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looked up what I could find about the strange birds that were seen floating on the water at our local park. It seems it is a Chinese Swan Goose. These birds are very interesting. They sat regally on the water like a swan, had a long neck like a swan but just where did they come from. Checking the ‘family tree’ of swans I came upon a Bean Goose. These birds flew into England regularly in the fall and fed on waste beans after harvest and so the name Bean Goose was attached to this Eurasian species. It is one of five species of Old World ‘gray geese’ which includes the swan goose. These birds will sometimes interbreed with the barnacle goose, blue goose, domestic or grayleg geese. That is why they have that large bump on the nose and confusing colors. Several people have asked about the different swallows we see in and around the Lewis River area. Roughly speaking, they all incubate their eggs 13 to 16 days and the babies leave the nests in around 12 or so days after hatching. The violet green swallow babies leave the nest in 10 days but will return to the nest for a few days after that. These birds do not mate for life as do swans. Each year when they return to make new nests they will have a new mate. They are welcome at our home as they eat lots of mosquitos. BIRDS—cont’d on page 3

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cats, and many of our dogs are already spayed/neutered. For Hey Montana! It’s Number Twenty-Four on a complete list of all adoptable animals at the Humane the Twenty-Fourth!! Society please direct individuals to www.cowlitzhumane. It’s the Annual Montana Picnic on August 24th in com or www.petfinder.com. Woodland, WA, where Montana Picnic People will celOur dates for September, October, November and ebrate 24 years this year of gathering to break bread December are as follows (3rd Friday and Saturday of every (potluck) at Horse Shoe Lake in Woodland August 24, month): Sept 19–20, 11am to 3pm; Oct 17–18, 11am to 3pm; 2014. The annual trek has survived for nearly a quarter Nov 21–22, 11am to 3pm; Dec 19–20, 11am to 3pm. of a century due to persistent efforts by families wishing to remember days when they or their families lived in Here’s a Gluten Free Support Group! the Big Sky Country. Chairman Lynn Engdahl emphaGluten Free Support Group announces an informational sized, “The Picnic is not just for transplanted Montanans, meeting Saturday, August 9, 10am to 11:30am at the Public people who have visited the state or just love the idea of Safety Complex at the Clark County Fairgrounds, 505 NW Montana often stop by to hob nob. The criteria is very 179th Street, Ridgefield, ½ mile west of I-5, Exit 9. Topics loose for attending this picnic,” he said. include: What does gluten free mean? How do I know if I The picnic is scheduled for Sunday August 24th at have celiac? Where do I buy gluten-free food? Common the Horse Shoe Pavilion from 11 to 2 with lunch served myths about celiac and gluten sensitivity. Meet many others at 12:15. All are welcome, just bring a favorite dish to with years of gluten-free life experience—many with celiac share with fellow picnickers and your own eating utendisease. sils. Contact Lynn Engdahl at 360-263-6495 for more information. Volunteers Needed Woodland Mobile Meals is in need of volunteer drivers. Kalama High School All School Reunion Meals are picked up at the America’s Family Diner on Lewis The KHS Reunion is open to all persons who attendRiver Drive at 10:45 along with recipients names and ed Kalama High School in Kalama, WA. The Reunion WHAT’S HAPPENING—cont’d on page 9 will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm on the Kalama Kalama School Grounds. The cost is $7 per person which includes registration and lunch. For more information or to receive a registration form by e-mail, contact tsheila@kalama.com. Registration forms are also available at Poker Petes in Kalama.

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Birds offer endless entertainment. Learn about a few seen around town now in our Birds Galore column on page 2 Birds Galore! By Norma Brunson

3 What’s Happening

Around Town Over the Garden Gate: Sultry August By Cheryl Spaulding

4 Stepping Stones By Pat Stepp

5 Garden Insects:

6 The Road Less Traveled: Hwy 603 and the Winlock-Vader Highway. By Gloria Loughry

10 Religion: HE’s in the House By Lori Anderson

11 Restaurant Review: Peppers 49er Restaurant and Mackinaw’s By Diva Gastronomique

12 SW Washington History: A Logging Enterprise By Karen Johnson

Unexpected Finds By Nora Garofoli BIRDS—cont’d from page 2

We are having lots of baby birds at our feeders these days. It seems that A tearful voice on the telephone recenthouse finches bring ly pleaded with me to warn my readers the most babies in of a new danger that she had just to feed. I know they encountered. It seems that she had to lay four eggs each call an exterminator to rid her place of time and do believe carpenter ants. While the man was there she showed him some strange they raise at least flying bugs that were around a window two batches of or door outside. babies each year. In It seems he had a perfect (to him) looking into their answer to this problem and put up family tree I found some sticky strips in those areas. that some of these When Asa asked him if they would be prolific finches can harmful to birds he assured her that no, live for at least 12 these strips would not harm birds. plus years. Just The very next day when she went out think about how to check on these not so harmful strips, a tiny kinglet was caught by the feet many babies, grand and feathers in the goo. It took Asa babies, and great quite a while to get the little feet loose grands that makes. and then the feathers. Laying the Remember the exhausted little bird on a picnic table little mourning she went into the house to wash the dove that Jim and sticky stuff off her hands. When she Carol rescued? It returned the bird was gone. We aren’t seems it was quite sure the little bird will survive with the happy eating at sticky stuff on its bill and wing feathers. their home in a SO, please do not use the sticky strips where the birds can touch them. Thank nice comfortable you so very much. cage. When it looked better they put it out into an open topped cage. Watching it one day Jim saw it just take off and fly up into a fir tree. Fantastic!

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Its wing evidently was healed and it could now fend for itself. Thank you Jim and Carol. Fall is coming and migration time is right behind. It is a great time to go birding at Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge. Check it out and see what you can find that is new and exciting. I want to go, too, and will look into a new area I just heard about. Maybe you would like to go with me?

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—Sultry August in the Garden

hoever said, “Each season in the garden is filled with anticipation and regret,” had it right. When spring rolls around each year I have already made my catalog selections and my itchy fingers are ready to plant. Plant catalogs to me are like going to a candy store for other people and sometimes I make the wrong choices and sometimes the right. That doesn’t mean I don’t know about sunlight and soil requirements, it just means I become seduced by ‘all the By Cheryl Spaulding pretty pictures.’ And when I make the wrong selections, by late summer I’m faced with admitting I goofed again. The hot temperatures of mid-summer make it tough to spend much time working in the garden, so taking advantage of cooler days to groom, weed, and, yes, making tough decisions is a good thing. August should be a time of maintenance, and planning for the fall and winter garden. I don’t know about your garden but right now the weeds in my garden are growing faster than I can keep up with them. Weed control is very important, with warmer weather and increased watering, weed seeds germinate faster, and produce more seeds. Take advantage of your spare time to keep the weeds cultivated out of all parts of the garden. Garden Hint: When weeding I choose not to use a hoe. I like to use a three prong garden rake instead. The tines are just long enough to work up the soil and dislodge the weeds root system without leaving pieces of root still in the soil. Speaking of watering, right now your plants and lawn should be your main concern. Test your watering needs by digging down a few inches in planting beds. To test your lawn, select an out-of-the-way spot and take a test plug from the soil. The soil should be moist at least 3 or 4 inches deep to ensure that the water is reaching the root zone of the plants. Of course, if you planted drought-resistant plants in your garden and you don’t mind a brown lawn, you won’t have to water as often, but the principal of deep watering still applies. And contrary to popular belief, a brown lawn isn’t necessarily a dead lawn. Grasses go dormant in times of drought, but will quickly return to life with the fall rains. If a lush green lawn is important to you, and you don’t mind mowing, water it regularly, and deeply. But if you hate to mow your lawn, you may choose to just let your lawn go dormant, and water it as seldom as once a month. And raise the cutting height of your mower to at least 3 inches. Taller grass cools the roots and helps to keep the moisture in the soil longer. The same deepwatering principal applies to hanging baskets and plants in pots. Be sure to check your hanging baskets and container grown plants every day during hot weather and about every second day on moderate summer days. And don’t just check the surface, AT push your finger at least two inches into the soil to be sure there is adequate moisture throughout the root area. Water

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them thoroughly each time you water, but if your plants are in pots WITHOUT drainage holes be careful not to overwater. I always add water until water runs out the drainage holes, let the plants sit for few minutes and then go back and water again using the same method. This way I’m make sure the water is saturating the root ball and not just running off. Taking a few minutes out of your day to deadhead your annuals, as well as flowering perennial plants will make a big difference in the overall appearance of the garden. Also deadheading ensures the plants will not go into seed-producing mode and will continue to flower longer into the season. Your roses and dahlias (especially) will thank you for this. The more you pick the more they bloom. Speaking of picking, always harvest herbs in the cool of the morning. Harvesting will keep them growing longer as well. Garden Hint: Do not fertilizer your roses after August. They will put on spurt of new growth and you don’t want that going into the winter months. As for those plant “mistakes,” now is not the time to move anything. Keep the plant well watered and flag it for relocation later in the season when the weather is cooler and the plant has entered dormancy. If your ‘mistake’ is an annual, enjoy the plant while you can, chalk it up to experience and plan to place it in the proper part of the garden next year. This ‘water and wait’ outlook goes also for a plant that is not really a mistake but needs to be moved because it has outgrown its space. Other August garden chores include planting fall blooming bulbs such as crocus. And the one exception to the “do-not-move-until-fall” list is dividing spring flowering perennials. But once again when you do these garden tasks make sure to do this in the coolest part of the day and water thoroughly after transplanting and not just once, but often as long as the hot weather continues.

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STEPPING STONES—cont’d on page 5

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ong before Jennifer Lopez gave her pro-earring stand stated above, I was a believer. When I was in high school I bought a pair of earrings a classmate made out of red fishing flies. He told me everyone would notice them. He was right! Recently, I had put one of my favorite earrings on and was searching for its’ mate so I could leave for an appointment. After frantically looking for five minutes, I gave up the search, inserted two earrings that matched into my ear lobes and left, knowing I was running late. Later, I remembered why I had my ears pierced in the first place. I was in my 30s and decided to join my teen-age daughters in getting the desires of their hearts. I had been losing my clip-on earrings. My rationale was that piercing my ears would kept the earrings embedded in my ear lobes. I actually convinced myself to believe that I would never have to look for an earring again. Needless to say, that was not the case. I still lost earrings and earring backs. I now have a sizable collection of single earrings that I keep. While this makes no sense, my parents, who lived through the Great Depression, taught me to save things. Women have been losing earrings for at least the last 5000 years. I wonder if, when earrings are found in archaeological digs, they are found as single earrings or as pairs. I think a woman living in ancient times would choose to hold onto their remaining earring, like I do, in the hope of finding its mate one day. Fortunately, I have had better luck holding onto my necklaces. I still have the shell necklace my uncle brought me from Hawaii when he was in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Archaeologists discovered a drilled shell necklace over 100,000 years old. Shell jewelry is still popular today. Many other natural materials are made

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di didn’t expect to find little, quick moving silverfish in my old ce cedar fence, but there they were. Hiding under the aged cedar boards. As I took the fence apart they scurried to find new bo shady, quieter hiding places. There were only a few, but these sh llittle shadowy creatures are usually found in homes and old bbuildings where humans have been or still are. They favor sstarchy items to eat such as the pastes involved in book bindings, old wallpaper and other similar human inventions. In in o vLI hom homes they might be seen as they scurry along the baseboards, ST K o OR n O ow andGL YA OF hurry hurrying to find a safe dark space. Some varieties of silverfish are ND AR PHOTO S BY NORA happy to inhabit warmer areas of homes such as near the furnace, others prefer the cool, damp, dark areas. The references I have checked so far didn’t mention anything about fences. Perhaps this is an area that hasn’t been noticed by the experts yet. I will be checking on that some more. These guys may have been enjoying the mosses, lichens and algae that live on the ancient cedar fencing. If I understand my books right it looks like the variety of silverfish I spotted were Urban Silverfish. They are a medium gray in color with a light speckling of small tan dots. They are almost an inch long with very long slender antennae, a slender torpedoshaped body and three long, thready tail appendages much like their smaller household cousins. The body is covered with scale-like layers, the upper body scales being larger than the back or abdominal ones. They also have many little bristle like hairs that stick out all along the edge of their body. Their average size legs can carry them quickly away from whatever danger they feel they may be in. I had quite a time of it getting the few pictures I did get of them. They are very quick and shy. When I was in the midst of another home improvement project a while back I discovered an insect critter in an unexpected spot. It got disturbed as I dug dirt out and away from my back concrete steps. It was apparently quite

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at home in the usual mixture of soil and gravel used near the foundations of homes. It was very slender and long, white to light cream in color and loaded with legs, 29 pairs according to my references. A quick check of my Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of

North America told me that it was a soil centipede. Soil centipedes are predators as are most millipedes and centipedes. The soil centipede that I sighted was about 3 or 4 inches long and very slender, only about a wide as coat hanger wire. It seemed quite frantic to get out of the light and back to a safer space. It looked quite delicate, but yet very flexible as it looked for a new INSECTS—cont’d on page 9 TOP:

This little guy was a surprise for me when I was taking apart my old cedar fence. It turned out to be an Urban Silverfish. I did not expect to find this household type insect outside. MIDDLE: I disturbed this delicate creature during a home improvement project. Soil centipedes have homes, too. Theirs are well down in soils that are rarely disturbed where they hunt other insects who live in the same kinds of environments. BOTTOM: Here is another type of centipede that is often found in our homes. The House Centipede which should be considered a household helper since they are predatory on any other insects that may be in the house. They also tend to very shy and stay out of the way as much as possible just wanting to be about their business of looking for food (which is other bugs).

STEPPING STONES—cont’d from page 4

into jewelry. When Mt. St. Helen’s erupted pumice, pieces the size of stud earrings fell in our yard. It reminded me of the saying, “When Life hands you lemons, make lemonade!”. While we were living behind the Red Zone I experimented with making earrings and filled capsules with ash for pendants to sell. Lana Turner once said she would rather go without makeup than lose an earring. I would, too. Admittedly, losing an earring is an annoyance, not a disaster. A disaster would be wearing the same dress to a party as another person whose jewelry also exactly matched yours. There is both an emotional and an artistic element involved in the pieces of jewelry a person chooses to wear. It often suggests something about the personality of the man or woman wearing it. I have always loved the quote from the movie, “Steel Magnolias”. “The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.” WWW.REVIEWMEDIAGROUP.COM

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T H E RO ROA AD LESS T R AV E L E D HWY 603 and the

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n our hurry-up, instant gratification world, it’s sometimes a good idea to slow it down a little and try a new tack on life… sometimes that means a road less traveled. Commuters between Portland and Seattle (and points between) know that I-5 provides speed. But other people have found out about our beautiful Pacific Northwest, so, any more, the roads are not so fast in some spots and downright aggravating in others. A recent trip to Seattle reminded me of why I live in a smaller city and, coming back, the traffic and the one or two stops I made only made the ride longer. With my blood pressure rising along with the heat, I decided to give myself a break and take a little route that runs parallel to the freeway but is much, much quieter, has much better scenery, and, on these dog days of summer, was much cooler, too. Chehalis and exit 77 are the starting point of this easy side trip, if you’re coming South from Seattle. If you’re going north, you can start at Exit 59

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just past the Cowlitz River Bridge on this case, we’ll take the southbound 77—the off ramp to Highway 6 and, From exit 77 you turn west and Chehalis River Bridge. Built in 19 cars each day (per the 2010 report narrower, but I like the old-style des era. (Remember, it’s time to slow d little things like this. You’re no long little lines and 70+ miles per hour a Next up along Hwy 6 is a large right. This is the City of Cehalis’ po part of the wastewater treatment Chehalis. During wet weather, as w wastewater flows to the Chehalis weather, treated wastewater is pipe sand filtration after which the recla fected and is then used to water the The poplar tree plantation, is div planted with nine varieties of Popl are irrigated at a time and w evaporates, the excess rea grow eight to ten feet are harvested every years and are used plywood, f The p

BACKDROP: Mt. Adams, plus two others (can you guess which?) can be seen from Hwy 603 at several spots. BOTTOM: The town of Winlock holds their famous Egg Festival in July. Here’s a sign of Seahawks Fans in every little nook and cranny with even a 12th Man chicken and who knows what’s in that enourmous egg! Godzilla? I spotted four other chickens sprinkled around the quiet litle town—it would be a fun exercise for the kids to find as many as possile and takes just a few minutes to explore this small town. PHOTO INSET MIDDLE: The City of Chehalis’ Poplar tree plantation. PHOTO INSET BOTTOM: This little deer tiptoed to a small meadow behind one of the buildings, in the midst of town (Winlock, in this case), and bedded down, not 30 feet from my car. She watched me as if she didn’t have a care in the world and posed for this picture. TOP: If you’re coming from Seattle, these buffalo will greet you at the end of the trip. If you’re coming from Portland, they’re there to greet you, too. Either way they’re a sight you don’t see often.

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I-5. Either way is just as good, but in route and get off in Chehalis at exit ultimately, to the beach. d head down Hwy. 6 and cross the 39, it carries an average of 10,240 t). This classic bridge is noticeably sign which marks it as of a different down and take the time to notice ger a robot, driving between two along hot and tiresome I-5!) grove of Poplar trees on the oplar plantation and acts as system for the City of with many cities, treated s River but during dry ed is further processed by aimed water is UV disine poplar tree plantation. vided into 11 units and is lar. Only one or two units while most of the water aches the trees which per year. The trees y ten to fifteen d to make paper. furniture, etc. plantation is

fenced but you can pull over on the wide shoulders or at the entrance gate and get a photo of the regularly spaced rows. Up next, in just a mile or two, is a quick historical site reader board for the city of Claquato (founded in 1853). This former county seat moved three miles east of its original site and became the city of Chehalis. Drive west just a short distance to your turnoff to Hwy 603 (turn left). Here is a chance to gas up, if needed, and get some snacks at the local Food Mart before crossing the Chehalis River again and beginning your journey through farming communities, hay fields, and small town living. After you cross the Chehalis and the local railroad track (look closely for fairly frequent trains—there are no crossing signals) you begin the climb up to the upper level, above the alluvial plain. Start keeping a lookout for great photo opportunities of Mt. Adams, primarily. Only occasionally will you get a chance to see all three mountains at once, so watch closely for a chance at that photo opportunity. As you breeze along, enjoy, too, the sights of pastures, hay waiting to be gathered and cows and horses, lazily switching flies while eating happily, knee deep in grass. You continue to climb here and there and along one of the notable climbs, there’s a sight which can’t be missed: one of the major Bonneville Power Stations, bristling with gigantic transformers and miles of wire—technology bursting from the ground in a fantastic display of power. Soon you’ll see the sight of civilization creeping back in as housing complexes and apartment buildings come into view. You’re on the outskirts of Napavine, also the site of your next turnoff. Don’t miss it! Just turn right at the flashing yellow light downtown. There’s a supermarket and a scattering of restaurants of various types, if you’re hungry or looking for a snack. The Napavine Community Park is right near the turnoff if you’re looking for a chance to stretch your legs. Along this stretch, Highway 603 follows the railroad tracks, so the curves minimize down and there are plenty of tree-shaded long stretches.Sooner than you think, you’re in Winlock, Washington, incorporated in 1873 and home of the Egg Festival which takes place the third weekend in July. Named for General Winlock W. Miller, from Olympia, the small town’s population approached that of Chehalis by 1910, but by 1920 it had dropped back to about 850 resident, where it stayed for decades. As of the 2000 census, the town had about 1,200 residents. The town was once known as a major producer of eggs. A testament to that industry can be seen while driving through town, where a tiny park surrounds the World’s THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED—cont’d on page 9

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happy. The bark of the huge cedars stripped very readily, and strips ten feet long and three to six feet wide, made an impervious roof, and was easily got and applied. Built, say ten feet back of a fallen trunk five or six feet in diameter, against which is heaped a lot of the smaller limbs of the trees you have made logs of, you get a heat in your leanto that makes you regret you did not make your fire farther away. A substantial supper, a good bed of cedar twigs with a covering of fern, makes a bed which a king might envy and with your wet clothes drying finely on a pole stretched under your shelter, and the deep wood aglow with your cheerful and generous fire, and the pattering of the rain upon the roof, emphasizing the cosiness within, a song or two that goes cheerfully out into the darkness beyond the flickering gleams that come and go through the deep aisles of the listening woods, to where the shadows creep forward wistfully to the cheer which they may never know, a reminiscent story, of a mutual experience, and then ‘a sleep full of sweet dreams and health and quiet breathing.’ “When we had got enough logs to justify, I hired oxen to haul them to the Willammette upon whose banks we were, and a boom held them in place untill we were ready to raft them. “In a few weeks we made up our raft, and moved out into the current, where I took my first lessons in the movement of the tides; we moved off beautifully on what seemed sufficient current to take us down to Portland before nightfall, but grounding slightly on the head of a bar, we got over board to push off, and found it futile. In half an hour we were high and dry, and then the inland waterman Logging methods in a Northwest forest, as Allen would remembered the tides, and knew he was settled until the have used in the Oregon woods.

tide came in and commenced ebbing. As we had no skiff, we were waterbound. “Fortunately I had got my mail from Oregon City, and while the daylight lasted, had a delightful time reading over the letters. “It was dawn when we reached the mill and got our logs in the boom and measured.” After the logs were delivered, Allen insisted on heading north to Puget Sound, even though it was a wet and dismal November. But he eventually reached Olympia, where he made his home for the next two years. Allen’s letters were published in a Pittsburgh newspaper from 1852 to 1855, and provided a travelogue of great interest to eastern readers. Just a few years ago, a friend of mine, Dennis Larsen, and I located a scrapbook containing Allen’s letters. We were also fortunate enough to find letters that Allen’s family wrote to him, his original Oregon Trail diary, a manuscript written by Allen in his old age, and photographs and other memorabilia preserved by his descendants. Dennis and I wove all of these sources into two books: Our Faces Are Westward, published in 2012 by the OregonCalifornia Trails Association; and A Yankee on Puget Sound, published in 2013 by Washington State University Press.The first book covers Allen’s Oregon Trail journey, while the second describes his time in Washington Territory. Dennis and I hope our books do justice to the exuberant and intelligent Allen, whom we have come to know so well through his humorous, oh-so-descriptive letters, filled with historical details, poetry, and cultural views of the day.

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also took this time to share a marvelous Cheese Ale Fondue, with apples, Artisan bread and sausage ($22), followed by the house salad. When our entrees finally arrived we found them to be well worth waiting for. I selected the roast pork, which had just been removed from the smoker/grill outside, with tender crisp roasted yellow wax beans, and creamy potatoes au’gratin ($28). The pork roast was just a little bit smoky and a whole lot succulent and absolutely delicious, the beans lightly charred and tender crisp, and the potatoes creamy and perfectly seasoned. My companion selected Rabbit Curry also with yellow wax beans and potatoes au’gratin ($29). He couldn’t stop raving about his entrée. He described it as ‘heaven on a fork.’ The rabbit was seasoned perfectly, falling off the bone but not over done and the curry sauce warm but not so spicy that it robbed flavor from the rabbit. Our waiter was attentive but not overly so and his knowledge of wine extensive. As one fellow diner put it, Mackinaw’s is one of the few restaurants that, when you leave, the first thought in your mind is “WHEN CAN I COME BACK”!!! Mackinaw’s Restaurant, 545 N Market Blvd, Chehalis, Washington, 360-740-8000. Hours are Sunday and Monday, event reservation only, Tuesday thru Thursday, 5 pm to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday, 5 pm to 9:00 pm. Reservations are recommended.

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Largest Egg. (Now painted with a faithful Seahawk blue and green logo.) There are large statues of chickens scattered in the downtown core, of which I found five specimens. They’re painted in bright colors (for some) and in colors of regular chickens (such as white with a red comb) for others. A fun spotting game for children (and big people!). I spent some time in Winlock, just looking around the town which was very quiet on the Sunday evening I passed through. I’ve included several photos which I snapped while there. It was a pretty little town. Your next turn is a bit tricky. Find the gas station which you should have seen (can’t miss it) when you came into town on Hwy 603 and from there, head towards the four-way stop intersection of Kerron Street and Walnut Street. Go forward onto Kerron Street and follow it out of town where it turns into the WinlockVader Highway. You’re into shady farmlands again, with forested patches to cool your car. Amble along and let yourself relax as you enjoy playing “airplane” with your hand out the window. Isn’t life great? Brief glimpses of Olequa Creek, alongside which the highway runs, will keep you company as you cruise along. In a few miles, your road tees into the intersection of the Winlock-Vader Highway and Highway 506 just barely outside of the town of Vader. Turn left here and make your way (at a polite speed, of course) through Vader’s quiet streets—a little community of about 620 hardy souls. The town went through several name changes before finally being named after a German settler by the name of Vader in 1913. It, like others along the railroad line, sprang up around this utility so important to the settling of the West. As you pass out of Vader along Hwy. 506, you’ll see glimpses of Mt. St. Helens occasionally, but not often. Keep your eyes open as you’re pretty close to the

moutain at this point. You might get a chance at a good photo. When you start getting glimpses of the freeway (I-5) start looking for the pasture with the herd of buffalo. They’re just before you turn a left corner to the sight of a gas station (with a Subway Restaurant inside), Mrs. Beesley’s Burgers (four+ stars of Google reviews!) restaurant and the freeway onramp going southbound. (If you want to go northbound, follow the road that goes around and under the Cowlitz River Bridge to the other side of I-5. When you’re feeling a bit stressed, try taking a quieter route for a change. In this day and age of technology, there are usually only a few spots where you won’t be able to reference an on-line map. In that case, just try using a paper one and let your kids crack jokes about “antiques”. And if you allow yourself a little extra time for the slower pace, you just might find you’re enjoying yourself and relaxing little by little as the miles go along. If you’re hungry, check out our restaurant reviews that go along with our Highway 603/Winlock-Vader route. Page 11 gives you all the details on two great-sounding restaurants to try out at either end of the route we’ve described. Slow down, calm down, rest easy. Take the road less traveled.… Next Issue: We go back to Vader, but this time we take Wildwood Road to Boistfort, where the only marker is the Boistfort Store. From there we follow Boistfort Road past the tiny burg of Curtis and on to Hwy 6 and the Washington Coast. You know, we might even see camels! It’s another of those Roads Less Traveled. Join us! Do you have a favorite Road Less Traveled? Tell us about it. Maybe you’ll see yours in a future issue!

TOP: It’s worth it when you find little gems like this one by an unknown artist. The black and white version of this photo doesn’t do the original justice. Try looking it up when you go down this ‘road less traveled and pass through Winlock. RIGHT: This silo reminds us of past farmers of the fertile land along the Winlock-Vader highway. A modern building next to it shows the new blood that follows—continuing the connection to the land.

WHAT’S HAPPENING—cont’d from page 3

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hideout. They hunt other soil insects which they capture and inject with venom from their fangs. The females of some varieties of centipedes are known to lay their eggs and then protect them and later the youngsters, often by curling around them in a ball. I let my subject go on about its business after a few photos. As with many of these small animals not that much information is known about them. They do present challenges when it comes to studying them not just because of their size, but also because of their habitat requirements, shyness and food needs. Many people still are up for the challenges though, as I have seen many articles about not only new Pellets or Crumbles insect species being discovered but also more information about some we already know about. I sure hope to OFF keep adding to my list of EXPIRES 8/31/2014 • 50 LB. BAGS who lives in my yard and the other areas that I visit. I just have to have my camera at hand and if I forget FEED & SUPPLY my camera, take a mental 360 picture of what I saw so I 1501 Guild Road, Woodland can check my references to Hours: M-Sat., 10–6; Closed Sundays find out who it was.

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“… every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.”

of sight. It wasn’t just the pain of corporal discipline! It was also the pain of disappointing Dad. Strange, I had so much fun being a monster to Mom. I am ashamed about it but have to admit… I had fun. —Hebrews 3:4 NASB Funny how many people are using “having fun” to do monstrous things now. (Funny sad, not funny don’t know what to say. Another friend has walked Ha-Ha.) There are so many things of this world that away from God. For decades and decades my friend are so dangerous and yet so appealing to us. I’ve believed in God’s love, witnessed that love, and even noticed how those of us that should know better, and taught God’s love to others. Imagine my shock and at one time DID know better, are walking away from sadness when my friend decided to NOT believe anywhat they know to be better so they can try somemore. I desperately want to plead, “Please return! thing they think will be better! At first there’s guilt, Believing God isn’t real, doesn’t see, and doesn’t care but with time and practice, it gets easier and easier to does not change the truth that He IS and He DOES!” do the wrong thing, and even say, “This is good. But is that what I should say? I have been reading and There is nothing wrong with this!” How do I know rereading Hebrews 3 trying to understand. I am beginthis? I have deluded myself, too, in times past, espening to think that that one thing I should say for certain cially when I wanted to do something I shouldn’t. is, “He’s in the house!” I’ve told the Builder, “I know what’s best. I can take Hearing this always affected me. I remember when my care of myself; repair myself; improve myself. Matter of father was in the house, the fear that he would catch me if fact, YOU did NOT build ME! I built myself. You do not I did something wrong kept me in line. I would wait until even exist.” he was gone to be the living terror that caused my mom Isn’t that what some of the Israelites did in the wildersuch grief. I remember her saying, “Wait until your father ness? They knew God was real. They saw His miracles; BY LORI ANDERSON gets home!” Those words always got my attention and redirected me received His gifts; were saved by the ten plagues and the parting of (and got me out of Mom’s hair). You see, my dad was not afraid in the the Red Sea; ate the bread sent from heaven; drank the pure sweet least of corporal discipline, or any kind of discipline. If I needed straightening out, I water God provided from a rock; wore clothes and shoes that did not wear out. I could got it. After I pushed Mom too far, she would remind me of the imminent return of go on and on! Yet, they decided not to follow God, not to believe in Him. While Moses you-know-who and I would spend the rest of the day all layered in a self-applied was on the mountaintop talking with God, (out of sight), the Israelites even decided to cocoon of clothing and newspapers and strategically placed books, all in the efforts of make for themselves a golden idol and a customized religion (one where they could do protecting my hind-parts from you-know-who. Just for good measure, I would also whatever came to mind with total freedom from unpleasant consequences—kind of hide. like we humans keep doing today)! There was many a night when I would fall asleep in said attire in the darkest hiding And like today, God gave them chance after chance to change their hardened, selfish places I could find. How ironic. There never seemed to be a place that I could hide hearts. He endured their complaining, ridicule, scorn, and sinfulness. It is funny how, from Dad. He always knew where I was. Kind of like how we can’t hide from God and before becoming a parent, I never saw this painful history as loving and patient. I used He always knows where we are. I should probably say that to my friend, too, shouldn’t to wonder why He judged them so cruelly and why He had them roam around for so I! Come to think of it, I know saying He’s in the house, and we can’t hide from God long in the wilderness and why He did NOT let them enter the promise land. won’t be enough. I should also lovingly say, “He built the house and He owns the Of course, since becoming a parent, I can see how contagious and dangerous rebelhouse and you are HIS house. The Builder has more honor than the building and the lion, selfishness, and bad behavior like this can be. It is worse than contagious. It’s Builder of all things is God, and Jesus, His Son, was set over it ALL. He IS there. The more like a contagious cancer! Oh, the complexities of love!! I now know the truth. If Three-in-One, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, IS THERE to you love someone you will discipline them. You will be firm, loving, and consistent. SEE what we do, HEAR what we say, WITNESS how we choose to live. Whether you You will be patient and hopeful and understanding all at the same time, hoping the decide to believe it or not, the truth is, He’s in the house. Please return to Him!” discipline will correct the direction of the loved one that is off course. OK, that’s a little passionate and rambling and might not go over well. Maybe I if I Well, I am not my friend’s parent and I am not God, so there is really nothing I can calmly and rationally explain, “Aren’t the occupants of the house more likely to be on say but, “I love you, hope for you, pray for you, and desperately ask that you return to their best behavior, when the One who is set over the house is in the house, the One the One who knows you and loves you best TODAY!! While you still can, who built the house is in the house, the One who owns the house comes home to the RETURN!!!” house? The Three-in-One, the Trinity— God the Father, God the Son, and God the Will I have the courage to do so? I don’t know. But in the meantime, I need to Holy Spirit is among us, and as believers with us, in us, and around us, AND coming remind myself about all these things! The Bible says that some will fall away. It could back to get us, too. We can’t just decide to take ownership of “the house” and use it for be me. It could be you. It could be our children and friends! As children of God, we ungodly things and expect to escape the consequences! God knows, cares, and need to continually remind ourselves, He’s in the house and telling us: SEES.” “Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, as in the day of trial in the OK! Passionate and rambling again! 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e began our day trip at Peppers 49er e ended our day trip around southwest Restaurant, 916 Walsh Ave NE, Castle Washington in Chehalis. To round out Rock, Washington. This a family restaurant our day We selected Mackinaw’s Restaurant offering local history and good food, all located at street level in the old Washington presented in one kitschy Pacific Northwest Hotel Building (545 N Market Blvd) in package. From breakfast to dinner Peppers downtown Chehalis, Washington. Considered 49er Restaurant (better known as just ‘The by many to be the best kept epicurean secret 49er’) offers solid old-style diner food— BY THE DIVA GASTRONOMIQUE between Seattle and Portland, this restaurant you know, the kind that sticks to your ribs features locally-sourced, farm-fresh ingredi(and hips). ents blended together seamlessly to create The attire is casual and by some people’s standards the perfect upscale dining experience. this place is probably a dive but by locals and for most This small restaurant of fifteen or so tables is located of those who pull off the freeway for a quick meal, this just off the lobby of C ASTLE ROCK, WA is home-style food at its very best. The 49er has a real the old hotel. It’s a rustic/blue collar feel to it. I mean, where else these days quaint but charming can you walk into a spot with scrubbed restaurant and the bare brick walls, first thing you are old wooden floors confronted with is an that gleam in the old-fashioned lunch sunlight, black and counter with stools? dark red painted Several Formica wood work with bright yellow accents and has a very CHEHALIS, WA topped tables and a Pacific Northwest ambiance. double row of booths This small town restaurant offers a complete the seating. real “fine dining” experience without Straight out of the the crazy prices and stuffy atmo1960s! sphere which you often find in larger A huge painting cities. And, mind you, there’s no need showcasing a hardto “dress-up” to come to Mackinaw’s. rock-miner of the late They offer great food in a casual 1800s looms on one atmosphere. wall while the rest of What we tried: We arrived a little the striped wallearly and watched while the chef papered walls are tended a smoker/grill placed on the covered with a rich sidewalk outside the restaurant. We assortment of paintings of old rusty trucks, elk, eagles, rivers, mountains, children’s decided to enter the restaurant and wait in the bar (the Man Cave) until our reservations school art, photographs and other assorted wall décor. were called. Fortunately for us What we tried: From the a table was available and we extensive menu I selected a were seated right away by the half order of the Prospector head waiter. Unfortunately our (biscuits and gravy, eggs waiter explained the evening over easy and sausage links) menu was still making its way ($8.45). My breakfast com- through the printer, (a new panion asked for corned menu is devised every day.) beef hash with poached While we waited I enjoyed a eggs and toast ($7.49). Well, glass of chardonnay selected it turns out that the corned from an extensive beer and beef hash only appears wine list and my companion occasionally on the menu as chose an excellent rye beer. We a special but the chef was kind enough put together an order of hash anyway. They “rustled up our grub” quickly. My breakfast comprised two biscuits smothered in cream-style gravy, one egg over easy and two sausage links, all of which turned out to be far more than I could eat. I found the biscuits a little underdone but it was hard to tell with all that gravy. It wasn’t sausage gravy but still very flavorful. I ordered my egg over easy, however, it came sunny side up instead. But still it was edible. The same can’t be said for the sausage on the other hand. I found the sausage to have a strange flavor and to be very greasy. My breakfast companion was ecstatic about his corned beef hash with poached eggs. He said his ‘hash and eggs’ was some the best he had ever had. He couldn’t, however, say the same for the toast that accompanied the dish. What we plan to try next time: From a menu chock full of old time diner meals my companion says he wants to try the Bonanza Burger, a deluxe burger with two patties, ham, American cheese and Swizz cheese ($12.50). I plan to order a Shrimp Louie, a generous portion of bay shrimp on a bed of lettuce with Cheddar Cheese, tomato and egg slices ($12.95). It doesn’t get much more old style diner than that. Overall, we found the prices reasonable, the helpings plentiful, the wait staff friendly and helpful and the place clean and inviting. If you are hoping for foie gras on brioche you won’t find it here. Pepper’s 49er Restaurant is very old school, offering good, down-home-style cooking and a friendly waitress who will ask you, “What’ll you have, honey”? Peppers 49er Restaurant, 916 Walsh Ave NE, Castle Rock, WA. 98611 (360) 2747957, Hours: 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily.

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SW WASHINGTON HISTORY

n 1852, a young man from Pittsburgh decided to travel the Oregon Trail in order to, believe it or not, regain his health. BY KAREN L. JOHNSON Edward Jay Allen, who was single and just 22, was “very dilapidated as to lungs and in a general condition of goneness that did discredit to several generations of sturdy ancestors.” Despite his ailment, and a host of A Yankee on difficulties encountered Puget Sound was published by on the Trail, Allen arrived in Portland safely, your heaven WSU Press in 2013, and is available though bone-weary and near-starving. born energy, online at wsupress.wsu.edu, or at In a series of letters written to his family back and until you your local bookstore. The cover illustration is by John Mix Stanley, an in Pittsburgh, Allen described his trials and tri- ‘learn the ropes’ artist who accompanied the railroad umphs, including a short stint as a lumberman. you measure Oregon Trail pioneers headed for Puget Sound had a choice of three survey party across the northern yourself up with routes: after reaching Portland, they could travel north over the Cowlitz U.S. in 1853; this painting was titled “Feeling, with my increasing strength, a desire your colleague, Trail; from the Portland area, they could board a ship and sail around the “Puget Sound and Mt. Rainier from Olympic Peninsula and into Puget Sound; or, after 1853, they could take Whitby’s [Whidbey] Island.” to engage in something … and chancing to come to whom this a cut-off from the Walla Walla area northwest directly to the Seattle, across the proprietors of the Portland saw mills, they were complaining of the trouble business is one Olympia or Steilacoom areas. Edward Jay Allen chose the Cowlitz Trail apparent route, as he had cattle to drive north. The following year, Allen was of getting a supply of saw logs. I proposed, at once, to supply them, and, incredible as of it may seem to you, with your ideas of my physical proportions, I set to work, and soon ease, to your instrumental in and building had a raft cut and deliv- own great dis- surveying the Naches Pass advantage. ered in Portland. route. Base map “For a day drawn by James G. “Finding a grove of suitable timber near the site of or two you are Swan circa 1857. what was proposed to be too tired to eat; you are an employer, and Milwaukie bought cross cut it takes a great deal of tact and natural saws, hired some men, put capacity to manage men who know all up a little shanty, with cook- about the business of which you know ing stove and such appli- nothing, and the cheapest way is to learn ances as would make a the business practically, at least to a local habitation, we got to degree, and then if you have more brains, work. It was without doubt you are in the lead without effort, if you hard work for a greenhorn. haven’t more brains, then the other fellow A crosscut saw is intended will soon hire you, which is carrying out for two men to work alter- the Lord’s intention, I suppose. “It was delightful being in the great nately, and cuts coming, and going. You pull with a woods, our selection of trees to fell was rocking motion to make the reverse of logging in our own woods, your cut, the other man here it was to eliminate the large timber. pulls back and you should One of the clauses in the contract was that let him do it, simply holding no log should measure over forty four the handle loosely. In your inches, as their gates could not take a enthusiasm, you help the larger size. It was raining all the time, a return motion; your friend steady drizzle which we could not escape This daguerreotype of Allen was taken in 1852 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, just before at the other end does not during the day, but at night we were May he set off on the Oregon Trail. photo courtesy find it necessary to restrain HISTORY—cont’d on page 8 winthrop a. baylies.

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