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Page 12 * l71’1' P o rtla n d (Observer July 28. 2010 Arts “ IS IIII ENEEEEAINMENE New Home for Petrified Stump World Forestry Center hosts exhibit Thanks to a generous donation by Lew Smith of Smith Rock in Port land, visitors can now see a 5 million years old, 10,000 pound petrified stump on display outside the World Forestry Center Discovery M u seum. The stump, found in North Da kota, is that of a Giant Sequoia tree. Petrified wood occurs when a tree is buried by landslide or other occurrence. With no oxygen avail able, the wood does not decay. Left undisturbed for thousands o f years, the cells o f the wood are slowly replaced by minerals carried in ground water. This process, called petrification, creates a stone image o f the original tree. Petrified wood is an amazing phe » nomenon requiring a special circum stance and many thousand years. Different minerals will produce different colors. The cell rings, bark, and hard and soft parts o f the wood attract different concentrations of minerals leaving a stone picture o f the original wood. The more slowly petrification takes place,-the more detailed the picture. The Discovery Museum also has a stunning collection o f cut and polished petrified wood showing many different species and ages. The World Forestry Center is a non profit educational organization located in Washington Park whose mission is to educate about the world’s forests and trees and envi . . . v . o n c o n a / c u / n y ui nuuu^iuiu, Driusn uoiumoia, get an up close visit with a five million year old petrified Giant Sequoia tree at Portland’s World Forestry Center. ronmental sustainability. MOKE H O b bflILL Ulicious Smokehouse & Grill 1505 N.E. Killingsworth St. 503-477-3958 JULY SPECIAL: Whole Slab o f Pork Ribs fo r $25.00 with a free family size order o f BBQ Beans. House Hours Mon-Thurs 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Fri-Sat 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. All dinners with two sides o f your choice for $9.95 potato salad BBQ beans Cole slaw or beans and rice. MS : 8028 SE Start St Portland. Oregon » 503226E.N80 www.tubandtan Rock 4n’ Roll Legend in Town Bona fide rock ’n ’ roll legend Levon Helm, best known for his work with the Band, will be in town, Thursday, Aug. 8 as part o f the Oregon Z oo’s summer concert se ries presented by NW Natural. Helm began performing more than five decades ago, but it was in 1965 when he and the Band— then known as the Hawks — shot to rock star dom. Bob Dylan decided he wanted to “go electric” and chose the Band for the transformation. Eventually, they rented a big pink house in Woodstock, N.Y., and emerged with Levon H elm a sound that fused together all o f their musical influences on land mark late-’60s albums like “Music From Big Pink” and “The Band.” “H elm ’s distinctively soulful, country-tinged voice — heard on such classic Band recordings as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” — earned him a spot on Roll ing Stone’s list o f the 100 greatest singers o f all time. Modem Drummer magazine rated Helm as “perhaps the greatest singer/drummer to ever play a backbeat.” Obama to Guest on ‘The View’ (AP) — A B C s "The View" has welcomed many notable guests, but none more prominent than Presi- dent Barack Obama, who is sched- uled to visit for Thursday's edition, In making the announcement on Monday, executive producers Bar- bara Walters and Bill Geddie said this marksthefirsttimeasittingU.S.presi- dent has visited a daytime talk show. They said the majority o f the hour will be devoted to Obama's appearance, which will touch on topics including jobs, the economy, theGulfoil spill and family life inside the White House. It is scheduled to tape on Wednesday. "We are so pleased and hon ored," Walters said. Walters will make a special return to the studio for the occasion j o i n ing co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. Other than a brief segment broadcast from her home this month, Walters has been o ff the air since undergoing open-heart surgery in May and had not planned to be back until September.
