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Kayaking is as minimalist a way as possible to become one with the water while having great control over your own motion and maintaining the freedom to go anywhere.
21 Sep 18:55
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Here, your neighbor’s water main burst and damaged your home. As a general proposition, maintaining a sound water main should be the responsibility of the water supplier—be it city government, water district, or private company.
19 Sep 12:29
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By Judy Perry • We scour logging roads for good patches, and hope someone wasn’t there the day before. One must dress appropriately — unfashionable jeans, baseball hats with names such as Stihl®tm, flannel shirts over T-shirts, a backpack with sunscreen (not needed much in Pacific County), toilet tissue and water. Yes, we pack our lunch and it does taste good.
26 Aug 15:23
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By Susan P. Piper • So please help us narrow the field. Let us know which eatery in the Columbia River region YOU think serves a great burger. Dr. Munchie will select candidates, go on a hamburger eating binge, and announce his 2012 Best Burgeroster later this fall. Someone else will probably have to write up the actual paperwork, but you can be sure Dr. Munchie will mastermind the Hunt and dictate the story.
16 Aug 20:47
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It was days before Thanksgiving in 1999, when I begin playing around with a logo; two weeks later I had created the Columbia River Reader. By the first of the year in 2000, our first issue hit the streets. I was full of enthusiasm and I wanted to break every story hidden away under the seedy bellies of politico small town America.
24 Jul 14:34
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We knew just enough about Pagemaker and Freehand to be dangerous and plunged into this new adventure with gusto. We encountered many crises — problems with typefaces, frozen and corrupted files — usually while burning the midnight oil, of course! Sometimes we had to call the doctor (Adobe), and we resisted but eventually had to make the transition to new programs, InDesign and Illustrator after Pagemaker and Freehand were no longer supported.
23 Jul 20:43
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The Columbia River Reader is a family affair, and not just biological. Our many writers, family members and friends help construct the Reader from concept to delivery box. Every month, at the the PPP, or Post-Publication-Party, we celebrate the current month’s efforts. The parties are usually large, home gatherings with people I’ve become well acquainted with over the years. A few dread the quiz based on the previous issue; others welcome the chance to win prizes. Even if people get some questions wrong, the party is still a fun way to say “thank you” to each member of the Reader family and give a nice push for the next month of stories, ad placements and hours in front of the computer.
22 Jul 14:19
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100th Issue Celebration • By Mike Perry • I still remember the December evening in 2003 when Sue, Paul Thompson and I were having cocktails at Seaside’s Shilo Inn after a poor evening of clam digging (three clams total between us). Sue began talking about her dream of publishing her own newspaper. It became clear she had been thinking of this for quite awhile. Paul and I, to humor her and get her to change the subject, agreed to help.
21 Jul 08:36
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By Ned Piper • So, she started learning how to publish a newspaper. It was a matter of taking one step at a time. Robert Schuller and probably others have been quoted as saying, “inch by inch, anything’s a cinch.” Not exactly, but by taking it in small bites, she was able to make it work. It was a matter of relying on friends who knew bits and pieces of the newspaper or publishing business. And schmoozing the vendors, the sources, the possible helpers. It was taking advantage of what she learned in the University of Oregon’s Electronic Publishing Program for the ostensible purpose of learning to produce a better newsletter during her stint at the American Red Cross. Building her dream publication was not easy, by any means. But Sue found it stimulating, rewarding, and fun. She has kept at it day and night – often all night.
20 Jul 11:46
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Sue's Views • By SuePiper • I was happy when Randy Sanders agreed to write a piece reminiscing about the beginnings of Columbia River Reader, before I bought it in 2004. Now, here we are — celebrating the 100th issue. . .
15 Jul 13:25
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