Singing: I just want to hold you....don't want to hold you down......Graham Nash

In Season: Camas lily, monkey flowers!

From today's Hood River News help wanted ads:

Public Servant
(Supreme Leader)

Mature, experienced, available to rule immediately. Living refs available, strife ridden country preferred (with natural wealth). Send proposals to : Sam Hussein POB 1420 Hood River, OR 97031

Try strife ridden county....Oregon has one of the highest unemployment rates, and a state budget crisis. Perhaps you haven't heard the news over the din of "weapons of mass destruction", "Jessica Lynch", and Monica Slutinsky's new (barf) tv show.