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here is an e-mail list run by the entrance all excited about finding University of Washington to (or not finding) the Ibis. The ones alert subscribers of birds being seen who had seen it had taken excellent all around the state of Washington. photos of this big wading bird and This e-mail list is called Tweeters were happy to share just where they (not to be confused with the social had seen it. media platform called Twitter). I Ibis and spoonbills belong to the don’t follow Tweeters but my cousin same family. The nose has it as far Doug Schurman will sometimes clue as a basic description goes. The Ibis me in on messages that pertain to the have a long decurved bill. Even Woodland Bottoms or the Ridgefield when flying high in the sky with its Wildlife Refuge (RWR). I usually neck stretched straight out, with its am too late by the time I get the mesnose right out there. You will know sage. Many of the rare birds are it is an Ibis; can’t miss it. spotted in our very own Woodland These 22- to 25-inch marsh wadBottoms in or near the Dyke or at the ABOVE: Colorful Wood Ducks enjoy the water that the rains have returned to the region. ers have long red legs during breedBELOW: A White Faced Ibis—a rare sight in these parts! photos by doug schurman RWR just 20 minutes away. ing season. The body is a deep Recently Doug called to tell me of the latest rarity, a white-faced Ibis. purplish chestnut color. It says in the book it has a white face but for me I Wow, I was game to go but as usual I didn’t see it. When arriving at would say it has a very small red spot at the base of the bill outlined in Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge (RWR) there were other birders gathered at the BIRDS—cont’d on page 2

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white. The young immatures and nonbreeding birds lack the white on the face and the red legs. We have seen these birds before during Spring migration in Burns, Oregon. According to my bird book they are not seen in Washington state but are found through the middle of California and on down into Mexico and Argentina. As it is the end of migration in our state I guess they must have been blown off course and into the Ridgefield Wildlife Reserve? This is a wonderful birding time because of the Fall migration. One never knows what will happen by. As the rains have returned, there will be more water at the RWR and also around our Woodland Bottoms. Water brings ducks, sandhill cranes, geese and swans. The Columbia Flyway goes right over Woodland and the surrounding cities. We are blessed to be host to numerous migrating birds, so hop in your car and check it out for yourself!

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IN THIS ISSUE The Review — November 2014, Vol. 12, Issue 11

On the Cover The Birds of Fall By Norma Brunson

3 What’s Happening

Around Town Over the Garden Gate By Cheryl Spaulding

4 Stepping Stones

8 SW Washington History: When Washington Women took the Vote By Karen Johnson

10 Religion: Pilgrims in this Place By Lori Anderson

If you or your grandparents or anyone you know, ever dairy farmed in Woodland, please contact her to be sure their stories get into the book. The book was scheduled to go to the printers the end of August; however, this has been postponed to next spring. We have lots to do to get the book to printing stage and not all of the family stories and pictures have been submitted. We want to include as many former dairies as possible. The deadline for submission of family stories is January 15, 2015 so please contact Rosaly at 306-607-7200 or e-mail her at wsurose@gmail.com.

Mall Adoption Events for the Humane Society of Cowlitz County. Mill City Grill, We are at the Three Rivers Mall in the former Fibre Credit Longview 5 Novel Ideas—Great Union space on Friday and Saturday, the 3rd weekend of By Diva Gastronomique Winter Reading! every month. By Missouri 12 The Media are Scarier We will have cats and dogs for adoption. All are microthan Ebola 6 Insects: Delicate chipped and current on shots; all cats, and many of our dogs By Guest Columnist Creatures are already spayed/neutered. For a complete list of all adoptable animals at the Humane Society please direct individuals Dennis Prager By Nora Garofoli to www.cowlitzhumane.com or www.petfinder.com. Our dates for September, October, November and December are as follows (3rd Friday and Saturday of every WHAT’S HAPPENING month): Nov 21–22 and Dec 19–20, 11am to 3pm. Ladybug Bazaar (Battle Ground High School) Volunteers Needed Saturday, November 1st, 2014, 9:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Woodland Mobile Meals is in need of volunteer drivers. Local crafts: Jewelry, decor, pottery, wood, glass and Meals are picked up at the America’s Family Diner on more! Holiday music! 185 vendors—both gyms and mezzaLewis River Drive at 10:45 along with recipients names and nine at Battle Ground High School Gym, 300 North Parkway, addresses. Delivery usually takes a little over an hour. If Battle Ground, WA 98604. Food available… No Strollers, you are interested in assisting with this outreach to seniors please. Optional donations to local food bank… $$, cans or program please call Moze Meeker at 225-6501 or June staples. Jones at Woodland Real Estate 225-8278. Deliveries are in the Woodland, WA, metro area. ST. PHILIP HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE St. Philip Parish Hall, 430 Bozarth, Woodland; Sat. Nov. TOPS #1129 Meets in Woodland 22 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The TOPS #1129 Group meets at 9:00 a.m. on Over 20 tables of handcrafted gifts, jewelry, needlecraft, Tuesdays for their weigh-in and meeting at the Woodland Heavenly Fudge plus raffle items and Tom’s Famous White Community Center located at 782 Park Street. For more Chicken Chili. Potential vendors should contact Melanie information contact Delores at 360-606-6434. Walsh at 263-3068. Tops #1489 meets in Kalama Fall Craft and Nut Sale at The Kalama Tops (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group St. Timothy’s in Chehalis: meets every Tuesday at 9 am for their weigh in and Come join us Saturday, November 15th, from 9 a.m. to meeting at the Kalama Methodist Church at 111 N 2nd 3 p.m. for our annual Fall Craft and Nut Sale at St. Timothy Street. It is a low cost, educational support Group. Episcopal Church located at 1826 SW Snively in Chehalis. Any questions call Debbie at 360-673-5183 Episcopal Churchwomen have assembled a variety of beautifully packaged nuts for holiday baking and gifting. Baked SW Washington Gold Prospectors Meet! The SW Washington Gold Prospectors club meets every goods and pie by the slice will be available for purchase. An 2nd Sunday every month at 1:00 p.m. at the Minnehaha added feature is the Heavenly Hog BBQ in the parking lot. Grange Hall at 4905 NE St. Johns Road in Vancouver, WA. Talented local craftsmen will have their art for sale. Our For more information contact Steve at 971-212-5996 or go to annual event, Happiness is Handmade, provides all prowww.swwgoldprospectors.org or see their Facebook page at ceeds raised by the church to go to those in need through www.facebook.com/pages/Swwgp. donations to various local community programs. For more information, contact Nancy Simms at 360-748-6510 or CLARK COUNTY OPEN STUDIOS k_nsimms@msn.com. Enjoy a free, self-guided tour of fine art studios around Clark County, WA through the Arts of Clark County which Woodland Dairies Rosaly Bauer Divens is in the process of completing a book about the Dairy Industry of the Woodland area for the Woodland Historical Museum. She wants to include all families that ever had a dairy in or near Woodland. One section is generic information about dairy farms. The third secANNOUNCEMENTS FOR RENT tion is dedicated to individual stories of families that ever had ANNOUNCEMENTS a dairy in the Woodland area and their experiences. By Pat Stepp

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The Frost on the Pumpkin

here is an old saying that goes something like when the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder is in the barn we will have nothing left to do but mow the lawn occasionally, prepare the garden for winter, plant a few remaining bulbs and plan for next year. Sounds easy, right???? Well, the frost hasn’t yet arrived and while the grey and wet days of winter are approaching rapidly there are still slugs to deal with, which, left alone, will damage my winter vegetables, if I By Cheryl Spaulding give them half a chance. And without my silent army of garden snakes and beneficial insects which patrol my garden routinely during the summer, I will have to be doubly vigilant about slug control. I’m not one for use of chemicals, aka slug bait, unless it is absolutely necessary. Yes, with fall and winter comes some real challenges. The last of my tomatoes still need to be harvested, tomato cages need to be stored in the barn, basil to harvested, the last of the apples and pears to pick, and my greenhouse and cold frames to organize and prepare for winter, not to mention the planting of a cover crop in my planting beds. Who says there’s nothing left to do?! On alternate years I lay on a six- to eight-inch deep layer of horse manure on my planting beds to protect and enrich the soils. This year I am planting a “green manure” cover crop mixture to protect the soil surface from the wind and driving rains of winter. Annual cover crops capture and recycle nutrients in the soil that would otherwise be lost through leaching during the winter and early spring. They also help the soil absorb water more readily and suppress weeds as well as supply nitrogen and increase organic matter in the garden soil. Remember, whichever legume or grass you choose as a cover crop, the plant should be easy to till into the soil in spring. You can also combine a legume with a grass or cereal plant crop to produce and store nitrogen. Vetch with rye or oats, or Austrian peas or garden peas with winter wheat or rye make good combinations for the home garden. Of course, you can take the easy way out and let chickweed take over and cover the ground instead. They say some of the best things in life are free and chickweed is a good example. This common “weed/herb” is usually found growing just about everywhere. However, the problem is with chickweed is it often comes a whole host of other weeds which, once they have taken over, are a pain in the neck and back to remove. Garden Hint: Know what you are eating! like wild mushrooms always verify your wild herb before eating and determine if any commercial fertilizers have been used on the plant. Stellar media or common chickweed, is a coolseason annual plant native to Europe, which is often eaten by chickens, hence the name chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, winterweed. The plant germinates in fall or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Speaking of herbs, “woody” or permanent herbs such as sage, Lavender, Hyssop Thyme and Marjoram are perennials and have persistent structures above ground

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year round. In the fall I trim away any flower stalks and remove dead or diseased limbs and dying leaves from these herbs. Any foliage in good condition I leave and harvest through the winter as I need them. Of course this only works during mild winters. If you still have herbacious herbs growing, (plants that have leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level and do not leave a persistent woody stem above ground), now is the time to harvest. Basil, Parsley, Tarragon, Winter Savory, etc., can be dried and preserved for use during the winter months. Besides drying my herbs I also make fresh pesto. If you are also basil grower and haven’t yet tried making your own pesto you should give it a try. It is oh-so-easy and great for use on pasta, pizza or a fresh dip. 4 cups fresh picked basil 2 garlic cloves, peeled ½ cup Parmensan cheese ½ cup Olive oil 1/3 cup pine nuts 1 tsp salt Combine first four ingredients in a blender. Blend until a paste forms, stopping often to push down basil. Add both cheeses and salt; blend until smooth. Transfer to small bowl. (Can be made a day ahead. Top with 1/2 inch olive oil and keep in the refrigerator.) This the Italian version and the one most often used. Hint: walnuts can be substituted for the pine nuts.

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Stepping Stones

just wrote a column on the subject of getting out the vote for our November 4th off-year election. When I sent it off to my editor for publication, it disappeared someBY PAT STEPP © Copyright 2013/2014 where into cyberspace. I am now trying to make some lemonade out of that lemon! It seems that the United States of America has 40 countries ahead of us in the percentage of their populations that vote. Some countries have mandatory voting and some fine their citizens for not voting. The French have a three-day weekend election and have a higher percentage than the countries that hold their elections on a workday. Getting out the vote should be easier now when we can vote by mail. People used to volunteer to drive people to the polls last century. I remember reading an article in my mid-twenties asking for assistance. I called a number and offered to pick up a couple to take them to vote at the local school. I arrived at their house and began to load them into my Karrman Ghia. The tall, elderly man said he would sit in back so his wife could sit in the more comfortable seat in front. As I proceded to try to fit his long legs in the tiny back seat, both he and his wife kept apologizing for being “so much trouble”. Although I got them to the polls and back without permanently injuring them, no other requests were made for my transportation services. That day made quite a lasting impression on me. On the way home I vowed that if I lived to be as old as they were, I would never apologize for being old. We have so many freedoms in America. We have the freedom not to register, Only 75% of the population are registered to vote. If we do choose to register, we have the freedom not to vote. Fifty-five percent of the registered voters vote on a Presidential Election year and 40% on the off-year election. This gives the people who do vote more power to choose who will serve us in government. I was politically active for 25 years, then suffered burnout. I took a respite, but I am now getting back “into the fray”. I am learning about my new district and have done some door-belling and sign-waving recently for one of the candidates. I have met many dedicated people that care about electing the best possible leaders. I recently met some younger voters that were on their way to being political activists. This bodes well for future elections. STONES—cont’d on page 5

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regory Maguire’s newest, “Egg and Spoon,” is a delight(and a witch) attempting to make sense of life and the mysterful fairy tale mixing two spunky protagonists, Russian ies surrounding them. myth and plenty of wit and wisdom. Marketed for young Guest review by Nelson Appell, Washington Public Library staff. adults, this novel has plenty of appeal for adults. Narrated by an imprisoned ccording to historians, 400 women, or thereabouts, fought monk, the novel is set in the early in the Civil War. Dressed like their menfolk, they left their 1900s in czarist Russia. In route homes to serve for many of the same reasons their spouses, to St. Petersburg to visit the Tsar, fathers and sons did. a train carrying a noble family “Neverhome,” a new novel by stops in an impoverished town in Laird Hunt, presents a chilling, no the Russian countryside. Lightning holes barred portrait of one such has damaged the bridge out of town, so the train must wait for woman—a Union soldier, bridge repair. Young Ekaterina (Cat), who is cultured and Constance Thompson, later speaks several languages, is aboard the train. dubbed Ash Thompson. A year The town’s few residents are malnourished and starving. after Fort Sumter, she leaves her Young peasant Elena approaches the train and forms a secret husband Bartholomew on their farm in Indiana, hoping the din friendship with Cat. of war will drown out the ghosts in her past. Before long an acciIn a voice wholly dent happens that original and reminiscent propels each girl of the language of the into an adventure times, Hunt weaves an that challenges her intimate first-person experience of the account of Ash’s experiREPRINTED WITH PERMISSION, world. These advenMISSOURIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. COPYRIGHT 2014. ences, the stronger parttures involve a firener in her marriage, driven to “stand with her bird, a magical Faberge egg, the czar of comrades atop the ruins of old ideas.” Russia, an environmental mystery and a While Bartholomew’s sight is weak, Ash’s witch that steals the novel. vision is spot on. She could “shut one eye and The witch, Baba Yaga, doesn’t make her shoot a jack rabbit out of its ears at 50 yards.” appearance until well into the book, but once Still the couple discusses which of them should she arrives she adds a creative spark. Baba fight for the Republic, “talked on it for two Yaga travels in her house, which walks on months… took it at every angle, sewed on it chicken legs, along with her familiar, a cat until the stitch stayed shut.” that engages in verbal sparring with the Decision made, Ash joins a straggling group witch. heading off to war. They drill in preparation, and “You couldn’t find your way from A to B dig latrines, trenches and graves. Ash sees sights in an alphabet book,” the cat charges. Baba she never imagined. Then it’s off by river, and a Yaga responds, “What? You think Baba march “into the fiery south.” Yaga lives by ordinary coordinates? Not. The latitude and attitude of magic require me to change my address frequently, often in the middle of the night when the local wel- NOVEL IDEAS—cont’d on page 9 come wagon comes to call with torches and pitchforks.” Normally not one to engage in human affairs, Baba Yaga lends her magical help. But not out of the goodness in her heart. Since something is wrong with the magic in Russia, and since she depends on magic, she seeks answers from the Czar. The heroes of this fantasy are not heroes vanquishing evil. Instead, they are people

Spunk, Wit, and Wisdom— Egg & Spoon

A Decidedly Original Civil War Novel— Neverhome

Novel Ideas Good reads for lazy afternoons

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ahlia blossoms are more than just beautiful, they also make great hideouts. I recently spied a little insect hiding out in one flower sp aand decided I had better get a photo of it for my photo collection. By the time I got back m with my camera it had moved on, but luckily w I discovered the little fellow on a sunflower hhead a few days later and managed to capture o vLI a ffew pictures for my files. That small bug ST K o OR n O ow andGL YA OF turne turned out to be one of the many predatory charND AR PHOTO S BY NORA acters in the cast that works in my garden. This Assassin Bug, as they are known as commonly, seemed to be very delicate, almost too delicate to be a hunter of other insects. Some of its’

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Dainty Brown Lacewings such as this one are incredible helpers for aphid control and control of other pests as well. They are not as common as Green Lacewings but just as important as helpers in the garden.

cousins have even more delicate legs than this type. Those cousins are the True bugs known as Thread-legged bugs and Stiltlegged bugs. The Thread-legged bug’s legs are indeed very long and so very thin. I am so amazed that they do the work of hunting other insects for food as well. The Assassin bug in my photo (opposite page, top) is a bit more stout than its’ cousins I just mentioned, but still small at about half an inch in length. They tend to wander about the foliage of the garden during the day looking for likely insect meals. Another delicate hunter group I often see in my garden are the Lacewings. I have seen both Green Lacewings and the less common Brown Lacewings. As adults they do seem very dainty, but as young The less beautiful larval form of the Green Lacewing is the real aphid larva they are a bit more rough and tough hunter of the family often able to eat more than the fragile looking adult looking. They have bumpy, lumpy skin form shown here. and a fairly large set of pincer type jaws. These youngsters are very helpful at controlling aphids and other pests since the young ‘teenage’ larva have such an enormous appetite during their active growth stages. Even the way Lacewings lay their eggs seems delicate, but it is really a way to protect each little hatchling

from its’ siblings. When these little predators hatch out they are ready to eat and even if it is a sibling they may eat it if they get the chance. The eggs are therefore laid at the end of a very thin thread dangling down from the back of a leaf. This gives each young Lacewing a better chance of not becoming a meal for some other predator, be they sibling or not. Adult Lacewings are about one half to three quarters of an inch long with thin, well veined, somewhat oval wings. The

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his month marks the 104th anniversary of a landmark event in “It therefore being admitted Washington politics. On November 8, 1910, women won the that women are persons, we BY KAREN L. JOHNSON right to vote when the Sixth Amendment to our state constitution certainly must be recogwas ratified. The lengthy battle for equal suffrage had finally nized as citizens, and if citibeen settled in favor of the fairer sex. But that battle zens then according to our stretches farther back in time than most people realize, laws we have the right to progressing in a one-step-forward-two-steps-back kind vote, and if the of way since the 1850s. Some of the seminal events right, then took place in southwest Washington. devolves upon As early as 1854, territorial legislator Arthur Denny us the duty to proposed an amendment to allow women the right to vote. make the best use His proposal didn’t pass, but women were allowed to vote in of ourcitizenship by school elections. In 1857, all “adult white inhabitants” were given the coming out to the right to approve the granting of liquor licenses. But women were still Polls at the coming precluded from casting ballots in elections of more importance. election and casting A decade later, a new territorial law gave voting rights to “all white our vote along with Charlotte Emily Olney French joined American citizens twenty-one our husbands, fathers, sons her sister in advocating for women’s right to vote in general elections. years of age.” Washington and brothers.” women saw this language as a Brown’s sister clear road to suffrage, since Charlotte Emily Olney gender restrictions were not French lived in Grand Mound mentioned. Adding even stronger and organized an outdoor direction to the suffrage movement was dinner there on Election Day, 1868’s newly-accepted Fourteenth Amendment June 6. The dinner and voting took place at the to the U.S. Constitution, which defined citizens school at Goodell’s Point. Seven women managed as “all persons born or naturalized in the United to cast their ballots, which were accepted by the States”—again, no restrictions on gender. election officials. This marks the first time women’s Washington suffragists now decided to put votes were acknowledged in a general election in the issue to a test. In 1869, Mary Olney Brown Washington Territory. tried to cast a ballot in the town of White River, Meanwhile, suffragists in Black River (today’s but officials would not accept her vote. Over Littlerock) waited anxiously to hear if the Grand the next year Brown wrote several editorials Mound gals had voted. When a man on horseback promoting suffrage; she also moved to Olympia, rode into Black River shouting “They’re voting!” Mary Olney Brown was a mover and rallied the forces eight more women cast their ballots. On this 1865 map of southwest Washingthere and in Grand In the capitol city, however, things didn’t fare so and shaker in Washington’s ton Territory, Grand Mound to vote in the well. Mary Olney Brown and two other women early suffrage efforts. Mound can be seen 1870 election. In the THE VOTE—cont’d on page 9 in the upper center. Olympia Transcript of Here women cast May 28, Brown wrote: their votes in 1870.

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Because few could “best (Ash) with a gun,” she’s soon noticed by her colonel, who wants to make her a sharpshooter; he later betrays her, believing she’s a rebel spy. Ash endures all the gut-wrenching horrors of war, where “Death was the underclothing (they) all wore.” She shoots rebel boys at 40 yards, uses trickery when kidnapped, takes a shot to the arm, and witnesses amputations, discarded limbs tossed out windows. What nearly breaks her though is torture and imprisonment in a “lunatic house” where it matters little that she’s a woman. It’s impossible to read Ash’s odyssey without a tightening in your gut, one that heightens as the book comes to its heartrending conclusion. “Neverhome” isn’t for the faint of heart—but it’s an unforgettable novel that will stir your heart.

ebut author Lin Enger has penned a new book that’s difficult to pigeonhole. “The High Divide” is a Western, but a novel that’s rife with mystery. Many questions are raised about what haunts the main character, Ulysses Pope, sending him on a journey to reopen a past with which he’s compelled to make peace. Ulysses has left his wife Gretta and their two sons Eli and Danny before, but in 1886 he walks away from their farm and doesn’t come back. Ulysses fought in the Civil War, lost an ear to a rebel soldier, so he says. He’s always been a quiet man, one who seems unable to share himself with Gretta. Ulysses withholds himself from his sons too, Eli, who’s on the cusp of manhood and Danny, a few years younger, a weaker boy beset by incredible headaches “that came hand in hand with strange dreams.”

Mystery, Western, Family Tale— The High Divide

Six weeks after his father walks off the farm, Eli intercepts a letter addressed to his dad, written in a “feminine hand” with a distinctly perfumed fragrance. It’s from a certain Laura Powers, and is written with affection. Not telling his mother about the letter, Eli steals away at night, determined to learn his father’s whereabouts. Danny tracks him, and threatens to tell their mother about the letter unless Eli agrees to let him go along on the search. So begins a series of journeys, by the boys and later by Gretta, determined to find Ulysses and bring him home. Ulysses endures one adventure after another on his quest, a journey taking him from Minnesota to the Badlands. Based on two historical events, the Hornaday expedition of 1886 and the Washita incident, “The High Divide” is quietly captivating, growing more exciting as the pages turn—culminating in a tribal confrontation in which Eli offers the ultimate sacrifice.

etronella Oortman, an 18-year-old bride wedded to a 40-ish merchant trader, arrives in Amsterdam in 1686 to begin life with her husband, Johannes Brandt, whom she married a month before. Johannes isn’t there to greet her — instead the dismayed girl gets an icy welcome from his sister, Marin. This is the first of many surprises for Nella, in “The Miniaturist,” a beguiling historical novel by Jessie Burton, reminiscent of classic novels in which the master of the house has a secret life, and the young heroine is caught up in a web of intrigue.

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(Jane Pattison and Jane Wylie) handed in their ballots at the Olympia precinct, but their votes were not accepted. The Olympia Transcript, in a June 11 article titled “Election Returns,” summarized: “Eight women voted at Miami [Littlerock] precinct, and seven at Grand Mound. Three offered their ballots at Olympia precinct, but were refused by the judges.” Today, that historic first vote in Grand Mound is memorialized by an informational plaque. If you’d like to see it for yourself, take Exit 88 from I-5, turn west, DELICATE—cont’d from page 7

backwards it seems. This movement causes them to leave interesting lines or doodles in their wake as they move about looking for a new or better spot to dig their pit trap for hunting prey. This steep sided, funnel-shaped trap is how they catch their meals. The little Antlion Bug digs itself into the trap by digging in backwards using its head to fling the loose soil up and out of the trap. When it feels it is deep enough it settles in to wait at the bottom with jaws open and ready for any insect that may stumble into the pit. As the insect struggles with the loose sides of the pit the Antlion may ‘help’ the poor bugger by throwing more dirt up the already unstable sides of the pit further hampering any escape of the soon to be dinner guest. All in all it sounds pretty awful, but I am also certain that that little bug has had some long waits between meals at times. These little guys tend to build their traps in drier soils usually under overhangs of various types. Even near and in old sheds and barns is a likely location. The pits aren’t very large, being about the diameter of an inch or so. Amazingly they also tend to be in small groups, too. The adult Antlions have varying markings on their delicate long wings depending on which species it is. The adults remind me so much of fairies, just by the way they fly and position their wings when they land. Some of the wings are spotted, some are silvery gray and others have dark bands at the tips with a touch of pink on the tips. Even their antennae have a nice graceful form to them, being slightly curved downward with slight elongated clubbing at the tips. These little inch-or-more-long critters tend to be active at night. They can be attracted to lights. I was so lucky as to have one of these come to my reading flashlight and land on my book as I was reading late at night on one of our camp outs. What a delicate creature! I thought. Who are you? I was lucky enough to have my camera nearby and after several tries I got a decent photo of this dainty night-time visitor. I was so glad I did because I was able to check my various resources to then find out who came to my light. I sure enjoy learning about all the many wonders the world has to offer just by being an alert naturalist. I will definitely be looking for more little surprises in my blossoms and elsewhere as I wander about my little corner of this world. WWW.REVIEWMEDIAGROUP.COM

then turn south (left) at the first stoplight onto Old Highway 99. In just a few hundred feet, turn left into the parking lot by the Dairy Queen restaurant. There, on the strip-mall wall between Curves and Golden Elite Tanning Salon, you’ll find the plaque, which nicely sums up the remaining progress of women’s suffrage in Washington: “Women earned the right to vote in Washington Territory through legislative action in 1883 but it was taken away through court action in 1887, re-instated by the legislature in 1888, and again removed through court action the same year. Washington State finally enacted women’s suffrage in 1910, ten years before the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 granted women’s suffrage nationwide.” For the complete story on Washington’s suffrage story, find a copy of Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices: The Campaign for Equal Rights in Washington by Shanna Stevenson (Washington State Historical Society, 2009). Also, check out the many essays on various suffrage themes at www.historylink.org. And don’t forget to cast your ballot in this year’s election!

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“All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.”

new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this BY LORI ANDERSON beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by —Hebrews 11:13–16 NASB the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To ow did the Pilgrims stay grateful despite their suffering? It was the early Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” 1600s when the settlers we have come to know as Pilgrims came to our —2 Peter 3:9-18 NASB shores to establish a new home. They came hoping to escape the suffering and persecution they faced in Europe; hoping to escape the tribulations (fines, conAs pilgrims in this place, believers have “the hope of salvation” and “a fiscations, imprisonments, executions) that came with disagreeing with the blessed assurance”. Meaning, all those who confess with their mouths and government-imposed religion of that time. Like Abraham of the Old Testament, believe in their hearts that Jesus, the son of God, paid the debt of our sins with they left their homes and possessions for the unknown and the unseen. As His own life, then rose from the dead to conquer death on our behalf, are William Bradford would later write, “of these one hundred persons who came adopted into the family of God. As sons and daughters of the Creator, our real over in this first ship together, the greatest half died in the general mortality, home and our real inheritance is with God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit. Here on earth and most of them in two or three months’ time”. They landed in April of 1621 we will have trouble but Jesus has taken care of all of that and the Bible says and by November, only 53 pilgrims were left, and, out of the original 18 adult He is preparing our new home as we speak—a home for we pilgrims. women that made the journey, only four were left alive for the first Thanksgiving As pilgrims in this place, and at this time, we are especially blessed because celebration. What a dreadful ordeal! How could they do it? How could they be we have the privilege of being the first generation to have ever seen 2,000 of thankful to God when they had lost so much? the 2,500 prophecies in the Bible come to completion. The pilgrims of old did The answer? It was their mind-set and their practice of recognizing we are not have that to hold on to. The pilgrims of OLD-old (the Old Testament) did but pilgrims here in this place. This is not our home. The trials we face here are not even have the written Word to hold on to. Yet, these Pilgrim Fathers of ours momentary. Our real rest, joy, comfort and hope waits for us in our real home. exhibited such faith, and God used that faith to create such beauty! Take, for William Bradford alluded to this when describing his group’s July 1620 depar- example, another pilgrim. ture from their European homes. He used the language of Hebrews 11:13–16, John Bunyon was born at the time our nation’s pilgrims were suffering from “So they lefte [that] goodly & pleasante citie, which had been ther resting government persecution back in Europe. As Bunyon grew up, things just got place, nere 12 years; but they knew they were pilgrimes, & looked not much on worse and he found himself persecuted and imprisoned for his beliefs. The these things; but lift up their eyes to ye heavens, their dearest cuntrie, and qui- attempt to quiet this man did not work though! John Bunyon wrote The eted their spirits.” Pilgrim’s Progress in prison. Ironic that he referred to their earthly homes as goodly and pleasant when Published in 1678, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World to That Which Is the truth was each earthly home was filled with sorrow and trouble. Here again to Come “is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English we see their attitudes and practices were faithful. They read and believed the literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been Word of God and were comforted by reading things like: out of print.” This old book is a beautiful allegory of our difficult walk here on “…the former troubles are forgotten, …they are hidden from My sight! For earth, and the perfect picture of how THIS place is NOT our home. In the conclusion of Pilgrim’s Progress, Bunyon speaks of the Celestial City behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I he learned about in the Bible. Consider Hebrews 12:22–29: “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, create…” and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn —Isaiah 65:16-18 NASB who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of I guess we need to be glad and rejoice and live like we are pilgrims in this the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and place, too. We should practice making the best of things here, as we are passing to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. through our earthly home; thanking God for the good and the bad; looking See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not forward to our future home with God where there will be no more death and no escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we more crying. escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. And His voice shook “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repen- not only the earth, but also the heaven.” This expression, “Yet once more,” tance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the is a consuming fire.” The bottom-line? We are just passing through. This place is not our home. coming of the day of God, … But according to His promise we are looking for We are sojourners here, pilgrims in this place. Northwood Park Funeral Your dream home deserves We are longing for rest, an experienced builder— Home & Cemetery longing for our real Chilton Custom Homes Funeral Home • Mausoleum • Cemetery home, the home precan do the job! Cremation & Memorial Services, Traditional Funerals ls pared for us by God. The ONLY Glass Front Niches in Clark County! • New builds… 360 SOURCES: • New American Standard Joy Snead • Home Remodels and Additions 16407 NE 15th • Ridgefield, WA 574-4252 Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962,

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When Johannes does return to his stately townhouse to be reunited with his bride, he shows no interest in intimacy with his pretty wife, in or out of the bedroom. Lonely and confused, Nella has no one to turn to, certainly not strait-laced Marin, the dashing African-American manservant Johannes rescued years before, or the young maid Nella eventually befriends. Johannes presents Nella with a gorgeous wedding gift, a miniature house that’s a replica of their home, hand carved by a mysterious artist who seems to be able to foretell the future, as evidenced by the furniture and figures the artist creates of those who reside in the Brandt townhouse. As the novel’s plot deepens, Nella discovers indiscretions and secrets—all of which the miniaturist seems to know about in advance. Proof of this lies in the objects that are carved, a baby’s bed, for example. Is the artist a prophet or a witch, Nella wonders as horrific events occur, and the life she imagined unravels. “The Miniaturist” is captivating once you’re past the prologue. Be patient. This novel is rife with twists and turns, and takes readers back to a time in history when religious beliefs were strident, and unjust, and prejudice ran amok.

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The Media Are Much Scarier than Ebola

hy do some things scare people more than others? would have been possible. Totalitarianism is a new phenomOne reason is that people engage in a rational enon because mass media is a new phenomenon. assessment of risk and conclude the appropriate level of fear. It is likely that the mass media are the primary reason for For example, people feel free to walk alone at midnight in the current profound fear of Ebola that permeates American Times Square but not in Central Park because they have society. made a rational assessment: Times Square, which at midHow profound? If the passenger seated next to them on an night is almost as bright as day and filled with people— airplane coughs, many Americans wonder if they are at risk BY DENNIS PRAGER TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 • WWW.DENNISPRAGER.COM usually tourists—is safer than Central Park. of contracting Ebola. According to a Washington Post poll, A second reason is that emotions rather than reason cause two thirds of Americans fear an epidemic in the United people to fear something. Some years ago I was a guest on the teleStates, and four in 10 said they are somewhat or very worried that a vision show “Politically Incorrect,” the Bill Maher-hosted predecesfamily member may contract the disease. sor to his current HBO show, “Real Time with Bill Maher.” One of This is at a time when the total number of Americans who have the other guests was the late Christopher Hitchens. At one point, he contracted Ebola is two — both of whom had direct contact with an lit up a cigarette. There were some negative reactions, so I looked Ebola patient. As Linda Chavez points out in the New York Post, last at the audience, and asked: “If you think the smoke from this cigayear, about 30,000 Americans died of the flu, yet most Americans rette is endangering your health, clap.” don’t get flu shots. Most of the audience did. It’s all because of the mass media. Ebola dominates the news as To understand the absurdity of that response, one must undermuch as the terrorist attack at the Boston marathon dominated the stand that the show took place in a studio in which the audience was media. seated a good 50 feet from the set, and well above it. It is inconceivable that any smoke Nor is there a right-left divide here. In general, the left has been far more hysteria reached anyone in the audience — and, of course, it wouldn’t matter if any had. The prone than the right—heterosexual AIDS in America; the number of girls dying from fear that secondhand smoke from one far away cigarette was endangering anyone’s anorexia; the “rape culture” on American campuses; the likely destruction of life as we health was emotion-based, not reason-based. know it as a result of fossil fuels — these are a few the many left-wing-generated hysThen there is a third reason that explains why people fear certain things more than terias. But there’s no left-right divide on Ebola. My wife and I so admire the conservaothers: media attention. tive magazine, The Weekly Standard, that we each have our own subscription. Yet it It is almost impossible to overstate the power of mass media. If the mass media of just featured a piece titled “Six Reasons to Panic.” a society constantly communicate something — anything — most of the society will As for Africa, here’s something to consider: According to the World Health believe it. Without mass media, none of the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century Organization, in 2012, 627,000 Africans died of a disease. But it wasn’t Ebola. It was malaria. Why no concern about that? Because malaria won’t touch anyone in the Western world, and therefore the media never mention it. The obsession with 24TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY Ebola rather than malaria is First World narcissism. If Americans seek reasons to panic, at least two things rationally qualify: The Islamic State and all the other Muslim terror groups whose greatest desire is to murder Friday & Saturday 8 to 6; and maim as many Americans as possible; and Iran on the verge of Sunday 10 to 4 making a nuclear weapon. It would be a better world if the Our Christmas Trees are dressed media were preoccupied with those two for the Season with ornaments to issues. But for two weeks, they have cherish for generations to come! only mentioned the former in between reports on Ebola. And they almost never mention the latter. Of course, it is possible that the mass media may end up right on this issue. But track records matter, and the media’s track record is shameful. For half a century, just about every health and social hysteria has been manufactured or abetted by these media, especially television news. That is why the media are so frightening. There doesn’t appear to be anyEnjoy music, refreshments thing that they cannot persuade most and door prizes while you people, in any country, to believe.

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