Rob Resurrects New Year’s Bike and Brew
December 28, 2009 on 4:04 pm | In Mountain Biking | 10 CommentsYes, it’s back! If you’re looking for a way to get 2010 off to a good start, here’s your chance. GGR board member Rob Larsen has announced plans to resurrect the New Year’s Day Bike & Brew at Growlers. Start time is 10 a.m. Normally, [Continue Reading]
Adopt-a-Trail Program Kicks off at Growlers
December 23, 2009 on 4:36 am | In Mountain Biking | 3 CommentsIn an effort to ensure that the entire trail system at Growlers stays in great shape year-round, members of Growlers Gulch Racing will institute an adopt-a-trail program in 2010. With the trail network expanding at a rate of approximately three miles per year, it [Continue Reading]
BOLO for Stolen Bike
December 21, 2009 on 6:04 pm | In Mountain Biking | 1 CommentDave Freece, Director of the Cowlitz Historical Museum in Kelso, had his bike stolen on Friday, December 18th. He has asked for our help in recovering the bike and catching the rat bastards who took it. He may have seen it in West Kelso on Sunday but was unable to [Continue Reading]
CHQ Column – December
December 21, 2009 on 4:55 pm | In Stories by Jim LeMonds | 1 CommentThe following column by Jim LeMonds appeared in the December 2009 Cowlitz Historical Quarterly. This issue of the Quarterly features Steve Anderson’s story “By Any Other Name: E’La-cac-ca, Prince of the Cowlitz.” E’La-cac-ca was present in 1855 when Isaac [Continue Reading]
The Mission Becomes Clear – Episode #7
December 19, 2009 on 11:17 pm | In Mountain Biking | 5 CommentsI dug through Lipton’s fridge, found two 22-ounce Hop Stoopids from Lagunitas. Decided this was an appropriate beer for the occasion. I made Lipton give me his keys, led him out to the garage and shoved him into the passenger seat. I got behind the wheel, [Continue Reading]
Bikers Step Up to Lend a Hand
December 17, 2009 on 4:40 pm | In Mountain Biking | 1 CommentWhen Growlers Gulch Racing diva Denise Livingston asked local bikers to provide assistance to kids in need of helmets, the response was rapid. Livingston, who is the intervention specialist at Cascade Middle School in Longview, has been worried about four of her [Continue Reading]
Print Overhaul Completed for Longview Orthopedic Associates
December 17, 2009 on 4:32 pm | In Projects, WriteTek News | No CommentsWriteTek Northwest completed a major print project in November for Longview Orthopedic Associates of Longview,Washington. The job spanned three months and included the creation of a tri-fold and a complete re-branding of appointment cards, business cards, [Continue Reading]
Growlers Trail News
December 15, 2009 on 11:09 pm | In Mountain Biking | 6 CommentsUpper Bitch - This is the lengthy section with all the switchbacks that comes out of the Secret Garden. It is already in cherry condition. The climb is demanding but doable, although the section near the bottom will be a bear when it’s wet. If you need to [Continue Reading]
Revenge of the Chick in the White Shirt – Episode #6
December 14, 2009 on 4:04 pm | In Mountain Biking | 1 CommentOkay, so we’d made a minor mistake. Patterson had been innocent of the crime. Yet who among us can truly claim to be innocent? Patterson was dead. Lipton and I could feel bad about it, or we could learn from this error in judgment and move on. The [Continue Reading]
Holiday Assistance Needed
December 14, 2009 on 1:24 am | In Mountain Biking | 9 CommentsDenise Livingston, who works at Cascade Middle School in Longview, is requesting assistance for four of her students. Three of her girls have to rely on their bikes to get around. They do not have helmets and need them. One of her boys rides his bikes from the [Continue Reading]
Ghosts Past and Present – Episode #5
December 8, 2009 on 2:04 pm | In Mountain Biking | 3 CommentsI’d wielded the chainsaw like a gentle scalpel. When Lipton asked for a turn, I figured he’d do the same. Wrong. He threw the chain on a clavicle, and it took us several minutes to get it back on (The chain, not the clavicle). Then he really got [Continue Reading]
Town’s History Told in Pictures
December 5, 2009 on 1:57 pm | In Stories by Jim LeMonds | No CommentsCastle Rock librarian Vicki Selander shelves and checks out books every day. But until now, she’d never had one she could call her own. That changed this month when Arcadia Publishing released Castle Rock, the latest installment in the company’s “Images of [Continue Reading]
The Interrogation of Mike Patterson – Episode #4
December 4, 2009 on 1:50 pm | In Mountain Biking | 4 CommentsI called Patterson at 11:43 p.m. at his yuppie abode on Taylor Avenue, just two blocks from Lipton’s house. When Patterson picked up, I could hear someone from the Shopping Channel hollering about closeout prices on cleaning supplies. “Come over to [Continue Reading]
Freak Injured in Veatch Accident
December 2, 2009 on 8:53 pm | In Mountain Biking | No CommentsOkay, I suppose the headline should have been “Veatch Injured in Freak Accident,” but who’s counting? All of this drama with the missing cups has made me even more random than usual. Anyway – the story. Former NWTA (nee PUMP) kingpin Dennis [Continue Reading]
A Clue at Last! – Episode #3
December 1, 2009 on 1:44 pm | In Mountain Biking | 2 CommentsWhen I stopped by to chat with Lipton at his posh bachelor pad in Longview’s hip Terry-Taylor neighborhood, he was in the livingroom drinking a Pocono Blonde. A rare vinyl copy of Barry Manilow’s Showstoppers album was spinning on the [Continue Reading]