Community News - January 17, 2013

Student poems published

Poems of three students at Julius A. Wendt Elementary School have been published in a book, "Talented: 2012 Poetry Collection," published last fall by the America Library of Poetry.

The students are Ellie Leitz, McKensi Fluckiger and Charlie Ashe. They wrote the poems as fifth graders; they are now in the sixth grade.

Here are the poems:

The Color Orange by Charlie Ashe

The color that the hunters wear while looking

for the right bull.

The color of that juicy fruit that everyone loves

on a hot summer's day.

The color of the sunset on the ocean floor.

And at the bottom of that ocean lives a bright

orange clown fish.

The color of the jack-o-lantern on a little boy's

porch on the night of.

Underneath that fall tree there were thousands

of orange leaves.

Raindrop by Mckensi Fluckiger

A drop of rain is like a sudden knock on the door.

Unexpected, yet often welcomed with a nice smile.

It can brighten your day or ruin your plans.

It can make you laugh, or it can make you cry.

Whether the raindrop is moving slow or fast,

Or if it's small or big, it can always get anyone's

attention.

A raindrop contains many special secrets.

It's a bubble of anticipation and surprise.

It cleanses the Earth; it feeds the flowers and fills

the holes.

The raindrop is never silent.

It bangs on the roof, spatters on the window,

or splashes in a puddle.

It can't make you shallow.

It's certainly just a raindrop.

King for the Court by Ellie Leitz

Prepare to pass the ball

Dribble through the defense

Swat before a swish

Foul on a far shot

free throw line

or not?

Sheriff's office staffs Rosburg substation

Sheriff Mark Howie announced Tuesday that the Sheriff’s Office Substation at Grays River Valley Center in Rosburg is now staffed with a deputy on Tuesdays from 3-5 p.m.

The deputy will be there to talk to folks about any questions or concerns and to offer CPL applications, accident report forms, and various other forms.

Call for artists

Area artists are invited to participate in the Columbian Artists 37th Annual Juried Spring Show to be held March 23 through April 14 at the Three Rivers Mall, 3513 Three Rivers Drive, Kelso.

The show is open to artists 18 years and older from Cowlitz, Clark, Wahkiakum, Lewis and Pacific counties in Washington and Clatsop and Columbia counties in Oregon.

Entries must be original, two dimensional work, completed in the past two years. Work will be judged with awards given. Entries will be received Monday, March 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Three Rivers Mall.

Prospectuses with details regarding rules, categories, sizes, etc., are available on their website: columbianartists.org. They also are available at the Broadway Gallery in Longview and the Tsuga Gallery in Cathlamet, or by calling Jessie, 360-295-3224; John, 360-261-7652; Arlis, 360-425-6719; or Nancy, 360-225-6118.

Archive center hosting old-time loggers' reunion

The Appelo Archives Center will host the third annual Old Time Loggers Reunion on January 26 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. It will be held at the Center at 1056 State Route 4 in Naselle.

The event is intended to bring together loggers and timber workers, as well as any and all who have worked in the industry. Their families and all in the area who want to honor the industry's importance to the past and present are most welcome.

Both Howard Laney and Johnny Berguist will be honored at this year's event. Each has a long history of working in the woods, said archive center manager Karen Bertoch, so it is with great pride that the archives center's board honors them at this event. They have both meant a great deal to the community and the industry so all are invited to come wish them well and share stories with them.

Refreshments will be provided, and the center's new cafe will be open. All activities will be held in the lower level with the logging displays downstairs as well.

Crab feed tickets available next week

The 29th annual Crab and Oyster Feed, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, will take place Saturday, March 9, at the Norse Hall on Puget Island.

Seatings are scheduled for 3:00, 5:15 and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets will be available exclusively at the Bank of Pacific’s Cathlamet branch starting next week.

Participants need to bring condiments and cracking tools and will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets.

For more information call the chamber at 795-9996.

Razor dig set Jan. 25-27

State fishery managers have approved a razor clam dig Jan. 25-27, on evening tides at various ocean beaches.Digging will be allowed all three evenings at Long Beach and Twin Harbors - the two beaches with the most clams available for harvest. Copalis and Mocrocks beaches will be open for one evening of digging on Jan. 26.