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Helping you discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region at home and on the road.CRREADER.COM • April 15 – May 14, 2015 • COMPLIMENTARY

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ON THE COVERMetal sculpture by Hans Nelson, located at Willapa Landing in Raymond, Wash., conveying the spirit of local recreational fishermen and women. The fish is depicted larger than the man, to reflect the size of native river sturgeon and the universal “epic fish story,” Photo by ron baldwin

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In this Issue

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4 Letters to the Editor

5 Local Books / Book Review / Bestsellers List

7 My Slant: Fun with Fibonnaci

11 Miss Manners

15 Global Gardening ~ Ecuadorian roses

16 Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter

17 Out & About: The new Puget Island ferry ~ Oscar B

18 Out & About: Day Tripping to Willapa Bay

20 Out & About: Bike to Work Week

23 Where Do You Read the Reader?

26-27 Outings & Events Calendar

28 Lower Columbia Informer ~ The One Hundred Dollar Computer

29 Columbia River Dining Guide

30 High Hopes for an Economic Boom in Raymond/South Bend

32 Movies: Cinderella and Insurgent

34 The Spectator ~ Gizzards, Art & Music

Math, music and Mad Men

We begin Columbia River Reader’s 12th year with something new. This issue

includes our first-ever mathematics story (see page 7). Lower Columbia College instructor Brett Calhoon shows that math is beautiful and a means of understanding the world, even as a catalyst for “unconfined” joy.

He writes: “…it might not hurt to remind ourselves that there exist certain ideas and notions which are universal among the people in this world, and to appreciate our collective experience of them.”

Music i s one such col lect ive experience, too. I’m looking forward to the Oregon Symphonic Band’s performance May 3 in Clatskanie. They promise to play a lively trumpet trio, which I suspect will be “Bugler’s Holiday.” I first heard this played by the trumpet section of my high school band and always enjoy hearing it again. The piece is familiar around the world to people of all languages.

Music, math, art and even sports can transcend spoken language and bring human beings together on another level. But that doesn’t mean words aren’t important.

There is evidently something not quite right with our TV cable

box. We haven’t yet remembered during business hours to take it in for repair or replacement. Certain channels manifest occasional, fleeting, unexplained sound glitches. Audiosyncrasies, you might say. Sometimes the sound isn’t quite

in synch with the visuals, most noticeable when watching talking head programs and the news. But at least they are speaking English.

Imagine our surprise on Super Bowl Sunday. We’d invited friends over to watch. When the game commentary suddenly switched to Spanish, we all looked at each other, befuddled, yet amused. No amount of fussing with the controller seemed to help and we ultimately had no choice but to make the best of it.

It actually became sort of fun, once we accepted the “inconvenience.” None of us spoke Spanish, per se, but every now and then someone would recognize certain words or phrases and translate to the group. This dynamic made watching the game interesting. And following the team plays, the crowd’s reactions, and the camera coverage with various shots and angles — and, of course, the scoreboard — illustrated that the “language” of sports is universal, much like math, music and art.

After several months of suspenseful waiting, wondering how AMC’s Mad Men would wrap up its seventh and final season, Ned and I continue to look forward to each weekly episode. Just four installments remain in this engaging, award-winning, brilliantly-written show. Nostalgic to many of us of a certain age, it is true to the 1960s-70s culture, furniture, art and fashion.

We feel a certain sense of impending loss and melancholy over the ending of Mad Men. We also face an undercurrent of worry each week.

What if Mad Men comes out of our TV in Spanish? Airing at 10pm, it would be a tad late to run to the neighbors to watch on their TV, especially because I am usually in my pajamas by then.

But if we don’t get around to fixing the TV, maybe I’ll eventually learn Spanish. You will know this has happened when the title of this column becomes “Opiniones de Sue.”


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Sea lion uproar at AstoriaI had a good time at Astoria, Oregon the first part of March when my sister, Quita, and I drove down to observe the sea lions. I’ve only seen one or two swimming past at Rainier. Imagine my surprise when I saw hundreds of the large animals perched on the rocks and the dock along the Columbia.

The cacophony was unbelievable as they made the whole valley ring with their harsh, discordant calls. Since I don’t speak “sea lion,” I wasn’t sure if the racket they made was to threaten other males or to woo the females. Maybe both.

The town of Astoria was certainly welcoming to the people who came to observe the sea lions. There was a long asphalt path and many people rushed by, clutching cameras to record the action. There were also benches for those who needed a rest or just provide a good spot to sit and observe the antics of the sea lions as they vied for positions by pushing others off so they could flop up onto the over-crowded dock.

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Editor’s note: The Fischers made an ordinary envelope into a work of art (shown above) with a self-portrait and lots of pizzazz. What a pleasant surprise in an otherwise-ordinary trip to the post office!

There was adequate parking space and — wonder of wonders — public bathrooms. Then, after we had our fill of observing sea lion antics and

taking photos of the most charming or most photogenic, there were places to eat. They varied from drive-through fast food to greasy spoons to fine dining. A most hospitable town.

The sea lions are supposed to stick around until June, although it depends upon the salmon run. Coming into Astoria on Hwy 30, the viewing area is to the right, between Hampton Inn and the Safeway store.

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“I took my position at the periscope again,” Schwieger told his friend Max Valentiner. “The ship was sinking with unbelievable rapidity. There was terrific panic on her deck. Overcrowded lifeboats, fairly torn from their positions, dropped into the water. Desperate people ran helplessly up and down the decks. Men and women jumped into the water and tried to swim to empty, overturned lifeboats. It was the most terrible sight I have ever seen…too horrible to watch, and I gave orders to dive to twenty meters, and away.”

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The sinking of the Lusitania is probably second only to the Titanic in ranking great

maritime disasters. One hundred years ago, on May 7, 1915, the British luxury liner was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. Seattle author Erik Larson (In the Garden of Beasts, The Devil in the White City) has created a gripping narrative of the event.

With the assassination of a minor archduke in June 1914, Europe had virtually stumbled into “the Great War.” By the end of that year, the opposing armies found themselves in the deadly stalemate of trench warfare.

Since England imported two-t h i r d s o f i t s food, Germany’s

strategy was to starve the island nation by sinking ships, including those of neutral countries, which might be carrying munitions and food. Germany could not compete with the British Royal Navy in surface vessels, but they had built a fleet of submarines—Unterseebooten, or U-boats—that had become terribly effective. As Larson notes, by April 1917, “any ship leaving Britain had a one-in-four chance of being sunk.”

The German Embassy in the United States had issued a warning to the passengers of the Lusitania the morning it set sail from New York. Yet to most people, it was inconceivable that the Germans would dare sink a passenger ship full of civilians.

As in his other books, Larson wraps rich historical detail in a riveting narrative as he gives a day-by-day account of that last fateful cruise, alternating between the 61-year-old Captain William Turner of the Lusitania and 32-year-old Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger in charge of U-boat 20.

Along the way he provides fascinating information about both ships. The German submarines were so primitive that, to speed a dive, Schwieger needed to order his sailors to run to the bow for added ballast. The conditions were harsh —cramped, dangerous, with extreme humidity and temperatures rising over 100 degrees when submerged.

By contrast, the Lusitania was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of its day. It was also the fastest—capable of 25 knots, while U-boats could only manage 15 knots on the surface and 9 knots underwater.

As in Walter Lord’s classic account of the Titanic’s sinking, A Night to

Remember, Larson introduces us to a wide range of passengers. Heightening the suspense, we don’t know until the end which of them survived and which perished.

The Lusitania was struck at 2:10 pm, on a warm and sunny day off the Irish coast. Incredibly, the huge ship sank in 18 minutes. Larson vividly captures the horror and panic of those 18 minutes.

Although the ship had more than enough lifeboats for its passengers and crew—lesson learned from the Titanic’s sinking only three years earlier—when hit, the ship listed heavily on its starboard side, swinging the lifeboats

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As a mathematics instructor I am often faced with the opinion that math is hard,

boring and will never have any real value to the person charged with learning the subject. I will ignore the latter for this article and present a mathematical topic which is not only beautiful, but accessible to anyone who is willing to spend a few minutes exploring it. This will be on the exam.

In the years that followed the fall of Rome, western Europe had continued to use Roman numerals for keeping track of numbers. Even today they still appear in some segments of our society.

The next time you watch the end credits of a movie notice that most films still use Roman numerals to record the year in which the film was produced. I find antiquity fascinating, but when it comes to computation of numbers, Roman numerals are just poorly suited for the job. Imagine trying to balance your checkbook using Roman numerals or worse yet, learning your times tables in Roman numerals (if you don’t believe me, try to calculate MMXV times MDCDIII ).

The numerals we use today were created by the mathematicians of India between the first and fourth and 4th centuries and by the ninth century, these numerals had been adopted by Persian mathematicians.

Three hundred years later they were finally popularized in Europe by an

So then and more generally the kth term will be

Continuing this process we see that the first 15 terms in the Fibonacci sequence are:

Not only does this sequence grow, but the farther you go along the faster it grows!

Down the rabbit holeIf you’ve come this far I hope you’re willing to continue down the rabbit hole a litter farther. In hand we have the Fibonacci sequence which grows towards infinity. Let’s now create a new sequence using the terms of the Fibonacci.

Define Rn = . It might look a little crazy at first, but each term is just the ratio of two consecutive terms of the Fibonacci sequence. To help understand it let’s calculate some of the terms.

If we were to continue this process (the reader is invited to calculate as many terms as is interesting) we would notice that the terms of Rn become very close to one another. In fact the further you go along, the terms of Rn become as close as you would like to a particular number, (phi).

Johannes Kepler showed that the particular number the sequence Rn approaches is

Fn+1

Fn

In this oft-cited example of art proportioned following the golden ratio, Dali framed his paint ing in a go lden rectangle and positioned t h e t w o disciples at Christ‘s side at the “golden” sections of the width of the composition. The windows in the background are formed by a large dodecahedron (dodecahedrons consist of 12 pentagons, which exhibit (phi) relationships in their proportions

Italian mathematician by the name Leonardo Bonacci; better known as Fibonacci.

In 1202 Fibonacci published his major work Liber Abaci. (The title of this book always makes me think of a certain late entertainer sometimes called the King of Bling.) Not only did Fibonacci’s work introduce the benefit of a far simpler numerical system, but it also included a sequence of numbers which had been studied in India no later than 700 C.E. I speak of course of the Fibonacci sequence.

In mathematics, a sequence is just an ordered list of numbers which goes on forever. The standard notation for a sequence is a letter with a subscript n. With this in mind let us denote the Fibonacci sequence as Fn . Terms in a sequence are usually denoted with a subscript number indicating the order the term appears in the sequence.

The first two terms in the Fibonacci sequence are both 1. That is F1=1 and F2=1. With these first two terms, we can define the rest of the sequence as follows: the next term in the Fibonacci sequence is the sum of the two previous terms. (continue next column)

Bre t t Ca lhoon earned his master’s degree at Western Washington University. He teaches math at Lower Columbia College and lives in Longview.

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The golden ratio is what is known as the “golden ratio” and it was known to the ancient Greeks no later than 300 BC. Salvador Dali’s The Sacrament of the Last Supper displays the golden ratio, not just within the subject of the painting, but the very physical dimensions of the canvas exhibit this ancient proportion. One of the pioneers o f m o d e r n architecture, f amed Swis s a r c h i t e c t LeCorbusier, f r e q u e n t l y employed both the Fibonacci sequence and golden rat io in his works s t a t ing tha t they possessed “rhythms apparent to the eye and clear in their relations with one another.” So what is all the fuss with this number? To conclude we shall explore its most notable property.

Try this at homeTake a ruler and construct a rectangle that is 2” by 3.25”. Notice that the ratio of the length to width is approximately equal to . Next draw a line dividing the rectangle so that one piece is a perfect 2” square and the other is a 2” by 1.25”. Notice that the ratio of the length and width of the new, smaller rectangle is also approximately equal to . You could now cut the new rectangle similarly and end up with an even

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Mathematics is the majestic structure conceived by man to grant him comprehension of the universe.” ~ LeCorbusier

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smaller rectangle that will again have the same golden ratio! In fact, you can keep doing this until they get too small to draw.

Unconfined joy!This property is what gained this special number so much attention long ago and has not lost its elegance in the centuries since.

I h o p e y o u ’ v e enjoyed our time t o g e t h e r w i t h mathematics. If you have seen that performing the seemingly simple task of adding two numbers can have re su l t s deeper, more interesting and more beautiful than you previously thought, then let

joy be unconfined.

If not, then perhaps take note of the ability of mathematics to bridge the gap between cultures. In this case, the work of mathematicians from East and West brought deeper understanding of the world in which we live.

Given some of the world’s current struggles it might not hurt to remind ourselves that there exist certain ideas and notions which are universal among the people in this world, and to appreciate our collective experience of them.

Go forth and make sure to always distribute your negative signs and never divide by zero.

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3pm, Sunday, May 3, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, located at 22nd Avenue and Louisiana Street in Longview.

The theme of the program is “Music from the Longing Heart.” Thirteen handbell musicians will be ringing a varied program, including Prayerful Moments, written by Jean Watson, handbell choir director at St. Stephen’s Church.

Chime in at St. Stephen’s May 3 concert in Longview

Also featured will be one piece with Bob Pollock on euphonium; another with Barbara Byker on the string bass and another with a vocal by Merry Lloyd.

Admission is free. A free-will offering will be taken to build the fund for purchase of a set of handchimes for loan to local schools and home-school groups in Cowlitz and Columbia Counties.

About handbellshe first The first tuned handbells were developed in England between 1696 and 1724. Originally, tower bell ringers’ enthusiasm for practicing the complicated algorithms of change ringing could easily exceed the village’s patience, so tuned sets of handbells provided ringers a way to rehearse outside their towers. The handbell sets used by change ringers had the same number of bells as in the towers.

Handbel l s were f i r s t brought to the United States from England in 1902. Modern handbell ensembles ring recognizable music with melodies and harmony, as opposed to the mathematical permutations used in change ringing.

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Fashion Show taking place at 1pm. The event is sponsored by a coalition of local agencies and volunteers to bring together non-profits, businesses, and service clubs to connect seniors

to community resources.

“It was Bernie Altman’s idea , ” r eca l l ed Tina McCully, with Catholic Community Services and a member of the fair’s steering committee. A Kelso, resident, Altman is known for his volunteer s e r v i c e , c o m m u n i t y leadership and advocacy. “He felt that there should be one place to go and get information,” McCully said.

The event has evolved f r o m t h e o r i g i n a l senior health focus and expanded to staying active in the community and

showcasing volunteer opportunities and fun activities. “It’s something we feel the community needs,” McCully said. The focus of local funding for non-profits often prioritizes children over other segments of the population, she noted. “Seniors are being left out of the community. There are so many people looking for things to do.”

“We’re an aging community in general,” said Tawni Jacobson, with Longview Housing Authority. Senior Connections Fair tries to help make people aware of available services, products and opportunities.

“It’s not just a health fair,” McCully said. “It’s about other fun things to do…like hiking clubs, a ukulele band, or bingo at the senior center.”

Organizers expect 45-55 vendors exhibiting everything from long-term care insurance, hearing aids and mobility equipment to opportunities for playing pool, hiking, line dancing and losing weight. Attendees can get

information on retirement housing facilities or Meals on Wheels. People with diabetes who need special shoes can be fitted on the spot. Lower Columbia College nursing students will be on hand checking blood pressure and sugar levels.

“Everything (at the fair) relates to health,” said Vickie Rhodes, who works for Longview Housing Authority, “but it’s bigger than health.”

“It’s also about maintaining a health lifestyle and enjoying independence,” said Dawn Morgan, a volunteer with Stageworks Northwest.

The eight-member steering committee estimates the fair will draw 300-350. “It’s hard to count here because there are so many different ways to come in,” said McCully. The displays and demos will fill most of the mall’s central area. Attendees can get “passports” stamped by vendors to win door prizes. Many stores in the Mall will offer special discounts and coupons during the fair.

The committee meets monthly, starting each year in August or September, stepping up the frequency as the event draws near. “We already have a format,” said Rhodes, “so it’s not a matter of changing anything… we just need to be sure everyone is on task.”

“We tweak it every year,” added Morgan. The group aims to break even, with vendor fees covering expenses such as publicity and table and chair rentals. “It’s not a money maker,” she said.

A surprising cross-section of people typically drop by. The event is aimed at those 35 and older, many who probably aren’t facing needs yet themselves, but may be dealing with parents who need help getting transportation or services from agencies, explained McCully. “Come and ‘go shopping’ for your parents or for yourself.”

“I like the reaction of the people who come and enjoy it,” said Jacobson.

“It’s about living well,” said Rhodes. “There’s something for everybody.”

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I wanted to turn down the invitation, but to be polite I said that I would mark it on my calendar, but wasn’t sure if I could attend. Then the inviter replied, “OK, I’ll be collecting $10 or $15 ahead of time for the party.”

Now I’m completely turned off! Even if I could attend, I certainly don’t want to fund the party. What can I do to turn down the invitation, and to point out to the inviter that he should fund the party that he wants to throw for his boss?

GENTLE READER: The anti-hospitality inherent in charging a guest is unfortunately common. In your case, however, Miss Manners notices that things might not have gotten to this stage had you yourself not misstepped.

Good manners do not require you to accept every invitation, but they do prohibit the conditional acceptance you gave -- and in the mistaken belief that it was more polite. Your host no doubt now feels fully justified in charging you in advance, having heard that you expect him to prepare for your arrival, but feel yourself under no obligation actually to attend.

Consult your calendar and give the answer you should have given initially,

namely that you are flattered to have been invited, but that you find you are unfortunately unable to attend.

2. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister will not commit and keep to a time when her family and our parents will visit us, but will say, “Don’t plan around us; when we get there, we will get there” — and then get there three to five hours late.

Other times, we will set a time to meet at a mid-place, and after we have already arrived, we will get a text or call where she says, “Oh, don’t plan around us; when we get there, we will get there.”

But what are we supposed to do when we are sitting at the appointed place, waiting? She seems to feel that by sweetly saying, “Oh, don’t plan around us,” that relieves her of any responsibility for our time.

We are currently trying to coordinate schedules for another family get-together. What can I say to my sister to let her know her sweet statement is really saying, “Our time is more important than your time, so wait on us until we get there”?

GENTLE READER: Why don’t you just take your sister up on her offer and start without her?

You could say, “Since you always ask us not to plan around you, here is what we are planning” and cite the relevant time frames. If she doesn’t show up within them, continue to your next activity or return home, as the case may be.

As she has repeatedly begged you not to take her schedule into account when planning yours, Miss Manners fails to see why you should not do so. A pleasant side effect may be that this gets her attention and makes her try harder next time not to miss the fun.

3. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I can see in my neighbors’ bathroom window. Should you tell them?

GENTLE READER: No, Miss Manners demurs. But you might, depending upon the circumstances.

Were you standing in the bushes with your hands on the windowsill? Does your bedroom look into the bathroom in question? Or did you make eye contact as you walked down the street?

In the last case, Miss Manners recommends a cheerful wave. Failing that, you should either close your own blinds, or work into a future conversation that you hope your neighbors do not find the closeness of the houses — and the resulting lack of privacy — disconcerting.

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hanging from their divots well out of reach of the crew trying to load them, while on the opposite side, the lifeboats swung in over the deck, making it impossible to lower them. Only six of the ship’s lifeboats were able to be launched.

Schwieger witnessed the terror and chaos through his periscope. His fiancée later told a reporter that the sinking had left him “a shattered man.” (He and the crew of U-boot 20 would perish four months later in a British minefield.)

Of the 1,959 passengers and crew on the Lusitania, including 95 children and 39 infants, only 764 survived.

Many questions remain 100 years later. Foremost, knowing that German U-boats were in the area and sinking non-military shipping, why was the Lusitania not given a naval escort when entering the war zone, as had other ships?

One disturbing theory is that the British Admiralty may have intentionally sacrificed the Lusitania, reckoning that its sinking would draw America into the war. First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill had confided, “For our part we want the traffic (neutral ships)—the more the better; and if some of it gets into trouble, better still.”

If so, it was a costly and brutal miscalculation, for it wasn’t the Lusitania’s sinking, but the discovery of the infamous Zimmerman Telegram that finally brought the Americans out of their neutrality. (The telegram offered the Mexican president an alliance if the United States entered the war, whereby Germany would help Mexico win back their “lost territory” in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.)

The United States issued a declaration of war against Germany on April 6, 1917, almost two years after the sinking.

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The second event follows at 7pm with a reading by local poet Joseph Green at the Longview Public Library in the Periodicals Room on the second floor.

Elizabeth Austen is the Washington State Poet Laureate for 2014-16. Her collection Every Dress a Decision (Blue Begonia Press, 2011) was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of two chapbooks, The Girl Who Goes Alone (Floating Bridge Press, 2010) and Where Currents Meet (Toadlily Press, 2010). Austen earned an MFA in Poetry at Antioch University Los Angeles. She produces poetry programming for NPR-affiliate KUOW 94.9 and makes her living at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where she also offers poetry and reflective writing workshops for the staff.

Her visit is being funded by Humanities Washington.

Joseph Green retired from teaching in 2010, his 25th year at Lower Columbia College. His poems have been appearing in magazines and journals since 1975, and many have been collected in five chapbooks, most recently That Thread Still Connecting Us (Moon Path Press). A new, longer collection, What Water Does at a Time Like This, is expected to appear later this spring.

All events are free and open to the public. Northwest Voices is funded by the Longview Public Library and Low-er Columbia College, Friends of the Longview Public Library, Longview Library Foundation, LCC Foundation, and Associated Students of LCC.

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Personal memories of

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Plans call for connecting the sidewalk, the squirrel sculpture and the Shay Pavilion, plus install a park bench and add an informational panel outlining the history of the Nutty Narrows Bridge, which is listed on the National Historic Register and, some say, has brought the City of Longview more public attention than any of its other features.

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Straight as a plumb line Ecuador, which means “equator” in Spanish, is a country roughly the size of Oregon, located on the northwest coast of South America. The equator runs squarely through the country, resulting in days and nights of equal and u n v a r y i n g l e n g t h . The sun is directly overhead at midday every day. This results in an unparal le led opportunity to grow f lowers as s t ra ight as a plumb line, an

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COOKING WITH THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER

By Suzanne Martinson

I have lost my breakfast cook, my husband, Bob.

We were married for 37 years, and we called each other Ace, as in “ace reporter” from our years working together at five newspapers in four states. I remember well our first conversation at the weekly Gresham (Ore.) Outlook, where I wrote features and he covered sports.

It was Bob’s first day working on deadline and somehow our first conversation turned to cookies. I told him that I had always been partial to chocolate chip cookies with oatmeal. He agreed that he loved them, too. For 25 years, I did bake those cookies for him with my prize-winning 4-H recipe.

“Here’s your favorite cookies,” I said one day, pulling out a batch, warm from the oven and rent with melty chips.

“Actually, peanut butter is my favorite,” he confessed. “But I like these, too.” He later joked he “wouldn’t kick either one out of bed.”

Bob died Jan. 16, from pulmonary fibrosis, a result of graft vs. host disease, which occurred after a successful stem-cell transplant that had cured his leukemia and extended his life for three-plus years. We counted every day as a miracle, thanks to great medical care and his stem cell donor, Jennifer Taylor, who traveled from Washington, D.C., to Longview for his memorial.

Since his passing, I have been wandering from room to room, where his presence is everywhere. His absence is felt most intensely in the kitchen, which we recently remodeled, and his cluttered office, where he created a 17-page how-to list for house, lawn and

finances. Amid the financial flotsam was this line: “Brush Molly every other day.” Bob’s thoughtful legacy (he was an economics major, after all) didn’t surprise me. The guy I referred to as “the editor I sleep with” was the kind of man who thought logically and cared deeply for those he left behind, including the dog.

His typed parting instructions covered everything, from where the tool to turn off the water supply hung in the garage, to the location of the 2015 tax file. All spouses and children should be so lucky.

Yet until I received a letter with a Pennsylvania postmark from longtime friend Alice Schwartz, an attorney and mother of twins, I didn’t realize how much the breakfasts he created for family and friends — waffles, cornmeal pancakes, bacon, sausage — meant to me.

Alice wrote that those breakfasts were the “essence of Bob.”

“He was warm (no boxed cereals on the menu). He was giving (up early to feed women, children and dog). He was creative (lingonberry pancakes from his Scandinavian heritage). He was responsible (daughter Jessica off to school with the invisible helicopter about). He was patient (sometimes the helicopter needed to hover intensely).

He was well read, thoughtful and funny (breakfast table conversation so informative, so convivial and so pleasing).”

The part about the “helicopter” is an old family joke — a knowing nod to parents who hover over their children. Ace, guilty as charged. When our daughter, Jessica, grew up and left home, Ace hovered over me. I am thankful for that.

He did everything for me. Reminded me to get my car serviced. Navigated a

thicket of paper for our taxes. Planned for retirement. When he couldn’t vacuum a n y m o r e , h e h i r e d a housekeeper.

He spoiled me. After some initial education (permanent press should neither wash nor dry on HOT), he did the laundry. He wrote thank-you notes and then taught our

daughter. Though he had a journalist’s penchant for “show, not tell,” he spread his “I love you” around.

When his illness meant he could no longer enjoy his beloved carbs, I was privileged to make scrambled eggs for him.

Each morning, I am reminded of this great loss. No more does the Ace of my heart call to his sleepyhead wife, “Ace, your waffles are ready.”

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His book Beard on Food propelled me from the land of eggs scrambled into submission in favor of the Beard

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Winlock

Skamania Lodge

Troutdale

Map suggests only approximate positions and relative distances. We are not cartographers.

Col Gorge Interp Ctr

Crown Point

Columbia City

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Top left photo: The road pullout just west of Lower Beaver Creek Falls is a scenic stopping place for pictures or a tailgate picnic. Bottom photo: Antique cars often show up at the Quincy Grange’s annual chicken dinner, held this year on Mar. 29. We’ll remind you of the date in advance next year. Meanwhile, consider visiting their Trash, Treasures & Plants Sale on May 2, 9am–3pm. 78314 Rutters Rd. Follow signs from Clatskanie.

From Lewis & Clark Bridge drive west on Hwy 30 about 4.7 miles. Turn off at Delena. Continue 1.8 miles to a wide pullout offering view of Upper Beaver Creek Falls. Continue 2 miles to the large pullout past the end of the chain-link fence and walk back about .1 mile for a great view.•Drive 6 miles, following signs to Clatskanie (divert here to Quincy Grange if you wish). Continue 10 miles to Westport to catch ferry (departs 15 minutes past each hour) and cross the Columbia River. Drive through Cathlamet and turn right on Washington SR-4, head east toward Longview. About 1/4-mile past Stella, watch for Stella Falls 200 feet north (left side) of the road. Be very cautious if you park along the road or if you park at Stella and walk to view the waterfall.

Waterfall Loop Driving Directions

Waterfall tour includes a stop at Quincy Grange and a ride on the Oscar B

The newly-commissioned $5.7 million 115-foot long “Oscar B” ferry (above and at left) carries 23 passenger cars. It is named after the late Oscar Bergseng, who skippered the previous ferry, the Wahkiakum, for 17 years.

Let’s take a Sunday drive!

The Wahkiakum 1962–2015. Photo by Lois Sturdivant

Photo courtesy of Carol Everman, Deputy to the Oregon State Grange Master

Photos by Perry Piper

Photo by Michael Perry



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Spring cruising time always sends me on little journeys of desperation for inspiration in the name of information and education, but more

often just to stir my imagination.

The cities of South Bend and Raymond on Willapa Bay have always intrigued me. Just 2+ hours from the I-5 corridor by Washington Route 4, it’s a great day trip with lots of sights along the way. From Longview/Kelso take either State Rt. 4 west through Naselle to U. S. 101 or, along with Oregonians, take U.S. 30 west to Astoria, cross the bridge to Washington and proceed to U.S 101 north along the east side of Willapa Bay to South Bend/Raymond.

“Lunch first,” I always say This means a visit to The Chester Club Tavern on Highway 101 in South Bend for killer oysters prepared just right. Then, after a short walk along the river, it’s on to the commanding attraction in South Bend.

The Pacific County Courthouse on Quality Hill overlooking the town and the bay is truly sensational.

B u i l t i n 1 9 1 0 - 1 1 at a cost of $132,000, the courthouse was dubbed “The Golden Palace of Extravagance” by some wags. Just two blocks from U.S. 101, it’s a “must see.” Also in South Bend is the Pacific County Historical Society Museum on Highway 101. It’s a treasure trove of local history.

I also like to watch the oyster scows move in and out of the harbor. The people who operate and crew this fleet

Day Tripping to Willapa Bay

Architectural ly classed as Second Renaissance Revival, the Pacific County Courthouse in South Bend is graced by stately columns inside and out and the rotunda is crowned by an awe-inspiring 35’ art glass dome of many colors.

Above: The oyster launch “Ena” at East Point Seafood Market.

Lef t : South Bend Boatyard.



Longview native Ron Baldwin, CRR’s Renaissance Man, lives in Chinook, Wash. He loves the outdoors, old Volkswagens, fast

cooking and music. Hear his jazz program 6–8pm on the second and fourth Wednesdays from Astoria, Ore., on KTCB (89.5), KMUN

(91.2), KCPB (90.9) or live stream online at coastradio.org.

work what I would call a most difficult schedule. Oysters are worked by the tides, so workers’ start and quit times change almost every day. South Bend’s largest employer is Hilton’s Ocean Foods, the oyster processing plant on the south end of town.

I’m pleased to know that I’m standing in the town where one of my heroes was born. South Bend is the birthplace of my favorite presidential candidate of all time, comedian Pat Paulson.

Welcoming committee stands firmJourneying north on 101 brings us in short order to Raymond. A paved walking pedestrian and bicycling path parallels the highway, giving partakers views of the harbor and allowing them to mingle with the steel silhouette sculptures that line the path and are visible from the highway. Along the way, you’ll catch sight of the luxury craft built at Pedigree Catamarans. If you have to ask the price, you can’t afford one. The big twin-hulled boat in the yard now has been under construction for three years.

Raymond has always been a timber town. The 12-plus mills of the boom years are long gone, but Weyerhaeuser Company still operates a mill with all the modern bells and whistles. The steam kilns cook away day and night, supplying America’s hous ing indust ry. The mill provides more than 100 jobs as Raymond’s biggest single employer.

Barn-raising partyMy first stop is The Northwest Carriage Museum in Raymond. I t ’s a wor ld-c la s s collection of late 1800s horse-drawn carriages for the elite. The workmanship is nothing less than jewelry-quality perfect and displayed in a most interesting setting.

An expansion to the museum is just finishing which will display horse drawn vehicles of a more proletarian nature; work wagons, stagecoaches and haulers are displayed in what has been dubbed “The Barn” by museum director Laurie Bowman and her husband, curator Jerry Bowman.

A “Barn Raising Party” fundraiser is planned for April 25th from 4-7pm at the museum, with music, appetizers and fun for all.

No visit to Raymond is complete without a visit to Ugly Ed’s New and Used, a mind boggling 40-plus year collection of antiques and used you-

Day Tripping to Willapa Bay

This recently acquired turn of that “other” century Austrian hearse is the star of the show at Raymond’s Carriage Museum and displays intricate carvings and gewgaws of the day.

Story and photos by Ron Baldwin

name-it. It’s two warehouses s tu f fed to the max with everything you can think of and some things you could never think of. Until his passing last year, Ed Norman operated the store. He was a longshoreman, furniture salesman, police chief, mayor, developer. What is it that Ed didn’t do? Today the store is

owned and operated by his friendly daughter Debbie,

who seems to know where e v e r y l a s t item is.

Whoa! It’s time to eat again! Let’s eat again real soon! Liang’s Chinese Cuisine is right next to the Raymond Theater on Third Street. Chinese and some Thai foods are prepared fresh. The Pitchwood Alehouse, also on Third, serves up microbrews and ales from 11 taps and some of the best pub food anywhere. On weekends the Pitchwood

hosts live bands. (Remember them?)

I’ll surely pay return visits to Willapa Harbor. The cities of Raymond and South Bend have a lot to offer to someone like me who likes to get off the beaten path.

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Debbie, with one of Ugly Ed’s unique items.

See related story, “High Hopes for an Economic Boom,” page 30


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It’s spring and a great time to “gear up” for bicycling season. Our area

offers many cycling opportunities for the casual rider to serious enthusiast.

In the Longview-Kelso area, getting around is easier and safer than many believe, if riders avoid the busy arterials like Ocean Beach Highway

If you’re toying with the possibility of riding to work, school, shopping or just recreation and it’s been awhile since you’ve pedaled, local bike shops are offering free safety inspections as part of the nationwide program known as Bike to Work Week, May 11-15. Repairs and adjustments, of course, are the responsibility of the owner. A local group of cycling fans is preparing activities and gathering prizes to encourage folks to start up or increase riding for whatever reason.

Bike to Work WeekKickoff: Monday, 7–9am, May 11 Triangle Shopping Center Starbucks. Free coffee and treats Conclusion: 4:30–6pm, Fri, May 15, with prize drawings at Cassava Café, Broadway & 14th Avenue in Longview.

Visit www.cowlitzonthemove.org for more information and to register for prizes donated by area businesses. See you out there — pedaling!

(its north sidewalk is designated as a bike path), stretches of Washington Way and 15th Avenue. The street layout, or grid system, provides a series of low traffic options to get to parks, shopping centers, office complexes, schools, medical services and similar destinations. Once you strike out to explore the streets and neighborhoods

By Steve HarveyIt’s time to pedal!

Bicycling enthusiast Steve Harvey lives in Longview.

BIKE TO WORK WEEK

we’re experiencing certainly has made it even easier to get out on the bike. Regular cyclists often say that there isn’t bad riding weather, only bad gear.

See the local bike shops for a great selection of riding clothing, helmets, fenders, lights and similar equipment to keep you pedaling year round. They offer tips on riding no matter what level of interest or ability. Washington Bikes! (formerly the Bicycle Alliance of Washington), www.WABikes.org, is a good source of information for riding in all conditions and situations. They act as statewide advocates to promote a safer riding environment for all levels of riders in rural to urban settings.

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in this community, you’ll find many options that can get you to your destination quickly and safely. Several multi-use paths and trails — such as the Highland Trail, the Coweeman, Cowlitz and Pacific Way dike trails and the paths encircling Lake Sacajawea — offer opportunities to explore.

Some businesses provide bike racks, but many more are needed. The simple placement of racks can act as an incentive for folks to ride to that business and secure their bikes. This benefits the business by attracting new customers. If some of your favorite destinations don’t have racks, inquire of the owner/manager to see if they can be provided.

With our moderate, temperate climate, bicyclists can ride pretty much year round. The great winter and spring


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Grand Entries 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm

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Kelso High School, 1904 Allen StI-5 exit 39, head east on Allen St,

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cont from page 16Everyone deserves music!

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Scrambled Eggs

method. Ace wholeheartedly approved. Sometimes what a girl learned at Mom’s elbow as she fried eggs was better left at home on the farm.

Beard doesn’t mince w o r d s . “ I d i s a g r e e completely with those who say you can scramble one egg well. It is an impossibility.”

So there.

He wrote he used a cast-aluminum Teflon-coated 9-inch omelet pan with rounded sides, which he used for up to 4 or 5 eggs, and a 10-inch pan for larger quantities, “which are much harder to make.”

“For scrambled eggs I think you should gauge at least 2 eggs per person. Add salt, freshly ground black pepper, and 1 or 2 dashes of Tabasco and then beat lightly with a fork. For lighter scrambled eggs I beat in 1 teaspoon of water for every two eggs. I don’t like cream or milk added to scrambled eggs, but if I want them extraordinarily rich, I mix in softened butter.”

Beard also sometimes used two slices of Canadian bacon about 3 inches in diameter and 2 pieces of ham of the same size and one-fourth inch thick.

He precooked the meat, cut it into thin shreds and tossed it into the pan with a tablespoon or two of butter.

He continued: “Let this warm over low heat, then add, for two services, beaten eggs and, as you do, increase the heat to medium high.

“ A s s o o n a s t h e coagulation starts, make pushing strokes with a rubber or wooden spatula so you get curled curds. I’m not quite as definite in my movements as Julie Child. I lift the pan off the burner side to side with sort of a circular motion while pushing with the spatula.

“As the heat in the cooking eggs increases, the curds form much faster, and there you have to remove the pan from the heat and work faster with your pushing. That’s the ticklish point. You have to know the exact moment to cease applying any heat and rush your eggs from pan to plate, or they will be overcooked, hard, coarse-textured and disagreeable.”

Believe me, I’ve dined on many a disagreeable egg in my lifetime. I usually skip the meat and focus on the eggs. The Tabasco gives them a bit of tang, and if feeling adventuresome of a morning, I used three splashes or even four for Ace and me.

On the farm, we’d inquire how many eggs each person wanted, come up with a sum and add an additional “one for the pan.” My husband gave me a beautiful All-Clad stainless steel pan for Christmas, and I pushed aside my nonsticks — after much use, they’re sticky — and reverted to the simplicity of the low-stress All-Clad stainless enjoyed by many chefs.

Few dishes cook as quickly as an egg, or overcook so fast, so the bread should be toasting before the eggs are dropped into the heat. Eggs served as cold as the stone step into the henhouse are nothing to brag about. ~ Suzanne Martinson

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James Beard was included in the 2014 USPS Celebrity Chefs set of commemorative stamps, along with Julia Child, Southern-food champion Edna Lewis, Chinese-food expert Joyce Chen, and South American chef Felipe Rojas-Lombardi.

Suaznne Martinson writes CRR’s “Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter” column. She lives in Lexington, a community just north of Kelso, Wash.

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Taking a breather in Italy Peter and Esther Bennett, of Longview, at the Bridge of Sighs, Venice.

The eyes have it From left: Michael Berger, Barbara Berger, Tien Vo, David Berger at the Hilton Waikoloa Village (on the Big Island). Michael and Barbara were attending an optometry continuing education conference. David (Mark Morris High

School Class of 2007, graduate of Seattle University School of Law and currently in one-year clerkship at the Washington State Supreme Court) and Tien tagged along for fun.

Looking for Dr. MunchieK e l s o r e s i d e n t M a r i l y n P e r r y stopped at this quaint café in Scot land, located in Callander, be tween S t e r l ing and Loch Lomond.She was hoping the management might know something about the disappearance of CRR’s own Dr. M u n c h i e . T h e y said they didn’t, but Marilyn thought they acted suspiciously. C o u l d t h e t w o different spel l ings of the name mean something?

A Colombia reader Angie Grams, of Longview,

Wash., in front of the Torre del Reloj, or Clock Tower, the most famous landmark of Cartagena,

a city on Colombia’s northern coast. The tower, built in the

early 1600s, was once the main gateway to the walled city.

At the topLongview resident

Patrick Kubin enjoys a quick (though fairly

breathless, he said) read at the top of

TelerefiQo gondola above Quinto,

Ecuador, at 13,287 feet above sea

level. Part of the Pichincha volcano group shows in the

background. See his story on roses, page 15, inspired by his sightseeing while in

Ecuador.


sun is intense, though. A half-hour of unprotected exposure can sunburn fair skin.

cont from page 15Roses species of rose available, varietal selection is critical to market success. Flowers are grown for length and appearance, not fragrance. Dream Farms grows thirty varieties.

Cuttings 20 centimeters in length, called Patrones, are rooted in a hormone and planted in neat rows. After a short time, they may be cut again and re-rooted. Often new varieties are grafted on to hardy rootstock to ensure vitality. Cuttings were originally imported from Holland, but as the industry matured, the labor intensive cutting enterprise became an important and profitable local activity.

A cutting requires 87 days after planting to become established. Within nine months the rose begins producing marketable flowers. Many of the rose bushes are very tall, their long stems reaching six to eight feet toward the sky. Each variety is grown in long, adjacent rows where they can be collectively monitored for progress. A greenhouse may contain several varieties, the cutting schedule varying depending on the season and special orders.

The timing of growth is of utmost importanceMother’s Day and Valentine’s Day are critical opportunities for profit, and the roses must be ready at the exact right moment. Roses are also grown for custom orders, such as weddings, graduations and celebrations. Need five thousand white roses and two thousand yellow roses for your wedding? Put in your order sufficiently in advance and they will be in bloom, cut, trimmed and packaged to

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Roses are big business hereCultivation of Rosaceae is undertaken with scientific precision on an industrial scale. With more than 100

cont page 25A new proprietary product recently introduced by Dream Farms.

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your specifications exactly on time. Dream farms will even wrap each bunch in custom paper with your name imprinted.

The cutting is done on a precise timetable to maximize the number of mature roses. Special mesh sleeves are sometimes slipped over the unopened buds of premium varieties to prevent blackening or other blemishes. Cutting is done carefully, but quickly, by highly skilled crews of workers in blue uniforms ( p i c t u r e d , opposite page). L o n g - s t e m r o s e s a r e laid in open, curved metal bins lined with c o r r u g a t e d plastic. Two d o z e n a r e c a r e f u l l y bundled in the reusable plastic and trundled to the sorting area in rubber wheeled carts. There they are placed in metal racks to be sorted by quality and length by proficient workers in aprons. Flowers that are too mature or bent are tossed in an inglorious heap on the dirt floor of the greenhouse.

Roses of similar quality and length are place in bunches that are mechanically cut to uniform length, and either bundled alone, or packed in beautiful bouquets with baby’s breath, greens and other flowers. Bundles are boxed for shipment in long cardboard boxes that maintain temperature, humidity and shape. Coolers are filled with bright bundles, bouquets and boxes ready to ship to a wedding in Quito, a celebration in Minsk, or anywhere on earth.

Russians like their roses l-o-n-gLong-stem roses are the most valuable. Americans will accept stems 60 centimeters (23.6 inches) long. The Russians prefer a 110 centimeters (43.3 inches) length, and will pay a premium of 10¢ for each additional centimeter. Global competition for world-class flowers is intense.

Of course, this enterprise is not without its environmental cost. More than 30 species of insects plague roses, and the company works hard to control infestations. Workers in elaborate chemical protection clothing and wearing full respirators spray the crops. Staff keeps visitors well clear of the process. The ground in the greenhouses

cont from page 24Roses

LONGVIEWPost OfficeBob’s (rack, main check-out)Broderick GalleryYMCAFred Meyer (rack, grocery entrance)US BankFibre Fed’l CU - Commerce AveHometown BankMonticello Hotel (side entrance)The MastheadKaiser PermanenteSt. John Medical Center (rack, Park Lake Café)Cowlitz Black Bears box officeLCC Student CenterMini-Mart next to RegentsIndie Way Diner

KELSOHeritage BankVisitors’ Center/ Kelso-Lgv Chamber of CommerceBackstage Café (rack)

Here’s where can you find the new ReaderIt’s delivered all around the River, but here’s a list of handy, regularly-refilled sidewalk box and rack locations, most of which you can visit any time of day and even in your bathrobe ... Sidewalk Box/Rack Locations:

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KALAMAFibre Fed’l CUColumbia Inn

WOODLANDVisitor’s CenterThe Oak Tree

CASTLE ROCKLacie Rha’s Cafe (32 Cowlitz W.)Four Corners General StoreParker’s Restaurant (rack, entry)

RYDERWOOD Community Center

RAINIERPost OfficeCornerstone CaféRainier Hardware (rack, entry)Earth ‘n’ Sun (on Hwy 30)El Tapatio (entry rack)

DEER ISLANDDeer Island Store

COLUMBIA CITY - Post Office

For more locations or the pick-up point nearest you, visit crreader.com and click “Find the Magazine” under “Features.”

ST HELENSChamber of CommerceSunshine PizzaPost OfficeWild CurrantOlde Towne (near Bemis Printing)Safeway

SCAPPOOSEPost OfficeRoad RunnerFred Meyer Fultano’sAce HardwareARK Real Estate

CATHLAMETCathlamet Pharmacy

CLATSKANIEPost OfficeHump’s (inside entry)Chevron / Mini-MartWauna mill (parking area)

is regularly sprinkled to keep dust down. The slightest dust will blight these beautiful and valuable flowers.

Caution, cleanliness, precisionUnderground drip irrigation reduces humidity. Flowers shipped overseas are also fumigated to prevent the exportation of unwanted pests. The level of caution, cleanliness and precision is characteristic of a factory producing food products for human consumption, a comforting thought when the scale

and worldwide reach of this e x q u i s i t e p r o d u c t i s considered.

W o r k e r s are paid the n a t i o n a l minimum wage ( e q u i v a l e n t t o U S $ 3 5 4 per month), with double-time offered at

peak times and for weekend projects. Workers also benefit from contributions to the Ecuadorian equivalent of Social Security and the national health care plan.

D r e a m f a r m s h a s a l s o b e e n experimenting with coloring flowers, the most magnificent of which is a

rose bearing multiple petals, each of a different color. The process is proprietary, but appears to involve the splitting of the stems of white roses, with each piece of stem in a different color of water. The result is nothing short of incredible. These are presently done for special order, but they will likely soon appear at a florist near you.

The next time you purchase fresh roses in perfect bloom during fall, winter or spring, consider the time, investment and innovation that makes such a feat achievable. Maybe pour yourself a cup of strong Ecuadorian coffee, nibble some delicious Ecuadorian dark chocolates, or take a bite from a yellow Ecuadorian banana, and thank your lucky stars that such things are possible.

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Roses are held in water prior to cutting and sorting.


Outings & EventsPerforming & Fine Arts

Music, Art, Theatre, Literary

Live Music Scenearound the River

To list your music venue here, call Ned Piper, 360-749-2632

The Bistro1329 Commerce Ave, Longview360-425-2837 • Music Thurs 6–9; Fridays 6–10, Sats 6–9thebistrobuzz.com

The Birk Pub & Eatery11139 Hwy 202, Birkenfeld, Ore503-755-2722 • thebirk.com

Cassava1333 Broadway, Longview 360-425-7700Live music first Friday. Check Facebook.

Flowers ‘n’ Fluff45 E. Col River Hwy, Clatskanie, Ore.503-728-4222Live Music Friday [email protected]

Goble Tavern70255 Col. River Hwy, Rainier503-556-4090 • gobletavern.com

Porky’s Public House561 Industrial Way, Longview360-636-1616

Porkys-Cafe-Lounge

To find where your favorites are playing:Raeann

raeannphillips.com

Aviavimuzo.com

Fred Carter

FredCarterLive or www.fredcarterlive.com

For music schedule, go online or call the restaurant or bar

Stageworks NW Theatre proudly presents

Little Women: The Musical Through May 31

For tickets and more info visitstageworksnorthwest.org

360-636-44881433 Commerce Ave, Longview

Submission Deadlines Events occurring May 18–June 20: Submit by April 25 for May 15 issue. Events occurring June 17–July 20: Submit by May 25 for June 15 issue All submissions are considered, subject to lead time, general relevance to readers, and space limitations.

HOW TO PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENT IN CRRList your non-commercial community event’s basic info (name of event, sponsor, date & time, location, brief description and contact info) and email to: [email protected]

Or mail or hand-deliver (in person or via mail slot) to:

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Broadway Gallery Artists co-op April: Jeanne Hamilton (paintings), Di Morgan (wearable art). Earth Day Art Show (community-wide). May: Carol Bietsch (paintings); Marilyn Moore (beadwork); Masami Kusakabe (beadwork, origami).Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30. 1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. . 360-577-0544.

Broderick Gallery Paintings by Bill Rutherford of Portland, featuring jazz artists of the past. Through May 2. 1318 Commerce, Longview, Wash. Tues-Sat, 10am–5pm or by appointment Info: 503-703-5188. www.broderickgallery.com

Koth Gallery. For the Love of Art, through April 18. Longview History May 11–June 1. Mon, Tues, Thurs 10-8, Wed 10-5, Fri 10-6, Sat 12-5. Longview Public Library, 1600 Louisiana, Longview, Wash. 360-442-5300.

McThreads Wearable Art/Lord and McCord ArtWorks May featured artists: Heather E. Phillips. Opening Reception May 7, 5:30–7:30pm. Scarf tying demo. Open Tues-Fri 10-5pm. 1206 Broadway, Longview, Wash. 360-261-2373 or mcthreadswearableart.com.

Teague’s Interiors & Gallery 10–5:30 M–F, 10–3 Sat. Chalkpaint® 201 “Cabinet Kudos,” Sat., April 25, 1:30–3:30pm; Chalkpaint®101, May 2, 1–3:30pm. Call to register; 360-636-0712. 1267 Commerce Ave, Longview, Wash.

Tsuga Gallery Fine arts and crafts by more than 30 area artists. Thurs-Sat 11–5, Sun 12–4. 70 Main Street, Cathlamet, Wash. 360-795-0725.

LCC Gallery at the Rose Center Art Faculty 2015 Biennial thru April 30. Gallery hours: Mon-Tues 10am-6pm, Wed-Fri 10am-4pm. Lower Columbia College, 1600 Maple St, Longview, Wash. 360-442-2510.

Will the Circle be Unbroken John McEuen and John Carter Cash. April 18, 7:30pm. Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. 1231 Vandercook Way, Longview, Wash. Tickets $30–35. At the box office, 360-575-8499 or www.columbiatheatre.com

The Sousa Tradition North Coast Symphonic Band. Sun, April 19, 2pm, Liberty Theater, Astoria, Ore. Pre-show at 1:30: Astoria Tuba Quartet.Tickets: Liberty

Theater Box Office, 1203 Commercial, Astoria, 2-5:30pm. Tues thru Sat and two hours before the performance, or call 503-325-5922, ext. 55. Adults $15, $7 students. Online tickets available at TicketsWest.com and include a service charge.

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FIRST THURSDAY • May 7 Downtown LongviewBroadway Gallery Artists reception, 5:30-7:30 pm. Live music by John Crocker1418 Commerce Ave. www.the-broadway-gallery.com

Broderick Gallery New show. Reception 5–8 pm1318 Commerce Ave.503-703-5188www.broderickgallery.com

Longview Outdoor Gallery 1200-1300 blocks, Commerce Ave.Free lighted, guided sculpture tours by LOG board member. Meet at Broadway Gallery, 6pm.

McThread’s Wearable Art /Lord & McCord ArtWorks Opening Reception 5:30–7:30pm.Heather E. Phillips with silk scarves; scarf tying demo.1204/1206 Broadway360-261-2373 mcthreadswearableart.com

Teague’s Gallery1267 Commerce Ave.360-636-0712 Talk on color trends 5:30–8pm.

Across the Cowlitz River:Cowlitz County Museum7pm “Longview: City Beautiful in the Pacific Northwest” by Abe Ott, who covered the topic in his master’s degree in history from University of Nevada, 2008, placing the design of Longview in a national context.405 Allen Street, Kelso, Wash.360-577-3119

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History, Pets, Self-Help

Longview: Lake Sacajawea Kids’ Fish-In Sat, April 25 starting at 8am with seven 45-min sessions starting on the hour, until the last session at 2pm. This event is being held through Longview Parks and Recreation. Each youth, ages 5–14, must pre-register. $8 fee. All equipment is provided and no personal equipment is allowed. All registered participants may keep all the equipment provided for their use during the event. Adults will be cleaning the fish, if necessary, and participants may keep or donate the fish they catch.

Woodland: Horseshoe Lake May 16 with registration starting at 9am. at the Lake. $3.00 registration fee; all equipment is loaned to participants by the Woodland Moose Lodge for use during this event. Registration closes by 1:30 and the event ends promptly at 2pm.

Kalama: Kress Lake Safety Day May 23 with registration starting at the Lake at 9am –12:30pm; everyone will have the opportunity to visit all the stations by the event’s end around 1:30–2pm. No fees. Sponsored by the Kalama Fire Department.

Oregon Family Fishing EventsODFW prov ides equ ipment , instruction. No licenses required under 14 years.Rainier: At Trojan Pond, April 26, 9:30am–2pm. Info: Jeff Fulop, 971-673-6034. Vernonia: At Vernonia Pond, May 2, 9am–2pm. Info: Ron Rehn, 503-842-2741, ext. 244.

KIDS’ FISHING OPPORTUNITIES

Even a kid can “bring home the bacon” for dinner and feel proud about it. Community-

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Earth Day 2015 Sat., April 18, Cowlitz Expo Center. Free, fun-filled event. Farmer’s Market, live animals, trout pond, science fun, rock climbing wall, hands-on exhibits, educational booths, live music. Free admission. Suggested donation: A can of non-perishable food for the CAP Help Warehouse. Info: City of Longview Public Works 360-442-5209.

Pacific Northwest Foraging by Dr. Douglas Deur. Sun., April 19, 1pm. Fort Clatsop Visitor Center (near Astoria, Ore.), Netul Room. Free admission. In Their Footsteps Speaker Series. Presented by Lewis and Clark National Park Assn. Info: 503-861-2471 or visit online: nps.gov/lewi/index.htm.

Fox Creek Cleanup Sat, April 25, 9am–1 pm. Sponsored by Friends of Fox Creek, SOLVE, City of Rainier, Boy Scout Troop 332 and Riverside Community Church. Volunteers will remove invasive ivy and blackberries from trail sides and spread bark chips. Leather gloves, 5-gal buckets, owner-marked hand tools encouraged. Post-event barbecue for volunteers. Register online by April 19 or at the registration tent on event day. Info: www.solv.org or Darrel Whipple, 503-556-9838 or Bob Burnham, 503-556-4918. Park on C St between W. 2nd and W. 3rd in Rainier or in the Riverside Community Church parking lot and assemble south of the lot at the trailhead.

50th Anniversary Head Start Celebration April 21, 5:30–8pm, Cowlitz County Expo. Dinner, music, guest speakers. $30 per person. Reservations: 360-442-2840.

Country Life Fair (formerly “Herb Festival”) at Pomeroy Farm. April 25–26, 10–5. 20902 NE Lucia Falls Rd, Yacolt, Wash. Free admission. Thousands of herbs and plants, including organic vegetables. Vendors with handcrafts, local honey. Demos of blacksmithing, fly tying, wood working, handcrafts, etc. Farm animals incl. dairy goats, alpacas, hayrides, candle making for kids. Details: Maura Todd, [email protected] or 360-686-3537.

I Am for the Child CASA Dinner & Auction Sat., April 25. 5:30pm. Cowlitz County Expo Center, 1900 7th Ave., Longview, Wash. Jet Set dance band. $65 per person. Tickets: www.cowlitzcountycasa.org.

Spring Artisan Faire Friday, May 1 at Cassava’s Fusion Cafe, 14th & Broadway, Longview, 10–5. Artists on site with their creations for sale, incl. upcycled metal, stained glass, photography, glass art, turned wooden bowls, jewelry, fused glass and more. Find the perfect gift just in time for Mother’s Day and Graduation. For more info and pictures of each artist’s work, find us on Facebook at “The Artisan Guild of Mt St Helens” or email [email protected] or call Kevlyn, 360-431-9802.

Rainier Garden Club Plant Sale May 2, 9–3. J & R Sales parking lot, Rainier. Info: 503-556-0238. Club meets 1st Wed, Methodist Church, Rainier, $10 annual dues.

Senior Connections Fair May 6, 9–3. Fashion show, 1pm. Vendors and free info. Three Rivers Mall, Kelso, Wash. See story, page 10.

Cowlitz County Museum “Longview: City Beautiful in the Pacific Northwest,” by Abe Ott. May 7, 7pm. Ongoing exhibit: Badges, Bandits & Booze.” Many photos on display from the early days to current times. Museum open Tues-Sat 10 am–4 pm. 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash. www.cowlitzwa.us/museum. Info: 360-577-3119.

Mother’s Day Party & Afternoon Tea Sat., May 9. 1–2:30pm. Toledo Community Library, 241 Cowlitz Street, Toledo Wash.,Teacup prize for the best hat. Children age 6 and up with an adult are welcome. Limited seating; call the Library, 360-864-4247 Wed, Thu, Sat 10am-5pm to reserve a place. Free admission; donations to support the Library are welcome.

Church Records of England, Wales & Scotland by Richard L. Halliday. May 14, 7pm. Lower Columbia Genealogical Society, meeting held at Somerset Retirement Apts., 2025 Tibbets Dr., Longview, Wash. Genealogical helper available every Wed,1-3pm, Longview Public Library. Info: [email protected]; rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs

Ryderwood’s Spring Arts & Crafts Fair and Quilt Display May 15–16. Community Hall and Pioneer Hall. Vendors limited to 35; submit applications asap prior to May 8. $20 for each 6 ft.-by-6 ft. space, table included. Contact Norma, 360-295-3672 for application. Ryderwood is located 9 scenic

miles west of I-5 exit #59 at the end of SR 506. The quaint village is the country’s oldest retirement community and is home to some of the finest artists and crafters for miles around.

Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum Logging, fishing and cultural displays. Open 1-4pm, Thurs-Sun. 65 River Street, Cathlamet, Wash. For info 360-795-3954.

Appelo Archives Center Historic exhibits, Naselle-Grays River area.1056 State Route 4, Naselle. T-Fri 10–4, Sat 10–2, or by appt. 360-484-7103. appeloarchives.org.

R Square D Dance Club Wed. lessons 6 :30–7pm P lu s dance r s ; , 7–9pm Beginners move to next level. Dance schedule 2nd Fri, 4th Sat. Plus, 7:30; Mainstream with rounds 8–10pm. Craig Ambercrombie, caller; Lonnie Sychs, cuer. Kelso Senior Center, 106 NW 8th Ave, Kelso, Wash. Info: 360-414-5855 or www.r-square-d.info.

Coffee Hour/Tech Support Sessions Monday mornings in Longview. Free beginner level help with Mac and Android smart phones, tablets, etc. Limited space. Pre-registration required. Presented by Perry Piper. Info/registration: [email protected]. See ad, page 25.

The Pickleball Link Club Tues and Fridays 1–3pm. Fee: $4 per session. Youth & Family Link, 907 Douglas St., Longview, Wash. Free beginner introductory lessons. For players 15–90, by appt. Paddles and balls available. Info: 360-831-9937 or 360-232-3006 or [email protected].

Columbian Toastmasters Village Inn, 535 S. Columbia Highway, St. Helens. 12:05–1:05pm Thursdays. Increase your confidence, interview/presentation/leadership skills. Info: Natasha Parvey, 850-377-7867 or [email protected], or visit http://6421.toastmastersclubs.org/

Longview Social Club Local activities several times each month, geared for anyone ages 18–35. Check Facebook: “LongviewWA Social Club” for details or call Perry, 360-270-0608.

Link Buddies Free activity time for middle and high schoolers with or without disabilities. Teens must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Every Thurs 3–4:30 pm at Youth & Family Link Gym, 907 Douglas St. Longview Wash. RSVP Madi, 360-577-9093. Sponsored by the ARC of Cowlitz County and Youth and Family Link.

Parent support group for parents of children ages 2– 6 with disabilities. Held Tuesdays 10–11:30 am at LifeWorks, 906 New York St. Longview, Wash. Share stories and get support from other parents. . Call the ARC of Cowlitz County to register 360-425-5494 or email [email protected].

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As smartphones and tablets have gotten better and better, they have in many cases been able to replace conventional and expensive computers for most people. And even for people who prefer desktops, 2015 will mark the year of the high quality, $100 computer.

A range of full blown Windows 10 PCs are hitting the market shortly. Some are in the form of TV sticks. A self-contained $150 Intel Compute Stick computer the size of a deck of cards plugs into the video slot of the TV and works with wireless keyboard and mouse. Another device, known as the Raspberry Pi 2 costs $35 — no, I’m not forgetting any zeros — and is the same size and

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Flowers ‘n’ Fluff Coffee Shop45 E. Columbia River HwyWine Tasting, Dinner & Live Music Fridays 5:30–8:30pm. Unforgettable scones, On-the-go breakfast & lunch.Coffee Shop M-F 5:30am–6:30pm; Sat 7am–6pm; Sun 8am–6pm. 503-728-4222.

Fultano’s Pizza770 E. Columbia River Hwy Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more! M-Sat 11am–10pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-728-2922

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant640 E. Columbia River HwyFine Mexican cuisine. Daily specials. The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials. Sports bar. M-Th 11am–9:30pm; Fri & Sat 11am–11:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-728-3344

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Alston Pub & Grub25196 Alston Rd., Rainier503-556-421311 beers on tap, cocktails. Open daily 11am.503-556-9753 See ad, page 11.

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Cornerstone Café102 East “A” StreetMicrobrews, wines & spiritsPrime rib Friday & Sat.Open M-F 6am–8pm; Sat-Sun 7am–8pm.503-556-8772. See ad, page 11.

Evergreen Pub & Café115-117 East 1st StreetBurgers, halibut, prime rib, full bar. 503-556-9935. See ad, page 11.

Goble Tavern70255 Columbia River Hwy. (Milepost 31, Hwy. 30)Food, beer & wine + full bar,Live music. 503-556-4090. See ad page 11.

Hop N Grape924 15th Ave., LongviewM–Th 11am–8pm; Fri & Sat 11am–9pm; Sun 11am–7pm. BBQ meat slow-cooked on site. Pulled pork, chicken brisket, ribs, turkey, salmon. World-famous mac & cheese. 360-577-1541 See ad page 26.

1210 Ocean Beach Hwy., Longview Fish & chips, burgers, more. Beer & wine. 360-577-7972

1260 Commerce Ave. Family Dining 11–9, Breakroom Bar 11am–midnight. American comfort food.Full bar. 360-703-3904. See ad, page 31.

The Original Pie@trio’s Pizzeria614 Commerce Ave., Longview. 18 varieties of pizza. Salad bar, Lunch buffet all-you-can-eat. Beer & wine. Mon-Fri open 11am, Sat-Sun 12 Noon. 360-353-3512. See ad, page 24.

Porky’s Public House561 Industrial Way, LongviewSlow-roasted prime rib Fri & Sat, flat iron steaks, 1/3-lb burgers, fish & chips. 31 draft beers. Full bar. 360-636-1616. See ad, page 16.

Teri’s 3225 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview. Breakfst, lunch and dinner. Fine dining, with specials, fresh NW cuisine. Happy Hour. Full bar. Tues -Th 8am–9pm, Fri-Sat 8am–10pm. 360-577-0717. See ad page 33.

Fresh-roasted coffee, snack and pastries. 1335 14th Ave., M-F 9am–4pm, Sat-Sun 9am–4pm. 360-232-8642

New location: 931 Ocean Beach Hwy (Inside seating plus drive-thru). M-F 6am–8pm, Sat-Sun 8am–8pm.360-232-8642. See ad, page 8.

Castle RockParker’s Restaurant & Brewery1300 Mt. St. Helens Way. Exit 49 off I-5. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Burgers, hand-cut steak; seafood and pasta. Restaurant opens 8am, Lounge 12 Noon. Closed Monday. 360-967-2333

St. HelensBertucci’s2017 Columbia Blvd., St. HelensMon–Fri 9–5; Sat 10–4.Breakfast sandwiches, deli sandwiches, espresso, chocolates. See ad, page 10.

Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd.Hot pizza, cool salad bar.Beer & wine. 503-397-3211See ad, page 10.

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Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant33452 Havlik Rd. Fine Mexican cuisine. Daily specials. The best margarita in town. Daily drink specials. M-Th 11am–9:30pm; Fri & Sat 11am–11:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm. 503-543-3017

Mark’s on the Channel. Floating restaurant on the Multnomah Channel, 34326 Johnson Landing. Delicious daily menus; full bar, wines & taps. Outdoor seating. Live music.Wednesdays beginning April 22: All you can eat Alaskan Cod Fish & Chips. Open W-Th 11:30–8:30; F-Sat 11:30–9. Sun 11:30–6:30.503-543-8765. See ad, page 24.

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The Oak Tree 1020 Atlantic Ave., Woodland. Full lunch, breakfast and dinner menu. Fresh from scratch cooking. Great happy hour menu. Sun 7am–9pm, M-Th 8am–9pm, Fri-Sat 7am–10pm. 360-841-8567

Hometown Pizza109 E. “A” St. Take-and-bake, Delivery, To-Go and dine-in. Lunch Buffet M-F 11–2.Open daily 11am; close M-Th, Sat 9pm, Fri 10pm. 503-556-3700

Luigi’s Pizza117 East 1st Street, Rainier503-556-4213Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine. See ad, page 11.

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Grounds for Opportunity413 S. Pacific Ave.360-703-3020 Wed–Sun 7am–3pmBreakfast and Lunch available all day.

Longview

The Bistro 1329 Commerce Ave., Longview (alley entrance). Fine dining, happy hour specials. wine tastings. Tu-Sat open 5pm. 360-425-2837. See ad page 19.

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Gyros Gyros M-Tues 11–4, W-Sat 11–51338 Commerce Ave., 360-577-5658Serving Mediterranean fare for lunch and local farm fresh food for dinner. Reservations recommended for dinner.See ad, page 9.

The Carriage Restaurant & LoungeFull breakfast, lunch and dinner. Daily drink special: Bloody Mary $5. $4 Breakfast Special. Homemade soup. 6am–9pm. Full bar in lound, open 6am. 1334 12th Ave. 360-425-8545

Cassava1333 Broadway. 360-425-7700Locally roasted espresso, fine teas, fresh pastries daily, smoothies, beer & wine, homemade soups. Breakfast and lunch.

Country Folks Deli1329 Commerce Ave., Longview. Opens at 10 for lunch. 360-425-2837

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Willapa Harbor: A short historyIn his 1850s book, The Northwest Coast – Three Years Residence in Washington Territory, James G. Swan, one of the area’s most illustrious early residents, gushed that the Willapa region would soon exceed California in both population and prosperity. But for a twist of fate, Willapa Harbor might have become the largest community on the coast north of San Francisco. Some imagined it as the “New Baltimore.” However, the Great Northern Railroad decided to terminate at Tacoma — and it became, well...Tacoma. The Willapa area got only a spur line 30 years later and it became Raymond.

Swan was betting on the oyster trade, which was booming in his days at Bone River. Like most booms, it was short and sweet. Ostrea lurida, the native oysters, supplied the gold-

fattened elite of San Francisco by the shipload. The tasty bivalves were decimated — nearly extinct in just 40 years. The boom was over.

South Bend was settled by subsistence farmers in the early 1860s but the timber trade soon ruled and fortunes were to be made. Several mills lined the river and the population grew from 150 to 3,500 in five years, out-pacing all other towns on the bay.

Taking a seatIn the election of 1892, voters decided to move the Pacific County seat from Oysterville to South Bend. The folks in Oysterville didn’t like that idea and held on tight. The folks in South Bend thought that since they were the biggest city, they should rightly be the county seat. So they did what any other powerful group would…they took it.

One Sunday in February 1893, a group from South Bend boarded boats and sailed across to Oysterville, where the county maintained the records, and took it all. They returned to

South Bend where they established the new county seat. It remains there to this day.

Raymond was built on the mud flats just three miles north of South Bend around yet more sawmills. The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and resulting fires created a huge demand for Willapa timber and Raymond was to benefit. By 1913, the population grew to 6,000, largely employed in the timber industry. Twenty mills stretched along the river.

When the Corps of Engineers began dredging the channel from the bay’s mouth, larger schooners could reach the mills. In 1893 the railroad was opened to the mainline near Chehalis, making it possible to ship lumber, dairy products and seafood. Along with passenger traffic, this too helped feed the boom. The booms would come and go over the years. World Wars I and II brought boom times. Weyerhaeuser, one of the major players since 1931, weathered all the boom/bust cycles and remains a strong presence. The mill here provides more than 100 jobs plus all the support business.

Seafood, shellfishSalmon canneries became strong employers in the 1890s, taking some of the people left idle from the fall of the oyster industry. The oyster industry remained all but dead here until the 1920s when a University of Washington scientist, Trevor Kincaid, and a group of grower/processors began importing oyster seed or “spat” from Japan and the industry took

off. Excepting the years of WWII, the industry has grown steadily and continues to prosper. One in six oysters consumed in the U.S. comes from Willapa Bay.

Fast forward to 2015: Another boom?The main industries in Willapa Harbor are still lumber, seafood and government services. Today though, the area is in the early stages of what many hope will be another boom. This time, it’s something no one would have even considered as little as five years ago. The recreational cannabis industry has come to the Willapa — big time.

When Washington’s voters passed I-502 in 2012, legalizing recreational marijuana sales, the vote set off a scramble for land and facilities to grow for the new market. Having just lost their biggest tenant (a water-purification technology company that moved to Bothell, Wash.) and faced with five empty warehouses to fill, the Port of Willapa started listening to those who were interested in establishing grow operations.

After some public meetings showing little opposition, the commissioners decided to sell land in three parcels to a group of investors planning to develop a “pot campus” or business park. Thirteen licensees who intend to grow and process for the market want to locate here. Currently, three grows are in operation. We’re talking warehouse-sized grows. Nine are expected to be in operation by June.

Marijuana cultivation and processing is a labor-intensive endeavor. Skilled workers are required and so far, the wages are averaging greater than $15 per hour with benefits. More than 50 are now employed full time. Job creation could be as much as four times that. To say that the local economy may be positively affected is an understatement.

Consider this: A small, economically d e p r e s s e d c o m m u n i t y, t o t a l population of the two towns is about 5,000 and the wages average less

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than $18,000 per year. Add to this 50 –200 well paying jobs and you’ve got yourself a boom, of sorts.

Of course, a caveat must be entered here. Many of the projects are on hold statewide until the Legislature refines the law to make it friendlier and less taxing on the investors in this currently all-cash business. It’s unclear the direction this hoped-for economic surge will take in the coming months, but it’s clear that local folks think it’s going to be positive.

New meaning to “Tokeland?”According to its website, the Port of Willapa Harbor welcomes small manufacturing firms and offers a variety of commercial and industrial facilities and properties for lease at locations in Raymond and Tokeland. “Our tenants operate in a supportive business environment and with reasonable rental rates and a range of tenant services.”

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Longview native Ron Baldwin, CRR’s Renaissance Man, lives in Chinook, Wash. He enjoys the outdoors, old Volkswagens, fast cooking and music. Hear his jazz program 6–8pm on the second and fourth Wednesdays from Astoria, Ore., on KTCB (89.5), KMUN (91.2), KCPB (90.9) or live stream online at coastradio.org.

I’m sure there must be dissenters, but if a March 31 community information meeting, co-sponsored by the Willapa Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Pacific County Economic Development Council, is any measure of community support, this place is welcoming the newborn industry with open arms. I did not hear a single negative among the 70-plus people who attended. The panel included law enforcement, a school official, a county commissioner, a judge, and a recreational marijuana merchant. Their consensus was that, so far, there have been no noticeable negative effects from I-502 or from the new industry.

Let’s just say there are high hopes around Willapa Harbor.

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Movies

By Dr. Bob Blackwood

While Mr. Grey (James Dornan) plays a prelude, Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) has to face the future. Photo: Universal Pictures.

Dr. Bob Blackwood, professor emeritus of English at the City Colleges of Chicago, is the author of: From the Silent Era to The Sopranos: Italian American Gangsters in Trend-Setting Films and Television Shows (2006) and co-author with Dr. John Flynn of Future Prime: The Top Ten Science Fiction Films (2006) and has been reviewing films since the late 1960s for a variety of publications. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A Walt Disney production of Cinderella brings to my mind the 1950 cartoon version of

the classic fairy tale. I remember how proper and neat the scrub girl was in her blue gown at the palace. I remember those little cartoon mice, one fat like Lou Costello and one thin like Bud Abbott, running about the hut squealing “Cinderelly, Cinderelly, Cinderelly.” It was high cartooning and hijinks in the forest.

The new Cinderella is live action, directed by Kenneth Branagh, with a charming Lily James (Lady Rose in Downton Abbey) as the lead and an equally suave Richard Madden (Robb Stark from Game of Thrones) as the part-time “apprentice” when he first

meets Cinderella and, later, a full-time prince, soon to be king. Of course, many sequences are stolen by the wickedly sexy Cate Blanchett as the stepmother. How did she stay a widow? Who will marry her nasty daughters? Who cares? Only wicked old Mom.

The cinematography is gorgeously colorful. The ball gowns are as elegant as any Hollywood studio could possibly do, and yes, Ella’s outfit is blue again. Helena Bonham Carter makes an enchanting Fairy Godmother, as she should. I guess the only feature I miss are some of the songs from the cartoon version of this tale.

As the clichés go, this is a story for all ages of viewers. However, I miss the focus on the very young

Cinderella vs. InsurgentFantasy versus the Sci-fi “prom”

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We’ve been invited to a wedding where the bride wants it “off the grid.” She is planning on having 120 guests and has asked that no one bring a camera or take photos with their cellphones. I’d like to hear your comments.

GENTLE READER: One is, “Well, good for her.” Another is that Miss Manners considers it a shame to have to instruct one’s guests that a wedding ceremony is a solemn rite to which they should be paying quiet attention, and that a wedding reception is a celebration at which they should be socializing.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My cousin got married not quite two years ago. The ceremony and reception were lovely, and I was considering using the same beautiful church for my own wedding, which I am just beginning to plan.

However, s ince my cousin’s marriage was short-lived, I am not sure whether using the same church would be disrespectful and distasteful. There are other wonderful churches nearby, but this one also has an enchanting environment, near a lake. What would be the proper thing to do?

GENTLE READER: The last Miss Manners checked, churches were exempt from curses. But then, the last she checked, bridal couples were supposed to choose their wedding churches on the basis of something deeper than scenery.

No, wait. The last she really heard was that churches were actually being regarded as stage sets. In that case, surely more than one show can be put on there.

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which the first Disney version had. Regardless, I think most folks will enjoy it greatly. I suspect many women will envy the gown that Ella had and would wonder if their significant other will take her to the ball. Or, would that other person disappear after a trip to the local sports stadium? Who knows? Walt Disney knew the way to a girl’s and a woman’s heart. Remember, this is fantasy, not really a response to the feminist reality which society accepts.

Insurgent is the second in a planned series of four films about the trials of Tris

(Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James), fighters for the right of young people to fight against somewhat older people who manipulate a rigid futurist society — such as the Erudites’ faction led by Jeanine (Kate Winslet) and Eric

(Jai Courtney).

That was pretty much the plot of the last film, 2014’s Divergent. Two more films to go in the series, kids, and I do mean kids. If you are over 21, you may know that people trying to loosen up an oppressive society often are brutally destroyed as soon as they are captured.

I know this is science fiction, but oppressive people in power tend to squash their enemies, not dance around with them like it’s the Prom.

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Lily James stars as Cinderella in Walt Disney’s latest production. Photo: Disney Pictures

Lily James as Cinderella meets Richard Madden as an “apprentice” in the forest in Cinderella. Photo: Getty Images

Shailene Woodley and Theo James are the leads in the new “Insurgent” film, the second in the “Divergent” series. Photo: Disney Pictures


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Gizzards, art and music

Every so often, I buy a small bag of chicken gizzards at Safeway’s deli and share them with my

friend George at Broderick’s Art Gallery in Downtown Longview. He’s one of the few folks I know who likes those chewy little giblets.

It’s impossible to walk through George’s gallery without stopping to look at the fabulous paintings exhibited on the walls. The current show (through May 3) is a series of collages by Portland artist Bill Rutherford, showcasing icons of the jazz world. His paintings

Ned Piper is a lifelong Longview resident. He enjoys reading, music, and golf and is looking forward to the Cowlitz Black Bears 6th season opening on June 4.

of various master jazz musicians have an actual vinyl recording by that musician incorporated into the art.

My interest in jazz goes back to my college days when my friends and I spent time rummaging around the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Seattle.

One time, I watched workers unloading a truck with “fresh” junk for the store. One of the items being handed down was the turntable and horn salvaged from an old wind-up Victrola record player. It was beautiful. I had $20 in

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I asked the worker how much they wanted for it and he said, “Ten dollars.”

“Ten dollars?” I responded, in disbelief that it was so cheap.“Alright, alright,” the guy said, “you can have it for five bucks.”

This got me started searching for old 78 rpm records to play on my new treasure. A few were symphonic classics, but most were old jazz records by greats like Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Benny Goodman. The sound was scratchy and uneven, but I loved the old-time sound.

I’m not aware of a regular local live jazz venue, but have come to appreciate the concerts performed by the Southwest Washington Symphony, the Oregon Symphonic Band and the Longview Kelso Community Concert series.

The Oregon Symphonic Band performs at the Clatskanie Mid-High School on May 3rd. Conductor Dr. Michael Burch-Pesses will raise his baton at 3pm for a program including music from the Sound of Music, a suite by Ralph Ford inspired by Crater Lake

and the Columbia and Rogue Rivers, along with a lively trumpet trio (see ad, page 27).

We’ll be treated to classical music and a special piece by talented young artist Jared Devine on cello, at the Southwest Washington Symphony’s spring concert. The orchestra, conducted by Dr. Robert Davis, performs on Sunday, April 19th, at 3pm in the Wollenberg Auditorium at Lower Columbia College (see ad, page 26).

The May 15 Community Concert performance, “Simply Sinatra,” will likely be more along a jazzy line than the Symphony’s Vivaldi or Dvorak pieces. Listen to the musical stylings of “Ol’ Blue Eyes” at 7:30pm at the LCC Wollenberg Auditorium (see ad, page 21).

By the way, CRR’s own Ron Baldwin hosts a jazz program 6–8pm on the second and fourth Wednesdays from Astoria, Ore., (Listen on KTCB 89.5, KMUN 91.2, KCPB 90.9 or live stream online at coastradio.org). Whichever way(s) you choose to enjoy music, I’d like to suggest the perfect way to get

“in the mood.” Visit the Rutherford jazz collage collection at Broderick Gallery (1318 Commerce Ave, Longview).

And if you want to get on George’s good side, bring along a few gizzards.

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