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By Greg Smith • The last half of May and the first half on June will bring us some very impressive daytime sky shows. The first will be a partial eclipse of the sun.. . The second major event is one of a lifetime. Venus will put on a fantastic show this June as it catches up and bypasses Earth in its orbit. It will cross in front of the Sun, in what is called a “transit,” on Tuesday June 5, starting around 3 pm (PDT) and lasting through sunset. The last time it did this was eight years ago on June 8, 2004, but prior to that it was in 1882, and it will not happen again until your (great) great grandchildren see it in December of 2117! This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
19 May 14:52
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By Laura Bair • Everyone loves a celebration, don’t they? A time to feel carefree and joyous; a reason to do what you may not otherwise do. Cinco de Mayo is such an occasion, and it’s right around the corner. Many believe the day to be Mexico’s Independence Day, but it’s not. It’s to commemorate the Mexican Army’s defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla, in 1862. And many U. S. "big-wigs" then believed it also benefited America, by not allowing the French to supply Confederate rebels any longer.
02 May 20:07
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Sue's Views • By Sue Piper • No matter how many times I go to Disneyland, it’s always the same “magic kingdom” I fell in love with on my first visit. When my parents announced to my brothers and me that our 1956 summer vacation would take us to Anaheim, where Disneyland had opened just the year before, I was filled with joyful anticipation.
30 Apr 20:43
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By Chris Östling • Having grown up in a family of commercial fishermen, I have spent nearly my entire life living and working on the Columbia River. I have fished commercially, worked the log ponds at one of the mills, have been a boat salesman and a yacht broker. I have lived more than half my adult life aboard boats as my sole home and have found that most everywhere on the river there are marinas with live-aboard communities that are like what neighborhoods used to be.
18 Apr 16:11
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Horse races pitting one horse against all the others in the field, with the winner crossing the finish line first. Barrel racing, rodeos and related events are won or lost based on the stop watch. The fastest error-free time wins. These are all “timed events.” Horse competition not based on time or head-to-head match up would include things like dressage or jumping.
17 Apr 17:59
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By Greg Smith • Use your spotting scope to see the rings of Saturn. You will be able to see the division in the rings ,as well. It is one of the most beautiful sights in the solar system. You do not need a fancy telescope to view Saturn or many of the celestial objects in the sky, because you already have one. What else is a spotting scope but a telescope?
15 Apr 14:38
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By Chere Weiss • Besides the wondrous natural beauty, we enjoyed driving around the island, discovering a lovingly restored church (shared by the Lutherans and the Catholics of the island with a pioneer cemetery across the road), fresh eggs for sale along the winding roads on the honor system (drop your money in the Mason jar, take away your eggs), and an incredible dinner at the Galley Restaurant, featuring locally-grown and harvested bounties of the sea and Earth. The island has an inland village with shops, two banks, a grocery store and the Lopez Island Community Performing Arts Center.
10 Apr 14:46
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Stageworks has been part of the local theatre community since the early 1990s. James Murphy, then executive director for Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, began producing plays in the 90-seat Pepper Studio Theatre, subsequently leading to the establishment of an independent theatre company in 2000. It presented four plays a year until the Pepper Theatre was demolished in 2008 as part of the Columbia Theatre renovation. The conversion of the Longview Theatre will create the small, intimate venue that is such an important part of the theatrical experience.
24 Mar 16:36
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Story and Photo by Laura Baird • Spring is just around the corner, according to the calendar. And even though our recent weather may say otherwise, I'm staying optimistic that the saying, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" will come true.
18 Mar 15:46
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Story by Michael Perry, with assistance from Mike Clark • In the early 1900s, the only way to move automobiles across the major rivers was by ferry. History tells us there were many such ferries in the 1800s that transported horse-drawn wagons and, later, automobiles. One of the most amazing ferries carried an entire train from Goble, Oregon, across the Columbia to Kalama, Washington; the train ferry operated from 1883 until 1908, when a railroad bridge was built across the Columbia from Portland to Vancouver.
15 Mar 13:21
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