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Ticket Giveaway: Portland Timbers vs. Toronto FC (July 30, 2011)

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UPDATE: The contest is over . . . the winner has been contacted – thanks for playing!

Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers host Toronto FC at Jeld-Wen Field on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 8pm. And Dave Knows is giving away a pair of tickets to the match!

The seats are in section 117 – not the Timbers Army section mind you – but rather in the west stands with a great view of the field. Two All Zone All Day TriMet bus tickets are included!

To Enter: Who is your favorite 2011 Portland Timbers player? Leave a comment below with your answer.

The Winner: The winner will be selected in a random drawing of all valid entries* on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 5pm.

*The Timbers player you select does not have to be on the currently active roster, but must be on or have been on the roster this season (so Adam Moffat and Ryan Pore, for example, are valid entries).

A valid email address must be provided in the appropriate field below so that I can contact you if you win. You do not, however, have to give a real name, and you can leave the Website field blank. I will not use the email address for anything except contacting the winner. The winner will be contacted by email and ticket delivery arrangements must be made before noon on Wednesday, July 27, or the tickets will be given to someone else – so make sure to check your email!

One entry per person please!

Don’t fret if your comment does not show up immediately – for various reasons some comments go into moderation, but I will attempt to approve them promptly!

March 26, 1955: Pan Am Flight 845/26 Crashes Off Oregon Coast

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Sunday Oregonian, March Pan Am Flight 845/26, en route from Portland to Honolulu, crashed in the sea 35 miles west of Coos Bay on March 26, 1955.

The Sunday Oregonian reported the next day:

The big four-engined plane, an hour of Portland International airport, was flying at 10,000 feet, 20 minutes past its last coastal check point at Newport when an intense 30-second vibration resulted in the right inboard engine falling off . . .

Less than half an hour after the cash, the U. S. S. Bayfield, a navy APA attack transport en route to Seattle, reached the scene and began picking up survivors.

The likely cause of the accident was “loss of control and inability to maintain altitude following failure of the no.3 propeller which resulted in wrenching free no.3 power package.” After the accident the Civil Aeronautics Administration issued an advisory that Stratocruiser hollow steel propeller blades be replaced with solid metal blades.

The airplane sank 20 minutes after it was ditched, but, remarkably, only four people died out of a passenger and crew list numbering 23.

March 10, 1957: Celilo Falls Submerged

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Celilo FallsFor thousands of years Celilo Falls, a string of water falls on the Columbia, were a bountiful fishing ground for the Native Americans who clustered their communities around them, and an impressive sight.

The riverbed of the Columbia narrowed to a mere forty feet across, and the river dropped over eighty feet within a half mile. Not a fun situation for boats, but a great situation for fishermen who erected scaffold perches over strategic spots and benefited from the multitude of disoriented salmon, lamprey, and sturgeon.

The nine mile stretch of Celilo Falls lies about twelve miles east of where The Dalles is now, but you can’t see it any more (unless you have the right sonar equipment). In the 1950s the Army Corp of Engineers began building The Dalles Dam, to generate electricity and make that stretch of the river navigable. On March 10, 1957 the dam held back the water and the falls disappeared in the rising water.

Portland Japanese Garden Free Admission Day (21-February-2011)

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Portland Japanese GardenThe Portland Japanese Garden is offering free admission on Presidents Day, Monday, February 21, 2011.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to invite their friends, family, and fellow community members to visit the Garden on this Free Admission Day. Guides will be stationed throughout the Garden to help answer questions and speak about the Garden’s history, culture, and traditions.

The garden will be open, and free, from 10am until 4pm.