I forgot to proofread the "Birthday for Edmonds port" article but it is out in cyberspace now complete with all my errors, etc. Here we go again -: The Herald, Sat Nov 7, 1998 Sec C, SATURDAY Live! p. 1C only. QUOTED AS FOLLOWS: Large, very beautiful PIX entitled: The North Head lighthouse at Fort Canby State Park near Ilwaco was built in 1898. (100 yrs ago! Good Ol' "CC." Photo good enough to frame!). Back to the beach The lights stay on for winter on Washington's coast By Andrew Wineke Herald Writer Photo by Michael O'Leary Herald Photographer LONG BEACH - The beach doesn't disappear at the end of summer. The 28-mile-long stretch of sand and grass on the Long Beach Peninsula in southwest Washington still demarcates the line between land and sea even when no tourists show up to stare at it and no children dare to dip a toe in the Pacific. The lighhouses guarding the mouth of the Columbia River at Cape Disappointment and North Head stand just as tall and proud after the ice cream shops close u for the winter. Although the wind is cold and the weather chancy on the coast, the rough conditions only highlight the power of the waves and the beauty of the cliffs. November, after fall has stripped the beaches bare of kite fliers but before snow beckons skiers to the mountains, is a perfect time to visit the ocean. And, aside from the expected long walks on the beach and majestic views of storm-tossed swells, there are still a few things to see in the Long Beach area. X Lighthouses. The oldest lighthouse still operating on the West Coast, the Cape Disappointment light was built in 1856, just 51 years after Lewis and Clark (not a relative, darn it ! - "CC.") reached the cape. The light is about a half-mile walk from the parking lot on the loop drive through Fort Canby State Park. The North Head light is enjoying its centennial this year. The lighthouse was built in 1898 to assist vessels coming down the coast from the north. It sits down a short trail from the parking space. Both lighthouses can be seen from the end of the North Jetty. Tours of North Head are conducted during summer. Call Fort Canby State Park; 360-642-3078. XLewis & Clark Interpretive Center. With a sweeping view of the mouth of the Columbia River and out across the Pacitfic Ocean, the interpretive center is worth visiting just for the view. Inside the free museum are displays of journal entries from the famous expedition and a slide show. Located just off the loop road through Fort Canby State Park, open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weather permitting . 360-642-3029. XWord Kite Museum. A kite is not yhour average childhood toy - kites have some history. (Recall Ben. Franklyn's experiments with lightning and his kite to prove a point. Could have been "curtains" for him but he was "well grounded" in what he wanted to do! Is this where the connotation "Sparks" came from among ship radio oprs.? "LOL" or LAFF . Hi Hi ! - "CC."). Ships in World War II sometimes flew bomb-laden kites to deter dive bombers. Lifting men aloft below kites was once a popular sport for daredevils. A kite was used to string a line across Niagara Falls, from which a cable was passed over and then a bridge built. There are all sorts of odd kite facts to learn at the little museum, as well as displays of antique and modern kites from around the world. Admission is onluy $1.50 for sdults and it's well worth a stop when the weather prevents a more hands-on approach to kite flying. The museium is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday; 112 Third St.NW, Long Beach; 360-642-4020. XCranberry Museum. When budget cuts threatened the closure of the Washington State University cranberry research station in 1992, local growers bought the test farm and established the Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation to manage the center, one of onlyh two in the country. In retur, WSU kept its resercher in Long Beach. The free museum offers a tour through the region's cranberry growing history, which began in the 1870s. Tours of the bogs in which the cranberries grow are available by prior arrangement. From Long Beach, head north on Highway 103 nd turn right on Pioneer Road. Open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, May through December. Call 360-642-3638. XIwaco Heritage Museum. The 1t-year old museum highlights the area's history with a restored baggage depot from the Ilwaco Railroad and Navigation Company, charts of the region and exhibits on fishing, logging and cranberry farming. $3 admission. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 115 SE Lake Street., Ilwaco; 360-642-3446. For more information, call the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau, 800-451-2542. END OF ARTICLE FROM THE HERALD. * * * 30 * * * Comment: I love Lighthouses and pix of lighthouses. I have 4 excellent lighthouse prints in our home, plus an excellent poster sized print of Washington State Lighthouses - 32 of them by Bev. Schriber (signed) 1990 with a story about each of those lighthouses bedise each one which were paintings. I have always been fascinated by the various lighthouses in time - Egypt, Greece, et al. They appear to be so symbolic not only of their task but of Life itself! Carroll of Snohomish. & & & 30 & & & ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]