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4A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 20, 2015 O PINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Try It On keep all the potholes smooth! The community of Cottage Grove is wonderful in its in- volvement — pro or con — for the Downtown Refi nement Plan. One way to test to see if the plan will work is to try it on, like try- ing on a pair of shoes before you buy them. The City of Cottage Grove, business owners and citi- zens could extend the sidewalks for two to fi ve business days to test the driving lanes, business interruption and safety concerns that have been expressed. Park- ing could be pushed out the length of the extensions on both sides by parking cones, saw horses, kitchen chairs — well, you got the idea — ideally, for all the blocks in which the side- walks would be extended. After all, these are not shoes that can be returned. Anna Strong Cottage Grove Common Sense I think we all are born with common sense. This can get us all through life — not to say that accidents won’t happen! Spring- fi eld is really doing things on pedestrian and traffi c problems. It was tragic when the three kids got killed after the terrible ac- cident, true, but they are trying hard to not let this happen any- more. The traffi c on Main Street in Cottage Grove and other streets is much too fast. Pedes- trian crossing has improved. Let’s think more of street safety and less of unimportant issues. One last comment — our streets are in need of repair. If they are so inclined to keep our town his- toric, let’s gravel our streets and grade them once in a while to Ike Shepherd Cottage Grove Re: Democracy Regarding the signature gath- ering for the referendum: “This is how democracy works.” I couldn’t agree more. Stephen Swiftfox Cottage Grove On Getting Old I was born in 1927 and am still breathing. Younger people are always curious about what old age is like. Well, as someone once said, “it ain’t for sissies.” Yes! It’s true! Sure, one sleeps a lot — a sort of infancy in reverse — gradually becom- ing ever more helpless. And the hours one sleeps increase as time passes. But society doesn’t think of you as they do a baby. You still have “adult” respon- sibilities — such as listening closely to what others are say- ing and doing, sort of “pulling your own social weight.” Yes, you have less energy, but you’re still “responsible” to society. But as real “old age” sets in, the ability to continue meeting social expectations wanes faster and faster as the years roll by. Yet because you’re old doesn’t excuse one from “polite” be- havior. It seems physical frailty is more forgivable than mental frailty. The body may require crutches, but there are none for the brain. Eighty and 90-year old parents and grandparents are expected to remember their grown-up children’s special days — birthdays, anniversaries, etc. — and to celebrate them! Offbeat Oregon History Storm-tossed ships shared a double date with destiny BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel D ecember of 1852 was a rough month on the Or- egon Coast, in more ways than one. It was one of those years when storm systems chase each other across the sky, one right after another, for weeks on end, lashing the surf into a towering, foamy lather — and fi lling the Columbia River Bar with 40- foot-tall walls of green water. Outside the bar’s entrance, be- ing tossed about mercilessly by the serial storms, a small cluster of sailing ships tacked back and forth or rode at anchor. They’d come from San Francisco, working the new and profi table run back and forth to Portland to fetch supplies for the hordes of eager miners still working the Gold Rush diggings. Of all the waiting vessels, the barque Mindora had been there the longest — four solid weeks. Its crew had spent Christmas being tossed around on the sea, wet and cold, thinking longing- ly of the warmth and seasonal cheer being enjoyed a few miles They are, after all, the most re- spected members of the family, and an elder’s attention counts a lot coming from them. Some adult offspring are very understanding of this tendency to forgetfulness, but others are not and tend to scold and lose patience. On the other hand, elders can be great entertainers and family storytellers of the classic fam- ily “stories”, keeping those old bonds and tales alive from one generation to the next. So, it’s not just the younger generation that has “all the best answers.” How could they? They’ve only watched “old age”; they haven’t experienced it yet. So go talk to your parents, and then to their parents. Caring about the elders in our midst is one of the most enter- taining things younger folk can do. It’s entertaining for both seniors and older young adults. Old people have fascinating lives to recall! Stories to tell!! LISTEN! away in Astoria. By Jan. 12, 1853, the cup- boards in the ship’s galley were almost bare, and the captain was rationing the hardtack and beans. Water, too, was running short — as were tempers among crewmembers. The Mindora’s skipper, George Staples, was getting desperate. But the day had dawned, and it was fi nally calm. The worst weather of the year had, it seemed, blown itself out. Capt. Staples lost no time in giving the order to trim up the sails for the crossing, then fall off the wind and head inland. At least one other ship, wait- ing there on the seaward side of the bar, soon followed suit. That would be the barque I. Mer- rithew, also out of San Francis- co. In fact, the Mindora and the I. Merrithew had been docked side-by-side in San Francisco the month before, being loaded for their respective journeys to Portland. The Merrithew had left a few days after the Mindo- ra, so it had not been stuck wait- ing quite as long; but its crew’s Christmas experience had been similar, and its stocks of food- stuffs were also running out. Unfortunately, those would not be the only things the crews of these two ships would share. The Mindora and the Merrithew had a double-date with destiny. They would follow almost the exact same path, on the same day, with the same results and lay their bones within a few miles of one another on the shores of what’s now Washing- ton State. The trouble started with the Mindora, which was beating across the usual southwest wind making about four knots when suddenly she slipped into one of the elusive, unpredictable wind shadows with which the bar was plagued. Instantly adrift with drooping canvas and at the mercy of the river’s current, the ship started drifting to port with alarming rapidity, making for the Middle Sands. Desperately, the crew dropped anchor — but the current was so fast, and the bottom so sandy, that the Min- dora was merely slowed down by this Slowly, inexorably, drag- ging her anchor behind her, she drifted toward the Middle Sands and slammed onto the shoals. Like a swordsman delivering the coup de grace, the ocean now struck with full force: A series of giant foam-topped breakers thundered down on the Mindora’s decks, sweeping them clear of everything mov- able, smashing deckhouses and fl ooding the forecastle. With remarkable discipline, the crewmembers stuck to their stations until Captain Staples gave the order to abandon ship; chances are, he was waiting for the tide to turn, so that the seas would be more manageable. When the time was right, they quickly got the lifeboat ready — somehow it had been spared the ravages of the boarding seas — and launched it. 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