"GOING BACK IN TIMES WITH MUSIC"

Last night at the Chinook Winds Casino a few of us got to go back in times with Bobby Vinton's performance. We can say he is a entertainer, along with his daughter and son he put on one great show. I looked up to see how old he is and he was born back in 1935, stated he has been in music almost his whole life.
(picture by Charles Burke)

AAA offers online help on Medicare Part D

AAA offers online help on Medicare Part D: "WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The American Automobile Association is offering an online system to help seniors deal with costs relating to the Medicare prescription drug plan.

With the approach of the May 15 deadline for enrolling in the plan, the AAA calculator will help do a cost comparison for those with no prescription coverage or those opting for Medicare plan, reports the Orlando (Fla.) Business Sentinel.

The calculator will ask questions about current prescription costs and generate a comparison of current prescription drug spending with the standard Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.

Online users can reach the Medicare Part D calculator at aaa.com/prescriptions."

Newport News-Times: The bears are awake:
Every spring, the local bear population comes out of hibernation looking for a meal after a long sleep. Occasionally, they wander into populated areas to find food that might be left available - any food. These are not tame animals and they are potentially dangerous.

AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com

AP nation news - StatesmanJournal.com: "Implosion to bring down closed paper mill building

GARDINER, Ore. (AP) -- Demolitions experts will implode the last major structure of the International Paper mill in this Douglas County coastal town Saturday, the last chapter for what once was the town's largest employer.

Through implosion, strategically placed explosives make structures drop in place.

The mill was built in 1964 and once had 300 employees. It closed in 1998.

Maryland-based Controlled Demolition will implode the 12-story portion of the mill, the largest remaining part of facility.
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Newport News-Times: Spit and polish:
Cynthia Gray, Bosun's Mate 2, left, and Stacy Wallace, BM3, apply some of the final touches to the cleaning of the Coast Guard motor lifeboat Victory. Along with polishing the brass and metalwork and cleaning and drying out the lines, the ship has also been repainted in time for this weekend's Loyalty Day and Seafair Festival activities. At 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay will host a 50th birthday party for the Victory, which is the oldest motor lifeboat in the history of the Coast Guard.
(Photo by Barton Grover Howe)

Poll Results

Poll Results...

The question dealt with whether residents would buy a gate remote control for their personal use. Here are the results:

• 38 people will not buy an opener     (54% of the vote)


• 15 residents will buy one opener            (21% of the vote)


• 11 residents will buy two openers     (16% of the vote)


• 5 residents will buy three openers     (7% of the vote)


• 1 resident said they would buy 5 openers ( I think we would have to throw this vote out.)

15 + 22 +15=52 openers.

Now that does not take into consideration those that could not vote for one reason or another. But, I think the results are good enough to give the Social Club an idea on how to discuss the question at the next meeting.

More interesting for me is the number of residents participating in the poll. When we first tried polling on the website a few years ago we would get 5 or 6 votes. This poll showed 38+15+11+5+1=70 votes. The argument then was that nobody had a computer and if they did they used it rarely. Something has changed for the better me thinks.

Our poll may be a viable tool for showing the direction of neighborhood opinion. I doubt we could say that it is all inclusive for a number of reasons. One being we have a wide reading audience that does not include all park residents which means people not involved with the poll may think it funny to vote. On the other hand the poll does recognize when a computer address has voted once and will not let it vote again.

I think I can infer from the results more folks are using their computer which could mean they are understanding it better. I like that notion.

A walk in the sun.. about 2pm,, temp 69 degrees.. Click on pictures for more detail.

Time for a stroll.. My knees think I'm crazy but the me inside is rarin to go. Here we are at the trail head around the Hatfield Marine Science Center. Come on .. I've been this way many times before. You are going to love it. Rated Easy for Seniors.

Lot's of cool signs to tell us about what we are looking at

OOOPs! No Fido allowed. As we cross the foot bridge over the man made creek.

Look at those Condos.. On the right the port of Newport.

Up ahead we will come to a detour

Here we are.. The winter storms washed out the paved path .. we have about 30 yards of sand to slog through.. Don't tell the knees.. They will be upset about it.

Here we go again on the paved trail.

Looking out across the mud flats toward those wee white houses.. That's Idaho Point.

This driftwood bears witness to the winter storms.

A rest stop.. Just in time!

Beautiful isn't it?

Nope it ain't an outhouse.. I once spent a dry moment in here watching a rain squall march accross the bay>

This is what it looks like inside.. Any body bring a picnic?

Used the telephoto lens on Idaho Point.. Look at the grass you can see where the water will be when the tide is in

Up ahead we get a glimpse of the bridge.

Whewie! another rest stop.. Just in time.

Watch the birds.. Really cool when they are migrating.. Don't forget your binoculars.

At he end of the bridge is the end of the trail. You get to walk out over this salt water marsh and when the tide is in there are many birds to see.

View from the center of the bridge..

Going back we are taking a route through the campus... There is something special up ahead i want you to see.. come on let's go..

This whale hangs over the library. They don't seem to be feeding him very well.

I need sleep.. time for a nap

"WILLS or TRUST.....DO YOU HAVE ONE?"

On May 9th at our Longview Hills Club House there will be a lawyer speaking to us about making out Living Wills and Trust. If you have ever heard of those who have passed on, did not leave a will or a trust and what their love ones had to go though, then there has been times that the state you live in gets it all when there was no will or trust on record. So if you are concerned and want to learn more, then be at the Club House at 2p.m. on the 9th of May. See you there!

"NEED YOUR HELP.....EASY WORK....GREAT PAY"

As most residents know we here a Longview Hills have been having a wonderful program called the Neighborhood Watch Patrol. Like the above title stated, easy work and great pay. The work is just putting a set of the signs on your vehicle for one month, while you are driving around the Newport general area. (They do not harm your vehicles paint) We now have three sets of these signs, where as we use to only have one. The more these signs are seen out in the community by people, the more they know we have residents keeping their eyes open for any unwanted people here on the hill. I can say it does make a difference and I have had people ask about he sign on my vehicle and makes heads turn. We don't want what happen years back doing Thanksgiving, do we? Now the pay is having the feeling of being safe here at Longview Hills. There is a sign up sheet at the Club House for you to sign up to get involved with keeping YOUR Community safe day in and day out, It's up to all of us. If you have any questions about this program, please call Charles Burke or Ron Thomas. You would only have the sign for one month, and the more that sign up, the less times you would have it again over the year. Thank you!

JUST TO ENJOY, LET'S BE FRIENDS!

''CINCO DE MAYO POTLUCK DINNER"

Just a reminder that on Friday, May 5th starting with happy hour from 5p.m. to 6p.m. the Longview Residents will get together at our Club House to help celebrate Cinco De Mayo day. Then starting at 6p.m. there will be a Potluck Dinner. Be sure to bring any type of mexican food to share with others. Hope to see a great turn out and just another way to build our fellowship here on the hill.

Tsunami Warning system now running on the computer. See it just under the main theme picture. Just click it to get in the know...

Our thanks to Jim Dodds who sent us the code for this handy piece of information.

Let's go on a virtual hike together. ....

I have my new camera so I'm bringing you along. This is the road behind our community going up to the communications tower. Click on a picture for greater detail



Ready for another virtual tour? Here we go up the road behind LVH toward the communications tower..

The foilage is dense with new growth. Look at all the new baby pine cones...

Skies so intensely blue.. I love Oregon.

What's around the bend? Adventure in the neighborhood...

About a hundred yards from the gate an overgrown path beckons cooly...

Going deep in the forest. Trees and shrubs try to reclaim land once taken from them...

Into the light again we wind down the track..

Welcome sight.. The ocean below.. Here in the middle of nowhere on a ridge barely wide enough for this road an electrical transformer and a telephone junction box.

A glimpse of civilization.. The hill that slopes down to the lighthouse. The one that Izzy's is built on.

The undergrowth is so dense that there were only 2 places you could see any of LVH.

Though you may have to look hard at the center of this picture to see it... That's the communication tower atop the far hill.

NewsGator Online

NewsGator Online: "William G. McAdoo
5/3/2006 2:17:46 AM
'It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.'"

NewsGator Online

NewsGator Online: "George Burns
5/3/2006 2:17:46 AM
'If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.'"

COMPUTER CLUB 1:00PM WEDNESDAY

Another Volunteer op

Another Volunteer opportunity for community folks...

You have seen the birthday card animations that pop up on everyone’s birthday. I am shedding that job also as of now. It is something that requires a person to keep an eye on the birthday list on the left. As a birthday comes up you find an animation on the internet and download it to your computer then you upload it to a special site that we rent space from.. Once that is done you copy the code on that site for the birthday card and paste it on our website with a greeting that you type in.

Really quite simple once you’ve done it a couple of times. There are literally thousands of animations and still birthday cards to choose from. Your job is to find ones that you like and to keep the animations loaded onto the remote site and paste them on to the web page before a persons birthday...

Skill level=beginner.

I show you how to do it and remain on as your advisor. This is fun and there is no reason why several people could not tend to it. It will benefit others that want to learn how to jazz up their other organizations websites as well as our own. You don’t have to go to meetings ... everything is done right from your computer or on a lab computer... Wherever you are and there is an internet connected computer you can do this.

Send me an email or join up in the comments below.
teckron@gmail.com

NewsGator Online

NewsGator Online: "Mark Twain
5/2/2006 3:18:00 AM
'In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.'"

Volunteer Opportunit

Volunteer Opportunities for new folks

In the last article we spoke about giving up some of the volunteer activities we are doing for our community. We want to explore new opportunities to serve using the skills acquired over a life time. For me finding new things to learn and do is an exciting adventure. The accomplishments of the past are nice but begin to lose the luster of first discovery and after a time they become a chore.

However, maybe some of you would enjoy discovering new ways to put your talents to use. One thing I enjoy doing is teaching. So there are these tasks I took on and computerized so they would not be so time consuming. I no longer want to continue with some of them and am giving them up when the new batch of officers of the LVH Social Club Take over. But... I will not just cease doing them. I want to show others how to do the tasks on their computers and I will be available for advice any time.

Let me say taking over will not be a burden for you.. Come enjoy learning how to maintain the computerized calendar. It only needs to be updated if a changed activity occurs or a birthday is added or subtracted. It just keeps itself up to date. Update it up from anywhere in the world as it lives on the internet. Learn how to transfer it to Microsoft Word and make hard copies for the newsletter each month. Enjoy the ease of having Larry Henson calling you with any changes of the clubhouse use and then just entering it on your computer where it updates itself right then on the internet and on our web page... Instantly it is updated. Enjoy putting in an entry one time such as a birthday and watch as the calendar projects it ahead automatically for 3 years into the future. Because the Social club sets its agenda of activities for a full year in advance you enter them once and the whole calendar is finished for the year.

So you have been wanting to learn how to use the computer for something useful? Here is your chance. This could lead to your setting up an internet calendar for another organization such as a church or other group. It is easy to learn and more than one person can do it. Shoot, we can teach half a dozen in the new computer lab if this appeals to you. We can also come to your home and teach you one on one. Don’t forget.. We will not abandon you.. We will always be available to help with advice. Email me at teckron@gmail.com or just leave a note in the comments.

Newport News-Times: Going Coastal:
Jim Burke and Anita Baker, divers at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, unfurl a tangle of rope found at the bottom of Yaquina Bay on April 25 during their dives in recognition of Earth Day just a few days earlier.
(Photo by Cindy Hanson, Oregon Coast Aquarium)

Look at the links along the left side of the page and....

For long time readers, you have seen our website evolve from a small effort to what it is today. We are looking to improve those sites on the left. So we come to you now and ask what would you like to see more of on those pages?
Try to be specific.. it will help us nail down what you would like to see.

Volunteering Evolvin

Volunteering Evolving

This is an article about my experience of volunteering since retiring at LVH. I have noticed that you can volunteer to do many things in our community... Established things. You can also go way out there and create new volunteer jobs where none existed before. Most folks are grateful that you do so. Others see such as grandstanding for attention. All will never agree that what you volunteer for is necessary or even wanted. You will incur negative responses to whatever you do but you will also receive many thankyou’s . That being said ... Why volunteer at all?

Well, many moved here for the terrific climate and sceneries and thought it was just frosting on the cake that there were many social activities and services throughout the community. Management, the owner, the park does not provide our community with those things. Sometimes they help financially but for the most part community volunteers keep it all going.

Once a person enters the volunteer group they are usually excited about what they can bring to that job from their life experiences. However, over time, the job they are doing may start to become a burden rather than the fun that it first was. This is the hard spot. The spot where they should step down but a feeling of guilt keeps them hovering in the belief that no one will come forward and do the job. So they continue on not really liking what they are doing but feeling stuck with guilt for giving up. Eventually, they finally stand before us and say they no longer are going to do whatever job they have taken. A great relief comes over them and you see them move completely away from volunteering in the community. They may even stop coming to social events. It’s at this point that they say never again and move on with their lives.

This is not the way I would like to see this process happen. Would it not be better to tell new volunteers when they feel that they no longer are enjoying themselves to say so and ask for a replacement? Then rather than stepping down and distancing yourself from the community, tell everyone you will stay on as an advisor to your replacement. This way there is continuity and the old volunteer bows out gracefully and the new gets the benefit of past experience.

I am going to be shedding some of my volunteer jobs in our community simply because they are no longer fun for me and they have become a burden to me. Yet at the same time I am taking on new ones that are fascinating to me. It all comes down to how do you want to spend your time having fun or doing a job that is a burden?

Soon I will be posting those jobs that I no longer want to do along with a complete description of what it takes.. New volunteers will be asked for but not to just jump in.. I will show them how to do things and remain on as an advisor.

I am excited about the new ideas I am working on and as they develop I will bring them to your attention.. We’re retired... Its about fun now don’t you think?

Adult 'superstores' cause a stir along Oregon Coast

Adult 'superstores' cause a stir along Oregon Coast: "Adult 'superstores' cause a stir along Oregon Coast
Sex business - Shops from Astoria southward spur protests and a 'We love porn' counterprotest
Sunday, April 30, 2006

Pornography has turned into a booming business on the Oregon Coast.

Spice Adult Video in Newport is the second adult 'superstore' to open along Highway 101 in the past year. A third shop, Wayne's Adult World, opened in Astoria in January 2005."

The Next Generation - New York Times

The Next Generation - New York Times: "The Rural Life
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I often try to explain why my wife and I live where we do. In the country, in nature, where we can raise pigs and chickens — those are the phrases I end up using. But it really comes down to living as close to wildness as we can. I realize that now. What makes it easier is that so many wild creatures don't mind living near us — so near that we hardly think of them as wild any more. The grace of wildness changes somehow when it becomes familiar, when you know it as well as we know the wild turkeys and the downy woodpeckers."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Homemade walking aid tackles MS

BBC NEWS | Technology | Homemade walking aid tackles MS: "Homemade walking aid tackles MS
Geoff Adams-Spink
BBC News website age & disability correspondent


A scientist whose wife has multiple sclerosis has developed a walking aid that has been shortlisted for an award."

"LVH'S SPRING DINNER AT SUCESS"







(click on picture to enlarge, then arrow back to get next one)
For those who were at the Longview Hills annual Spring Dinner last night, you know when I said what at GREAT time enjoyed by all that attended. We ha 64 residents and guest that made it to the Club House to enjoy the wonderful foods prepared by the Social Club Board Members and other helpers. A big kundo to you all! Also we had 5 carry out meals prepared for those residents who could not make it to the event. The pictures above take you from the beginning of the event to the end, where some of the workers relaxed and spoke of the sucess of this wonderful fellowship we had. Many new residents were also in attendance and were able to see what a great place we live here at Longview Hills. Thank you again to all who help put this together and also to those who took time to attend.
(photos by Charles Burke)