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Get a taste of gardening at an open house Alder Creek Farm hosts gardening day Aug. 20 NEHALEM — If you’ve ever thought about joining a community garden or turning a garden in your own backyard, here is the chance to get started: Alder Creek Farm & Wildlife Sanctuary will host a community garden open house and work party at its organic community garden at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Visitors will see a small-scale working farm in action and learn more about composting and irrigation. Be prepared to work alongside volunteers and master

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gardeners weeding, pruning and harvesting. All experience levels are welcome, and it’s recommended children come with an adult and be old enough to work independently. Master gardener lesson begins at 10 a.m. Bring water and your own gardening gloves if you have them. Alder Creek Farm is located at 35955 Underhill Lane. This is a free event, and registration is not required. Lower Nehalem Community Trust is a community land trust dedicated to preserving land and nurturing conservation values in partnership with an engaged community in the Nehalem

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region of the Oregon Coast. Its community garden at Alder Creek Farm is that rare place of colorful beauty and magic where volunteers come together to grow food to share among themselves and with families and neighbors served by the North County Food Pantry in Wheeler. Last year the community garden donated nearly a ton of fresh organic fruits and veggies to the food pantry. Alder Creek Farm is a 59-acre natural area and wildlife sanctuary, and the community garden honors conservation with organic and sustainable food systems. The farm is also a beloved birding site and a

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stop on the Oregon Coast Birding Trail. In addition to the garden, the farm hosts a native plant nursery, greenhouse, fruit orchard and ethnobotanical trail. For more information, visit nehalemtrust.org or call Lower Nehalem Trust at 503-368-3203. This programming is part of the Explore Nature series of hikes, walks, paddles and outdoor adventures throughout Tillamook County. Created by Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, Lower Nehalem Community Trust, Lower Nehalem Watershed Council, Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS, Tillamook Bay Watershed Council and Friends of Cape Falcon

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Creative collaboration with ‘Word & Image’ The second annual art exhibition at the Hoffman Center for the Arts opens Aug. 20

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Pablo Picasso noted that, “Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.” That sentiment could apply to the Hoffman Center for the Arts’ second annual “Word & Image” show, a creative collaboration between a wide variety of writers and artists. The project — which began with a call for submissions in April — will culminate at a reception and presentation of the collaborative efforts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. The first iteration of “Word & Image” began in 2015 as a spin-off of the Hoffman Center’s weekly Writer’s Lounge. There, writers are invited to create short pieces in response to various prompts, whether they are a phrase, an image or an object. “One day we were talking about writers responding to objects, and we thought how cool would it be to flip-flop that,” says Emily Ransdell, co-organizer of the exhibition. Ransdell, a prolific poet, handles the writer’s side of the event. Painter and photographer Deborah DeWit, whose work can be found in Whitebird Gallery in Cannon Beach, is in charge of organizing the artists. The basis for the project boils down to the Greek word “ekphrastic,” defined as an often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art. “It is a time-honored writing tradition,” Ransdell says, pointing to “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by English

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By Emily Ransdell Our long sleep wakes us hungry, yet we linger skin to skin, saying it is early still. Our bodies like petals opened by sunlight, familiar flower, velvet palm and thigh. You had worked all day to ready our garden for winter, staking the honey locust, shoring up the hydrangea, its shoulders stooped with sodden bloom. Before bed we had turned back the clocks and closed the house against wind. Now we rise and look down at the Rose of Sharon which has let go its leaves, each golden wing has flown.

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The “Word & Image” show tasks writers and artists with responding to each other’s work. Last year, Emily Ransdell provided the poem “Fall Back,” and artist Deborah DeWit generated the painting “Time Change” in response.

poet John Keats as a prime example. The idea proved to be a hit, and 2015 saw 15 submissions. “We tried to pare it down to 10 this year but ended up with 12,” Ransdell says. “We wanted to make sure everyone got enough time to be represented.” Entries are done via a blind submission process. Artists and writers each submitted three pieces of their previous work during the month of April. Then, in June,

they were randomly paired; Ransdell says the names were literally drawn from a hat. Next, the artist was given their writer’s three pieces, and the writer was given their artist’s three images. The artist chooses one of their writer’s pieces and creates a new art piece inspired by that writing, while the writer selects one of their artist’s images and writes something original in response. Unlike a more typical themed show, the concept of

response art and writing enables each participant to both showcase their own personal style and to connect with others through interpreting one another’s work. The show puts no restrictions on what type of artists can participate, and Ransdell says the mediums run the gamut from painters to dimensional paper design to sculpture. It’s up to each pair to decide how to proceed with the creative process, the only caveat being that all

participants must have some connection to the coast. “Some of them choose to meet up and discuss their projects; others don’t meet at all,” she says. “We call it ‘silent collaboration.’” Ransdell recalls the poem she wrote for last year’s pilot show; she wrote it in response to a painting of blackbirds in low grass created by DeWit. Nervous at ﬁrst, Ransdell says the more she worked on it, the more eager she was to share it with others.

“It’s the excitement of an artist having their work interpreted by someone else,” she says, adding that it also helps both writer and artist experience other mediums and stretch creatively. At the reception event, the artists and writers will unveil their work: The writer will read his or her work while an image of their paired artist’s creation is projected onto a screen. The artist, in turn, will speak about their creations. Paired works will be displayed side by side on broadsides, as well as the original art pieces. A book of this summer’s whole collection of paired works will also be for sale. “We are so impressed by the level of work,” Ransdell says. As the event draws closer, Ransdell says that she feels “Word & Image” will only continue to grow and inspire in the coming years. “There’s some kind of magic that happens with this,” she says. “The stuff ends up working so well together, you couldn’t plan it any better.”

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Early music festival set in Astoria Musica Maestrale Summer Festival features concerts and workshops Aug. 19 and 20

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Portland country band Denver will perform Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Sou’Wester Lodge in Seaview, Washington.

Hear country rock, experimental pop at Sou’Wester Lodge SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Sou’Wester Lodge will host live music performances at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20 and 21. The shows are open to the public, and there is no cover charge. The Sou’Wester Lodge is located at 3728 J Place. For more information, call 360-6422542. On Saturday, Portland-based country band Denver will perform. Sharing vocal and songwriting duties, Birger Olsen, Mike Elias and Tom Bevitori are the heart of Denver. The rest of the lineup has long included several of Portland’s finest players, currently consisting of of drummer Sean MacNeil, bassist Billy Slater and Lewi Longmire on lead guitar. The band’s latest album, “Rowdy Love,” showcases the distinct voices of Olsen, Elias and Bevitori. It’s a natural melding of styles that’s evolved from afternoons on Olsen’s back porch, late nights around Elias’ fire pit, and every last time they’ve nailed “The Weight” harmonies at the old Triple Nickel. Denver’s

three songwriters may come to the process with varying styles and influences, but Denver’s country songwriting is universally honest and bare, whiskey-fueled, sweat-soaked, and steeped in working class life. On Sunday, a group of songwriting friends — Tara Jane O’Neil, Katy Davidson, Cynthia Nelson and Geoff Soule — will collaborate to bring listeners a night of music. O’Neil is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and visual artist. She creates melodic and experimental music under her own name and in collaboration with friends. Her recordings and live performances range from solo songing to noise improvisations. She has composed and performed music and sound for films, theater and dance performances, and written large and small ensemble experimental architectures. Davidson (formerly Dear Nora, Key Losers) writes and performs lyric-driven experimental pop music that explores the liminal zones between reality and alt-realities.

ASTORIA — A festival of concerts, workshops and social events with well-known performers and instructors of Renaissance and Baroque music is coming to Astoria. The Musica Maestrale Summer Festival will take place Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20. All concerts and workshops will be at Grace Episcopal Church, located 1545 Franklin Ave. Musica Maestrale, a Portland-based early music ensemble, brings together local musicians with national and international reputations to perform the varied repertoire from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Using only historically accurate instruments, Musica Maestrale explores the tone, depth and character of the quieter, temperamental Renaissance and Baroque instruments, and aims to provide a more intimate musical experience than that of the modern orchestral concert. The festival features morning and afternoon workshops for musicians and auditors as well as noon and 7 p.m. concerts open to the public. Performers and workshop leaders include: Phil and Gayle Neuman, who focus on Renaissance instruments and consort music; Musica Maestrale Artistic Director Hideki Yamaya, a lute, early guitar and continuo specialist; Christine Beckman, a violin and Baroque instrumental performer; Gwendolyn Toth, a harpsichord and continuo performer; and Arwen Myers, a soprano and Baroque vocal performer. Friday’s events focus on Renaissance music. The

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Violinist Christine Beckman performs frequently with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, the Salish Sea Early Music Festival, and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra.

Gwendolyn Toth plays harpsichord and continuo.

morning and afternoon workshops, taught by the Neumans, are on Renaissance consort performance. The noon concert will feature Yamaya on lute and early guitars. The evening concert from 7 to 9 p.m. will feature a selection of Renaissance music performed by Ensemble de Organographia. Saturday’s events focus on Baroque music. The morning workshop is a Baroque vocal master class taught by Myers and Yamaya, while the afternoon workshop is a Baroque instrumental master class by Beckman and Yamaya. Saturday’s noon concert will feature the Neumans on

Musica Maestrale Artistic Director Hideki Yamaya is a guitarist and lutenist who has been active as a performer and teacher in California and Oregon for over 15 years.

Soprano Arwen Myers has been featured as a soloist with such ensembles as the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra.

extreme early instruments. The evening 7 p.m. concert will showcase Baroque vocal music with Myers and Yamaya, followed by a post-concert gathering. A variety of different ticket packages are available. Those who want to participate in all events can choose from three packages that include lodging, ranging from $345 to $450. The all-event participant package without lodging is $225. A limited number of scholarships are available for currently enrolled music majors. For more information, email Hideki at hidekiyamaya@yahoo.com Passes to all four music workshops cost $170 for

participants and $55 for auditors. Individual workshop tickets are $45 for participants and $15 for auditors. Passes to all four concerts are $45 for adults, $38 for seniors and $26 for students. Individual tickets to each noon concert are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for students. Individual tickets for evening concerts are available in advance: $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and $10 for students. Individual evening concert tickets at the door are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and $10 for students. For more information or for tickets, visit http://musicamaestrale.org

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Professor to discuss the future of racial diversity in Oregon ASTORIA — Although 2010 Census data show Oregon’s population becoming more racially diverse, the state remains one of the whitest in the nation. Many Oregonians value racial diversity and the dimension and depth it adds to our lives, yet we remain largely isolated from one another and have yet to fulfill the vision of a racially integrated society. What does the racial integration of place require of us, and how might we prepare to create and embrace this opportunity? This is the focus of “White Out? The Future of

Racial Diversity in Oregon,” a free conversation with Willamette University professor Emily Drew at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 at the Astoria Public Library, located at 450 10th St. This program is hosted by the Lower Columbia Diversity Project and Astor Library Friends Association and sponsored by Oregon Humanities. Drew is an associate professor of sociology at Willamette University, where she teaches courses on racism, race and ethnicity, urban sociology, mass media and social change. She earned her doctorate from Loyola

University Chicago and has published articles in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Television & New Media, and Tourism & Cultural Change. Through the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities offers free programs that engage community members in thoughtful, challenging conversations about ideas critical to Oregonians’ daily lives and the state’s future. Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Cannon Beach Chorus welcomes new members The first rehearsal of the fall season is set for Sept. 12 in Cannon Beach

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Willamette University professor Emily Drew will speak about racial diversity in Oregon Aug. 19 at the Astoria Public Library.

For more information about this free community discussion, contact Ami Kreider at 503-325-7323 or akreider@astoria.or.us

Voluntary Stewardship Program explained for agricultural lands in upcoming workshops PACIFIC COUNTY, Wash. — Washington state’s new Voluntary Stewardship Program is a first-in-thenation approach to promoting agriculture while protecting environmentally sensitive areas on agricultural lands — including streams, wetlands, aquifers and geologically hazardous areas (collectively called “critical areas”). Enabled under the state’s Growth Management Act, the VSP uses a collaborative process to identify, coordinate, and build upon existing programs and practices that address agricultural impacts on critical areas. In Pacific County, the VSP will build upon local knowledge and best practices for farming and conservation activities to help individual farmers create voluntary, site-specific stewardship plans for their lands. “The VSP is not a new

set of regulations,” notes Tim Crose, director of Pacific County’s Department of Community Development. “Instead of imposing new regulations on agricultural lands, the VSP provides an opportunity for the agricultural community to voluntarily work together for effective, locally tailored environmental stewardship.” To introduce the VSP to landowners, four workshops will be hosted at locations throughout the county: • 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, NaselleGrays River Schools, 793 State Route 4, Naselle. • 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, Willapa Valley High School, 22 Viking Way, Raymond. • 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, Shoalwater Bay Tribal Center, 2373 Tokeland Road, Tokeland.

• 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, Pacific Coast Cranberry Museum, 2907 Pioneer Road, Long Beach. In each workshop, the VSP process will be described using maps and visual displays to show where agricultural activities and critical areas intersect in the county. Existing conservation strategies and agricultural practices will be discussed with regard to how county critical areas can be stewarded under the VSP while promoting sustainable agricultural activities at the same time. All interested stakeholders, including farmers and farm associations, tribal representatives, local environmentalists, government agencies, and other public parties are encouraged to attend a nearby workshop to learn more about the VSP and are

also invited to the regular meetings of the Working Group developing the VSP plan for Pacific County. These meetings are held fro 5 to 7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the Commissioners Meeting Room at 1216 W. Robert Bush Drive in South Bend. More information on all meeting opportunities can be found online at www. co.pacific.wa.us/dcd/VSP. htm or by calling 360-8759356.

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CANNON BEACH — The Cannon Beach Chorus will begin rehearsals for the 2016-17 performance year on Sept. 12 at the Cannon Beach Community Church, located at 132 E. Washington St. The non-audition chorus will begin its 27th year of singing and welcomes singers age 16 and older. Rehearsals are held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday evening and are led by choral director of John Buehler. The repertoire for the fall season — focusing on Christmas celebrations around the world — will include “Gloria,” a three-movement work for mixed voices by British composer John Rutter; “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “Silent Night” arranged by John

Rutter; and carols from Venezuela, France, Spain and Nigeria. Chorus membership is comprised of individuals from Ocean Park, Washington; Astoria; Warrenton; Gearhart; Seaside; Cannon Beach; Manzanita; Nehalem; Wheeler; Rockaway Beach and Tillamook. The Cannon Beach Chorus is an advocate for choral music education in public schools and offers a vocal scholarship annually to students participating in choral singing. The 2016-17 recipient is Ellie Whitlock, a freshman music major at Pacific University. Choral members are encouraged to arrive a few minutes early for the first rehearsal, since music will be distributed and the necessary paperwork completed. For more information, visit www. cannonbeachchorus.org. For carpooling opportunities, call 503436-0378.

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Learn about printmaking with Find 13 varieties of garlic Cannon Beach Arts Association at Clatskanie Garlic Festival CANNON BEACH — The Cannon Beach Arts Association will offer two events focusing on printmaking Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20 and 21. On Saturday, the public is invited to a panel discussion about printmaking, ideas, techniques and practicalities. Printmakers Frank Boyden, Liza Jones and Jani Hoberg will discuss their art, how they approach their work, their influences, careers, and the practicalities of being a practicing artist. The audience will include other invited artists contributing to a lively discussion. The event will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Cannon Beach Gallery. The discussion is a free event, but reserved seating

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Liza Jones and two other printmakers will discuss their work Aug. 20 at Cannon Beach Gallery.

can be booked online at squareup.com/store/cannon-beach-arts-association Sunday offers an opportunity to visit two artist studios and see the artists

demonstrate different printmaking techniques. This printmaking studio tour is set for 10:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., leaving from and returning to the Cannon Beach Gallery. The tour will visit Susan Walsh and Claudia Johnson’s studio, where Walsh will demonstrate linocut printing. Then, following a picnic lunch, tour-goers will visit the studio of Jones and Paul Miller, where Jones will demonstrate etching techniques. Tickets for the tour are $60 for nonmembers and $50 for CBAA members. Tickets include transportation and a picnic lunch. Tickets are available online at squareup.com/store/ cannon-beach-arts-association

CLATSKANIE — The Clatskanie Farmers Market will hold its second annual Garlic Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at Copes Park. This year roasted garlic and artisan breads will be featured, along with numerous types of goat cheese to accompany the pungent star ingredient. One new vendor is making a garlic-infused chevre for the occasion. The market has taken full advantage of the new state law allowing home bakers to sell their goods. You should expect to find artisan loaves, focaccia as well as a variety of other bakery treats. The farmers market’s regular food demonstration booth will turn its talents to all things garlic for the occasion. The market’s tapas chef will turn out salsas, gazpachos and pickled cloves to highlight the flavors of raw garlic.

Come early for the usual offerings of the market, but stay for the garlic. Clatskanie is blessed with ideal conditions for growing the allium: wet winters trending toward drier weather in early summer and soil rich in nutrients.

Attendees can find at least 13 varieties of hard and soft neck garlic. Even though elephant garlic isn’t true garlic (it’s in the leek family) at least one grower will offer it as well. All told, there will be several hundred bulbs to choose from. Garlic aficionados search markets far and wide to find their favorite varieties. The Garlic Festival will offer old

favorites like Spanish roja, Susanville, Italian late, and music. There will also be a wide selection of harder-tofind garlics, including Jimmy’s blue mountain, pitterelli, notka rose, bogatyr, Penasco blue, duganski, Mount Hood, Turk giant, purple glazer, and blanak. This year, due to excellent gardening practices — but possibly because of the winter floods — the bulbs are enormous. This Saturday, you won’t have to drive to Portland or Seattle to find delicious bodacious bulbs that have been pumping up dishes for 7,000 years. Whether you’re looking for that yearly bag of music garlic (vendors are diligent about curing — it has a shelf life of four to six months), want a spicy bulb to kick up your barbecue sauce, or you’re just curious and would like to sample roasted garlic and chevre, Clatskanie’s Garlic Festival will meet your needs.

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MANZANITA — Learn to create impressions of the surrounding landscape in a Chinese Painting Workshop. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 27 and 28 at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. There will be an hour break for lunch each day. The workshop will explore numerous ways to depict rocks, mountains, trees, mist and clouds using Chinese materials and brush

strokes. Students will experiment with sumi ink, Chinese watercolor and various brushes and papers, including mulberry and hemp. Techniques include using: a split brush and sea sponges for textures, special Chinese papers for wet-in-wet ink and paint application to express subtle atmospheric effects, and a monotype technique to create unexpected backgrounds to develop further with detailed brushwork. There will be daily demonstrations and lots of hands-on practice. Students will complete two or more

paintings. The class will be taught by Cindy Lommasson. She has been teaching Chinese brush painting to aspiring artists of all ages since 2005 in the Portland area. To see her work, go to www.cindylommasson.com Cost is $190 ($160 for tuition plus a $30 supply fee). Students will pay the instructor directly by check only for this event. Contact the instructor directly via email for more information on registration: cindylommasson@comcast.net This workshop will be limited to 10 students.

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Get your tickets for the Cannon Beach Cottage & Garden Tour CANNON BEACH — If you haven’t purchased tickets for the Cannon Beach Cottage & Garden Tour, now is the time. Tickets start at $30 and include a tour of homes and gardens of Tolovana, wine tasting, live music, beer from Fort George Brewery and more. The event is a fundraiser for the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum and offers attendees the chance to see historic cottages, grand beach dream homes and beautifully manicured gardens. Over the years the tour has received accolades from Oregon Home Magazine, Sunset Magazine, The Oregonian, Seattle Times and more. Scheduled for Sept. 9 to 11, the tour is a multiday event that begins with an exclusive concert and reception Sept. 9 at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum. Kelsey Mousley and the Next Right Thing will perform; Mousley’s sound and style has been compared to a young Diana Krall. Concert attendees will enjoy delectable treats created by Newman’s at 988 and Sea Level Bakery & Coffee. Tickets to this event are limited and cost $12. On Sept. 10, attendees

are invited to a special luncheon and lecture at the Tolovana Inn. This year’s presentation will focus on vintage and traditional design and the reawakening of these styles in home design over the years. It’s possible to complete contemporary upgrades for today’s modern living while still maintaining the character of traditional homes. The speaker, Libby Holah, received her Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and has had her residential vintage and historically inspired designs featured in 1859 Magazine, Gray Magazine, Oregon Home Magazine and The Oregonian. She and her husband run HOLAH Design + Architecture in Portland. The presentation will take place in the event rooms at the Tolovana Inn. Tickets will not be available the day of, so get your tickets in advance. Tickets are $25. Following the luncheon and lecture, tour-goers are invited to tour the homes and gardens of Tolovana from 1 to 5 p.m. Tour historic cottages (the original “tiny house), grand beach homes, lodges, and inviting gardens.

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Libby Holah will speak about vintage and traditional home design Sept. 10.

Kelsey Mousley and the Next Right Thing will perform Sept. 9 at the museum.

One of the highlights of the 2016 tour will be the former summer cottage of Frank and Irta Woodfield. Frank Woodfield was a prolific and acclaimed photographer of the Oregon Coast and Astoria during the early 1900s. His wife was a talented poet. Both had a love of Cannon

Beach that was obvious from their works, which will be on display in the home. Tickets for the tour are $30 and include the post-tour reception and concert. Wind down or up after the tour with a concert and reception at the Cannon Beach History Center &

Oregon made teas. Enjoy morning goodies created by EVOO and volunteers. Tickets are $20. The Cottage and Garden Tour is the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum’s annual fundraiser put on by volunteers for the last 13 years. The event provides 20 percent of the organization’s annual income and allows the history center to provide a free field trip program to area schools, seasonal exhibits, and a free lecture series. You can purchase tickets on the website or by calling 503-436-9301. Tickets for each event may be purchased individually, or as a weekend package. Weekend packages are $60. Many of these events sell out, so make your plans as soon as you can. For more information regarding tickets or other events, contact the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum at 503436-9301, email info@ cbhistory.org, or visit www.cbhistory.org

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Museum. Kick off those walking shoes and slip on your dancing shoes for the Saturday night concert featuring Maggie & the Cats. Local libations will be flowing thanks to Nehalem Bay Winery and Fort George Brewery. This event is included in the cost of home tour tickets. The final event of the weekend is an English-style garden tea at the Tolovana Inn on Sept. 11. Attendees will enjoy English-style tea while enjoying a presentation by the event’s guest speaker, naturalist and author Sherian Wright. Wright is a retired mechanical engineer with a passion for insects, specifically bees. She tours regularly giving workshops and conducting speaking events on the topic of bees. Her book “Mason Bees for the Backyard Gardener” is easily turned into a multimedia display on creating the ideal garden for bees. Enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee from local coffee roaster Sleepy Monk as well as a selection

The good ole boys meet their match.

JUNE 17 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M. TICKETS: $18 OR $23 Sponsored by The Ocean Lodge, Inn at Cannon Beach, Lodges at Cannon Beach, Candi & Jon Holzgrafe and Dennis’ 7 Dees

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Let’s Murder Marsha A comedic romp about murder, double crosses and birthday surprises.

JUNE 24 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M. TICKETS: $15 OR $20 Sponsored by The Ocean Lodge, Inn at Cannon Beach, Lodges at Cannon Beach, Probuild/Milgard, and Leland E.G. Larson

Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com

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See a kite-flying spectacle Washington State International Kite Festival is biggest festival of its kind

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The 12th annual Buddy Walk at the Beach will take place Sept. 17 in Seaside. Registration is open to participate.

SEASIDE — Registration is now open for the 12th annual Buddy Walk at the Beach, set for Sept. 17 in downtown Seaside. Buddy Walk at the Beach is a national Down syndrome and special needs awareness walk that promotes acceptance and community support of people with developmental disabilities. Like last year, the nonprofit Sammy’s Place is sponsoring this year’s Buddy Walk. Founded in 2006, Sammy’s Place seeks to create a nature-centered living, working and respite community on the North Coast of Oregon for people with special needs and those who share their journey. The 2015 Buddy Walk at the Beach raised over $38,000 from nearly 500 supporters. “We were bolstered by the groundswell of support we received last year and heard that our vision was, indeed, shared by our special needs friends,” said Sam-

my’s Place President Julie Chick. “We have our work cut out for ourselves and want to keep the momentum moving forward.” This year’s goal is to raise an additional $15,000. You can register online to participate in the Buddy Walk at the Beach or make a donation at www.crowdrise.com/ BuddyWalkattheBeach2016 Most of the funds raised will continue to be used to purchase land to implement Sammy’s Place’s vision of an inclusive residential community. Additionally, Sammy’s Place is now turning its attention toward launching nature-based programs for and with the special needs community. These programs will be focused on recreational, educational and employment opportunities. Sammy’s Place seeks to empower the special needs community of Tillamook and Clatsop counties by creating opportunities to engage with the extraordinary natural environments of the North Coast of Oregon. Additionally, Sammy’s Place is working towards providing alternative housing options for adults with disabilities. For more information about Sammy’s Place, visit www.sammysplace.info

LONG BEACH, Wash. — All things kites will take over Long Beach as the Washington State International Kite Festival wraps up this weekend August 18 to 21. The festival offers a full, entertaining program of kite competitions, exhibitions and demonstrations, kite making and flying lessons, mass ascensions, indoor kite ballet, a teddy bear drop and more on the spaciously sandy beach. “For kite flyers this is the kite festival to fly at and be seen flying at,” said Holli Friddle-Kemmer, festival organizer and director of the World Kite Museum. “For those that want to try kite flying and other spectators, it’s a very user-friendly event where participation by all ages is encouraged.” Crowd favorites include the Rokkaku Battles, sport kites lessons and flying, themed mass ascensions, mystery ballet, and, on Friday, the magical lighted night fly followed by a fireworks display. This year, Island Quad, a remarkable team of quad line kite flyers from British Columbia, will be featured at the festival. Working on a freeform type of format instead of choreographed routines, the Island Quad leader uses commands similar to a caller in traditional square dancing to put a show together. With music, good winds, and the crowds’ appreciation, Island Quad puts their very best effort into surprising and thrilling a crowd. They will be performing artfully choreographed, breathtaking feats throughout the week. An expanded lineup of

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The Washington State International Kite Festival fills the skies of Long Beach with kites of all shapes and sizes.

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Barry Tislow, of Renton, Wash., needs some help as he tries to pull down his 750-square-foot kite at last year’s Washington International Kite Festival.

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The annual kite parade battled strong winds last year

live music will add to the festivities in the beergarden on the Bolstad beach access. Hear Pretty Gritty from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday and The Fog Band from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, everyone is welcome to join or watch the Parade of Colors, which will line up at 12:45 p.m. at the north end of the Long beach Boardwalk and then march

Bolstad Avenue beach approach is full of crowds and vendor tents during the Washington State International Kite Festival.

down the boardwarlk and around Field A. Saturday evening will see a Dinner, Auction & Tribute event held at the Long Beach Elks Lodge, located at 106 N. Pacific Way. Tickets are $25 and available during the week at the kite museum, at the museum’s tent and at the door. Only 200 tickets will be sold. Doors open for a

no-host bar at 5:30 p.m., and dinner begins at 7 p.m. There will be bag, silent and live auctions. The Washington State International Kite Festival is the longest running and biggest kite festival in the U.S. For a downloadable event program and more information, visit www.kitefestival. com

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NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY:

years of success

THE SEASIDE-BASED LAND TRUST CELEBRATES ITS ACHIEVEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARY WITH A PUBLIC SUMMER PICNIC AUG. 25 By DAN HAAG

Whether you live on the North Oregon Coast or just visit from time to time, it’s easy to take the area’s natural beauty for granted. Surrounded as we are by pristine beaches, swaths of forest and mountain vistas, we often assume it has always been and will always be this way. But without attention to conservation and action by passionate local advocates, forests and fields could be covered in housing developments, high rises and clear cuts. As the North Coast Land Conservancy prepares to celebrate 30 years of conserving natural landscapes on the Oregon Coast, the nonprofit land trust knows its best works are yet to come.

TIME TO CELEBRATE

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Jon Wickersham, associate director of North Coast Land Conservancy, poses for a portrait at a trailhead on NCLC’s Circle Creek Habitat Reserve property in Seaside.

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NCLC and volunteers planted 10,000 early blue violets in the Clatsop Plains in November 2015. The native flower is essential to the survival of the Oregon silverspot butterfly.

For three decades, North Coast Land Conservancy’s focus has been on stewardship actions with a mission of conservation at its core. It’s a mission with multiple facets: land acquisition projects, facilitating habitat development, and participating in community outreach programs. The goal of all of this has always been a fully functioning coastal landscape where people, plants and wildlife thrive. From its grassroots beginnings, NCLC has evolved into an organization that is responsible for coastal property from Astoria to Lincoln City. Jon Wicksersham, associate director of NCLC, says the organization now manages over 3,000 acres north to south, from the tip of the coast range into the ocean. That includes the newly enhanced 365-acre Circle Creek Habitat Reserve property in Seaside and the recently acquired 340-acre Boneyard Ridge on Tillamook Head, which shares a milelong border with Circle Creek. With those projects coinciding with the 30-year anniversary of NCLC, the

SUMMER PICNIC 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 Circle Creek Habitat Reserve, end of Rippet Road, Seaside Bring a potluck dish to share, a blanket or chair 503-738-9126 time seemed right to share the celebration. From 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, friends and supporters of NCLC and its mission are invited to the Circle Creek Conservation Center to toast the past and the future. The anniversary event will feature a ribbon-cutting for a legacy loop trail and boardwalk trail through wetlands at Circle Creek, guided trail walks, and music by Cannon Beach’s Wes Wahrmund. People are encouraged to bring a potluck item and chairs to make the event a picnic for all. “We have a lot to celebrate,” Wickersham says.

‘RIGHT PATH FORWARD’

NCLC is especially proud of the Boneyard Ridge property and with good reason; it is the culmination of nearly five years of work by staff and volunteers. “We’re all very excited about this one,” Wickersham says. “The sweet spot is usually about three years or so to do a project, depending on complexity and the price tag.” Not only was Boneyard Ridge one of the most time-consuming projects NCLC has tackled, it was also the most expensive, coming in at $1.3 million. “As you can imagine, it took us awhile to figure out the right path forward,” Wickersham says. The land was purchased from Greenwood Resources, and monetary support

was garnered from more than 120 private donations and a $524,000 grant from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the funding agency for acquisitions and protection of watersheds in the state. “There’s no way we could have done this without private donations or the help of Greenwood,” Wickersham says. While the huge time and effort spent on the acquisition of Boneyard Ridge is more exception than rule, any project NCLC invests in has multiple moving parts. Wickersham says that matching a project with NCLC’s priorities is key. “One thing we really look at is connectivity and proximity to other conserved land,” he says. The first step usually involves NCLC personnel getting out onto a potential acquisition and conducting an ecological assessment. From there, a conservation committee and the NCLC board of directors take a close look to ensure the organization’s mission is being met. Wickersham says all of the normal stages of any property purchase are combed through, including appraisals, environmental assessments, drafting easements, and lots of title research. “The whole process runs the gamut of anything you can imagine,” he says, adding that great detail is also given to potential granting partners. While many of us might feel bogged down in frustration of such tedium, Wickersham says the payoff is worth the effort. “We don’t get too frustrated, because the work is always rewarding,” he says. Wickersham adds that his favorite part of the job is working with landowners and people who are passionate about land conservation and sharing the NCLC vision. Plans for Boneyard Ridge are simple: Let it grow into a mature rain forest, something that is in rather short supply on the Oregon Coast. With its proximity to Ecola State Park

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and the Elmer Feldenheimer State natural Area, Wickersham says Boneyard Ridge represents a large contiguous area that stretches from the coast to the Necanicum Estuary, all of which make NCLC extremely proud of this project. “There’s something special about going out there the first time and realizing it’s always going to be here, always going to exist,” he says.

30 YEARS AND COUNTING

It is said that change is the only constant. From the NCLC point of view, that’s fantastic news, particularly when it comes to its growing staff. “We got our second staff member about 10 years ago, Katie Voelke, our director,” Wickersham says. Grants were written to help fund staff positions, and, slowly but surely, what began as a small all-volunteer effort in 1986 evolved into a conservation role model that now enlists eight staff and the support of hundreds of volunteers. Wickersham says the grassroots beginnings — which included meeting in people’s living rooms — have molded NCLC into what it is today. “To be able to reach out into the community and keep the level of support we have has been monumental,” he says. Volunteers are the lifeblood of any nonprofit, and NCLC is no exception. Wickersham says they have about 30 to 40 regular volunteers, as well as hundreds more they can call on for help with everything from budgetary help, to leading nature walks, to staging events. “The core of the NCLC is the volunteers, and many of them have been here since the beginning,” he says. “Getting to work with so many dedicated people makes coming to work fun every day.” When it comes to a project wishlist for the next 30 years, Wickersham says NCLC is always looking forward. “We like to say we’re on a 500-year time line,” he says with a laugh, adding that they are constantly drafting and updating conservation plans with the future in mind. With land at a premium and more and more people choosing the North Coast as a place to live or play, Wickersham sees NCLC stewardship as a vital piece of the conservation puzzle. Having grown up in the area, he feels that people who come here are drawn to the natural beauty and the efforts to preserve it. “People, plants and animals all thrive on the North Coast,” he says. “Everything has its place, and we want to continue to protect the special places here.”

THE GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FULLY FUNCTIONING COASTAL LANDSCAPE WHERE PEOPLE, PLANTS AND WILDLIFE THRIVE.

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Staff of North Coast Land Conservancy stand in a clearing on Boneyard Ridge, looking north to Seaside and east to the conservancy’s Circle Creek Habitat Reserve.

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Views from the trail at Circle Creek Habitat Reserve. The property will host a summer picnic Aug. 25 in honor of NCLC’s 30th anniversary.

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Last November, volunteers helped the North Coast Land Conservancy plant more than 10,000 early blue violets on the Clatsop Plains between Gearhart and Warrenton.

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About 35 volunteers showed up to NCLC’s Circle Creek Trails Cleanup on April 23 to prepare the habitat reserve for the summer hiking season.

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COA S T W E E K E N D C A L E N DA R Friday, Aug. 19 Grange Market 10 a.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-4953. Features home-baked goods, woodcrafts, art, honey and jewelry. Canoeing 1 p.m., Broadway Park, boat dock, 1300 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-3311, $20-30. Canoe along the Necanicum confluence; reservation required.

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Thursday, Aug. 18 Meet the Author 7 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-7386742. Deb Vanasse will read from her newest book “Wealth Woman,” followed by a Q&A session and book signing. “Shanghaied” 7 p.m., Astor Street Opry Company, 129 W. Bond St., Astoria, 503-325-6104, $13 to $21. “Shanghaied in Astoria” mixes vaudeville, soap opera and Hollywood-style musicals with local and folklore culture. “9 to 5: The Musical” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, $18-23. “9 to 5: The Musical” is a story of office satire, friendship and revenge.

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Coast Weekend suggested events

Rummage Sale 9 a.m., 3470 Hwy. 101, Gearhart, 503-3252772. A fundraiser to benefit Angels for Sara senior dog sanctuary inside the former Gearhart Workout office space next to Pacific Title. Gem & Mineral Show 10 a.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside. Find giveaways, raffles and a variety of gemstones, fossils, minerals and more.

Puget Island Market 3 to 6 p.m., Stockhouse’s Farm, 59 W. Birnie Slough Road, Cathlamet, Wash5. Shop for produce, kim chi, bread, desserts, jams, meat and honey. Columbia-Pacific Farmers Market 3 to 6 p.m., Veterans Field, 3rd and Oregon

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Saturday, Aug. 20 streets, Long Beach, Wash. Find produce, meat, dairy, baked goods, flowers, music. Manzanita Market 5 to 8 p.m., Laneda Ave. and 5th St., Manzanita. Find produce and entertainment. Diversity Discussion 6 p.m., Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St., Astoria, 503-325-7323. Emily Drew will give a talk on racial diversity and the whiteness of Oregon. “I Am My Own Wife” 7 p.m., NCRD, 36155 9th St., Nehalem, 503842-5566, $15. Based on the true story of transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf who survived Nazi Germany; adult content. “Shanghaied in Astoria” 7 p.m., ASOC Playhouse, 129 W. Bond St., Astoria, 503-3256104, $13-21. “Let’s Murder Marsha” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, $15-20. “Let’s Murder Marsha” is a comedy.

Friday Night Flicks

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7:30 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-368-3846, $5. “Voyagers Without Trace” is a film tracing the 900-mile journey in 1938 of three French kayakers. Concessions available.

Radio Theater 8:30 p.m., KALA, 1017 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-338-4878, $12. Watch live theater versions of the old radio shows “Fibber McGee & Molly” and “The Goon Show.”

artist reception and reading will kick off the Word and Image show. “I Am My Own Wife” 7 p.m., NCRD Theater, 36155 9th St., Nehalem, 503-842-5566, $15. Based on the true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf who survived Nazi Germany as a transvestite, adult content.

Discover Haystack 9 a.m., on the beach at Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, free. Haystack Rock Awareness Program hosts a kids day.

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Svensen Market 9 a.m., Wickiup Grange, 92683 Svensen Market Road, Svensen. Find antiques, toys and household items. Garlic Festival 10 a.m., Copes Park, off Lillich St., Clatskanie. Clatskanie Farmers Market’s second annual Garlic Festival features several hundred garlic bulbs, roasted garlic and artisan breads. Gem Show 10 a.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside. Find giveaways, raffles and gemstones, fossils and minerals.

“Shanghaied in Astoria” 7 p.m., ASOC Playhouse, 129 W. Bond St., Astoria, 503-3256104, $13-21.

Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 18 to 21

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Washington State Int’l Kite Festival

10 a.m., all day, World Kite Museum, 303 Sid Snyder Drive, and on the beach at Bolstad Avenue, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-4020, all ages. The Washington State International Kite Festival comes to a stunning ending this weekend with workshops, kite battles, fun flies, mass ascensions, a parade, kids activites and fireworks Saturday night. Grange Market 10 a.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-4953. Find home-baked goods, woodcrafts, honey, nuts, art and jewelry. Community Garden Open House 10 a.m., Alder Creek Farm, 35955 Underhill Lane, Nehalem, 503-368-3203, free. See a small working farm in action and learn about composting.

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Pickleball 10 a.m., Camp Rilea Gymnasium, 333168 Patriot Way, Warrenton, 503-860-1382, $4, all levels. Great exercise and fun, includes demonstrations and instruction; balls and paddles provided. Saturday Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Harbor front at Howerton Way, Ilwaco, Wash. This market features arts and crafts, farm fresh produce, food booths and live music with Double J & the Boys.

Summer Plant Clinic 10 a.m., Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 Lake St., Ilwaco, Wash. WSU Master Gardeners of Pacific County will address plant questions, concerns and suggestions; peony roots available for sale. Panel Discussion 10:30 a.m., Cannon Beach Gallery, 1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-0744, free. Frank Boyden, Liza Jones and Jani Hoberg will discuss their work as printmakers.

SummerFest Noon, along Pacific Ave., Long Beach, Wash., free, all ages. SummerFest offers family friendly activities and entertainment including safety programs, horse and wagon rides and live music with Naselle Marimba Band. CHIP-in 1 to 4 p.m., Riverwalk and 39th St., Astoria, 503-298-2467. Join Chip-in and Columbia Riverkeepers in

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cleaning up areas of the Riverwalk Trail. Author Visit 2 p.m., South Bend Library, 1216 W. First St., South Bend, Wash., 360-8755532. Karen Harris Tully will read from her newest book “The Faarian Chronicles: Inheritance,” books available for sale. Artist Reception 7 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-3683846. An opening

“9 to 5: The Musical” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361242, $18-23. Radio Theater 8:30 p.m., KALA, 1017 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-3384878, $12. Ken Chapman, Arnie Hummasti and Ardi Urell-Chapman presents “Fibber McGee & Molly” and “The Goon Show” live Radio Theater.

Astoria Market 10 a.m., 12th St., Astoria, 503-325-1010. Astoria Sunday Market offers local products by farmers, craftspeople and artisans; music with Blue Pickup. Gem & Mineral Show 10 a.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside, free. Gem, Mineral, Jewelry & Fossil Show. Svensen Market 10 a.m., Wickiup Grange, 92683 Svensen Market Road, Svensen. Find antiques, toys, household items and handmade goods. Studio Tour 10:15 a.m., Cannon

Beach Gallery, 1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4360744, $50-60. Visit two printmakers’ studios and see the artists demo; ticket includes transport and lunch. SummerFest Noon, along Pacific Ave., Long Beach, Wash. Find family friendly activities. Farm Stand 1 p.m., Wickiup Grange, 92683 Svensen Market Road, Svensen, 503-4680921. Find seasonal, agricultural products. “I Am My Own Wife” 2 p.m., NCRD Theater, 36155 9th St., Nehalem, 503-842-5566, $15. Charlotte von Mahlsdorf survived Nazi Germany as a transvestite; contains adult content.

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Comedy Night 9 p.m., Merry Time Bar, 995 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503468-0852, 21+. An evening of stand up comedy produced by Suzi DeNight.

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On the Land 10 a.m., Oswald West State Park, Manzanita, 503-738-6742. Join Chrissy Smith, of the Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, on a hike to Cape Falcon. Sign up required.

“Let’s Murder Marsha” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361242, $15-20. “Let’s Murder Marsha” is a comedy romp about murder, double crosses and birthday surprises.

CB Farmers Market 2 to 5 p.m., Gower and Hemlock streets, Cannon Beach. Find flowers, produce, meat, cheeses, handcrafted artisan food products and a children’s program.

NED Talk 6 p.m., Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, 503-338-2411. Astoria Downtown Historic District Association will put on a free NED talk with Mike Angiletta.

Wednesday, Aug. 24 Pacific County Fair 9 a.m., Pacific County Fairgrounds, State Route 6, Menlo, Wash., 360-942-3713, $3-10. An old-fashioned traditional county fair with animal exhibits, horse shows, carnival rides, games, food vendors, arts and textiles, and music.

Seaside Farmers Market 3 to 7 p.m., Broadway Middle School parking lot, off Roosevelt, Seaside. Find produce, meat, cheeses, music and kids’ activities. “9 to 5: The Musical” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock

St., Cannon Beach, 503436-1242, $18-23. “9 to 5” is an office satire. Movies in the Park 8:30 p.m., Fred Lindstrom Park, 6th and Niagara streets, Astoria, all ages, free. Watch Disney’s “Aladdin,” rated G; concessions available.

Thursday, Aug. 25 Bird Survey 9 a.m., Fort Stevens State Park, 100 Peter Iredale Road, Hammond, 8+. Help monitor birds in the park, meet at Battery Russell. Birthday Weekend 9 a.m., Fort Clatsop, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, free. This weekend, the National Park Service offers entrance fee free days to celebrate turning 100.

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Pacific County Fair 10 a.m., Pacific County Fairgrounds, State Route 6, Menlo, Wash., 360-942-3713, $3-10. An old-time county fair with livestock exhibits; horse shows; carnival rides; contests; food; textiles and music.

Birdies Fore Books 3 p.m., Gearhart Golf Links, 1157 N. Marion Ave., Gearhart, $70 golf, $35 reception. Birdies Fore Book is a fundraiser for SMART, reading support for local kids. River People Farmers Market 3 to 7 p.m., 12th and Exchange streets, Astoria. Find produce, flowers, plants, eggs, food, pie walks, live music and kids’ activities. Summer Picnic 4 p.m., Circle Creek Conservation Center, 32825 Rippet Road, Seaside, 503738-6742. Bring a picnic and blanket, and celebrate conservation with a ribbon cutting, hikes and more.

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One-Act Play Reception 6 p.m., River City Playhouse, 127 Lake St., Ilwaco, Wash., 360-244-0318, $5. Peninsula Players presents “Summer of Love,” “You Never Know,” Storm Stories” and “Slug Girl.” Play begins at 7 p.m.

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“Shanghaied” 7 p.m., ASOC Playhouse, 129 W. Bond St., Astoria, 503-325-6104, $13-21. “Shanghaied in Astoria” is a vaudeville musical. Wine 101 7 p.m., WineKraft, 80 10th St., Astoria, 503468-0206, 21+. Sommelier Destiny Dudley will give a presentation and tasting featuring bubbly wine and Chablis.

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Strongman Challenge 8:30 a.m., CrossFit 1811, 4025 Abbey Lane, Astoria, 505917-3838, $50. Sign up to participate in the Columbia River Strongman Challenge.

Rummage Sale 9 a.m., 3470 Hwy. 101, Gearhart, 503-3252772. A fundraiser to benefit Angels for Sara senior dog sanctuary.

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UNCORKED RAMBLINGS

Clearing up the ‘misunderstandings’ about rieslings By STEVE SINKLER FOR EO MEDIA GROUP

How does such an amazing wine become so misunderstood? We can blame California winemakers for a couple of things; chardonnay that tastes like buttery oak planks and rosé that tastes like sweet pink water, but we can’t blame California for the confusion surrounding one of my favorite wines, riesling. Riesling traces its heritage back to Germany, where it is that country’s signature wine. German riesling can be made in a variety of styles, from super sweet spatlese or auslese to dry as a bone trocken. For decades, German wineries have tended to ship their sweeter rieslings to the U.S. but not their drier wines. As a result, the American wine consumer mistakenly believes all rieslings are sweet. During summer, I regularly get asked to recommend a local white wine. When I suggest a riesling to a customer, the typical response is “I don’t like sweet wine.” My opportunity to educate and right the “riesling wrong” presents itself. In fact, most Pacific Northwest rieslings are made in either dry or medium dry (slightly sweet) style, with few sweet rieslings being produced. Likewise, most great German rieslings are now made in a dry or medium dry style. Because there is such a misunderstanding about riesling sweetness levels, the International Riesling Foundation has created a scale that wineries can use on their back label to inform consumers about the wine’s sweetness. The IRF scale breaks riesling down into four categories; dry, medium dry, medium sweet and sweet. The pointer indicates where the wine is on the scale. For instance, a wine considered “medium dry”

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Despite its flavors of peach and pear, Brooks Winery’s Ara riesling is dry with a satisfying finish.

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Steve Sinkler, owner of The Wine Shack in Cannon Beach.

means the wine is mostly dry ity and is packed with green but has a hint of sweetness. apple, starfruit and pear Most Pacific Northwest riesflavors. Trisaetum helps us lings fall somewhere in the out by using the word “dry” dry and medium dry range. in the wine’s name, which Wineries that make medium lets us know that this riesling sweet rieslings usually idendoesn’t have much, if any, tify these wines residual sugar. for consumers by Using the IRF THE using words such this wine AMERICAN scale, as “late harvest” is dry. WINE or “sweet” in the Brooks Winname. The sweet CONSUMER ery’s Ara riesling IRF category is MISTAKENLY has a delicious typically used of BELIEVES complexity with dessert flavors, which ALL wines, such as ice include apricot RIESLINGS wines. and peach, in ARE SWEET. addition to apple While at Oregon pinot and honeysuckle. noir camp in June, one of the This flavor profile leads you breakout sessions included an to believe the wine is going amazing blind tasting lineup, to be sweet, but, again, this including three of my favorriesling has very little residite Oregon rieslings. ual sugar. Winemaker Chris I had the good fortune to Williams uses biodynamienjoy Trisaetum Winery’s cally grown fruit for Brooks Ribbon Ridge Estate dry wine, ensuring each bottle riesling, which has nice acid- is earth friendly. Using the

IRF scale, this wine is also considered dry. My favorite riesling in the blind tasting was Chehalem Winery’s Three Vineyard riesling, which offered aromas and flavors of ginger in addition to the more classic apple, pear and white flowers. The spiciness combined with a crisp acidity made this riesling special. Chehalem’s riesling is considered off dry, which means there is a bit of residual sugar left in the wine, causing it to have just a hint of sweetness. This wine is considered medium dry on the IRF scale. If you’re looking for something new during the summer months, give riesling a try. Serve chilled, riesling is food friendly and goes well with cheese platters, salads and lighter fare such as seafood, chicken or vegetarian dishes. Winemaker Chris Williams assures me riesling

is delicious with grilled rib eye, but I haven’t tried that pairing yet. It is also delicious with spicy foods, like Mexican or Asian fare since the fruit flavors and crisp acidity cut the heat. You can think of riesling as your mouth’s fire extinguisher. So, when you think of riesling, don’t immediately think of sweet wine; think of delicious wine. Let the IRF scale be your guide to riesling happiness. Whatever wines you enjoy, please do so in moderation. We’ll see you again soon at The Wine Shack.

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Trisaetum Winery’s Ribbon Ridge Estate dry riesling is packed with fruit flavors and a nice acidity.

Steve Sinkler is the owner of The Wine Shack in Cannon Beach. He writes a monthly column about wine in the Cannon Beach Gazette. CHEHALEM / SHAWN LINEHAN

The Mouth of the Columbia is on vacation but will be back next week.

Chehalem Winery’s Three Vineyard riesling is medium dry with a crisp acidity.

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Help pull invasive It’s all about the beach with the purple loosestrife Haystack Rock Awareness Program SVENSEN — Spend a day at the beautiful Wolf Bay Habitat Reserve east of Astoria, and help rid the marsh of a purple menace. Invasive purple loosestrife grows along the lower Columbia and spreads easily, threatening to overwhelm the diverse wetland ecology of this area and crowding out native plants such as cattail and wapato, which feed native wildlife. North Coast Land Conservancy will host a hands-on stewardship day at Wolf Bay Habitat Reserve from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Volunteers will pull up the invasive weed. It’s not hard; the roots separate easily from the saturated soil in the bay. Volunteers will lay the pulled weeds on the unused railroad tracks that border the bay, where they dry out and decompose without causing further harm. Wear rubber boots and gloves; NCLC will provide tools. Bring your own drinking water and lunch. There are no toilets or potable water on site. If you’d like to help, contact NCLC Stewardship Director Melissa Reich at 503-738-9126 or melissar@ nclctrust.org, for details and directions. The Wolf Bay loosestrife

Kid-focused event on tap, followed by summer potluck, tsunami walk

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Purple loosestrife, called “the purple menace” by the North Coast Land Conservancy, is an invasive weed.

pull is the first day of a two-day partnership with The Nature Conservancy to attack purple loosestrife growing along the lower Columbia. On Sunday, volunteers will be weeding The Nature Conservancy’s nearby Blind Slough by canoe and kayak. Those wishing to participate Sunday as well must begin with an orientation from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday following the loosestrife pull at Wolf Bay. To register for The Nature Conservancy’s work party at Blind Slough, visit tinyurl.com/tncpurple

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SEPTEMBER 9TH - 11TH, 2016 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH 6:00 p.m. Kicks off with a concert by Kelsey Mousley and the Next Right Thing and food by Newman’s at 988 and Sea Level Coffee and Bakery. Tickets $12 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH 12:00 p.m. Luncheon & Lecture at Tolovana Inn with Libby Holah of Holah Design Tickets $25 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Home & Garden Tour of Tolovana Tickets $30 6:00 p.m. Maggie & the Cats Concert & Reception (Fall Raffle Takes place at this time (included in home and garden ticket price)) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH 11:00 a.m. Garden Tea & presentation by author and naturalist Sherian Wright on beekeeping for the average gardener Tickets $20 Weekend packages are $60 Advance ticket purchases recommended

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CANNON BEACH — The Haystack Rock Awareness Program will host two events open to the public on Saturday, Aug. 20. First, the focus is on kids — and kids at heart — at a Discover Haystack Rock educational event from 9 to 11 a.m. The summer program will offer a fun-filled kids day, focusing on connecting young visitors with the animals that live at and around Haystack Rock. HRAP Education Coordinator Lisa Habecker will discuss some of the many nesting seabirds that inhabit the rock before leading a murre egg painting activity. Enjoy light snacks, beverages and a talk followed by a guided tour of the tide pools. Meet at the HRAP truck on the beach in front of Haystack Rock. This event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome. Advanced registration is encouraged, as space is limited. Call HRAP Program Coordinator Melissa Keyser at 503-436-8060 or email hrap@ci.cannon-beach.or.us Then, see and hear what a full-rip 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami are like. A multimedia presentation will be featured at HRAP’s summer potluck at Cannon Beach City Hall. Arrive and enjoy food at 1 p.m., then, at 1:30 p.m., hear Scott West recount his experience in Otsuchi, Japan on March 11, 2011. West, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired federal agent from Edmonds, Washington, works around the globe on conservation issues. Today

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The Haystack Rock Awareness Program will host a kids-centric event at Haystack Rock from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20.

he provides environmental consulting services and speaks about tsunamis. In 2011, he and a small crew were at the water’s edge in the port city of Otsuchi trying to stop the slaughter of Dall’s porpoises. The epicenter of the Tohoku subduction zone rupture was just off the coast. Woefully unprepared for such an event, West’s crew of six managed to survive the earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of over 15,000 people. They were able to film some of the events. West will show his film and answer questions at the potluck. The Oregon Coast last saw a major tsunami in 1700. Seismologists have said a 9.0 or greater magnitude earthquake is overdue in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a fault that stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino, California. About 15 million people live in the subduction zone. Following the potluck and presentation, HRAP

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After HRAP’s summer potluck and tsunami evacuation walk, staff will be on the beach at 6 p.m. to talk about the tide pools.

staff will lead a tsunami evacuation walk, following the route from Haystack Rock to one of the assembly areas. They will head to Haystack Rock at 3:30 p.m. and walk to the assembly area at 4:15 p.m. There will be an option to visit the tide pools after the event. HRAP staff will be on the beach from 6 to 8 p.m.; low tide is at 8:58 p.m. The potluck, presentation and walk event is free and open to interested parties. City hall is located at 163 E. Gower St. Space is limited, and RSVP is required.

Email hrapvolunteer@ ci.cannon-beach.or.us or call 503-436-8095. The Haystack Rock Awareness Program is a stewardship program with the city of Cannon Beach whose mission is to protect, through education, the intertidal and seabird life of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and Marine Garden at Haystack Rock. Since its modest beginnings in 1985, HRAP has educated and inspired over 900,000 adults and children to learn about the natural resources at Haystack Rock.

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ASTORIA — Astoria Parks and Recreation’s Citizen’s Helping Improve Parks (CHIP-in) program will host its next cleanup on the Astoria Riverwalk. Volunteers should meet on the Riverwalk at 39th Street from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Volunteers will pick up trash and cut back overgrown brush along the Riverwalk east of 39th Street and along the LaPlante Loop into the Alderbrook neighborhood. For this event, CHIP-in is partnering with Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental

SKAMOKAWA, Wash. — The Friends of Skamokawa will host their annual fundraiser, “A Cornucopia of Wines,” from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at Skamokawa Grange. This special event will feature wines and beers to sample along with smallplate treats prepared by caterers Ginger Schmitz and Jake Collins of Sharon’s Pizza and More. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available. Live music will entertain patrons. There will be a silent

advocacy group, in its third annual Love Your Columbia event. Love Your Columbia is a one-day statewide event organized by Columbia Riverkeeper that features community river cleanups, invasive species eradication, and restoration projects in local communities along the Columbia River and its watershed, including in Astoria, Portland and Hood River. The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest and the fourth

largest in the United States. The purpose of Love Your Columbia is to highlight the issues surrounding the river by increasing public awareness, working to restore its health and encouraging stewardship along the river. Volunteers are asked to bring work gloves, weed whackers and hand pruners if they have them. Dress for the work and the weather. For more information, visit Astoria Parks & Rec’s Facebook page or contact Randy Bohrer at call 971-704-4812.

and a live auction, featuring items such as bed-andbreakfast stays, kayaking lessons, paintings, blown glass art, ceramics, gift baskets and more. Brian McClain will preside over the live auction. All funds raised will be directed to the maintenance and operation of the River Life Interpretive Center at Redmen Hall. There will be a special “paddle raise” during the evening to help fund the building’s painting. Advance tickets are $15

each or $25 for two and can be purchased at Redmen Hall, Cathlamet Bank of the Pacific and the Skamokawa Store. Tickets sold at the door will be $20 each or $30 for two. The Skamokawa Grange is located at the fairgrounds entrance off Middle Valley Road in Skamokawa. If you have an item to donate for the auction, drop it off at Redmen Hall during open hours: noon to 4 p.m. Thursday to Sunday. For more information, call 360795-3007.

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Paddle for National Park Service centennial ASTORIA — 100 Paddles for 100 Years is an opportunity for people to join in a human-powered water journey in honor of the centennial of the National Park Service. The public is invited to travel by water into the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, similar to how members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition travelled during their winter in the local region in 1805-06.

On the evening of Thursday, Aug. 25, experienced canoers and kayakers will meet at the Astoria Recreation Center (the former Astoria Yacht Club site located near the Old Youngs Bay Bridge) for a 5:30 p.m. launch and group paddle across Youngs Bay into the Lewis and Clark River. Less experienced folks are encouraged to meet at Netul Landing at 5:30 p.m.

and head downstream on the Lewis and Clark River. The two groups plan to meet at the park’s Otter Point wetland restoration site, and together they will paddle to Netul Landing where they will be served birthday cake. Participants need to bring their own kayak, canoe, paddleboard or any non-motorized watercraft and need to wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved personal floatation

FILM REVIEW

‘Pete’s Dragon’ (pleasantly) stays earthbound By JAKE COYLE AP FILM WRITER

NEW YORK (AP) — After an exhausting summer buffet of set pieces, superheroes and whatever s-word you might use for “Suicide Squad,” the gentle “Pete’s Dragon” is a welcome palate cleanser. Where other summer movies are chest-thumping, it’s quiet; where others are brashly cynical, it’s sweetly sincere; where others are lacking in giant cuddly dragons, “Pete’s Dragon” has one. Few may remember the 1977 Disney original, in which a young boy’s best friend was a bubbly dragon invisible to others. As part of Disney’s continuing effort to remake its animated classics in live-action, “Pete’s Dragon” has been confidently reborn as an earnest tale of green-winged wonder. David Lowery, a veteran of the independent film world and the director of the lyrical crime drama “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” inherits a far bigger film. But his “Pete’s Dragon” still maintains the homespun feel of an American fable. Spielberg-light, you might call it. The film begins, in the “Bambi” tradition, in parental tragedy. Pete’s

family is driving through a remote Pacific Northwest forest with Pete nestled in the backseat of the station wagon, reading a children’s book about a dog named Elliot. A deer sprints out and, in poetic slow-motion, the gravity of the car’s interior is upended. The car flips off the road and Pete staggers from the crash. Flashing forward six years, Pete (Oakes Fegley) is a wild 10-year-old orphan living in the woods alone except for his magical companion, the dragon Elliot. As far as CGI creatures go, Elliot is an irresistible one. Furry as a fairway, he’s like an enormous emerald-green puppy. Far from the “Game of Thrones” dragon variety, he’s more adept at chasing his own tail than breathing fire. He’s also the subject of local folklore, mostly as told by Robert Redford’s wood-carving storyteller. But it’s his forest ranger daughter Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) that first encounters Elliot and ultimately leads to the dragon’s discovery. Grace coaxes Elliot back into society and into the fold of her family. She has a daughter, Natalie (Oona Laurence) and lumber mill-running husband Jack

(Wes Bentley). It’s the push by a logging company — where Jack’s brother, Gavin (Karl Urban) is a gun-totting lumberjack — into the forest that simultaneously begins flushing out Pete and Elliot from their home in the trees. The lush forest (New Zealand subbing for North America) reigns over “Pete’s Dragon,” a tale scored with soft bluegrass and exuding an environment-friendly love for the beautiful and exotic splendors of nature. When competing interests come for Elliot, they are really fighting for the soul of the forest. There are Spielbergian gestures here of magic and family and faith, perhaps better orchestrated than Spielberg’s own recent try at a Disney film, “The BFG.” But it’s missing a spark, a sense of danger and maybe a little humor. The lean simplicity of “Pete’s Dragon” is its greatest attribute and its weakness. It doesn’t quite achieve liftoff until the film’s final moments. But it does at last catch flight, finally soaring beyond its humble folksiness. “Pete’s Dragon,” a Walt Disney Co. release, is rated PG for “action, peril and brief language.” Running time: 103 minutes. Three stars out of four.

device. If you’d like to join the fun, call the park at 503861-4425. The National Park Service was founded on Aug. 25, 1916. Admission to all National Park Service sites is free Aug. 25 to 28 in honor of the National Park Service Centennial. Regular park hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day through Labor Day. 100 Paddles for 100 Years

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is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association, which supports park education and interpretative

activities at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. For more information, check out www.nps.gov/lewi

Family films span generations for actress By LINDSEY BAHR AP FILM WRITER

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bryce Dallas Howard remembers as a child watching the 1977 film “Pete’s Dragon” on repeat until the VHS was worn out. She even hung onto her old “Pete’s Dragon” book to read to her two children. So when she heard there was a script for a new take on the fantastical story of a little boy and his dragon friend, she actively sought it out. What started as sentimental curiosity led to a starring role in Disney’s new version of “Pete’s Dragon.” Howard plays the park ranger who stumbles upon a mysterious boy and becomes his protector as they unearth the mystery of the dragon. The film released Aug. 12. “This movie is so sentimental for me because it reminded me of a lot of those movies I loved growing up that had real gravitas to them,” Howard said. As the progeny of two generations of entertainers, including her mother, actress and producer Cheryl Howard, and father, actor, director and producer Ron Howard, it’s no surprise that movies have been a backdrop in Howard’s life for as long as she can remember. Those films hold a special spot for Howard as reminders

of her family legacy, her emotional development and how she’s passing that on to her own children. Howard shares a few of those stories:

A fairy tale legacy

Howard’s grandparents, Rance Howard and the late Jean Speegle Howard, met as teenagers doing a touring children’s production in Oklahoma of classic fairy tales. They even married on the tour dressed in their costumes, with her grandmother as Snow White and her grandfather as a huntsman. “I come from a family who has a very romantic notion of fairy tales,” Howard said. Her grandmother imparted a love of classic Disney animated films through repeated viewings and trips to Disneyland. A talented seamstress, she would also make costumes from her favorites.

Life lessons

In the films she loved growing up and in this new interpretation of “Pete’s Dragon,” Howard sees the value in family films that don’t shy away from darkness. “The reality of life is that trauma exists and you can move forward from trauma. You can heal from trauma,” Howard said. “That’s the power of Disney. It’s not just there to entertain; it’s there to enlighten. I know they provid-

ed me with a lot of growth ... Children are going to create monsters. If you try to shelter a child completely from all dangers, they’re going to be ill-equipped for the world. These movies are kind of giving children the tools to deal with those monsters so that they can learn to face them in their own way.”

Passing the torch

While many parents can’t wait to inundate their children with the films they loved from their youths, Howard and her husband, actor Seth Gabel, have a patience and an overriding theory. “We mess this up all the time, but, if we can, we want to space them out so that the movies come at a time in their life when they’re asking themselves similar questions,” Howard said. “My son is 9 ½, he’s going into fourth grade, he’s really coming into this place where there is independence and mischief and friendships independent from the family, so we just showed him ‘Aladdin.”’ For her 4 ½ year old daughter, it’s still all about “Frozen.” “In delaying it, it doesn’t just become something that they watched when they were younger. It’s something that they really look forward to and understand and hopefully can see the big picture.”

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Assistant Mailroom Supervisor: Opportunity to work full-time in our packaging and distributing department at The Daily Astorian. Duties include using machines to process printed materials, organize workflow and perform clerical and supervisory tasks. Must be able to regularly lift 40 lbs. in a fast paced environment. Mechanical aptitude helpful and the ability to lead others is required. Pre-employment drug test required. Pick up an application at The Daily Astorian 949 Exchange Street or send resume and letter of interest to EO Media Group, PO Box 2048, Salem, OR 97308-2048, fax (503)371-2935 or e-mail hr@eomediagroup.com. Include the PRICE for FASTER RESULTS when you advertise in the classified ads!

Harbors Home Health and Hospice, a leading agency committed to providing Grays Harbor and Pacific County with a variety of in-home healthcare services, is currently seeking full time BATH AIDE to assist in patient care. Individuals will be responsible for working with our team of health care providers in the coordination of skilled nursing care in a home setting. Join the leading team in Home Health and Hospice. Home Health, hospice, acute care, and/or skilled nursing facility experience preferred. Requires current CNA license, driver's license, auto insurance and reliable transportation. Harbors Home Health & Hospice is an equal opportunity employer. Please feel free to stop by and pick up an application or email resume to Melissa@myhhhh.org Or mail to: HR Dept., Harbors Home Health & Hospice 201 7th Street Hoquiam, WA 98550

70 Help Wanted Clatsop Community Action Community Resource Desk Clatsop Community Action (CCA) provides supportive services to struggling individuals and their families. CCA values its positive relationships with other community partners that have proven essential in order to address the many needs that our clients may face to become healthy, safe and self-sufficient members of the community. Clatsop Community Action (CCA) is seeking to hire and support a full-time, 40-hour/week employee who will work onsite at Providence Seaside Hospital to provide ease of access for all those who need direct supportive housing, energy assistance and general Information and Referral for services offered by CCA and other community resources throughout the County. The Community Resource Desk Employee must provide information, referrals and advocacy where appropriate, in a warm, non-judgmental, professional manner.

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70 Help Wanted Billing Clerk Great opportunity with benefits. Strong computer skills. Up to $15/hour DOE Contact HR Dept. 877-523-5564 Clatsop Community College is recruiting for the following positions: Custodial/Maintenance Assistant – Full time; graveyard shift; closing date: 8/22/16 Buyer/Lead Clerk for College Store – Half-time position; closing date: 8/29/16 View job descriptions/qualifications and apply on-line at www.clatsopcc.edu Contact the Office of Human Resources at (503) 338-2406 if application assistance is needed. AA/EOE Concrete Workers Needed Experience preferred. Valid ODL, and pre-drug screening. Call (503)861-2285 or email to rpromconcrete@aol.com

Escape Lodging Company is looking for fun and happy “Escape Artists” to join our team! •Currently hiring for full-time Maintenance Additional benefits include: $$$ NEGOTIABLE WAGES $$$ $$$ $1.00 ADDITIONAL PER HOUR SEASONAL PAY $$$ $$$ END OF SUMMER CASH BONUS ($300) $$$ $$$ PAID HOLIDAYS $$$ •Currently hiring for full-time Front Desk Additional benefits include: $$$ NEGOTIABLE WAGES $$$ $$$ PAID HOLIDAYS $$$ $$$ELIGIBLE FOR MONTHLY BONUS PROGRAM$$$ Must be available to work a flexible schedule, including weekends. Please apply in person at The Ocean Lodge (2864 S Pacific St, Cannon Beach) If you have any questions, please contact Scott at scott.congdon@theoceanlodge.com

or call (503) 436-2241

Experienced framer needed for framing contractor. contact Tim @ 509-688-7793

70 Help Wanted Full time/Half time Truck driver: Class A CDL, medical card, on road/off road experiance required. Call 503-791-7038. Laborers/Pipe Layers Experience preferred, drug free, prevailing wages, EarthWorks Excavation Call 503-398-2814 for more information.

McMenamins Sand Trap Pub & Gearhart Hotel is NOW HIRING! We are hiring for all positions, but our greatest needs are for Line Cooks, Prep Cooks, Servers, Catering Servers, and Hosts/Food Runners. We have both seasonal and long-term positions available. What we need from you: An open and flexible schedule, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays; A love of working in a busy, customer service-oriented environment; Previous experience is a plus!; Please apply online 24/7 at www.mcmenamins.com or pick up a paper app at any McMenamins location. Mail to 430 N. Killingsworth, Portland OR, 97217 or fax: 503-221-8749. Call 503-952-0598 for info on other ways to apply. Please no phone calls or emails to the location! E.O.E. TDX Contruction LLC is looking for qualified Laborers and/or Skilled Workers. Must have own hand tools and transportation. Rate of pay DOE. Contact Darious: 503-739-1477

The Northwest Oregon Housing Authority in Warrenton is accepting applications for the following positions: Maintenance Supervisor: Will supervise a maintenance crew in maintaining over 175 units in Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook Counties. Is a member of the management team. Housing Specialist Inspector: Performs all case management and inspection duties associated with the Section 8 rental assistance program(s) for an assigned caseload in a high production environment. Both positions are fulltime with benefits and must be able to travel. For more information contact 503-861-0119 ext. 111 or www.nwoha.org. Application deadline is Friday August 19, 2016, at 4:00 pm.

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70 Help Wanted Looking for experienced parts person and U-Haul assistant. Part Time.

Billʼs Tavern and Brewhouse is hiring for : •Line Cook, PT/Nights/Weekends •Bussers PT Please apply in person at 188 N Hemlock, Cannon Beach. 503-436-2202

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160 Lots & Acreage The Sunset Empire Park & Recreation District is currently recruiting an After School Program Leader to lead enrichment activities and games while providing a fun, positive, and safe experience for kids in grades 1-5. $10.50-13.50 DOE Download an application at www.sunsetempire.com or contact Ryan Stanley, Program Coordinator, for more info 503.738.3111 X121 Warrenton-Hammond School District is seeking: •Preschool Assistant •Educational Assistants •CBL Mentor-Proctor •Ed Asst/CBL Mentor-Proctor •Ed Asst - Behavior Support Classroom •Middle School Football Coach •Bus Driver Trainees Applications and job details are available online at www.warrentonschools.com or contact (503) 861-2281

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IN THE COLUMBIA-PACIFIC REGION Thursday, Aug. 18

Blue Pickup 9 p.m., Voodoo Room, 1114 Marine Drive, Astoria, 21+. Blue Pickup plays bluegrass.

Dallas Williams 6 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1539, no cover, 21 and older. Dallas Williams plays folk and Americana music.

McDougall 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. McDougall plays folk, Americana and country.

Basin Street NW 6:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777. Dave Drury on guitar, Todd Pederson on bass and friends perform mainstream jazz. Senior Center Jam 6:30 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Exchange St., Astoria, 503-468-0390, free. The Astoria Senior Center offers string band, bluegrass and country. Cedar Teeth 7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157 Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150. Cedar Teeth blends rough and rusty rock-n-roll with lyrical American roots. Floating Glass Balls 8 p.m., Bill’s Tavern, 188 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2202. The Floating Glass Balls plays bluegrass, Caribbean, folk, swing and country. The Horsenecks 8 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311. The Horsenecks play bluegrass.

Friday, Aug. 19 Musica Maestrale Festival Noon, Grace Episcopal Church, 1545 Franklin St., Astoria. Hear Renaissance and Baroque music. Catch the evening concert at 7 p.m. Maggie & the Cats 6 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 21+. Maggie and the Cats play blues and funk. Tom Trudell 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-4150. Tom Trudell plays jazz piano. Jennifer Goodenberger 6:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. Jennifer Goodenberger plays piano.

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Blind Pilot Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20

8 p.m., Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial St., Astoria, ticketswest. com, $20 to $30. Blind Pilot will release its newest album “And then Like Lions.” Ted Brainard 7 p.m., WineKraft, 80 10th St., Astoria, 503-468-0206, 21+. Ted Brainard plays blues, swing and original music. McDougall 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. McDougall plays folk, Americana and country.

Saturday, Aug. 20 Musica Maestrale Festival Noon, Grace Episcopal Church, 1545 Franklin St., Astoria. Hear Renaissance and Baroque music. Catch the evening concert at 7 p.m. Bluegrass & BBQ 2 p.m., Nehalem Bay Winery, 34965 Hwy. 53, Nehalem, 503-368-9463. Hear folk by Brownsmead Flats. Blue Pickup 2 p.m., Coffee Girl Cafe, 100 39th St., Astoria, 503-325-6900. Blue Pickup plays traditional bluegrass on banjo, guitar, mandolin and upright bass. Open Stage Night 5 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-389-8969. Music, stories, poetry.

The Bridge Morning Show With Mark Evans 6 am to 10 am

The Dischords 9 p.m., San Dune Pub, 127 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-368-5080, 21+. The Dischords play vintage 1970 cover band music and a lot more.

Sunday, Aug. 21 Richard T. & Friends 11:30 a.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. Richard T. and friends performs a repertoire of blues.

George Coleman 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash. George Coleman plays pop, jazz, folk and rock music on his 12-string guitar.

Kitchen Music 1 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2239. Join the circle and enjoy folk, bluegrass, country, blues and pop musi.

Thad Beckman 6 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 21+. Thad Beckman plays blues, country and contemporary folk.

Music in the Gardens 1 p.m., Hoffman Gardens, 595 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. Stay Tuned plays alternative, tribute, epic rock and punk music.

David Drury 6:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. David Drury plays jazz guitar.

Brad Griswold 6 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 21+. Brad Griswold plays folk and bluegrass music.

Christopher Reyne 7 p.m., WineKraft, 80 10th St., Astoria, 21+. Singer-songwriter Christopher Reyne plays indie, rock and folk music.

David Drury 6:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. David Drury plays jazz guitar.

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Monday, Aug. 22 Burgers & Jam 6 p.m., American Legion, 1216 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4362973. Eat a burger and listen to music. Livy Conner 8 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Singer songwriter Livy Conner plays indie, pop, soul, folk and Americana music.

Tuesday, Aug. 23 Swingcats of Astoria 11 a.m., Blue Scorcher Bakery, 1493 Duane St., Astoria, 503-338-7473. Swingcats of Astoria plays 30s and 40s swing and 50s and 60s jazz. Brian O’Connor 5:30 p.m., Shelburne Inn, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash. Guitarist Brian O’Connor plays a mix of jazz. Pretty Gritty 8 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Pretty Gritty plays country, rock, blues and soul.

Wednesday, Aug. 24 Paul & Margo 5 p.m., The Bistro, 263 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2661. Paul and Margo Dueber perform folk from the 70s and 80s. Pretty Gritty 8 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Pretty Gritty plays country, rock, blues and soul.

Thursday, Aug. 25

Theory of Relativity 7 p.m., American Legion , 1315 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, 21+. Theory of Relativity plays rock-n-roll, blues, country, jazz, folk and classical.

Festival of Friends 8 p.m., Sou’Wester Lodge, 3728 J Place, Seaview, Wash. Tara Jane O’Neil, Katy Davidson, Cynthia Nelson and Geoff Soule play indie, pop, rock.

Basin Street NW 6:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777.

Denver 8 p.m., Sou’Wester Lodge, 3728 J Place, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-2542. Denver is a ramshackle all-star country music band from Portland.

Livy Conner 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Singer songwriter Livy Conner plays indie, pop, soul, folk and Americana music.

Del Phoena 7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157 Marion Ave., Gearhart. Del Phoena blends lyrical gospel with percussion, folk-pop, rock and soul.

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Warrenton teacher Sarah Kangas will speak about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Seaside Public Library.

Warrenton teacher summited Africa’s tallest mountain — for the children Sarah Kangas to recount Mount Kilimanjaro adventure Aug. 25 SEASIDE — Warrenton Grade School physical education teacher Sarah Kangas is a big lover of anything to do with the outdoors. So, when the opportunity came up to summit Mount Kilimanjaro — the highest mountain in Africa — in January 2016, she was excited for the opportunity. But the expedition wasn’t just a hiking trip. It also was a chance to help African children with disabilities share in the experience and joy of mountaineering. The Friends of the Seaside Library will host Kangas for a talk about her experience at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. The free event will take place in the Com-

munity Room, and there will be a slide presentation of the adventure. In the U.S., many people with disabilities have a loving support system, resources and opportunities to be a valuable contributing member of society. In Kenya and Tanzania, people with disabilities lead drastically different lives. They are often outcast, shunned and desolate. The group Kupenda for the Children, which partnered with Kangas and her team for the climb, helps enable children with disabilities to achieve their full potential. Kupenda for the Children supports over 600 children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, deafness, spina bifida, Down syndrome, autism, epilepsy and more. Founded in 2003, the Christian-based nonprofit assists children with disabilities

by paying school fees and providing school supplies, constructing special needs facilities, funding medical intervention and more. For the hike, Kangas met and mentored three students from a Kepunda school. Together with several other climbers, they went on an 11-day adventure hiking to the highest point on the continent. The journey aimed to raise awareness of the plight of disabled children in East Africa and acted as a fundraiser for Kupenda for the Children and its ongoing efforts to improve children’s lives. Kangas teaches physical education to kindergarten through fifth grade at Warrenton Grade School. She also coaches cross country at Warrenton Middle School. The Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 Broadway. For more information, call 503-738-6742.

ILWACO, Wash. — The Washington State University Master Gardeners of Pacific County continue their summer plant diagnostic clinics at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. The next summer plant clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at the museum’s Discovery Garden. Master gardeners will be present to address plant questions, concerns and suggestions. The Discovery Garden is located behind the museum’s parking lot at 115 S.W. Lake St. Bring samples of your plant problem if you can. In addition, a variety of peony roots will be available for sale, just in time for fall planting ahead of next year’s springtime blooms. Add showy color to your garden

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Roots for peonies, like this raspberry sundae variety, will be for sale at the summer plant clinic.

with these hardy, dependable shrubs. At prior plant clinics, people in the community challenged master gardeners with questions about their plants and gardening concerns. Here’s a sampling: • Problem: My rhododendron is suffering from root weevil, both adult and larvae. Suggestion: Use beneficial nematodes; use chemical control as a last resort. • Problem: My green pepper plants in my green-

house are sickly. What’s my problem? Suggestion: The problem is aphids. Sometimes, a strong blast of water from the hose will knock aphids off of the plant and solve the problem. Spraying with insecticide soap will also eliminate these problem pests. • Problem: The leaves of my rose bushes have a red / orange powdery substance on them. Should I move them into the open? Suggestions: Your plant has rust, which is a fungal disease. Pick and destroy infected leaves to prevent the spread of disease. Prune to increase air circulation. The WSU Extension also supports two websites that can help you diagnose your own plant problems. Hortsense (hortsense. cahnrs.wsu.edu) contains fact sheets for the home gardener to manage plant problems using Integrated Pest Management. Pestsense (pestsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu) contains fact sheets for managing common indoor pest problems with Integrated Pest Management. For more information, contact Bev Arnoldy at bevarnoldy@gmail.com

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Have a laugh with live radio theater KALA hosts performance of ‘Fibber McGee and Molly’ and ‘The Goon Show’ ASTORIA — Do you yearn for the live radio programs of yesteryear? Indulge your nostalgia Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20 when “Station KBS 780” presents Live Radio Theater at KALA. If the station doesn’t ring a bell, for longtime coastal theater goers the names Ken Chapman and Kay Bredleau will. In 1979, the two local actors portrayed “The Odd Couple” in an Astoria theater space (now Fulio’s Restaurant) and remained inspired friends, performing in many local theater pro-

ductions. Chapman was the longtime theater instructor at Astoria High School, and soon his wife, Ardi Urell, a dancer and choreographer, as well as one-time Knappa High School drama teacher and professional actor Arnie Hummasti joined the thespian group. Now, Chapman and Urell want to bring old-time radio from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s back to life. They foresee an on-stage radio theater company that will take audiences back to the days of radio waves, live recordings and sound effects. Produced by Urell, the project is an homage to Kay and his wife Evelyn Bredleau, who have both passed, and may serve as a fundraising tool for local charities and nonprofits. To kickoff the project Aug. 19 and 20, Hummasti

will direct the iconic “Fibber McGee and Molly” in “The Piano Lesson.” From1935 to 1959, millions tuned their radios every Tuesday night to NBC’s “Fibber McGee and Molly” radio comedy series to chuckle over the adventures of radio’s most beloved couple. It became the country’s top-rated show, beating out the likes of Bob Hope and Jack Benny. The cast for this KALA performance of the episode “The Piano Lesson” includes Walt Trumbull, Dinah Urell, Sofie Kline, Slab Slabinski, Jane Hill and Dexter Gregory — replete with sound effects. Then, in another blast from the past, longtime coastal director Sheila Schaffer will direct “The Affair of the Loan Banana” episode from the early ’50s British radio comedy “The

Sign up for September writing workshops Nick Jaina to lead workshops at Sou’Wester Lodge SEAVIEW, Wash. — Portland musician and author Nick Jaina will lead a set of writing workshops at the Sou’Wester Lodge this September. Set for Monday through Thursday, Sept. 12 to 15, the workshops focus on all the good things that writing can do for your mental and emotional state, how it can bring you closer to people, and how it can help you understand the world. Rather than just trying to make something marketable, workshop attendees will work on discovering the interesting, funny and wonderful ideas that are sitting inside of them. Workshops will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or from 2 to 5 p.m. Students can sign

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Nick Jaina will lead creative writing workshops this September in Seaview.

up for the workshop and then pick the time slot they prefer. You can sign up for one day or all four. Cost is $100 for all four days or $30 per day. A musician and writer, Jaina has toured the world during the last decade, releasing several albums on HUSH Records and Fluff & Gravy Records. His first book, “Get It While You Can,” is a memoir about a love of music and the world. The book was a

finalist for the 2016 Oregon Book Award for creative nonfiction. He has also taught writing workshops for 10 years at Pendleton Rock Camp. Students should bring a laptop or pen and paper and a sack lunch or snack. Hot tea and coffee will be provided. The workshops are for students ages 15 and older. All skill levels are welcome. Each workshop session will cap at five students. Students do not have to stay at the Sou’Wester Lodge to take the workshops, though the lodge will offer winter retreat prices: $150 for any suite for the week or $50 per night. Sign up for the workshops by emailing souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or calling 360-642-2542. The lodge is located at 3728 J Place.

Goon Show.” Considered a radio precursor of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” the show produced scripts that mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humor, puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects that were used to satirize contemporary life in Britain. The cast for this performance at KALA includes actors Bill Ham, Bill Honl and Slab Slabinski. KALA sound tech Les Kanekuni will supply additional sound effects. Doors open for the performances at 8 p.m., and the shows start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door. A full bar will be available; all ages are welcome to attend. KALA is located at 1017 Marine Drive. For more information, call 503-3384878.

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From left, Slab Slabinski, Jane Hill, Dinah Urell, Walt Trumbull, Arnie Hummasti and Sofie Kline will bring to life “The Piano Lesson,” an episode from the 1935-1959 radio comedy series “Fibber McGee and Molly.” Not pictured is Dex Gregory. The live stage performance will take place at KALA on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20.

T he Find fine art, crafts at lin Westport Art Festival AFrank partm ents WESTPORT, Wash. — The 19th annual Westport Art Festival is this weekend: Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. Over 70 local and regional artists from the Pacific Northwest will offer their best works in glass, wood, metal and ceramics at this outdoor art festival. Find items for the home and garden, paintings, jewelry, handcrafted children’s toys and gifts. The festival features a relaxed atmosphere, set against a backdrop of the marina and Westport Maritime Museum, located at 2201 Westhaven Drive. There will be street food vendors as well as a beer garden serving local micro-

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The festival takes place outside the Westport Maritime Museum, which occupies a historic U.S. Coast Guard building.

brews. Live music will add to the festivities from two stages all weekend, including All In, Greg Parke and the bluegrass band The Old Sidekicks. For more information, visit westportartfestival.org or find Westport Art Festival on Facebook.

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Chum [tʃʌm] noun 1. a friend or buddy 2. fish bait made of odds and ends, including various fish parts, bones, and blood, that is used to lure carnivorous fish, especially sharks 3. chum salmon / Oncorhynchus keta: also called the dog salmon, the calico or simply just keta, this species has a metallic blue-green hue and is spackled with small black spots along its dorsal. Chum salmon is known for having a mild taste and soft pink flesh and the fish weigh 10 to 15 pounds on average, but they can occasionally reach up to 30 pounds Origin: Each definition of the word chum arrives from a

separate source. The meaning “friend” arrives first in the 1680s and is British university slang for a “chambermate” or “roommate.” The second definition, meaning “fish bait” is first noted in 1857 and is thought to have originated within the Scottish dialect,

where chum simply means “food.” Chum salmon, on the other hand, developed out of Chinook Jargon in the early 20th century from the term tzum samun, which literally means “spotted salmon” in the pidgin. The keta in the salmonid’s scientific description comes

via Russian from the Evenki language of Eastern Siberia. “Once one of the most abundant of salmon species in the Columbia River, chum salmon made up as much as 7 percent to 10 percent of historical salmon runs, with as many as 1 million fall-run chum salmon returning to the river in 1928. That was the same year that the commercial

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An adult chum salmon is pulled form a holding tank in preparation of being released into an Oregon river in 2014.

harvest of chum was 700,000 fish.”

—Columbia Basin Bulletin, “Welcome back, good (salmon) chums,” The Daily Astorian, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, P. 5A

“Because of their high protein content and their body-building value, pink and chum salmon are

both highly recommended by food experts…. Others give preference to the chum because its meat bears a close resemblance in color to that of the trout and is less oily than other varieties.”

—“What Experts Say,” Oregon City Enterprise, Friday, March 25, 1921, P. 8

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