The boat that will never see the wide open seas again. May be almost gone, but makes a great picture for us shutterbugs. Taken in Florence, OR May 2007 at the bay area. If you have any pictures that you took and would like to share with others on the LVH's web site, then just send it to Charles with who, when and where. At ceb45@msn.comsent in by Donna Talarski
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A Snapshot of Coastal History
The Oregon State Archives has put together a nice web site entitled "1940 Oregon Coast Tour". We've linked to the chapters of their site below to give you a glimpse into a little history of the Oregon Coast.
This section of U.S. 101 even more closely hugs the sea than does the section to the north. Villages are fewer because the Coast Range here presses closer to the sea.
At the southern edge of NEWPORT, 0 m., the highway passes through a landscaped park, then crosses the YAQUINA BAY BRIDGE, 1 m., a graceful cantilever structure, completed in 1936. The bridge deck, rising to 138 feet above the channel water, is high enough to permit the passage of ocean-going craft. Yaquina Bay, cupped by green hills is L., and the bar and jetties, long fingers extending seaward from the promontories, are R. The north shore rises sheer 150 feet, but the south shore is low, with partly wooded dunes.
In the 1880s a townsite was platted at SEAL ROCKS, 10.5 m. A large hotel was built, but development lagged. Today the village consists of a store, a post office, and several cabin camps. Sea lions still bask on the rocks offshore.
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. 
In an email to Wayde Dudley
FINALLY, WE HEAR FROM BAHGDAD!!! THEY GOT THE 2ND SHIPMENT OF FISHING GEAR AND OTHER FUN STUFF. HERE'S THE LETTER I GOT THIS MORNING.
Mr. Schuler,
Hello I hope all is well. My name is Spc Jennifer Roux from the 1st CAV PAO. SFC Lewis is on leave so I was here when all the gear came in. Once again your station and your listeners came threw for us. I cannot even begin to tell you how happy you all made our soldiers. Its not every day that we get to see smiles on soldier’s faces. You all brought a little bit of home to a place so far away. The gear went to all diff units including ones that are from the 1st Inf Div out of Germany and the 2nd Inf Div out of Ft Lewis, WA as well as soldiers from the CAV. Lately we have been taking a lot of casualties and what you have done is give our guys an escape even if it’s only for a few mins. We recently open Warrior Park. It’s a place where all soldiers can come and relax fish, play volleyball, or have a picnic. Some of the things you sent went to the park. The command that set up the park was amazed at the stuff, up until me bringing in the stuff you sent they really didn’t have much to stock the gear closet. It is nice to feel people back home still think of us, I wish you could see how you turn harden soldiers in to little boys all excited about looking through stuff and the smile it brings when they find that one particular thing. Here is a cute story: when everything came in I didn’t have anyway to go pick it up. (Our vehicle was tide up on missions) I was on the phone with a guy talking to him about doing an interview and he asked if we had ever gotten the second shipment of fishing stuff, I laughed and said yep but it is currently in the mailroom until our vehicle was free. He told me to hang tight and he would be right over. He brought not only a truck but three other soldiers to help load and unload the boxes. It was like Christmas morning to them the cute thing was that they made sure they only took the bare minim. They wanted to make sure there was enough to go around. There was once a time when you would see one or 2 soldiers ever other day fishing on Z Lake now at any given time of the day there are half a dozen or so if not more.
Thanks again from all of us,
Spc Roux
DO YOU SEE WHY FRS RADIOS WILL SAVE YOUR BACON?
