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Astoria High School Lucia Festival kicks off winter lights season Nov. 23 val, will be the Lucia bride and Voice of Seattle. Swedes prefer the Swedish wear a crown of candles on her head. Other spelling “Sanmembers of tka Lucia” as the 2012 the title for the Scandinavian young woman 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23 Festival court, chosen to lead Astoria High School including Meg the procession 1001 W. Marine Drive, Astoria Dowal i b y, of attendants 503-325-6136 Krista Higgins in white robes and Cala Peand young www.astoriascanfest.com tersen, will be men called $1 donation Lucia atten“star boys.” Emmi Collier, runner-up to Miss dants in the last official activity Scandinavia at the 2012 Astoria of their reign. Josie Kero will be Scandinavian Midsummer Festi- junior attendant and star boys will be Ben Swenson and Kristian Johnson. The new Scandinavian Midsummer Festival court Dro p o ffto d a y & pick u p to m o rro w ! for 2013 will be introduced and W e a re the O N LY in - ho u se d ry the Nordic Viking Scandia clea n er in the co u n ty. dancers will perform three dances 823 W . M a rin e D r., Asto ria • 503- 325- 5235 as part of the ceremony. Karen McNees will sing the Santa Lucia song. sum mon|hope You don’t have to be Scandiin the historic navian to participate in this event gilbert district and the whole community is indowntown seaside vited to leave turkey leftovers at 612 broadway • fairweatherhouseandgarden.com • 503-738-8899 home and come mingle and dance on one of the dark evenings of the At the co-op, year. Admission to the event is a fresh delicious food $1 donation to the Scandinavian is just the beginning. Nourish your family. Festival Scholarship fund adminDiscover local foods. istered by Astoria High School Connect with others and help build a strong Scholarships Inc. community. It all comes For more information, visit together at the co-op. www.astoriascanfest.com or conCorner of 14th & tact Loran Mathews at 503-325Exchange (503) 325-0027 6136.

ASTORIA — In Scandinavia, “Santa Lucia” is celebrated in December, but in Astoria, this winter festival of lights is celebrated the day after Thanksgiving. This year’s festival will start at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at the Astoria High School auditorium and commons at 1001 W. Marine Drive. There will be music in the auditorium starting at 6:30 p.m. and after the brief Santa Lucia ceremony, the Finnish Brotherhood will serve refreshments in the commons, with live music for Scandinavian dancing by Folk

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The 2011 Lucia Bride and Court are shown. The incoming court will be featured during the Lucia Festival of Lights the evening of Nov. 23. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Members of the Lucia Viking Dancers are shown on stage at Astoria High School. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Northwest Artist Guild Picture Attic Painters expand members, space LONG BEACH, Wash. — A new artists’ guild is forming on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula. It is an outgrowth of the Picture Attic Painters, who formerly held their art shows in private homes and consisted of artists who painted at The Picture Attic Thursday afternoons. The group has decided they would like to include more people in their shows and have a venue for

workshops, classes and shows. If you are an artist who does original, one-of-a-kind work, the Northwest Artist Guild is on the lookout for new members. The members support and inspire each other in creating fine art and provide the opportunity to develop additional skills through educational opportunities in many artistic disciplines. The group will be ex-

hibiting in the Performing Arts Center, managed by Bill and Sue Svendsen. The PAC, which has housed concerts since its opening, has a gallery space which will be used to exhibit the guild’s works, along with monthly opening nights announced to the public and space for demonstrations and workshops. If you wish to apply for membership, which is $60 per year, call Jean Nitzel at 360-642-2295, Joan Taplin at 360-6656022 or email Barb Mallon at bmallon@centurytel.net for an application and more information about the group.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

BY COAST WEEKEND EDITOR REBECCA SEDLAK • rsedlak@dailyastorian.com

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Happy Thanksgiving!

COASTAL LIFE

Feeling crabby on the coast The Columbia-Pacific region gears up for its favorite crustacean

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Mouth of the Columbia The mouth visits the McMenamins Sand Trap Pub in Gearhart

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Mushroom Culture at the coast The Northwest is particularly suited to growing mushrooms

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Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. It might be because my birthday is always hovering around it, but you must admit: A holiday solely about great seasonal food and spending time with family is fun. My family is originally from the East Coast, and since I’ve lived in Oregon since grade school, the number of people at our holiday dinners tends to run on the small side. I guess this way I’ve avoided travel stress or having to deal with unruly relatives – but those details can be part of the charm of the holiday. I know some people who start listening to Christmas music in October. And I’m sure we’ve all seen the holiday decorations go up in stores as early as September. I don’t know why so many go crazy for Halloween costumes and Christmas presents, almost skipping Thanksgiving altogether. Maybe it’s because Thanksgiving is ultimately about family and humbly giving thanks for our blessings – something that is hard to commercialize successfully.

Starbucks puts out its seasonal pumpkin-spiced latte in early September – which works, since summer turns into autumn mid-month, though the weather often is still sunny and warm.

I don’t know why so many go crazy for Halloween costumes and Christmas presents, almost skipping Thanksgiving altogether. But the holiday drinks and red cups come out directly after Halloween. The drinks include win-

ter-esque flavors like gingerbread latte, eggnog latte and peppermint mocha. The cups are usually red, decorated with white snowflakes, snowmen and cheery sayings. People can get intense about them; there’s even a website that counts down the days until their release each year ( www. count downt oredcups .com). Nordstrom sticks out as one store that upholds Thanksgiving. In an advertisement the department store has run the past few years, it proclaims: “We won’t be decking our halls until Friday,

Nov. 23. We just like the idea of celebrating one holiday at a time.” So do I. Halloween can have October, and Christmas can have December. Let Thanksgiving keep November. From all of us at Coast Weekend, have a truly happy Thanksgiving!

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on the cover Chef Sebastian Carosi, of Pickled Fish in Long Beach, Wash., uses a variety of mushrooms that can be found locally including matsutakes, chicken of the woods and king boletes. ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO

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Coastal Life Story and photos by LYNETTE RAE McADAMS

Feeling

crabby

on the coast

The Columbia-Pacific gears up for its favorite crustacean

It’s a cornucopia of American favorites: a morning of parades and preparations; an afternoon of feasting and football; an evening for neighbors and loved ones to come together with grateful hearts, lifting full glasses to the bounty of another season. Whether it’s the perfectly roasted turkey, a gaggle of cousins at the kiddie table, or your own variation on Aunt Bertie’s green bean casserole, each of us has a recipe for what makes up this quintessential holiday – and for more than 1,500 households in the Columbia-Pacific, until you throw in several hundred fully loaded, regulation commercial crab pots, it just isn’t Thanksgiving. This weekend, while the rest of us sleep off the holiday meal tryptophan or brave long lines for the promise of a bargain, members of the commercial fishing fleets from both Oregon and Washington will engage in another longstanding holiday tradition – the annual race to finalize the mountain of gear they’ll need when they take to the seas and test their luck in the frigid waters that nourish our coast’s most beloved crustacean, the Dungeness crab. “The start of the season is always exciting,” says John Edwards, life-long fisherman and co-owner of Linda Brand Crab and Seafood in Chinook, Wash. “We’ve been putting pots together for weeks now, and you can be sure that everyone will make the push to be ready for the opening.” The coastal commercial Dungeness crab fisheries in both states enjoy a traditional Dec. 1 start date, but boats can begin “soaking” their gear as early as Nov. 28, when they’ll each deploy between 300 and 500 circular steel traps or “pots” per vessel, laying a plan for the catch. (This year, however, the opening of the ocean commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed at least through Dec. 15 in order to allow crab quality to improve. Recreational harvest will open Dec. 1 as scheduled.) In the earliest days of the season, when crab are at their most plentiful, the fishing at its most competitive. Of the total annual harvest, 50 percent will occur in the first three weeks of the nine-month season, with 75 percent caught and sold by New Year’s Day, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Seafood Watch, a division of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Clearly, if you’re in the crabbing business, it pays to be on the water early and often.

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Fully assembled crab pots line the port of Ilwaco, Wash., ready for the start of the commercial coastal Dungeness crab fishery.

“Everyone wants fresh crab for the holidays,” says Patricia “Ruby” Edwards, “so demand is high. In an area that can really use the money, it comes at just the right time.” As the other half of Linda Brand Crab and Seafood, she’s a woman who knows her arthropods. “In our business, what we’re most concerned with is quality, not quantity,” she adds. “We want to offer the very best product, harvested using the most sustainable practices, from only our local fishermen.” For almost 15 years, Linda Brand Crab and Seafood, a seafood collective, has gathered, processed and direct marketed not only local crab but also fish and shellfish. In addition to its storefront in Chinook, Wash., the company sells its wares at seven different farmers markets in and around the Portland area, as well as in the city’s selective New Season’s Market, will occur in the first where the grocer’s website boasts Linda Brand as, “the freshest, weeks of the best-tasting crab out there!” High nine-month praise indeed when the total harvest from local waters alone averseason, with ages upwards of 10 million pounds of prized Dungeness. Since crab landings are natucaught and sold by rally cyclical and fluctuate in reNew Year’s Day. sponse to ocean variables like temperature, food availability and currents, highs and lows are expected. But by all indications, the health of the industry is strong. To keep it that way, the states of Washington, Oregon and California all use a 3-S management system – a 100-year-old method touted by some as the most successful example of fishery sustainability in the nation. By setting regulations for size (crab must be wider than 6 1/4 inches), sex (all female crab must be released), and season (there’s a closure during the primary molting period), the fishery assures its continued survival. To a coastline that depends on it as the backbone of a winter economy, that’s very good news; for a resident

population of lip-smacking, crab-loving, Dungeness devotees, it’s even better. And in a world that’s turned a sharp and sudden focus on how we source our food, this regional delectable combines the best of all things: It’s fresh, it’s sustainable, it’s amazingly tasty, and as the folks at Linda Brand remind us, “It just couldn’t get any more local.” So this holiday season, if you’re feeling crabby, be grateful. Around here, you’re in excellent company, and you’re just in time. For more information, visit www.lindabrandcrab.com

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Patricia (Ruby) and John Edwards, owners and operators of Linda Brand Crab and Seafood, stand outside their storefront in Chinook, Wash.

Stepping Out Thanksgiving Day is Thursday, Nov. 22. Regular ongoing Thursday events are listed but you may want to call the venue before going.

THEATER Friday, Nov. 23 “Scrooge The Musical” 8 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www.coastertheatre.com, $18 or $23. Based on Charles Dickens’“A Christmas Carol,” this musical version takes us through three fantastic dreams, each with a particular tour guide, ending where the true meaning of Christmas awakens Ebenezer Scrooge from his soulless existence.

Saturday, Nov. 24 “Scrooge The Musical” 8 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www.coastertheatre.com, $18 or $23.

MUSIC Thursday, Nov. 22 Dallas Williams 6 p.m., The Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1539, www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com, no cover. Dallas Williams plays folk and Americana. Brian O’Connor 6 to 9 p.m., The Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Acoustic jazz guitarist Brian O’Connor plays an eclectic mix of jazz standards and original compositions. Jam Session 7 p.m., Triangle Tavern, 222 W. Marine Drive, Astoria. All are welcome to play, sing or just listen. Salty Dogs 9 p.m. to midnight, Sam’s Seaside Cafe, 104 Broadway, Seaside, 503-717-1725, no cover. Salty Dogs play a mix of folk, blues, classic rock and fun oldies.

Friday, Nov. 23 Bill Hayes 5 to 8 p.m., Cannon Beach Cookie Company, 239 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361129. Bill Hayes plays acoustic rock, folk and bluegrass. Doug Rupe 6 to 8 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., Astoria, 503-325-6975, www.wetdogcafe.com, no cover. Doug Rupe sings classics and originals, with guitar and keyboard. Ray Raihala 6 to 9 p.m., T. Paul’s Urban Cafe, 1119 Commercial St., Astoria, 503-338-5133, no cover. Ray Raihala plays folk, bluegrass and Americana music with vocals, keyboard and guitar. Chuck Wilder 6:30 to 9 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Chuck Wilder plays jazz piano. Oak Street Trio 7:30 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 565 12th St., Astoria, 503-325-9896 (Astoria Music Festival office), $15. The Oak Street Trio is Ian Scarfe on piano, James Keene on violin and Sung Bin Choi on cello, with guests Lauren Brady on flute and Allan Stromquist on horn. This will be a program of classical dance music by Dvorak, Brahms, Ravel and Piazzola.

Saturday, Nov. 24 Troll Radio Revue 11 a.m. to noon, Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center, 588 16th St., Astoria, www.clatsopcc.edu, $2 adults, free for children. Take part in the monthly live broadcast with

the Beerman Creek String Band, Stinky Toadwort, the Troll Radio Theater Troupe and guests. Oak Street Trio 2 to 4 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com. The Oak Street Trio is Ian Scarfe on piano, James Keene on violin and Sung Bin Choi on cello, playing classical music.

Scott Pemberton 8 p.m., Fort George Brewery and Public House, 1483 Duane St., Astoria, 503-325-7468, www.fortgeorgebrewery.com, no cover. Guitarist and songwriter Scott Pemberton has been compared to Jimi Hendrix and James Brown, among others.

Tuesday, Nov. 27

Niall Carroll 6 to 8 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., Astoria, 503-325-6975, www.wetdogcafe.com, no cover. Niall Carroll plays guitar.

Burger and Blues Night 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., T. Paul’s Supper Club, 360 12th St., Astoria, 503-325-2545, no cover. Richard T. plays the blues.

Jennifer Goodenberger 6 to 9 p.m., Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-2442, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Jennifer Goodenberger plays classical, improvisational, contemporary and contemplative originals on piano.

Brian O’Connor 6 to 9 p.m., The Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Acoustic jazz guitarist Brian O’Connor plays an eclectic mix of jazz standards and original compositions.

Ray Raihala 6 to 9 p.m., T. Paul’s Supper Club, 360 12th St., Astoria, 503-325-2545, no cover. Ray Raihala plays folk, bluegrass and Americana music with vocals, keyboard and guitar.

Wednesday, Nov. 28

Oak Street Trio 6:30 p.m. reception, 8 p.m. concert, Peace Lutheran Church, 565 12th St., Astoria, 503-3259896 (Astoria Music Festival office), $20. The Oak Street Trio is Ian Scarfe on piano, James Keene on violin and Sung Bin Choi on cello, with guests Lauren Brady on flute and Allan Stromquist on horn. Meet the musicians at the pre-concert reception and enjoy a concert of classics by Beethoven, Schumann, Doppler, Faure and Copland. David Drury 6:30 to 9 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Dave Drury plays jazz guitar. Jim Basnight Band 7 p.m., Astoria Moose Lodge, 420 17th St., Astoria, no cover for members, $3 cover for nonmembers. The Jim Basnight Band plays rock from the ‘50s through the ‘90s, plus soul, punk, funk, Americana, alternative and blues. Alena 8 p.m., Seaside American Legion, 1315 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, no cover. Alena plays traditional country, and has been known to include a Patsy Cline tribute. Big Fish Blues Band 8 p.m., Rio Cafe and Cantina, 125 Ninth St., Astoria, 503-325-2409, http://theriocafe.net, no cover. Big Fish Blues Band plays hipshakin’ blues with a rock edge.

Sunday, Nov. 25 Tom Trudell 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Tom Trudell plays jazz piano. All That Jazz 2 to 4 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., Astoria, 503-325-6975, www.wetdogcafe.com, free. Donations will benefit the band’s Astoria High School music scholarship. Brian Johnstone 6 to 8 p.m., The Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361539, www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com, no cover, ages 21 and older. Brian Johnstone plays flamenco guitar, as well as jazz, blues and originals. The Thomasian Trio with Maggie Kitson 7 p.m., Moody’s Supper House, 20 N. Holladay Drive, Seaside, 503-738-4054, no cover. The Thomasian Trio plays jazz, blues and classic rock. The Four Freshmen 7:30 p.m., Don Whitney Auditorium, Tillamook High School, 2605 12th St., Tillamook, 503842-2078, $25 adults and $20 students in advance, $30 adults and $25 students at the door, season tickets available. The Four Freshmen perform classic jazz and pop with tight, inventive harmonies and world-class musicianship.

The Coconuts 6 p.m., The Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1539, www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com, no cover. Bill Hayes, Dave Quinton and Gary Keiski are the Coconuts, playing classic swing and jazz, country, bluegrass and folk.

Thursday, Nov. 29 Dallas Williams 6 p.m., The Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1539, www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com, no cover. Brian O’Connor 6 to 9 p.m., The Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Basin Street NW 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Jam Session 7 p.m., Triangle Tavern, 222 W. Marine Drive, Astoria. Salty Dogs 9 p.m. to midnight, Sam’s Seaside Cafe, 104 Broadway, Seaside, 503-717-1725, no cover.

HOLIDAY EVENTS Friday, Nov. 23 Holiday Open House 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Redmen Hall, 1394 State Route 4, Skamokawa, Wash. The Friends of Skamokawa will hold an open house in Redmen Hall, which will be decorated for the holidays and have locally handmade gifts available for purchase. Refreshments will be served and local musicians will provide entertainment. Holidays at the Beach 1 p.m., Neptune Theater, 809 Boulevard St. S., Long Beach, Wash., http://holidayslongbeach.com, free. There will be a screening of “The Polar Express,” hosted by Mrs. Claus and the Railroad Conductor. Pacific Power Parade of Lights 6 p.m. lineup starts, 7 p.m. parade starts, downtown Seaside, free. Line up along Necanicum Drive, then the parade goes across the First Avenue bridge, right onto Holladay Drive then right onto Broadway. Caroling and the community Christmas tree lighting are at the pocket park between the Seaside Carousel Mall and Beach House Gifts a few minutes after the parade ends. Seaside Chamber Ambassadors will hand out refreshments at Finn’s. Community Tree Lighting 6:30 p.m., Kamali Sotheby’s International Realty parking lot, 467 Laneda Ave., Manzanita.

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Stepping Out HOLIDAY EVENTS continued Friday, Nov. 23 (continued) Lucia Festival of Lights 7 p.m., Astoria High School, 1001 W. Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-6136, www.astoriascanfest.com, $1 donation. After music in the auditorium at 6:30 p.m., there will be the procession of the Lucia Bride and her court and the Lucia ceremony, followed by refreshments and live music for Scandinavian dancing by Folk Voice of Seattle.

Saturday, Nov. 24 Holiday Open House 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Redmen Hall, 1394 State Route 4, Skamokawa, Wash. Haystack Holidays: Wreath Making 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce Community Hall, 207 N. Spruce St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2623, $13. Make your own holiday wreath or swag. Instructional help, supplies and refreshments provided, with live music to entertain. Holidays at the Beach 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., downtown Long Beach, Wash., free. Mrs. Claus will hold magic shows at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 110 N. Pacific Highway, with craft making before and after the shows and free pictures with Santa starting at 3 p.m. From 5 to 8 p.m. there will be caroling at the downtown gazebo and a tree lighting with the mayor. Gingerbread Tea 1 to 4 p.m., Butterfield Cottage at the Seaside Museum, 570 Necanicum Drive, Seaside, 503738-7065, $5 adults, $3 children 12 and younger. The Seaside Museum and Historical Society presents its annual Gingerbread Tea. Enjoy hot tea and tasty gingerbread. The drawing for the tea raffle will be held at 4 p.m. Dec. 15. Tickets may be purchased at the museum up to the time of the drawing, at the cost of $1 per ticket or eight tickets for $5. Photos with Santa 1 to 4 p.m., Appelo Archives Center, Appelo Plaza, Second Floor, 1056 State Route 4, Naselle, Wash., 360-484-7103, www.appeloarchives.org. Photos of Santa with children or families will be taken by a local photographer, with prints available before Christmas to give as gifts. The event will be downstairs this year. The book and gift shop will be open for holiday shopping. Downtown Astoria Sparkles 3 p.m., Liberty Theater and downtown Astoria, 1203 Commercial St., Astoria, 503-791-7940. The “Downtown Sparkles” event kicks off the holiday season with two free holiday movies for kids at the Liberty Theater from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.: “Winnie the Pooh and Christmas, Too” and “Frosty the Snowman.” Admission is by a food donation to the CCA Regional Food Bank. All children must be accompanied by an adult and doors open at 3 pm. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the Liberty Theater to greet little ones from 3 to 5 p.m. (bring your own camera) and carolers from the North Coast Chorale and Astor Street Opry Company Scrooged Angel Choir will bring everyone into the holiday spirit when the downtown core lights up at 5 p.m., including new surprises and Astoria’s Sparkling Deals at many downtown businesses. Wahkiakum Festival of Lights 3 p.m., downtown Cathlamet, Wash., 360-795-9996. Enjoy Christmas caroling, hot cider and the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus at about 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 25 Holidays at the Beach 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, 110 N. Pacific Highway, Long Beach, Wash., free. Celebrate Frosty the Snowman’s birthday with cake, a magic show and crafts. Donations of hats, mittens and winter clothing for the needy are welcome. Holiday Open House Noon to 4 p.m., Redmen Hall, 1394 State Route 4, Skamokawa, Wash.

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“Messiah” Sing-Along 4 p.m., Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center, 588 16th St., Astoria, donations welcome for local food banks. Singers and musicians will gather to help the North Coast Chorale perform Handel’s “Messiah.” Partial matching funds for donations for this local tradition will be provided by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

MARKETS Includes recurring markets and holiday bazaars. See also Holiday Events.

Friday, Nov. 23 Seaside Holiday Gift Fair 1 to 6 p.m., Seaside Civic and Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside, 503-739-6391, events@seasidechamber.com, www.seasidechamber.com, free admission. Find gifts and holiday decorations hand-crafted by local and regional artisans, and visit with Santa from 2 to 4 p.m. Three Village Market 7 to 9 p.m., Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. An array of gift items by local merchants and artisans will be available for purchase, there will be photo ops with Santa and Mrs. Claus and the Neah-Kah-Nie High School Choir will entertain while shoppers enjoy refreshments. Kids can make “magical reindeer food” and holiday crafts while parents shop.

Wild Mushroom Hike 1 p.m., Fort Stevens State Park, Battery Russell, off Jetty Road north of the park’s main entrance, Hammond, 503-861-3170, Ext. 41, dane.osis@state.or.us, free, registration not required. Join Park Ranger Dane Osis for a hike of about a mile to look for and identify wild mushrooms. Friday Night Mixer 5 to 7 p.m., Imogen Gallery, 240 11th St, Astoria, 503-468-0620, free. Enjoy a social hour at the gallery, with lovely art and lively conversation, plus beverages provided by Astoria Coffeehouse. Trivia Night 7 p.m., Baked Alaska, No. 1 12th St., Astoria, 503-325-7414, $2 per person per game.

Saturday, Nov. 24 Peninsula Arts Association Studio Tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., numerous galleries and private studios on the Long Beach (Wash.) Peninsula, www.beachartist.org, free. Seventeen private studios and area galleries will open their doors to the public, from Chinook in the south to the north end of the peninsula. Meet your favorite artists and enjoy refreshments while viewing and shopping for artworks.

Saturday, Nov. 24

Mysterious Mushrooms of Fort Stevens 1 p.m., Fort Stevens State Park, Picnic Shelter A, Coffenbury Lake, 100 Peter Iredale Drive, Hammond, 503-861-3170, Ext. 41, dane.osis@state.or.us, free, $5 parking per vehicle. Join Park Ranger Dane Osis for an informative program about local mushrooms, followed by a short hike around the park to look for and identify mushrooms.

Ilwaco Christmas Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Time Enough Books, 157 Howerton Way, Ilwaco, Wash. Shop for all your holiday gift needs from an assortment of jewelry, holiday decor, glass art, apparel, wood crafts, soaps and more.

Christopher Burkett Artist’s Reception 1 to 3 p.m., Northwest By Northwest Gallery, 232 N. Spruce St., Cannon Beach, 503-4360741. Fine art photographer Christopher Burkett will present new works and give an informal talk about his photography, which focuses on color landscapes.

Three Village Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita.

Christopher Lord Author Appearance 2 to 4 p.m., Cannon Beach Book Company, 130 N. Hemlock St., Suite 2, Cannon Beach, 503436-1301, 800-436-1328, www.cannonbeachbooks.com. Christopher Lord will sign copies of his book, “The Christmas Carol Murders,” a mystery set in an Oregon coastal town.

Seaside Holiday Gift Fair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Seaside Civic and Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside, 503-739-6391, events@seasidechamber.com, www.seasidechamber.com, free admission. Find gifts and holiday decorations hand-crafted by local and regional artisans, and visit with Santa from noon to 2 p.m. The Oregon Civil War game will be shown on the big screens.

Sunday, Nov. 25 Seaside Holiday Gift Fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Seaside Civic and Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside, 503-739-6391, events@seasidechamber.com, www.seasidechamber.com, free admission. Find gifts and holiday decorations hand-crafted by local and regional artisans, and visit with Santa from noon to 2 p.m. Three Village Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita.

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Sunday, Nov. 25 Didgeridoo Reiki Healing Circle 1:30 to 2:15 p.m., RiversZen Yoga, 399 31st St., Astoria, 503-440-3554, http://RiversZenYoga.com, free, for ages 18 and older. Join Thom Dickerson for a tonal meditation, starting with a short informational presentation followed by a guided meditation featuring the spiritual vibrations of the didgeridoo, painting tonal pictures of reiki symbols. PNPW Wrestling 5 p.m., Astoria Event Center, 894 Commercial St., Astoria, $50 booth (holds up to six), $15 ringside, $10 general admission, $5 children 10 and younger.

Tuesday, Nov. 27 Coastal Writers’ Critique 10 a.m., PUD Building, 9610 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash. Join in the discussion and critique of writing works in progress for encouragement, support and inspiration.

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Trivia Night 6 p.m., The Ship Inn Lounge, No. 1 Second St., Astoria, 503-325-0033, ages 21 and older. Bring a team or just bring yourself and test your knowledge of useless facts.

Sou’Wester Garden Club Meeting 10 a.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, marciawhitelock@comcast.net (Marcia Kay Whitelock). Doris Snodgrass and Jeanette Nicolazzi will present “Growing Tomatoes and Potatoes at the Coast” to get everyone ready for the 2013 season.

Friday, Nov. 23 Peninsula Arts Association Studio Tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., numerous galleries and private studios on the Long Beach (Wash.) Peninsula, www.beachartist.org, free. Seventeen private studios and area galleries will open their doors to the public, from Chinook in the south to the north end of the peninsula. Meet your favorite artists and enjoy refreshments while viewing and shopping for artworks.

The public is welcome and membership is open. Annual dues are $15.

Thursday, Nov. 29 Trivia Night 6 p.m., The Ship Inn Lounge, No. 1 Second St., Astoria, 503-325-0033, ages 21 and older. Bring a team or just bring yourself and test your knowledge of useless facts.

Stepping Out EVENTS continued Thursday, Nov. 29 (continued) Ales & Ideas: Calendrics 7 p.m. , Fort George Lovell Building, 426 14th St., Astoria, 503-338-2335, ncook@clatsopcc.edu, (Nancy Cook), www.clatsopcc.edu, free. Clatsop Community College math instructor Rich Beveridge will address the ancient and intriguing mathematics of calendar making, including important information about the Mayan prediction of the impending end of the world.

Clatsop Community College RAIN Magazine calls for submissions ASTORIA — RAIN Magazine, Clatsop Community College’s (CCC) literary publication, is accepting submissions now through Jan. 10, spring 2013 edition. Proud of its 45-year history publishing the art and literature of this talented coastal community, RAIN welcomes submissions from the general public as well as CCC students. There is no theme for the 2013 edition, but the publication appreciates work that celebrates the unique landscape and lifestyle of the Columbia Pacific region. Submit no more than 5,000 words of prose, three poems, three digital photos or three high-quality digital reproductions of original artwork. The ability to print color is limited, so artists submitting color images should indicate if the image may appear in black and white. Include name, address, phone number, email, title and med-ium, and a brief, two- to three-line biography with all entries. Manuscripts will not be returned but will be recycled, so do not send your only copy and

no SASE is necessary. Online submissions are welcome and encouraged (email to rainmagazine@clatsopcc.edu). If using an unusual file format, include a copy of the manuscript text in the body the email. Submissions, online or otherwise, without proper contact information, may not be considered. For more information or to explore the online archives, visit www.clatsopcc.edu/community/ publications/rain-magazine Mail submissions to: RAIN Magazine, Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, OR 97103 Interested community members can also join the staff of RAIN. This is a great resume builder that involves students in the local arts community while also teaching applicable job skills in literary publishing, graphic design, editing, fundraising, distribution and public events. Register for WR270 and Corequisite ART 222, four credits, Tuesdays and Thursdays noon to 2:20 p.m. Classes start Jan. 7. Direct inquiries to Nancy Cook at 503-338-2335 or ncook@clatsopcc.edu

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Astoria Moose Lodge Seattle rock, tribute band a sure thing ASTORIA — Born in Seattle, the Jim Basnight Band has members with extensive musical backgrounds. The band, fronted by Jim Basnight on vocals and guitars, performs songs from all six of Basnight’s CDs, as well as his new career retrospective – “We Rocked and Rolled: The First 25 Years of Jim Basnight.” They are versed in a number of styles, including Rock from the ’50s through the ’90s, as well as soul, punk, Americana and more. Basnight's career has received acclaim from critics all over the world, starting with The Moberlys in the ’80s up to The Rockinghams in the ’90s and solo throughout. His discography is extensive over the past two-plus decades, and his latest release, “Recovery Room,” is an adventurous CD. It features a diverse mix of guitars, male and female vocals, drums, bass, violins, trumpets and sax. Basnight has licensed about 40 tracks over the past 15 years to different “indie” labels large and small, including The Moberlys classic “Sexteen” a recently recorded version of “I Can See For Miles” for a tribute

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SKAMOKAWA, Wash. — Friends Northwest artists will have a of Skamokawa invite everyone to special display of their beautiful join them for a warm and festive work on the second floor and open house to celebrate the holi- there is bound to be a “perfect days. Both floors of Redmen find” for someone on your list. Hall will be All their overflowing items will with locally be offered h an d m ad e for sale. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 23 and 24 gifts, and as M a n y always, will unique crafts Noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 25, Dec. 1 and 2 be beautiand handRedmen Hall made items fully deco1394 State Route 4, Skamokawa, Wash. will be rated with

LONG BEACH PENINSULA, Wash. — Peninsula Arts Association’s fifth annual studio tour offers visitors to Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula a chance to explore and discover art through the doors of local artists the weekend after Thanksgiving. Seventeen private studios and area galleries will open their doors to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23 and Saturday, Nov. 24 for a relaxed and up-close chance to see artists at work. Beginning in Chinook and traveling north to Surfside, the route is also a way to see the beautiful land. The event is free to the public and suitable for all ages. CHINOOK In Chinook, Vickie Branch of M & D Designs M & D Designs offers a torch 760 U.S. Highway 101 bead-making demonstration, along with a special gift to all who 360-777-8778 mention they stopped by for the tour. The work of more than 20 PORT OF ILWACO artists fills the shop, along with Marie Powell Studio jewelry supplies and studio space 177 Howerton Way for glass, silver and lapidary work. 360-642-4040 At the Port of Ilwaco, Marie Powell will hold printmaking demonstrations at her printmaking studio along with wood block demonstrations by Penny Treat, plus an assortment of framed original works and limited editions. Set amidst the work of more than 30 local artists, Terry Branch will demonstrate wire-wrapping techniques at M & D Designs and Gifts in downtown Long Beach. LONG BEACH Four artists on the tour are Epinoia Studio using PAA’s new office in Long 15915 Sandridge Road Beach for the display of work and 360-783-1083 demonstrations. Judy Cox will demonstrate her popular art cardJim Unwin making technique of iris folding. 15024 Pacific Way Joyce Wingett will demonstrate 360-642-3324 pastel drawing, and has some of her very first charcoal drawings on Peninsula Arts Association Office hand to show (and encourage) new Third Street N.W. and Pacific Way artists. Nancy Meyrick brings forth her beautiful photography Behind The Old Depot and Theresa Mahar sparkles with glass wind chimes, found beach M & D Designs and Gifts creations and her Wild Women se610 S. Pacific Ave. ries that come complete with won360-642-8778 derfully witty stories for each. There are two studios dotted along the path from Long Beach to the north end of the peninsula, one on the beach side and one on the bay side; tour visitors can drop by one on the way north and the other on the way south. On Pacific Highway, Jim Unwin’s hobbit-inspired studio, beckons guests inside under the watchful eye of a carved raven, while on Sandridge Road, E. Bonn-Zimmerman’s Epinoia Studio holds a printmaking demonstration, original paintings, prints and cards in an equally beautiful setting. There is quite a cluster of activity in Ocean Park. Starting on the east end of Bay Avenue, visit the Wiegardt Studio Gallery. Artist

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available. Each of us has a “difficult to buy for” person on our Christmas list and often a book fills that spot perfectly. Redmen Hall has an excellent assortment of books by local and regional authors on many subjects, including local history, logging, fishing, the environment, recreation, inspirational, cookbooks and more. The Holiday Open House at Redmen Hall will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 23 and 24, and noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 25 and Dec. 1 and 2, at 1394 Washington State Route 4, West. ...The timelessness of

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Eric Wiegardt was recently awarded the prestigious 2012 Gold OCEAN PARK Medal of Honor from the AmeriMichele Naquaiya can Watercolor Society. The walls 1609 273rd Place of his charming studio are filled 360-642-4278 with original work, and there are limited edition prints and cards. Carol Couch Information about art classes is 27007 U St. also available. Next is the Barn on 360-665-5319 Bay, home to photographers Charlie and Bonnie Lou Cozby. The Bay Avenue Gallery lower part of this property is home 1406 Bay Ave. to deer and the occasional bear as 360-665-5200 well as birds; the location provides a photo-op for visitors. Just Bette Lu’s Holiday Studio a few steps away is the home of 1715 BayAve. Andrea Weir’s studio. Her beaded and fused glass jewelry and wall 360-244-1367 hangings are full of color and texWeir Studios ture, and her other glass works 2217 Bay Ave. give a burst of color. Weir is also 360-665-6821 a stained glass artist and has many of her larger pieces on display. A The Barn on Bay bit farther along the avenue, acrylic 2311 Bay Ave. artist Bette Lu Krause has opened 360-665-6041 Bette Lu’s Holiday Studio for November and December. Original Wiegardt Studio Gallery and limited editions of her nature2607 Bay Ave. inspired work will be on view as 360-665-5976 well as cards, tiles and smaller works, plus a decorated and shining Christmas tree. Anchoring the west end, Bay Avenue Gallery hosts the work of 40 artists. Sue Raymond plans a clay-sculpting demonstration, and the location will also host Barbara Lester with her fused glass jewelry and encaustic art as well as watercolorist Cynthia Pride, who uses her heartfelt paintings to create prints, cards and magnets. Ornaments will be for sale at this location. Just north of town finds two more studios. Located on U Street, Carol Couch brings out her original paintings and matted prints to SURFSIDE display in her light-filled studio. Surfside Mall Off Pacific a couple of blocks, 316th and I streets for directions Michele Naquaiya opens her studio with scratchboard drawings, Don Perry Metal Arts paintings, prints, cards, digital art 34516 J Place and hand-knit items. 541-352-7407 Surfside can be a bit of a challenge to get around, but with the Bridget Byrne help of PAA Art Event signs and 33200 J Place a “help” station located at Anchor 360-665-2350 Realty on I Street, visitors should have no trouble finding the four Ruth Carpenter stops located there. 33006 G Place Windy Meadows Pottery, 360-665-0756 home to clay artist Jan Richardson, is also host to two other clay artists, all three part of the PeninWindy Meadows Pottery sula Clay Artists group as well as 815 318th Place PAA. Richardson creates whimsi360-665-2603 cal hand-built cottages and func-

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Story continued from Page 8 tional and thrown pottery, using several firing techniques and working in stoneware and porcelain. Danni Pederson focuses on functional and decorative pottery and tiles as well as bowls and vases, and Renee O’Connor creates architectural tiles and pottery along with photography; look for her obelisks in downtown Long Beach. Farther up G Street is the home studio of Ruth Carpenter. Colorful abstracts, watercolors and acrylics, and hand-painted cards are the offerings of this respected artist. Traveling north again on I Street brings you to signs leading to the studio of Brigid Byrne. A favorite at the recent PAA Fall Art Show, Byrne chooses many familiar local destinations for the subjects of her artwork. A bit farther still, on the ridge and past Oysterville Road, Don Perry caps the tour with his metal art, featuring hand-cut indoor and outdoor work. PAA’s studio tour opens the door to exciting demonstrations and displays, oneof-a-kind holiday shopping possibilities and the chance to meet your favorite artists while driving through a beautiful and charming part of the farthest southwest bit of Washington. There will be refreshments and beverages along the way, too. Maps of the route are available at the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau in Seaview, the Ocean Park Area Chamber of Commerce and on PAA’s website at www.beachartist.org as well as in the Nov. 21 edition of the Chinook Observer. For more information, visit www.beachartist.org or check out the Peninsula Arts Association on Facebook.

Wood carver and photographer Jim Unwin is shown at his forest studio door. Unwin carved the raven for protection and created the hobbitesque entry for fun.

Carol Couch and Pookie invite PAA tour guests into her window-walled studio and fireplacewarmed great room over Thanksgiving weekend. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

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LEFT. Glass and jewelry artist Vickie Branch offers visitors the chance to create glass tree ornaments. The “catch” is that you must announce yourself as being on the PAA tour when you visit her Chinook shop Nov. 23 and 24. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Excellent food evades McMenamins Sand Trap Pub What comes to mind when you hear the name “McMenamins?” I think well-crafted beer and wine, interesting and restored locales, weirdly wonderful artwork, and a great place to visit with friends. Though I enjoy the McMenamins “brand” and have visited many of the restaurants, the name for me unfortunately also means mediocre food. With that in mind, on a recent visit to the McMenamins Sand Trap Pub in Gearhart, I tried to enter with an open mind and palate, and hoped the restaurant would stand apart. The Sand Trap is located on the Gearhart Golf Links where two restaurants have existed before, and both unfortunately burned to the ground. Though the McMenamin brothers are known for renovating old, historic sites (to date, 65 brewpubs and hotels), this is one of their few restaurants that has been created from a new structure. The atmosphere here is fabulous; I really love what they’ve done with the place. On this particular visit my dining companion and I arrived amid a torrent of rain on a cold, gray afternoon, and the inviting, wooden lodge-like atmosphere, as well as the roaring fireplace, instantly charmed us. Our server was good-naturedly patient as we perused the whole of the restaurant for “the” table before finally settling by the fire. We sipped our drinks, which arrived quickly, while watching a coastal squall whip across the golf green, and with the cozy fire and the taste of delicious hard cider, I was instantly put in a very good mood. I started with an appetizer of fresh-cut tater tots

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with garlic, parmesan and parsley with peppercorn ranch. Delicious. Crispy on the outside, soft in the middle and with a flavorful punch. We were off to a great start … unfortunately, things started to go downhill shortly thereafter. The clam chowder that arrived next was not noteworthy. Though I know most coastal restaurants feel obligated to offer the dish, it was executed poorly. The consistency was thick and gelatinous, as if it had been sitting too long and needed thinning with milk or cream. It was rather flavorless apart from potatoes and the clams themselves. After a bite that included a bit of sand, I pushed it aside.

A flame-broiled burger with bacon and blue cheese from the McMenamins Sand Trap Pub.

Next up was a flame-broiled burger with bacon and blue cheese. I had been craving a good burger and had high hopes that this would fit the bill. The menu claims the burger is one-third-pound, but it seemed smaller, and I was not asked how I wanted it cooked; it arrived gray and overdone. The patty had no flavor apart from the flame broil. Also disappointing was the temperature, which was lukewarm. There were also no discernible chunks of blue cheese, rather a light smearing of creamy blue

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cheese dressing. I was hoping for the kind of burger chef Paula Deen calls an “elbow licker” – thick, juicy, and mouth-watering – but unfortunately, my elbows stayed dry. A second entrée of an 8-inch pizza was a bit better. I assumed when ordering that I would have had my carnivorous fill from the burger, so I selected the “green with envy” pizza, featuring green veggies (cucumber, broccoli and spinach), pesto, mozzarella and feta. The pizza crust was delicious. The overall flavor was a bit bland, though; adding more pesto and feta could have helped. I also thought cooked cucumbers and broccoli a rather odd choice of vegetables. Still, it was not bad, just not great. Dessert was bread pudding with Hogshead whiskey sauce. Like most of the other dishes, it was just okay … not outstanding but not terrible. With the restaurant’s fantastic ambience and service, I wanted very much for the food to be excellent and shatter the mediocre opinion I have of most other McMenamins I’ve tried. And though the prices for lunch are fair, with most items between $9 and $12, any price for poor food is too high. The food at the Sand Trap wasn’t up to par for me on this visit, but I still plan to return for the atmosphere, drinks – and probably the tots.

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Story by AMY RYDING

TOP. Edible shaggy mane mushrooms cluster together at Fort Stevens State Park in Warrenton. – ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO

MIDDLE. The Orange Peel or Orange Cup fungus, Aleuria aurantia, resembles an orange peel; it is edible, but not choice. – AMY RYDING PHOTO

RIGHT. Park Ranger Dane Osis provides guided mushroom identification hikes around Fort Stevens State Park. – ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO

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here’s a mystique to mushrooms, as Alice discovered in Wonderland. Not the pale, plastic-encased specimens under fluorescent lights at the local grocery store, but the ones growing wild in the hidden recesses of forest and field. Dane Osis, a park ranger at Fort Stevens State Park, calls mushroom foraging “an Easter Egg hunt for adults.” When asked about the allure, he says a huge part of the draw is finding your food in the woods. At a time when produce is often shipped from halfway around the world and loaded with pesticides, there is something attractive about going right to the source. Knowing dinner made the short trip from earth to table is reassuring. The Northwest is particularly suited to wild mushrooms. Osis says the mild climate, widespread forests and ample rainfall make it one of the best places in the world to forage. More than 300 species of mushrooms can be found in Washington and Oregon. Although a centuries-old tradition in much of Europe, interest in mushroom hunting is relatively new in the U.S. According to Osis, who has been leading mushroom walks at Fort Stevens for eight years, a wide variety of people get into foraging, from those who travel up and down the West Coast migratory “mushroom trail” and eke out a living selling their hauls to restaurants and stores, to “foodies” who are drawn to the gourmet aspects of the mushroom experience. Interest continues to grow. There are at least 12 mushroom societies in Oregon and Washington and several annual festivals. The Fort Stevens mushroom talks are well-attended, with as many as 100 people showing up for the Saturday hikes. Veronica Williams has been picking mushrooms since she was a 3-year-old living in Hungary. She recalls her mother taking her out for the first time: “I remember the trail, the trees, the little creek running alongside.” When her mother pointed to a wild mushroom, that was it. “I fell in love with mushrooms, and I’m still in love with mushrooms,” she says. To successfully hunt for mushrooms, “you have to have mushroom eyes – if it’s in you, it’s in you,” Williams says. Always on the lookout, she can even spot them while driving. When she settled in South Bend, Wash., in 1949, she brought her mushroom eyes with her. Williams forages not only for mushrooms, but also wild celery, huck-

Fort Stevens Mushroom hikes 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23 Meet at Battery Russell for a ranger-guided hike to look for and identify wild mushrooms 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24

A collection of king bolete mushrooms were found under a sword fern at Fort Stevens; they are often used in soups or pasta dishes. – ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO

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leberries and other local edibles of nature’s bounty, and she sells them to restaurants from South Bend to Astoria. “She makes her living off the forest floor,” says Sebastian Carosi, chef of the Pickled Fish restaurant inside the Adrift Hotel & Spa in Long Beach, Wash. Carosi recently created a menu featuring Williams’ foraged mushrooms during the Wild Mushroom Celebration in October, an annual event that teams up local chefs’ talents with the area’s foraged harvest. Carosi buys all his mushrooms from Williams. When asked about them, he goes

The Northwest is particularly suited to wild mushrooms. The mild climate, widespread forests and ample rainfall make it one of the best places in the word to forage to the kitchen and brings out two containers loaded with huge, fan-like oyster mushrooms and a mixture of king boletes and chanterelles. His enthusiasm for them is contagious, and after tasting his mushroom dishes, it’s easy to understand why. The flavor combinations are truly extraordinary; using only organic ingredients culled from Oregon and Washington, Carosi abides by the philosophy of “what grows together goes together” when creating his entrees. True mushroom gatherers are stewards of nature. Williams says she’s so tuned into the natural world, she can practically hear a pine needle drop. “I love the outdoors. I really don’t care if I find anything. If I can find stuff, that’s a bonus,” she says. Respecting the balance of nature is essential. When foraging, “leave the dirt in the woods, leave

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Veronica Williams learned to forage for mushrooms from her mother in her native Hungary. Now living in South Bend, Wash., Williams gathers and sells mushrooms to local restaurants and has written cookbooks on the subject of mushrooms, including "Coastal Bounty: A Book of Recipes" and "Woodland Bounty: Mushroom Delights for Gatherers and Gourmets." – AMY RYDING PHOTO

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Story continued from Page 13 the shavings in a hole, cover it up, so nobody knows you’ve been there. When I leave, I leave it the way I found it.” Honoring all forest life is important. For example, slugs spread mushroom spores and form a vital link in the ecological chain that helps fungi flourish. Gatherers can assist in the distribution process: From an open weave collection basket, mushrooms can drop spores like breadcrumbs as gatherers travel through the woods. When picking, it’s necessary to be gentle with the earth beneath the mushrooms to avoid damaging the mycelium, the underground parent organism which produces the “fruit” above. In this way, pickers insure a good harvest for the following season. Osis says the picking season usually falls between early October and Halloween, but this year’s dry summer and early fall pushed everything back about a month. Williams worries this year’s mushrooms will be sparse. Now that the rain is finally coming, the temperatures are dropping, which might make it difficult for mushrooms

to flourish. “My heart is so heavy,” Williams says. When she goes out to look for new growth, she fears she won’t find anything. Osis agrees, “There are more mushrooms out now than a couple of weeks ago, but it is definitely going to be a subpar season. There are very few boletes, and the chanterelles that are out are small. Things may still improve, but I’m having my doubts.” While there are definitely practical and financial motives for gathering mushrooms—the black truffles which grow regionally can fetch as much as $400-$500 a piece, according to Carosi—there’s also a delight and joy found in the search and discovery. When they talk about finding a perfect king bolete, Carosi’s and Williams’ faces light up, just like kids on Christmas morning. You can’t put a price on that.

Want to try your hand at mushroom hunting? Some tips from Ranger Dane Osis: • Bring a mushroom knife and collection basket – no plastic bags. Plastic smothers the mushrooms. • Check area regulations for picking. A permit is sometimes required. • Buy a reliable field guide. “All that the Rain Promises and More” by David Arora is recommended. Park Ranger Dane Osis uses a knife to clean up a king bolete mushroom found among the sword ferns at Fort Stevens State Park. Osis provides guided hikes at sites around the park for mushroom hunters. – ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO

More information • If you’d like to purchase mushrooms or arrange a forage, please contact Veronica Williams through her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/AllwildHarvest • To learn more about mushrooms, consider joining a local mycological society: http://bit.ly/UDuvWH

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BOOK REVIEW:

“The Christmas Carol Murders” by Christopher Lord

Christopher Lord, the author of "The Christmas Carol Murders," was born in Astoria and now lives in Portland. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

Murders delight in author’s first novel, set in a small Oregon town

Christmas is in the air and is on its way to Dickens Junction in Christopher Lord’s first novel, “The Christmas Carol Murders.” Simon Alistair, owner of the local bookstore Pip’s Pages, is close to being the First Citizen of the little town; his grandfather designed Dickens Square shortly after Dickens Junction came into being. It is a pedestrian area lined with shops such as Cricket’s Hearth, the Crystal Palace Tearoom, Simon’s bookstore, Pickwick’s Pilates and, of course, The Old Curiosity Shop. All the merchants are busy with preparations for the evening tableaux, a traditional display of four scenes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” to be staged that evening. Before Simon leaves his store to go home and get dressed for his part, he is visited by a stranger, Mervin Roark, who buys a copies of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” and Dickens five Christmas books. Before leaving, he gives Simon his card, which says, “Marley Enterprises, Mervin Roark, Acquisitions.” It has a large dollar sign in one corner, Ayn Rand’s brand. Simon dislikes him at first sight. Later in the day, Simon meets Zach Benjamin, a “modelhandsome” journalist led to Pip’s Pages by an ad in a gay and lesbian travel magazine. He is in Dickens Junction on assignment, and Simon happily points out things he should see and agrees to meet him for a drink later in the evening. Simon’s partner left town, so he is single once again, and Zach looks interesting. Before they have that drink, Mervin Roark is dead, murdered with a nail gun. Zach encourages Simon to work on finding the murderer saying: “Don’t you know this town – these people – better than the police do? You have to investigate and bring the killer to justice.” Simon starts questioning everyone – even close friends – and before long, another murder takes place, complicating matters. The once-quiet town of Dickens Junction is now the venue of a serial murderer.

Lord has created an entire community of interesting characters with back stories (think Cabot Cove, Maine in “Murder, She Wrote”), plausible situations and abounding motives. The economy has been depressed in this small Oregon coastal town, so everyone except Simon, who is independently wealthy, has a financial motive for skullduggery. Even so, it is hard to think that any one of them is capable of murder. They are all friends, sharing information about everyday events, families, business, romance and everything else. Simon soon finds out that Mervin Roark approached everyone but him about buying their property

Lord has created an entire community of interesting characters with back stories, plausible situations and abounding motives. and no one knows why, except that he was clear that “everything will change.” To add to the mystery, two more strangers arrive in town billing themselves as Objectivists – Ayn Rand’s philosophy – and saying that the murders are just another example of “the government gone awry.” What does that mean? Simon is very protective of the character of “his” town and is convinced that Roark was up to no good. And what is this sudden interest in Ayn Rand? Why didn’t Roark approach Simon, who owns more property than anyone else? What were his plans for the town? What this all adds up to finally is a delightful, cozy tale that leaves the reader waiting for the next book and the adventures of Simon and his friends and neighbors. A version of this review appeared in Shelf Awareness: www .shelfawareness.com

The book cover of "The Christmas Carol Murders" by Christopher Lord. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Long Beach Peninsula It’s beginning to look a lot like Holidays at the Beach LONG BEACH PENINSULA, Wash. — Warmly decorated with garlands and lights, Victorian villages, fishing ports and beach towns, Southwest Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula will host a series of events to build anticipation for the winter holidays. According to the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau, highlights include a lighted boat parade, caroling, lighting of the town tree in Long Beach and a crab pot Christmas tree in Ilwaco, craft making with Mrs. Claus, a birthday party for Frosty the Snowman, and fireworks displays over the water. The events start Friday, Nov. 23, with Holidays at the Beach, all are free to the public, with a donation of non-perishable food or warm clothing items for local charities requested at two events. “Colorful lights and cheerful events make everything glitter here at the beach during the holiday season,” said Andi Day, the visitor bureau’s executive director. “They brighten the longer nights, build anticipation for the holidays and bring smiles to the faces of children and adults alike.” Main events for the 2012 holiday season on the Long Beach Peninsula are as follows:

Holidays at the Beach (Nov. 23 to 25) in Long Beach, includes a pajama party screening of “The Polar Express,” hosted by Mrs. Claus and the Railroad Conductor, at the Neptune Theater at 809 Ocean Beach Blvd., at 1 p.m. Friday; a magic show by Mrs. Claus at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at the Elks Lodge, 110 N. Pacific Highway, with craft making before and after the shows and free pictures with Santa starting at 3 p.m.; caroling at the gazebo and tree lighting with the mayor, from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday; and a celebration of Frosty the Snowman’s birthday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, with an encore magic show, more crafts and a slice of birthday cake with Frosty, who welcomes donations of hats, mittens and winter clothing. For more information, log on to http://holidayslongbeach.com Peninsula Arts Association Studio Tour (Nov. 23 and 24) provides an opportunity to meet artists in their studios from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. along the Long Beach Peninsula. One-of-a-kind mementos, home décor items, handcrafted jewelry and unique creations will be on display and available for purchase. Check it out at www.beachartist.org Community Tree Lighting (Nov. 30) at the

Ocean Park Eagles at 1409 Bay Ave. at 6 p.m. will include Santa’s workshop, refreshments and pictures with Santa at the Ocean Park Fire Station at 26110 Ridge Ave. The Lighted Boat Parade and Crab Pot Christmas Tree (Dec. 1), at the Port of Ilwaco, celebrates the lighting of a huge “Christmas Tree” made of stacked and tied crab pots at 5 p.m. The lighting will be followed by a parade of decorated and lighted fishing, charter and pleasure boats from the Port of Ilwaco to Cape Disappointment at 6 p.m., weather permitting. Bed and Breakfast Holiday Open House (Dec. 8 and 9) is an annual open house with tours from 1 to 4 p.m. of the inns and bed and breakfast establishments, decked out in holiday finery. Charitable donations of nonperishable food will be accepted and distributed to local food banks. Tuba Christmas (Dec. 9), presented by the Water Music Festival Society, brings the Astoria Tuba Quartet to Ilwaco’s Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 S.E. Lake St., to perform sounds of the holiday season in an afternoon concert from 2 to 4 p.m. Find out more at www.watermusic festival.com/tuba-christmas Fireworks at Midnight over the Pacific Ocean (Dec. 31) rings in the New Year with five minutes of fireworks over the Pacific Ocean in front of the boardwalk in Long Beach. For visitors, the string of coastal communities

The lighted boat parade at the Port of Ilwaco. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

along the Long Beach Peninsula offer exceptional restaurants, ultra-fresh seafood, welcoming lodging, and unique holiday shopping options. Unique museums and attractions, lighthouses, fine art galleries, meandering trails, and, above all, its long, wide, windswept beach make the Long Beach Peninsula one of the Northwest’s most enjoyable and refreshing getaway destinations. For event and visitor information, call the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau toll free at 800-451-2542 or visit www.funbeach.com

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GEARHART — More than a dozen Trail’s End Art Association artisans will have works on display and for sale beginning with the open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, preceding Seaside’s First Saturday Art Walk. Refreshments will be served. Trail’s End Art Association members have put together a special collection of oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, jewelry, photography and a variety of other art forms, just in time for the holiday season. Because Trail’s End is a nonprofit organization, member artists can offer their art at competitive yet affordable prices. Every month brings a new exhibit. During December, the center panels in the gallery will highlight the work of Sally Bailey, a five-year member who died in

August of 2011. Her work is being offered for sale. Bailey enjoyed plein air outings and frequently sought out new locations for the Trail’s End members to go on location and create. Bailey’s motto was “hooked on art,” and she said her paintings started with drawings from life: figurative, landscape, still life and geometric. She said that in the process of painting, other factors exerted an influence on her work – such as music, available light, weather, mosquitoes, friends, books, etc. Her many friends at Trail’s End miss her companionship on the weekly outings and are happy to pay tribute to her work. Trail’s End Art Association is located at 656 A St. To find the art center from U.S. Highway 101, turn west on Pacific

During December, many artists’ work will be featured at Trail’s End Art Association, such as “At the Louvre,” by Susan Romersa. The artist featured in the gallery’s center space will be the late Sally Bailey. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

Way, turn left on Cottage, and left again on A Street. The website is http://trailsendart.org and features the many members’ art. For further information, call 503-717-9458.

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Santa photo-op tradition continues in Naselle The photos will be taken downstairs this year. For many years in the past, Santa was upstairs at the old Appelo Store. Many remember following the pink shoe prints up the stairs to see Santa. Those pink shoe prints are still on the stairs and give many folks a smile as they remember their own trips to see Santa when they were small. The enter’s book and gift shop will be open for holiday shopping, with new items. All proceeds will support the Archives Center. For more information, call the Center at 360-484-7103.

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Appelo Archives Center NASELLE, Wash. — The third annual Santa photo event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Appelo Archives Center, 1056 Washington State Route 4. Photos of Santa with children, or with full families, will be taken by a local photographer, with prints available before Christmas to give as gifts. The center reports this event was a big hit the past two years, so it is hoped families will continue to use this opportunity to gather for photos during the Thanksgiving weekend while together for that holiday.

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Please submit cover letter and resume to General Manager by 5PM December 7th. Bell Bouy Crab Company in Chinook, WA. has openings for general crab laborers. Apply in person at the office located at foot of Valley Street. Let your pockets “jingle” with extra cash from the Daily Astorian classifieds Current opening for experienced Rigging Slingers, Choker Setters, and Stroker Delimber Operators. These are full time employment positions open NOW!!! Medical/Dental benefits and 401K available after probationary period. To complete an application, please apply Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm., or mail/fax your resume to: Jerry DeBriae Logging Co., Inc. P.O. Box 182 45 Elochoman Valley Road Cathlamet, Wa. 98612 Phone (360)795-3309 Fax (360)795-3847 NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE! Family Health Center currently has a position open for a part time Dental Assistant for our Dental Clinic in Ocean Park, WA. Preferred candidate will have 1-3 years experience as a Dental Assistant. Consideration may be given to new grads. Current WA Dental Assistant Registration preferred! Must be computer proficient and type 35 WPM, experience with Dentrix desired but not required. We offer competitive compensation package! Submit resume/cover to HR: jobs@cfamhc.org or Mail to FHC, Attn: HR, 1057 12th Avenue, Longview, WA 98632 or fax to (360)703-3181. www.cowlitzfamilyhealth.org. EOE/AA. Innkeeper at small quality property No. OR Coast, FT, live-in Apt, paid vacat, bonus DOE. Need hotel experience, marketing & computer skills. Send Resume, Refs & Letter info@spindrift-inn.com.

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105 Business-Sales Op Local Marketing Company has several part time positions open. You will be working your own hours, Monday and/or Tuesday delivering advertising material to local homes in the greater Astoria market. You need a dependable car, clean driving record and insurance. Average compensation is $10 to $15 per hour. For more information please send contact information including a phone number to circmarketing@aol.com

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Ales & Ideas Mathematics instructor reveals details of calendar making April 25: Lucien ASTORIA — Clatsop endars, which try to recon- basic ideas of counting Swerdloff and John GoodCommunity College cile the phases of the days and cycles of time. (CCC) and Fort George moon with the seasons of Beveridge has been a enberger – Historic PreserB rewery the sun, math instructor at CCC vation: The Original Building will hold and the since 2004, and he now Sustainable the next p o l i t i cs teaches calculus for dual Technique; and May 23: Jon Graves – Ales & of calen- credit at Astoria High Ideas lecdar-mak- School. He holds a B.A. The Columbia River Estuture seing in in French from the Univer- ary: Natural and Human 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 ries event a n c i e n t sity of Virginia, an M.Ed. Changes in the Past 150 Fort George Lovell Building at 7 p.m. from Oklahoma City Uni- Years. Rome. Individuals with quesThursLearn versity and B.A. and 426 14th St., Astoria tions about or a request for day, Nov. M.A. degrees in mathehow the 503-338-2335 29. problem matics from the University special needs and accomncook@clatsopcc.edu modation should contact CCC of keep- of Maine. Free math inFuture Ales & Ideas JoAnn Zahn, Vice Presiing a caldent of Finance and Opers t ru ct o r endar true programs include: R i c h Jan. 24: Marion Derlet ations, at CCC, 503to the cyBeveridge will address the cles of the sun and moon – Brain Rewiring for 338-2421 or TDD 503ancient and intriguing has challenged many civi- Dummies: How to Change 338-2468. Email special needs mathematics of calendar lizations through history. your Cognitive Compemaking. and accommodation reSome advanced math- tency; Doors open at 6 p.m. ematics will be introFeb. 28: Kristin quests to requests@ for those wishing to pur- duced, but mostly the Shauck – Creativity: The clatsopcc.edu. Contact should be made at least chase food and/or bever- presentation will focus on Mystery of the Muse; ages, and the program begins at 7 p.m. Minors are welcome at this event. Admission is free. The year 2000 was a presents a community leap year, so will 2100 be a leap year? Does the Mayan calendar really preSing-a-Long / Play-a-Long dict the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012? BevF un draiser for local food ban k eridge’s presentation will SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 25 AT 4:00 P.M. also explore luni-solar cal-

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OSU Master Gardener program Register now for winter/spring course SEASIDE — Registration for the 2013 Master jects such as botany, soil management, integrated Gardener class is open and those interested can reg- pest management and more. The classes are taught ister at the OSU Extension by OSU Extension faculty, Service. The 2013 classes will veteran Master Gardeners and be held at Clatsop Commuexperts in their respective nity College South County fields. Students of all ages 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays Campus, 1455 N. Roosevelt and abilities, beginners and from Jan. 9 to March 20 Drive, from 8:45 a.m. to 4 experienced gardeners alike, Clatsop Community College South County Campus p.m. Wednesdays from Jan. 9 are welcomed in the program. 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside to March 20. The cost is $75 and the Register with OSU Extension Service The Oregon State Univerfee must be paid in full to the sity Master Gardener Program Deadline for registration is Wednesday, Dec. 26 Extension Office when your

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application is submitted. If you wish to take the course for credit, Clatsop Community College is offering the class and will give four (4) credits to those interested. You must

Peace Lutheran Church Oak Street Trio, others to play classical treat at Astoria Music Festival fundraising concerts ASTORIA — The Oak Street Trio will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at Peace Lutheran Church, 565 12th St. Tickets are $15. This will be a program of classical dance music by Dvorak, Brahms, Ravel and Piazzola. The trio will also perform at 8 p.m. Saturday Nov. 24. Tickets are $20. This will be a program of classics by Beethoven, Schumann, Doppler, Faure and Copland. Performing with the Oak Street Trio will be local musicians Lauren Brady on flute and Allan Stromquist on horn. Meet the musicians at a reception at 6:30 p.m., before Saturday’s performance. Tickets may be purchased at the Astoria Music Festival (AMF) office at 1271 Commercial St., from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays

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dening during a nutrition lesson and the annual “Spring into Gardening” seminar. During your community service, you will practice and master what you have learned. Community service must be completed within seven months of the last day of class. Once your community service is complete, you will receive your official Master Gardener badge and Certificate of Completion at the Master Gardener graduation in November. If you like to have fun exploring gardening, think you would benefit from learning more about sustainable gardening methods and are able to make the commitment to attend all of the classes and class requirements, applications are available at the Clatsop County Extension Office at the OSU Seafood Research and Education Center, at 2001 Marine Drive, Room 210, Astoria, or online at http://extension.oregonstate.edu/clatsop/gardening/ master-gardener-classes-events or by calling 503325-8573. Applications are due to the Extension Office by Wednesday, Dec. 26.

through Saturdays, or at the door. Proceeds from these concerts will performed in numerous ensembles, including orchestras and chamber music ensembles. He has participated in master classes held by support the June 2013 Astoria Music Festival. The Oak Street Trio will work with young string players in a Tokyo String Quartet, Guarneri String Quartet, The Pacifica Quartet, chamber music workshop at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Contact the AMF Gilbert Kalish, Brinton Averil Smith, Matt Haimovitz and many at 503-325-9896 for details. The trio can also be heard at the Bridge- others. While at the Conservatory in San Francisco, he was chosen as the recipient of Andrew Imbrie Chamber Music Scholwater Bistro from 2 to 4 p.m. that afternoon. arship. Pianist Ian Scarfe, a native of southeast Texas, is a Brady, originally from Houston, Texas, received her music associate at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is the director of the Instrumental Apprentice 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23 master’s degree in flute performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her bachelor of music Program at the Astoria Music Festival, and a guest artist Tickets $15 degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. at the Telluride Chamber Music Festival in Colorado and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 She has performed with the North Coast Symphonic the Viana Chamber Music Festival in Portugal. He is also Tickets $20 Band, Houston Civic Symphony, Houston Sinfonietta, the founder and director of the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival. He earned a bachelor of music degree Peach Lutheran Church Heidelberg Chamber Music Players, Oakland Opera Or565 12th St. Astoria chestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Marin Symphony, from Willamette University in 2005, and a master of

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Sou’Wester Garden Club Club looks ahead to spring planting SEASIDE — The Sou’Wester Garden Club will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Bob Chisholm Community Center, at 1225 Avenue A. Doris Snodgrass and Jeanette Nicolazzi will present “Growing Tomatoes and Potatoes at the Coast” to get everyone ready for the 2013 season. The public is welcome and membership is open. Annual dues are $15. Contact Marcia Kay Whitelock, marciawhitelock@comcast.net for more information.

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Monday Musical Club Upcoming season goes from classic pop to New Age and more TILLAMOOK — The Monday Calderon, Vince Johnson and Musical Club of Tillamook will Bob Ferriera – maintain the offer a varied array of entertainers original blend of tight harmonies in its 18th subscription concert and musicianship that made the series. group faT h e mous. 2012-13 Beat the season starts post- holiat 7:30 p.m. day dol7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25 S unday, drums at Don Whitney Auditorium Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m. Tillamook High School with perenS u n d ay, 2605 12th St., Tillamook nial faJan. 13, vorites, The with an ap503-842-2078 Four Freshpearance by $25 adults and $20 students in advance men, who Gram m y $30 adults and $25 students at the door will cap the Award winSeason tickets available Thanksgivn e r s ing weekend Ti n g s t ad with their and Rumholiday show. bel, with an opening performOne of the top vocal groups ance by pianist David Lanz. of the 1950s, their first hit single Eric Tingstad and Nancy was “It’s a Blue World,” released Rumbel have performed, in 1952. That was followed by recorded and traveled together “Mood Indigo” (1954), “Day By since 1985. Their collaboration Day” (1955) and “Graduation has resulted in 19 record albums. Day” (1956). They released their Tingstad composes and plays first album, “Voices in Modern,” finger-style guitar. Rumbel plays in 1955. That album was seen oboe, English horn and double not only as an important jazz ocarina. Their album, “American document but a vocal pop per- Acoustic,” was honored as album formance that highlighted their of the year in 1998. In 2000, playing as well as their singing they appeared at Carnegie Hall. There have been several per- “Acoustic Garden” received the sonnel changes over the years, award for best New Age album at but the group’s current members the Grammy Awards in 2003. – Brian Eichenberger, Curtis Pianist Lanz’s compositions

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tastic fiddling, pounding percussion, acoustic and electric guitars, piano and vocal harmonies. Topping off the season is a concert by the Presidio Brass at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. This bold group, formed in San Diego in 2006, combines brass quintet, piano and percussion instruments with original arrangements plus wit and humor that has charmed audiences and critics alike. All performances will be held in the Don Whitney Auditorium at Tillamook High School, 2605 12th St. Season subscribers pay $80 for each adult and $55 for each student for reserved, center section seating at all four concerts. Advance tickets for individual events are $25 each for adults and $20 for students. Tickets at the door are $30 for adults and $25 for students. To order season or advance tickets, send a check payable to the Monday Musical Club of Tillamook to 6415 Westwood

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