Mount St. Helens Eruption: 25th anniversary events
"Hiking the Harmony Trail: Meditations on a Changing
Landscape" – a photography exhibit at the Cowlitz Historical Museum in
Kelso, open from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 13 and featured through Sept. 30.
For information, call 360-577-3119.
Stories from eyewitness survivors of the 1980 eruption is set for
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14 at Johnston Ridge Observatory in the Mount
St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. If the observatory is closed due
to ongoing volcanic activity, the symposium will be at the Red Lion
Hotel in Kelso.
Castle Rock commemorates the blast with a week of activities
beginning May 14, including a volcano-building contest and Cowlitz
Indians native food. On May 21, at a mock emergency disaster team
station people can meet the volunteer radio operators who helped
coordinate rescues during the 1980 blast. While visiting, view the
graphic portrait of the history and culture of Castle Rock at the
Exhibit Hall, and be sure to stop at the Harry Truman Memorial Park to
read about the legendary Spirit Lake resort owner who refused to abandon
his home to Mount St. Helens. For information, call the Castle Rock
Chamber of Commerce at 360-274-6603.
25th Anniversary at the Cowlitz County Regional Convention
Center, May 20-21, Cowlitz County Expo Center, Longview.
"Echoes of Fury: The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens and
the Lives it Changed Forever" – a presentation by author Frank Parchman
at 2 p.m. May 15 at the Cowlitz Historical Museum in Kelso. For
information, call 360-577-3119.
Free admission day May 18 at the Mount St. Helens Volcanic
Monument, including visitors centers on the 25th anniversary of the
eruption.
"Portland in Context: Reflecting on Mount St. Helens" – a
lecture by poet Gary Snyder at 7:30 p.m. May 18 at the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway, Portland. Tickets start at $19.50. For
information call 503-227-2583 or visit
www.Literary-Arts.org.
Cascades Volcano Observatory, run by the U.S. Geological Survey,
has an open house 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. May 21, located at 1300 S.E. Cardinal
Court, Building 10, Suite 100, in Vancouver. Scientists talk about their
work, display their research and discuss Mount St. Helens and the other
Northwest volcanoes.
Seattle Aquarium has been showing the 21-minute long "The
Eruption of Mount St. Helens" in the Big Dome since 1980 – a great way
to marvel at the awesome power of nature.
Tour de Blast, bike ride from Toutle up to Johnston Ridge, June
15. For information call 360-749-2192 or visit
www.TourDeBlast.com.
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