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A Visit to Puget Island

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Julia Butler Hansen Bridge connects the mainland to Puget Island. along the Columbia River.

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The Puget Island Ferry seems dwarfed by an ocean-going ship heading upstream to one of several ports

SW WASHINGTON HISTORY

hat do the Panama Canal, a maritime museum, and a munirecommissions; in 1917 she received a full commission and modtions barge have in common? And what ties do they have to ernization for service in World War I. She served as a training BY KAREN L. JOHNSON the Pacific Northwest? ship, escorted troop ships to Siberia, and hosted President In 1893, the Union Iron Works in San Francisco launched a Woodrow Wilson when he reviewed the fleet in Seattle. She was brand-spanking-new battleship, destined to play memorable roles in three then decommissioned again and floated idly at the Bremerton Navy Yard for wars. The ship was christened the Oregon, 348 feet long, coal-fired, and several years; her only future seemed to be the scrapyard. representing a new class of true battleships. In 1896, Oregon was commisBut the nation remembered Oregon’s valiant endeavors in two wars, and citisioned by the U.S. Navy and began her service in the Pacific. zens, particularly those living in the State of Oregon, rallied behind the Early in 1898, Oregon, recently out of dry-dock in Bremerton, Bulldog. In 1923, a deal was struck between the Oregon State received orders to hotfoot it to Cuba, where the battleship Legislature and the US Navy: the ship would have her engines, Maine had just been blown up during escalating hostilipropellers and guns removed or rendered unusable, and she ties between America and Spain. To reach the battle zone, would then be moored on the Willamette River in Portland to Oregon had to steam around the southern tip of South serve as a war monument and maritime museum. America, as the Panama Canal Inevitably, once Oregon was had not yet been completed. moored on the Willamette, she After a record-setting 66-day became a magnet for war memand 14,500-mile race from one orabilia, and eventually became ocean to another, the ship one of the biggest war musearrived in Cuba, arriving in ums in the country. Thousands time to play an integral part in of people visited the ship: the Spanish-American war, firschool children, veterans, scout ing the first and last shots in troops, and tourists from far the Battle of Santiago. away.By the late 1930s, Oregon Oregon’s legendary dash was a well-established attracaround South America and her tion, one that Oregon residents participation in the war fasciwere very proud of. nated the American public; the But the U.S. was soon entership was soon nicknamed the ing another conflict. During “Bulldog of the Navy.”The WWII, citizens were urged to U.S. government then decided collect scrap metal for the war to aggressively pursue the effort, and the immense steel completion of the Panama bulk of Oregon did not escape Canal, due in large part to notice. Although many citizens Oregon’s lengthy sea journey fought to protect Oregon as a and the military’s need to naval relic and museum, quickly get ships between the President Roosevelt decided to In this old stereo view, Oregon appears as she was configured between 1893 and 1900. As the ship’s Atlantic and the Pacific. send her to the scrapyard. In functions changed, her superstructure was modified and modernized. photo courtesy of the library of congress. The battleship went on to due course she was sold to two serve in the Pacific until 1906, when she went through a series of decommissions and businessmen who won a contract to scrap the gallant old battleship. Due to the boom in shipbuilding for the war, the Port of Kalama had one of the very few docks and cranes available to dismantle Oregon. So the ship was towed to Kalama, where a crew began salvaging copper, brass, and BULLDOG—cont’d on page 8

By 1956, Oregon had been towed to her final resting place at Kawasaki Harbor, Japan. Here she was broken up for scrap. photo courtesy of robert lawrence, www.ussoregon.tripod.com

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Woodland Community Center located at 782 Park Street. For more information contact Delores at 360-606-6434. Community Center, 782 Park St. The community sessions will be conducted by archi- SW Washington Gold Prospectors Meet! tects from FFA Architecture and Interiors of Portland, The SW Washington Gold Prospectors club meets the firm selected to lead the district through the preevery 2nd Sunday every month at 1:00 p.m. at the design phase for the three libraries. Library facilities in Minnehaha Grange Hall at 4905 NE St. Johns Road in Ridgefield, Washougal and Woodland were identified in Vancouver, WA. All interested parties are invited to a recent facilities study as the district’s highest priorities attend one of the monthly meetings where there will be for replacement or enlargement. opportunities to learn about prospecting laws, methods, and equipment as well as some hands-on practice. Soon Volunteers Needed there will also be outings to enjoy the pleasures of the SW Woodland Mobile Meals is in need of volunteer drivWashington chapter of the Gold Prospectors Association ers. Meals are picked up at the America’s Family Diner of America. GPAA membership is not required to be a on Lewis River Drive at 10:45 along with recipients member and join the fun. For more information contact names and addresses. Delivery usually takes a little over Steve at 971-212-5996 or go to www.swwgoldprospecan hour. If you are interested in assisting with this outtors.org or see their Facebook page at www.facebook. reach to seniors program please call Moze Meeker at com/pages/Swwgp. 225-6501 or June Jones at Woodland Real Estate 2258278. Substitute drivers are urgently need for October Fundraiser At VFW Post 1927 in Woodland. Collecting favorite recipes from the community to assem3–11. Deliveries are in the Woodland, WA, metro area. ble a cookbook. Proceeds will help purchase memorial TOPS #1129 Meets in Woodland plaquesof our fallen soldiers. Send recipes to VFW @ P.O. The TOPS #1129 Group meets at 9:00 a.m. on Box 366, Woodland,WA 98674. Deadline is June 18, 2014. Tuesdays for their weigh-in and meeting at the Questions? Call Lynda at (360) 225-3482.

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Explore locally! Puget Island has a lot to offer. 2 SW Washington History: Bulldog of the Navy 3 What’s Happening Around Town 4 Over the Garden Gate: Got Shade? By Cheryl Spaulding

4 Stepping Stones By Pat Stepp

Woodland: Tuesday, July 8, 6:30 p.m. at Woodland

5 Garden Insects: By Nora Garofoli

6 Explore Your Own

Neghborhood: Puget Island By Gloria Loughry

9 Religion: Faith of our Fathers

By Lori Anderson

10 Restaurant Review:

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12 It’s time for Baby Birds! By Norma Brunson

WHAT’S HAPPENING Library District, Architects to Hold “Imagine…” Pre-Design Community Meetings First step in charting a course toward better library facilities in Ridgefield, Washougal and Woodland Fort Vancouver Regional Library District and FFA Architecture and Interiors Inc. invite residents in the Ridgefield, Washougal and Woodland areas to attend one or more public “Imagine…” meetings to help begin planning new library facilities in their communities. The purpose of the meetings is to gather input from the public about what services they imagine a new and improved library in their individual community should offer, what the building might generally look like, the different types of spaces the library should include, and criteria for where the facility should be located. The discussions also will touch on what local funding mechanisms could be developed to make each project a reality. There are two public meetings scheduled for each community. Residents are welcome to attend one or both of their local meetings:

Ridgefield: Tuesday, July 8, 6:30 p.m. at Ridgefield Community Library, 210 N. Main Ave.

Washougal: Tuesday, July 8, 6:30 p.m. at Washougal Community Center, 1661 C St.

Something CAN Be Done About It! The Buddy Bench first came about when Christian, a student at Roundtown Elementary school in Pennsylvania, came up with the idea of the Buddy Bench in 2013. He wanted a way to eliminate loneliness and create friendship on the playground. Now, when kids on the playground see someone sitting on the Buddy Bench, they go and ask that person to play, that way no one is left out during recess. A family in Ms Sanders’ Wooodland School District’s third grade class heard about the idea and suggested a Buddy Bench for the Primary School in Woodland, WA. The class jumped on the idea and the students raised the money to buy a bench through donations and individual efforts such as selling pickles, holding a rubberband bracelet sale, a licorice sale as well as some students donating birthday and chore monies all to raise a total of $1,285.67! Extra monies over what was raised for the bench purchase was used to purchase friendship and anti-bullying books for the school library and for extra equipment such as balls and jump ropes for the school playbround. The bench was purchased from Plastic Recyling of Iowa Falls, the sign was manufactured by Advanced Electric Signs (of Woodland) based on a design provided provided by Ms. Sanders’ PATSY ANN MATTILA class. The Buddy Bench was donated to Woodland Primary January 29, 1929– School playground by Ms Sanders’ third grade class at June 3, 2014 Woodland Primary School in Woodland, WA, during a It is with great sadness, ribbon cutting ceremony held on June 13, 2014. our family announces that Ms. Sanders’ hardworking class proves that something Patsy Ann (Clark) Mattila, CAN be done about it!

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85, peacefully passed away on June 3, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. OBITUARIES She graduated from Woodland High School in 1947. Later that summer, at the Starlight Lodge, the sparkle in her eye caught the attention of Carl W. Mattila. They were married for nearly 66 years. Together they raised four children, Ann Gilbert, Aimee Mattila, Dick Mattila (Sue) and Dave Mattila. They have nine grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Family gave great meaning to Patsy’s life. Her joys were cooking, baking, canning, playing bridge, tending the flower garden, and exercise class; but, most of all spending time with her family and friends. Patsy always had a ready smile and a friendly greeting for everyone. She will be deeply missed and our lives will not be the same without her. A memorial service was held on Sat., June 14th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Woodland Presbyterian Church.

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—Got Shade? There’s a Plant for You!

hade is the bane of most gardeners, unless you like to grow moss, of course. Plants generally require either part sun or full sun for optimum growth. But just because your yard is shaded doesn’t mean you can’t grow vegetables and flowers. While many plants tolerate light shade, some will still thrive in medium density shade but beware, even shadeloving plants will not flourish in intensely dark areas. By Cheryl Spaulding Still, even shade-loving plants like ferns, Hosta, Bleeding heart and fuchsias as well as vegetables like lettuce, kale and spinach may need a little help from you when getting adequate sunlight and moisture. Hint: If your garden is blanketed in dark shadows, thinning out some tree branches may help. True to its name, the bleeding heart plant displays pink, heart-shaped flowers on the end of arching, graceful stems. In springtime, it grows 6 inches to 2 feet tall, depending on the variety. Bleeding hearts love a cool, moist spot in the garden so plant it in light to medium shade. Soil should be well-drained. Every spring, it’s best to add a light layer of manure or compost and work it into the soil around the base of the plant. After that, top off with a layer of mulch to lock in moisture and deter weeds. Water bleeding heart plants to prevent drying out. There are several different varieties of fuchsia, and all come in vivid shades of reds, pinks and purples. The flower’s shape can be slender and pendular or vigorously ruffled. Fuchsias do best in partial shade for most of the day. Plant in pots or in the ground in early spring, after the last frost. Dig a hole slightly larger than the root ball, and fill in with rich soil around it. The ideal soil should have organic fertilizer mixed in with it. And whether in the ground or in the pot, take special care so the soil doesn’t dry out or become waterlogged. Begonias are beautiful in flower beds, hanging baskets, pots or even indoors. These incredible members of the garden are unbelievably adaptable plants. You can find this flowering plant in red, white, yellow or pink, depending on the variety. Begonia plants grow dense foliage and reach between 6 inches and 9 inches in height. Waxy green or chocolate-brown leaves give this plant appeal even when it’s not in bloom. Begonias hate frost and love shade. Remove dead leaves, stems and flowers. Water generously, but allow its soil to dry before watering again. Ensure that soil stays loose, and add fertilizer once a month. For many gardeners, providing eight to ten hours of full sun for vegetables just isn’t possible. If you must grow in shady areas, take extra care to provide fertile soil, ample water, and use reflective plastic mulch. With these tools you can establish a happy shade garden and harvest a respectable amount of veggies. When planning your vegetable garden think of your plants in terms of leaves and roots. Crops grown for their leaves such as kale, lettuce, spinach and those grown for their roots such as beets, carrots, turnips will do fairly well in partially

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shady conditions. Crops grown for their fruits such as eggplants, peppers and tomatoes need at least six hours of full sun per day. Kale is a very popular leafy green vegetable right now and is in the Brassica or “cole crop” family. Kale is a powerhouse of nutrients and can be used as young, tender leaves or fully grown. The plants can also be quite ornamental, with leaves that can be curly or tagged, purple or shades of green. It is considered a cool season crop and can handle some frost, when mature. Since kale is grown for its leaves, and not its flowers the plant can handle partial shade. Kale plants can handle more sun, if they are given plenty of water to cool the soil. Partial shade is needed when the weather is warm and dry. Spinach and lettuce are vegetable plants that generally grow best in cool weather. Spinach packed with iron, and high levels in vitamins A and C, thiamin, potassium and folic acid (one of the B complex vitamins). Spinach, like most dark green leafy vegetables, also contains the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin. Yummy!! Like lettuce spinach is grown for its dark green leaves. Spinach varieties are usually divided into two major categories: Smooth Leaf and Savoy, with darker, thicker, crinkled leaves. But small leafed spinach or baby spinach has gained in popularity recently. These are not necessarily immature spinach leaves, but varieties that simply don’t get large. And, I might add, got bunnies? You will need some help with that as well. So rather than feeling limited by less-than-perfect conditions, try to see shade as a fun challenge to overcome.

—Happy Gardening!

Stepping Stones BY PAT STEPP

“Faraway places with strange sounding names, Faraway over the sea, Those faraway places with strange sounding names, Are calling, calling me.”

first heard the beguiling lyrics of the words above sung by Bing Crosby on the radio. It was written by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer in 1948. It is strange how the songs I sang along with on the radio and television are in the brain of the mature me. When the plane took off from Miami and started gaining altitude, I first saw the beautiful sea. The unusual cloud formations caught my attention. They seemed to billow up from the warm water to form animals and people’s faces. A huge Sasquatchshaped cloud welcomed me to the Caribbean. I arrived at Exuma International Airport and went through customs. My friend met me and we took a taxi to Georgetown. At the dock we took a water taxi and were dropped off aboard my hostess’s boat anchored in the Elizabeth Harbor. I was given a tour of their 37-foot catamaran. During the next week I got a refresher course in snorkeling, learned how to balance my weight in the dingy for the fastest ride over the waves, and how to lock the skylight over my bed properly. “I live in a boat” was inscribed on the wall above my bed and the waves rocked me to sleep each night. The night sky was full of stars undimmed by city lights. We would lie on the trampoline between the hulls, looking up to find the constellations. Jupiter and Mars were also visible. One night we drank something called “Dark and Stormy”. We laughed the next morning, wondering if that drink had brought on the wild, rolling thunderstorm that came in the night. We met the island ladies who make things to sell at the Straw Market located among the pastel painted shops of Georgetown. We bought fresh cut sugar cane from a man on the street. People would wait until grocery and supplies had been unloaded from mail boat from Nassau to do their shopping. One evening, I petted and fed Sasha and Cindy, the Sting Rays that hang out in the water on a nearby beach. They are fed left over conch after the cook closes his business each night. Another day we found what the conchs eat. We saw a King Helmet Conch eating a sea urchin in the shallows along Stocking Island. The little skeletons of the sea creatures washed up on the beaches are my favorite mementoes of my trip. The memory of gathering shells along the dark tidal debris lines crossing the pure white sand is still vivid. We were reluctant to leave as the sun began to set. I have been back two weeks now and I find myself still day-dreaming of that clear, blue-green water. Joy Snead AVP • Branch Manager “Oh, they call me a dreamer, WOODLAND BRANCH Well, maybe I am, But I know that I ‘m burning 782 Goerig St. to see, those far away places with the strange Woodland, WA 98674 360225-9421 • Fax 360225-8146 sounding names are calling, calling me.”

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know many people really do not like wasps, mainly because of bad past experiences or the possibility of being stung by some of the more weaponized members of this order. Wasps are members of the insect order Hymenoptera. o vLI Other members of ST K o OR n O ow andGL YA OF the Hymenoptera order ND AR PHOTO S BY NORA include bees, ants, sawflies, horntails and the more commonly known yellow jackets among others. This is a very large group, having somewhere near 17,000 species just in North America. I happened to finally have the opportunity to catch a member of this order recently, an ichneumon wasp. I had heard of them, but had yet to get to see one. I was only able to see it alive briefly, unfortunately, as I was in the middle of work and couldn’t take the time I would have liked, to study or photograph it while it was alive. It had somehow accidentally gotten into building and I was called to ‘save’ my co-workers from this strange and possibly dangerous and definitely creepy creature. (A common duty for me.) I did the only thing left to do and that was to place her in a small container with a bit of alcohol to kill her. I despair at doing that for a number of reasons. Not only is there a loss of life, but these preserved specimens usually lose their colors as well. Sometimes as they struggle in their last moments they will also damage themselves. I much prefer to take nice photographs of these critters in their natural environment instead, but sometimes other less desirable methods must be used. Most of this large family of ichneumon wasps are parasitic of caterpillars, beetle larva, and sawfly larva. Some of the over 3,000 species members of this group have yet to be studied well or even be discovered. They range in size from three fourths of an inch in length to three inches in length. The formidable looking ovipositor of the female can range in length, too, depending on the specific species. The largest variety of ichneumon wasps are the subfamily Rhyssinae. These wasps lay an egg in horntail wasp larva. The horntail larva lives in wood as a larva. The female ichneumon wasp is somehow able to figure out where this young larva is deep • Cage-free Kennels within the log or stump and manages by careful • Dog-Park atmosphere • A/C in Summer maneuvering to get her • Heated in Winter • Most breeds accepted ovipositor drilled and or • Licensed and very affordable! woven down to it to • Pick up and drop off service available deposit the all important egg. All the while that she Come let your dog run with the pack! is hard at work at this spe4821 Green Mtn. Rd. • Kalama cies continuing task she is quite vulnerable to preda360 www.paradisedogranch.com tors and other dangers facebook.com/theparadisedogranch

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including the possible breakage of her ovipositor. Sacrifices must be endured for the sake of continuing the species for sure. As with any of the members of the Hymenoptera order of insects, the ichneumon wasps will have two pairs of wings and the narrow waist that is also pretty common, but of course there are exceptions. The ichneumon female will also often have a wide band of white or yellow on their fairly long antennae. The antennae of these insects will also have many segments, an important clue for family placement in this order. I found that not very much is known about these insects at all. Even many of the specimens in the pictures used in my main reference source, Kaufman Field Guide To Insects of North America, were unknown and unidentifiable by experts. It seems we humans still have a lot of homework to do to yet fully understand the insects who live among us or us among them. I hope to continue learning what I can about these tiny helpful neighbors. I know I will always have plenty of respect for those that are able to sting or even look like they might. RIGHT: Here is the little ichneumon wasp I kept as a specimen. As I mentioned she is a bit damaged. I marvel at these insects and their ability to manage their long pieces of equipment such as this one’s long ovipositor (egg-laying appendage). TOP: Baldfaced hornets such as this one are beneficial due to the great number of flies and yellow jackets they kill. They often make the big gray paper hives that hang in trees and other high spaces. BOTTOM: Paper wasps such as this (dead) one are originally from Europe and China. They are recently landed on these shores in the east around 1980 and have spread nationwide since. They are predators of many types of caterpillars so should be considered helpful.

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ust twenty miles west of Longview along Highway 4 lies the sleepy burg of Cathlamet, Washington, your doorway to Puget Island and, thanks to the Puget Island Ferry, points west by way of the Oregon side of the Columbia River. The low-lying grounds of the island provide a perfect growing medium for pastureland and dairy farmers and the many sloughs are populated with homes and their adjacent sailboats, motorboats, fishing trawlers, and dinghys—anything which will float. Like many of the towns populating southwest Washington, Puget Island and Cathlamet were founded by hardy Scandinavians who came to America for a better life. A testament to this heritage is evident in the Island’s Sons of Norway Helgeland Lodge (the Norse Hall), where the Whakiakhum Chamber of Commerce Crab and Oyster Feed is held every year. The City of Cathlamet hugs the steep hillside that slopes down to the Columbia River basin far below. While not a large town (sporting 532 hardy souls as of 2012) the setting, the views, and the quietness of the island make it a fun exploration on a weekend outing. The town was founded on the site of a Native American village occupied by the Wahkiakum tribe and its name “Cathlamet” was said to have come from the local language in which it refers to a “rocky stretch of river channel”. One of the first founders was James Birnie, a retired Hudson Bay Company employee and his wife Charlotte. They brought their family of ten children to Cathlamet in 1846 and established a trading post called “Birnie’s Retreat”. It’s said that because of Charlotte Birnie’s half Kootenai and half French-Canadian heritage, the family experienced good relations with the Wahkiakum tribal members of the area. Four years after the Birnie’s arrival, James’ sister Rose Birnie arrived and became the first schoolteacher for Wahkiakum County. She later married another Hudson’s Bay employee (clerk) George Roberts. The Roberts home, built in 1857, has now been turned into the Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center and is the oldest home in Cathlamet. The city was incorporated February 4, 1907 and serves as the county seat for Wahkiakum County. The many river-oriented businesses, restaurants, antique shops, galleries, flower shops, pharmacy, and much more keep the town bustling and provide interesting haunts for those who want to relax while exploring what the town has to offer. The Wahkiakum Historical Museum is a great place for exploring the history of the area, too.

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Your Captain for the 10 minute ride on the Puget Island Ferry, crossing to Oregon (or, to Washington, if you’re starting on the opposite shore in Westport) will be Ray Peek, a 30-year veteran of the waters between the two shores. photo by gloria loughry

The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge:

Just one of the many homes where, not only can you park your vehicles, but your boat, too! Puget Island has many quiet sloughs, dotted with homes… and their boats. photo by

When you leaving Cathlamet and head toward Oregon, the Julia Butler Hansen Bridge takes you to Puget Island and the quiet community of Orient. The roads of the island are easy to explore and since the island is only 7.5 square miles, it’s a good distraction for seeing the green and lush farm lands, the many sloughs, and the boat houses for locals, recreational residents, and commercial fisherman. The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge was completed in 1939. It connects Highway 4 to State Route 409 across a channel of the Columbia to Puget Island. A ferry on the far

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LORE side of the island carries traffic across the river’s main channel to Westport, Oregon. A mere 10 minute ride across the Columbia OW N puts you on the Oregon side of the river. O R H O O D The Puget Island to Westport Ferry The ferry first came into existence in 1925 when Walter Coates started a ferry service with two wooden boats. He ran from Cathlamet, Washington, to Puget Island and then on to Westport, Oregon. In 1932, Mr. Coates sold his boats and got out of the ferry business. From 1932 to 1936 Arthur W. Houchen provided a boat and barge service between Cathlamet, Puget Island, and Westport after which, in 1936, Almar Danielsen of Puget Island took over and installed the ferry Tourist on the run. In 1938, the bridge between Puget Island and Cathlamet was built, and eliminated the need for the Puget-Island-to-Cathlamet ferry. Ferry service continued to be provided to Westport by the Tourist. In 1949 Danielsen replaced the Tourist with an all-metal 65-foot ferry named Almar. Danielsen grounded the Tourist on the beach west of the Puget Island ferry dock. The Almar ran until 1959 when the Danielsens quit the business and sold the ferry to Anacortes. During 1960, Darrell Boylan of Richland Tug and Barge briefly operated a barge service but finally, in late 1960, the ferry service between Puget Island and Westport was taken over by Wahkiakum County. A new ferry named Wahkiakum was built in Hood River at a cost of $45,000 and began operations in 1962, a service which still continues. The Wahkiakum has a capacity of 14 cars and 36 passengers and takes 10 minutes to cross the Columbia. The ferry runs 365 days a year and tries to keep to a schedule of 18 runs. Just $5 gets you and your car across the river on the last ferry in existence on the Lower Columbia River.

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Westport, Oregon, on the “other side”

The Puget Island Ferry connects riders to Westport, Oregon, a quiet town of about 483 residents on the Oregon side of the Columbia River. According to Oregon Geographic Names, Westport is named after “Captain” John West, a millwright and lumberman who settled in the area in the early 1850s. West was a native of Scotland who emigrated to Canada as a young man where he worked in a sawmill on the St. Lawrence river. Afterwards, he came Oregon by way of California during the gold rush of 1849. West ran a sawmill and a salmon cannery in the community of Westport and when the Westport post office was established in 1863, West became its first postmaster. Westport has a strong connection to the river and the ocean as well as its farming and wood industries. The surrounding floodplain and islands in the Westport Slough/ Wallace Island area include approximately 10,000 acres of diked agricultural lands, including 6,000 acres of cottonwood plantations. The quiet community straddles Highway 30 on its way to the Oregon Coast and is a favorite stopping point for many who make a point

Another dual parking situation. The entire island provides many opportunities for enjoying the scenery and a leisurly drive in a bucolic setting. photo by gloria loughry

to visit The Berry Patch restaurant for a quick lunch or even just dessert! From Westport, you can make your way to the Pacific Ocean and all it has to offer, or go back to the many delights Portland, Vancouver, and Longview/Kelso and the surrounding cities have to offer. Exploring the quiet, out of the way places near the place you live can be just as rewarding as a “getaway” to some exotic place. A tank of gas, a picnic basket, a camera, and a good friend are all you need to make it a fun outing.

Getting Hungry?

Check the Diva Gastronomique column on page 10 for a review of restaurants on both sides of the river—in case you and your companion(s) get hungry!

Early on, folks “made it happen” by transporting goods to Cathlamet by boat. photo courtesy of wahkiakum county chamber of commerce

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BULLDOG—cont’d from page 2

steel both above and below decks. (Area residents managed to save many smaller pieces of Oregon as souvenirs: compasses, portholes, ship’s bell, and much more.) Before the entire ship could be cut up, though, the Oregon appears aggressive in this frontal stereo view from circa 1899. nation realized that the scrap metal drive was working a bit too well: scrap prices had fallen sharply, and Oregon was beginning to look less like a money-maker for her owners. Fortuitously, the U.S. Navy called a halt to the scrapping and envisioned a new, third life for the old girl: by gutting the hull, the “ship,” now a mere shadow of her former self, could serve as a munitions barge for hauling explosives and ammunition to the Pacific Theater. So Oregon was packed with ammo and dynamite, and ignominiously towed across the ocean, no longer the

proud and famous ship of decades past. In the summer of 1944, she arrived in Guam and was moored there while her cargo was offloaded. With her final duties completed, the now empty and no-longer-needed hull languished away. But her travels weren’t quite over. In 1948, the Bulldog broke loose during a hurricane and started drifting toward the Philippine Islands. But she was located and towed back to Guam. The Navy then sold the hulk to the Massey Supply Corporation, which resold the ship to a Japanese salvage company. Oregon’s last voyage was to a Kawasaki scrap yard, where she was finally Oregon as a museum/historical center in broken up for good. Portland, circa 1941-42. Although the But beyond her ship looks ready for service, the Navy interesting history, had by this time rendered her impotent by removing her engines and disabling Oregon still lives on her guns. via many relics recovered from the scrap efforts in Kalama. Construction plans, a silver punch bowl, and bunting reside at the Oregon Historical Society. A candle holder fashioned from salvaged teak wood is in the holdings of the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis. Also in Chehalis, the Lewis County Historical Museum has a compass purported to be from Oregon. The Cowlitz County Historical Museum in Kelso has several artifacts, including a bedspread, a pulley block, and a draft gauge from a boiler. And of course, the ship’s mast is on display at the Tom McCall This sketch of Oregon appeared in a program for a Waterfront Park in Portland. More relics are kept at other regionreception at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, where the battleship was built in the 1890s. al museums and in private collections. FAITH—cont’d from page 9

“Our knowledge and use of the laws of nature that enable us to fly to the moon also enable us to destroy our home planet with the atom bomb. Science itself does not address the question whether we should use the power at our disposal for good or for evil. The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God. It is no longer enough that we pray that God may be with us on our side. We must learn to pray that we may be on God’s side.”

—Preeminent rocket scientist, “Father of the American Space Program”, and director of NASA, Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) **

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*A Patriot’s History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War On Terror, copyright © Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen 2004, Page 71. **George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States The American Patriot’s Bible, copyright ©2009 by Thomas Nelson , Inc., Notes and articles copyright ©2009 by Richard G. Lee, Holy Bible, New King James Version, copyright ©1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., page 1056. **Preeminent rocket scientist, “Father of the American Space Program”, and director of NASA, Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), The American Patriot’s Bible, copyright ©2009 by Thomas Nelson , Inc., Notes and articles copyright ©2009 by Richard G. Lee, Holy Bible, New King James Version, copyright ©1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc Page 97 ***(William J. Federer, America’s God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations, Pages 644-47)

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“It goes without saying, of course, that most of these men were steeped in traditions and teachings of Christianity—almost half the signers of the declaration of Independence had some form of seminary training or degree. John Adams … claimed that the Revolution ‘connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.’” —A Patriot’s History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War On Terror, copyright © Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen 2004, Page 71.

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world to run its on course). History shows the majority of this core group was deeply influenced by a Biblical Christian worldview. These Founder’s writings prove this out, too, along with the histories of their lives, ministries, leadership roles, and last wills and testaments. (Lee1-11)

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here are a lot of different views about the faith of our Founding Fathers; a lot of different “histories” being taught and told. In the Bible, we are encouraged to “Test all things; hold fast what is good” (I Thessalonians 5:21 NKJV). My years, of testing for myself, have shown me that the United States of America was founded on Biblical principles. Was every single person a Bible believer? No. Did every single Founder agree 100% about what scriptures taught? No. Did being a Christian preclude a person from making mistakes? No. What I can say yes to is that the majority of the people of that time period were brought up with values, principles, and virtues influenced heavily by the Holy Scriptures. As a result, we were a nation whose God was the God of the Bible.

“We recognize no sovereign but God and no king but Jesus!” —John Hancock and John Adams**

“The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.” —John Adams, Second President**

“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is this duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” —John Jay, First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court**

Even Thomas Jefferson (credited for recommending that there exist “a wall of separation between church and state—a phrase that never appears in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, Schweikart and Allen 125) attended church services BY LORI ANDERSON in the House of Representatives. During his presidency (1801–1809) “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord….” he also allowed church services in executive branch buildings. His —Psalm 33:12 NKJV concern for a separation between church and state sprang from the state sponsored type churches that were the norm in Europe. So, what he permitted was churches that were George Washington believed we were a Christian nation and that we were receiving voluntarily attended and non-discriminatory—not federally mandated religions/churches. blessings from God for this belief and trust in God! Time after time, our humble first President Jefferson wasn’t alone in this belief and practice. Many other presidents permitPresident implored the blessings of heaven on all those under his command and author- ted and participated in church services held right in the buildings of our nation’s capitol, ity. One of my favorite eyewitness accounts is the time in 1777 when the American continuing the Christian heritage of Freedom of Religion that sprang from our Founding Army lay at Valley Forge. A Quaker by the name of Potts was passing through the for- Fathers (Lee 1391). est when he heard something that aroused his curiosity. It was George Washington, on his knees, praying fervently in the forest for this, our fledgling United States of “The great faith that led our nation’s Founding fathers to pursue this bold experience in America. He was also praying for the soldiers under his watch who were fighting “at self-government has sustained us in uncertain and perilous times; it has given us fearful odds for all the world holds dear”. It was such an awesome and convicting sight, strength and inspiration to this very day. the burdened Potts was reported to have told his wife, “Till now I have thought that a Christian and a soldier were characters incompatible; but if George Washington be not Like them, we do very well to recall our “firm reliance on the protection of Divine a man of God, I am mistaken, and still more shall I be disappointed if God does not Providence,” to give thanks for the freedom and prosperity this nation enjoys, and to through him perform some great thing for this country.” (Federer, Pages 644–47) pray for continued help and guidance from our wise and loving Creator.” —George H.W. Bush, the 41st “Some great thing” was performed time and time again! The prayers of George President of the United States** Washington and all the Believers at that time were heard and answered. So much so that General Washington wrote to his friend in Virginia about how “conspicuous” the hand of There is not enough time and space to tell about all the amazing people throughout God had been throughout the course of the war. He wrote how he found it unfathomable American history who also held the faith of our Founding Fathers and how they carried that people would be found without faith and trust in God after witnessing such con- that faith throughout their own lives. There is not enough time and space to speak of all spicuous evidence and how wicked those people were without gratitude towards God for the people throughout Biblical history that have proved how blessed the nations are that all He had done for our great nation. (Federer, page 643). fear and follow Jehovah, the God of the Bible. We would do well to remember and copy “That is just one example of a Christian Founder! What about Founders like Benjamin the faith and gratefulness of our Founding Fathers as we celebrate our Independence Day Franklin?”,some would ask, “Wasn’t he a deist?” and as we enjoy the freedoms that we have been blessed with all year long. In his autobiography, Franklin mentions struggling with faith, trust, and gratitude in his youth and says he was a deist. As an adult though, we have Benjamin Franklin’s FAITH—cont’d on page 8 words, words that came from that lifelong searching for God. Only God knows if Franklin was a true believer, however Franklin’s words later in life show he believed in something beyond himself and show Northwood Park Funeral an influence from Christianity! He wrote in his autobiogHome & Cemetery raphy the prayer he said every day, “O powerful goodness! Funeral Home • Mausoleum • Cemetery Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that Cremation & Memorial Services, Traditional Funerals ls wisdom which discovers my truest interest. 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Dining P leasure 5 FOR YOUR

anytime I get the chance to use the cute little car ferry that runs from Puget Island to hyme Square Bistro isn’t promising the Westport Oregon I take it. moon, just hearty food, big portions, We started with a leisurely trip north up affordable prices and a casual hometown I-5 through Longview Washington and then atmosphere. This is not food re-invented, turned west on Ocean Beach Highway just food done right. The look is timelessly towards the Ocean Beaches. 25 miles later classic bistro, brightly colored walls, colorwe arrived at Cathlamet,Washington a sleepy ful reclaimed doors and framed art work little village that hugs the shore of the decorating the walls with tables and chairs Columbia River. We traveled through the in neutral browns and black. When we were tiny town, over the bridge and across flat there the sidewalk in front of this hip little BY THE DIVA GASTRONOMIQUE Puget Island, known for its’ history in the bistro was teaming with young families and fishing and dairy industry. other would-be diners. 15 minutes later we arrived at the end of the road and The Thyme Square Bistro offers a wide range of drinks the Washington State ferry dock. The ferry departs every and espresso, as well as breakfast and lunch items. hour ($5.00 for each car, please) and since we arrived What we tried: The Thyme Square Bistro has quite an early we were afforded the chance to watch the water C AT H L A M E T, WA extensive menu and it was hard to decide. My dining comtraffic and listen to the wind. panion finally decided on the Spicy Black Bean Burger, If you are thinking a huge Seattle-style ferry, don’t! served with Spicy Aioli, sweet Thai sauce, grilled onions, This cute little ferry only holds a few cars and the crew tomatoes, Swizz cheese and avocado on a Pub bun, served that runs the ferry. The day we arrived there were sevwith a side of Organic Spring Mix salad drizzled with eral cars, a couple of motorcyclists and a few walk-ons. homemade Raspberry poppy seed dressing, $10.99. Words Once everyone was onboard the big diesel engines likes, “this is really good,” and “fantastic flavor” described started and we chugged across the Columbia River backhow much he liked the burger and salad combination. water towards Westport Oregon. I decided to try The Puget Island from the Panini menu It’s quiet and peaceful (the ferry doesn’t enter the W E S T P O R T , O R with chicken breast, pesto, onion, tomato garlic Aioli and main shipping lanes.). During the trip all I could hear served with chips, $8.99. Although the taste was was the thrumming of the diesel engines and the wind. In ten minutes we were good the chef’s choice of bread didn’t hold up to ready to off-load at the Westport dock and to make the two-block drive to the the Panini’s promise. Unfortunately my Panini Berry Patch Restaurant. also contained tomatoes, which in this case, The Berry Patch Restaurant and Oregon Wild Berries started as a little road seemed poorly prepared for the intended use. In side stand selling strawberries and other wild berries to locals and travelers other words, it was a sloppy mess. alike. They decided to add food for sale and the rest (as they say) is history. We decided to round out our lunch with a single What we tried: I decided on the BBQ’d Chicken Wrap. It was huge with shot of espresso coffee and a dessert. My dining lots of smoky BBG’s chicken, the usual accouterments and finished with a companion chose a Vanilla Bean Scone and I tasty Caesar dressing all wrapped in a large untoasted tortilla. It was a little chose a delicious looking Cherry hand pie. He said messy which is unusual for a his scone was tender and had just enough vanilla wrap. The dressing positively bean to make it mouth-watering; while my cherry dripped from the wrap. It was hand pie was cherrilicious. definitely a two-napkin wrap. The service at Thyme Square Bistro is fast, the waiters pleasant and helpful and But it was still yummy. I despite my poor Panini episode we will return. Did I mention they serve breakdecided on their homemade fast? Our table neighbors told us Thyme Square Bistro serves the best Huevos potato salad as my side. As Rancheros and Pico Eggs. Hmmm, I can’t wait to come again. potato salads go in a restauThyme Square Bistro, 71 Main Street, Cathlamet, Washington 360-795-8800. rant it wasn’t bad but “nothing to write home about.” My dining partner decided The Berry Best—Westport, OR to try the Bison Burger since or a modern take on the classic diner you must try The hamburgers rate high on his list of desirable foods. He is currently watching Berry Patch located in Westport Oregon, just across the his calories so the Bison Burger was a natural choice for him. Bison burger is river from Puget Island and Cathlamit Washington. Now reputed to be leaner and tastier than beef burger. However there are inherent you might think it’s odd to say “across the river from Puget problems of the meat being tough and tasteless, if it is too lean. This was not Island” and not “just west of Clatskanie Oregon.” But hey, the case with his Bison Burger. He said the sandwich had a very good taste and just the right amount of moisture in the meat. He also decided to try the homemade Marion berry mustard on his burger. I know, it sounds little strange. Imagine the bitterness of mustard combined with the sweetness of Marionberrys. However, he said it was DELICIOUS. This very fresh comfort food is excellent. Our dining neighbors were enjoying the chicken and dumplings with fresh (please note) green beans and a fresh, noniceberg house salad with a homemade Marion berry vinaigrette. They told us they come every weekend just for the homemade chicken and dumpling. We have already decided to try some the next time we stop. The Berry Patch Restaurant and Oregon Wild Berries, 49289 Hwy 30, Westport, Oregon. 97016, 1-503-455 2250. Open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Call for more information. Reservations are not needed. (The Berry patch also serves and sells jams, jelly’s, fresh baked pies and now fruit wines.)

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2014 Planters Days Highlights!

he 92nd Annual Planters Days Celebration was the highlight of the year for the folks of Woodland, Washington, but none more so than for Planters Days Princess Alesha Beuscher who was crowned Queen of Planters Days and Miss Woodland for the 2014/2015 season during the opening ceremonies. The grand prize winners from the Planters Days ticket holders were Joe Albue, winner of the $5,000 first prize; Marty Martin, who wone the Traeger Texas Grill (valued at $1,100), second prize in the contest; and Skyler Schrader, winner of the third prize, an Apple I-Pad Air, will soon be attending college, so she was very excited about her winnings, as you can imagine!

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Newly crowned Queen Alesha Beuscher (left) stands with 2013/2014 Queen Celia Franco who now passes the baton to Alesha. RIGHT: Princess Alesha Beuscher at the moment she, and the rest of the onlookers, found out she was chosen Queen. BABY BIRDS—cont’d from page 12

nuthatches nesting in our back yard. We were thrilled to discover them in a run down wooden bird house out back. We had almost taken it down, as it stood empty for five years. A neighbor cat caught two of the babies but as they sometime have eight babies we were trusting that several made it to adult hood. These special birds also dart into the feeders, hang on upside down, pry out a seed and fly off to eat it or hide it for future enjoyment. We received a call from a new friend Carol who feeds the tiny mourning doves. Sometimes she has 18 plus feeding on the ground near her home. It seems that one little dove had been hit by a car and had a damaged wing. Carol wondered if I could look at it. I said yes, bring it on over. It was a feisty little bird with lots of energy. The shoulder was injured but not broken so I suggested she put Neosporin on the cut and ‘try’ to wrap a bandage around the shoulder to hold it down. Wrong! The little dove did not like it and kept picking it off. When calling to see how the dove was doing I was told it was eating well, drinking good and just enjoying life as a pampered ‘pet’. Time will tell if the cut will heal and in the mean time Carol will take good care of it. In the future it would be best to not try to fix it and turn it over

to a veterinarian who cares for hurt animals. There is one in Longview. Another call came recently via e mail that showed a picture of a strange bird that is floating around on the water at our local park. I recognized it as one I had seen in years past in the Lewis River near the bend. It took me several days to find out just what it was so that I could let the Swindals know. It was a Chinese Swan Goose. It is related to the Bean goose family. I will find out more on it and tell you another time. In the mean time enjoy the summer, the parks, the rivers etc. Let me know if you see something special.

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