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Todd Hansen of La Center chops wood Saturday afternoon inside the blacksmith shop at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland. Hansen and his sons are part of a volunteer team that will soon repair the blacksmith shop’s cedar shake roof. The nonprofit Friends of the Cedar Creek Grist Mill group also is fundraising to repair the 45-year-old roof on the main mill building. (Kelly Moyer/The Columbian)

Bradley Zumstein, treasurer of the Friends of the Cedar Creek Grist Mill group, dips into a vat of freshly milled flour at the historic Woodland grist mill on Saturday afternoon.

Cedar Creek Grist Mill caretaker Jeffrey Berry, left, talks to a visitor Saturday at the historic grain mill in Woodland.

The historic Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland is seen from a viewpoint across Cedar Creek on Saturday afternoon. Volunteers are raising money to repair the mill’s aging roof. (Kelly Moyer/The Columbian)

A bucket catches water from a leaky roof atop the historic Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland on Saturday afternoon. The Friends of the Cedar Creek Grist Mill hopes to raise enough money, or collect enough donated materials and labor, to repair the mill’s aging roof. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/The Columbian)

A bucket catches water from a leaky roof atop the historic Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland on Saturday afternoon. The Friends of the Cedar Creek Grist Mill hopes to raise enough money, or collect enough donated materials and labor, to repair the mill’s aging roof. (Kelly Moyer/The Columbian)

A misty, springtime rain blankets the Woodland area as the Cedar Creek Grist Mill shows signs of the season April 24, 2020. The mill was built in 1876 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)