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ollowing the shocking snowfall on April 11 — talk about a wet blanket ­— and record amounts of rain and unseasonably cold temps since then, spring still seems to be making an effort to arrive. Let’s hope so! Meanwhile, it’s at least nice to see “normal” gatherings finally returning.

Broadway Gallery’s May 4th First Thursday event refreshed and delighted guests and artists alike, with smiling (unmasked!) faces, art overflowing, and general good cheer!

The Kelso PowWow (page 30) is back after the Covid hiatus, Salvation Army celebrates its 100th Anniversary May 22 (page 9), and the Mt. St. Helens Club has resumed their hikes.

One, set for June 11th at Hardy Ridge in the western Gorge, may catch a peak display of wildflowers (page 31). Tracy’s

Columnists and contributors: Tracy Beard Hal Calbom Alice Dietz Stuart Farmer Jim LeMonds Michael Perry Ned Piper Robert Michael Pyle Marc Roland Alan Rose Alice Slusher Greg Smith Debra Tweedy Dennis Weber Judy VanderMaten Editorial/Proofreading Assistants: Merrilee Bauman, Michael Perry, Marilyn Perry, Tiffany Dickinson, Debra Tweedy Advertising Manager: Ned Piper, 360-749-2632

Thank you, Hal, for treating us every month to fascinating, thoughtful, and inspiring looks at all these people and places.

This month’s feature on Julisa and Eric Wright, and their charming chocolate shop in Downtown Longview concludes — with an oozey, deeply delicious flourish — our 46-issue series

by Hal Calbom.

But readers, don’t worry! Hal’s not going anywhere. Next month, in the June 15, 2022 issue, we will launch People+Place Then and Now, part of “The Long View,” which is CRR’s year-long project honoring Longview’s Centennial in 2023.

People+Place grew out of a casual conversation at our class reunion in August 2017, when I invited Hal to write something for CRR. Knowing he was a media guy and “man of letters,” I imagined a witty, short piece about returning to one’s hometown (Can you go home again, Thomas Wolfe?)

But serendipity surfaced in spades, a bigger idea blossomed, and over these last four years, Hal has shone the

Julisa and Eric Wright, chocolatiers and playmates, cavort in front of their shop, Storyboard Delights, in Downtown Longview.

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Dispatches from the Discovery Trail ~ Episode 13

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Me & My Piano: Stuart Farmer, Welsh Bugler

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Astronomy / The Sky Report: May 20 – June 20

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Marc Roland on Wine: Noble Wines

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Lower Columbia Dining Guide

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Besides CRR What Else Are You Reading?

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Letter to the Editor

Civilized Living

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Today, unprompted, she suggested I get her a facial at her preferred provider in town. I was a bit taken aback, and thought perhaps I misheard her.

I could understand if we had been discussing possible gifts at the time, but the suggestion out of nowhere seems presumptuous. Thoughts?

GENTLE READER: Yes, it is presumptuous. But we have developed a culture of allowing people to choose their own presents. Gift registries are so common now that the very idea of deferring to the donors’ ideas is deemed naive.

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What if you are given something you don’t particularly want? Worse -- what if you therefore missed the opportunity to get other people to buy you what you do want? Miss Manners finds this attitude toward the expected generosity of others to be unseemly, but it is the premise on which your friend’s suggestion is based.

In all fairness, your offer of the condominium would involve extensive planning on her part. She could have thanked you and said that unfortunately, it was not possible for her to get away to enjoy your kind offer. Then you could have made another suggestion, or even asked her what she might like.

Instead, she took it upon herself to assume your function of deciding what to give her.

Does anyone stop to think how callous and pointless all this makes the entire concept of giving and receiving presents?

Cynics sneer at the adage, “It’s the thought that counts,” thinking it hypocritical, when what really counts is getting stuff for free. Or better yet, eliminating the danger of disappointment (to the recipient) and the nuisance of thinking (to the giver) entirely by substituting money for objects.

Thoughtfulness is flattering because it means that someone has noticed what you like, and cares to indulge you. When it works, it is a thrill to receive something wonderful that you may not have known you wanted -- from someone you realize really understands you.

Granted, that may be rare. Those with good intentions may misjudge or not know the recipient well enough.

Those with indifferent intentions find it easier to be told how to pay what they seem to owe.

That is why we allow a system of hinting and checking with third parties. But if people are going to outright choose their own presents, they might as well do their own shopping with the time and money they might have spent meeting the demands of others.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My teenage son blows his nose, loudly, in the shower. I maintain that it’s gross, and say he should use a tissue either before or after his shower. My husband says there’s nothing wrong with it.

I don’t want my son to unintentionally disgust others. What is your ruling on this?

GENTLE READER: That you should not be hanging around the bathroom while your teenaged son is taking a shower. Nor speculating about who might someday shower with him.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do I do when guests bring their own guests to our house?

I am not a practiced hostess, so I plan everything beforehand: menu, dishes to use, tables needed, etc. I’ve had guests show up at the door with family members who “happened to be cont page 10

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Lewis & Clark

DISPATCHES FROM THE DISCOVERY TRAIL EPISODE 13

The Painful Portage

By Michael O. Perry

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s we re-trace the steps of Lewis and Clark’s Expedition, we join them near the Great Falls in present-day Montana, as they continued their journey towards the Pacific Ocean.

Delays and more delays

After reaching the mouth of the present-day Maria’s River on June 2, 1805, the Corps spent over a week deciding which fork was the Missouri River. They proceeded up the south fork on June 11th and soon reached the Great Falls that the Indians had described. However, rather than just one waterfall, there were five.

The Captains had only planned on

spending one day to portage around the falls, but a full month would pass before they resumed their journey up the river.

Sacajawea had become very sick.

Attempts to revive her included several bleedings with applications of quinine and opium. Her husband, Charbonneau, wanted to take her back to the Mandan villages, but Clark refused. Finally, after drinking mineral water from a nearby sulfur spring, Sacajawea recovered and was able to eat, but relapsed after eating too many apples and dried fish. Lewis “rebuked Sharbono severely” for letting her eat such food after being told what she was allowed to eat. Several

Portage at the Great Falls – drawing on an interpretive sign at Sulphur Springs, Montana.

doses of saltpeter and laudanum led to her recovery. Lewis and Clark were concerned about Sacajawea for two reasons. First, if she died, who would take care of her baby, Pomp? Secondly, and perhaps of greater concern, who would translate when they reached the Shoshone Indians near the headwaters of the Missouri River? The fate of the Corps of Discovery would rest on their ability to obtain horses from the Indians, and without Sacajawea, there was little hope of making such a trade.

Big mistake

Grizzly bears presented a serious problem around the Great Falls.

While exploring a possible portage route, Lewis saw “a herd of at least a thousand buffaloe” and proceeded to

Lewis saw “a herd of at least a thousand buffaloe” and proceeded to shoot one.

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Michael Perry enjoys local history and travel. His popular 33-installment Lewis & Clark series appeared in Columbia River Reader’s early years and helped shape its identity and zeitgeist. After two encores, the series has been expanded and published in a book. Details, pages 2, 35.

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The portage was a huge effort that might have been avoided.

The Indians didn’t go by boat. The Indians went by horse — that’s the thing that Lewis and Clark found out later. They had spent two weeks getting to the Great Falls, eighteen days portaging around, and then a month reaching the Snake Indians to see about the horses. When they get there, they’re told, ‘Well, if you just would’ve gone across the overland route it’s only four days,’ and they had spent close to two months getting from one point to the other.”

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shoot one. While waiting for it to die, a large bear crept up behind Lewis to within 20 steps before he saw it.

Lewis immediately raised his gun to shoot, but quickly remembered he had not reloaded. Lewis thought he might be able to reach a tree about 300 yards away, but when he turned the bear “pitched at me, open mouthed and full speed, I ran about 80 yards… the idea struk me to get into the water to such debth that I could… defend myself with my espontoon… the moment I put myself in this attitude of defence he sudonly wheeled about as if frightened… and retreated,” running three miles across the prairie. Lewis added, “I felt myself not a little gratifyed that he had

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Lewis & Clark

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Rough road ahead

declined the combat. My gun reloaded I felt confidence once more… and determined never again to suffer my piece to be longer empty than the time she necessarily required to charge her.”

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It was just mind-boggling and Clark or Lewis, I forget which one, writes about how the men had to stop and rest every few minutes they were so tired. Sweat just poured off them. They stop and they instantly go to sleep. They just lay down and collapse. They were exhausted, but yet they didn’t complain. They get up and they do the job because that was what they were there for.”

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wheels, and the hardwood mast from the white pirogue was cut up to make axles. The actual portage began on June 21 and was completed on July 2.

Thankfully, temperatures were mild (mid-seventies), so the men were not faced with heat exhaustion in addition to physical exhaustion. The canoes weighed at least 1,000 pounds, and after pulling them out of the Missouri River canyon, they were filled with cargo and pulled across the reasonably level 18-mile portage route. However, the ground was far from smooth. After heavy rains, buffalo left deep hoof prints in the mud, and the sharp edges of those dried out tracks cut into the feet of the men as they pulled the heavy carts. In addition, long spines of the Prickly Pear cactus poked through the bottoms and sides of the men’s moccasins. Even after sewing a double thickness sole, their feet still looked like pin cushions. If that wasn’t enough, rattlesnakes were a constant threat and at least one man was bitten.

A total of four round trips were required to portage everything around the Great Falls. The men were utterly exhausted. Lewis wrote, “they are obliged to halt and rest frequently for a few minutes, at every halt these poor fellows

tumble down and are so much fortiegued that many of them are asleep in an instant; in short their fatiegues are incredible; some are limping from the soreness of their feet, others faint and unable to stand for a few minutes, with heat and fatiegue, yet no one complains, all go with cheerfulness.”

On the last two portage trips, the wind was strong and in the right direction to allow the men to raise the sail on two boats – literally, prairie schooners.

Hail to the Chief On June 27th, the men were caught on the open prairie in a violent thunderstorm lasting two hours. Clark wrote that hail stones “the size of a pigion’s egg and not unlike them in form covered the ground to a debth of 1-1/2 inches — for about 20 minutes during this storm hail fell of an innomus size driven with violence almost incredible, when they struck the ground they would bound to the hight of ten to 12 feet and pass 20 or thirty before they touched again.” Clark reported some hail stones weighed almost a quarter pound and measured 7 inches in circumference (more than 2 inches in diameter); they were round and perfectly solid. Clark wrote, “I am convinced if one of those had struck a man on the neaked head it would have knocked him down, if not fractured his skull.” Clark issued an extra ration of whiskey that night.

wind being So large and violent in the plains, and them naked, they were much bruised, and Some nearly killed – one knocked down three times, and others without hats or any thing on their heads bloodey & Complained veery much; I refreshed them with a little grog.” After the storm, the prairie was a sea of mud, making it impossible to move the carts. The portage was completed July 2nd – eleven days after they began.

However, the journey up the Missouri would not be resumed until July 14th.

Two days later another storm caught the men. This time, Clark led Sacajawea, Pomp, and Charbonneau to a deep ravine to seek shelter from the hail. Clark wrote, “a torrent of rain and hail fell more violent than ever I Saw before.”While hiding under a rock ledge, they were almost swept away when a 15-foot wall of water roared down the ravine and caught them by surprise. Clark’s slave, York, was not in the gully and thought they had been washed over the cliff into the Missouri. Several men were caught in the open during the storm, others abandoned the loaded canoes and ran for camp. Clark wrote, “the hail &

Next episode we’ll learn about the “Experiment” that would cause the 12day delay.

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The prickly pear were everywhere and those things have got spikes on them this long and they’re down low. The prickly pear doesn’t grow tall like a cactus, it stays low. So, these guys were out there pushing these things across these spiky things with only moccasins on. Then they get caught in a hailstorm and pulverized.

It was just terrible.” ~ Michael O.Perry

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Miss Manners

from page 4

in town.” I’ve had to add tables, bring down extra dishes and send my husband for takeout to provide enough food.

This has resulted in my being a complete wreck for the evening, thinking vengeful thoughts about the “generous” guests!

Is there a courteous way to handle this?

I don’t feel it would be polite to ask the uninvited to leave.

GENTLE READER: No, it wouldn’t.

They are most likely innocent parties, who have been assured that you will be delighted to include them.

So Miss Manners prefers to deal with the guilty parties.

“I’m so sorry you didn’t warn us about bringing other guests so we could prepare for them,” you should pull them aside to s a y. “ Wo u l d you be so kind now as to help us out?”

They are then the ones you send out for extra food, and seat separately if there is no room for them at the main table. If they do not understand, at that point, how much trouble they have caused, they will when the people they brought rave about how welcoming you were to them. .

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I regularly send gifts to my sister and her children. Each time I send a gift, I sign a card that accompanies it.

My husband and teenage son do not remember special occasions, nor do they select gifts, send them or sign the cards. When I’ve asked for their assistance, they’ve shown no interest in doing so.

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I have not told my sister about the gift-giving process in our household, nor do I intend to. The issue is that she always sends a thank-you note to me, my husband and teenage son for the gifts.

Who is the proper recipient of a thank-you note when only one person in the family signs the card? I would like to know for my own personal information, and not to argue with my sister. cont page 16

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A Different Way of Seeing

THE TIDEWATER REACH Poem by Robert Michael Pyle • Photograph by Judy VanderMaten • Field Note by Hal Calbom

HIGHS AND LOWS

Due to the river’s extreme tidal range, the canneries used pilings elevated well above the surface to accommodate tidal fluctuations.

Most of today’s piling remnants are short, rotted and continuing to erode. The few high pilings remaining evoke the elevated life among the canneries, the network of ladders and ramps that accommodated the shifting tides, and the fishermen and work gangs laboring 24 hours a day during rich salmon runs.

Ship Report Nine ships on the river today four outside, five inside Tongue Point, how I count them. Each morning the radio station gives the Ship Report, telling who’s here, where from and where to, and what they carry, potash, grain, logs, cars.

Most of them have black tops, white bridges. and red hulls, but sometimes blue, or green.

Since 9/11 and the Patriot Act, the happy sight of crewmen traipsing the town is behind us. No more parties for Russian sailors, no Asian men in watch caps and pea coats schlepping bags: gifts and goods bound for Seoul, or Manila.

Now the greeting committee and only customs official: this great blue heron hunched on rotten piling, exacting duty from anyone who thinks of coming ashore — tribute paid solely in the coin of cold raindrops, falling on his sodden plume.

On this page we excerpt poems, pictures and field notes from our own “Field Guide to the Lower Columbia River in Poems and Pictures,” The Tidewater Reach, by Gray’s River resident and renowned naturalist Robert Michael Pyle, and Cathlamet photographer Judy VanderMaten.

The two dreamed for years of a collaborative project, finally realized when Columbia River Reader Press published color and black and white editions of The Tidewater Reach in 2020, and a third, hybrid edition in 2021, all presenting “a different way of seeing” our beloved Columbia River.

Field Guide to the

Lower Columbia River in

Poems and Pictures

Robert Michael Pyle Judy VanderMaten

For information on ordering, as well as our partner bookshops and galleries, see pages 2 and 35.

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OUT•AND•ABOUT

Spring hike: Catherine Creek Arch Loop Catch the wildflowers before they disappear for the season

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atherine Creek Arch Loop is one of Washington’s top places to see abundant spring and summer wildflowers. Whether you are looking for a short stroll or a vigorous hike, this region has something for everyone. Although you can hike the area any time of year, I recommend visiting in the springtime. The flowers begin to bloom each year in late February and finish sometime in June, depending on the weather. Each month in the spring brings a new landscape for artists to paint, photographers to capture and visitors to enjoy.

An Easy Walk In the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Catherine Creek Arch Loop is located on the north side of Columbia River just

Story & photos by Tracy Beard

east of Bingen, Washington. It is approximately two hours from Longview. Getting to Catherine Creek Arch Loop is easy (see driving directions, below). If you are looking for a leisurely walk, hike on the paved lower loop on the south side of the road. This path features several signs with information about the various flowers, the history and the topography of the area.

There are also numerous spots where you can stop and admire spectacular views of Mt. Hood.

There were several places where you could sit down and take in the views of the river or enjoy a snack. I did this particular hike with my daughter Brittney.

More of a Challenge

On the north side of the road is a sign with an extensive map located past the gate next to the parking lot. It displays the various loops on the hillside. The paths on this side are dirt, and many are very rocky and more challenging. I hiked the Arch Loop, which heads east across a log bridge and up the hill on Catherine Creek Trail on a different day. It loops up and around and comes back down on Tracy Hill Trail.

The Columbia River and Mt. Hood views are even more phenomenal from this side. The incline is not too difficult, but the rocks can be tough on the feet. It was an exceptionally sunny day, and the grassy meadows were filled with yellow, purple and pink flowers. The blue waters cont page 13

Driving Directions From I-5, take I-84 east to Exit 64; cross the Col. River via Hood River Bridge. Turn right on WA-14. Go 5.8 miles to Old Hwy 8, parking lot is 1.5 miles up on Hwy 8.

Or for a more scenic drive, travel east onWA-14 rather than the Oregon side. Take I-5 Exit 2, go east 54 miles on WA-14 to old Hwy 8 (about 5 miles past Bingen); parking lot is 1.5 miles up on Hwy 8.

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of the Columbia River sparkled in the sunshine. During my hike, I visited other hikers who traversed the trail in the opposite direction. They said it was easier to make the Arch Loop hike in reverse. They went up the Tracy Trail and down the Catherine Creek Trail, something I will try next time.

The Wild Flower History The Catherine Creek area is prone to harsh weather. The summer heat can reach above 100 degrees, and winter nights can go below freezing. Every plant species has different water and sunlight needs; some thrive in the grassy areas, some by the creek and others under the trees.

In the early 1900s the landscape was an explosion of vibrant color with bold yellow balsamroot (a member of the sunflower family,) fiery red paintbrush and cool blue lupine. Locals referred to the area as Sunflower Hill because of all the balsamroot.

Over the years, continuous cattle grazing eliminated many of the seeds.

In 1987 the cattle were removed when the U.S. Forest Service acquired the Catherine Creek area. Volunteers and forest service employees spent years building trails, and in 1998 they were finally completed. The new paths and lack of cattle have allowed the wildflowers to regenerate. Seeds are transported throughout the gorge via the winds and the feet of local critters.

blue and white bicolored cluster lilies appear.

When the deep-purple meadow larkspur, red and yellow blanket flower and the blue and purple bachelor buttons appear, we have reached the “denouement,” or final act of the season, and we must wait through another cold winter to see this spectacular show again.

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Setting the Stage

Tracy Beard writes about luxury and adventure travel, traditional and trendy fine dining and libations for regional, national and international magazines. She is in her seventh year as CRR’s “Out & About” columnist. She recently returned to Longview after living for several years in Vancouver, Wash.

The opening act at Catherine Creek takes place in March when yellow bells, Columbia desert parsley, gold stars and grass widow cover the area. In April, blue-eyed Mary, yellow balsamroot, blue Columbia Gorge lupine and white plectritis take the stage. In May, yellow Oregon sunshine, pink bitter root, red paintbrush and

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MEDICAL MATTERS Dr. McLeod delivers lessons to fellow surgeons By Jim LeMonds

fracture repair,” he said. The meeting was sponsored by the Foot and Ankle Society of Colorado. McLeod spoke in March at a conference in Portland hosted by Arthrex, a global medical device company and leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics.

“I instructed other surgeons in our area about minimally i n v a s i v e techniques for addressing ankle fractures and bunion repairs.”

Jake McLeod, dpm , of Longview Orthopedic Associates, has been a busy man. In addition to treating patients, Dr. McLeod has provided instruction to his fellow podiatrists.

In February, McLeod spoke at the Highlands Foot and Ankle Institute in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

“I presented on new technology associated with ankle fractures, specifically minimally invasive

Dr. McLeod is one of the only surgeons in Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon who performs minimally invasive surgery for bunion correction. This approach offers a faster recovery with much less scarring and fewer soft tissue complications than traditional methods.

correct the bunion using three or four small stab incisions less than half a centimeter in length,” he said.

“The result is less trauma to the tissue and bone, faster healing, and less postoperative pain. This allows patients to get back on their feet more quickly.”

He noted there has been a significant push across all facets of orthopedics to minimize incisions, either by making fewer of them or by making them smaller. That trend has been reflected in Dr. McLeod’s foot and practice at Longview Orthopedic Associates.

Dr. McLeod is double board certified in foot surgery and reconstructive ankle surgery. In addition to treating sprains, fractures, bunions, flat feet, and arthritis, he performs reconstructive foot and ankle surgery, total ankle replacements, and ankle arthroscopy.

“Using a minimally invasive surgery technique, I’m typically able to

Dr. Jake McLeod

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Miss Manners

from page 10

GENTLE READER: Indeed, there seems no reason to argue with your sister when there are more convenient targets under your own roof.

But Miss Manners assumes that your husband and teenage son make other contributions to family life, so that the chores even out in the end. On this basis, etiquette sides with your sister in assuming that the family as a whole deserves thanks for benefits presumably bestowed by the group — without inquiring minutely into who chose the gift, who put it in the mail or who washed the dishes that evening.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: About 10 years ago, my mother-in-law passed away. We had a wonderful relationship, and on her deathbed, she gifted me with her wedding band. I told her that I would “cherish it forever.”

Fast-forward 10 years, and her son and I are going through a divorce. Am I obligated to return the ring to him or his sister?

GENTLE READER: Legally? No. She gave it; you got it; it’s yours.

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We must beware of a tyranny of opinion which tries to make only one side of a question the one which may be heard. Everyone is in favour of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage. ~Winston Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister, 1874-1965 There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone, at their work, you would find them smiling. ~ Mirabel Osler, English writer and garden designer, 1925-2016 The year’s at the spring, And day’s at the morn; Morning’s at seven; The hillside’s dew-pearled; The lark’s on the wing; The snail’s on the thorn: God’s in his heaven-All’s right with the world!

--Robert Browning, English poet, from “Pippa Passes,” 1812-1889 The time to begin most things is ten years ago. ~ Mignon McLaughlin, American journalist and author, 1913-1983

Morally, Miss Manners is inclined to say yes. This was not an ordinary present.

Your former mother-in-law thought it would remain in the family, and unless you can pass it on to one of her grandchildren, it should be returned.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a meal with my brother, who kindly picked up the bill. When I offered to pay the tip, he implied that that offer was not appropriate, and that he would pay the tip. I ended up feeling somewhat humiliated, as if I didn’t know the appropriate etiquette.

GENTLE READER: Your brother was wrong to correct your manners and also wrong about the etiquette — which may ease your embarrassment, but also precludes your correcting him. Pay the bill next time, and suggest that, in future, you should just split it.

••• 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, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

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people+ place Hot Chocolate: Eric and Julisa Wright

Bean to Bar and Back Again Good stories, like good relationships, often rely on chemistry.

Or in the case of this month’s People+Place feature, physics. The improbable origin of Storyboard Delights and its founder- owners, Julisa and Eric Wright, relies upon two skill sets: those of the chocolate maker, who transforms raw cocoa beans into flowing syrup; and those of the chocolatier, who shapes, forms and hardens the finished product.

The Wrights source their beans from a broker who ensures their provenance and ethical harvest practices, most from equatorial and exotic regions — Belize, Tanzania, Bolivia — and delivered by the pound in burlap bags. The beans have been fermented and dried before shipping around the world.

The chocolate maker carefully roasts the beans, with frequent progress checks, for fifteen to twenty minutes per batch, then dumps them into an ingenious machine called a winnower. This worthy gadget cracks the roasted beans and separates the crumbly husks from the “nibs,” which will become the essence of the chocolate.

Then to the grinder.

40 hours in the grinder! Can that be right? No wonder Eric grew wary of driving his L.A. neighbors crazy. But it takes that much time to grind the nibs into almost atomic chocolate particles and release the pasty cocoa butter that creates the oozy, rich syrup sometimes called the “chocolate liquor.”

Like so many successful small businesses, Storyboard Delights is greater than the sum of its parts.

And what parts they are.

There’s comfort, charm, and quirky decor. A variety of hand-crafted and wildly imaginative creations in chocolate. Delectable books and welcoming plush chairs. And an historic storefront location in Longview’s Columbia River Mercantile building, now known simply as The Merk.

Above all, though, Storyboard Delights runs on the energy and enthusiasm of its owners, Julisa and Eric Wright. More than simply a chocolate shop, it’s an experience — an inspired fusion of their very different backgrounds, his as a physicist and hers as an actor and set designer.

Call it quantum mechanics meets song and dance. The chocolate is to die for, of course; but it’s the floor show that may be the best in town.

Julisa: It does feel like a theater when people come in. I hope it does.

HC: And a lot more than just making chocolate. I love all the books.

Julisa: It’s like designing a moment.

We don’t want people to think that we just put on a show. But we genuinely love every person that comes in and try to make them more than just a customer, have a moment that feels welcoming, and comfortable.

HC: And artistic? Is this decor all your work?

Julisa: Always a work in progress.

I love designing and re-designing this space, the hand-painted floor,

redoing all the walls. I want you to come in and feel like you can escape from whatever your troubles are, and come in and feel good, and have something appealing and interesting to look at and do.

HC: Where does the “storyboard delights” theme come from?

Eric: We both have a performing background. So I suppose it’s our own personal stage. Even if you don’t like chocolate, we want it to be a very cool experience just to come in — the fact that our cocoa doesn’t come out of a machine. Each cup is handmade.

There’s always a process of some kind going on.

HC: There’s a popular phrase now that we’re in “the experience economy.”

NICE TO MEET YOU Eric & Julisa Wright RESIDE Longview, Washington FROM Longview, Washington (Julisa); Buffalo, Minnesota (Eric) OCCUPATION Entertaining chocolatiers KNOWN FOR Shenanagins, antics, theatrics READING

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab FOR FUN Making forts with our kids, arts & crafts, exploring nature RECOMMEND Filling your day with wonder

Julisa: That’s totally us. I’ve worked in theater since I can remember, and spent time in Los Angeles as a set designer. So the “experience” part of having a place like this is front and center. And I think people get it.

Eric: And we’ve both spent time in the film industry, too. That’s where the storyboards come from. cont page 18

Finally, through a process of tempering, the chocolate is rendered into basic bars and ready for the handiwork — and artwork — of the chocolatier. In the case of Storyboard Delights, chocolate maker and chocolatier reside under the same roof, and perform their alchemy in concert every day.

Whether you’re a chocoholic are not, please enjoy this month’s People+Place!

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People

from page 17

HC: And the sculptures in chocolate!

I think I might know who that little chocolate man is? The one with the raven on his head?

Eric: That’s Edgar Allan Poe, all right.

I’ve always loved to sculpt little figures and even filled up our apartment with all these geeky crazy heads of things I’d made in clay. So when I found out I could do it in chocolate…wow!

Julisa: So we hope people step out of their fast-paced lives and yes, it’s going to be a little slower here. But because we do everything with love and care we try not to hurry things. We don’t even have wi-fi. I hope you can be here and just be present in the moment.

HC: Are you chocoholics?

Eric: Not really. We’re mostly sour candy people.

Julisa: Which is good. Otherwise we’d eat up all our product.

Eric and Julisa’s origin storyboard is a Hollywood scenario, too. She from Longview, he from a similarly-sized

“I put the grinder in the bathroom next to the tub and groun town in Minnesota, both were bound for the bright lights of Los Angeles via very different paths. Julisa performed in everything R.A. Long High School’s theatre program produced under the late Dana Brown and then, Susan Donahue. Went to Portland, Toronto, and ultimately Los Angeles to do improv comedy and learn set design. Eric, meanwhile, visited family in the City of Angels and decided if he were going to pursue his degree in physics why not do it in the southland sunshine, not the Minnesota chill.

Both waited their share of tables, the standard LA apprenticeship, with Eric eventually joining the utility industry and Julisa designing sets.

Then Eric’s brother, a fledgling LA actor, invited him to see a local production.

Eric: And I came down to go to the play. And Julisa was actually playing my brother’s daughter in the play. And I’m thinking — even though it turns out she’s older than I am

— ‘Oh, she’s cute, but she’s playing a 16 year-old in this thing.’

Oh well, yeah, too bad. And then I found out she was three years older than me. That’s how good an actress she is! And I was like, great. Let’s go out!

HC: And this is all still pre-chocolate?

Julisa: Oh, yeah. So we fell in love and got married, and Eric worked in the utility industry, and we had two kids, Cordelia and Eloise… and we were visiting his parents in Minnesota.

And he found this really beautiful book on how to make beanto-bar chocolate.

HC: Bean-to-bar?

Eric: Yep. Totally hand made — cocoa beans, processing, the whole schmear — and you end up with a candy bar. I’ve still got the book. It’s my Bible (See selected books, page 22).

Julisa: So, he’s got this great science background, and he’s always loved baking and cooking and all of that. And he’s like, ‘Well, I think I could do this.’ And the hobby he had before chocolates was he raised snails and made our own escargot.

And I was like, ‘Okay, that was fun once, but you don’t need to do that again.’ So obviously, I’m going to like chocolates more than escargot. But it all started because he read a book.

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nd beans like making bootleg gin. ” ~ Eric Wright

HC: And meanwhile your wife, Julisa is...

Eric: Totally involved in design school And she was learning how to do moldmaking with silicone. And so we said, ‘Well, what if we made chocolate molds for these heads? We could do all sorts of stuff!’

HC: The moment of discovery?

Eric: Coming together. I started sculpting little bars, candy bars, and we still have a couple of the original ones in a case. Little tiny simple sculpted bars. And it started turning out that this was pretty fun.

HC: But you’re still in the apartment with the grinder in the bathroom? And Julisa, you’re designing sets?

Eric: I’ve always liked to do these things made from scratch. I like to make our puff pastry or make our croissant dough by hand from scratch. And so the idea of making chocolate — which was something I had no concept of how it was made or how it’s grown or even where it came from — that was cool.

So I thought, well, let’s give it a try.

with me grinding beans. I put the grinder in the bathroom next to the tub and ground beans like making bootleg gin. And lo and behold, next morning we had this chocolate. And it tasted pretty good.

HC: So you were the technician and Julisa the designer?

HC: Now I get the physics part. The Young Frankenstein part.

Julisa: No! In fact this whole thing was us finding the middle. Tell him about the freak creatures!

Eric: Totally. I mean I told you I used to make these tiny geeky heads out of clay on the commute to work. But this is in Los Angeles in our tiny, tiny apartment. And I bought myself a grinder.

Eric: Well, yes, I had some time on my hands — I commuted an hour and a half each way in LA — so I got into making these monster heads, these creatures, out of modeling clay...

Julisa: Remember, we have a baby asleep here...

Eric: So I turned on the grinder with the beans. And you’ve heard how loud these grinders are. Well, the smaller ones are even louder than the utility ones. And so we had a one-year-old and I couldn’t keep her up all night

Julisa: And then he found out he could do them in chocolate!

Eric: Yes! But Julisa was not a fan of having our home decorated with disgusting sculpted heads. And nobody wants to buy a little sculpted head because everyone said, ‘Well, that’s cool, but what would I do with it?’

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Julisa: I’m finally making it as a set designer, but you have to be on set for 17 hours a day. And we’re not getting to see each other, and we desperately want to still be a family? So, yeah.

Over a lunch of a roast beef sandwich in a New York style deli, downtown LA, we’re like, ‘We’re moving back to Washington.’

Today you’ll find their combined work — the staging of a customer experience and the physics of perfected chocolate — open to all at a Downtown Longview historic building, The Merk. Originally known as the Columbia River Mercantile, it boasts an impressive story of its own: built as the Long-Bell company store, evolved through the years as the Bon Marché department store, and now home to this enterprising hive of smaller businesses dedicated to the experience economy. Eric and Julisa credit the old home town not just with closeness to parents, and great schooling for their daughters, but for the very success of their business and the realization of their dreams.

HC: Why Longview? This feels like you could, or should, be in New York or LA? Eric: We couldn’t do this in New York or Los Angeles.

HC: You’re not serious!

Eric: I’m completely serious. None of this would exist if we hadn’t been here, in Longview. Sure, we had big ideas, and we thought, well, we’re coming from Los Angeles, big city, so let’s move to Portland. And I could find a job as an energy analyst or whatever.

So we moved here from LA, stayed with Julisa’s parents for awhile just to make the transition. And we just kind of fell in love with the place. I did, for sure. And it was amazing once we got here to see how the doors started opening for us.

HC: Such as?

Julisa: Well, for one thing, the cost — you don’t set up a storefront business in New York City on a small business loan. But here, there were so many cont page 20 Columbia River Reader / May15, 2022 / 19

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people wanting to help us. Going out of their way to help us. Kimmi at Sugar Pearl Dessert Company, for instance.

Eric: I walked into the Sugar Pearl. And I spoke with Kimmi and I said, ‘Hey, I’m getting started here. I’m looking for a commercial kitchen to

pay me in chocolate ‘til you get on your feet.’ That was a Tuesday. And then that Friday, I moved in. She said, ‘Here’s your station, come and go as you please.’

HC: And she’s still your neighbor, I see, right across the lobby here?

Eric: People are so enthusiastic — we’re all stronger if each one of us is successful. There’s a really exciting movement of people here downtown. People really working hard at it. None of it would have happened if we hadn’t been in a small town, or specifically in Longview, I think, because very few people would give you a break like that.

Julisa: There’s so much support for us in a smaller community.

And we’ve seen that through the pandemic — just the way that people are coming in and supporting and wanting to see things maintained or sustained and make sure we’re doing okay. That’s so, so neat.

HC: I’m sure some of it has to do with the atmosphere and good will you’ve created? Besides good chocolate?

rent. What do you think? How much would it cost that I could come in when you’re not working or something?’

Julisa: And we told her up front that we were going to do chocolate, and maybe sell books, so we could be competition for her business, really.

Eric: And I think it was within the first conversation she just handed me a key and she said, ‘Go for it.

Follow your dreams.’ And I said, ‘What are you talking about? She’s like, ‘It’s free. Just, you know, Hal Calbom grew up in Longview and attended R.A.Long High School. He is editor for CRRPress, producer of CRR’s “People+Place” monthly feature, to be expanded to “People +Place Then and Now” June 2022 – June 2023 in honor of Longview’s Centennial.

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Eric: I hope so, but I can tell you virtually for certain, especially during the pandemic, if we had opened our shop in Portland — where everybody said you should open your shop in Portland, that’s where the real money is — when that pandemic hit we’d have been out of business immediately.

Julisa: We want to bring this special thing to Longview. So we’re a place for other people to come here and see how cool it is. And see what’s so neat about Longview, too. So we can attract people from outside. Now we’re getting people who drive up from Eugene, or from Seattle, just to visit our shop.

And then like, great, go look at this shop over here, go over there, make sure you walk the Lake and do this cool stuff. This is a wonderful place and we’re so happy to be here!

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s a teenager, growing up in Wales during WWII was quite a challenge. At 14, I joined the army cadets, which was associated with my school. I learned to fire a rifle, fix a bayonet, and generally to defend myself should we be invaded by the Germans. I also learned to play a bugle. In the school’s drum and bugle band, I soon became quite proficient on this instrument, eventually playing at military funerals and also leading the bugle section of the band.

Meanwhile, the war continued, and I vividly remember seeing houses around my school burned to the ground by incendiary bombs from the previous night’s raid. The fact that my school was still standing was so frustrating to a teenager! I had progressed to the position of drum major of the band, marching in parades through the streets of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.

In 1957, I was granted a visa to come to the United States, where I settled in Longview, Washington. I was now 26 years of age and wanted to pursue my interest in music. After purchasing a trumpet at a local store, I soon

Welsh boy bugler becomes fine trumpet player realized I had no idea how to use the three valves on this instrument. A bugle has no valves and is capable of only five notes. I became very frustrated until I heard of a local school teacher who also gave trumpet lessons in Korten’s in downtown Longview.

I visited the store and immediately heard the sound of trumpets upstairs. I waited until that lesson ended and the teacher, Mr. Bob Warren, asked me if he could help me. I explained my situation and asked if he would teach me how to use the valves on my trumpet. He said he only taught school-agers and not grown-ups. But he agreed to listen to what I could do as a bugle player. I was quite nervous at first but soon was double- and triple-tonguing and playing tunes that the five notes on a bugle was capable of. He was impressed, and agreed to give me lessons. We eventually became good friends, our families getting together on special occasions.

His baton

few years he suggested I try out for the symphony orchestra, in which he played first chair trumpet. I was excited at the thought of sitting alongside him in such a fine orchestra. I was accepted and finally reached my ambition to play as second trumpet in the Southwest Washington Symphony orchestra, a position I held for five years and which was one of the best musical experiences of my life.

Mr. Warren taught me for two years and then suggested I join the “soft lip band,” consisting of older members who met weekly for the enjoyment of playing together. The conductor was Mr. Irvin Gattiker, who taught at Lower Columbia College.

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Noble grapes

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By Greg Smith

was having a conversation the other day with a friend and he asked, “What are noble grapes?” I thought I knew the answer, but stumbled after naming the few that came to mind. I hear the term all the time in various text books and wine publications, but never really paid much attention to it. Why does it matter? I asked. The only grapes I really think about are the ones I use to make wine. This conversation led me to find out more. First and foremost, I needed to be able to answer the question as a wine professional, and second, I hoped to learn something. So here we go.

The only three I knew were Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Chardonnay. After that, I just threw out a few possible suspects, and then headed to Google, of course. The historical noble grapes include three reds — Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, and Merlot, and three whites — Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling.

The key is historical. They are grapes that were planted in Europe and were the most successful. I’ve used the term “Noble Grapes” over the years, but without much explanation of its use. What is a “noble grape” and why is it important to know about them?

These grapes are internationally known and are considered the most recognized for making top quality wine. They also come from distinct regions with recognizable flavor profiles. The French want to take credit for all six noble varieties. I’ll give that to them.

But they slipped in two more varietals to the list: Syrah and Cabernet Franc! It is not surprising that all the red noble grapes end up in Bordeaux wines — “Cépage noble” (using noble grapes) as they say. I’m sticking to six noble grapes because it’s just easier to remember. The French were notorious for drinking and developing the wine trade around the world.

From Louis XIV to today, they exported this luxury product, and introduced it across the globe. Of course over time, these grapes have been planted all over the world, including here in Washington.

A good place to start as a wine taster would be to get familiar with these grapes. The trend now is to find unusual varieties and lesser known wines, which is exciting, but my guess is the noble grapes will always be the go-to grapes in the long run. Even as hundreds of new clones and hybrid grapes become commonplace, I predict we’ll get tired of chasing the next new grape varietal to come along. It is certain we will return to the big six. The French got it right!

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e are approaching summer. We should be getting more clear nights for us to enjoy the evening skies. It is getting warmer in the evening so put on a light jacket and enjoy a delightful time of night sky treats. The brightest stars are now coming out around 9:00 pm. This would be the time of early evening viewing.

Around 9:30pm is when you will be seeing a lot more stars.

The Evening Sky There are still no planets in the evening skies. All the visible planets are currently appearing in the morning. The planets will return in late summer.

The Morning Sky Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are up before sunrise. On May 29th by 5am Jupiter and Mars are in conjunction just above the South southeast horizon. Venus is due east, with Jupiter and Mars next in line. Saturn is in the south They are following what is known as the ecliptic or the path of the sun.

It may seem that the ecliptic is low on the horizon, but it rises during the day. Saturn rises first at midnight Jupiter and Mars rise around 3:30am. Venus rises around 4:20am just north of east Night Sky Spectacle: Virgo now commands the south. This is the best time to view the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The Messier-named galaxies are in full Moon Phases: view. The 3rd Quarter: Sun, May 22 bright star New: Saturday, Mon, May 30 Spica is 1st Quarter: Tues, June 7 your guide Full: Tues, June 14

to these galaxies End of twilight - when the or dim stars start to come out: Fri, May 20, 9:19pm lint balls Mon, May 30, 9:31pm of the Mon, June 20, 9:45pm sky. You will need a telescope and a dark southern sky to find them. Otherwise, Longview’s and Portland’s light pollution will wash them all out.

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Shrinking under the sky

Feeling overwhelmed, intimidated not always a bad thing!

By Greg Smith

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he signs of summer are appearing in the night sky.

Vega is rising in the Northeast, and Hercules is gaining height in the eastern sky, as well. The longer days and longer evenings are a definite sign of summer approaching. Astronomers are awaiting the first results of the James Webb Telescope in June. I am looking forward to some clear nights this summer to share the sky with my granddaughters, pointing out the constellations and stars.

This past spring has been so cloudy and wet that it has shut down night viewing for so many of us amateur sky watchers.

A friend of mine told me recently that looking at the night sky was a bit intimidating. It was expressed in a way that they showed a feeling of smallness, especially when looking through a pair of binoculars. It was the fact that they could see so many more stars. Seeing just the few thousand naked eye stars that we normally see can be humbling enough, but seeing the thousands more stars in binoculars can be overwhelming when you stop to contemplate what you are actually seeing. A binocular view of the sky is such a small part of the sky. Then when you move the binoculars just a bit, you see thousands more. Keep repeating this for a while and you can be truly overwhelmed.

Most of naked eye stars that we see are 10 light years apart, or more. The distance between those stars is not in a 2-dimensional flat plane, but a three-dimensional universe. We, ourselves, have stars that are closer than 10 light years. The Alpha Centauri system is only 4.2 and a triple star system, and the bright star Sirius is 8.6 and a double. The double stars are the closest together, as well as the members of star clusters which can be less than one light year apart. It is said that most stars are not the single star that our sun is. Being born in a star nursery does increase the odds of stars having companions.

Our sun was born in a nursery, but I guess it never had a childhood companion when it finally was torn from the nursery by the galaxy’s gravitational fluctuations.

Astronomers believe we can see its siblings in the night sky. The siblings consist of some of stars of the Big Dipper and stars in the Hyades star cluster in Taurus. At least one of the siblings has a companion. The star Mizar in the Big Dipper’s handle does have a tight companion. With a telescope, look very closely at Mizar and see if you can see the small star very close to it. The naked eye companion to Mizar is Alcor. It, too, is a multiple star. Between these two easily close stars there is a system of six stars. So, yes, a number of stars are not singles like our sun.

The depiction of the two suns in “Star Wars” on the planet Tatooine is not out of the question. In fact, such a star system has been found with a planet orbiting two stars.

Have some fun looking at the stars and just be overwhelmed and intimidated by what you see.

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Sunshine Pizza & Catering 2124 Columbia Blvd. Hot pizza, cool salad bar. Beer & wine. Limited inside seating, curbside pickup and delivery.

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Big River Tap Room 313 Strand Street on the Riverfront.

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The Original Pietrio’s Pizzeria

239 Huntington Ave. North, Drive-thru. Pastries, sandwiches, salads, quiche. See ad, page 6.

Goble Tavern

70255 Columbia River Hwy. (Milepost 31, Hwy. 30) Food, beer & wine + full bar, Live entertainment 11–11 Daily. Inside dining.

503-556-4090

MERKANTILE CAFE In The Merk (1339 Commerce Ave., #111). Heart-healthy food; Rice bowls, smoothie bowls, soups, curries, salads.

Open Tues–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 10am– 3pm.

St. Helens, Ore.

Parker’s Steak House & Brewery 1300 Mt. St. Helens Way. I-5 Exit 49.

Lunch, Dinner. Burgers, hand-cut steak; seafood and pasta. Restaurant opens 11am, Lounge 12 Noon. Closed Monday.

360-967-2333. Call for status/options.

Vault Books & Brew 20 Cowlitz Street West, Castle RockCoffee and specialty drinks, quick eats & sweet treats. See ad, page 28.

Kalama, Wash.

215 N. Hendrickson Dr., Port of Kalama.

A Northwest pub and unique bars serving breakfast, lunch & dinner daily.

Info & reservations, bar hours at mcmenamins.com. 8am–midnight daily.

360- 673-9210. Indoor dining, covered outdoor seating, curbside take-out.

298 S. 1st St. Family friendly, food, 14 tap handles.

Open daily 11am-10pm. See ad, pg 14.

Scappoose, Ore. Fultano’s Pizza 51511 SE 2nd. Family style with unique pizza offerings, hot grill items & more!

“Best pizza around!” Sun–Th 11am–9pm; Fri-Sat 11am–10pm. Full bar service ‘til 10pm Fri & Sat. Deliveries in Scappoose.

503-543-5100. Inside Dining.

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. 503-543-3017

Warren, Ore. Warren Country Inn 56575 Columbia River Hwy. Fine family dining. Breakfast, lunch & dinner. Full bar. Call for hours.503-410-5479.

Check Facebook for updates. Dine-in.

Toutle, Wash.

DREW’S GROCERY & SERVICE

Temporarily Closed. 5304 Spirit Lake Hwy (10 mi. fr Exit 49) Picnic table, or to go, full deli, fried chicken, chowder, fish, shrimp. See ad, page 22.

Woodland, Wash.

“SoCo”

1350 Atlantic Ave. Rotating craft brews, pub fare. Open M-Th 11am–6pm; Fri–Sat 11am–10pm; Sunday 11am–6pm.

360-841-8941. See ad, page 24.

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Coffee Company 1230 Lewis River Rd. Small batch on-site roasted coffee, breakfast, lunch. Inside seating. M-F 5:30am–6pm, Sat 6am–5pm, Sun 7am–3pm. See ad, page 6.

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BESIDES COLUMBIA RIVER READER...

What are you reading?

Monthly feature coordinated by Alan Rose

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while growing up and later depended on lap swims for regular exercise. That meant I spent a lot of time in the pool. “Getting into the flow of swimming” is how she describes it and she got it perfectly: that sense of isolation in plain sight; the opportunity to clear the brain; the liberation of daydreaming; and the opportunity to relax while churning up waves between breaths!

If you’ve ever enjoyed swimming, you’ll like this 258-page book.

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Tsui takes us on a brief walk through D e n n i s We b e r i s history (even pre-history and a retired history teacher, violinist, mythology.) sharing many stories former Longview from across the world, including an mayor, and current Icelandic shipwreck survivor, still Cowlitz County honored annually with a community commissioner. swim-a-thon nearly fifty years later; a woman who nearly lost a leg after a nasty fall only to discover through aquatics her talent for swimming marathons; an American Temperature conditioned swim club using a pool in one units -15 sizes! of Saddam Hussein’s former RV Storage • Boat Moorage palaces in Iraq; a truly icy-cold Quality since 1976 swim in the Arctic Ocean; Resident Manager and a much warmer open503-728-2051 water swim at Sydney’s Manly 503-369-6503 Beach in Australia.

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Cover to Cover

Top 10 Bestsellers PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17 2. Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95 3. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99 4. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99 5. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99 6. The Lost Apothecary Sarah Penner, Park Row, $17.99 7. The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin, Dutton, $17 8. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17 9. The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99 10. People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry, Berkley, $16

PAPERBACK NON-FICTION 1. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20 2. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95 3. The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19 4. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95 5. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99 6. Come As You Are Emily Nagoski, PhD., Simon & Schuster, $18 7. Broken Horses: A Memoir Brandi Carlile, Crown, $18 8.Swim in a Pond in the Rain George Saunders, Random House, $18.99 9. Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir Madeleine Albright, Harper Perennial, $18.99 10. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18

BOOK REVIEW Ex-Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread Michiko Kakutani Clarkson Potter Publishers

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’m a sucker for books like this: books about other book lovers’ favorite works, like the way I’m irresistibly drawn to the bookshelves when visiting someone’s home—What do they like to read? What favorites do we share in common? Any tantalizing titles here I’ve not read?—for books reflect the souls of the people who own them.

This is certainly true of Michiko Kakutani, longtime book critic for the New York Times. She shares “100+” of her favorite books and why they are important to her. (Apparently, she Alan’s haunting novel of the AIDS epidemic, As If Death Summoned, won the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award (LGBT category.)

He can be reached at www.alan-rose.com.

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1. Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25 2. Time Is a Mother Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $24 3. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29 4. Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher, Tor, $25.99 5. The Candy House Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $28 6. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26 7. Spear Nicola Griffith, Tordotcom, $19.99 8. City on Fire Don Winslow, Morrow, $28.99 9. French Braid Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27 10. The Atlas Six Olivie Blake, Tor, $25.99

1. Atlas of the Heart Brené Brown, Random House, $30 2. Half Baked Harvest Every Day Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $29.99 3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95 4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99 5. How to Tell a Story The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $28 6. Atomic Habits James Clear, Avery, $27 7. Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases Paul Holes, Celadon Books, $28.99 8. I’ll Show Myself Out Jessi Klein, Harper, $26.99 9. The Wok: Recipes and Techniques J. Kenji López-Alt, Norton, $50 10. Finding Me: A Memoir Viola Davis, HarperOne, $28.99

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Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95 8. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99 9. Mina Matthew Forsythe, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $17.99 10. Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99

1. Wingbearer Marjorie Liu, Teny Issakhanian (Illus.), Quill Tree Books, $12.99 2. Realm of the Blue Mist: A Graphic Novel Amy Kim Kibuishi, Graphix, $12.99 3. Snapdragon Kat Leyh, First Second, $12.99 4. When You Trap a Tiger Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers,$16.99 5. The Ogress and the Orphans Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $19.95 6. The Last Cuentista Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $18.99 7. New from Here Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99 8. Witchlings Claribel A. Ortega, Scholastic Press, $17.99 9. A Wish in the Dark Christina Soontornvat, Candlewick, $8.99 10. The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99

Talking about mutual friends we cherish couldn’t narrow it down to just the 100 her publisher requested. I totally get it.)

I was pleased that this was not hailed as another “Best Books” list, which always strikes me as rather silly, given the different tastes and ephemeral nature of literary fashions. Moby Dick was a commercial failure when published in 1851; it wasn’t until the early 20th century that it was “discovered” to be the classic that we all now know and love — for the three of us who have actually read the behemoth.

Rather, as Kakutani explains, these are 100+ of her favorite books at this moment in time, where she is “writing less as a critic than as an enthusiast.”

She includes the expected epics (The Odyssey) as well as stories capturing “the relentless ticktock of daily life” (Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping,) and some classics I have yet to read, like Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio (“hard to think of an American work more influential.”) But her selections are not limited to only high-brow tastes. Along with Flaubert (Madame Bovary) and Faulkner (As I Lay Dying), she includes Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet.

At its best, literature can surprise and move us, challenge our certainties, and goad us into reexamining our default settings. Books can jolt us out of old habits of mind and replace reflexive us-versus-them thinking with an appreciation of nuances and context. Literature challenges political orthodoxies, religious dogma, and conventional thinking (which, of course, is why authoritarian regimes ban and burn books), and it does what education and travel do: it exposes us to a multiplicity of viewpoints and voices.

By Alan Rose

Here are books that inform and stretch us, open us, entertain and sometimes disturb us, shaking up our world, along with those books that bring humor and warmth and hope to it.

Reading Ex-Libris was like talking about mutual friends you both cherish, remembering how important they were to you, or hearing of a potential new friend who you really must meet.

P.S. I confess I was relieved she didn’t include Middlemarch. I might actually have had to attempt another slog through it.

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~ from Ex-Libris Given this moment in time, she also lists Levitsky and Ziblatt’s How Democracies Die,warning of the dangers to democracy with the rising of demagogues with their “simplistic narratives that explain a confusing world.”

Some of her recommendations challenged me to read more broadly, to listen to voices very different from my own (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah) pushing me, coaxing me outside my literary comfort zone.

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In Honor of Our Children

35th Annual POWWOW

Places to go • People to see Enjoying the Good Life Good food • Good wine Good books • Good cheer Hand-crafted ads!

Nice, crinkly paper

Saturday, May 21 • Noon – 9pm Grand Entries 1pm and 7pm (break 5pm to 6:30pm) FREE Admission • Open to the Public

Native American Dancing, Drumming Arts & Crafts Vendors • Adult & Children’s Raffles

Good over-coffee reading!

All Drums & Dancers Welcome First 5 Drums Paid (paid drums must stay both sessions)

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE! Call an ad rep:

Ad Manager: Ned Piper 360-749-2632 All areas Sue Lane 360-261-0658 Downtown Longview & all areas Krysten Ralston 360-703-7799 Downtown Longview & all areas AD DEADLINES. June 15 issue: May 25 July 15 issue: June 25 Submission Guidelines, page 31.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Are you happy with the current trajectory of our Republic?

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Are you aware of any lawful, peaceful, permanent Constitutional solutions?

TACTICAL CIVICS™ is executing just such a detailed solution, returning Us, We The People, to the tenets upon which our Constitutional Republic was founded.

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NO! Not complaining; ACTION! Visit us at: TacticalCivics.com Get a video overview at: CivicRepentance.com JOIN us at WeSetAmerica.com Washington State Coordinator Brad Boardman – brboardman@outlook.com, (425) 344-9151 30 / Columbia River Reader / May 15, 2022

Kelso High School 1904 Allen St, Kelso, Wash.

I-5 Exit 39, east on Allen St, approx. 1/4 mile

Event subject to change in case of a rise in Covid-19 cases

General Info: Mike & Sue Brock 360.703-5892 or 360.703-5907

Linda Downing 360.751-0484 Vendor Info: Sandra Gaskill 360.846-0117 https://kelsochildrenpowwow.wixsite.com/my-site Presented by the Kelso Powwow Committee, PO Box 445, Kelso, WA 98626 No alcohol or drugs. Patrolled by on-site security. Sponsors not responsible for theft, injury, damage or vandalism both on and off premises.

Outings & Events

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

Submission Deadlines Events occurring: June 15 – July 20

by May 25 for June 15 issue July 15 - Aug 20

by June 25 for July 15 issue.

Calendar submissions are considered for inclusion, subject to lead time, relevance to readers, and space limitations. See Submission Guidelines,below.

Submission Guidelines Letters to the Editor (up to 200 words) relevant to the publication’s purpose — helping readers discover and enjoy the good life in the Columbia River region, at home and on the road — are welcome. Longer pieces, or excerpts thereof, in response to previously-published articles, may be printed at the discretion of the publisher and subject to editing and space limitations.

Items sent to CRR will be considered for publication unless the writer specifies otherwise. Writer’s name and phone number must be included; anonymous submissions will not be considered.

Political Endorsements CRR is a monthly publication serving readers in several towns, three counties, two states and beyond and does not publish Letters to the Editor that are endorsements or criticisms of political candidates or controversial issues. (Paid ad space is available.)

Unsolicited submissions may be considered, provided they are consistent with the publication’s purpose. Advance contact with the editor is recommended.

Information of general interest submitted by readers may be used as background or incorporated in future articles.

Outings & Events calendar (free listing): Events must be open to the public. Non-profit organizations and the arts, entertainment, educational and recreational opportunities and community cultural events will receive listing priority.

Fundraisers must be sanctioned/sponsored by the benefiting non-profit organization.

Businesses and organizations wishing to promote their particular products or services are invited to purchase advertising.

Friends of the Castle Rock Library Monthly Book Sale Fri-Sat, May 20-21, 10 am- 1 pm both days. Sale held in the back room of the library, 137 Cowlitz Street West, Castle Rock.

All items $4 per grocery bag. Bags are provided.

The Salvation Army’s 100 year Anniversary Celebration May 22. Service 10:30; BBQ follows. 1639 10th Ave., Longview, Wash. A “live” City Proclamation declaring June 7 “Salvation Army Day” (actual anniversary date) to be delivered by Longview Mayor Mary Alice Wallis. Event follows National Salvation Army week, May 9-15. See ad, page 9.

Community Yoga In-person Yoga practices resume on May 16. Monday-WednesdayFriday 7:45–9am at St Stephen’s Church,1428 22nd Ave, Longview, Wash. (enter via alley) Practices are led by volunteers. Suggested donation $2 per session. All money collected is donated to the church. For more information, please contact Ruth, 360-430-0420.

Wahkiakum County Fair 3rd Annual Cruizin to the Fair Car Show Sat, June 4, fairgrounds in Skamokawa, Wash. Wahkiakum County Fair fundraiser.

Pre-register by May 27. $20, with a shirt $35; day of show $25. T-shirts and lunch available. More info: Kay 360-795-3937 or Patty 360-795-3480.

Registration form will be available at wahkiakumfair.org.

Northwest Voices May 19, 7pm. Virtual event to discuss The Ground at My Feet, with author Ann Stinson. Specific Zoom information can be found on the Longview Public Library’s website http://www.longviewlibrary.org/ nwvoices.php. (Note: Available from OSU Press; a limited number of copies are available at CRR’s office, 1333 14th Ave., Longview, Wash. $21.95.)

See ad, page 9

BROADWAY GALLERY

1418 Commerce Avenue, Longview T-W-F-Sat • 11–4, Thurs 11–6 Visit the Gallery to see new work. For event updates visit our website: the-broadway-gallery.com, at Broadway Gallery on Facebook, and broadway gallery_longview on Instagram.

Featured artists:

May: Gallery Members Noel Datin McDonald (ceramics) and Laurie Michaels (paintings of “The Usual Suspects”) June: Galley Members Group Show: “Birds of a Feather.”

Stella Historical Society Museum Open June 18-19 and June 25-26, 9am– 4pm. Visitors can watch a blacksmithing class at the museum on those days.

Located at 8530 Ocean Beach Highway (10 miles west of Longview). Free admission; donations welcome. Museum tours offered in the off season. To schedule a visit, call: 360 -423-3860 or 360-423-8663. More info on Facebook.

Lower Columbia Genealogical Society June 9, 7pm Zoom meeting. Program: “Burned Courthouses,” presented by Larry Turner (society president). Meeting opens at 6:30pm. For a Zoom link, contact lctsgen@yahoo.com.

Delicious Home-Cooked Meal Every Tues/Thurs. Open to the public.

Wednesday Bingo, 12 Noon. Longview Senior Center, 1111 Commerce, Longview, Wash. Info: 360-636-0210.

First Thursdays have returned!

Join us June 2, 5:30–7pm for a Reception with the Artists, Live Music & Refreshments!

Updates on our website: the-broadway-gallery.com Find a unique gift! We have beautiful artisan cards, jewelry, books by local authors, wearable art, original paintings, pottery, sculpture, photographs and so much more at your local Cooperative Fine Arts & Crafts Gallery.

Voted one of top 3 Galleries in Southwest Washington. Free Gift wrapping plus Layaway!

Shop Local Saturday (4th Saturday each month) to receive a free gift!

Upcoming Shows GET YOUR TICKETS! CLATSKANIE ARTS COMMISSION

Sarha Hagen, Pianist Sun, May 22, 3pm.

Performances at Birkenfeld Theatre, 75 S Nehalem St, Clatskanie, Ore. Details and Covid-related info: clatskaniearts.org

COLUMBIA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Funny Face May 26, 7:30pm • Teen Summer Theatre Camp See ad, facing page.

For tickets or more information contact the Columbia Theatre Box Office at 360-575-8499, 1231 Vandercook Way, Longview, Wash. Online, visit www.columbiatheatre.com. See ad, page 30.

STAGEWORKS NORTHWEST

Arsenic and Old Lace May 13–29.

Tickets and info, stageworksnorthwest.com. Box office open W-F, 3-6pm and 1 hour before showtime. 1433 Commerce Ave., Longview. Wash.

360-636-4488

Mt St Helens Hiking Club

Call leader to join outing or for more info.

(E) - Easier—usually on relatively flat ground (up to 5 miles and/or less than 500 ft. e.g.)

(M) - Moderate—longer and more elevation gain (over 5 miles and/or over 500 ft. e.g.)

(S) - Strenuous—long hikes and/or elevation gain (over 8 miles and/or over 1200 ft. e.g.

May 18, Wed: Millersylvania State Park (E) Drive 100 miles RT. Hike 4+ miles around perimeter trail with little e.g. **Discover Pass needed for each vehicle. Leader: John R. 360-431-1122.

May 26, Thurs: Eagle Creek (S) Drive 160 miles RT Hike 12 miles RT, 900’ e.g. to Cross Over Falls, up and above Tunnel Falls. Out and back hike through impressive old growth forest and a beautiful canyon with multiple waterfalls. Leader: Bill D. 503-260-6712.

May 28, Sat: Milo McIver State Park (M) Drive 150 miles RT. Hike 5.7 miles, 350’ e.g., among large trees and views of the Clackamas River. Leader: Bruce 360-425-0256 June 1, Wed: Fort Vancouver Discovery Trail (E) Drive 80 miles RT. Hike 5 miles RT on a paved path for an urban walk along the Columbia River. We will also walk to the Grant St. Pier on the Lewis & Clark Discovery Trail. Leader: Art 360-270-9991 June 4, Sat: Sturgeon Rock (M) Drive 150 miles RT. Hike 6.5 miles, 1200’ e.g. Out and back to the top of Sturgeon Rock via Grouse Vista. Great views of Silver Star and Mt. St. Helens. Leader: Bill D. (503) 260-6712 June 7, Tues: Ridgefield NWR (E) Drive 68 miles RT with little e.g. Oaks to Wetlands Trail is a 3.5 mile loop. At times coyotes, sandhill cranes, beavers and other wildlife may be seen. It’s also a good trail for birdwatching. **Fee required or a Senior Pass.

Leader: Joe H. 360-430-8447 June 11, Sat: Hardy Ridge (M/S) Drive 150 miles RT. Lollipop hike in the western Gorge, 8 mile loop, 2200’ e.g. Wildflowers should be at their prime. Leader: George W. 360-430-4157 June 15, Wed: Pacific Way Dike (E) Walk 5+ miles RT on a level gravel path. Leader: John R. 360-431-1122 June 18, Sat: Wahkeena Falls / Devil’s Rest (M/S) Drive 140 miles RT Hike 8 miles, 2400’ e.g. Old growth trees and excellent views of the Columbia Gorge. Leader: Bruce 360-425-0256 Columbia River Reader / May15, 2022 / 31

Northwest Gardening

Benign Neglect An ounce of prevention: pest management for the lazy gardener

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By Alice Slusher

’ve always been a fairly lazy gardener—I grow minimal-care plants, water them once in a while, and if they live, fine. Every spring in Ohio, aphids would colonize and curl the leaves of my snowball viburnum, and every summer, the Japanese beetles would chew on my roses. The pests eventually went away, and my plants lived to bloom another year.

One year, the Japanese beetles completely defoliated our clump birch tree (little did I know that birch is Japanese beetle candy). I confess that I got some Sevin (Carbaryl) and, with nary a glance at the instructions, sprayed the 30-foot tree, insecticide mist gently wafting down over my flowering bedding plants and onto my face and clothing. Miraculously, I didn’t suffer any ill-effects, but I shudder to think how many bees and other pollinators I poisoned that day.

It turns out that benign neglect isn’t such a bad way to garden. It takes some planning and monitoring, but you can reduce the use of pesticides in your garden and landscape by following a few simple rules.

Six simple rules 1. A plant that loves where it lives doesn’t become lunch for pests or get sick very often. Plants have sun, soil, irrigation, nutrient, and spacing requirements — plant them where they get what they need. Proper care and watering go a long way in helping your plants resist disease and pest problems.

2. Water at ground level — keeping water off the leaves will help reduce plant disease. Pruning also helps open airflow to prevent fungal infections from overtaking your plants. Always clean up dead leaves and fruit — water splashing on infected plant debris keeps the disease cycle going from season to season.

3. The most crucial part of any garden care is consistently going out every few days and carefully looking at your plants. Carry a trash bag and pruners, wear gloves and look for caterpillars,

Kalama resident Alice Slusher volunteers with WSU Extension Service Plant & Insect Clinic. Call 360-5773014, ext. 1, or send question via cowlitzmastergardener@gmail.com.

Heading for a recycle bin, my briefcase full of wellread CRRs from 2015.

OSU Extension Columbia County • 503-397-3462

Chat with Chip: Interactive Zoom program with Chip Bubl. Tues, May 17 and each 3rd Tues, 6:30pm-8pm. Register in advance online; you will receive a confirmation email with info to join meeting.

Master Gardener Chapter Meeting May 26, 6:30pm. Guest Zoom presentation by Seth Paulet of Red Pig Tools: “The Story of Garden Tools and their Use - Artisans’ insights. Link: https://tinyurl.com/4fryhbhp

WSU Extension Cowlitz County 304 Cowlitz Way, Kelso, WA 98626

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rolled or puckered leaves. Your thumb and forefinger are very effective squishers. Prune off any spotted leaves or damaged stems. Keeping a close eye on things will stop a small problem from becoming a large one.

4. Learn to tolerate minor pest issues; no garden or landscape is pest-free. Minor infestations such as aphids will send chemical distress signals to the cavalry of beneficial insects. And once they arrive, there has to be something to eat. Don’t run for a spray when you first see an insect.

5. Use row covers on vulnerable plants. For example, when you expect to see those little white butterflies or brown moths fluttering around your garden, cover your broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts so you won’t have cabbage loopers and cabbageworm caterpillars eating your plants. It keeps the bugs out and lets the sunshine in!

6. Plant flowers that attract tiny beneficial insects to your garden. You can’t plant too many! Sweet Alyssum, catnip, Agastache sunflowers, daisies, umbel plants like parsley, cilantro, dill provide pollen for these tiny critters that work hard to keep the pesky bugs away.

Pesticides Now I have to say a few words about using pesticides, even organic ones, in your garden and landscape. Chemicals also kill the tiny garden defenders, which can inadvertently worsen a pest problem.

Use pesticides as a last resort. When you do, make sure the pest is listed on the label. Call our free Plant Clinic at the WSU Extension so we can identify it for you. The label instructions explain how to use the product effectively and safely. It’s essential to follow the directions to protect yourself, the environment, and our precious pollinators and other beneficials.

Many pesticides should be applied only at dusk, when the bees are in bed, to allow the leaves to dry overnight. Never apply chemicals to a flowering plant. Spot-spray only and use cardboard to protect surrounding plants from the spray. Use a strong stream of water to knock down soft-bodied insects like spider mites and aphids prior to treating them. Don’t use home remedies, such as dish soap—most of them are phytotoxic — they hurt plant tissue.

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Info: cowlitzcomg.com/events May 17 Noon: Tomato support options May 18 6pm: Pasture Management May 21 10am: Plant Propogation by airlayering June 4 10am: Pruning Shrubs June 7 Noon: Fruit Trees Summer Pruning June 7 6pm: Kids - Hanging Baskets ($15) June 14 Noon: Drip Irrigation

People want to know if there are specific pesticides that would be reasonable to have on hand. Avoid synthetic chemicals—they remain on the plant for a long time, killing both good and bad bugs for a long time.

A number of low-risk pesticides that are exempt from EPA registration, mostly based on plant-derived volatile oils. They vary greatly in effectiveness.

Here are some lower toxicity choices: BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) products kill caterpillars (both good and bad, so get a positive ID). Products containing neem oil, insecticidal soap, pyrethrins, or spinosad are reasonable choices, but you must apply them at dusk during dry weather.

Fungicides containing copper, sulfur, and neem oil can be safely used according to directions, but avoid chlorothalonil products because of their bee toxicity. Don’t use products that contain several active ingredients-usually listed as 3-way or 4-way protection. Check the label. Your goal is to target one problem and minimize danger to beneficials and pollinators.

And the last step in managing pests and disease in your garden and landscape? Get out there and monitor frequently—it’s a never-ending but pleasant task — take a cup of coffee or tea and keep an eye on things.

You’ll find that keeping your plants healthy and working with nature’s beneficial insects will help you reduce the use of chemical options. Enjoy the coming growing season!

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ere at the Reader, we are getting more excited by the day as we approach the kick-off of CRR’s year-long celebration leading up to Longview’s Centennial. A number of our readers have already asked, “How can I be involved?” But first, to update you...

Cowlitz PUD’s Energy Efficiency Services

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ast May, Cowlitz PUD and Fibre Federal Credit Union launched a new program for Cowlitz County homeowners. In the effort to increase residential energy efficiency projects throughout the county, reduce overall utility bills, and make financing more accessible and affordable to everyone, the home energy loan program was born.

Starting in June (2022), for his monthly People+Place feature — now to be known as People+Place Then and Now — Hal Calbom will research stories about Longview’s founders, linking them to individuals in a similar occupation or pursuit today. People + Place Then and Now, a fascinating approach, I think, to our history and our future. (These stories will be compiled and expanded into a commemorative, souvenir book, The Long View, to be launched at a Gala in June 2023.)

In the Home Energy Loan Program, rebates available for completed conservation projects can be applied to home energy loans, reducing overall interest rates — lowering to zero in most cases.

But what about the stories of ordinary folks who, along with their ancestors, also contributed to Longview’s overall, shared story?

Sue and Hal and I are considering my hosting a monthly coffee hour in CRR’s office, where folks can tell their family’s Longview story, or talk about their own Longview memories and experiences.

Please let me know if you’d be interested in this.

We’ll announce developments in future issues of CRR.

In a typical residential energy efficiency project, the rebate is granted to the homeowner or contractor. In the case of a home energy loan project, the rebate is applied to buy down the cost of the annual percentage rate over the life of the loan, effectively lowering it to zero or near zero.

Meanwhile, we’ve produced a four-minute video introducing “The Long View” project, overall.

This can be viewed on CRR’s Facebook page. If you’re not Facebook proficient, but would like to see the video, contact me (info below). Have laptop, will travel. If you’re interested, I’ll show you the video, and share with you other ideas for how you can participate and help.

Since the program began, Cowlitz PUD has received many inquiries. An overwhelming number of homeowners who apply for the program are awarded full financing. These program

Reach Ned Piper at nedpiper@gmail.com, or call/text him at 360-749-2632.

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This program has no application fees, no penalties for early loan payoff, and maintains an easy application process.

All that is required, is that you become a member of Fibre Federal Credit Union.

This program benefits more than Cowlitz County homeowners. For example: • Contractors benefit from increased job count and economic development.

• Money applied to energy efficiency projects stays in Cowlitz County.

• Cowlitz PUD earns savings toward I-937 goals (an initiative passed by Washington voters November 2006 requiring large utilities to undertake costeffective energy conservation).

Home energy loans are available for insulation, windows, ductless and ducted heat pumps, and heat pump water heater projects. If you are a Cowlitz PUD customer, own your own home, and would like to reduce utility costs, this is the program for you.

To learn more about how you can take advantage of this home energy loan program, visit our website (www. cowlitzpud.org) or call our Energy Efficiency Services Department at 360501-9514 (office) or 800-631-1131 (toll-free).

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A lifelong Longview resident, Ned can be seem around town distributing CRR and schmoozing with friends, old and new.

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participants have chosen to finance ductless and ducted heat pumps, insulation, and window projects.

Through this program, Fibre Federal Credit Union has financed $311,000 worth of energy efficiency projects in the past year.

Alice Dietz is Cowlitz PUD’s Communications/Public Relations Manager. Reach her at adietz@cowlitzpud.org, or 360-501-9146.

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