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Dine on holiday foods from around the world CANNON BEACH — Haystack Holidays continues in Cannon Beach. The series of festive events started in November and continues through December, putting a fun coastal spin on the holiday season. New this year is Holiday Foods Around the World. From Monday, Dec. 26 to Friday, Dec. 30, participating restaurants will showcase food and beverage specials highlighting traditions from different cultures and countries. Bill’s Tavern and Brewhouse’s menu will be inspired by Mexico on Monday, Dec. 26. Enjoy a Mexican-inspired pozole, a festive pork and hominy
stew, with all the accompaniments — cabbage, radishes, cilantro, avocado, lime and tortillas. Enjoy a holiday beer pairing for the event; both will be served all day. Bill’s Tavern is located at 188 N. Hemlock St. EVOO’s menu will be inspired by Sicily on Wednesday, Dec. 28. There will be one seating at 6 p.m. for a special multicourse dinner, featuring Sicilian tabbouleh, almond pesto over pasta with lamb meatballs, chicken prosciutto marsala, bitter green salad, chocolate hazelnut cake and assorted wine and beverage pairings. Contact EVOO at 503-436-8555 for reservations. EVOO is
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located at 188 S. Hemlock St. Pelican Pub and Brewery will also have an Italy-inspired menu on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Find a smoked chicken carbonara calzone and a mixed-greens salad. Pelican Pub is located at 1371 S. Hemlock St. The Bistro will feature a Vietnam-inspired menu on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Try a Vietnamese shrimp noodle salad with marinated prawns, fresh coriander, cabbage, sprouts and chilis as well as a spicy Vietnamese caramel chicken dish with kimchi, sticky rice and cashews. Call 503-436-2661 for reservations The Bistro is located at 263 N. Hemlock St.
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COASTAL LIFE
Plunge in to a new book
Astoria businessman publishes history of NW diving
THE ARTS
‘Stay true to your art’
Astoria-born artist Mica Still thrives in New Zealand
FEATURE
A visit from Santa
When Santa falls into the Columbia, is Christmas lost?
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
Beef is king at Hammond’s Buoy 9 restaurant
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The Wayfarer Restaurant’s menu will feature a Spain-inspired Paella de Mariscos on Thursday, Dec. 29. Paella de Mariscos features local clams, Salt Spring Island mussels, wild prawns, American squid, and Olympia Provisions chorizo baked with Spanish bomba rice in a saffron broth, finished with a saffron aioli. Call 503-4361108 for reservations. The Wayfarer is located at 1190 Pacific Drive Public Coast Brewing Co. will feature a German-inspired dish on Thursday, Dec. 29. Enjoy three house-made bratwurst, (traditional, cheddar and house-
smoked) with kraut, sweet relish, mustard and rolls. You can also pair the dish with Public Coast Brewing Co.’s Belgium Wit. The brewery is located at 264 E. Third St. Season’s Café will feature a menu inspired by Thailand on Friday, Dec. 30. Appetizers will include fresh Thai salad rolls with peanut dipping sauce and cucumber salad. Soups include Tom Ka Gai or carrot curry soup. Entrees include red curry with chicken or with shrimp and Thai noddles with Pacific clams. Call 503-436-1159 for reservations. The cafe is located at 255 N. Hemlock St. Sweet Basil’s Café will
feature a menu inspired by Poland on Friday, Dec. 30. Enjoy Polish mushroom barley soup; red cabbage salad with leek, orange and pecans; stuffed cabbage rolls and dark pumpernickel bread. Call 503-436-1539 for reservations. The cafe is located at 271 N. Hemlock St. Newman’s at 988’s menu will be inspired by France on Friday, Dec. 30. Enjoy French onion soup, lentil salad, bouillabaisse, escargot-stuffed mushrooms, chicken Cordon Blue, and blue cheese, bacon and chive-stuffed pork chops. For dessert, try crème brule or tart tartin. Prices vary. Call 503-436-1151 for reservations. The restaurant is located at 988 S. Hemlock St.
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Authors invite readers to plunge in Astoria businessman publishes history of NW diving By PATRICK WEBB FOR COAST WEEKEND
Longtime diver Floyd Holcom wants to recruit more to his sport — and signal that adventures await close to home in Oregon. PHOTO COURTESY FLOYD HOLCOM The Astoria businessWith the proper photographman and his writing collab- ic equipment and some paorator, Tom Hemphill, have tience, divers can capture just published “Diving images of exotic wild critters Off The Oregon Coast,” a in the ocean. 96-page illustrated book chronicling the history of have helped promote their Northwest diving. sport and look back at how They hope its publicadiving has progressed since tion will encourage more the creation of the National people to strap on breathAssociation of Underwater ing apparatus and explore Instructors in 1960. They the world’s oceans. mention today’s educationHolcom and Hemphill al role of the Oregon Coast of Vancouver, Washington, Aquarium at Newport and have accumulated multiple credit Northwest divers’ decades of diving expeshared efforts to remove rience. Both have helped man-made debris from the hundreds of divers learn undersea environment. about safety, equipment The project took a year and techniques for underas they condensed their water adventures. selections from more than Proceeds from their 800 photographs while book will benefit the polishing the captions and Northwest Diving History text. Association. The book features 25 The paperpages of phoback is packed tos of colorful with photos ‘I PETTED AN aquatic wilddating back life, including OCTOPUS, to the 1950s sea sponges, AND IT when the sport anemPETTED ME starfish, was in its ones and rock BACK.’ infancy. These fish. It is those highlight images and fishing for abalone, lingcod memories that Hemphill and crab, and mention considers the most thrilldiving sites like Haystack ing. Rock at Pacific City, TilHe first dived as a teenlamook Head, the Barview ager in the late 1950s. An jetty and Port Orford. enjoyment of recreational Breathing equipment, diving spurred a career as a masks and cameras have commercial diver, at shiptheir chapter. The authors yards and elsewhere, indescribe how dive clubs specting and photographing
PHOTO COURTESY FLOYD HOLCOM
Floyd Holcom, an Astoria businessman and former Special Forces soldier, has explored underwater locations around the world. He and fellow diver Tom Hemphill have published a book about the history of diving off the Oregon Coast.
underwater pipelines and performing heavy welding. He qualified as a Scuba instructor in the 1970s and has written a manual for commercial divers, as well as business and sales publications. Now 72, his recent focus has been on land, lecturing and consulting. He delights in summing up the joy of diving. “Just being in the underwater world is a real pleasant environment,” Hemphill said. “For me, it’s a real comfortable environment. Just like some people enjoy climbing mountains — I don’t want to do that. Or jumping out of airplanes — I don’t want to do that, either! “The most enjoyable is the interactions with
marine life. I have had encounters with octopus and large fish. You can hand-feed them. I petted an octopus, and it petted me back. It’s like going out into the woods and having a positive interaction with deer, or elk or a squirrel. That’s what it’s like — except it’s underwater.” Holcom has dived all over the world recreationally and during his travels with the U.S. Army, where he served in Special Forces. Twelve years ago, he opened Astoria Scuba at Pier 39 to equip and train people wanting to dive. The book reflects his similar enthusiasm. “We really wanted to capture the imagination of the younger folks to get
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“Diving Off the Oregon Coast” by Tom Hemphill and Floyd Holcom.
them involved,” Holcom said. The warm waters of Hawaii, Florida and the Caribbean are crowded diving locations, he said. The colder waters off Oregon, even popular locales like Newport and Garibaldi, are less congested and home to bigger species of aquatic critters like octopus. Holcom hopes their book awakens an adventure mentality. “If you don’t explore the world’s oceans, you are missing out on 70 percent of the Earth,” he said. “Diving Off The Oregon Coast,” by Tom Hemphill and Floyd Holcom, 2016 Arcadia Publishing, Mount
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Pleasant, S.C., Images of Modern America series, Amazon, $20.51. Proceeds benefit the Northwest Diving History Association. www.divinghistory.org
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IN THE COLUMBIA-PACIFIC REGION Disclaimer: Christmas is Sunday, Dec. 25. Regularly scheduled events are listed, but some venues may be closed or events canceled without notice.
plays pop, jazz, folk and rock music on his 12-string guitar. Niall 6 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., Astoria, 503-325-6975. Niall Carroll plays pop, classic rock and folk music with vocals on guitar and harmonica.
Thursday, Dec. 22
Pretty Gritty 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. Pretty Gritty plays country, rock, blues and soul.
Richard Kelly 5 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-4150, no cover. Richard Kelly plays many genres on piano including jazz, blues, rock and sing-a-longs.
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. Floating Glass Balls 7 p.m., Bill’s Tavern, 188 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2202, no cover. The Floating Glass Balls plays bluegrass, Caribbean, folk, swing and country. The Horsenecks 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. The Horsenecks play old time music with a bluegrass edge.
Friday, Dec. 23 Geezer Creak 6 p.m., Urban Café, 1119 Commercial St., Astoria, 503-338-5133, no cover, all ages. Geezer Creak plays originals and a mix of acoustic music with Dale Clark on guitar and Bob Lennon on mandolin. Thistle & Rose 6 p.m., Seasons Café, 255 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1159. Thistle and Rose perform original tunes, folk and Americana music from the 70s and 80s.
Pretty Gritty Friday and Saturday, Dec. 23 and 24 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360642-2311, no cover. Pretty Gritty plays country, rock, blues and soul. Tom Trudell 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, no cover. Tom Trudell plays jazz piano. LaNicia Williams 6:30 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-368-3846. Hoffman Center for the Arts welcomes jazz and soul singer LaNicia Williams to the stage for an evening of music and holiday cheer. Maggie & the Cats 6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361539, no cover, 21 +. Maggie and the Cats play Creole, jazz, blues and soul music. McDougall 7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157 Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150, no cover. Fact, fiction and a little in between, McDougall carries on the relevant tradition of oral history and folklore.
Open Mic & Jam 7 p.m., Pacific Pearl Bistro, 111 Broadway, Seaside. All styles welcome at this jam session hosted by the Tim Kelly Blues Band. Pretty Gritty 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. Pretty Gritty is the joining of music talents Blaine Heinonen and Sarah Wolff, performing genre mixes of country, rock, blues and soul.
Saturday, Dec. 24 David Drury 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, no cover. David Drury plays jazz guitar. George Coleman 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360642-4150, no cover. George Coleman
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Thistle & Rose 5 p.m., The Bistro, 263 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2661. Thistle and Rose perform original tunes, folk and Americana music from the 70s and 80s. Tivel & Martin 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. Two of the northwest’s best songwriters, Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin provide an evening of folk and Americana music.
Burgers & Jam 6 p.m., American Legion, 1216 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2973. The legion offers good burgers and good music.
The Coats 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, $39. The four-man a cappella ensemble will perform a special winter concert of holiday music.
Norman Baker 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. Singer songwriter Norman Baker plays a fusion of styles from Americana, alternative country and roots music to folk, pop and alternative blues.
Richard Kelly 5 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-4150, no cover. Richard Kelly plays jazz, blues, rock and sing-alongs on piano.
Monday, Dec. 26
Basin Street NW 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, no cover. Dave Drury on guitar, Todd Pederson on bass and friends perform mainstream jazz classics.
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Tuesday, Dec. 27 Brian O’Connor 5:30 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-4150, no cover. Acoustic jazz guitarist Brian O’Connor plays an eclectic mix of jazz standards. Tivel & Martin 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. Two of northwest’s best songwriters, Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin provide an evening of folk and Americana music.
Wednesday, Dec. 28 Richard Kelly 5 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-4150, no cover. Richard Kelly plays jazz, blues, rock and sing-alongs on piano.
Thursday, Dec. 29
Basin Street NW 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, no cover. Dave Drury on guitar, Todd Pederson on bass and friends perform mainstream jazz classics. 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. Floating Glass Balls 7 p.m., Bill’s Tavern, 188 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2202, no cover. The Floating Glass Balls plays bluegrass, Caribbean, folk, swing and country. Tivel & Martin 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. Two of the northwest’s best songwriters, Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin provide an evening of folk and Americana music.
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Enjoy engineering activities ASTORIA — The Columbia River Maritime Museum hopes to inspire the next generation of critical thinkers and problem solvers with an exciting week of family engineering activities geared toward elementary-aged children and adults. Family Engineering Week activities will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Dec. 27 to 30 at the museum’s Ford Room. Family Engineering Week
will provide an opportunity for children and parents to interact together as they discover the fun and excitement of elementary engineering. Families will gain an understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Developed with support from the National Science Foundation and modeled after the Family Science and Family Math programs, Family Engineering pro-
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Coastal Soul presents ‘A Soulful Christmas’ Enjoy a seasonal concert at the Hoffman Center
MANZANITA — ’Tis the season of holly and jolly! Join LaNicia Williams and her mother, Gwendolyn Phillips Coates, in a holiday concert from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at the Hoffman Center, located at 594 Laneda Ave. Tickets are $15 at the door for ages 12 and older, and $5 for ages 11 and younger.
Light refreshments will be served. Williams grew up singing in her grandfather’s church. She remembers doing her first solo concert for her 7th birthday. Since moving to the coast in September 2014, Williams has been sharing her love through food as owner of Coastal Soul and her love of music singing Motown favorites with local bands. The guest vocalist is Coates from Long Beach, California, singing with her
daughter. Coates is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her Christmas CD, “It’s Christmas, Rejoice!” The CD will be available for purchase for $10 at the concert and can also be purchased on amazon. com. She also has a contemporary gospel jazz CD, “Grateful.” Coates is an author of “Waiting on My Lunch Date: A journey Through Grief and a Path to Joy,” a pastor, actress, mother of three and grandmother of four.
DECEMBER 22, 2016 // 7 Visual arts, literature, theater, music & more
‘Stay true to your art’ Astoria-born-and-raised artist thrives in New Zealand art scene By HEATHER DOUGLAS FOR COAST WEEKEND
Bold, colorful, uplifting, fierce: Visual artist Mica Still’s artworks often feature bears, tigers, wolves and other animals that frequent her dreams. Known for her murals that have appeared all over the world, Still recently held a solo exhibition in New Zealand entitled “Hope Land” — the first solo show for the Astoria-born-and-raised artist in five years. Though she’s now based in New Zealand, the Astoria-Megler Bridge brought Still’s family to Astoria in the first place. Her grandfather worked on the concrete pillars, while other family members worked in the mills and as fishermen. Still notes, “My grandmother worked the ‘green belt’ at the plywood mill — in fact, she was the very first woman to work at the plant.” Fairly recently, Still’s stepfather retired from over 30 years of working at Astoria Warehousing, and many Astorians might remember Paper Moon Scrapbooking, a shop run by Still’s mother and her business partner from 1998 to 2005. At Astoria High School, Still found encouragement from her art teacher, Nancy Kem, especially during her last few years in school. “I’ve always had good teachers that encouraged me,” Still says. “Mrs. Kem took me under her wing and pushed me to take art history at Clatsop Community College during my junior year; she also set up a meeting for me at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland.”
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Astoria-born-and-raised artist Mica Still, who now lives in New Zealand, works on a mural in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Mica Still, born and raised in Astoria, is now a successful artist based in Willington, New Zealand.
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A finished mural by Mica Still in Auckland, New Zealand, featuring her signature vibrant colors and dreamy animals.
Still graduated high school in 1993 and left for Portland the same year. In 1994, she began to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. When Still left Astoria — a place she characterized as “very depressed with very few outlets for a creative teen” — she described herself as a “kid in a candy store” when a drawing professor at PNCA encouraged her to attend a summer art program in France. In 1995, she found herself doing on-site sculpture
on the streets of Pont-Aven, and cold rainy Astoria seemed far away. From France, she traveled to Scotland, where she met a boyfriend. She followed him to New Zealand in 1998 — but soon the boyfriend was an ex, and Still fell in love with the area’s vibrant art scene. These days, Still is settled in New Zealand with her partner and young daughter enjoying a thriving art career. She speaks fondly of her hometown. “I think we were
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You might spot a moving mural by artist Mica Still in her hometown of Astoria — some of her wolves are painted on her uncle’s work truck, Scott Still’s Home Remodeling.
very lucky to grow up here,” she says wistfully. Still has memories of her father, a commercial fisherman based in Oregon and Alaska leaving for months at a time. “During the Cold War era, my father would come back
with amazing stories, like the time he was fishing near the Aleutian Islands and his boat drifted over the Russian border,” she recalls. Still also notes how Astoria has changed during each of her biannual visits: “The first thing that happens when
places get popular is the prices climb and artists can’t live; it happened in Wellington — all the studios got priced out of the town. I think Astoria’s created something quite awesome with the evening
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When Santa falls into the river, is Christmas lost?
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Story by LYNETTE RAE ADAMS
(WITH APOLOGIES TO CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE)
Illustrations by SALLY LACKAFF
’Twas the night before Christmas where river meets sea, and we were out on the boat — just my small crew of three. The fog, it was thick, and the waves were a beast, but we needed fresh crab for the holiday feast. When out on the deck there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the wheelhouse to see what was the matter. And there in the sea, on the side we call port, was a little old man, who gave a wave and a snort. Then over the rail a gloved hand appeared, then a red-suited arm, then a snowy white beard. And I turned to my mates and I ordered them quick: “Fetch the blankets and cocoa, we’ve rescued St. Nick!” We brought him aboard and he coughed and he sputtered, then out of the surf all eight reindeer fluttered. The bow was quite full, so we put them in back, and placed a tow on the sleigh, which still held his sack. And once he was settled well out of the gale we all leaned in closer to hear Santa’s tale: “I’m not sure what happened, things had all gone terrific, in fact, my very last stop was the Columbia-Pacific.” “But this fog is so heavy, I missed the river’s mouth, and when I checked on our course, we were way too far south. Then I set us aright, or so I did think, but the next thing I knew, we were all in the drink.” He looked quite defeated and didn’t say more, so I offered: “Don’t feel bad, it’s happened before. Many captains have failed here, there’s been an assortment just think of John Meares, who named Cape Disappointment.” “It’s not about pride,” Santa said with a grimace, “the trouble, my friend, is that Christmas is finished.
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Continued from Pg. 8 My reindeer can swim, but it’s cold in this river; now Donner’s exhausted, poor Blitzen has a shiver.” “We’ll never make it now, and your kids will be heart-broken, to find nothing from Santa — not even a token. No clam gun for Maria, no beach ball for Joy, no Liberty Theater tickets for Roy.” “And I don’t need to tell you I’m taking a risk by heading back home without lutefisk. It’s Mrs. Claus’ favorite, and what about the elves? I need more smoked salmon to replenish their shelves.” “And then there’s me, and I know this is selfish, but this part of the world has the very best shellfish. Without Willapa oysters I’ll just be a mess — forget about cookies, I crave Dungeness!” I could see in that instant he was more than forlorn, which is when I remembered: Our Coast Guard’s airborne! “Don’t worry Santa, you can still please the whole flock, we’ll call Air Station Astoria—they’ll send the Jayhawk.” “And as for the reindeer, while you’re on your adventure, they can rest up at the North Coast Wildlife Center. It’s a little last minute to find hay in a bale, but the Astoria Co-op can donate some kale.” Then the old man grew lively, and he danced and he raved, and he said to us, “Friends, I think Christmas is saved.” And in less than five minutes the helicopter came, and Santa whistled and he shouted and he called out by name: “Off to Oysterville, Ocean Park, even Long Beach! Neither Seaview, Ilwaco, nor Chinook’s out of reach! We’ll go to Skamokawa and also Altoona, cross the river to Alderbrook, and hit the laguna. Down to Warrenton, Seaside, then around Haystack Rock! Don’t forget Manzanita—we won’t miss a block! And down near Nehalem, I’ll show you just where to park— you know I’ve been at this since way before Lewis and Clark.” Then I heard him proclaim as they flew out of sight, “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
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COA S T W E E K E N D C A L E N DA R Friday, Dec. 23 Visit with Santa 1 p.m., Manzanita Visitors Center, 31 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-812-5510, all ages. Santa Claus will visit the center for fun and photos; bring
your Christmas list and a camera. Soulful Christmas Concert 6:30 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-
368-3846. Hoffman Center for the Arts welcomes jazz and soul singer LaNicia Williams and her mother to the stage for an evening of music and holiday cheer.
Thursday, Dec. 22 Book Discussion 5:30 to 7 p.m., Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St., Astoria, free. Join others to discuss “Offshore” by Penelope Fitzgerald. All are welcome to participate. Wit & Wisdom 7 p.m., Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St., all ages, free. Philosofarian Seth Tichenor will ask and try to answer the question“Is the universe conscious?” at this Thursday lecture.
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“It’s A Wonderful Life” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, $15 to $20, rated PG. “It’s A Wonderful Life” is the classic holiday story of the celebration of life, values and ideals.
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Sunday, Dec. 25 Community Christmas Dinner Noon to 5 p.m., Long Beach Elks Lodge #1937, 110 N. Pacific Highway, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2651, free. The Long Beach Elks Lodge is hosting a Community Christmas Dinner. This dinner is free, and open to the public. Bring the kids, as Santa will make an appearance. Home delivery is available for the homebound.
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Monday, Dec. 26 Foods Around the World 5 p.m., multiple venues, Cannon Beach, 503-436-2623. Visit the Cannon Beach Chamber or see Page 3 for a list of participating Cannon Beach restaurants serving unique food and beverage specials from different countries and cultures during this weeklong event, times vary; reservations required.
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Living History Programs 9:30 a.m. to 4:30, Lewis & Clark National Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, 503-861-2471, all ages. Learn about the Corps of Discovery’s winter camp at Fort Clatsop during this weeklong special program, includes living history programs, ranger-guided walks, handson programs and more.
Tuesday, Dec. 27 Living History Programs 9:30 a.m. to 4:30, Lewis & Clark National Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, 503-861-2471, all ages.
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Family Engineering 11 a.m., Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2323. Family Engineering week provides an opportunity for children and parents to discover the fun and excitement of elementary engineering, an understanding of science, technology and mathematics; includes hands-on activities.
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8:30 a.m., Astoria Arts & Movement Center, 342 10th St., Astoria, 503-4402547. Erin Carlsen and other instructors will lead the “Dare to Dance” community challenge, a zumba fitness dance party to benefit The Harbor, a shelter providing intervention and support against domestic violence.
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Living History Programs 9:30 a.m. to 4:30, Lewis & Clark National Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, 503-861-2471, all ages. Learn about the Corps of Discovery’s winter camp at Fort Clatsop during this weeklong special program, includes living history programs, ranger-guided walks, hands-on programs and more. Pickleball 10 a.m., Camp Rilea Gymnasium, 333168 Patriot Way, Warrenton, 503-860-1382, $5, all levels. Great exercise and fun, includes demonstrations and instruction, balls and paddles provided. Blood Drive 1 p.m., Astor Place, 999 Klaskanine Ave.,
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Astoria, 503-3256970. Astor Place and the American Red Cross are calling on community members
10 a.m., Oregon and Washington coasts, 541-765-3304. The Whale Watching Spoken Here program places trained volunteers throughout the week at locations along the coast to help visitors spot migrating Gray whales as the whales travel from Alaska to Mexico.
Anime Night 4 p.m., South Bend Library, 1216 W. First St., South Bend, Wash., 360-875-5532. Chil-
Benefit Night 4:30 p.m., Fort George Brewery, 1483 Duane St., Astoria. 100 percent of profits from all sales at the upstairs pub and a raffle will benefit the Wildlife Center of the North Coast and its patients.
History & Hops 6 p.m., Seaside Brewing Co., 851 Broadway, Seaside, 503-7387065. At the next History & Hops lecture, retired National Park Service ranger Tom Wilson will discuss the importance of salt to the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery’s expedition.
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Beef is king at Hammond’s Buoy 9 Review and photos by MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA
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“Over 70 tons served,” boasts Buoy 9’s menu of their flagship prime rib. That begs for a little math. There are 2,000 pounds in a ton. So 70 tons equals 140,000 pounds. Buoy 9’s 16- to-17-ounce “King Cut” — the largest of three prime rib offerings — is essentially a pound. The “Petite” runs about 8 or 8 ounces. Therefore the restaurant claims to have served somewhere between 140,000 and 240,000 prime rib dishes, if my back-of-the-envelope calculations are correct. That’s the rib meat from over 3,600 cows. Where’s the beef, indeed. And who knows how old that menu is? Perhaps a few tons have been served since. Regardless of my (possibly wonky) math, it’s no stretch to say that beef rules at Buoy 9. Besides prime rib, the Hammond restaurant and bar offers New York steaks, burgers, French dips, patty melts, reubens, meatloaf and more. On my trips there were beefy specials, too, like chicken-fried steak and filet mignon. While finding truckloads of red meat in this creaky, blue-collar joint was hardly shocking, some of the price points were. To be sure, steaks — and particularly rib cuts — are expensive. Nonetheless, I wasn’t expecting to find a significant portion of the dinner menu at this funky hole-in-the-wall to run up in the $20-to-$30 range. But that’s Buoy 9 — a vanishing relic and stalwart in a changing world. (If Trump supporters are a mystery to you and you know none, Buoy 9 is a fine place to start reaching out.) Despite its age and to its credit, the bar is hardly dingy — just old. Wooden slat walls and exposed ceilings resemble a 1960s basement bar. It’s dotted with Wide World of Sports-styled memorabilia, a few coastal references and cheeky quips, including a sprawling sign above the
bar that reads: “QUITYERBELLYACHIN.” In a lot of ways, Buoy 9 reminds me of the Sea Breeze, which is at the junction of Highways 26 and 101. They’re similar in vibe, decor and menu — throwbacks across the board. They’re both maintained, likely, by congruent factors: location, locals, gambling and so on. Besides the bar, their meat and potatoes are, well, meat and potatoes. Buoy 9 focuses more on the big cuts of beef, while its South County counterpart offers more bang for the buck. On account of a winter storm warning — one that never really materialized — my first visit found Buoy 9 rather vacant. One could hear a pin drop if not for Thursday Night Football on the TV. For reasons I can’t quite explain I opted for the daily special: chicken-fried steak The petite cut of prime rib at Buoy 9 was plenty of beef. ($16.95). As all the dinners do, it came with choice of soup, chowder The main course arrived with fish and chips ($13.95), though, was or salad, as well as mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes, slathered in salty, downright offensive. The two pieces fries or rice. I chose salad, and added flour-y gravy and a large piece of of patently mediocre, beer-battered a cup of soup ($4). The soup of the sourdough bread, buttered on both whitefish were jaw-droppingly day, which the server described “like sides. The chicken-fried steak, while minuscule, together the size of a a stuffed pepper,” came in a vessel pummeled like chewy rubber with wallet. (To be clear: a folded wallet.) about the size of a teacup. The sima peppery breading, mimicked its I couldn’t believe it. The flavor was ple, greasy, beefy namesake rather almost as underwhelming as the porbroth wasn’t quite well. If nothing else, tion, the crust alternatively crunchy hot enough. It was THE CHOWDER it was a lot of food. or oily soft. chunky with rice, The burger, My second trip to Buoy 9, on WAS SALTY, ground beef and a though, undera Saturday evening, found a more BUTTERY, few slivers of bell whelmed. I chose lively atmosphere — multiple tables FLOURY AND pepper and onion. the 1/3-pound vercatching up over drinks, enjoying FULL OF BACON. sion ($7.95) over the heaping plates, strewn about the bar Then came the FOR A MOMENT 1/4-pound. ($6.95). and restaurant side. Despite the fish salad, reminiscent of a time when peoWhile appropriately and chips debacle, I enjoyed the I THOUGHT ple were delivered seasoned, the patty jovial service and unpretentiousness. IT MIGHT salads when the last was fl atter and wider I can imagine regulars being highly BE BACON thing they wanted to than I anticipated. devoted. CHOWDER, eat was vegetables. Dressed with loads My waiter suggested the baRATHER THAN of pickles, raw It was mostly icecon-wrapped filet mignon special. berg lettuce, watery CLAM. onions, a large leaf “It’s the only steak here that I don’t and approaching of lettuce and more use sauce on,” he said. “It’s so expiration, plus a cranky tomatoes, flavorful.” few out-of-season tomatoes, chunky it was reminiscent of the drive-thru But I had to try the prime rib white mushrooms, olives, carrot variety — one you’ve had before. (available in the winter months Frispears and a cup full of dressing Served a la carte it was a poor value day through Sunday and every day nearly the size of the cup of soup. proposition. In this bygone beef in summer). I went with the 8-or-9Based on either flavor or nutrition, temple, I was perplexed at the burgounce petite cut ($23.95) because a the salad failed to justify its own er-as-afterthought. half-pound of beef is plenty, along existence. The price and portion of halibut with chowder and steamed veggies.
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The chowder was salty, buttery, floury and full of bacon. For a moment I thought it might be bacon chowder, rather than clam (which isn’t the worst idea). There were a few little gummy clams, though. The vegetables — broccoli, cauliflower and carrots — were disasters of both sourcing and preparation. Freakishly large, overly modified, they were steamed to oblivion, lifeless and flavorless. The prime rib was prepared, thankfully, with more care. Pink throughout, the almost footprint-sized hunk of meat was supple, its juices pooling on the plate. Despite a couple rivers of fat and connective tissue, there was plenty of flesh, most of it thick as an inch or more. It was worth finishing, though not exquisite enough to preclude dunking in the ramekins of watery horseradish and salty au jus. Accompaniments aside, the prime rib itself was easily the best thing I had at Buoy 9. Good enough to sell 70 tons worth? Or to pay almost $25 for? Well, tell me how long Buoy 9 has been in business, and I’ll get out my calculator …
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ASTORIA — Join the Dare to Dance Party to benefit The Harbor on Saturday, Dec. 24, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. The event is for ages 12 and older and will be held at the Astoria Arts & Movement Center, located at 342 10th St., with a suggested admission donation of $10. This community event is a Zumba and dance fitness class featuring nine instructors from up and down the North Coast. Zumba fitness is practiced in 180 countries. A typical class will use mostly Latin rhythms as well as Bollywood and Top 40 music in a choreographed dance led by an instructor. Though the movements are choreographed, it’s easy for any first-time dance fitness student to pick up. Instructors at the event will include: Joy Sigler, who teaches at Astoria Arts & Movement Center and Tolovana Community Hall in Cannon Beach; Marta Guitron, who teaches at Astoria Arts & Movement Center; Tammy Louhgran,
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who teaches at Astoria Arts & Movement Center; Kim Postlewaite, who currently teaches at Sunset Family Fitness and will begin at Astoria Arts & Movement Center in January; Erin Carlsen, who teaches at Encore Dance Studio in Gearhart; Amanda Aronholt, who teaches dance fitness at Valhalla in Gearhart; Jacqui Powell, who teaches Zumba at Tolovana Community Hall; Joyce Senior who teaches at Fitness 1440 in Warrenton; and Laura Dodd who teaches Zumba at Knappa High School. Ten spots at the front of the room will be reserved for people willing to donate $100. You can reserve the spot for yourself, or send a friend, colleague or family member to dance in one of the reserved spots. The reserved spots offer a front-row seat to the Zumba instruction at the event. There will be no solos, just moving with the rest of the class.
DARE TO DANCE PARTY 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 Astoria Art & Movement Center 342 10th St., Astoria $10 suggested donation, benefiting The Harbor The Harbor provides intervention, recovery and support services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The organization, which serves Clatsop County, celebrated 40 years of operation in 2016. Can’t attend? Donations to The Harbor will be accepted. Call Joy Sigler for more information at 503-440-2547 or 503-738-6560 or email her at joysiglerzumba@ gmail.com
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Local manufacturing company is seeking full time qualified Welders. Position requires a minimum 2 years experience. Will be performing aluminum and dual shield welding. Must have a valid driverʼs license. Pre employment drug screen and background check performed. Competitive wage rate DOE. Apply at LEKTRO Inc., 1190 SE Flightline Drive, Warrenton Oregon. No Phone calls please. DO YOU BELIEVE in magic? Place an ad in the classifieds and watch the item you want to sell turn into instant cash!
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The Liberty Theatre is now hiring a Part Time Artistic Director. Qualified applicants must possess the following: experience in arts management and programming, educational arts projects, budgeting, building community partnerships, and fundraising. Applicants must also have a flexible schedule that allows them to work days, evenings and weekends as needed within a 24 hour part time work week.
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Part-time Exec. Director wanted for local non-profit. Must have: undergraduate degree, 2 years experience as ED or similar, strong written & oral communications skills, valid drivers license w/ insurance, experience in community food systems, strong organizational, administrative & financial management skills. Info at northcoastfoodweb.org. App. deadline: Jan. 13, 2017.
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Merriam-Webster’s dictionary crew sums up 2016: surreal By LEANNE ITALIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare? Try something in between: “surreal,” which is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, unveiled Monday. Meaning “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream,” or “unbelievable, fantastic,” the word joins Oxford’s “post-truth” and Dictionary.com’s “xenophobia” as the year’s top choices. “It just seems like one of those years,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large. The company tracks yearover-year growth and spikes in lookups of words on its website to come up with the top choice. This time around, there were many periods of interest in “surreal” throughout the year, often in the aftermath of tragedy, Sokolowski said. Major spikes came after the Brussels attack in March and again in July, after the Bastille Day massacre in Nice and the attempted coup in Turkey. All three received huge attention around the globe and had many in the media reaching for “surreal” to describe both the physical scenes and the “mental landscapes,” Sokolowski said. The single biggest spike in lookups came in November, he said, specifically Nov. 9, the day Donald Trump went from candidate to president-elect. There were also smaller spikes, including after the death of Prince in April at age 57 and after the June shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Irony mixed with the surreal for yet another bump after the March death of Garry Shandling. His first sitcom, “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,” premiered on Showtime in 1986 and had him busting through the fourth wall, speaking directly to the audience and mimicking his
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“Surreal” is Merriam-Webster’s word of 2016 based on spikes in lookups.
real life as a standup comedian, but one who knew he was starring in a TV show. “It was surreal and it’s connected to the actual original meaning of surreal, which is to say it comes from Surrealism, the artistic movement of the early 20th century,” Sokolowski said. Which is to say that “surreal” didn’t exist as a word until around 1924, after a group of European poets, painters and filmmakers founded a movement they called Surrealism. They sought to access the truths of the unconscious mind by breaking down rational thought. It wasn’t until 1937 that “surreal” began to exist on its own, said Sokolowski, who is a lexicographer. Merriam-Webster first started tracking lookup trends in 1996, when the dictionary landed online. In 2001, after the 9/11 terror attacks, the Springfield, Massachusetts-based company noticed plenty of spikes in word lookups. The most enduring spike was for “surreal,” pointing to a broader meaning and greater usage, Sokolowski said. “We noticed the same thing after the Newtown shootings, after the Boston Marathon bombings, after Robin Williams’ suicide,” he said. “Surreal has become this sort of word that people seek in moments of great shock and tragedy.” Word folk like Sokolowski can’t pinpoint exactly why people look words up online,
but they know it’s not only to check spellings or definitions. Right after 9/11, words that included “rubble” and “triage” spiked, he said. A couple days after that, more political words took over in relation to the tragedy, including “jingoism” and “terrorism.” “But then we finally hit ‘surreal,’ so we had a concrete response, a political response and finally a philosophical response,” Sokolowski said. “That’s what connects all these tragic events.” Other words that made Merriam-Webster’s Top 10 for 2016 due to significant spikes in lookups: BIGLY: Yes, it’s a word but a rare and sometimes archaic form of “big,” dating to around 1400, Sokolowski said. It made its way into the collective mind thanks to Trump, who was fond of using “big league” as an adverb but making it sound like bigly. DEPLORABLE: Thank you, Hillary Clinton and your basket full of, though it’s not technically a noun. IRREGARDLESS: It’s considered a “nonstandard” word for regardless. It’s best avoided, Sokolowski said. Irregardless was used during the calling of the last game of the World Series and its use was pilloried on social media, he said. ICON: This spike came after Prince’s April 21 death, along with surreal. “It was just a moment of public mourning, the likes of which really happen very seldom,”
Sokolowski said. ASSUMPSIT: At the Democratic National Convention, Elizabeth Warren was introduced by one her former law students at Harvard, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III of Massachusetts. He described how on his first day she asked him for the definition of assumpsit and he didn’t know. “She said, ‘Mr. Kennedy do you own a dictionary?’ so everybody looked it up,” Sokolowski laughed. For the record: It’s a legal term with Latin roots for a type of implied promise or contract. Kennedy didn’t define it when he told the story. FAUTE DE MIEUX: Literally, this French phrase means “lack of something better or more desirable.” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg used it in a brief concurring opinion in June to support a ruling that struck down a Texas law that would have closed all but nine abortion clinics in the state. IN OMNIA PARATUS: A Latin phrase for “ready for all things.” Curiosity surfaced when Netflix revived “Gilmore Girls” recently, including reference to this famous chant during an episode in the original series where Rory is talked into leaping off a high platform as part of the initiation for a secret society at Yale. It became a rallying cry for fans of the show. REVENANT: Leonardo DiCaprio played one in a movie of the same name, sending people scurrying to the dictionary. It describes “one that returns after death or a long absence.” It can be traced to the 1820s and while it sounds biblical, it is not, Sokolowski said. FECKLESS: It’s how Vice President-elect Mike Pence described President Obama’s foreign policy when he debated Democrat Tim Kaine. It means weak or worthless. Online: http://bit.ly/2hMpVto
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Winter ‘aquanastics’ class offered The Coats sing to close the year Sign up for CCC water fitness course this winter
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HAMMOND — The “aquanastics” water fitness class offered through Clatsop Community College is energizing and strengthening, yet gentle on the joints for both men and women. The exercises are designed to increase range of motion, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. This is not a swimming class and is conducted in a 3-to-5-feet deep heated pool. You do not have to know how to swim. Pool beach balls and noodles are provided free for class use and enjoyment. As an added bonus, students are given basic water health and safety tips, plus play some water games. Classes are held at the KOA Resort, 1100 Ridge Road in Hammond, from 9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. or 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Jan. 5 through Feb. 28, for a total of 16 classes. Only 12 students
CANNON BEACH — Cap off 2016 with an a cappella holiday concert with The Coats at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the 200-seat Coaster Theatre, located at 108 N Hemlock St. The Coats blend music and comedy so seamlessly that you will be left wondering, “How did all of that come out of four guys?” The four-man a cappella ensemble has shared stages with The Beach Boys, Trisha Yearwood and Eddie Money, and their intensely arranged and hilarious interactive performances seamlessly blend music and comedy. Founded in Seattle in 1987, the nationally touring quartet is made up of bass singer Kerry Dahlen, baritone Doug Wisness, and Jamie Dieveney and Keith Michael Anderson as second and first tenors, respectively. In a career spanning almost two decades, the group has performed for the Pres-
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can attend each section, and the cost is $39. The KOA Resort has a heated indoor pool and provides hot showers, restrooms and a hot tub to relax the muscles after class. There is no additional fee for use of the pool. Students need to arrive with swimsuits on and bring their own towels. Shampoo, conditioner and shower gel is provided. Parking tags need to be picked up at the main office at KOA before the first class. Students need to sign in before each class at main office, too.
Class is taught by Kathleen Hudson, an experienced instructor with certifications as an American Red Cross water safety instructor, arthritis aquatic instructor, completed A Matter of Balance at Columbia Memorial Hospital and aqua-aerobics training from Pismo Beach Athletic Club. Register now at http:// webreg1.clatsopcc.edu/ schedule/ or call 503-3382402. Direct inquiries to Mary Kemhus, 503338-2408 or mkemhus@ clatsopcc.edu.
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The Coats are an a capella music and comedy band performing 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach.
ident of the United States, MDA benefits, the Susan G. Komen foundation and a list of corporate clients including Starbucks, Microsoft and the Seattle Mariners. The Coats have released two demos and 13 albums.
Their latest release, “Shine On,” came out in 2016. Tickets cost $39 and can be purchased by calling the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce at 503-4362623 by visiting cannonbeach.org
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By LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS
Although nearly 600 species of holly exist worldwide, Ilix aquifolium, commonly known as “English holly,” or “Christmas holly,” is the species that grows most prolifically in the Pacific Northwest. A native to southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwest Asia, this holiday favorite may not have originated here, but it certainly has gone wild. Introduced in Oregon in 1874, the plant was popular with European settlers lonely for home, and sold well at nurseries in Portland and Seattle. Recognizing its holiday allure, farmers also began to grow and harvest holly commercially, and today, more than 90 percent of the holly sold in the
United States comes from the Pacific Northwest. A hearty shrub, with beautiful, glossy evergreen leaves and bright red berries, this ancient plant continues to be revered by many, while scorned by some. An easy propagator, aided handily by birds who love to eat the fruit (which is poisonous to humans), the plant has proven to be a ready escapee from urban gardens and rural farms, turning up in second-growth forests throughout the region. Study and debate over the plant’s possibility as an invasive species is ongoing, but no matter where one falls in that argument, there’s no denying that I. aquifolium — which has flourished on Earth for at
Holly grows prolifically in the Pacific Northwest.
least 66 million years—is likely here to stay, along with the great many human traditions that have morphed around it. Pagan rites made use of holly during all rituals that dealt with death and rebirth — its evergreen leaves a simple and fitting metaphor. Ancient Romans gave holly as gifts during Saturnalia — the late December festival that celebrated the deity Saturn and the passing of the winter solstice. Druids brought holly into the home during Yule, or Midwinter, with the belief that faerie folk could live in its protective branches during the
coldest, darkest days of the year (note: the holly had to be burned by the festival of Imbolc, or Feb. 2, now Groundhog Day, in order to get the faeries to leave and not cause mischief). By Medieval times, Christian traditions used the plant’s characteristics to symbolize everlasting life, with the berries representing the blood spilled by Christ. More practically, holly has been cultivated for use as winter fodder for sheep and cattle, as a traditional material for the making of Scottish bagpipes, and, perhaps most importantly, as the wood used to fabricate the magical wand of Harry Potter.
noun 1. a group of ships; a fleet, or a nation’s assembled ships of war and associated yards and facilities 2. a very dark blue 3. Navy Heights: an unincorporated community on the east end of Astoria that shares the same zip code. Navy Heights began as a World War II-era housing development back when Tongue Point was a U.S. Naval Air Station Origin: Navy comes from the Latin navis, meaning “ship.” It enters late Middle English by way of the Old French navie; navy is the plural form of the word and literally means “ships.” It is not hard to imagine how the housing development got its name due its relationship with the
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— Richard H. Engeman, “World War II Opens New Doors,” The Oregon History Project, https://oregonhistoryproject.org, 2005
“Fifty years ago this week: Fouryear-old Billy Gregory, whose father is stationed at Tongue Point, caught a ride on the school bus from Navy Heights and made like he was going to go to class at John Jacob Astor School today. Principal Bob Parnell said young Billy apparently thought the bus was picking up picnic passengers, so unbeknownst to his parents, climbed aboard. G. T. Arrington, of the city police force, was called to the school to arrange to return the youngster to his home.”
—“Water Under the Bridge” The Daily Astorian, Sept. 14, 2015
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‘A Convenient Situation’ History & Hops takes on Seaside’s Salt Works SEASIDE — The next History & Hops free local history lecture takes place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at Seaside Brewing Co., located at 851 Broadway. From currency to seasoning, salt has played a vital role in human history and survival. One of the reasons the Corps of Discovery wintered near the Pacific Ocean was that it was running out of salt. The expedition’s captains were hoping for “a convenient Situation to the Sea Coast where we Could make Salt,” according to William Clark’s Nov. 24, 1805, journal. At the next History & Hops, retired National Park Service ranger Tom Wilson will discuss the importance of salt for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He will recount which Corps members made salt, and describe how they made the salt needed for the expedition.
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Wilson will share the history of the current Salt Works site which is a memorial to the expedition’s salt-making endeavors. Wilson, a popular and engaging speaker, is also a retired elementary schoolteacher. He began working at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park seasonally more than 20 years ago, volunteering for several years giving talks and demonstrations. During his time with
the park, he participated in the park’s living history programs and has portrayed Corps members at events such as the Salt Makers Return, Clark’s Camp and Wintering Over. He has portrayed expedition members Pvt. Thomas Howard, Capt. William Clark, and salt-maker Pvt. William Bratton. As Bratton, Wilson has spent multiple weekends in character, boiling water, making salt and living on the beach. History & Hops is a monthly series of local history discussions hosted by the Seaside Museum at Seaside Brewing Co. The Seaside Museum and Historical Society is a nonprofit educational institution with the mission to collect, preserve and interpret materials illustrative of the history of Seaside and the surrounding area. The museum is located at 570 Necanicum Drive and is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday. More information can be found at www.seasidemuseum.org
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