T he C olumbia P ress
July 13, 2018
CCC offers public
movies at lunch
Clatsop Community College
Library is sponsoring a lunch-
time summer movie series.
The public is urged to bring a
lunch to the library lounge and
watch an educational film of
less than 60 minutes.
The library will screen each
movie twice per week, at noon
on Tuesdays and at 1 p.m.
Thursdays.
“Digital Addicts,” July 17 and
19: The movie is about kids as
young as 3 becoming addicted
to mobile phones and the dan-
gers to children of platforms
such as Snapchat and Face-
book.
“Weird Wonders of the
World,” July 24 and 26: Some
of nature’s oddest creatures
are explored.
“Body Language Decoded,”
July 31 and Aug. 2: A primer
on reading the signals others
give us involuntarily.
“The Island” and “Resist,”
Aug. 7 and 9: Two short films,
the first about the 50 million
crabs that migrate on Christ-
mas Island and the second
about San Francisco’s fight
with President Trump over
undocumented migrants.
“Clean Eating: The Dirty
Truth,” Aug. 14 and 16: The
film separates fact from fiction
about “clean” eating regimens.
Auditions set for
children’s theater
Auditions for The Pied Pip-
er, a Missoula Children’s
Theatre production, are at 10
a.m. Monday, July 16, at the
Liberty Theatre, 213 Com-
mercial St., Astoria.
There are roles for those
entering first grade through
12th grade. As many as 60 lo-
cal students will be cast.
Students who want to au-
dition must arrive by the
scheduled starting time and
stay for the entire two-hour
session. The first rehearsal
begins 15 minutes after the
audition.
Because it’s a group audi-
tion, no advance preparation
is necessary.
Rehearsals are daily from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with per-
formances at 3 and 5:30 p.m.
July 21.
Missoula Children’s The-
atre is a nonprofit group
based in Montana.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Slave traders erect market at NYC’s Wall Street
July 13, 1866: Col. Henry
Carrington, after reinforcing
Fort Reno in northeastern
Wyoming, sets out to find a
base camp from which he can
protect the Bozeman Trail.
He finds plenty of good
grass for his horses at a point
near Big Piney Creek and
starts building Fort Phil Ke-
arny. The fort is in the mid-
dle of one of the best hunting
grounds in the region, just
south of present day Sheri-
dan, Wyo.
July 14, 1520: Hernando
Cortes fights the Aztecs at the
Battle of Otumba, Mexico. He
later would be credited with
causing the fall of the Aztec
empire.
July 15, 1539: Spanish ex-
plorer Hernando de Soto and
his troops begin their march
inland from Tampa Bay.
July 16, 1585: Roanoke
colonists in Hyde County,
N.C., discover a silver cup
missing after a meeting with
the Algonquian Indians. The
colonists, led by Gov. Ralph
Lane, return to the village
and demand return of the
cup.
When the cup isn’t re-
turned, colonists “burned
and spoiled all their corn,”
according to Lane’s journal.
It was one of the first signif-
icant conflicts in the area be-
tween Europeans and native
inhabitants.
July 17, 1709: Slave trad-
ers erect a market at the foot
of Wall Street in New York
City where African-Amer-
icans and Indians -- men,
women and children -- were
sold daily to the highest cash
bidders.
July 18, 1764: A peace
and alliance agreement is de-
clared by representatives of
Great Britain and the Huron
Indians, according to some
reports.
July 19, 1795: The Treaty
of Greenville marks the end
of an undeclared multi-trib-
al war led by the Shawnees
against American expansion
into Ohio.
More than 1,000 Indian
delegates cede two-thirds of
present-day Ohio, part of In-
diana and the settlements at
present-day Detroit, Toledo
and Chicago. The Indians, in
return, are promised a per-
manent boundary between
their lands and American
territory.
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
Don’t let Friday keep you in bed
Yikes! Today is Friday the
13th, which may or may not
mean anything to you.
However, it’s significant in
that there was only one Fri-
day the 13th in all of 2014.
Friday the 13th can fall be-
tween one and three times in
a given year.
Without a doubt, some will
be excited to learn that this is
it for the year.
We’ve already survived the
other Friday the 13th this
year. It was in April.
Statistically, there are few-
er accidents, fires and other
tragedies on a Friday the 13th,
which makes me think people
are being more careful. They
stay home or stay in bed.
Those with a real fear of
Friday the 13th have a con-
dition known as paraska-
vedekatriaphobia. The long
word is derived from Greek
words meaning Friday, 13
and phobia (fear). Some peo-
ple don’t leave their beds the
entire day, except for neces-
sities because of their fear of
this day.
I find facts such as this in-
teresting, don’t you? Hope
I didn’t ruin your otherwise
perfect day!
Since ancient times, Friday
has always been a day of bad
luck.
Sailors would avoid starting
new journeys, seamstresses
Senior lunch menu
Monday, July 16: Lasagna, garlic bread, green beans, ro-
maine salad, ice cream.
Thursday, July 19: Roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy,
roasted tomatoes, coleslaw, berry trifle.
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.
wouldn’t begin needlework
projects and business people
would avoid writing letters
on this day.
The superstition was so
prevalent farmers would
avoid starting their crops on
a Friday. I guess it happening
on a 13th of the month makes
it all the worse.
However, some charities
use the day to throw events to
raise money for their cause.
If you’re a person with ei-
ther triskaidekaphobia (fear
of the number 13), or the
other long word about Fri-
day the 13th, then you’re
probably not doing anything
today.
So are we seniors more su-
perstitious overall than the
younger crowd?
How many of these make
you nervous and how many
do you do?
• A black cat crossing
your path
• Walking under a ladder
• The number 13
• Breaking a mirror
• Believing that speaking
ill of a person makes it
come true
• Knocking on wood
• Throwing salt over your
shoulder
• Opening an umbrella
indoors
• Saying “God bless you”
after a sneeze
• Carrying a rabbit’s foot
There are many more. I
would say we are a more su-
perstitious generation, but
research says maybe not.
These are from our genera-
tion.
Maybe it’s a generational
thing.
Maybe I’d better knock on
wood that you enjoy this col-
umn.