While computers keep track of all the game’s rules and keep players locked within a fixed system, board games force players to understand the rules and loopholes since they are the ones who have to enforce the system during play. Computer games have been transitioning online, whereas board game makers have seized the in-person and social appeal to market their games.

New game genres Kids these days are playing less of the classics like Monopoly, Clue and Battleship, but meanwhile, brand new franchises have emerged — ones

that are critically acclaimed, skillfully designed and popular among all age groups.

I do enjoy Cranium — a silly party game that combines Pictionary, charades, Trivial Pursuit and word puzzles — that my family and friends like to play. But I never got into board games that have the additional element of strategy.

Video games were always my schtick.

Others in my family played Rummytype card games at holiday gatherings, but the generations never really had a way to enjoy game-playing together.

Recently, my new friend, Esana Anderson, introduced me to the world of modern board games. While daunting at first to learn rules for EVERY new game and at times having no clue what was going on, after a while I found myself falling into this new pattern of play.

My uncle, Mike Perry, is definitely a board game fan and has been enjoying this resurgence of his childhood pastime. For his recent birthday gift, I took him to Portland to show him the mecca of board games: Guardian Games. The store contains massive space for play and tournaments and hundreds if not thousands of games on very high shelves. They even have a free demo area to try out a few hundred board games with friends and you can order beer! After careful consideration

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while talking to staff, Uncle Mike decided on one called Power Grid and we look forward to playing it soon.

The tradeoff Boxed board games will cost the same high price with every new addition to your library. On the other hand, video games are digital and — after the upfront expense of buying the system (such as X-Box), provide a vast library to play affordably or even for free.

It’s not that any one style of game is superior, it’s that preferences differ.

Some people love online play, while others may lack the computer skills for such games. Many value face-to-face family time or going to the board game shop to meet in person new people to play with.

Things are looking up for people who can’t decide where to spend their money For years, we’ve had to choose one or the other game platform (digital versus physical). No more. Some computersavvy smart people at Berserk Games have built a game within games which sells for only $20. Their new program, “Tabletop Simulator” supports ALL board games ever made — currently for free — and new ones are being added all the time!

Using any Windows, Mac, or Linux computer, players can play in person or online around the world. Once virtual reality launches (early 2016), players using Tabletop Simulator will feel like they are actually sitting around a table with their favorite friends and relatives. They will even be able to use their hands — rather than a complex or clunky game controller — to pick up and move game pieces, simulating the tabletop experience!

••• Perry Piper works as CRR’s production manager/photographer and technical consultant. His cushy job allows ample time off to travel.

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Miss Manners

from page 11

GENTLE READER: That is noble of you, but Miss Manners pictures your relatives’ pasta getting cold while they ponder what age qualifies as adulthood, or what degree of formality requires which approach.

You are in dire need of a unified spaghetti policy. And please stop tempting chaos with jingles.

The correct method does not involve a spoon. It is necessary to state that, because Americans of Italian descent often argue that it does. Bracing the tines of the fork against a spoon is considered rather crude (although not as crude as your song) in Italy.

Rather, the fork should be planted, tines down, against the plate, and rotated so that the spaghetti is wound around it. Those pesky strands that refuse to wind can be cut with the side of the fork.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have to meet with people in a social setting occasionally that is not of my choosing; they don’t like me and I don’t like them.

If I don’t offer my hand for a handshake and they offer theirs, is it proper to just say hello and ignore the proffered hand?

I’m sure their feelings won’t be hurt, but don’t really care if they are, and I get resentful at myself for being a fake or phony for shaking hands with people that I don’t like.

GENTLE READER: Refusing to shake someone’s extended hand without offering an apologetic excuse (such as a medical problem or religious prohibition) is a severe insult.

But then, that is what Miss Manners understands that you hope to deliver.

You just don’t want to accept the consequences of delivering a public slight that might provoke retaliation from the victims.

Perhaps you are right that some people will not understand the insult, or will be generous enough to assume that you don’t understand having given one. That does not make the prospect of your chortling to yourself any less unpleasant. And it runs the risk of a scene that would embarrass your hosts.

At most, Miss Manners will allow you to get away with a slight coolness.

••• 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.)

Clatskanie Flowers ‘n’ Fluff Coffee Shop 45 E. Columbia River Hwy Wine Tasting, Dinner & Live Music Fridays 5:30–8:30pm. Unforgettable scones, On-the-go breakfast & lunch.

Coffee Shop M-F 5:30am–6:30pm; Sat 7am–6pm; Sun 8am–6pm.

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

M-Sat 11am–10pm; Sun 11am–9pm.

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

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

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

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2017 Columbia Blvd., St. Helens Mon–Fri 9–5; Sat 10–4.

Breakfast sandwiches, deli sandwiches, espresso, chocolates. See ad, page 10.

1210 Ocean Beach Hwy., Longview Fish & chips, burgers, more. Beer & wine. 360-577-7972 Luigi’s Pizza 117 East 1st Street, Rainier 503-556-4213 Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine.

See ad, page 11.

Kelso Grounds for Opportunity 413 S. Pacific Ave. 360-703-3020 Wed–Sun 7am–3pm Breakfast and Lunch available all day.

1260 Commerce Ave. Family Dining 11–9, Breakroom Bar 11am–midnight. American comfort food.

Full bar. 360-703-3904.

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

31 draft beers. Full bar.

360-636-1616. See ad, page 20.

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

Open daily 11am.

503-556-9753 See ad, page 11.

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

503-556-8772. See ad, page 11.

Bowers Down Th-Sat 5–8

Gyros Gyros

M-Tues 11–4, W-Sat 11–5 1338 Commerce Ave., 360-577-5658 Serving Mediterranean fare for lunch and local farm fresh food for dinner.

Reservations recommended for dinner.

See ad, page 9.

Full breakfast, lunch and dinner. Daily drink special: Bloody Mary $5. $4 Breakfast Special. Homemade soup. 6am–9pm. Full bar in lound, open 6am. 1334 12th Ave. 360-425-8545

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

503-556-9935. See ad, page 11.

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

See ad page 11.

Hometown Pizza 109 E. “A” St. Take-and-bake, Delivery, To-Go and dine-in. Lunch Buffet M-F 11–2.

Open daily 11am; close M-Th, Sat 9pm, Fri 10pm. 503-556-3700

Teri’s 3225 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Fine dining, with specials, fresh NW cuisine. Happy Hour. Full bar. 9am–9pm, Tues–Sun. Closed Mondays. 360-577-0717.

See ad page 13.

The Carriage

Restaurant & Lounge

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. Open for lunch and dinner. 360-425-2837

Hop N Grape 924 15th Ave., Longview M–Th 11am–8pm; Fri & Sat 11am–9pm; Sun 11am–7pm. BBQ meat slow-cooked on site. Pulled pork, chicken brisket, ribs, turkey, salmon. World-famous mac & cheese. 360-577-1541 See ad page 28.

Scappoose

The Original Pie@trio’s Pizzeria

614 Commerce Ave., Longview. 18 varieties of pizza. Salad bar, Lunch buffet all-you-can-eat. Beer & wine. Mon-Fri open 11am, Sat-Sun 12 Noon. 360-3533512. See ad, page 20.

Longview

1329 Commerce Ave., Longview (alley entrance). Fine dining, happy hour specials. wine tastings. Tu-Sat open 5pm.

360-425-2837. See ad page 19.

Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd.

Hot pizza, cool salad bar.

Beer & wine. 503-397-3211 See ad, page 10.

Fresh-roasted coffee, snack and pastries.

1335 14th Ave., M-F 9am–4pm, Sat-Sun 9am–4pm. 360-232-8642 New location: 931 Ocean Beach Hwy (Inside seating plus drive-thru).

M-F 6am–8pm, Sat-Sun 8am–8pm.

360-232-8642. See ad, page 8.

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

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Burgers, handcut steak; seafood and pasta. Restaurant opens 8am, Lounge 12 Noon. Closed Monday. 360-967-2333

Fultano’s Pizza 51511 SE 2nd.

Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more!

“Best pizza around!”

M–Th, Sat 11am–10pm; Fri 11am– 11pm; Sun 11am–9pm. Full bar service ‘til 11pm Fri & Sat. Deliveries in Scappoose. 503-543-5100.

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant

33452 Havlik Rd. Fine Mexican cuisine. Daily specials. The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials. M-Th 11am–9:30pm; Fri & Sat 11am–11:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-543-3017

Mark’s on the Channel. Floating restaurant on the Multnomah Channel, 34326 Johnson Landing.

Delicious daily menus; full bar, wines & taps. Outdoor seating. Live music.

Wednesdays beginning April 22: All you can eat Alaskan Cod Fish & Chips. Open W-Th 11:30–8:30; F-Sat 11:30–9. Sun 11:30–6:30.

503-543-8765. See ad, page 31.

Woodland The Oak Tree 1020 Atlantic Ave., Woodland. Full lunch, breakfast and dinner menu.

Fresh from scratch cooking. Great happy hour menu. Sun 7am–9pm, M-Th 8am–9pm, Fri-Sat 7am–10pm.

360-841-8567

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Fire Mountain Grill at Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center. 15000 Spirit Lake Hwy. 11–6, 7 days a week. fmgrill.com Burgers, sandwiches, beer & wine. 360-274-5217. See ad, page 19.

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Farmer’s Daughter

from page 16

and wintered in Florida, where berries come early and cream comes out of a paper carton.

You can take the strawberry-picker off the farm, but you can’t loosen her lust for The Real Thing. I cringe when I see people hovering over foreign strawberries, which some clueless supermarket manager has displayed next to those horrid circles of yellow sponge “shortcake.” The purist in me wants to stage an intervention right there in the grocery store.

Buy them, if you must, but please don’t tell me about it. It should remain your dirty little secret.

••• Retired food editor Suzanne Martinson grew up on a farm in Michigan. She and her mother could look out the kitchen window and watch the strawberries ripen. Suzanne remains better at baking than picking.

Buttermilk Cake

Fresh Strawberry Cake According to “The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook” (Little, Brown and Co.; 1998)

by Christopher Kimball, editor of Cook’s Illustrated magazine “this cake requires very ripe berries for best results. Also, the cake is a bit messy since it tends to fall apart when sliced. However, it is a wonderful to serve during strawberry season.”

Butter and flour for preparing cake pans 2 ½ cups cake flour (see tip) 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 12 tablespoons (1 ½ sticks) butter, softened 1 ½ cups sugar 5 large eggs 1 cup buttermilk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

One quart fresh strawberries, washed, dried and hulled 1 teaspoon sugar Prepare Buttermilk No cake flour?

Cake. Cool. Prepare Not every kitchen, including mine, Magic Whipped is stocked with cake flour. Here’s a Cream Frosting substitution: For each cup of cake flour, (recipes follow). take one level cup of all-purpose flour, Slice three-quarters of remove two tablespoons and replace the strawberries in half with two tablespoons of cornstarch. length-wise. Place in (For the 2 ½ cups of cake flour for a medium bowl with Fresh Strawberry Cake, I removed 5 sugar and toss gently tablespoons of all-purpose flour, which I to combine. Let sit for replaced with cornstarch.) The resulting at least 20 minutes mixture should be well combined; one before using. source suggested putting the mixture Place one cake layer on through a flour sifter five times. plate. Top with a thin

~ Suzanne Martinson layer of whipped cream frosting. Top with halved strawberries (use all of them) and then add a second layer of frosting. Add second cake layer and frost top and sides.

Decorate with remaining whole strawberries.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Set rack in middle position.

Coat two 9-inch cake pans with butter or vegetable shortening and sprinkle with flour. Roll pans in all directions to coat, shaking out excess flour.

Sift together flour, b a k i n g p o w d e r, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl.

Beat butter in a large bowl with an e l e c t r i c m i xe r a t medium speed for 30 seconds (or by hand).

Continue beating, gradually adding sugar. Beat until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Scrape down sides of bowl when necessary.

Add about ½ of the flour mixture and buttermilk and beat on low speed until just incorporated.

Add the vanilla and then the remaining flour and

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1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin 2 cups heavy cream ½ cup powdered sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Chill bowl and beaters of an electric mixer in the freezer for at least 10 minutes.

Sprinkle gelatin over 2 tablespoons water in a small saucepan. Let dissolve for 4 minutes.

Over very low heat, melt gelatin mixture, about 3 minutes.

Place cream and melted gelatin in the chilled bowl. Beat on low speed for 30 secondsd until gelatin is thoroughly mixed into cream.

Increase speed to high and beat until cream just starts to take shape. Add sugar and vanilla and beat until stiff.

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Blackwood likes all film genres

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By Dr. Bob Blackwood

ome people like romances, some like comedies, some like tragedies (Shakespeare and modern) and some like action pictures. I like them all, if they’re done right.

George Miller — the Australian auteur of Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome — has surpassed his previous car chase/gun fight in the desert creations with Mad Max: Fury Road.

by a mysterious young girl, Athena (Raffey Cassidy), who transports the young inventor to a real Tomorrowland.

The lmperator Furiosa (The Mad General) in “Mad Max: Fury Road” is played beautifully, though not prettily, by Charlize Theron, Mad Max’s ally.

Meanwhile, Casey, in another time sequence a bit closer to our own, attempts to save the Cape Canaveral launch pad (and her father’s job) and is jailed. But when she gets out of jail, she gets a Tomorrowland pin, which transports her to the real Tomorrowland.

Tom Hardy plays Max, a Photo: Warner Bros. man whose talents as a driver keep up the suspense? How did are recognized by all. Here, Max he maintain the edge? I is being literally bled to feed his only know that he did it. enemies—e.g. the dead-white and If you don’t like action bald Nux (Nicholas Hoult from films, don’t go to this one.

X-Men)—while he drives. Charlize George Bernard Shaw didn’t Theron plays Imperator Furiosa, the write this script; Quentin strawboss of Immortan Joe (Hugh Tarantino may have wished Keays-Byrne), a big swine among pigs. he had.

Theron decides to steal his five wives rad Bird, director and return to her homeland and the of The Iron Giant hell with Joe. Well, that’s the picture.

(1999) and Ratatouille The picture is two hours long. You will (2007), has attempted a Walker the brilliant inventor (George Clooney) growls at not fall asleep during it. I read that science fiction film geared Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) the clever young lady. it did not use computer-generated for children and teens, Photo: Walt Disney. special effects. What I saw was two Tomorrowland, with a bright After “Mad Max,” I wanted something hours of the most dangerous driving attractive teenager, Casey Newton of a change in pace. Unfortunately, over an unforgiving desert that has (Britt Robertson), and a former child the forward motion of this picture ever been filmed plus shoot-outs, prodigy now inventor/scientist, Frank seemed to stop about halfway through explosions, etc. How did Miller Walker (George Clooney). The it. Things were going on, but it wasn’t young version of Clooney, played clear to me what was going on or why

by Thomas Robinson, has his anyone really cared. rocket-pack dismissed by a rude Judge Nix (Hugh Laurie, I guess Casey and Frank were happy whom we see later) at about it; presumably Athena was the 1964 World’s Fair. too. The Disney organization may Finally, the young be unhappy with the film; I certainly man is helped was. But if you are under 12, maybe you’ll like it.

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••• Dr. Bob Blackwood, professor emeritus of English at the City Colleges of Chicago, is the author of: From the Silent Era to The Sopranos: Italian American Gangsters in Trend-Setting Films and Television Shows (2006) and co-author with Dr. John Flynn of Future Prime: The Top Ten Science Fiction Films (2006) and has been reviewing films since the late 1960s for a variety of publications. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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on the wind, they are propelled by the powerful rhythms and motifs of a mysterious and exuberant ancient culture. Music is the soul, the very lifeblood of their tradition. It binds them together, even as it sets them apart. This driving passion for music and dance is the keystone of Celtic identity.

Flashdance - the Musical Sat, Jan 23rd 7:30 pm The pop culture phenomenon of Flashdance is now live on stage.

With electrifying dance at its core, “Flashdance - the Musical” tells the inspiring story of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night with dreams of becoming a professional performer. When romance with her steel mill boss threatens to complicate her ambitions, Alex learns the meaning of love and its power to fuel the pursuit of her dream.

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Sat, Feb 6th 7:30 pm In another acoustic turn, Country legend A a r o n Ti p p i n steps onto the Columbia stage bringing his special brand of acoustic country. “You’ve Got To Stand For Something,” “There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with the Radio” ...To Aaron, you’re not a fan, you’re family. Need we say more?

Abba Mania Thurs, Feb 25th 7:30 pm The original tribute from London’s West End. “Mamma Mia,” “Voulez Vous,” “Dancing Queen,” “Winner Takes It All,” “Super Trouper” and many more. A joyful, timeless romp through the 70s.

Best of Broadway: The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Sat, March 12th 7:30 p.m.

An unforgettable musical journey through Andrew Lloyd Webber’s greatest hits: Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, CATS, Phantom of the Opera and many more. Each of the performers has starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber shows on Broadway. cont page 33

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Hotel California – A Salute to the Eagles • Thurs, April 21st 7:30pm The ultimate salute, all live, no backing tracks. Hotel California faithfully and accurately reproduces the classic sound that transcends the boundaries of Rock, R&B, and Country. Officially authorized

by The Eagles.

About the Columbia Theatre May 1980: After a valiant but failed effort to save the theatre, crews and equipment moved onto an adjacent parking lot to prepare the four-story building for demolition, set to begin Monday, May 19th.

On May 18th, Mt. St. Helens erupted and the equipment was diverted to assist in disaster relief responses. When the dust settled and the mountain went cold again, the Columbia stood like an orphan waiting to be adopted. The tireless efforts of a group of citizens led to formation of the Columbia Theater Task Force, Inc.,with the purpose to restore the Columbia Theater as a regional performing arts center.

A thirty-year-long journey…

Now, 30 years and $11.6 million later the Columbia has had a 21st Century makeover. The theatre re-opened in February 2010 as a state-of–the-art facility ready to serve the Lower Columbia River region for generations to come.

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hen Dr. Te r r y Ta c k i n h i s story (page 29) mentioned his youthful experiences at the Longview YMCA Camp at Spirit Lake, a flood of memories washed through my mind.

For those who Spirit Lake, pre-1980. Photo courtesy of US Forest Service. never had the the plastic pipe that brought our pleasure of visiting the camp, imagine water supply from Margaret Creek a place on picturesque Spirit Lake that into camp. could only be reached by a five-mile long hiking trail or by boat. The view A favorite hike was to Coe’s Mine, an from the camp was perhaps one of the abandoned silver mine, three miles most beautiful in the country, with prefrom the camp. The campers thought blast, symmetrical Mt. St. Helens rising they were rich when they found rocks gloriously above the lake. A lodge used infused with iron pyrite, better known for camp activities and camper dining as “fool’s gold.” When miners left the was the dominant feature of the camp. camp decades earlier, they left behind A dozen or so rustic cabins dotted the an iron donkey, a now-rusted engine camp, partially hidden by huge, oldonce used to pull the sleds loaded with growth cedar and fir trees. ore from the shaft. Over the years, hunters had peppered the donkey’s Various trails took the campers and their water drum with bullet holes. On one counselors from the camp to abandoned of our visits to the mine, we decided mines, to campsites around Spirit Lake to plug the bullet holes with wooden and to many small mountain lakes in the sticks. wooded hills behind the camp.

Having been a long-time camper, I was invited to serve as a Counselor in Training, or “CIT.” Once, the counselor to whom I was assigned, said, “Ned, would you take our boys to the archery area and teach them to shoot an arrow? I know nothing about archery.” Well, neither did I, but I didn’t want to disappoint him or our campers, so we went to the archery range. I carefully explained to a rapt audience how to insert the arrow into the bowstring and slowly draw it back, aiming at the target.

I released the string and the arrow went flying off in a strange direction, puncturing

The boys then made trip after trip with their canteens to the creek and back, filling the water reservoir. We opened the fire box and got a roaring fire going inside. Cheers went up when we saw steam rising from the stack. Mission accomplished! But wait. Before the cheering died down, the steam inside the reservoir began shooting the plugs out like little wooden bullets. Campers were ducking and running for cover.

The eruption of Mt. St. Helens dramatically changed our wonderful playground at Spirit Lake. I just hope kids today can still enjoy camping experiences that give them indelible memories like the ones so many of us carry to this day.

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Lifelong Longview resident Ned Piper finds many ways to enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region.

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