T he C olumbia P ress
June 22, 2018
Historic preservation gets a boost a Clatsop College
Lower Columbia Preser-
vation Society recently pre-
sented at check for $18,000
to the Clatsop Community
College Foundation to be
used toward development of
a shop facility at the college.
The shop would aid in the
expansion of the college’s
Historic Preservation and
Restoration Program.
The society has been a sup-
porter of the program and
instructor Lucian Swerdloff
approached members about
helping with the shop facili-
ty.
“We had some funds from
Holding check are
(L-R) Foundation
President Susan
Bartlett, college
President Chris
Breitmeyer, Society
Director Rachel
Jensen, instructors
John Goodenberger
and Lucien Swerd-
loff, and Kristen
Wilkin, dean of
workforce education.
this fiscal year that we could
use for this cause,” said Ra-
chel Jensen, the society’s ex-
ecutive director. “We feel it
is important for students to
have a good space on cam-
pus to develop their skills.
The students that come out
of this program support our
Society’s efforts.”
The shop’s proposed loca-
tion is a section of Alder Hall.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Cabrillo embarks on West Coast exploration
June 22, 1763: At the out-
break of the Seven Years War,
colonists from west Pennsyl-
vania had fled to safety at
Fort Pitt (present-day Pitts-
burg).
When the fort is attacked,
the Indians find it too well
fortified to take by force, but
keep it under siege through-
out the month.
June 23, 1704: James
Moore, former governor
of South Carolina, leads a
force of 50 British and 1,000
Creek Indians in attacks
against Spanish settlements.
In an attack on a mission in
Northwestern Florida, they
take many Indians as slaves
and kill Father Manuel de
Mendoza.
June 24, 1832: The Su-
preme Court rules that the
Rev. Samuel Worcester, con-
victed of living and working
among the Cherokees with-
out a permit or oath of alle-
giance to the state of Georgia,
unfairly attempted to exer-
cise control over the Indians
contrary to federal law and
treaties.
The court eventually struck
down most of the anti-Indi-
an laws passed by Georgia,
including those seizing Indi-
an lands and nullifying tribal
law. Before the trail, Presi-
dent Andrew Jackson official-
ly states he has no intention
of supporting the Cherokees
over the state of Georgia.
“John Marshall has ren-
dered his decision; now let
him enforce it,” Jackson said.
He ignored the Supreme
Court ruling and continued
to move Cherokees out of the
south and into Indian Terri-
tory.
June 25, 1876: Lakota and
Cheyenne warriors annihilate
Col. George Custer and his
troops in the Battle of Little
Big Horn. It’s a significant de-
feat for the U.S. Army, which
reports the loss from Custer’s
command of 13 officers, 189
enlisted men and four civil-
ians.
June 26, 1791: Negotiators
led by William Blount, super-
intendent of Indian Affairs
for the Southern District of
the United States, begin work
on the Treaty of Holston,
which establishes terms with
the Cherokee people. The
treaty, signed July 2, estab-
lishes perpetual peace and
friendship between the Unit-
ed States and the Cherokees.
June 27, 1542: Juan
Cabrillo leaves Mexico to ex-
plore the Pacific Coast.
Cabrillo will be the first Eu-
ropean to land in San Diego
Bay and will go as far north as
Oregon’s Rogue River.
June 28, 1878: Tambiago,
a Bannock Indian, is hanged
at the Idaho Territorial Pris-
on. He was convicted of kill-
ing an unsuspecting white
man delivering cattle to the
Fort Hall Indian Agency in
Idaho.
The random killing was the
result of frustration over food
shortages and a perceived
disrespect for treaty provi-
sions.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.
Learn more about American
Indian history at facebook.
com/snippetsintime.
7
Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
Food memories and big box stores
It takes little to entertain the
average senior citizen.
Figure that we usually eat
three times a day plus snacks.
That takes about four waking
hours a day.
Then at least one soap opera
and nap time plus Jeopardy
and Wheel of Fortune. That’s
about four hours a day. Then
some phone calls. Oh, and
games on the computer.
Most of us sleep a minimum
of eight hours a night. So
where am I going with this?
Advice for seniors is “Every
once in a while, take the scenic
route.”
Go to one of our “big box”
stores, grab a cart and enjoy
the view for about two hours.
It’s fun to just look around.
We love to say, “where does
the time go?”
Many remember the first
rumors of a Walmart coming
here. That was nine years ago,
and it finally was born last
week.
I like to compare it to nine
months of pregnancy. It
seemed to us moms as if it
were nine years instead of
nine months, what with all the
side effects, expectations and
preparation.
Then came the final arrival
of that sweet baby; just like
our newest box store. Lots of
labor beforehand too!
Wikipedia reminds us that
the first superstore in the
United States arrived in 1962
in Grand Rapids, Mich., built
by Dutch immigrant Frederik
Meijer.
He is credited with being
the first to develop a super-
store, or combination gro-
cery/department store.
It’s still based in Michigan
with stores in the Midwest.
Some have confused the or-
igin of our Fred Meyer with
this chain. Yes, a few similari-
ties, but only the initials F.M.
It’s not Warrenton’s first
box store. I went to our new-
est box store on opening day,
standing out in the rain for
half an hour.
I forgave them as, finally, the
doors opened. Just for fun, I
checked out the deli and, what
to my wandering eyes should
appear, but two long tubes of
bologna. One of the other big
box stores in town had quit
carrying bologna.
Having been brought up
years ago, bologna was a reg-
ular staple in our home. Prob-
ably all of us born in the ‘30s
and ‘40s ate a lot of bologna
and raised our kids on it and
still love it.
That was my very first pur-
chase at our newest box store.
I know, we seniors are an
odd bunch.
Some weekends our only
goal is to go to a yard sale to
buy three things that cost less
than a dollar each.
It doesn’t take much to ex-
cite us.
Senior lunch menu
Monday, June 25: Hamburger stroganoff, noodles, mixed veg-
etables, spinach salad, fruit pie.
Thursday, June 28: Pulled pork, macaroni and cheese, corn,
cucumber salad, spice cake.
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.