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New works by Ukrainian painter Taras Loboda are
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Newport. Pictured are “Lady in Red,” done with a
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“It’s not your typical opening, where you’re saying, ‘Come look at these pretty paintings.’
I wanted to honor them,” Maitland said. “These are our friends, and it’s not easy to know
how to help, or what to say for them. And I realized I didn’t need to say anything at all,
but just let them show their world through their art. And I want them to know we stand
with them”
Maitland said she and Roger Yost, the gallery owner, make a practice of meeting the
international artists they represent and often form friendships with them. They’ve worked
with Loboda for years, including on a project for the National Federation of the Blind.
A March 5 email from Loboda to Yost says it was written “with a scream of help.” While
in the Czech Republic himself, Loboda wrote, his close relatives currently live near Kyiv.
“We are far from Ukraine, but in our hearts, we are now with these heroes,” the artist
wrote. “I, Taras Loboda, am a Ukrainian, and I cannot stand aside. My close relatives
are there now, in this hell that the aggressor spawned. In a small area of the Kiev region
(village Vasilicha), they are trying in every way to help the territorial defense forces, which,
with machine guns on their shoulders, guard the roads on the outskirts of Kiev. There is
a need to purchase food, warm clothes, medicines, helmets and life vests, since they are
now physically cut off from supplies from Kiev.”
Thousands of combatants on both sides have died since Russia’s campaign, an escalation
of a conflict ongoing since at least 2014, began Feb. 24. The Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights reported March 6 that there have been more than
1,100 civilian casualties, and an estimated 2 million Ukrainians have fled their homes as
refugees in Poland and other neighboring countries.
Given the violence unfolding in their native land, it is apt that Ukrainian artists “aren’t
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afraid to embrace sadness,” Maitland said. The new works by
Loboda are large, dramatic pieces in bold color and stark contrast,
painted with a pallet knife.
Artist Maxim Antipov describes Loboda’s style for his website bio:
“The world being created by him is a world of stiff and motionless
apparitions, rather cold and in most cases looking as if devoid
of emotional coloring. It is the world of obvious reservations,
piercing reticence when everything is stopped half a step before
understanding, a moment before the solution. The artist
literally draws the spectator here, pulls him out of the everyday
environment. As to seducing the spectator by supporting in him
inner nervousness, a stained expectation, Loboda is very good at
that.”
Other works by Ukrainian artists are less severe, such as a whimsical
painting by Sergey Lipovtsev of a cat, titled “Fat Happiness,” on
display to the left of the gallery door. The inside of the gallery
has been open by appointment only since the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic, but Maitland said she leaves the lights on
24/7 and curates exhibits out rather than in, so that anyone can
walk by and appreciate the treasures within.
The curator said the military conflict in Ukraine also highlighted
for her the duty of preserving, in addition to sharing, the work of
“the most talented people of our time.”
Even before the invasion, the BBC reported, art museums in
Ukraine were making preparations to safeguard and, if necessary,
evacuate their treasures. The Times of London reported Russian
troops burned a museum to the ground in Ivankiv, northwest of
the besieged capital of Kyiv, and in Kyiv, staff at one of Europe’s
largest art museums, the Mystetskyi Arsenal, feared it might be too
late to spirit its collection to safety.
Works from eight Ukrainian artists, some of whom still reside
in their homeland and have “gone dark” on Facebook since the
conflict began, Maitland said, are safe from the fighting and can
be seen in the gallery on the westernmost end of Bay Boulevard.
Loboda’s paintings can be seen immediately through the front
door, and appointments for up-close viewing can be made by
contacting Maitland at 503-374-8031.
Above: “Margo” is a new pallet knife painting by artist Taras Loboda, one of three of his paintings currently featured in an exhibition of Ukrainian-born
artists at the Roger Yost Bay Street Gallery. PHOTO BY JEREMY BURKE
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The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts is holding
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performing arts camps for youths entering first
through 12th grades. Camps range from half day
to full day, from one week to two weeks, from Clay
Camp to Shakespeare, and all feature high-quality
instructors who celebrate all levels of experience —
all you need is a little imagination.
“The expression of wonder on a child’s face when
they discover something new is amazing. I am so
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this summer,” said Sara Siggelkow, OCCA arts
education manager.
Class sizes are very limited, so families are
encouraged to enroll soon. Scholarships will be
available for all camps. More information can be
found at www.coastarts.org/camps.
The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts manages
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Shakespeare Camp — June 19-30, 9 a.m. to 3
p.m., at the Newport Performing Arts Center; for
students going into grades 6-12; all experience
levels welcome. Instructors: Rod Molzahn and Milo Graamans. Tuition: $425 —
scholarships are available. Before and after care available.
The 2022 Shakespeare Camp, directed by Rod Molzahn, will feature a production
of Shakespeare’s rollicking comedy, “Twelfth Night.” Count Orsino loves Olivia,
but Olivia is in love with the count’s serving boy, who is really a girl in disguise
and is in love with Orsino who thinks she’s a guy. But then her twin brother, who
she thinks is dead, shows up and everyone thinks he is her. Everything gets sorted
out in the end with marriages all around and a song from the clown.
Visual Arts Camp I: Flora & Fauna — July 11–15, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Newport
Visual Arts Center; for students going into Grades 1–5; all experience levels
welcome. Instructor: Sara Siggelkow. Tuition: $150 — scholarships are available.
Before care available.
The world around us can look different depending on your unique point of view.
Campers will explore the plants and animals found on the coast through a variety
of mediums and techniques. Camp will be facilitated by Sara Siggelkow, with help
from other local artists.
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Shakespeare Camp takes place June 19-30 at the Newport Performing Arts Center for students going into grades 6-12. It is one of several arts camps
taking place over a six-week period this summer in Newport.

Visual Arts Camp II: Habitat &
Collaboration — July 18–22, 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m., at the Newport Visual Arts
Center; for students going into grades
6–9; all experience levels welcome.
Instructor: Sara Siggelkow. Tuition: $225
— scholarships are available. Before and
after care available.
What in their habitat helps plants and
animals not just survive, but thrive?
Students will explore the theme of habitat
together — choosing a message, creating a
design, choosing the medium and creating
a community art project. What is a
community art project? A group working
together to make a lasting project that
each individual participates in — patience,
respect, teamwork, community and art all
rolled together to create a project others
can enjoy.
In addition to the collaborative project,
small individual pieces will be created for
the campers to keep. The process will be
facilitated by Sara Siggelkow, with help
from other local artists.
Visual Arts Camp III: Stamp, Carve
& Create with Clay — July 25 – 29, 1
to 4 p.m., at the Newport Visual Arts
Center; for students going into grades
5–9; all experience levels welcome.
Instructor: Laurie Barber. Tuition: $175
— scholarships are available. After care
available.
Playing with clay is fun. Spend the week
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stamping, carving and hand-building.
Campers will create their own designs and
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explore fun carving techniques and then
add color and designs to their original
pieces. Due to the time necessary to fire
and finish the pieces, all finished pieces
will be available for pick up after Aug. 3.
The class will be led by Laurie Barber.
Theatre Camp: Seussical, Junior and
The Redemption of Gertie Greene — July
25–Aug. 5, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the
Newport Performing Arts Center; for
students grades 3–7; all experience levels
welcome. Instructors: Jennifer Hamilton
and Danika Simon. Tuition: $425 —
scholarships are available. Before and after
care available.
Come see what you can be at OCCA’s
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productions together. Under the guidance
of experienced directors and theater
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art that is theater. Come find out
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Campers will be cast in two equal groups
based on date of birth. The younger group
will perform “Seussical, Junior,” and
the older group will perform “The
Redemption of Gertie Greene.”
For more information on any of these
camps, contact Siggelkow at ssiggelkow@
coastarts.org or 541-574-3364.
Above: “Stamp, Carve & Create with Clay” is
one of the visual art camps being offered this
summer by the Oregon Coast Council for the
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PHOTO BY: JEREMY BURKE
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PRODUCING AWARD-WINNING CHEESES
A goat dairy farm in rural Lincoln County is now entering its 17th
year of producing artisanal, award-winning cheeses.
Pat Morford owns Rivers Edge Chèvre near Logsden. Morford,
along with her daughter, Astraea, makes about 150 pounds of
goat cheese a week and a bit more in the summer. “It’s a very
small production,” Morford said, adding that managing the farm
is demanding. “Astraea and I do all the milking and animal care.
We milk every day. There is no break at all. Dairy goats are just a
part of my life.” They currently have 150 Alpine goats on the farm.
The farm has two part-time cheesemakers and a person who
wraps the cheeses. Although the popularity of the cheeses is high,
Morford says the farm is not positioned to expand. “We can’t
really handle any more customer base. We have a small facility.”
Morford began experimenting with cheesemaking back in the
early ’70s as a way to feed her family. In the early ’90s, she began
collecting equipment and has taken ongoing education at Oregon
State University in their cheesemaking department. She also
studied under cheesemakers where she had hands-on learning and
received her license to make and sell cheese in 2005.
Though they have experimented with various cheese styles over
the years, space constraints make aging hard cheeses prohibitive.
“At this point, we have streamlined everything,” Morford said.
Their soft ripened (or bloomy) cheeses are French style with a
strong Oregon influence, using local ferns and maple leaves rather
than the traditional chestnut and grape leaves for wrapping.
Not only do the cultures they use affect the flavor of the cheese,
but the shapes and sizes affect how they ripen and age. “We also
use activated charcoal on several of our soft ripened cheeses (a
traditional French technique) and add flavors to a couple of them
like smoked paprika, pink peppercorns and green peppercorns that
marry nicely with the flavor of the cheese,” explained Morford.
“We have also taken creative liberty with our Beltane (a traditional
French style ash-coated log) and added annatto (traditionally used
in hard cheese such as cheddar or mimolette to make it orange) to
the milk to give it a lovely harvest gold interior with an ash coating
all covered with a soft white mold and decorated with a seasonal
fern frond.”
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Left: Rivers Edge Chèvre produces award-winning cheeses in eastern Lincoln County. Pictured are two of the 150 Alpine dairy goats on the farm.
(Courtesy photo)
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the American Dairy Goat Association, the American Cheese
Society, the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association, the World
Cheese Awards and the Good Food Awards. “They’ve done really
well in competition. We are going to enter them in the American
Cheese Society competition this year.”
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world, according to Morford. But some issues in the industry and
the COVID-19 pandemic have had a negative impact on many
cheesemakers. “Many of the small production makers relied on
farmers markets to sell their cheeses,” she said. When farmers
markets shut down, many makers did not have an outlet to sell
their cheese. “A number of dairies were also affected by wildfires.
Many people who were struggling before the pandemic and fires
just left the industry.”
Morford says much of her success is due to word of mouth and
producing a great product. “It is good cheese. And we’ve managed
to stay in business. It’s a good life. It really is.”
Though she no longer sells directly to consumers, Morford’s
cheeses are served at many fine restaurants all over the country.
They can also be purchased at Newport’s Local Ocean Seafoods
and online at Murrayscheese.com. Videos from the farm can be
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CARAMELIZED ONION 'RIVERS EDGE' GOAT CHEESE PUFF PASTRY TART
FROM CELESTE’S KITCHEN
INGREDIENTS:
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 onions, roughly chopped
Salt
8 ounces fresh goat cheese, at room
temperature (I used Rivers Edge Chèvre’-
local to Logsden, Oregon)
1 sheet frozen puff pastry (1/2 a 17.3
ounce box), defrosted for 15-20 min on
counter before using.
Garnish with
1/2 tablespoon fresh thyme
DIRECTIONS:
Place olive oil in a large sauce pan
over medium heat. Add onions and cook,
stirring occasionally, until caramelized,
about 35 minutes. Season with salt.
While onions are cooling, cream
the goat cheese until soft and easily
spreadable.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking
sheet with parchment paper.
Place puff pastry on baking sheet.
Spread goat cheese over tart, leaving
a 1/2 inch border on all sides. Top tart
evenly with onions. Bake until crust is
golden, about 25-30 minutes.
Let tart cool for 15 minutes. Cut into
approximately 2 by 3 inch rectangles.
Serve warm or at room temperature.

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RIVERS EDGE RAVIOLI
Inspired by the award winning cheese "Up in Smoke" from Rivers Edge Chèvree
near Logsden. Recipe and photo by Jeremy Burke

FRESH PESTO
INGREDIENTS
2 four ounce packs of fresh basil
2-3 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons garlic
1/2 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 large lemon squeezed
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
5 ounces shredded Parmesan
DIRECTIONS
Add everything to food processor except
Parmesan. Blend until incorporated without
over blending. Add Parmesan and pulse to mix
in with basil mixture. set aside.
PESTO CREAM SAUCE
DIRECTIONS
Because I was highlighting the Rivers Edge
cheese I made a quick cream sauce out of
the pesto. Add about 1/8 of a cup of cream
to a med-heat sauce pan, add 2 tablespoons
of Rivers Edge "up in smoke" heat for 30-45
seconds, add in 1/2 cup of pesto. Mix and
remove from heat.
FRESH PASTA
INGREDIENTS
2 cups flour
4 eggs - 1 use only yoke
Tablespoon olive oil
Teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS
2 cups of flour, three eggs, one yoke, tbs of
olive oil and teaspoon of salt. Beat the eggs,
oil and salt in the flour well, incorporate into a
dough ball and let sit for 30 mins.
Knead dough until smooth, about 3-5 mins,
then run through your pasta machine starting
at 7 and moving down until you hit 3. I have a
very inexpensive pasta roller that hand cranks.
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INGREDIENTS
1 pack of ground turkey
1 bunch of Spinach - chopped
2 cloves garlic - minced
1 lemon
Salt and pepper to taste
Tablespoon of olive oil
Tablespoon of dry white wine
"Up in smoke" Rivers Edge Goat Cheese
DIRECTIONS
Over medium high heat add in oil, garlic,
ground turkey, salt and pepper. Once turkey
starts to brown add chopped spinach and
the juice of 1 lemon. Cook for roughly 3-4
mins and add wine, cook until most of the
wine evaporates. Set aside and completely
cool before filling ravioli. Mix in about 3-4
tablespoons of goat cheese.
Using a ravioli cutter I score the bottom sheet of
pasta so I know where to place the filling. Then
I just lay the next sheet on, shape the pasta
around the filling to get rid of air, then I cut. See
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CELESTE’S KITCHEN PNW
BY CELESTE MCENTEE AND GUESTS
CHOCOLATE CHIP OREO COOKIES
By Celeste McEntee
This is such a fun recipe. Who doesn’t
love Oreo cookies?
I’ll always have such fond memories
of making these cookies with two of
my favorite friends, Debbie Pakzaban,
a professional artist from Houston, and
Cindy Ritcher, food photographer-stylist
from Austin, Texas. I had the distinct
pleasure of visiting them in Texas last
month. We baked and filmed together
for five days. Follow their Instagram
accounts at @CLRITCHER and @
DEBBIEPAKZABANART
They love to cook and bake as much
as I do. Both are extremely talented
and creative. More than anything, they
are loving and generous, uplifting and
excited to build each other up. Being
with these two women was empowering
and truly life changing. They were
both cheerleaders as I shared my Oreo
cookie recipe in Cindy’s kitchen. We
collaborated and came up with an
incredible Oreo cookie — a true creation
where we birthed what I think is one of
the best cookies I’ve ever had!
I hope whoever tries this recipe enjoys
the process as much as the cookie itself.
INGREDIENTS:
• 2 1/8 cups Kamut flour or 2 1/2
cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup crushed Oreo cookie crumbs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon gray salt
• 1 cup salted butter, room temp.
• 1 1/3 cups packed light brown sugar
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, mix in each one
separately.
• 2 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups of good quality chocolate
chips — I use a mix of dark, semi sweet
and white chocolate chips
• 6 Oreo cookies broken up.
• If you like to add marshmallows, use
the large size and cut into 3 or 4 pieces
DIRECTIONS:
• Mix all of the dry ingredients in
a bowl-flour, Oreo crumbs, baking
powder, baking soda, and gray salt.
• Cream together the salted butter
and both sugars with a mixer. Add the
vanilla and the eggs, don’t over mix.
• Slowly mix the dry ingredients in.
Fold in the chocolate chips and Oreo
pieces
OPTIONAL FILLING:
• Using a large cookie scoop, fill
with cookie dough and drop on a lined
cookie sheet with plenty of room in
between each one. Make a well in the
middle of each cookie dough ball and
stuff a 1/2 marshmallow. Cover the
marshmallow with the cookie dough
and form back into a ball in the palm of
your hand and gently flatten it. Place a
marshmallow half into the center of the
dough
• Preheat the oven to 365 degrees
and line a baking sheet with parchment
paper or a Silpat mat.
• Place the cookies on your baking
sheet, space 2-3 inches between each
cookie.
• Bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes or
until the edges are slightly golden brown.
The centers will look a little underdone
— take them out anyway.
• Top with broken pieces of Oreo
cookies 2 minutes before cookies are
done baking.
• While the cookies are still hot,
use a round cookie cutter or glass to go
around each cookie to make them all
round before they cool.
Oreo Butter cream frosting:
• 1 pound softened salted butter (my
favorite is Irish butter)
• 3-4 tablespoons of heavy whipping
cream
• 2-3 tablespoons of softened cream
cheese.
• 6 cups powered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 package of Oreo Jell-O brand
pudding
Once the cookies are cooled, frost
each cookie with the Oreo buttercream.
Dress each cookie with Oreo dust or
Oreo pieces. This is where your own
creativity comes in.
I hope you enjoy as much as I do.
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PHOTOS AND RECIPES BY KATIE WILEY
ROGUE BEER CHEESE SOUP
INGREDIENTS:
4 tablespoons butter
1 onion
1 cup carrots, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 quart chicken stock
3.5 cups shredded Colby Jack cheese
1 can Rogue Honey Kolsch beer
3 teaspoons PS Seasoning Buzzed Beer Mustard
1/4 cup flour
DIRECTIONS:
In a stockpot, melt butter, sauté onions,
carrots and celery until soft. Add garlic
and flour and sauté, constantly stirring for
1-2 minutes.
Add chicken stock, using a hand emulsifier
blender, blend until completely emulsified
and creamy.
Add beer, mustard and small amounts of
cheese at a time, whisking until smooth.
Serve with some warm, fresh out of the
oven pretzels for dunking.
PRETZEL ROLLS
Pretzel Roll recipe by Seeded at the Table
INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon instant yeast
2 1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted then
cooled to room temperature
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup baking soda
1 egg, beaten
Kosher or pretzel salt to top rolls
DIRECTIONS:
In a large mixing bowl, combine the
water, yeast, flour, butter, sugar and salt.
If using a stand mixer, use the dough
hook attachment to mix the ingredients,
then knead at medium-high speed for
1 minutes. (This will help develop some
gluten.) If not using a stand mixer, you
can also do this by hand or with a hand
mixer fitted with the dough hooks. Shape
the dough into a ball and place it back
into the mixing bowl. Cover with a clean
kitchen towel and let rise for 1 hour, or
until doubled in size.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured
surface. Separate into 4 to 5 equal
portions if making hamburger sized buns
or 8 to 10 equal portions if making dinner
rolls. Form into balls by pulling the sides
to the center and pinching to seal. Place
the formed rolls, seam side down, onto a
parchment or silicone mat lined baking
sheet. Cover with the towel and allow to
rise again for 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Bring 2
quarts of water to a boil in a large sauce
pan, then add 1/4 cup of baking soda.
Boil each roll for 1 minute, flipping over
halfway. Place the boiled rolls back onto
the lined baking sheet, seam side down.
Brush the tops with beaten egg, then
lightly sprinkle with salt. Slice a shallow
“X” into the top of each roll, then bake for
15 to 20 minutes.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
You can also freeze for later use in a freezer
bag once cooled to room temperature.
Microwave for 30 seconds to thaw. (If not
consuming the same day they are baked,
freeze right away to preserve freshness.)
GERMAN
PANCAKES
Since introducing a rooster to our flock
of hens, we have had an uptick of predator
activity. I shouldn’t even say uptick, it went
from zero to a line of various predators as
long as an In-N-Out Burger on a Saturday
afternoon. And anyone who has cared for
roosters knows why — they’re loud.
We’re talking all day, every day, really,
really loud — alerting predators of all
shapes and sizes, on two legs or four, that
we have a Chick-fil-A buffet available for
anything within earshot. So my husband
has been dedicating a lot of extra time
lately adding increased predator protection
to our coop, and thankfully it’s pretty
much impenetrable. So for now, predator
activity has come to a screeching halt.
But then something very strange started
happening. I began finding beautiful
green eggs in my garage. Every evening
as I would go out to the chicken coop to
lock the chickens in for the night, I would
find a new green egg tucked away in a dark
corner of the garage. It certainly appeared
to be from one of our chickens since it
was the same beautiful green hue that a
few of our gals lay, but how could that be
possible? If the coop was impenetrable, it
should also be inescapable.
Night after night I counted my
chickens, and all 14 hens and one rooster
were accounted for, so what chicken could
possibly be laying eggs in my garage? After
confirming that no one in my family was
playing a practical joke on me, I started
to wonder if we had a rogue chicken that
had found its way to our garage and begun
taking up residency in there. This would
certainly be strange, but not impossible,
because there have been hens spotted
wandering around our neighborhood
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GERMAN PANCAKES
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In a medium mixing bowl, whisk
together the eggs, milk, flour and vanilla
until smooth. The batter will be very thin
and runny.
Once the oven is preheated, carefully
pull out the oven rack your skillet is on.
Pour the batter into the hot skillet.
Push the rack back in, close the oven,
and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. The edges
will puff up above the skillet, and the
center will be puffed and golden.
Top with powdered sugar or your
favorite pancake toppings.
belonging to various neighbors in the past.
Perhaps one had made itself at home in
our garage.
Every day for about a week or so
thereafter, I would go into the garage and
find a new green egg laying in that same
dark corner, and again, count all of my
chickens to make sure they were safely in
the coop. Time after time, they were, so
my husband and I hatched a plan to set
up a trail camera facing that little corner
of the garage to catch whatever culprit was
laying these beautiful green eggs.
But just as we were about to put that
trail camera in place, an ivory chicken
appeared. She looked an awful lot like
our ivory chicken, and she was headed
right for our coop. Could it be that one
of my hens was letting herself out of the
coop, laying an egg in the garage, then
immediately letting herself back in before
anyone noticed?
Well it turns out that’s exactly what she
was doing. After walking the chicken run,
I noticed a small rusted spot in the chicken
wire along the back of the coop that she
has been squeezing herself out of, then
immediately squeezing herself back into
after she lays an egg. Why she chose this
dark and dirty corner of the garage instead
of her brooder boxes is unexplainable, but
at least the mystery of the green eggs can
now be explained.
Now what to do with all of those
gorgeous green eggs? Make German
Pancakes, of course! German Pancakes
are one of my personal favorite breakfasts
to make for the family because they only
require a handful of ingredients and are
just about as easy as it gets. Plus, with their
giant fluffy appearance, they’re always a
major crowd pleaser.
INGREDIENTS:
6 eggs
6 tablespoons salted butter (if you don’t have
salted butter, add 1/2 teaspoon salt to your
German Pancake batter)
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees
Place butter into a 12-inch cast-iron
skillet. Put the skillet in your oven while
it’s preheating. The butter will melt, and
the skillet will get hot.
IRISH
POTATO
BITES
Last St. Patrick’s Day for the News-
Times, I wanted to get really creative with
a wild food recipe and ended up eating a
toxic plant in the process (naturally that
recipe never made it to print). So this year,
I wanted to take a much safer approach
and put a delicious twist on an old classic
with these Irish Potato Bites.
These Irish Potato Bites are loaded
with some classic Irish flavors — warm and
tender corned beef, buttery red potatoes,
nutritious red cabbage microgreens and
cheddar cheese — all together in a bitesize
appetizer served with some Creamy
Horseradish Sauce.
Red cabbage microgreens are essentially
the tiniest plants grown using cabbage
seeds. They are grown from seed to harvest
in less than two weeks. These microgreens
are a delicate alternative to red cabbage
with the same incredible flavor, plus jampacked
full of beneficial minerals, vitamin
C, vitamin K. And they are rich in fiber,
beta-carotene, potassium, magnesium,
calcium, iodine and sulfur.
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IRISH POTATO BITES
INGREDIENTS:
Petite red potatoes
Cooked and shredded corned beef
Red cabbage microgreens
Shredded cheddar cheese
Butter and salt for potatoes
DIRECTIONS:
Boil potatoes until fork tender, carefully
drain water, then place back into original
pot with butter and salt. Gently toss until
they’re seasoned on all sides.
Remove potatoes from pot, slice off tops
of potatoes, with a spoon carefully scoop
out 1/2 to 3/4 of potatoes.
Fill with corned beef, cheddar cheese
and top with microgreens.
Serve with a side of Creamy Horseradish
Sauce
CREAMY HORSERADISH SAUCE
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire
DIRECTIONS:
Mix all ingredients, serve immediately
or refrigerate until needed.
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BRIDGES OF CURRY COUNTY
Bridges can be utilitarian - connecting one place to another over an
obstacle of water - or they can be timeless, like the Bridges of Curry
County.
“People are drawn to beautiful places,” said Spirit Meller, a Brooking’sbased
architect who drives over one of the nine Curry County bridges
on his way to work each day.
“These bridges, most of them built in the late 1920’s and early
1930’s, are almost 100 years old,” he added. “They remind us that
multi-generational structures are not just about function, they are an
investment.”
According to the site Bridgehunter.com, there are nine functioning
bridges in Curry County, dating as far back as 1924 and the most
recent to 1998.
From the Reinhart Creek Bridge with its warren deck truss bridge -
which is an industry-specific way of saying it employs weight-saving
design elements based upon equilateral triangles - to the Isaac Lee
Patterson Bridge over the Rogue River in Gold Beach - the varying
design styles don’t disappoint.
“The bridges are an undiscovered part of the Oregon Coast,”
said Robert Hadlow, a historian with the Oregon Department
of Transportation and author of Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans:
McCullough, Oregon’s Master Bridge Builder.
Much of the credit to the impressive design styles of many of Oregon’s
bridges goes to Conde B. McCullough.The Dakota-territory native
moved to Oregon in 1916, where for 18 years he was head of bridge
design and construction for the Oregon State Highway Department,
and is credited with building hundreds of custom-designed spans
using efficiency, sound economics and architectural elegance,
according to Hadlow.
“He was a force to be reckoned with,” said Hadlow. “In terms of
engineering, he was really pushing the envelope.”
Above: Patterson Bridge near Gold Beach, Or. Photo by Ron Butcher

Four of the nine Curry County bridges were
designed by McCullough. They include the
bridges of Euchre Creek; Hunter Creek;
Myers Creek and the Isaac Lee Patterson
Bridge - sometimes referred to as the
Wedderburn or Rogue River Bridge.
According to Hadlow, the Isaac Lee Patterson
Bridge is considered to be among the six
major bridges designed by McCullough, and
was part of a broader push to span the three
bays and three river estuaries that relied on
outmoded ferry service along the highway.
A quick read on the Bridgehunter.com
website describes the bridge as: Consisting
of seven reinforced concrete deck arches. It
was the first structure in the US constructed
with the Freyssinet method of arch ring
decentering and stress control, named
after its French inventor. The American
Society of Civil Engineers designated
the bridge a National Historic Civil
Engineering Landmark in 1982, and the
success of the bridge led to the widespread
use of prestressing techniques in concrete
construction. The structure is dedicated to
Isaac Lee Patterson, the Oregon governor
who promoted its construction.
The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge also features
obelisk monuments - design styles that can
best be described as the Art Deco included
in the construction of the New York Empire
State Building.
Driving along the idyllic coast line, where
Redwood trees meet rocky, turbulent shores,
it might be easy to go over the crossings of
the other five, lesser-known bridges of Curry
County with hardly a notice. But that, said
Meller, would be a mistake.
Take, for instance, the Thomas Creek Bridge
- which bills itself as the highest bridge in
Oregon at 345 feet - and is located eight
miles north of Brookings.
“It’s a super cool bridge,” said Meller. “My
girls say that when we cross it, it feels like we
are driving to the end of the world.”
The Thomas Creek Bridge includes a triple
span deck truss that sits over the ocean,
along coastal route 101, and is often covered
in a blanket of heavy fog. The Bridge was
built by engineer Ivan D. Merchant, who
also designed the North and South Umpqua
River I-5 bridges and the Astoria-Megler
bridge over the mouth of the Columbia
River.
The only drawback is that the Thomas Creek
bridge can be difficult to photograph from
below because most of the trails end towards
the end of a precarious cliff. There is parking
on both ends of the bridge, however, with
trails to the south side.
There is also the Bush Creek Bridge, which
is the work of engineer Robert Kaspari and
is located in Humbug Mountain State Park.
As the most recently-constructed of the
Curry County bridges, it is the first bridge in
Oregon to use stainless steel reinforcement
in the deck and beams, and microsilica
modified concrete for general construction -
a plus considering the debilitating salt-winds
that can rust and crumble apart some of the
older bridge designs.
Lastly, there is Lobster Creek Bridge, which
was designed by senior engineer Henry R.
Angwin in 1959 utilizing a riveted, 10-panel
Parker through truss reminiscent of an
elevated railroad crossing.
Author Robert James Waller wrote in his
book, The Bridges of Madison County,
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THE SAND IS HER CANVAS
Odessa Ford creates beach art
It’s not every artist who will create grand art just to see it vanish, but
Odessa Ford is not a typical artist.
Ford is an earthscape artist who creates elaborate sand art designs
on central Oregon beaches using only rakes and sand as her
canvas. Lasting sometimes only minutes, the waves eventually reclaim
her work. leaving her left with only photographs and memories of
the experience.
She has made about 35 of them over the past few years and feels like
it is something she was born to do, although that passion came a little
later in her life.
Ford earned a BFA in painting and holds a Master of Educational
Technology degree from Boise State University. She had lost touch
with her artistic side until the death of her first husband in 2016.
Part of her healing process was starting to paint again, and Ford said
she remade herself. “I shaved my head, and I just decided I needed
to do what I needed to do for me. It started me on my own personal
journey as an artist.”
Originally from Idaho, Ford attended a workshop from Andres
Amadour, a well-known sand artist from California. Shortly after the
class, she drove from her home in Idaho to Pacific City, where she
made her first sandscape. It was May of 2018, and she decided then
to move to Oregon permanently.
“When I moved here, there was a purpose in it,” said Ford. “I’ve
always known I was meant for bigger and greater things. I had this
vision of myself standing on this cliff with people surrounding
me and just knowing that somehow, I had something that they all
needed. I had this gift that came to me so naturally.”
For Ford, it is the act of making these short-lived artworks that drives
her passion. “A lot of artists are working for the perfect end product,
but for me art is the experience, and this is the way I can share that
experience.”
She said creating beautiful sand art is personal and meditative. “It’s
the memory of the action and my presence there. While I do it, I am
blocking everything else out. I get to watch people enjoy it. I have fun.
It’s public, temporary art that’s meant to engage people.”
Her latest earthscape, an image of the Pink Floyd album cover “Dark
Side of the Moon,” was made March 26 on the beach at Devil’s
Punchbowl State Natural Area. It was dedicated to an area couple
Artist Odessa Ford stands in the park at Devil’s Punchbowl State Natural Area with the sandscape she created on the beach off her left shoulder. Ford has
made nearly 40 sand designs in Lincoln County since 2018.
Using only rakes, earthscape artist Odessa Ford creates a large image in the sand at Otter Rock during low tide last Saturday. The art remained for about an
hour before the tides washed it away.
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she married in October who happen to be big Pink Floyd fans. The
weather was not conducive to any sand art on their wedding day, so
Ford waited until the time, weather and tides were right.
She does a lot of research ahead of time, such as knowing when the
low tides are and what the condition of sand is on certain beaches.
For the Pink Floyd image, she had a plan but still didn’t know how
she would execute it. “When you are down in the sand, it’s hard to
know where you are.” She does not grid out her projects or measure
anything but said she must intuitively count her steps to make the
proportions accurate.
Part of her experiment on Saturday was incorporating the use of
vegan food coloring to replicate the rainbow from the album color.
“I’m a curious artist and want to try new things. That means I am
going to do it my way. It’s scary to do something new but I came here
to be an artist. This is my life now, and I built my whole life around
this art form.”
Because creating the art is so physical, Ford doesn’t create them as
often as she used to. She lives in Eugene now with her new husband,
Ken, and driving to Lincoln County to produce an elaborate labyrinth
will encompass an entire day. “I run down there like a crazy person,”
she said. “But it is super ephemeral and meditative, and it centers
me.”
After making her last sand image, Ford was stopped by several people
who asked to have a picture taken with her. As someone who once
considered herself shy, she has become something of a local celebrity
and has a global online following, which she said that has been a
humbling experience. “The first few times I came out here was just
for myself, but now I have developed quite a big following of people. I
am taken aback when people know me. It is strange.”
In addition to making sandscapes, Ford is a muralist, painter,
art educator, public arts advocate, spoken word poet and spiritual
practitioner.
Ford’s website is artistodessaford.com, which has links to all her
studio, public workshops, upcoming events and spiritual practice,
as well as contact information. She will do commission work but is
selective and must feel connected with a project to take it on.
“My goals are to keep expanding the earthscapes. It’s also about
building relationships with the communities I work with. I want to
just create stuff, do tarot readings and be myself. The sand art is by far
my passion,” she said.
Surfers and beachgoers stop to admire Odessa Ford’s sand art she created last Saturday. Ford is a Eugene-based artist who is also a muralist,
painter and spiritual guide.

GYPSEA WEAVER UPCYCLES CRAB LINE INTO ART
A Siletz woman has taken her love of weaving in a new direction with
a common product along the Oregon coast … crab pot lines.
Rebecca Hooper makes doormats, baskets and woven tapestry art
with the reclaimed line. She has been a weaver for about 15 years in
cotton and wool and said her interest in weaving has evolved.
“Like any hobby, you continue to learn and move on to new things,”
Hooper said. “I started thinking about all the things I love about the
beach communities and new ways to create art.”
While researching ideas for weaving with beach trash, she came
across lobster rope mats. In 2009, the Federal Government banned
the use of floating line with lobster fishing due to a negative impact
with the Northern Right Whale. Lobster rope mats were designed
in 2009 on the East Coast in response to the ban and the miles of
float rope that could no longer be used. A couple of people in Maine
created the design based on a nautical knot mat called the sword mat,
but they modified it with a peg loom. Production of these mats saved
miles and miles of float line from the landfill and provided revenue
for fishing families during the off season.
Hooper soon learned the Port of Newport has a commercial dock
with large bins where fishermen discard their old crab pot lines they
can no longer use. And there was a lot of it.
a really cool product that could be purchased that represents our
local blue economy. I can turn it into a positive thing with a piece
of history.”
She also works directly with a couple of Newport commercial fishing
vessels, such as the F/V Last Straw or F/V Tana C, and says she
would happily work with any others who are discarding old line.
Once she gets the used rope back to her home, Hooper power washes,
then dries it. Each doormat takes about 250 feet of rope and weighs
about nine pounds — heavy enough so they won’t blow away on the
windy coast. Her baskets take close to 100 feet of rope and weigh
about six pounds each. The weight of the rope makes this type of
weaving strenuous. “It’s definitely a physical endeavor to make them,”
she said.
She recently started exploring pictorial tapestry weaving in a French
Gobelin style and is using those techniques with rope fibers, which
has inherent difficulties. “It is hard to get good detail. Rope can’t be
dyed, and it’s a challenge to work with the same five colors.”
Hooper unravels the rope to get thin strands and can weave colors
together to make other colors, but it doesn’t blend very well. “It’s not
like a painting. It’s like pixelating where you just have to start at the
bottom, make a dot, and build the image up. There are no go-backs.”
“They would like rope to last forever, but it doesn’t. It all has a life
span,” Hooper said. “I can redirect it from the landfill and create
Striving for zero waste, Hooper glues the small end pieces on plastic
pots as decorative planters. “There are always bits and bobs and end
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Rebecca Hooper uses all her strength to pull a crab pot line through a metal pipe. She uses a modified peg loom to weave the doormats.
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pieces left over,” she said. “Nursery pots are not recyclable, so rather
than throw them away, I can use almost all the rope and the waste
goes down to a minimum.”
She has been asked to teach her weaving technique to area teenagers
and plans to start entering her rope work in art shows. Her creations
will be in competition with weavers who use very fine, beautiful
wools, but Hooper said she is up for the challenge. “I’m going to
push and see where it will go. I’m having a great time. No one in the
world is using rope to weave tapestries.”
GypSea Weavers products can be purchased at Pirate’s Plunder in the
Aquarium Village, in South Beach, and at a new home store, Ginger
Roots Home, which opens March 17 in the Lincoln City Outlet
Mall. She also has a website — gypseaweaver.com — where people can
request special orders such as memory mats or mats in certain colors.
Hooper said every product is a unique piece of our local fishery’s
history, supports Newport’s commercial fishing fleets with an
alternative to the landfill and represents pride in our fishing culture.
“I love the positivity of it — this isn’t pollution porn. This is about
supporting our local economy, our fishing community and working
with them and grabbing things from the garbage before they go to the
landfill,” she said.
Clockwise from left:
GypSea Weaver owner Rebecca Hooper sits among her crab pot line she
uses to weave rugs, baskets, and tapestries. Hooper rescues the rope
before it goes to a landfill.
Rebecca Hooper works on a basket made with reclaimed crab pot line. The
baskets take about 100 feet of rope and weigh about six pounds each.
Tapestry weaving has been a passion of Rebecca Hooper for more than 15
years. She recently started weaving with crab pot lines.

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culminating in a delicious meal.
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Chetco Brewing live music and food, a tour
and tasting at Bandon Rain Cidery, a tasting
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pizza class at Southwestern Oregon Coast
Community College, and a Mother’s Day
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in Brookings and a scenic bike ride in Port
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