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CORVALLIS VANITIES

Epicureans and epicureous! Welcome to the Foodie Files. Food is a major deal in the Willa-mette Valley, and everyone is likely to encoun-ter an unknown edible element. We’re here to decipher (and often celebrate) delectable items around us, and perhaps give you a chance to seek out new flavors for your table. Enjoy!

Finally, spring! Sunshine has breached the clouds, dandelions are blooming, and juicy-crisp produce is right around the cor-ner. But wait—isn’t fresh produce already here?

Often in our haste to meet spring’s well-known veggies, we overlook delectable early-spring fruits. Sure, good peaches and melons only come once a year – it’s also true of a more humble treasure: rhubarb.

Rhubarb, a tart and crunchy “April fruit”, is actually a fleshy stem, known as a leaf pet-iole, texturally similar to celery and flavor-wise close to a sour apple. The plant’s green leaves contain a toxic (and helpfully dis-gusting) oxalic acid. Its roots are rhizomes, similar in structure to mints and ginger, and so for a prudent gardener rhubarb is a long-term managerial commitment.

Historically, this foodstuff has its origins in eastern Asia, primarily as a medicine (laxative, anyone?). It migrated across the continent with trader routes, along with more famous spices and herbs like saffron and bay leaves. The plant is one of the first edible crops to emerge in frigid northern springs, so it became a quick favorite in England and the U.S., especially in Oregon and Washington.

In “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” Barbara Kingsolver discovers rhubarb to be a perfect winter fruit during her year-long locavore diet. It has lots of Vitamin C and K to com-bat a diet deprived of sunshine and fresh fruit, which perhaps is why it got popular in

England after WWII. Good rhubarb is a dark, lusty crimson color with little to no white

or green edges. I’ve heard green stalks are just as good as red, but in baking tests on the roomies (three apple-rhubarb crisps), the red keeps winning out in taste and aesthetic.

To select rhubarb, the same markers as with choosing celery apply —fat and sturdy stalks without any rubbery wobble, and no brown-ish bruising and scratches.

What to do with rhubarb? Most people inclined toward hearty desserts bake crisps and pies with it, although I’ve had a few adven-turous souls eat the stuff straight with peanut butter. If you like eat-ing lemon wedges, raw rhubarb is the stuff for you (but be prepared, it’ll put hair in places you didn’t know you had).

Remember—you only find good rhubarb (in the grocery store, co-op, or farmer’s market) once a year. It’s going to be another twelve months before you get to taste what truly awesome rhubarb is, so get out there and get cooking!

This week I’ve picked a simple recipe that samples some of our delicious local produce! This recipe is also easily made vegan by sub-stituting a vegan margarine for butter. Also, you can sub in a gluten-free flour and crushed almond for the oats and flour!

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Filling:1 cup of sugar4 cups of rhubarb washed and chopped into bite size pieces1 cup of water2 tablespoons of cornstarch2 tablespoons of fine chopped ginger

topping:1 cup of sugar1 cup of flour¾ cup of melted butter

Start by preheating your oven to 350. Next you need to bring the cornstarch, sugar and water to a boil and mix until smooth. Com-bine that mixture with the rhubarb and ginger. Put the mixture into the bottom of a greased 7x7 baking pan.

In a small bowl mix together sugar, flour and melted butter. Top the rhubarb mixture. Now all you need to do is bake at 350 degrees for about 45 to 55 minutes, until the top is golden and crisp. I like to top mine with vanilla ice cream or original coconut bliss.

Foodie Filesby Julia Clark

Rhubarb Ginger Crisp by Mischa Brittin

Photo by Noah Stroup


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LETTERSSYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL & MOURNING WITHOUT SYMPATHY

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” - Mark Twain.

When all you “pro-lifer/conservative-spending” war pigs woke up on May 2nd with a lingering hangover, did you look at yourselves in the mirror and think about what you cel-ebrated the night before? Look deep into your own glassy bloodshot eyes and channel that evil. It feels good to have the devil running through your veins doesn’t it? Gloat for today, and I will join you simply because I want you to finally be appeased.

You celebrated killing on the Sabbath too, so remember that the next time you sit in church. Think about all the thousands that were sent to die avenging the deaths of a few. Think of the hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children that were killed in the crossfire or gunned down for sport, (see Cpl. Jeremy Morlock, Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, Col. Harry D. Tunnell, or Blackwater’s Erik Prince for some examples of these sport kill-ers) and think about how pointless all of this was. We can pass around the Presidential re-election kool-aid and temporarily quench our bloodthirsty values, but are we any safer? Was this a search for WMD’s, oil reserves, or a war on terrorism? It’s been so long, I must have forgotten. As we dust off an empty throne to the world’s most wanted, remember that glorified murder will likely bring more of the same.

Ask yourself why Guantanamo Bay prison is still open today? Was it worth the rest of the world losing respect for our military, viewing them as a bunch of jackass perverts that torture and molest prisoners at Abu Ghraib? Was it worth the repetitive gang rape of Jamie Leigh Jones in a shipping container by her coworkers at a Halliburton/KBR camp in Iraq? Was it worth spending billions of dollars that could have gone to something more constructive? Think about the stains left on the souls of our children in the last decade, and the opportu-nities for them that we have selfishly thrown away. How will the next generation of young Americans be influenced by our revenge for a desperate act carried out by a desperate group of misled individuals? At one point, those 9/11 terrorists were children being influenced by parents and elders in their place of worship too.

-Randall BonnerCorvallis, OR

TO THE EDITOR

FOLLOW UP! on “Corvallis Or Bust”DaVinci Days, the Fall Festival and Visit Corvallis decided to add an additional

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PHILIO SOPHIA: CIGS What a drag...

People always want to know why I smoke cigarettes. When faced with that often-con-descendingly phrased question, I seldom ever answer it seriously. There is too much to say and too much that most people wouldn’t se-riously consider as a validation of my choice. However, I’m going to suspend that trend to give a few thoughts on the issue.

First, we should look at the societal per-ception of addiction. It is commonly thought that social consensus determines which ad-dictions are harmful. Using this logic, we can see why addiction to heroin is a deal-breaker in many friendships, but being a blatant Facebook addict is a laughing matter.

I would argue this distinction constitutes a false dichotomy. Society’s fascination with partially hydrogenated oil and high-fructose corn syrup (think Taco Bell and Rockstar Energy Drinks) is no less harmful than its flirting interactions with tobacco. Are unprecedented-epidemic-level outbreaks of obesity and diabetes negligible? Are their causes, things like “fourth-mealin’” it nightly and “Amping up” before class, so laughable? Not by health standards.

We are similarly engaged in a full-scale cultural addiction to transport by means of using fossil fuels. How many more people would still be alive if there were no car ac-cidents? And what, on the individual level, in a land where we can grow our food locally and participate in local activities is the moti-vation for owning and operating cars, trucks and transport ships in the first place? Is it convenience—a large-scale fumbling for an elusive sense of control?

‘These years of buy and sell’It may be that health standards and mor-

tality rates are not the final criteria for the social acceptance of a practice, but the sepa-rations between “good” and “bad” addictions are by no means arbitrary. These differences are determined by societal consent, and in a neo-capitalist society, consent is bought and sold on an individual basis (direct ad-vertising) and on a large-scale collective level (deals worked out between legislators and lobbyists).

Government propaganda campaigns invoke “big tobacco,” but I haven’t heard anything about “big fast food,” or “big caf-feine.” As a result, consent is being produced, assembled and shipped with unprecedented freedom. The difference between a “good” addiction and a “bad” one might just be a few hundred thousand dollars correctly spent.

What is happening here? What have we created? A universe of perceived ideals fu-eled and impassioned by perceived needs. Large-scale addiction.

The Western man needs to drive, and of-ten fast, in a car he often can’t afford to prove he is sexually attractive. The Western woman needs clothes with a brand on them from far, far away to prove that she can be attractive too.

Why addiction (in the first place)?

Essentially, we have all at least partially subscribed to the subjective worldview. We all know, deep down, the one thing that is truly meaningful is our intangible and in-expressible self; we know that we can never quite say what we mean or convey what and who we are in the depths of our souls.

Experientially, we know the force con-tained in our self is not a sufficient means by which to live. There are, in fact, other people (and, arguably, a semi-static physical world) to deal with! The subjective self takes over and asserts needs. We crave a manifest de-nial of our insecurity, a tangible affirmation of the illusion that we are really in control. These physical assertions of ego often very quickly become addictions.

This explanation also shows why addic-tions aren’t as evidently prevalent in some religious groups. Many of these groups, at least nominally, reject the idea that subjec-tive truth is the most accurate and/or advan-tageous representation of reality. For funda-mentalist Christians, higher truth comes, at least partially, from a literal interpretation of the biblical narratives.

I’ve come to look at addiction as symp-tomatic of a widely-held cultural subjectiv-ity, and the resulting subconscious assertion of personal needs as a mission that will hold that subjectivity intact as source of higher truth by which to live. From an inter-subjec-tive or transcendental absolutist viewpoint, all addiction is simply an arbitrary advance-ment of the self as the most important thing in the universe.

Smoking – it’s not just for dummiesThat brings us back to cigarettes. Most of

the criticism being directed toward people who smoke tobacco could also be applied to proponents and supporters of many other areas of culture. Where are the anti-sugar advocacy groups? Just because the govern-ment spends millions discouraging smoking doesn’t make it any more dangerous of an addiction than drinking soda or driving a car.

Furthermore, though many will make the case that no addiction is a good thing, I don’t believe we can begin to deal with the com-plexity and variety of our society’s addictions without first examining our internal infla-tion of the self as an entity and subsequent feeling of the loss of control. Maybe addic-tion is both a grasp for that sense of con-trol and an expression of the futility of that grasping motion.

So as long as we remain complicitly cer-tain that real truth comes from within, we will remain in self-perpetuated cycles of pro-gressively more damaging “self affirmations.” But honestly, what else is there?

-Joel DeVyldere Joel is a junior studying English at the

University of Oregon. He is also an avid blogger and commonly writes on philosoph-ical and religious topics.

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The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit (2011)by: George Estreich

When i was asked to review this book for The alchemist Weekly, i was apprehensive

about how to approach it. “The Shape of the Eye: Down S y n d r o m e , Family, and the Stories We Inherit” (2011) is a family a u t o b i o g -raphy that e x a m i n e s the initially debilitating and, ulti-

mately, empowering effect of having and caring for a child with down syndrome. i was worried that my criteria for assess-ing the merits of a literary work would not be applicable to non-fiction material, but

seeing as george Estreich is a local au-thor, i put my trepidations aside.

What surprised me most about his work was the careful, completely accessible tone that he used to draw light on his family’s “tragedy” (on this, and human suffering in general, the author writes: “…our lives are not tragic, only puzzling, most of the time.” I was expecting a dramatic, ‘heart-string-tugging’ anecdote—and surely, there is emotion in Estreich’s prose—but, more-over, I was pleased and astonished with the simple honesty of the subject matter.

The most effective writing, I believe, should be able to impact any individual regardless of their situation—the piece’s ability to communicate should be multilin-gual and speak in all languages. “The Shape of the Eye…” begins with the birth of the author’s second daughter, Laura who is af-flicted with Down syndrome, before draw-ing back to the birth of his first daughter, his relationship with his wife, and a brief history of their families. The reader watches as Laura grows and her childhood is marred with surgeries, other obstacles.

Over the years we witness the changing dynamic of the parent-child relationship: how nights spent in tears and anxiety can bring about many small, but important epiphanies. The author’s mother, a Japanese

immigrant, also figures largely into Est-reich’s narrative and into the general adver-sities his family has faced—predominantly in the book’s final chapter. Yes, there is a draw to the story on its setting alone and I believe this fascination is probably com-mon; people naturally feel a pull towards a story that is written about somewhere they know. When Estreich writes, “In Oregon, everyone seemed to be from somewhere else too.” I found that this line went to the simple underlying sentiment of how I feel about our state, coming, like Estreich, from the East Coast as well.

In the end, “The Shape of the Eye…” is larger than locale, family history, parent-hood, or even the ‘impairments’ of Down syndrome, even though these are the story’s central themes. Estreich’s book is about the adaptability of survival and how this evo-lution tightens our proximity to one an-other. Early in the novel the author touches on this intimacy when the subject of his daughter’s condition is first broached. Es-treich writes, “I held up what I was, against what she might be.”

George Estreich will be doing a reading and signing as part of The Literary Northwest Se-ries on Wednesday, May 4th @ 7:30 pm in The Journey Room of the OSU Memorial Union.

Bookwormby MICHAEL THOMAS

on special assignment

VERDICT

The story of the vam command-ers is one that spans nearly two decades, the Pacific ocean, and

the continental divide. chilling in the control room at the magnificently ap-pointed Wild rose studios in corvallis, vam commander’s bassist Paul Kincaid gave me a taste of their new album, the first in almost 10 years, recorded despite the fact that the other members live in Japan, idaho, and other oregon cities.

The Vam Commanders originally formed in 1996 in Ashland, Ore. and during the five years the band was active they toured up-and-down the West Coast, leaving be-hind seared ears as far south as Los Angeles. While the band is self-described as merging garage rock, punk and ska, listening to their

discography summons a whirlwind of styles and tones that, to my ear, are far too eclec-tic to be pinned down to any useful degree. From the famously disorienting and often dumbfounding concept EP “Bowling” which, according to Kincaid, often prompted fans to come to the next show and just stare at him mumbling, “I bought this…and…I just don’t know, man.” Personally, I liked “Bowling,” but I did strictly adhere to Kindcaid’s advice concerning the 20-minute-mindfrag-EP. “Just make sure you listen to it at least three times. It usually takes three times,” he said.

As frequently happens, the Vam Com-manders stopped performing in the early 2000s simply because its members moved away. They scattered around the hemi-sphere. It was only due to the advances in

file-sharing technology and the entreaties of devoted fans that led to the upcoming May 7th show at Bombs Away Café with the full band, and the subsequent weekend at Wild Rose Studios to put the finishing touches on their new album “This is Not a Time Machine” which will be released in third quarter 2011. According to Kincaid, 10 years ago this al-bum wouldn’t have been possible. “It used to be a lot more difficult to send audio files across the internet in order to facilitate prac-tice and recording, but today it’s easy to send something from here to one of the guys and have it back within a couple of hours with their take on it,” he said.

Kincaid mixes tracks recorded by the other members in their current locations, and then sends out rough cuts for everyone to use for practice. However, this weekend will be the first time all the members of Vam Com-mander will step onto the stage together, in nearly a decade.

The band had done several impromptu ‘re-unions’ when various members showed up at open mic nights or other band’s shows. They would get called up on stage to play a few songs. “Then someone asked us,” Kincaid says laughing, “how often do you have to do these mini-reunions to go from a band that doesn’t exist anymore, to a band that just doesn’t play that often.” Luckily for Vam Commander devotees, they’ll have a fresh batch of mind warping, genre-slashing, post-punk apocalypse coming at them live this weekend, and the not-so-live-version later this year.

The Vam Commanders will be playing May 6th at the Grange Hall in Central Point and at Bombs Away Cafe May 7th, doors @ 8 pm.

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It’s no secret that corvallis and the surrounding areas are replete with delectable diners, one-of-a-kind lo-

cal retailers, and picturesque parks… or is it? Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, or just hunkering down since you last saw the sun, The alchemist Weekly is here to open your eyes—and in some cas-es, perhaps, your wallets—to some of the area’s finest tucked-away treasures. some of them may just surprise you.

Chip Ross ParkLester Ave. | CorvallisWith weather as beautiful as it was dur-

ing my visit, this park ought not stay secret for long. But even when the parking lot is hearteningly full, the population—dispersed over miles of trails—is virtually undetect-able. An unusually pristine expanse of forest and grass-land, Chip Ross Park is one of Cor-vallis’ most cher-ished open spaces.

It’s certainly a favorite haunt of the Sierra Club’s Mary’s Peak chap-ter, preferred for its superbly ac-cessible start to Dan’s Trail—one of the group’s fa-vorite midrange hikes. At about 7.5 miles and with a 1400 foot eleva-tion, a round-trip trek runs a respect-able four hours. Group members come from far and wide to take in the soothing sights and stretch their legs on the park’s well tread paths. Sierra Club mem-ber Sam Miller, of Eugene, Ore. said, “It’s a beautiful day to get out.” Group leader Lelia Bar-low jokingly added, “I ordered up the weather special for us.”

You can find a most thorough explana-tion of the park’s layout from an informa-tion board at the park’s entrance, with a detailed map of trails, streams, scenic look-outs, and a number of hiker-friendly ame-nities. Bear in mind, however, there are no readily available bathrooms, so you’ll want to go before you go, or plan on getting in touch with nature on a more intimate level.

-Ayla Rogers

Schaefers’ Recreation Equip-ment (and Post Office) Co.

1425 NW 9th St. | CorvallisThis local retail outlet may just be the

quirkiest little one-stop-shop around. Not to be pigeon-holed as a “just-this” or an

“everything-that”store, Schaefers’ Recreation offers a surpris-ing variety of goods and services, from hot-tubs and pools, pel-let stoves and fireplaces, glass doors and gas logs, to parcel and postal delivery. If that last clause caught you a little off-guard, you’re not alone.

“People are generally surprised to find a post office in here,” remarked Schaefers’ employee Fredrick Goebbels, “but we actu-ally run the busiest postal substation in town. Only the main downtown office gets more traffic.” This smaller contract opera-tion has a certain leg-up on the central office. “People like that we’re faster—there’s more parking available out front, no long line out the door, and no loitering riffraff to accost you while you’re waiting,” Goebbels said.

He also asked me to remind our readers of a few limitations of their substation: they can’t handle money orders or tracking and confirmation of outgoing mail. Moreover, payment with cash or check is preferred, and the store is charged for all credit

transactions. “It’s actually cheaper to give a stamp away than to let someone buy it on credit,” Goebbels pointed out, “but don’t get me wrong—we’re not giving away stamps.”

-Ayla Rogers

The Amber Room (Darrell’s Lounge)2200 NW 9th St. | CorvallisIn the mood for an old fashioned good time? Try Darrell’s Am-

ber Room for a taste of classic décor with your Old Fashioned Whisky, or whatever other libation strikes your fancy. Lucky for you, though, there’s nothing excessively fancy about the Amber Room’s drink prices. Dropping in on a Monday evening, I found a delightfully fruity cocktail, quite to my liking, on special for a change-purse-scraping $3.50.

Quenching Corvallis’ thirst since 1967, Darrell’s Amber Room has maintained its reputation as a favorite neighborhood haunt through boom years and busts, a sure credit to the lounge’s friend-ly round-the-clock service, luscious late-night food menu and a

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wide array of ways to wet your whistle. Bartender Michelle prefers working at Darrell’s for the intimate atmosphere, noting that the Amber Room is “more of a neighborhood bar…a lot of our custom-ers walk, or ride their bikes here, and we really like that.”

Many of the Amber Room’s loyal pa-trons feel the same way. The lounge really

seems to exude that “place where everybody knows your name” feel. Stephen Chapman, now a resident of St. Louis, still holds the Amber Room close to his heart, “I moved away in 1998, but [this is] still a place I still want to be. Everyone is so friendly, the food is fantastic, and the cocktails…wow.”

Current Corvallis resident Harrison White, seated on the next bar stool mused that the Amber Room is “the kind of bar romanticized by Modern Drunkard Maga-zine,” a description any lounge or dive bar should be eager to brag about. So come, stay a while, and if you’re feeling spunky, try writing this on a napkin and sliding it to that attractive stranger nearby: IITYWIM-WYBMAD. Curious what it means? Sorry, but that secret isn’t mine to divulge. You’ll have to visit the Amber Room to find out.

-Ayla Rogers

Jamie’s Great Hamburgers1999 NW Circle Blvd. | CorvallisIn case you’re wondering what this joint’s

all about, the name’s a good tip-off. Beyond “Great Hamburgers,” though, Jamie’s offers a cozy, classic 50s-style diner atmosphere with spacious red booths, era-appropriate tunes, a truly timeless décor marked by clas-sic car and Coca-Cola memorabilia, accent-

ed with checkerboard tiles throughout as well as the occasional Betty Boop pin-up poster. The retro design and authentic 50s music are comfortably nostalgic for the generations who experienced the era first hand, or so my father tells me. With one locale only, this is the real deal “ma and pop” establishment.

I have to give a ringing endorsement for the Big Bobber Burger my server rec-ommended, done up right with cream cheese, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato and special sauce. They’ll grill up your patty to your precise specifications. The truest testament to care and quality is the thick, juicy, tender meat that makes the sandwich a customer favorite. The shoe-string fries are crisp and hot, so you’ll want to scarf them down while their fresh, but don’t get so caught up you for-get to sip on a specialty flavored Coca-Cola, ice cream float or an award winning milkshake. With a specialty option that allows you to craft a custom malt with up to three flavors, you may feel a powerful inclination to deviate from vanilla choco-late.

For a Cadillac-sized hunger, try the Mega-Size King, their biggest burger by far. This beast is best described as a

double-decker cow on a bun. It answers the age-old question: “Where’s the BEEF?” succinctly with an emphatic: “Right here, baby!”

One head chef—21-year-old Alex Bull-ock—cooks up the grub for the whole place, so try to practice patience when the crowd picks up, and trust it’ll be well rewarded.

-Ayla Rogers

Riley’s Billiards Bar & Grill124 Broadalbin St. SW | Albany

Your first thought after entering Riley’s Billiards Bar & Grill will be: “Where am I?” Seriously, this place resembles a maze for a first-timer. Riley’s is definitely a great place to go with a large group of friends. There is plenty of open space on multiple floors and even throwback cinema-style seating up-stairs. As for drinks, a wide variety of stan-dard domestic and microbrew beverages are on tap. Fruity and energy-laced drinks are also available by the boatload.

The real draw to Riley’s is the vintage pool hall feel, like something straight out of the 1960s film “The Hustler” and its sequel “The Color of Money.” Doing your best Paul Newman impression will cost you nothing as long as you get there before 9 pm, but after that pool will cost you seven dollars per hour (minors have to pony up the cash at all hours).

Food is pretty basic for a bar: burgers, salads and appetizers. The most appealing item on the menu is “The Big Guy Chal-lenge” which consists of a three pound burger and a pound of fries. The Challenge will cost you $24.95, but if you complete it successfully within 45 minutes, the meal is free along with a shirt and a lifelong sense of accomplishment/shame.

Drink specials occur Tuesday through Friday, from 9 pm to 11 pm with something for everyone.

During the day, Riley’s can be a chill place to play some free pool with your friends, but on the weekends and during peak hours, it turns more into a default bar/club so pick your poison and go rack some balls.

-Craig Wiroll

The Depot Cafe822 Lyon St S. | Albany

The Depot Cafe, alternatively known as “Fish ‘N Chips,” in Albany is an awesome little gem delivering delicious sea-wrangled goodies such as clam chowder and Alaskan cod. The Depot has a unique feel, resem-bling a diner you might stumble upon in the middle of the woods. An eclectic mix of vintage Life magazines, war memorabilia, sports throwbacks and animal carcasses give you a warm homey feeling.

The service is excellent, with a certified order of fish n’ chips time of four and a half minutes—though plan to wait longer dur-ing peak hours due to the quaint size of the building.

The menu isn’t vast but, with a font size of 36, certainly is bifocal friendly. The potatoes are freshly cut and delicious, and the fish is lightly battered and fried to perfection, not smothered in grease. A few domestic and import bottled beers are available, as well as Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve on tap. Not a great selection of drinks, but if you’re coming to the Depot, you’re coming for the fish.

Jamie’s has great hamburgers & great memorabilia.


Albany is known for its large downtown build-

ings. Riley’s makes good use of the space for your

enjoyment.Photo by Craig Wiroll

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Friday| May 6th | 9:00 pmBombs Away CafeWE’LL STOMP

Hillstomp is knee-slappin’, whiskey swillin’, yeeee-dawgy style music. I listened to it on my computer prior to writing this. The sound caused me to contemplate the construction of a still in the backwoods of which I might turn the scrap metal from that still into a musical instrument to start pickin’ and drumming.

The Portland, Oregon based bluegrass/punk band is renowned for repurposing materials previous known as garbage and scrap into musical instruments. Their 2005 album, The Woman that Ended the World, was named Album of the Year by Willa-mette Week.

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tion, but Hillstomp takes to the genre like a tick on Hound dog’s floppy ear. Their stank-laden blues groove provides the perfect mash for the sprinkling of some smooth high-flying vocals.

I’ve only sipped moonshine once in my life, but I am immediately struck by the obvious metaphorical comparisons between the illegal hooch and Hillstomp’s music. Moonshine is made in the woods and distilled under less than FDA stan-dards, sometimes using scrap and stolen materials to create the mechanism of booze production. The product is some-thing lethally intoxicating, and many Ap-palachian brains have been pickled useless with the stuff.

It hits you strong in the nose before the liquid even touches your lips. It burns with a bitter relentlessness as you hang on for

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your first pull. Once you quit wincing and lay down the jug, you’re overcome with a warm cozy feeling that allows that heavy, double barrel .12 gauge to lay a little easier across the lap as you sit in wait for the unsuspecting revenuer man.

Gather youngins, down at Bombs Away Cafe on Friday, May 6th at 9:30 pm. $7 bucks will get you in and another $8 will get you nice and tight. Wheeeeewwww-www. ~Stanley Tollett

Friday | May 6th | 5:00 pmDowntown AlbanyLOFTY EXPECTATIONS

Good pairings are, arguably, the spice of life. From peanut butter and jelly to Har-old and Maude, a good pairing makes a memorable mark. In Albany and through-out the Mid-Willamette Valley, a new pairing is taking hold: walks in tandem with another non-locomotive activity.

As of this writing, there have only been two definitive examples of this new phenomenon known to me: the “First Thursday’s Art Walk” in Corvallis and now, the “Upstairs Downtown Albany Tour & Wine Walk”. Apparently, the popular growth of supplemental walking has thus far only taken hold in the larger cities and towns along the river, but the potential for it to spread into the smaller hamlets is real.

The Sony Corporation experimented with this theory of supplemental walking with it’s pioneering technology in the late 1980’s. The Sony “Walkman” was used to

pair walking with music, which caused a dramatic shift in culture. People no longer had to carry 20 lbs. of Boombox on their shoulders, and now, we have the ubiquitous iPod. This proves that pairing an everyday activity that human beings engage in (i.e. - walking) with something non-physical such as music, art and now wine drinking has an incredible possibility of success.

There are a only a few dangers involved in these experimentations. Trains can-not be heard while listening to music and walking. Art may cause you to actually cease walking and halt altogether. Wine, in large amounts, may impair your ability to walk and inhibit balance and in extreme cases engage in tomfoolery and horseplay.

The “Upstairs Downtown Tour & Wine Walk” will give you an opportunity to explore the amazing lofts above Albany businesses. The event is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 6, between 5:00 and 9:00 pm in downtown Albany and is co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Albany and the Albany Downtown Association. For more information and to purchase an event ticket, visit albanywinewalk.com. ~STSaturday| May 7th | 8:00 pmFireworksSOUL-TERIA

Santino Cadiz is known best in Cor-vallis as the lead singer of Sar Shalom, a well-respected Corvallis Reggae group and

Alchemist Award Winner for Favorite Band in 2009. In recent months, Cadiz has taken a step in a different direction. His path has taken him on a solo-collaborative effort to create an album called “Soteria”, which means deliverance or salvation in ancient Greek.

“This album, for me, represents a turn-ing point in my life...making a change, growing up.” says Cadiz. The album has an acoustic, mellow sound that I normally not a fan of. I like the hard stuff, but Cadiz’s sound is too heartfelt and genuine for me to dismiss. It is smooth and the instrumen-tation is tight, but the real soul of the piece of art is Cadiz’s lyrics.

Santino Cadiz taught himself how to play guitar at the age of 22 and has been heavily involved in the music scene in Or-egon since he move here. He has made a name for himself in the roots/rock/reggae genre and has been with bands in Eugene and Corvallis.

“Soteria” is his first solo offering, and it strikes me as deeply personal. It listens like a beautiful confessional of life set to music. Which, I believe, is exactly what Cadiz hoped to achieve with this album.

He will be playing live for his CD release party at Fireworks in Southtown on Saturday, May 7 at 8:00 pm. If you want to listen to a truly gifted musician pour out his soul through his voice and guitar, then show up and listen up. You might find yourself commiserating with Santino’s musical story. ~ST

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RHYTHM and BREWS CAFÉ Paul Lemoine and Daniel Mahoney, 7:00 pm [ACOUSTIC]

CorvallisBEANERY ON 2ND Mike Jones, 8:00 pm, FREE [ACOUSTIC] BOMBS AWAY CAFÉ Hillstomp and Lonesome Shack, 10:00 pm, $7 [JUNKYARD BLUES]FIREWORKS Mark Kershner & Suzannah Doyle, Reunion Concert, 8:00 pm [DUO]OLD WORLD DELI The Hilltop Big Band, 7:00 pm, FREE [BIG BAND]OSU MU LOUNGE Thousand Waves, 12:00 pm, FREE [TRADITION JAPANESE]TROUBADOUR Mark Growden and Jameson Clay, 8:00 pm, $8 [AMERICANA]

LebanonDOWNTOWN DOG Live blues, 6:00 pm [BLUES]MERLIN’S BAR AND GRILL The King Pins, 9:00 pm [ROCK]

AlbanyRILEY'S BAR & GRILL Cutting Edge Production presents Ladies Night with Dj Tray, FREE [DANCE]

CorvallisCLOUD 9 Riot in the Clouds, 10:00 pm, FREE [DJ CHI DULY]CORVALLIS SENIOR CENTER Friday Night Dance by The Syncopators, 7:00 pm, $4 [DANCE]PEACOCK BAR & GRILL Main Stage: Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]; On the Top: DJ Heartburn, 9:00 pm [DANCE]

HalseyWOODY'S BAR & GRILL “Terry-oke” karaoke with Terry Geil, 9:00 pm, FREE [SING]

LebanonDUFFY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke, 10:00 pm, FREE [SING] MERLIN'S BAR & GRILL Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]

AlbanyALBANY CIVIC THEATRE “The Miracle Worker,” 8:00 pm, $11 [STAGE]DOWNTOWN ALBANY Upstairs Downstairs Albany Wine Walk, 5:00 pm, $15 [WINE WALK]

CorvallisCHS MAIN STAGE “The Three Musketeers,” 7:00 pm, $10 [STAGE]FIRST ALT COOP SOUTH Wine tasting, 5:00 pm [WINE ME]OSU MU JOURNEY ROOM “Leadership and the New Normal,” by Preston Pulliams 7:00 pm [LECTURE]OSU LASELLS STEWART Emerald City Jazz Kings: “Coast to Coast,” 7:30 pm, $20 [JAZZ]OSU WALDO HALL RM 121 Janet Tate/Claudia Ingham, “Ethics and Writing Across the Curriculum,” 12:00 pm, FREE [LECTURE]SUSTAINABILITY COALITION Natural Areas Celebration Week, May 6th – May 15th, FREE [NATURE]WINESTYLES Friday Flights, 5:00 pm [WINE ME]

PhilomathBENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM M. Frances Stilwell, “Oregon’s Botanical Landscape,” 5:00 pm [RECEPTION]

Sweet HomeMARKS RIDGE WINERY Artist Rebecca Waterhouse “Ladies in the Fields,” 12:00 to 5:00 pm, FREE [RECEPTION]

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AlbanyCALAPOOIA BREWING Ian Priestman, 7:30 pm, FREE [ACOUSTIC]

CorvallisBOMBS AWAY CAFÉ Stairway Denied, Satisfaction Guaranteed, pseudoboss 10:00 pm, $7 [TRIBUTE]CLOUD 9 Cinco de Mayo Party with Team Banzai, 10:00 pm, $5 [FREAK OUT]FIREWORKS Performers Spotlight Series hosted by Gabriel Surley, 8:00 pm [SHOWCASE]

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BOMBS AWAY CAFÉ Colin Woekel’s Musical Showcase, 8:30 pm, FREE [SHOWCASE]FARMER’S MARKET Jan Burgett, 9:30 am, FREE [ACOUSTIC]

TangentDIXIE CREEK SALOON Blues Jam with Wild Bill, 7:00 pm [BLUES]

AlbanyEAGLES LODGE Albany Senior Dance, 1:30 - 3:30 pm, $3 [DANCE]

CorvallisAPPLEBEE’S DJ Stoltz Dance Party, 9:00 pm, FREE [DANCE]PETER GYSEGEM’S STUDIO Argentine tango classes, 7:15 pm, $5 [DANCE]PEACOCK BAR & GRILL Main Stage: Karaoke, 9:00 pm, FREE [SING]; On the Top: Western Wed 9:00 pm, [DANCE]

LebanonMERLIN'S BAR & GRILL Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]

AlbanyLBCC SOUTH SANTIAM GALLERY Juried Art Student Exhibit, 12:00 pm, FREE [ART]

CorvallisCLOUD 9 Infinite Improv, 9:00 pm, FREE [COMEDY] Beer and Blog, 5:00 pm [LAGER BLOGGER]CORVALLIS HYDROPONICS General Hydroponics, 11:00 am and 5:00 pm, FREE [GARDEN]ENOTECA WINE BAR Emerson Vineyard Tasting, 7:00 pm, $10 [WINE TIME]FIRST STREET DOWNTOWN Corvallis Farmer’s Market, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, FREE [MARKET]OSU MU JOURNEY ROOM Distinguished Professors: Luiz Bermudez and Robert Tanguay, 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, FREE [LECTURE] Author George Estreich, “The Shape of the Eye,” 7:30 pm, FREE [READING]OSU LASELLS STEWART Holocaust Memorial Week: Eugene Fisher, “Memoria Future: Remembering the Shoah for the Sake of Future Generations,” 7:30 pm, FREE [LECTURE] “Getting a Grip,” with Frances Moore Lappe, 7:30 pm, FREE [LECTURE]OSU WIEGAND HALL “Observing the Growth of the Oregon Wine Industry,” Lisa Hall, 3:30 pm [LECTURE]

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sing&dance AlbanyEAGLES LODGE Line dance, 7:00 pm, $4 [DANCE]

CorvallisPEACOCK BAR & GRILL Main Stage: Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]; On the Top: DJ Mike, 9:00 pm [DANCE]

LebanonMERLIN'S BAR & GRILL Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]

AlbanyNOVAK’S HUNGARIAN “Dine for the Arts,” 7:00 am – 9:00 pm [DINE]

CorvallisCLOUD 9 Poetics, 8:30 pm, FREE [POETRY READING]CHS MAIN STAGE “The Three Musketeers,” 7:00 pm, $10 [STAGE]CORVALLIS HYDROPONICS General Hydroponics, 11:00 am and 5:00 pm, FREE [GARDEN]ENOTECA WINE BAR Chocolate Truffle Thursdays, 6:00 pm, FREE [YUMMERS]DOWNTOWN CORVALLIS First Thursday Art Walk, 4:00 to 8:00 pm, FREE [COMMUNITY]FIRST ALT COOP NORTH BeerTasting, 5:00 pm [BEER ME]FIRST ALT COOP SOUTH “Big Adventures, Small Wheels” photos, 7:00 pm, FREE [PHOTO]LIVE WELL STUDIO Free Teen Yoga by Reach Out Yoga, 4:00 pm, FREE [YOGA]OSU LASELLS STEWART John F. Clark “Understanding the Violence in the Congo,” 7:30 pm, FREE [LECTURE]OSU VALLEY LIBRARY OSU Authors Recognition, 3:00 pm, FREE [LECTURE]OSU WITHYCOMBE STAGE The Fainting Beaver Follies! 7:30 pm, $12 [STAGE]WINESTYLES Odisea Winery Tasting, 5:30 pm, $7 [WINE ME]

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CorvallisSUNNYSIDE UP CAFÉ Celtic Jam, 7:00 pm, FREE [LISTEN/PLAY]OSU LASELLS STEWART CENTER CMC: The Gould Piano Trio with Robert Plane, 7:30 pm, $25 [CLASSICAL]

AlbanyRILEY'S BAR & GRILL Cutting Edge Productions presents Throwback Thursday with DJ Tray, FREE [DANCE]

CorvallisELKS LODGE Beginner Line Dance 7:00 pm, $3 [DANCE]IMPULSE BAR Cuban Salsa 7:30 pm FREE [DANCE]PEACOCK BAR & GRILL Main Stage: Karaoke with Sqwig-e-okie, 9:00 pm, FREE [SING] UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP Fellowship Community Choir rehearsals, 7:00 pm, $50 for 12 week term [SING]

Lebanon MERLIN'S BAR & GRILL Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]

HalseyWOODY'S BAR & GRILL “Terry-oke” Karaoke with Terry Geil, 9:00 pm, FREE [SING]

CorvallisAPPLEBEE'S National Trivia Association Night, 9:00 pm, FREEENOTECA WINE BAR Girls night out! Knit night, 7:00 pm [SHE'S CRAFTY]GRASS ROOTS BOOKS Reading Group: Nicholson Baker’s “The Anthologist,” 6:30 pm, FREE [BOOKS]HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS Treasure Hunters Roadshow, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm OSU FAIRBANKS GALLERY Cascade Print Exchange V, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm [ART RECEPTION]OSU LASELLS STEWART CENTER Holocust Memorial Week: Jacques Kornberg, “Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust: A Comparative View,” 7:30 pm, FREE [LECTURE]OSU RICHARDSON RM 107 Politics Impacting World Forests and Forestry, 3:30 pm, FREE [LECTURE]OSU WEATHERFORD HALL Fireside Chat: Jon, Elizabeth and Sarah Eischen, 7:00 pm [LECTURE]WINESTYLES Spring Trivia League Starts Tonight! [TRIVIA]

(Thursday Live Music continued)LebanonDOWNTOWN DOG Country Jam, 6:00 pm, FREE [COUNTRY]PEACOCK BAR & GRILL EAST Blues Jam, 7:00 pm, FREE [BLUES]


Across1. Venezuelan treats7. Boatloads11. Letters of texted appreciation14. Filmed again15. Bum16. ___ Dai (exiled Vietnamese emperor)17. Gentlemen, in old letters18. Fun Dip alternative20. Holder of leaves22. Napa Valley dweller’s prefix23. Certain tryst28. Rice or vegetable maker29. Mob activities?30. Amway, some say31. Lukewarm34. Commemoration of a 19th century Mexican military victory39. People of eastern Siberia40. One-named “More to Love” hostess43. Summary46. “Up” voice49. Idiom52. ___ fail53. Chinese exercise regimen54. Popular choice for 34-Across, and things found in 18-, 23-, and 49-Across57. Country singer Morgan61. Frequently, in poems62. “Freedom ___ free”63. Barbie’s lack64. On display only: Abbr.65. Final Four org.66. Rivers Cuomo’s band

Down1. Gun, e.g.2. British soul singer Des’___3. Ambulance initials4. Thing offered every time you go home even though you’ve been a vegetarian for years now5. “It was all ___/I used to read “Word Up” magazine”

6. Bagel option7. How stocks may be sold8. Nintendo brother9. Mac interface10. Scriptural “your”11. You might get one if you have respiratory issues12. “Wrestling Ernest Heming-way” director Randa13. Line on an intimate letter19. One may be masturbatory21. Composer BÈla interested in folk music23. Feminine suffix24. Andy Partridge’s post-punk band25. Owner of TASCAM26. Take some off the top, say27. John/Rice musical32. Part of a Rice email, for one33. Russian modernizing czar

called “The Great”35. Swimming legend Diana36. Fear, e.g.37. “You bet!”38. Upscale hotel chain name41. My own: Lat.42. Direction follower?43. Terrible deal44. Is45. Grammy winner Winans47. Make life less fun for, as a cat48. On the beach49. Ate50. Pop star Aguilera, in tabloids51. Farfalle, e.g.55. Dynasty that unified China56. Where O.J. Simpson won a Heisman58. Female lead on “Frasier”59. ___ Saint-Louis (Seine land)60. Organ with a drum in it

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AlbanyCALAPOOIA BREWING Gumbo, 8:00 pm, FREE [OLD TIMEY]FARMER’S MARKET jesse Meade, 9:30 am, FREE [BLUES]

CorvallisBEANERY ON 2nd Ian Priestman, 8:00 pm, FREE [ACOUSTIC]BOMBS AWAY CAFÉ The Vam Commanders, 10:00 pm, FREE [ROCK]CLOUD 9 The Angries and Arctic Flowers, 10:00 pm [PUNK ROCK]FARMER’S MARKET Dawning of the Day, 9:30 am, FREE [CELTIC]FIREWORKS Santino Cadiz CD Release, 8:00 pm [ACOUSTIC]

LebanonMERLIN’S BAR AND GRILL King Pins, 9:00 pm [ROCK]

Albany RILEY'S BAR & GRILL Cutting Edge Production presents DJ Tray, FREE [DANCE]

Corvallis CORVALLIS DANCE CENTER CENTER Beginning Ballroom Lessons, 3:00 pm, Intermediate West Coast Swing Lessons, 4:00 pm, Beginning West Coast Swing, 6:00 pm [DANCE]PEACOCK BAR & GRILL On the Top: DJ Heartburn, 9:00 pm [DANCE]

Lebanon DUFFY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke, 10:00 pm, FREE [SING]MERLIN'S BAR & GRILL Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]

AlbanyCITY HALL Albany Farmer’s Market, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, FREE [MARKET]

CorvallisARTS CENTER Between the Cracks: Pam Madsen, 7:00 pm, $10 [COMPOSER]BENTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, FREE [PLANTS]CHELDELIN MIDDLE SCHOOL My Fair Lady Mother’s Day Bazaar, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, $35 [MARKET]DOWNTOWN CORVALLIS CARDV Mother’s Day Run/Walk for Safe Families, 8:00 am and 11:00 am [BENEFIT]DOWNTOWN FIRST ST Corvallis Farmer’s Market, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, FREE [MARKET] Corvallis Artisan’s Market, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm [CRAFTS]ENOTECA WINE BAR Saketini Saturdays, 3:00 pm [SAKE-TO-ME]FINLEY WILDLIFE REFUGE Historic Tours, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm [WILDLIFE]GARLAND NURSERY Little Sprouts: Pizza Herb Pot, 11:00 am, FREE [GARDEN]ODDFELLOWS HALL Buy Local First Pancake Breakfast Series, 7:30 am – 9:30 am, $6 [FOOD]

LebanonWILLAMETTE SPEEDWAY MT. Dew Night: Late Model, Modified, Sportsman, Classic 6:00 pm, $14 [RACE DAY]

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AlbanyCALAPOOIA BREWING Blues Jam, 4:00 pm, FREE [BLUES]

CorvallisFIREWORKS Mother’s Day Brunch with Jeremy Winkler, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm [BRAZILLIAN] Mother’s Day Dinner with the Infallible Collective, 8:00 pm [JAZZ]

TangentDIXIE CREEK SALOON Acoustic Jam, 7:00 pm, Bluegrass Jam, 7:00 pm, FREE [iPlay]

monday09CorvallisFIREWORKS Southtown Talent Search: The Acoustic Showdown, 9:00 pm [LISTEN/PLAY]INTERSECTOR WORKSPACE 37 Cents Artists and Musicians Community Group Meeting, 6:00 pm [COLLECTIVE]OLD WORLD DELI Science Pub – Trouble with Tinucates: Invasive Species, 6:00 pm, FREE [KNOWLEDGE]PEACOCK BAR & GRILL Main Stage: Karaoke with Sqwig-e-okie, 9:00 pm [SING]RENAISSANCE BUILDING City Club: Publicly Financed Health Care….Eeeek! 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm, FREE [FORUM]

LebanonMERLIN'S BAR AND GRILL Karaoke, FREE [SING]

Corvallis PEACOCK BAR & GRILL Main Stage: Karaoke with Sqwig-e-okie, 9:00 pm [SING]

Lebanon MERLIN'S BAR & GRILL Karaoke, 9:00 pm [SING]

CorvallisENOTECA WINE BAR Saketini Sunday, 3:00 pm [DRINK]

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JACKSON STREETYOUTH SHELTER

NOW HIRING!We are looking for:

Part Time Overnight Case WorkerThis person would get paid between $9/hr to

$10.25/hr working shifts 12a-8a Friday-Sunday.

Part Time Case WorkerThis person would get paid between $8.50/hr to

$9.50/hr and will be working 2-3 permanent 8 hour shifts per week.

On-Call Case WorkerThis person would get paid between $8.50/hr to

$9/hr and will need to cover shifts.

The wage will be determined on education, experience, and your commitment to JSYSI and the Corvallis Community. To apply please do a resume, cover letter, have at least 3 references or reference letters, and copies of your current First Aid/CPR/Food Handlers certifications. The

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“I’m coming from los angeles to newport, or-egon to visit my mom and my sister. i came to get a little vacation...get stressed out at the job.

i’m a cna...certified nursing assistant...16 years. i like it.My sister get married, and then that person bring her to

Newport. She was the first Latina in Newport. She was the first one. She was in the newspaper. Maybe she’s been here for 20 years. When she came to Newport she just feel like a little ashamed, because she was the only Latina there, but later on she got used to it. Now she’s a teacher there.

That is my son, Ivan. He is too shy. He is 17 years old. He born in L.A. He’s a good student, but he makes a lot of changes. He used to dress different, but now he gets his new way. I like better when he doesn’t have no piercings, and those kind of skinny jeans, but well, like he said, he lives in a different time. So, that’s his new way. He’s a good kid. I don’t like those piercings that he has in his lips, but I think for that age that he is now, he’s not doing nothing too extremely bad, like drugs, or drinking alcohol, or doing things that he not supposed to do.

He never been out from L.A. This is new experience for him and he no wants to come, but I say you know what, you need to see different things, not only in Los Angeles. But now, he’s happy.” -Margarita

“I’m planning to go to college. I really wanted to be a doc-tor since I was small, like 5 years old. I used to tell my mom all the time I wanted to be a doctor. One of my teachers is a doctor, and she tells me she likes helping people. She kind of motivated me. So I look at the past and I still wanna’ be a doctor.” -Ivan

Margarita Moran and her son Ivan were PassingThrough the Greyhound bus terminal in Corvallis.

Photo & Interview by David Seltzer

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I’m going to start a little ways out of the TAW realm with a check-in on the very east-side of Linn-County. At the crest of the first Santiam Pass is a rugged knob of an extinct volcano called Iron Mtn. Its great-est claim to fame is that it is home to every native wildflower known to Oregon, except for two species. There are three parking lots adjacent to the trail heads. Grab a bottle of 2 Towns cider, some hearty Willamette Val-ley Cheese Making Co. aged-Gouda and head up the trail to the wooden fire lookout platform at the summit. It’s a great place to sit a spell and look westward home.

Albany is home for me as well as two of the great watering holes. The Linger Lon-ger is a true-blue working stiff ’s bar. Every-thing about the place is classic: the name, the blocked-off windows to keep that damn sunlight out, as well as the regulars who come and go like clockwork. The most amazing part of this joint is the back bar. It is a great piece of wooden architecture, marvelously sculpted to sooth your drunken mind and keep you at the bar. According to history, it was constructed back east over one hundred years ago (don’t think anyone really knows!) Then, it was plunked on a ship and sent around the world to Albany. My advice for visiting the Linger Longer is, don’t go there strutting your vast knowledge of beer ordering big shot craft beer names like “Deschutes” or “Double Mtn.” This will only get blank stares and your Aggie Col-lege ass chewed-off. Be a regular and be happy with a PBR or a Miller High Life!

If you gotta have craft beer then wander a few short blocks from the Linger Longer to the corner of Hill Street and Water to the ‘Pooia for some great suds and pub food. One of my favorite times to go is Sunday afternoon when Calapooia Brewery sports an open blues jam at 4 pm. The jam is great food for the soul as it comes to you live and raw. While it is un-rehearsed, the music and the souls who come to play are by no means inexperienced!

A few miles upstream brings us to Cor-vallis and its numerous hidden gems! Squir-rel’s Tavern is still my favorite watering hole with a fine line-up of craft beers from around Oregon and a healthy stash of tall boys in the cooler! Kitchen Little, the food

service side of Squirrel’s has some great specials—like meat loaf ! You’ll think you’ll have done died and gone to heaven with a belly full of Squirrel’s meat loaf ! Owner, Greg, is also very community minded, and while he knows how to work hard, he also has the playing down! Check out one of his summer picnics that don’t happen every year—but the next is scheduled for 2011! Did I say picnic? It is more of an event with everything from pie fights, to live music, to camping, to just chillin’ with some pals you have not seen in ages.

Corvallis is home to a growing list of wineries and one of the smallest and least known is Panache Cellars. Panache Cel-lars is part of a growing trend in Corvallis for young, start-up cellars that are serious home hobbyists with sound business atti-tudes. 3 Fools Winery, which we all know and love (don’t know them? Hidden gem tip #42 - 3 Fools Del Rio Red is poured at Squirrel’s. Check it out.)

Another small winery gem from Corval-lis that you should check out is Nuthatch Cellars. Well, check them out only if you tend to like big reds! Owners and wine makers John and Jane craft wines so grip-pingly big and delish that they will make your head spin! Their emphasis is on bolder varietals such as Malbec and Syrah, which can be a breath of fresh air in a land rich with Pinot Noir.

Now it is time to toot my own horn while taking this story to fruition as we head out to the coast. You Readers are lucky enough to have two shops passionate about helping you make fermented beverages at home and providing a wealth of very interesting com-mercial beverages to take home. Corvallis Brewing Supply is my baby and I’m pleased as punch (spiked, at that) to have such a gem under my guidance. In this transitory college town many people have come and gone, and a few have found their life’s path while stumbling around my floor. My busi-ness name is misleading, but our selection of packaged-goods-to-go really is top notch with a diverse line of beer, sake, mead, cider and wine (you won’t find Nuthatch Cel-lars and Panache Cellars on an end cap at Safeway ;-) . Over at the coast in Newport are my brothers in arms, Beer 1. Located in the heart of Newport along Hwy. 101 is this little gem of a stop. Their homebrew sup-ply shop is a bit small, but the bottle shop is quite keen and you can stop for a pint of rarer and harder-to-find beers or pick up some fine packaged-goods-to-go for your coastal adventures!

Cheers with your mid-Valley gems!

-Joel Rea (owner of Corvallis Brewing Supply)[email protected]

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ping trip, this little retail shop is the cat’s mee-oow, which—incidentally, is also the name of the store. Cat’s Meow thrift shop offers a fun and frugal way to do right by your furry friends, even if you don’t have the time to volunteer.

The Meow’s mission statement is “to generate revenue to provide support for the animals and programs of Heartland Humane Society and provide a source of high-quality, low-cost used and new mer-chandise to the residents of Corvallis and surrounding areas.” You can help keep the ball rolling, while treating your pocket book as well. Here you’ll find the best prices in town on—well—just about anything you can imagine, and likely a few things you can’t. The shop accepts a wide array of do-nated items, and new shipments of used goods add to the shelves nearly every day.

Open daily 10 am–5 pm (with the excep-tion of Sundays), Cat’s Meow is the perfect place to search for deals on everything from clothes to china, books to shoes, jewelry to electronics or just for a bit of window shop-ping. Even if you’re only in to browse, the Meow’s friendly volunteers will invariably greet you with sweet smiles and sunny dis-positions—and authentically no-pressure sales atmosphere.

When that next themed party or bar night rolls around, volunteer Susan Wechsler urg-es you to drop by Cat’s Meow before de-faulting to Goodwill or worse, your room-mate’s closet. “Unlike thrift shops such as Goodwill,” Wechsler points out, “All the workers here at Cat’s Meow are volunteers. That means more of your dollars go straight to the cause, rather than getting swallowed up in administrative overhead.”

-Ayla Rogers

Pilos Mexican Bakery954 NW Circle Blvd. | Corvallis Craving a sweet slice of something with a

little south-of-the-border flavor? We’ve got your sweet spot right here, nestled in the strip-style shopping center on NW Circle Blvd, just a stone’s throw from Market of

Choice. The aroma of freshly baked goods will greet you as soon as you walk through the door—a sump-tuous sensation nothing short of sublime. Here you’ll find all man-ner of sweet treats, savory snacks and divine pan dulce, muy fresco.

Owned and op-erated for over seven years by the same family, Pilos is adored for their helpfulness and

hospitality, as well as their consistent stock of ethnic foods and specialty products you can’t find anywhere else. Head matron of the shop, Juana Rodriguez, glowingly re-ported the family business bakes cakes and pastries on site each and every day, so ev-erything you’ll find behind the sliding glass cabinets is fresh.

Not knowing quite what to expect, I was delighted to find a colorful cornucopia of goods. After perusing the shops several short—but plentifully stocked—aisles, I was quickly enticed to purchase more than I had anticipated!

-Ayla Rogers

Merlin’s Bar and Grill 45 W Sherman St. | LebanonAdmittedly, I hadn’t explored the mid-

Valley as much as one should in 10 years of residency. As a Corvallis musician, the search for a great music venue shouldn’t stop at the city limits, and I was as guilty as the rest. Those of us who have played the Corvallis circuit seem to agree on one thing: Corvallis lacks a true music venue. A dedicated space set aside for the band at all times. The last two Alchy Award winners for Best Music Venue aren’t really music venues. Bombs Away Café and Cloud 9 are restaurants that move their tables to make room for a band. Their dedication to adapt their business is what has earned them respect with musi-cians. However, the area still needs a real stage. Regardless of what your impressions are of Lebanon as a town, they understand how to create a welcoming space for a live band. Merlin’s Bar and Grill is that space.

When I was first there last summer, I was awestruck by the fact that such a gem of a venue was sitting in Lebanon this whole time.

Merlin’s Bar and Grill is a place where people with names like Midnight or Hutch come. It’s the bar full of smoke so thick that every word or out of tune note from the nightly karaoke would hang in the air, should smoking in bars still be legal, that is. The whole place has a brown glow from the wooden bar, dance floor, ceiling fans oper-ated by a pulley system suggesting them to be from another time and place, and wooden stairs leading to a wood balcony. Dim lights,

Corvallis bands: You have an opportunity share your talents with the mid-Valley. Sure, your Corvallis fans may not follow you to Lebanon, but they may not need to as Leba-

non has already shown in they appreciate live music. Let’s start showing Merlin’s that we appreciate the space. To book your band con-tact Merlin’s: [email protected].

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ment policies that replace furniture, equip-ment, and appliances every few years and trash the old stuff? Well, Oregon State Uni-versity’s OSUsed Store is combating govern-ment waste and providing insanely cheap furniture, computers, appliances, almost any-thing you can imagine! Need a lightly used scanning electron microscope? OSUsed! Want to own the CHEM 101 workstation where you first asked Shirley Robbins out to the sock hop, er, acid rave? OSUsed! Why pay $40 for a crappy office chair when OSUsed has them for $3! OSUsed is located at 644 SW 13th St and is open to the public from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month as well as 12 pm to 3 pm on all other Wednesdays. However, if you’re a local government or non-profit agency looking to get in on the OSUsed goodness, you can hit them up Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm, except Wednesday mornings. Repur-pose your life, with OSUsed!

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outing that offers something more than your typical walk in the park? Look no further than NE Corval-lis’ Jackson-Frazier Wetland reserve and boardwalk. With a 2/3 mile wheelchair acces-sible wooden path-way, the wetland is an ideal strolling ground for nature lovers of all ages and levels of physi-

cal ability. Established as a Benton County Park in 1992, Jackson-Frazier Wetland—located just northeast of town at the end of Lancaster—has for years served as a valu-able community resource for recreation and education alike. The beautifully maintained boardwalk is ideal for bird watching, jogging or just a casual stroll.

I spoke briefly with a family of eager visitors, asking them what they loved most about Jackson-Frazier. Meta Landys spoke hurriedly, she and her husband raring to go for their walk, and their kids delightfully im-patient for the opportunity to glimpse an ar-ray of wetland critters. “This park is perfect,” Landys gushed, “because we have two kids, and the boardwalk is a safe, easy path. We get to see snakes, frogs, geese, and ducks, and they stay in the water like they’re supposed to! And no one falls in either!”

The wetland has been a long-time favorite for Corvallis kiddos, evidence by an emphat-ic quote from a 5-year-old named Kennedy, memorialized on the park’s information board: “Wow! This is like another planet!”

-Ayla Rogers

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Taurus (April 20-May 20): One of my fa-vorite places to gaze--mud puddles. Children are drawn to these gazing pools instinctively. Currently, we have a plethora to choose from Taurus. Try it, yet don’t get too lost in the re-flections of passing clouds, trees, and such and watch out for the tires of disturbance. Or find your own unlikely place of squishy and wet meditation.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): Like Gemini, Spring carries with it echoes of the Spirit. Spring harbors Winter’s leftover tune—once an ominous roar now humming its diminu-endo atop the chilly Earth, and plays along with the hushed sprouting of new leaf patterns forming. Summer’s voice rumbles in the dis-tance weakening as the beat of another grows stronger. All this amidst a cacophony of mat-ing creatures. Sap whispers up, following the opposite pathways of Fall, hissing and alive. Gemini knows echoing, oppositional conver-sion, and merging. Delight in the array of reso-nating mergence.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22): Viktor Frankl said, “The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude.” I agree, but many things more than attitude mean freedom for humans. However, it is attitude that allows these things to remain free--who, what, and when one loves or does not love, etc. Freedom comes with an intangible quality that no one or no entity can control. I think of the woman while interred who wrote poetry in small letters on bars of soap. To find beauty in such a horrible place, to find strength enough to generate cre-ativity—that is freedom. Cancer, you are doing what you want to do. Don’t be bogged down by the attitude that because you have to work hard right now, you have lost some freedom. Approach your creativity unreservedly.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22): Imagine if everyone laughed in their dreams all night long. What a wonderful world it would be. Lion, what makes you happy enough to laugh the dream-scape away? You won’t have to look far if you believe in joy.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out your tweezers, microscope, and binoculars. Close your eyes and listen like the bat. And while you are flying high with all the information that’s

coming at you, roll your tongue back into your throat as the bat does to keep your balance. If it starts raining too much information, find yourself some shelter in a dark crevice, fold your arms around you, and wait. The tools that you have set up for closer inspections will serve you well as long as you find some time away to digest it all

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Spring wears the disguise of Winter and Summer, and has her own agenda. She’s busy changing everything, anywhere and anytime. Rain, snow, sleet, hail, wind, breeze, gusts, tornadoes. Cold, colder, frigid, warm, warmer. She is all of this and more. Remember Libra: “Everything you are looking for lies beyond the mask you wear.” (Dali Lama)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): One of Lao-Tzu’s philosophies: “Knowing others is intelli-gence. Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mas-tering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” I know a Scorpio who drives herself crazy knowing others. Yes, she does know herself. She tried mastering others. Her greatest dilemma is to master herself. Detailed and emotional, she remembers everything like a camera. I suggest that you figure out what it means to master yourself. Let emotion slide away into nothing and all those trivial facts that are somehow important, wash them away, leaving only traces, accessible, but not over-whelming. Focus on the emptiness of just be-ing.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The an-cient voices come to you to offer relief from everything that is happening right now in your life Sag. “Then from a remote part of his soul, from the past of his tired life, he heard a sound,” (Herman Hesse in Siddharth.). With Spring in full motion, energy remains chaotic and unpredictable. Consciously place yourself in the proper heart state to be able to hear the voices. Mind them well.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Certainly the mating process for quill pigs or porcupines is carried out with regard to the closeness of the encounter and the natural affinity for the quills to slough off rather than be ejected. The week ahead will ask that you use as much care as a porcupine in dealings with your loved ones avoiding barbs and other hard tendencies of communications. Quill down.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb.18): Water Bear-er, pretend you are a chick, inside your hard shell, waiting. You will instinctively peck your way out with your hard beak when the time is right. Immerge wet and with all the capabili-ties needed for survival, with the exception for the need for warmth. When you get to the pe-riod where you have to rely on others to keep you warm, your sense of compassion will be enhanced. This is your lesson for the week.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Remember the hardest task you ever completed. Mine includes three: digging ditches, bucking hay, and shoveling concrete. When the tasks were completed, I discovered that the finished proj-ect meant more than the pain in my body. Pi-sces, keep in mind the words of Rusken as you complete Spring tasks: “The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.”

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