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ois Sturdivant — who I both credit and blame for urging me to take on Columbia River Reader more than 10 years go — and I took an overnight road trip recently. Its purpose was to “research” a story we plan for next summer, when readers might consider making the Hood River Fruit Loop.

Sue’s Views

She and I first got acquainted about 15 years ago but we were already shirttail relatives. Her mother-in-law and my mother were cousins, growing up together in the Coweeman Valley, reuniting in their later years to collaborate on writing a family history, make crafts for local bazaars and share other adventures.

Lois and I have had a few adventures, too, mostly related to the production of CRR. In Hood River, we sampled local wines, dined al fresco and bought

Friendship, fruit and Fall traditions fruit, including apples for making my chutney. My mother and I used to make a big batch together every autumn in an annual tradition we loved.

the canning jars and lids, etc., made for a full day. Usually, Mom “allowed” me to go home before the work was completely done. She was happy to continue the final canning phase, solo, into the evening.

Ned and I have, regrettably, killed one of the two mountain ash trees Jim Chennault planted in our backyard last year. Evidently, one of our young trees lacked adequate root development to find enough to drink this summer without help.

Now, I make chutney on my own in sweet communion with memories of my mother. I think of our chutney-making days, the fun of shared projects and the things we laughed about together. I miss her. And I wish I had taken notes on the canning steps.

What were we thinking? Not about watering, obviously. I have not gathered the courage to tell Jim and his wife, CRR’s Northwest Gardener columnist Nancy Chennault. She won’t be surprised, either by our watering lapse — she knows our habits — or by the tree dying of thirst.

Nancy knows her plants. She knows everyone’s plants. And generously extends her expertise and “botanical vision” to benefit the community.

Although her trusty, dark blue speckled canner sits on the shelf, I don’t remember how to use it. I can’t can! So I freeze my Apple Ginger Chutney. (Recipe below for anyone interested.) It makes a good appetizer, spooned atop a block of cream cheese with crackers, and is also delicious alongside most meats.

Watching the trees It remains to be seen whether we will be treated to a vivid fall foliage display this year. I’ve heard that because of our dry summer, fall may be less colorful. Water must affect the “color performance” of deciduous trees.

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Assembling all the ingredients, washing, peeling, chopping, mincing and measuring, then simmering and stirring the pots while we prepared Apple Ginger Chutney Combine and simmer 2 hours or longer, until thickened: 2 C. chopped raisins 2 C. chopped apples 1 C. minced onion 1-1/2 tsp. salt 6 medium ripe, skinned, quartered tomatoes 3-1/2 C. brown sugar

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The New Spirit Lake ~ Pub lecture in Longview

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Book Review ~ Tibetan Peach Pie / Bestsellers List

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Miss Manners

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Hook, Line & Sinker: Are Carbon Credits a Good Idea?

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Downtown Longview Streetscape Progress Report

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Astronomy: Austumn’s Transition

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Northwest Gardener ~ Mighty ‘Mato: Jim’s Test Results

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Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter ~ American as Apple Pie

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Out & About ~ Ghost Ship “Appears” in Bay Center

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Out & About: All of Fall ~ Sauvie Island

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Man in the Kitchen’s Moveable Feast

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Movies: The Equalizer and This is Where I Leave You

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Columbia River Dining Guide

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Recollections: Halloween 1955 by Alan Rose

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The Spectator ~ Masked Intentions

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The New Spirit Lake

teaching and doing research with undergraduates there for 14 years, and headed the Mt. St. Helens Institute’s Environmental Science and Studies program for six years. Dr. Gawel has been working actively to understand lake eutrophication, developing nutrient mass balance budgets for Spy Pond, Wapato Lake in Tacoma and Spirit Lake near Mount St. Helens.

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Working the case as a team allows them to support each other with the emotional toll advocating for abused children can take and they are able to divide tasks. They are busy parents and have busy jobs, but both feel that abused children need and deserve good advocacy.

When asked about volunteering as a CASA, Susan said “I just hope I can help at least one child make the connection to a better, more stable life.”

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1. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15 2. The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99 3. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99 4. The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17 5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99 6. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99 7. A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki, Penguin, $16 8. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson, Hyperion, $16 9. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95 10. The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95

1. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 2. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16 3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 4. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $16 5. Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 6. The Men Who United the States Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $16.99 7. Zealot Reza Aslan, Random House, $18 8. The Heart of Everything That Is Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $17 9. All That the Rain Promises and More David Arora, Ten Speed Press, $17.99 10. Unlikely Heroes Jennifer Holland, Workman, $13.95

1. Edge of Eternity Ken Follett, Dutton, $36 2. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 3. A Sudden Light Garth Stein, S&S, $26.95 4. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95 5. The Bone Clocks David Mitchell, Random House, $30 6. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 7. The Paying Guests Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $28.95 8. The Long Way Home Louise Penny, Minotaur, $27.99 9. The Children Act Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $25 10. The Secret Place Tana French, Viking, $27.95

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CHILDREN’S INTEREST 1. Minecraft: Construction Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 2. Minecraft: Combat Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 3. The Giver Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99 4. Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 5. The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Speak, $12.99 6. If I Stay Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99 7. The Book with No Pictures B.J. Novak, Dial, $17.99 8. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 9. Minecraft: Essential Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 10. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99

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BOOK REVIEW

A well lived imagination

Tibetan Peach Pie

By Tom Robbins Harper Collins Publishers $27.99

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or Tom Robbins, it’s never too late to have a happy childhood.

Robbins burst onto the literary scene in 1971, with the publication of Another Roadside Attraction, which quickly became a cult favorite, a made-to-order

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This is not an autobiography. God forbid! Autobiography is fueled by ego and I could make a long list of persons whose belly buttons I’d rather be contemplating than my own. Anyway, only authors who are household names should write autobiographies, and not only is my name infrequently tumbled in the lapidary of public consciousness, but those rare homes in which it’s spoken with any regularity are likely under police surveillance. ~ from Tibetan Peach Pie

book for hormonally inspired college kids, eager to see how far they could stretch the boundaries of authority.

This was followed by Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and other imaginative serio-comic novels with philosophical undercurrents.

So it comes as no surprise that his memoir is written in the same style: wacky, quirky and irreverent, mischievous but without malice. If it doesn’t read like a normal memoir, “that may be because I haven’t exactly

By Alan Rose

led what most normal people would consider a normal life.” This is called an understatement.

He grew up in Virginia during the Depression. From early childhood he had two deep and lifelong passions.

One was for the opposite sex (“Her name was Bobbi. She was eleven—an ‘older woman.’”) His other passion was for words and writing: “I started writing fiction at the age of five. Hardly an overnight success, however, I didn’t get published until I was seven”—in the school newspaper. Becoming “a literary lion in the second grade,” Robbins knew that he wanted to be a writer.

From a life filled with so much merriment and mayhem, it was that experience that would prove to be “the most rewarding day of my life, the one day I would not trade for any other.”

Robbins wrote his memoir, he tells us, without referring to any notes or journals (he never kept them), but believes he has “a pretty good memory and can at a moment’s notice name the lineup of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and all but one or two of my ex-wives.”

Ah, well, we remember the important things.

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As in his novels, he comes up with madcap metaphors that often hijack his sentences, such as describing the summer he reached puberty “when testosterone first barreled into my plasma, piloting a red speedboat and scattering large pieces of childhood in its wake.”

He recounts experiences from eightyplus years—his stint in the air force, his several marriages, his travels and his friends—but without reflecting much on them. An exception is when he writes about his experience using LSD, fulfilling “a vague yet poignant desire to experience, up close and personal, the fundamental essence of reality.”

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Civilized Life

Miss Manners

By Judith Martin

Too much generosity seen as insulting; family selfshowering, etc.

1. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a 58-year-old woman. How do I respond when I am addressed as “sweetie”? I’m sure the speaker is intending to be pleasant, but it sets my teeth on edge. Is there a proper response?

GENTLE READER: “Really? Were we sweethearts? Isn’t it funny that I don’t remember?”

2. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I were recently invited to a concert by a friend, who said that his daughter had bought the tickets but was unable to use them.

We were delighted and went with him. We offered to pay for the tickets; he declined, but we bought his dinner.

Knowing his financial situation, we sent him a check for the amount, but wonder if that was insulting.

GENTLE READER: Your exchange with your friend was both explicit and implicit. Allow Miss Manners to tell you what you said: By offering to pay for the tickets, you were saying that you were unclear about whether he was taking the opportunity to be your host or merely trying to unload the tickets. You got a definite answer when he refused your money.

By inviting him to dinner, you were reciprocating his hospitality. So far, so good.

Then, by sending him the money that he had refused, you said, in effect, “Come on, we know how badly off you are. You can’t afford to be generous, but we can.”

Miss Manners would call that insulting.

3. DEAR MISS MANNERS: As my partner of many years and I cannot legally get married in our home state, we plan to hold the nuptials in a place where it is, in fact, legal and hold an “open house” at our home sometime later.

The invitation would be made to a goodly number of people

“grubbing” for gifts. Instead, showers should be given by dear and generous friends.

I know that this notion is often ignored these days, but is it still nonetheless true, or am I just too old-fashioned?

GENTLE READER: Only if you think that dignity is a fashion.

(around 100). We plan to provide refreshments and food, and will request that no gifts be given. We are either middle-aged or getting there, and don’t wish to burden guests about what things we may need or want — we already have a well-set-up household. Our idea is simply to acknowledge the support and good wishes we have gotten from the community of people we know.

Etiquette rules that have an arbitrary connection to the underlying principle of manners sometimes change. For example, a lady who allows her ankles to be visible is no longer considered lewd.

Is it acceptable to send out an email invitation to the people we want to invite to attend this open house, or do we need to be more formal and have printed invitations? Is it OK for us to specify we would like no gifts, and that we would just like them to show up and accept whatever hospitality our finances allow? Is this tacky?

When legitimate changes do occur, you may be sure that Miss Manners will inform you.

GENTLE READER: No. Tacky is what you are avoiding doing, even though it has become common practice: making a wedding into an autobiographical extravaganza and burdening guests by not only trolling for presents, but also assigning them host functions, such as bringing food or sponsoring the arrangements.

As you are planning an informal party, you may invite them informally.

However, warning guests that they are not obligated to give you presents, while well-intentioned, merely alerts them that presents are on your mind.

Also, Miss Manners is sorry to report, they rush to ask her whether they should bring presents anyway, or whether you mean that you expect to be given money instead.

It helps, in this respect, that the party is not being given in immediate connection with the wedding ceremony. Your guests are less likely to think of presents if you merely call it a party, and, during the event itself, make a short announcement about your marriage.

4. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have always been under the impression that showers should never be given by immediate relatives of the honoree, lest the family be seen as

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However, the rule you mention has a direct relationship to the moral imperative against soliciting on behalf of one’s family. It will not change, no matter how many people disobey it.

5. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have now reached the age when service people find it amusing to say, “Can I help you, young man?” — the joke being that I am obviously not a young man.

Would it be rude to reply by saying, “Yes, thank you, handsome” (or “beautiful”)?

GENTLE READER: It took Miss Manners a minute to get this, and your service people may take it at face value. But she congratulates you on a comeback that meets her requirements of making your point without being rude.

••• Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail. com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.)

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The Salal Review, Lower Columbia C o l l e g e ’s a w a r d - w i n n i n g a r t s magazine, invites area poets and writers to submit their short stories, essays, and poems by October 31 for possible publication in the May 2015 magazine.

All work must be original and unpublished. Guidelines for submissions: Submit no more than five poems and no more than two stories or essays.

All mailed work must be typed. Poems may be single-spaced, but stories and essays should be double-spaced. Do not send your only copy.

Work may be submitted as an email attachment (MS Word or Rich Text format) to salal@lowercolumbia. edu, or hard copies may be mailed, with a self-addressed, stamped reply envelope, to The Salal Review, Lower Columbia College, P.O. Box 3010, 1600 Maple Street, Longview, WA 98632.

Include a cover letter describing your connection to the Lower Columbia area. Don’t forget to include your name, telephone number, and mailing and email address.

If you have questions, inquire by email to salal@lowercolumbia.edu, check the Salal Review Webpage, or phone Hiedi Bauer, 360.442.2630.

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L. Perry

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ne of the ideas promoted by environmentalists who want to lock up forests is that trees are more valuable when left unharvested and dedicated as “carbon sequestration” sites than if harvested and used to make forest products.

They want polluters to buy “carbon credits,” paying landowners to keep forests uncut so as to store carbon, offsetting carbon pollution generated elsewhere.

It is true that trees store carbon (in the form of wood) and that individual trees potentially continue adding wood (stored carbon) for up to several centuries. But that’s only if they live that long and usually, they don’t.

While individual trees do keep adding wood annually, on the stand level trees steadily die off, reducing the number of live trees per acre and when dead trees rot (or burn), all their stored carbon is released through oxidation. For Douglas-fir, our most valuable species, per acre stored carbon probably peaks at around 100 years, then plateaus, beginning a slow decline as individual trees continue to die off.

John Perry earned a B.S. in Forestry at the University of Washington and is now retired after 35 years in the field, mostly with International Paper, in western Oregon. He lives on his Brownsvillearea wheat farm and has been a regular contributor to CRR since 2004.

Environmental trade-offs Are carbon credits a good idea or a myth? replace Douglas-fir to form the climax forest. But it takes centuries and, consequently, there are few places in Oregon and Washington where true climax forests exist in the Western Hemlock Zone. Instead, forests are composed mostly of Douglas-fir due to periodic — but inevitable — recurring fires.

Fire: A dominant factor In western Oregon and Washington, fire is the dominant factor shaping natural forest ecosystems. A researcher at Oregon State University calculated the average interval between wild fires at most sites in Oregon’s Coast Range mountains to be about 95 years.

•Most of the area that is now the Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon’s Coast Range burned in three conflagrations beginning in 1843 with the Nestucca fire, covering 296,000 acres (640 acres=1 square mile).

•Next, in 1849, the Siletz fire charred another 803,000 acres.

•Then the Yaquina fire torched an additional 482,000 acres in 1853.

•The 1865 Silverton fire burned 988,000 acres in the northern Oregon Cascades.

•In 1868 the Coos Bay fire blackened 295,000 acres.

•The 1902 Yacolt Burn covered about 500,000 acres in Clark, Skamania and Cowlitz Counties in Washington’s southern Cascades.

•Northwest Oregon suffered four big fires between 1933 and 1951 covering 350,000 acres. Together, the area blackened was known as the Tillamook Burn.

•The city of Bandon and the surrounding 143,000 acres in Coos County burned in 1936.

•In 1966 the Oxbow Ridge fire killed 46,000 acres of old growth timber SW of Eugene.

•The Silver Creek fire of 1987 burned 150,000 acres while the 500,000-acre Biscuit fire of 2002 consumed much of what was left in Curry and Josephine Counties between the Rogue River and the California border.

•There have been many smaller blazes too numerous to list.

The point is that western Oregon and Washington forests evolved with fire as a recurring event and those who believe they can be set aside and “protected” indefinitely to store carbon exhibit a profound lack of understanding of our area’s natural forest ecology.

Douglas-fir is a seral species dependent on fire to allow for regeneration.

Without fire, shade-tolerant western hemlock and red cedar eventually

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These big fires don’t happen every year or even every decade, but they do occur from time to time and there’s no way to prevent them entirely.

Every acre in western Oregon and Washington has burned previously, repeatedly, and will burn again absent active forest management.

I contend a series of managed timber stands can sequester more carbon than unmanaged stands on a per acre basis over time. We can grow a very nice stand of Douglas-fir in 50 years on most western Oregon and Washington sites and when the logs are converted to lumber and used in construction, most of the trees’ carbon is stored in that lumber. cont page 12

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“The road to success is always under construction”

e know we have guys (and some gals) and construction stuff all over the 1400 block of Commerce, but what are they really doing? I put that question to Amy Blain, the civil engineer who is project manager for the City of Longview. She described the steps of this project:

•Pour sidewalks and prep for pavers

•Remove existing landscaping, furnishings and relocate public art pieces

•Finish work: Install final electrical, street lights, bollards, raingarden plants, street trees and sculptures.

•Remove the sidewalk. Pedestrians are being detoured onto the street; pedestrian ways are carpeted in green Astroturf with orange traffic candlesticks to delineate an aisle way •Form up and pour traffic curb and raingarden curb •Utility work: Storm piping between raingardens, re-routing downspouts from buildings, irrigation, electrical conduits

~ Arnold Palmer

What are the “known unknowns?”

Many years ago I worked for an environmental consulting firm. I was a manager and would sometimes be asked to write our response to a request for bids (RFP). When I went to work for the company, I thought I would dread that assignment. I was surprised that I actually relished the challenge. Trying to determine what the client needed as opposed to what

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He said workers encountered rebar under the roadway on Maple Street, probably necessary due to poor sub-grade soil conditions back in the old days when the panels were poured. This would have been used to improve the structure of the original road, Ferguson explained.

Brittle facades built on top of the sidewalk have also posed a bit of challenge.

“I’m sure the building owners back then never thought about or took into consideration that a remodel of the sidewalks would ever happen,” he said. “We will be employing a few different methods to remove sidewalks on other structures that pose the same problem as to not damage any facades.

Will dealing with these “unknown unknowns” impact the timeline?

Nope. In fact, the project is right on schedule. A three-week planning schedule is updated weekly and posted at mylongview.com. cont page 12

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The Project

The Longview Streetscape Improvement Project is intended to improve the appearance, safety, and accessibility of Commerce Avenue. The design includes better street lighting, new sidewalks, landscaping, benches, trash cans, bike racks, public art and outdoor gathering places.

The City has $1.8M for Phase 1 to construct improvements on Commerce Avenue from Washington Way through the Broadway intersection. Phase 1 is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. The engineering design is complete for Phase 2 — Commerce Avenue from Broadway to Hemlock Street — and construction will start once additional funding is secured.

Construction is currently confined to the intersection of Broadway and Commerce and the 1400 block (north of Broadway). This area contains the majority of the affected businesses and the plan is to substantially finish construction before the holiday shopping season begins.

Above: New concrete at the old Korten’s building, Commerce and Broadway. Below: Janette Hatfield chats with downtown business owner Jim Gray about the project, while keeping people out of the construction zone.

The contractor, RC Northwest, Inc., based in Brush Prairie, Wash., is working under the following limitations, based on concerns business owners and the general public expressed:

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Managed stands are far more fire resistant than unmanaged stands because of access roads allowing fire fighting personnel and equipment to reach a fire, the ability to reduce fuel loads before there’s a fire, and often, due to the presence of nearby loggers able to control fires, while they’re still small.

One thing the carbon credit advocates don’t mention is whether the money they want people to pay to sequester carbon in forests will need to be paid back when those forests burn — as they surely will, eventually.

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For example, My house is 99 years old this year and the lumber it is made of is still in great shape and is still sequestering its carbon. Since 1914, when the trees were cut for my house’s lumber, up to two more crops of timber have grown on that land and those trees, converted to wood products, store yet more carbon.

Meanwhile, according to the OSU researcher, Siuslaw National Forest trees that weren’t logged in 1914 will, on average, have burned up by now.

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Recently, the Southwest Washington chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI ) honored Cowlitz County residents Bernie and Marcia Altman with the NAMI Lifetime Achievement Award. In the late 1970s, the Altmans, with Bob and Lois Haskell, founded the Cowlitz County chapter as a way to support parents like themselves w i t h children Marcia & Bernie Altman or other family members suffering with a mental illness. Over the past 28 years the Altmans have continued to serve as officers and informal leaders of the group, and last year worked to merge the Cowlitz chapter with NAMI of Southwest Washington.

The Port of Longview and Haven Energy (a subsidiary of Sage Midstream) are “finding common commercial ground” in Haven’s proposal to develop a propane/butane export terminal at the Port, Port of Longview CEO GeirEilif Kalhagen announced recently.

Although a few points remain to be addressed, “we are making progress and have closed a lot of the gaps,” he said. “We look forward presenting to the commission a proposed lease in the near future.”

Haven’s proposal would move propane and butane, much of which is currently being flared, to provide clean energy to markets around the Pacific Rim. Plans call for the cargo to be transported by rail to the Port, refrigerated and stored on site before being loaded to vessels for export to Hawaii, Mexico and Asia.

Haven Energy estimates its terminal would receive a train every day and a half and about 30 vessels a year at full operation. During construction, Haven Energy estimates it will create 2,000 construction jobs with a payroll of $135 million. Once operational, the company projects creating 110–125 direct and indirect jobs in Cowlitz County and generate $80 million in local and state tax revenues in its first 20 years of operation. Haven Energy

will undergo a rigorous evaluation under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) to evaluate impacts on the environment, including transportation, public services and human health, before final approval.

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Three Rivers Christian School in Longview has named Erin Hart its new administrator and Randy Lemiere the new K-12 principal. Hart served previously as development director and Lemiere as high school principal.The school’s interim elementary principal, Jim Chenoweth, will retire at the end of October. The interim administrator/ consultant, Scott Grove, will continue part-time until Christmas break, assisting with special projects requested by the school’s board.

& Rock teddy bears to Doernbecher patients in October. Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is well known for not turning any child away regardless of their family’s ability to pay. Credit Unions within Oregon and Southwest Washington have worked together to support the Credit Unions for Kids program, a grassroots fundraising effort that has made a big difference for Doernbecher’s. The hospital was able to build a 7th floor that houses pediatric intensive care unit rooms and other necessary areas for sick children and their families. Started in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1980s, Credit Unions for Kids has raised $130 million for Children’s Hospitals around the nation since 1996.

Ashley Helenberg, Public Affairs Manager for the Port of Longview, was recently named chairwoman of the Washington Public Ports Association’s Public Relations Ashley Helenberg Committee. The committee promotes Washington State’s strong, diverse network of 75 ports and the benefits they provide locally, regionally and nationally.

Helenberg will work with ports on communication, media and community outreach and oversee the WPPA’s public relations seminar for communications and media relations staff throughout the state’s port community.

“As the Port of Longview grows in both size and influence, this is a great opportunity to accept the responsibility to leverage this for the benefit of all our state’s ports,” said Port of Longview CEO Geir-Eilif Kalhagen in a press release. “I appreciate both the WPPA’s acknowledgement of Ashley’s abilities as well as her willingness to take on this role. She is a great choice.”

In her role at the Port, Helenberg oversees communications and government relations, which frequently

take her to Olympia and Washington, D.C., to advocate for funding for transportation infrastructure such as highway improvements, Columbia River dredging and jetty maintenance.

“We have a great story to share,” said Helenberg, who graduated from Kelso High School and received her bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in political science from the University of Washington.

“I’m from a logging family that relies on strong ports for a hard-earned paycheck. To me, it’s about ensuring Washington’s ports are strong so we can continue to export cargo like logs, grains, apples and airplanes, so that our truck drivers, loggers and farmers can get up each morning for work. It’s about people, families and strong communities – and to me, it’s personal.”

The America in Bloom national symposium in Philadelphia presented Nancy Chennault with the 2014 John R. Holmes III Community Champion Award.

“When I saw who the other nominees were,” Chennault said, Nancy Chennault “I couldn’t imagine getting it. What an honor.” She deflected full credit, however, adding, “Our community volunteers actually deserved the win.”

Chennault traveled to the symposium with her husband, Jim Chennault, Castle Rock Public Works Director David Vorse, his wife, Ginger Vorse, and Castle Rock Cleanup Days Chairperson Carolyn Kennington.

2012 was the first year Castle Rock entered the national contest, receiving awards in the hanging basket category each year. This year, they won it all, besting such towns as Bad Axe, Michigan; Echo, Oregon; and McCall, Idaho. Nancy Chennault has served as Columbia River Reader’s “Northwest Gardener” columnist for the past 10 years.

Motorcycle enthusiasts and concert goers rallied together recently for a fundraiser benefiting Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, as Fibre Federal Credit Union and iQ Credit Union hosted their 8th annual Ride & Rock event.

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e are now definitely into autumn, and the weather is showing it. The night sky is showing it, too. The Summer Triangle of Vega, Altair and Deneb are now pointing to the west; Pegasus and the Andromeda Galaxy are rising over head. Orion, the dominant winter constellation, does not rise until after midnight so it is below the horizon when most of us are out looking at the night sky.

The planets are generally not visible during our normal viewing time. Venus is in the sun’s glare all month and goes behind the sun on the 25th and will not be really visible ‘til December in the evening. Jupiter is an early morning planet, rising around 1am. Saturn is low on the horizon just after sunset in the last half of October and then slides closer to the sun and by November is too close to the sun to be seen. Mars is also near the horizon at sunset and shines close to its rival red Antares in Scorpio. If you know how to find Uranus and Neptune, they are visible

only with a fair size scope. These two faraway planets are very difficult to find manually. If you have an automated telescope, then you have a chance to see them.

We just had a super full moon, which was also a full lunar eclipse on Oct. 8.

You had to be up and looking west at 3am to have seen it.

There is a meteor shower in October.

These are the Orionids, which will be visible from the 19th through the 23rd. Again, this is an early morning event, some of which may be visible before midnight, but the bulk will be around 2-3am, as are all meteor showers. It is estimated that their numbers may peak at up to 25 meteors per hour. Look toward the red giant star Betelgeuse in the upper left shoulder of Orion to find the center point of the meteors. They will “shoot” out in a circle radiating from that point in the sky. The sky will be cont page 15

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dark as the moon is nearing the new moon phase and is not visible at this time of the night.

Why do meteor showers peak in the wee hours of the night? It is because as the Earth turns on its axis, it is rotating “into” the debris field of the old comet that left the material that we see as meteors. These small chunks of the comet are only about a quarter of an inch up to an inch or two in size.

These vaporize as they crash into the Earth’s atmosphere at 30,000 miles per hour or more (the Orionids crash into our atmosphere at 44 miles per second and that is 158,400 mph).

Why the great difference in speeds? It depends on the direction the meteor field is traveling. If they are coming towards Earth, then they are really really fast. If they are coming from behind us on their way to the sun, then the speed is not near so fast. Rear end collisions are not as fast as head on crashes.

If you see one that leaves a long streak in the sky, these may be anywhere from 6 inches to a several feet in diameter.

These are called fireballs. There is also a phenomenon that happens when

these fast meteors flash through the sky. The trail left by the meteors will sometimes brighten again. This is caused by a chemical reaction due to the vaporized chemicals that make up the meteor combining with the oxygen and nitrogen in our atmosphere.

The famous “fireball” that was seen and heard in Russia last year was a very big one, some 90 feet in diameter. It actually made to the ground, but in many small chunks. The explosion that was heard and felt was due to the meteor’s explosive breakup some 30 miles up in the atmosphere and the sonic booms it created.

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Story and photos by Nancy Chennault

egistered as “Mighty ‘Matos®”, the selection of grafted tomatoes offered for sale has increased dramatically over the last three or four years. Purchasing online or at local garden centers, the consumer makes the choice between growing a relatively inexpensive seed tomato or investing in the more costly grafted version.

Grafting of vegetables of all kinds has been standard practice for generations in Asian countries such as Korea and Japan. The Plug Connection website, (www.plugconnection.com), defines grafting as “a natural process that joins the top part of one plant (scion) to the root system of another plant without any genetic modification. As tissues

With anticipation we wait for the first of the Manitoba cluster to ripen. It had an abundance of tomato flavor packed into a perfect package.

heal, the two plants fuse (shown at left) combining the rootstock’s vigor and disease resistance — for increased water and nutrient uptake for higher yields — with the scion’s exceptional fruit quality and flavor.”

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So tiny they look like toothpicks, these tomato transplants will soon be vigorous.

The immature graft can be seen just above the protective plastic sleeve.

Although grafted vegetables have been in the United States for almost 20 years, grafted tomatoes were first introduced for use in home gardens in 2010. Plug Connection, located in Vista, California, is an innovative propagator of distinctive edible garden plants and the official supplier of grafted vegetables on the West Coast. cont page 17

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Why choose a grafted tomato rather than a seed grown plant?

There are many benefits to growing tomatoes using grafted plants, mainly: • Increased vigor for improved quality and quantity of tomatoes • Resistance to soil-borne diseases • Greater tolerance to environmental stresses of extreme temperatures, other poor weather conditions and poor soils • More abundant harvest over a longer period of time— as much as double a regular crop

once fully ripe, especially during rain showers. Non-grafted plant larger than grafted.

Juliet: The two plants grew evenly and both produced plentiful, cylindrical 2” tomatoes that were the perfect ‘“two bite” cherry tomato. Flavor is mild and sweet.

Ripe fruits split only after heavy rain.

Always interested in evaluating new plants, my husband, Jim Chennault, was able to include Mighty ‘Matos ® in his 2014 garden propagated by Plug Connection. Arriving in mid-April, 42 baby plants the size of toothpicks represented seven varieties of grafted to- Gorgeous cluster of perfect Carmello Grafted Tomatoes. matoes. Jim found corresponding non-grafted tomato plants for four Big Beef: Our FAVORITE! Big and of them. All were grown in one-gallon beefy … they weigh close to a pound pots before transplanting into the gar- and slice perfectly into firm 3.5” rounds den May 21st. Jim’s observations and for hamburgers or BLTs. The skin is tender and the flavor is traditional “rich evaluations follow: tomato.” Sadly, the grafted plant never Stupice: First to ripen. Non-grafted matured to give any fruit of a size worth by 1st of July with the grafted plant harvesting. The non-grafted plant is significantly later. The grafted was still abundantly producing at the end smaller than standard and less vigorous. of September. First ripening in early Excellent flavor and production. August.

Smaller 2–2.5” tomato resistant to cracking. Later tomatoes were distorted Jim could not find a match for comparison of four grafted varieites. The Carmello but still tasted very good. (shown above) produced the most Sweet Million: Amazing production beautiful, perfectly formed tomatoes in on both grafted and non-grafted plants. the garden. Clusters ripened at the same Good cherry tomato that lived up to its time for easy harvest and reminded us of a full name; it was “sweet” and produced “market tomato” (one grown for Farmer’s “millions.” Susceptible to cracking Market or grocery production). The

flavor was declared “okay,” however they did not ripen until after Labor Day. This would be considered too late for consideration in most Pacific Northwest summers.

We h a v e g r o w n B e ave r l o d g e previously as a non-grafted plant.

They are small plants — perfect for containers and ripen early. The fruit of the grafted plant was smaller than we remembered Beaverlodge being in the past. We were forgiving of the smaller plant but would not grow it again.

Magic Manitoba was the “treasure” of the season. The flavor was amazing and the clusters of juicy, perfectly round tomatoes were beautiful to behold. (shown on page 16). It did not ripen until after the first of September, but think it was worth the wait.

The vegetable growing season of 2014 was, indeed, “The Summer of the Tomato” for local gardeners. Perhaps this was not the best year to compare grafted to non-grafted varieties. A more challenging growing season would have been a more realistic trial.

The 2015 ‘Mighty Mato’ selection offers five new double-grafted tomato combinations, (two tomato varieties on one plant), and a late blight resistant tomato, for a total of 34 tomato varieties. With tomato late blight a constant nemesis for Pacific Northwest home gardeners, evaluation of that disease-resistant variety would provide valuable information. Hopefully, the late blight resistant variety will be included in the samples for next year.

Update: Tomato Blight

I followed my own advice (in last month’s column) and got all the leaves cut out and the growth cut back on the tomato plants before the heavy rains. I harvested all the ripe and almost ripe tomatoes and made close to three gallons of tomato sauce, asta sauce and stewed tomatoes for freezing in quart bags.

I did not get the plants covered in time, and therefore was afraid all my work would be for nothing.

However, the sanitation seems to have done the trick —no signs of late blight on any of the tomato plants.

We do see, however splitting and cracking on all varieties. The smaller cherry type were the worst but even the large tomatoes cracked across the top from the hard rain.

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COOKING WITH THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER

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t’s apple-picking time, a chance to connect with the pioneer way of life along the Lower Columbia.

When it comes to apples with an historic pedigree, you can’t beat the 130-year-old orchard at the Caples House Museum in Columbia City. The country doctor who built the historic 1870 house left a 14-tree heritage orchard of pears and apples. For many years, we had driven by the white two-story house museum where Dr. Caples practiced medicine, but we never stopped.

That oversight was recently rectified on a tour that reminded me of my own history with apples, from picking to pies. The log house on six acres in rural Rainier that my husband, Ace, and I bought as newlyweds came with a barn. The apple orchard was a bonus.

The burgundy barn provided shelter for our Quarter Horse. The apple trees inspired autumn cider stomps and perpetual apple pies.

We were no pioneers. We rented a cider press with an electric apple chopper. We washed the apples in a galvanized tub of spring water before they went to press. Friends from the Longview side of the river brought apples from home to add to the mix. Around our rented apple press, persnickety people worried about the possibility of a worm in the cider. I joked that we included a few for protein.

We didn’t know it then, but I learned that for safety’s sake only apples picked from the tree — ­­­ not “drop apples” from the ground — should go into homemade cider. On the family farm in Michigan, the “drops” were devoured by Tony the Pony, who grazed in the apple orchard.

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My Michigan grandparents stored their farm apples in an old-fashioned root cellar with dirt walls. In Rainier, our apple harvest went into plastic bags and into the freezer. To make quick work of this, I splurged on

My own secret recipe is no secret. It comes from “Betty Crocker’s New Good and Easy Cook Book.”

It’s my favorite filling: 3/4 to 1 cup sugar, 1 tsp each nutmeg and cinnamon, 6 to 7 cups pared, sliced apples and 1-1/2 Tbl tablespoon butter to dot over filling. Enough for a 9-inch two-crust pie.

a mechanical apple peeler-corer-slicer. That gadget may appear to be a modern invention, but in fact the “lightning apple parer” was patented in 1864 by New Hampshire pioneer David Goodell, who sold 24,000 in three weeks.

Sure, my sliced apples emerged a bit brown from the deep-freeze, but that happens to them anyway when they snuggle inside a pie crust.

Ask me what variety our Columbia County apples were, and I couldn’t tell you. Some years ago, when I worked for The (Longview) Daily News, I asked one farm family what variety went into their cider. They had been curious, too, so they asked the Penn State Extension agent out to take a look. He carefully perused their trees. His wry answer: “Good old farm apples, I guess.”

I think that’s what kind we had, too.

Eat, cook, or both Apples are divided into “cooking” vs. “eating” apples (as if we don’t eat the ones that are cooked). I think of the terms as tart vs. sweet.

Ace’s mother made delicious applesauce from fruit picked from the Gravenstein tree in her Tacoma yard. She froze it, too, and Ace loved the icy chunks of apple flavor.

Today, commercial Washington growers focus on Gala, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Cripps Pink, Braeburn and Honeycrisp. Less common are Criterion, Empire, Jonagold, Macintosh, Newton Pippin, Rome and Winesap.

On the horizon are Ambrosia, Jazz, Lady Alice, Pacific Rose and Pinata — apples growers hope will someday capture the high price of cont page 34

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My hero: Ghost ship ‘appears’ in Bay Center Story and photos by Ron Baldwin

Mysterious ship in the fog stirs writer’s curiosity

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came upon her in the night, looming out of the fog like a ghost. I saw the masts first, and then the dark green bowstem stuck out of the fog like the nose of a giant green dolphin. I could just barely make out the faint, white letters “Hero.”

As I drew closer, the imposing bow surrendered to the full length of the vessel. “Hold it. You’ve been on the road too long.”

At this hour, I found nothing to sate my appetite, but when I saw the vessel’s 125’ length and 30’ breadth — with its broken lines and shabby, jumbled appearance — lurking there in the fog, “The Hero” sure fed my overgenerous imagination. “Holy Smokes,” I mumbled to myself. “Where are the ghosts?”

The site was near Bay Center, an island community of 75 or so households at the confluence of the Palix and Niawaikum Rivers as they flow into the East Willapa from the dark green, soggy Willapa Hills to the east.

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open deck, allowing boarding access and storage for the now-absent 26’ powered workboat. Aft is the super structure, three decks containing two more laboratories, specimen freezers and captain’s cabin, topped with the pilot house and finally the flybridge.

Also aboard, stored in the fo’c’sle, were a massive array of winches, cables,

anchors and huge chains. Below decks are two 60 kw electric generators and a fresh water evaporator. She’s powered by two 380hp diesel engines that drive a single screw through a reduction gearbox the size of a pickup truck. The ship was equipped and maintained to operate alone on the roughest, ice strewn seas anywhere, in the most violent weather on earth.

So how did the “Hero” end up at Bay Center? The story is twisted and shrouded in fog, much as I found her.

She operated as a research and support vessel for the Palmer Research Station in Antarctic waters from 1968 until 1984, when she was replaced with

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In 1985 she was declared surplus by the U.S. government and sold for $5,000 to The Port of Reedsport, Oregon. Great plans were drafted for her future as the centerpiece of a waterfront tourist development with an Antarctic theme. By the early 1990s “Hero” still resided in Reedsport at the Umpqua Discovery Center. The foundation that was formed to restore and display the vessel was unsuccessful in generating the needed funds and when the organization fell apart, the ship languished at the dock, rusting and rotting. The “Hero” was offered up for sale — with no takers.

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but the locals refused to hand over the keys to the new organization. She was now a true “ghost ship” with no true owner and no crew, leaking and rotting away. The Arizona businessman and his money went away and the “Hero” was sold to another man for “next to nothing.”

Little can be found about this owner.

In 1999 the ship was bought by a former Coast Guard m e m b e r and Alaska fisherman, Bill Wechter, and towed to Portland for refitting. The “Hero” went to its new home port in Newport, Oregon, after the dry dock work and was used for dockside tours and harbor cruises through 2003. This was the only real attempt at restoring her. Later the tours slowed to a halt and the “Hero” was used for “storage.”

From 2003 until 2008 the fate of the ”Hero” is rather murky, sitting at anchor in Yaquina Bay, still in limbo ownership and looking her age, but in 2008 she was purchased by another owner/dreamer and towed to her current location at Bay Center.

The newest owner is a person rather difficult to contact. Word is that the owner doesn’t really want to be contacted. Plans for the future are a mystery to the locals, who roll their eyes at the mention of her name. As a result of silting-in of the entrance to the moorage, questions arise as to whether she’ll ever be able to leave her berth.

And so, the future of this historic piece of maritime history will remain obscured in the fog until the next owner comes along in another twist of fate for “The Hero.” Until then she will continue to spur fantasies of the seas for others who stumble upon her in the foggy night.

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All of Fall on one little island Pumpkins, cornstalks, harvest festivities abound on Sauvie Island Story and photos by Becky Bell

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h boy! Oh boy! Its fall: My favorite time of year. I am like a cocker spaniel with a constant tail wag. Fall takes my breath away and makes me happy to be alive. The day after the July Fourth, I start looking for the signs. The trees start with just a touch of gold on top and the air is “fall-y” and I can’t take a breath deep enough. It is heavenly.

Just 45 minutes south, towards Portland on Highway 30 — a beautiful drive in the fall — is the bridge that leads into a magical place: Sauvie Island. The steel, tied-arch bridge, originally built in 1950 and rebuilt in 2007, is beckoning.

Warrior Point, Wapato Point In 1792, the British explored this island, the largest island along the Columbia River. Met by 23 canoes armed by Multnomah Indians, the British called this “Warrior Point.”

Next to explore were Lewis and Clark, who renamed the area Wapato Point. They must have had a different welcoming committee.

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11, and Reilly Over the next few decades, the natives weathered small O'Farrell, 6, of pox, syphilis, measles and tuberculosis. The population Longview, enjoy became almost extinct when, in 1829, a fever called “the the maze. ague” swept over the land. Hudson’s Bay Company removed the few surviving settlers a few years later and burned the settlements. The Oregon Trail opened up and again, settlers began to build and get established. Settlers were a tough bunch. I am always amazed at all they did and that they survived at all. Hudson’s Bay went back and established several dairies, putting a FrenchCanadian named Sauvie in charge,

which is how the island came to its present name. It’s hard to imagine, as you drive along the serene farmland on this small piece of Oregon, how much history it holds. Photos,: Autumn scenes on Sauvie Island.

The story of explorers and Indian demise via disease is unfortunately a common one.

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OUT • AND • ABOUT MAN IN THE KITCHEN’S MOVEABLE FEAST

Co-op cooking makes for easy dinner party

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osting a dinner in your home for eight people is great fun but also a lot of work. Selecting the menu is a major task, of course, but then you’ve got to create it. It can ruin a day and maybe even the day before.

I also find that I am so overloaded with the smells of the dinner I’m preparing that I lose my appetite for those foods in a humorous thought: I’m eating with my nose. Probably so. But there’s a wonderful solution to this problem: Share dinner preparation responsibilities with your invitees and make a “movable feast” to one of their homes for the evening.

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Decide upon the menu and ask guests to prepare a part of it. You can even offer a specific recipe. It’s more carefully organized this way than a traditional potluck where you usually end up with too many potato salads.

Recently I prepared paella for a group of friends. As you can see from the recipe noted on page 33, the ingredient list is long and preparation time-consuming. But the dinner came together beautifully with the addition of bacon wrapped dates and marinated olives as appetizers and mocha hazelnut brownies for dessert — all brought to the feast by guests.

I carried my partially cooked paella in my large stir fry pan to one of their homes (arranged in advance, of course) where it met up with the other dinner items. It was comfortable with much less mess for the host to deal with and fun for everyone!

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rowing up, Halloween was the forbidden fruit of holidays. In my family’s particular faith-based community, we occasionally tried to join the fun with harvest parties or storybook parades, but it was a tentative relationship, at best. I relished the memories of my very few trick-or-treating experiences, fraught as they were with ridiculous, homemade costumes and treasured piles of candy. I had a touch of guilt about wanting to celebrate something deemed “evil.” I worried about what I’d do with my own children.

To that end, I’ve got a list of suggestions to help you host a joyfilled, ridiculously fun Halloween celebration.

With the extreme commercialization of every faith-based holiday, Halloween still avoids being about gift buying or mom-killing banquet meals. In our house, it’s an excuse for a get-together overflowing with silliness and creativity. If my family lock ourselves in our houses and refuse to celebrate with our neighbors and friends, what is that saying about us? We’ve made Halloween all about community and joy, and that’s a lesson I’m happy to pass along to my children.

There’s no denying that Halloween has roots in pagan celebrations.

During Celtic “Samhain,” the wall between the living and dead was said to dissolve, and spiritually savvy Celts would disguise themselves as evil spirits so they could blend in. But maybe instead of submitting to “blending

There’s no need for a formal feast If you’re inviting a pile of family and friends, don’t try to cook the megabanquet. This isn’t Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. Think “nacho bar” or “hot dog buffet.” I also cont page 24

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bought one of those chocolate fountains on clearance one Christmas for “self-serve” dessert. It’s not fun if you’re completely exhausted before the party even starts.

Make the food prep part of the party Why pre-dip caramel apples when kids love to make that particular mess? We usually have a table set up for cookie

decorating, complete with bags of frosting and candies.

I bake the sugar cookies a week or so in advance and put them in a sealed tub in the freezer, then let them thaw the night before. Unlike the standards set by years of Christmas magazines on your mom’s coffee table,

nobody expects perfection from their pumpkin-shaped cookies. And it’s a great photo opportunity to get shots of your “ninja-princess” children decorating cookies. (My world-famous sugar cookie recipe may be found on page 27. You can thank me later.)

Use the garage for the “kid game” area If you’re doing messy games (like a blind-folded reach into a gelatin-filled box in search of a small toy), this will help. Once again, you can thank me later. (You’ll have extra time to handwrite a “thank you” note because you won’t be steam cleaning your carpets.)

Adults, get over yourselves and dress up When else are you kids going to see Grandpa at his silliest? When else will your children say, “Mom, you look CRAZY!” (Well, when will they say that and be laughing about it?) It’s a great lesson to children that joy is ageless. (I do always put a note in my invitations that says “no terrifying costumes please – be considerate of the smallest kids.”)

Incentives for next time Speaking of costumes, make sure you award the endeavor to encourage more creativity at future parties. At our house, we’ve created specific award categories like “Most Likely to Scare Nobody At All” and “More Sparkly than Elton John circa 1978.”

We tape a paper “award” to a big box of candy – but winners care more about the bragging rights than the actual prize anyway.

Appoint an event photographer This is something I always forget, but last year my sister made me a scrapbook of the last 10 years of our parties, and it’s one of my favorite keepsakes. Everyone is smiling and laughing in those moments. They’re not scared or afraid. And I look back at the years when celebrating this silliness was deemed taboo, and I’m reminded of Romans 12:21: Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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Where do you read

THE READER? In the great white north

Mark Kuning in St Petersburg, Russia at St. Isaac Cathedral across the street from the statue of Nicolas I.

Three days, three plays in Leavenworth

Linda Curry, Carol Tischer, Abbey Courtney and Jackie Hardwick, ushers at Longview’s Columbia Theatre, enjoyed Fiddler on the Roof, The Drowsy Chaperone and the 20 th year of The Sound of Music.

WHERE DO YOU READ THE READER? Send a photo showing where YOU read the Reader (high-resolution JPEG to Publisher@CRReader.com).

Note: If sending a cell phone photo, choose the largest file size up to 2 MB. Include name and city of residence.

Thank you for your participation and patience. Keep those photos coming!

McThread’ s Wearable Art Boutique Holiday Fashion Show & Tea SATURDAY Nov 8 ~ 2 pm

Free to the public DOOR PRIZES

Enjoying the good life Bob and Linda Kalal with Marge Kalal on the terrace of their

We are especially charmed when groups send photos showing themselves “reading” assorted issues of CRR, evidenced by the different covers. We are hoping the missing inside pages were used for wrapping souvenirs.

rental in Lucca, Italy, May 2014.

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Nomads in steppe Left to right: Chris Roalsvig, Gavin Mills, Ann Wright and Joe Davis reading the Reader at their Gher camp in Mongolia.

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Sauvie Island

and corn mazes; haunted or not, all displayed in the beauty of fall color.

There is food, gift shops, organic beer, wine, costume contests and a small train shaped like little cows (Moomoo train) for little kids.

cont from page 21

All of the beaches are nice and clean with parking and rest rooms. One beach, Collins Beach, is “clothing optional” (information for people who don’t do “clothing optional”). As we rounded the island, we went along the Willamette River. Houseboats hugged the bank as a few boats trolled the river; so picturesque.

Level ground: good hiking and biking Bicyclists are numerous on the roadway, so a driver must be on guard. Wapato State Greenway is a two-mile hike.

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Every year, my family goes for the fun and, of course, to pick the best pumpkin or pumpkins. The weekends are especially full of activity. This year, the Organic Pumpkin patch has a mystery to solve as you figure out the corn maze. Scarecrows scattered and hung above the tall stalks provide The beauty of the area is well worth carrying a back pack with water and a picnic as there are no facilities. No overnight camping is permitted. This area is also a state game management area; 12,000 of the 20,000 acres are varied in use, including canoeing, kayaking, bird watching, hunting and fishing. Around 250 different species pass over, land or live here — swans, heron, sand hill cranes and eagles are just the tip of the list.

Big attractions in October are the pumpkin patches. They can be seen right away as you come off the bridge.

The signage is good. Big barns, pumpkins displayed in rows and piled high all around the grounds, hay rides

IF YOU GO Sauvie Island, Oregon Driving directions: Head south toward Portland on Hwy 30, passing through Rainier, St. Helens, Scappoose, The 37mile drive takes about 50 minutes from Rainier. Allow at least another hour to drive around the island and additional time to visit the various attractions, including: The Pumpkin Patch and Kruger’s Farm Market.

Wapato Greenway Loop Hike An easy 2.2 mile walk with woods, wetlands, meadow, pond, picnic area.

Drive 2.1 miles from Sauvie Island Bridge to junction with NW Reeder Rd., then .4 miles to Wapato Accress Greenway State Park. No parking or day use fee.

directional help, because really, you could be lost in the corn for hours. There are two large pumpkin patches and a few smaller ones. The atmosphere is fun and festive.

This year, however, I want to go twice.

Once with the kids to the pumpkin patch for pumpkins, a walk through the maze and an organic beer… and once again to feel the peace and beauty of a magical place deep in the throes of another majestic fall.

••• Becky Bell loves Nature and enjoys travel, reading, gardening, cooking and writing. She lives on the Toutle River near Castle Rock, Wash.

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CASTLE ROCK ROCKS

Business owners take initiative A

group of energetic Castle Rock business owners are taking the initiative to improve the business climate in their town. Now that the business district is beautified with hanging floral baskets, they hope to attract shoppers to Castle Rock from surrounding communities like Winlock, Ryderwood, Vader, Toledo, Toutle, Silver Lake, Kelso and Longview, to buy goods and services.

I-5 signage (which lets highway travelers know that Castle Rock exists) has been the focus of the group to date. Exit 49 has always had excellent signage, but Exit 48, the exit that takes you into the downtown area, has been lacking.

Thanks to a push by the committee, the City Council approved Exit 48 signage a few months ago.

With that hurdle behind them, the group is kicking off what they are calling the Castle Rock “ROCKS” cont page 27

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Initiative. This will include creating a contact list of potential shoppers — Castle Rock residents and people from surrounding communities who wish to be contacted by mail, e-mail, phone call or text message with special offers from Castle Rock businesses.

To become eligible for prizes, complete the form (see ad, page 20) and place it in the container at the Castle Rock Post Office by October 30th. If you can’t get to the Post Office, mail your entry form to Patti McVay, the initiative’s prime mover, at Bargains

Galore, P.O. Box 630, Castle Rock, WA 98611. You need not be present to win the drawing.

Also look for handouts at Cstle Rock businesses, the library and post office, as well as mentions in the media about new contests each month.

Coni Bush, Lacey Rha’s Café 360- 274-5360 Josie, Parker’s Restaurant 360- 967-2333 Pam or Todd, Five & Dime 360-432-7828 Terry Spindle, 360- 274-8583 Patti McVay, Bargains Galore 360- 749-7144 or 360-749-7145

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1. Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla.

2. Add flour, salt and baking powder and mix thoroughly until smoothly combined.

3. Preheat oven to 350.

4. On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes and transfer to greased baking sheets. Bake until the surface stops shining, but remove from the oven before edges brown for best texture.

Hart’s Special Frosting Mix a 2 lb. bag of powdered sugar 3 Tbl. Meringue Powder (available at Michael’s craft store in Longview) 6 Tbl. Vanilla Torani Syrup (fancy coffee flavoring) Mix until combined. Then add water (usually 4 Tbl, but depends on humidity) to get the consistency you want. Beat for about 7 minutes to get the meringue powder to take effect. You can make it as thick or thin as you like.

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Outings & Events

Performing & Fine Arts Music, Art, Theatre, Literary

Auditions for Stageworks Northwest Theatre

The Lion in Winter Sat, Nov 22, 3pm No preparations are needed for these auditions. Just come and play with us!

Please check out our website for more info on upcoming shows and auditions.

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FIRST THURSDAY • Nov 6 Downtown Longview Broadway Gallery Artists reception, 5:30-7:30 pm.

Music by Keith Hinyard 1418 Commerce Ave. www.the-broadway-gallery.com

1433 Commerce Ave, Longview

Live Music Scene around the River For music schedule, go online or call the restaurant or bar

The Bistro 1329 Commerce Ave, Longview 360-425-2837 • Music Thurs 6–9; Fridays 6–10, Sats 6–9 thebistrobuzz.com The Birk Pub & Eatery 11139 Hwy 202, Birkenfeld, Ore 503-755-2722 • thebirk.com Cassava 1333 Broadway, Longview 360-425-7700 Live music first Friday. Check Facebook.

Flowers ‘n’ Fluff 45 E. Col River Hwy, Clatskanie, Ore. 503-728-4222 Live Music Friday evenings clatskanieflowersnfluff@gmail.com Goble Tavern 70255 Col. River Hwy, Rainier 503-556-4090 • gobletavern.com The Mansion 420 Rutherglen Rd, Longview 360-425-5816. rutherglenmansion.com Fri 5-7 pm Winetasting Buffet $25 Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview 360-636-1616 facebook.com/pages/Porkys-CafeLounge/11041404898298

Broderick Gallery Artists reception 5–8 pm 1318 Commerce Ave. 503-703-5188 www.broderickgallery.com Longview Outdoor Gallery 1200-1300 blocks, Commerce Ave. Free lighted, guided sculpture tour

by LOG board member, 6pm. Meet at Broadway Gallery.

McThread’s Wearable Art /Lord & McCord ArtWorks Artist’s Reception 5:30–7:30pm.

Debbie Willhite’s quilted jackets 1204/1206 Broadway 360-261-2373 mcthreadswearableart.com Teague’s Gallery 1267 Commerce Ave. 360-636-0712 Open House, local music.

Across the Cowlitz River: Cowlitz County Museum 7pm 405 Allen Street, Kelso, Wash.

“A Trunkful of Letters: A Family’s Connection with the Civil War.”

HOW TO PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENT IN CRR List your non-commercial community event’s basic info (name of event, sponsor, date & time, location, brief description and contact info) and email to: publisher@crreader.com Or mail or hand-deliver (in person or via mail slot) to: Columbia River Reader 1333-14th Avenue Longview, WA 98632

To find where your favorites are playing: Raeann raeannphillips.com

avimuzo@facebook.com Fred Carter FredCarterLive@facebook.com or www.fredcarterlive.com

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

The Official Blues Brothers Revue Sat., Nov 8, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.

See ad, page 21.

Broderick Galler y Crawford Adamson (pastels) and fine contemporary art from England, Cuba and South America, along with George Broderick’s paintings. TuesSat, 10am–5pm or by appointment. 1318 Commerce, Longview, Wash. Info: 503-7035188. www.broderickgallery.com

LCC Gallery at the Rose Center Exhibit by Becky Knold: Paintings from the Mind’s Eye. Nov 5–Dec. 4. Opening Reception, Nov. 4, 4–6pm. Gallery hours: Mon-Tues 10am6pm, Wed-Fri 10am-4pm. Lower Columbia College, 15th & Washington Way, Longview, Wash. 360-442-2510.

Koth Gallery Through Oct. 30: Photos taken in the former East Germany by Hans Schaufus; Friends of the Library book sale Nov 7–12; McClelland Photography Winners, Nov 13–29.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 Featured Artist Debbie Willhite (quilted jackets) Oct 1–29. Reception. Nov 6, 5:30–7:30pm. OpenTues-Thurs 11-5, Fri 12-6pm. Holiday Fashion Show & Tea, Nov 8, 2pm. See ad, page 25. 1206 Broadway, Longview, Wash. 360-261-2373 or mcthreadswearableart.com.

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

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Monsters in Our Midst Lower Columbia College Community Conversation Lecture Series. 12 Noon at Rose Center for the Arts,, 1600 Maple St (15th and Washington Way), Longview, Wash. Free admission.

Oct 16 Dystopian Visions: Monstrous consequences of perceived trends.

Oct 23 Victim of Willing Participant?

Vampires and our desire for the “sexual other.”

Oct 30 Zombies: History and hysteria Nov 6 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The monster in the mirror Nov 13 They Called Me Mad!!! Mad scientists as monsters and villains Femme Fatale: Movies, Music, Mayhem Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts Oct 18, 7:30pm. 1231 Vandercook Way, Longview, Wash. Tickets $25-40 at CTPA box office or www.columbiatheatre.com.

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Broadway Gallery Artists co-op Oct: Sandy Brown (pottery), Darlene Chase (paintings), Ramona Lauzon (paintings); Nov: Janet Ellis (glass), Kay Crawford (pastels), Trudy Woods (pottery), Debby Neely (printmaking), Scott McRae (painting). Holiday Opening Sat., Nov 15, 10–5:30 with live music and silent auction by Longview Outdoor Gallery. MonSat 10-5:30. 1418 Commerce, Longview, Wash. Open during streetscape construction.

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Tues – Sat • 10am - 5pm Deadline: Submissions received by the 30th of each month will be considered for inclusion in Outings & Events listings in the next issue (published the 15th of the month, Feb thru Oct; Nov 25 and Jan 10.) subject to lead time, general relevance to readers, and space limitations.

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or by appointment

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Jeff Scroggins & Colorado Fri, Oct 24, Clatskanie Mid-High School.$15 Adults, $12 students/seniors. See ad,page 29.

Sherlock Holmes, the Final Adventure LCC Center Stage. Nov 19-22,28-29, Dec 4-6.

LCC Rose Center. $8 general admission, $7 non-LCC students and seniors, LCC students free.

Volunteer Opportunities

Rework Restore, a non-profit whose Job Rediness Program trains local adults to become self-sufficient wage earners, seeks four new board members with fundraising, management, legal and/or accounting skills and who can also contribute financially to the organization.

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Outings & Events

Recreation, Outdoors, Gardening History, Pets, Self-Help Cowlitz County Museum Wednesday Workshop for Kids, Oct 22, 3:30pm. Limited to 20 students. To register call 360-577-3119.

“A Trunkful of Letters: A Family’s Connection with the Civil War, Thurs., Nov 6, 7pm.

Annual Meeting Mon, Nov 16, 2pm. Museum open Tues-Sat 10 am–4 pm. 405 Allen St, Kelso, Wash. www.cowlitzwa.us/museum.

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

Coffee Hour/Tech Support Sessions Every Monday, 10-11am. Free beginner level help with Mac and Android smart phones, tablets, etc. Longview. Limited space. Pre-registration required. Presented by Perry Piper. Info/ registration: 360-270-0608.

R Square D Dance Club Fall/Winter schedule: 2nd Fri, 4th Sat, 7:30pm for plus, 8-10pm for Mainstream with rounds. Lessons begin Oct 16 at 7pm. Kelso Senior Center, 106 NW 8th Ave, Kelso, Wash. Info: 360-414-5855 or www.r-square-d.info Ryderwood’s 10th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair Oct 17–18, 10–4. Community Hall, Ryderwood,Wash. Quilt display, classic car cruise-in, baked goods from Grandma’s Kitchen, lunch served by the Women’s Club. Scenic 9mile drive, west of I-5 Exit 59, at end of SR506.

Cowlitz PUD Open House/LED Light Bulb Giveaway Sat., Oct 18, 10–2. In celebration of National Energy Awareness Month. PUD Auditorium, 961 12th Ave., Longview, Wash.

Educational, program info.

In Their Footsteps Sunday speaker series program. 1pm, Free. Netul Room, Fort Clatsop Visitor Center (near Astoria).

Presented by Lewis and Clark National Park Assoc. Info: 503-861-2471 or visit online: nps.gov/lewi/index.htm.

Oct 19 Lost ion the Fog, November 7, 1805,

by Roger Wendlick (see story, page 36); Nov 16 Cold Weather Survival: A Way of Life, by Frank Heyl.

Dec. 21 Jefferson’s Bible, by Junius Rochester Stella Lutheran Chapel Annual Harvestfest Nov 15, 4-6 pm. 124 Sherman Rd, Longview.

Chili with condiments, cornbread, salad, apple dessert and spiced cider or coffee.

Suggested donation $10. Silent auction with creative gift baskets, etc, ends 6pm sharp. A picturesque 10-mile drive from Longview, Go west on Ocean Beach Highway to Stella, turn right on Germany Creek Rd, go two miles and turn left on Sherman Rd. Columbian Toastmasters Village Inn, 535 S. Columbia Highway, St. Helens. 12:05– 1:05pm Thursdays. Increase your confidence, interview/presentation/leadership skills, Toastmasters is a nonprofit with a proven program. Info: Natasha Parvey, 850-3777867 or natashaparvey@gmail.com, 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.

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Farmers’ Markets Cowlitz Community Farmers’ Market Tues and Sat • 9–2 thru Oct 7th Ave, Cowlitz Expo Center, Longview, Wash. www.cowlitzfarmersmarket.com Info: John Raupp 360-785-3883 Jrshamrockhill3@aol.com Puget Island Farmers’ Market Fridays • 3–6 59 West Birnie Slough Rd, Cathlamet, Wash.

Info: Rob and Diane 360-849-4145 Check us out on Facebook Spirit Market Sundays, 12–3pm thru Oct. 26 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 22nd and Louisiana St., Longview Native, ornamental, and edible plants, jams & jellies, baked goods, honey, eggs, fresh produce, coffee, and more, provided by Watershed Gardens.

Good news for motorists

Dramatic drop in gas prices coming GasBuddy, an online/mobile app source (media.gasbuddy.com) for realtime local gas prices, announced that a dramatic wholesale slide will soon translate into much cheaper fuel prices in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada, with some aggressive retailers likely to post $3 per gallon or lower pump prices. Already, some stations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona are under $3/gallon.

The latest drop comes as global crude prices flirt with prices that are $25 barrel below spring highs. Additional factors include slumping gasoline demand, a return to cheaper winter blends of gasoline, and booming U.S. oil production.

GasBuddy projects that average gasoline prices in the West Coast and Rocky Mountain region will decline 15-30 cents per gallon from their current level over the next two months as refineries finish maintenance, putting even more downward pressure on retail gasoline prices.

“In the weeks ahead, we foresee average gasoline prices in the West Coast and Rockies dropping close to levels we haven’t seen since January 2011,” said GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan in a press release.

The GasBuddy site (media.gasbuddy. com) lets users track the average for the U.S. and Canada as well as nearly 450 metropolitan areas in the United States and 100 cities in Canada.

Longview Public Library offers free theatre tickets The Culture Card program has more tickets available to see local concerts and shows for free!

Beginning October 15, Longview Public Library cardholders can check out tickets to see the following local productions: CenterStage Theatre, Lower Columbia College Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure Nov 19-22, 28, 29; Dec 4-6, all shows 7:30pm. Doctor Watson tells the story in a series of flashbacks of the events that lead up to the final saga of Sherlock Holmes. Two pairs of tickets available per weekend.

Columbia Theatre The Official Blues Brothers Revue Nov 8, 7:30 pm This live concert show combines the comedy and hits from the original movie, and pays homage to Chicago’s rich history of blues, gospel and soul music. Jake, Elwood and the band hit the right balance of humor, music and mayhem. Upbeat and uplifting, The Blues Brothers™ Revue is fun for all ages. Two pairs of tickets available.

Golden Bough Christmas in the Celtic Lands Dec 12, 7:30 pm The internationally acclaimed Golden Bough trio ushers in the season with well-loved songs of Christmastide from British and Celtic traditions — music from Ireland, Wales, and Cornwall, French Brittany, and Spanish Galicia. Songs both familiar and refreshingly new! Enjoy the three-part vocal harmonies of Margie Butler, Paul Espinoza, and Kathy Sierra, accompanied by Celtic harp, fiddle, accordion, guitar, mandolin, bodhran, and pennywhistle. A show guaranteed to get you in the holiday spirit. Wassail! Two pairs of tickets available.

Stageworks Northwest, Longview Theatre Christmas Party Musical Review Dec. 12, 13, 7:30 pm, Dec. 14, 2pm Dec. 19, 20 , 7:30 pm or Dec. 21, 2pm Dec. 26, 27, 7:30 pm or 28, 2pm Two pairs of tickets available per weekend.

Visit or call the Library at 360-4425300 to check out tickets. See the complete rules and restrictions at www.longviewlibrary.org/tickets.php.

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Movies THE EQUALIZER • THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU

Denzel Knocks it home, Shawn Levy is called ‘Out!’

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By Dr. Bob Blackwood

he last time Denzel Washington helping out other folks who have been worked with Antoine Fuqua leaned on by the powerful. I don’t — in “Training Day” (2001) pretend to be a Hollywood producer, as a gritty antihero — Denzel won an but I suspect a lot of moviegoers feel in Oscar for Best Actor. I don’t think he some way that they have been leaned will win one again for “The Equalizer,” upon by individuals and organizations. but I think the film will do well I think the film will be a financial commercially. Why? The plot is about success if word-of-mouth and a good an older man (Robert McCall, the opening-weekend mean anything. same name as the TV character in the Let’s see if a sequel pops up in a couple 1980s show) who works in a hardware of years or so, though Denzel has many supermarket called Home Mart. He offers of employment. has the respect of his fellow workers.

But one evening in a diner right out of Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks,” he meets a young Russian hooker (Chloë Grace Moretz) who soon is being brutally victimized by a well-connected Russian pimp (David Meunier).

Tina Fey *the sister) and Jason Bateman (one of her brothers) Moretz underplays commiserate about their problems in “This is Where I Leave You.” her role well.

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures Slowly, McCall changes into what he had been; a killer employed by a U.S. government agency. He takes care of the pimp. When the Russian oligarch (Vladimir Kulich) sends his best man (Marton Csokas), the tough guy is dealt with, though we see Csokas’ character has some depth in his interaction with McCall. By the end of the film, the oligarch regrets his earlier decision.

James Brolin tries to settle his love life with a beautiful, rich woman in “Sin City: A Dame to Die For.” Photo: Weinstein Company.

In “The Equalizer,” Denzel Washington plays a hard-working man with a past who retaliates when gangsters victimize his friends. Photo: Sony Pictures

This is Where I Leave You I really looked forward to seeing a humorous film in Shawn Levy’s “This Is Where I Leave You.” It certainly has a good cast. Jane Fonda is the matriarch of a family whose Jewish atheist husband has requested that his whole immediate family sit shiva for him for seven days, though none have had religious instruction. Of course, the cast of children—Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver and

Corey Stoll—just drop everything and stay, even though they are all yuppies.

Don’t make me laugh.

And that is the problem, not many laughs. Oh, sure, insults and slights, yes; laughs, no. The trouble is in the script. I’m sure Mr. Levy will do better next time. He is also producing and directing “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” which is in postproduction.

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Dr. Bob Blackwood is CRR’s regular movie reviewer. He has visited Ireland three times and enjoys the variety of the films from that small country.

This film enrages some film critics. Too bad. Almost all of them have given Denzel’s performance praise; you have to. He conveys determination with a subtlety that many other actors totally lack.

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By Perry Piper Charging into the future Get ready to cut your cards

“Sir, that’ll be $3.05, please.”

You take out your payment pouch and frantically glance across all your cards, wondering which to use, if you have any discount cards or if you forgot some of them at home. Finding the right one, you pay and walk out of the shop while everyone else in line glares at you for taking so long.

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“Mustn’t there be a better way?” you shout at the heavens, shaking your fist whilst fiddling with your car keys.

Why yes, dear reader, and that time hath finally come!

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There are two major alternative payment methods that seek to revolutionize the way we handle multiple payment cards.

One includes physical cards like Plastc and Coin (designed to be used mainly in the U.S.) that digitally hold credit, debit, gift and discount or any cards with a magnetic swipe stripe and the other, which is simply an app on your smartphone using near-fieldcommunication, or NFC, wireless technologies to pay at checkout stands.

The other includes what is called Apple Pay, which is available on iPhone 6 devices using your fingerprint for better merchant compatibility and security using EMV. EMV is becoming a global security standard which is also supported on Plastc, but not Coin.

Other NFC enabled phones can also pay for things at the checkout stand wirelessly, but with possible greater security risks.

Until Apple Pay and wireless NFC services become accepted at all worldwide merchants within a few years, the physical all-in-one cards like Coin and Plastc may be the best bet overall.

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at this time, support EMV chip and pin security and therefore may or may not work overseas. However, the company does plan to add this as soon as possible. Plastc is probably the better of the two physical all-in-one cards. Price is also a doozy, as you’ll have to buy a new Coin for $120 or so every two years when the battery dies. On the other hand, Plastc can be recharged, but you must remember to do so every 30 days, which will mean you’ll likely be carrying extra cards anyway in case of such a scenario.

and Apple Pay and other NFC devices, of course, require that you have the phones themselves.

••• Perry Piper lives in Longview and works as CRR’s production manager/photographer and technical consultant. He serves on the Southwest Washington Symphony Board of Directors and volunteers for HOPE of Rainier. He enjoys learning about emerging and evolving technologies.

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Clatskanie Drive-in 150 SE Truehaak Indoor & outdoor seating. Fabulous fast food. Burgers, shakes and MORE! M-Sat 11am –8pm, Sun 12–6pm New ownership. 503-728-3815.

Flowers ‘n’ Fluff Coffee Shop 45 E. Columbia River Hwy Wine 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.

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Fultano’s Pizza 770 E. Columbia River Hwy Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more!

M-Sat 11am–10pm; Sun 11am–9pm.

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Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant 640 E. Columbia River Hwy Fine 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. 503-543-3017

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dining guide

Evergreen Pub & Café 115-117 East 1st Street Burgers, halibut, prime rib, full bar.

503-556-9935. See ad, page 9.

Goble Tavern 70255 Columbia River Hwy. (Milepost 31, Hwy. 30) Food, beer & wine + full bar, Live music. 503-556-4090. See ad page 9.

Hometown Pizza 109 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 Pizza 117 East 1st Street, Rainier 503-556-4213 Pizza, spaghetti, burgers, beer & wine.

See ad, page 9.

Kelso Grounds for Opportunity 413 S. Pacific Ave. 360-703-3020 Wed–Sun 7am–3pm Breakfast and Lunch available all day.

25196 Alston Rd., Rainier 503-556-4213 11 beers on tap, cocktails.

Open daily 11am.

503-556-9753 See ad, page 9.

Longview

Conestoga Pub

M-Tues 11–4, W-Sat 11–5 1338 Commerce Ave., 360-577-5658 Serving Mediterranean fare for lunch and local farm fresh food for dinner.

Reservations recommended for dinner.

See ad, page 11.

Cornerstone Café 102 East “A” Street Microbrews, wines & spirits Prime rib Friday & Sat. Open M-F 6am–8pm; Sat-Sun 7am–8pm.

503-556-8772

El Tapatio 117 West “A” Street, Rainier Authentic Jalisco cuisine from scratch. Full bar. Karaoke Fri & Sat 9pm–2am Riverview dining. Sun-Thurs 11am–10pm; Fri-Sat 11–11, Bar ‘til 2am. Karaoke. 503-556-8323.

Mary’s Burger & A Shake

4503 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview.

Gourmet burgers, hot dogs & more.

M-Sat 11–8, Closed Sun. 360-425-1637.

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 2.

Morenita Tacos

1045 - 14th Ave. Dine in or take out. All fresh ingredients.

Tortas and green sauce are our specialties.

Mon-Sat 11:30am–9pm; Sun 11:30am–6pm.. 360-425-1838.

Porky’s Public House 561 Industrial Way, Longview Slow-roasted prime rib Fri & Sat, flat iron steaks, 1/3-lb burgers, fish & chips.

28 draft beers. Full bar.

360-636-1616. See ad, page 6.

Gyros Gyros

Rutherglen Mansion 420 Rutherglen Rd. (off Ocean Beach Hwy. at 38th Ave.), Longview Open for dinner Fri– Sun, Friday wine tasting, Sunday brunch. Full bar.

360-425-5816. See ad page 27.

Cassava

1333 Broadway. 360-425-7700 Locally roasted espresso, fine teas, fresh pastries daily, smoothies, beer & wine, homemade soups. Breakfast and lunch.

Country Folks Deli 1329 Commerce Ave., Longview. Opens at 10 for lunch. 360-425-2837

1329 Commerce Ave., Longview (alley entrance). Fine dining, happy hour specials. wine tastings. Tu-Sat open 5pm.

360-425-2837. See ad page 21.

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Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd.

Hot pizza, cool salad bar.

Beer & wine. 503-397-3211 See ad, page 27.

Bertucci’s

2017 Columbia Blvd., St. Helens Mon–Fri 9–5; Sat 10–4.

Breakfast sandwiches, deli sandwiches, espresso, chocolates.

See ad, page 27.

El Tapatio 2105 Columbia Blvd., St. Helens Authentic Jalisco cuisine from scratch. Full bar.

Karaoke Fri & Sat 9pm–2am Sun-Thurs 11am–10pm; Fri-Sat 11–11, Bar til 2am 503-556-8323

Scappoose Fultano’s Pizza 51511 SE 2nd.

Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more!

“Best pizza around!”

M–Th, Sat 11am–10pm; Fri 11am–11pm; Sun 11am–9pm. Full bar service ‘til 11pm Fri & Sat. Deliveries in Scappoose.

503-543-5100

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Restaurant

33452 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. 503-728-3344.

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The Bistro

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Hop N Grape 924 15th Ave., Longview M–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 30.

St. Helens

Teri’s 3225 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview.

Fine dining, Happy Hour. Full bar.

Specials, fresh NW cuisine.

360-577-0717. See ad page 18.

Castle Rock Parker’s Restaurant & Brewery 1300 Mt. St. Helens Way. Exit 49 off I-5.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Burgers, handcut steak; seafood and pasta. Restaurant 8am–9pm (‘til 10pm Fri & Sat); Lounge 11am–midnight. 360-967-2333

Fire Mountain Grill at Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center.

15000 Spirit Lake Hwy. Thru Oct. fmgrill.com Burgers, sandwiches, beer & wine. 360-274-5217.

Woodland 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

MITK’s Moveable Feast cont from page22

Paella (serves 6-8) 4 Tbsp olive oil 2 cups Arborio rice 1 /2 cup dry white wine 3 lbs chicken, deboned and cut into bite-sized pieces 1 lb. large shrimp, shelled and steamed for 5 mins in boiling salted water, drained (save liquid) 1 lb. steamer clams, steamed in 1 cup boiling water until they open, top shells removed (save liquid) 1 /2 lb. scallops 1 /2 lb chorizo sausage, formed into balls or sliced ¼” thick, browned in hot oil 1 qt. chicken stock, heated 1 tsp. saffron 4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced 1 bay leaf 1 sweet red pepper, sliced into short strips 1 small can pimientos 1 small onion, chopped fine 2 cups frozen green peas, thawed 2 med. tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped 1 Tbl red pepper flakes Salt to taste Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan or two-handled paella pan and brown the garlic cloves and bay leaf. Add the onions, pepper and pimiento and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the rice and stir a few minutes until opal or pearl colored.

Add the white wine and stir until your spoon leaves a trail in the rice. Add the tomatoes and red pepper flakes.

Add the saffron and reserved liquids to the chicken stock and keep it hot.

Continue adding stock, ½ cup at a time, and stirring until the liquid is absorbed by the rice and you can see the bottom of the pan as you stir. Up to one quart of chicken stock may be required.

DO NOT add the stock all at once.

The rice will not plump or absorb those wonderful flavors as well. After about 20 minutes cooking, add the chicken pieces and continue stirring. Taste the rice for doneness. When the rice is almost done, 35-40 minutes, add the chorizo, shrimp, scallops, peas, chopped Italian parsley and clams and keep stirring until the mixture is hot, adding stock as needed. Serve this dish from the pan it was cooked in.

Your home will never be more fragrant, or your guests’ taste buds more primed.

Along side the paella, I served a Caesar Salad, with homemade croutons and garlic bread, and flan for dessert.

Yes, creating paella is time consuming, but the results are memorable. It will be a hit with your dinner guests, many of whom will not have tasted saffron before.

Recollections Bacon-Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Almonds 18 1”x1/4” slices cream cheese 18 large pitted dates 18 salted and roasted whole almonds 6 slices bacon, cut crosswise in thirds 18 wooden picks Heat oven to 400º. Stuff one piece of cheese and one almond into each date, then wrap one piece of bacon around each date, overlapping the ends and secure with a toothpick. Arrange dates, seam side down, one inch apart in a shallow baking pan. Bake 5 minutes (or more) on each side, turning with tongs until bacon is crisp. Drain on paper towel. Serve immediately.

Zesty Marinated Olives 1 lb imported olives (Kalamata, Nicoise, Spanish, etc) 8 cloves garlic, sliced Peel of 1/2 orange, cut into 1/4” strips Peel of 1/2 lemon, cut into 1/4” strips 2 Tbl. fennel seeds 1 Tbl fresh rosemary, lightly crushed 4 Tbl olive oil 3 Tbl fresh lemon juice 1 /2 tsp red pepper flakes Combine all ingredients in a bowl and marinate at room temperature for 24 hours or more.

Mocha Hazelnut Brownies 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 /2 tsp baking powder 1 /4 tsp salt 3 Tbl instant coffee 1 /3 cup water 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup powdered sugar 3 /4 cup butter 1-1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted in a pan over hot water 3 large eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts Vanilla bean ice cream Combine flour, baking powder, instant coffee and salt and set aside. In a separate bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter and the granulated sugar until smooth. Blend in eggs and 1 cup melted chocolate chips.

Combine with dry ingredients and 3/4 cup nuts and blend. Spread in lightly greased 9-inch baking pan. Bake at 350º (325º for glass pan) approximately 30 minutes.

Cool on rack.

Spread with frosting (made by blending 1/4 cup each butter and semi-sweet chocolate chips with 1 cup powdered sugar; add 1 tsp vanila and enough water or ream to make spreading consistency) and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup nuts. Cut into 16 squares and serve with ice cream.

Halloween, 1955

Impeccably, politically incorrect

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By Alan Rose

t was a politically incorrect time, the fifties.

I t ’s H a l l o w e e n n i g h t , and I’m a seven-year old, politically incorrect Indian brave. I look authentic. The costume my mother made from a gunnysack feels, I’m sure, like buckskin; I wear a headdress of feathers, war paint on my face, and am armed with my rubber knife, and bow and arrows. The arrows have little suction cups on the end, which is kind of inauthentic, but at least they’re poisoned tipped.

My four-year old brother is even more politically incorrect than me. He’s an Alan, right, with his younger brother, Gary — who does Indian squaw—gunnysack not necessarily support the views expressed in this article. dress, long black braids, lipstick. (What were my parents a cellophane-wrapped rhubarb crisp thinking?) that she baked herself, she says. The rhubarb came from her very own In my imagination I am Cochise. I am garden. I want to say, what about Geronimo. I am Hiawatha. It’s a little Milky Way candy bars from your very embarrassing to have Pocahontas for own Safeway? But Mom’s standing a brother. What if my friends see us? behind me.

How am I going to explain to them that my brother’s a cross dresser?

Apples and rhubarb. What’s next— broccoli strudel from Mrs. Heinsch We head out on our hunting expedition across the street? in the true spirit of Halloween — ready to shoot with a poison-tipped It wasn’t shaping up to be the arrow anyone who doesn’t give us memorable Halloween I had expected. a treat. We first go to the Shapiro’s And in fact, I don’t remember house. Mr. Shapiro opens the door. much more about that night. It was only years later that I recalled the “Trick or treat!” we shout. experience, when accompanying my own young nephews and niece on “Oh, my goodness!” says Mr. Shapiro, their trick-or-treat outing. expressing true surprise—probably at the political incorrectness of our At least they didn’t have to worry costumes—and gives each of us an about being politically correct. They apple. We hide our disappointment. were all little Jedi knights.

Apples we can get at home. Maybe I’ll shoot Mr. Shapiro anyway.

••• We mumble our thanks and go next door to the Gardners.

“Trick or treat!”

“Oh, how adorable!” says Mrs. Gardner.

Adorable? I’m a fierce Apache Comanche Blackfoot warrior, with some Cherokee blood. How dare she call me adorable! She gives us

Alan Rose is CRR’s monthly book reviewer and author of Tales of Tokyo, The Legacy of Emily Hargraves and The Unforgiven. He organizes the monthly WordFest gatherings.

He can be reached at www.alan-rose.com, at www.Facebook.com/Alan.Rose.Author, and www.Facebook.com/WordFestNW. See Alan’s review of Tibetan Peach Pie, page 7.

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Apples

cont from page 18

a Honeycrisp, my apple of choice, perhaps because it was developed at my alma mater, Michigan State University.

The first variety I ever ID’ed was Red Delicious, easily recognizable by the five little bumps on its bottom.

My grandmother liked Jonathan or McIntosh for her pies, but my mother — Horrors! — made good pies with the labor-saving supermarket canned apples.

Sadly, it sometimes seems as if apple marketers go for the pretty face in apples, rather than ah-inspiring flavor. Many years ago, my family and I visited Yakima where I was a Washington Beef Cook-off judge.

We took our daughter, Jessica, on an orchard tour. Remembering the apples of his childhood, the driver said sadly, “I remember when Red Delicious used to be delicious.”

Every baker chooses her favorite pie apple. A writer I worked with in Pittsburgh raised the hackles of one baker when she wrote a story praising Golden Delicious. Peels flew. The writer responded, Julia Child used them — so could we. (My next pie will combine Honeycrisp and Gala.)

Apples with the Caples For the Caples family an apple a day in harvest season was as close as their orchard.

Dr. Charles Green Caples had migrated across the Oregon Trail as a boy. He built his house beside the Columbia River on the same spot where his father, Joseph, had built the family’s log cabin in 1846. The house remained in the Caples family until 1959 when Dell Caples Houghton donated it to the Oregon State Society Daughters of the American Scott Menderloh Revolution for a museum.

With Mount St. Helens in the distance across the Columbia, the Caples house is a favorite spot for weddings, according to my affable guide/caretaker Scott Munderloh, who lives onsite.

The well-maintained house and grounds are a window into the lives of these pioneers. I was drawn to the kitchen equipment. What is this castiron pan for? Did Lucinda McBride Caples make applesauce in that large kettle? Did the doctor feed the fire in the stove before his patient arrived?

If you go

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Caples House cookware

No. 1 not the best In 1915, Washington sets its standards for grades, supposedly more stringent than the U.S. Department of Agriculture grades developed in 1923.

You may think U.S. No. 1 is best, but it’s two steps down from Extra Fancy, which is followed by Fancy, No. 1 and No. 1 Hail.

Still, many apple-lovers go for the appearance-challenged apple with the taste of gold. This is the time of year to taste apples. Look for apples with shiny skin, firm flesh, and no bruises and punctures.

On the farm, we never discarded an apple if it was bruised or even had a worm hole; we just cut around the problem. When we bit into an apple and found half a worm, now that was a problem.

Annual Apple Cider Pressing, Oct 25 Cedar Creek Grist Mill 43907 NE Grist Mill Road Woodland, Wash.

Directions: I-5 Exit #21 to traffic light. Turn left, continue under freeway and immediately turn right on C-C Street to cross the North Fork of Lewis River. Turn left onto NW Hayes Road toward Amboy, which becomes Cedar Creek Rd. About 8 miles from Woodland, a sign points left to the mill. Turn left on Grist Mill Road; the mill is about 3/4-mile further.

Consult cedarcreekgristmill.com or phone 360-225-5832 to arrange a group tour.

Heritage Orchard Caples House Museum and Knapp Social Center 1915 First St., Columbia City, Ore. View the Heritage Orchard anytime.

Museum open Fri-Sat-Sun 1–5pm through Oct 31. $3 per person. Reservations for special tours/other times, 503-397-5390.

When I bite into an apple and its juice runs See Apples in the Entree, page 35 down to my elbow, I praise the pioneers.

“A Doctor’s Confession to the City of Longview...”

Dear Friend, I want to give credit where credit is due. So, perhaps a confession can help clear the air so there’s no misunderstanding. Before I talk about my confession, though, let me say a few other things first.

Well, let’s start with me, the mother in the picture. Seventeen years ago, while studying as a pre-med student, I developed terrible low back pain. The pain became so intense that I could no longer handle sitting in class. I began standing through 26 hours of classes per week.

After considering surgery (that was the only option, according to the surgeon) I decided against it. A friend of mine convinced me to give a chiropractor a try, but I just didn’t believe in it. Out of desperation, I went to see him. The chiropractor did an exam, took some x-ray films, and then “adjusted” my spine. The adjustment didn’t hurt, it actually felt good. Within two weeks, not only was my low back pain gone but my allergies were much better and I had tons more energy. It worked so well that I changed my major and went to chiropractic school myself.

Dr. Darin, my husband and practice partner, became a chiropractor because of the tremendous results that he experienced with severe chronic sinus infections. He changed his major to chiropractic mid-way through his studies to become a medical doctor.

Simon is our 11 year old son who received his first chiropractic adjustment the day he was born. Simon never suffered from colic, ear infections, asthma, allergies or any of the other problems that plague many children. He is a very healthy, well adjusted boy.

Marco is our 8-year-old son and possibly the happiest boy I’ve ever met. When Marco was born, he immediately had difficulty regulating his body temperature. The pediatrician kept checking on him, telling us that he would have to remain in the hospital for up to two weeks if his temperature didn’t start regulating itself immediately. His first chiropractic adjustment

Everyone knows that health care costs are going up. Over 45 million Americans no longer have health insurance and those who do have it have find that their benefits are reduced. Deductibles are rising, and restrictive HMO’s are now common. That’s where our practice comes in.

We have found a way to enable more people to afford the care they need, people with or without health insurance.

was therefore immediately after his birth.

Within an hour, his body temperature was normal, and we went home the next day. A few weeks later, Marco was experiencing labored breathing; his pediatrician told us that he had RSV, a condition for which children are usually hospitalized. Marco was adjusted regularly, and a few days later, he had amazingly completely recovered.

Today, Marco is also a well adjusted child and free of all common childhood illnesses.

It’s strange how life is, because now people come to see us with their low back pain and sinus problems. Also they come to us with their headaches, migraines, neck, arm and shoulder pain, ear infections, asthma, allergies, athletic injuries, digestive problems and numbness in the limbs…just to name a few.

Several times a day people thank us for helping them get rid of their health problems.

But we really can’t really take the credit.

My confession is that we’ve never healed anyone of anything. What we do is perform a specific spinal adjustment to remove nerve pressure, and the body responds healing itself. With chiropractic, we get tremendous results; it’s as simple as that!

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Another way to save… studies show that chiropractic care can double your immune capacity, naturally and without drugs. The immune system fights colds, flues, and other sicknesses. So you may not be running off to the doctor as much. Studies show that many people actually pay less for their long-term overall health care expenses if they are seeing a chiropractor.

You Benefit from a Unique Offer If you bring in this article (by Nov. 24, 2014) you can receive our new patient exam for only $25. That’s for the entire exam that includes neurological, orthopedic and range of motion tests, with X-rays (if necessary)…there are no hidden fees here. This exam could cost you $250 elsewhere. And, further care is very affordable and you’ll be happy to know that our office specializes in family health care. You see we’re not trying to seduce you to come see us with this low start up fee, then to only make it up with high fees after that. Further care is very important to consider when making your choice of doctor because higher costs can add up very quickly. “It Shouldn’t Cost an Arm and a Leg to Correct Your Health.”

You should know a little about our qualifications. That’s important so that there’s no misunderstanding about the quality of care.

Dr. Darin and I are cum laude graduates of New York Chiropractic College. We’ve been entrusted to take care of 2-hour-old babies to pro athletes who you may know. After practicing in New York for 2 years, we moved our practice

to Longview and have been here for 11 years. We just have lower fees so more people can get the care they need.

Dr. Werner has been working with us for 5 years.

Having over 20 years of experience as a chiropractor and Anatomy professor, he is a great source of knowledge and wisdom for our practice members.

Dr. John, a martial arts enthusiast and father of 11 (all of whom benefit from getting adjusted regularly), brings to our community an expertise in sports and exercise specific care.

We have four wonderful massage therapists: Diane, Kim, Amy and Matt. They are trained in Swedish (relaxation), deep tissue and pregnancy related massages.

Our office manager, Julianna and our Chiropractic Assistants, Whitney, Chelsea, Debbie, Jill and Skylar are really great people. Our office is both friendly and warm and we do our best to make you feel at home. We have a wonderful service at an exceptional fee. Our office is called Advantage Chiropractic & Massage and it is located at 1312 Vandercook Way in Longview. Our phone number is (360) 425-6620. Please call one of our wonderful assistants today to make an appointment.

Yours in Health, Dr. Anik St-Martin P.S. When accompanied by the first, I am also offering a second family member this same examination for only $15.

Your time is as valuable to you as ours is to us.

That’s why we ask that you take advantage of our offer only if you are truly serious about your health.

Federal Law excludes Medicare participants from receiving this discount. We do bill Medicare and work with Medicare patients every day.

Worker’s Compensation claims and Personal Injury claims are excluded from receiving this discount. We do bill Worker’s Compensation and Personal injury claims and work with these patients every day.

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Northwest Foods The recipe they sent said simply First Place, so I gave it a title of my own. It was a big hit at our Apple Cup party.

~ Suzanne Martinson Apple Cup Beef 2-1/2 to 3-pound chuck roast Seasoned flour: 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp seasoning salt 2 to 4 Tbl. oil

Apples in the Entree

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nyone who has ever judged food, whether it’s the 4-H brownies at the county fair or a statewide cooking contest, knows that tastebuds can get tuckered out.

So when I tell you that I haven’t lost my appetite for the winner of the Washington State Beef Cook-Off contest that I helped judge in 1985 — 1985! — you know how much I love the way Sharon Vircks took a chuck roast to new levels with a sauce that featured both apple juice and apples.

T h a n k s t o t h e Wa s h i n g t o n Cattlewomen who scoured their files for this recipe, which emerged victorious at the contest in Yakima.

Sauce: 2 cups apple juice 1 /2 cup wine vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons salt 1 /2 tsp pepper 1 /2 tsp cinnamon 4 whole cloves 1 /4 cup tomato paste 1 cup onion, chopped

(I used Walla Walla Sweets) 3 cooking apples,

peeled, cored and sliced Suzanne Martinson, a long-time newspaper food editor, grew up on a farm in Michigan and got reacquainted with homegrown apples in a Rainier apple orchard with gnarly trees long overdue for pruning. Her pies and cobbler didn’t know the difference. Now retired, she has returned to the Pacific Northwest and lives in Lexington, a suburb of Kelso, Wash.

Trim all visible fat from meat, cut into large pieces (approximately 2 inches).

Dredge in seasoned flour. Add oil to 12inch to 15-inch frying pan. Brown meat well. Drain off excess drippings.

Serves 6 Serve over noodles.

Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 2 hours Garnish: Tomato “rose” and parsley

Combine sauce ingredients; pour over meat. Cover and bake in 350º oven for 2 hours. Add apple slices during the last 15 minutes of cooking time. Remove the cloves.

~ S h a r o n Vi r c k s , w i n n e r 1 9 8 5 Washington State Beef Cook-Off ••• See related story, page 18.

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In Their Footsteps

Program corrects common Lewis & Clark ‘Ocian in View’ errors L ewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop, is pleased to announce the next “In Their Footsteps“ free speaker series event: “Lost in the Fog, November 7, 1805,”

by Roger Wendlick. set for Sunday, October 19, at 1pm.

In an enlightening program about the Corps of Discovery’s November 1805 arrival near the Columbia River Estuary, Mr. Wendlick will correct errors of Lewis and Clark Expedition history commonly taught in schools and published in books. The public is invited to come early and look at many copies of original maps of the lower Columbia River and learn the truth about “Ocian in View.”

Roger Wendlick spent decades acquiring the premier collection of

literature related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

His collection is now in the Lewis & Clark College Aubrey R. Watzek Library in Portland. Mr. Wendlick is a recipient of the National Daughters of the American Revolution Award for Preservation of History and is a past board member of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. An internationally recognized historian, he continues to study and write about aspects of the expedition with a particular focus on civilian interpreter George Drouillard. This monthly Sunday forum is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. These programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and are free of charge.

Roger Wendlick is known as a a delightful and knowledgeable storyteller.

Photo courtesy of Fort Clatsop.

For more information, call the park at 503-861-2471.

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the spectator by ned piper

Masked intentions

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ore than 30 years ago, Sue and I invested in a full head mask for me to wear to a Halloween party. The mask was titled “Old Man” by the manufacturer. It certainly was that. We expected to keep and enjoy the mask over the years, but it didn’t occur to me then that I would, over time, grow to resemble that Old Man. It was fairly spooky, especially when worn with a long raincoat and especially if I remained completely silent. I recall at the party peering through the eyeholes, watching people watching me, trying in vain to figure out who the heck was inside the mask.

That year, Sue and I decided to drive around downtown Longview, with her

behind the wheel, me in the passenger seat wearing the mask, with packets of trick-or-treat candy on the seat beside me. It was fun watching people on the street stop to stare at the strange Old Man passing in the car.

Our goal was to deliver candy to business friends around town, anonymously. Sue would let me out in front of a business. I would adjust the mask, pull my raincoat up tight around its base and enter the establishment with a packet of candy in hand.

It was fascinating to watch patrons in the store move away, distancing themselves from me, some even leaving the store. The clerk or business owner often approached with a degree of

caution. After handing them the candy, I would simply turn and slowly walk back out to the street.

We had a good friend, Bruce Mallory, who managed Pacific First Federal Savings and Loan. Thinking it would be fun to present Bruce with a bag of candy, I entered the bank through the front door. After taking a few steps into the lobby, two employees rushed up to me and said, “You have to remove the mask, sir.”

Not wanting to reveal who I was, I shook my head no, indicating that I was not planning on taking it off. They insisted.

I held out the candy, but neither of them took it. One of the women said, “Sir, if you don’t remove it this instant, we will be forced to call the police.” Bruce never got his candy.

Call me naïve, but at the time I really didn’t see the harm in entering a financial institution wearing a mask. It was Halloween, after all, and we were simply trying to spread a little cheer around town. It didn’t fully occur to me why those bank employees were so insistent that I remove my mask until years later while watching a movie where the bank robbers all wore Richard Nixon masks in the commission of their crime.

So now, on Halloween, I sometimes hand out candy to our neighborhood trick-ortreaters wearing a long raincoat and a scary mask. The kids and their parents still cast strange looks in my direction, not knowing what to make of the Old Man holding out Snickers and Skittles on Halloween night.

••• Ned Piper has served as a PUD Commissioner for 20 years. Admittedly addicted to TV sport, he enjoys actually playing golf and enjoys the good life in Longview.

WHAT’S

UP

UNDER THE BRIDGE?

By Amy Fischer, Port of Longview Communications/Public Affairs Manager

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ention the Port of Longview, and visions of ships and docks probably spring to mind. But there’s much more to the Port than that. It takes the brainpower and brawn of an entire team to handle the complex and intertwined moving parts of a port like ours.

Everyone has a role to fill. Their work not only keeps the Port running — it also keeps the community running.

Our Business Development department travels the globe to attract new cargos and customers to the Port, which generates jobs on the dock and work for people, such as truck drivers. Our Operations department supervises freight handling and coordinates the trains and trucks that haul cargo to and from the Port. We have an engineering and environmental team that maintains our facilities so we can continue to ship cargo in environmentally friendly ways. The employees in finance, technology, public affairs and the executive departments also play critical roles in the Port’s forward momentum.

Thanks to jobs the Port provides, all of these workers have buying power.

They shop locally. Every one of their purchases supports someone else’s job and provides another worker with spending power.

These employees are members of our community who pay taxes. That tax money goes toward supporting local and state services that we all use — think police and fire, roads and schools. In addition, many employees volunteer in the community, attend church, donate to charity or coach youth sports.

All of this makes the fabric of our community stronger, both economically and socially. It’s more than a drop in the bucket. We’re all working hard — because the Port’s success is the community’s success. .

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Contact Amy at afischer@portoflongview.com or call 360-425-3305. Read more about the port at www.portoflongview.com.

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Dr. Hansen Puts Marathoner Back in the Game Emergency department RN Becky Berry has been a dedicated runner for more than 30 years.

Unfortunately, she has been plagued by chronic plantar fasciitis for much of her running career.

“It was painful and definitely limiting my running,” Berry said.

“It got to the point where it hurt just to walk.”

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