T he C olumbia P ress
July 27, 2018
State’s food preservation hotline taking calls
Making blackberry jam?
Canning some salmon?
Oregon State University Ex-
tension Service’s Food Pres-
ervation hotline can answer
all your questions.
The toll-free hotline, 800-
354-7319, takes calls from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays
during canning season, mid-
July to mid-October. Callers
can leave a message during
off hours.
The hotline is staffed by cer-
tified Master Food Preserver
volunteers in Lane and Doug-
las counties, but it’s available
statewide.
Thousands of callers use the
hotline each year and about
half the questions deal with
food safety. That’s a good
thing, said Jeanne Brandt,
Master Food Preserver pro-
gram coordinator.
“There is a tremendous
amount of misinformation
on the internet, so it’s hard
to figure out what is reliable
and what is unsafe,” she
said. “That’s partly why the
hotline is so important. Our
volunteers know we have re-
liable, research-based infor-
mation and they can guide
people to success.”
While food preservation
continues to be popular, it’s
less a family tradition than it
used to be.
“We aren’t learning from
our family and friends much
anymore and we don’t have
them to call for directions
and advice,” she said.
The most common ques-
tions are about salsa, toma-
toes and tuna.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
AIM leaders are arrested at Wounded Knee
July 27, 1973: Leaders of
the American Indian Move-
ment, or AIM, and 200 ac-
tivists take over the village of
Wounded Knee on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation in
South Dakota.
They announce the creation
of the Oglala Sioux Nation.
They declare their indepen-
dence from the United States
and define their national
boundaries as those deter-
mined by the 1868 Treaty of
Fort Laramie.
The siege, which ended May
8, had lasted 71 days. AIM
leaders Russell Means and
Dennis Banks are arrested,
but charges will be dropped
two months later.
July 28, 1872: Col. Ran-
ald S. Mackenzie takes 12 of-
ficers, 272 enlisted men and
20 Tonkawa scouts to search
for renegade Indians in and
around the Texas Panhandle.
July 29, 1837: Chippewa
Indians sign a treaty with
the United States at St. Pe-
ters, Wisc., trading large
land holdings for $9,500
cash, $19,000 worth of sup-
plies and forgiveness of tribal
debts.
July 30, 1825: The Mini-
taree agree to a treaty at the
Lower Mandan Village with
nine chiefs and 16 warriors
signing.
July 31, 1686: The Lenape
Indians sell land along the
Lehigh River to William
Penn.
Aug. 1, 1735: The Brit-
ish reach an agreement with
four tribes in New York cov-
ering “amity and commerce.”
The tribes are the Western
Abenaki, Housatonic, Mohe-
gan and Scaghticoke Indians.
Aug. 2, 1689: A group of
100 Abenaki Indians attack
the 30 soldiers occupying the
fort at Pemaquid, Maine.
The soldiers, led by Lt.
James Weems, eventually
surrender. Those who aren’t
killed are taken prisoner and
forced to evacuate to Canada.
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 30: Crab cakes, roasted potatoes, green beans,
coleslaw, berry trifle.
Thursday, Aug. 2: Baked chicken breast, mashed potatoes
and gravy, green beans, tomato cucumber salad, chocolate
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.
7
Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
Do struggles make us stronger?
A famous businesswoman,
actress and model was quot-
ed as saying, “I really believe
in the old expression that
what doesn’t kill you makes
you stronger. It is through
adversity that you find the
strength you never knew you
had.”
Some may ask, “How
would she know?” She seems
to have a rather perfect life
from the outside.
The saying is attributed to
19th century German philos-
opher Friedrich Nietzsche.
What did he mean when
he said that? Nietzsche had a
hard life both physically and
mentally.
He believed pain and suf-
fering made you stronger.
Some believe the saying
originated in the Bible. That
sparked my interest!
It’s further puzzling as Ni-
etzsche was well known as an
atheist.
However, one cannot deny
verses such as Romans 5:3,
which says, in part, “Let us
exult while in tribulation,
since we know that tribula-
tion produces endurance.”
And from the book of
James: “The tested quality of
your faith works out endur-
ance.”
Someone once said that
most good ideas or sayings
come from the Bible in one
form or another!
So, what does that have
to do with today’s seniors?
Many of us seem to enjoy
relating how we had to walk
three miles to school in the
pouring rain or snow.
Maybe that made us stron-
ger. However, how do we
suffer as seniors? Not neces-
sarily in a way that makes us
stronger.
Those in physical therapy
often are told to stop a re-
gime when it becomes too
painful. I know there is that
other saying, “no pain, no
gain.” I think that’s more for
sports fanatics.
As seniors, we do not need
to suffer unnecessarily.
Recently, the “Dear An-
nie” columnist in the Daily
Astorian wrote about senior
abuse.
She closed the column with
the following, “Anyone who
suspects that (you or) an el-
derly loved one is suffering
abuse — I implore you to call
Adult Protective Services’
hotline (800-222-8000) or
local law enforcement.”
For general senior informa-
tion, including elder abuse,
visit the National Institute
on Aging nia.nih.gov/health/
elder-abuse.
While you’re on the NIA
website, check out the infor-
mation on healthy eating,
health information, Alzhei-
mer’s Disease and subjects
such as grants and funding.
Our local number to report
abuse of vulnerable adults in
Clatsop, Marion, Polk, Tilla-
mook and Yamhill counties is
800-846-9165. You may save
someone’s life!
By the way, while I was
gone on my little vacation,
someone left me a bag with
two amazing Christian books
in it and I think it was some-
one who reads this column.
I have checked with many
but haven’t found the gener-
ous person yet.
Anyway, I want them to
know that I appreciated the
gesture.
Sometimes we seniors get
a chuckle out of doing some
kind act anonymously.