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Rain 1999 Pe “4 a eebeea ’t d ens Rain The Millenium's Last 1999 Rain is an annual production of the students at Clatsop Community College, Astoria, Oregon. Funding comes from Clatsop Community College andb y the support of generous patrons. All Submissions were voted for acceptance by members of the staff. No materiali n Rain may be reproduced without the author's written consent. Cover photo: Guy Hoppen, copyright 1999. Cover printing andb inding: Brown Business Graphics, Cleveland, Ohio. Text copiedb y Ann Gyde of CCC. Mail Submissionfso r next year's issue to Dr. Julie Brown, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, Oregon 97103, between October 1 and January 10. No more than 10 pages prose or 5 poems. Please include SASE for return, and include name, address, and phone number on alle ntries Rain Fditorial Staff 1999 Dr. Julie Brown: Faculty Advisor Heather Grinstead: Typesetting, Layout, Design, Copyediting Barbara Darby: Layout, Technical Assistance Dan Steiner: Layout, Cover Design, Proofreading Sabina Brown: Cover Design, Correspondence, Publicity, Proofreading John Hood: Proofreading, Technical Assistance Errol Davis: Proofreading, Correspondence August Boyer. Correspondence, Publicity, Proofreading Shannon Tripp: Mockup, Cover Design, Proofreading Jessica Gisby: Correspondence, Editorial Assistance Summer Heikkila: Treasurer, Publicity Jereen Laferrtere: Publicity, Paper Selection Contents Kim Vic Campbell Tavern Chicks Jan Bono Bar Talk Jan Bono Snake Man (She Nanren) Reba J. Owen 10 The Cobra Sharon Johnson 13 Snow on Bamboo Brian Harrison 14 Transition Wayne Wergeland £5, Surprise! Tim Dalrymple 16 Coho T. Fredson 17 The River III Linda Werner 18 Estuary Light Susan Firghil Park 20 Hatku J & II Jereen Laferriere Fs | Dandelion Sun Russ Hunter Haf s Why We're Eating Dinner at Nine Diane S. Hankins 23 Night at Eagle Rock Diane S. Hankins 24 Presence: Elk Herda t 3:00am Michael Ray Seaman 25 Camp Asleep David Campiche 27 Dinner for One David Campiche 29 Riding in a Car Rae Marie Zimmerling 31 You Said "18 Months..." Stell Seeley sie) Death ofa Viking (for Egil) Tom Hannen 35 Old Nurses of America Betty J. Pico Ownbey 36 Guardian Florence Sage SPs Breakfast with Betty Karen Braucher 38 Hometown Youth Dorene Schmitz 40 That Summer I Turned Twelve Nancy Hoffman 41 They're Alive Barbara Darby 7 bps Rain Forest Farm Rochelle Coulombe 45 Apologies to Josephine Ackerman Mary Longton 47 Gifted Mike McCauley 48 Ship's Galley Guy Hoppen 50 Seahaven Revisisted 51 Carol Knutson A Reassuring Streak of Blue Carol Knuston 54 Raspberry Tarts GailB . Balden 56 Taking my Mother Susan Firghil Park 58 A Moment with the Missouri Claudia Ackerman 59 Florence (1899-1965) June Stromberg 61 Long Nights of Gaity as Couples Danancd Reomadnce d June Stromberg 62 The Lighthouse Keeper Julie S. Cederberg 63 Equivalence Anne Phillips 64 Aurora Polaris Anne Phillips 65 Conscientious Sweating Dan Stetner 66 Point of View Franklin D. Christhilf 68 A Chinese College Freshman Asks Me the Meaning of Life via Internet, 1997A.D. Karen Braucher 7O