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I always al feel lucky when I am out in my garden, but sometimes I feel particularly lucky. Recently I was really pleased by the visit of a beautiful red w ddragonfly. It had landed on the edge of my bag oof scrap fabric garden ties I had on my outdoor table.

It sunned itself there for quite some time. t I carefully edged nearer to get a better view and it stayed still while I admired it. I was even able o vLI to go get my camera and take several pictures for ST K o OR n O ow andGL YA OF my c collection. Even more lucky for me is that it ND AR PHOTO S BY NORA returned for several days and I was able to enjoy visits by it multiple times in that same spot. Luckily I often see dragonflies patrolling in the airspaces just above my garden and grassy areas. Usually only as singular visitors and it they alight somewhere they don’t allow me to get very close. As they fly above they make wide ovals and criss cross patterns in the evenings for fifteen minutes or so before they go to their next patrolling station somewhere else.

The other little fellows I like to get lucky to see are the mason bees in the spring. I feel glad and also relieved to see them working away for the four to six weeks of so that they are active in the garden.

RED DRAGONFLY:

My treasure for the day: the red dragonfly; a special garden visitor.

Later I check the sunflowers to see who is gathering nectar and pollen there.

Honey bees, bumble bees and many varieties of solitary pollinators are busy working away thank goodness. Many are heavily dusted with the golden pollen of the sunflowers. I feel really lucky they do not mind me watching them as they work. It seems that way, but really they are so focused they almost do not see me except to warily watch with their many faceted eyes for any suspicious moves I might make so they can quickly fly away.

Other lucky encounters include the time I got to watch a thick headed fly as it filled its’ wings after emerging from its pupal stage to adulthood. I had been weeding and happened to notice a strange reddish brown bug as it sat on some leaves. It was slowly lifting its’ front legs. It alternately lifted each front leg which is how it slowly pumps blood into its new parts including its’ wings. It actually took several hours for it to get

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to a point where it could fly away. I continued to work at my work just as it did. I would check on its progress every little while and take pictures for the record. It was quite a fascinating event. All the while this little BUMBLEBEE ON A MINT LEAF: A mint leaf seems like a guy is quite vulnerable to predators or other dangers as it waits for the new body to finish the transformation. nice, refreshing place to sleep. This little Another time I happened to again be working in Bumblebee looks like my lab/garden when I saw a small spider beginning she will get a nice the process of shedding its old skin. It is also quite a sleep here. vulnerable time for them as it occupies all their legs ON THE COVER: A POLLENand kind of hog ties them for quite a few minutes as COVERED POLLINATOR BEE: This little gal really gets they carefully wiggle out of their old outfit. Their old into her work. She does skin splits along their upper back and they gradually take time now and then work it or themselves out of the old exoskeleton kind to tidy up. Pollen is an of like a wet scuba diver would, a little at a time. The important source of old skin comes off the tips of their legs as they wigprotein used by many varieties of bees to gle. They too have to wait a bit as their new exoskelhelp the young bees eton takes its final form and they pump blood into the grow at the hive or in new spaces. their little individual Sleeping Bumblebees are always a pleasant lucky nursery cells. treasure to find in the garden. I see them in early mornings or in late evenings. They settle drowsily into flower petals and leaves around in the garden. They sit with their heads down and even look like they are sleeping. If I happen to bump their little resting spot they may arouse and lift their front legs as if to say, “Hey, watch out I am trying to get some rest here.” then they settle back to sleep just as quickly. In the early mornings they are cold from the evening and have a hard time moving. They rest where they are as they await the sun and the warming air to help them be able to again move about and begin their work day gathering nectar and pollen.

These are just a few of my lucky garden treasures. I wonder what lucky garden treasures you find in your world.

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A message from the Land

ello, this is the land calling. Are you there? Over!! This is the people.

What’s up? Over!! Land to people, I’m hungry and I’m thirsty! Over!!

While this is bit a whimsy on my part, at this time of the year your garden soil possibly is becoming quite parched and not to mention having exhausted most of the nutrients you so thoughtfully added to the soil earlier in the year.

Enough moisture in the soil remains at the top of my list

By Cheryl Spaulding of important garden chores. Sometime it seems there just aren’t enough hours in the day for rotating my sprinklers. I use a combination of soaker and weeper hoses, sprinklers and water directly from the hose to keep the soil moist where it’s needed.

But adding moisture to your garden soil goes far beyond simply getting out the garden hose and giving it a good soak. The key to adding moisture and keeping moisture in the soil is to increase the rates of moisture retention in soils. Overly sandy or clay soils either drain too quickly or prevent water soaking in. The perfect combination will help to increase your garden’s ability to absorb and retain moisture.

If your soil had the proper preparation in the spring, meaning you worked in about three inches of compost or aged manure into the first 10 to 12 inches of soil in the garden (thus increasing humus content as the compost or manure further breaks down) then this has already ramped up the moisture-retention ability of the soil.

For those of us unfortunately stuck with clay type soils (raise your hand) in the spring we must work sand into our clay-like soils. By working in small amounts at a time to the top soil the soil can achieve a lighter more crumbly texture.

Regardless what some experts says I believe the clue to keeping the proper moisture levels in the soil in the dog days of summer are not always to water the garden deeply but rather more consistently. I give my plants a give good deep soak occasionally (especially at this time of the year) but I also try to maintain a regular watering schedule. Daily shallow watering doesn’t do anything but run up your water bill.

For shrubs, trees, vegetables and flowers I like using a drip irrigation system set up around the plants. This puts moisture directly into the soil, rather than spraying water into the air where most of it evaporates.

Watering plants with a watering can or hose at the base of the plant also works well, if you have the time.

Keep this gauge in mind; if you soaking the soil up to 1 inch deep, you actually achieve 8 to 10 inches penetration.

Of course this method doesn’t keep your lawn from turning brown. For large areas such as lawn sprinklers are the best bet. Just know that you will lose water to evaporation. I always use the old fashioned method of gauging how much water I’m getting on my lawn.

Place an empty tuna fish can (in my case an empty cat food can) directly in the path

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of the water trail left by the sprinkler. When you have one inch of water in the can STOP. Enough said As for the land being hungry at this time of the year, this very true.

Supplements and compost added to the soil prior to planting vegetables and annuals plus added to perennials, trees and shrubs in the spring should be just about depleted about now. Fertilizer side dressing is most often used with plants that need constant additions of certain nutrients, usually nitrogen. When you add side dressing, crops get an added boost of energy that takes them through crucial times in their growth.

Chances are if your soil was well amended with compost and manures in the spring you probably don’t need to side dress. However, if you do begin by determining the plants nutritional needs. Some plants, such as corn, tomatoes and onions are heavy feeders and need frequent fertilizing throughout the growing season. Other plants, such as potatoes, do better without any extra feeding at all.

Side dressing corm is easy, just lay a line of fertilizer along the plant row, about 4 inches away from the stems, and then another row the same way on the opposite side of the plants.

Hint: be careful not to get any of this on the plant, or the leaves. It will definitely burn them.

Tomatoes really benefit from a side dressing of 5-10-10. Use one and a half tablespoons for each plant. Sprinkle in a circular pattern around your plants and scratch it in with your garden claw. Keep the furrow about five to six inches away from the stem of the plant itself. Cover the fertilizer with one or two inches of soil.

For onions, when plants are 6–8 inches tall begin side dressing using the row method every couple of weeks thereafter until bulb starts to expand. Use three cups of a good all purpose vegetable fertilizer per 10 feet of 16-inch wide row.

Garden Hint: don’t add fertilizer to any plant (including your lawn) during a dry spell if you can’t irrigate your garden, because without adequate soil moisture, roots can’t take up nutrients anyway. And if cool weather causes your plants to grow slowly and need less fertilizer, go easy on the fertilizer until the temperature warms up.

—Happy Gardening!

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IN THIS ISSUE The Review — September 2013, Vol. 11, Issue 9 8 History: Sacred Bark

On the Cover Insects to Know & Love: Garden Treasures

By Karen Johnson

11 Restaurant Review: Hart C’s Jumbo Steak Burger and Thai Cuisine, Longview, WA

By Nora Garofoli

3 Over the Garden Gate: A Message from the Land

By Cheryl Spaulding

By Diva Gastronomique

12 Religion: Parenting Tips!

5 Fine Wine: A Quick Guide to Wineries and Vintners of SW Washington

By Lori Anderson

14 Birds Galore: Migration Begins

By Portia Philoma

6 Outdoors: Mt. Mitchell

By Norma Brunson

Back Country

16 Stepping Stones

By Matt Coffey

By Pat Stepp

Mr. Bartkowski saw Jason’s YouTube video (https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=azy9J0XbNtk) done by his wife, and read his profile with the non-profit group called Help Hope Live (helphopelive.org—a 501c3 group) but after hearing some discouraging things the Holdahl family has gone through, he made a move to help them out and to bring their morale up.

“In August of this year, my travel partner and I went up to Washington State to ride in the Pro rough stock challenge and Bullragous Professional Bull riding and had a chance to meet up with the Holdahl’s to see their currently living situation,” said Pete.

“Currently, they have a beautiful home. However, it is small (three bedroom, one-bathroom). Three of the kids share a room and the bathroom isn’t equiped for handicap.

So I’ve contacted some former classmates and my sponsors to help come together to make their dream of getting an addition to their home completed. Blueprints have been completed, but we need help with volunteers, and materials to help with construction to make this happen.”

If you’re interested in helping and would like to volunteer or donate materials or equipment for this worthwhile task, contact Pete Bartkowski at 817-374-0756 or e-mail to jhfamilyproject@gmail.com.

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It’s No Bull! Bull Rider Seeks your Help to Help the Holdahl Family!

Pete Bartkowski Professional Bull rider of Weatherford, TX was reunited a few months ago with former classmate Dr. Jason Holdahl. Once Mr. Holdahl and he started talking, “a “ light “ popped on in my head and I knew there was something I needed to do” said Pete.

For those who don’t know Dr. Holdahl had a spinal injury which unfortunately put him in a wheelchair. Bartkowski grew up in a familiar situation as his dad has been in a wheelchair since Vietnam.

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t’s September and vineyards and wineries in the Pacific Northwest are looking forward to the autumn crush, when the growth they’ve nurtured over the summer’s long, hot, dry months now gets daily (hourly?) testing for sugar content and businesses scramble to get enough crew together at the right time to pick the grapes at their peak. This month, we give a compilation of the area growers and vintners At the last count (just before publication) there were approximately 26 wineries which are located in the southwest corner of our state. Some grow their own grapes, some use grapes grown regionally. One vintner specializes in fruit-based wines (Wells’ Winery), grown organically and made without sulfites… so there’s something for everyone!

Listed below is a quick and easy view of who’s here.

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site, some go through Facebook and some do not have a website established as yet. For best and latest information, visit their websites, but a quick call will give you the latest information and a chance for a quick chat for recommendations and a clue on how this year’s harvest is looking (for growers and vintners alike).

There are so many opportunities this fall that it’s worth plugging an address in to your GPS and taking off for the afternoon for a visit and a taste of what your neighbors are doing. Enjoy the fall weather and, if needed, imagine yourself speeding down a French country back road on your way to a chateau… while you save all the money you’d spend on that airline ticket and accommodations, money you can use to explore the wonderful wines of the State of Washington and our own corner of that gem—SW Washington!

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Confluence Vineyards & Winery 19111 NW 67th Avenue Ridgefield, WA 98642 360-887-2343 confluencewinery.net

Gougér Cellars & Winery 26506 NE 10th Avenue Ridgefield, WA 98642 360-909-4707 gcwinery.com

Rusty Grape Vineyards 16712 NE 219th Street Battleground, WA 98604 360-513-9338 rustygrape.com

Agate Creek Cellars 105 Agate Creek Lane Chehalis, WA 98532 360-740-1692 agatecreekcellars.com

East Fork Cellars 24415 NE 10th Avenue Ridgefield, WA 98642 360-727-3055 eastforkcellars.com

Heisen House Vineyards 28005 NE 172nd Avenue Battle Ground, WA 98604 360-713-2359 heisenhousevineyards.com

Seventh Son Cellars 120 N 3rd Avenue Ridgefield, WA 98642 360-887-2901 facebook.com/7thsoncellars

Burnt Bridge Cellars 1500 Broadway Vancouver, WA 98683 360-600-0120 360-695-3363 burntbridgecellars.com

Bateaux Cellars 288 Smokey Valley Road Toledo, WA 98591 360-921-9594 360-921-5222 bateauxcellars.com

English Estate 17908 SE 1st Street Vancouver, WA 98684 360-772-5141 englishestatewinery.com

Moulton Falls Winery 31101 NE Railroad Avenue Yacolt, WA 98675 360-713-3616 facebook.com/ MoultonFallsWinery

Three Brothers Vineyard & Winery 2411 NE 244th Street Ridgefield, WA 98642 360-887-2085 threebrotherswinery.com

Cellar 55 1812 Washington St. Vancouver, WA 98660 360.693.2700 cellar55.org

Evergreen Wine Cellar 2608 E Evergreen Blvd Vancouver, WA 98661 360-993-8880 evergreenwinecellar.com

Olequa Cellars 24218 NE 142nd Avenue Battle Ground, WA 98604 360-666-8012 olequa.com

Widgeon Hill Winery 121 Widgeon Hill Road Chehalis, WA 98532 360-748-0432

Bethany Vineyard & Winery 4115 NE 259th Street Ridgefield, WA 98642 360-887-3525 bethanyvineyardandwinery.com

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he drive to experience the “backcountry” is what pushes so many outdoor enthusiasts into the woods. Sometimes, the word “backcountry” refers to a specific place, such as the Mt. Margaret Backcountry. More often, the term is used to describe land that is remote, hard to access, or has little impact from humans. Thus, adventurers speak of heading out to the backcountry, a somewhat mystical place where nature carries on unobstructed by human intervention, where grand vistas and idyllic scenes tease the senses, and where the toll for entry is enduring miles of trail and rugged topography.

The Siouxon Creek valley is one of the few roadless areas in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The creek itself flows from east to west a few air miles south of the Swift Reservoir. It flows through forests of huge trees and is surrounded by steep ridgelines and bluffs. Though the Siouxon valley itself is unique in its roadlessness, the plentiful ridges and valleys of the greater Siouxon area are every bit as lush, steep, and beauti-

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ful. As a bonus, this high, fertile area also happens to be home to one of the best hiking destinations in the southern Gifford Pinchot.

The Mitchell Peak trail is a short, well-maintained footpath that leads to a rocky alpine viewpoint that is flanked by gorgeous, high altitude meadows. Because of its dubious honor of being included in Portland area hiking guides, Mitchell Peak used to see high numbers of summertime hikers. That has changed. A recent private land sale near Mitchell has resulted in the loss of road access to the peak’s trailhead. At first glance, it would appear that Mitchell Peak, along with its surrounding ridges, viewpoints, meadows, and creeks, is now off limits. In reality, however, what was lost wasn’t so much the easy road access to Mitchell Peak, but the cars, hunters, and swarms of day hikers that the open road allowed. Today, the newly minted Mitchell Peak Backcountry is a paradise for the solitude-seeking explorer.

The trail access for this new backcountry begins from the Huffman Peak 129 trail. The 129 trail is an east-west running ridge trail that links Siouxon and Huffman Peaks and also ties into the Siouxon Creek 130 trail system. The North Siouxon Creek trail, number 126, meanders throughout the Mitchell Peak area, providing a link between the Mitchell Peak trail, North Siouxon Creek trail, and Huffman Peak trail. Now that the road to the old Mitchell Peak trailhead is closed,

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Backcountry the 126 trail is the primary access into the Mitchell Peak area.

The 126 trail connects into the Huffman Peak trail at two points. Just west of Huffman Peak, and again just west of Siouxon Peak, the 126 trail meets the 129 trail. At both of these intersections, the 126 trail leads north, and downhill, from the Siouxon/Huffman ridge. If you follow the 126 trail from either of these intersections, the trail will follow old logging roads that meander around small peaks and valleys, eventually tying into the Mitchell Peak trail from the southeast. Using the most current topographical map of the area is a must to navigate these roads.

The 126 trail access into the Mitchell Peak Backcountry is a mix of well established trails, old, decaying foot paths, and old, overgrown road beds. Like most backcountry routes, it is rugged, difficult, and requires land navigation skills. Any route into Mitchell Peak will include steep, trailless slopes, creek crossings, and a lack of cell phone coverage. Consider yourself warned.

The reward from persevering through brambles, creek crossings, and the long miles is having Mitchell Peak, and

A cloud caps the top of Mt. St. Helens as the sun sets.

it’s surrounding nooks and crannies, all to yourself. It is difficult to describe the subtle, yet significantly different, feel of a viewpoint washed clean from the usual crowd of hikers.

The panorama is exactly the same, but the purified experience is worth the work of the difficult hike. If you have the skills, and are up for the effort, give the Cascade’s newest backcountry a try. You’ll be glad you did.

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SW WASHINGTON HISTORY

Sacred Bark

BY KAREN L. JOHNSON

DRYING SHED: This 1909 photo shows a typical cascara bark drying shed, often a make-shift affair where the bark airdried for at least a year before being sold to pharmaceutical companies.

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simple little tree. Native Americans used it for centuries. Spanish priests in California adopted it and named it “sacred bark” in honor of its efficacy. Rampant harvesting in the early 1900s nearly decimated it in its natural habitats. In 1908, half a dozen Northwest companies formed a trust to hold down harvesting and artificially boost prices. In 2002, the Food and Drug Administration banned it from over-the-counter use.

What innocent little Pacific Northwest tree caused all this ruckus? A plant we commonly call cascara, but which is botanically known as Rhamnus purshiana. Also known as “cascara sagrada” (Spanish for sacred bark), in Chinook jargon it was called chittem—substitute an “s” for the “c” and you’ll have a clue as to what this tree was used for: a very effective laxative.

Native Americans long knew that a decoction of dried cascara bark cured constipation.

Missionaries, fur traders, and settlers soon found that the Indians knew what they were talking about. By the late 1800s, cascara harvesting provided fairly easy income for many in the Northwest. By the turn of the century, cascara had become a very important product, and southwest Washington was the center of the cascara trade. In 1909, Lewis County billed itself as the cascara capital of the world.

Feed stores and cascara brokers all along the West Coast purchased hundreds of tons of dried bark each year, mostly for shipment to the eastern states or to Europe.

In early spring through summer, cascara bark peeled and dried. (Fresh bark can cause vomitin diarrhea.) The dried bark, aged for at least a year sold to pharmaceutical companies which proces into tablets, with other ingredients, to produ medicine used to cure constipation. This imme popular laxative was marketed under several b names, including Cascarets, Searby’s Palatable E and Dr. Richardson’s Cascara Anti-Constip Powder.

Cascara bark became such an important com ity that in 1908, several drug companies forme Pacific Cascara Company (also known as the C handling bark on a large scale. According to th claimed the trust was established to keep produc trust members to dispose of their bark holdings ever, that they couldn’t control small independe were able to establish their own prices with bar In 1911, the Oregonian reported that a Junct and delivered 26 tons of cascara bark, filling two consigned to Detroit, Michigan.

In 1918, the Bellingham Herald reported, “O the bark Tuesday, for which he received $275. work. Cascara bark is now selling at 6 cents a po a pound over the price which prevailed for a lo which started many gathering it.”

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mmoded the Cascara Trust) for the purpose of e Oregonian newspaper, outsiders ction down and prices up, enabling s at a profit. The trust found, howent dealers in the Northwest, who rk buyers. tion City, Oregon dealer had sold o large railroad cars. The bark was

One man brought in sixty sacks of It represented less than a month’s ound. This is an advance of 2 cents ong period, and was the incentive

made a little extra money by harbottom fell out of the cascara market, as other drugs and compounds were found to be equally or more effective for relief of constipation.

Cascara is not abundant in our woodlands, but can be found fairly easily. It usually grows as a small tree, 15 to 30 feet tall, or as a manystemmed shrub. It is an understory plant in Douglas fir or hemlock forests, and is found alongside vine maples,

alders, willows and other small trees in a variety of habitats, wet or dry. Its range lies primarily west of the Cascades, but it does venture eastward to Idaho and Montana.

Cascara’s leaves are deep green, with very prominent veins. The tree has inconspicuous greenish flowers in the spring, which occasionally develop into round blueblack berries, attractive to many birds. The leaves often color nicely in the fall, turning to a golden yellow splashed with red.

This article is not intended to encourage the use of cascara bark for constipation. Many over-the-counter and prescription remedies are available, and are regulated and certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Using unregulated herbal remedies for any medical problem can be dangerous.

Today, the cascara tree should be viewed as an attractive native plant, with an interesting history.

CASCARETS AD: Around 1900, colorful advertisements appeared promoting the cathartic effects of cascara in a compound called Cascarets.

CASCARA LEAVES: Cascara leaves are readily recognized by their deep veins, pointed oval shape, and a tendency to cluster at the ends of branches on a 15 to 30’ tall tree.

CASCARETS TIN: Cascarets were often sold in tins, like this one from the early 1900s which described the tablets as “delightfully effective.”

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he Columbia Theatre in Longview, and Love Street Playhouse in Woodland are teaming up to present The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge a holiday sequel to the Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale that is guaranteed to keep audiences in stitches! Produced by the Columbia Theatre and directed by Melinda Leuthold, Owner and Artistic Director of the Love Street Playhouse in Woodland, the comedy will run five performances only December 19th–22nd at the Columbia Theatre. This is a no-holds-barred/no humbug, fun-filled family event. Ticket prices are $16.50 for Students/Seniors and $21.50 for Adults. Tickets will be on sale beginning July 1st through the Columbia Theatre Ticket Office. For more information call 360-575-8499 or go online to www.columbiatheatre. com or www.lovestreetplayhouse.com. Tickets are also available (accepting cash and checks only) at Columbia Bank, 782 Goerig Street, Woodland, WA.

A Classic Case for Tort Reform…

One year after his miraculous transformation, Ebenezer Scrooge appears to have reverted to his old ways. Amidst plenty of mayhem and laughter Scrooge indignantly files suit against Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. The charges: breaking and entering, kidnapping, attempted murder and the intentional infliction of THEATER—cont’d on page 14

Baseball Playin’ Great Grandmother Turns 100

BY CHERYL K . SPAULDING

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atherine Lutzenburger, Woodland, Washington, just recently turned 100 years of age and she is still going strong. A Woodland farm wife all of her married life Kate now resides at The Woodland Care Center in Woodland Washington. She still helps care for a small flower garden right outside her apartment.

At age ninety she was still playing baseball with her family.

This adventurous lady can also tell you about the times in her much younger years, of course, when she and her brother climbed to the top of Mt. St. Helens (before it blew its top in 1988)— in a dress no less. Way to go Kate!

Kate, born in Pomeroy, Washington, is the second to the oldest of five siblings.

Her family, after moving around a bit, finally landed in Rose Valley, Washington, or, as it was known back then, Shanghai, Washington.

She relates with fondness her years spent growing up in Rose Valley. She had the nickname “cord wood slinger” because she cut and stacked so much cord wood in her young life. Later Kate met her husband, Woodland farmer Joseph Lutzenburger, when he came to her family farm to deliver a calf her dad had purchased. Her son, Paul, still maintains the family farm in the Woodland Bottoms.

Kate Lutzenburger has seven children, eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grand children. photo by tony spaulding

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ake the lowly hamburger, the most iconic roast beef, wrap it in a piece of fresh cabbage fast food known in the entire western and enjoy. Rice is extra. world, and team it up on the same menu with I decided to have one of my Hart C’ favorfood from Thailand and you have what makes ites, the deluxe hamburger basket ($6.70).

Hart C’s Jumbo Steakburger and Thai Cuisine The hamburger comes with a big pile of in Longview, Washington tick.

French fries fresh and hot, straight out of the This is a funky little place located across fryer. The fries are sometimes a little greasy the street from Fred Meyers on Ocean Beach but they are crispy on the outside and oh-soHighway in Longview, Washington. And it tender on the inside. The hamburger comes seems either people love it or hate it. Guy with lettuce and tomato and a small amount Fieri of the television cooking show Diners, of special sauce. The nice thing about these

BY THE DIVA GASTRONOMIQUE burgers is they are NOT GREASY. And they Drive-Ins and Dives would have a ball in this place and probably label it a dive. It’s taste oh soooooo good. like walking into a 1960s era diner. It’s It has to be hard to do Thai food, steakunpretentious and doesn’t pretend to be burgers and hamburgers in the same restausomething it’s not. rant and get it right. But the owners of Hart C The décor is not much to write home are doing just that. These are not gourmet about. In fact when it comes to décor I’d have burgers. These burgers don’t come with to give Hart C’s Restaurant a D-minus. Several everything but the kitchen sink and stacked booths ring two of the outside walls, while a so high you couldn’t possibly open your L O N G V I E W, WA dozen Formica and chrome tables, looking wide enough to take a bite. Thai food and like they came straight out of your grandmother’s kitchen, occupy the rest of the available American food at Hart C’s, it’s always good and consistent. floor space. But the Hart C foodies don’t go to there for the décor or even the ambience.

What is not consistent about Hart C’s is the table service. Sometimes we have quick They go for the food. It’s plain and simple food done well friendly service, from the waiter who takes our order to the food being delivered fresh and It has been suggested that the quality of the Thai food at Hart C’s is more like country hot from the kitchen but other times, not. In a small town restaurant like this you have to style Thai rather than the gourmet-style Thai food usually found in Thai restaurants in go with the flow. larger cities. Either way, my dining companion loves the food and always orders Thai The next time you are in Longview Washington and find yourself heading west on when we go there. I love their hamburgers and always order either a hamburger basket or the Ocean Beach Highway, give Hart C’s Jumbo Steak burger and Thai Cuisine a try. a single steak burger basket.

You will find yourself returning again and again.

What we tried: My dining companion loves their Beef Salad, Thai style ($8.95) which Hart C’s Jumbo Steak Burger and Thai Cuisine, 3171 Ocean Beach Highway, features slices of marinated roast beef over fresh cabbage wedges. The portion is large Longview, Washington, 98632. 360-425-6292. Open Sunday thru Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 and the roast beef is very spicy. No knife and fork needed here. Just pick up a piece of the p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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For further information contact Beth Johnson-Burger, President Battle Ground Art Alliance (360) 901-3823 or email president@bgartalliance.com TOPS #1129 Meets in Woodland The TOPS #1129 Group meets at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesdays for their weigh-in and meeting at the Woodland Community Center located at 782 Park Street. For more information contact Delores at 360-606-6434.

Applications and explanations of the basic physical and written tests are available at the Sheriff’s Office in the Hall of Justice, 312 SW 1st Ave, Kelso, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. For more information, contact Deputy Jordan Spencer at 360-577-3092 or go to http://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/index.aspx?nid=984.

The Sheriff’s Office will accept applications through October 1.

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48th Annual Rock and Gem Show It’s time for the Southern Washington Mineralogical Society gem, mineral and rock show. This annual event is held at the Castle Rock Fairgrounds on Saturday September 21 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and on Sunday September 22 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is FREE and there is plenty of parking. There are inside and outside areas so the event may be enjoyed no matter what the weather.

Come on down to the Castle Rock Fairgrounds and join in the fun!

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Applicants who pass the background investigation will be required to participate in a reserve academy, which begins in January. Successful candidates must volunteer at least 16 hours each month assisting sheriff’s deputies in their day-to-day duties. Reserve deputies must also attend the bi-monthly training sessions.

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“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and pay your vows to the Most High; Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.” —Psalms 50: 14 & 15

THEM KNOW THEY CAN COUNT ON YOU! • Be honest and admit when you DON’T know something • Be willing to find answers with them and learn alongside them • Don’t be afraid to educate them about difficult things—they can hanBY LORI ANDERSON dle more than you think • EQUIP THEM just came across a speech I gave that I’d FOR SPIRITUAL WAR FARE like to share an excerpt of with you par(EPHESIANS 6:10–12) • COMMUNICATE/PRAY/LAUGH/CRY TOGETHER • ents. Back in January I was asked to speak on parenting. First of all, I felt totally Be their self-discipline when they are young and train them to take that self-policing inadequate speaking on this topic. After all, I never had kids before I had kids! I role on themselves. (Ezekiel 3:18–21:18) • DON’T MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS didn’t know what I was doing! When I expressed that to my kids, they encouraged IF IN TURMOIL—CALM DOWN FIRST • Count it as a privilege if they keep you me and asked me to share the following things that my husband and I did that they up ’til all hours to TALK! believe helped them. So, I wrote these things down for all posterity and would like to share them with you. OK Here’s where you get a disclaimer. We are all just fellow The Ultimate Example of Great Parenting travelers on this journey! WHAT DO I KNOW!!! Again, we parents need to lean into God hanging onto our Lord and Savior while we are on this journey through parent- Most of us have probably heard about the description of The Worthy Woman—the ‘Proverbs 31 Woman’—but what I find fascinating is not that oft read section but the hood. few words at the beginning of Proverbs 31!

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“The words of King Lemuel, the oracle which his mother taught him…”

READ, READ, READ WITH YOUR CHILDREN!!! • Sing • DANCE • play • Be Wow! Great parents TEACH! The ultimate example of great parenting is God. silly sometimes • Spanking works • Proverbs 29:13 • (Non-angry spanking on their He is long suffering, patient, kind, protective, merciful, instructive, strong, caring, thickest hind parts!) • Make sure loving hugs and talks are a part of discipline before disciplined and disciplining, and so much more. For me, I remember His attributes and after! • Grounding works • Don’t hide • DEAL WITH this way: firm, loving, and consistent. When I am feeling too THINGS QUICKLY • Yet, take time to think first • Don’t let the tired, I think “firm, loving, consistent”. When I do not know For me, I remember His sun go down on anger (Proverbs) • Let the kids help decide an what to do, I think: “firm, loving, consistent”. When I do NOT appropriate punishment • BE OPEN & HONEST • Don’t hide attributes this way: firm, want to discipline my children, even though they need it, I stuff (commensurate with their ability to understand) • Don’t loving, and consistent. think: “firm, loving, consistent”. When I am ANGRY and I belittle or condescend or treat them as inferiors • Tell the truth in want to blow up at them, I think: “firm, loving, consistent”. love • Cookies HELP! (Especially when you teach them/let them Okay, I am NOT 100% on this but I try! help YOU make them!) • Include them in chores & activities (pitching in should be Hebrews 12 gives Jesus as our example. a non-negotiable part of being in a family) • Let them be creative • Let them make “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are messes and get dirty (get lots of pictures!) • Communicate how God made them the students and parents the teachers (regardless of the type of schooling you and your reproved by Him;6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges husband choose, remember, parents are still supposed to teach their children!) • Nip every son whom He receives.”7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with disrespect of any kind in the bud • Balance punishment with loving kindness and you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? … He mercy • Don’t let them call anyone names • Teach them Family is important • BE disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.11 All discipline for the EXCITED ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND AND TEACH YOUR KIDS TO BE AS moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by WELL • Answer questions commensurate with age and ability • BUILD TRUST it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.12 Therefore, strengthen the AND A GOOD hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,13 and make straight paths for your RELATIONSHIP WITH feet.”

YOUR CHILDREN • Be He is the perfect parent. How can we expect perfect families; perfect children; a person of your word • when our perfect Heavenly Father did not from His children? God knows our weakBend over backwards to nesses. He has given us every good thing and perfect instruction. He has made a way fulfill your promises • for us to escape temptation. We need to copy Him. TRY TO PLEASE HIM—BE BE CAREFUL WHAT LIKE HIM—scrap unrealistic expectations.

YOU PROMISE!! • Let Parent like he does with firm, loving, consistency, even though it is hard, even your ‘yes’ be ‘yes’ and when it is hard, for this is the right thing to do, the best thing to honor God and help your ‘no’ be ‘no’ • HELP our children. This is what they will remember.

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ifel ifelong Woodland resident, arleton (Carl) Harvey Johnson, 88, of Longview passed away August 8, 2013, at the Hospice Care Center (a part of the Byr Byron Ferguson passed away Community Home Health Hospice center) in Longview, WA. on August A 10, 2013. Born He was born in Bemidji, MN on November 21, 1924, to Carleton Sep Septeber 7, 1913 to James and H. and Mabel (Parks) Johnson. Carl graduated from Bemidji High Ed Edit Ferguson, Byron was just School. He later moved to Woodland, WA, in 1950 and to the th three weeks short of his Longview-Kelso, WA, area in 1992.

100th birthday.

Carl married Nadine Hall in Kalama, WA in 1950; she preceded He is survived by his OBITUARIES him in death in 1991. Carl married Geneva Westervelt of Kelso, WA, four children Judy, Dennis, in 1992.

Michael, and Mary, fifteen Carl served three years in the Navy aboard the USS Savo Island during World grandchildren, twenty-five greatgrandchildren and three great-great- War II. He co-owned Johnson Auto Parts in Kalama with his brother, Laurie. He served as granchildren. In addition, he is survived by his brother, Charles and commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars #1927 located in Woodland, WA. Carl was also a member of the Woodland Presbyterian Church until moving to Kelso numerous nieces and nephews.

In 1940 he married Pearl A. Moores. where he then attended the Kelso Methodist Church.

Carl was a Boy Scout leader for many years and especially enjoyed camping and T They enjoyed sixty years of marriage un her death in December 2000. Byron candy making with his family. He was a positive, compassionate, gentle and loving until and Pearl traveled extensively around the family man.

His wife Geneva survives him at home. Also surviving are three sons, David world One of their favorite trips was to world.

Scotland to visit relatives. They continued to (and wife, Penny) Johnson of Kelso, Steve (and Anita, divorced) Johnson of Vancouver, and Rick (and wife, keep in tou touch with them through the years. A letKathy) Johnson of Woodland; ter from Scotland always made Byron’s day and he step-children Gwen (and husband shared them with everyone that came through the door.

Don) Moor, Denise Poe and Bill Despite his world travels he considered the Lewis River Valley the most beautiWestervelt, and numerous extendful place on earth. He was very proud of his “Palace” in Yale and thought it to be ed family members including the perfect place for family gatherings. grandchildren and great-grandByron had the rare ability to remember almost everyone he met. He loved peochildren. In addition to his first ple and conversation and hated to miss his coffee klatch group that met daily. wife, Nadine, Carl was preceded Byron served on both the Woodland School Board and as an Association in death by three brothers and a Director of the Federal Land Bank, both for fourteen years. He was a Diking sister.

District Commissioner for twenty-four years.

A graveside service with miliByron was a member of the Woodland Presbyterian Church for over 60 years. tary honors was held on Saturday, In 1943, Byron purchased the original farm of 185 acres in the Woodland August 17, 2013 at Frank Abel Bottoms. In the same year his brother Chares Ferguson became a full partner.

Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Ferguson Farms was formed as the farm grew. In 1959 they were chosen Brown of the Woodland PresbyWashington State Dairy Family of the Year. Charles, the younger brother (at 97 terian Church officiating. years old) continues to operate the farm along with his two sons, Jim and Douglas.

A Celebration of Life service was held on Friday, August 16th at 11:00 a.m. at DOWN TO the Woodland Presbyterian Church, 756 Park Street.

EARTH In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice or to the Satellite TV Woodland Presbyterian Church, PO Box 297, Woodland, WA 98674 or the Woodland Historical Society, PO Box 255, Woodland, WA 98674 His family feels very blessed to have him as a very active part of our lives for so long. He will be greatly missed!!

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igration time already and Woodland is right in the middle of The Columbia Flyway. That makes us privy to seeing many different birds heading South for the winter. Some of the migrants pass through our yard and others along the Columbia or Lewis River. So, up and off to the Dike I like to go from September on to December. You never know what new and interesting birds will show up.

I have been asked a number of times: Where do birds sleep? Do they sleep at night? and How do they sleep while on the move? I will try to put some light on that subject if I can.

Did you know that some birds fly straight through the night? Since they are in a hurry to get to their summer breeding grounds they will sleep on the wing. I just learned that they can turn off half of their brain while the other half will still be active. They don’t run into anything that way. This ability is wired into their makeup. Don’t ask me who did a study on this or how they found it out but ‘they’ did and I read it so it must be so.

I do know a humming bird can slow down its metabolism when it is cold and nasty out. It will enter a torpor state where every working part of the body will shut down completely. To all intents and purposes it looks like it is dead. They perch in a sheltered bush or tree and let the world go by until the world warms up a bit. Isn’t it amazing how our great Creator programmed birds?

Birds like bluebirds and woodpeckers like to sleep in a tree cavity.

Some owls sleep on the ground. Many birds like robins, doves, jays, blackbirds etc. sleep in dense bushes or trees. I have known wrens to sleep just about anywhere, even in Mom’s clothespin bag one time.

It is a good idea for the birds not to talk or sing in their sleep (and some do) because a night prowling predator will hear them and search them out. They are easy pickings for the ever alert cat.

Ducks and other water birds will put their beak under their shoulder wing and just float along out in the water. If they put their whole head under the wing they wouldn’t be able to see danger when it approaches. Doves sleep facing forward with their head down close to their breast. Some birds sleep in old bird houses or a specially made roosting box.

Hopefully I will spot a ‘new bird’ this Fall and maybe you will, too.

Remember the Woodland Dike and Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge are very good birding areas. Try them out and see what pops up. Happy Birding one and all.

This Black-Backed Woodpecker is looking for a treat buried deep in the bark of the tree.

A Rufous Hummingbird surveys his domain.

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emotional distress. With Scrooge representing himself (to save a pound), and London’s charismatically clever barrister, Solomon Rothschild representing the ghosts, what will become of the spirit of Christmas? The classic Dickens’ characters return to take the witness stand in this courtroom farce. The final verdict: Disorder in the court!

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“As the owner and artistic director of Love Street Playhouse it is my joy and passion to present quality theatre to the southwest Washington region,” said Melinda Leuthold. “Over the past seven years Love Street has reached thousands of patrons and now, with the opportunity to present at the Columbia Theatre, we can reach an even larger audience.

“Collaborating with the Columbia and getting to work with some of my favorite people in the industry is just another step toward reaching more people in our region.

I am thrilled to get to work at this lovely theatre while offering my local theatre patrons the option of attending The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge up north in Longview and/or joining us at Love Street for another traditional Christmas production in early December,” says Leuthold. “This Christmas season will be a real treat for Love Street fans!”

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Library Sale Get prepared and stocked up for the winter. Friends of the Library—Kalama (FOLK) will have a library sale on October 18 at the city hall council chambers: 320 N 1st street in Kalama, from 10–5.

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Stepping Stones

had been preparing for my high school class reunion for I did notice that my friends looked like they also had aged. months. As the weekend approached I stared at the image We all seemed in the same boat. so to speak. I adopted the in my bathroom mirror. The person staring back at me motto: “There is always hope” for the rest of the reunion. seems vaguely familiar, but it is not the me I remember I thought about some of the people I had wanted to see that seeing in the mirror when I was fifteen. That me had had not come. Following an impulse, I dialed the number of a darker hair, smoother skin, and a slimmer waistline. I still

BY PAT STEPP © Copyright 2013/2014 friend who had not showed up. “Can you still wiggle your feel like the younger me inside, but an older me smiles ears?”

I asked.

When he answered in the affirmative, I was glad. His special talent had won back at me each morning from the bathroom mirror. Her my heart when we were first graders.

I had a mental picture of the man talking to me as he smile reassured me that morning. I wanted to live in the was when he was six as we continued our conversation. moment as I visited the people and places of my past.

My friend and I went shopping downtown and stopped at an antique shop. I was surprised I traveled by train, bus, and automobile to my home town. The town has tripled in to find my World Culture teacher sitting in the corner. I was glad to be able to tell him he population since my childhood and although I go every few years, I still expect it to be was one of my favorite teachers and to thank him for his years of dedication. That night at as it was in The Fifties. I often think of a day in my childhood like an episode of “Ozzie the reunion banquet I thought about the friends of my youth and how little our relationships and Harriet”. had been changed by the years.

When we were talking it seemed as natural as it had in the The morning after the reunion’s first get-together I went for a walk and bought the halls of the old high school.

I asked a classmate if she thought my personality had changed local newspapers. I read them while waiting for my friend to awaken. An item in over the years.

“You are more sophisticated”, she said, grinning.

She probably thought dif“Public Record” that listed police calls made me laugh: “12:06 p. m. Graffiti in the ferently an hour later as she watched me struggling to stand up after sitting in the grass for alleyway of the 0–99 block of W. Maple Street read “There is always hope.” Pictures the class picture. were taken and placed into evidence.”

I felt all eyes on me then, just like when I was in high school.

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