Two weeks and still without computer

NOT BAD--The evenings are a bit crisp, but the days have been pretty pleasant. While I kept expecting rain with those clouds we had on Saturday, it never showed up and the sun was shining brightly on Sunday after the morning fog, so that was a nice surprise as I thought for sure we'd be seeing some rain by then. This dry weather meant it was time to get the lawn mower out once again and start putting away the patio stuff in order to prepare for the upcoming rainy season. Forecasters say that we could have a miserable winter, so just in case they are right, it's better to make a few plans now and get ourselves and our homes ready for the months ahead.

SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from October 7-13 are Richard Hoven, Matt Helms, Justin McClain, Jeff Baldwin, Ivy Lou Vik, Sarah Heriford, Betty Goodell, Cameron Collins, Cindy Turner, Doug Manary, Lisa Frink, Kristina Heinger, Ron Cothren, Kim Anderson, Bryce Fitts, and granddaughter Tessa Sechler turns 14 this weekend. I hope all of you have very memorable birthday celebrations.

Happy Anniversary wishes go out ot Marty and Sue Kuller, Rob and Naomi Meyer and Joe and Sheryl Weaver. Enjoy!

Belated anniversary wishes go to Jimmie and Adelaine Durrah who celebrated 14 years together on September 27.

THIS COMING MONDAY--The Skamokawa Grangers will meet on Monday after having a month long break, so there will be many things to discuss. We hope all of you grangers will try to make it to this upcoming meeting so that we can catch up on how we did at the grange fair food booth and the candidates night that we held in place of our last meeting, as well as all the other grange business that will be coming up. See you at 7 p.m.

STILL NO COMPUTER--As I begin typing this, I still don't have an internet connection so I'm really feeling out of the loop now! My family is wondering what happened to me, and I'm not getting any of the latest news from anyone. They all thought I'd be online by now, I guess. Well, me too! It just goes to show how dependent we are on our computers and for those trying to operate a business or pay their bills online, as we've been urged to do, it's really a huge problem. Of course, this is a good test for all of us, as if we ever had a large storm or major long term outage, we need to be able to figure out how to run our businesses and daily lives without the computer world being involved. I'm thinking we'd be in a real mess!

GET BETTER--I got word that my grandson Bryce Good wound up sustaining a collar bone injury, so we hope he mends quickly. Maurice Mooers is feeling a little under the weather and we hope he's doing better real soon. I heard from Bernice Tover Ellison and she had some surgery last month and is recuperating quite nicely, so we hope her limbs are feeling more and more limber every day.

THINK LOCAL--It won't be long and the holidays will be upon us, and we hope you will take this opportunity to shop local. The stores in our area are terrific supporters of our many community fund raising events and we can thank them for their generosity by buying their products or gift certificates from them. It's a win-win situation for everyone as without their help, we could not raise the monies we do, and without our business, they cannot afford to help, so please keep them in mind as the holidays grow closer.

SERVICES--In case you missed the recent notice, the memorial service for Jack Fuller will be held next Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Kelso Elks. Uncle Jack was married to my aunt Nancy Pedersen and they had two sons, all of whom are now deceased. I can remember going to their home in Astoria and enjoying the stories he told of his time working on the Astoria Bridge, a very dangerous job. Jack is survived by his daughter Judy Colt from his first marriage and leaves two brothers, Keith and Neil, as well. He was 86 when he passed away on September 14; he was born February 21, 1924 in Independence, Mo.

ANOTHER CHANCE--If you missed asking the upcoming candidates some questions, you've got another chance to ask them and to listen to what they have to say in Rosburg October 12. While the Grays River Grange is putting this on, the forum will be held at Johnson Park (the old Rosburg School) in the cafeteria at 7 p.m.

SUPPORT KIDS...EAT!--You don't have to think about cooking dinner this Friday night as from 5-6:30 p.m. the Wahkiakum Youth Football group will hold a spaghetti feed at the grade school multi-purpose room. This is a fund raiser for the continuation of the youth football team. We hope you will come out and enjoy some spaghetti prior to the varsity football game which pits the Mules against Toutle Lake. The youth team is also selling Little Caesar pizza kits.

NEXT MEETING--The next fair board meeting will be held on October 13 in the T-Building at 7 p.m. so if you would like to share a thought or an idea with them, that would be the time to do it. And if you haven't cashed your fair premium check, you'd better do it soon--October 25 is the deadline.

MUSICALE--There are several local folks who are currently in the Cabaret productions show in Longview in mid-October. You can head to the Columbia Theater on October 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. There will also be two showings on October 16 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $30. There are many acts involving singing and dancing and comedy routines and various skits. Performers from here include Adele Swift, Russ Durrah, Mike Linn and Cheryl Nelson.

ON WEDNESDAY--Don't forget that the Open House for the 25th anniversary celebration of the St. James Family Center will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Episcopal church.

NICE GROUP--On September 21, a nice group of folks took the opportunity to meet the new Skamokawa Vista Park manager Bob Robinson and his wife Barbara. They put together a BBQ and it was all very tasty and it was topped off with huge brownies and Kayrene Gilbertsen's lefse, a real favorite of mine.

It happened to be a calm and beautiful evening, so the upper picnic area in the park was really an ideal spot to be that evening.

OUT OF THE PAST--In 1960, during October 7-13, the week began wet, got nice for the next couple of days with very chilly evening temperatures and then the last three days were wet and nasty although letting up some on the last day. A big surprise came for the Pedersen family that week as Frank Pedersen came home on leave from the Navy. He was stationed aboard the destroyer USS Barton in Norfolk, VA. His grandma Elsie thought he was looking awfully thin! Another of Elsie Everest's grandsons, Gene Healy, begain his first day with the telephone company on October 7 although it was more of an assignment type of a day. That same day Jonas Pedersen was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. Carol Pedersen and Peggy Peterson took their first class on diabetes care as they would be taking care of Jonas on his return home.

In 1965, it was nice all week long with just one exception, but it wasn't too bad of a day with light rain. Elsie Everest was saying whoo-hoo that week when the Minnesota Twins beat the Dodgers 5-1; she was a big fan of her home baseball team!

At a big doings at the Doumit and Flanders Hardware shop, the lucky winner of a nice big Teflon cooking set was Marian Everest Healy, which was a pleasant surprise for the family.

The Ralph Everests went to the Grays River Grange's visitation affair with the Koths and Ralph Bunn and they had a very good time. There were 12 members from the Elochoman Grange there and they put on the evening program. All this according to the diaries of Elsie May Everest.