Topic: willamette

As I mentioned in my previous post, my dad turned 82 on Sunday, so a bunch of us piled into a minivan and drove to Salem to take a ride on the Willamette Queen, formerly the Belle of Newport (not to be confused with the Newport Belle, which is currently a B&B in Newport). This is the Willamette Queen as she looks today. My dad and the Captain/Owner in the wheelhouse. Here's dad...

This week’s Willamette Week’s story on Ken Kesey and The Screenplay (Sometimes a Great Lawsuit) is terrific – and a dream for [at least] this public law librarian who is always looking for stories that warn people about the perils of how Too Much Legal Self-Help is Not a Great Idea, especially when it comes time to drafting “agreements.” Mr. Kesey could have dropped by...

An article in the August 25 The Olympian - (Olympia, Washington) discusses the use of ospreys in monitoring water quality on the Willamette and lower Columbia rivers: "Worldwide, scientists use ospreys as "canaries in the coal mine" for pollution entering rivers.""Osprey are fish-eating hawks at the top of the aquatic food chain," USGS researcher Jim Kaiser said. "Thus, they are useful in...

Willamette Business Connections, a local Corvallis Business Networking Group, had a lively discussion at their meeting today regarding the proposed City of Corvallis Business Fee. The issue of a proposed minimum $50 business fee for anyone conducting business in Corvallis met with strong opposition from those in attendance.It was suggested that the best course of action would be to either write,...

My husband is training for the Portland Marathon in October. He has to do these really insane runs to prepare. This Sunday he had to run 15 miles. My Father-in-law and I rode our bikes in support. We handed him food and water along the way. This is the second time I've accompanied my husband on these long runs. The first time I didn't have my camera and I saw Blue Heron, Baby...

The annual festival alongside the Willamette, now in its 3rd year, Scratching the Surface, is presented by Gallery Homeland. Described as "a series of scheduled lectures, installations, performances and events" most work made for this event has dealt directly with topics related to the river that separates the City of Portland from itself. It has...