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lost some important businesses [over the last 125 years] and taken a few hard oming home…. Many of Kalama’s knocks, but Kalama has persevered and past and present residents say they grown. He pointed out. “If you look at dream of one thing while they are away how our town has grown, the industrial from Kalama…. Coming home, back to makeup is almost parallel as it was in the Kalama, Washington. And many are beginning of Kalama. When the railroad coming home to Kalama to take part in left, that almost wiped the town out the 125th anniversary celebration of the [only 75 people remained in Kalama at town. that time] and when the sawmill burned Past and present residents of down that had a heavy impact on the Kalama, Washington, have been invitcity [also].” ed to partake in the 125th anniversary But still Kalama continues to progof the City of Kalama, July 10, 11, 12, ress [towards the next 125 years.]. 2015. The three-day event kicks off “We,” Paulson said, “[City of Kalama] Friday, July 10, with the arrival of the don’t have an income stream [to make “tall ships” the Lady Washington and money for the city of Kalama]. We sell the Hawaiian Princess at the Port of water, that’s what we do. We have Kalama. These “tall ships” are remi[also] been doing a lot of annexation. A niscent of the sailing ships which plied little piece at a time, that’s how we are the waters of the Columbia River in doing it.” the 1800s. Dockside tours of these Frank Kockritz was raised in Kalama magnificent ships and information and served 43 years as a volunteer for PHOTO: Downtown Kalama circa 1800. photo courtesy of city of kalama about life at sea in the 1800s will be BACKDROP the Kalama Fire Department and was a INSET PHOTO: Downtown Kalama June 24, 2015. photo courtesy of cheryl and tony spaulding offered. Ships like these were a comlongtime Kalama business man. He mon sight on the river when Kalama was first settled. said he has seen the City of Kalama grow and change. “This was a lively town [as I Mayor Pete Paulson says the celebration committee plans to bring back some old was growing up,] he said. Over time I have seen more people shopping locally.” He traditions and possibly make some new ones. Festivities will start with an old-fash- went onto say, “its a real friendly little town. I don’t look for the downtown area to ioned street dance with a DJ and 1950s era music scheduled for Friday night in down- grow. I think it is going to stay just about the same [as it has been for many years].” town Kalama as well as a beer garden located in front of Poker Pete’s tavern. Paulson Kalama’s town motto is “where rail, highway and water meet” and during the celsaid most of the proceeds from the event will be used for maintenance of the Kalama ebration of Kalama’s conception and growth, on Saturday, July 11, the importance of Community Building (126 N 23nd St, Kalama.) Hats and T-shirts for the event will trains in the history of Kalama will be play out in downtown Kalama. Model train also be for sale. All contributions and donations for the maintenance of the Kalama enthusiasts plan to set up model train displays throughout the downtown area. In 1871 Community Building will be accepted. the first spike of the Northern Pacific Railroad was driven in Kalama, Washington. “Paulson said, as a town we [Kalama] has progressed, we’ve improved and we have KALAMA—cont’d on page 2 modernized. It [Kalama] is almost parallel with the original concept for Kalama. We have

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many ships daily. The ferry Tacoma was put into service in 1884 taking trains across the Columbia between Kalama and Hunter’s Landing, Oregon in an impressive twenty minutes. 125 years of history and another 125 to come. Also figuring prom i nently in Kalama history is the record for the world’s largest strawberry shortcake (for its time). During the 125th anniversary celebration Kalama and members of the local branch of the Fibre Federal Credit Union plan to pay homage to this enticing memory by once again preparing a GIANT strawberry shortcake to commemorate the era when Kalama was known for the huge commercial strawberry fields which were located in the Cloverdale area of Kalama. On Saturday, July 11, a historically accurate 16 foot long and 5 foot wide strawberry shortcake will be set up in the Kalama High School for all to see and enjoy. Founding families from the early days of Kalama have been invited to attend and participate in the celebration. “Kalama has always been important to me,” longtime resident and past mayor of Kalama Joanna Boatman said. “It was just a typical little town growing up. School has always been good, sports important, with summer festivals and parades. It was all important.” She said she has been around long enough to see a lot of them [businesses] dry up [and new ones take their place]. She said it’s hard for her to imagine Kalama changing much in the future but with [modern] technology anything could happen. On Saturday July 11, a representative of the Ezra Meeker Foundation in Olympia Washington will be on hand to talk about the role Ezra Meeker and his wife had in founding Kalama 125 years ago. Don Armini, will give a presentation about the history of The Kalama Telephone Company (115 years old in 2015) and its place as Kalama, Washington’s, oldest established business. A pageant based on Kalama history, coordinated by Cleone Kockritz and some of the Kalama High School teaching staff will be presented Saturday evening at 7 p.m. at the Kalama High School. Historical artifacts about Kalama, pictures, etc., will also be KALAMA—cont’d on page 9

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Cover: Kalama

Celebrates 125 years! By Cheryl Spaulding

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Around Town Over the Garden Gate By Cheryl Spaulding

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Kalama Library Book Sale Come and get your book stash for summer reading at the Kalama Friends of the Library book sale on July 24th from 9 am to 4 pm. The sale is held in the city hall council chambers at 320 N 1st Street in Kalama. Hardbacks are $1, paperbacks 50 cents, also children books and some special books, and CDs. Join Storytime every Wednesday at the Kalama Library, 11 am. Sponsored by the Friends of the Kalama Library. Huge Garage Sale! One day only, don’t miss it! Sunday, July 5th, 9–4. 180 Hansen Lane, Woodland. (Corner of Atlantic/Hansen. behind ACE Hardware) Community Garage Sale Community Garage Sale July 18th—NW’S LARGEST Garage Sale & Vintage Sale, Sellers & Shoppers Wanted! Clark County Fairgrounds 17402 NE Delefel Rd Ridgefield WA 98684. Sellers Reserve online at www.nwgsales.com Shoppers General admission 8am–5pm Adults $5 Kids Under 12 Free CALL TO ARTISTS - Art in the Park 2015 Art in the Park – Saturday, August 15, 2015 – 10:00 to 5:00 – Lake Sacajawea Park, Hemlock Plaza – Longview, WA. Come and sell your fine arts and crafts in the lovely summer setting of Longview’s gem—Lake Sacajawea Park. The primary focus of the event is the juried exhibition of quality fine art and crafts, giving our audience the opportunity to meet the artists and purchase their work. We now are reserving spaces for artists. If you are interested in participating, please return your application by July 15, 2015, including three photos of your work, the artist commitment form, and your check for $40.00, payable to Columbian Artists Association. Download your application at columbianartists.org Free Air Conditioners for MS Patients Candyce Hayes, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Portland, Inc. (MSSP) Executive Director, said “We have extended the deadline for our Summer Comfort program and will accept

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Who: Furry Friends, a nonprofit, no-kill, all-volunteer cat adoption organization in Clark County What: An evening of dinner, drinks, raffle, dancing, entertainment and fun Why: To raise funds for the purchase of a permanent halfway house for the kitties Location: Vancouver Eagles Lodge, 107 E 7th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660 Cost: $10 cover charge and $10 for dinner (optional) Furry Friends invites the public to a night of great food, raffle, dancing and entertainment to raise funds for a permanent halfway house for the kitties. The night begins with a social hour from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, with the opportunity to buy tickets for exciting raffle items. This is also a great time to meet some of Furry Friends volunteers and to learn more about the great things the nonprofit is doing for the kitties. The Vancouver Eagles, known for their delicious home cooking, will be serving dinner from 6:00 to 7:00 pm for only $10 a person. The menu is Parmesan chicken or a vegetarian dish, along with salad and dessert. Mickey and Diane of 1-2-3 Music will be donating their talent for the entertainment portion of the night. This energetic, electric, magical husband-wife duo is stirring up the Pacific Northwest music scene with a special blend of musicianship, vocal mastery, hot licks and raging guitar leads that will delight all. They have an incredibly expansive catalog of cover hits that have consistently displayed a natural knack for traditional rock, classic country and favorite jazz standards made famous by the likes of the “Rat Pack.” Furry Friends is a nonprofit cat adoption organization. Its mission is to help homeless, relinquished and abused cats by providing spaying and neutering, medical care, and foster shelter for as long as it takes to find their forever home. 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 360606-6434. TOPS #1489 Meets in Kalama The Kalama Tops (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group meets every Tuesday at 9 am for their weigh in and meeting at the Kalama Methodist Church at 111 N 2nd Street. It is a low cost, educational support Group. Any questions call Debbie at 360-673-5183. TOPS #1056 Meets in Vancouver TOPS WA 1056 Vancouver, meets every Wednesday at the Shiloh Fellowship Church located at 10709 SE 10th Street Vancouver, WA 98684. Weigh in begins at 8:15. The meetings are 9:30 to 10:30. Any questions, please contact Barbara Smith at 360-901-4634 or at Barbarassouthern breeze@gmail.com.

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uring the day your garden is alive with the vibrant color and fragrance of trees and flowers, the drone of busy bees, the twitter of birds, the splashing laughter of moving water, squirrels chasing each other throughout the garden, the occasional rabbit peeking out from behind a fence post to By Cheryl Spaulding see if the coast is clear enough to make a commando raid on the vegetable patch…. A garden by day is a beautiful thing— alive and thriving. But by night things change. Darkness steals silently on gossamer wings over the garden as another side of the garden is just waking up and readying to begin its nightly cycle of fragrance, color and sound. The continual rustle and twitter of the day garden quiets. Now bright colors become muted and sink into the veil of inky darkness. Bees return to their hives, birds with their songs of life to their resting places and rabbits to their nests. However as the light fades some colors become enhanced and take on an enchanting luminescence that is not seen in the daylight. Flowers of white, pale yellow, pale blue and foliage of silvery grey intermix with mysterious shadows to tempt you to enter this peaceful, shadowy world. Some plants such as the Woodland Tobacco and the Daphne seem to save up all their fragrance just for this time when the air is cooler and the night moths visit on wings of downy white. Evening Primrose is a beautiful perennial that blossoms towards evening. Famous medically, its seeds, leaves, oil of the seeds and root are used in medicines. With brilliant yellow, pink, or white cups or goblets for its flower shape, beautiful evening primroses are so easy to grow that you’ll see them thriving uncared for along roadsides. The cupshape flowers of various sizes open during the day, and many are wonderfully fragrant. Night-time insects like the sphinx moth pollinate these plants. Please take note however that this plant can be very invasive. Check with your county weed control department before deciding to add this to your perennial beds Night Blooming Water Lilies—gorgeous and fragrant, I might add—or any of the tropical waterlilies, are like having a fancy party in your lily pond every night during the summer. These waterlilies open in the evening and sleep during the day when other water lilies are working hard during the day and sleeping at night. Just think, night blooming water lilies or ‘tropical waterlilies’ are just opening their sleepy eyes about time you come home from work. Garden Hint: night blooming water lilies or tropical water lilies are usually available from nurseries like Tusgawas Nursery (in Woodland, Washington) by special order only. Angel Trumpet, the elegant, stately and oh-so-fragrant beauty from Mexico…. The flowers are attractive, trumpet shaped and very fragrant. During the day the leaves and blossoms appear to wilt but as soon as the cooler night breezes arrive Angel Trumpet perks up, spreading its branches and permeCreate

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y interest in the Magna Carta (the Great Charter) began when I had the opportunity to see it exhibited at the Oregon Historical Museum in Portland in 1986. The copy we saw, from the Lincoln Cathedral in England, was on view in a darkened room to protect it. I felt I was traveling back in time as I approached it. Today, 29 years later, I have just returned from celebrating the 800th Anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta in Vancouver. The parade grounds at Ft. Vancouver served as Runnymede, with the heraldic shields of the 25 Barons encircling the bandstand. I had read that, in the spring of 2015, the Baron revolted against King John and had taken London peaceably with the support of prominent landowners. The King had burdened the people to pay for the wars he was fighting to regain lost land. He was unloved by his subjects. At that point he was derisively called “Lackland”. The King gave the Barons safe passage to Runnymede, a traditional safe meeting place near the Thames. When King John arrived he was surprised to find the Barons in full armor, including the horses. The encampment lasted days while the opposing forces and clergy negotiated. Each evening the Barons retired to their tents, the King’s Men to their pavilions, and King John to nearby Windsor Castle. The program I was attending began. High School students in Clark County had participated in an essay contest about the importance of the Magna Carta. I listened as the names of the winning students from each school were announced. Then the two students selected to read their essays read them aloud to the crowd. Next came a re-enactment with costumed Barons and Knights arriving along with King John and the King’s men. Ladies and girls were in attendance in period costumes. Boy scouts from three different troops were holding banners. “I have lost the Duchy of Normandy and by Divine Right I will raise your taxes!” shouted the actor playing King John. The Barons loudly disagreed. Then both sides abruptly left. Fortunately, by the last scene, King John had been persuaded sign the Magna Carta. The audience applauded in approval. Later, I read that the protections of the 61 Articles the Barons presented came to America early.The first colonial Charter (1606), the Mayflower Compact (1620), and the Body of Liberties (1641), which was adopted by the General Court of Massachusetts, all used it as a resource when writing their own documents. Many full-grown freedoms that we hold dear were born at Runnymede in 1215. Let us not take those freedoms for granted on our 239th Independence Day.

ating the air with fragrance. While you may think of Angel’s Trumpet as a tree, it is really a flowering shrub. Angel Trumpet or Brugmansiae is not winter hardy in southwest Washington. You will find most Angel Trumpets are grown in containers which are moved into greenhouses or unheated garages during the winter. Lambs Ears…. While the flower is insignificant, the pale gray felt-like leaves take on a soft glow in the night garden. With fuzzy, silvery green, soft-as-suede leaves, Lamb’s Ears are favored for their foliage, rather than their flowers. They flower on tall spikes in shades of pinkish purple or white, in the late spring or early summer. I like the flower spikes and bee’s love the flowers but it can get little bit ragged looking toward mid-summer. Usually I wait until the bees have stopped visiting the flower spikes and then cut the flower spikes down. White roses of all types take on a sculptural beauty in the night garden. White roses, classy and elegant, represent all that is innocent, truthful and yet humble. They glow as Upcycled Furniture • Household • Everday Whimsy though they are sculpted from fine white marble at night but growing white roses can come with a price. White and pastel roses can be very susceptible to powdery mildew. Golden Orchid Alchemy However, the key to powdery mildew on roses or any plant for that matter is maintaining a regular watering schedule. Garden hint: Water roses at the root level, not from above. Garlic Gourmet If your roses become infected with powdery mildew spray the leaves with either a 360 fungicidal soap from your local nursery or with my favorite homemade recipe for milk 953-4564 spray (10% cow’s milk diluted with water). Or how about a baking soda spray (for 1227 N. Goerig, Suite A • Woodland, WA each gallon of water in your sprayer, add 1 tablespoon baking soda and 2.5 tablespoons Hours: M–F, 10 to 6; Sat. 10 to 4 New Inventory Weekly! • Ask us about Rada Cutlery! of horticultural oil or dish soap.) And finally Garlic spray—blend whole two bulbs (not just cloves) of fresh garlic in a quart of water with a few drops of liquid soap. Strain through cheesecloth to remove solids and then refrigerated. That concentrate should be diluted 1:10 with water before spraying. Powdery mildew is one of the most common and easily recognized plant diseases. Almost no type of plant is immune, however, some are more susceptible than others. Lilacs, crab apples, phlox, Monardo, 233 Davidson Ave. Woodland, WA 98674 roses, grapes, squash and cucumbers are very susceptible to powdery • Carpet • Ceramic Tile • Installation supplies mildew. If you find powdery mildew on your plant remove and destroy • Pad • Countertops • Hardwood all plant parts affected. • Vinyl • Marble, Granite, Stone • Laminate Flooring William Beebe once said “the sleep of plants must be a light one, and stirred by many ambitious dreams,” of the morrow where there are opporSales & Installations Locally Serving tunities for more life, more blossoms and meeting more bees. owned and (360) Woodland operated since 1994

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f I had to pick a favorite insect group it might be the jumping spiders, but I don’t think I could do it, there are just too many interesting critters out there. There are many things I like about these cute little spiders—the jumpers. Not only do I appreciate o vLI their hunting of many ST K o OR n O ow andGL YA OF other bugs, including many ND AR PHOTO S BY NORA of the pest varieties, but I admire their seeming curiosity and style of movement which is somewhat robotic. They have a very good ability to keep a subject in sight, too. Their eyesight is about the best of any of the spider groups. The largest pair of their eight eyes is in the front of their little bodies. They have very good vision in this set of eyes. This set of eyes are also the ones I find most endearing. Jumping spiders are often ‘a bit’ if not ‘quite’ furry and that, combined with their big eyes, remind me of a multilegged robotic teddy bear. Jumping spiders have even gone to space. An experiment was put together to see if these little guys could adapt to zero gravity with their jumping abilities. They were able to adjust their jumps after only a few tries. I bet it was even easier for them to jump with no gravity. I am sure these spiders continued to also use their usual safety line just like they do here on earth. Jumping spiders do not make a web like many of their other relatives. They use their spider silk mainly as a safety line for their jumps. They always attach a line even while they are walking around just in case they need to jump and catch a meal or even before a jump to the next likely spot to find something to eat. They can make some pretty impressive jumps for their size, too. Most of the species of this group are on the smaller side in size— around three fourths of an inch or so—in length. They have a wide range of markings and colors, but the ones I see the most usually have black as the predominant color with accents and or stripes of white, brown or red. Often their fangs or chelicerae can be brightly jewel toned and iridescent. Sometimes as I am working in my garden I will see these little guys or maybe I should say I will catch a glimpse of them as they scoot around the back of a stem out of sight. Other times they may be out in the open in the sun seemingly basking and if I am lucky I can watch them for a bit as they study their environment or wander the area looking for possible prey suspects. I have even helped a few of these kids out of the house or even out of my workroom at work. One was quite mature and large. She may have overwintered inside and when I found her may have been on the move to head back outside. She will probably soon lay an egg sac which she will stay near and guard from any dangers. While on vacation recently I had a very small jumping spider encounter that was very interesting. WWW.REVIEWMEDIAGROUP.COM

We had stopped for lunch at a rest stop and as we settled in for our snack a little jumping spider came up over the edge of the table. She seemed very unfazed by our size. I quickly went to get my camera on the chance it could handle a picture of such a small subject. As I was taking my pictures she suddenly disappeared from view. She had jumped up on my camera. I managed to get her back off for a few more pictures as she moved about on my hand. Feeling like I had gotten enough shots I placed her back on the table where she continued to observe us while we ate. As we gathered our things and headed back to the car I saw her head back over the edge of the table. I was struck by how unafraid she seemed to be and how she didn’t act like the typical jumping spiders I encounter. Maybe it was because we invaded her territory, her table where she probably has a little cocoon of silk in a crack or some small space that she sleeps in at night or during stormy weather. Later in the season she will more than likely lay her egg sac somewhere in the vicinity and, like the spider we talked about earlier, remain near to guard it and keep it safe. There are so many homes out there in our world that we share with these smaller life forms. I hope to keep meeting more of these fellow planet inhabitants. I find them just as fascinating as my two-legged neighbors. TOP:

I got lucky on this picture with this tiny jumper looking right at the camera. It took quite a few tries to get this cute picture. It really shows those big teddy bear eyes. MIDDLE: This if the brave little jumper who visited us as we ate our lunch along I-5 in southern Oregon. BOTTOM: Phidippus jumping spiders, such as this one I rescued from inside my son’s house, are one of the more common jumpers I see in my garden and often other places as well.

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’m coloring far outside the lines in this month’s column, which isn’t about Southwest Washington at all (though I will slip in a bit of history). Mea culpa. In early June, my family and I got out of Dodge and spent a long weekend on the Olympic Peninsula. We wanted to spend one day visiting Neah Bay, the Makah Museum, and especially Cape Flattery. We made the little town of Sequim our base of operations for the weekend. (And in case you’re wondering, the name is pronounced “skwim.”) Our cottage, one in a group of four, was only about a hundred feet from the beach. The owner told us that the cottages were built around 1916, were originally painted black, and were rented by the hour. Today, they’re just picturesque and cozy.

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Saturday was Neah Bay day. The drive from Sequim took a few hours, as Highway 112 is very scenic and curvy, and invited us to stop occasionally for beachcombing. After a visit to the Makah Museum, we continued on to our destination, Cape Flattery. We humans seem to like superlatives: biggest, best, highest, lowest, and so forth. Cape Flattery qualifies in that list as the most northwesterly point of land in the contiguous (lower 48) states. Although I’d been to Neah Bay before, I had yet to visit the actual cape, and this was my chance to mark that off the bucket list. The cape truly is at the edge of things. Except for a few scattered sea stacks and Tatoosh Island, the view yields nothing but water, water everywhere. For uncounted centuries, the Makah Indians have lived here on the edge. Archaeological digs at nearby Ozette have uncovered a wealth of artifacts from hundreds of years past, when active fishing and whaling villages dotted the shoreline. The Makah Museum in Neah Bay does a superb job of interpreting the tribe’s history. Today, the Makahs have declared the entire cape a nature refuge. From the earliest days of European exploration and pioneer settlements on the Peninsula, Cape Flattery has garnered attention as a farflung maritime outpost. In “Place Names of Washington,” author Robert Hitchman reports on the derivation of the name Flattery: “This name, charted by Capt. James Cook of the British Navy on March

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22, 1778, is the oldest name now in use on maps of the state of Washington, other than that of the Pacific Ocean. Capt. Cook chose it because the cape flattered him with the hope of a passage or opening between the cape and the island beyond, which was Vancouver Island. Cook, failing to find the Strait of Juan de Fuca because of bad weather, discredited its existence. Other names applied to the cape by early explorers were Cape Claaset, Cape Classet, and Punta de Martinez. The Indian name was Klasset.” In 1857, a beacon first shone out from the lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, just offshore from Cape Flattery. The light still flashes a warning to incoming ships, albeit through a modern lens. A fog horn also alerts marine traffic to the hazardous rocks around the cape. By the early 1880s, a telegraph line was constructed to the cape. In 1883, a Lieutenant George Goethals of the Department of the Columbia, U.S. Army, “examined the country traversed by the Cape Flattery Military Telegraph Line, from Port Townsend to Cape Flattery, Wash., for the purpose of giving instructions regarding the preparation of a map of the territory through which the line is built.” By World War II, the Army planned to establish a coastal defense site on the cape. Numerous radar stations, gun emplacements and buildings were proposed, but the project was mothballed in late 1943 before any work was completed, other than a ons of pounding waves have carved out few improved roads ves on this rugged shoreline. and some minor siteclearing. Today, the Army refers to the cape as a Formerly Used Defense Site (with the military penchant for acronyms, these sites are rather humorously known as FUDS).

But enough with history. On to the cape itself. The road from Neah Bay to the cape used to be a rutted length of gravel washboard. Today it’s a smoothly paved scenic drive. The trail also used to be an up-to-your-ankles affair of mud. Today’s improved trail consists largely of rustic boardwalks. According to the guide provided with our parking pass, the hike“is not recommended for persons that have weak ankles, knees, or backs.”Although the trail is only ¾ mile long, with an elevation change of about 200 feet, the many stairs make the ankle and knee warning worth heeding. Hiking staffs were welcome additions, especially since the boardwalks were slightly damp. We were also glad we’d dressed in layers, as a decidedly chilly breeze whipped across the cape ABOVE: Today, Makah Indians still strip the bark from western red cedar that day. trees; the bark is split to the desired thickness and used for making Gnarled spruce trees and baskets, mats, and other items other evergreens covered the rocky cape. Near the beginning of the trail, a few cedar trees showed signs of bark harvesting by Makah tribal members. Native azaleas, Oregon grape, ferns and assorted understory shrubs, along with a great deal of moss and lichen, blanketed the ground. The shrill kek-kek-kek call of a bald eagle shouldering its way over the treetops punctuated the constant whistling of the stiff breeze. By the time we reached the last overlook, a sea mist had crept in, giving us alternating clear and foggy views of rocks and waves far below the outcropping we stood upon. Surf boomed into long caves, gulls wheeled around the sea stacks, and the low mournful call of the Tatoosh foghorn added to the rather eerie atmosphere. Here on the edge, we felt isolated, pensive, and enthralled, enveloped in the mists of time.

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We have seen four of the five different cormorants that are here in the West. The Olivaceous cormorant we saw while in Baja. It is 25 inches which makes it smaller than the DCs which are 30 to 36 inches. It is slimmer and has a longer tail. Brand’s cormorant is about the size of the DC cormorant but with a dark throat pouch that turns blue in breeding season. The DC has an orange-yellow throat pouch. The Pelagic cormorant is 25½ to 30 inches long with a hard-to-see throat patch. In addition, part of its face is a dull red. This bird’s bill is very thin with the head being a lot smaller than the other cormorants. How to get rid of creatures that get in ‘our way’ seems to be a big problem. Some say destroy half of them and others say ‘Oh no, we can’t do that’ so what is the answer? I don’t have the answer to the question of who decides which creature is Bad or Good nor What to Do About It. As for me, I’m glad I don’t have to make that decision. I like all creatures even when they invade my private personal territory. But, wait a minute, moles are a different story as most of you would agree. Right?

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a Double Crested Cormorant drying its feathers after time spent in the water. Unlike ducks, the Cormorant’s plumage is not waterproof. TOP: A Double Crested Cormorant skims over the water—his natural habitat. RIGHT: The turquoise of his plumage and the white whispy feathers are the hallmarks of a Brandt’s Cormorant.

LOWER LEFT: The Pelagic Cormorant also sports turquoise highlights on his feathers along with a rich purple. The two colors (with the black) merge into a kind of dark kaleidescope as the light rays bounce of their surface.

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IF YOU GO… You could spend a lifetime exploring the Olympic Peninsula, but if you’re on a short leash, you can still pack a lot into a weekend. Some mustsee’s: Hurricane Ridge in the mountains just south of Port Angeles. This past winter was almost non-existent: the Olympics got their usual amount of precipitation, but it fell as rain, not snow. Thus the wildflower season peaked weeks ahead of schedule. Deer are plentiful on the easy trails radiating out from the visitor center. Views of the Olympic peaks are tremendous. Makah Museum in Neah Bay. The museum was established as a showplace and interpretive center for the wealth of ancestral Makah artifacts uncovered by archaeological digs at nearby Ozette. Low lighting inside the museum will slow your walk, encouraging you to immerse yourself in the thoughtful exhibits and a couple of stunning dioramas, complete with sound effects. Beaches along Highway 112. This highway, running between Neah Bay and Port Angeles, is a great scenic drive. You’ll find numerous pull-outs where you can walk down to deserted beaches and look for sea-polished rocks and artsy driftwood. Dungeness Spit just north of Sequim. Billed as the “longest coastal spit in the continental U.S.,” this narrow strip of beach invites lazy strolls and lazier beachcombing (look, but don’t take, as the entire spit is a wildlife refuge). If

on display in the old police station on First Street in Kalama during the three day event. Washington became a state in 1889 and in 1890 Kalama was re-incorporated under new State Law as “a town of the Fourth Class”. The first mayor of the new town was Hite Imus. Kalama was the Cowlitz County Seat until the seat was moved to Kelso in 1922. One of the exciting events scheduled for Kalama’s 125th Birthday will be the sealing of a time capsule, which will remain sealed until 2065. The City of Kalama is asking citizens and businesses to bring items representative of the year 2015 to be included. So MUCH has changed during in the last 25 years (since 1990). Remember it is unlikely disks, CDs, DVDs, etc. will be included in the time capsule, since anything capable of reading that data would likely be located in the antique stores of 2065. The time capsule is a hand painted old-fashioned metal milk container, so keep that in mind as you are thinking of items that should be included. So far coins, City pins, badges, and other items have been collected. Restaurants might consider including a sample menu, other stores may want to include a picture of their business, or some other memento. Groups may want to include a short history of their organization. Drop your items off at City Hall, 320 N. 1st St., in downtown Kalama. If you have an idea of items that should be essential for the time capsule, please let us know. The 125th Birthday Party is quickly approaching. On Sunday, July 12 the celebration activities will continue at Marine Park overlooking the Columbia River. The festivities will last well into the evening and will include a salmon bake hosted by the City of Kalama, old fashioned games such as a three legged race and other oldies but goodies with prizes for the kids and a band concert in the evening to wrap up the party in grand style. WHAT’S HAPPENING—cont’d from page 3

on Lewis River Drive at 10:45 along with recipients names and addresses. Delivery usually takes a little over an hour. If you are interested in assisting with this outreach to seniors program please call Moze Meeker at 225-6501 or June Jones at Woodland Real Estate 2258278. Deliveries are in the Woodland, WA, metro area. Mall Adoption Events for the Humane Society of Cowlitz County. We are at the Three Rivers Mall in the former Fibre Credit Union space on Friday and Saturday, the 3rd weekend of every month. We will have cats and dogs for adoption. All are micro-chipped and current on shots; all cats, and many of our dogs are already spayed/neutered. For a complete list of all adoptable animals at the Humane Society please direct individuals to www.cowlitzhumane.com or www.petfinder.com.

About 1870, photographer Eadweard Muybridge took this photo of the lighthouse, barely visible at upper left, on Tatoosh Island. photo courtesy library of congress.

A rustic boardwalk leads through the spruce forest toward the far point of Cape Flattery.

you want a more strenuous activity, hike to the lighthouse at the end of the spit: the round trip from the parking lot is an impressive 11 miles. Salt Creek Recreation Area near Joyce. This county park has fairly generous camping/RV spots and some bunkers left over from a WWII military base, but its real attraction lies in the rock outcroppings and tide pools on the shore. It’s also a good spot for birding and whale-watching.

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Dick Posey had a profound influence on the Sportfishing Industry that spanned more than five decades. Dick was a lifelong active member and served on the board of the American Sportfishing Association (A.S.A.,) along with countless Sportfishing advocacy groups and organizations throughout the country. Dick believed deeply in maintaining family values and the heritage of Angling. While he likely had IGFA records in his hands and caught countless personal trophies, you won’t see them in the record books or mounted on his office wall. Dick cared more about the people he employed and loved. Fishing was certainly a passion, but

the people around him were far more important to him. It was 1965 when a small company building Fiberglass Rod Blanks in Kent, Washington sparked Dick’s interest in fishing rod manufacturing. Dick invested every effort in the company spending 50years as Owner/CEO and President of Lamiglas. Under Dick’s guidance, Lamiglas Inc. quickly became recognized as an industry leader in construction of handcrafted, premium quality, fishing rods, and instrumental in the development of Graphite and other innovative advances in the industry. True to its name, Lamiglas still builds today the classic fiberglass rod designs sought by Anglers worldwide, but prospers

more so with the graphite, Tri-Flex™, and “Kwik” innovations Dick Posey’s leadership brought to market. Dick was a hard-working man with the utmost integrity. First into the office every day—last to leave. He’ll forever be honored by the industry he loved, and forever be missed by his family, friends, coworkers and associates. Dick is survived by his wife Mary Ellen Posey, his sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren. A celebration of Dick’s life will be planned in DOWN TO August of this year. Details of the event will be forthEARTH coming.

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there is no rhyme or reason to this world and no future past it. My life has been much better since the beauty of salvation sprang from the ashes of my burned out life. Even my trials, which, by the way, we are warned are a part of this side of heaven, are more understandable in the light of the Word of God. So, if you and I believe, then we need to walk like we believe, trust like we believe, and hope like we believe— no matter what we can see and what we can’t see coming. Scripture used from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.

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Jesus), the salvation of all of my children, and I hope that will bring about the salvation for my future grand-children. Like a child, I used to question God and ask Him why He was doing these things to me, but I see now that it was not Him “doing it”. Yes, He allowed it, but He didn’t cause it. I see now that free choice caused it—the free choice of mine and the free choice of others. I also see that God allowing us all free will/free choice is not an act of a capricious and vindictive God like I used to think, but actually a hard and loving decision that our merciful BY LORI ANDERSON and kind Heavenly Father made for His beloved children. I, too, would prefer my children love me of their own volition, honor Mom and Dad ometimes it’s hard to believe. When things go terribly wrong, when fervent freely, make good choices, and do right things all the time. I, too, have allowed them prayers aren’t answered, when pain and grief are so profound and overwhelming, to make mistakes at times, not intervening when I so desperately wanted to keep them when grasping understanding is like trying to grasp a wisp of a vapor, sometimes it is from pain, knowing full well it was more important for my children to learn some leshard to believe. Sometimes, when life is so difficult, when we are faced with, and sons than avoid pain. The parallels go further! As much as I hate to admit it, my chilloved ones are faced with, unbelievable pain and suffering, longing for answers that dren sometimes do not listen and heed the warnings their father and I give, nor take never seem to come—when this world is so dark and unbelievable, when evil runs into serious consideration our experienced advice. I feel unloved and disrespected rampant, when good is called evil and evil is called good, it is hard to believe. But, if when they disobey and question me and I wonder why they would disregard experiI believe, if I choose to believe, then I need to BELIEVE that there will be beauty enced advice that could help them avoid a repeat performance of pain, suffering, and from the ashes! loss. Yet, I must admit, I have done the very same things to God when I disregard His If I BELIEVE, then I need to see that, even though I cannot see everything, God Word (the Bible), refuse to listen to the counsel His Word gives, nor take into serious does see everything and He can handle what is unseen by me a whole lot better than I consideration the experienced advice that’s offered through it, and instead repeatedly can. I can see now that, had I not lost the baby before my oldest, I would not have my question Him asking, “Why?!” oldest. Had I not lost the two babies after her, I would not have my second daughter. If Here’s the difficult truth, a truth that I have been struggling to accept for months I did not have my second daughter, then I would not have her wonderful husband in lately as a new wave of fiery darts have been flying my way, burning me and the loved my life. Had I not lost the three babies after my second daughter, I would not have my ones around me and blinding us with the smoke of confusion, uncertainty, accusation, son and my third daughter, nor my son’s wonderful wife, (and, come to think of it, and defeat—we don’t have to see why, we just have to TRUST and BELIEVE. I whoever my oldest and youngest daughters end up marrying). Seeing this now, though thought I passed this test a long time ago but, like I said, I have been struggling with it still does not take away the pain from the loss of my precious babies, makes my grief this once again, asking “WHY GOD, WHY!?” until a sermon I heard from Pastor Scott a little more bearable. Seeing this now helps me manage the grief somewhat for my LaPierre from the Woodloved ones who are going through similar trials now. I cannot claim a clear understand- land Christian Church © ing, I cannot share a clear understanding, and I imagine hearing this during my loss helped adjust my attitude! wouldn’t have helped diminish my grief at all, but I see the beauty the Lord intended Pastor Scott said (parenfrom the ashes of some of my trials now and it does help me. thetical comments mine), “There is an end intended I can see beauty springing up from the ashes of the abuse, abandonment, neglect, loss, and illness I’ve faced, too. I can see that it has worked for my good. Strange I know, but by the Lord in trials (James 1Thessalonians 16–18 these unsavory experiences have made me a more caring and sensitive person—a more 5:11 NKJV) but we often empathetic person than I ever could have or would have become on my own. Had it not can’t see it. Job (the Old man was being been for these events, I can see now I would still be living proud and disagreeably. (Not Testament righteous man chased by a that I’ve arrived but I am getting better!) I never would have seen my shortcomings or who lost everything to wave ferocious tiger. my need for God, so springing from the ashes of the burning trials allowed in my life after wave of trials instigat- He ran until he came my salvation (my ed by Satan and allowed by came to a sheer cliff where he Your ONLY Woodland-Area Feed Store! trust and hope in the Lord, BELIEVE—cont’d on page 11 grabbed a rope Why drive 1/2 hour or more? Shop local and save! hanging over the edge and climbed down out of the tiger’s reach. Looking up he saw the tiger leering at him, waiting to devour him. Below was a deadly 500 foot drop to jagged rocks. Looking up again he noticed two mice beginning to chew the rope. What OBITUARIES should he do? 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The best simple summary may be Dick dedicated his life to 1 Thessalonians. 5:18, “In everything give thanks; for this his loving wife of 58 years is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Mary Ellen, family, friends, Though the appreciative attitude of the man chased by company and co-workers. the tiger didn’t change his circumstances, it did affect the The terms, “selfless, honor- man in those circumstances. There are many trials in life able and generous” are con- you have no control over. But your attitude in those trials tinuously used to describe can make a tremendous difference in dealing with them. Dick’s character. Rarely did Give Thanks! he conduct his business and personal affairs with contracts or legal documents—all Dick You’ve entered the home of the Circuit required was a handshake. ‘Riter. Come on in and sit a spell, put You could rest assured if you your feet up—make yourself at home. ever received one from him, We’ve been waiting for you. 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God) had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. All he (Job) had was a terrible wife telling him to curse God and commit suicide and terrible friends telling him he was a hypocrite and a wicked sinner, but the truth is God thought Job was a great man. God said Job was His servant. He said there was nobody like him on earth. He said he (Job) was blameless and upright and feared God and shunned evil. BUT Job didn’t know God thought these things. Job had to ask himself, “Why am I going through this? Is God angry with me? Had God forsaken me?” Job didn’t hear from God until the very end of the book, and here’s what’s interesting—even at that point, God still didn’t give Job any answers regarding his suffering…. What this means for us—as the readers of the book—is we don’t get any answers either. We see the interaction between God and Satan, but we don’t know why God would let Satan do those things. We know God could’ve… why didn’t God stop Satan from doing ALL those things? We don’t know… we can’t know why God let Job suffer the way He did, but we can know there was an end intended by the Lord in it, we just can’t always see what it is… so we must walk by faith… even if we can’t always know what God is doing through the trials He allows in our lives, here’s what we can know… trials are producing patience which is producing maturity… there’s an end intended

by the Lord… suffering isn’t meaningless… there’s something good God wants to do, and is doing… through it all— despite how it might look—God is still being very compassionate and merciful… We can know God loves us, He is for us, and He always works in our best interests.” So, here’s what I believe—if I believe then I NEED TO BELIEVE! If you believe, then you need to BELIEVE! Yes it is hard but it is much harder NOT to believe. I know. I have been there before. I have been the one frustrated with the meaningless, illogical existence that comes to those that live for themselves only, believing BELIEVE—cont’d on page 9

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