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Portland Saturday Market Returns (5-March-2011)

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Portland Saturday MarketThe winter long nightmare of no access to hippy candles, knit bags, and tie-dyed t-shirts is over! Portland Saturday Market‘s 38th season begins this Saturday, March 5, 2011.

The special kick off event runs all weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, and features five daily $25 Saturday Market gift card giveaways, two special grand prize gift baskets which include four tickets to Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden and a $100 gift card, and a kids parade at 2pm both days, led by Circus Artemis jugglers, stilt walkers, and musicians.

As per usual the market also features dozens of food carts, live music, and hundreds of vendors every weekend through December 24th!

The Columbia River System Subway Map Style

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Columbia River System in the style of a Transit MapCartographer Daniel Huffman maintains a blog called somethingaboutmaps where he expounds on the cartographic craft and highlights interesting map work of his own and others.

Recently he created a series of maps of river systems in the style of Harry Beck‘s famous London Underground maps. One of the river systems he mapped is the Columbia River System, which is friggin cool! (see small version to the right).

Featuring the following rivers, creeks, forks, (etc.): Columbia, Cowlitz, Willamette, Deschutes, John Day, Yakima, Snake, Crab, Okanogan (I used the American spelling for this one), Kettle, Spokane & St. Joe, Pend Oreille / Clark / Silver Bow, Kootenay (Canadian spelling, this time), Crooked, Palouse, Clearwater & Selway, Grande Ronde, Salmon, Payette, Malheur, Boise, Owyhee, Bruneu, Big Wood, Similkameen, Duncan, Elk, Flathead, Blackfoot, Bitterroot

Read about Huffman’s methodology and considerations in his post On River Maps. You can buy prints of his maps too, and he will donate 10% of the profits to organizations that protect and restore some of the watersheds depicted on each map. The Columbia River System map is available on Zazzle in two sizes: 18″ x 24″ | 30″ x 40″ (make sure to read the re-sizing warnings here!).

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February 27, 1851: William Sargent Ladd Heads West

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William Sargent LaddIn the hope of making his fortune, William Sargent Ladd left New York City on February 27, 1851 for points west. His original destination was gold-rush era San Francisco, but the Oregon Territory, where there would be less competition, appealed to him. He arrived in Portland with a shipment of liquor which sold quite briskly, and soon expanded his shop’s offerings to include local produce. Portland, at the time, had a population of about 800, but that number would grow quickly like Ladd’s fortunes.

William S. Ladd went on to invest in and found several businesses, including a bank, a steam navigation company, an iron works, and a railroad. He also accumulated vast land holdings, including big chunks of Southeast and Northeast Portland and Lake Oswego.

Ladd’s Addition, of course, was one of his parcels. William S. Ladd platted the development in 1891, two years before his death, but development did not take place until 1907.

February 26, 1925: Oregon Decides on a Flag

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Oregon Flag font and backOn February 26, 1925 a bill providing for the adoption of a state flag with design specifications was signed by Governor Walter M. Pierce. When Oregon was admitted into the Union in 1859 the state had no official flag [Source: Morning Oregonian, February 27, 1925].

The Sunday Oregonian reported on April 12, 1925 that the very first flag, assembled with help of the Meier & Frank company, was completed. The first Oregon flag was Oregon-made.

The dimensions of the first emblem are four feet by six feet. On a field of navy blue satin appears the state escutcheon in gold, supported by 33 gold stars and in gold the words “State of Oregon.” Below the escutcheon is given the year Oregon became a state, 1859.

On the reverse side of the flag appears a beaver in gold, centered on the field of blue.

Oregon is presently the only state with different designs on each side of the flag (though until 1971 Massachusetts’ flag also had this distinction). Only one country, Paraguay, has a two sided flag.

Portland Timbers Roundup (25-February-2011)

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TimbersPlayer News

Jorge Perlaza adjusting to Timbers by Geoffrey C. Arnold at The Oregonian

Even with the language barrier, the Timbers head coach and the prized unsigned Colombian forward have managed to communicate and connect through the universal language of soccer. [more]

Brian Umony works his way into discussion for playing time by Geoffrey C. Arnold at The Oregonian

Few would have predicted that the 5-foot-7 Ugandan forward would have even a chance of making the roster when training camp started in January. But Umony scored the Timbers’ goal and nearly netted a second one in the Timbers 1-1 draw against the Los Angeles Galaxy Feb. 8. [more]

Coach

Accent on victory by Stephen Alexander at the Portland Tribune

When John Spencer began as an assistant coach with the Houston Dynamo in 2006, the players knew that one day he would be leading a club himself. [more]

Team News

Portland Timbers Midfield: Is This Our Weakest Link? by Geoff Gibson at Stumptown Footy

I think it’s safe to say at this point that our mystery midfielder who was supposed to be “best in the league” is a no-show. [more]

Preseason Play

Exhibition: Montreal 0 – Timbers 1 by mao at the Portland Timbers blog at The Offside

The game’s only goal came in the seventh minute when trialist Roberto Merino sent a cross toward the back post where Eddie Johnson headed in for his first goal as a Timber. [more]

Ambassadors

Timbers name four former players as ambassadors by Geoffrey C. Arnold at The Oregonian

Former players John Bain, Bernie Fagan, Lee Morrison and Mick Hoban were among the five individuals named as alumni ambassadors for the 2011 season. Former Timbers goalkeeper coach Jim Brazeau was also named as an ambassador. [more]

Supporter News

POSTPONED: 2nd Annual Timber Harvest at TimbersArmy.org

Due to the likelihood of inclement weather on Sunday, we are rescheduling the second annual Timber Harvest expedition for the weekend of March 12-13. We’ll have more details soon. Thank you for your patience.

Last year, we had a great crowd of over 50 supporters take part in the Great Timber Harvest and it was a truly memorable way to start the season… so let’s do it again! [more]

Oh, and go check out the new TimbersArmy.org blog. Some highlights so far: