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VP Pt «. U tti CvA*,T »UJuriTv riö^k SöA n » * * AC h 'fy n o ' SoTTTe^^T PUT YOUR GOOD WHERE IT WILL DO THE M O ST.1*q00,01 "'avyGravy a Don by Peter Lindsey When t h e lo n g r a i n p l a y a t h e l a s t w i s t e r i a l e a v e s b e h in d t h e W a v e c re s t In n t h i s f a l l and s n ic k s in s u c c e s s iv e s h e e ts a g a i n s t i t s s o u th g a b le s , th e m a s te r i n n k e e p e r w i l l n o t be t h e r e , b u t h i s s p i r i t and w o rk s e n d u r e . H is E n g li s h lo n g b e a n s d a n g le on t h e v i n e s , a s y e t u n h a r v e s t e d . Duke, t h e b r i n d l e hound, seeks in v a in h is c u s to m a r y b o ne a t th e back s te p . The damp s e a a ir of B r a i l l i e r Road no l o n g e r b l e n d s w ith t h e r i c h brow n s m e l l s o f r y e b r e a d and b re w in g Toad S p i t S to u t. A f t e r g e n t l e s a v a g in g by your e d ito r , I w ill tr y to t e l l you s o m e th in g o f t h e man D o n ald Eddy T hom pson, who liv e d q u i e t l y among you t h e s e p a s t tw e n ty y e a r s , and who I a d m ire d an d c h e r i s h e d a s a t e a c h e r , s u r r o g a t e f a t h e r , and f r i e n d . Don and h i s w if e V i o l e t e n t e r e d my l i f e e i g h t e e n y e a r s a g o and h a v e c a r r i e d me t h r o u g h w hat I c o n s id e r to be, in T h e o d o re R o e th k e ' s t e r m s , a c u l t u r a l " d a r k t i m e . " Q u o t i d ia n r e a l i t i e s hound o u r l i v e s w ith th e ir m eanness and s u p e rfic ia lity . D o n a ld T h o m p s o n 's w o rk s and i n f l u e n c e h a v e o f t e n b e e n my s p e c i f i c and a n tid o te . S ittin g a t ta b le a t t h e W a v e c r e s t, one n o t o n ly d i n e s on t h e in n ' s c u i i n a r y p ro v e n d e r, b u t a ls o a ric h b r o t h o f h i s t o r y , hum or, and im a g in a tio n . I c o u n t m y s e lf tr u ly b le s s e d . Mr. Thompson has been title d by Cannon B each c i t y l e a d e r s "The T h in k e r an d D oer o f t h e Cannon B each S e w e r ." A c o n g re ss of in te re s ts and t a l e n t s s ta n d w itn e s s to a l i f e s p e n t b o th t h i n k i n g and d o i n g . A p a i n t i n g hung on t h e i n n 's k i t c h e n w a ll d e p i c t s a s t o o l . The c a p t i o n r e a d s : "S o m e tim e s I s i t s a n d t h i n k s ; s o m e tim e s I j u s t s i t s . " V ery r a r e l y d i d Don Thom pson " j u s t s i t . " D o n 's t a x a c c o u n t a n t o n c e a d m o n ish e d him r e g a r d in g th e o c c u p a tio n l i s t e d on h i s t a x fo rm : "M r. Thom pson, l e t 's be h o n est now Your o c c u p a t i o n s h o u ld r e a d s im p ly " D re a m e r. " I c o n c u r , T h o se o f u s who l i v e i n Cannon B each an d T o lo v a n a P a rk owe much t o D on’ s d ream o f a s e w a g e /w e tla n d s y s te m r e l y i n g on n a t u r a l f o r c e s t o " p o l i s h " w a s t e w a t e r r a t h e r t h a n c h e m ic a l t r e a t m e n t o f w a s t e . At h i s own e x p e n s e , Mr. Thompson v i s i t e d E u ro p e a n s y s te m s and a lte rn a tiv e s y s te m s in th e U n ite d S t a t e s . Few e x i s t e d . W ith t h e a i d o f an e n g i n e e r i n g f ir m and h i s d re a m , D o n ald s e t a b o u t c h a l l e n g i n g an d lo b b y in g f o r w hat h a s becom e t h e C annon B each W a s te w a te r S y s te m . The s y s te m i s c o s t e f f e c t i v e and e n v iro n m e n ta lly k in d . I t s ta n d s as a p ro to ty p ic n a tu ra l w a s te w a te r s y s te m u s in g v e g e ta tiv e tra n s p ira tio n and s tr e a m flo w to b rea k down sew age e f f l u e n t . Don a c t e d a s e m is s a r y and r e s i d e n t e x p e r t , p re s e n tin g p a p e rs fre q u e n tly a t s e m in a rs and w a s te w a te r c o n v o c a tio n s . L eagued w ith N eal M ain e, w e tla n d s s p e c i a l i s t , t h e tw o in itia te d a u n iq u e w e t l a n d s / w a s t e w a t e r m o n it o r i n g p ro je c t a f f i l i a t e d w ith th e S e a s i d e S c h o o l D i s t r i c t . The p ro g ra m c o n t i n u e s w ith s t u d e n t s from th e lo c a l d is tric t e n h a n c in g game h a b ita t and g ra d u a te s tu d e n ts from th e s t a t e u n i v e r s i t i e s u s in g th e p o n d s and w e tla n d a re a s as re s e a rc h b a se s as w e ll. Don Thom pson and h i s n e ig h b o r B i l l C a n e s s a h a v e m a i n t a i n e d on e o f t h e few o n g o in g w e e k ly b i r d count p ro je c ts in w e s te rn O re g o n . The la g o o n pond c o u n t i s r e c o g n i z e d by t h e O regon D e p a rtm e n t o f F is h and W i l d l i f e a s o n e o f t h e o n ly s i g n i f i c a n t i n s t r u m e n t s m e a s u r in g m i g r a t o r y w ild f o w l in t h e n o r t h c o a s t a re a . A c a ta lo g of Mr. T h o m p s o n 's in te re s ts an d a c c o m p lis h m e n ts r u n s from A t o Z: A lg a e (p o n d ty p e s ) to Zymurgy ( b e e r an d b r e a d t y p e s ) . H is p e n c h a n t f o r p u r s u i n g an e x tr a o r d in a r y ra n g e o f t a s k s , n o t m e re ly s u p e r f i c i a l l y , b u t in d e p t h , s e t s him a p a r t from a g r e a t many o f u s in t h i s tim e o f t e l e v i s i o n . The W a v e c r e s t In n is not a p la c e of te le v is io n . In s te a d , bo o k s, le a rn e d jo u r n a ls , o b je c ts o f a rt and fo re ig n la n d s have s u r r o u n d e d D o n ald an d V i o l e t s in c e th e ir a rriv a l. The W av e c re st h as a c to d a s a haven and c o n d u i t fo r h is to r ia n s , a r t i s t s , m u s i c i a n s , an d s u n d r y h u m a n is ts in c lu d in g T e re n c e O 'D o n n e l l , Kim and w illia m S t a f f o r d and many m ore, D o n ald Thompson was c o m p le x , p r i v a t e man o f many in te re s ts and p a s s i o n s , yet f u n d a m e n ta l ly im bued w ith b e l i e f in th e v a lu e o f 1iv in g s i m p ly . H is m e a ls w ere le g e n d a ry , an d g e n e ra lly e n h a n c e d by f r e s h p r o d u c e - - F a v a beans, E u ro p e a n p o ta to e s , c a r r o t s , and l e e k s - - g r o w n y e a r - ro u n d in h i s e l e v a t e d b e d s , re s u rre c te d from a ro c k y r o a d b e d . 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