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People+ Place

A Forest Story HOLIDAY READING ISSUE

BACK WAY TO THE COAST

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HOST A HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE • WINTER SOLSTICE LANTERN WALK COLOR-IT-YOURSELF GIFT WRAP • MISS MANNERS ON HOLIDAY LEFTOVERS

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COLLECTORS EDITION In thIs engagIng new book author Michael Perry takes a fresh look at the Lewis and Clark Expedition — what they set out to do, what they experienced, and where they failed and succeeded — from the layman’s point of view. Compiled from a popular monthly magazine series, and adding new notes and commentary, Perry’s Dispatches adds to the lore and legacy of the famous Expedition the insights, quirks, and wry observations of a gifted amateur historian.

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MIchael o. Perry is a retired environmental technician, avid collector and conservator, and student of Pacific Northwest history. He lives in Kelso, Washington.

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“‘Dispatches’ is a great read, well researched and documented, and presented in an appealing format.

The perfect place to start learning more about the Corps of Discovery.” — ALLEN BENNETT President, Lower Columbia Chapter Traditional Small Craft Association

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look forward each year to the Winter Solstice Lantern Walk at Lake Sacajawea (page 32). It’s a pet project, we being astronomy buffs and celebrants here at the Reader, and truly friends of the earth, the sky, and of course, Friends of Galileo.

The Winter Solstice is surely among the oldest of the significant days and nights we humans gather together and celebrate together. Or we used to, when our crops and our harvests and our bacchanals were ruled by the heavens and not Hallmark. And when we used to celebrate collectively.

Sue’s Views

A few more holiday suggestions First, faithful readers, I know you’ve been counting down the days ’til I share with you, yet again, my dear mother’s recipe for Apple-Ginger Chutney, which she and I so Publisher/Editor: Susan P. Piper Columnists and contributors: Tracy Beard Hal Calbom Alice Dietz Karla Dudley Joseph Govednik Michael Perry Ned Piper Robert Michael Pyle Krysten Ralston Marc Roland Alan Rose Alice Slusher Greg Smith Tami Tack Debra Tweedy Judy VanderMaten Technical Advisor: Perry E. Piper Editorial/Proofreading Assistants: Merrilee Bauman, Michael Perry, Marilyn Perry, Tiffany Dickinson, Debra Tweedy Advertising Manager: Ned Piper, 360-749-2632 Columbia River Reader, llc 1333 14th Ave Longview, WA 98632 P.O. Box 1643 • Rainier, OR 97048

Lighting up a dark season enjoyed making together for the holidays.

It’s delicious served as an appetizer with cream cheese and crackers, or as a condiment with cheese, eggs, lamb, ham, pork and chicken ... it’s probably even good with turkey!

To all who continue to support Columbia River Reader — our advertisers, writers, proofreaders, distribution and technical helpers — and especially you, the readers…

Thank You! — It’s been a good year!

I send my warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and Joyous New Year. May we all see, share, and enjoy the “light” of love and laughter this season.

Sue Piper

The Columbia River Reader publisher and staff wish you a joyous holiday season.

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Apple-Ginger Chutney 2 cups chopped, seeded raisins 2 cups apples, chopped 1 cup minced onion 1-1/2 teaspoon salt 6 medium-sized ripe, skinned tomatoes 3-1/2 cups brown sugar 2 cups cider vinegar 4 oz. mustard seed 1 /4 cup fresh ginger root, peeled and minced 3 chili peppers, minced (jalapeño or milder type if you prefer, about 3” long) Combine and slowly simmer all ingredients for 2-3 hours until thickened. Place hot mixture in hot sterile jars, seal and process 15 minutes in a boiling-water bath. Or place in containers and freeze or refrigerate.

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Third, in the life-affirming spirit that gets us through dark days, consider a flowering plant. My favorite, the gardenia, will scent the room in delightful surges, with the opening of each new bloom, and brighten the room, and your mood, all Winter long.

Finally — and I reveal myself entirely here — consider a jar of Smuckers Hot Fudge.

Before bed on a dark winter night, jammies and slippers on, the book marked, gracing even a ping pong ball-sized scoop of ice cream with warm, oozing hot fudge offers deep, deep joy and satisfaction. I’m sure Santa would like one, too.

This issue offers celebratory suggestions, including local holiday parades and Christmas tree lighting, viewing colorful ships on the Columbia (pages 39 and 42) and, of course, food and beverage recommendations if you’re house- or couch-bound. This is the season of light and celebration. We must beat the ancient drum of Winter revelry!

It’s our Holiday Reading Issue, and if you need any more encouragement to cuddle up, kindle a fire, and light up the room, it’s the company of the perfect holiday book.

We’ve got plenty of choices for you in this issue, personalized by our own editor elves.

And don’t forget two magnificent new color Collectors Editions of our own The Tidewater Reach and Dispatches from the Discovery Trail.

marker — and will be ideal for wrapping small packages. And perhaps children, grandchildren or other favorite little ones will find amusement doing something we used to do for fun “back in the good old days.”

In this Issue

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Letters to the Editor

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My Slant: Battle Buddies

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Civilized Living: Miss Manners

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A Different Way of Seeing - The Tidewater Reach

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Dispatches from the Discovery Trail ~ Episode 8

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Kids’ Out & About: The Polar Express in Chehalis

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Out & About: Open Your House for the Holidays

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A Bibliophile’s Philes: Holiday Gifts for Yourself or Others

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Museum Magic: Busy Hands ~ Kids’ Holiday Activity Bags

20 Quips & Quotes 21-24 People + Place ~ The Forest and the Trees: Ann Stinson 25

P+P Ann Stinson’s Favorite Books

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Where Do You Read the Reader?

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Cover to Cover ~ What Else Are You Reading?

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Book Review / Bestsellers Book List of Nov. 7

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Lower Columbia Dining Guide

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American History at Fort Clatsop / Hikes

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Lake Sacajawea Winter Solstice Lantern Walk

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Astronomy / Looking Up / The Sky Report: Nov 25 – Jan. 20

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Do-It-Yourself Holiday Gift Wrap for a Small Package

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Northwest Gardening: Gifts and Holiday Activities

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Submissions Guidelines / Outings & Events / Hikes

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The Spectator: New Year’s Eve on the River

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Plugged In to Cowlitz PUD: Holiday Festivities

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My Slant

Letters to the Editor Knew nothing about the Chinooks I’m a Portland guy and picked up a copy of CRR while visiting McMenamins in Kalama. It had so many wonderful articles -Sue’s Views, Discovery Trail, Robert Pyle, Quips, Marc Roland and even the book review (of a book I found very significant).

But my reason for writing is to mention Hal Calbom’s interview with Tony Johnson. I learned a whole lot about a subject I knew nothing about. I’ve sent a digital copy to several friends and hope they enjoy reading various things in CRR as much as I did.

As a former weekly newspaper editor (in Alaska) I really appreciate all the work that goes into putting out CRR. Nice job.

Keep doing what you’re doing!

Dave Brook Portland, Ore. The essence of “the good life” The October issue of the CRR highlighted the good life of today and that of the Chinooks when they first encountered Europeans.

There is another Indian tribe who lived on the Columbia River near today’s Wenatchee. Their exemplary good life is hardly known, even though it practiced what we are trying to do in today’s world.

The Sanpoil people governed themselves based on two principles rarely practiced by any society at any time: Social equality and pacifism. According to the Reader’s Digest book America’s Fascinating Indian Heritage, for the Sanpoils equality went along with independence. They abhorred the idea of slavery and disdained the pointless accumulation of wealth and status. They even accepted attack without retaliation.

“Our children are dead and our property is destroyed,” one chief counseled, “we are sad, but can we bring our children back to life and restore our property by killing other people? It is better not to fight.”

The Sanpoils understood the essence of the good life.

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Battle Buddies

Story and photo by Karla Dudley Bell

Special dogs ease veterans’ anxieties

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move closer to him. One said that his first dog had saved his life many times when he was having dark thoughts by interrupting that stream of thoughts. He was grateful to be welcoming a second dog to his life.

recently visited the traveling Vietnam “Wall that Heals” when it traveled to Longview. It was a beautiful and touching tribute to the many who lost their lives during the Vietnam conflict. CRR publisher Sue Piper and I have often reflected on the fact that at our 1967 R A Long high school graduation, we weren’t really affected by Vietnam. We, of course, knew about it, but it seemed far away and did not touch us.

Now, as mothers ourselves, we have talked about how the mothers at that graduation must have felt, knowing that their precious sons might soon be leaving to fight a war in a distant land.

Several of our classmates lost their lives. Later in my life I learned about “collateral damage” and realized that the Vietnam experience had indeed affected me greatly. I was married to man who served and was permanently impacted with something called PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

After many years of struggling with nightmares and sensitivity to any loud sound, he began self-medicating, which he said was the only time he felt “normal” and not anxious. I know he contemplated suicide many times and I think he finally gave up and gave into his addiction — in my opinion, a form of suicide.

Fast forward many years to my son, Carl, who served in the military in the Persian Gulf. He, like his father, was proud to serve his country but also was profoundly affected by his experience. While searching for a solution to his anxiety and diagnosed with PTSD, he found an organization called Northwest Battle Buddies, and it has changed his life.

This amazing program operates in our own backyard, in Battle Ground, Washington. It was founded by a professional dog trainer, Shannon Walker, who was asked 12 years ago by a veteran to train his personal dog to be a service dog. What she learned though this first interaction changed her focus, and since that time she has dedicated her life to providing trained PTSD service dogs free of charge to veterans who have been deployed.

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It has long been known that dogs, with their incredible sense of smell, can be trained to alert to blood sugar changes in diabetics and electrical changes in people with seizure disorders. Studies show that the simple act of petting a dog increases the level of oxytocin in both dog and human. Battle Buddy dogs are trained to be hyper sensitive to their person but also to alert to changes in adrenaline.

I now enjoy watching Carl and Addie’s relationship deepen. She still gets to be a playful dog in the backyard but once her vest is on, it’s all business and she is a constant companion by Carl’s side.

Carl Dudley and his dog Addie

Volunteers raise the puppies, adhering to strict guidelines. If those puppies test out of that program, they then receive five months of professional training while under the care of Shannon and her team. They are then matched specifically to a veteran, and that team participates in five weeks of intensive training. After Carl was accepted into the program, he was notified that his dog would be an English Labrador Retriever named Addie. He eagerly awaited the time that he would get to meet her. She was a gorgeous black lab with a tail that wagged her whole body. Carl trained with her at the Battle Ground facility five days a week for five weeks. He had as much or more to learn than Addie.

She had already been well trained, and Carl had to learn to be a capable handler of a working dog.

I attended the graduation ceremonies of this group and was profoundly moved by many stories. One young man said that since he had his dog, he was able to go to sleep knowing his dog would wake him if he was having a nightmare. One said that he now could go to a public place where there might be loud noise, knowing his dog would be alert to his anxiousness and

Christine Hassing, author of Hope Has a Cold Nose, describes PTSD as “pain, trauma, sorrow and despair.”

On average, 20 veterans commit suicide every day. Battle Buddies Northwest has so far provided more than 160 veterans with service dogs, and it is Shannon Walker’s mission to provide as many veterans as possible with this incredible gift. There are many ways to help: volunteer, donate, raise puppies.

And if you know a veteran who might be a candidate, suggest they apply. If you would like more information about this program, contact Northwest Battle Buddies at office@northwest battlebuddies. org, or call 360-601-9744. Or watch Shannon’s Ted talk online. It will move you.

••• Longview native Karla Dudley has been a regular contributor to CRR over the years.

She met her husband, David Bell, via an online dating site, where she described her persona: “shops at Victoria’s Secret and REI.” She is currently recovering from knee replacement and expects to be back on the hiking trail by spring.

Civilized Living

Fourth wedding protocol

By Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin

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Guests taking their own leftover boxes to a holiday dinner?

Donations to “honor” someone else DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the protocol on fourth weddings?

A friend who is going to have her fourth wedding wants all the hoopla (white gown, tiara, bridesmaids, showers). I feel the wedding should be more reserved: nice dress, flowers and an informal reception.

I don’t want her to be the “talk of the town” in a sarcastic way. I want her to have a nice wedding, but am I wrong that the wedding should be a little more reserved?

GENTLE READER: You have every reason to believe that Miss Manners will not just support your view but faint away from the vulgarity of your friend’s plans.

She is sorry to disappoint you. And please allow her to explain this particular lapse of intolerance.

The white wedding dress has a long and not-entirely-pure history. It is all the fault of Queen Victoria. Before she chose a white wedding dress, in contrast to the usual royal habit of displaying silver or gold, there was no wedding uniform. Brides dressed up for their weddings in any colors they chose. And

because the queen, who had endured omnipresent chaperonage by her mother, was presumed to be virginal, the color came to be considered symbolic of bodily purity.

This gave rise to some astounding vulgarity, which persisted well into modern times. People, even wedding guests, started speculating as to whether the bride’s packaging was an accurate representation of what was underneath. This so repulsed Miss Manners as to make her back away from the entire issue.

It is true that she privately harbors the feeling that subsequent weddings should not be repeats of the same person’s previous full wedding hoopla.

But that is because it seems an unnecessary imposition on the guests.

Still, if they will stand for it, she declines to throw a damper over others’ wishes. cont page 6

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m invited to Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws of my daughter. Is it rude to take my own to-go container to bring home leftovers?

GENTLE READER: And a burlap bag in which to take home the silverware when they are finished using it?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been friends with someone for many years. For the most part, he is a lovely and thoughtful person and has given us gifts over the years, some of which we have used and others not so much.

When I was cleaning out a closet, I came upon something that had not been used for a while and asked him if he would like the item back. He replied that he checks the closet whenever he comes to our house and noticed the item still had not been used.

I was somewhat taken aback that someone would do this (snoop in a closet), and did not know how to respond.

GENTLE READER: “Oh dear. So that’s where you disappeared. We’ll have to work on being more entertaining so that we don’t lose you to our private rooms.”

For your own edification, Miss Manners assures you that snooping is a transgression, but so is offering to give a present back. But she supposes that you learned that lesson already from your friend’s response.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I enjoy hosting dinner parties in our home. My husband does not drink alcohol, and I recently decided to stop drinking for health reasons. My close friends know that I stopped drinking and are generally supportive, but I have not told others.

In the past, our dinner parties always included wine, beer and perhaps a signature cocktail. We did not serve alcohol at a recent family dinner party, and I think my brother-in-law was disappointed.

In the future, must we serve alcohol?

If we don’t plan to serve alcohol at a party, what is the best way to convey that to our guests beforehand? I don’t mind serving alcohol, and I don’t mind others drinking around me, but I think it’s best not to keep any alcohol in the house.

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A Different Way of Seeing

THE TIDEWATER REACH

Poem by Robert Michael Pyle • Photograph by Judy VanderMaten • Field Notes by Hal Calbom

‘Colors of holly leaf and berry borrowed from solstices in Druid days...’

Christmas on the Columbia Anyone who doesn’t know the river might think it’s lit up for the holidays year round, all those red and green directional buoys flashing “go here, not there,” up and down the reach.

Colors of holly leaf and berry borrowed from solstices in Druid days, representing Yuletide in these forgetful times.

But sometime after Thanksgiving (that other pagan holdover) other brilliants appear — red and green, yes, but also blue and gold and white — all along the river’s shores. Line doorways and window frames, parade through marinas and backwaters on festive boats, their lit-up lines reflecting shapes of Christmas trees.

Elk and deer are brought home from the hunt,

NETS AND FLOATS Commercial and sports fisheries on the Columbia River have been in decline since the late 1800s. Canneries established in the 1860s rapidly depleted the supply of fish, and in the early 1900s laws were passed to try to preserve the fishery. The Columbia River dams, beginning with Bonneville Dam in 1938, hastened the decline of anadromous fish, such as salmon — which are spawned in fresh water, live their lives in saltwater, then return to fresh water to spawn and die.

turkeys from Freddies’s for feasts ashore or adrift. Children visit Santas at Grange Hall and mall.

Carols lap at pilings, old chestnuts sung in voices muted by waves and rain.

Such are the midwinter rites and revels on the river, where a long wet night will take whatever it can get to hold back the dark ­— even if it’s only “go here, not there,” blinking red and green, all up and down the reach.

“ These are images and words captured in hopes of furnishing for you a new kind of aesthetic, imaginative, and yes, even factual guide to our oh-so-luckily shared home: the Tidewater Reach.”

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Robert Michael Pyle is a celebrated naturalist, writer, and environmentalist. From his home in the Willapa Hills of Southwest Washington, he has chronicled the days, seasons, and science of the Pacific Northwest and the habitats themigrations of the to and butterflies — to national and international acclaim.

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The Tidewater Reach pairs poems and pictures, complementinginhis verses with the photographs of collaborator Judy VanderMaten to evoke “a different way of seeing.”

The Tidewater Reach extends our idea of what a Field Guide might be and the language we use to characterize and illuminate the natural world.

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“I love Bob Pyle’s interweaving of human and natural history, from pioneers to river pubs, ospreys to salmon smolts. His poet’s eye gives attentive and richly layered witness to all the life that’s flourished along these banks.”

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COLLECTORS EDITION

On this page we excerpt poems, pictures and field notes from our own “Field Guide to the Lower Columbia River in Poems and Pictures,” The Tidewater Reach, by Gray’s River resident and renowned naturalist Robert Michael Pyle, and Cathlamet photographer Judy VanderMaten.

The two dreamed for years of a collaborative project, finally realized when Columbia River Reader Press published color and black and white editions of The Tidewater Reach in 2020, and a third, hybrid edition in 2021, all presenting “a different way of seeing” our beloved Columbia River.

For information on ordering, as well as our partner bookshops and galleries, see pages 2 and 43.

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Lewis & Clark

DISPATCHES FROM THE DISCOVERY TRAIL In April we introduced a revised and expanded version of Michael

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Perry’s popular series. In the new book, Dispatches from the Discovery Trail, edited by Hal Calbom and excerpted below, CRRPress includes an in-depth author interview and new illustrations and commentary.

A Tough, Long Winter at Fort Mandan

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n October 31, 1804, Captain Lewis wrote, “The river being very low and the season so far advanced that it frequently shuts up with ice in this climate we determined to spend the Winter in this neighbourhood.”

After six months of travel up the Missouri River, the Corps of Discovery found themselves in the ideal location to make camp. If their progress had been better, they might have kept going past the five Mandan and Hidatsu Indian villages near the mouth of the Knife River, 60 miles north of present-day Bismarck, North Dakota. Doing so might well have been disastrous.

Since other potential sites lacked an adequate supply of wood, the Corps decided to build their winter quarters downstream from the first Mandan village. Winter arrived in full force, just two weeks after

the Corps decided to stop. Ice began to form on the Missouri River, and temperatures as low as 45 degrees below zero soon became a serious problem.

About 1,000 Mandan Indians were living in two villages in 1804, but an estimated 10,000 Mandans had lived in nine villages just 50 years earlier.

Smallpox, introduced by white traders, had decimated their numbers, and the powerful Teton Sioux had forced them to abandon their settlements and move upriver where they merged with the Hidatsu (Minnetaree) tribe for security.

Early Day Farmers Market Other Indian tribes living on the Great Plains were nomadic and lived off the land. The Mandans lived in permanent houses and grew more corn, beans, and squash than they needed. The Mandan and Hidatsu villages had become a major trading center that was visited

Michael Perry enjoys local history and travel. His popular 33-installment Lewis & Clark series appeared in Columbia River Reader’s early years and helped shape its identity and zeitgeist. After two encores, the series has been expanded and published in a book. Details, page 2, 43..

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but they had never seen weather like they were going to experience the next three months. By mid-November, they had abandoned their thin canvas tents and moved into the wood structures under construction. On December 8th, Clark wrote, “a verry Cold morning, the Thermometer Stood at 12 d. below 0 which is 44 d. below the freesing point.”

Four days later it was 38 degrees below zero, but by December 14th it had warmed up to where “the Murckerey

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The interior of the lodge was spacious, tolerably light and clean. The outer wall of the lodge was formed by a ring of a dozen or more posts, four or five feet in height, with beams resting in the notch at the top of each post. At the center of the lodge was a small circular fire pit.

by fur traders from Canada and St. Louis, along with several tribes from across the northern plains. Because of this, Lewis and Clark would learn a lot about what lay ahead on their journey to the Pacific Ocean as they gathered information while waiting for winter to pass.

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They talk about how cold it was there and I think the coldest you get is 45 degrees below zero. You think, ‘How would they get that?’ Well, they had five thermometers, five glass thermometers that they left with, and I don’t know when they broke the last one, but they stopped recording temperatures somewhere out in Montana, because they broke the thermometers. They’d only go down to 45 below and that’s as cold as they could measure. And I still don’t know if I’ve ever seen a thermometer you buy in a store that goes that low.”

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Stood at 0.” Then, at sunrise on December 17th, it was 45 degrees below zero and at “about 8 oClock PM the thermometer fell to 74 d. below the freesing pointe.”

Fort Mandan consisted of eight cabins inside an 18-foot tall stockade. The cabins were 14 feet square and each had a stone fireplace. The cracks in the walls were filled with mud to keep drafts out. A loft in each cabin was raised 7 feet off the floor and covered with grass and clay to provide warm sleeping quarters. Temperatures were below zero on 16 mornings in December, with just one day where temperatures were above freezing when the men awoke! It was so cold the men could only work an hour at a time and Fort Mandan was not completed until Christmas Day. Turn up the Heat The Indians had learned how to cope with the extremely cold temperatures by building dome-shaped earth lodges with a vent at the top. A fire in the center kept the room quite warm.

Their lodges were large enough for several families (10 to 15 people), and during extremely cold periods the Indians brought their horses inside.

Besides shelter, food was a critical need. Meat was reasonably plentiful, and the Indians had dried fruits and vegetables. But was there enough corn to supply their own needs plus the needs of the Expedition members?

Big White, the chief of the lower Mandan village, had told Lewis and Clark, “if we eat you shall eat, if we Starve you must Starve also.” Here again, we see proof Indians played a major role in the success of the Expedition.

A reconstructed 40-foot diameter Mandan earthen lodge. The lodge was created by laying a matting, fabricated from willow sticks and bark, over a framework of posts and beams. A layer of dried prairie grass was spread over the matting, with an outer covering of thick sod.

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the flag was raised. A third glass was issued later that morning, followed by a Christmas dinner that was “the Best to eat that could be had,” according to John Ordway.

Joseph Whitehorse wrote “The men then prepared one of the Rooms, and commenced dancing, we having with us Two Violins & plenty of Musicans in our party.” Clark said the celebration “Continued until 9 oClock P,M, when the frolick ended &c.”

A Toast to the New Year

A week later, Patrick Gass wrote, “Two shot were fired from this swivel [cannon], followed by a round of small arms, to welcome the New year. Captain Lewis then gave each a glass of good old whiskey, and a short time after another was given

by Captain Clarke.”

The men were allowed to go to one of the Mandan villages to dance. Clark wrote, “I ordered my black Servent to Dance which amused the Croud verry much, and Some what astonished them, that So large a man Should be active &c. &.” John Ordway wrote that “a frenchman danced on his head.” A third round of whiskey was issued later that day.

York: The Big Medison

... the second Mandan village ...

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way of lifetheir andjourney, their population.”

Throughout Indians were fascinated by York and thought While the men wore several layers of clothing and stuffed fur into their clothing and buckskin moccasins, some still suffered from mild frostbite. Several men suffered more severe frostbite and were treated by Captain Lewis. Several Indians also received treatment. Typically, Lewis placed the frostbitten foot or hand into a bowl of cold water (this was the wrong thing to do, but was standard practice of the day).

Nobody from the Expedition lost so much as a toe, but some Indians were not so fortunate. On January 10th Clark wrote, “last night was excessively Cold – the While the fort was being built, half murkery this morning Stood at 40 d. below 0 which is 72 d. below the freesing point… the men went hunting. Several Indians of the lower Villages turned out to hunt for a man & a boy who had not returned hunters injured their hips by slipping from the hunt yesterday, and borrowed a Slay to bring them in expecting to find them in the snow while packing the meat frosed to death…” the 13 year old boy was found and brought “to the fort with his back to the fort. Others suffered feet frozed, having Stayed out all night without fire, with serious frostbite. Despite no other Covering than a Small Robe, goat skin leagens snow a foot deep, they & a pr. Buffalow Skin mockersons.” Lewis attempted succeeded in killing more ...“welcome the New year”... to save his toes, but on January 27th he “took of the than 30 buffalo, enough Toes of one foot” and four days later he “Sawed off the to last until February.

While hibernating and celebrating, Lewis and Clark were also boys toes” on his other foot. Patrick Gass wrote of It must have been a men who “had their faces so badly frost bitten that that anticipating the challenges that lay ahead. Trappers, traders, lonely Christmas at Fort the skin came off.” and Indians all convinced them they’d need horses, not Mandan, so far from It would be a long, tough winter. In the next home and family. Each canoes and a keelboat, to continue their journey. Hence, the episode, we’ll learn about Sacajawea. member of the party value of the otherwise-dispensable Charbonneau fired off three volleys of ••• and his two Snake Indian wives. gunshots on Christmas morning. Clark issued two glasses of brandy to each man and allowed the cannon to be fired when HOLIDAY 2021 / Columbia River Reader /November 25, 2021 / 9

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ll aboard! This holiday season, the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad has brought to life the magic of the beloved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg and animated film The Polar Express. At the station, passengers receive their golden tickets and the conductor welcomes them aboard.

Eager to create our own cherished holiday memories and traditions, my husband and I and our toddler piled into our festively-decorated caboose with families donned in gay apparel and cozy Christmas pajamas. Children fidgeted in their chairs impatiently waiting for the journey to begin, knowing Santa was waiting for them at the end. As the train pulled out of the station, the conductor punched our golden tickets and we were on our way to the North Pole! The soundtrack from the 2004 film adaption flooded the train and the cast of chefs and cocoa dancers began dancing down the aisleway leading passengers in song, delighting the imagination of their passengers, young and old.

Admittedly one of the youngest passengers on board, our son still had the time of his life. During the musical numbers, he enjoyed dancing and clapping to his own beat and was in awe of the lights passing by the window. Of course, guzzling down creamy, hot cocoa and nibbling on “tummy tingling” sugar cookies was his favorite part of the journey.

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Despite being delayed by a herd of ambling Caribou, the Polar Express managed to arrive in the North Pole in good time.

This was the magical moment all the children on board had been anticipating and as the dazzling lights of the North Pole finally came into view, small noses and hands pressed onto every inch of the windows. Santa Claus greeted us with a warm and jolly, “Ho! Ho! Ho!” from his sleigh and even took a break from comprising his naughty or nice list to come visit with every child on board. He wished everyone a Merry Christmas and gifted us all with an engraved silver bell from his sleigh. The train was soon filled with the happy “jingle jangle” of bells and excited chatter from awestruck children.

On the return journey, the storybook was read aloud and just like the doubtful young boy in the story, as we boarded the train at the end of our journey, we were asked to BELIEVE. As I reflect on these past few years with seasons of isolation and change, I hope we can set an example for the little eyes watching us and practice a little more belief — in hope, in kindness, and in one another.

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he holidays are a fantastic time to gather with friends and family. After the last year and a half, it’s time to pull out the stops and spend time celebrating life with those you love!

Display your favorite decorations, prepare tasty bites to eat and whip up some creative beverages to enjoy the season. To assist you in kicking off the festivities, below you will find one of my favorite warming winter cocktails and various delicious appetizer recipes discovered during my travels in 2021.

I love Ina Garten. She gives valuable party tips in several of her books and videos. She breaks down party planning and shares how to entertain without working too hard.

• Pick a color theme - purchase flowers within one color palette and follow that theme with decorations and perhaps paper plates or napkins.

• Prepare three or four dishes.

• Assemble a few other platters.

• Serve beer and wine if you wish; but if cocktails are your thing, pick one or two for people to choose from and set them out in pitchers for self-service.

• Put together party favors or some entertainment.

Let’s Get This Party Started Entertainment comes in many forms. Whether you hire musicians, book a comedian, play games or come up with something even more inspiring, guests always enjoy a performance. While attending a multi-course dinner during a vintner weekend at the Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Montana, Fred Zammtaro, the CPA and principal at Schramsberg Vineyards, asked me to saber a bottle of bubbly. Before dinner Fred gave me some instructions, and after the first course I was “on stage.”

I was a bit nervous standing in front of the packed dining room, but I followed Fred’s advice and one, two, three, I sliced through the glass bottleneck and, voilà, the bubbles sprayed out. I think I was just as excited as the other guests, and I was thrilled that it worked on my first try. I don’t advise doing this at home unless you know what you are doing. Open a door and point the bottle outward to avoid drenching your floor and furniture with sparkling wine or champagne.

The Food Make this holiday season memorable. Use some of these incredible recipes or pull out some of your favorites. Take Ina’s advice and assemble a few dishes. For simplicity, you could reheat some precooked chicken wings and serve them with a variety of sauces, or prepare a hummus plate with roasted butternut squash, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, and a side of tzatziki and some warm pita bread.

And following are some other ideas for great food.

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I first had a version of this hot cocktail at Farrar’s Bistro in Vancouver, Washington. I adapted the recipe as some ingredients were impossible to get, and was quite happy with the results.

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Tracy’s Toffee Toddy ¾ cup water 1 tablespoon Reser’s hot buttered rum mix or something comparable 1 ounce spiced rum ¼ ounce crème de banana ½ ounce butterscotch schnapps Heat water in the microwave until boiling. Add Reser’s and stir. Add liquors and stir. Pour into a pretty glass and top with whipped cream.

While staying at The Sebastian in Vail, Colorado, Executive Chef Kristen York at the Lenora restaurant coordinated with her staff to create a special dinner for my son Garrett, my daughter-inlaw Victoria and me. Everything was scrumptious, but we all agreed that the Filipino Pork Belly Pintxo created by Chef de Cuisine John Adams was our favorite.

Filipino Pork Belly Pintxo 1 pound pork belly 1/4 cup scallion greens, sliced Sesame seeds for garnish Skewers Marinade 1 clove garlic, peeled 1 teaspoon ginger, peeled 1 stalk lemongrass, tough exterior

and ends removed 1/2 cup soy or tamari sauce 1/4 cup tamarind pulp 1/8 cup lime juice 1/8 cup rice vinegar 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1/2 cup brown or coconut palm sugar 2 tablespoons honey 1/2 cup banana ketchup Place all the ingredients for the marinade in a blender and blend until very smooth.

Cut the pork belly into 1-½ inch strips and use half of the marinade to marinate the pork overnight in a ziplock bag. Roast the pork belly on a foil-covered pan at 300º F. for 2-3 hours or until tender. Let rest at room temperature for one hour and then refrigerate. Cut the pork belly strips into ¼-inch slices. Skewer 2-3 pieces per skewer, depending on the size of the skewer you have. Grill over high heat for one minute on each side, brush with a thin layer of marinade and grill for another 30 seconds on each side or until it becomes caramelized. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and scallions.

My daughter Brittney and I spent a few days at The Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This opulent resort features two tasty restaurants and yummy poolside dining. Las Estrellas specializes in Italian food and wood-fired pizzas and sits nestled in a park-like setting surrounded by a lovely garden. Executive Chef Alexis Palacios oversees all food at the resort.

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GREAT PARTY FOOD Clockwise from left: Filipino Park Belly Pintxo; Hummus with roasted butternut squash, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and tzatzki sauce and pita bread; Chicken wings with sauces; Fried Vietnamese Rolls with fresh mint and Nuoc Cham sauce, Roasted Butternut Fondue.

Roasted Butternut Fondue 1/2 cup shredded Gouda cheese 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup white wine 2 leaves fresh sage 1 shallot, sliced 3 pounds butternut squash 1/3 cup whipping cream Olive oil Assorted breads Sauté the shallots in olive oil for 5 minutes, then slowly add the white wine and simmer for five additional minutes until reduced. Slice the butternut squash into medium-sized pieces and roast them in the oven at 350º for 30 minutes or until tender. Remove from the oven and carefully remove the skin and seeds. Using a spoon, incorporate the butternut squash with the shallots and mix gently for eight minutes over low heat. Let it cool down and place it in the blender with the whipping cream, sage, Gouda and mozzarella cheeses until smooth. Place in an oven-safe container and bake in the oven at 350º for approximately 15 minutes or until melted.

During an incredible three-week road trip through Costa Rica, my friend, Connie, and I sampled numerous tantalizing bites. One evening after a wild boat trip through the mangroves, we stopped at Citrus in Ojochal, a quaint little restaurant just a 30-minute drive from our accommodations in Uvita, Costa Rica. Chef Marcella Marciano is not only a charming and hospitable woman, but also a talented chef.

Everything we had at Citrus was delicious. The Nems, fried Vietnamese rolls stuffed with shrimp, pork, and shitake mushrooms, were served with fresh mint and nuoc cham sauce. This dish was so good that we returned the following night and ordered them again.

The Nems – Fried Vietnamese Rolls 2 ounces dried thin rice noodles 1/4 cup shrimp, washed, peeled, and cut into small pieces 3/4 cup ground pork 2 large eggs, beaten 1 carrot, grated 4 shiitake mushrooms, chopped 2 green onions, chopped 1/2 teaspoon white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 24 rice paper wrappers 2 cups vegetable oil 24 fresh mint leaves, washed Soak rice noodles in cold water for about 20 minutes until soft; drain well. Cut into 2-inch pieces. Combine noodles, pork, shrimp, eggs, carrot, shiitake mushrooms and green onions in a large bowl. Sprinkle in sugar, salt, and black pepper. Stir filling and mixture well. Soak one rice paper wrapper in a shallow bowl of warm water to soften, about 15 seconds. Remove from water and place on a damp cloth laid out on a flat surface. Place one tablespoon of filling mixture into the center of the softened rice paper. Fold the bottom edge into the center, covering the filling. Fold in opposing edges and roll up tightly. Repeat with remaining rice paper wrappers, soaking and filling each one individually.

Heat the oil in a wok or large skillet over medium heat. Fry the spring rolls in batches of three or four for about five minutes, until crisp and golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels.

Serve with fresh mint and nuoc cham sauce.

Nuoc Cham sauce 2 tablespoons sugar 1/4 cup fresh lime juice 3 tablespoons fish sauce 1 clove garlic, minced 1-2 bird’s eye chilies with seeds, minced In a small bowl, whisk the sugar into 1/4 cup water until dissolved. Stir in the lime juice, fish sauce, garlic and chilies to combine. The sauce keeps in the refrigerator for up to three days.

You can substitute with store-bought sweet chili sauce.

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Vancouver, Wash. resident Tracy Beard, pictured here with her husband, Steve, writes about luxury and adventure travel, traditional and trendy fine dining and libations for regional, national and international magazines. She has written CRR’s “Out & About” column since 2016.

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Holiday Gifts for Yourself and Others

A Bibliophile’s Philes Recommendations by Hal Calbom • Photo by Larry Olson

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worry about my books. Will they survive me? My son, not a particularly avid reader, thinks they’d look cool as decorative objects in his house in LA. My daughter, more of a reader, is busy collecting cases of her own. I remind myself it’s all about the experience of reading, not the accumulation of these erudite and well-dressed guests at my lifelong literary “dinner party.”

I don’t believe myself for a moment. I’m not ready to give up any of my books. So please join me at the “table” as I renew my happy acquaintance with my own set of favorites. Happy Holidays!

WHY THE BIG DEAL? Read anything by Jane Austen and you’ll know; remarkably contemporary in period garb.

LOVING POETRY Let Billy Collins seduce you into what verse can do with charm and good humored ironies. Let Walt Whitman make Harold Bloom’s case that he’s our American Shakespeare.

Let the odes of John Keats ring aloud as you savor the language: “a thing of beauty is a joy forever…”

PAGE TURNERS Mystery writer Michael Connolly elevates the very banality of contemporary Los Angeles into high art in the Hollywood Hills.

CONFOUNDED EXPECTATIONS The Signature of All Things. I brought biases to bear against Elizabeth Gilbert, of Eat, Pray, Love fame, and was knocked out by this magnificent novel, which I consistently recommend.

CRITICISM Literature and Western Man, a readable, concise survey. J.B. Priestley is a personal deity of mine, a prodigious author and critic. His books of autobiography are masterpieces, particularly Midnight on the Desert.

AND, OF COURSE, THIS EDITOR’S PICKS The works of Robert Michael Pyle and Michael O. Perry.

What a pleasure to write for a publication proudly dubbed the “Reader,” and for you, dear reader, of course. Feliz Navidad!

••• Hal Calbom is CRRPress editor, and producer of CRR’s monthly “People+Place” feature (see page 21).

HISTORY MYSTERY All of Alan Furst: delectable, atmospheric espionage set in Europe between the wars and inevitably circling back to the haunting streets of Paris.

BIBLIOMANIA I confess to reading five times all 21 volumes of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/ Maturin tales of the Napoleonic Wars at sea, a way of life told through a remarkable friendship.

THE THREE CLASSICS Tolstoy, Eliot, Dickens. So you can say you did and well worth it: Anna Karenina, Middlemarch, David Copperfield, the three great narrative voices.

ALL THE PSYCHOLOGY YOU NEED CG Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections, reveals his insights through his own life story.

BEST HARD-BOILED MYSTERY James Crumley’s The Last Good Kiss and its opening sentence: “When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon.”

HOW IT WAS (SUPPOSED TO BE) Lonesome Dove. Larry McMurtry lays a rough woollen blanket over the myths of the west and warms your heart by firelight.

MILITARY HISTORY For chronicles of the Second World War Sir Max Hastings is incomparable in combining narrative, strategic insights, and human experience.

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by Joseph Govednik Cowlitz County Historical Museum Director

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Olaf to greet kids, give free holiday activity bags in Cowlitz Museum parking lot Dec. 3

o celebrate the holidays, Olaf is coming to the Cowlitz County Historical Museum (CCHM) to spread holiday cheer as the CCHM and Children’s Discovery Museum (CDM) partner to share goodies with local kids! The YMCA is sending Olaf over on Friday, December 3rd, the same day as the City of Kelso’s tree lighting event, to hand out bags from 3–6pm.

The bags will contain crafts, coloring pages, recipes, and activities to take home for some winter fun. Unfortunately, the Historical Society will not again not be able to host its traditional Winter Festival, but last Holiday bags for kids will contain various craft projects and other surprises. year’s free holiday activity bag giveaway was a huge hit. We gave away almost 100 bags! the past few years, and it’s Olaf is a fictional character from Disney's Frozen always been a huge success. franchise, produced by Walt Disney Animation The Children’s Discovery Museum has The bags contain crafts Studios. Olaf was first presented in the animated partnered several times with CCHM over which include the joy of film “Frozen,” as an inanimate snowman created

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This year, the bags will also contain some information for parents and grandparents regarding community resources available in Cowlitz County.

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“We are so excited to help bring some fun activities to the kids and families of Cowlitz County with this partnership,” said Children’s Discovery Museum Director Dawn Morgan. Editor’s note: Check Children’s Discovery Museum’s Facebook page for updates about the museum’s reopening.

Curb-side pickup of the bags will take place at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum, located at 405 Allen Street, Kelso, Wa s h i n g t o n .

Please enter the Museum parking lot via 4th Avenue and exit through 5th Avenue (see map). Olaf will be standing by to present bags in the parking lot.

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Production Notes The Writing and Reading of Books A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~ Chinese Proverb

It’s tempting to do nothing but seek out and interview authors. After all, we are a “Reader,” self-proclaimed. We assemble words, paragraphs, stories, essays and reviews, all readied to be read.

Reading is a privilege and a gift. It seems we are not wired to make sense of lines of symbols organized into systems and presented to us in endless marching rows of prose.

Thanks to work my wife does with dyslexic children and those with other profound learning disabilities, I’ve learned that those to whom reading comes naturally are, in fact, a relative minority. Educators say only 10–20 percent of all learners take to reading easily. The rest read slowly, hesitantly, out of necessity and often not very well at all.

I enjoyed my conversation with author Ann Stinson as much as I enjoyed reading her book in manuscript. We’re curious about the people behind the prose (and the pose) that the author creates. We lionize great writers, or vilify them, for their idiosyncrasies and the sacrifices and indulgences they’ve made for their art.

people+ place The Forest and the Trees: Ann Stinson Ann Stinson knows what she wants to say, but like most writers she’s particular how she says it. We walk her property in search of exactly what she does.

“We do struggle with that. The description. When I tell people it’s a tree farm,” she told me, “they immediately assume it’s Christmas trees.

It’s not.” As we wind among her 230 acres of fir, western red cedar and ponderosa pine, we emerge into acres of clear cut suggesting industry more than husbandry. We dismiss both political extremes — they are neither tree huggers nor tree muggers at Cowlitz Ridge Tree Farm. And we agree that “preserve” denies the working nature of the place, and has a jellies and jams feel anyway.

Tramping over soggy fallen needles and leaves, we debate the nuances of “farm,” a place which usually grows “crops,” which in turn become “food.”

And we agree that all the talk of “stewardship” and “conservation” belies the bare-knuckle business of the place. Tree farming is work: planting and protecting the shoots, fighting drought and root rot, setting the price against international markets and regional competition. Put simply, it’s cutting trees down and growing them back — sustainably.

We sit down for a chat. The walk is exhilarating. The semantics are tiring us out.

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Tree farmer, author of The Ground at My Feet: Sustaining a Family and a Forest from, Toledo, Washington known for

Gathering friends and family for food and conversation reading The Committed: a Novel,

by Viet Thanh Nguyen and Rare and Wondrous Things: A Poetic Biography of Maria Siobylla Merian by Alyse Bensel

Hiking, reading, exploring new restaurants, playing with her godchild

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And more often than not, we ask them a very basic question: how much of this book is “you” and how much did you make up? Or, in the case of non-fiction, a deeper probe: How much of this is felt experience, gut feeling and reaction, versus research and regurgitation?

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Memorizing a poem, reading and re-reading Beloved by Toni Morrison.

AS: How about “working forest?”

HC: Sure. I’ll settle for that — including the cutting and merchandising of the trees, too?

As I talked with Ann I realized my pleasure in her book derived from an elegant integration, very candid and straightforward, of what she was thinking, feeling and then writing down.

It’s not seamless, in fact it calls itself out, almost like a series of excerpted diary entries or collections of scratchings and poems.

AS: Yes, that’s what we do. Our business is timber, which is wood used in building, carpentry, industry. The end products. This place is beautiful but it’s not hands-off. It’s a livelihood, too.

The writing and reading of books is so much more than an academic exercise. It’s a perpetual translation of thought and feeling into a very arbitrary and demanding system of signs and symbols. When done well, it both transports us and brings us home.

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HC:: Is that side of the business — the timber and lumber side — still alive here in Southwest Washington? We hear so much about exporting whole logs and that the saw milling gets done somewhere else? cont page 22 Courtesy photo

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“ This place is beautiful, but it’s not hand AS: Yes. Hardwoods are doing fine. The softwoods — fir and cedar and pine — are more often harvested only as whole logs for shipment overseas. And those are the piles of logs you see at the ports.

HC: So, are you simply a hold out, or is tree farming a viable business?

AS: There are nearly 1200 members of the Washington Farm Forestry Association. That’s us. Lewis County has 180 tree farms, Cowlitz around 50 and Clark County almost 200.

HC: And they’re supporting families?

AS: Some of the bigger ones, probably.

But most of us have day jobs!

HC: What about this “log drain?” The idea we’re shipping all our valuable resources someplace else?

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AS: That’s why it’s hard to pin down and define. The traditional timber industry is both highly evolved and very much the same. There are two small sawmills that mill our lumber right down this very road.

HC: And I spent the morning shooting photos at a hardwood mill in Longview and they’re sawing up all the alder they can get.

AS: Here’s how I look at it as far as exporting logs. Our state and federal wood, which is a lot of it, cannot be exported. None. Period. So the only wood that can be exported is private wood. And if you export private wood, then you can’t bid on a state or federal land sale. A forest service sale. So that self-regulates. I think it’s a pretty good deal because that means the federal wood and the state wood stay local, and that’s a pretty significant volume.

HC: And as a private enterprise?

You guys…

AS: We can sell wherever we want.

We still grow and sell “J-logs,” which are our best logs. Premium prices and shipped to Japan. But most of our wood ends up as fencing, forms, medium-quality uses, but in a viable market, nonetheless.

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The gist of Ann Stinson’s quiet but powerful memoir is in its subtitle: Sustaining a Family and a Forest. Stinson nicely integrates the personal and the practical, drawn to Oregon State University Press not only as a successful publishing house but because the school boasts one of the world’s preeminent forestry programs. She evokes the feeling of inhabiting the land, not simply living on it. Stinson’s parents and siblings emerge and grow as integral to the story, even as family seedlings stir in their 300 acres. There are happy and tragic moments interspersed, notably the premature death of Ann’s brother, Steve. There are climate hazards, drought and root rot. History traced back to the Cowlitz Indians and homesteaders. There is the passing of the torch from one generation to another. And there is the irony that in the still- macho culture of forestry, two women —Ann the schoolteacher, writer and librarian, and her sister-in-law Lou Jean, Steve’s widow — now run the place.

HC: Was this book a direct response to Steve’s death?

AS: I think more indirect. His legacy is his love for this land. And it felt very creative for me to “come back to the land,” so to speak. It felt like I was making something out of my life, and out of Steve’s death. I mean, I’m making a story that people can read, I hope, but also I’m giving form to something formless.

HC: The period you cover?

Above, and opposite page: Ann Stinson with sister-in-law and co-owner Lou Jean Stinson, and parents Fae Marie Beck and Doug Stinson.

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“I start to realize that this account I’m writing about our farm and its produce is a way for me to create something from the trees.

I’m not a forester like Dad, or an advocate for tree farmers like Steve, but I can tell a story about our land. This book is a gift from me to the land, to my family, to Dad, to Steve, to the people who work the land and love it. It is me making sense of the grounding the land has given me in my fifty-six years.

A call to see the earth and what it gives.”

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AS: It begins in 2018, ends in 2019. But it goes all the way back, there’s a chapter about the history of this land. I found the very first people, white people who owned this land were named the Willoughby’s. And Edgar Willoughby was a civil war vet. And because of that, there’s a ton of information about him.

HC: And you acknowledge the first peoples?

AS: Yes, there’s a whole chapter about the Cowlitz tribe, because they’re the first people to inhabit this land. I found a story about a native woman — her American English name is Veronica, but her Cowlitz name is Tasha Smith. And she married Simon Plamondon, the first important Canadian trader to come up the Cowlitz.

They had four kids, and one of their many further down descendants I was able to interview for the book. What a joy! I learned a ton from that.

Longview and meet the captain. And I gave him a Pentax camera. And he took pictures for me across the whole voyage. And then we were able to meet that same ship when they landed in Japan and ride on the ship for 24 hours. So that was great.

HC: Same question I asked about tree farming — do you hope to sell some of these books are or this simply a labor of love?

AS Sell! But I admit I’m not much of an entrepreneur. My marketing director at OSU Press printed it out for me the other day: “Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to soak up the atmosphere and charm of every bookseller you meet, so they’ll want to buy books and invite you to events.”

HC: Is there a kind of zen thing going on here? You talk about things “spiritual” in the book?

AS: Dad calls it a green infusion. We go out every day.

Get a little forest bathing — that’s a Japanese term. To be growing trees is a wonderful thing, and even just to bring people out. “Where are the sprinklers?” they say.

To listen to the questions makes you realize we have to bring more people out here. So they understand what’s happening. And that’s another goal of this book — for city people to experience this.

HC: You end the book on an expedition. Tell us about your Japan connection.

AS: Well, it started young. Our best logs get sold to Japan. And so I grew up hearing, ‘That’s a J-log, you know?’ and Dad had a lot of Japanese customers who bought the wood from a lot of the mills. So we had lots of gifts growing up, and interaction with the Japanese.

HC: And they actually revere wood more than we do?

AS: Oh, of course. I truly think of Japan as the Near West and not the Far East. It is right there. So when I was at Western in Bellingham, my minor was in teaching English as a second language. And I didn’t want to be normal and choose French, German or Spanish. So I took Japanese.

HC: And for this book you decided to follow some of these precious J-logs?

AS: Dad and I went to Japan as part of this book.

I really, really, really wanted to ride a log ship from Longview to Japan. And at first the company, the shipping company said yes, and then they said no, you can’t go but they allowed us to get on a ship in

HC: How about sharing the wealth? Do you feel duty-bound, like your brother especially, to advocate for and make visible the family forest?

AS: Yes, by all means. The Washington Farm Forestry Association that I mentioned before has a very active Lewis County chapter. They have educational events every month. In the summer we do twilight tours, people go visit other people’s tree farms and learn about them. I mean, you can’t really just drop by but we’d love to create more opportunities to share what we have here.

The last picnic we had here drew about 70.

One idea that I have is my mother’s journey — it is fascinating. She left the panhandle of Texas at 25, took the train and boat up to Ketchikan, Alaska, to teach school. But she was a bride in the 50s and soon got wind of a little women’s lib. So Mom and Dad have been divorced and remarried. Together still. She’s an artist, a potter, and she’s married to a forester and lives out here, with her own studio. A lot of the artwork and statuary you see out here and in our gardens is hers.

HC:: Do you have another book in the works?

HC: Sounds like the best of both worlds.

AS: Well, I’m writing. I’m scraping the surfaces, scraping all around but I do keep on writing.

AS: With some challenges, of course. But that’s the stuff books are made of!

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Editor’s note: Interviews are edited for length and clarity.

Hal Calbom, producer of CRR’s People+Place feature series, is also editor of The Tidewater Reach and Dispatches from the Discovery Trail, published by CRRPress.

Hal grew up in Longview, now lives in Seattle, and may be reached at hal@ halcalbom.com. Be sure to read his holiday book recommendations, page 18.

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‘The Choice of Men,’ by Samantha Waltz

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aving known author Samantha Waltz’s father upon whom this book is loosely based, I was eager to read her novel. From the opening page to the very satisfying ending, I was drawn in and engaged.

The characters became real to me and I cared very much what happened to each of them.

Without blame or judgment, Waltz eloquently describes how the Mormon Church’s teachings on homosexuality lead the main character to deny who he is and whom he loves. He is promised healing and salvation if he will but pray and have faith, and he comes to believe that his true nature is essentially unacceptable. As his feelings are submerged, they come out sideways in anger and rage.

As the daughter of a closeted gay man, I found new insights in this book that helped me understand my own sensitive and troubled father who struggled to project an image of “normalcy” in an era when being known to be gay could lead to job loss at the least and much worse.

Waltz’s descriptions of the “happily married couple” bore a striking resemblance to the photos I’ve seen of my own parents in the 1950s.

The way the novel unfolds and the conversations between characters helped me put pieces of my own life puzzle together. Anyone who has an

LGBTQ family member (and who doesn’t?) will find compassion, hope and understanding in this book, a book that is believable, gripping, and has the power to change lives.

••• Tami Tack is a joyously retired school counselor who enjoys leading spiritual and personal growth groups, and performing weddings, memorial services and other ceremonies. Passionate about music, she loves performing original piano solos and sings with several choirs. She lives in Rainier, Oregon in her childhood home with her husband Kim Worrall.

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BOOK REVIEW

By Alan Rose

Until We Fall Nicole Zelniker Jaded Ibis Press $17.99 Paperback

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or some reason, dystopian tales continue to be immensely popular these days, as evidenced by the many films, novels, comics, video games, and nightly news.

A recent addition to this burgeoning literature is Nicole Zelniker’s Until We Fall, where increasingly bitter partisanship has resulted in a second American civil war. The state of California secedes from the union, Alan’s haunting novel of the AIDS epidemic, As If Death Summoned, won the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award (LGBT category.) He can be reached at www.alanrose.com.

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Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27 10. The Judge’s List John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95

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Dys • topia (“bad place”) and the remaining United States become a democracy in name only: students are spooned a pabulum of history, easily digestible, one that avoids their nation’s complex story; military police—called the Militum— carry out extrajudicial killings of opponents considered “domestic terrorists;” the courts have been filled with justices who do the president’s bidding, and the free press has been cowed, free now only to serve the government. Citizens are encouraged to report their neighbors. (Texas, always one step ahead of dystopia, already offers $10,000 rewards.)

Of course, this is all wrapped in the language of patriotism, religion, and “family values,” though closer to Taliban family values. Women have been relegated back to tending the home. Their reproductive rights have been reversed, along with same-sex marriage; LGBT people are once again considered criminals.

Isla is a Black trans girl who is able to “pass” as female. When her favorite teacher is arrested for teaching controversial interpretations of history and imprisoned, Isla protests

Jackson Shore was plenty used to press conferences at this point. All he had to do, for the most part, was stand there as representative of the Militum and watch President Dexter Powers tell the American public that he was winning the war against the terrorists, praise God, blah, blah, blah…There were a few journalists in attendance, largely at the same newspapers Powers and his allies owned. The handful of others worked with the understanding that if they spoke out, they would be suspended, or worse, killed. ~ from Until We Fall and also winds up in prison. Escaping, they join others fleeing to California.

What shines through Zelniker’s story is the humanity of her characters: their bravery, their warmth and compassion, their aspiration for a more humane world.

Typical of dystopian fiction, there are implausible aspects to the story that stretch the reader’s credulity, for example, that a teenage trans girl could

hide her male anatomy in prison, as well as the prison break itself, their “hike” from Illinois to California, and the final rebellion.

But while parts are implausible, it is the story’s plausibility that is truly frightening: the tempting lure of a demagogue who appeals to people’s fear, greed, and ignorance with simplistic slogans and empty promises; the rewriting of history to serve the present regime; the suppression of a free press—or easier still, simply buy them out and write the news yourself; and how that demagogue can subvert the democratic process to undermine democracy. In dystopian fiction, Big Government is often the evil perpetrator, yet we are reminded that to some degree government always reflects its society. The Nazis didn’t grab power; they were voted into office.

It’s true that reading dystopian fiction is rarely a feel-good experience, but if the reading gets too depressing, you can always put down the book and turn on the evening news.

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

Dine-in,Take-out and Home Delivery.

Visit Fultanos.com for streamlined menu. 503-728-2922

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

The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials. Dine-in, curbside pickup. M-Th 11am–9:30pm; Fri & Sat 11am–11:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-728-3344

Rainier. Ore. Alston Pub & Grub

25196 Alston Rd., Rainier 503-556-9753 11 beers on tap, cocktails.

Open daily 11–11. Inside dining.

Conestoga Pub Cornerstone Café 102 East “A” Street Microbrews, wines & spirits 7am–8pm Daily. Inside dining.

COLUMBIA RIVER

dining guide

Broadway Barrel Room

1133 Broadway Family friendly tap house and eatery. 18 taps local craft beverages, hand-crafted soups, sandwiches, flatbread and desserts. Live music on Thursdays. Hours: Tues-Thur 11-9; Fri-Sat 11–10. 360-353-4295.

115-117 East 1st Street 503-556-9935 Burgers, halibut, appetizers, full bar.

11–11 Daily. Inside dining.

Jay’s Jukebox Burgers, 1232 Commerce Ave. 1950s Soda shop. Take-out and limited dine-in.

Open Tues–Sat, 11–7.

Phone 360-261-7879

The Original Pietrio’s Pizzeria

614 Commerce Ave., Longview. 18 varieties of pizza, prepared salads. Beer & wine. Open 11am every day. Inside seating, outdoor dining.

360-353-3512. Inside dining, Take-out, some local delivery.

The Carriage Restaurant & Lounge

The Carriage Restaurant & Lounge 1334 12th Ave. Open 9am–11pm. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Full bar, banquet room available for groups, parties, family reunions, etc. in lounge, open 6am. Three happy hours daily (8–10am, 12–2pm, 5–7pm). Group meeting room, free use with $150 food/drink purchases.

Eclipse Café

Evergreen Pub & Café

Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd. Hot pizza, cool salad bar. Beer & wine. Limited inside seating, curbside pickup and delivery.

503-397-3211 See ad, page 40.

Longview, Wash.

1335 14th Avenue 18 rotating craft brews, pub fare.

M-Th 11am–8pm. Fri-Sat 11am–10pm; Sunday 11am–6pm. Local music coming soon.

360-232-8283. Inside dining See ad, page 31. Follow us on Untappd.

In the Merk (1339 Commerce Ave., #113) 360-998-2139. Mon-Fri 8am–4pm. Specialty coffees, teas, bubble teas and pastries....drinks with a smile. Takeout and on-site.

Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview 38 draft beers. Full bar. Family-friendly.

Dining room open. Take-out. Curbside delivery; partner with Delivery King for deliveries. Live music suspended due to Covid. 360-636-1616.

Roland Wines

1106 Florida St., Longview. Authentic Italian wood-fired pizza, wine, and beer.

Casual ambience. 5–9pm Wed-Fri, Sat. 11–3. Call for status.360-836-7304

Castle Rock, Wash.

Goble Tavern

70255 Columbia River Hwy. (Milepost 31, Hwy. 30) Food, beer & wine + full bar, Live entertainment 11–11 Daily. Inside dining.

503-556-4090

Luigi’s Pizza

117 East 1st Street, Rainier 503-556-4213 Inside dining, Take-out & Delivery

Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine.

11–9, Mon-Thurs, Sun; 11–10 Fri-Sat

Restaurant operators: To advertise in Columbia River Dining Guide, call 360-749-2632

Freddy’s Just for the Halibut.

Cod, Alaskan halibut fish and chips, award-winning clam chowder. Burgers, steaks, pasta. Beer and wine. M-Sat 10am–8pm, Sunday 11am–8pm. Inside dining, Drive-thru, outdoor seating.

1110 Commerce 360-414-3288.

See ad, page 11.

Hop N Grape

924 15th Ave., Longview Tues–Thurs 11am–7pm; Fri & Sat 11am– 8pm. BBQ meat slow-cooked on site. Pulled pork, chicken, brisket, ribs, turkey, salmon.

World-famous mac & cheese. 360-577-1541.

Grant’s at the Monticello Hotel on Longview’s

historic Civic Circle. Casual upscale inside dining, patio dining. Seafood, steaks, pasta, burgers. Happy Hour specials 3pm. Lunch & dinner. M-Th 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10.

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St. Helens, Ore.

Parker’s Steak House & 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. Call for status/options.

Vault Books & Brew 20 Cowlitz Street West, Castle Rock Coffee and specialty drinks, quick eats & sweet treats. See ad, page 28.

Kalama, Wash.

215 N. Hendrickson Dr., Port of Kalama.

A Northwest pub and unique bars serving breakfast, lunch & dinner daily.

Info & reservations, bar hours at mcmenamins.com. 8am–midnight daily.

360- 673-9210. Indoor dining, covered outdoor seating, curbside take-out.

Big River Tap Room 313 Strand Street on the Riverfront, St. Helens. Wed–Sat Noon–9pm. Sun until 3pm. Espresso bar M–Sat 8-11am, Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef, pastrami. Weekend Burrito Breakfast, Sat 8-11, Sun 8am-3pm. See ad, page 40.

Scappoose, Ore. 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.

503-543-5100. Inside Dining.

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. Curbside pickup and home delivery. 503-543-3017

Warren, Ore. Warren Country Inn 56575 Columbia River Hwy. Fine family dining. Breakfast, lunch & dinner. Full bar. Call for hours.503-410-5479.

Check Facebook for updates. Dine-in.

Toutle, Wash.

DREW’S GROCERY & SERVICE

5304 Spirit Lake Hwy (10 miles from Exit 49) Picnics on site or to go, full deli, fried chicken, Skipper’s chowder, fish, shrimp.

See ad, page 6.

Woodland, Wash.

“SoCo” 1350 Atlantic Ave. Rotating craft brews, pub fare. Open M-Th 11am–6pm; Fri–Sat 11am–10pm; Sunday 11am–6pm.

360-841-8941. See ad, page 31.

L

uckman

Coffee Company 1230 Lewis River Rd. Small batch on-site roasted coffee, breakfast, lunch. Inside seating. M-F 5:30am–6pm, Sat 6am–5pm, Sun 7am–3pm.

See ad, page 16.

American History

COLUMBIA RIVER DINING GUIDE

‘Men of Many Capabilities’ Lewis & Clark military retrace exhibit at Fort Clatsop through Dec. 11

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ewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop is proud to debut a new temporary exhibit honoring Veterans Day in the park Visitor Center exhibit hall.

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Happy Holidays from the Brew Crew!

“Men of Many Capabilities” commemorates the 50th anniversary of when the U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” retraced the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Twenty-two men of the Special Forces’ 5th and 7th Groups from Fort Bragg, N.C. took part in the 1971 expedition.

The expedition was led

by Captains Michael Lewis of Spokane, Wash., and Bernard Haskins Jr., of El Cajon, California.

The 1971 expedition represented only the second US military expedition across North America — and the first since Lewis and Clark’s journey of 18041806.

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Mount St. Helens Club This friendly club welcomes newcomers.

For more info please call the hike leader or visit mtsthelensclub.org.

RT(round trip) distances are from Longview. e.g.=elevation gain.

E= easier. usually on relatively flat ground (up to 5 miles and/or less than 500 ft. e.g., M=moderate, longer and more elevation gain (over 5 miles and/or over 500 ft. e.g.)

S= strenuous—long hikes and/or elevation gain (over 8 miles and/or over 1200 ft. e.g.)

(SS) – Snow Shoe (XC) – Cross Country Ski Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic, Please note the following: 1) All hikes will only take place if the hike leader feels it is safe to do so on that date.

2) Hiking groups may be limited at the discretion of the hike leader.

3) Make sure to call the hike leader for any further information or instruction.

4) Always be safe and protect yourself and be considerate of others during this pandemic.

All the men had recently returned from service in Vietnam, where the U.S. was still actively engaged in combat. While officially a training exercise, the Green Berets’ retracing of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also served as an important source of goodwill ambassadorship at a time of growing disillusion over U.S. military intervention in Vietnam.

Dec 1- Wednesday • Lake Sacajawea (E) Walk around the whole lake (3+ miles) or half the lake (1+ mile). Leader: Dory N. 213-820-1014

“Men of Many Capabilities” features details of the 1971 expedition, including the Green Berets’ food and means of transportation. Original objects donated by Capt.

Michael Lewis are on display, along with photos from the men’s arrival at Fort Clatsop on Sept. 5, 1971. A matching game for children is also available. Military veterans are encouraged to share their reflections on “teamwork” and “leadership” from their service years on comment cards at the exhibit.

Dec 11 - Saturday Cape Horn (M) Drive140 miles RT, hike 7 miles/ 1,800’ e.g. on a loop trail high above and down to the Columbia River. Maximum 8 participants, all must be vaccinated. Leader: Bill D. 503260-6712

Dec 4 - Saturday • Forest Park (M) Drive 92 miles RT, hike 7.7mile loop/500’ e.g. through mossy big-leaf maples in Portland’s “urban wilderness.” Leader: Bruce 360-442-0256.

Dec 8 - Wednesday • WSU Vancouver Campus (E) Drive 72 miles RT, hike 5–6 mile loop/385’ e.g. Hike around WSU campus and a nature trail with paved and some gravel. If wet and rainy expect some muddy areas.

Leader: Art 360-270-9991

Dec. 15 - Wednesday Pacific Way Trail (E) Drive 5 miles RT, hike 3.2–5.2 miles on gravel path. Leader: John R. 360-431-1122.

Dec 18 - Saturday Winter Solstice Lantern Walk at Lake Sacajawea (E) Walk around the whole lake (3+ miles) or walk half the lake (1+ mile). First mile includes stops at community groups’ solar system stations. Friends of Galileo annual event. (see page 32)

“Men of Many Capabilities” is on display now through Dec. 11 and is available during regular hours. For more information, call the park at 503861-2471, visit www.nps.gov/lewi, or lewisandclarknps on Instagram, or Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on Facebook.

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Winter Fun

Help light up the longest night of the year Join the solstice stroll along Lake Sacajawea

At the Sun, you’ll get a Planetary Passport to log your walk past the planets from Mercury, Venus, and Earth, all the way to Pluto on the north (Ocean Beach Highway) end of the Lake, with a few “surprise” celestial attractions en route. Take a return stroll along the path back to the starting point, or use the complimentary “space shuttle” for your return trip.

Along the path, representatives of local service groups and organizations will be stationed at each stop to stamp your passport. Portable toilets will be placed at the centerpoint of the walk. A food truck will be positioned near the Sacajawea statue to fortify travelers during their journey to the outer planets.

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he Friends of Galileo astronomy club invite you to come and celebrate the returning of longer days and shorter nights at their third annual Solstice Solar Walk on the night of December 18, 6–9pm (editor’s note: the Winter Solstice actually occurs on Dec. 21). The walk starts at the south end of Lake Sacajawea Park, near 15th Avenue and Nichols Blvd. (the area near St. John Medical Center, the YMCA and Burger King). This is where the Sun marker is located.

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Everyone is welcome at this family-friendly, festive event. Come and join the fun — under clear skies, rain or snow. Bring headlamps, lanterns and flashlights and bundle up for the weather ... and watch for Santa!

For more information, visit friendsofgalileo.com/solstice

About the Solar System Walk at the Lake In 2001, Friends of Galileo Astronomy Club designed and presented — with financial help from Gibbs & Olson engineering firm and other generous donors — a gift to the City of Longview: A model solar system. It includes10 granite markers along 1.64 miles on the west side of Lake Sacajawea.

Solstice Lantern Walk Saturday, December 18 Saturday, December 21 6:30–9pm 7:00—9:00 PM

The markers show the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and planets. It’s a great way for residents and visitors to enjoy Lake Sacajawea Park while experiencing the astonishing scale of our solar system ... they can begin to grasp (and gasp at) its magnitude, walking along and realizing how far apart the planets are, even if our solar system is scaled to the length of the Lake.

Lake Sacajawea, Longview WA

CRR to host Comet Swift-Tuttle-Perseid Meteor Showers station at Dec. 18 Solstice Walk

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on’t miss the Winter Solstice Lantern Walk at the Lake, the most ingenious and unique event of the year! And it only follows, logically, that you also mustn’t miss a visit to CRR’s Comet Swift-Tuttle and Perseid Meteor Shower Station.

We are celebrating the annual “shooting stars,” which appear in August when Earth passes through the debris trail laid down by the comet, Swift-Tuttle. The comet has a 133-year orbit and last passed by the vicinity of Earth in 1992.

At press time CRR proofreaders were still contemplating suitable freebies to give our fellow solar system travelers, but rest assured we will have a souvenir to make the trek memorable!

You’ll find CRR’s Comet Station located halfway between Neptune and Pluto, next to the path by the lamp post directly in line with the intersection of Maple Street and Nichols Blvd.

CRR and Friends will be ready to greet you and point you in the right direction! Dock up and say Hello!

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Music lasts a lifetime.

Remember, we’re all in this together!

Piano Lessons A great investment in yourself or as a gift

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360-423-3072

(www.kaublepianostudio.com)

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SKY REPORT

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n mid-November, the rainy season is in full swing. If it is clear, the evening will be cool to downright chilly. Now is the time when coats and maybe gloves will be needed. So, what’s up this time of the year?

The Evening Sky In November, the constellation of Pegasus, the flying upside-down horse, is in command of the southern sky. as well as the constellation Andromeda, and its well known galaxy M3. The new commanders of the winter sky are rising in the east. First of all is the small star cluster of the Pleiades, (which has been confused with the little dipper), is rising in the southeast in mid-November and continues to lead the rest of the six main constellations of winter. These six are Taurus (the Bull), Orion (the Hunter), Canis Major (the Big Dog), Canis Minor (the Small Dog), Gemini (the Twins), and Auriga (the Charioteer).

The red giant star Betelgeuse, in Orion, sits in the center of the circle the other six stars create in the night sky. Taurus is marked by the bright red giant star Aldebaran off to the slight upper right of Orion. Down and to the slight left is the very bright white Rigel, which is a supergiant star. Continuing to the left is another bright star, Sirius, the Dog Star, known as the star that brought the floods of the Nile in ancient Egypt. Further up to the left is Procyon, leading Dog as it rises above the horizon before Sirius.

Going up in the sky are two stars that make up the brightest stars of the constellation Gemini. The names of Castor and Pollux represent the mythological founders of Rome. Now on to the last of the six constellations.

High in the sky is Capella, the main star of the constellation of Auriga the Charioteer.

All these bright stars and constellatios will dominate the southern sky all winter. If you turn around and look to the north, you will find the Big Dipper standing on its handle, still pointing to Polaris, the North Star.

Jupiter and Saturn are in the southwest and heading into the glare of the

Astronomy NOV 25 – JAN 20

By Greg Smith setting sun. They will soon be gone from the night sky as they head to the other side of the sun.

Night Sky Spectacle: During the winter one of the most interesting sights, besides the star nursery of the belt of Orion, is the small star cluster I mentioned earlier, the Pleiades. Here, six naked-eye stars make a formation that looks like a mini-dipper. This “asterism” (not a constellation) has been known since antiquity and is also known as the Seven Sisters, but only six are visible.

Why they were called the seven sisters is unknown, as modern observations cannot find a seventh star that would have been visible in the past. But use a pair of binoculars and you will see far more than seven stars; you will see dozens of them. A mid-sized telescope might give you a glimpse of the star dust as a haze that surrounds them.

You would need a very clear, cold night away from city lights to be able to do this. If you take a 30-second long photo of them through your scope, you definitely will see the haze.

Fun Fact: The logo for the Toyota car company is a representation of the Pleiades.

Moon Phases 3rd Qtr. Sat Nov 27th New : Fri Dec 3rd 1st Qtr. Fri Dec 10th, Full: Sat Dec 18th 3rd Qtr: Sun Dec 26th New: Sun Jan 2nd 1st Qtr:. Jan 9th Full: Mon Jan 17th End of twilight - when the stars start to come out.

Sun. Nov 20th: 5:07 pm Mon. Dec. 20: 5:02 pm Wed. Jan. 19: 5:31 pm ••• Longview resident Greg Smith is past president of Friends of Galileo astronomy club. Meet him and other club members at monthly meetings on Zoom and/ or in Longview. For more info about FOG, visit friendsofgalileo.com.

GREG’S ASTRONOMIC GIFT SUGGESTIONS: CRREADER.COM “Past Issues” Dec. 2020, page 39.

How important is the Moon?

By Greg Smith

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ave any of us really contemplated the significance of our planet having such a large moon in relation to the size of the Earth? No other planet in our solar system has such a large moon. Yes, Jupiter has a moon nearly as large as ours. But Ganymede is miniscule in comparison to the size of Jupiter. Some have even said that the Earth and Moon are actually a binary planet system. If you look at Venus, no moon, and no plate tectonics. Mars has two tiny moons, believed to be captured asteroids, also no plate tectonics. So far none of the newly found nearby planets show any sign of having moons. Maybe, having a large moon is critical to having an atmosphere that can support life. The moon’s gravity quietly massages our planet and stirs things up.

The moon at one time was closer and had a stronger tidal effect on Earth. Its tug can be seen in the tides of the ocean. That tug must have been greater in the far past, with larger tides. In fact, it is believed to have slowed the rotation of the Earth down to what it is today. It is still slowing the earth down. At its current position that slowing is barely measurable. In fact, this slowing down of the Earth is allowing the moon to get about one inch farther away each year.

If my math is correct, at the time of the demise of the dinosaurs, the moon was only 1041 miles closer. Only 4/1000 of a percent closer. Not very much in the approximate 250,000 miles that the moon is now away from us. It makes a much bigger distance change between its closest approach (perigee) and farthest approach(apogee) in each orbit.

In the deep past the orbital retreat was most likely even less as the moon was considerably closer and the Earth’s gravitational hold on the moon was greater.

The dinosaurs saw the moon much as we see it today.

In the search for habitable planets, not only size and distance from its parent star are important. It seems that a search for a fair-sized moon would be important too. In all the reading I have done, the sighting of a moon around an Earthsized exoplanet would be incredibly difficult. Hopefully, the launch of the new James Webb Telescope this December (as planned right now), will allow us to see if any of the known exoplanets have moons. It will take almost a year for the new telescope to get situated in its parking spot in space and tested before any real science can be done. So, we may have to wait a while before we know if any exomoons are found around other planets.

There is something else that the moon does for us. It keeps the Earth from wobbling too much on its axis. The moon is a stabilizing force. The Earth does wobble over a long time period, about 41,000 years. The earth’s axis varies from 22.1° to 24.5º. Where are we in this wobble cycle? We are at 23.4°, in the middle of a wobble. If it weren’t for the moon, this wobble would be greater, in the range of 20º to 25°. Thank you moon!

All that to say this. the moon does have a stabilizing force on the Earth. In another 500 million years the moons stabilizing effect on the Earth will be even less and the Earth may wobble even more.

Enjoy the Moon while you can. But don’t worry — it’s not going anywhere soon.

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Happy Holidays from Longview Ortho!

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he staff at Longview Orthopedic Associates wishes everyone a safe, happy, and healthy holiday season. LOA has provided exceptional orthopedic care to area residents since 1983. We plan to continue that tradition in the coming year.

From sprains and fractures to arthroscopic surgeries and joint replacement procedures, Bill Turner, Jon Kretzler, Peter Kung, A.J. Lauder, Jake McLeod, and Tony Lin can provide the care you need to live your best life.

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Northwest Gardening

Gifts and holiday activities for all-age

By Alice Slusher gardeners ...and those who just enjoy playing in the dirt

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y daughter texted me this morning to ask what I wanted for Christmas. Christmas? Where did the year go? A year of preparing the garden, planting seeds, watching and caring for the plants, and protecting them from the late June “heat dome,” surprisingly getting ripe tomatoes in July at 1,000 feet elevation, harvesting and preserving the veggies, putting the garden to bed. No wonder I’m tired!

Because my daughter lives in Ohio, I asked for a gift card from my favorite garden supply company so she wouldn’t have to mail anything. Online cards from a seed or bulb store are always good choices for any gardener, but if the garden-loving folks on your list are local, there are so many other options. Our local nurseries also offer gift cards and you might want to check to see if they have garden activity classes — a great gift and something fun to do during our long rainy winter. And don’t forget to check out their gift shops, too!

Here are more gift ideas for family and friends who like to play in the dirt.

If you’ve never tried a mushroom kit, it’s something the whole family would enjoy. It’s fascinating to watch the mushrooms pop up on the kit’s growing medium, and the mushrooms have an amazingly fresh flavor.

Last year one of my grandkids got me a seed sprouting kit. We loved watching the sprouts grow in the clear container, and enjoyed having the fresh sprouts in salads and on sandwiches. This would be a great gift for a child, as well.

Our local native plant nursery in Longview offers a CSA (community supported agriculture) membership—you can enjoy fresh, locally grown fruits and veggies throughout the season and support local growers, too.

Who doesn’t like to add garden art to make your garden reflect your personality? I have a hard time passing up the wind chimes, fountains, flowers, chickens, owls and other gorgeous metal figures, especially if they have solar powered lights. I received a huge aluminum sunflower for Christmas last year, and finally took it down from my garden fence for the winter. It brought a smile to my face all summer! Select a “family” of favorite animals as garden decorations, and give one to each of your family members.

Let them choose where to put them in the garden next year.

I’m a big fan of assembling personalized kits for my friends and family.

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veggie or herbs, some seed starting mix, and some pots. Let the kids paint the pots, and assemble the kit and present it to a teacher, friend, or family member. All gardeners need their tools, so why not put together a simple kit in a 5-gallon bucket with a lid? Fill it with gloves, plant markers, making pen, pruning snips, seeds, and Christina Pfeiffer’s and Mary Robson’s great book Pacific Northwest Monthby-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year. I use the bucket all summer long next to my raised beds to store my most-used tools. I put the lid on when I’m done, and everything stays dry—and no rust on the tools. Do you have a rose aficionado in the family? Wrap up some long, arm-protecting rose pruning gloves and a ratcheting pruner to make the job easier.

Every year, one of my grandkids gets me a songbird jigsaw puzzle to put together in front of the fireplace on those long winter nights.

Adult beverage is optional. If this sounds like

a good idea, also get them a felt puzzle wrap to roll up their unfinished puzzle so they can work on it later. If you or someone in your family is handy with a saw, design and cut out a birdhouse, and wrap it up with assembly instructions and paint. This might be a good gift for kids, too. Help them put it together and set them loose with the paint!

Here’s my shortlist of great gardening books.

I’ve read each one and highly recommend them—all easy to read, entertaining, and you’ll learn a lot, too. Visit our local bookstores—if they don’t have your choice, they can order it for you.

Grow a Little Fruit Tree by Anne Ralph. How to grow trees with fruit you can actually harvest without a ladder—and you can easily protect them from the dreaded codling moth and apple maggot.

Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting

by Jessica Walliser. You won’t get the traditional

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Kalama resident Alice Slusher volunteers with WSU Extension Service Plant & Insect Clinic. Call 360-577-3014, ext. 8, or send question via cowlitzmastergardener@gmail.com.

from page 36

old wives’ tales here. The author gives practical and research-based suggestions that really work.

For pruning, it’s a toss-up. I like Cass Turnbull’s Guide to Pruning, 3rd Edition: What, When, Where, and How to Prune for a More Beautiful Garden because she gives detailed, easy-to-understand instructions and helps with common misunderstandings and mistakes— takes the fear out of pruning. But I also like Brickell and Joyce’s Pruning and Training, Revised New Edition: What, When, and How to Prune because they offer pruning advice and timing for more than 800 plants.

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Upcoming Shows GET YOUR TICKETS! CLATSKANIE ARTS COMMISSION Men of Worth Celtic Christmas Sun, Dec 12, 3pm. www.menofworth.com Scotsman Donnie Macdonald and Irishman James Keigher perform Irish and Scottish folk music, combining traditional and contemporary styles.

Joined by Kevin Carr on fiddle/pipes and Maureen Brennan on harp. Kelsey Wilson O’Brien, dancer.

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COLUMBIA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Uh-Oh Here Comes Christmas Two performances: Dec 3, 7:30pm and Dec 4, 2pm Winter Song Dec 18, 7:30pm

For more information contact the CTPA Box Office, 360-575-8499, or online at www.columbiatheatre.com. See ad, page 18.

Scouting For Food Troop/Pack #332 will pick up food donations on porches in the Rainier city limits Dec. 4, 9-noon. If not picked up by noon please contact HOPE, 503-556-0701.

Toy & Joy To-Go Breakfast Dec 4, 8-11am, Rainier United Methodist Church, 1st and “C” St., Rainier.

Serving cheese, ham or sausage oven omelet, fried potatoes, biscuit and side of sausage gravy and juice/coffee. Cost is by donation, proceeds benefiting the local Toy ‘N Joy program. Bake/craft/ white elephant sale during the breakfast, proceeds go to missions.

Comet Swift-Tuttle Station Sat., Dec. 18. Hosted by CRR, Friends of Galiloe Winter Solstice Lantern Walk. Fresh air, fun, surprises. Free. See details, page 32.

Soup Off! Fundraiser for Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Rescheduled for Saturday, January 22nd 6pm-9pm. Please contact the Box Office with any questions at 360-575-8499.

Free “Altered Book Workshop” taught

by Broadway Gallery artist Laurie Michaels, Thurs, Jan 20 and Thurs, Feb 17. 6-7:30pm in the Longview Public Library workroom. Sign up begins Jan 3 at the Library’s main checkout desk.

Some materials provided, including books to alter. Prelude to “Art Speaks Volumes” event April 30 at Rose Center for the Arts, LCC.

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REGIONAL HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES

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LONGVIEW. Downtown Holiday Parade and Ceremonial Civic Tree Lighting Dec. 4, Begins 5pm, Cowlitz PUD, Commerce and Fir St, down Commerce to Maple St, left on 14th, right on Broadway to the Civic Center., past the Library and on to the Monticello Hotel for Kelso Longview Chamber of Commerce Tree Lighting. Parade disbands at Larch Street, at R.A.Long Park in Civic Circle.

Jingle All the Way Family Fun Run Dec.10, Civic Circle . See page 14 Winter Solstice Lantern Walk Dec.18. See page 32.

KELSO City of Kelso Tree Lighting Festival Dec. 3, 6–8 pm City Hall, 203 S. Pacific Santa, refreshments, games, prizes. Free.

KALAMA Festival of Lighted Boats Dec. 8, beginning at 5pm, Marine Park, 110 W. Marine Drive.

CASTLE ROCK Castle Rock Festival of Lights Tree Lighting and Parade Dec. 11. Free pictures with Santa 3:30–7:30pm. Hometown Parade 5:30pm, with tree lighting ceremony to follow. Gift vendors, local businesses and restaurants will be open during event.

Raffles, caroling. Complete schedule: facebook.com/CastleRockFestivalOfLights

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CATHLAMET Holiday Tree Lighting Nov. 27, 3–6:30pm.

Celebration held at the Wahkiakum County Courthouse in Cathlamet. Sing carols and watch Santa ride down Main St. Lighted Christmas Parade and Holiday Market, Dec. 11, 3pm. Elochoman Marina, Cathlamet Parade, holiday artisan market, beverages, sweets and savories, food vendors, trunk sale PORTLAND Christmas Tree Lighting Nov 26, 6pm. *VIRTUAL ONLY* Portland’s Annual Tree Lighting, special televised broadcast on KGW 8.

The Grotto: Christmas Festival of Lights Nov 26–Dec. 30 (closed Dec. 25); Nov 26–Dec 16, 5–9:30pm.; Dec. 17–Dec 30, 4:30–10pm. Entry gates close at 9:30pm.

Holiday concerts, food, beverages, shopping, carolers. Masks and proof of vaccination or negative Covid test within 72 hours for all ages 12 and over. The Grotto, 8840 NE Skidmore. Gen’l info and tickets ($6-$14) online at www.thegrotto. org/christmas-festival-of-lights. Capacity is limited each night. Purchase tickets in advance, otherwise no guarantee tickets will be available at gate.

Winter Wonderland Nov. 26 – Jan. 1, Sun–Thurs 5–11pm.

Portland International Raceway, 1940 Victory Blvd. Call 503-823-2329 or visit www.winterwonderlandportland.com A Pittock Mansion Christmas Nov. 1–Dec. 27. Each year for the holidays, the mansion’s 16 rooms are filled with a breathtaking display of lights, trees and decorations revolving around a chosen theme. Days vary, 10am–5pm. Adult $12, Youth $8, Senior $10. Free under 6. 3229 NW Pittock Dr., Portland. https://pittockmansion.org/ events/ Christmas Ship Parade Dec. 3–21 . Days vary, 7pm. Free. View parade from banks of Willamette or Columbia Rivers. 50+ decorated, privatelyowned boats going strong since 1954.

Dec. 4 Camas-Washougal Dec. 6 I-5 Bridge area, Hayden Bay Dec. 11 St. Helens Dec. 12 Scappoose - Multnomah Channel. Visit www.christmasships.org for more details on parade schedule and route.

See”The Spectator,” page 43 for info on Longview Yacht Club’s ship parade Dec. 31-Jan, 1.

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Miss Manners from page 6

we could dispose of it down the drain, but what a waste for those poor grapes to have died in vain, particularly if the bottle was not opened.) And if a guest brings alcohol as a gift, what is the most polite way to handle it?

GENTLE READER: Serve it to them. Here is an exception to Miss Manners’ rule that guests should not bring food or drink when they are about to be served food or drink.

You should not solicit it, but when the inevitable question of “What can we bring?” comes up, you may respond, “Thank you. We should have everything, but Murray and I don’t drink alcohol anymore, so if there’s something special you would like, we can either get it for you or it would be lovely for you to bring it.”

Then they will have been forewarned when you pack it up for them at the end of the night.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: For the last three years, my adult son has made a generous contribution to a nonprofit. He then sends a card to me and to other family members, informing us that he has made this gift in our honor for Christmas.

While I am glad that he is generous, the organization isn’t one that any of us are particularly interested in. My son serves on their board and believes in the mission — great for him! I have always thought that a gift of that type is given to a cause the receiver supports.

Of course I have thanked him for this gift, and occasionally ask about how things are going with the organization.

I have never made a contribution myself.

do not receive Christmas presents.

(All of which is your speech to your son. Miss Manners is not asking you to believe that you will feel less loved sans present.).

When I’m feeling snarky, I consider making a contribution “in his honor” to one of several charities I support, rather than work at finding a gift that he would enjoy, but is perfectly capable of purchasing himself. Then I feel childish!

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Am I correct in thinking he is a bit misguided? Do I continue to thank him and be glad he thinks of me and is generous to his cause? Do I contribute to “my” organization in his honor and let it go?

I’m getting back into the swing of things... dropping in to visit my old and new friends.

When I have talked about this with my family, they all agree his method is not the norm, but nothing to make a fuss over. I suppose my burning question, if I am correct, is: Do I find a way to politely let him know I would rather he contribute to something I support?

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GENTLE READER: Turning it into a tug-of-war over where the money goes is not a solution; it is an invitation to debate the relative merits of his nonprofit versus yours.

But you are right that his present is what Miss Manners would call thoughtless. Her solution is to tell him how happy you are that he has found a cause he is passionate about. But as it is his cause, not yours, he should, in future, make the donation in his own name. You will feel just as loved if you

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the spectator

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by ned piper

COWLITZ PUD

New Year’s Eve on the River

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eading Bob Pyle’s poem, “Christmas on the Columbia,” (page 7) reminded me of the times I’ve watched ship parades on the River, boats lighted up for the holidays. I’m happy to yield most of my space this month to help publicize the special event the Longview Yacht Club is presenting for everyone’s enjoyment. See other holiday lights events, page 39.

Maybe I’ll see you this year along our beloved Columbia River. And in any case, I wish you and yours a bright and merry holiday season! ~ Ned Piper

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he 34th Annual Lower Columbia Christmas Ship Parades are set for Friday, December 31st, at Rainier, and Saturday, January 1st, down Fisher Slough and in front of Willow Grove Park, just west of Longview. This event happens after the Christmas bustle, welcoming in the New Year with joy and hope. The ship captains love coming to the Longview-Rainier area and enjoy the friendly people and beautiful Lower Columbia scenery.

On New Year’s Eve, decorated vessels will depart the Rainier public dock around 5:30pm. The actual parade starts at 6pm and proceeds upriver to the mooring buoy then circles downriver to Rainier Park and Senior Center. Security and safety assistance will be provided

by Columbia County and Cowlitz County Sheriff Marine patrol boats.

On New Year’s Day, the Port of Longview will keep Willow Grove Park open for viewing the boat parade, which departs Longview Yacht Club at 5:30pm and parades down Fisher Slough, reaching Willow Grove park around 6:15pm. The fleet will make multiple loops in front of the park before heading downriver to Taylor Sands Road and then returning to Longview Yacht Club.

Last year, boats from Portland Christmas Ships, Dolphin Yacht Club (Festival of Lighted Boats) and Longview Yacht Club combined into wonderful parades both nights. The privately-owned vessels come from Portland, Vancouver, Longview, Salem, and Camas. Participants volunteer their boats, decorations, fuel, and time, happy to bring enjoyment to the community. Some members have been doing Christmas Ships for more than 35 years.

Parade leaders Pete and Kat Pettersen and Tom Meek, 2020 Longview Yacht Club Commodore, expressed appreciation for the support of the Port of Longview and the City of Rainier.

By Alice Dietz

Holiday Festivities

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elso Rotary will be busy bringing a new, exciting event to our neck of the woods. The first annual Lights in the Park will open at 5pm nightly from December 16th through December 23rd. Beautiful LED lights will be displayed throughout Tam O’Shanter Park for the public to drive through and view from the comfort of your vehicle. With over 25 displays to enjoy and 30 trees, this will be a wonderful event for the whole family.

There will be a Christmas station dedicated to the event so you can sing along with your favorite holiday songs. There is a suggested donation of $5 per car. All proceeds go to the Warm Neighbor Fund, which benefits local families who need assistance with their electricity bills and The Dolly Parton Imagination, a free program that promotes literacy to local children.

Another event that Cowlitz PUD helps organize is back this year for it’s 40th Anniversary! We are so excited to be planning the Downtown Longview Parade scheduled for December 4th at 5pm. The Parade proceeds down Commerce, takes a left at Maple, a left on 14th, a right on Broadway, around the Civic Circle and finishes up in front of the Monticello Hotel.

Be sure and stay for Santa who will help countdown the lighting of the Civic Circle.

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