December 22, 2017
T he C olumbia P ress
6
Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
Happiness is a beloved film in black and white
Fort Clatsop’s cabin-like barracks kept the rain off members of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition but there was little else to give the men
comfort.
Fort Clatsop: Post-holiday
adventure awaits the hardy
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The explorers’ journals of-
ten spoke of how miserable
they were here.
Fort Clatsop will feature
scheduled living history pro-
grams by park rangers each
day from 9:30 a.m. until 4:40
p.m.
Costumed rangers will pres-
ent flintlock muzzle-loading
programs at 1:30 and 3:30
p.m.
Hands-on programs about
various aspects of the explor-
ers’ winter will be available at
the fort daily from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 to
3 p.m.
Ranger-guided walks on the
Netul River Trail will be of-
fered at 1:45 p.m. most days.
The visitor center will show
two movies each hour, the
22-minute “A Clatsop Win-
ter Story,” about the 1805-06
winter from a Clatsop Indian
perspective, and “Lewis and
Clark: Confluence of Time
and Courage,” a 34-minute
movie about the entire voy-
age.
Fort Clatsop is a unit of the
National Park Service and
part of the Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park,
which includes the fort, the
Fort-to-Sea Trail, the Netul
River Trail, the Salt Works
site in Seaside and Station
Camp, just east of Fort Co-
lumbia in Washington.
Admission to Fort Clatsop
is $5 per adult.
Dogs on leashes are wel-
come on the trails, walks and
at the outdoor programs.
There is no admission fee
for the Salt Works or Station
Camp.
Some say Christmas is a
very sad holiday for us se-
niors. Others say Christmas
is one of our happiest holi-
days.
I think I have a cure regard-
less of the category we fall
into.
If I am sad, you know what
makes me happy? I love to
watch the old legendary mov-
ies, mostly black and white.
And if I am happy? I love
to watch the old legendary
movies, mostly black and
white.
It may seem like a contra-
diction, but think of the days
(they seem to come more of-
ten with age) when we wake
up sad or happy or both.
You know what cheers me
up when I feel sad or what
adds to my happy state of
mind?
You probably think I’ll say
reading my Bible and then
follow with a sermonette of
sorts. Yes, that is good, of
course, but not what I was
going to share.
At Christmas time, I es-
pecially enjoy watching old
Christmas movies that I’ve
watched over and over. The
other night, I watched “The
Bishop’s Wife” with Cary
Grant.
The part I liked the most
was when the angel rewrote
the Bishop’s Christmas Eve
County seeks members for fair board advisory panel
Clatsop County is seek-
ing applicants for two seats
on the Clatsop County Fair
Board.
The positions are for three-
year terms that expire Dec.
31, 2020.
The Fair Board is respon-
sible for the management of
the Clatsop County Fair &
Expo and organizes the an-
nual Clatsop County Fair.
It meets the first Tuesday of
each month.
To apply, obtain an applica-
tion form and return it to the
Clatsop County Manager’s
Office at 800 Exchange St.,
Suite 410, Astoria OR 97103,
503-325-1000.
Forms are available online
at www.co.clatsop.or.us or at
the County Manager’s Office.
Completed
applications
must be returned by Dec. 29.
The Board of Commissioners
will make the appointments.
sermon with the “empty
stocking.”
Remember when Bing
Crosby and Fred Astaire first
introduced us to “I’m Dream-
ing of a White Christmas”
in the 1942 movie “Holiday
Inn”?
Probably one that’s most
memorable to many of us
is “It’s a Wonderful Life,”
which I understand was a
flop when it first came out in
1947 before it turned into an
“immortal classic” loved by
generation after generation.
How about “Christmas in
Connecticut” with Barbara
Stanwyck?
Perhaps another most re-
membered one is Scrooge’s
fateful Christmas Eve in “A
Christmas Carol.”
Of course, many of us are
from the era when we had
paper dolls depicting famous
movie stars such as Judy
Garland.
I especially enjoy hearing
her sing “Have Yourself a
Merry Little Christmas” in
the movie “Meet Me in St.
Louis,” which came out in
1944.
My goodness, I was only 12
years old. No wonder I was
playing with paper dolls!
Some of the stars featured
in my paper dolls collection
that I remember were Cary
Grant (us girls were going to
marry a man just like him),
Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid
Bergman, Shirley Temple,
Lauren Bacall and Hum-
phrey Bogart.
Remember Greta Garbo
and her infamous line, “I
vant to be alone”?
Those were the days. I
loved my paper dolls. Maybe
that’s one reason I enjoy the
old movies. Sad or glad, we
loved them!
In his rewrite of the Bish-
op’s Christmas Eve sermon,
Cary Grant as an angel talks
about hanging our Christmas
stocking and gift giving and
simply ends with:
“All the stockings are filled.
All, that is, except one. And
we have even forgotten to
hang it up. The stocking for
the child born in a manger.
It’s His birthday we’re cel-
ebrating. Don’t let us ever
forget that.
“Let us ask ourselves what
He would wish for most.
And then, let each put in
his share, loving kind-
ness, warm hearts and a
stretched-out hand of tol-
erance. All the shining gifts
that make peace on earth.”
I wish all those who read
this silly little column a very
Merry Christmas and will
wait until my next week to
say and a happy and blessed
new year.
Senior lunch menu
Monday, Dec. 25: Closed for the Christmas holiday.
Thursday, Dec. 28: Salmon, boiled potatoes, creamed peas,
minestrone soup, lemon pie.
The Warrenton senior lunch program is at noon (doors
open at 10:30 a.m.) Mondays and Thursdays at Warrenton
Community Center, 170 SW Third St. Suggested donation is
$5 for ages 55 and older; $7 for those younger. For more
information, call 503-861-3502.