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Complimentary Copy Marion Polk Yamhill Your companion for living well in the northwest March 2021 Home & Garden Issue Spring Clean Simplify & Kari’s Downsize Kitchen A Circle Create a of Life Lined Great with Love . and Food Garden with Ease and Safety Visit us northwest50plus.com | Find us on social media @northwest50plus Getting up and down stairs safely can be the difference between staying in your own home or having to move. More people than ever are turning to a Bruno stairlift as a simple solution. Call us today for a free evaluation at 971-304-7464 Over 30 years' experience CCB# 187428 Visit us online: www.MAO-NW.com VOLUME 25 | NUMBER 3 OREGON’S OLDEST & LARGEST 50+ PUBLICATION 3 Editions serving adults aged 50 and older Portland-Metro-Vancouver, Marion-Polk-Coast, South Valley: Linn-Benton Lane Weathering together Wow! We’re welcoming the spring in the Northwest on the JENNIFER MCCAMMON heels of the biggest snow/ice/outage event in 60 years! While Publisher many struggled, we were once again reminded how big the 971-200-9686 [email protected] heart of this community really is. Folks checked on each other, made supply runs and shared provisions, opened their homes DOREEN HARROLD to unexpected guests and more. Office Manager/Sales Assistant [email protected] Times like this really illustrate how on the coldest days, we are surrounded by love, warmth and safety. We hope you and PAUL DELURY yours fared well. Account Executive 541.870.5484 Now . let spring begin! [email protected] It’s time for spring cleaning, simplifying, and for many, TAY JUNCKER moving or downsizing. Our home and garden coverage Lead Designer features tips, ideas and information that provides great [email protected] resources, ideas and inspiration. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Circling back, I want to share a new discovery: “PDX RJ Adler, Kristan Dael, Concierge.” This nonprofit comprised of teens has, since Christy Doherty, Randal C. 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Northwest 50 Plus is published monthly and locally owned and operated by Eagle Newspapers, Inc. The entire contents of this publication are copyrighted by Northwest 50 Plus. Any use of all or any part of this publication is prohibited without written consent of the publisher. Find us on social media @Northwest 50 Plus NORTHWEST 50 PLUS | MARION POLK March 2021 3 19 Free Master Gardener Series Experts teach Oregon gardeners a variety of great classes, addressing issues like wildfires, climate change and pollinators. 17 contents Create a Great Garden – with Ease and Safety Grace Peterson shares two Home & Garden Issue favorite books to help keep gardens beautiful with ease and 10 while staying safe. Spring Clean, Simplify, Downsize without 8 overwhelm Danger, Dames, Double O Seven While spring brings the urge to perfect one’s nest, the tasks Homage and a look back the late, can be overwhelming. Pamela great Sean Connery’s career. 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The ingredients came from a mix of memories: . family Christmas Eve crab dinners, a tradition of her grandfather’s, a commercial fisherman . almond crescent cookies, canned pickled herring and currant jam, specialties of her Norwegian grandmother’s . homemade breads, jams, canned fruits, and daily family dinners prepared by her creative mother A passion for cooking and a bubbling personality sealed her recipe for success. “As a kid, I didn’t really cook myself but was surrounded by good food,” says Kari. “I liked the outdoors, climbing trees, picking berries and gardening. I didn’t really see Kari’s Kitchen coming when I was younger.” It all started when her two sons were in grade school. “I’d chat on the playground with other parents,” Kari recalls. “The conversation centered around, ‘What’re you cooking for dinner?’ We needed to come up with menus. I liked to cook so I started doing in-home workshops with hands-on cooking.” Up to 15 people came to Kari’s home Monday nights to learn how to make appetizers, two entrees and a dessert. After cooking, they dined together. 6 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS | MARION POLK March 2021 After three years of leading workshops for In 1998 she married Dave, a CPA, in her book groups, girls’ nights out, and corporate team childhood home. At 29, her first son was born.