T he C olumbia P ress
July 6, 2018
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Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
Three blind mice, three bull elk and the nature of three
Tuesday morning, while
working on my column, I
looked out my sliding glass
doors and what do I see?
Three gigantic bull elk having
their breakfast on the uncut
lawn across the street.
I went on my patio and they
graciously let me take their
pictures. (I went back in my
house when they decided to
cross the street and see what
I was up to!)
I had already begun today’s
column about things that
occur in threes. It gave me a
chuckle as well as an opening
paragraph.
A common element you
may have noticed in fairy
tales is how often there are
three main characters.
Recently, as I was sharing
with two friends, we got on
the topic of how often things
come in threes. Stories fol-
lowed.
Often, we hear of a death
quickly followed by anoth-
er and then another. Then
comes that adage about
things occurring in threes.
In my “curious as a cat”
way, I decided to do a bit of
research. We seniors find it
nothing new, but I wonder if
we’ve ever realized the pow-
er of three? That’s a term re-
ferred to in so many areas.
The encyclopedia Britanni-
ca tells us about the earbone,
also called the auditory ossi-
cle, which is any of the three
tiny bones mammals -- that’s
us -- have in the middle ear.
The bones are the malleus, or
hammer; the incus, or anvil;
and the stapes, or stirrup.
Many fairy tales were writ-
ten in the 1700s and 1800s.
Think of those with three
main characters: The Three
Bears, Three Little Kittens
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The next “Shop at the Dock
& Beyond” events are 9 a.m.
and 11 a.m. on Friday, July
13, at the Warrenton Marina
Commercial Docks, 200 N.E.
Heron Ave.
The event, sponsored by
Oregon Sea Grant, will pro-
vide information about local
commercial fisheries, where
to find local seafood and
provide a behind-the-scenes
tour of a local market. Tours
are 90 minutes long. Partic-
ipants should wear comfort-
able shoes and arrive 15 min-
utes early.
To participate, contact the
Oregon State University Ex-
tension Office at 503-325-
8573 at least three days be-
fore the event.
July 20 is the final Shop at
the Dock.
Mausoleum wins preservation grant
and the Three Little Pigs.
And remember how Rumpel-
stiltskin gave the queen three
tries to guess his name? Cin-
derella and her two evil step-
sisters equals three. There
were Three Blind Mice. And
on and on.
Christianity
recognizes
three persons in the Trinity
of God — the Father, the Son
(Jesus Christ) and the Holy
Spirit.
There were three main
patriarchs in the Old Testa-
ment — Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob. Jesus was resurrected
from the grave three days af-
ter his death and burial. Most
remember the three Hebrew
men, Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego who were
thrown in the furnace and
not harmed.
Others in the Bible include
the three wise men, three
kings, three gardens and
three pools, to name a few.
There are three-ring cir-
cuses, three stooges, three
French hens, three billy goats
gruff, three-piece suits and
tricycles. And think about the
popular BLT sandwich or the
admonition to “Hear no evil.
Speak no evil. See no evil.”
As you become more con-
scious of things occurring in
threes -- note how much eas-
ier it is to remember people’s
names when you meet three
at a time rather than one!
One more thing about the
number three is that it con-
tains a beginning, a middle
and an end. The nature of the
world as heaven, earth and
waters is called the tripartide
and also describes humans as
body, soul and spirit.
Oceanview Cemetery in
Warrenton and Prairie Ceme-
tery in Knappa both received
grants recently from the Ore-
gon Commission on Historic
Cemeteries.
The state agency awarded
$61,500 to 14 historic ceme-
tery projects throughout the
state to support preservation
efforts, repair work and visi-
tor education.
Individual awards ranged
$1,680 to $8,260.
The grant for Oceanview
Cemetery will help pay for
restoration of the mausoleum.
The grant for Prairie Cem-
etery will be used to install
fencing and construct a park-
ing area.
Historic cemeteries are doc-
umented by the agency and
must include the burial of at
least one person who died be-
fore Feb. 14, 1909.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Monument Valley named Navajo Tribal Park
July 6, 1711: Hostilities es-
calate between Indians and
settlers in North Carolina af-
ter settlers are massacred in
the wake of white encroach-
ment and the enslaving of In-
dian children.
July 7, 1540: Coronado at-
tacks the Zuni village of Haw-
ikuh in what becomes New
Mexico.
July 8, 1539: The Francis-
co de Ulloa Expedition leaves
Acapulco to explore the coast
of Baja California with three
ships, the Santa Agueda, the
Trinidad, and the Santo.
The expedition proves that
California is not an island.
July 9, 1981: The first is-
sue of The Lakota Times rolls
off the press.
July 10, 1694: Colonists
sign a peace treaty with the
Iroquois to keep them from
becoming future allies of the
French.
Pennsylvania is once again
named a Proprietary Colo-
ny.
July 11, 1958: Monument
Valley, straddling the Arizo-
na-Utah border, becomes the
first Navajo Tribal Park.
July 12, 1784: Congress
negotiates with the Iroquois
to obtain their claim on land
north of the Ohio River.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.
Learn more about American
Indian history at facebook.
com/snippetsintime.
Senior lunch menu
Monday, July 9: Pork goulash, boiled potatoes, mixed vegeta-
bles, tomato/cucumber salad, pumpkin cake.
Thursday, July 12: Beef Burgundy, noodles, broccoli, spinach
salad, glorified rice.
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.