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On this day in history, April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was
celebrated — ushering in a host of new environmental
legislation.

The idea for the observation "Earth Day" originated with Sen.
Gaylord Nelson, a Democrat from Wisconsin, who had "long
been concerned about the deteriorating environment in the
United States.”  (EarthDay.org.) 

Gaylord Anton Nelson
(June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005)

NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child
education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in
New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World
Record for the longest chess marathon.

Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s
education across Africa through the record attempt that
began on Wednesday.

He had set out to play the royal game for 58 hours but
continued until he reached 60 hours at about 12:40 a.m.
Saturday, surpassing the current chess marathon record
of 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018
by Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad.

The Guinness World Record organization has yet to publicly
comment about Onakoya’s attempt. It sometimes takes weeks
for the organization to confirm any new record.

The mountain lodge is located on the south side of Mount
Hood in Clackamas County, Oregon, about 60 miles east
of Portland.

Roosevelt at the podium, dedicating Timberline Lodge.

Timberline Lodge was dedicated September 28, 1937, by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above).

He dedicated the lodge, saying, "I am here to dedicate the
Timberline Lodge and I do so in the words of the bronze
tablet directly in front of me on the coping of this wonderful
building: ‘Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood National Forest
dedicated September 28, 1937, by the President of the United
States as a monument to the skill and faithful performance of
workers on the rolls of the Works Progress Administration.”

Most work was complete at the time of the dedication. After
some interior details were finished, the lodge opened to the
public February 4, 1938.

Dedication panel, Timberline Lodge, Timberline Trail, Government Camp, Clackamas County.

On Thursday, April 18, 2024 a fire broke out at the lodge requiring multiple fire agencies to respond.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multiple fire agencies responded to
a three-alarm fire at the historic Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood Thursday night.

According to Clackamas Fire, employees at the lodge called
firefighters at about 9:30 to report that a fire was burning in
the lodge’s attic.

Firefighters said that they had gotten a good handle on the fire
and were doing everything they could to preserve the historic
building.

Firefighters from Hoodland Fire, Gresham Fire, Estacada, and
Portland also responded. Timberline is closed at this time.

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