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We are fortunate that the editors of PacificNW magazine of The Seattle Times asked us to prepare a cover-story package for the magazine’s print edition scheduled for Sunday, May 17, 2020, one day prior to the 40th anniversary of the mountain’s May 18, 1980, eruption.

Below are links to what we came up with. We hope you enjoy it all.

— Jean Sherrard and Clay Eals

1. The Cover Story

• “Love, Loss & a Lodge: Rob Smith and Kathy Paulson continue to feel the aftershocks — and the awe — of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens”

2. The Sidebar

• “The Grateful Dead song ‘Fire on the Mountain’ shakes Rob Smith — and Portland”

3. The Backstory

• “Forty years later, the stories of St. Helens unearth the wonder and dread of a lifetime”

4. Forty stories for the 40th

• Most of these stories originated via the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center, thanks to interpretive specialist Alysa Adams. They are edited by us and  are presented in alphabetical order.