CRREADER.COM • Vol. XVI, No. 171 • September 15 – October 15, 2019 • COMPLIMENTARY Helping you discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region at home and on the road
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RIDGEFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE page 10
ALASKA CRUISE ADVENTURE page 26
MISS MANNERS IS IT TACKY TO REQUEST GIFT CARDS? page 4
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COLUMBIA RIVER
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LEWIS AND CLARK REVOLUTIONIZED
What really — truly — happened during those final wind-blown, rain-soaked thirty days of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? Southwest Washington author and explorer Rex Ziak revolutionized historical scholarship by providing the answers: day by day and week by week. We’re delighted to offer In Full View, and Rex’s other two books, one with an extraordinary fold-out map, as our inaugural offerings from CRR Collectors Club.
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his is the first issue of CRR ever to contain an ad on page 3. Surprise! I’ve made an exception to my iron-clad standard practice of not placing ads here. It’s because the night before the completed files were due at the printer, the proofreaders noticed I’d left out Roland Wines’s ad.
Sue’s Views
This wouldn’t always pose a problem, but this issue’s layout was already tightly packed, with no time to consolidate scraps of vacant space to make room for “just one more” ad, even a small one. So Roland Wines now qualifies for entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. It’s fitting. They may already be listed. They deserve to be. Roland’s is a unique community asset, a hobby-inthe-garage evolved to a dream-cometrue… a melting pot and meeting place for family and friends — old and new. The winery’s overflowing cordiality and casual-yet-civililized, warm ambience, often with live music, make Roland’s uniquely enjoyable. Many like-minds gather there. Unlike proprietor Marc Roland (see his column, page 15), however, I’m not one who is nostalgic about summer ending. It’s not that I don’t enjoy certain things
Publisher/Editor: Susan P. Piper Columnists and contributors: Tracy Beard Dr. Bob Blackwood Hal Calbom Alice Dietz Joseph Govednik Ted Gruber Jim LeMonds Michael Perry Ned Piper Perry Piper Walter Pistor Robert Michael Pyle Marc Roland Alan Rose Greg Smith Alice Slusher Debra Tweedy Production/Graphics Manager: Perry E. Piper Editorial/Proofreading Assistants: Merrilee Bauman Tiffany Dickinson Michael & Marilyn Perry Debra Tweedy
Crunchy leaves underfoot signal it’s time for candles and firelight — perfect for curling up with a good book. And sipping wine, the fruit of the earth.
“To Autumn ... season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.”
Call to mind the title and first line of the well-known poem by John Keats as you raise your glass:
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Toasting the turning of seasons about summer; I do. But for me, Fall is the golden, glorious season! I eagerly, joyfully anticipate its arrival every year. Crisp, sunny afternoons fade into gentle twilight and cool evenings. From my front yard on game nights I can sometimes hear the exuberant sounds of cheering crowds and marching
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CRR Collectors Club Miss Manners Letter to the Editor Dispatch from the Discovery Trail ~ The Worst is Yet to Come Northwest Gardening ~ Spiders — Yikes! Out & About: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Provisions along the Trail ~ Chipotle Honey Glazed Chicken Roland on Wine ~ Summer Nostalgia; the Season Turns Local Culture / Museum Magic Quips & Quotes People + Place ~ Tidal Exchange: Levi Helms People+Place Recommended Books Essay by Robert Michael Pyle: Tale of Two Turtles Besides CRR, What Are You Reading? Cover to Cover ~ Bestsellers List / Book Review Alaska Cruise Adventure Where Do You Read the Reader? Rotary’s 40th Annual Harvest Classic Outings & Events Calendar, Lower Columbia Informer: Greetings from South America Movies by Dr. Bob Blackwood Lower Columbia Dining Guide Astronomy ~ The Sky Report Farmers Markets Mt. St. Helens Club Hikes Plugged In to Cowlitz PUD: 2nd Annual Eat to Heat
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Letter to the Editor So many books, so little time Wow! I loved all the staff book recommendations in the latest CRR. I noted several that I want to read and one that I have read. Paul Thompson was “spot on” with his review of Voyage of a Summer Sun which I read about three years ago. It was a book I kept to read again. When Robin Cody reached Longview, he connected with his uncle, John Hafenbrack (you probably remember the holly farm on the Westside Highway). Mrs. Hafenbrack, Carrie, was an aunt to one of my classmates (RAL ‘59) so I immediately contacted her about the book (which she hadn’t heard about). Life is about connections, isn’t it?
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So thank you again for recommending many more books that I have to read! The t-shirt saying “So Many Books, So Little Time” is ringing true! Carol Harris Pasco, Waah.
Civilized Living
By Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My twin and I like to dress alike on Sundays, on holidays, when we go out of town, when we go on cruises, and at banquets. We are 65 years of age and very stylish. We were unable to do this when we were raising our children. Apparently this annoys some people. We have had folks make rude remarks such as, “Are you still dressing alike?” I usually say that I did not get the memo. Why do people care? Is there a rule out there that says we cannot dress alike at a certain age? We enjoy doing it and have similar tastes. GENTLE READER: Why anyone should care is a good question, but so is why you should care what rude people say. Miss Manners suggests a rehearsed response. Look intently at each other’s outfits as if seeing them for the first time, and say in unison, “I like your dress.” Even the silliest busybody should understand that you dress to please yourselves. DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for a man and woman who are building a house but aren’t married to have a housewarming?
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In fact, etiquette does not care, this being a question of morals, not manners. Anyone who objects to the arrangement is free to decline the invitation. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I need some help on how to cut conversations short gracefully when acquaintances and strangers start going on and on about their intimate medical problems. I don’t want to seem uncaring and do not want to go around hurting others, but I am frankly fed up with self-centered people. I am not close to these people, but I am about to start cutting them off with something like: “I am sorry to hear of your illness/misfortune, but I really can’t deal cont page 5
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with hearing the details. Please rest assured I give you my best wishes, but I really must be going.” Please give me something more polite! GENTLE READER: Would you settle for something more effective (but within the bounds of politeness)?
In your most compassionate voice, say, “Please stop. I feel for you -- so much, in fact, that I get squeamish when I hear about illness, and you won’t want to be around me. I’m really sorry, and I hope you understand.” Miss Manners trusts that they will understand that the physical consequences of nattering on would be dire. cont page 37
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his month, we continue the saga as the Corps of Discovery made their way across the Rocky Mountains. When Lewis and Clark learned there was no way across the mountains at Lemhi Pass, east of present-day Salmon, Idaho, the Shoshone Chief told of a trail north of there, used by the Nez Perce Indians to cross the mountains to hunt buffalo. With the help of Toby, an old Shoshone Indian, the Corps made their way to the east side of Lolo Pass, near present-day Missoula, Montana. This 150-mile journey, following the Continental Divide and down the Bitterroot River, took two weeks. The steep slopes and lack of a trail part of the way made it a difficult trip. However, anyone who thought the worst was over was in for a big surprise. On September 11, 1805, when the Corps left the Bitterroot valley to climb 2,300 feet to reach Lolo Pass, they began the most difficult part of their 4,000-mile journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. A Nez Perce Indian had agreed to guide them the 160 miles over the mountains but abandoned them after just one day, leaving Old Toby, who had never crossed the mountains, to be their guide.
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Installment #17 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.
Much of the land the 33 Expedition members passed over remains unchanged today. Highway 12, across the Idaho panhandle, follows their route to some degree, but there is a Forest Service road that pretty much follows their actual route for most of the way from Lolo Pass to Orofino. What’s for dinner? Finding enough deer and elk to feed the men had been difficult for many weeks. The portable soup brought from St. Louis was so rancid the men could only eat small portions. On September 14th, they had been “compelled to kill a Colt” to keep from starving. Part of the horse was saved for breakfast and dinner the next day. Things would get worse. Rather than following the river all the way, the Nez Perce trail followed the ridge tops. As a result, Toby made a couple wrong turns along the way. On September 15th, they left the valley floor and climbed 3,500 feet to reach the trail far above. At one especially steep section, several pack horses fell backwards and rolled 100 feet down onto the rocks. Up to a dozen men were needed to help those poor animals back up the hill. None of the horses died from the many falls, but the baggage they were carrying was damaged. Clark’s portable writing desk was broken to pieces in one such accident. After leaving the river, both water and game were scarce. Fortunately, they found snow banks up to three feet deep on some north facing slopes that could be melted to get water. The remainder of the first sacrificed horse was eaten for dinner that night, along with more putrid portable soup. Michael Perry enjoys local history and travel. His popular 33-installment Lewis & Clark series appeared in CRR’s early years and began its second “encore” appearance in April 2018.
About 4x5-1/2 inches and about 1-1/2 inches in depth, the branding iron carries the information “U. S. Capt. M. Lewis” at the top, with a large open rectangle below. The brackets on each side were probably attached to a short handle. The iron was primarily intended to brand trees, establishing the passage of the Corps. The open rectangle permitted other information, such as a date, to be added by carving. The branding iron was used to mark the grave of Sgt. Charles Floyd who died from a burst appendix in 1804, and may also have branded supply boxes and barrels at the outset of the journey. The horses left in the care of the Nez Perce Indians were branded in October 1805, possibly with this branding iron. Joseph Whitehouse wrote, “Got up our horses and cropped their fore mane, and branded them with a Stirrup Iron on the near fore Shoulder, So that we may know them again at our return.” The branding iron accompanied the Corps of Discovery to the mouth of the Columbia River, where it was used to brand trees and so mark the group’s successful transcontinental trek. On the return trip in 1806, the iron was likely traded to Indians in the vicinity of Celilo Falls. The branding iron was found among rocks along the Columbia’s north shore, west of The Dalles, in the early 1890s. It was given to Philip Jackson, publisher of the Oregon Journal, who donated it to the Oregon Historical Society in 1941. Image courtesy of Oregon Historical Society.
Turn up the heat! Captain Clark woke up at 3am on September 16th to find it snowing. It continued all day, and by evening there was eight inches on the ground. This made a difficult situation almost impossible. Private Whitehouse wrote, “Some of the men without socks raped rags on their feet…” Following the trail was a challenge, and heavy wet snow falling off tree branches kept everyone soaked. Clark wrote, “I have been wet and as cold in every part as I ever was in my life, indeed I was at one time fearfull my feet would freeze in the thin mockersons which I wore…” A second horse was killed that night to feed the men. Much time was lost when the men had to go searching for horses that wandered off each night. They couldn’t afford to eat horses and lose them too. Snow continued the next day, but by evening it stopped and temperatures rose, melting the snow and making the trail muddy and slippery. That night, a third horse, “being the most useless part of our Stock… fell a Prey to our appetites.” Breakfast on September 18th finished that horse, and another horse wandered off not to be found. Morale was very low; years later, Clark would write, “The want of provisions together with the difficuely of passing these emence mountains dampened the Spirits of the party.” The end is near Clark and a small party had gone ahead to seek food. On September 18th, Clark realized they had crossed the worst of the Rocky Mountains. He wrote, “from the top of a high part of the mountain… I had a view of an emence Plain and Leavel
Country to the S W. & West at a great distance.” A lost Indian horse found grazing in a meadow became breakfast for Clark’s party, with the remainder of the carcass hung in a tree for Lewis’ party to find the following day. The trail was terrible. Robert Frazier’s horse fell off a steep precipice and rolled 300 feet down the dropoff into a creek. Fortunately, the horse missed the rocks and landed in a pool of water. After the heavy load of ammunition was taken off the horse, it “arose to his feet & appeared to be but little injured, in 20 minutes he proceeded with his load.” Is there a doctor in the house? On September 20th, Clark arrived at a Nez Perce village, east of present-day Orofino, Idaho. The warriors were away looking for enemy Indians, but the women gave Clark and his party all the food they wanted, “mostly dried salmon and boiled quamash [camas] roots.” They ate too much and Clark wrote, “I find myself verry unwell all the evening.” When Lewis and the rest of the men arrived two days later, Clark “cautioned them of the Consequences of eating too much.” The next morning, Lewis and several men were very sick. Clark broke out the bottle of Dr. Rush’s bilious pills, better known as “Thunderclappers”. These pills, consisting mostly of chlorine and mercury compounds, did an excellent job of cleaning out their intestinal tracts, something Lewis and most of the men didn’t need since they were sick with acute diarrhea for over a week. What made everyone so sick?
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rom the time I was a child, I’ve been terrified of spiders. I had blond hair as a little girl, and hated those little colorless “blond” spiders that would get caught in my tresses and disappear. My older brother (the meanie) would tease me that a spider was crawling around on my head, and I’d run off screaming, “Get it off me!” I’m more tolerant of spiders now that I’ve been working with them in our Master Gardener Plant and Insect Clinic, but they are still not my favorite arthropod. However, knowledge is power Learning more about spiders has helped to curb my arachnophobia. They are actually fascinating creatures! Spiders aren’t insects because insects have three body parts and six legs. Spiders (arachnids) have eight legs, two body parts. Both spiders and insects have legs with flexible joints, so they fall under the general umbrella called arthropods. The front part of a spider is the cephalothorax, which is comprised of the eyes, mouth parts, and legs. The mouth contains the fangs—hollow
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When they do, it’s usually because they were trapped against our bodies in some way—getting caught in our clothing or bedding or brushing our hands against them. The only spider on the west side of the Cascades dangerous to humans is the shy black widow spider The females are the shiny black spiders with red markings—usually hourglass shaped—on the underside of the abdomen. There are just a few colonies here, and they are usually found in dry, man-made structures like barns. Protect yourself by wearing gloves and long sleeves when working in places like this. Contrary to popular belief, there are no brown recluse spiders in the state of Washington. I’ve heard people say that their doctor told them a brown recluse caused a nasty bite on the skin. However, unless the doctor actually saw and identified the spider, there would be no way of knowing the origin of the skin wound because many medical conditions mimic the symptoms. Occasionally we can get a “hitchhiker” from another area, but they die quickly because there aren’t enough of them to reproduce. Most of the inquiries we get at our Clinic in the fall are about large, fast moving spiders that come into homes in a frenzied search for a mate. Many want to know if it’s the dreaded Hobo Spider. Interesting spider facts The most common house spider we see at the Clinic is the Giant House Spider—with legs fully extended, it can be as big as a Mason jar lid. The Hobo is much smaller. The Hobo Spider’s venom is no more dangerous
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than any other spider we encounter in homes. Yup—it’s true! The graphic photos we’ve seen online with flesh eating wounds are not due to Hobo Spider bites, regardless of what your friends and your health providers tell you. The CDC has removed Hobos from their dangerous spider list due to lack of evidence. Some people are hypersensitive to mosquito, bee/wasp/ hornet, flea, and spider “bites,” and they may react more strongly to any bite. Most “flesh eating” skin problems are due to bacterial infections caused by scratching with dirty hands. Most people don’t want spiders — beneficial or not — in the home. If you do find any, you won’t be doing it any favors by taking it outdoors—it won’t survive outside. Your best bet is to seal up any potential entry points on the outside of the house where insects and spiders can enter. Don’t leave the porch light on—it attracts insects, which, in turn, attracts spiders. Vacuum the attic and corners of your home—pull beds away from the walls to clean—to clear up insects and spiders, then empty the vacuum bag into a sealed container to discard. Watch for spiders and egg sacs on firewood brought into the house. Use a sticky trap to catch any spiders you missed. •••
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n today’s crazy world, people are always looking for peace and tranquility. Many find this quiet space by spending time in prayer, practicing yoga or walking in the great outdoors. If you are one of those who finds serenity in nature, take a trip to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, where you can listen to the leaves flutter in the wind, watch the squirrels scurry up the trees and breathe the fresh air while you stroll along wellmaintained trails. Meet the Original Visitors and Residents The Refuge is located on a section of the Columbia River wetlands in Ridgefield, Washington. More than 200 years ago this spot made an ideal campsite for Lewis and Clark. In 1805 and 1806 the expedition camped along these shores and spent time with one of the largest Chinook tribal villages made up of more than 900 residents living in 14 longhouses. The explorers and the tribal community shared the space with an abundance of birds. Learn About the Replica Excavators from Portland State University discovered the remains of a former longhouse and uncovered the 37 x 78-foot dimensions of the previous building. With guidance from the cont page 11
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archeological remains, euro-American journals and oral tribal histories, a group of more than 100 volunteers spent 3,500 hours over a two-year span building the replica of this longhouse. The crew used 246 red cedar logs and a photograph from 1840 that revealed images of the carved and painted woodwork that once decorated the interior. The project reconstruction cost $575,000. Explore the Trails Follow the trail along the right side of the longhouse to go around Duck Lake. You may wish to bring your muck boots as the area can be quite wet. If you continue right at all the junctions, you will eventually come to a view of Boot Lake. The easy walking trails meander throughout the sanctuary, numerous animals find shelter in the woods and along the lakes, and a tremendous number of birds still make this section of the wetlands their home. While I made my way around the refuge, I ran into a few workers with the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). Aidan, the YCC supervisor, and Kalyn, a high school student (pictured, above left), were among those in
the work party. Over this last summer, high-schoolers and their supervisors spent several weeks restoring the trails and maintaining the area. The trails in this section of the protected haven offer grassy open meadows, Nootka roses, snowberry bushes and enormous white oaks. Many of the trees have identification labels at their base.
IF YOU GO Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Driving directions: Take I-5 Exit 14 and head west on Pioneer Street. Turn right at the flashing light on Main Avenue; after a mile, turn left and drive down to the parking lot. This section is open year-round; entry fee $3. Drop your payment in the box by the large sign. Read about the plant and wildlife before crossing the footbridge over the railroad tracks. Once you are on the other side of the footbridge, walk a short 0.2 miles and look to your left. The original 14 cedar-plank longhouses have rotted away, but a replica of one stands next to Duck Lake. The building was constructed in 2005 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s layover.
Another easy loop trail lies south. Drive back to Ridgefield, turn left on Pioneer Street for 0.4 miles, turn right on 9th Note: Pets and bicycles are not allowed inside the Avenue for 0.6 miles, and turn 5,218-acre refuge. right onto the refuge’s 4.2-mile tour drive by car. Hiking in this area is seasonal and allowed from May 1 to September 30. The road closes at 9:00 p.m. each night. Drive or hike this section and gaze upon the tall grass and stinging needles, or hide behind one of the many bird blinds that are scattered throughout the area and see if you can spy on any of the unsuspecting wildlife. Enjoy a walk on the boardwalk section of Kiwa Trail that extends across a marshy lake. The seasonal plant life, semi-permanent and permanent wetland, grassland and trees make the refuge an ideal environment for migrating birds and waterfowl that stick around for winter. Every year the sandhill crane migrates to this shelter and a party ensues. Party With the Birds ~ Birdfest and Bluegrass! Oct 5 Weekend The Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge host a celebration of the fall migration of the sandhill crane at the BirdFest and Bluegrass Festival. Thousands of people come each year to learn about the history of the area and to see wildlife. The 20th anniversary of this event is on the weekend of October 5, 2019. The festivities will begin on Friday, October 4, with two sandhill crane tours and a celebration at the Ilani Casino & Resort featuring food, drinks and a silent auction. Saturday’s schedule includes a variety of activities including bluegrass music, hikes, birdlanguage workshops and opportunities for canoeing and kayaking if you book early. For more information, go to http://ridgefieldfriends.org/birdfestbluegrass/. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is one of over 540 in the National Wildlife Refuge System, and it is the perfect place to find serenity. These havens were established to protect our nation’s natural and cultural resources for generations to come.
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PROVISIONS ALONG THE TRAIL Chipotle-Honey-Glazed Chicken 4 chicken thighs – washed and trimmed of excess fat ½ cup honey 1 Tbl. pureed chipotle chilis in adobo 2 Tbl. ablespoons ancho chili powder 1 Tbl. Dijon mustard ½ tsp Kosher salt ¼ tsp ground black pepper 2 Tbl. olive oil 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp paprika ½ Tbl. sesame seeds 1 tsp chopped chives or green onions Non-stick spray Heat your grill to medium. Whisk together the honey, chipotle puree, Dijon mustard, ½ tablespoon of the ancho powder, salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and set aside. Stir together 1½ Tbl. ancho powder, cumin and paprika in a small bowl. Thoroughly coat chicken thighs with the dry spice mix. Spray the top and bottom grill racks with non-stick spray. Place spiced chicken skin side down on the grill. Once you have grill marks, turn the chicken over. Once you have grill marks again, place the chicken skin side down on the top rack so flames do not touch thighs. Cook with top closed until juices run clear. Place cooked thighs in the bowl with honey-glaze. Toss until well coated, sprinkle with sesame seeds, chives and then serve.
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Lewis & Clark
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Was it bad water, bacteria in the dried salmon, or the roots they ate? We’ll never know. Hot Dog! The men managed to shoot some deer, but another perfectly good horse was sacrificed for a meal on October 2nd. A few days later, some of the men began buying dogs from the Indians to eat. Captain Clark wrote, “all the Party have greatly the advantage of me, in as much as they all relish the flesh of the dogs.” The Nez Perce had many dogs, but since they never ate them, they disapproved. The Nez Perce chief drew a map for Clark showing the rivers leading to the ocean. He indicated one place, present-day The Dalles, Oregon, might require portaging around the rapids. Everyone was excited at being able to build dugout canoes and ride the last 500 miles to the Pacific. They only had small axes, so it must have been difficult to fall the three or four foot diameter pine trees. The Indians showed them how to use hot coals and fire to help hollow out the canoes. It took ten days to build five canoes. The Nez Perce had exceptionally nice horses. They were the only Indians to practice selective breeding, which had produced the Appaloosa. Since the Corps would not need their 38 remaining horses to get to the ocean, arrangements were made to have the Nez Perce take care of them until the following spring. Lewis branded each horse and cut off their manes. If the Corps failed to return, the horses would belong to the Indians. Finally: Downhill all the way On October 7th, the 33 members of the Expedition set off in their canoes down the Clearwater River. The canoes were packed full and took in water at many rapids while the men learned how to navigate them downriver. Sergeant Ordway described a near disaster a day later, “One of the canoes Struck a rock in the middle of the rapid and Swang round and Struck another rock and cracked hir So that it filled with water. The waves roared over the rocks and Some of the men could not Swim. Their they Stayed in this doleful Situation until we unloaded one of the other canoes and went and released them.” Unlike the failed Iron Boat Experiment at Great Falls, pitch from the plentiful pine trees was used to repair the leaks in this canoe.
running eastward toward Lolo Pass. Clark had not paid Toby, so he tried to get the Nez Perce chief to track them down. The chief told Clark not to bother since the Toby would be robbed of anything he had as he passed through Nez Perce camps. In 1806, on their return trip, the captains were told Toby had taken two of the Expedition’s horses as payment for his services. Toby was never seen or heard of again, but he most likely had saved the Corps from death by leading then to and through Lolo Pass. Welcome to Washington On October 10th, the Corps reached the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake Rivers at present-day Lewiston, Idaho. It took six more days to travel down the Snake River to reach the Columbia River at present-day Pasco, Washington. Private Whitehouse said the water flowed “faster than any horse could run.” Traveling with the current sure beat the months of rowing, poling, pulling, pushing, and carrying the boats up the mighty Missouri. Even though the Snake River has been tamed with four dams in Washington, you can still get a feel of the canyon by driving south out of Kahlotus towards Pasco; take Route 263 down into Devil’s Canyon. Stop at Windust Park, just downstream from Lower Monumental Dam, to fully appreciate the Snake River Canyon. Continue driving along the river until you come to Burr Canyon and return to the Pasco-Kahlotus Highway. NOTE: Journal entries shown in italics are from the The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, 13 volumes, Gary Moulton, University of Nebraska Press (September 1, 2002).
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MEDICAL MATTERS
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n ongoing increase in patient numbers has led Longview Orthopedic Associates to embark on an expansion of its clinic, located at Pacific Surgical Institute at 9th Avenue in Longview. The project will encompass 11,000 square feet of space and will result in the addition of five exam rooms. To open space for the new exam rooms, LOA’s billing department will move to the Dr. William Turner space formerly occupied by Flourish Skin & Laser. “We needed to expand because we didn’t have enough room for all our providers,” said Clinic Manager Kathleen Lappe. “We now have six surgeons and four mid-level providers (three nurse practitioners and a physician assistant). In addition, Dr. Blackstone and Dr. Wheatley see patients several times a month.” “The practice continues to grow along with the community,” said Dr. William Turner, one of LOA’s managing partners. “We’re adding providers, keeping up with the needs of our county and raising the bar on customer service. We’re also pleased to continue our close relationships with all community providers.”
Turner noted that LOA is taking advantage of technological advances to convert former record storage space into additional exam rooms, resulting in a 25 percent increase in patient capacity with minimal increase in square footage. TEAM Construction from Vancouver, Washington, will serve as the general contractor, while Bainbridge from Portland will handle the design duties. The project is scheduled to begin on September 9 and should be completed by late November or early December. Pacific Surgical Institute opened in June 2006. It includes the LOA and Longview Urology clinics, an outpatient surgery center (Pacific Surgical Center), an MRI facility (Pacific Imaging Center), and physical therapy services (Longview Physical & Sports Therapy). ••• Former R.A. Long High School English teacher Jim LeMonds is a writer, editor, and marketer who rides his mountain bike whenever he gets the chance. He lives in Castle Rock, Wash. His published books are South of Seattle and Deadfall.
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Roland on Wine
Summer Nostalgia
The turning of the season By Marc Roland
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summer than fall. I think this is a year where nature gradually changes before all hell breaks loose!
’m going to really miss summer. I’m sitting on the deck at the winery and looking out at the scene in front of me — people getting off the bus at the transit center, families walking by, headed downtown, the constant stream of cars racing by and often ignoring the four-way stop. It’s not exactly the front porch at home, but close: a public space where life happens.
planted in holes in the asphalt, a way to to block the negative affects of an urban landscape. I love my job. What other job allows you to taste wine everyday and not get fired! As the hour approaches to turn on the “Open” sign, I’m thankful for my community, my family, and the turning of the season. WINE TIP OF THE MONTH Every drop-less day gives me a chance to see things from the outside. But not for long. •••
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Sometimes, certain friends show up early. The winery is clean and ready, so the few minutes before the pizzas start flying out of the oven are precious. I love the hustle and bustle of our business, especially the relationships I have made. But the quiet before is healing. My friends and I don’t have to talk.
My favorite spot away from home, as I wait for the first customers of the evening, offers me a ringside seat to our community. I like it. A “prefunc” for work. From where I sit, I can see the turning of the season which seems a bit late. I’m hot from the humidity . More like late
We just sit there thinking, watching, enjoying each other’s company. There are others, of course, my wife and family who share in this chaos called the wine business. We all sit quietly for awhile. Right now the pesky birds come in to steal the grapes that we so carefully
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Offerings at CDM include an infant play area, a farm to market exhibit, ping pong shower, ball wall, and our anchor exhibit, the Nature Niche.
Be sure to visit the CDM in October when they open their doors at the new location at 1209 Commerce Avenue in Longview. With over 6.000 square feet of fun, there’s something for everyone!
“Kids love learning through interactive play,” says CDM executive director Dawn Morgan. “We are so excited to be expanding and offer even more unique and engaging exhibits for children to learn and play in our region. We offer the only children’s museum between Olympia and Portland.”
Admission to the Children’s Discovery Museum is free, however donations are always accepted. For more information, please visit http://childrensdiscovery360. org/ or contact Dawn Morgan at 360-261-4612.
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A mistake repeated more than once is a decision. ~Paulo Coelho, Brazilian writer, 1947If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting, for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come. ~C. S. Lewis, British writer and lay theologian, 1898-1963 Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. ~--Anna Quindlen, American writer and journalist, 1952To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing; that is enough for one man’s life. ~T. S. Eliot, American-born British poet and writer, 1888-1965 Longview native Debra Tweedy has lived on four continents. She and her husband decided to return to her hometown and bought a house facing Lake Sacajawea.“We came back because of the Lake and the Longview Public Library,” she says.
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Tidal Exchange: Levi Helms
Smitten by the Story
It’s a sea kayaker’s paradise.
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I’m hooked. Beguiled. I am becoming the story I’m covering. I’ve interviewed and photographed and written and edited by the best lights of traditional journalism. Objective. Factual. Rational. Now I’ve lapsed. I can bore anyone at any time on the vagaries of the Columbia’s tidal reach, the rotting deerskins on the Corps of Discovery, and, this month, a kayaker’s view of the mighty river estuary. I’m hopeless, a fool in love. I’m a few generalizations short of propounding the theory that Skamokawa, Washington, just may be the center of the natural universe. So, what do you do when you’re a purported journalist who’s entirely lost his objectivity? You go with it. You double down. Beginning this month, with the kayaker’s view, our next three People + Place features will focus on our modern interpretations of the Columbia’s own creation myth — the final months of the westward-bound Lewis and Clark expedition. We’ll get up close and personal with the visionary and revisionary local historian Rex Ziak. We’ll sponsor a lecture and booksigning of his revolutionary history, In Full View, to be held at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum on Sunday, November 3rd. And we’ll show our respect for Rex and shamelessly promote our distribution of his books with a signing and sales event to follow.
Upstream, riding a friendly tidal current, you’ll find beaches both natural and dredge-deposited, abandoned settlements, pilings wearing their own topknots of weeds and wildflowers. Downstream the vast estuary widens and the mighty bar beckons, so placid-looking and yet so deadly with its capricious weathers and sudden tidal shifts. Around River Mile 34 there’s a magical stretch of water that feels neither up nor downstream but simply just right. Here the river flows both ways depending on the tides, is fresh or salty accordingly, and opens up creeks, sloughs and islands around and across from the historic village of Skamokawa. They call it the Goldilocks Zone. Just right. Home both for Columbia River Kayaking and for one of its principals, and a native to boot — Levi Helms. HC: Is sea kayaking considered an extreme sport? LH: I wouldn’t say extreme sport. Ninety-five per cent of our clients are absolute beginners. And that’s part of the beauty of this place. We’re in this estuary, with a powerful tidal exchange. But there are backwaters and sloughs and islands, too. HC: You feel the tides all the way up here? LH: By all means, we’re 34 miles up the river and we get tidal variations of over eight feet. It makes for great trips, but you have to plan them around the tides and the weather. You can double your speed upriver by taking the tide, have lunch on an island, wait for the tide to turn around, and double your speed coming back. HC: But it’s still “sea kayaking,” not just a paddle across a pond?
NICE TO MEET YOU Levi Helms resides
Sleepy Hollow, Skamokawa, Washington occupation
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LH: No, this is the real deal. The river and the mouth of the river especially can be dangerous and deceiving. The wind picks up quickly, and the tides change just as fast. You can be out in the middle of the river and it doesn’t seem like the current is moving much. But all of a sudden you come against a pile jetty cont page 19
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and it can be life-threatening. That’s why we do tours and not just renting kayaks out. It’s not really an appropriate place to have beginners going out on their own. HC: What’s it like for these beginners? Apprehensive? LH: First thing they’re concerned about is tipping over. Then, after we orient them and get them comfortable, how far are we going and what to expect?
pilings tell the story of the civilization that w “ The the highways, before the roads. ” ~ Levi Helms
HC: What turns people on about sea kayaking here?
LH: It’s different with each client. Some people only want to be freed up enough to talk about their work but do it in a sporting environment. They’re still in cell phone range. It’s like jogging or exercise. But for most people, once they get over the hump, getting in the boat and realizing they’re not going to tip over, as soon as that attention moves away from just pure staying dry, there’s this wonderful sensation that takes over. HC: Do you still get that sensation yourself, after all your time on the water? LH: Oh, yeah. That sense when you take those first couple of strokes that the kayak just continues, it just glides on. That’s one of my favorite sensations with sea kayaking. They have such a nice glide. You just keeping moving — that sweet, sweet glide. You’re sitting down in the river, your seat is below the water line, you’re just completely in the moment. HC: Do you see this happening with your clients? LH: All the time. The light bulb just goes on. I’ll stop talking for awhile, when they start to look around, and you can tell that they realize that they’re out in the middle of nowhere, and it’s such a beautiful place. There’s wildlife everywhere, it’s so untouched, and you feel like you’re part of it.
HC: So you’re tour guides not just instructors? LH: That’s why most people are here. Sea kayaking is an open-water sport on water that can be perfectly flat or really dynamic. The sea kayak really allows you to cover long distances. You can choose your water and choose your locations, not like white water canoeing down a river, for instance. HC: Do you do overnights? LH: Lots of them. One of the beautiful things about a kayak is it’s not the same as a hiking trip where you have the weight penalty of carrying some comforts with you. You can bring along some food and extra clothing.
HC: Do you get connected to these people, and their senses and sensations? LH: It’s one of the main reasons we do this. To be able to share this place. It makes a difference in people’s lives. You can see it on their faces. Most of the time everyone is just glowing coming back from a trip. And so happy. I get lots of handshakes and high fives and hugs coming back off the water. That really is what makes it worth it, to be able to share all this, and especially for me calling this place home.
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was here before Levi has lived in Skamokawa since age 5. Home schooled by his mother, he worked in the building trades growing up and during stretches in California, but inevitably returned home. In the meantime picturesque Skamokawa, no longer much of a logging or fishing hub, turned its thoughts to eco-tourism. Today, Levi and his colleagues blend a passion for the natural world with a sophisticated knowledge of Lower Columbia history and culture. They talk as easily about Lewis and Clark as they do last week’s Road Scholar expedition. LH: When Lewis and Clark came through in 1805 this was all just water and cliffs. And the beaches in the lower river were just stacked with logs. Eight to 10-foot through, up to 200-foot long. So there were no beaches to camp on. Most of the flat places that we know today along the river’s edge have been filled in. HC: This is part of the reason those last miles were so tough, which you don’t hear a lot about in the conventional narratives? LH: It was among the worst things they faced. It’s only the second time in the entire Journals the word “dangerous” is used. And any beach covered with logs would float up and down with the tides, the logs crashing together like pick-up sticks. It got so dangerous they actually had to sink their canoes, weighing them down with rocks, in one of the deeper areas to weather a bad storm. HC: This is one of the most important moments highlighted in In Full View, Rex Ziak’s great book on those final 30 days. That and the storms. LH: And remember there were no dams to regulate river height or rainfall. So besides the tides you had all that rain falling in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia draining out right here, so you’d get another couple of feet of water on top of those 10-foot tidal fluxes. Pretty scary.
HC: Is this part of your tour guiding? Some history lessons, too?
HC: Another day at the office. And Clark especially praised their canoeing?
LH: One of our favorite interpretive passages is from Dismal Nitch, and we’ll do a kayak tour package there. We’ll do interpretive readings from the Journals: and for rain we’ll spray some water around and for hail we’ll throw a little ice.
LH: He said that the canoes, when they were just a couple of miles off, would disappear because of the size of the waves. Clark said those Chinook people were the best canoe navigators that they had ever seen.
HC: Get that real experiential feel? LH: Well, a little bit of it. It’s real history. The best part of that sequence, for me as a kayaker, is that even these expert canoeists didn’t dare tempt these waves at the mouth of the Columbia. So there they are, freezing cold, with their clothes rotting off, badly frightened, and the Chinook people come paddling around the headland by canoe to greet them and to trade. They’re wearing practically nothing, not even footwear. The women just had on a cedar skirt, something like a hula skirt, and the men would have maybe a curiously plated piece of fur across the middle. That’s it. And it’s November, in a monsoon, in the very same conditions that the Corps of Discovery were finding so challenging, and they’re doing business as usual.
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HC: Do you go down to the mouth of the river much? LH: We go down for advanced training, for rescue and for certifications training. But there’s just a wealth of things to see and do from the water around here. The area just out across from Skamokawa has 35,000 acres in the Lewis and Clark National Wi l d l i f e R e f u g e . They’re all islands, a labyrinth of islands, with an endangered habitat, a Sitka spruce swamp, which is very rare and is created by the tidal exchange. It looks basically like it did millennia ago. HC: Just what does a Sitka spruce swamp look like? cont. page 22
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LH: It’s a muddy island mostly covered in a high tide, and during the floods in winter it’s totally covered. During the low tides the water goes down enough and there’s grassland. HC: And the spruces survive this inundation? LH: Yes, and they’re a large conifer tree. The Corps of Discovery thought they were a different species entirely because they grow so differently when they have wet roots. They’re the only trees in this area that can survive those conditions. Like the Sitka spruces, Skamokawa struggles to survive but perseveres. Founded in the 1860s and flourishing by the ’80s, the town built itself on pilings and played host to ships come for logs and, later, canned fish. Food shortages and famines in Europe brought a host of emigrants to the Lower Columbia to bolster the logging, fishing and canning industries. They created a uniquely adaptable society built on stilts, accommodating waterborne commerce and those 10-foot tidal fluxes. LH: The pilings here tell the story of the civilization that was here before the highways, before the roads. Everything was based on water and the steamboats were the main mode of transportation. HC: Tell us about the Goldilocks Zone? LH: The tidal flux, and the way it reverses the fresh water river so far up, is kind of like a pump into the wetlands. And it gives a surge, so things are able to grow in different areas along the beach that normally wouldn’t be able to. HC: So is this why the pilings are little greenhouses themselves? LH: So we have both, the saltwater intrusion which changes the water level, but still mostly fresh water. So the pilings themselves become these wonderful habitats, being watered twice a day by fresh water. We’ve found over two dozen species of plants alone on just one pile. Songbirds nesting in them. HC: So many abandoned pilings up and down the river here?
rot and rust, if we all left here tomorrow it wouldn’t be more than a couple of decades and you’d never even know we’d been here. HC: So part of what you’re doing is a kind of archeology? LH: You bet. When we kayak in this area we find one town after another that has no structures left but pilings and broken pottery on the beach, maybe some other artifacts. HC: Is it a dirty word to talk about tourism and all the “charm” of this place? LH: Not at all. We’d like more eco-tourism here. We think this area is under-utilized and under-appreciated. We go out on the river most days and don’t see a soul.
LH: This place has a way of forgetting colonization. The rainfall in Skamokawa is a hundred inches a year. So with the Pacific storms, and with all of that rain and moisture,
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HC: Ever wish you had a crew cut? LH: No, it’s just an experiment for me, part of the way people perceive me, and it’s my commitment to try to have a more natural lifestyle. HC: I confess it was a strong consideration in putting you on the cover this month. LH: Well, they do have a certain amount of marketability. But part of it is just to walk my own path, no matter how people see me. These aren’t “salon dreads,” like you see in a lot of rock bands. They’re the real thing. Hair and chaos.
LH: My pleasure. ••• This classic guide was my primer when I began kayaking as a teenager and is full of still pertinent information while holding a place in modern sea kayak history.
I was having difficulty choosing which book of Robert Michael Pyle’s for my favorite as I so enjoy his writing. Luckily he has an anthology to frame a window facing toward his body of work.
A wonderful piece of history full of pioneer family stories from a place I like to think of as heaven. Author Irene Martin is an illuminating lecture presenter and local figure.
LH: I’ve had them about 16 years. And, no, they’re tangled, not braided. Hair will do that naturally. If you introduce some chaos into it.
HC: Well, thanks for being natural, and a great conversation.
Hal Calbom Hal Calbom is an independent film producer, educator and writer. A third-generation Longview native, he attended RA Long High School and Harvard College and lives in Seattle.
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HC: I’ve got to ask you about the dreadlocks. Are they braided?
A rare text that orients the lowest parts of the river and nearby coastal area over time with state and national parks.
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A Tale of Two Turtles
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hat turtle didn’t have a chance. Traffic was heavy on Maryland Route 16 not far east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge: a long line of cars crowding behind me, a big truck bearing down from ahead. And there stood the turtle on stumpy legs, rearing its long neck over the centerline as if it were a finish tape. This was a big one—more than a foot long—and it was about to be smashed to bloody bits.
The Natural World By Dr. Robert Michael Pyle Robert Michael Pyle is a naturalist and writer residing along Gray’s River in Wahkiakum County for many years. His twenty-two books include the Northwest classics Wintergreen, Sky Time in Gray’s River, and Where Bigfoot Walks, as well as The Thunder Tree, Chasing Monarchs, and Mariposa Road, a flight of butterfly books, and two collections of poems. His newest titles are Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest and Magdalena Mountain: a novel, released in August 2018.
revolver. He did so, however ineptly. Then they respectfully cleaned, filleted, and consumed the unfortunate animal.
To me, the idea of a turtle with a broken shell has always been one of the more pathetic emanations of the chance universe, like snails crushed underfoot. Few sensations disturb me more than the soft, yielding crunch that means I’ve stepped on a snail. It’s not the slime on my sole that bothers me. It’s the sheer tragedy (albeit tiny) of a protected creature suddenly unhoused: still alive, but utterly vulnerable to beetle, thrush, and desiccating breeze—and what’s worse, entirely beyond repair.
As a small child, I was passionate about two classes of objects: snails and suits of armor. Looking back, I wonder now whether the stresses of a sundering home—when such a state was rare—intensified my nearobsession with things whose purpose and metaphor was shelter. The fact that I dearly loved turtles too might reinforce such a theory; how often I wished for a shell into which I might snugly withdraw. A huge fossilized marine turtle in the Denver Museum of Natural History enthralled me more than the Brontosaurus towering above it, and I was crazy about pictures of Galapagos tortoises and loggerhead sea turtles in Life and the Geographic. The only chelonians I knew firsthand were the two-inch painted turtles we could buy at the dime store, then play with until they died from over-attention or neglect.
But broken turtles are even more pitiful, because they are long-lived vertebrates, presumably more capable of apprehending pain and distress. They can repair modest breaks (as can snails); but a badly shattered carapace means a slow, certain death. I think of the sad snapping turtle that John McPhee described in his great dining-on-roadkill essay, “Travels in Georgia.” She’d been on her way to lay eggs when she was “run over like a manhole cover, probably with much the same sound.” McPhee and his traveling companion, a canny herpetologist, had come across the tire-trodden snapper, “gravely wounded,” but still alive and able to bite the hand that helped it. To put it out of its misery, they asked a passing lawman to shoot it with his service
When I finally saw a live turtle in the wild, things did not go well. My brother Tom and I were visiting relatives in the Midwest with our grandfather in his big black Packard. Tom was thirteen, I was nine. An older cousin took us out walking on an Indiana woodland path. He put shotguns in our hands and said “Shoot what moves.” This is how cousins get shot. But this time what got shot was a turtle. A handsized painted turtle, much bigger than our ephemeral pets, surfaced from a pond near my feet. “Shoot, Bobby,” my cousin commanded, “before it gets away!” I was transfixed. But I was a compliant child, and I pulled the trigger. Ever since, recalling that implacable blast, I have seen turtle all over the world. I bawled, and was disgraced.
Photo by David Lee Myers Conservationists and animal lovers will always go ‘round and ‘round about the significance of individual lives versus populations. As one who works with insects, I am intimately familiar with these arguments and the conflicting feelings they arouse. The culling of individual insects very seldom has a significant impact on the population, and insect collecting is still essential for understanding and conserving diversity. Even so, when people spot me working with an insect net, they often ask in accusatory tones whether I catch and kill butterflies. Yet they don’t give a second thought to using lawn chemicals, mosquito sprays, or bug zappers. Is a butterfly any more deserving of mercy than a moth? Or a mango? Where I live, most families hunt and eat elk and deer, but some of the best hunters I know couldn’t harm a mouse. For my part, I readily admit to sentimental attachments that render me a distracted scientist at best. It’s been many years since I could make a specimen of a red admirable butterfly or a mourning cloak.
This is the 16th in a series of selected essays to appear in Columbia River Reader. These were originally published in Orion Afield or Orion Magazine in the author’s column, “The Tangled Bank” and, subsequently, in the book of the same name published by Oregon State University Press in 2012.
So who’s to say what we should do in a given circumstance of life or death? I remember several birding outings cut short by a dash to a bird rehab clinic with a disabled varied thrush or a sick scoter that died anyway. Yet, ruining a perfectly good insect net to catch an oiled murre off the Washington coast, rushing the mucky seabird to the spill-response field clinic, and following its progress to release, seemed the right—indeed the only—thing to do. I’ve watched waterfowl with their bills caught up in monofilament line, unable to assist them. And last week, on Cape May, New Jersey, an important staging ground for migrants about to cross Delaware Bay, I ogled a black-backed gull—biggest gull in the world—whose great right wing hung cont page 24
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down. Alone on the beach, it stood uncomplaining (unlike many perfectly fit gulls), making little jerks with its wing, as if trying to sort things out; but it couldn’t. My companion and host, a fine naturalist, explained that the local emphasis in this bird-famous place was toward conserving populations, not individuals—or on habitats, rather than rehab. Given available resources and needs, this made sense. Still, I took the look in that gull’s eye with me when I left. Roadkill, though, is a special category. Barry Lopez wrote movingly of honoring the deaths and bodies of highway victims in his essay “Apologia.” I too have often been moved to place badger, flicker, owl, or raccoon on the soft grass verge rather than leaving them to be hammered into the asphalt; and last year, I dropped a broken-backed armadillo into a moonlit Arkansas creek, reckoning drowning to be the quicker death. I’ve also tried to respect, if not redeem, the dreadful toll of our easy mobility by taking the dead—an otter, a heron, several hawks, and many smaller creepers and fliers—to zoology museums. When yearling deer die on the highway above our house, we wheelbarrow them down to the field below, open their sides for the ravens,
and watch the succession of scavengers return them to the flow. And earlier this spring, Thea* and I paid tribute to a California quail cock’s untimely demise against our bumper with offerings of fresh morels and wild asparagus foraged that same day, the whole prepared and sanctified with a decent merlot. Ah, Death, what is the deal with thy sting? We each take plant and animal life, whether intentionally or not, in order to live. We each have our biases, and we all indulge them. You could say that “kill and let live” is the human way. For that turtle on the highway, pondering such questions was a luxury it couldn’t afford. I braked the rental car in the middle of the road, stabbed on the safety blinkers, threw open the door, leapt out, and put my hands up both ways, like some cartoon traffic cop without a whistle. This is how good Samaritans die. But everyone stopped, so I ran toward the turtle. “Please, Pan,” I mouthed, “don’t let it be a snapper!” Pan smiled; it was a great big red-belly. As soon as it felt my footfalls, the turtle pulled its legs and head deep between its carapace and plastron. I reached down and plucked it up from the road, grasping both sides of its heavy shell. No one even honked. •••
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The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
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eginning in 1950, amid the brewing Cold War, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed that the U.S. State Department was full of Communists. Shortly thereafter, State Department’s John Peurifoy, in a congressional hearing, revealed that 91 homosexuals had been fired from the department as “security risks.” Republicans had expressed concerns about “sexual perverts” in government as early as 1947, part of a GOP strategy to discredit the Truman administration and win votes. And so the Lavender Scare began, purging anyone suspected of being gay or lesbian from the State Department. Targeting Communists and homosexuals spread to other agencies, going government-wide during the Eisenhower administration. For me the most moving part of the book recounts the personal stories of men and women who were interrogated, humiliated, and pressured to name other
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HARDCOVER NON-FICTION 1. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 2. How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27 3. Three Women Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27 4. Dare to Lead Brené Brown, Random House, $28 5. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35 6. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99 7. Trick Mirror Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27 8. The Moment of Lift Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $26.99 9. The Pioneers David McCullough, S&S, $30 10. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50
Brought to you by Book Sense and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Assn, for week ending Sept. 1, 2019, based on reporting from the independent bookstores of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. For the Book Sense store nearest you, visit www.booksense.com MASS MARKET 1. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99 2. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99 3. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99 4. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99 5. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99 6. The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99 7. Women Who Run With the Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99 8. The Eye of the World Robert Jordan, Tor, $9.99 9. Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99 10. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS 1. Best Friends Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99 2. A Wolf Called Wander Rosanne Parry, Monica Armino (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $16.99 3. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99 4. Be Prepared Vera Brosgol, First Second, $12.99 5. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95 6. Super Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99 7. Camp Kayla Miller, HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99 8. Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 9. Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 10. Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $8.99
A Better Idea If you really wanted to understand what was happening in a Kwakiutl
village or an Inuit camp, you had to try as hard as possible to divest yourself of the opinions common to the environment in which you were born. You had to struggle to follow new trains of thought and new logic, to grab on to new emotions… Otherwise you couldn’t claim to understand anything at all. You were simply staring at your own biases, reflected back at you in the mirror of someone else’s culture. ~ from Gods of the Upper Air truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.” Turns out, the earth wasn’t flat after all. In Gods of the Upper Air, Georgetown University professor Charles King offers a fascinating account of the stories the West has told itself to understand race and gender, and how Franz Boas (1858-1942) and his students challenged and found those theories “not supported by the evidence,” i.e., wrong. In the nineteenth century, there was an idea popular in Europe and the U.S. that humanity was divided into different races and that there was a racial hierarchy. By an interesting
coincidence, they discovered that their own “white” culture was superior. Boas challenged what has come to be recognized as cultural bias, arguing that the idea of race was a social concept, not a biological reality. He understood other factors to account for cultural differences (See, for example, Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel.) As a young man, Boas became fascinated by the Inuit on Baffin Island, and then the Tlingit and Kwakiutl of the Pacific Northwest. Studying these alien cultures, he realized they had their own world views, with their own logic and social rules. Appointed a professor at Columbia University in 1897, he set out to challenge the common theories of the day with evidence from his and others’ field studies, asserting “civilization is not something absolute, but that it is relative, and that our ideas and conceptions are true only so far as our civilization goes.” His revolutionary ideas were taken up by his students, who became major figures in the field of cultural anthropology: Margaret Mead (Coming of Age in Samoa,) Ruth Benedict (Patterns of Culture, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword), Zora Neale Hurston, whose studies of the African American culture of the deep South spawned her classic novel,
Their Eyes Were Watching God; and Ella Cara Deloria, working to record the rapidly vanishing traditions of the Plains Indians. (Boas remarked to a colleague, “All my best students are women.”) Rather than finding one culture “superior” (superior by whose standards?), they asserted that all cultures are, in Mead’s words, “experiments in what could be done with human nature.” King’s book is particularly relevant today because we are still working from largely outdated concepts about race and gender. As Hurston wrote to Mead, “Facts go down mighty hard with some folks.” To this day there are people who believe the earth is flat. •••
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Travel Adventure
Alaska Cruise Adventure Variety of shore excursions made this big family happy By Walter Pistor, Kalama, Wash. resident and friend of CRR
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hat makes for a great cruise? Having taken 11 ocean cruises over many years, I would say each person has different criteria. Most of us want excellent food, a fun time, a learning experience and the feeling a cruise was worth our money. But because we have so many cruise choices, it is wise to write out what else would please you the most. For example, you might like unlimited cocktails. Hildegard and I don’t drink much, so instead we chose a unique cruise with a different focus for July into August. “Wildlife & Frontiers” is an 11-day voyage on Oceania’s MS Regatta, a clean, artfully-decorated, medium-size cruise ship, sailing from Seattle to Southeastern Alaska and disembarking in Vancouver, B.C. Kids under age 18 traveled free on this particular cruise, so we took three grandchildren with us for a total of 10 in our family.
a fascinating time. They created their own colored glass ball. One grandson went with me on the “Scenic Rail & Yukon Suspension Bridge” tour while daughter Charlotte and her husband went on the “Klondike Explorer & Skagway Highlights” excursion. Afterwards, they visited the historic Red Onion Saloon (and brothel) which they found humorous and interesting.
Ports of call included Ketchikan, Juneau, Icy Strait (Hoonah, Alaska), Skagway, Sitka, Prince Rupert and Victoria. We were offered, in advance, numerous excursions at each docking. I personally chose three different fishing trips for salmon and halibut and a fly-in fly fishing trip. My other selections were the “Scenic Rail & Yukon Suspension Bridge,” “Canada’s Wilderness via Seaplane,” and the Butchart Gardens in Victoria, B.C. In Ketchikan, six of our family saw the “Saxman Native Village and Lumberjack Show,” while others ventured on the “Rainforest Canopy Adventure & Zipline Expedition” with seven stations in the heights of the trees. In Juneau, son David joined me for the “Fly-in Fly Fishing.” We hooked an estimated 20 fighting, pink salmon on wet streamer flies in a small clear river. We landed maybe 15, which we released. It was the best excursion for me.
At Sitka, various combinations of family members went on “Sitka’s Great Hiking Adventure,” the “Alaska 4 x 4 Nature Safari” and the “Sea Otter & Wildlife Quest” tour. R a i n f o r e s t Tr a i l s ” t o u r. O u r adventureous son, Walt, chose the “Helicopter Glacier Trek.”
A Note about fish you catch It is not practical to ship fish home. For example, the cost to fillet, pack and deliver to your house the fillets of a 20- pound halibut would be $165.79 or $20.72 a net pound, based on eight net pounds of fillets. In Juneau, four of our family members went on the “Five Glacier Seaplane Exploration.” Our Austrian family members chose the “Whales and
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At Icy Strait (Hoonah Alaska), Hildegard took our two youngest grandchildren, daughter and sonin-law on the “Spasski River Valley Wildlife & Bear Search” excursion, but they did not see any bears. Others took the “Whale Watching and Ziprider Combo Tour.” It was nice to have individual choices! Skagway enticed four of our younger members on the “Venture to Glacier Point” while Hildegard and our sevenyear-old granddaughter found the “Golden Glass Blowing Experience”
The second best excursion for me was flying in a seaplane with my older son, Walt, in the Canadian wilderness east of Prince Rupert. We have been in the Rockies and the Alps, but this viewing of sheer rock was more spectacular. We also flew very low directly over a glacier and landed on a lake to take a picture of one of the many waterfalls. Miss Manners likes this tip The Regatta’s international staff was very friendly and courteous. More than 40 different nationalities were represented. I recommend taking 3 x 5 cards to write down how to say cont page 27
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Where do you read
“Thank you” in different languages. We enjoyed good food in five venues on board ship.
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Aboard the ship, there was an “Alaska Explorer Youth Program” designed for two groups of children: ages 5-8 and 9-12. The program is overseen by trained “professional Alaskan explorer youth counselors.” It is a good educational program for kids. They participated in arts, crafts and games. At the conclusion of the cruise, we capped a wonderful vacation with a visit to the Butchart Gardens in Vancouver, B.C., enjoying this beautiful worldfamous layout of flowers.
This dog can read! LaHabra,
Calif., residents Lee and Chris Quarnstrom, enjoying the good life with their Corgie, Rose de la Rumba.
On her way to the Blarney Stone Judy Lepin,of Rainier, Ore. in Belfast, Ireland, May 2019.
The biggest plus on the cruise was the weather, which luckily was consistently good. We got a cruise discount by signing up early. Unless you are very studious, I suggest getting the help of an experienced travel agent. ••• Photos, opposite page, clockwise from top left: Walter Pistor with one of the many fish he caught; a scene from the glacier trek; Hildegard Pistor enjoys a stroll on deck; an inter-generational zipline adventure; Ethan Pistor makes friends with a bear, and chefs conduct an on-board cooking demonstration, from which Hildegard Pistor brought home recipes for gnocchi, Black Pepper Crusted Alaskan Salmon, and Risotto al Funghi Porcini. David Pistor expertly holding a salmon prior to releasing it, injury-free, back to the river. Above, a view of the Butchart Gardens in Vancouver, B.C.
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Rotary Harvest Classic
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ongview resident Greg Lapic, a youthful 79, has the distinction of being the oldest person to register for the Harvest Classic Walk and Run, two years in a row.
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Lapic, a Weyerhaeuser Company retiree, started long distance running 50-some years ago and participating in the Harvest Classic around 30 years ago. The first year he paid the fee to run in the event, the weather was so horrible that he decided not to go. “But you know,” he recalled, “I’m such a cheapskate that I vowed to run the next year, no matter how bad the weather was.” Lapic has also run in similar events over the years around the Northwest. “The Harvest Classic, though, is my favorite,” he said. “The route is flat, it attracts a large group of runners, the prizes are great, high school cross country teams participate and the money raised goes to good causes. All in all, this is a great community event.”
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2019 Quilt Show Greg Lapic: 30 years later, still doing the Harvest Classic. Courtesy photos.
The long-standing Harvest Classic event returns for the 40th year in Longview, Washington. The course is fast, the runners are committed to Fun, Competition, and Fitness. Join with runners and walkers from all over the country who enjoy themselves and raise money for the HELP Warehouse in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties. Make this a food drive by bringing a can of food or other non-perishable item.
A few times, Lapic has won the first place prize in his age category. “That was because I was the only participant in that category,” Lapic said with his characteristic hearty laugh. One year the organizers invited famed marathon runner Alberto Salvador to run in the Harvest Classic. When Lapic was about half way through the route, he saw Salvador coming back, having already completed the run. “Keeps you humble,” Lapic joked. Another year when Lapic complained to his running buddy, Bill Weiss, about his lousy time, Weiss said, “Your time doesn’t matter, Greg. You’re out here. That’s what matters.” •••
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40th Rotary Harvest Classic October 5 • Longview, Wash. 5K / 10K Run / Walk ¼ Mile Pee-Wee Fun Run Register online before Oct 2, $27.57 www.rotaryharvestclassic.org Register on Event Day 7-8am, $33 906 New York Street, Longview 10K Run / Walk starts at 8:30am 5K Run / Walk starts at 8:45am Pee-Wee Fun Run starts at 9:45am
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Cowlitz Co Largest Q unty’s u More th ilt Show an 150 Q uilts
“ Quilting for the Art of It ” Demonstrations • Door Prizes • Vendors • Raffle Quilt • Country Store • Bed Turning
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Local Veterans Children’s Justice Advocacy Center Luggage of Love
Friday, Oct. 4 • 10am – 5pm Saturday, Oct 5 • 10am – 4pm $5 Admission Youth & Family Link Building 907 Douglas Street, Longview, WA
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Outings & Events
Performing & Fine Arts, Music, Art, Theatre, Literary Submission Guidelines Letters to the Editor (up to 200 words) relevant to the publication’s purpose — helping readers discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region, at home and on the road — are welcome. Longer pieces, or excerpts thereof, in response to previously-published articles, may be printed at the discretion of the publisher and subject to editing and space limitations. Items sent to CRR will be considered for publication unless the writer specifies otherwise. Writer’s name and phone number must be included; anonymous submissions will not be considered. Political Endorsements CRR is a monthly publication serving readers in several towns, three counties, two states and beyond and does not publish Letters to the Editor that are endorsements or criticisms of political candidates or controversial issues. (Paid ad space is available.) Unsolicited submissions may be considered, provided they are consistent with the publication’s purpose. Advance contact with the editor is recommended. Information of general interest submitted by readers may be used as background or incorporated in future articles. Outings & Events calendar (free listing): Events must be open to the public. Non-profit organizations and the arts, entertainment, educational and recreational opportunities and community cultural events will receive listing priority. Fundraisers must be sanctioned/sponsored by the benefiting non-profit organization. Businesses and organizations wishing to promote their particular products or services are invited to purchase advertising (contact info, page 37).
Broadway Gallery Artists co-op. Classes for all ages, workshops, paint parties. Featured artists, Sept: Beth Bailey (metal sculpture), Janis Newton (photography); Oct: Guest artist Sandy Cox (monoprints, watercolor & ink); Diane Springer (gourds &more). Hours: M-F 10-5:30, Sat 10–4. 1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. 360-577-0544. www. the-broadway-gallery.com. Tsuga Gallery Fine arts and crafts by area artists. Thurs-Sat 11–5. 70 Main Street, Cathlamet, Wash. 360-795-0725.
FIRST THURSDAY October 3
Broadway Gallery Winners of “At the Beach” community art show, 35 local gallery members’ works in various media and featured guest artist Sandy Cox. Enjoy acoustic & vocals by Hank & Lloyd, and refreshments. Reception, 5:30-7:30pm. 1418 Commerce Ave., Longview, Wash. Cowlitz County Museum 7pm. Josiah Pollock, a recent UW graduate will share his research on the Cowlitz Farm which was part of his capstone project. Mr. Pollock has presented this topic at the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma and curated an exhibition on the Cowlitz Farm at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. 404 Allen St., Kelso, Wash.
Koth Gallery, Longview Public Library September: Bess Norwood (oil paintingslandscapes and portraits). October: Linda McCord (painting, mixed media); Reception, Oct. 8, 6–8pm. 1600 Louisiana Street, Longview, Wash. MonWed 10am-8pm, Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm. Info: Daniel, 360-442-5307. Clatskanie Bloom Galler y Artwork from the lower Columbia River region. Wed-Sat, 11-4. 289 N. Nehalem St. Clatskanie, Oregon. Info: 503-3089143. Clatskaniebloom@gmail.com. clatskaniebloom.com Community Arts Workshop/Alcove Gallery Free instruction and materials. 1–3pm. Mon: water color; Tues: paper crafts, paper quilling, drawing, intro. to music; first Wed. of month: Native American arts, 2nd Wed: collage, 3rd & 4th Wed: random acts of creativity; Thurs: fiber arts, step-by-step painting. Finnish Culture Exhibit with illustrations from the Kalevala Finnish epic and woven Sami (Laplander) sacred drum designs, through Sept. 30. Located in the CAP
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Community Concert Association Jason Lyle Black
Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 3:00 pm
Jason’s unique combination of familiar music, comedy and interaction leaves audiences laughing and crying in the same night. From his comedic routines like “Songs Not to Play at People’s Weddings” to his upside down, head-pedaling piano act, Jason wows and engages audiences worldwide. A whirlwind of music and laughs.
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Jeannine Goeckeritz
Sunday, January 26, 2020 - 3:00 pm
Internationally-renowned flutist Jeannine Goeckeritz has entertained audiences worldwide with her captivating live performances, expressive style and inspiring music, with program highlights beautifully blending popular and crossover classics — Starry, Starry Night, Annie’s Song, My Favorite Things and more.
Sail On - Beach Boys Tribute Friday, February 14, 2020 - 7.30 pm
Sail On brings a young look, authentic sound and harmonies reminiscent of the original Beach Boys during their prime. The group transports the audience to the beach for an evening of memories and Fun, Fun, Fun.
Sons of Serendip
Sunday, March 29, 2020 - 3.00 pm
Sons of Serendip create beautiful music with harp, piano, cello and voice. This Billboard charting quartet is gaining popularity since appearing on season 9 of America’s Got Talent as finalists. Their program is a fresh mix of emotionally expressive popular music, engaging stories, and audience participation. Musical serendipity.
Performances at Lower Columbia College Rose Center for the Arts Tickets Available Online or at the Door
Season subscription prices: $85 Adult • $40 Student • $190 Family Single tickets $25 Adults; $10 Students
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building,1526 Commerce, Longview, Wash. Open Mon–Thurs 12–3:30pm. Info: 360-425-3430 x 306, or email capartsworkshop@gmail.com. Cowlitz Valley Old Time Music Association Music jam night with open mic, 7–9pm, 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays, Catlin Grange, 205 Shawnee, Kelso, Wash. Guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, piano, accordion. Traditional country and/or bluegrass. Dance floor open. Info: Archie Beyl, 360-636-3835. The Kilted Man Scottish songs. Oct. 16, 6–7:30pm. Free. Longview Public Library, Main Reading Room, 1600 Louisiana St. CABARET: MEET THE DIRECTOR Jaime Donegan, the professional director for the show, “Take It to the Limit,” will be in Longview Oct. 21 for “Meet the Director Night.” Talented and interested singers, dancers, comedians, stagehands, helpers — individuals and groups— are encouraged to attend, meet Jaime and share in the excitement of being involved. As in the past, we anticipate filling the Columbia Theatre and entertaining the audience for a couple of hours at each show Nov. 15-16. Net proceeds will benefit Community Home Health and Hospice. If you are 18 or older, we invite you to become a participant in the show and in the many activities needed over the course of about three weeks to help put this great community show together. If you can sing, dance, tell jokes, or even if you can’t, lots of volunteers are needed. There will be opportunities for everyone both on and off the stage. If you can’t make it on Oct. 21 but want to be involved, please contact Cheryl Spencer, 360-430-4800, for more information. Everyone is wanted and welcome and no one will be turned away. Those unable to participate are encouraged to buy a ticket and support the show. More details in CRR’s Oct. 15 issue.
LIKE TO SING? North Coast Chorale is looking for singers in all four parts and all levels of talent, including grade 7–12 students, seniors and those in between with strong voices. Rehearses weekly, Tues 6:45–9pm at Performing Arts Center (PAC), corner of 16th and Franklin St., Astoria, Ore. Clatsop Community College students can earn credits when they sign up for Group Voice/NCC. No auditions required; anyone interested is encouraged to take part. For more info, contact director Denise Reed, 503338-8403 or president Frank Spence, 503-325-2365. On Sept 28 and 29, the Chorale will participate in the Cascadia Chamber Opera’s production of the “H.M.S. Pinafore” at the PAC. This is a comic opera in two-acts by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Outings & Events
Recreation, Outdoors Gardening, History, Pets, Self-Help Cowlitz County Museum Open Tues-Sat 10am–4pm. 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash. www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/museum. Info: 360577-3119. Redmen Hall History and art. 1394 SR-4, Skamokawa, Wash. Thurs-Sun, 12-4pm. Info: 360-795-3007 or email fos1894@ gmail.com. Mount St. Helens Club
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In Their Footsteps Lecture series. Sept 15: “John Colter’s Impact on American History,” by Christopher Hodges . Oct 20: “The UNEXPECTED on the Oregon Coast,” by Judy Fleagle., 1pm, Netul Room, Lewis and Clark Nat’l Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, Ore. Free. Info: 503-861-2471
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‘23 Club Annual Dinner
An electronic music duo pioneering a new wave in electronic music using Tone Scupltor technology to create sound from thin air, using only motions and gestures.
“Stunning visual and musical delivery!”
Sunday • Oct. 13 • 3pm
$15 General • $13 Students/Seniors • $10 Children
Birkenfeld Theatre Clatskanie Cultural Center, Clatskanie, Ore.
St.Rose Youth Fundraiser
Monday, October 7 St. Rose Parish Center
2571 Nichols Blvd, Longview PROGRAM
“On the Docks...the Port of Longview Story” 5pm Social Hour
Punch & Hors d’’oeuvres by Chef Hayden Evans
6:30pm Dinner $16 per person
The ’23 Club honors the memory of those who planned and built the City of Longview as a social, spiritual, cultural, and economic center for local residents. Originally a social organization for lineal descendants of the founders, the Club is now open to all who share a love for the City, its beauty and its history. Annual Dues are $4 per person or $6 family
Info: www.longview23club.org
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Informer by Perry Piper
GREETINGS FROM SOUTH AMERICA PART 2:
Sugarloaf, fender benders, and Acai
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saw everything I wanted in Brazil in only a single month after all. I visited the cities of Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Maringá, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Vitória, Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Manaus and Cuiabá. I’ve had to postpone the Antarctica and surrounding areas trip to the future as the prices are outrageous. Even for the cheapest cruise covering half of what I want to see is $3000. I can’t bring myself to spend $5-10,000 right now just to see a few of these islands and exotic lands. That’s the price I spend on some of my entire, multi-month trips! One of the top spots has been Rio de Janeiro, although I must say the famous “Christ the Redeemer” spot was a tourist trap. The real highlight of the city was the Sugarloaf, a natural
rock formation on the city’s southwest peninsula (photo, at right). There’s a gondola up to the two main stops, with great views of the city and a few small shops and eateries, along with some walking paths and plentiful seating, all with incredible views from every angle. I also saw an exhibit of famous musicians and U.S. Presidents, including JFK, photographed while visiting the Sugarloaf throughout history. Since my last update: I’ve been in two minor traffic collisions. The first was in the night bus, five minutes after leaving the station. We could feel the driver slam the brakes and after a few minutes, he came around to tell us a car turned in front of the bus and swiped off one of the main mirrors, so we had to drive back
Sugarloaf, a natural rock formation in Rio de Janeiro
and switch buses. The next time was in an Uber car in a small city on the way to the hostel. We drove through an intersection, past a delivery truck, and it turned into us at slow speed, scraping the rear door. Both minor fender benders, but I can see how these add to the statistics of danger here. The driving is overall sloppy and kind of a free for all. No one really follows the rules. While on the Brazilian east coast in a town called Recife, a strange but fashionable dancer girl, Luna, helped me navigate the bus system but cackled maniacally when I revealed
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my destination: Fort Orange. She claimed the area was full of assault level thieves and murderers, even during the day and to turn back while I still had the chance. But I doubted what she said because the recent online reviews were all really positive and I couldn’t find any news articles on what she was talking about. I took a few buses winding up close to the island and then a final Uber across the bridge. The driver said the area was safe, but that we could turn back if we saw any funny business. cont page 33
by Mike Wallin
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Blackwood on Movies
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Laughably, upon arrival, there were tourists and people everywhere having lunch on the beach under umbrellas, alongside many restaurants! Armed policemen strolled the area and everyone was very friendly, although some perhaps a bit pushy, promoting their own lunch business. People have been amazed how small my travel bags are. Just a single backpack stuffed to the brim or with an auxiliary bag to lighten the load with quick access to essentials. You’d think it’d be easier for guys, but I also met an American girl several years younger than I who viewed things the same way and who would seek out the cheapest hostels, as well. You only really need two outfits plus jacket, long underwear and hiking shoes and socks. And even less if you’re going to a singleclimate zone. For me, the weather has ranged from 20 to 97 degrees! You can take showers and wash your clothing as often as you need to. There’s no reason to bring a wardrobe for the red carpet. I’ve been eating açai quite f r e q u e n t l y, a delicious fruit from the Amazon. I like it best in the frozen ice cream style. It’s dark purple and has a mild taste. It’s often served with layers of sliced banana and granola, although I’ve also had it with gummy candy, caramel and chocolate. It’s quite filling and been my dinner many times. I found the best variants in Rio and Cuiaba. The biggest disappointment this month has absolutely been the Garoto chocolate factory in Vitoria, Brazil (yes, Vitoria, not a typo). You all know what a cacao connoisseur I am, but this tour was terrible, mainly because you can smell chocolate the whole time, yet are given only about 120 seconds to taste a few things before being shuffled into the store, where you get the generous opportunity to pay double or triple the tour price to actually try what you wanted to in the first place. It’s quite strange that — despite cacao coming from these countries near the equator — the European, American and New Zealand brands I’ve had so far would be so much better than native ones. Minimal mosquitoes in Manaus I was surprised that Manaus, a city in the heart of the Amazon, had almost zero mosquitoes! I was also amazed that the money exchange business in this city offered the buying and selling of Bitcoin! I got sunburned pretty bad in Manaus after walking around for only an hour, learning the hard way that being near the equator results in this because of the direct focus of UV radiation and a weaker ozone layer, as well. On the way back from the cont page 38
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Dr. Bob Blackwood
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found director Richard Linklater’s “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” to be a mixed bag, with Cate Blanchette as Bernadette Fox always interesting. Kristen Wiig as her daughter was appropriately a little troubled, as a young teenager often is. And Billy Crudup as Blanchette’s husband seemed more than a little confused, as he should have been. He might have been a bit more forceful, but then, I didn’t direct this film and would not want to, though I enjoyed seeing it. You always are going to have a problem when the main character is confused. People presume that a character controlling a film must be forceful. Well, that is true often, but not always. That’s why I found the film to be challenging. As the film opened, you found out that Bernadette had a great reputation as an architect, but, for some reason, as she approached her middle years, she was just being a good old mom around the house with her family in a home big enough to shelter half of Seattle. Suddenly, the daughter wanted to take a trip to Antarctica, I guess to find herself or to create the world’s largest snow family (just kidding, it’s too darn cold there). As it turns out, the mom seemed to have more of a need to get away from it all than the daughter did. I wasn’t sure why, but I was willing to go along with it. I don’t regret it. After a while, you get to wonder how bored Mom is with her lifestyle, though she does her best to keep her daughter happy. Having known a number of forceful women, you can understand her problems. She is not willing upfront to tell her daughter and husband to take the “A” train instead of a trip to Antarctica. Surprise, she takes off by herself to go down to the frigid southland.
Cate Blanchette in “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?”
existence and they can re-evaluate the lives they have been living without an audience of neighbors who feel free to comment on the wonderful man and the picky mom, a mom who just is bored sick with the usual middle class lifestyle. Is there a happy ending for this film? Well, I won’t spoil it for you. I can only say that I liked the characters in the film, though I wish Billy Crudup had a little more muscle in his role. The women were great. The audience seemed to like it, and I certainly did. If it is still around or coming back, give it a shot. •••
Dr. Bob Blackwood, professor emeritus of the City Colleges of Chicago, lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
What are Dad and daughter going to do? I think you can guess. They go right after the woman they both love. No applause, please. They meet down in the frigid southern clime and join together as a happy family. Some critics really hated this film. I can understand that. We’ve all known parents who have given in to children or to either mom or dad when they should not have done so. In this case, however, we see something else happening. Both the mother and the father are happy that they are out of their middle class
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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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Longview 716 Triangle Shopping Center. 18 rotating craft brews, pub fare. M-W 12 noon –9pm, Th-Sat 12 noon-11pm, Sun 12 Noon-8pm. 360-232-8283. Follow us on Untappd .
1260 Commerce Ave. Serving lunch & dinner Mon–Sat 11am–10pm. Full bar, banquet space, American comfort food. 360-703-3904. www.millcitygrill.com. See ad, page 8.
Evergreen Pub & Café 115-117 East 1st Street Burgers, halibut, prime rib, full bar. 503-556-9935. See ad, page 13. Goble Tavern 70255 Columbia River Hwy. (Milepost 31, Hwy. 30) Food, beer & wine + full bar, Live entertainment. 503-556-4090. See ad page 13.
Luigi’s Pizza 117 East 1st Street, Rainier 503-556-4213 Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine. See ad, page 13.
Fire Mountain Grill 9440 Spirit Lake Hwy, Milepost 19. Lunch & Dinner: Burgers, sandwiches, salads, steaks seafood, chicken & dumplings, housemade cobblers and infamous Bigfoot Burger. Riverside dining. Open 10am–8pm daily. 360-274-5217.
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The Original Pietrio’s Pizzeria Homestyle cooking from the 1960s-1970. All natural ingredients. Beer and wine available. Open Wed. thru Sun, 7am–8pm. 1140 15th Ave., Longview. See ad, page 8.
The Carriage Restaurant & Lounge
Full breakfast, lunch and dinner 6am– 9pm. Full bar in lounge, open 6am. Three happy hours daily (8–10am, 12– 2pm, 5–7pm). Group meeting room, free use with $150 food/drink purchases. 1334 12th Ave. 360-425-8545.
614 Commerce Ave., Longview. 18 varieties of pizza. Salad bar, Lunch buffet all-you-can-eat. Beer & wine. Mon-Fri open 11am, Sat-Sun 12 Noon. 360-353-3512.
Country Folks Deli 1329 Commerce Ave., Longview. Serving lunch and dinner. Sandwiches, soups, salads. Open M-Sat 11am. 360-425-2837.
Freddy’s Just for the Halibut. Cod, halibut & tuna fish and chips, oysters & clams., award-winning clam chowder. Prime rib every Thurs. Beer and wine. M-W 10–8, Th-Sat 10–9, Sun 11–8. 1110 Commerce 360-414-3288. See ad, page 23.
Hop N Grape 924 15th Ave., Longview M–Th 11am–8pm; Fri & Sat 11am– 9pm; Sun 11am–7pm. BBQ meat slowcooked on site. Pulled pork, chicken brisket, ribs, turkey, salmon. Worldfamous mac & cheese. 360-577-1541 See ad page 28.
Masthead Castaways 1124 Washington Way, Longview. Famous fish & chips, gourmet burgers, Chowders. 13 beers on tap. Extra parking in back. 360-232-8500.
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Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd. Hot pizza, cool salad bar. Beer & wine. 503-397-3211 See ad, page 13.
Scappoose Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview Slow-roasted prime rib Fri & Sat, flat iron steaks, 1/3-lb burgers, fish & chips. 33 draft beers. Full bar. Family-friendly, weekly jazz and acoustic dinner hour sets on Weds. 360-636-1616. See ad, page 6.
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.
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Red Kitchen 848 15th Ave., Longview. Cocktails, taps, vino. Traditional diner fare, breakfast, lunch, dinner. Sandwiches, burgers, funky comfort food, incl. Bacon Gouda Mac n Cheese, shepherd’s pie, healthy options. Full service bar, incl 12 taps. 7am–10pm, M-F, 8am–10pm Sat-Sun.
Fultano’s Pizza 51511 SE 2nd. Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more! “Best pizza around!” Sun–Th 11am–9pm; Fri-Sat 11am– 10pm. Full bar service ‘til 10pm Fri & Sat. Deliveries in Scappoose. 503-5435100.
Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant
33452 Havlik Rd. Fine Mexican cuisine. Daily specials. The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials. M-Th 11am–9:30pm; Fri & Sat 11am–11:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-543-3017
Warren Roland Wines 1106 Florida St., Longview. Authentic Italian wood-fired pizza, wine, and beer. Casual ambience. 5–9pm Wed-Sat. See ad, page 3.
Warren Country Inn 56575 Columbia River Hwy. Fine family dining. Breakfast, lunch & dinner. Fri Prime Rib special, Taco Tuesday. Full bar. M-Th 8am–9:30pm, Fri-Sat 8am–10:30pm, Sun 9am–9pm. Karaoke Fri & Sat.503-410-5479.
Teri’s 3225 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview. Lunch and dinner. Burgers, steak, seafood, pasta, specials, fresh NW cuisine. Happy Hour. Full bar. Sun-Mon 3–8pm. Tues–Sat 11:30am–9pm.. 360577-0717.
Castle Rock Parker’s Restaurant & Brewery 1300 Mt. St. Helens Way. I-5 Exit 49. Lunch, Dinner. Burgers, hand-cut steak; seafood and pasta. Restaurant opens 11am, Lounge 12 Noon. Closed Monday. 360-967-2333
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Astronomy / Friends of Galileo
SKY REPORT Sept 15 – Oct 18 By Ted Gruber Evening Sky Venus and Mercury are visible in the westsouthwest twilight for about 30 minutes after sunset. Both planets will be very low to the horizon, so you’ll need a clear line of sight to see them. While their proximity to the horizon makes both planets difficult targets, Venus is the easier of the two because it is so much brighter. Once you find Venus, look for fainter Mercury to the south of Venus and just slightly higher. You may need binoculars to see Mercury. As always, wait a few minutes after the sun is completely set to look that direction to avoid the chance of looking directly at the sun, especially if you’re using binoculars or a telescope! Jupiter and Saturn are much easier to spot. Jupiter becomes visible in the southsouthwest sky as darkness falls. Although the giant planet dims slightly over the course of the month, it will still be the brightest object in the night sky, other than the moon. Under reasonably dark skies, binoculars can reveal up to four of Jupiter’s moons. Saturn becomes visible about 30° east of Jupiter as darkness falls. But because it’s not as bright as Jupiter, you’ll need to wait for the sky to darken a bit before the ringed planet pops into view. Sidewalk Astronomy The local Friends of Galileo astronomy club will host its final public sidewalk observing session this year the evening of Friday, October 4 (weather permitting). Join us starting around 8:00pm in the parking lot outside Starbucks at 808 Ocean Beach Highway in Longview. Several club members will have telescopes set up to observe the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and possibly some deep sky objects. If skies are overcast or it’s raining on October 4, we’ll try again on Friday, October 11, again weather permitting. Please check the calendar page on the club’s website www.friendsofgalileo.com/ calendar for last minute details to confirm the event isn’t cancelled. •••
Fall sky offers cornucopia of By Greg Smith visual delights
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e are now into autumn and the constellations are proving it. The “Summer Triangle” is now moving toward the southwestern sky, as is the “teapot” of Sagittarius sitting low to the horizon. Pegasus is fully in the southeastern sky. The gem of the fall sky has to be the galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda which adjoins the back of Pegasus. When looking at M31 it seems to appear to be in the back legs of Pegasus; which actually is the constellation of Andromeda. Back to the gem of Andromeda. The galaxy known as M31, at 2.9 million light years away, is seen just inside the curve of Andromeda’s body. The darker the sky the easier it is to see. It can be seen with the naked eye as a very faint cloud, but in binoculars it is a large fuzzy patch in the sky with a brighter center. With a telescope a lot more stars can be seen, as well as two companion small galaxies (M32 and M110). Again, the larger the telescope the better the view will be. The large galaxy that you see in pictures is just that, a picture, which had camera exposure times of an hour or more to get all the detail of this very large object in the sky. If we could see the whole galaxy with our eyes, it would cover six times the diameter of the moon. I often wonder what the world’s civilizations would have thought about the large “eye”’ shaped object in the sky. Sometime in the far, far future it will be visible to anyone, as M31 is headed on a collision course with the Milky Way, and will cover a much larger area of the sky. For now we can only imagine.
There is still time to see the sights of the Summer Triangle. Especially the binocular asterism of the “coat hanger” in the small constellation of Vulpecula –”the fox.” It is found about halfway between the stars Vega and Altair, and looks like an upsidedown coat hanger. It has recently been described as a chair lift. When looking at it, the chair lift description is appropriate and the chair lift is right -side up with the chair hanging down from the cable and heading up the slope. So take your pick, coat hanger or chair lift. If you are into winter sports, here is your asterism getting ready to take you up the slopes. What else is going on in space exploration? If you saw the recent series on PBS’s NOVA about the Longview resident Greg Smith is past president of Friends of Galileo. Meet him and other club members at monthly meetings in Longview. For more info about FOG, visit friendsofgalileo.com.
planets, one of the most exciting things is the research on how to get to the water seas beneath the miles of ice of Jupiter’s moon, Europa and Saturn’s moon, Enceledus. They have found geysers shooting tens of miles high above the moons’ surfaces. They had the Galileo probe of Jupiter and the Cassini probe of Saturn fly through these geyser plumes and found that the geysers were made of water. The scientists believe these geysers could exist only with a heat source at the bottom of the sea floor. They reason that if there is heat, there may be a chance at life, as there is at the bottom of our deep seas with the hot water plumes coming from hot vents with its attendant life forms. The other area of a lot of work is the continued search for small rocky planets that orbit other stars in the stars’ habitable or “Goldilocks’’ zones (not too hot and not too cold). They have found some, but the stars are known as “red dwarf stars,” and much smaller than our sun. Thus, the planet’s habitable zone is much closer to the star and they orbit in a much shorter time. •••
M31 is not the only galaxy to be seen. M101 is not too far away in the tiny constellation of Triangulum (it has only three small stars). It is located directly below the lower part of Andromeda’s body as seen as if she is lying on her back. This is a magnificent galaxy as well, but much dimmer due to not being as large as M31. It is almost face on and is commonly known as the “Pinwheel Galaxy.”
Kelso resident Ted Gruber is president of Friends of Galileo. He makes a regular report to fellow members of the family-friendly astronomy club which meets monthly in Longview. For info about FOG, visit friendsofgalileo.com. Columbia River Reader / September 15 – October 15, 2019 / 35
Community / Farmers Markets Astoria Sunday Market
Ilwaco Saturday Market
Sundays • 10–3 thru Oct 13 Downtown on 12th, just off Hwy 30, Astoria, Ore. • 503-325-1010 www.astoriasundaymarket.com
Saturdays • 10–4 thru Sept 28 Arts/crafts, housewares, cut flowers, foods. Weekly entertainment. Port of Ilwaco, Ilwaco, Wash. www.portofilwaco.com Info: Cyd Kertson 360-214-4964 cydsatmkt.cyd@gmail.com
Castle Rock Farmers Market Sundays • 12-4 thru Sept. Spanning the block between Cowlitz and A Streets, downtown Castle Rock.
Clatskanie Farmers’ Market Saturdays • 10–2 thru Sept. Copes Park. From Hwy 30, turn north on Nehalem, east on Lillich. Music, a food cart, children’s activities each week. SNAP, FDNP. New vendors welcome; find application at clatskaniefarmersmarket.com Info: 971-506-7432 Darro Breshears-Routon clatskaniefmvendorcoordinator@gmail.com
Columbia-Pacific Farmers Market Fridays •12–5pm Thru Sept 27 Downtown Long Beach, Wash. www.longbeachwa.gov info: cpfmmallory@gmail.com Info: 360-224-3921
Cowlitz Community Farmers Market 9–2, Tues thru Sept; Sat thru October 1900 7th Ave, Cowlitz Expo Center, Longview, Wash. www.cowlitzfarmersmarkets.com Info: Laurie Kochis 360-957-7023 lauriekochis@msn.com
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Elochoman Marina Farmers Market Fridays thru Sept 27 • 4–7pm 500 2nd St,, Cathlamet, Wash. cathlametmarina.org Info: Mackenzie Jones, Mgr: 360-849-9401
Scappoose Community Club Farmers Market Saturdays, thru Sept 28 • 9–2 Behind City Hall next to Heritage Park, 2nd St., Scappoose, Ore. www.scappoosefarmermarket.com Info: Bill Blank 503-730-7429 email: scappoosefm@gmail.com
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a 57-year-old, never-married woman who dines out occasionally with married couples. What is the proper way to handle splitting the bill? This seems to have become a bone of contention, and I would love your thoughts on what is correct. I am sure I’m not the only single female in this position.
from having to exercise thoughtfulness. If it is the bride’s desire to collect shopping power, free of sentiment, this should do it. ••• Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@ gmail.com; or via USPS to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
GENTLE READER: It is unclear to Miss Manners who is, so to speak, chewing on this particular bone. The time when most restaurants were reluctant to split bills has, mercifully, come and gone. And surely you could ask your co-diners, “How would you like to split this? One-third, twothirds?” You could also proffer your share in cash, but these days, having cash may be the most surprising option. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I don’t understand why people are offended when a bridal shower invite indicates gift cards. I am OK with people asking for what they want; we look at registries where people do just that. What’s the difference? In my opinion, it saves time. GENTLE READER: There is no difference. Like registries, this saves the donors not only time, but also
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South America
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Chapada National Park near Cuiaba, I finally witnessed one of the forest fires everyone had been asking me about. The next day, we could all smell wood burning and the sky was thick with smoky haze, just like the Pacific Northwest last summer.
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Wed, Sept 25 Columbia City Walk (E) Drive 41 mi. RT. Walk in Columbia City, including a trek through a forest next to the mighty Columbia River and a bird sanctuary. Then walk on through town down to the waterfront street and view some historical buildings. Leaders: Dana 503-397-3429, Art 360-270-9991. Wed, Oct 2 Pier Park (E) Drive 100 mi. RT Hike 3+ mi. with no e.g. in Portland’s largest parks and the surrounding St. John’s neighborhood. Leader: Bonny (503) 556-2332. Sat, Oct 5 Shoe Lake (S) Drive 240 mi. RT. Hike 11 mi. RT with 2,000 ft. e.g. Stunning meadow and parkland scenery. Hike south from White Pass on the Pacific Crest Trail towards the Goat Rocks. Leader: George W 360-562-0001. Wed, Oct 9 Cooper Mountain Nature Park (E) Drive 112 mi. RT Hike 3.5 mi. loop with 300 ft. e.g. through forest and views of the Chahalem Mountains. Leader: Art 360-270-9991. Sat, Oct 12 Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain (M/S) Drive 200 mi. RT Hike 6.4 mi. RT with 1,500 ft. e.g. past Mirror Lake to summit. Excellent view of Mt. Hood and surrounding forest. Leader: Bruce 360-425-0256. Wed, Oct 16 Lake Sacajawea (E) Walk around the whole lake (3+ mi) or walk half the lake (1+ mi). Leaders: Trudy & Ed 360- 414-1160 Sat, Oct 19 Castle Rock Dike (E) Drive 20 mi. RT Hike 3 mi. RT on paved trail. Optional hike to top of “The Rock.” Leader: John R 360- 431-1122.
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Arriving in Bolivia, I had to buy an entry visa for the first time on the trip, at $160, and an arbitrary bus ticket out of the country to prove I was leaving within the allowed time frame. I would have had to do the same for Brazil, but it was actually made free for U.S. citizens a few weeks before my arrival! Soon, I’m going to be doing a threeday tour of the Uyuni Salt Flats, followed by a week in La Paz before venturing north into Peru, Ecuador and finishing the trip in Colombia. I may catch a freighter back to Florida and take the bus home through New York City, Montana and finally the Pacific Northwest, if the price is right, of course. ••• During his travels, Perry Piper is working remotely for CRR and can refer clients to a technical consultant filling in for him to help with their computer needs. Reach Perry via email (perrypiper@hotmail.com) or text message 360-270-0608.
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COWLITZ PUD 2nd Annual Eat for Heat: A Community Collaboration By Alice Dietz
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rizzle and wind didn’t keep more than 70 people from enjoying a real Pacific Northwest experience, as they braved the rain to enjoy this year’s Eat for Heat and appreciate all the bounty Cowlitz County offers. Raising money for the Warm Neighbor Fund, which assists low income families with utility bills. The event, held Sept. 8, showcased local farms, businesses and guest chefs. Guests sat together at a community table with courses served family style. It is always fun to see people sharing good food and conversation. Below is this year’s menu, along with the businesses and chefs who collaborated to prepare this event – hopefully it will inspire you to attend next year’s Eat for Heat. • Selection of wines: Roland Wines • Summer platters: Lower Columbia School Gardens • Goat Cheeses: Skamokawa Creamery • Fresh Bread: Kalama Sourdough Bread Company • Butter: Little Island Creamery • Deconstructed Caprese: Chefs Ian Thompson and daughter India. Lower Columbia School Gardens • Old World Pesto Pizza Roland Wine’s Chef Zak Roland. Watershed Garden Works. Housemade Dough • Burrata cheese, fresh peaches, balsamic tart, basil, sea salt Chef Margaret Engstrom.WatershedGardenWorks.Cowlitz County Farmers Market • Roasted seasonal vegetables, black truffle oil, maldon sea salt Alice Dietz. Cowlitz County Farmers Market • French Green Beans, toasted curry: Chef Josiah Fox. Watershed Garden Works • Lime Chili Basil Grilled Chicken: Chef Josiah Fox. Lower Columbia School Gardens • Korean Smoked Baby Back Ribs finished in Roland’s Wood Fired Oven. Chef Jim Nunes, Hop and Grape. Port: Roland Wines • Dark chocolate bonbon, white chocolate pumpkin spice ganache: Eric and Julisa Wright’s Storyboard Delights • Lavender Shortbread: Chef Vivien Basom. Lower Columbia School Gardens • Heirloom Duchilly and Ennis Hazelnut, Sea Salt inclusion Chocolates: Chef Jim Nunes. Fair Trade Maya Mountain Chocolates
If you are interested in signing up for next year’s Eat for Heat, please call or email me at 360.501.9146, adietz@ cowlitzpud.org ••• Alice Dietz is Communications/Public Relations Manager at Cowlitz PUD. Reach her at adietz@cowlitzpud.org, or 360-501-9146.
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