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community march13 2012 Living on a Lake - A Day on the Lake! By Gayle Rich Boxman get a hint of spring. Finally, a photo op! It was a Saturday with an I took snapshots of cabins dotting the lakefront open day for my husband and I to enjoy a gloriously and their ripply reflections in the water. sunny February afternoon on Fishhawk Lake! After chores were all completed our “reward” was to break out our canoe, shove it off the stone steps into the glassy lake and go with the flow—literally! We headed across from our home on the lake and lo and behold, a bald eagle flapped out of the trees and flew right over our heads (of course before I could lay down my paddle and grab the camera). How many people get to say that while canoeing on their private lake in the woods?? He headed down the lake towards the spillway and we glided his direction long behind him. We heard the laughter of children lightly floating over the lake, a sound reflective of summer. It made me long for those days in July when people hop into their various modes of watercraft and tool about for hours on Fishhawk Lake. We are lucky—often in February we 9 As the sun was waning about 4ish, we turned to head home. I looked past the bow of the canoe and the sight I took in was the moon smiling over the treetops facing me! We followed the sun along the shoreline, then headed for home. A blissful and sweet moment taken on a lovely quiet day at Fishhawk Lake. Then I turned to get a picture of my hubby. You can reach Gayle Rich-Boxman at Fishhawk Lake for all your real estate needs by calling 503-755- 2905 or visit her website at www.lakehomesatfishhawk. com. Another Round: More Words of Wisdom About Beer By Scott Laird Astoria Brewing at The Birk— The Birkenfeld Country Store and Café is ex- cited to announce they will be serving beers from Astoria Brewing Company! The Birk will have six taps devoted to Astoria Brewing and are currently have a wide selection including Lagers, IPA’s an Amber and a Wheat Beer. They will be rotating beers and with six tap han- dles there will always be a great selec- tion to choose from. Sounds like a another great rea- son to head out to The Birk—whether it’s just to have brew and some lunch or ise of larger-than-life experiences, hero- on a weekend evening for some dinner ics and twists & turns as the adventure and some live music—and a good micro unfolds,” I read on the bottle. “These on tap. bottle-conditioned ales are specifically “We are up and running with designed to be aged until sometime af- these now and I think ter December 12th, this is going to be a 2012. Provided you Happy St. Patrick’s Day! great partnership can wait that long. At May the sound of happy music, that time, enjoy them for us with Astoria Brewing,” says Birk and the lilt of Irish laughter, in a “vertical” tast- fill your heart with gladness, owner Mike Ingra- ing. Each one unique that stays forever after. ham. to its year of release. The Wet Dog Each with its own Café was founded in Astoria in 1995. “twist & turn” in the plot line,” contin- The Brewery was added in 1997 un- ued the story. der the name Pacific Rim Brewery. The The tale on the bottle went on to name of the Brewery was changed to As- explain that Stone Brewing had started toria Brewing Co. in 2005, commemo- this adventure on February 2, 2002 and rating Astoria’s first Brewery Company that they were releasing a new ale one which was established in 1872. year, one month and one day from the previous year’s edition. An Epic Tale—Several years ago I came Since then I have collected all across an interesting beer from Stone the new releases and even located the Brewing. The Beer was called Stone 05.05.05 edition on ebay. They are all 06.06.06 Vertical Epic. Printed on the stashed away in the back of our fridge. 22 oz. bottle was an interesting tale. “As The older releases are rare, very expen- with any good epic, herein lies the prom- sive, and hard to locate. Vernonia Computer Services Computer problems? We can help. Hardware testing, repair, replacement Mac – Windows – Linux Software install/upgrade Virus/spyware removal Custom systems built Housecalls There is only one more release left, the 12.12.12. It looks like we will be doing our “vertical” tasting at the end of 2012 with only eight of the eleven Vertical Epic releases. But it still seems like a fun, interesting and epic way to drink some beer. Owned and Operated by Don & Kim Wallace Mariolino’s Pizza & Grill Open for breakfast, lunch & dinner We have ice cream! Available Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-6 and by appointment Bill Langmaid (971) 998-3705 bill@rangelights.com Serving Vernonia since 1970 721 Madison Avenue, Vernonia (503) 429-5018
