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Hood River News,
Saturday, June 13, 2015
JOE PETSHOW
Publisher/President,
Eagle Newspapers, Inc.
CHELSEA MARR
General Manager
JODY THOMPSON
Advertising Manager
DICK NAFSINGER
Publisher, Emeritus (1933-2011)
TOM LANCTOT
Past President,
Eagle Newspapers, Inc.
KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
Editor
TONY METHVIN
Columbia Gorge Press Manager
DAVID MARVIN
Production Manager
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Excellence
BY LEONARD MURPHY
T
Congratulate HRV baseball, and
consider formula for future success
T
he community’s baseball excitement having died
down only slightly, let us add our heartfelt con-
gratulations to the Hood River Valley High
School baseball team for its impressive champi-
onship in 5A.
That they did it at all is one thing; the way the Eagle
diamond guys accomplished it is something else. As
most readers are aware, the Eagles allowed not a single
run to score in their entire playoff competition.
Taking down four other talented teams without al-
lowing a run is a truly remarkable feat. The players and
coaches have shown what comes of years of hard work
and dedication.
Beyond that, there is the matter of the camaraderie
and the sense of fun the players brought to what they
do. The shark costume that players took turns wearing
last season and again this year added a lightness to the
proceedings, though it bears noting that the impromptu
mascot helping inspire the players was not a puppy or
kitten but a shark: an animal we all know for its sharp
teeth, relentless pursuit, and large appetite.
The Eagle boys marked their prey, tracked it down,
and dispatched them. You could put their dominance in
non-violent terms and say that it was like sharks never
letting the smaller fish out of the lagoon.
Fan support for the team reflected the love that
friends and family have for the players, as well as the re-
spect for the game and the opponents. These are parents
and grandparents who have travelled with these guys
for the better part of a decade through all levels of ball
coming up.
Notable, too, is the way the players stood together on
the field for the pre-game National Anthem: pitcher and
catcher as a pair, the three infielders and four outfield-
ers standing shoulder-to-shoulder in their sections of
the diamond. Perhaps it’s standard procedure for base-
ball squads, but with the Eagles it just fit the in-it-to-
gether attitude that helped get them to the title.
Beyond some form of personal congratulations to the
teammates, the best way to celebrate this achievement is
to support future teams, either next season when the Ea-
gles start their title defense, or even sooner: youth ball
games are happening now at St. Mary’s complex and at
Collins Field on West May.
Be it baseball or any other sport, or a musical or dra-
matic performance or anything else our young people
are striving in, the best way to recognize efforts is to
show support while skills are developing. Think of a 12-
year-old athlete, artist, thespian, musician, speaker, or
robotics designer as a 17-year-old, on a larger stage. You
might not make it to the state championship five years
out, but any of us can be there in 2015 when they’re
working towards that larger goal.
Chelsea Marr
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he Yesteryear’s section of
the News for the year 1915
has mentioned the great
amount of auto traffic gen-
erated by the newly com-
pleted Columbia Gorge Highway.
Samuel Lancaster, the construc-
tion engineer of the highway, and
his friend Samuel Hill, the rail-
road builder, had visited the fa-
mous highways of Switzerland
and other areas of Europe and
brought those designs to the Gorge
for implementation.
Highway construction began in
October 1913 and was officially
completed July 6, 1915. To survey,
remove obstacles and construct
the world’s most beautiful high-
way in less than two years was an
incredible feat. The bridges, tun-
nels, viaducts and road across and
down from Crown Point were all
beautifully designed to comple-
ment the natural beauty of the
landscape. The workforce reached
up to 500 men in June of 1914.
Lancaster, with numerous other
members of the Progressive Busi-
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Celebrating the Deleted Expletive
By CRAIG JOSEPH DANNER
W
TFF?
I may not be the
deepest of thinkers —
in fact, some have
said my well is not
just shallow but was dug with a
spade — but I like to think that I
can recognize and appreciate the
philosophical bent in others, even
in the most unlikely of circum-
stances.
Take, for instance, a conversa-
tion I overheard between two in-
mates a few months ago while
working in the medical clinic at
NORCOR, our local county jail.
The medical clinic is essentially
one large room with a few cur-
tains for privacy, along with a
small antechamber where inmates
sit and wait their turn to be seen.
NORCOR is a rather nice facility,
as jails go, but it is still a jail, so
the floors are industrial tiles and
the walls are cinderblock, and so
voices carry well.
The county jail is not the first
place I would expect to overhear a
deep and heartfelt conversation
between two middle-aged men, so I
was a little surprised when the
significance of their words fil-
tered into my brain. The two male
inmates were sitting in the an-
techamber, waiting to be escorted
back to their cells, and our small
but hardworking medical staff
heard every word as we tried to
concentrate on what we were
doing. As I mentioned, this was
several months ago, but I think I
have very accurately recorded
what they said, word for word.
Their conversation went like this:
Inmate 1: “Eff, man. Did you eff-
ing see that effing eff last effing
night?”
Inmate 2: “Yeah.”
Inmate 1: “It was effing un-eff-
ing-leavable!”
Inmate 2: “Yeah.”
Inmate 1: “Some effer needed
to eff the effing eff out of the
effer.”
Inmate 2: “Yeah.”
Inmate 1: “Effing eff, man. He
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was effing effed to the eff.”
Inmate 2: “Yeah.”
Inmate 1: “Eff… Effing eff.”
At the time, I was dumbstruck
by the profundity of this profani-
ty, realizing I was in the presence
of two prime examples of a partic-
ular archetypal male: The Man Of
Few Words. And when I say few
words, I mean about 11 of them. I
was in awe of the fact that these
men could express so much raw
emotion and information with
such vocabularial economy. But
then it occurred to me that I had
absolutely no effing idea what
they had been talking about.
Donna, the medical clerk, had a
different take on the matter. She
leaned back in her chair
and exasperated a most perfect
stage whisper:
“Someone needs to buy that
man a thesaurus.”
■
It was Richard Nixon who really
needed a more imaginative vocab-
ulary. In fact, the lack of a the-
saurus may have cost him his
presidency. When the Watergate
investigators demanded that the
White House turn over transcripts
of Oval Office tapes, Nixon insist-
ed that all the profanity be ex-
punged. Apparently, however,
the president was such a prude
that the deleted expletives were
just soft-core dialecticies such as
“Hell!” and “Christ Almighty!”
But when the American public
was left to use their imagination,
we all translated “expletive delet-
ed” into the “F” word. And at the
time, only thugs and hoodlums
used the “F” word, so of course we
wanted the toss the effer out of
the effing office and into the effing
tar pits!
Effin eff !
■
Like my buddy Richard, or
“Dick” as some liked to call him, I
am a bit of a prude myself. Since
Dick inadvertently made the delet-
ed expletive so famous, over the
last several decades the “F” word
has become less the purveyance of
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■
So I’ve decided that it would be
a good idea if the “F” word — like
its biggest fan Jon Stewart — were
to finally retire… And since most
people who overuse the “F” word
are vocabularically challenged,
I’ve come up with a new word we
can use as a replacement exple-
tive, so that they don’t effing have
to.
Since it would be confusing if
we used another “F” word in place
of the old “F” word, I think we
should move along the alphabet
a little. I think the next expletive
should be a “G” word. And I think
it should be just as appropriate to
hear at the dinner table as the
word it is replacing.
What do you think about this lit-
tle cutie?
“Gonorrhea.”
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■
The other day I was enjoying a
lovely meal with my lovely wife at
a lovely family restaurant in our
lovely little city. It was lovely. Lov-
ing love lovely! We were on a love-
ly patio, there was a loving lovely
breeze, and the food was lovely
and the lovely waitress was lovely
and it all was really just loving
lovely. Love! But at the table next
to us sat a woman and two men
who were also of the Few
Words archetype. It was
too noisy for us to understand the
gist of their conversation, but the
“F” word stands out to the trained
ear, and it was effing this and eff-
ing that and eff eff eff eff all
evening long. I really started
thinking someone needed to eff
the effing eff out of these effing
effs because I was getting effing
effed to the eff.
But instead I ordered dessert.
Which was quite lovely.
Kirsten Lane
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high office and more
the constabulary of dinner table
conversation. And I really don’t
effing like it.
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quickly being recognized as one of
the modern wonders of the world.
The Gorge being the heart, the
trails the veins, and the new high-
way the artery that brought guests
from afar and by the thousands to
see, breathe in a photograph these
natural wonders. Soon they would
be able to park at a trailhead and
with their packed lunch, be on the
trail to make unforgettable memo-
ries.
Recreation in the out of doors
was the major activity during the
1930s during the Great Depression.
This was when Franklin D. Roo-
sevelt, as part of the “New Deal,”
created the Civilian Conservation
Corps under the supervision of
the US Forest Service. Early on,
the CCC took over the mainte-
nance of the existing trails within
the Mt. Hood National Forest.
This fall, the TCO will be recog-
nized for its 100th year as an out-
door club. The Mt. Hood Museum
and Cultural Center at Govern-
ment Camp has several new ex-
hibits depicting some of the club’s
history.
NIXON’S LEGACY
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ness Men’s Club had the vision of
sharing the beauty of the Gorge
with visitors of the world; not just
to view the waterfalls, rugged
cliffs and flora from the highway,
but by making the hinterland
available by foot, using trails con-
structed and maintained for safe
accessibility. The 26 men from the
Progressive Business Men’s Club
were energized by this vision to
hike in stormy weather the 6 and
a half miles from Multnomah
Falls to the summit of Larch
Mountain. While meeting in a
small, crude shelter on that day,
Oct. 3, 1915, the Trails Club of
Oregon (TCO) was formed.
From that day, the members of
TCO worked weekends to develop
and maintain trails, some now rec-
ognized as Eagle Creek, Oneonta
Gorge, Angel’s Rest, Bridal Veil
and Nesmith Point. Often the club
members were involved in leader-
ship roles heading up to senior
and wilderness outings.
In 1915 the automobile was rela-
tively new and the Scenic Colum-
bia River Gorge Highway was
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