Woodburn Community Advantage Magazine May 2023

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BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR

The City of Woodburn & Woodburn Police would like to remind residents:

• Grass must be cut shorter than 10 inches from May 1 to September 30 each year.

• Junked vehicles cannot be stored out in the open for more than 48 hours. These are vehicles with flat tires, missing wheels, missing essential parts, extensive body damage, etc.

• All Graffiti must be removed within 10 business days.

• Signs cannot be placed in the right-of way, on light poles or street signs. This includes garage sale signs!

• Open storage of junk or trash is illegal! Broken items like appliances, cars, and building materials cannot be stored in the open.

• Be courteous with how and where you park your car, parking generally is not allowed in yards and must be in a driveway or where allowed on streets.

Questions? Call WPD at 503-982-2345

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

David Bates Patti Jo Brooks

Tyler Francke Olive Gallagher

Angie Helvey Robert Matsumura

Dennis McNabb Kelly Romo

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CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

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Close Encounters on Third Street

Celebrating 23 years of out-of-this-world fun

BY DAVID BATES, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In Yamhill County, the town of McMinnville lays claim to one of the most celebrated UFO sightings in modern history: The Trent family farm photos which were snapped when Paul Trent saw a disc flying over his property in 1950.

Even the Condon Report–which was commissioned nearly two decades later to give the U.S. Air Force an excuse for closing Project Blue Book, their UFO investigation office–had to admit: The UFO captured by the McMinnville farmer appeared “to be consistent with the assertion that an extraordinary flying object…flew within sight of two witnesses.”

For more than 20 years, McMinnville has celebrated UFOs and aliens with the second-largest festival in the country: McMenamins’ 23rd Annual UFO Festival will be held in downtown McMinnville at the Oregon Hotel May 19–20. It’s got something for everyone: UFO experts and abductee speakers, live

the admission that they’d been investigating UFOs. A growing number of government officials and U.S. Navy pilots went on the record: UFOs are real, and they really don’t know what they are.

This year’s UFO Festival in McMinnville will play out against a backdrop of heightened interest in Congress and the media, and the creation of a new office to investigate UFOs, the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

There’s no better time, or place, to check out the UFO scene.

music, a costume contest and alien merch, vendor booths, and, best of all, a parade that proves Portland isn’t the only city that knows how to be weird. The festival was conceived in 1999 to mark the 50-year anniversary of the Trent sighting, and from humble beginnings it has since grown into a significant cultural event appealing to those with a casual or passing interest in UFOs, but also to the more serious researchers and students of the phenomenon. And thanks to developments in the last few years, the latter group is growing.

The Pentagon came clean with The New York Times and also 60 Minutes (news magazine) on CBS a few years ago with

This year’s speakers include Earl Grey Anderson from the Mutual UFO Network, who will give a presentation on some of the most baffling cases he’s investigated; Experiencer, speaker and spiritual counselor Sev Tok; Travis Walton, who claims he was taken aboard a UFO in 1975 and whose story is the subject of a documentary by Jennifer Stein, who will also attend. Finally, the research team of Cheryl and Linda Costa will talk about “A New Approach to Ufology,” with a special focus on UFOs spotted over Oregon.

Ground Zero for the festival is McMenamins Hotel Oregon, 310 NE Evans Street in McMinnville, while speakers will appear at the Community Center a couple blocks north, 600 NE Evans St. Panels and lectures are ticketed, but the pet costume party, parade and other events are free.

For more information, visit www.UFOFest.com.

Clementine Avocado

Salad with Honey-Ginger

Poppyseed Dressing

Fresh, healthy and loaded with fabulous flavor

SERVINGS: 6

Dressing Ingredients

⅔ cup extra virgin olive oil

⅓ cup white balsamic vinegar

2½ tablespoons honey

1½ tablespoons poppy seeds

1 tablespoon finely grated ginger or ginger paste

1 teaspoon smooth Dijon mustard

1 clove garlic, finely minced

½ teaspoon kosher salt

¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Salad Ingredients

8 cups spring mix (or favorite leafy greens)

6 medium clementines peeled, halved and cut in ¼-inch slices

1 medium ripe avocado cored, halved, peeled and sliced into ¼-inch slices

½ cup walnuts, toasted

½ cup English peas, sliced in half

Directions

Make the dressing: Combine all ingredients in jar and shake until well combined. Assemble the salad: Place lettuce in large bowl. Top with clementines, avocados and English peas. Drizzle lightly with 2 to 3 tablespoons of dressing and toss gently. Top with walnuts. Be sure to pass extra dressing around the table.

Pop Art To Wildlife

Local Artist Overflowing With Creativity

BY DENNIS MCNABB, STAFF WRITER

Covering subjects across the board: from pop culture to wildlife stills to portraiture and beyond, local artist Araceli Teichman produces some of the most beautiful, eye-catching, true-to-life paintings imaginable!

Growing up in a family that valued artistic expression, Araceli was encouraged and began drawing at an early age. Although she had an innate talent and passion for it, it wasn’t until middle school that she found a mentor who significantly helped her to develop that talent. She opened Araceli’s eyes to the wider spectrum of creative possibilities by taking her to museums, presenting her with a variety of additional mediums to explore, and offering her space in her own art studio for her to work in. It was just 4 years ago, though, when Araceli’s older sister introduced her to rock painting, and she discovered her niche. She is still willing and capable of producing work on other surfaces–she has done charcoal and graphite drawings on paper and paintings on agates and other types of rock–but the majority of her output comes in the form of acrylic paintings on white stone tiles. And they are incredible!

Exquisite, freehand paintings of album covers (from the likes of Led Zeppelin, Queen, and The Scorpions), famous movie characters (like Frankenstein’s monster, Pennywise, and Jason Voorhees), and wildlife in action (hummingbirds in flight, lions on the prowl, velociraptors stocking their prey); there is virtually nothing she can’t reproduce. And she welcomes every

new challenge, portraits in particular! The images she creates leap from the page—or in this case, the tile—and come alive in ways other artist’s struggle to capture.

Araceli is an artist in the truest sense of the word. Humble and introverted by nature, she is much more comfortable letting her paintings do the “talking.” That said, she is happy to work with any businesses or clients interested in displaying or commissioning her art, and she is always seeking ways to broaden her horizons as both a person and an artist; to learn and to grow. If you have a photo or an idea, she welcomes your requests!

Araceli Teichman is a local untapped source for incredibly life-like paintings of a variety of subjects! Contact her via email at ateichmanart@ gmail.com or follow her on Facebook or Instagram at A. Teichman Art for requests, updates, or photos of her latest pieces. Don’t miss out on this rare talent!

PET TIPS FOR

By Donovan Darling, Staff Writer

SOAK UP THE SUN

With spring comes less rain, more sun and warmth, which allows us to get outside more often with the pets and explore nature. Not only is the sun good for our bodies, being in nature is good for our minds and reduces stress. Just make sure your dog (or cat) is microchipped and has an ID tag, should they get a little too adventurous and wander off.

ENJOY THE FRESH AIR

When that warm air starts to hit, we instinctively throw open our windows and take a satisfying deep breath, as we should! However, with open windows comes the risk of your pets escaping or falling out, especially from a multi-story home. Be sure to check that your screens are without holes or tears and the frames are nicely snug. And enjoy the fresh air!

SPRING INTO CLEANING

Spring cleaning happens every year (or it should, just so you know). The dusting, washing of windows, tidying, mopping, and more. But there are many toxic chemicals in household cleaners which are harmful to your pets, even natural ones! Be sure to keep all cleaners out of pets’ reach (and children’s, too) and securely stored.

GROW YOUR GARDEN

Whether you hire a pet photographer, or use your own phone and some fun social media filters, doing a pet photoshoot can be pretty cute and hilarious. While some pets are not into posing, some actually love to vogue for the camera! This is another great excuse to get outside and enjoy the spring weather.

GROW YOUR GARDEN

Vegetables, fruits, nuts, flowers, you name it, will grow in a home garden. And while most gardening is fairly harmless, fertilizers, insecticides, and herbicides are not harmless to pets, and lawn care products especially. Keep these products out of reach and follow the instructions. Some spring flowers, such as lilies, rhododendrons, and azaleas are highly toxic and fatal if ingested by pets. Please consult a gardening expert before purchasing plants for your home. And enjoy the ‘fruits’ of your labor.

HEAL THE HOME

Warm weather often gives us more energy and enthusiasm for home improvement projects. Paint, solvents and mineral spirits, however, can be toxic and cause skin irritation or chemical burns to you and your pets. Read these labels carefully, store appropriately, and confine pets when doing these sorts of projects. Similarly, use caution when using nails, screws, staples, and power tools, which can be dangerous on many levels. On a different note, you should evaluate your home’s air quality–spring weather brings lots of pollen and dust, as well as pets shedding fur and dander.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

One of the funniest sciencefiction movies ever made, it’s based on Douglas Adams’ legendary 1979 novel. Like the book, the movie is a hilarious satire teeming with razor sharp humor and slapstick comedy. The story follows British selfdeprecating Arthur Dent, who’s making a cup of tea when the government condemns his home to make way for the construction of a new bypass. But it turns out, on a larger scale, the Vogons have also condemned Earth to make way for an intergalactic bypass, thus ending the world for all humans and species therewithin. Thankfully, Arthur meets Ford Prefect, a galactic hitchhiker, who helps him abscond into space. There are supercomputers who tell the meaning of life, intelligent mice, thought-punishing shovels, two-headed presidents, a religious sect who worships a giant nose, and a depressed robot. That’s the tip of the cosmic iceberg as far as Arthur’s adventures go–and there’s a whole series of novels if you like where the story is going. Starring Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def, Alan Rickman, and more. Rated PG.

In an alternate timeline 1980s, a massive spaceship shows up on Earth flying over the city of Johannesburg in South Africa. After months of hanging in the sky, humans investigate and find a million half-starved aliens inside, who are relocated to a camp called District 9. Years later the camp has become a dangerous slum, with local humans having nothing good to say about the aliens. 28 years later, the government hires a weapons manufacturer to relocate the aliens to a new camp outside the city, and as you might imagine, everything falls apart from there. With obvious parallels to immigration, citizenship, and human rights, and based on the apartheid of South Africa, it’s a fascinating if too-close-for-comfort social commentary. It’s exciting, dramatic, heartbreaking, and a visual spectacle. Produced by Peter Jackson. Rated R.

This hits the nostalgia button pretty firmly for those of us who watched Space Jam as kids. In the style of “Who Killed Roger Rabbit,” this is one of the earlier mashups of cartoon animation and live-action movies. Aliens running a theme park called Moron Mountain across the universe decide to kidnap Bugs Bunny for their new attraction, and he cleverly challenges the aliens to a basketball game to decide his fate and the fate of Earth. Enlisting the help of NBA players and celebrities, including Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Bill Murray, and Danny DeVito, and more, the Looney Tunes assemble an all-star team of athletes and prankster comedians. The aliens, however, steal the powers of other NBA players to become the equally talented Monstars. What follows is a hilarious romp of slapstick and silly jokes good for the whole family. Rated PG.

Stream these movies where available, or rent from your local movie store, library, or rental kiosk.

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DISCOVERING WOODBURN AND BEYOND Discovering Woodburn

Lifting Up the Youth

Woodburn Teen Center Lift Zone provides immersive tech and STEM-related activities for teens in Marion County

Together, the Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion, and Polk Counties, and Comcast opened a new Lift Zone at the Woodburn Teen Center. This marks the fifth Lift Zone in the local Boys & Girls Club, and more than $300,000 contributed on behalf of Comcast throughout a more than 10-year partnership between the two organizations.

The Woodburn Teen Center Lift Zone provides immersive tech and STEM-related activities for teens in Marion County. Comcast joined the Boys & Girls Club and more than 20 local teens at the unveiling ceremony.

“Comcast has been an incredible partner of our local Boys & Girls

Clubs, providing support to our Clubs throughout Woodburn, Salem and Keizer,” says Sue Bloom, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties. “With how important internet access has become to students over the last several years, this Lift Zone helps to reduce barriers for Woodburn teens.”

Lift Zones are part of Comcast’s ongoing commitment to help students and families in need connect to the internet so they can fully participate in educational opportunities and the digital economy. Since 2020, Comcast has collaborated with cities, community organizations, and local nonprofit partners to install 22 Lift Zones

Discovering Woodburn is sponsored by our friends at Comcast Business.

and Beyond highlights the best the Woodburn area has to offer, including businesses, nonprofits and residents making a difference. Learn about the latest Woodburn Teen Center Lift Zone and how it will service the youth.

WOODBURN AND BEYOND

wide initiative to advance digital equity, which includes Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program.

Since 2011, Internet Essentials has connected more than 87,000 households in Oregon, including nearly 12,000 in Marion County, to high-speed internet at home, many for the first time. Internet Essentials’ comprehensive design addresses three significant barriers to broadband adoption: access to free digital literacy training in print, online, and in-person; the option to purchase a heavily subsidized, low-cost internet-ready computer; and low-cost, high-speed internet service for $9.95 a month, plus tax.

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“Connecting to the internet is essential, but not everyone has access,” says David Hardin, external affairs manager for Comcast’s Pacific Northwest region. “Comcast is playing an important role to bridge that gap, at home, on-the-go, and at Lift Zones like the new Woodburn Teen Center, a place for students to

connect to the internet outside of the home.”

This effort is part of Project UP, Comcast’s $1 billion commitment to reach tens of millions of people over the next 10 years with the tools, resources, and skills needed to succeed in a digital world. Project UP is Comcast’s company-

BY DONOVAN DARLING, STAFF WRITER

Dating back to 1947, there’s a long history of documented UFO sightings in the Pacific Northwest. Historically discredited as a ‘conspiracy theory’ believed by ‘kookie’ people in tinfoil hats, in June 2021 the US Government publicly acknowledged the existence of “strange aerial sightings” that can’t be explained. Indeed, there are countless videos and accounts of Unidentified Flying Objects which government and aeronautics experts cannot explain away as weather balloons, swamp gas, or ‘training exercises’. Interestingly, Oregon ranks second in the country for most reported UFO sightings, and Washington ranks third.

You’ve heard of the Roswell Incident of 1947. But have you heard of Washington 1947? Kenneth Arnold, a private pilot, saw nine “saucer-like aircraft flying in formation” in Washington between Mount Adams and Mount Rainier. He estimated the flying objects traveled around 1,200 miles per hour. Interestingly, in 1947 Chuck Yeager broke the Sound Barrier in his experimental X-1 jet which exceeded 662 miles per hour. As the speed of these aircrafts were nearly double that of the X-1, which was still a prototype in 1947, it’s only logical to assume that the objects which Arnold witnessed were not publicly known, or more seriously, not manufactured on Earth.

Probably the most famous UFO report in the Pacific Northwest happened in McMinnville, Oregon in 1950. On May 11, near 7:30 p.m., farmers Evelyn and Paul Trent witnessed a

disc-shaped object hovering in the sky. According to the couple, Paul ran inside the house for a camera and took what became the much-debated and historic Trent UFO photographs. The photos were famously printed in Life magazine and newspapers nationwide, and are considered some of the most famous UFO photos ever taken. This 1950 sighting eventually led to the creation of the UFO Festival in McMinnville, the country’s second largest, held every May to commemorate the sighting.

Later in 1959, a police officer named Robert Dickerson was driving in Redmond when he saw a bright, large object descend, abruptly stop, and hover at 200 feet. The nearby treetops glowed because the object was low enough, he said. A Redmond Airport administrator also witnessed the UFO and filed an official report with the FAA.

And the unexplained sightings continued as recently as 2004 and 2015, when in 2019 the Navy and Pentagon confirmed videos taken by Navy pilots that showed UFOs, moving at incredible speeds, which could not be explained. Commander David Fravor, a former US Navy Pilot, explained one of the videos was “something I had never seen in my life” and discredited the idea of a weather balloon or explainable object. In 2019, a US Navy official said that the Navy does not believe aliens have been flying in US airspace. However, the US Government admitted the existence of UFOs in 2021. If UFOs aren’t aliens, then how can they be explained?

Hopefully one day the existence of UFOs will indeed be identified and explained. Meanwhile, we ponder grand questions, such as: Are we alone in the universe? Are aliens friendly? And will we ever travel the stars?

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Forget yourself.”

– Marty Rubin

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE Woodburn REAL ESTATE MARKET?

Spring is not just the season of flowers blooming and the weather warming up; it’s also the busiest season for real estate. Why, you ask? Well, there are a few reasons. For starters, the end of winter signals a time of renewal and change - and what better way to start anew than by moving into a new home? Additionally, families with school-aged children often prefer to move in the spring before the next school year starts. Plus, the longer days and better weather make it easier to plan and execute a move. Lastly, tax refunds tend to come in around this time, giving potential homebuyers some extra funds to put towards their down payment.

Over the past few months, the market has been heating up with a surge in demand for homes. The average days on market for the month of March is down 50% from February, meaning homes are selling faster. With such high buyer demand, we are seeing most homes close at 100% of their list price!

Whether you’re in the market to buy or sell, now is the time to make your move.

Realtor® Day AT THE CAPITOL

This annual event brought with it another opportunity for the Living Local Northwest Team to connect with other realtors as we strengthen relationships with our legislators, staying informed on the latest developments, and advocating for policies affecting the real estate industry. Issues such as home ownership, tax savings, and zoning laws were at the forefront of our agenda as we set out to participate in Realtor® Day at the Capital.

With a collective 30+ of years representing Oregon and beyond, our team of agents at Living Local Northwest is passionate about advocating in the interest of our clients, and participating in events year round that strengthen our community as a whole. Legislators and policy makers are at the forefront of decisions that affect several aspects of real estate that in turn, have an impact on everyone including home owners, renters, and a wide scope of professionals in the industry. If you’re a real estate agent, mortgage broker, or simply passionate about homeownership, this experience can help you make a difference.

Realtor® Day at the Capital happens in every state across the country. Participation in these meetings connects industry representatives with elected officials to discuss policies that impact the real estate industry including housing affordability and mortgage regulations, as we advocate for effective and equitable policies that move to make home ownership attainable and protect property rights.

Realtor® Day at the Capital is an annual event, and we will participate year after year. Living Local Northwest will continue to take every opportunity to advance in the industry, build our network to strengthen our professional reputation, and create allies for future projects. We work to make a difference and create lasting change not only for our clients, but the larger community.

KeyTAKEAWAYS

YES on SB 1051 - Aims to increase shovel-ready lands to help end Oregon’s housing crisis

YES on HB 3414-4 - Speed up approval process for & remove barriers to needed housing production

NO on SB 976 and HB 3010 - Protects important tax incentives that encourage homeownership

NO on SB 611 & HB 3505 - Rent control is is a bandage solution to a systemic problem

YES on HB 3569 - Produce housing for all with the Oregon right to housing act

YES on SB 825 - Crack down on bad actors: Support housing wholesale reforms

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WHAT IS A HOME EQUITY CONVERSION MORTGAGE?

Did you know Reverse Mortgages are also known as Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM)?

Since the passage of the Housing and Community Development Act when the first modern reverse mortgage laws were established in 1988, there have been important updates to protect senior borrowers, their spouses and heirs.

Non-Recourse Feature — This means the borrower will never be required to pay back more than the value of the home at the time of settlement.

Non-Borrowing Spouses — This protects the younger spouse so they have rights to stay in the home in the event the borrower passes away.

Mandatory Counseling — This requires the borrowers to attend mandatory third-party counseling to ensure a HECM/Reverse Mortgage is a viable option.

95% Rule — In the event the loan is Due and Payable because the borrowers have passed away, their heirs can purchase the home for the lesser of the actual loan balance or 95% of the home’s appraised value.

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Who can get a reverse mortgage? You have to be 62 years or older to qualify and your home needs to be your primary residence. In addition, you either need to own your home outright or have enough equity in the home for the loan to work.

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Why choose a reverse mortgage? (1) The loan allows you to remain living in your own home. (2) Instead of making monthly principal and interest payments on your home (taxes and insurance must still be paid) you can receive monthly payments, a lump sum, a line of credit or a combination to help supplement income based on the equity in your home. (3) A reverse mortgage often can improve quality of life and retirement.

WFD honors Baker & Baker Towing

Community Partner Award

The Woodburn Fire District honored Baker & Baker

Towing with the District’s Community Partnership Award at the annual awards banquet on March 4.

Baker & Baker received the honor in recognition of the close working relationship between the District firefighters and the company’s towing crews at the scene of motor vehicle accidents and training activities. When presenting the award, Chief Joe Budge commented, “Woodburn firefighters can always rely on the technical expertise and specialized equipment brought by Baker & Baker crews to stabilize vehicles or move them into a position so rescues can be made. The tow crew members are always courteous, professional, and efficient in their interactions with the firefighters and the public, in general.”

Kevin Baker, owner and manager of the long-time Woodburn tow company, provides training for new firefighters on highway safety and traffic management to help prevent

injury to firefighters working in and around traffic at motor vehicle crashes on the District’s many highspeed roadways. In addition, Baker & Baker provides the District with a steady supply of salvage vehicles that allows firefighters to practice vehicle rescue and extrication techniques with hydraulic rescue tools. The company provides all of these services free of charge. The assistance with training is needed and appreciated by the District given the high volume of traffic accidents in the area each year. In 2022, Woodburn firefighters responded to nearly 400 motor vehicle crashes in the District.

Baker & Baker is a family-owned and -operated business that was started in Woodburn in 1967. The company operates a full range of tow vehicles and cranes for cars and heavy truck towing and recovery. The company is available on a 24-7 basis and has received an incredible 4.9 rating for outstanding service from more than 2,000 online reviews.

“The Woodburn Fire District is very appreciative for the support that Baker & Baker provides the District and the community as a whole. We are very fortunate to have this outstanding company in our community,” said Chief Budge.

From left: Chief Joe Budge; Jon Harmon, General Manager of Baker and Baker; and Division Chief Scott Heesacker.

“Woodburn firefighters can always rely on the technical expertise and specialized equipment brought by Baker & Baker crews to stabilize vehicles or move them into a position so rescues can be made.” —Chief Joe Budge

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Tic Tac Tow

Get carried away with fun variations of the classic grid game

Misere Tic Tac Toe: The game is simple: If you get three in a row, you lose. Also called Inverse Tic Tac Toe or Toe Tac Tic.

Random-Turn Tic Tac Toe: A coin flip determines whose turn it is.

Number-Scrabble Tic Tac Toe: The game is played with numbers 1–9. Each player takes turns picking a number from the list. Once a number has been picked, it cannot be picked again. If a player has picked three numbers that add up to 15, that player wins the game. However, if all numbers are used and no player gets exactly 15, the game is a draw.

Ultimate Tic Tac Toe: Play classic three-by-three Tic Tac Toe in a three-by-three grid. If you win three overall games in a row, you win the Ultimate Tic Tac Toe.

Four-by-Four Tic Tac Toe: Winning can include four in a straight line, four in a diagonal line, four in a diamond, or four to make a square.

Honoring Thy Mother

Celebrating Mom goes back generations

BY DONOVAN DARLING, STAFF WRITER

Mother’s Day is a holiday which honors mothers and is celebrated throughout the entire world. The modern form of the holiday started in the United States, where we observe it on the second Sunday in May. Many countries across the globe celebrate Mother’s Day on this same day, while others celebrate throughout the year at various times. During the Middle Ages, the custom developed from allowing people who had moved away to visit their home parish and their mothers on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent. This would become Mothering Sunday in Britain, where it continued into modern times until it was replaced by Mother’s Day. This year Mother’s Day is celebrated on Sunday, May 14.

Festivals which honor mothers and mother goddesses date back to ancient times. The Phrygians hosted a festival for Cybele, the Great Mother of the Gods, and the Greeks did also for the goddess Rhea.

Similarly, the Romans adapted the practice to their own liking. Some countries have continued to observe ancient festivals. For example, Durga-puja, honoring the goddess Durga, remains an important festival in India.

Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, whose mother organized women’s groups to promote health and friendship, founded Mother’s Day. On May 12, 1907, she hosted a memorial service at her late mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia.

In five years almost every state observed the holiday, and in 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson made it an official national holiday. Although Anna Jarvis originally promoted white carnations as a tribute to mothers, another custom developed instead: wearing a red or pink carnation for living mothers and a white carnation for mothers who were deceased. Over the years the holiday expanded to include others such as grandmothers and aunts who served in roles of motherhood. Much to Jarvis’s frustration, what originally started as a day of honor would become a day of sending greeting cards and gifts. In protest of the holiday’s commercialization and seeming frivolousness, Jarvis spent her final years trying to abolish the holiday she had brought into being. What a twist!

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Reach your nest-egg goals with Better Planning & Investing

BY ALICE WILLIAMS,

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Have you saved a nest egg and wondered if it’s working optimally to meet your goals? Do you have complicated dreams for your family’s future? When you retire, do you know what accounts to draw from and in which order? Would you like to have the security of knowing your financial health is operating at its peak?

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From Blimps to Bombers

Tillamook home to world’s largest free-standing, clear-span wooden hangar

Tillamook home to world’s largest free-standing, clear-span wooden hangar

By Robert Matsumura, Contributing Writer

For most Oregonians the name “Tillamook” evokes both cheese and the beach. The famous Tillamook Cheese Factory is the source of our visions of tasty blocks of cheddar, and likewise, the town’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean makes it a popular coastal destination. History buffs, however, also associate Tillamook with World War II due to Naval Air Station Tillamook, and the Tillamook Air Museum.

Unbeknownst to many, Tillamook is home to the largest free-standing, clear-span wooden structure in the world. Over seven acres in size, the building is 1,072 feet long and 296 feet wide, and rises more than 15 stories in the air. Commissioned and constructed by the U.S. Navy in 1943, Hangar A and B of Naval Air Station (NAS) Tillamook housed blimps for antisubmarine and convoy escort. Together the two hangars had the capacity to house eight K-class blimps stretching 252 feet in length. By comparison, the Goodyear Blimp is 190 feet long. The K-class blimps contained 425,000 cubic feet of helium, and had a lift capacity of 7,700 pounds.

Equally impressive as the blimps themselves were the hangars. More than 2 million board feet of lumber was needed to construct each hangar. The majority of the wood was sourced right here in Oregon, and required 50 different lumber companies to produce all the wood for the massive project. Due to wartime mandates to conserve metal, even the gutters and downspouts were fashioned from wood. Constructing the hangars primarily of wood saved more

than 2,000 tons of steel per hangar. A mind-boggling fact in the construction of these gigantic wooden edifices is that hangar A was completed in a mere 27 days!

With the completion of the hangars in 1943, NAS Tillamook operated blimps from this location from 1943-45. The blimps belonged to Squadron ZP-33, patrolling ports in both Oregon and Washington, and shipping lanes from the San Juan Islands to California, covering a 500-mile radius. The Lighter-than-Air ships (LTA) could remain aloft for 48 hours with a cruise speed of 50-67 knots, and cover 13,000 square miles of ocean per day.

At the time, the Japanese threat to the Pacific coast and American shipping was quite real. The Japanese had deployed long-range I-class submarines to attack American naval and shipping interests along the West Coast. Japanese naval command deployed the I-25 and I-26 submarines to the Pacific Northwest to seek and destroy U.S. naval vessels headed to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. In the course of their deployment, Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast was shelled by I-25, which was the only shelling of a military base on the U.S. mainland during World War II, and the first since the War of 1812.

On September 15, 1945, just weeks after the Japanese surrender—and thus, the elimination of the Japanese submarine threat—NAS Tillamook was reduced to functional status. By October the last two blimps departed for California, and by mid-1946 the Navy had decommissioned all of their LTA units.

From 1945-1982, three separate lumber companies in the Tillamook area—Diamond Lumber, Angel Lumber, and Rosenberg—ran their operations from the hangars. In 1984, Wren Aircraft leased hangar A for the production of Cessna 182 Skylanes. In the wake of a fire that devastated hangar A in 1992, Tillamook farmers were still able to use it for hay storage.

Hangar B, evolving through multiple uses over the years, finally returned to its original purpose— housing aircraft. In 1992, the Port of Tillamook Bay established the Tillamook Air Museum in Hangar B and over the years have acquired

numerous World War I and World War II planes. The museum collection has included a Bf-109 Messerschmitt, A-4B Skyhawk, P-38 Lightning, and a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber among others. On a more modern note, the museum also houses an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, the same model of jet featured in the original “Top Gun” movie starring Tom Cruise.

In addition to the aircraft collection, the museum also features wartime artifacts and photographs from World War I to the present, most notably parts from Germany’s tragic Hindenburg blimp. Along with the planes and artifacts, the Tillamook

Air Museum offers exhibits that strive to bring the wartime experience from years past to current generations. One can explore first-hand what it was like to climb into and hunker down in a British World War II air raid shelter while the Germans “blitzed” the skies over England during the famous Battle of Britain. One can also sit in the cockpit of the museum’s aircraft trainers and imagine life as a jet pilot, and wander the bulbous interior of a Mini-Guppy transport plane to learn about the amazing variety of cargo it once carried. The Tillamook Air Museum is visited by approximately 80,000 people per year, and is open daily, year-round.

If you happen to visit Tillamook anytime in the near future, be sure to visit historic Hangar B and the Tillamook Air Museum for a fun and immersive view of life during an epic period in history, and experience in person this impressive and unique piece of Oregon’s World War II heritage.

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 HAMMER

A hammer is one of the most common hand tools in every house. Besides driving nails into a wall, hammers can do small demolition tasks. Claw hammers are ideal, with one end for driving nails and the other for extracting nails. A good hammer feels balanced in your hands and you can pick it up easily.

 SCREWDRIVERS

Nowadays, screws are in almost everything we buy, from electronic devices to furniture. The two most popular types, flat-head and cross-head, are both essential to your toolbox.

 NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS

Needle nose pliers are used when you need more gripping power. They are suitable for installation and repair projects that are used in bending, gripping, holding and turning different small objects. Most needle nose pliers come with a built-in wire cutter.

 MEASURING TAPE

A measuring tape is extremely useful and not just for construction or building projects. So, you want to buy a rug for your bedroom. How are you going to know which size to buy if you don’t know the room’s measurements? A tape meausre is indispensable.

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UTILITY KNIFE

A utility knife (sometimes known as a box cutter) is a must-have hand tool. These knives are great for making straight cuts in various materials, not to mention scoring drywall, stripping wires and cutting painters plastic.

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STAPLE GUN

Staple guns are used for many different applications. These tools drive a variety of staple types into soft wood, fabric, paper, flooring, drywall, and other materials that aren’t very hard.

 CARPENTER SQUARE

A carpenter square, also sometimes known as a framing square or speed square, is a type of carpentry tool not only used by carpenters and builders, but also DIYers. A check with a square gives you the ability to measure and mark precise angled dimensions for a variety of projects. To get the most accurate reading, it’s important to know the various ways to employ your square.

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