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ou may be wondering why we combined an industrial scene (“Miss Columbia”) on this month’s cover, with garden produce, old trees and a historic coastal town.

“What’s the theme?” some will be asking.

Who knows? We don’t usually strive for a specific “theme” on CRR covers.

And some things just can’t be easily explained. The Lower Columbia region and even each month’s issue of CRR — like life itself — are rich with intertwined systems, synergies, contrasts and complications.

I can say this: I like George Broderick’s art. Everyone sees art in their own way and George, being the wise and freespirited gentleman that he is, leaves the “interpretation” to the individual beholder.

We can only speculate about exactly what inspired him. And imagine what it might mean. He painted “Miss Columbia” in his former studio in Rainier, overlooking the Columbia River toward the Port of Longview, the Lewis and Clark Bridge and the riverfront industries.

Whatever the subject matter or meaning, all of George’s artwork — including the several paintings currently exhibited at his new gallery just transplanted to downtown

Sue’s Views

Industry: In the garden, along the river Longview —exude a certain energy, intensity and whimsy. You may find them lively, engaging, amusing, puzzling, disturbing or thoughtprovoking. Go see for yourself.

Broderick Gallery is located at 1416 Commerce, right next door to the

ON THE COVER “Miss Columbia,” oil painting by George Broderick

Publisher/Editor: Susan P. Piper Columnists and contributors: Dr. Bob Blackwood Nancy Chennault Erin Hart Ashley Helenberg Suzanne Martinson Ned Piper Perry Piper Diane Pond Alan Rose Paul Thompson Production Staff: Production Manager/Photographer: Perry E. Piper Accounting Assistant: Lois Sturdivant Editorial & Proofreading Assistants Kathleen Packard, Sue Lane, Michael Perry, Marilyn Perry, Ned Piper Advertising Reps Ned Piper, Sue Lane, Debi Borgstrom Columbia River Reader P.O. Box 1643 • Rainier, OR 97048 Website: www.CRReader.com E-mail: publisher@crreader.com Phone: 360-749-1021 Subscriptions $26 per year inside U.S.A. (plus $1.98 sales tax if mailed to Washington addresses)

Blue Curled Kale photo by Nancy Chennault

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survive and provide for their families and ensure future generations. It’s no wonder a factory is called a “plant.”

And, agriculturally speaking, many local crops are also beginning to yield their bounty. This season’s harvest, now bursting forth in home gardens and farmers’ markets is lavish and colorful, as all that work — by both the gardeners and the plants — comes to fruition.

Living plants are like little factories, where photosynthesis transforms energy into food — to sustain the plant, to ensure and nourish its subsequent “offspring,” and for us to eat, although I’m not sure the corn, tomato and kale plants are worried about our next meal.

And, in a way, factories are like living plants. The bustling activity of manufacturing, storing, loading and transporting products to market means people are working. Working to

Smokestacks can be beautiful. Just look at George’s painting. Industry along a river is not necessarily bad or unattractive. We learn in grade school social studies that rivers’ usefulness in transportation is one big reason towns formed along them in the first place.

Of course, it’s tricky to achieve that delicate balance to preserve beautiful, natural surroundings and resources, while also respecting the responsible and necessary use of resources and commercial opportunities for our own — and the greater society’s — benefit.

It’s all food for thought and up for ongoing public debate. Maybe Miss Columbia knows the answer. Let’s ask her.

Sue Piper

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

In this Issue

Corn & Tomatoes photo by Suzanne Martinson

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Quips & Quotes ~ Letters to the Editor

Oytserville photo by Becky Bell

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Hook, Line & Sinker: Champion Trees

Patriarch’s Grove tree photo

by Erin Hart

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Biz Buzz

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Miss Manners

Cover Design by

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Cover to Cover: Top 10 Bestsellers/ Book Review

Columbia River Reader is published monthly, with 13,500 copies distributed free throughout the Lower Columbia region in SW Washington and NW Oregon. Entire contents copyrighted

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From the Bedside Manor: How to Lose Weight

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Farmers’ Market Listings

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My Slant: Air Travel ~ Been there, done that

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Northwest Gardener: Heart-y, Healthy Kale

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Man in the Kitchen: Gazpacho

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Out & About ~ Oysterville

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Out & About ~ Patriarch’s Grove

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Out & About ~ Highlander Festival

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Where Do You Read the Reader?

26-27 Outings & Events Calendar / Music Scene 28 Movie Reviews: Action Comedies and a Vampire Horror 29

Lower Columbia Informer ~ Discover the beer frontier

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Columbia River Dining Guide

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Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter: Tomatoes or Corn?

34 The Spectator ~ Growing back to school 34

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

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprises.

--Alice Walker Americans will put up with anything providing it does not interfere with traffic.

--Dan Rather A thief believes everybody steals.

--Edward W. Howe, author The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won’t.

--Henry Ward Beecher I know a lot of morning people and I know a lot of night people, but I have yet to meet a late afternoon person.

--Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X

Many people suffer more in anticipation than they do under actual blows of misfortune.

--Eleanor Roosevelt I am not young enough to know everything.

--James M. Barrie We a r e o n l y y o u n g o n c e .

That’s all society can stand.

--Bob Bowen Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.

--Danny Sarandon Even if I knew the world would go to pieces tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree.

--Martin Luther King The most memorable moments of life can be enjoyed by doing nothing.

--Shelly Edenfield The fruit of silence is tranquility.

--Arabic proverb It is the simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

--Laura Ingalls Wilder, author

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Unsolicited submissions may be considered, provided they are consistent with the publication’s purpose—to help readers

“discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region, at home and on the road.” However, 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.

The arts, entertainment, educational and recreational opportunities and community cultural events will receive listing priority.

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CRR helps reader keep in touch The information provided by the Port of Longview, both the “Port Talk” and “What’s Up Under the Bridge” is very interesting for a relatively new resident of this area. It has given me a much better understanding of what goes in and out of the port, and how much goes in and out, at least in general terms which is just as much as I wish to know.

Combining useful and interesting information with their advertising is commendable. The May 15th edition of the CRR is the one that hooked me.

Moving to Reader territory I would love to stop by your office on one of our trips to Longview. We have our first granddaughter living in St. Helens, Oregon, so we are planning on moving closer. We are visiting the Longview-Kelso area looking for a place to move to. The Columbia River Reader was a wonderful resource for us when we were deciding the area where we wanted to live. Longview is a lively place and your paper displays its resources well.

Laury Bartlett Corvallis, Oregon

Lucky the Port has such a gifted PR person as Ashley Helenberg.

Another Corvallis resident reads CRR? Who knew? I thought my owner was the only one!

George Broderick Longview, WA Editor’s note: “Port Talk”appears on the inside back cover each month, alongside Ashley Helenberg’s column “What’s Up Under the Bridge?”

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Northwest Outdoors

Hook, Line & Sinker

by John L. Perry

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Champion trees

Perry’s cherry, blue elderberry trees make registry

n 1975 I found a very large cherry tree (Prunus avium) growing on the east bank of Oregon’s Smith River estuary near Reedsport. It was just off the river in a roadless draw below an unlogged hillside. I had heard of the effort by American Forests and state forestry departments to find and record the largest individual trees of each species occurring in each state and nationally.

I measured the tree, obtaining the circumference 4.5 feet above the ground, the total height and average crown spread. For ranking, trees are awarded one point for each inch of circumference, one point for each foot of height, and 1/4 point for each foot of average crown spread.

“My” tree turned out to be Oregon’s largest cherry, but not a national champion.

See big trees?

As you travel about the Lower Columbia region, keep your eyes peeled for large tree specimens. It is fun to research the existing champions and compare them to trees you find.

Good places to look are city parks, cemeteries, state parks, national forests and parks and private farmlands. It is unlikely you will find anything to beat the champion Douglas-fir or Sitka spruce.

But you might find a new champion dogwood, crab apple or other less spectacular species.

Use a tape measure for circumference and visually estimate the height. If your tree is close to beating the champion, volunteers from the Champion Tree Registry will come out to get an exact measurement.

Above: Jerry Black of Oregon Champion Tree Registry at the Smith River cherry July 2013. At left: John Perry at the blue elderberry on his Brownsville farm. Photos by Josh Mushrock.

Is it you?

Earlier this summer Jerry Black, a volunteer with the Oregon Champion Tree Registry, called, asking if I was the same John Perry who had nominated the big cherry tree on Smith River. I said I was and agreed to take him back to the tree to see if it still stood.

For more information Washington’s champion trees: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/ adventure/2010/05/07/washingtonhome-to-plenty-of-champion-trees/

Subsequent to 1975, a larger specimen was found growing in Skinner Butte Park in Eugene, but it is decrepit and in poor condition with branches propped up by poles and cables holding the upper limbs together. The Registry folks would like to have a backup for when the current champion dies.

For Oregon’s roster: http://ascendingthegiants.com/oregonbig-tree-registry.html And for the program in general: http://www.americanforests.org/ourprograms/bigtree/

We drove over to the coast and launched at Reedsport for the 10-minute boat ride across the Umpqua River and up the Smith

This 1975 photo of Perry’s cherry ran in the Long-Bell LOG, the monthly magazine of International Paper’s Long-Bell Division. Perry is on the left, Steve Laffady, then of the IP HR Dept. and later with Cowlitz PUD, is on the right.

River estuary. We found the old cherry without much difficulty —other than landing at low tide on soft, deep mud flats) — but at first I wasn’t sure it was the same tree.

Made in the shade In the past 38 years, surrounding red alders had grown up and shaded out three-fourths of the cherry tree’s crown, leaving only one limb alive still accessing sunlight high cont page 6

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in the canopy. The other large limbs had died and fallen, lying around the tree’s base. But the main trunk was intact; the tree is still alive, and although the crown spread is reduced, it is still the #2 Oregon cherry.

When we got back to my farm outside Brownsville, I showed Jerry a large white alder (Alnus rhombifolia) and a large blue elderberry (Sambucus cerulea) growing out on the “Back 40.”

After careful measurement, it turned out the alder is the #3 Oregon white alder and the blue elderberry is the new state champion! It is 104 inches

in circumference, 43 feet tall, and has a crown spread of 37 feet for a total of 156 points.

Participation in the Champion Tree Registry is purely voluntary.

Landowners with champion trees on their land need not worry about any additional restrictions. Protection measures are strictly optional.

John Perry, pictured here with his dog Crater, is retired after a career in industrial forestry. He lives on a farm near Brownsville, Oregon, where he grows Christmas trees and improves wildlife habitat.

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ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS continues to be a barrier to healthy lifestyles for many Cowlitz County families. With the Affordable Care Act, it is now possible for children and families to sign up for healthcare. Through a grant from Washington Connection and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, Youth and Family Link can help make the insurance application process easier for children and families. Link staff can help with the application process for health insurance and other helpful DSHS benefits, and assist in renewing expired state benefits.

Those seeking such help may contact Youth and Family Link at 360-423-6741, or stop by the office at 907 Douglas Street in Longview, Washington.

THE MOUNT ST. HELENS INSTITUTE recently announced the selection of Richard Meyer as its new Executive Director. Meyer will fill the vacancy created by Travis SouthworthNeumeyer’s departure in May to join Trackers Earth.

Meyer watched Mount St Helens erupt 33 years ago from a beached catamaran on the Columbia River within sight of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. New to the Pacific Northwest, he committed to learn from the great sources of the Pacific Northwest landscape, including its volcanoes, rivers and climate. Meyer holds a master’s degree in regional & city planning, with continuing education in American government, non-profit organization management and conservation policy. His 16 years of non-profit management experience include servings as executive director of the Portland Audubon Society, the Association of Oregon Community Development Organizations, and the Burnside Community Council in Portland.

A canoeing enthusiast, hiker and birder, he lives in a floating home on Multnomah Channel with his wife, Sarah, with Mount St Helens on the horizon and osprey, beaver, salmon, eagle, river otter and tree frogs within sight and hearing.

“I am very pleased with the arrival of Richard Meyer as the new Executive Director of the Mount St. Helens Institute,” said MSHI board president Tom Wolverton.

“Richard is a builder, collaborator, and proven fundraiser—an ideal combination of traits that will allow the Institute to evolve and grow as we perfect and develop learning, exploration and volunteer programs around the volcano.”

PUD OFFERS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS Cowlitz PUD is now wired into the electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure with the installation of two stand-alone 240-volt Blink chargers at the PUD’s 961 12th Avenue location in Longview.

Cowlitz is among the first Public Utility Districts in the state to offer its customers access to EV chargers. The stations can fully recharge an electric car battery in two to four hours.

To use the charging stations, consumers must be members or guesta of the Blink Network (blinknetwork.com/membership. html#page-1). Users pay charging fees directly to Blink Network, which in turn pays the PUD for energy used.

The State of Washington received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to purchase EV charging stations for state agencies and institutions of higher education to meet regulations to make charging stations available in state fleet parking and maintenance facilities. Proposals from state agencies and institutions of higher education were approved; however, the number of units available exceeded demand.

Scott Carson, Clarissa Hughes, Dan Hughes and Alex Nelson of Northwest Coffee Roasters. That’s part of the coffee roaster, not a hi-tech hat, pictured above Clarrisa’s head.

LONGVIEW BUSINESSMEN ALEX NELSON, SCOTT CARSON, AND DAN HUGHES OPENED NORTHWEST COFFEE ROASTERS this summer after purchasing ZoJo Coffee’s roasting business, located in the back of the building at 1331 14th Avenue. Matieu and Desiree Ouellette independently operate ZoJo’s, a popular café, in the front portion.

Along with producing its ZoJo brand coffee — which is available at ZoJo’s café, Country Village and Country Friends Deli in Longview, and New Seasons and Whole Food in Vancouver, Northwest Coffee Roasters specializes in providing private label coffee to restaurants, coffee shops and drive-thru espresso stands. For information, call 360-442-4411.

Due to large-scale production logistics, coffee at chain outlets such as Starbucks is — at minimum — three weeks old, Nelson said.

“It’s a lengthy learning process to learn to roast beans,” Nelson said. The company’s one employee, Clarissa Hughes, who is a college student and daughter of one of the owners, roasts small batches one day each week and has mastered the technique, he said. And it’s always fresh.

“Tasting coffee right after roasting is amazing,” Nelson said. “I love coffee and I love the fact that a small, boutique coffee roaster can make the absolute best coffee in the world.”

On February 1, 2013, the State of Washington began accepting proposals from local governments and transit authorities for these surplus units. Cowlitz PUD’s proposal to obtain two units was reviewed and approved by the State of Washington. The stations were provided to the District at no cost. The only expense incurred by the District was the installation of the stations.

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Civilized Life

Miss Manners

Using the powder room, salvaging recyclables, asking for wedding gifts of cash By Judith Martin

1. DEAR MISS MANNERS: Does a person ask to use the homeowner’s bathroom, powder room or restroom, when visiting their home?

GENTLE READER: If so, it is a rhetorical question, as hosts would refuse at their own peril. But Miss Manners does not consider it cheeky to assume consent and merely ask where the bathroom is located.

2 DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am very much a recycler -- some might say “OCD” about it. I have been known to stop my car and pick up trash by the road to recycle it, or fish cans and bottles out of co-workers’ trash cans after they go home.

I have a few relatives and friends who do not recycle at all, even though it is available where they live. It causes me minor distress when I am visiting them and see cans and bottles in the kitchen trash can, and I have often

secretly “rescued” these items and taken them to my car to recycle when I get home.

The problem is that sometimes I am caught, and I am embarrassed to be going through their trash. But more important, I do not want to appear high and mighty about recycling, as so many do about many “Earth-friendly” issues -- as I am not (well, not really) judging them. I am just trying to rescue the recyclable items at no inconvenience to them.

I generally simply say, “Oh, I saw these and I’ll take them home to recycle,” but I still worry that they think I am either an insufferable tree-hugger or just plain odd for going through their trash. How should one handle this situation?

GENTLE READER: Actually, it is not your situation.

Yes, yes, Miss Manners understands that the condition of the Earth affects everyone. She also appreciates that you are trying to be discreet.

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It is no use arguing that trash is no longer wanted and that you are only looking for cans and bottles. Trash reveals a lot about how people live their private lives, and it is a violation of privacy to examine it. It’s also creepy.

Why do good intentions so often lead to bad behavior? Deliberately causing embarrassment, through financial pressure or public criticism, are now standard techniques for good causes. You, at least, are trying to avoid embarrassing others, although, as you parenthetically acknowledge, you have not succeeded.

So please do not justify one virtue, recycling, by violating another, namely respecting other people’s privacy. You must come to terms with not being able to police others -- although you are most welcome to keep picking up the roadside trash.

3. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My cousin is getting married quite soon, and between her and her fiance, they don’t need any household goods. They would prefer cash so it can be used to meet the needs that guests and their gifts could not otherwise fulfill, but I

was careful to tell my cousin it’s still considered tacky to ask for cash when she requested advice.

In this day and age of merging households with no need of housewares and no room for knickknacks, is there any way to ask for money without sounding like a mannerless moneygrubber with hands outstretched for donations?

GENTLE READER: No. ••• Please send your questions to Miss Manners to her email, dearmissmanners@ gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

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il Parke has been abducted for some important information that he possesses, though he has no idea what it is. He and his abductors are being pursued by a vast and powerful organization that also wants him and this knowledge. Along with the reader, Wil tries to make some sense of all this: What is this information that he supposedly possesses? Why can’t he remember it? Who are his abductors—and, by the way, are they the good guys or the bad guys?

Meanwhile…

Sixteen-year old Emily Ruff is a youth living by her exceptionally sharp wits on the streets of San Francisco. Smart, independent and g u t s y, E m i l y i s recruited to attend

Some poetry with your paranoia, perhaps? a school for exceptional kids, but a school like none other, where the students are trained to control other people’s minds through the skillful application of words. Those who oversee the school are called Poets, and they and the instructors have adopted names like Yeats, Brontë, and Eliot.

Emily is at first intrigued by this school and enjoys its benefits, and she excels at the curriculum; but being a natural rebel, she begins to chafe at the rules and limitations imposed on the students. Eventually, she is expelled…with some dangerous skills.

… Like the gunmen who went around assassinating people with military-issue sniper rifles in 2003. Like the anthrax in the mall in 2006. For a few weeks everyone freaks out, we need more security, we need scanners, we need to take people’s photograph when they enter a government building. Then a month later everyone’s calmed down and yet we still get these incredibly intrusive new processes and technologies, which would have made zero difference to the incident that inspired them. This isn’t an accident; this happens because to people at the top, the scariest thing is how many people there are below. They need to watch us. They need to monitor what we’re thinking. It’s the only thing between them and a guillotine. Every time something like this happens, anytime there’s death and fear and people demanding action, to them that’s an opportunity. ~ from Lexicon

The narrative seesaws between these two seemingly unrelated stories, going down parallel tracks, until they suddenly converge.

Lexicon is being touted as a “cerebral thriller,” and it certainly has all the requisite thrills, chills and implausible situations of the thriller genre.

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social security number and mother’s maiden name. Or even having a social security number.

We’re talking mind control here, far more sophisticated than Orwell ever imagined in 1984, with its clunky totalitarian attempts at suppressing individual thoughts and desires. But then we have gone far beyond 1984 in so many ways.

The message we are left with is that words are powerful. Words are magical. Words can be dangerous. But then, we already knew that.

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The dialogue is crisp and fast-moving: “Persuade them to stop chasing us…Offer them something. Make a deal. Give them something they want.”

“But what they want is you.”

“Something else.”

This is one of those books whose reading induces paranoia and makes you regret ever having given out your

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Very well. I’ve lost weight before.

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Maybe it’s thyroid deficiency. At least there’s hope that a simple little pill would reverse the weight gain.

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me! Further, although I have access to the new diabetic medications (Januvia, Onglyza and Tradjenta) that curb appetite and alter the stomach dynamics, so as to cause weight loss…

I don’t have diabetes.

In the meantime, I guess it’s time for my third try at the Low Starch Diet to get rid of the pounds. Twice before, I did this and each time lost more than 25 pounds in two months.

Here is how I did it I quit eating bread, corn, potatoes, noodles and rice. That means discarding the crust from pies and pizza, eating just the “guts” out of sandwiches, and taking only wheat cereal. Everything else is OK, so I found myself enjoying a Snickers for lunch and congratulating myself at eating just 240 candy calories instead of a bagel sandwich (220 for just the

bread, plus meat, cheese, butter, etc., easily totaling over 500 calories).

And, for heaven’s sake, no Burger King Whoppers at 1,000+ per!

The only hazards of this diet, on which one’s body burns fat instead of starch, are: • It can cause nausea when coupled with very vigorous exercise.

• It can be constipating, so it’s important to drink lots of water (this helps to fill your stomach earlier, too, making it less likely that you’ll overeat.)

• It can raise your cholesterol, although weight loss negates that effect.

skim milk and no breads or starches. It is about the opposite of the traditional American Heart Association diet, which featured lots of grains and minimal protein or fat. All the heart patients gained weight on that one!

Is there any science behind the advantages of low starch?

Yes, there is. Several studies have compared low starch diets with low fat diets — exactly the same number of calories taken in and calories burned via activity. The low starch

patients lost a lot of weight and the low fat dieters gained. The study was stopped and each group took up the other’s diet. The new users of the low starch lost the weight they’d gained, and the new low fat dieters regained the weight they’d lost.

In addition, we have to remember that starches are nearly 100% absorbed and converted into sugar (and fat if not utilized). Meanwhile, significant portions of vegetables and meats are not absorbed and just pass through the digestive tract.

So, yes to continuing your new exercise program, but try a low starch diet and see what happens to any excess adipose tissue. Enjoy your candy instead of your bread!

Oddly enough, this is the very same diet that my dad and uncle began recommending 60 years ago: lean meat, vegetables and fruits, plus

••• Editor’s note: Dr. Kirkpatrick’s suggestions are not meant to substitute for medical advice from readers’ own physicians. Individuals vary; check with your doctor about what weight loss approach is recommended for you.

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he first flight I ever made was in 1945 when I was 15 months old. It was a flight from Salt Lake City to Boston. I sat on my mom’s lap or, rather, danced and stomped on her for 2099 air miles, causing us both to throw up.

I next flew when I was 15 and my parents sent me to Idaho from Los Angeles to help my grandparents for a couple of summer months. Despite the LA heat I wore a girdle and hose with my Sunday dress. I clutched my travel-agentprocured ticket in one sweaty hand while my mom and dad successfully dodged all the “helpers” looking for a tip to manage my luggage.

Into the sky There would be no more money paid out for this extravagance. I had three huge heavy suitcases made of football helmet material — no wheels. The bags were accepted with no weighing and no fees. My parents walked me to the gate, and dad introduced me to an exceedingly glamorous stewardess in a three-piece suit and matching hat. The folks watched as I crossed the tarmac, ascended the rollaway staircase, entered the plane and waved to them from a little round window, before they scurried to the observation deck to watch until my plane flew out of sight.

Excited, dripping, terrified and struggling to hang on to my teenage bravado, I blushed, remembering the dramatic farewell note tucked into my underwear drawer in case we crashed.

The safety talk left me checking the exits and groping for my life preserver.

Takeoff was shocking as I breathlessly took sidelong glances out the window at the shrinking cars and buildings.

Soon, the stewardess was distracting me with offers of a pillow, a blanket, a newspaper, a soda, some Oreo cookies

and a promise that brunch would be arriving soon. Brunch was fabulous: Denver omelet with extra cheese, warm blueberry muffin, fresh fruit and chilled orange juice. I kept the tiny plastic salt and pepper shakers for years.

The captain chatted with us about the weather, the altitude and the interesting landmarks, using great creativity as we passed over the desolation of the California, Nevada and Utah deserts. After landing, I descended the little stairway, waving like crazy to my Aunt Pat and checking the area for rushing reporters and flashing cameras.

That was then, this is now Fast-forward half a century to my husband Steve’s and my recent flight to Chicago. Looking back, I realize that if I had not said “hello” at the check-in counter or Steve had not pointed at his knees and said “artificial” at security, I think we could have made our reservations and printed our boarding passes online, parked our car, taken the shuttle to the airport, checked our bags, gone cont page 29 Diane Pond thinks flying around the country is fine except in the summer. Who would want to be far from Longview’s Lake Sacajawea in the summer ? Not her.

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s the rising star of nutritious food choices, kale has found its place in trendsetting “foodie” publications, televised cooking shows and Internet recipe blogs. Why this sudden interest in a member of the Brassica genus that has been grown in family gardens since the middle ages? Give credit to international public awareness of healthy foods and the movement to add more plants to the daily diet. It is also helpful that the development of tastier; more tender kale varieties has given it a boost up the popularity ladder.

Good for You The exceptional nutritional benefits of eating KALE have catapulted it to superstar status in the realm of healthy eating. One cup of chopped kale contains 33 calories and 9% of the daily value of calcium, 206% of vitamin A, 134% of vitamin C, and is packed with 684% of vitamin K. It is also a good source of minerals copper, potassium, iron, manganese, and phosphorus. One cup of kale also provides 2% of an adult’s daily requirement for protein.

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Blue Curled Kale (pictured on cover) is tender and sweet. It and many other varieties can be grown in gardens or found at local groceries and farmer’s markets.

With such remarkable credentials as to WHY we should eat more KALE, it helps that it also tastes good and is available almost year around. A Northwest gardener will also find kale a simple crop to grow.

Easy to Grow The Pacific Northwest has the perfect climate to grow kale. It is related to broccoli and cabbages and therefore likes a cool, temperate climate.

The moderate temperatures not only preserve the tenderness of the leaves, but they also keep the kale from becoming bitter. Plant the kale in the early spring as soon as the ground can be worked. Raised bed gardens work well and kale can even be grown in a large pot. Kale is hardy to about 20 degrees, so a fall planting will yield a modest harvest throughout mild winter weather. Protect with a cold frame cover or frost blanket to extend the season.

Plant in full sun or part shade, maintain good soil moisture and avoid high concentrations of fertilizer.

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Kosmic Kale is one of the plants being evaluated this summer in the Gardens @ Sandy Bend. From vegetable breeder Dick Degenhardt of the Netherlands, this beautiful kale is both ornamental and edible. It sautés nicely, Nancy found, but has yet to use it in a smoothie.

It is supposedly hardy to 10 degrees; she says they will trial it through the winter months.

Kale is host to very few pests, but aphid colonies may be found on the underside of the leaves as they hide from the summer sun (photo at left). Fortunately, these wash off easily with a blast from the hose. When rinsing to remove garden dust before cooking, be sure to check the back of the leaf for clusters of these fuzzy cont page 25 hitchhikers.

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isiting our local Farmers’ Market, I am amazed at the quality and variety of vegetables pouring out of the back of growers’ pickups and onto their folding tables out front. We may pay a little more for these locally grown crops than a nation-wide grocery store might charge, but they’re fresher and the farmer is standing out front, ready to tell us more.

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Tonight’s dinner or tomorrow’s brunch is often in the planning stages, stimulated by what’s available. Among my favorite tables are the ones selling baked goods: breads, cookies, candies. They offer samples. Yum. It’s tempting to go for a second helping, but I don’t. If I want more I’ll buy it. That’s only fair.

we meet neighbors and people from across town we don’t often see. After a few visits, I’ve gotten to know some of the vendors and share interesting conversations that often go beyond food. It’s a community experience.

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••• Charter columnist Paul Thompson remains a regular food writer for CRR. He enjoys fishing, cooking and movies.

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Fast forward to this summer Picnic packed, our mission was oysters from the beach! Our intent was to fire up the barbie, melt the butter and enjoy our treasure when we got home. North, through Long Beach, we went in search of Oysterville.

I had not been there since I was a kid, so was on the lookout for the mountain-high piles of shells I remembered.

ne summer years ago at a gathering in Pacific City, my brother-in-law, Dennis, barbecued oysters in the shell. The thought of eating oysters, in any form, had never appealed to me; something about the texture (or not!). Not wanting to hurt the cook’s feelings, however, I eagerly yumyummed over the shell I was handed. By the glow of the fire, the oyster was not visible, but

This beautiful summer day — with not a cloud in the sky — we drove through Ocean Park and Nahcotta.

In Nahcotta, I spotted the hills of oyster shells, so I knew we were close. The ocean was nowhere in sight, but Willipa Bay could be seen sporadically as we made our way Photos, clockwide from left: Oystervile Church, the cannery, and the north up the highway. oldest home in Oystervaille.

I could smell the melted butter, hot sauce and garlic. I loved those things.

Bottoms up! OH...ummMMM! The French Poet Leon Fague aptly describes the taste of an oyster “like kissing the sea on the lips.”

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Wilson Field, Oysterville $20 adults, $10 ages10-18 • under 6 free • Active military/families free. watermusicfestival.com Tickets may be purchased online until Aug. 15 or at the door (also available as a combo ticket, along with Blues & Seafood Blues and Seafood at the Port of Ilwaco on August 16 and 17.) Join with other jazz fans for a day of great music and food, complete with oysters, desserts, beverages, sausages and an array of other tasty tidbits. Over the years, Jazz & Oysters has hosted some of the best musicians in the Pacific Northwest. Bring your lawn chair or blanket, sunscreen and enjoy a magical day!

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Market Café). The old weather- worn remnants of the cannery sat, retired and grand, on the edge of the bay.

The Northern Oyster Company, which operated from 1930 to 1967, can be seen as a reminder of the glory of days gone by. Just next door is the Oysterville Sea Farms. This

native oysters, people moved out in large numbers. With increased interest in the timber industry, Pacific County moved its seat to South Bend, 52 miles northeast of Oysterville and across Willapa Bay. This evidently was met with a little resistance, as the story goes. The county records were stolen from Oysterville one Sunday morning by the “South

is the place for FRESH, THE FRESHEST oysters one can find!

The oyster beds can be seen from the charming flower-laden deck attached to the store. Picnic tables add to the allure and in the center is a telescope for oyster watching (Birds. Several hundred different species).

Mission accomplished Inside, we had our choice of small, medium or large oysters. They were all the same price; three dozen for $16. We picked medium for our first try. The store is a place to meander for awhile. Even though very small, it is so comfortable. Besides oysters, they sell crab, clams, and other interesting local food items. The clerk could not have been more helpful. She told us how to put the oysters on the grill and how to tell if they were good or not after cooking. Mission accomplished with oysters in the cooler, I was eager to explore old Oysterville.

Oysterville, established in 1854, boomed in conjunction with the gold rush in San Francisco. Oysters were sold for “two and half times a twenty dollar gold piece.”

Within a few months, Oysterville had blossomed to more than 500 people and became Pacific County’s seat.

A stroll through these last remaining homes is like taking a step back in time.

The gardens of old were in full bloom and the homes, even though 18 th century, are still lived in. Informational signs posted on the fences of the old homes give their dates and sometimes a bit of history. Updating has taken some of the historical “romance” from the buildings, but with a tug of imagination, the history is back.

Change was afoot In 1893, with the railway stopping in Nahcotta, just four miles short of Oysterville, and the looming scarcity of

Bend Raiders.”

In 1976, 80 acres of the village of Oysterville was added to the Register of National Historic Districts. For an interesting, leisurely walk back in time and for the freshest oysters ever, this is a great summer drive.

••• Becky Bell lives in Toutle, Wash. She enjoys writing and travel.

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Grove of Patriarchs

hen my two older sisters and I were children, the impending arrival of summer vacation didn’t mean a trip to Disneyland or a relaxing week at the coast. Instead, it meant the beginning of hiking season for my father. Around his daunting shift work as a state

trooper, he would begin poring over maps, cleaning out his “camping closet” in the garage, and airing out army surplus canvas tents. From a meat scale hanging in the garage, he would determine our weight, and then determine the weight of what we could carry in our packs. The whining would begin before we even got to the trailhead.

massive number of visitors and the possible degradation of the high-mountain meadows) towards a snow-berm, only to discover that I had walked out on the frozen surface of a small waterfall with a terrifying drop.

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Older than many of the Different eyes Now that we’re adults, cathedrals in Europe, this is a I can see with different holy place, with stained glass eyes the magic of what replaced by sunlight through my father shared with branches and reflections off the us. One night at Walupt river water.

Lake, my oldest sister went outside her tent to “see the ~Erin Hart, describing Patriarch’s Grove beautiful birds” that were mysteriously covering the night sky stale Pilot Bread (which my father in the moonlight. When she learned insisted was “pure” hiking food) they were bats, she was back in her and losing our S’more-makings to tent faster than a bat wing could flap the clever back-pack rummaging — but I’m sure she’s never forgotten raccoons – and the ecstasy of picking that view. Similarly, I remember the M&M’s from the trail mix. From walking off-trail at Paradise (which the Olympics to the Cascades, my is not allowed today because of the sisters and I were simultaneously delighted and freaked out by the natural world. It’s a gift my father gave us that, in retrospect, beats the snot out of a trip to Disneyland.

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Erin’s father, Longview resident Owen Wilson.

Circle of life All of this explains why I was so thrilled at the prospect of dragging my own children (along with my parents) back up to the scene of one of my favorite childhood hikes: the “Grove of the Patriarchs” at Mount Rainier. Running along the Ohanepecosh River near the Packwood entrance to the Rainier National Park, this one-and-a-half mile trail wanders above the shallow, sparkly-rocked riverbed, over a steel suspension bridge, and onto an island oasis of some of the largest trees in North America. These massive cedars, firs and hemlocks have been here for more than a thousand years.

Older than many of the cathedrals in Europe, this is a holy place, with stained glass replaced by sunlight through branches and reflections off the river water.

Unlike many of the hikes near Rainier (and particularly near Ohanepecosh, which translates loosely to “standing at the edge”), this is a hike that can be safely enjoyed by the whole family with no terrifying drop-offs or cliff.

(Even the suspension bridge, which should be crossed one-at-a-time, was not too wobbly to be calmly crossed by my four- and seven-year-olds, and my daughter declared it much more thrilling than the bridge at Tom Sawyer Island in Disneyland. Score one more for my father.)

In my childhood, this was a wet and muddy hike, but the U.S. Forest Service has since built an elevated boardwalk which loops through the trees, keeping young hikers on the path and preventing what might be thousands of turned ankles on the bursting roots of these mammoths. I must admit I was a little sad to see the boardwalks, as they take away some of the feeling that you’ve just appeared in a Tolkein forest scene, but I also remember being up to my shins in mud when we hiked this route in my childhood.

Trail tips Whichever of the many hikes you choose in this area, make sure to pack water, snacks (but for heaven’s sake, no Pilot Bread) and a bit of traditional hiking safety gear.

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possibility of getting off trail or having an accident. There is no cell service, food concessions or other theme park comforts.

If you’ve never been to Rainier before, make sure to drive the extra distance to Paradise. It’s the most heavily visited area in the park, and its wildflower

meadows and incredible alpine views live up to the name. There are numerous trailheads that begin here and lead all over the mountain, but most would be classified in the kid-and-senior-citizen-unfriendly category.

While a visit to this side of Mount Rainier can be done in a single day, you might find it more relaxing to stay the night at Paradise Lodge (which requires early reservation), or in nearby Packwood. Be sure to plan ahead, as there are only a few options for lodging in Packwood. We stayed at the Mountainview Lodge, (www.mtvlodge.com) which was comfortable and extremely clean.

The three restaurant options in Packwood serve simple diner food, but make sure to save some breakfast room for the excellent blueberry muffins and freshly-roasted coffee at Butter Butte Coffee Company. (Find them at Butter Butte Coffee Co. on Facebook) I brought a bag back for my coffee-snob spouse and he declared it “excellent.”

Magical memories During our childhood hikes, my father entertained us with stories of stumpdwelling dwarfs and elves that lived in treetops. Fungus (which still makes me uneasy to this day) was food for magical creatures, and these giant trees were their metropolis and enchantment lurked just under the surface. We knew — and reminded him often — that Mickey Mouse was a long way from these woods, but my father made sure that magic was still all around us. A National Park day pass is an incredible bargain at $15, and I can promise you, the memories will be priceless.

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Tu r n i n t o t h e S t e v e n ’s C a n y o n / Ohanepecosh entrance of the Mount Rainier National Park. The Grove of the Patriarchs trailhead and parking lot will be clearly marked on your right just after you enter the park. Park day pass fee is $15.

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o celebrate its Scottish roots, the town of Kelso — founded in 1884 by Scotland native Peter Crawford, who made a homestead land claim on the east bank of the Cowlitz River in 1847— hosts an extravaganza one special weekend every fall. This year, on September 7-8, men and women will again don kilts and play bagpipes, toss tree trunks and boulders (to prove who is strongest), and dance the Highland Fling in Kelso’s Tam O’ Shanter Park.

Roots in a raft race Kelso’s Highlander Festival began in 1962 as a summer event to replace the Kon-Tiki raft races held on the Cowlitz River in earlier years. Ten years later, at the 1972 festival, a bagpipe band was featured, laying the groundwork for subsequent years. The Highland Games made their first appearance in 1976. Over the years, the Highlander

Festival has expanded its features and grown in popularity, offering something for just about everyone.

The 5K Kilted Fun Run begins at 8:00 am on Saturday, followed by the Highland Dance Competition at 9 am Saturday and continuing until afternoon. The parade from downtown Kelso to Tam O’ Shanter Park starts at 10 am. Opening Ceremonies, with the posting of the colors, marching of the massed bagpipe bands and the Parade of Clans, takes place at 12:30 pm Saturday. At 1pm, enjoy the Clan Gordon Pipe Band performance, followed by the Fort Vancouver Pipe Band at 2:15pm.

Men of Worth, Wicked Tinkers Last year, for the first time, the Men of Worth performed at the Festival. This two-man group plays traditional Scottish folk music and will be returning this year (playing

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at 11:30 am, 2:30pm and 4:00pm on Saturday, and again at 11:30am and 3:00pm on Sunday). The duo traces their music’s history to their Scottish and Irish homelands. “We entertain people with the real music of our regions,” they have said in interviews and press releases. “We have an ancient yet fresh musical story to tell.”

In addition, California’s ever-popular Wicked Tinkers will perform at noon, 2:00 and 4:15 pm on Sunday.

They combine the Australian didgeridoo and Bronze Age Irish horn with bagpipes and tribal drums to achieve their haunting, heartpounding “Tribal Celtic” music. The Highlander Festival is usually held on the second weekend in September, said event chairperson Cindy Keeney, but they changed the date because the Wicked Tinkers were already booked for that weekend. This is the only opportunity to see the Wicked Tinkers in the Pacific Northwest this year.

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A Radio Disney tent offers activities for kids under the age of 16. Food and Craft vendors will be open both days. Don’t forget to buy a ticket for the Kelso Rotary Club’s annual rubber duck race taking place on the Cowlitz River at 2 pm Sunday. The Kilted Klassic Golf Tournament has been cancelled for 2013.

Admission is free, so there is no excuse to not go and check things out – September 7 and 8. See you there!

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••• Michael Perry grew up in Longview and lives in Kelso on property that has been in his family for more than 100 years. He enjoys visiting landmarks and remnants from the past and reflecting on their remarkable connections to the present.

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All performances held at Donavon Wooley Performing Arts Center Clatskanie Mid/High School, 471 BelAir Dr, Clatskanie, OR UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED For more info, call 503-728-3403 or visit www.clatskanie.org

Individual Tickets for 2013 - 2014

Performance Qty Adult Qty Senior/ Qty Child Total

Student 9/27/13 $15 $12 $8 Everything Fitz 11/10/13 $10 $8 $6 Oregon Symphonic Band 12/14/13 $15 $12 $8 Craicmore Yuletide Celebration 1/25/14 $5 $5 $5 Missoula Children’s Theatre 3/8/14 Kirill Gliadkovsky

$10 $8 $6 (Add all ticket prices) SUBTOTAL (+)

Pre-Season Discount* (-)

*pre-season sales good until September 27, 2013

Deduct 20% for 5 or more tickets

Clatskanie Arts Commission Friend (+)

Donation? Thank You! (Tax deductible, of course!)

FINAL TOTAL

Make checks payable to CAC

Name_____________________________________________ Phone_____________________________________________ Address___________________________________________ City_________________________ State______ ZIP_________ Mail with your check or money order to: Clatskanie Arts Commission, PO Box 1110 • Clatskanie, OR 97016 Tickets will be mailed two weeks prior to the first performance.

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

The Bistro 1329 Commerce Ave, Longview 360-425-2837 • Music Thurs 6–9; Fridays 6–10, Sats 6–9 thebistrobuzz.com The Birk Pub & Eatery 11139 Hwy 202, Birkenfeld, Ore 503-755-2722 • thebirk.com Flowers ‘n’ Fluff 45 E. Col River Hwy, Clatskanie, Ore. 503-728-4222 Live Music Friday evenings clatskanieflowersnfluff@gmail.com Goble Tavern 70255 Col. River Hwy, Rainier 503-556-4090 • gobletavern.com The Mansion 420 Rutherglen Rd, Longview 360-425-5816. rutherglenmansion.com Wed 5-7 pm Winetasting Buffet $20 Mark’s on the Channel 34326 Johnson Landing Rd Scappoose, OR 503-543-8765 Live music on Saturday nights. marksonthechannel.com Monticello Hotel 23 Club 1405 17th Avenue, Longview 360-425-9900 ”The Original Monticello” Karaoke every Thursday Weekend Music 9 pm–1 am Fireside Lounge Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview 360-636-1616 facebook.com/pages/Porkys-CafeLounge/11041404898298

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

Broadway Gallery sponsors Wearable Art Contest in September Local artists are invited to submit up to three items for a fee of $5 each. Here’s how it works….

1. Design and create a piece of wearable art out of any medium.

2. Pick up an entry form at the Broadway Gallery, 1418 Commerce Ave, Longview, Wash.

3. Complete and return with your art to the gallery between August 27-31.

4. Bring your friends and family to the Gallery for the First Thursday opening on September 5th and throughout the month of September to vote for your favorite piece.

5. Come to the October First Thursday on October 3rd to find out who won!

FREE SUMMER

OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES Music on the Mountain Aug 31 The Brown Edition 6:30–8:30 pm Saturday. Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mt. St. Helens.

To check for weather cancellation: 360-449-7804

13 Nights on the River

St. Helens, Ore. Aug 15 Lulu LaFever

The Hot Tamales Aug 22 The Steve Hale Trio Aug 29 Jujuba 6–9pm Thursdays, St. Helens Columbia View Park, Olde Town, St. Helens, Ore. Info: 13nightsontheriver.com

Concerts at the Lake Longview, Wash.

Aug 15 The New Iberians Zydeco & Blues

6–8pm Thursday, Martin’s Dock, Lake Sacajawea Park, Longview, Wash. Bring blankets, lowbacked chairs. Picnics OK, food available. No alcohol.

Info 360-442-5400.

Hot Summer Nights on the Plaza

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

Woodland, Wash.

Aug 16 Half Step Down Blues 7–9pm Friday, Hoffman Plaza, downtown Woodland, Washington.

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

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Outings & Events

Performing & Fine Arts Music, Art, Theatre, Literary Broadway Gallery Artists co-op. August: Mark Anderson (pottery), Alan Brunk (paintings), Eiler Gutierrez (drawings), Paul Nicholas (pottery). September: Wearable Art Show, Sandy Brown (pottery), Bill Smith (photography). Artist reception Sept 5, 5:307:30 pm, Music by John Crocker. Regular hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30. 1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. 360-577-0544

Tsuga Gallery Fine arts and crafts by 30+ area artists. Summer classes available. Thurs-Sat 11-5; Sun, 12–4. 70 Main Street, Cathlamet, Wash. 360-795-0725. Info: tsugagallery.org.

Broderick Gallery 1416 Broadway, Longview, Wash. 503-703-5188. www.broderickgallery. com. Reception Sept. 5, 5:30–7:30pm.

Regular hours 10–5, Tues–Sat, or by appointment.

Koth Gallery Through Sept 4: Alan C. Brunk, paintings, drawings & prints. Columbian Artists Assoc. Fall Show Sept 5 (after 5:30pm)– Oct 2. Artist’s reception Thurs, Sept 5, 5:30pm. Regular hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs 10-8, Wed 10-5, Fri 10-6, Sat 12-5.

Longview Public Library, 1600 Louisiana, Longview, Wash. Info: 360-442-5300.

LCC Gallery at the Rose Center Group Art Exhibit: The Meaning of Wood. LCC Gallery at the Rose Center. Through Aug 21.

Mon-Wed 10-6, Lower Columbia College, 15th & Washington Way, Longview, Wash.

360-442-2510. lowercolumbia.edu/gallery Teague’s Mezzanine Gallery Vintage images; acyclic paintings on canvas and paper by Wendy and Shirley thru Aug 28.

Open ‘til 7:30 pm on Sept 5. Mon-Fri 105:30, Sat 10-3. 1267 Commerce, Longview, Wash.

STAGEWORKS PRESENTS

Comedy Dinner Theatre At Rutherglen Mansion October 3–26 Thurs-Fri-Sat • 6:30pm Choice of entree, salad, dessert, drinks and a great show! $55 For reservations, call The Mansion, 360-425-5816.

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

First Thursday Downtown Longview, Wash.

Sept 5 (See Broadway Gallery, Broderick Gallery, Koth Gallery and Teague’s listings, this coulmn).

Art in the Park Columbia Artists 5th Annual event at Lake Sacajawea, Sat, Aug 17, 10am –5pm, Hemlock Plaza. Lake Sacajawea Park, Longview, Wash. Meetings are held first Tues 10-noon at The Broadway Gallery, 1418 Commerce Ave, Longview, Wash. More info at www.Columbiartists.org Shanghaied in Astoria Thru Sept 14. Astor Stree Opry Company Playhouse. Astoria, Ore. 503-325-6104. www.seasideor.com Hillerman presentation Tues, Aug. 20, 6:30pm. Tony Hillerman’s daughter, Anne, and husband, Don Strel, speaking. Novel Quilters based on “Clowns” by Tony Hillerman. St Helen’s Library Auditorium, 375 S 18th St, St Helens, Ore. 503-366-8020 for info.

Music on the Mountain Aug. 31 Free concert at Johnston Ridge Amphitheatre, Mt. St. Helens. The Brown Edition. See ad, page 20.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Concert featuring baritone Stephen Salters, conducted by Awadagin Pratt. Sun, Sept 8, 3 pm. Free. Esther Short Park W. 8th & Columbia, Vancouver, Wash. www.vancouversymphony.org

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Outings & Events

Recreation, Outdoors, Gardening Pets, Self-Help, Living History Squirrel Fest Aug. 17, Longview’s Civic Circle. Unveiling of new squirrel bridge, music, food & craft vendors, wine and beer garden. Chainsaw carving, Kiwanis Kids parade, fun run. lvsquirrelfest.com (see ad,page 26).

Beaver Grange Bazzars Sat, Aug. 17 and Nov. 16, 9am–3pm. Tables $10 with various meal combo options. Turn on Nicolai Rd at Goble, Ore, follow signs. Info: Monica Niccum, 503-560-3384.

12th Annual Malarkey Trail Ride Aug. 17. Columbia County Chapter of Oregon Equestrian Trails. 55948 Columbia River Hwy, (Hwy 30) Warren, Oregon.

Registration 8am, ride 9am –noon. Lunch sold from 11am. Tack sale of donated and consignment, new/used items continues to 3pm. Prize drawing 2pm. Registration fee $10 per rider , includes a prize ticket, or $25 for youth groups, families. More info: www. malarkeytrailride.com or Tresa Cordell, 503-543-3370.

Ride the Willow Grove Loop Sunday, Aug

18. Enjoy a leisurely 6-mile bike ride, familyfriendly. Riders can begin pedaling from the large gazebo near the main entrance to Willow Grove Park anytime between noon and 2pm. Refreshments available.

Souvenir stickers for all riders provided by St. Stephen’s Church “Green Team.” Enjoy the river views, farmland, and all the country animals. Info: Greg Lapic @ 360-425-4922 or glapic@cni.net.

Museums: Where Stories are Told Kids’ summer program. Aug 20 & 27, 10am-noon.

Free. Cowlitz County Historical Museum, 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash. Call 360-5773119 to sign up.

Woodie Guthrie program Cowlitz County Historical Museum. Sept. 5, 7 pm. 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash.

Columbia City Community Celebration Sat, Sept. 14, 8am–3pm. Strawberry Breakfast, Show & Shine Classic car show, book sale, raffle, silent auction, plant and bake sale, art show and sale, quilt show featuring Novel Quilters based on books.

1840 2nd St, Columbia City, Ore. Call 503369-4605 for info. See ad, page 20.

Cornucopia of Wines Sept. 14, 6:30–10pm at the Grange. Friends of Skamokawa annual fundraiser. Fine wines, savory treats and delicious desserts. Non-alcoholic beverages available. Silent, live auctions.

Fairgrounds entrance of Middle Valley Road, Skamokawa, Wash. Advance tickets: $15/ single, $25/couple available at Redmen Hall, Cathlamet, Bank of the Pacific, Skamokawa Store and Rosburg Store. At door: $20/ single, $30/couple. Call Jill Hatier, 360-7958675 or Pam Emery, 360-200-5869 for info.

48th Annual Rock and Gem Show Southern Washington Mineralogical Society. Sat Sept 21, 10 am-6 pm, Sun Sep 22 10 am-4 pm.

Free. Castle Rock Fairgrounds. 120 Fair Lane, Castle Rock, Wash.

Long Bell Reading Room Info on Longview history, including sports, photos and memorabilia. 9am-6 pm, Mon-Sat. In The Merk, 1337 Commerce Ave, Longview, Wash. 360-636-0993.

Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Seminar Sept 21. Lectures by Stephen P. Morse on “One-Step Websites.” Kelso Eagles, 619 S. Pacific Ave., Kelso, Wash.

Registration $30 members, $35 nonmembers +$5 after Aug. 31. Info: http:// www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/ Montana Picnic Sunday Aug. 25, 11–3.

Horseshoe Lake Park, Woodland, Wash.

Lunch 12:15pm. All are welcome, whether from Montana or simply fond of Montana.

Free fried chicken, coffee, tea & soda.

Bring place settings. More details: Tom Anderwon, 360-423-5726. montanapicnic. com or Facebook (montana picnic).

10th Annual Buzzards Breath Chili Cookoff Elochoman Marina, Cathlamet, Wash.

Saturday, Aug 31, 10am–5pm. Cooking teams wanted for either Home-style Chili or Tolbert Sanctioned Championship Competition “Texas Red Chili.” Live music, prizes, games, unique trophy, beer garden, raffles. Sponsored by Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce. More info: 360-795-9996, or visit wahkiakumchamber.com.

Amani Center Luau & Auction Sept 7, 4:30pm. Fundraiser for non-profit serving victims of child abuse. Polynesian & fire dancers, live Hawaiian band, Hawaiian dinner. $50 per person, Corporate, friends tables available. Online amaicenter.org or 503-366-4005.

Lil Squatches Kids Fun Run Sept 14, 9am.

Toutle River RV Resort. Proceeds benefit kindergarden to 6th grade, participants can choose elementary or middle school.

Sponsored by Bigfoot Community Events, a recently formed non-profit. Info: bigfootcommunityevents.org/lil-squatches/ ASSE International Student Exchange seeks local host families for international high school students coming for upcoming school year or semester. Students are conversant in English, bright, curious and eager to learn about U.S. by living as part of a family, attending high school and sharing their own culture and language. Students are well screened and qualified. Families can choose students from wide variety of backgrounds, nationalities and personal interests. Info: 800-733-2773, Larry 360577-1599, or visit www.host.asse.com

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Music on the Mountain draws visitors for new look T

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

he initial idea of Music on The Mountain (MoTM) garnered a lot of eye rolls, impracticality perceptions, and the overall lack of belief that people would drive two hours round trip to watch a free concert overlooking the crater of Mt. St. Helens. Our first season of three concerts drew more than 800 people in total. It was considered a success but it also highlighted a lot of areas that could be strengthened.

For the 2013 MoTM season, we created a volunteer team of Kelso Rotarians, heightened the sponsorship opportunities and completed more community outreach. We also obtained one of the first permits issued to serve alcohol on federal land. Kelso Rotary has made the alcohol sales a club fundraiser to contribute back into our community.

The goal of the US Forest Service, Mount St. Helens Institute and Cowlitz Economic Development Council in organizing MoTM was to replace the “ownership” lost during the eruption by creating more opportunities for Cowlitz County residents to recreate around the mountain. If you notice our MoTM logo on page 20, you will see that we purposefully chose

On July 27, Daniel Kirkpatrick and the Bayonets performed for more than 400 people up at Johnston Ridge Observatory. The music combined with picnics, dancing, and children playing to make a good time for all.

This was our highest attended concert and I’m looking forward to our next and final concert. We are always learning and discovering new ways to make these concerts better and we will continue to grow as a partnership with the community.

This is our mountain and I’m sure many Reader readers have fond memories that may have been overshadowed by devastation. I encourage you to revisit the mountain and discover the new opportunities that have risen up from the ashes. August 31st, The Brown Edition an 8 piece, High-Energy Funk, Soul and Jazz Fusion. 6:30 – 8:30 FREE! Come out and enjoy an amazing venue! For more info, visit www.visitmtsthelens.com

Alice Dietz collaborates with Mt. St. Helens Institute and the US Forest Service. She enjoys good food, good Northwest beverages, good people and good fun. Reach her at dietz@cowlitzedc.com

Kelso Highlander Festival You’re invited to experience a Entertainment by:

“Wee Bit O’ Scotland” Sept. 7 & 8, 2013 Highlander Dance Competition, Highland Team Games, Heavyweight Events

List your community event’s basic info (name of event, sponsor, date & time, location, brief description and contact info) and email to:

Parade (starts 10am, ends in the park) Fun Run/Walk • Bagpipe Bands Food • Scottish Vendors Gathering of the Clans Kirkin’ Service • Silent Auction Scottish Shortbread Contest Iron Horse Rally Pancake Breakfast at Sons of Norway Hall

publisher@crreader.com Or mail or hand-deliver to: Columbia River Reader 1333-14th Avenue Longview, WA 98632 M-W-F • 11–3 or use mail slot Deadline: Submissions received by the 25th of each month will be considered for inclusion in Outings & Events listings in the next issue (published the 15th of the month), subject to timing, general relevance to readers, and space limitations.

a mountain graphic that didn’t have anything erupting out of the crater.

This is what our mountain is now. It’s not going to be the mountain with the “ice cream cone” top (in our lifetime), it’s not going to have 80,000 feet of ash erupting out the top. Part of taking back our sense of ownership is not forgetting what it was, but accepting what it has naturally become.

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Action Comedies and a Vampire Horror

By Dr. Bob Blackwood

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main characters are a sexy mother vampire (Gemma Arterton) and her charming, if troubled, 16-year-old vampire daughter played by Saoirse Ronan. You’ll recognize Jonny Lee Miller as TV’s Sherlock Holmes in “Elementary,” though in this film he is definitely the heavy. The acting is superb.

each other; they shoot really enjoyed the first ‘em up. They look “RED” film, directed good. The jokes elicit

by Robert Schwentke laughter from the in 2010. It is an action audience. The cast are comedy, a mixed genre all good actors, some Neil Jordan directed “The Crying that we are seeing often great ones. We are Game” and “Michael Collins.” He these days. This year, Dean lucky to see them all in knows how to shoot and direct a film.

Parisot’s “RED 2” (MPAA: the same film. It moves The script’s concerns—which are PG-13) has almost the fast; we’re happy. a commentary on the British class same cast as the first system, how it treats working class film—Bruce Willis, John Another action comedy women and their responses to it—are Malkovich, Mary-Louise with a fantasy twist, of value. I think I would have enjoyed Parker, Helen Mirren Robert Schwentke’s “R. the film more if it focused on those now including Anthony I. P. D.” (Rest In Peace concerns in a totally contemporary Hopkins, Catherine ZetaDepartment), is by the Jones and the dynamic director Byung-hun Lee (who of the insures an even larger Catherine Zeta-Jones (Katja) chats with Mary-Louise Parker (Sarah) and Bruce f i r s t Willis (Sarah’s husband) in “RED 2.” Photo: Summit Entertainment.

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“RED.” It stars Ryan Reynolds What’s the premise? An atomic device has been smuggled into Moscow during and Jeff Bridges as the Cold War. Now, our gang of experienced agents has to make the bomb go two more or less good away. Why them and not someone else? Don’t ask; you’ll spoil the fun. They kid cops who have come back from the dead to prevent the evil dead from taking control of planet Earth and and Red Hat Too making it even worse Gemma Arterton (Clara) awaits a new man for dinner in Neil Jordan’s “Byzantium.” Photo: IFC Films.

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Ecstatic our bags made weight, we headed for the long security line. We passed our time in line guzzling our water bottles dry, cramming our tiny bottles of liquid into the proffered quart-sized ziplock bags and wondering how we came to be hanging out with a bunch of strangers in sweats and flip-flops.

After showing our identification again, we headed for the bin battle where we unbuckled shoes and belts, removed watches, jewelry and keys and threw them along with the ziplocks into bins for the belt ride. I glared back at the sweats and flip-flop crowd rolling their eyes and bouncing their bins impatiently. “Ha,” I thought, “in six more years they won’t even make me take my shoes off” . . . because???

Naked flight attendant?

After boarding, I sadly remembered that in six more years, despite gravity shrinking our tall frames, Steve and I would not be able to sit all the way down in one of the seats which were getting closer together every flight.

I glanced around during the safety talk, and realized that if the flight attendant had stripped naked and stood on his head nobody would have paid any attention to him or his monotone speech. The panic on the passengers’ faces lit by the light from their phones and iPads related to the “power off devices” command they knew was imminent.

I sat poker straight and dreamed of our snacks that would arrive somewhere near the middle of our 4-1/2 hour non-stop flight. Did I want the two quarter-sized cookies or the five peanuts? With nothing sharper than an emery board in my purse, I doubted I would be able to get the package open anyway.

“Stop whining,” I thought. “With kids and grandkids in four states and one Canadian province, you know you are so lucky you can fly and start giving out hugs in a matter of hours.”

The truth is that although flying is expensive, it is relatively less so than when I was 15 and certainly less exclusive. That’s progress.

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Clatskanie Conestoga Pub & Grill 85 N. Nehalem. Lunch & Dinner; homemade soup, Dive Burger Special, steaks, ribs, burgers. Full service bar & grill.

10am to close.

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Flowers ‘n’ Fluff Coffee Shop 45 E. Columbia River Hwy Wine Tasting, Dinner & Live Music Fridays 5–8:30pm.

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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. 503-543-3017

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

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

Karaoke.

503-556-8323.

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

Traditional breakfast, lunch & dinner – homestyle Sunday dinners. Full bar (‘23 Club).

360-425-9900. See ad page 12

1210 Ocean Beach Hwy., Longview Fish & chips, burgers and more.

Beer and wine.

360-577-7972 Luigi’s Pizza 117 East 1st Street 503-556-4213 Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine. See ad, page 8.

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Morenita Tacos

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Mon-Sat 11:30am–9pm; Sun 11:30am–6pm.

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

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

The Bistro Restaurant & Wine Club

1329 Commerce Ave., Longview (alley entrance).

Fine dining, happy hour specials. wine tastings.

Wed-Sat opens 5pm.

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

BBQ meat slow-cooked on site.

Pulled pork, chicken brisket, ribs, turkey, salmon. Worldfamous mac & cheese.

360-577-1541 See ad page 11.

JT’s 1203 14th Ave, Longview Fine dining, Happy Hour.

Full bar. Specials, fresh NW cuisine. 360-577-0717. See ad page 18.

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Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview Slow-roasted prime rib Fri & Sat, flat iron steaks, 1/3-lb burgers, fish & chips. 28 draft beers. Full bar. See ad, page 18.

360-636-1616

Rutherglen Mansion 420 Rutherglen Rd. (off Ocean Beach Hwy. at 38th Ave.), Longview Open for dinner Tues – Sat, Wednesday wine tasting, Sunday brunch. Full bar.

360-425-5816 See ad page 28.

specials. Super Value Sunday.

Clam chowder every Friday.

360-274-8262 Parker’s Restaurant & Brewery 1300 Mt. St. Helens Way Exit 49 off I-5.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Home of the Rockin’ Burgers, hand-cut steak; seafood and pasta. Restaurant 8am–9pm (‘til 10pm Fri & Sat); Lounge 11am–midnight.

360-967-2333

St. Helens

Mark’s on the Channel floating restaurant.

34326 Johnson Landing Rd. McCutty’s Marina, South Scappoose. 503-543-8765.

Live music Sat nights. Full bar.

See ad, page 18.

Toutle

Fire Mountain Grill at Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center. 15000 Spirit Lake Hwy fmgrill.com Burgers, sandwiches, beer & wine .360-274-5217

Woodland Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd.

Hot pizza, cool salad bar.

Beer & wine. See ad, page 10.

503-397-3211

Bertucci’s

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

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

El Tapatio 2105 Columbia Blvd., St. Helens Authentic Jalisco cuisine from scratch. Full bar.

Karaoke Fri & Sat 9pm–2am Sun-Thurs 11am–10pm; Fri-Sat 11–11, Bar til 2am 503-556-8323

The Oak Tree 1020 Atlantic Ave., Woodland.

New ownership. Full lunch, breakfast and dinner menu. Fresh from scratch cooking. Great happy hour menu. Sun-Thurs 7am–10pm, Fri-Sat 7am-11pm.

See ad, page 16. 360-841-8567

To advertise in CRR’s Dining Guide call 360-749-2632.

Scappoose

Lexington 3 miles north of Kelso on West Side Hwy, or take I-5 Exit 42, turn right (north) after crossing Cowlitz River.

Ernesto’s Espresso & Deli 1626 West Side Hwy Specialty sandwiches, breakfast, build-your-own sandwich, homemade soups, desserts, smoothies, espresso, Italian sodas.

Open Fri 6am, Sat-Sun 7am.

360-353-3507

Castle Rock Links on the Corner

4858 West Side Hwy 5am–8pm, 7 days Fresh soup daily. Burgers, deli, chicken, breakfast, pizza. Daily

Fultano’s Pizza 51511 SE 2nd.

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

M–Th, Sat11am–10pm; Fri 11am–11pm; Sun 11am–9pm.

Full bar service ‘til 11pm Fri & Sat. Deliveries in Scappoose.

503-543-5100

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant

33452 Havlik Rd. Fine Mexican cuisine. Daily specials. The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials.

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

503-543-3017

Professor Epicurious

COMING SOON

Delayed by contract dispute with Dr. Munchie. Watch for Dining Reports from CRR’s roving restaurant reviewer. Or reviewers.

Or reviewing team.

PLASTICS

a B s ics: Recycling 10 o t k c a B 1

Let’s break it down

Next month: Cardboard

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

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

Longview accepts only plastic numbers 1 and 2

Acceptable Items • Milk jugs

• Toys

• Soda and water bottles

Most plastic bags are a solid color, preventing sorters from seeing the contents.

Used needles or other hazardous materials are sometimes found; for safety reasons, such bags are not opened up.

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

Just Ask Longview!

Items Not Acceptable

• Peanut butter or salad dressing containers.

• Styrofoam

Some grocery stores now use #2 plastic bags, which are acceptable.

• Plastic caps

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

• Prescription bottles

• Pet carriers • Lawn furniture • Plastic coat hangers

Place your recyclables into paper bags or directly into your recycling container instead of first bagging them in large plastic bags.

• Motor oil, pesticide or other solvent bottles • Plastic packing peanuts • Clear plastic cups & tubs

For more information, visit our new website:

www.longviewrecycles.com

Lower Columbia Pathologists

LCP Offers Low-Cost Testing for Hepatitis C The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended hepatitis C virus testing for all Americans born from 1945 through 1965.

Hepatitis C can cause cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer and is an increasing cause of death and illness, particularly among Baby Boomers.

Helen H. Kim, MD

Morrill T. Moorehead, MD

The CDC estimates that many of the 2.7 to 3.9 million people believed to be infected with HCV are unaware that they have the disease and, thus, do not receive treatment, counseling, and monitoring.

of hepatitis C. Lower Columbia Pathologists is now offering this testing for just $25.

If the disease is diagnosed early enough, therapies are available to halt the progression

Sheila Lynam, MD

Hasan G. Osman, MD

Robert E. Sandstrom, MD

No appointment is necessary. Just walk in into the Lower Columbia Pathologists’ building at 720 14th Avenue in Longview and ask for an HCV test.

Call 360.425.5620 for additional information.

William Elton, MD

Laila A. Naqib-Osman, MD

Michael Wang, MD

Northwest Medical Analytic Laboratory Pacific Surgical Institute 625 9th Avenue, Suite 210 Longview, WA 98632 360.442.7931

Proud sponsors of the Cowlitz Black Bears

Main Laboratory 720 14th Avenue Longview, WA 98632 360.425.7915

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“ THANK YOU to our fans, friends & sponsors for your support this season!”

~ Tony Bonacci, Owner Cowlitz Black Bears

COOKING WITH THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER

Tomatoes, or corn on the cob?

Let’s not quibble – it’s time for both

By Suzanne Martinson

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Story & photo by Suzanne Martinson

y first memory of tomatoes is not a pretty one.

I was maybe 9 years old the day I scrambled up the steps into our farm kitchen, as steamy as it was suffocating. My mother stood over the stove, stirring a stew as red as radishes, the pervasive smell of tomatoes everywhere.

Benny awaited my return, saddled and ready at the tie pole. Before my sorrel gelding and I hit the gravel road, I needed a snack, a peanut butter cookie, or even an Oreo.

From left: Scott Zine, Michael Lopez, Head Coach Tim Matz, General Manager Jim Appleby, Owner Tony Bonacci, Aaron Butler.

It was a sultry summer day in Michigan, a day so humid my plaid shirt stuck, but Benny and I would soon canter up our gravel road, stirring up our own breeze.

Mom had no such luck. She was tethered to a task that might move a lesser woman to utter words cont page 33

Make mine corn A new take on “instant breakfast” — corn on the cob in the microwave. Remove outermost husks. Dip ear in water. Cut off butt end. Microwave on High 2–4 minutes.

(Corn doesn’t need cooking, only heating.)

Remove husk from bottom up. Kosher salt, real butter optional. Thanks for this timesaver from Kati Bridgewater of Castle Rock. ~ Suzanne Martinson

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unfit for her daughter’s ears. I didn’t know it then, but Mom wasn’t sweaty and exhausted just from picking, peeling and cooking a bushel of tomatoes grown in our garden. She was pregnant, too, my sister Roxann to arrive in February.

“I’m hungry,” I said.

“I’m canning tomatoes,” she said.

Our mother, who died on July 10 at 94, took farm life in stride. I knew when it was prudent to make a quick get-away on horseback. That day, by the time I turned up for supper at 6 o’clock, the steam had cleared the kitchen, the counters were clean, and 15 glass quarts of tomatoes cooled by the range.

“Go out and pick some sweet corn for supper — I’ll put the water on to boil,” said Mom, damp, but seldom defeated by any hard job done well.

To m a t o e s a n d c o r n , M i d w e s t humidity’s way of saying thanks.

In season, we ate our fill of corn on the cob every day, dinner and supper, smeared with butter from our Guernsey cows. Mother blanched, cut and froze the rest of the crop.

As a kid, I didn’t realize how special her home-canned tomatoes were until, as a newlywed, I told Mom — a rare

instance of calling long distance — that I was hankering for her Swiss Steak. A simple recipe: pound a round steak to within an inch of its life with the edge of a Fiesta salad plate, salt and pepper, douse with canned tomatoes and bake for hours. The supermarket canned tomatoes I bought in Florida revealed themselves in the first bad bite.

Mom’s farm-to-table dinners were sublime, though she was timid about seasoning. The spice rack Mom drew from to create three meals a day for 70some years had maybe eight choices, including cinnamon. Garlic never appeared, except on Italian bread.

After I married, I discovered other cooks put chili powder in their chili.

(Mom thought it would make her chili “too hot.”) In later years, she used Beau Monde in vegetable dip, and courageously dropped some in her signature Baked Beans.

Three years into cooking dinner, I dared to chop sweet pickles for Sloppy Joes, pale without Mom’s real canned tomatoes.

On the farm, simple meals were special meals because we saw our Guernseys waltz into the milking parlor. We could cut a cabbage for cole slaw and slice a watermelon still warm from the Midwest sun.

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I never learned to can tomatoes, but every day I remember the wonderful woman who did.

••• Before she became a co-farmer, Suzanne Martinson’s mother, Ann Garner, taught at two one-room country schools. Three

former students came to her memorial.

One brought a 1940 photo of the former Ann Adell Schell with her 31 students, K-8. Another remarked: “We called your dad a rascal. He stole our wonderful teacher!” After more than 120 years, Garner Farms remains in the family.

Open-Face Tomato Pie

Makes 4 main-dish servings Pastry for 9-inch single-crust pie (we used Pillsbury store-bought crust) 4 to 5 medium, firm-but-ripe tomatoes, one and one-half pounds (the author suggests, Stupice or A r k a n s a s Tr a v e l e r, Meet the Tomatoes writer but we used the vineripened red ones at our Miriam Rubin is that rare food writer who reaps what farmers market) she eats — and cooks.

3 / 4 tsp. kosher salt, A devoted gardener divided with a column in the 1- 1 / 4 cups shredded Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, sharp white cheddar Miriam admits “a cheese, divided tomato bias, ‘How are 1 your tomatoes doing?’ / 2 cup plain panko I ask fellow gardeners, crumbs because the answer is 1 /4 cup thinly sliced red so often the measure of onion (we used Walla the garden itself.”

Walla Sweets) 3 A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, /4 cup mayonnaise Miriam moved from New York City to rural western 1 /2 cup chopped basil Pennsylvania after marrying David Lesako, a talented 2 Tbl. thinly sliced artist. We met at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. chives Her sense of humor comes through in her recipe for 1 /4 tsp. freshly ground Open-Face Tomato Pie. She writes that her husband black pepper adores anything baked or under a crust, and she warns: Preheat oven to 375º F. “Avoid the urge to use more tomatoes than the recipe calls for or the pie won’t heat through properly. Cut it Fit the pastry into a with a good serrated bread knife or a pie cutter.

9-inch pie plate and form a high, fluted edge.

“The first piece is never perfect.”

Prick all over with a Miriam Rubin’s Tomatoes: A Savor the South Cookbook fork. Put a sheet of foil from the The University of North Carolina Press, $19 inside the pastry and fill hardcover, is available at bookstores and online. the foil with dried beans ~ Suzanne Martinson or rice. Bake until the pastry is set and white at the edges, 10 to 11 minutes. Remove the foil with the beans or rice, return the pastry to the oven, and bake until it’s brown in spots, 8 to 10 more minutes.

If it start to slip down, press it back in place with a spoon. Cool on a wire rack.

Halve and core the tomatoes and cut them crosswise into one-quarter-inch-thick half-moon slices, discarding the ends. (You should have a heaping 3 cups.) Place the tomato slices on a double layer of paper towels and sprinkle with one-half teaspoon of the salt. Let stand for about 5 minutes.

Toss one-half cup of the cheddar with the panko crumbs in a small bowl.

Sprinkle half of this evenly over the bottom of the cool crust. Arrange half of the tomatoes in an overlapping circle on top of the crumbs, filling the center with more tomato slices. Sprinkle with half of the onion and one-fourth cup of the cheddar. Arrange the remaining tomatoes in the same manner on top; sprinkle with the remaining onion.

Mix the mayonnaise, basil, chives, remaining one-half cup cheddar, peppers and remaining one-fourth teaspoon salt in another small bowl. Spread over the tomatoes with a rubber spatula, covering them completely, using your fingers to help since the mixture is thick. Sprinkle with the remaining onion.

Bake the pie until the top is browned and the filling has started to bubble at the edges, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let stand for at least 30 minutes for easiest cutting. Serve warm or at room temperature, cut into wedges. ~ From Tomatoes by Miriam Rubin Columbia River Reader / August 15 – September 14, 2013 / 33

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Adult Diapers Aren’t the Only Way to Deal with Incontinence Fifteen million American women suffer the embarrassment and anxiety that accompany incontinence.

The problem is caused when the urethra cannot close tightly enough to hold urine in the bladder.

Childbirth and age are the two biggest contributors.

If you suffer from incontinence, Longview Urology has treatment options available to address a wide range of bladder control problems.

Longview Urology is located at 625 9th Avenue at Pacific Surgical Institute in Longview.

Call 360.425.3720 to schedule an appointment.

Chad Chesley, MD

Patrick Lassen, MD

John Mansfield, MD

Longview Urology is a veteran-owned company

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