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Milestones: 2D Ann Landers: 3D Entertainment: 4B Comics: 6B Statesman Journal Salem, Oregon Monday, November 12, 1990 mm 1 COLUMBIA' Seniorline LIFE IT TTTsl 3 Miles of hiking trails surround Multnomah Falls. si Jiili. (- ft I The Vista House, perched atop Crown Point, is one of the landmarks of the old Columbia River Highway, constructed from 1913 to 1915. South Salem Seniors sing for their supper Food and music is in store for South Salem Seniors on Wednesday. A potluck lunch will start at 12:30 p.m.

at the senior center, 4985 Bat-tlecreek Road SE. After a business meeting, the Sweet Adelines barbershop quartet will perform. The senior center pancake breakfasts have been growing in popularity, and another will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The cost is $2.50.

Reservations and money for the seniors' trip to see A Christmas Carol on Nov. 28 at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth. The cost is $10.25 and covers the bus fare and admission to the play. The bus will leave from the center at 6:45 p.m. Information and reservations: 588-0748.

Senior center structure is topic of seminar A seminar on senior center programs and management will be held Thursday in Portland. "Senior Center Programming for UrbanSuburban Realities" will be the seminar topic. It will feature Luanne Mickelson, director of the Malley Senior Center in Englewood, Colo. She is a nationally know authority of senior center programming, management and facility design. Information is available from Donna Shewey at the Salem Senior Center, 588-6303.

Coming up at the senior center this week is a talent show at 1 p.m. Wednesday. All seniors are welcome. Retired federal workers will hear about nursing A discussion of the nursing profession will be the topic at a meeting Tuesday of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. The meeting is at 11:30 a.m.

at Myrl's Chuckwagon, 2265 Lancaster Drive NE. Speaking will be Susan King, director of professional services for the Oregon Nursing Association. She will talk about the nursing profession and care for the senior citizen. A business meeting and election of officers will precede the guest speaker. Also, an update on the group's efforts to raise money for Alzheimer's disease research will be given by Betty Cripe, the chapter's chairman of the drive.

Information: 393-3275. Monmouth seniors have several activities in store Several activities are coming up this week at the Monmouth Community-Center, 180 S. Warren St. Included are: The hiking group's trip to Minto Island in West Salem. Hikers meet at 1 p.m.

today at the center. The choral group will meet from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the center to sing. Information: 838-5678. Estate planning topic of Newberg workshop A workshop on estate planning and how to avoid probate will be held Thursday in Newberg.

The workshop will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Chahalem Park and Recreation District office at Second and Howard streets. The program will be presented by lawyer Michael Sandoval. Seniors in Newberg are planning a shopping trip to Washington Square on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Pick-up will be between 1 and 2 p.m. at the Cheh-alem Valley Senior Center, 404 E. 3rd. Return is about 7 p.m. and the cost is $4.

Information: 538-7433. Tom Forstrom Landscape, masks drama behind physical beauty 4 mi .5 Oregon Backroads The Columbia River Gorge is reached by Interstate 84 east of Portland, with the major scenic sites between Troutdale on the west and The Dalles on the east The 24-mile Scenic Highway off the interstate provides access to scenic picnic sites, falls and hiking trails at the west end. Among the major sights are Crown Point and historic Vista House, Multnomah Falls, Oneorrta Gorge, Bonneville Lock and Dam, The Dalles Lock and Dam and the Rowena Plateau Scenic Highway, between Mosier and The Dalles. -r i niiiniiiiir, "'jif if jt v. -i i.

Jrfl fi 1 i Jj Story by Ron Cowan Photos by Gerry Lewin The Statesman Journal Fall's gusty winds ripple the red and gold leaves on the forested, waterfall-draped cliffs of the Columbia River Gorge. The gorge, a rubbernecker's delight, is a vista of scudding clouds, awesome cliffs and wispy, foaming falls but most of all the river. Once the Indians' fished here and crafted legends, followed by the epic explorations of Lewis and Clark and the grueling journeys of intrepid white settlers. The Columbia, its rapids long ago tamed to placid waters-by four massive dams, nowadays is a conduit for tourism and commerce. Speckled with tug-propelled grain barges, wind surfers and sports boats, the river slowly surges through a landscape of sculpted cliffs parched and brown to the east, soft green on the west.

Interstate 84 carries some 4.5 million tourists each year, many of them traveling to Oregon's most-visited spot, 611 foot-high Multnomah Falls one of the highest falls in the U.S. But this graceful, magnificent landscape, so predictable in its steady pace of seasons and travelers, masks the work of epic forces, the physical i .) in jr.1 1 i ti V. i 1,. A stone marker shows the end of the trail at The Dalles. drama behind today's visual drama.

For millions of years huge, steaming lava flows poured down the course of the Columbia, its water-cut course edging further north each year. The volcanoes of the Cascades raised their bulk in more recent years, forcing the river to cut new channels. But the greatest epic of the gorge's creation came some 13,000 to 15,000 years ago with what geologist J.H. Bretz has dubbed the Missoula Floods. The floods' furious role is unrivaled by the history of most of the famous canyons of the world.

ft During the Ice Age, the Canadian ice sheet dammed the Clark Fork River in northern Idaho, creating Lake Missoula, which sprawled 2,000 feet deep across western Montana. When the ice sheet receded during different global warming periods, the Missoula Floods roared through the gorge. A volume of water 10 times the flow of all the rivers in the world scoured away all the soils and life and sculpted cliffs and promontories up to a elevation of 1,000 feet. The floods were followed by the shudders and shakes of the earth, inducing landslides and earthquakes. Among the Turn to Gorge, Page 5B 5 A stream becomes drama at Multnomah Falls, as it plunges 542 feet, then 69 feet more to resume its life as a stream.

Datebook Geography quiz People Money means nothing if you're Brother Ray NEW YORK -What's money, anyway, reasons Ray Charles, who Rich and famous show their love on wheels GLENDALE, Calif. Singer David Crosby, comic Jay 1 savs that iiiM I juenoana hduOotvt after all, he can sleep in only "one bed at a time." Charles doesn't buy into some of the praise his peers have Grateful Dead party, tape exchange 7 p.m. at Boon's Treasury, 888 Liberty St. NE, Salem. Admission: Free.

Information: 399-9062. Guitar music: John Babcock and Steve Podry from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Beanery, 545 Court St. NE, Salem. No alcohol is served at the Beanery, and children are welcome.

There is no cover charge. Information: 399-7220. Men of Paradise at Blakes, 186 S.W. Court Dallas. Admission: $7 in advance and $10 at the door.

Information: 623-2257. See the Weekend Planner section every Friday for a complete list of things to see and do. McCartney: I'm a ham and I really like it NEW YORK -Paul McCartney says he's a ham and never tires of the public's adulation. "I like being recognized on the street," the singer-songwriter says. "I like having lorry (truck) drivers in New York lean out their windows saying, 'Yo, Paul, thanks for the The ex-Beatle says he sometimes listens to bootleg music, which is not to say he supports the making of such recordings.

"If you start making the alternate takes available, in 10 years people may not know which was the finished take and which wasn't," McCartney says. "I'd rather avoid the confusion." From AP wires William's inspiration is something like 'Bing' NEW YORK What's inspiration sound like in the brain of comedian and actor Robin Williams? Something like "Bing!" Williams says some of his happiest moments have been when his improvisation comes together while he's doing a stand-up comedy routine. "When you find that new idea, when you come up with a concept and find that it works, it's the creation of the moment that's so incredible," Williams says. "And you know, they've discovered there actually is a slight endorphin release during creative moments," he says, referring to a brain chemical. "It's like, Bing!" wrestler Hulk Mogan straddled motorcycles Sunday and led thousands of bikers on "Love Ride 7" to benefit the Muscular nvst.rnnhv It's Geography Awareness Week Test your geographic smarts each day with a mini-map quiz.

Today, see how many of these countries you can name. Hint The country in black has been in the news a lot lately. Answers, Page 3B. him over the Ry Charles years, such as Frank Sinatra's once calling him "the only genius in the business." "I'll get all the accolades, but at my best I will never make half the money Sinatra has made," says Charles. David Crosby Association.

Last year, the event attracted 7,000 bikers and raised more than $500,000 for MDA..