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4A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 15, 2015 O PINION Contact your elected offi cials Oregon State House of Representatives: Cottage Grove City Hall: 942-5501. www.cottage- grove.org/ Cottage Grove Mayor Tom Munroe: 942-5501. Cottage Grove City Councilors: Mike Fleck, At Large: 942-7302 Heather Murphy, At Large: 942-3444 Jake Boone, Ward 1: 653-7413 Jeff Gowing, Ward 2: 942-1900 Garland Burback, Ward 3: 942-4800 Rep. Cedric Hayden (REP) District: 007 900 Court Street NE Suite H-288 Salem, OR 97301 Phone: (503) 986-1407 Fax: (503) 986-1130 Email: rep.cedrichayden@ state.or.us Oregon State Senate: United States Senate: Sen. Floyd Prozanski (DEM) District: 004 900 Court Street NE Suite S-319 Salem, OR 97301-0001 Phone: (503) 986-1704 Fax: (503) 986-1080 Email: sen.fl oydprozan- ski@state.or.us Governor: Lane County Commis- sioners: John Kitzhaber 160 State Capitol 900 Court Street Salem, Oregon 97301-4047 Phone: (503) 378-4582 Fax: (503) 378-6827 Faye Stewart, East Lane Commissioner Lane County Public Ser- vice Building 125 East 8th Street Eugene, OR 97401 Phone: (541) 682-4203 Fax: (541) 682-4616 District: 004 United States House of Representatives 2134 Rayburn House Of- fi ce Building Washington, DC 20515- 0001 Phone: (202) 225-6416 Fax: (202) 225-0032 Email: http://www.house. gov/formdefazio/contact. html United States House of Representatives: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (DEM) Sen. Ron Wyden (DEM) District: 0S1 United States Senate 230 Dirksen Senate Offi ce Building Washington, DC 20510- 0001 Phone: (202) 224-5244 Fax: (202) 228-2717 Email: http://wyden.senate. gov/contact/ Sen. Jeff Merkley (DEM) District: 0S2 United States Senate 404 Russell Senate Offi ce Building Washington, DC 20510- 0001 Phone: (202) 224-3753 Fax: (202) 228-3997 Email: http://jmerkley.sen- ate.gov/webform.htm Offbeat Oregon History Sudden windstorm caught steamship at worst possible moment BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel I t was just past midnight on Jan. 12, 1936. Gale warning pennants were fl ying in Astoria, warning ships that they could expect winds of 39 to 54 miles per hour as they crossed the bar — rough weather, but not nearly rough enough to stop the big ships as they came and went, and they’d been doing so all day. So there was no particular reason why Captain Edgar L. Yates, the sea- soned and competent skipper of the 410-foot, 8,800-ton steamship Iowa, should hesitate. He held a bar pilot’s li- cense, so there was no need to wait for a pilot to come aboard. So across the bar the Iowa steamed ... and the shipwreck that ensued would be the worst loss of life on the Colum- bia River bar since the Civil War. From far away, the Iowa looked like a very unlikely candidate for destruction on the bar. It was a full-size modern freighter, and a fairly new one at that. The ship had been built in 1920 for the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. It was one of 18 similar ships built by Western Pipe and Steel Co. of San Francisco. But the ship had an Achilles heel, as it turned out: its drive system. For one thing, it was somewhat underpowered for its size; its triple-expansion steam engine delivered just 2,800 horsepow- er, giving it a top speed of just 10.5 knots. But more importantly, it was driven with just one screw (propeller). That meant if the Iowa were to lose her rudder for any reason — or even to lose headway through the water — there would be no way to steer. This appears to be what happened on that fateful early morning. Because almost the instant the Iowa crossed the bar into the open ocean, the rough-but- manageable gale weather freshened until it was an actual hurricane: sus- tained 80-mph winds screaming out of the south-southwest, pushing the Iowa relentlessly back, back toward the long, hungry tongue of sand that jutted out just beneath the waves on the north side of the river — the dreaded shoals of Peacock Spit. The wind put Capt. Yates in an im- possible position. He could try to turn the ship around and head back into port. But this would involve turning the ship momentarily broadside to the colossal seas that were now surging against it. A rollover would be the likely result of that. His best choice seemed to be to ring for as much power as the ship could handle and charge into the teeth of the gale, taking the brutal seas on the bows. But by 3:45 a.m., it was clear that the hapless freighter would not make it. A distress call went out — the last the ship would ever make — that she was unmanageable and adrift and moving toward Peacock Spit, just three miles off the shore — far too close for a ship that drew 22 feet in saltwater. At about 4:30 a.m., the assistant keeper of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse spotted the stricken ves- sel, which was still drifting helplessly at that point. The lighthouse crew watched in sober, horrifi ed silence as the big freighter was driven into the sandy shoals, three miles from shore. Assistant meteorologist Charles Hub- bard was watching through a telescope as the waves now started pounding the big steel ship mercilessly, and with vis- ible effect. Pieces soon started breaking off. As Hubbard watched, a crew mem- ber exited the pilothouse and ran for the foremast, obviously in a desperate attempt to get up into the rigging and out of reach of the seas; but before he could reach the mast, another massive comber overwhelmed him and swept him into the sea. A few minutes later, the pilothouse he’d just left was torn from the ship and hurled overboard, along with the funnel and bridge. “Finally, after being a defenseless target to several more merciless comb- ers, the Iowa gave a violent heave, bobbed a trifl e out of the water like a bouncing cork, and then slipped silent- ly and swiftly out of sight,” the Portland Morning Oregonian’s Don McLeod re- counted in the next day’s edition. “Only the mast remained above the water.” It appeared that the wave action had carved out a big hollow in the sand just inland from where the freighter had struck, and now the waves had pushed the ship into it. There could no longer be any doubt as to the fate of the 34 crew members. No one could swim three miles in seas like that, even if the water weren’t 48 degrees. Throughout this time, the Coast Guard lifesavers had been trying des- perately to get close enough to the wreck to help. They had sprung into ac- tion as soon as they got the SOS, a few hours before dawn, with the 165-foot cutter Onondaga. It took an hour or two for the Onondaga’s boilers to heat up, but she was soon steaming out across the bar as fast as she dared. The trouble was, it was obvious from the start that she wasn’t going to be able to do much of anything. The storm was so violent it actually tore two of the lifeboats off the cutter. She fi nally arrived at the scene of the wreck around noon, a good eight hours after the hap- less freighter had drifted onto the sands, but could do nothing but gather up sailors fl oating in the sea — all of whom turned out to be dead, drowned or killed by hypothermia in the chilly waters. Please see OFFBEAT, Page 5A You say tomato—We say Lycopene, a protective carotenoid BY JOEL FUHRMAN, MD For the Sentinel C arotenoids are a family of over six hundred phyto- chemicals, including alpha-caro- tene, beta- carotene, lycopene, lutein and zeaxan- thin. Ca- rotenoids are abundant in green and yellow-orange vegetables and fruits and help to defend the body’s tissues against oxi- dative damage, which is a natu- ral byproduct of our metabolic processes; oxidative damage from free radicals contributes to chronic diseases and aging. Lycopene is the signature carotenoid of the tomato. The lycopene in the American diet is 85 percent derived from to- matoes. Lycopene is found cir- $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM 116 N. Sixth Street · P.O. Box 35 · Cottage Grove, OR 97424 ADMINISTRATION: JOHN BARTLETT, Regional Publisher.............................. GARY MANLY, General Manager................942-3325 Ext. 207 • publisher@cgsentinel.com ROBIN REISER, Sales Repersentative...............942-3325 Ext. 203 • robin@cgsentinel.com E. 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In foreign countries, postage extra. No subscription for less than Ten Weeks. Subscription rates are subject to change upon 30 days’ notice. All subscritptions must be paid prior to beginning the subscription and are non-refundable. Periodicals postage paid at Cottage Grove, Oregon. Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Local Mail Service: If you don’t receive your Cottage Grove Sentinel on the Wednesday of publication, please let us know. Call 942-3325 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Advertising ownership: All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by the Cottage Grove Sentinel become the property of the Cottage Grove Sentinel and may not be reproduced for any other use without explicit written prior approval. Copyright Notice: Entire contents ©2015 Cottage Grove Sentinel. culating in the blood and also concentrates in the male repro- ductive system, hence its pro- tective effects against prostate cancer. In the skin, lycopene helps to prevent UV damage from the sun, protecting against skin cancer. Lycopene is known for its anti-cancer properties, but did you know that lycopene has also been intensively studied for its benefi cial cardiovascular ef- fects? Many observational studies have made a connection be- tween higher blood lycopene and lower risk of heart attack. For example, a study in men found that low serum lycopene was associated with increased plaque in the carotid artery and triple the risk of cardiovascular events compared to higher lev- els. In a separate study, women were split into four groups (quartiles) according to their blood lycopene levels; women in the top three quartiles were 50 percent less likely to have cardiovascular disease com- pared to the lowest quartile. A 2004 analysis from the Physicians’ Health Study data found a 39 percent decrease in stroke risk in men with the high- est blood levels of lycopene. Data from an ongoing study in Finland has strengthened these fi ndings with similar results. One-thousand men had their blood carotenoid levels tested and were followed for 12 years. Those with the highest lyco- pene levels had the lowest risk of stroke – they were 55 percent less likely to have a stroke than those with the lowest lycopene levels. Previous data from this same group of men found that higher lycopene levels were as- sociated with lower risk of heart attack as well. A meta-analysis of 12 trials also found that daily supplemental tomato products (approximately 1 cup of toma- to juice or 3-4 tbsp. of tomato paste) reduced LDL cholesterol by 10 percent — this effect is comparable to low doses of statin drugs (with no risk of side effects, of course). Of course, lycopene is not the only nutrient in tomatoes – to- matoes are also rich in vitamins C and E, beta-carotene and fl a- vonol antioxidants, just to name a few. Single antioxidants usu- ally don’t exert their protective effects alone; we learned this lesson from clinical trials of beta-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E supplements, which did not reduce cardiovascular disease risk. It is the interactions between phytochemicals in the complex synergistic network contained in plant foods that is responsible for their health ef- fects, and this is something that we cannot replicate in a pill. Out of all the common dietary carotenoids, lycopene has the most potent antioxidant power, but combinations of carotenoids are even more effective than any single carotenoid – they work synergistically. Blood lycopene, as used in many of these stud- ies, is simply a marker for high tomato product intake; similarly high alpha-carotene and beta- carotene levels are markers of high green and yellow-orange fruit and vegetable intake. Col- orful fruits and vegetables pro- vide signifi cant protection. In a given year, a typical American will eat about 92 pounds of tomatoes. Enjoy those 92 pounds and even add some more! Add fresh, juicy raw to- matoes to your salad, diced or unsulphured sun-dried tomatoes to soups, and enjoy homemade tomato sauces and soups. Be mindful of the sodium content of ketchup and other tomato products – choose the low so- dium or no-salt-added versions. No salt added, unsulphured dried tomatoes are also great. Diced and crushed tomatoes in glass jars are preferable to those in cans, to avoid the endocrine disruptor BPA. Also keep in mind that carotenoids are ab- sorbed best when accompanied by healthy fats – for example, in a salad with a seed or nut-based dressing. Lycopene is also more absorbable when tomatoes are cooked – one cup of tomato sauce contains about ten times the lycopene as a cup of raw, chopped tomatoes – so enjoy a variety of both raw and cooked tomatoes in your daily diet. Dr. Fuhrman is a #1 New York Times best-selling author and a family physician specializing in lifestyle and nutritional medi- cine. Visit his informative web- site at DrFuhrman.com. Submit your questions and comments about this column directly to newsquestions@drfuhrman. com. The full reference list for this article can be found at DrFuhrman.com. Letters to the Editor policy The Cottage Grove Sentinel receives many letters to the editor. In order to ensure that your letter will be printed, letters must be under 300 words and submitted by Friday at 5 p.m. Letters must be signed and must include an address, city and phone number or e-mail address for verifi cation purposes. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters must be of interest to local readers. Personal attacks and name calling in response to letters are uncalled for and unnecessary. If you would like to submit an opinion piece, Another View must be no longer than 600 words. 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