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lost in the translation. I thought of Fred Schleicher, my boss at 24 Flavors Ice Cream one summer long ago. He knew how to make the perfect short order, hot-off-the-grill hamburger. I think he’d be pleased to know his methodology has gone international.

es, I am his mother, but I found Perry’s account of the Bernie Sanders rally in Portland (page 28) charming, along with his memories of Bill Clinton’s visit here in 1996. I think Perry might be getting R.A. Long High School mixed up with the White House, however. He insists he saw a military helicopter land on the front lawn of the school.

An American homecoming, hamburgers and helicopters. recipe for “USA Burgers.” Daniel must have wanted to share that part of his American experience. We thought the name was very cute. But a recipe?

People can see and remember things differently and with absolute unwavering certainty, as juries considering contradictory eyewitness testimony can attest. Remember Hillary Clinton’s account of coming under sniper fire on a trip to Bosnia? Or news anchor Brian Williams’ tale of being forced down by enemy fire in a helicopter over Iraq?

Of course Perry, who was just 7 years old in 1996, isn’t making things up. And I suppose it’s possible a military helicopter landed on the lawn of R.A. Long High School. Do you think? I remember the Clinton/Gore entourage finally arriving by bus, two hours late on a very hot day, warmly received by a huge, enthusiastic and welcoming crowd. Maybe I was distracted, watching President Clinton at the podium exchanging all those grins and thumbsups, basking in the warmth of “retail politics” that autumn afternoon in our little town. There was quite a bit of flag waving, but I didn’t see any military helicopters. Any readers who were there, can you please help Perry and me settle this? If necessary, I will eat crow. And I will eat it gladly ... as long as I can have a USA Burger and a root beer float to go with it.

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ivacious, intelligent, attractive, and articulate, Ellen Urbani has enjoyed writing since she was a child, but in the tenth grade, when her English teacher told her that she had “a gift with words,” Ellen began to take her writing seriously.

2006. In it, she included those stories through the fictional voices of seven indigenous women. She wrote largely from memory. “I have never kept a journal or diary,” she says. “But I am a letter writer.” While in Guatemala, she related her experiences in letters home to family and friends. Years later, those letters would help fill in the details for her book.

She attended the University of Alabama while working for the University Press and selling pieces she wrote to regional magazines. Then in 1991, she joined the Peace Corps, serving remote communities in Guatemala as part of a youth development program. These were years when the guerrilla civil war there was still being fought, and she heard moving and disturbing stories from the women and girls caught up Ellen Urbani working with youth in Guatemala while in the war. serving in the Peace Corps. Courtesy photo

It was years later — after she had returned to the States, received her Masters degree, married and begun to start a family — that Ellen knew she wanted to write of her time in Guatemala and give voice to those women’s stories. “I always thought these stories needed to be told.” The result was her first book, a memoir titled When I Was Elena, published in

Completed in 2003, the manuscript was hard to sell because it wouldn’t fit into any one neat category. “Agents told me, ‘We can’t sell this book. Part memoir, part fiction, the bookstores won’t know where to shelve it.’” They advised her to make it one or the other, all memoir or all fiction. cont page 6

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n May 14, 1804 the Corps of Discovery set out on a journey that would cover almost 8,000 miles and take two years to complete. Preparations for the trip began a year earlier. While the Lewis & Clark Expedition was a bigger undertaking, it was similar to camping trips many families take every summer — loading up the station wagon, driving to the end of the road and hiking into the backcountry for a week or two. If you forget something, a credit card comes in handy; if you get lost, there’s always your cell phone. But Lewis and Clark had to take everything they would need for the next two years. Their “camping” trip would take them into areas where no white man had ever set foot. They took items to trade with Indians for supplies. And while they would carry a letter of credit from President Jefferson, there were no stores or motels along their route and nobody knew if they would find a trading ship waiting when — or if — they reached the Pacific coast.

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Installment #2 of Michael Perry’s popular 33-month series which began with CRR’s April 15, 2004 inaugural issue. “Dispatch from the Discovery Trail” helped define and shape Columbia River Reader in its early years. During the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, each installment covered their travels during the corresponding month 200 years prior. We are repeating the series for the enjoyment of both longtime and more recent readers. To find prior installments visit crreader.com Click “Features,” then “Archives.” During the spring and summer of 1803, Jefferson and Lewis worked feverishly to get organized. The President arranged for Lewis to receive instruction from prominent American scientists about botany, natural history, mineralogy and astronomy. Jefferson also secured passports from the French and British governments to allow the expedition to cross their territory. However, the President’s most important contribution was his

o salute the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the U.S. Postal Service issued three attractive commemorative stamps in May 2004. Two stamps featured individual portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark painted by Michael J. Deas. These were only available in a 32-page Prestige booklet containing 10 each of the two stamps. The booklet featured informative text, historic illustrations and scenic photographs relating to the Corps of Discovery’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase during 1804-1806. The booklet had a limited distribution, available in just 10 cities, including Ilwaco. Wash., and Astoria, Ore. This souvenir book, which originally sold for $8.95 ($1.55 over face value), is available on eBay for $11 or less and is worth owning. A third stamp showed Lewis and Clark together on a mountaintop. That stamp was available in sheets of 20 stamps in all post offices in the United States. All three stamps are still valid for postage. However, you will need to add a 12¢ stamp to your letter since the first-class letter rate has now increased from 37¢ to 49¢. detailed instructions on June 20, 1803. I can only imagine today’s English teachers cringing at Jefferson’s run-on sentences in the following excerpts from his letter to Lewis:

The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal streams of it, as, by it’s course and communication with the waters of the cont page 12

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But Ellen saw the work as one whole, her voice and the voices of these women inextricably interrelated. Eventually, an independent publisher picked up the book, and When I Was Elena became a Book Sense Notable selection and was reviewed favorably in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and The Independent. In 2005, like much of the nation, Ellen watched, stunned by Hurricane

She finished the first draft in 2008, editing it through 2009. And then she put it aside, preoccupied with a new relationship and the resulting marriage. She and her husband bought a farm outside Portland, working it together as they also built a house on the land.

Ellen officially launches her novel on Saturday, August 29—the date of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall—at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, although she already introduced it at WordFest in July (Once again, Longview is ahead of everyone else!)

In 2014, an independent publishing house, Forest Avenue Press in Portland, announced a one-month open call for submissions. Ellen sent off

She has an idea for her next project but is not yet discussing it. Based on her other two books, chances are good that it will contain some remarkable voices that need to be heard. ••• See Alan Rose’s review of Landfall (next page).

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her manuscript in June. The publisher, Laura Stanfill, loved it and they signed in August.

She decided to write a novel about the disaster, told through the voices of those who had lived it. By that time, she was divorced and living with two very young children in Portland. She likes to say she wrote the book primarily between the hours of 9 and 11 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings while her children were in pre-school.

“What sold me was Laura herself,” says Ellen. “Laura has this wonderful infectious energy”—words that could describe Ellen as well. There was a “synergy” between the two of them, and they rushed to get the book ready in time for the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one year later.

Landfall is a powerful novel, telling the stories of two pairs of mothers and their teenage daughters, one family white, one black, against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath (see review, page 5). Once again, she wanted to give voice to the voiceless. And what voices! The story is compelling from page one, but much of the novel’s enjoyment is also in its style, and especially the lyricism of the Southern black dialect, capturing its power and its poetry. (“Shhh…” Cilla whispered. “I know, Rosy girl. We could use us some better times. Better’d be good.”)

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n August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana with winds up to 175 mph. Hardest hit was New Orleans, where more than 50 levees broke, resulting in 80 per cent of the city becoming flooded. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and its aftermath, with hundreds more missing. The nation sat stunned, watching the indelible images of people helpless, perched on their rooftops as the waters continued to rise around them. Among the three most Alan Rose, author of Tales of Tokyo, The Legacy of Emily Hargraves and The Unforgiven organizes the monthly WordFest gatherings. He can be reached at www.alan-rose.com, at www.Facebook. com/Alan.Rose. Author, and www. Facebook.com/ WordFestNW.

“What were they doing?” asked Gertrude. “What do you mean? What was who doing?” “The marchers. What’d they do that caused the police to get involved?” “Nothing,” Rose said, drawing out each syllable for emphasis. “That’s the point. They weren’t doing anything ‘cept walking cross a bridge.” “Go on,” Gertrude prodded. “You know they had to be doing something wrong. Police don’t go interfering with people for no reason.” Rose sucked in a deep breath, cemented her arms across her chest, and snapped, “Not people who look like you and me.”. ~ from Landfall

powerful hurricanes in U.S. history, it was also this country’s costliest natural disaster, estimated at $108 billion. The late E. L. Doctorow (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March) once noted that the historian will tell you what happened; the novelist will tell you what it felt like. Released this month on the tenth anniversary of Katrina, Landfall, by Portland author Ellen Urbani tells what it felt like.

Against the backdrop of this epic disaster she relates the intimate and personal stories of two sets of mothers and their teenage daughters. Cilla and her daughter Rosy are African Americans trapped in the flooded Ninth Ward, the logical extension of being trapped in their poverty and the continuing racism of their society. Gertrude and her daughter Rose, Southern whites, are driving from Alabama to the stricken city, bringing what supplies they can carry for the victims. Very soon their very different worlds will collide. The stories are told in alternating chapters from Rose and Rosy’s points of view, like two story strands that Fate is weaving together into one narrative braid. Along the way, the intertwining stories are dotted with surprises, like clues leading to a major surprise waiting at the end.

“I done praying, heart. But you go on if you wanna. I’ma just sit here and listen.” That’s when she realized Maya wasn’t going to make it. I stayed up until two in the morning, reading this book. Throughout my entire life there have been very few books that I stayed up for until two in the morning. Landfall is a powerful, unforgettable novel that makes the terror and heartbreak of Hurricane Katrina personal, telling us what this moment in our recent history felt like. ••• See Author Profile, page 5.

The most harrowing section of the book has Cilla and Rosy, along with their elderly neighbor Maya, trapped in the attic of Maya’s house as the floodwaters are rising through the floor. “Come on, Maya, pray with me.” “No, heart. Just hold my hand.” “Please, Maya, pray with me.”

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group of parents chatting in the kitchen about their kids’ educational needs led to the formation of a new not-for-profit corporation and school opening in Longview Sept. 2.

Caitlyn Sawyer will be Big Leaf Montesorri’s teacher. Originally from the East Coast, she has taught pre-school and kindergarten for the last few years in Portland. She earned certification for primary, elementary and upper grade levels from the Montessori Northwest Institute in Portland. She also holds a Washington State teaching certificate.

Big Leaf Montessori School will occupy rented space within St. Stephen’s Church and serve elementary grade children ages 6-12. This will extend the opportunity for the Montessori experience Montessori’s philosophy Alicia Jackson beyond the pre-school and centers on “child-led” kindergarten levels already education with students exercising available at Montessori Children’s freedom and responsibility in choosing House in Longview. The two schools lessons. Lessons taught to small groups of are independent. mixed ages reflect Montesorri’s emphasis on community-building, along with “We’re just continuing the education,” connecting with Nature, using hands-on for children who’ve been part of that materials and embracing diverse ways program, said Big Leaf board president of learning. Alicia Jackson. For enrollment or other information, “I’m excited there’s a new option visit bigleafmontesorri.com or call 360because the transition from primary 200-8976. New students are welcome into elementary is linked,” said Barry and previous Montesorri experience is Isenhart, whose 6-year-old son will not required to enroll. continue with Montesorri at Big Leaf this fall. “It’s important to carry on Jackson herself attended Sunflower the same methods.” Isenhart said Pre-School 26 years ago, a co-op which Montesorri is “a really good option for was housed at St. Stephen’s Church and parents seeking an alternative mode operated there for several years. “It’s very of education.” cool, actually,” she said, of the personal connection to her own educational Besides Jackson, Big Leaf’s leadership roots. includes other board members Jami Pannell, Jeff Petersen, and Misty ••• Jewell, along with non-board member Carolyn Fox, St. Stephen’s liaison.

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the men would be able to feed and clothe themselves by hunting along the route. While they took little food, they made room for lots of whiskey, a standard military ration in those days. They took tools such as axes, drills, and files. They also took a hundred pounds of “Indian presents” (beads, fishhooks, cloth, needles and knives) and a wide assortment of medicines. Guns were obtained from the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. One of the guns was an air rifle, which was to be of great interest to the Indians along the way. Lewis also had a 40-foot long collapsible iron-framed canoe made at Harper’s Ferry. The ribbed frame could be folded up until needed, and then covered with animal hides or bark. It sounded like a good idea, but Lewis would be disappointed when it failed to live up to expectations. Lewis wanted “stout, healthy, unmarried men, accustomed to the woods, and capable of bearing bodily fatigue in a pretty considerable degree.” Most men were recommended by their army commanders, and about 45 men gathered at Camp Dubois near the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to spend the winter of 1803 getting ready to start their epic journey the next spring. ••• Next month, we will retrace the steps of the Corps of Discovery as they made their way up the Missouri River.

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It’s a party at Fort Clatsop T he U.S. National Park Service is 99 years old and Lewis and Clark National Historical Park is having a birthday party on Aug. 22, 11am–3pm.

Enjoy free, family fun activities, canoeing and kayaking and a barbecue — all courtesy of the Lewis and Clark National Park Association and food prepared by the Astoria-Warrenton Lions Club.

Fort Clatsop National Memorial. See a dugout canoe from the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commemoration The party, held at Netul Landing, next to Fort Clatsop, is intended to bring the community together and celebrate having a National Park in our “neighborhood.”

Netul Landing is located one mile south of Fort Clatsop on Fort Clatsop Photo by Vanessa Johnson Road. For more information, call Share memories with Fort Clatsop Lewis and Clark NHP, Fort Clatsop 1955 builders who help create the at (503) 861-2471.

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PeaceHealth Laboratories add Astoria location, lower pricing By Ran Whitehead, President PeaceHealth Laboratories

hen it c o m e s to health care expenses, enjoying the good life can mean saving money is a priority. A new location in Astoria and a recent change in billing now enables PeaceHealth Laboratories to offer Southwest Washington residents some of the lowest prices in the Northwest for medical lab tests. Our lower pricing may reduce your out-of-pocket expenses and extend your health care dollars. View our prices online at peacehealthlabs.org/ prices to compare to other labs. You’ll find we offer thousands of tests at fair and transparent prices. Of course, what you pay out-of-pocket depends on your individual insurance plan. We don’t just offer the best prices, though. We also offer compassionate care, exceptional customer service, expert scientific analysis and convenient locations. What else is new? Our new phone number for billing questions: 800826-3616 For your convenience, we offer a new location in Astoria and two locations in Longview for a wide variety of medical laboratory testing needs: Astoria Patient Service Center 2222 Exchange Street Astoria, OR 97103 800-826-3616 Hours: 8 am – 4:30pm, Mon – Fri (closed 11–11:30am) Lakefront Clinic, PeaceHealth Medical Group 1718 E Kessler Avenue Longview, WA 98632 360-414-2308 Mon–Fri, 7:30am–5:30pm Sat, 8:30am 4pm (closed 12-1pm) PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center Physician’s Office Building, First Floor, 1615 Delaware Street Longview, WA, 98632 360-414-2308 Mon–Fri, 6:30am–5:30pm

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People not the only ones who swelter in the sun a toasty tan. This year, these lawns turned brown in June. Will they come back with eagerly anticipated fall rains? Probably, but if you did any planting of shrubs or trees in May, you know the soil was already dry. Restore the lush lawn With minimal spring rains and extended sunny days so early, the depth of dryness may result in some lawns not recovering as they normally would. Avoid disappointment with a hearty application of organic lawn fertilizer, dolomite lime and an overseeding in mid-September. If the ground is compacted, thatch, rake and aerate before. You’ll need to then

Broadleaf plants both evergreen, like this rhododendron, as well as deciduous shrubs will fold down when dry in an attempt to conserve water lost through the upper surface of their leaves.

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This Japanese Maple began to show flaming fall colors in June.

Early fall display of brilliant foliage is another sign a tree is experiencing water and heat stress. The maple in the photo (at left) was most likely not watered in late spring. Pacific Northwest gardeners normally don’t need to apply moisture in May. The usual scenario is to wait somewhat impatiently for the garden to get dry enough to plant.

water well, but the reward will be a lush green lawn you’ll be mowing before frost. This summer, your standard watering schedule and amount of water per application will not be adequate. If you started watering early in the spring, the soil would have come into the drier season with some moisture content. Most of us, however, did not start watering areas under large trees or mature landscapes until the hot weather hit. We are used to drenching spring rains and cool seasonal temperatures through June. Mature landscapes have been thirsty for many months. Trees are dry and showing signs of stress (photo at left). Water plants deeply throughout the entire root zone which will be as wide as the canopy of the shrub or tree. Water-stressed plants do not have

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This Hydrangea paniculata will lose some of the sun-burned leaves but will push new growth through the rest of summer.

The extreme heat of multiple 100-degree days may challenge even sun-loving plants (above). A contributing factor would be hot, dry winds. Wind dehydrates all types of plants and initiates burning of broadleaved shrubs and trees, needled conifers and many ornamental grasses. Sunburn typically does not kill the plants but it does make them look unsightly. Don’t push your luck We all have our “OMG!” moments when we discover, much to our dismay, that a favorite flowering basket or container has wilted beyond recognition. It is just such an incident that validates the resilience and overall tough constitution of even the most vulnerable. After a cool water bath and thorough drenching, the completely dry summer basket was back to normal within a couple of hours (pictured here). The recovery is dramatic and rewarding, but you can’t let that happen too often.

We are just now beginning the last half of our summer gardening season. One would expect there will be more high temperature challenges before the fall rainy season. Be diligent, persistent, use water wisely and conserve where you can. And during a pounding downpour in September take a turn on the Slip ‘n Slide. You deserve it. •••

Become familiar with the normal habit of your landscape plants. The Kousa Dogwood (top)) has wavy leaves that hang down. The Twisty Baby Locust (bottom) has soft new growth that rolls.

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At left: Basket, wilted and dry. Below: Dramatically recovered.

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COOKING WITH THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER

Mystery mavens knock ‘em dead in the kitchen By Suzanne Martinson

avorite dishes have a way of bringing a familiar face to my table of memories. That’s often when I remember the good times we’ve had together. My longtime friend Mary Alice Gorman and I haven’t seen enough of each other since I retired and moved West while she still holds culinary court in Pittsburgh. I was delighted to receive notice of her upcoming birthday bash, which, unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend, though warm wishes went her way on July 11. I do miss her — not everyone would enjoy a visit to Lewis and Clark’s historic stop at Dismal Nitch as she did. We followed that photo op along the Columbia River with a trip to the Portland Art Museum. Mary Alice and I recently connected on Facebook when she republished a favorite recipe of hers — and mine — that was printed online when

I was food editor of The Pittsburgh Press. Mary Alice and her husband, Richard Goldman, onetime owners of the Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, were always great supporters of us writers. Mary Alice once joked that if she’d had her druthers, their wonderful shop near Pittsburgh would have specialized in biographies, but mysteries sold better. Not that she and Richard didn’t push the envelope — or should I say bookshelves? — to include some cookbooks, including mine. In fact, she hired a wonderful caterer to prepare food for the launch of The Fallingwater Cookbook when it came out in 2008. Time does skitter away, doesn’t it? Mary Alice was the one who introduced me to Diane Mott Davidson, whose series of culinary mysteries sit on my bookshelf to this day. I consider

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Her series centered around a cookcum-sleuth named Goldy Schultz, as in Goldilocks‘ Catering, Where Everything Is Just Right! The recipes in Diane’s books were legend. They worked. They were delicious. They didn’t require 12 trips to the grocery store. This was one mystery writer who worked as hard developing her recipes as her plots. She joked that one book’s recipes were not so popular with her readers. And that was no mystery to me.

to mirror her friend’s privation. But that’s just me, a food editor with a sweet tooth. I’ll never forget the summer day I interviewed the writer while wildfires glowed in Colorado. As she talked to me from her Evergreen, Colo., kitchen I could hear the planes that were flying overhead fighting fires. Smoke was drifting in her windows. Truly, where there’s smoke, there’s fire and it’s not always coming from the oven. That newspaper story about my favorite culinary mystery writer brings me back to Mary Alice and her delicious recipe, which she said is the only entree she can cook and still talk to Diane Mott Davidson at the same time. RECIPE: Mary Alice’s Sesame Noodles (Pictured above); see page 31.

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Whirlwind ‘Seven Tunnels Tour’ makes good overnight By Ron Baldwin getaway Photos by Sandy Cox & Ron Baldwin

Members of the Roman upper classes toured coastal regions of the Mediterranean to escape the heat of Rome in summer and to augment the common entertainment of the time — watching “big kitties” devour captured enemies in the Coliseum.

raveling through the Gorge imparts a feeling that is hard to describe or put a name to. The landscape appears forged by the gods of fire and ice. The Columbia rushes through with tremendous force. The dams only temporarily slow her progress to the sea. Everything feels larger than life, ancient, at times foreboding. By the end of our whirlwind getaway, we are both awestruck and humbled.

We begin our tour driving east from Vancouver on Wa s h i n g t o n H i g h w a y 14, passing the town of Camas which, along with

An antidote Our Seven Tunnels Tour Ta k e n f r o m t h e L a t i n t o r n u s its namesake prairie, was considered for a winter may not sound which refers to the Greek tornos (a campsite by Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. as momentous carpenter’s tool for drawing a circle), as those of "... Passed a Small Prarie on the Stard. Side above the dictionary defines a tour as “an the Romans, a large Creek opposit qk Sand River on the Stard. extended journey, usually taken for but it is surely Side, extensive bottoms and low hilley Countrey on pleasure, visiting places of interest From top: Para-sailing near Hood River; Ron Baldwin enjoys a n a n t i d o t e each Side (good wintering Place) ..." [Journal entry along the way.” t o w a t c h i n g a road-side stop; one of the seven tunnels. by Clark, November 3, 1805] The definition speaks for itself. politicians Near Washougal, we stop for a view of Steigerwald Lake Wildlife Refuge and The concept of touring is buried devour each other on TV in this Capt. William Clark Park at Cottonwood Beach. We can easily see why Clark in antiquity and has been a part of election year. At least Sandy and I favored this as the winter campsite for the Corps. With Mt. Hood as a backdrop human leisure think so. Hiking and sightseeing trails and the columnar basalt cliffs that frame the western entrance to the Columbia activity since.... abound on both sides of the river on our River Gorge, the site affords pleasant views and a bit less inclement weather than well, forever. tour route. Camping sites, both public their ultimate winter camp at Fort Clatsop. and commercial, are everywhere. The sights are spectacular. Exit to Oregon Just downstream is Steamboat Landing, also known as Parker’s Landing, which Longview native Ron Baldwin lives in Chinook, Wash. He loves the outdoors, old Volkswagens, fast cooking and became a jump-off point for travelers on the Oregon Trail. A two-mile public hiking music. Hear his jazz program 6–8pm on the 2nd and 4th trail connects the landing and the wildlife refuge along the dikes of the Columbia. Wednesdays from Astoria, Ore., on KTCB (89.5), KMUN (91.2), KCPB (90.9) or live stream online at coastradio.org. To: Centralia, Olympia Mt. Rainier Yakima (north, then east) Tacoma/Seattle

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OUT • AND • ABOUT

Seven Tunnels

Highway 14. The other 11 tunnels, one nearly a half-mile long, are traversed by the BNSF railroad. The railroads are ubiquitous on both sides of the river with long, rumbling trains passing in rapid succession.

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Beacon Rock — at 875 feet high — overlooks the river near the unincorporated town of Skamania. The basalt monolith is a premier rock climbing destination and the centerpiece of a 5,100-acre state park. For those less inclined to dangle from ropes like a spider while blowing in the gorge winds, a 3/4-mile switchback trail winds to the top, offering views all around. Just upstream of the big rock North Bonneville was developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1933 as a construction town for Bonneville Dam. When the second powerhouse for the dam was begun in the early 1970s, the entire town was relocated to its current site. From here a panoramic view of the dam with its spillways, locks and powerhouses is a must-see. Close by, the legendary stone arch of the “Bridge of the Gods” once stood. The Bonneville Landslide of 1100 A.D. created the land bridge but the Columbia breached it and thus created the Cascades of the Columbia, now submerged under the lake created by the dam. Today’s “Bridge of the Gods” spans the Columbia to Cascade Locks on the Oregon side. The Pacific Crest Trail crosses the river on the bridge.

Our highway tunnels #1 through #5 pass through the Columbia River Basalts east of Drano Lake. Building these highway tunnels must have been a real challenge. All seem a little narrow since they were built when cars were narrower. Moving upriver we encounter the old mill towns of White Salmon and Bingen where the Hood River Bridge crosses to Hood River and on to Mt. Hood, ever present on the south side. cont page 30

Bridge of the Gods; photos by Perry Piper

artifacts and photographs. Stevenson’s most famous place is Skamania Lodge. This upscale 175-acre resort, with a lodge built in the Cascadian style, is a true destination with luxury accommodations, an 18-hole PGA golf course, zipline tours, hiking, biking, and spas. Carson is our next stop Here we visit the famous Carson Hot Springs and picturesque, old Hotel St. Martin with the mineral baths that date back to 1878. In 1975 an 18-hole golf course was added. Now we come to our tunnels. The 20 miles of highway between unincorporated Cook and just east of Lyle has 18 tunnels, seven of which arch over

Our next stop is Stevenson, the county seat of Skamania County. Here we enjoy a relaxing lunch at the Venus Café where a sign suggests “Practice Safe Lunch – Use Condiments.” Th e C olum bia Gorg e Interpretive Center and Museum, located just west of town, is a first-class attraction that should not be missed. The story of the Cascade Band of Chinook Columbia River Interpretive Center & Museum; Photo by Perry Piper Indians is told with many

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ave you been up to the mountain lately? If so, you probably saw some of the same landmarks as in years past. However, a few new businesses and recreation opportunities have popped up on the outskirts of our favorite backyard volcano. It turns out you can find it all on Mount St. Helens, whether you are looking for a weekend of relaxation or a 30-second, death defying thrill. 1. A Sea of Green Mount St. Helens is one of two Cascade volcanoes located within Gifford Pinchot National Forest. At 1.3 million acres, Gifford Pinchot National Forest is the size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Whereas two million people reside in the U.S.’s most diminutive states, the

national forest is home only to mountain goats, bear, deer, and salamanders (to name a few). In fact, the largest concentration of Roosevelt elk in the nation occupies the Forest. T h o u g h camping is limited within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, hiking opportunities are plentiful. Just across the boundary in the national forest are 44 developed campgrounds, 16 SnoParks, and 10 horse camps. Dispersed camping and dogs are allowed on national forest land.

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Treehouse Island Zipline Adventures is found in Silver Lake and boasts a 2 ½ hour tour among the trees. The longest line is 600 feet and 75 above the forest floor, and after all that zipping you can camp on the private island with your group.

3. Special Events Galore Are you into outdoor concerts? There is an event for that. Do you enjoy group motorcycle rides? There is an event for that. Like motorcycle rides that end in an outdoor concert? There is an event for that, too. See the Mount St. Helens Special Event Calendar on page 27 for more information.

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St. Helens crater, but if you’re looking for a more mellow experience you might be interested in a “Foraging for Mushrooms” field seminar (coming in October, watch for details). 5. Wineries As you know, volcanic soils can be an excellent base for growing vines. There are five tasting rooms in the Mount St. Helens area, but the mountain boasts its very own winery and vineyard at Silver Lake. Mt St Helens Cellars is available for tastings (one of their tasting rooms is in Castle Rock) and winery tours. Gary and June Dunbar make about 20 wines in the shadow

The first planting at Mt. St. Helens Cellars’ vineyard, subsequently expanded from 50 to 500 vines. The vineyard produced a small amount of wine in 2013 and at maturity will produce 1.5– 2 tons of pinot noir grapes.

of Mount St. Helens, including awardwinning vintages which are named after the mountain’s fiery past: Kick Ash Red and Fire Mountain Red. 6 The entire Yeti family lives here After shooting at Daddy Sasquatch in the daylight on July 11, 1924, four ill-fortuned miners were visited by three more of Washington’s favorite big guys at midnight. The men were reportedly awakened by a tremendous thud, and kept up all night by the apes as they tried to climb down the chimney and break down the door of their backwoods cabin. Takeaway lesson: don’t mess with Big Foot on any of your new adventures on Mount St. Helens. ••• CRR welcomes Amy Renfranz as a new c o n t r i b u t o r. S h e i s Community Engagement Coordinator for the Cowlitz Economic Development Council, working to enhance the community’s quality of place through tourism and recreation opportunities at and near Mount St. Helens. Amy, who earned a BA in English and a Master’s in park management, has worked at Blue Ridge Parkway and Yellowstone National Parks. She lives in Kalama.

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Artful Lives

Broadway Gallery to exhibit work of local artist Gini Smith in fond memory

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“She loved her family very, very much,” recalled Gini Smith’s daughter, Gina Triplett. “But her artwork and her art friends were a major part of her life.” Gini Smith, who passed away recently at age 82, was a founding member of both Broadway Gallery and Columbian Artists Association, Triplett noted. “It made her life complete.” “She knew from a very young age that she wanted to create art,” and even during the years Gini Smith was busy raising her three children, Triplett said, “she always had her foot in the art world.”

Gini Smith working on her art, which was very popular over her long career. Her paintings sold well to the public and continue to grace many walls. A few will be exhibited in September at Broadway Gallery in Longview.

Most of her remaining artwork has been shared within the family or sold, but a few select pieces, along with examples of her late husband Loman Smith’s fine woodworking, will be exhibited in September at Broadway Gallery, 1418 Commerce, Longview.

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t was Gini Smith who encouraged me as an artist and influenced me to get involved in the local art scene. She opened my eyes to two groups of artists, the Columbian Artists Association and the Broadway Gallery. We met while exhibiting our artwork at various shows around the area including at the Triangle Mall. I also met another Rainier artist, Donna Patching, who painted with Gini. They seemed to have a very special friendship. Gini and I had many things in common — being artists and teachers, living in Rainier, and attending the same university, Illinois State University (only 20 years apart). Gini was the easiest-going person so it wasn't hard to become friends. We also exhibited together at the Seaside Christmas Craft Fair every Thanksgiving weekend for several years. Her husband, Loman, and she exhibited their work there. When Loman passed away, many friends gathered around Gini. It took her quite a while to agree to sell their home in Rainier. It was not only a home; it was a place of inspiration and a place to create. She had a fantastic studio so I could see her reservations. Several years after she moved to Longview, she began to have health issues. While recouping, she spent some time in Frontier. I knew she needed something to help her through this. I brought her a new sketch book and colored pencils. She was so happy and used it to draw and put down her thoughts. She later thanked me for the gift and proudly showed me how she used it. Gini was a very fine artist who worked in watercolors and oils. She had her own special style that reminded me of the Impressionists. She loved nature and landscapes. Her paintings won many awards but she never let that go to her head. Loman's woodworking probably influenced her subject choices. Living in the country nestled in the woods, they were both involved in the nature that surrounded them. I will always remember her as an artist and a friend. ••• Beth Baily lives in Rainier. She first met Gini Smith at an art show at a local shopping mall. The two found they had much in common and become enduring friends.

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On the way to the forum Karen and Chuck Bergquist at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Nick and Brook Seaver, of Longview, Washington, in front of Mont St. Michel near St. Malo, France.

But can they yodel? Goble, Oregon resident Sheryl Teuscher, right, with daughter Melisa, of Kester, Belgium on a ferry in Switzerland at the base of Alps. It was Mom’s first trip to Europe and her daughter’s home.

Power brokers in the shadows Benton PUD Commissioner Jeff Hall reads CRR behind the scenes in the halls of Congress in Washington, DC, while members of the Washington PUD Association look on.

Nice time in Iceland John and Marcia Roche, of Longview, with Castle Rock residents Steve and Terri Selby whose travels in May also included England and France, are pictured here at the Hallgrimskirkja Church in Reykjavik, Iceland. Columbia River Reader / August 15 – September 14, 2015 / 23

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o celebrate its Scottish roots, the town of Kelso — founded in 1884 by Scotland native Peter Crawford, who made a homestead land claim on the east bank of the Cowlitz River in 1847— hosts an extravaganza one special weekend every fall. This year, on September 12-13, men and women will again don kilts and play bagpipes, toss tree trunks and boulders (to prove who is strongest), and dance the Highland Fling in Kelso’s Tam O’ Shanter Park. There’s a parade, a scone baking contest, Kirkin’ of the Tartan worship service, a Highland dance competition. food and craft vendors and much more. Roots in a raft race Kelso’s Highlander Festival began in 1962 as a summer event to replace the Kon-Tiki raft

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expanded its features and grown in popularity, offering something for just about everyone. The sounds of Scotland California’s ever-popular Wicked Tinkers will perform at 12noon, 2pm and 4:15pm on Sunday. They combine the Australian didgeridoo and Bronze Age Irish horn with bagpipes and tribal drums to achieve their haunting, heart-pounding “Tribal Celtic” music. The Men of Worth, a two-man group, plays traditional Scottish folk music and will be returning this year (playing at 11:30am, 2:30pm and 4pm on Saturday, and again at 11:30am and 3pm on Sunday). The duo traces their music’s history to their Scottish and Irish homelands. “We entertain people with the real music of our regions,” they have said in interviews and press releases. “We have an ancient yet fresh musical story to tell.”

strength, stamina, accuracy and agility of both men and women will be tested by throwing the Braemer Stone, Scottish hammers, and cabers (“telephone poles”). The heavyweight games begin at 9 am on both Saturday and Sunday. Do you think you might be of Scottish heritage? Many of the Clan Tents have books with every name that can be traced back to Scotland. If you can’t find your name in one book, try another tent that has a bigger book! For more info and schedule of events, visit www.kelso.gov/ visitors/highlander-festival Also see Kelso Highlander Festival ad, page 27. Read about Kelso founder Peter Crawford To read “A Side Trip to Kelso,” and “Peter Crawford: Historical Notes on Kelso’s Founder,” both by local history buff and regular CRR writer Michael Perry, visit crreader.com. Click “Features,” then “Archives.” Click on Aug 2011 cover image, then scroll to page 17.

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Sidewalk Box/Rack Locations: LONGVIEW Post Office Bob’s (rack, main check-out) Broderick Gallery YMCA Fred Meyer (rack, grocery entrance) US Bank Fibre Fed’l CU - Commerce Ave Hometown Bank Monticello Hotel (side entrance) The Masthead Kaiser Permanente St. John Medical Center (rack, Park Lake Café) Cowlitz Black Bears box office LCC Student Center Mini-Mart next to Regents Indie Way Diner KELSO Heritage Bank Visitors’ Center/ Kelso-Lgv Chamber of Commerce

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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 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. Five Dons Brewery 1150 11th Ave., Longview 360-261-0956 Third Saturday, 4–7pm Mark Earl Dykstra Acoustic music & brew. Flowers ‘n’ Fluff 45 E. Col River Hwy, Clatskanie, Ore. 503-728-4222 Live Music Friday evenings clatskanieflowersnfluff@gmail.com Goble Tavern 70255 Col. River Hwy, Rainier 503-556-4090 • gobletavern.com Mark’s on the Channel • Sat, Aug 15, 8pm Rich Layton & the Troublemakers • Sat, Aug 22, 7pm Blues Duo (Randy Yearout & Tracey Fordice) •Sat, Aug 29, 8pm. Tough Love Pyle • Fri, .Sept. 4, Kenny Lavitz Solo * Fri, Sept 11, McDougall 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 Mark Earl Dykstra Mark Earl Dykstra

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FIRST THURSDAY • Sept. 3 Downtown Longview Broadway Gallery Reception, 5:30-7:30pm. Live music (acoustic guitar). 1418 Commerce Ave. www.the-broadway-gallery.com Longview Outdoor Gallery 1200-1300 blocks, Commerce Ave. Free guided sculpture tours by LOG board member. Meet at Broadway Gallery, 6pm.

Broadway Gallery Artists co-op. Featured artists: Aug: Bud Wilkinson (paintings), Vicky DeKrey Vasey (photography), Byrn and JoAnn Watson (wood sculpture). Sept: Gini Smith, Mitzi Christianson, Gail Wahlstom (paintings). Year-round art classes for all ages. Call for info. Gallery hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30. 1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. 360-577-0544.

Teague’s Interiors & Gallery Cruise-inspired fashions, acrylics by Shirley in the gallery. 10–5:30 M–F, 10–3 Sat. ChalkPaint®101 workshops Sept 3, 5:30–8pm; Sept 12, 1–3:30pm; ChalkPaint®201 or Cabinet Kudos Sept 19, 1–3:30pm. Call Wendy for info: 360-636-0712. 1267 Commerce Ave, Longview, Wash. Tsuga Gallery Fine arts and crafts by area artists. Thurs-Sat 11–5. 70 Main Street, Cathlamet, Wash. 360-795-0725.

McThreads Wearable Art/Lord and McCord ArtWorks One-of-a-kind wearable art Sept 1–29: Cookie King, jewelry; Billie Bevers, knitting and beading.. See ad, page 19. Open Tues-Fri 10-5pm. 1206 Broadway, Longview, Wash. 360-261-2373 or mcthreadswearableart. com.

What’s Blue to You? A collection of works by High Fiber Diet. Through Aug. 19. Free. The Art Gallery, Rose Center for the Arts, Lower Columbia College, Longview, Wash. M-Tues 10–6, W 10–4. Info: lowercolumbia. edu/gallery. FOX Theatre Film Series Aug 22 Jaws; Sept. 12 The African Queen. 123 S. Tower Ave., Centralia, Wash. 2pm and 7pm. Tickets $8 single, family $20. See ad, page 21.

McThread’s / Designer Jewelry 1206 Broadway Opening Reception, 5:30–7:30pm. Cookie King, jewelry; Billie Bevers with knitting and beading. Teague’s Gallery 1267 Commerce Ave. 360-636-0712 Special focus on Iconography 5:30–7:30pm. Across the Cowlitz River: Cowlitz County Museum 405 Allen Street, Kelso, Wash. 360-577-3119 7pm “Ripe for the Telling: Surprising Stories of Washington Fruit,” with Seattle anthropologist Julia Harrison. Presentation/discussion reveals some of Washington’s juiciest stories. Beyond providing nutrition and injecting billions of dollars into the state’s economy, fruit connects us to the past, to the environment and to people we may never meet. Provided by Humanities Washington

FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTS 13 Nights on the River St. Helens, Ore. 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

Art in the Park 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. Free shuttle to SquirrelFest. Info: columbianartists.org

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5th Annual SquirrelFest WAR rock concert in the park in conjunction with 5th Annual Squirrelfest Sat., Aug 15, Longview Civic Circle. 5pm Unchained; 7pm Lydia Pense & Coldblood; 9pm WAR. Advance tickets $15, day of show $20. Info: lvsquirrelfest.com. Music on the Mountain Aug 29. Free concerts at Johnston Ridge, Mt. St. Helens. The Resolectrics. See ad, page 18.

Sept 11–27 Fri-Sat 7:30pm Sundays 2pm

Big Band in the Park Sept. 7, 2pm. Free. Clastkanie City Park, Clatskanie, Ore. Season kick-off for Clastskanie Arts Commission. Sponsored by Larry and Donna Garlock.

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Recreation, Outdoors, Gardening History, Pets, Self-Help MOUNT ST. HELENS EVENTS SHIFT: Mountain Biking Event Aug 21-23 Mount St. Helens Marble Sno-Park 3-day Saint Helens International Festival of Trails is free and open to the public. Demo a Pivot bike, drink some beer or wine, ride and hike trails with local guides, and work on a few trails. Hog roast(!) Info: https://www.facebook. com/groups/HelensFest2 Ride & Rock: Music and Motorcycle Ride Aug 22, multiple locations. $60 per rider (includes concert and meals)/$35 for concert 9th annual event benefits Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Scenic motorcycle poker run up Mount St. Helens followed by a concert featuring American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox at the Bethany Vineyard and Winery (Ridgefield, Wash.). Great raffle and poker prizes including a $1000 gift card. Info: http:// curideandrock.org/index.html From Old-Growth to Spirit Lake: Guided Hike & Camp Aug 22-23, Mount St. Helens $100 (includes education program, overnight accommodation, and some meals) This overnight course introduces participants to natural history in the blast zone alongside experienced volcano naturalists Bob and Katherine Appling. Expect to hike five miles a day, with a 1,000 foot climb to Loowit Falls on Sunday. Info: http://mshinstitute.org/index.php/ programs/field seminars Music on the Mountain Aug 29, free outdoor concert, Johnston Ridge Observatory Amphitheater. The U.S. Forest Service and Cowlitz Economic Development Council invite you to jam out at this month’s free concert featuring The Resolectrics. This band’s raggedyet-heartfelt harmonies, bluesy riffs and swampy grooves are sure to move you. I n f o : h t t p s : / / w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / MusicOnTheMtn?ref=hl Volcanic 50: Ultra-Marathon Race Sept 5 Marble Mountain Sno-Park, $135-$150. This rugged, remote and challenging 50K+ course is run entirely on single-track trails, circumnavigating Mount St. Helens. Racers travel over lava and pumice fields, cross rivers, run through the blast zone as well as through dense forest. Info: https://gobeyondracing.com/races/ volcanic-50/ Tour de Blast: Road Sept 12. Spirit Lake Memorial Highway from Toutle, Wash. $55-$75. First-timers and old pros: It’s time to get ready to ride! The Longview Rotary Club once again presents a bicycle ride into the heart of the Mount St. Helens blast zone. Riders have three options ranging from a 33-mile fun-ride to an 82-mile thighburner to Johnston Ridge Observatory. Hot showers and a Pasta Feed are included. Info: http://tourdeblast.com/

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Treat Day Aug 29, 1–4pm. Whole wheat goodies from cookies, cakes, muffins, scones and even dog biscuits. Cedar Creek Grist Mill. I-5 Exit 21, 8 miles from Woodland. Free admission, donations appreciated. Info: cedarcreekgristmill.com or 360-225-5832.

The Military Life of Joshua H. Bates, WWI with Joanne Enders. Sept. 10, 7pm. 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 50th Annual Rock & Gem Show Sat, Sept 19 (10–5), Sun, Sept 20 (10-5). Auction dealers,

displays, demos. Castle Rock Fairgrounds, Castle Rock, Wash. Free admission. Sponsored by Southern Washington Mineralogical Society. Info: Chuck Sonner, 360-785-3909. chucksnnr@yahoo.com. Kalama Garden Club meets first Wednesday of month. 11am. Meeting locations change monthly, for current meeting info contact Sherwood Pattisherwood@scattercreek.com or 360-673-2809. Visitors are welcome.

Cowlitz County Museum Special program on Washington fruit Sept 3 (see details, First Thurs listing, page 26). Ongoing exhibit at the Museum: “Badges, Bandits & Booze.” Many photos on display from the early days to current times. Open Tues-Sat 10 am–4 pm. 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash. www.cowlitzwa.us/museum. Info: 360-577-3119. Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum Logging, fishing and cultural displays. Open 1-4pm, Th-Sun. 65 River St, 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. 360484-7103. appeloarchives.org. Friends of Castle Rock Library Book Sale Sat.,Aug. 21, 11–6, Sat Aug 22. 1-–3. Back room of CR Library, 137 Cowlitz St. W. Hardback books, DVDs 50¢ Paperback, videos 25¢, kids’ books 10–25¢. Pug Parade Fri, Aug. 21, 6pm. Costumes, contests with your dog. All breeds welcome. Free. Sign up at Petworks, 1257 Commerce, Longview. Desserts provided by Kristi’s Custom Cakes, ice cream by Lynn’s. Canning Classes Learn to safely can foods, practice making and canning recipes in the kitchen and process a jar to take home. Tues, 3–6pm, Columbia Soil and Water Conservation Dist, 35285 Millard Rd, St. Helens, Ore. $25 per class, scholarships available; call to inquire. Space is limited, pre-registration required. Call OSU Extension Service, 503-397-3462, or register online at http://extension.oregonstate. edu/columbia Aug 25 ~ Canning Tomatoes and Salsa Sept 8 ~ Preserving Fall Fruits Sept 22 ~ Pressure Canning Soups

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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 • 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 Produce, native and edible plants, cut flowers, honey, baked goods and jams & jellies, provided by Watershed Gardens. 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 620654-8205. 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 Vernonia Open Air Market Saturdays, 10–2. Adams Ave. at Bridge St. Local organic starts & produce; handcrafted goods. Info: Penny 503-804-0424 or Bill 971-998-3705 Woodland Farmers Market Fridays • 3–8, through Aug 31 Hoffman Plaza, Woodland, Wash. www.woodlandfarmersmarket.org Info: 360-852-2670 or 360-903-9084

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Feel the Bern!

Crowds can invoke powerful feelings. Most the crowds I’ve been a part over the years have been made up of enthusiastic musical fans of my various favorite bands. Standing shoulder to shoulder with screaming comrades who are in to the same things can be amazing, but musical concerts are always based in a bit of fantasy. You’re fist-pumping or head-banging to your favorite tunes and perhaps

with streams of near silence and intent listening. Even though I was there mostly for the experience and not every issue matched up with my own core ideas, I felt engaged by what Bernie said. Imagining the possibility of real change at the national level while surrounded by legions of cheering — and in some cases, screaming — fans is something unforgettable!

s “Bern-ing” red skies lit our jaunt from the Pearl District to the Portland Moda Center, my longtime friend expressed that the brilliance of the sky was a sign of climate change, one topic of many to be highlighted at the rally. Bernie Sanders has seemed to explode in popularity out of nowhere. I had never heard of him only a few months ago, yet I found myself witnessing him speak to some 28,000 fans and supporters on August 9. The only other political rally I’ve ever attended in person was President Bill Clinton’s visit to Longview in the Fall of 1996. This The scene at Portland’s Moda Center on Sunday, Aug. 9. Photo taken with Rico Theta which shoots 360º photos compatible with VR. same friend — who was a schoolmate of mine at St. Rose back then — and Bernie Sanders has definitely jumped to captivating lyrics, but political I got out of school for the special event and I have photos of my classmates and up a few slots on my candidate list gatherings are more impactful and me holding up campaign signs. I even remember seeing a military helicopter land and while I’ll keep my eye on him, another story entirely. on R.A. Long High School’s front lawn. I’ll need to do more research before Feeling the Bern, as we were, my peers deciding who to support. I was too and I got to experience an utterly young to vote for Bill Clinton, but I packed sports coliseum where the will be casting my vote for someone on speaker’s impassioned remarks created Nov. 8, 2016. waves of moving applause, alternating •••

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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. See ad, page 16.

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.

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.

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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 20.

The Carriage 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 1333 Broadway. 360-425-7700 Locally roasted espresso, fine teas, fresh pastries daily, smoothies, beer & wine, homemade soups. Breakfast and lunch. See ad, page 18.

Country Folks Deli 1329 Commerce Ave., Longview. Open for lunch and dinner. 360-425-2837. See ad, page 21.

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 9.

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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 20.

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Columnar Basalt is ubiquitous in the Columbia River region. One close place to observe Columnar Basalt is west of Longview along highway SR4 from Coal Creek to Cathlamet. It’s easy to think these rocks formed from the eruptions of Cascade volcanoes, but they were here long before the Cascades were formed. During the Miocene Age, 14 to 16 million years ago, vast areas of Washington and Oregon were covered with as much as 1000’ of basaltic lava that repeatedly flowed from fissures in NE Oregon and SE Washington. The rapidly moving lava filled the many Columbia River channels that once flowed to the Pacific across much of Northwest Oregon. When the lava cooled, it contracted and solidified into commonly vertical, crystalline, hexagonal shapes. The river subsequently cut a new channel through the blockage forming the river’s course that we know today. Much later, only 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, the columns were exposed when glaciers of the last ice age melted, producing the massive Missoula Floods that repeatedly swept down the river. Basalt is a hard rock that makes up much of the earth’s outer crust. It’s the basic material used to build man’s large structures. Roads, railroad beds, dams and even buildings are largely constructed of crushed basalt. ~ Ron Baldwin

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our trip immensely and are presented with continually unfolding vistas, we advocate that our readers take on the tour in the “shoulder” months of May or September or be forced to remain in an airconditioned vehicle, looking through the glass.

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Sam Hill’s estate is also the site of Maryhill Stonehenge. This replica of the original Stonehenge in Britain was created from reinforced concrete as a memorial to the soldiers of Klickitat County who perished in World War I. We are gobsmacked by the views from this monument. Just over the cliff, Wishram, a dusty Indian town and the

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Maryhill Stonehenge and (at left) the view downriver toward Sam Hill Memorial Bridge (aka Biggs Rapids Bridge).

site of the railroad switch yard, is the oldest, continually occupied community in the Western Hemisphere.

Wooden platforms used for dip net fishing.

Farmer’s Daughter

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At Stonehenge, our journey takes a new course Late July’s brain-melting 105-degree temperature forces us to abandon our plan of a slow, wandering return westward. We depart, post haste, to the coast’s balmy 72-degree coolness. Although we enjoy

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Mary Alice’s Sesame Noodles This makes a nice first course for a meal when served cold. You can serve it warm — but not hot — for dinner with a salad of fresh fruit tossed with the honey on a bed of greens. 1 pound spaghetti, cooked al dente 1 /3 cup sesame oil (substitute 1 tablespoon of chili oil for the same amount of sesame oil, if desired) 1 tablespoon olive oil 15 scallions, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 /2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 /2 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 1 /4 cup soy sauce 1 /2 cup cilantro, chopped 1 /4 cup parsley, chopped 1-1/2 cups unsalted dry roasted peanuts, chopped 1 cucumber, julienned (or sliced lemon cucumber) Cook pasta according to package directions. (She favors whole wheat capellini broken in half for best results.) Mix together the sesame and olive oils. Toss pasta with half of the oil. Slowly saute the scallions, garlic, red pepper flakes and ginger in the remaining oil. Blend together vinegar, honey and soy sauce. Mix pasta into saute mix and toss with liquids. Toss with herbs and peanuts. Garnish with a few sprigs of cilantro, 1/2 cup peanuts and cool cucumbers. Note: The dish that results from this recipe is lighter than many noodles that are made in a peanut butter mix, and the flavors are brighter and more memorable. This can be made more healthful by reducing oil, using salt-free soy sauce and reducing the amount of peanuts. Serves 8. ~Mary Alice Gorman

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Movies

Three films: Trainwreck, Southpaw and Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation By Dr. Bob Blackwood

he film “Trainwreck” by Judd Apatow, made me laugh a lot. It stars and was written by Amy Schumer, who has done a lot of television. The editing is fast, funny and hits hard. Amy has her problems relating to men, as she is quite willing to take the more assertive role in any relationship. Does that sound familiar, gentlemen? Most men seem quite surprised when dealing with her as she brushes them off. Ah, Schumer mines those laughs so well. Some folks just hate films like this. I say, when the worm turns, there is bound to be a number of laughs. She is a writer for a magazine headed by a ferocious woman, played so well by Tilda Swinton, who seems to be on the cutting edge of cutting up men. Schumer’s character shares a lot of Swinton’s anger toward men. And as long as she is getting laughs, why not? Bill Hader, who often plays roles as a sort of goof, here plays a responsible sports doctor who pals about with LeBron James and is quite willing to show Amy a good time with a great deal more sensitivity than some

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“Oh, look! There is my human on the next page!” Amy (Amy Schumer) and Dr. Aaron (Bill Hader) have a few laughs at a watering hole. Photo: Universal Pictures.

folks would say she deserves. He creates a lot of the success of the film. “Trainwreck” should make you laugh.

he battles to get back to the top with the aid of a new, hard-boiled manager played by Forest Whitaker.

Fuqua, of “Training Day” fame, deals with alpha male characters as his leads. In this film, he also has an alpha male who has a heart, which we see in his treatment of his daughter, who couldn’t have had a better dad. At the end of the film, we see Billy Hope as a three-dimensional man rather than a two-dimensional slugger, thanks to Gyllenhaal.

don’t think there is one laugh in Antoine Fuqua’s “Southpaw.” The movie is about a fighter, Billy Hope, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who wins the light heavyweight championship in the opening of the film. That’s the last good news for awhile in his life. Soon, his wife, well played by Rachel McAdams, dies. Billy is left with a 12-year-old daughter (Oona Laurence) and only half a life. He soon loses t h e t i t l e . Ye t , Gyllenhaal never loses the audience’s Jake Gyllenhaal plays a tough fighter with a big heart in “Southpaw.” focus. The batteredPhoto: Weinstein Company. up fighter somehow gets our sympathy as

would have liked to have given Christopher McQuarrie’s “Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation” a better review, but I found myself wishing it had something new to offer. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg made a good effort, but as I was listening to the familiar music and watching the fast editing, I kept thinking, “Didn’t I see this before? Why am I seeing it again?” •••

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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Beautiful beverage hits summer’s sweet spot

By Paul Thompson great way to savor a summer day is by sipping sangria, a concoction of dry red wine and fruit juices that will add smiles to the faces of your guests. It’s a perfect thirst-quencher for a warm afternoon, or anytime you desire a quench. I have tasted pre-mixed sangrias available, bottled, in some markets. Don’t bother. Fresh squeezed fruit juices make all the difference, and adding the rind to the mix only increases its flavor.

Served in a punch bowl or large pitcher, sangria proudly displays its fruity components. A few of them may decorate a freshly poured glass.

If you want to beef up the alcohol content, add vodka or rum, making it a heavier mixed drink. Designate a driver. Wherever it’s served, your guests will appreciate your raising mixed drinks to a higher level. One More Advantage Any leftover fruit and flavored wine can be saved for another time, enhanced further by soaking together. The fruit can make a wonderful breakfast treat, and the wine imbibed later, or as a “hair of the dog” treat with breakfast.

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This authentic Sangria ranks far above any of the pre-mixes I’ve tasted. This is great by the pitcher or in a punch bowl. Sangria 1 bottle dry red wine, 750 ml. 1/4 cup sugar 2 cups sparkling water or club soda (chilled) 1/4 cup brandy or orange liqueur 1 lemon 1 lime 1 orange 1 banana A few strawberries. You don’t stop there. Add a peach, an apple, a mango, your favorite berries.

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the spectator by ned piper

All that glisters is not gold, but Stageworks Northwest is a community treasure

’m excited to learn that Stageworks Northwest has added “The Merchant of Venice” to their 2015 lineup. Recently, I spoke with the production’s director, Jennifer Cheney — also an accomplished actor — who told me that she is staging the play in modern times, with the actors dressed in today’s fashion and with props you might find in your own home.

The play will run from September 11 to 27, with performances on Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm and on Sunday at 2pm. See details, below. I’m looking forward to refreshing my memory of this play which has entertained audiences worldwide since it first appeared onstage in 1596. I was introduced to the writings of William Shakespeare by Miss Ann Donnelly in my junior year at R.A.

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If you have attended past Stageworks performances, you are probably impressed with the quality and quantity of talented performers that act, sing, design sets and direct shows. If not, you now have the opportunity to experience this important community resource. The volunteer effort invested in the theatre’s renovation and the yet-evolving results are — to use a term often uttered by the younger volunteers — awesome. One way to be sure to attend all of the shows in the coming season is to buy season tickets. That can be done online while you are viewing the season lineup. You can see five plays for the price of four this way. The deadline to purchase season tickets is September 27. I wonder if I will recognize those lines I memorized lo, those many years ago, when they are spoken by the actors from the stage in Longview.

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