T he C olumbia P ress
August 3, 2018
Theater announces classical series performers
The Liberty Theatre is sell-
ing tickets for its new Classi-
cal Series, which begins next
month and runs through
May 2019.
It’s the second year of
classical performances and
school workshops.
The first season included
seven workshops within As-
toria and Warrenton high
schools and reached more
than 100 students.
Thanks to foundations, cor-
porations and donors, orga-
nizers plan to present work-
shops at more area schools
during the 2018-19 season.
The Sept. 22 season opener
is “The Eight Seasons” pre-
sented by Portland
Chamber
Orches-
tra and led by Mu-
sic Director Yaacov
Bergman. It features
Antonio
Vivaldi’s
“The Four Seasons”
and Astor Piazzolla’s
“The Four Seasons of
Buenos Aires.”
Tickets for the 7
p.m.
performance Portland Chamber Orchestra will present
are $20, $30 and ‘seasonal’ works at opener.
$40 for reserved seating.
rah Mayer, May 4.
Future artists are Quartet-
Tickets for all performanc-
to Gelato, Jan. 13; BodyVox es are available online at lib-
Dance, Feb. 23; Trio Solis- ertyastoria.org or at the box
ti, March 7; Clarinetist Da- office from 2 to 5:30 p.m.
vid Shifrin with Cary Lewis, Wednesdays through Satur-
April 26; and Soprano Debo- days.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Spain passes first humanitarian law in 1542
Aug. 3, 1540: Hernan-
do de Soto reaches southern
Georgia and finds Indians
raising tame turkeys, caged
opossums,
corn,
beans,
pumpkins, cucumbers and
plums.
Aug. 4, 1813: Five hundred
warriors of the White Stick
faction of Creeks gather across
the river in Alabama from
modern Columbus, Ga. They
make plans with 200 Chero-
kees to attack a band of 2,500
Red Stick Creeks who are
followers of Tecumseh. The
Creek War is often considered
part of the War of 1812.
Aug. 5, 1570: A Spanish
expedition sailing up Chesa-
peake Bay in Virginia reaches
an area near the Rappahan-
nock River that they dub Ax-
aca. Local Indians force them
to abandon further explora-
tion of the area.
Aug. 6, 1858: Navajo Chief
Manuelito discovers 60 head
of livestock shot by U.S. sol-
diers. Outraged, he confronts
the commander at Fort Defi-
ance, in present-day Apache
County, Ariz., telling him the
land belongs to him and his
people, not the soldiers. Sol-
diers from the fort, augment-
ed by 160 paid Zuni warriors,
torch Manuelito’s fields and
village.
The chief resolves to drive
the soldiers off the land and
begins rallying other Navajo
leaders for war.
Aug. 7, 1969: President
Richard Nixon appoints Lou-
is Bruce, a Mohawk-Lakota,
to become the third Indi-
an Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. In his long career,
Bruce advised presidents
from Franklin D. Roosevelt to
Gerald Ford. He died in 1989.
Aug. 8, 1699: The To-
home Indians, who live along
the Gulf Coast of Alabama
and Mississippi, formally
establish peaceful relations
with the French in Biloxi.
Aug. 9, 1542: Spain, which
is attempting to colonize the
Americas, passes new laws
designed to prevent the en-
slavement and exploitation
of indigenous people.
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, Aug. 6: Ham, scalloped potatoes, carrots, spinach
salad, bread pudding.
Thursday, Aug. 9: Tuna casserole, mixed vegetables, green
salad, apple 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.
7
Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
That niggling desire for chocolate
Crankiness can be caused
by a chocolate deficiency.
And it can hit the best of us!
Maybe today we can par-
tially solve this ailment.
At the Warrenton Senior
Citizens Inc. meal site, which
serves the noon meal on
Mondays and Thursdays,
we learn all kinds of fun
and (once in a while) useful
things.
Some generous Warrento-
nians even drop off maga-
zines for others to read.
Most are current as of this
year and many of us find
some interesting things while
browsing through them.
One item I found recently
was how to “pamper over-
worked hands” with a hot co-
coa soak. And, yes, I tried it.
Fill a large bowl with
enough warm water to cover
the hands.
Stir in 2 cups warm whole
milk, 2 tablespoons unsweet-
ened cocoa powder and 1 ta-
blespoon honey.
Then “we soak our tired
hands in it for 15 minutes.”
Oh, and do rinse well. Let
me know how you like it. I
found it rather soothing, but
not ready to totally endorse
it yet. The aroma was great
because I like chocolate.
In reading further about
this subject I learned “the
milk bath is a classic spa ba-
sic. The lactic acid in milk
softens and soothes the skin.
Chocolate milk combined
with the power of honey will
refresh your skin,” says the
Caldo Chocolate Company.
There was one report not-
ing that in some spas a per-
son could get rubbed down
with a chocolate paste before
bathing.
Caldo also notes that “there
are many antioxidants in
chocolate such as polyphe-
nols, flavanols, catechins,
etc. Antioxidants can be
great for skin. Antioxidants
from chocolate can help pre-
vent skin from damage and
make your skin soft.”
And they added that “it also
cures tanned skin and makes
it glow.”
Admittedly, I think I could
be a “chocolatarian,” one
who eats only chocolate. But
I really have no desire to take
a bath in it.
And, by the way, those spa
baths aren’t frequented by
women only, as I’m told.
Men delight in chocolate
baths too.
So, for those seniors who
think they’ve gone every-
where and done about all
there is to do, you may wish
to treat yourself to a choco-
late bath.
In thinking of chocolate,
I’m not sure who said it, but
“Life is like chocolate; some-
times you gotta deal with
nuts.”
At the senior lunches, the
discussions sometimes cover
interesting (even weird) sub-
jects, but there’s no denying
we seniors have a sense of
humor that needs occasional
feeding!
Back in the 16th century,
the word “niggle” was in-
vented. It means “to spend
too much effort on minor
details.”
Sorry if I “niggled” my love
of chocolate to the extreme.
Another definition of nig-
gle is to use it as a com-
plaint, such as “I’ve had a
knee niggle for the past few
days.”
I kind of like that word,
don’t you?