What a fun evening this was! A troop deployment dinner was held at the St Helens Elks club on March 8, 2009. There are 85 young men and women schedueled for deployment to Iraq sometime in the next few months. A dinner was given for them and their spose or significant other. The party was 4 months in planning by The Red White and Blue Committie. This group is comprised of community minded organizations working together on behalf of the commuity. They are, The American Legion, VFW Post 1440 and Auxiliary of St Helens, VFW Post 4362 and Auxiliary of Scappoose, and the Elks Lodge. There were several guest speaker, including, Senator Betsy Johnson, State Representative Brad witt. Retired Colonel Wist, and a toast was given by State VFW Adjutant Quartermaster, Roger Ege. All of the young warriors looked absolutely awsome. It was a fun time to remeber later years down the road.
What a fun evening this was! A troop deployment dinner was held at the St Helens Elks club on March 8, 2009. There are 85 young men and women schedueled for deployment to Iraq sometime in the next few months. A dinner was given for them and their spose or significant other. The party was 4 months in planning by The Red White and Blue Committie. This group is comprised of community minded organizations working together on behalf of the commuity. They are, The American Legion, VFW Post 1440 and Auxiliary of St Helens, VFW Post 4362 and Auxiliary of Scappoose, and the Elks Lodge. There were several guest speaker, including, Senator Betsy Johnson, State Representative Brad witt. Retired Colonel Wist, and a toast was given by State VFW Adjutant Quartermaster, Roger Ege. All of the young warriors looked absolutely awsome. It was a fun time to remeber later years down the road.
What a fun evening this was! A troop deployment dinner was held at the St Helens Elks club on March 8, 2009. There are 85 young men and women schedueled for deployment to Iraq sometime in the next few months. A dinner was given for them and their spose or significant other. The party was 4 months in planning by The Red White and Blue Committie. This group is comprised of community minded organizations working together on behalf of the commuity. They are, The American Legion, VFW Post 1440 and Auxiliary of St Helens, VFW Post 4362 and Auxiliary of Scappoose, and the Elks Lodge. There were several guest speaker, including, Senator Betsy Johnson, State Representative Brad witt. Retired Colonel Wist, and a toast was given by State VFW Adjutant Quartermaster, Roger Ege. All of the young warriors looked absolutely awsome. It was a fun time to remeber later years down the road.
What a fun evening this was! A troop deployment dinner was held at the St Helens Elks club on March 8, 2009. There are 85 young men and women schedueled for deployment to Iraq sometime in the next few months. A dinner was given for them and their spose or significant other. The party was 4 months in planning by The Red White and Blue Committie. This group is comprised of community minded organizations working together on behalf of the commuity. They are, The American Legion, VFW Post 1440 and Auxiliary of St Helens, VFW Post 4362 and Auxiliary of Scappoose, and the Elks Lodge. There were several guest speaker, including, Senator Betsy Johnson, State Representative Brad witt. Retired Colonel Wist, and a toast was given by State VFW Adjutant Quartermaster, Roger Ege. All of the young warriors looked absolutely awsome. It was a fun time to remeber later years down the road.
What a fun evening this was! A troop deployment dinner was held at the St Helens Elks club on March 8, 2009. There are 85 young men and women schedueled for deployment to Iraq sometime in the next few months. A dinner was given for them and their spose or significant other. The party was 4 months in planning by The Red White and Blue Committie. This group is comprised of community minded organizations working together on behalf of the commuity. They are, The American Legion, VFW Post 1440 and Auxiliary of St Helens, VFW Post 4362 and Auxiliary of Scappoose, and the Elks Lodge. There were several guest speaker, including, Senator Betsy Johnson, State Representative Brad witt. Retired Colonel Wist, and a toast was given by State VFW Adjutant Quartermaster, Roger Ege. All of the young warriors looked absolutely awsome. It was a fun time to remeber later years down the road.
Biker Bonehead Bob, pictured above, is a biker journalist, serving all of Columbia County, and a Harley biker enthusiast. Good friend to Jim and Mitze, he captures photographs of biker events, and adds a story or two to their blog, soon to be a website where they welcome all biker enthusiasts who are looking to form new friendships, hang out with old friends, plan get togethers, and share adventures on the road!
Columbia Humane Society has sweet and lovable dogs and cats waiting for their forever family to come get them. This pet showcase includes just a few of the lovable pets available right now and you can see them all at the shelter. Give them a call at 503-397-4353 or visit the website at www.ColumbiaHumane.org.
The pet adoption showcase is sponsored by Western Heating and Cooling. If you love your pets but have alleregies, asthma or pet dander in your home's air, give Western Heating a call for an in-home air quality analysis. 503-543-5599 or www.WesternHeating.com.
The 8th grade girls played Kelso during the St Helens Tournament Jan 10-11. St Helens lead from the opening and won 31-14. Here are the highlights.
The Scappoose 7th grade girls basketball team took on Kelso in the St Helens tournament on Jan 10, '09. The game was very close with Scappoose leading until mid 3rd quarter when Kelso took a 2 point lead. Scappoose regained the lead and never looked back. The final score was Sacppoose 32, Kelso 24.
I've seen the lists: the best of 2008, the best and worst dressed, sexiest, most eligible bachelor, the most news worthy of 2008 and the predictions for 2009. Every media outlet and supermarket tabloid has a list. I didn't find my name on any of them. That's probably good news. I made my own lists, new year's resolutions and then a list of 2009 goals. So, I'm on lists now. Do they count if I don't show them to anyone?
I know how 2009 treats me is up to me… I have been an optimist all my life. I understand the power of positive thinking and I know The Secret. I have the talent, the health, the energy, the motivation and a great network of friends and business contacts. I don’t have any excuses.
To reach all my goals, I may need you to join my team. And in return, if I can help, invite me to be on your team. We can do more together and teamwork multiplies our potential, so, maybe it is how we define a “team” that counts.
Like you, I am on several teams and Team 1 is my family. Kids, grandkids and the whole extended family. And it is a winning team although there are a couple players on the trading block (email for details).
Outside the family, I am on multiple teams in multiple roles from team captain to quarterback to right tackle and bench warmer. And I’m proud of these teams and the goals we set out to achieve. Whether it is my business team or teaming with my customers, the Chamber or civic and nonprofit organizations, every team needs the same ingredients for success. Great people.
Much of the time, our time is the key contribution which makes a difference. We tend to be commitaholics, on too many teams and spread too thin which can lead to letting them all down in some way. To say “yes” effectively, sometimes we have to say “no”. Sometimes it is about priorities, not just the desire to be on every winning team.
This year, to each of my teams I promise to give my best, to be a great team player and to focus on the goal line. If you are on one of my teams, let’s pull together we can do more. I look forward to being on your team.
Team, forget the lists, it’s game time! Let’s have a great 2009.
Snow days, the stuff of wintry legend. I grew up in southeastern Idaho where snow days didn’t exist, mostly because no adult believed in them just like they didn’t believe in Excalibur or the Tooth Fairy. But through the childhood grapevine my friends and I had heard about snow days. Oh, how we fervently wished for snow days as we shivered together during icy-cold recesses…
Oregon is not Idaho in it's belief and practice of snow days. I loved having snow days last week. Even the office was closed, so it seemed like the perfect time to get some things done around the house. The to-do list was long, but the motivation was short. It felt like a waste of special time to do anything mundane, useful or constructive. So this is how I spent my snow days…
I stayed in my sweats – different sweats every day, though. I watched my favorite holiday movies, Lethal Weapon (only the first one) and Die Hard (one and two). Nothing sparks more holiday cheer than bullets, blood-shed, and bare-chested actors (Mel and Bruce are two of Santa’s best elves). I read a whole book from cover to cover. I fixed real home-made food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I put up the crap-tacular but blindingly white Christmas tree with its red plastic sparkly ornaments. What didn’t I do? I didn’t answer the phone or pick up the clutter or open the bills. I didn’t care if the cats lounged on the countertops. I didn’t care if a little spoonful of cookie dough disappeared right out of the bowl. And you know what? I didn’t feel the least bit guilty.
Snow days – they really do exist, they really are as good as I wished they would be, and they really are the stuff of wintry legend. So let’s wish for a few more, ok?
What’s your favorite part of the holiday season? Fudge? Greeting cards? Scotch tape? Personally, I’m a sucker for Christmas lights. Whether the light strings are dangling from the eaves, draped across the shrubs, and/or twisted around the trees – the colors, variety and wattage are just amazing. A few little twinkly lights thrown in are a nice touch, too.
My love of Christmas lights began way, way back when I was a kid. The whole famn damily would pile into the old Dodge station wagon for a drive around town to look at the lights. The snow would diffuse the colors and lights across the lawn while the icicles added big bright dramatic highlights. Combined with treacherously slick roads and no seat belt laws, those were rides to remember!
Dad was a sucker for Christmas lights, too, even though they almost killed him…
Again way, way back, on one fine January clearance sale day, Dad found the best price EVER on Christmas lights. He bought every single box and stashed them away in anticipation of the best EVER neighborhood light display. Months later, he unwrapped all those lights only to discover they were not the string-to-string variety. After considering the extension cord complications, Dad decided to splice all the lights together into one big long giant string. He worked along methodically, carefully splicing one string to another, holding the bare wire ends in his mouth as he went. It was at one such critical molar-clenching moment that my youngest brother decided to plug in the lights.
Snap! Crackle! Pop! Not in the good cereal kind of way, either. Dad, knocked off his feet, flew across the living room and landed right next to the outlet. Somehow, he was able to unplug the lights and himself. “Dad,” said the electrically guilty brother in a voice of stunned awe, “can you do that again?”
So nine extension cords and two root canals later, it was really was the best EVER neighborhood light display.
During this Christmas season, enjoy all of your favorites be it fudge, greeting cards, scotch tape or lights. Drive carefully and plug in even more carefully!
This is part 2... Part 1 is just to the right and worth watching first! BTW, part 2 is rated PG 14!
Barbara was the CRhighway Holiday Makeover winner. Beginning with a surprise ambush, she went to Scandalous Hair Design for massage, manicure, cut & color and make-up. Then it was off to Geppettos for lunch, Jilly's for a dress and jewelry and pictures with Santa by Hills Photography. Later she viewed the Christmas ships, had a fabulous dinner at the Klondike and spent the night in a cozy room with fireplace and juccuzi bath courtesy of Scappose Creek Inn! And she deserved it all for the way she gives to others without thinking of herself.
Barbara was the CRhighway Holiday Makeover winner. Beginning with a surprise ambush, she went to Scandalous Hair Design for massage, manicure, cut & color and make-up. Then it was off to Geppettos for lunch, Jilly's for a dress and jewelry and pictures with Santa by Hills Photography. Later she viewed the Christmas ships, had a fabulous dinner at the Klondike and spent the night in a cozy room with fireplace and juccuzi bath courtesy of Scappose Creek Inn! And she deserved it all for the way she gives to others without thinking of herself.