So I am having a party at my house in just over a week with live music from a few of my friends’ bands. There will also be a keg. The house is full of art from a friend that Tory knows that we want to show off, as well as some experimentation with used materials (egg cartons, bottle caps, old packing supplies). The basement is being sound-proofed(ish) as we speak.

Here are the details:
Date: January 30th, 2010 — 7:00pm
Address: 1813 SE 60th Ave (across the street from Mt Tabor, between Hawthorne and Division)
Bands: The Abejas, The Weatherdeck Division, and Brass Clouds (check em on myspace)

If you need/want to contact me, find me on facebook. Otherwise, my email is natedatater@gmail.com

Hope to see you there, and stay warm!

Peace,
Nate

Oh well, I guess I’ll have to imagine my pillow as the pancake and my phlegm as the syrup.
Hope you guys have a good time today, and thanks to the Triple H’s (Hannah, Helen & Harrell) for conducting this awesome train to artistic endeavors.

See ya’ll around!

Love,
Mikaela Schey

Although the “Klootchy Creek Giant” was near the end of its natural life-span, it is interesting to note that this Sitka Spruce may have lived longer if the forest around it had not been cut down by humans. The “Klootchy Giant” grew up in the inner part of the forest, where winds are minimal. The trees that grow up in the outer portions of the forest are strong from continuous exposure to high winds. Ironically, the human intervention in the forest intended to preserve and honor this mighty tree may have contributed to its death by exposing it to more deterioration and higher winds than it was used to.

After some deliberation, the forest service decided to leave the fallen portion of the Klootchy Giant on the forest floor to become a nurse log for other trees. Though it is down, it remains on the list of Oregon Heritage Trees and can still be viewed by visitors to Clatsop County.

The protection of trees such as the Klootchy Creek Giant is an important part of the effort to slow down global climate change and reduce our atmosphere’s carbon content. A recent study conducted by the College of Forestry at Oregon State University that concluded 15 years of reserach has found that the forests of the Pacific Northwest–especially old-growth stands–”hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages”(Law 2009). The study also found that the forests from Oregon down to SanFrancisco hold about 2 billion tons of carbon–14 percent of the entire biomass of the nation. If managed properly, this amount could double in a few hundred years.

Reference:
Law, Beverly. “Pacific Northwest forests could store more carbon, help address greenhouse issues”. Innovations Report. 11/29/2009. http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/pacific_northwest_forests_store_carbon_address_135379.html

I will get the description up before 6 or so this evening.

Kristin

The Main Lodge at the YMCA Camp Meehan on Mt. St. Helens
This building served as the camps kitchen and dining hall for 75 to 100 campers and staff. It was heated by the river rock fire place that burned readily available wood that was chopped by the campers. Teh building’s electricity source came from a generator that was powered from a Pelton Water Wheel in the river just up the mountain. All the supplies and food that was served there was driven up the mountain road to the road’s end where it was transfered into a boat and transported across the lake to the lodge. In addition to dining the lodge was also used as a special events venue and dance hall for the campers. Campers fondly remember Miner’s night and disco competitions. The building and the entire camp was destroyed in the eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

Artists Chloè Womack and Julia Kirkpatrick have recreated the historic Weinhard Brewery Complex on West Burnside. Weinhard was one of Portland’s first brewers. After immigrating to Portland from Germany in 1856, Weinhard opened the Weinhard brewing complex in 1864. Nowadays the building is home to Henry’s Tavern and Porland is known as a mecca for beer lovers. While Portland’s beer history is rooted in Henry Weinhard and the historic brewery, it’s present and future are centered around craft brewing– small scale batches. In front of the building are the steps to making beer, and as a handout is a list of local Portland craft breweries, stores, bars, and homebrewing supply outlets to further Portland’s beer culture.

In the days before social assistance poor farms or poor houses were often set up by local governments to house not only impoverished citizens but the elderly, the disabled, and the mentally-challenged.  The stately Georgian-revival style Edgefield Manor was built in 1911 and served as the location of the Multnomah County Poor Farm for several decades. The land was a completely self-sufficient environment where residents raised hogs, poultry, grew fruits and vegetables and operated a dairy, a cannery and a meat packing plant. The farm also housed a sanatorium for the many residents who were frail and/or ill. Deaths were frequent and most of the deceased were buried in unmarked plots.

In 1962, the facility was given its current name and used as a nursing home until 1982, at which point it was closed and condemned. In 1990, the McMenamins brothers bought the land and slowly transformed it into a European-esque village offering lodging, a pub, a movie theater, a spa, a winery, a brewery, distillery, golf courses, vineyards, and extensive gardens. Edgefield is located in Troutdale, about fifteen minutes east of Portland.