September 8, 2017
T he C olumbia P ress
Clatsop County’s unusual mushrooms topic of talk
Mysterious Mushrooms of
Clatsop County is the top-
ic of a free lecture at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 17, in the Netul
Room of Fort Clatsop’s Visi-
tor’s Center.
State Park Ranger Dane
Osis will present the free
talk. After gaining a founda-
tion in mushroom identifica-
tion through several college
courses, Osis commercially
picked mushrooms in the Sis-
kiyou and Deschutes national
forests. He has been teaching
Left: Dane Osis, a ranger at Fort Stevens State Park, leads a mushroom identifi-
cation walk through the forested areas within the park.
Right: An edible California king bolete.
Submitted photos
mushroom identification class-
es for 14 years at Fort Stevens
State Park and at several other
Oregon state parks and the Til-
lamook Forestry Center.
There’s an amazing variety
of fungi that thrive in Clatsop
County due to the area’s high
precipitation and humidity.
The talk will cover the rules
and regulations for mushroom
foraging as well as the equip-
ment needed to collect fungi.
The audience also will learn
about some of the common spe-
cies of both edible and poison-
ous mushrooms found in this
area.
The talk is part of the fall “In
Their Footsteps” speakers’ se-
ries. Other talks in the series:
Sunday, Oct. 15: “America’s
Master Park Maker: Frederick
Law Olmsted,” by Laurence
Cotton
Sunday, Nov. 19: “A Town
Called Seaside,” by Gloria
Linkey
Sunday, Dec. 17: “Chan-
neling Your Inner Lewis &
Clark,” by Richard Brenne
“In Their Footsteps” is spon-
sored by the Lewis and Clark
National Park Association and
the park.
For more information, call
the park at 503-861-2471.
Bin latches: One way to foil messy winds
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bin, preventing the wind from
opening the lid.
When the recycling truck
picks up the bin with its auto-
mated lever, and tips it side-
ways, the clip releases and the
lid opens so the trash can fall
into the truck.
“We’ve got a couple differ-
ent style of latches, whether
it’s wind or a car coming by
and tipping them over” said
Scott Law, waste zero special-
ist for Recology. “They’re also
successful in deterring ani-
mals – raccoons and cats. Are
they 100 percent successful?
No, but they’re a big improve-
ment.”
One of the latch designs
was developed in-house, Law
said.
Warrenton operates its own
trash service, but it contracts
with Recology for recycling
services. So the latches are
available for Warrenton’s re-
cycle bins, but not the trash
cans. For trash cans, setting a
rock on the lid works. So does
attaching a scrap piece of 2x4
under the lid of the cart.
To order a recycle bin latch,
call City Hall at 503-861-0914
and the latch will be ordered
for you. If you live outside
city limits, contact Recology
at 503-861-0578.
A Recology employee will
come to your home on recy-
cle day and swap out the bin
for one that’s already got a
clip attached.
Other tips for windy days:
• Bag all trash and tie the
bag closed.
• Don’t overload the cart. If
the lid is partially open, it will
blow open in strong winds.
• Don’t put the cart out
overnight if the forecast calls
for wind or stormy weather.
Put carts out by 7 a.m.
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Immune dysfunction
drug conference set
Sept. 22 in Portland
A conference on low-dose nal-
trexone, or LDN, will be held
Sept. 22-24 at the Sheraton Port-
land Airport Hotel.
LDN is a safe, inexpensive, yet
underused drug that may benefit
people with conditions marked
by immune system dysfunction,
organizers said. Naltrexone has
been used in 50 mg. doses for
decades to help patients recover
from addiction to alcohol, heroin
and other opiate drugs.
Organizers say this is the only
LDN-dedicated medical confer-
ence in the world and experts
from around the world are sched-
uled to share the latest trials and
studies for autoimmune diseases
and cancers.
Speakers include pain special-
ist Dr. Pradeep Chopra, gastro-
enterologist Dr. Leonard Wein-
stock, oncology professor Angus
Dalgleish and researcher Dr.
Jarred Younger.
To learn more or to buy tick-
ets, go online to www.ldnre-
searchtrust.org.
Attendees can get certificated
credits from the Oregon Board of
Naturopathic Medicine or Amer-
ican Association of Naturopathic
Practitioners.