They are both males, one is 19 years old, the other a 69, one just completed his freshman year in college, the other one just helped complete two college projects. Well, they both have college connections but what they really have in common is the influence they have in Oregon. One is a major benefactor…
Urgent Music!
Some music is background music; you know it’s there, but just there. Some music is “art” or “folk music”, a quiet kind of music, then there is “Urgent music”; music that calls for some kind of action, immediate action! Urgent music has long been associated with Rock and Roll, but it’s actually as old as…
Behind the Festivities
4th of July Well, it’s 4th of July time and towns and villages up and down the Oregon Coast are gearing up for the celebrations; the parades with dignitaries and regular folks riding in everything from restored hot-rods and fancy convertibles to tractor towed manure spreaders! Storefronts and other businesses will be festooned with red,…
Taming the Wild
George Kirkpatrick, Animal Trainer and World Traveler…. On a quiet street in Yachats George Kirkpatrick leans back in his easy chair and looks at the small stream running through his yard. It’s a tranquil scene, light years away from the life he led as a wild animal park and zoo worker before becoming a circus…
It’s Graduation Time!
The official definition of Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony that goes with it. You’d have to be living on the moon not to know it’s Graduation time of year. Schools from the hallowed halls of collegiate academia to Dottie’s Day Care hold ceremonies and no…
Whale’s Tale
Have you heard the word “Whale” a lot lately? Living here on the coast people are always mentioning that they saw a whale, or thought they saw one, leisurely making their way north from Mexico to Alaska or back south to Mexico depending upon the time of year. They are spectacular mammals who easily capture…
Roller Coaster
Been on any wild rides? I’m sure we all have memories of wild rides and one of mine that comes to mind was back when Jantzen Beach in Portland was an amusement park. It was a paradise for kids during the summer with rides, a huge swimming pool, a picnic area, a midway with carnival…
Insurance
Gotta have it! Well the official definition of Insurance is: The equitable transfer of the risk of a potential loss from one entity to another in exchange for a premium. Of course we all know that means you have to pay a premium for insurance and hope you never have to use that insurance for…
Believe
Continue to just believe. Quite few years ago when I was in a rock and roll band with five guys and a girl the only thing we really had going for us was that we could play pretty good, were energetic, unafraid of going on the road and totally believed we’d be discovered. We bounced…
Yachats Action
New Kid In Town In most small towns when a new restaurant opens it’s big news. Even the mention of one causes folks to talk. The village I live in has no chain restaurants probably because of it’s size and possibly because of the village building policy, but the neighboring town north of me is…
A Wild Ride!
I had an appointment in Salem the other day so I needed to make my way from the Coast over and back in a short afternoon because I had to cover a live event on the Coast that evening at the Event Center. Road Rage It’s a beautiful drive eastward towards Corvallis on Highway 34;…
Like a balanced gyroscope!
For a gyroscope to spin rapidly and keep its original plane of rotation it must be correctly balanced. A good one will spin for an amazingly long time. Well musical groups are similar to gyroscopes in that they need balance to keep going which takes effort by all its members. Rock bands don’t have as…