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River Reflections
Volume 36, Issue 1, Thursday, April 27, 2014 • Serving the McKenzie River Valley ... And Subscriber Ralph Davis of McKenzie Bridge
Board opts for full
principal & 1/2 super
Time to get out and wet a line
The 2014 outdoor recreation
season will get a boost this
weekend starting with the annual
Fisherman’s Breakfast, set for
Saturday, April 26th. The event,
sponsored by McKenzie Fire &
Rescue at the Leaburg Training
Center, will be held between 6
and 11 a.m. Admission is $6 for
adults and $4 for kids.
Further to the east in Nimrod,
the 9th annual McKenzie River
Wooden Boat Festival will be
held at the Eagle Rock Lodge,
49198 McKenzie Hwy., from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is free to
the public. The McKenzie River
Guides Association will be selling
a lunch with proceeds going to
the Guide’s and Firefighter’s
lifejacket-lending program.
For many Oregon anglers, the
2014 trout season officially kicks
off on Saturday as well, with the
opening of hundreds of miles of
rivers and streams and many lakes
around the state.
While many lakes and some
rivers and streams are open
to trout fishing year-round in
Oregon, the early trout opener in
April continues to be a tradition
with many families, and the first
chance of the year to fish several
Photo by Rick Swart/ODFW
Alexia Burkey with a couple of nice trout she caught at one of 340
ponds, lakes and streams that the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife regularly stocks with trout.
popular
locations
including
large portions of the McKenzie,
Willamette, and Santiam rivers as
well as many small streams.
According to Mike Gauvin,
Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
recreational fisheries manager, the
April 26th opener extends what
already has been a strong start to
the trout fishing season.
Utilities launch River projects
UPPER MCKENZIE RIVER
BLUE RIVER
MOHAWK RIVER
LOWER MCKENZIE RIVER
MCKENZIE RIVER
QUARTZ CREEK
HORSE CREEK
SOUTH FORK
MCKENZIE RIVER
Watersheds
Perennial Streams
Metro municipalities
partner with non-profit
to improve fish habitat
The Eugene Water & Electric
Board and the Metropolitan
Wastewater Management Commission of Eugene and Springfield
have partnered with a water
conservation organization, The
Freshwater Trust (TFT), on two
separate programs that improve
the health of the McKenzie River.
The Freshwater Trust will
develop a survey program in
the McKenzie River watershed
for EWEB to identify key river
frontage for conservation.
The TFT is working with the
McKenzie Watershed Council
and Upper Willamette Soil and
Water Conservation District to
collect and analyze vegetation
and habitat data from 14 reference
sites. That information will be
used to help define subbasin-
Public Land
Private Land
specific characteristics and plant
communities that constitute a
diverse and healthy riparian
system, according to TFT communications director Adrian
McCarthy.
By using a tablet application
developed by The Freshwater
Trust – StreamBank Mobile – data
collection efforts are expected to
be more efficient than ever before,
and will increase the effectiveness
of field work and data analysis.
TFT will build a field protocol
for EWEB’s Voluntary Incentives
Program to clearly define the
criteria for site inclusion, and
apply that to private landowner
pilot sites in late 2014. Comparing
landowner vegetation conditions
to reference site conditions will
determine landowner eligibility
for the incentives or recommend
restoration pathways.
“As the sole source of water
for more than 200,000, the
Miles
McKenzie River has high scenic,
recreational, residential property,
agricultural and forestry value,
as well,” said Joe Whitworth,
president of The Freshwater
Trust. “By incentivizing private
landowners to conserve streamside
vegetation, this program protects
the water quality of this important
river and potentially avoids more
costly water treatment methods
down the road.”
Just a few miles away, the
Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) – a
regional wastewater entity formed
through a partnership between the
cities of Eugene and Springfield
and Lane County – has undertaken
a pilot program to demonstrate
the cost-effectiveness of a water
quality trading program for its
requirement to comply with
temperature limits on the treated
water it discharges into the river.
Continued On Page 2
FINN ROCK: “This is a great
opportunity for all of us to set
aside our negativity, egos and our
agendas to come together,” was
the way McKenzie School Board
member Debbie Peterson helped
set the stage for last Wednesday’s
monthly meeting. Board chairman
Kent Roberts shared those
sentiments by saying, “Change
is good, can be good and should
be good. I’d like to restore the
‘happy,’” he added, noting that,
”We haven’t been happy. It’s been
a rough three or four years.”
Up for discussion were ways
the school district might change in
the future, following the decision
of superintendent Dr. Sally
Storm to resign and take another
position. During the course of the
evening board members looked at
hiring either half or full time staff
members as well as a consultant
to conduct a search for a new top
administrator.
Leading off the talks via a
speakerphone
from a California
location was Elizabeth Carr, who
was interested in
hiring a part time
superintendent
plus a full time
K-12
principal.
“I want a superintendent to act
as the CEO and give direction,”
Carr said. “The full time principal
would act as a manager.”
Arguing for full time at the top
was board member Kathy Keable,
who said her support stemmed
from the number of duties and
requirements connected with
the position. “We don’t see all
the details that happen,” Keable
said. “Basically the buck stops
with almost everything with the
superintendent. It’s a larger job
than most people realize.” She
also felt, that if the money could
found, both top posts should be
full time.
Joining Keable was Kathleen
Shelley. “It’s absolutely critical
that we have a full time principal,”
Shelley said. “If we can afford
it I certainly support a full time
superintendent. The duties are
incredible and we need to meet
state standards.”
Budgetary constraints seemed
to be on the minds of other board
members.
Peterson said she agreed that,
“In our situation it’s critical
for the staff to have that layer
(two
top
administrators).”
Under the current school district
configuration, Storm filled both
positions. “There have been some
major, major issues because we
did not have that,” she added.
Melissa Norlund said that since
all superintendents go to the same
meeting, districts with half time
administrators might be able to
share them.
When it came time to vote on
changes to the administrative
configuration, hiring a full time
principal generated a unanimous
vote by the board, after discussions
among themselves.
A motion by Carr to hire a
part time, interim superintendent
failed to pass, in part due to how
the term “interim” might limit
their search for a replacement.
Modified to the hiring of a “part
time” administrator, the motion
passed.
Once the topic shifted to how
that selection process might be
conducted, the board opened up
the dialogue.
Neil Barrett spoke from the
audience, saying that in his
experience, hiring someone for
just one year wasn’t long enough
to, “Figure out if the configuration
works. They’re still figuring out
McKenzie.”
Lane Tompkins suggested that,
“Whoever is in that position,
we revisit the OSBA (Oregon
School Boards
Association)
superintendent
guidelines. They
encourage a 360
degree
review
aspect,” he said,
“that does allow
a
voice
for
everyone.”
Brenda Hamlow told the board
she was supportive of them
bringing in an outside consultant
to conduct a superintendent
search. “I’d like the board to
concentrate on hiring all the
teacher positions we’re going to
have open and hire a specialist to
do the search.”
Earlier, Roberts had said he felt
that if the staff took on the search
process it would create a “huge
burden.” Keable felt the same
way, saying, “It’s too late in the
year to even think about doing it
ourselves.”
District business manager,
Wendy Whitson, pointed out that
a search would require, “A lot of
work, brochures and a massive
advertising campaign. We don’t
have the resources now to do our
own,” she said.
At the last board meeting
Michael Lasher of Northwest
Leadership presented a proposal
to do a superintendent search
for $6,800. Whitson said it was
all inclusive and included a
guarantee. Another consultant,
Gregg McKenzie had submitted
a $7,500 bid without offering a
guarantee or a full complement
of services, although he’d been
recommended by the school
boards association.
When put to a vote, Northwest
Leadership came out a winner.
People interested in listening
to audio recordings of the
meeting can access them via http:
//alturl.com/t3wvx.
“We haven’t been
happy. It’s been
a rough three or
four years.”
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Letters to
the Editor
Saving for bombs?
The McKenzie River Ranger
District Visitor center, for the first
time, will be closed on weekends
during the busy summer season.
A slap in the face to forest visitors!
Talk about hanging someone out to
dry. Like permitting the life guards
at Coney Island, New York to take
Saturday and Sunday off during the
busy summer season?
The McKenzie River is a Mecca
for thousands of visitors who
appreciate the unique beauty of
westside, Oregon and, in particular,
this River. It is rated as one of the
10 most beautiful rivers in this
country. Visitors from such scenic
states as Montana and Washington,
during a forest survey in 2007,
indicated that the McKenzie River
was the sole reason for visiting this
part of Oregon.
The beautiful McKenzie River
recreation visitor center, a public
attraction, was built to serve as
a education and entertainment
center. It is on par with many
national park facilities and is
staffed by dedicated employees
who, daily, patiently answer an
array of questions from the norm
to the outrageous. For many forest
visitors, this place is their primary
source of information as well as a
recreational experience. Most do
not venture into the forest. This is
their virtual reality. Many summer
visitors are denied the experience of
visiting this magical place. Reality
is stranger than fiction.
Yes, lack of funds is probably
the reason for the weekend closers
and who can argue with our noble
congress for using these savings to
bomb another country back to the
stone age.
Monty Wilson
Blue River, OR
We are McKenzie
Last week’s board was a ray of
sunshine. The main topic of dis-
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cussion was the configuration of
the school district administration.
There was a general consensus that
the schools need a full-time principal and the motion was passed
unanimously.
Kathy Keable then made a push
for a full-time superintendent.
There was some general discussion
as to where the money would come
from as the district does not have
the funds at this time. Kathleen
Shelley said there was a chance
some money would be available
through the state in the near future.
Based on that assumption Kathy
Keable made the motion to hire
a full-time superintendent. Those
in favor included Keable, Shelley
and Kent Roberts. Those opposed
included Elizabeth Carr, Melissa
Norland, Darla Rinehart and Debbie Peterson-Totten.
Elizabeth
Carr and Melissa Norland then
shared some information they had
gathered regarding half-time superintendents, something the general
public had requested several times
during the special session held two
weeks prior. After some debate the
motion was made by Carr to hire a
half-time superintendent. Those in
favor won the vote.
It was wonderful to hear the
board discussing, disagreeing and
sharing information. The reason
schools are run by boards and not
by individuals is so there can be a
collaborative effort to make decisions based on a variety of view
points and levels of expertise. It
was wonderful to watch the newest
members of the board find their
voices and express their opinions.
Not everyone agreed with the way
the votes turned out but that’s
okay. Our community is diverse
and there will be disagreement.
What was so nice to see was that
all perspectives were presented and
real conversation flowed throughout the meeting. Thank you board
members for listening to us. We are
McKenzie!
Sylvia Dion
Vida
McKenzie River projects
Continued From Page 1
The MWMC has contracted
with The Freshwater Trust to
restore streamside vegetation
within the MWMC’s watershed
service area, to reduce the solar
load on the water via shade. The
MWMC identified two tributaries
within the Willamette RiverMcKenzie River watersheds that
are high priority for protecting fish
habitat and water quality. One site
is on public land on the Mill Race,
and TFT has recently secured
a lease for a second, privatelyowned site on Cedar Creek. Both
were cleared of invasive plant
species and are will be replanted
with native streamside vegetation
over the next three years.
Once the temperature benefits
of the restoration actions are
verified, water quality trading
credits will be purchased by the
MWMC. The pilot is designed
to demonstrate the feasibility of a
Friday 4/25
McKenzie Valley
Showers - 40%
High - 55 - Low - 38
Santiam Pass
Sct Showers - 30%
High - 43 - Low - 24
streamside shade credit program,
if the MWMC decides to expand
it at a later date to comply with
future pollutant limits. The
approach could be a more costeffective way to comply than
building new infrastructure at the
wastewater facility.
“Together,”
according
to
McCarthy, “EWEB’s incentives
program and MWMC’s shade
restoration program begin to build
a framework for a comprehensive
source water protection approach
in the McKenzie watershed.
Riparian vegetation serves as a
critical component of a healthy
stream network by contributing
to shade, reducing soil erosion,
adding woody debris necessary
for cold-water fish spawning and
resting habitats, and preventing
sediment,
pollutants
and
excessive nutrients from entering
the waterways.”
Saturday 4/26
McKenzie Valley
Sct Showers - 30%
High - 56 - Low - 43
Santiam Pass
Sct Showers - 30%
High - 46 - Low - 27
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Local business owners
invited to Forest Service
information sharing
As a result of a decision to prioritize maintenance and operation
of recreation sites, ranger stations
across the Willamette National
Forest will not be open on weekends this summer. To continue
to facilitate a high level of customer service to visitors to the
McKenzie River corridor, District
Ranger Terry Baker and his staff
are holding an information session on Wednesday, April 30th, at
1 p.m. for local businesses at the
McKenzie River Ranger Station.
Any business owner or operator
is invited to attend. At the meeting, they will be provided reference material, such as FAQs, rules
and regulations, and recreational
maps and be invited to share their
ideas on potential ways to work in
partnership with the District.
“The McKenzie River area is
a spectacular place, and we are
committed to doing everything
possible to serve both the visitors
and local citizens of this area,”
said Baker.
If you have any questions about
the meeting, contact Brenda Hamlow at 541-822-7222.
McKenzie Varsity Sports
Schedule This Week
The Eagle Girls and Boys Track
and Field teams host a Mt. West
League Meet at Aaron and Marie
Jones Community Track this
Thursday, April 24. Field events
start at 4:00 pm. and track events
start at 4:30 pm. Teams competing
will be Crow, Eddyville, Lowell,
Mohawk and host McKenzie.
Mitchell Hammers Warriors,
Leads Lowell
McKenzie Eagle Casey Mitchell,
playing baseball this season for
Lowell/Mohawk/McKenzie,
led
the Red Devils in defeating the
Oakridge Warriors, 6-3, at Lowell
last Friday, April 18. Mitchell
clobbered a three run triple,
ensuring the team’s second League
win and the second over the
Warriors this season. Lowell relief
pitcher Josh Cardwell stymied the
Warriors through four innings of
work, striking out seven Oakridge
batters. Teammate Austin Bigbee
of Mohawk proved solid at the plate
hitting twice in three appearances
and earning one RBI. The Red
Devils lost the next contest, 3-16,
on the road Monday, April 21,
versus Toledo. Lowell/Mohawk/
McKenzie (2-4 League and 5-5
overall) is currently in third place in
the 2A/1A Special District 3 League
standings. Monroe (5-1, 12-3),
ranked third in the State leads the
League with fifth ranked Toledo (40, 12-1) solidly in second.
Eagle Track and Field Teams
Results at Elmira Relays
McKenzie’s Boys and Girls Track
and Field teams competed at the
Sunday 4/27
McKenzie Valley
Santiam Pass
Showers - 40%
Rain/Snow - 40%
High - 57 - Low - 41 High - 46 - Low - 30
Review and discuss Forest Service projects
The McKenzie River Ranger
District will host two public
meetings and two open houses to
gather public input and answer
questions on various projects on
the district.
Open House
• On April 24th and May 1st
from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the
McKenzie River Ranger District.
Specialists will be on hand to
showcase both large and small scale
projects occurring on the district.
Learn about stream restoration,
fuels reduction, meadow enhancement, etc. Just stop in at the front
office and request a tour.
Public Meetings Dates for
Green Mountain/Goose:
• May 2nd from 5:30 p.m. to 7:
30 p.m. at the McKenzie River
Community Center
• May 9th from 5:30 p.m.to 7:30
p.m. at the Leaburg Fire Hall
These two meetings are an
opportunity for you to view maps,
ask questions of specialists and
hear opinions from other forest
users and stakeholder groups. You
will also be given time to provide
written comments on the project,
which will be used by the Forest
Service planning team to shape the
final design of the projects.
“With your help, we can make
these projects meet the needs of all
community members,” said Terry
Baker, McKenzie River District
Ranger. “I hope to see you there.”
Goose
The Goose project is a multipurpose, 2,800 acre project near
McKenzie Bridge that is intended
to reduce fire risk adjacent to the
community, provide timber and
family-wage jobs for Oregonians,
and improve wildlife forage for
deer, elk and other species.
annual Elmira Relays last Saturday,
April 19. The Eagles were the
lone 1A team in the competition
which also featured 2A Toledo, 3A
Glide, and 4A teams from Cascade,
Junction City, Philomath, Sisters,
and host Elmira. Both Eagle teams
placed eighth in the final team
scores. The Elmira Boys Teams
ran away with first place honors,
chalking up 129.94 pts. to second
place Philomath at 110.92 pts.
McKenzie’s Boys team tallied 21.98
pts. In the Girls team competition,
Philomath finished the day with
120.94 pts. for first with Sisters
following in second place with
93.97 pts. The Eagle Girls finished
the day with 24.96 pts.
McKenzie’s Alex Nastasiuk
earned the highest finish of the
day for the Eagle Boys, throwing
the javelin 131-05 ft., good for
a third place finish. Teammates
Drew Hamlow finished at 18th
(97-00 ft.), Trevor Spray at 20th
(84-05 ft.) and Dylan Garr at 25th
(65-05 ft.). The Eagle 4X400 m.
relay team, consisting of Nastasiuk,
Hamlow, Spray, and Jeff Bayer, ran
to a fourth place finish with a time
of 3:56.35 min. The same athletes
ran the 4X200 m. relay race and
finished fifth, timed in 1:42.50
min. Garr, competing in the discus,
heaved the shot 65-01 ft. to finish
in 24th place. Spray finished with a
mark of 57-05 ft. and a 25th place
finish. In the high jump, Garr tied
for 10th with a leap of 4-08.00 ft.
Five Eagle tracksters competed in
the long jump event.
Bayer led his team with a 16th
place leap of 16-04.00 ft. Bailey
Adams, a dual sport Eagle athlete
this season who is also playing
baseball for Lowell, jumped 1510.25 ft. for 18th place. Nastasiuk
was 20th (15-08.00 ft.), Hamlow
finished 21st (15-05.50 ft.), and
Garr jumped to a 23rd place finish
(14-09.00 ft.).
The Eagle Girls were led by Kaila
Hiddleston’s third place finish in
the shot put with a mark of 3109.00 ft. Teammates Breanna Van
Pernis finished at 22nd (22-01.50
ft.), Brittany Bayer at 23rd (1708.25 ft.), and Scout Hanchett at
25th (16-04.00 ft.). Hiddleston’s
third place mark was just behind
winner Jordan Anderson of Glide
who finished with a put of 3204.00 ft. and second place finisher
Noemi Gomez of Junction City at
31-09.50 ft. McKenzie’s 4X200
m. relay team, comprised of Bayer,
Shyla Harlan, Hayley Jackson,
and Jessica Glynn earned a fourth
place ribbon with a time of 2:03.64
min. The same athletes competing
in the 4X400 m. relay finished in
fifth place, timed at 4:51.45 min.
Hiddleston garnered 9th place in
the javelin with a throw of 85-03 ft.
and teammate Van Pernis finished
25th (48-05 ft.). Glynn tied for 9th
in the high jump as she jumped an
even 4-00.00 ft. Jackson was 14th
(3-08.00 ft.) and Tamera Satchell
finished 15th (3-06.00 ft.). In the
long jump, Glynn was 15th (1307.50 ft.), Harlan captured 16th
(13-05.25 ft.), Bayer was in at 22nd
(11.11.25 ft.), Jackson finished
23rd (11-07.00 ft.), and Satchell
was 24th (10-02.75 ft.).
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WEATHER REPORT
READINGS TAKEN AT THE
US ARMY CORPS COUGAR DAM
Date High Low Rain Releases
4/15
58
43
0
1,000 cfs
4/16
61
41
0
978 cfs
4/17
50
47
0.96 978 cfs
4/18
64
41
0
952 cfs
4/19
55
37
0.34 952 cfs
4/20
68
42
0
952 cfs
4/21
66
44
0.17 952 cfs
READINGS TAKEN AT EWEB
LEABURG POWERHOUSE
Date High Low
Rain Riverflow
4/15 69
40
0
2,760 cfs
4/16 62
41
0
2,490 cfs
4/17 66
43
0
2,330 cfs
4/18 52
41
0.87 2,730 cfs
4/19 65
38
0
2,420 cfs
4/20 56
41
0.13 2,300 cfs
4/21 68
43
0
2,120 cfs
Thursday, April 24, 2014
McKenzie
Fire &
Rescue
April 17: 07:59: 44000 block,
McK. Hwy. Respiratory Distress, 1
transported.
April 18: 12:29: 90000 block,
Greenwood Dr. Hip Pain, 1
transported.
April 18: 15:25: 900 block,
Billings Rd. Disregarded by Spfld.
Fire, lifting assist.
April 19: 12:17: 40000 block,
Deerhorn Rd. Smoke filling house
from chimney area.
April 19: 18:00: 42000 block,
Deerhorn Rd. Heart Problem, 1
transported.
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April 19: 18:46: 90000 block,
Greenwood Dr. Heart Problem, 1
transported.
School Lunches
April 25 – May 2, 2014
Walterville School
FRIDAY: Pizza, Ham Sandwich,
Peas, Mixed Fruit, Side Salad.
MONDAY: Chicken Fajita,
Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Refried
Beans, Pears, Side Salad.
TUESDAY: Sloppy Joes, Cottage
Cheese Fruit Plate w/Dinner Roll,
Tater Tots, Baked Beans, Mandarin
Oranges, Carrots & Celery.
WEDNESDAY:
Parmesan
Chicken w/Dinner Roll, Turkey
Sandwich, Peas & Carrots,
Applesauce, Side Salad.
THURSDAY: Salisbury Steak &
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Mashed Potatoes w/Dinner Roll,
Chef Salad w/Dinner Roll, Green
Beans, Peaches, Sliced Tomato &
Cucumber.
Daily side selections include:
tossed green salad and fresh mixed
vegetables.
McKenzie Schools
MONDAY: Tomato Soup *
Grilled Cheese Sandwich * Pizza.
TUESDAY: Ham & Cheese
No Peekies * Chicken Nuggets *
Sloppy Joes.
WEDNESDAY: Beef & Bean
Nachos * Bean & Cheese Burritos.
THURSDAY: Chef’s Choice.
CORRECTION
Last week’s edition of
McKenzie River Reflections (4/
17/14) had a headline that should
have read “Airlifted driver cited
for DUII.” The driver, Wanda
Keller of McKenzie Bridge, was
cited by OSP for DUII and Reckless Driving. She has not been
convicted.
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...saving stories
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From the March 14, 2001 edition of McKenzie River Reflections
Dead cows dot the highway
As a state highway crew worker,
Brad Bigelow has cleaned up his
share of road kill. Over the years
there’s been quite a smorgasbord
- from elk to deer, raccoons to
dogs, cats to squirrels and even
opossums. Last Saturday morning he got his first call to pick up
a dead cow. Shortly after, he was
notified to pick up another, then
another.
According to the Oregon State
Police, in all, four cows fell out
the back of a westbound semi
along a 30 mile stretch of Hwy.
126. Only one survived. When
the truck was stopped the cows
still inside must have been pretty
panicked because liquid manure
poured out across both lanes of
the roadway.
Officials first heard something
was amiss when a motorist
called in at 9:43 a.m. to report
a dead cow was in the middle
of the roadway near the junction
with Hwy. 242. “I didn’t think
anybody had any cows up there,”
recalled maintenance supervisor
Tom Boylan. “Maybe it was a
cow elk,” he thought.
It wasn’t. Within a half hour
another 500 to 600 pound brown
beef cow had fallen out and died
in the construction zone near
milepost 34. Soon another had
bounced out and landed near
the eastbound guardrail at the
Goodpasture covered bridge in
Vida. The vehicle was finally
stopped in front of the Old McKenzie Fish Hatchery when a fourth
cow tumbled out.
State Trooper Chris Ashenfelter
said the problem was traced to a
design malfunction. When a weld
broke it allowed a back door on
one of the semi’s double trailers
to swing open. The animals that
were killed died on impact, Ashenfelter said. The injured cow had
only minor abrasions and scrapes.
The driver of the Morton Farms
truck, en route from eastern Oregon to the coast, did not break
any laws and no citations were
issued, he added.
After the blue semi stopped by
Leaburg Lake another motorist called in to report what he
thought was a hazardous material
spill draining into the waterway.
Police described the leakage as an
“animal by-product.”
The complaint that it was running into the lake wasn’t true
Boylan said. Anything that drains
toward the water is captured by a
catch basin and re-routed through
a culvert under the roadway to a
capture pond on the north side. “If
we had a major spill with a gas or
fuel truck we’ll be able to handle it
and get it cleaned up before it ever
enters the water,” Boylan said. “It
would take a tremendous volume
to overload it. Whatever came out
the back of that cattle truck was
not sufficient.”
Since the incident, Bigelow said
several people have asked him if
he’d ever dealt with a dead cow
before. “No,” he’s answered.
“That was the first, the second
and the third.”
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Page 4
Country
Kitchen
By
Mary
Emma
Allen
SPRING
FLOWERS...FINALLY
As the snow melts and the air
becomes warmer, I look for signs
of flower shoots popping through
the ground and leaves budding on
the trees. The forsythia will come
as blossoms first, with the leaves
developing afterward.
It will be interesting to see what
perennials my husband has planted in the area he saves for flowers
and vegetables. This always is the
recipient of snow banks from the
driveway, so has bare ground later
than other areas.
The wild flowers in the woods
surrounding our home soon will
be visible. The snow is mostly
gone there, allowing for the
ground to warm up and encourage
the trillium, May flowers, lady
slippers and others. Although we
don’t have much of a lawn, only
space along the driveway, we do
get some dandelions, too.
Favorite Flowers
Do you have favorite flowers
that bring back memories?
“Why not make an album of
favorite flowers and write down
your memories?” a friend suggested. That’s a thought that has
me looking through my scrapbooking supplies to create a floral
McKenzie River Reflections
memory album.
My mother started a journal
about her favorite flowers and
asked friends to write about theirs.
She was so appreciative of the
flowers of spring and throughout
the year.
Dandelion Foods
The dandelion of spring, brings
recipes to mind. From the dandelion leaves, we made many meals
when I was a youngster.
In fact, this was a favorite
spring green favored by my aunt.
This was a common food served
by many cooks in days when you
didn’t have fresh greens during
the winter. The dandelion and
other greens were considered a
“spring tonic” this time of year.
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COOKED
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My aunt often boiled the greens
in water she’d used for cooking
ham or pork. This flavored them
the way she liked them. Then
she served them with the sliced
ham or pork, along with boiled
potatoes.
DANDELIONS WITH BACON - Some recipes called for
dandelions sauté with a bit of
bacon fat. Then serve the greens
with bacon and boiled potatoes.
(c) 2014 Mary Emma Allen
(Mary Emma Allen researches
food histories and recipes from
her New Hampshire home. Email: [email protected])
American Life
in Poetry
We human beings think we’re
pretty special when compared
to the “lower” forms of life, but
now and then nature puts us in
our place. Here’s an untitled short
poem by Jonathan Greene, who
lives in the outer Bluegrass region
of Kentucky.
Untitled
Honored when
the butterfly lights
on my shoulder.
Next stop:
a rotting log.
American Life in Poetry is made
possible by The Poetry Foundation
(www.poetryfoundation.org),
publisher of Poetry magazine. It is
also supported by the Department
of English at the University
of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
Poem
copyright ©2001 by Jonathan
Greene, whose most recent book
of poems is Distillations and
Siphonings, Broadstone Books,
2010. Poem reprinted from blink,
September-October 2001, vol. 1,
no. 2, by permission of Jonathan
Greene and the publisher.
Introduction copyright © 2014
by The Poetry Foundation. The
introduction's author, Ted Kooser,
served as United States Poet
Laureate Consultant in Poetry
to the Library of Congress from
2004-2006. We do not accept
unsolicited manuscripts.
Home Country
By
Slim
Randles
“What do I care if they didn’t
choose me,” Herb said. “Bunch of
nonsense anyway. Whoever heard
of a focus group anyway?”
“I did,” Bert said. “It’s an
amalgamation of common, runof-the-mill consumers who are
bribed to think for an hour. Wish
they’d have asked me.”
“Why?”
“Free lunch in the back room.”
“They didn’t pick me, either,
fellas,” Dud said, “but they picked
my wife. Anita was really looking
forward to it. I don’t even know
what it’s about.”
“Worms,” said Bert.
“You’re kidding!”
“May my pants fall down in
church if I’m lyin’. It’s worms.
They’re talking about worms.”
Herb got up and picked up his
check. “I’m leaving. Can’t stay
in here a minute longer, knowing
they’re in that room having
lunch.”
Dud and Bert got up, too. The
three paid and went out the front
door into the spring sunshine.
“Reminds me,” said Bert, “of
Thursday, April 24, 2014
the time the preacher went into the
bar and ordered a glass of whiskey
and a glass of water…”
“Which preacher?”
“Hush … so everybody in
this bar was watching, see, ‘cuz
the preacher was known to hate
booze. He looked at the patrons
and said, ‘I want to show you
guys what happens with alcohol!’
And he pulls an earthworm out of
his pocket.
“’Look what happens when I
immerse this little fella in God’s
pure water,’ said the preacher.
And he dips him in the water and
the worm comes out all wiggly
and clean. ‘And now,’ said the
preacher, ‘see what happens to
him when I put him in the Devil’s
brew!’
“And he stuck that worm in
the whisky and he stiffened and
died instantly. ‘I hope you fellas
learned a lesson from this!’ the
preacher said, waving the worm
about. And in the back, this old
drunk yelled, ‘You bet, Reverend.
Man drinks enough whiskey, he’ll
never get worms!’”
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1. Swahili or Zulu
1. Johann Sabastian ____
6. French lake
2. Popular smoothie berry
9. Marcel Marceau, e.g.
3. Winningest Super Bowl coach
13. Type of squash
4. Do-re-do-re-do-re-do-re, e.g.
14. In the past
5. Like life, according to some
15. Engaged for a fee
6. *Juliet's mother, ____ Capulet
16. Considered a representative of
7. Often checked in a bar
Allah
8. Warming winter beverage
17. Month of Pearl Harbor attack
9. 5,280 feet
18. African antelope
10. Saudi Arabia's neighbor
19. *Chelsea's politically-minded
11. MaÓtre d's list
mother
12. *Christian Science founder, Mary
21. Funeral rite
Baker ____
23. Tell tall tale
15. *Scarlet letter-wearing mother
24. Can of worms
20. Camelot, to Arthur
25. Corn holder
22. Tom Hanks' 1988 movie
28. Ranee's husband
24. "Fragrant" rice
30. Popular pet rodent
25. *Brady mom
35. Acted like
37. Leave behind
39. Spacious
26. Offer two cents
40. "Just along for the ____"
27. Obscure
41. *"_____ Mia!"
29. *"Mommy Dearest"
43. Heroes
31. Parks or Luxemburg
44. On the rocks
32. When it breaks, the cradle will fall
46. Nervous biter's victim
33. Permeate
47. Fit of shivering
34. Plural of "lysis"
48. "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
36. Art style popular in 1920s and
author
1930s
50. The Three Tenors, e.g.
38. Arab chieftain
52. He is
42. Cover story
53. Lunch stop
45. Ultimate goal
55. *Rob to new mom Kim Kardashian
49. Japanese capital
57. *Minnelli's mother
51. Liver or kidney, e.g.
61. One who moves from place to
54. Parkinson's disease drug
place
56. Lunar path
65. Bay window
57. Music style with gloomy lyrics
66. *Biblical matriarch Sarah had this
58. "Tosca" tune
many children
68. More capable
59. Purges
69. Like a wave caused by the moon
60. ____ year
70. Shot ___ in track and field
61. Made in "Breaking Bad"
71. Japanese-American
62. Additionally
72. Door fastener
63. Indian Lilac
73. Type of wood often used for
64. Stumble
furniture
67. Greek letter N, pl.
74. Walk loudly
Solutions on PAGE 8
Let's Go Pickin'
Thursday, April 24, 2014
McKenzie River Reflections
Continued From Last Week
From GRIT magazine
By Annie Stewart
Hundreds of different species
of food are found in the woods,
along creek beds, in open
pastures, underneath fence rows,
and around decaying trees.
Spring, summer and fall offer
different varieties of food, each
delicious and nutritious. With
permission, they’re completely
free for the taking.
PawPaw Fruit - This interesting
fruit tastes like a mixture of
mango, banana and melon. It’s
native to the woodlands of the
eastern United States, spreading
across the eastern part of the
country to eastern Kansas and
Texas, and from the Great Lakes
almost to the Gulf. The fruit
grows on a narrowly conical
tree between 12 and 20 feet tall,
with dark green, obovate-oblong,
drooping leaves growing up to
12 inches long. Maroon, upsidedown flowers produce multiple
fruits. The pawpaw is the largest
edible fruit native to North
America. Individual fruits weigh
5 to 16 ounces and are 3 inches
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Fragaria
chiloensis.
strawberry.
Coast
to 6 inches long. The larger sizes
will appear plump, similar to the
mango. The fruit ripens during
a four-week period between
mid-August and into October.
A 100-gram serving contains 29
calories.
Wild Strawberries - A common
creeping plant, wild strawberries
grow in forests, fields, lawns,
roadsides and creek sides. They
can grow up to 6 inches tall, and
their leaves are split into three
leaflets. Wild strawberries bloom
from April to June. Flowers are
3/4-inch wide, with five white
petals. The fruit is bright red,
looking like a regular strawberry
but much smaller. There are 49
calories per cup.
Autumn
Black walnuts - The tree grows
as scattered individual trees or
in small groups throughout the
central and eastern parts of the
United States. The tree has a tall,
clear trunk, with gray-black and
deeply furrowed bark. The leaves
are alternate, odd-pinnate with 15
to 23 leaflets, the largest of which
are located in the center. Nuts
ripen in the fall, covered with a
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brownish-green, semifleshy husk.
The whole nut falls from the tree
in October; it is small and very
hard. One cup of black walnuts
equals 773 calories.
Hickory nuts - The nuts grow on
a canopy tree prevalent in eastern
North America. Many types of
hickory nuts are sought for their
distinctive taste and texture, and
food cooked over hickory woods
have a hickory-smoked flavor.
Look for long and narrow leaves,
with several leaves extending
from each stalk, ranging from 2
to 8 inches long. Hickory trees
always have an odd number of
leaves, ranging from seven to 17
on any given stalk. The leaves
have serrated edges. Look for
a woody outer husk on the nut,
which is dark to light brown; it
may be partially cracked open to
reveal the nut inside. Nine nuts
equals 186 calories.
Persimmons - Persimmon
trees grow from New England to
Kansas and Texas to Florida, with
unique bark structure of thick,
gray-black blocky squares about
11/2 inches across in a mosaic
pattern. Leaves are up to 6 inches
long and 3 inches wide, dark
green on the top, and lighter green
on the underside. Persimmon
leaves grow alternately, have an
elliptical shape, and are pointed at
both ends. The ripe fruit is a deep
orange color in the fall and midwinter. The taste is a mixture of
plum, date and apricot. One piece
of fruit contains 32 calories.
No matter the time of year, a
little effort and time can provide
your family with a wide range
of fun, nutritious and delicious
foods, plus offer some time for
wilderness education along the
way.
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Quote of the Week
"One of the keys to happiness is
a bad memory."
Rita Mae Brown
Page 5
Offbeat
Oregon
History
By
Finn J.D. John
Cayuse tribe’s world-beating
horses are now very rare
Joe Crabb was a gambling man
- that much, at least, we know. And
in 1871, he’d put his money down
on an absolute ironclad sure thing.
It was a horse race, and Crabb
was a horseman. He was matching
his own best animal, a magnificent
thoroughbred, against a smallish
spotted pony belonging to Howlish
Wampoo, the chief of the Cayuse
Indian tribe.
The race was a big event in the
Pendleton area, and everyone had
turned out to watch it - shopkeepers
and cowboys from the town as well
as people from the Walla Walla,
Nez Perce, Umatilla, Cayuse and
other tribes.
The
non-Indians
seemed
especially excited that day as they
lined up to bet heavily on Crabb’s
thoroughbred to win the race.
Crabb himself ponied up (sorry
about that) his entire wad - $1,500,
or the equivalent of about $30,000
in modern greenbacks - plus his
silver-mounted saddle and spurs.
But then, those betters were
confident they weren’t going to
lose that money. It would be like
taking candy from a baby. Crabb
and his friends were betting on a
sure thing. You see, the night before
this big race, a few of them had
slipped over to the Indian camp and
found Howlish Wampoo’s horse.
They’d then borrowed the animal
and brought him back to town for
a little test run.
The horse, they’d found, was
fast - an excellent saddle horse,
as would be expected. But in a
head-to-head race with Crabb’s
champion, the Indian pinto was
overmatched. It looked like the next
day’s race would be a day of victory
for Crabb’s horse and of dismay for
Howlish Wampoo & Co.
One imagines the white guys
grinning with anticipation as they
stealthily returned the Indian pinto
to the corral and slipped back to
their camp. Once there, they no
doubt got busy scrounging up every
spare cent they could get their hands
on. There would be money to be
Lee Drake/ UO Archives
Cayuse Tribe members ride the
track at the Pendleton RoundUp, probably sometime in the
1920s.
made the next day, money gained
by betting on the equivalent of a
fixed race. How could they lose?
Well ...
Historian
William
Lyman
recounts, in his book, what
happened the next day, as told to
him by pioneer O.M. Canfield:
“Howlish Wampoo accepted
the bets with seeming reluctance
and Indian stoicism,” he writes.
“When the horses were brought
out, Crabb saw with some suspicion
that the spotted Indian racer looked
a little different and stepped a little
different from what he did the
day before. As he told Canfield in
relating his experience, he ‘ felt a
sort of cold chill go down his back.’
But it was too late to back out.”
The race was a four-mile sprint:
two miles out to a stake, and two
miles back again. At the signal, the
two horses launched themselves,
and it was immediately obvious
that Howlish Wampoo’s horse was
not the same animal the white guys
had kidnapped the night before.
In fact, as they later learned, the
pinto they’d pinched had been the
champion’s half-brother - and had
been deliberately set out unguarded
in an obvious location for the
night.
They had been had. And they
couldn’t exactly blame Wampoo
for swindling them - after all, he
could put whatever horse he wanted
in his corral. He had done nothing
but lay a cunning trap just in case
they might try to cheat, and they’d
stepped right into it.
“He (the horse) went like a shot
out of a gun and reached the goal
post so much ahead that his rider
turned back to run again with
Crabb’s champion, and then beat
him into camp,” Lyman writes.
“The Indians made an awful cleanup on the white men’s bets. Howlish
Wampoo, with just a faint suspicion
of an inward grin on his mahogany
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
McKenzie Community Calendar
Friday
Saturday
McKenzie Artists’ Guild Art
Show & Sale 10 am
Springfield Farmer’s Market
McKenzie Artists’ Guild Art
Show & Sale 10 am
Upper McKenzie
Community Center BINGO
Upper McK. Comm. Center
McK Artist’s Guild 9:30 am McK Watershed Council 4:30pm
Board Mtg. 4 pm
Blue River Water District 6 pm
Blue McKenzie Lions Club
Springfield Farmer’s Market
Grange Potluck 6:30 pm
Blue River Park Bd. 6:30 pm
7 pm
Yoga 6 pm
Vida-McK Neigh. Watch 2 pm
GriefShare 7 pm
McK. Schools Boosters 7:30 pm
Vida McKenzie Community
Center BINGO
Monday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
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1
2
5
6
7
8
9 10
12 13 14 15 16 17
19 20 21 22 23 24
26 27 28 29 30 31
Does your group or organization meet
on a regular or monthly basis?
Contact us for a listing in the Community Calendar.
Sew & So’s 1-4 pm
Walterville Comm. Center
Board 7 pm
Boy Scout Troop #8
7:15 pm
McK River Lions 6:30 pm
Springfield School Board
7:30 pm
Boy Scout Troop #8
7:15 pm
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Boy Scout Troop #8
7:15 pm
Walterville Grange Women
Noon
McKenzie PTA 4pm
Yoga 6 pm
GriefShare 7 pm
Late Bloomers Garden Club
10 am
McKenzie River Chamber
Noon
McK Artist’s Guild 9:30 am
Yoga Vida Comm Ctr 6 pm
McKenzie School Board
Blue River CDC 7 pm
5:30 pm
Walterville Grange 7:30 pm
McKenzie Fire & Rescue 3 pm McKenzie ClearWater Coalition
6:30 pm
Rainbow Gals
1 pm
Springfield Farmer’s Market
Upper McKenzie Community
Center BINGO
Springfield Farmer’s Market
BUNCO
Vida Comm. Ctr 11 am
GriefShare 7 pm
McK River Lions 6:30 pm
Boy Scout Troop #8
7:15 pm
Yoga Vida Comm Ctr 6 pm
Calendar
April 27
Grief
On April 27th, from 5 to 7
p.m,the McKenzie Bible Fellowship will be holding their monthly
Family Fest activity. This month
the event will be a Bluegrass Hoedown. There will be a free BBQ
with other activities, including a
Bucking Barrel with an 8-Second
Challenge, square dancing with
caller, games and refreshments.
The event will be held in the gymnasium behind the church building. Call 541-896-3829 for further
information. This is a community
event for the entire family.
May 2 - 4
Art Show & Sale
The McKenzie River Artist’s
Guild’s 24th Annual Art Show &
Sale will be held on Friday, May
2nd, - Sunday, May 4th, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. at McKenzie Fire
& Rescue’s Leaburg Training
Center.
Ten artists will show their
works of art in various mediums
including jewelry, watercolor, oil,
acrylic, colored pencil, garden art
and more. Refreshments of coffee,
tea and cookies will be served.
May 4
Free Concert
On May 4th, at 3 p.m, the
Oregon Brass Society will be
An Invitation
to Worship
GriefShare 7 pm
performing a free concert for the
residents of the McKenzie Valley.
The concert will be held at the Activity Building of McKenzie Bible
Fellowship at 45061 McKenzie
Hwy, in Vida. Established in 2003
by director emeritus Roger Rush,
the OBS embraces traditional
British brass band literature and
instrumentation while occasionally mixing in favorite American
marches and contemporary compositions.
May 11
Plant Sale
On Saturday, May 10th, the
Late Bloomers’ Garden Club
will hold their 16th, Annual Plant
Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Walterville School, 40589 Hwy.
126. It will feature great perennials, annuals, natives, veggies and
more, along with exciting raffle
Prizes. Proceeds from this sale go
toward community beautification
projects, the McKenzie Valley
Food Bank, high school scholar-
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52353 McKenzie Hwy - Milepost 42
Just east of Blue River 541-822-1022
Sunday: 9:30 am - Sunday School for all ages
10:30 am - Worship Service & Children’s Church
6:00 pm - Bible Studies and Youth
Thurs. 6 pm - Celebrate Recovery (12-Step Program)
Catholic Church
St. Benedict Lodge Chapel
1/2 mile off Hwy. 126 on
North Bank Rd., McKenzie Bridge
Sat. Eve. 5:30pm
Sun. Morn. 9:30am;
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McKenzie Bridge Christian Church
56334 McKenzie Hwy, McKenzie Bridge, OR 97413
9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages
11:00 a.m. Worship Service & Nursery
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ships, educational speakers, and
additional community projects.
Admission is free. For questions
contact: Marilyn @ 541-8963280.
Through June 11
GriefShare sessions
The sessions deal with aspects
of loss and include a video filled
with testimonials of people who
have lost family members.
They are led by volunteer
facilitator, Michele Smollett of
the McKenzie River GriefShare
and McKenzie Bridge Christian
Church. The sessions are free to
residents and are self contained,
so people can start the series at
any time. There is a one time $15
fee to cover the cost of the accompanying workbook.
For more information contact
Michele at 541-603-0072 or email
her at [email protected].
tion provider (i.e., Lane Community College, Emerald Art
Center, Maude Kerns Art Center,
Willamalane Parks and Recreation, etc.) Please send your
request/application to Janet Biles,
treasurer, [email protected] on
or before July 30th.
Art Scholarship Deadline
The McKenzie Arts Forum has
a scholarship available in the
amount of $250 for an adult wishing to take an art related class or
workshop. Adult is anyone over
the age of 25 and the class can
be from any accredited educa-
The McKenzie River Yoga Club
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30 pm on Tuesday evenings at
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All are welcome.
July 30
Yoga
Thursday, April 24, 2014
McKenzie River Reflections
Direct Answers by Wayne & Tamara
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Only You...
I am a wilderness park ranger,
early 40s, independent, brave,
creative and nature-loving. I’ve
always held down a job, have
no debt and no addictions except
chocolate. I have many friends.
I’ve hiked mountain ranges on
foot, yet struggle finding a man
who is both reliable and attractive.
I get attracted to wild, unpredictable guys who don’t show up.
I had physical and verbal abuse
from both parents as a child, so
trusting is hard. I used to imagine
running off into a forest with my
backpack, canteen and tent. I even
learned to camp out by myself at
the age of seven.
I haven’t had a serious longterm relationship in years, since
a hurtful, damaging person. Recently I dated some men for a few
months and one was amazing, yet
he didn’t want to have children.
Others have been ex-addicts,
needy or “wimpy” men.
I often feel like the strong one,
where I have to make the decisions
or be the brave one. I am not a lesbian. I am definitely attracted to
men! I often feel I have been to the
school of hard knocks and many
others have had a more sheltered
life, so I get resentful over how
hard my life has been.
I see women all around me who
are younger, happily married with
kids. It is all very painful. I see a
common theme. It feels like there
is some impossible gap between
me and guys, whether it is distance
(they live too far away) or interests
in life (he is a city guy and I am a
nature girl).
I have been in therapy many
years and maybe I get a little better, but I am tired of going through
life alone!
Desiree
Desiree, it’s sometimes said
that the worst thing you can do
to a person is put them in solitary confinement. For mistreated
children that isn’t true. They are
not searching for people, they are
searching to get away from people. They dream of the tiny cabin
in the woods away from others.
Who is attracted to the wilderness? People who can’t conform
to society or to rules. People
running away from something.
Mavericks. Thrill-seekers. People
like you.
You can’t change how hard
your life has been. If you resent
someone for not having as hard
a life, then all you are left with is
people like yourself.
We can’t help but speak to the
facts. You’re in the same box
you were in at seven. Reading
your letter is like listening to a
14-year-old girl talk about her
fantasy future. You want to satisfy
an improbable bucket list.
Most men in their 40s don’t
want to start a family, and there
is not even a sentence in your letter about how hard it would be to
have a child at your age. You are
looking at the Hallmark card and
want to jump into it, but you have
no experience inside the Hallmark
card. You have set the bar so high
no one can jump it, which keeps
you exactly where you are.
The goal of therapy is to get out
of therapy. If you’ve been in therapy for years and are barely better,
you need to try something different. If you continue in treatment, a
specialist in adult victims of child
abuse is most likely to help.
You can’t put on someone else’s
life like a coat. What you seek is
love and connection. Everything
else will flow from that. Most
women in their 40s would be
thrilled to find an “amazing” man,
unless they wanted to use children
as a way to push him away.
Smokey the Bear said, only you
can prevent forest fires. For you he
might say, only you can be open to
a loving, trusting relationship. Get
therapy targeted at who you are.
Look hard at your fantasy. Consider what you want in men.
Wayne & Tamara
Offbeat
Oregon
History
By
Finn J.D. John
Continued From Page 6
countenance, told Crabb that he
might have his saddle and spurs
back again, and enough money to
get home on.”
Pendleton bettors lost so much
money on this race that the event
became known for years afterward
as “the day Pendleton went
bankrupt.”
Never again would anyone in
or around Pendleton sell a Cayuse
Indian pony short
The Indian tribe that Howlish
Wampoo led is not very numerous
today; it’s one of the smallest of the
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confederated tribes on the Umatilla
reservation. But in the mid-1800s,
they were one of the dominant
tribes in the Pendleton-Walla
Walla area. They were the tribe
that sparked an Indian war with the
famous Whitman Mission massacre
(which, it must be noted, sprang
from a misunderstanding rather
than any general disposition to
hostility; it was a panicky reaction
to the outbreak of deadly German
measles in the tribe).
The Cayuse were absolutely
legendary as horsemen - both as
riders and as breeders. In Central
and Eastern Oregon today, halfwild horses of any breed are still
sometimes referred to as “Cayuse
ponies.” But technically, that
name belongs to a specific breed
- a world-beating breed that the
horsemen of the Cayuse tribe
developed themselves.
The breed that made the Cayuse
famous - and Joe Crabb poor - was
a short but powerfully muscled
animal, usually roan colored and
often with noticeable spots. How
the Cayuse pony was developed
isn’t clear; most sources say they
were probably bred from Spanish
Barbs and French Percheron draft
horses - but all admit that’s at best
an educated guess.
As for the ponies’ abilities especially in the area of endurance
- they were the stuff of legend.
“The Indian pony can cover
distances of 110-130 kilometers,
from dawn until dusk, without
stopping,” Colonel Philippe Regis
de Trobriand of the U.S. Army
wrote in his journal in 1867, “while
most of our horses are exhausted
after 55 to 65 kilometers.”
Although serving in the
U.S. Army, De Trobriand was
actually French, so he counted in
kilometers rather than miles; but
the real impact of his account is
in percentages. If we can believe
him, the Cayuse pony could run
literally twice as far in one day as
the average U.S. Army horse.
In modern times, Cayuse Ponies
have become very rare. According
to Rachel Berry of Oklahoma
State University, there are just a
handful of them left, mostly in
California. As of the mid-1990s,
historian Jeff Edwards, owner of
Edwards Antiques and Gallery in
Porterville, Calif., was scrambling
to save the breed from completely
fading away.
But then, it’s a pretty good
bet that among the Cayuse
people themselves, tucked away
somewhere on the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, some full-blooded
descendants of these fabulous
ponies are still quietly munching
on bunchgrass, waiting for next
year’s Pendleton Round-Up.
(Sources: Skovlin, Jon and
Donna. Hank Vaughan: HellRaising Horse Trader of the
Bunchgrass
Territory.
Cove,
Ore.: Reflections, 1996; Lyman,
William D. Lyman’s History of
Old Walla Walla County, Vol. 1.
Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1918; ArthusBertrand, Yann. Horses. New
York: Artisan, 2008; Berry, Rachel.
“Cayuse Indian Pony,” Breeds of
Livestock Project, Oklahoma State
University, ansi.okstate.edu)
Finn J.D. John teaches New
Media at Oregon State University
and is the author of “Wicked
Portland,” a book about the
dark side of Oregon’s metropolis
in the 1890s. He produces a
daily podcast at ofor.us/p . To
contact him or suggest a topic:
[email protected] or 541357-2222.
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Gardening
Tips
Companion Planting With
Vegetables and Flowers
From MOTHER EARTH NEWS
By Barbara Pleasant
The idea of “companion
planting” has been around for
thousands of years, during which
time it has become so besmirched
with bad science and metaphysics
that many gardeners aren’t sure
what it means. The current
definition goes something like
this: Companion planting is the
establishment of two or more
species in close proximity so that
some cultural benefit, such as pest
control or increased yield, may be
achieved.
Companion Crop Combinations
In North America, Native
American tribes from the
Northeast to the Southwest
developed highly specialized
intercropping
techniques
to
grow the “three sisters” - corn,
pole beans and squash. (There
is a fourth sister, sunflower, but
she didn’t make it into the early
stories.) Three sisters gardens
vary in shape, size and planting
style (raised mounds in the East
and North, recessed waffle beds in
the Southwest). The three (or four)
sisters technique works because
the crops cooperate rather than
compete with each other for light
and root space. The corn supports
the bean vines, the squash shades
out weeds, and the roots of the
different plants get along nicely
below ground.
Intercropping of vegetables
is the traditional way to garden
in China’s most fertile regions.
Plant associations that work well
are shared among neighbors,
as everyone has learned that
intercropping is more efficient,
reduces weed and pest pressure,
and lowers the risk of crop failure.
Chinese intercropping practices
use a broad range of crops, which
makes them easy to replicate in a
diversified organic garden.
Agricultural
researchers
have noted that the paired
plants in Chinese intercropping
practices usually differ in height,
maturation period and rooting
habit. In addition, many gardeners
in China grow the following
intercropped vegetables backto-back during the course of the
growing season:
* Onions with leafy vegetables,
followed by green beans and
Chinese cabbage or spinach
* Potatoes with leafy vegetables,
followed by green beans and
Chinese cabbage or spinach
Illustration by Elayne Sears
Gardeners sometimes say the
plants in good intercropping
associations “just seem happy”
- a worthy goal for any organic
gardener.
* Spring kale with radishes,
followed by celery and tomatoes
* Spring spinach, followed by
lima beans and tomatoes
* Double rows of corn alternated
with single rows of peppers
* A double row of garlic with
spinach down the center
* Strawberries with watermelon
Using Plants to Manage
Pests and Weeds
Some gardeners use companion
planting to deter all manner of
garden pests, such as planting
hedges of marigolds to deter
rabbits or using rattail radishes
to confuse squash vine borers.
Gardeners who reported the most
success with companion planting
to discourage pests report using
a single technique: “growing
tons of flowers,” with borage,
calendula, dill, sweet alyssum,
and herbs such as basil, garlic
chives and oregano named most
frequently.
Several
scientific
studies
have confirmed these and other
flowering plants help reduce pest
problems, particularly if your
garden is troubled by early-season
aphids or other small sucking
insects, which are primary food
sources for hoverfly larvae.
Hoverflies are active, earlyseason aphid predators (before
aphid-eating ladybeetles take over
later in the season). Scientists
have found that hovering in
midair requires so much energy
that hoverflies tend to stick close
to nectar sources, so if you lure
them in with the right plants,
they’re likely to stay all summer.
Cilantro (coriander) and fennel
flowers are strong hoverfly
attractants, as are Greek oregano,
sweet alyssum, and many other
herbs and flowers.
Excerpted from MOTHER EARTH
NEWS, the Original Guide to Living
Wisely. To read more articles from
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www.MotherEarthNews.com or call
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