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Attend Mindfulness in the Workplace event Spellbinding comedy Service workers can practice compassion to feel more fulfilled ASTORIA — A free workshop for local service industry workers will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 at the Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St. The workshop will focus on the challenges of staying present while serving others and practicing compassion in RUGHU WR IHHO PRUH IXOÂżOOHG Attendees will learn tools for cultivating self-renewal, to spot sources of unhappiness and to develop mindfulness. “Most of us are living in a small town because we crave a higher quality of life. With the increasing demands on our attention from technol-

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Western Oregon University professor emeritus Jerry Braza will lead a free workshop about growing mindful relationships Friday, Oct. 2 in Astoria.

ogy, etc., it’s hard to simply stay in the moment and notice

life,� said workshop organizer Cindy Nemlowill. “When we are able to do that we have a greater sense of gratitude and joy.� The event features Jerry Braza, Ph.D., a mentor and ordained dharma teacher in the lineage of Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh as well as professor emeritus at Western Oregon University. His newest book “The Seeds of Love: Growing Mindful Relationships� focuses on applying mindfulness to deepen the quality of relationships. Braza offers experience and practice in helping those who are interested in living up to their deepest aspirations. Specializing in mindfulness and relationships, he conducts retreats, seminars, workshops and classes in a variety of spiritual and secular venues. His three-word philosophy frames his life: “mindfulness, love and service.� In honor of all the service providers in our community, many local businesses have come together to sponsor this workshop so it can be free of charge to attendees. Sponsors will be recognized at the event. For more information or to become a sponsor, call Dawn Young at 973-224-6858 or Cindy Nemlowill at 503791-8456.

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in a variety of careers with a wide range of experience, Tronier said. The roughly 100 hours they spend preparing before opening night are a “big commitment,â€? James added. He’s been doing community theater for decades and By Dani Palmer comfortable with one another. has directed about 100 plays. EO Media Group “Because it’s a romantic This is his second with Coastcomedy, the romance has to er Theatre. “Bell, Book and Candleâ€? work,â€? Moore said. “We have “Bell, Book and Candleâ€? is a tale about a New York- to make it believable.â€? is an old-school period piece, er who falls head over heals It takes commitment, James said. Since romantic for a witch after she casts a Fairall added. She’s also got- comedy has changed, there spell on him. The catch is ten to know the other actors DUH KXUGOHV EXW KH LV FRQÂżthat she’ll lose her powers if well as they play family. dent the cast is up to it. she loves him back. The play, Moore watched the clasFairall, who began acting written by John Van Dru- last winter, said the role has sics to prepare for the way the ten and directed by Edward been good for her to tackle. characters talk and move. James, opens this week at the Gillian is a powerful, sensu“A lot has changed,â€? he Coaster Theatre in Cannon al character. Often silly, it’s said. “But it is fun to dress up Beach. a side Fairall doesn’t show in that era, to have that sort of Shepherd Henderson stops much. She read Coaster The- style, a sense of New York in by Gillian Holroyd’s store atre’s summary of the play the ‘50s.â€? on his way to an engagement and was intrigued, as she Fairall added it was like party. Learning he’s to marry wanted to play a witch. learning Shakespeare. an old rival, Gillian uses her She called the play a co“It just spoke to me,â€? she magic on him, and that’s how said. medic, emotional “roller the story begins, said Daric Moore, who plays Shep- coaster ride.â€? Moore, who plays the leading herd, has been in communi“Bell, Book and Candleâ€? man. ty theater since 1996, but he will be performed Fridays “Book, Bell and Candleâ€? wasn’t originally going to do and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. is Coaster’s fall show. The the role until another actor through Oct. 24, with a Thurstheater does seven a year, in- dropped out. Moore, a musi- day performance on Oct. 15 cluding two during the sum- cian, spends the majority of and Sunday matinees Oct. 4 mer, Marketing and Opera- his time on his new CD, and and Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 or $20 detions Director Jenni Tronier James agreed to work with his pending on the seating and said. schedule. The play was written in 0RRUH VDLG KH ÂżQGV LW LQ- may be purchased online, by DQG WKH RULJLQDO ÂżOP teresting to see a character calling 503-436-1242 or stopproduced in 1958, starred in one way after reading the SLQJ E\ WKH ER[ RIÂżFH ZKLFK James Stewart and Kim No- VFULSW IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH DQG is open 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday vak. It received Academy learning more as he gets on through Saturday. The theater is still looking Award nominations for art stage to see that character diffor ushers who get a free tickdirection and costume design. ferently. The TV show “Bewitched,â€? The actors are volunteers et for that evening’s show. popular in the 1960s and ‘70s, was partially based on the play. James called “Bell, Book and Candleâ€? a universal love story, rather than a supernatural one. “There’s no overwhelming levitating of chairs,â€? he said. “We may mesmerize the audience, we hope.â€? “Love is pretty magical,â€? added Priscilla Fairall, who plays Gillian. Fairall and Moore met before practices began on Aug. Submitted photo by George Vetter 2. As actors who pretend to have feelings for each other, Priscilla Fairall and Daric Moore star as Gillian Holroyd and Shepherd Henderson in “Bell, they said, it’s important to get Book and Candleâ€? at the Coaster Theatre.

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COASTAL LIFE

Presence Leave your cell phone at home when you go to the beach

THE ARTS

The storyteller Filmmaker Kristen Mico recently spent time at the Sou’Wester

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A look back at 1940 Astoria During the Depression, the WPA published an Oregon guidebook

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Challenge your idea of breast cancer awareness Metastatic breast cancer patient Laura Snyder shares her perspective at Astoria Co-op’s Beers to Your Health lecture ASTORIA — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and an upcoming talk sponsored by Astoria Co-op Grocery brings the issue into focus with a different take on the “pink ribbon” messages you typically hear. Speaker Laura Snyder says there are pervasive myths surrounding breast cancer. With statistics, Snyder will suggest much different action plans for individuals and groups concerned about breast cancer. Snyder is a 52-year-old proud mother of two teenagers. She is a former bookseller and Astoria school board member. These days, she is a full-time metastatic breast cancer patient. This includes medical appointments, medication, scans, waiting for results — the usual for the estimated 155,000 metastatic breast cancer patients living in the U.S. today. Part of it is educating herself and others and advocating for action to channel public and private money WR VFLHQWL¿F UHVHDUFK WKDW FDQ make a difference in patients’ lives. “The goal of this talk is to change the entire paradigm of breast cancer awareness in our community to a new awareness of what is actually needed to end breast cancer. No one

Motor boats prepare for races during the 1937 Astoria Regatta. In the 1930s, Regatta was held four days before Labor Day. The annual celebration was mentioned in the 1940 WPA Oregon guidebook “Oregon: End of the Trail” in the chapter on Astoria.

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Beers to Your Health 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 Fort George Lovell Showroom 426 14th St., Astoria All ages Free Submitted photo

Metastatic breast cancer patient Laura Snyder wants to debunk myths of breast cancer awareness at her talk Oct. 8 in Astoria.

dies of early stage breast cancer. It is only when it spreads,

or metastasizes beyond the primary site to bones, the lymphatic system and vital organs, that it becomes a terminal illness,” Snyder said. Snyder says awareness has

taken on an iconic tone, when in fact it does not save lives. “I would like to debunk these myths and challenge the sexualization and commercialization of the breast cancer cause. I hope that the talk will give people tools and ideas to change awareness to action,” Snyder said. Snyder’s lecture is Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Fort George Lovell Showroom. The talk begins at 7 p.m. and goes to 8 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. and food and drinks are available for purchase from the Taproom. There will be time for questions and answers. The event is free and open to all ages. It is part of Astoria Co-op Grocery’s food and wellness lecture series, Beers to Your Health, which takes place every second Thursday at Fort George.

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Coastal Life Story by MATT LOVE

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Be present when you’re on the beach. Take in the scene. Play with your dog. Dip your toes in the ocean. Leave your cell phone at home.

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THEATER

DANCE

Thursday, Oct. 1

Friday, Oct. 2

Saturday, Oct. 3 George Coleman 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, no cover. George Coleman plays pop, jazz, folk and rock.

Mystery Dinner Theater 6 p.m., Ocean Park Lutheran Church, 24002 U St., Ocean Park, Wash., 360-2445700, www.peninsula-players.com. The Peninsula Players presents “I’m Getting Murdered in the Morning,” a dinner theater mystery. Reservations required.

DJ Sugar PDX Dance Party 10 p.m., Twisted Fish Steakhouse, 311 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-3467, www. twistedfishsteakhouse.com, 21 and older. DJ Sugar spins house, electro, hip-hop, Top 40’s and dubstep.

Country-Ride 7 p.m., American Legion 99, 1315 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, 21 and older. In the tradition of Haggard and Jones, Country-Ride plays classic country music.

Friday, Oct. 2

Saturday, Oct. 3

Hondo’s Open Mic 7:30 p.m., Hondo’s Brew & Cork, 2703 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2234.

Mystery Dinner Theater 6 p.m., Ocean Park Lutheran Church, 24002 U St., Ocean Park, Wash., 360-2445700, www.peninsula-players.com.

DJ Sugar PDX Dance Party 10 p.m., Twisted Fish Steakhouse, 311 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-3467, www. twistedfishsteakhouse.com, 21 and older.

“Bell, Book & Candle” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www.coastertheatre.com, $15 to $20, PG. A bewitching love story of a modern witch who falls in love with a mortal and wants a normal life.

Saturday, Oct. 3 Mystery Dinner Theater 6 p.m., Ocean Park Lutheran Church, 24002 U St., Ocean Park, Wash., 360-2445700, www.peninsula-players.com.

Editor’s Pick: Saturday, Oct. 3 “Bell, Book & Candle” 7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www.coastertheatre. com, $15 to $20, PG. A bewitching love story of a modern witch who falls in love with a mortal and wants a normal life.

Sunday, Oct. 4 “Bell, Book & Candle” 3 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www. coastertheatre.com, $15 to $20, PG.

MUSIC

Thursday, Oct. 1 Dallas Williams 6 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1539, no cover, 21 and older. Dallas Williams plays folk music and Americana. Senior Center Jam Session 6:30 p.m., Astoria Recreation Center, 1555 W. Marine Drive, 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 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2202, no cover. Floating Glass Balls plays bluegrass, Caribbean, folk, swing and country. Mark MacMinn 8 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2311, no cover. Mark MacMinn plays folk and moody Americana with resonating vocals creating vivid imagery through candid storytelling.

Friday, Oct. 2 Tom Trudell 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, no cover. Tom Trudell plays jazz piano. Maggie & the Cats 6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1539, no cover, 21 and older. Maggie and the Cats play blues, funk and rhythm-n-blues.

Woolen Men 8 p.m., Sou’Wester Lodge, 3728 J Place, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-2542. The Woolen Men plays mid-fi, punk aesthetic, quirky New Zealand pop with distinctive post-punk vocals. Divine Discontents 8:30 p.m., KALA, 1017 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-338-4878, $7. Divine Discontents plays alternative, rock, jazz, pop and electro-acoustic rock music. The Social Animals 9 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2311, no cover.

Sunday, Oct. 4 Kitchen Music 1 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422239. Enjoy traditional, folk, bluegrass, country, blues and pop music played by local musicians. Evensong 6 p.m., Cannon Beach Community Church, 132 E. Washington St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1222. Evensong features performers Jennifer Goodenberger and Wes Wahrmund, meditative songs and quiet reflection. Divine Discontents 8 p.m., Sou’Wester Lodge, 3728 J Place, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-2542. Snowblind Traveler 8 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2311, no cover. Snowblind Traveler Matt Dorrien plays acoustic/piano folk and blues inspired music including original songs and an eclectic mix of 60s and 70s to present day.

Hondo’s Open Mic 7:30 p.m., Hondo’s Brew & Cork, 2703 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2234, no cover. Musicians, singers and comedians are welcome. Performers receive $1 off pints of beer or cider.

The Social Animals 8 p.m., Fort George Brewery, 1483 Duane St., Astoria, 503-325-7468, no cover.

The Social Animals 9 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2311, no cover. Dedric Clark and the Social Animals play Americana rock music.

Burgers & Jam 6 p.m., American Legion 168, 1216 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2973. The legion offers good burgers and good music.

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Long Beach Grange Indoors Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-4953, www.longbeachgrange.org.

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Sunday, Oct. 4

Luke & Kati 8 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover. Luke Ydstie and Kati Claborn play folk and country on guitar and banjo.

Riverwalk Marketplace 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 632 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-1972, riverwalkfoodcarts@gmail.com.

Tuesday, Oct. 6 Brian O’Connor 5:30 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-4150, no cover. Brian O’Connor plays a mix of jazz standards. Luke & Kati 8 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360642-2311.

Wednesday, Oct. 7 Paul & Margo Dueber 5 p.m., The Bistro, 263 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2661. Paul and Margo Dueber perform original tunes, folk and Americana from the 70s and 80s. The Coconuts 6 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361539, no cover, 21 and older. The Coconuts play swing, jazz, country, bluegrass and folk. Richard Thomasian 7 p.m., Port of Call Bistro & Bar, 894 Commercial St., Astoria, 503-325-4356, no cover. All musicians and styles are welcome to jam with the Port’s house band featuring Richard Thomasian, Peter Unander and Tom Peake. Luke & Kati 8 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311, no cover.

MARKETS Thursday, Oct. 1

River People Farmers Market 3 to 7 p.m., Astoria Indoor Garden Supply, 1343 Duane St., Astoria, www. riverpeoplemarket.org. This market features produce, flowers, plant starts, eggs, ready-to-eat food, pie walks, live music and kids’ activities.

Friday, Oct. 2 Long Beach Grange Indoors Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-4953, www.longbeachgrange.org. Features home-baked goods, prepared food, woodcrafts, honey, nuts, art and jewelry. Columbia-Pacific Farmers Market 3 to 6 p.m., downtown Long Beach off Hwy. 103 and 3rd St., Long Beach, Wash., 360-244-9169, www.longbeachwa.gov/farmersmarket. This market offers produce, meat, eggs, dairy, baked goods, flowers, plants, prepared foods and live music. Puget Island Farmer’s Market 3 to 6 p.m., Stockhouse’s Farm, 59 W. Birnie Slough Road, Cathlamet, Wash., 360-849-4145, www.stockhousesfarm.com. Shop for organic produce, fresh bread, pizza, desserts, Kim chi, jams, jellies, meat and honey.

Saturday, Oct. 3 Riverwalk Marketplace 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 632 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-1972, riverwalkfoodcarts@gmail.com. This market includes a flea market, collectibles, crafts, farm-direct produce and more. New vendors welcome.

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Astoria Sunday Market 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 12th St., downtown Astoria, 503-325-1010, www. astoriasundaymarket.com. Offers local products by farmers, craftspeople and artisans. Live music with Jesse Lee Falls and Clatsop County Master Gardeners will answer plant questions. The Vintage Flea 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Astoria Vintage Hardware, 101 15th St., Astoria, 503325-1313. Astoria Vintage Hardware will feature an eclectic assortment of purveyors with vintage, antique and hand crafted wares at the last summer flea market street faire.

EVENTS

Thursday, Oct. 1 Trivia Night 6:30 p.m., Uptown Café, 1639 S.E. Ensign Lane, Warrenton, $2 person per game. Each night ends with a rollover jackpot question. Ales & Ideas 7 p.m., Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St., Astoria, all ages. Neuroscientist Bill Griesar will kick off the 2015-16 Ales and Ideas season and discuss “This is Your Brain on Vortex: The Neuroscience (and Art) of Alcohol.”

Friday, Oct. 2 Natural Resources Tour 8:30 a.m., Pacific County Annex, 1216 Robert Bush Drive, South Bend, Wash., 360-642-9330, $5. The Pacific County Economic Development Council and WSU Long Beach Extension office will host a “Wealth of Willapa Wonders: National Resources Tour.” Local transportation and lunch provided. Reservations required. Columbia River Country Days 3 p.m., Puget Island Farmers Market, Stockhouse’s Farm, 59 W. Birnie Slough Road, Cathlamet, Wash., all ages. The eighth annual Columbia River Country Days kicks off with a pie social and live music. Teacher Open House 4 p.m., 7 p.m., Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2323, www.crmm.org. Explore the museum, traveling trunks, programs and meet with museum education staff. Lite refreshments served. Community Skate Night 5 p.m., The Armory, 1636 Exchange St., Astoria, $3 admission. Community skate night is every Friday. All ages welcome to enjoy this fun activity. Marine Life Presentation 6:30 p.m., Cannon Beach City Hall, 160 E. Gower St., Cannon Beach. Kim Raum-Suryan and Dr. Rob Suryan will give a presentation on how marine debris impacts seabirds and marine mammals. Hosted by CoastWatch, Haystack Rock Awareness and Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. First Friday Nights 7 p.m., Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2323, www.crmm.org. First Friday Nights are an entertaining, casual and social experience including live music, games, film screenings and hands-on activities.

Texas Hold’em 7 p.m., American Legion 168, 1216 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503436-2973, 21 and older. Cannon Beach American Legion offers a Texas Hold’em poker tournament each week. Trivia Night 7 p.m., Baked Alaska, No. 1 12th St., Astoria, 503-325-7414, www. bakedak.com, $2 person per game. Play the weekly trivia tournament in the lounge.

Saturday, Oct. 3 Columbia River Country Days 7 a.m., Skamokawa Farmstead Creamery, 1681 SR 4, Skamokawa, Wash., all ages. The celebration continues at Skamokawa Farmstead Creamery; meet the goats and learn to milk them. Find the Wahkiakum Fair Foundation’s flea market 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., complete with cider press; bring apples to press. At 4:30 p.m. take part in the Grays River Covered Bridge Dinner. Tickets are $25 for adults, $25 for seniors, children and veterans and available at Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet and Naselle. Beach Clean Up 9 a.m., Seaside Beach, meet at Seashore Inn on the Beach, 60 N. Promenade, Seaside, all ages. Join other volunteers for the monthly “Treasure the Beach” community beach clean up in helping to restore the quality of the beach for all. Art Show Opening 11 a.m., Amanita Gallery, 128 Division St., Manzanita, 503-368-7364. The gallery opens “Have No Fear,” a Day of the Dead and Halloween art show to celebrate the spirits of fall. Show runs Oct. 3 to Nov. 3. St. James Open House 1 p.m., St. James Family Center, 1134 Columbia St., Cathlamet, Wash., all ages. St. James Family Center will host an open house and reception to celebrate its 30 years of serving children and families of Wahkiakum County. Wild Mushroom Program 1 p.m., Fort Stevens State Park, 100 Peter Iredale Road, Hammond, 503861-3170, ext. 41, $5 parking, all ages. Join a park ranger on a discovery of wild mushrooms. Followed by a short hike. Meet at the picnic shelter at Coffenbury Lake. Artist Reception 2 p.m., Trail’s End Art Gallery, 656 A St., Gearhart, 503-717-9458, www. trailsendart.org. Trail’s End will host an artist reception for Solfrid Price who will feature new work in photography. Gearhart ArtWalk 2 p.m., celebrate creative art forms during the monthly Gearhart ArtWalk at businesses and galleries in Gearhart. Look for the “Welcome to the Shore” flag at participating merchants.

Editor’s Pick: Saturday, Oct. 3 Harvest Festival 4 p.m., Alder Creek Farm, 35955 Underhill Lane, Nehalem, 503368-3203, www. nehalemtrust.com, all ages. Think pumpkins, apple cider, live music and a whole lot of fun celebrating the bounty of the harvest at the annual Harvest Festival.

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Saturday, Oct. 3 (continued) Artist Reception 5 p.m., Cannon Beach Gallery, 1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503436-0744, www.cannonbeacharts.org. Cannon Beach Gallery will host an artist reception for Richard Rowland whose show “Honoring the Life of Earthen Materials” features new ceramic pieces. First Saturday Art Walk 5 p.m., enjoy original artwork, live music and refreshments during Seaside’s monthly First Saturday Art Walk at local businesses and art galleries, includes art discussions and demonstrations. Look for the art walk signs at participating merchants.

Sunday, Oct. 4 Wild Mushroom Hike 1 p.m., Fort Stevens State Park, 100 Peter Iredale Road, Hammond, 503-861-3170, ext. 41, free, all ages. This is a guided hike in search of wild mushrooms. Participants should bring a basket and pocketknife. Meet at Battery Russell. Open Pinochle 2 p.m., Elks Lodge 1748, 324 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-6651. Seaside Elks offers open pinochle to the public.

Monday, Oct. 5 Lunch in the Loft Noon, Beach Books, 616 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-3500, www.beachbooks37.com. Features authors Janine Donoho (“Soundings”) and Anjali Banerjee (“The Good Neighbor”). Reservations required. Knochlers Pinochle Group 1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, all ages, $1 per session. This is a weekly, regular play card game. Prizes awarded.

Tuesday, Oct. 6 Timberland Book Discussion 2 p.m., Ocean Park Timberland Library, 1308 256th Place, Ocean Park, Wash., 360-665-4184, www.TRL.org, adults and teens. This is a discussion on the new book “Timberland Writes Together,” an anthology of short fiction by local writers.

Public Review & Comment Noon, CCC Seaside Campus, 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, 503-3382450, www.clatsopcc.edu. CCC will host open comments on its presidential profile as it begins the search for a new president. Repeats at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the main campus in Astoria. Puppy Hour 3 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361539, www.cafesweetbasils.com, $5. Help raise money for the Clatsop County Animal Shelter at the weekly Puppy Hour event, includes wine by the glass and live music. A Conversation about Dying 4 p.m., Manzanita Branch Library, 571 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-8424792, www.oregonhumanities.org. The Oregon Humanities program presents an informal discussion on death and dying initiative. Rock Hound Extraordinaire 5 p.m., Shoalwater Bay gym, 2405 Elm St., Tokeland, Wash., 360-267-8190, free, all ages. Diana Jordan, a rock hound extraordinaire from Naselle, will share a mega fossilized turtle, dinosaur egg, wooly mammoth tooth, gemstone collection and more. Snacks and refreshments provided. Hosted by Shoalwater Bay Tribal Community Library. Artist Reception 6 p.m., CCC Art Center Gallery, 1799 Lexington Ave., Astoria, 503-338-2421. CCC Gallery will host an artist reception for David Allison featuring artwork that covers a span of 40 years.

PageTurners Book Discussion 7 p.m., Raymond Timberland Library, 507 Duryea St., Raymond, Wash., 360-942-2408, www.TRL.org, free, adults. Join in a discussion of “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline. Books are available for check out. New members welcome.

Library Club Meeting 10:30 a.m., Cannon Beach Library, 131 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1391, www.cannonbeachlibrary.org, free. Join the Library Club for a lite brunch with speaker Nancy McCarthy. Visitors and new members welcome.

Sandford on Polanski 7 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742, www.seasidelibrary.org, free. Author Christopher Sandford will talk about his new book “Polanski: A Biography.” A Q&A and book signings will follow.

Thursday, Oct. 8 Fall Lecture Series 10 a.m., Historic Oysterville Schoolhouse, 3322 School Road, Oysterville, Wash., $3 donation. Oysterville resident Shawn Wong will speak about the “Literature of World Travel.”

Excel: Level 2 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, 503-338-2402, $15. Students with a basic foundation in Excel will continue to learn skills to help in a work situation. Preregistration and basic computer skills required. Space is limited.

Friday, Oct. 2 Mindfulness Workshop 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St., Astoria, 503-791-8456, free. This workshop will focus on the challenges of staying present while serving others and practicing compassion. Designed for local service industry workers.

Saturday, Oct. 3 Intro to Printmaking 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., CCC Art Studio, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, 503335-2402, www.clatsopcc.edu/schedule, $340. This class is designed for professional artists who will learn woodcut, monoprints and etching from Ben Rosenberg. Continues to Dec. 5.

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Trivia Night 6:30 p.m., Uptown Café, 1639 S.E. Ensign Lane, Warrenton, $2 person per game.

Wednesday, Oct. 7

Trivia at Salvatore’s 6:30 p.m., Salvatore’s Café & Pub, 414 N. Prom, Seaside, 503-738-3334, free. Go solo or bring a team of up to five people. There are three questions per round and three rounds.

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Timberland Book Discussion 6 p.m., Ilwaco Timberland Library, 158 N. 1st Ave., Ilwaco, Wash., 360-642-3908, www.TRL.org, free, adults and teens.

Beers to Your Health 7 p.m., Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St., Astoria, 503-791-8869, www.astoria.coop, free, all ages. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, this month’s Beers to Your Health lecture hosted by the Astoria Co-op Grocery will be “Myth-Busters: Breast Cancer Awareness from a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Perspective.”

Angora Hiking Club 1 p.m., meet at Basin Street parking lot, 334 W. Marine Drive at 6th St., Astoria, 503-325-8208, www.angorahikingclub.org. Marlene Colendich will lead an easy Coffenbury Lake hike.

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Friday, Oct. 2 First Sunday Family Programs 11 a.m., Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2323, www.crmm.org, all ages. The next First Sunday program will feature “Busy Little Boats” where kids of all ages can explore the different types of boats that make the Columbia River home, includes hands-on activities. Teen Crafternoon 3:30 p.m., Naselle Timberland Library, 4 Parpala Road, Naselle, Wash., 360-484-3877, www.TRL.org. Teens get crafty in making hot glue jewelry for October.

Saturday, Oct. 3 Intro to Botanical Drawing 1 to 4 p.m., CCC Seaside Campus, 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, 503-338-2402, www.clatsopcc.edu/schedule, $45, all levels. Explore the fundamentals of botanical drawing and native plants with Dorota Haber-Lehigh through Oct. 24.

Learn Self Defense 2 to 3:30 p.m., Belcher Home Gym, 30800 H St., Ocean Park, Wash., 360-665-0860, jonbelcher1741@yahoo.com, $10. Instructor Jon Belcher teaches the Ed Parker System of Kenpo Karate, private lessons available. Ask about a free introductory lesson.

Tuesday, Oct. 6 Shipwreck Archaeology Class 1 to 4 p.m., Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, 503-338-2402, www.clatsopcc.edu/schedule, $49. Learn the fundamentals of archaeology as taught within the context of the maritime environment. Books are available at the college bookstore.

Wednesday, Oct. 7 Fall Prevention Class 4 to 5:30 p.m., Ocean Park Timberland Library, 1308 256th Place, Ocean Park, Wash., 360-665-4184, www.TRL.org. Brandon Higa will teach techniques and answer questions on how to improve balance and reduce the risk of falls. Learn Self Defense 4 to 5:30 p.m., Belcher Home Gym, 30800 H St., Ocean Park, Wash., 360665-0860, jonbelcher1741@yahoo.com, $10.

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Find live music, games at First Friday Night ASTORIA — Join the Columbia River Maritime Museum during its next First Friday Night event from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. This month, First Friday moves back to the Barbey Maritime Center. Enjoy music by Snowblind Traveler, a cash bar and a variety of lively games. Songwriter Matt Dorrien is Snowblind Traveler, a Portland-based musician who specializes in acoustic folk and blues-inspired music as well as piano-based music. His reper-

toire includes original songs as well as an eclectic mix of covers by artists from the ’60s and ’70s to the present day. His music is inspired by the rolling expanse of middle America, the fog and lichen-draped cathedral of redwoods of the Northwest and the lulling whisper of a New England blizzard. Columbia River Maritime Museum First Friday Nights are an entertaining, casual, and social experience on the First Friday of each month. They include D PL[ RI OLYH PXVLF JDPHV ¿OP

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CANNON BEACH — Want to learn more about marine 2042 Marine Drive, Astoria mammals and seabirds off OrAll ages egon’s coast? Join Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, Free CoastWatch and Haystack screenings, skills demonstrations Rock Awareness Program at and hands-on activities. 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 for First Friday Nights are free a special free presentation by of charge. The Barbey Maritime Submitted photo Kim Raum-Suryan and Rob Center is located at 2042 Marine Snowblind Traveler will perform acoustic Suyran to learn about the imfolk and blues during First Friday Night. Drive. pacts of marine debris on marine mammals and seabirds. Raum-Suryan, a marine boy poetry by Joel Fitts. The mammal biologist and owner of evening will end with an old- Sea Gypsy Research, has studtime auction of local arts and ied pinnipeds, focusing on StelCreamery at 1681 Washington Bridge Dinner, with seating at crafts, with Fitts as auctioneer. lar sea lions, for over 25 years. Tickets for the dinner are She will present on the life cycle State Route 4. The creamery 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The dinner will be open until 4:30 p.m. for will feature Columbia River limited and are available at the of pinnipeds and the impacts of visitors to meet the goats and salmon caught by local gill- %DQN RI 3DFL¿F LQ &DWKODPHW marine debris that threaten these netters, Mickey Bates’ chicken and Naselle. The dinner seat- creatures in various ways. farmers too. Also in Skamokawa, the marsala, Carol Ervest’s pick- LQJ LV ¿UVW FRPH ¿UVW VHDWHG Suryan, an associate proTickets are $35 for adults, fessor at Oregon State UniWahkiakum Fair Foundation’s led beets, locally grown roastÀHD PDUNHW ZLOO RIIHU D YDULHW\ ed potatoes and winter squash, and $25 for seniors, children versity, has studied the effects of wares from several vendors, DQG /RLV :DNH¿HOGœV SXPSNLQ and veterans. of environmental change on All proceeds from the din- the reproductive biology, for9 a.m. to 3 p.m. They will cake for dessert. WSU Cougar also operate their cider press, Gold cheese will be served ner go to the Wahkiakum 4-H aging ecology and population Youth Development program. dynamics of marine birds for and they encourage visitors to with bread with the meal. The evening’s entertain- Parking for the dinner is avail- 20 years. His presentation will bring apples to press. The weekend culminates ment will feature violin music able on the south side of the cover the threats of marine dein the Grays River Covered by Jeffrey Reynolds, and cow- Covered Bridge. bris on seabirds. Both presenters will share how their research is linked to marine reserves. This free educational evening will take place at Cannon Beach Barbey Maritime Center

Find food, fun at Columbia River Country Days SKAMOKAWA, Wash. — The eighth annual Columbia River Country Days will take place Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3. The event kicks off Friday with a pie social at 3 p.m., and live music by Kyleen Austin and Andrew Emlen at the Puget Island Farmers Market. Pies are homemade by 4-H families and volunteers. Saturday is a full day and starts with milking at 7 a.m. at the Skamokawa Farmstead

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Biologist Kim Raum-Suryan will talk about the effects of debris on marine mammals.

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Rob Suryan is an associate professor of senior research in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center.

City Hall Council Chambers, located at 160 E. Gower St.

Enter to win, taste and vote in Surfside Chili Cook-Off OYSTERVILLE, Wash. — The seventh annual Surfside Chili Cook-Off, Bake Sale and Small Craft Fair is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Oysterville Schoolhouse. There will be prizes for first, second and third place winners. If you have a great recipe, or just want to come, taste and vote for your favorite, entry is free. Surfside’s own One Lane Bridge musicians will play live during the day, and lo8 | October 1, 2015 | coastweekend.com

cal crafters will offer their wares for sale. Baked goods, as well as bowls donated by the Peninsula Clay Artists, will be sold to benefit the Ocean Park Elementary Back-Pack Program. The deadline for chili entries is 12:30 p.m. Oct. 10, judging begins promptly at 1 p.m. There is no entry fee for vendors, but space is limited; call 360-665-4171 by Thursday, Oct. 8, to register.

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I walked on the beach until two o’clock last night,â€? Kristen Mico says. “The stars were so EHDXWLIXO UHĂ€ HFWLQJ RII the saturated sand exposed by low tide.â€? An artist inspired by her time on the coast, Mico had just completed a distraction-free week as an artist-in-residence at the Sou’Wester Lodge in Seaview, Washington. “I met several people who had wonderful things to say about the residency,â€? she says. “I was intrigued, and I wanted to get out of the city.â€? $ 3RUWODQG VFUHHQZULWHU DQG Âż OPPDN er, Mico spent her time at the Sou’Wester writing vignettes that will become part RI KHU QH[W Âż OP Âł6PDOO YLJQHWWHV VD\ D lot in a short period of time,â€? Mico says. “This gives the viewer something to think DERXW DQG WR Âż OO LQ WKH EODQNV ZLWK WKHLU own imaginations. Through a collection of candid moments, I want to evoke a sense of the shared human experience happening all around us.â€? It may seem odd to some, but Mico’s path as an artist began with a movement practice. She began studying yoga when she was 13 and eventually taught the discipline for several years. In college she became involved in providing somatic therapy for people suffering from PTSD and began to understand the extent to which,

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While at the Sou’Wester Lodge, Kristen Mico wrote vignettes that will become part of her next film.

she says, “habits and behaviors limit the way we move through the world.â€? Mico’s art evolved from her yoga pracWLFH +HU FUHDWLYLW\ VWLĂ€ HG E\ DFDGHPLD was unbound. “I began to see art, for me personally, as a powerful tool instead of a self-interested hobby, and I began looking for other ways to express myself and to move through the world,â€? she says. She looks to the evolving world of digital media as a way to affect more people, doing work of quality that will, “draw people to VLJQLÂż FDQW LVVXHV WR JLYH YRLFH WR WKRVH RIWHQ XQKHDUG DQG KHOS SHRSOH Âż QG FRPPXQLW\ ´ Although working in new media, Mico pays attention to those who have gone

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before. “I’m young, 29,â€? she says, “and there’s a chorus behind me saying ‘live your dream’ and ‘follow your bliss,’ but this would be in vain if I didn’t listen to my elders.â€? To learn her new trade, Mico worked for other producers, learning production skills like location scouting, casting, set design, screenwriting, and wardrobe before deciding to launch her own company, Brave Alice Productions, this year. She resolved to work in collaboration with others; that would make it unique. Mico says that she is, “trying different approaches, looking for new directions. I’m feeling out where I want to stand.â€? Her goal is to, “amplify people with powerful voices who need to move to the next level in communication.â€? She worked on a short documentary and Kickstarter campaign for Portland’s Flying Fish Company, which provides sustainable food from local suppliers. Another short documentary, “Pudge,â€? introduces a group of plus-size women and their body empowerment projects. As part of a storytelling competition, which won Best Story, WKH VKRUW Âż OP GRFXPHQWV ZRPHQ VSHDNLQJ about the reactions of others to their bodies and of their own journeys toward loving themselves. Mico says, “I’m not afraid to let people express their feelings, so they

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Portland filmmaker Kristen Mico was a recent artist-in-residence at the Sou’Wester Lodge in Seaview, Washington.

can be heard and feel heard. It is a powerful modality and everyone’s voice matters.â€? Mico’s most ambitious piece is a 30-minute project VKH FRZURWH ZLWK Âż OPPDNHU /LVD %ROGHQ ³¾7KH 3KRWRJ raphers’ is an exploration of creative narrative, a comedy, which is new to me, with serious undertones, about a ZRPDQ ZKR IROORZV WKH VWDWXV TXR Âż QGV KHUVHOI LQ D OLIH she didn’t choose, and then wakes up.â€? When speaking with Kristen Mico, one senses both a frisson of ideas and a sense of practical reality. “I would like to earn a reputation as someone who works with activists and healers,â€? she says, “people who see a better world and need a platform to share ideas and solutions.â€? Mico grew up in the small town of Sandpoint, Idaho. “I value community,â€? she says. “I see people doing great things. I want to be a storyteller for those people.â€?

For more information about Kristen Mico, and to see examples of her work, go to www. bravealiceproductions. com

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SEASIDE — The Seaside First Saturday Art Walk, celebrating 11 years in 2015, is all about the arts. Visitors walk about, meet artists, sip wine or snag appetizers, view artist demonstrations, listen to an artist talk or enjoy live performances in music. The next art walk is set from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at galleries in the historic Gilbert District of downtown Seaside. Fairweather House and Gallery 612 Broadway Fairweather’s opens “Fall Retreat,” a exhibition that brings together seasonal art from regional artists Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, Bev Drew Kindley and Nick Brakel. Pomeroy-Crockett’s work includes unusual painting supports such as yupo, a paper made from recycled products, challenging glass-like surfaces and birch bark. In a series of collagraphs, Brakel explores concern about water birds and sea mammals that may be affected by climate change. Kindley has painted en plein air, working outdoors in the changing season, and has captured the autumn light beautifully in her work. Also see work by two new artists: lifelong North Coast resident and landscape photographer Linda Fenton-Mendenhall and collage artist Sherrie Stahl. At 6 p.m., Seaside nature photographer Neal Maine will offer a natural history lecture about the season and reveal his latest fall journal of images. Throughout the evening, pat-time Seaside artist Paul Brent will be Painting Seaside LIVE, a watercolor demo. Light snacks, wine tasting and door prizes will be offered. SunRose Gallery 606 Broadway SunRose will have new art from gallery artists Charlotte Bruhn, Ronnie Harris and Charity Stewart. Rounding out the event will be autumn treats and live music by Richard T. Beach Books 616 Broadway Seaside native Jorjett Strumme will exhibit her works “Costume Art 2.0.” Life for Strumme has been an adventure echoing those on the big screen of old Hollywood. Her dream of designing glamorous fashion for the legends of

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“Beachside” by Ronnie Harris at SunRose Gallery.

Teachers are invited to an open house at the Columbia River Maritime Museum Oct. 2.

Museum holds open house for local teachers Friday

“Party Girl 5” by Jorjett Strumme at Beach Books.

“Leaf Raker” by Billy Lutz at T’Anjuli’s.

ASTORIA — The Columbia River Maritime Museum had a busy summer developing new school programs and making improvements on old favorites. The museum will host an open house from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 for teachers to share these new school programs. The event will take place in the Ford Room.

Attendees can explore the museum, meet with education staff, investigate the new Traveling Trunks, discover new on-site programs, browse the redesigned museum website, and enjoy light refreshments courtesy of Baked Alaska. This event is designed for teachers and education colleagues.

“Tillamook Head at the Necanicum Estuary” by Paul Brent at Fairweather’s.

Hollywood came true; she worked on several television series such as “Dynasty” and “Love Boat” and was Elizabeth Taylor’s personal assistant and stylist for 10 years. The Golden Age of Hollywood is still a source of inspiration for the artist and designer. “I was so lucky to be in the right place at the right time,” Strumme says. “People ask me so often, ‘How did you get from Seaside, Oregon to Hollywood, California?’ I had a lot of guts, a lot of determination and a lot of good luck.” In 2009, Strumme was inducted into the Seaside High School Hall of Fame for both her student and career achievements. Seaside Coffee House 3 N. Holladay Drive Oftentimes, acting as a welcoming space where art enthusiasts gather, interact and collectively review the art walk experience, Seaside Coffee House features art by Morgan Stoller, whose pen and ink work is demonstrated through dramatic, subtle contrasts of light and shadows.

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“Seaside Clamtide” by Linda Fenton-Mendendall at Fairweather’s.

A mask by Jorjett Strumme at Beach Books.

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A painting by Shirley Dahlsten, who will teach a new 10-week class at Trail’s End.

T. Anjuli’s Gallery 5 N. Holladay Drive T. Anjuli’s features artists/gallery owners Lisa Scigliano and Billy Lutz. For October, “Leafraker,” an oil on canvas, is featured. “He is immersed in ideals of windblown fates and felicity. The open air theater prods him to reconsider himself, his importance and his insignificance to the ever-changing whole. In presence he tends his garden by raking the leaves from his path,” writes Lutz. SUBMITTED PHOTOS

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“Autumn Pond” by Bev Drew Kindley at Fairweather’s.

GEARHART — Shirley Dahlsten will teach a new 10-week painting class called “Classical and Futuristic” starting Thursday, Oct. 8. Class will take place 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at Trail’s End Art Association. Cost is $65, one-third of which will go

to TEAA’s rebuilding fund. Basic and advanced painting will be combined. Oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic and collage will be included. The ability to work independently is required. For more information, call 503-325-1514.

Chefs, diners look forward to abundant harvest during Wild Mushroom Celebration

Throughout October, Jimella & Nanci’s Market Cafe will feature wild mushrooms in nightly specials. Veronica Williams will give a free table-talk on identifying edible mushrooms, the how-to of foraging, as well as the dos and don’ts at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 at the Columbia 3DFLÂżF )DUPHUV 0DUNHW :LOG mushrooms and other foraged fare will be available for purchase. 42nd Street CafĂŠ & Bistro will celebrate wild mushrooms Submitted photo Oct. 23 and 24 with local wild mushrooms at breakfast and a Hear The Social Animals, from Duluth, Minnesota, perform at the Fort George. multi-course dinner of dishes featuring local wild mushURRPV SUL[ Âż[H DQG D OD FDUWH The Shelburne Restaurant’s ASTORIA — The Social An- around them often causes peoWild Mushroom & Wine Dinner with Terra Blanca Vintners imals will perform at 8 p.m. ple to look up from their phone Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Fort screens, an action known to be will take place Nov. 6. The Cove Restaurant will George Brewery. 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regon: End of the Trail was just one of 48 state and three city guidebooks that comprised one of the most fascinating publishing projects in American history. The idea was to put unemployed writers to work by having them visit virtually every inhabited place in the country, document heritage, dig up the lore, and then shape the facts and anecdotes into a novel travel guide that hoped to motivate Americans to travel and pump some discretionary income into a beleaguered economy. The writers went unaccredited as a matter of editorial policy, but later it was discovered that future luminaries such as Saul Bellow, Studs Terkel, Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison were some of the writers published in the series. One of these unemployed writers visited Astoria and delivered some of the best writing I’ve ever read about the city. This is classic writing that has long been out of print without any hope of resurrection. Until now. Just in time for the 75th anniversary of Oregon: End of the Trail’s release. Perhaps a visitor or local who wants to understand the contours of new Astoria in relationship to the city from 1940 should read excerpts from the Oregon: End of the Trail’s chapter on Astoria, one of only 10 cities SUR¿OHG LQ WKH ERRN , IRXQG LW XWWHUO\ IDVFLQDWLQJ If you are so inclined, then here you go: Matt Love lives in Astoria and is the author/editor of 14 books about Oregon. They are available at coastal bookstores and through www.nestuccaspitpress.com

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the federal government published Oregon: End of the Trail. Railroad Station: 20th St. and Waterfront for Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. Bus Station: 614 Duane St. for Spokane, Portland & Seattle Transportation Co.; 11th St. and Waterfront for Oregon Motor Stages. Airport: 3 m. SW. on US 101, bus fare 15c, taxi $1.50; no scheduled service. City Busses: Fare 10c. Taxis: Basic fare 25c. Piers: River steamers, foot of 11th St., weekly trips to Portland; ocean steamers, Port Terminals, Portway off Taylor Ave. (consult travel agencies or classified telephone directory for ocean travel). Accommodations: Five hotels; numerous auto camps. Information Service: Chamber of Commerce, 14th and Exchange Sts.

ASTORIA (12 alt., 10,349 pop.), named for John Jacob Astor, is the seat of Clatsop County and WKH VLWH RI WKH ¿UVW SHUPDQHQW VHWWOHPHQW LQ WKH 2UHgon country. Because of its commerce and industry and its position at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria has grown from a palisaded trading post to an important port. Flour mills, sawmills, salmon canneries, and grain elevators line the course of the ULYHU DQG ¿VKLQJ ERDWV DQG ÀHHWV RI RFHDQ JRLQJ vessels dock at the long wharves. Sprawling waterfront warehouses and docks, orderly rows of business blocks along a narrow beach, steep declivities where houses are niched into yellow clay banks, terraced hillsides where

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This postcard photo ca. 1920 shows the Hannula Boarding House, which was located at 937 Taylor (now Marine Drive) next to the Finnish Mercantile in Uniontown.

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This postcard photo taken in June 1935 shows the Union Fisherman’s Cooperative Cannery, a point of interest in the Oregon: End of the Trail guidebook chapter on Astoria. After labor disputes, about 200 fishermen formed the Union Fisherman’s Cooperative Packing Co. in 1897. By 1904, theirs was the largest cannery in Astoria. It remained a fishermen-owned business until the late 1940s. Today, the Cannery Pier Hotel stands on the former cannery’s 100-year-old pilings.

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Right: This postcard photo shows the Astoria Ferry Ship Landing on 14th Street. The Interstate Ferry Slip was a point of interest in the Oregon: End of the Trail guidebook, published in 1940.

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The Shark Rock Memorial was placed on Niagara Avenue for a Founders’ Day celebration in July 1926. In 1965 it was moved to the Columbia River Maritime Museum.

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Radio Station: KAST (1370 kc.). Motion Picture Houses: Two. Athletics: Gyro Field, Exchange St. between 18th and 21st Sts. Tennis: Y.M.C.A. courts, 12th and Exchange Sts. Swimming: Ocean beaches: Clatsop Beach (25 miles long), 9 m. SW. on US 101 at Skipanon, 18 m. SW. at Gearhart, 20 m. SW. at Seaside; Cannon Beach, 30 m. SW. on US 101 and unnumbered road. River beaches: Numerous on lower Columbia River, along US 30 and US 101; beaches vary with level of river; inquire locally. Golf: Astoria Golf and Country Club, 8 m. SW. just off US 101, 18 holes; greens fee $1. Annual Events: Astoria Regatta, four days prior to Labor Day.

substantial residences rise one of the sea that has drawn Finns, above the other, and the timNorwegians, and Swedes in bered crests of Coxcomb Hill such numbers that shop signs in where the Astor Monument the various languages are compoints toward the sky are indimonplace. Finnish is usually vidual bits of Astoria’s pattern spoken in the stores and fraterbut by a whim of nature in fashnal orders and churches often ioning the headland upon which conduct their ceremonies in the town is built no general view both that language and English. is possible except from the CoThe steam bath, of Finnish herlumbia River. Yet even this vanitage, is ritualistically observed tage point cannot reveal the caboth in private homes and in price that completely eliminated public bath houses. Thirteenth Street from the city Astoria’s industry and plan, yet permitted Bond, the FRPPHUFH FRQVLVW FKLHÀ\ RI second street in the alphabeti¿VKLQJ OXPEHULQJ GDLU\LQJ Submitted photo general agriculture, and a rapcal arrangement that originates at the waterfront, to wander The 500-page Oregon: End of the Trail guidebook pro- idly increasing tourist busithrough Union town as Taylor files 10 cities in Oregon, including Astoria. ness. Dairying is on the way to Avenue. becoming a $2,000,000-a-year Not unlike the Columbia, which determined its industry, and specialized as well as general agriculsettlement and growth, Astoria displays aspects as WXUH KDV EHHQ GHYHORSHG 6RPH RI WKH ¿UVW FUDQEHUenchantingly diverse as its weather, which, accord- U\ ERJV RQ WKH 3DFL¿F &RDVW ZHUH SODQWHG QHDU E\ ing to Finnish residents, may be predicted by reading and the growing and canning of peas is proving inthe fog on the Washington shore of the Columbia. FUHDVLQJO\ SUR¿WDEOH 7KH SULQFLSOH PDQXIDFWXULQJ All glitter and brittle air in summer, all hush or foggy output includes lumber, and box shooks, salmon mystery in autumn, and all bluster and fury during SURGXFWV ÀRXU IHUWLOL]HU FKHHVH SRZGHUHG PLON winter storms, Astoria never lacks the characteristics DQG PHGLFLQDO RLOV DQG RWKHU ¿VK E\ SURGXFWV

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1. The SITE OF OLD FORT ASTORIA, 15th and Exchange Sts., is heavily outlined in paint on streets and sidewalks. A square laid out diagonally to the present city streets, the area comprises approximately two city blocks. A marker at the northwest corner of the intersection bears a diagram of the fort, showing its construction and plan.

2. The SITE OF ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT AT ASTORIA, 16th and Exchange Sts., occupied by the city hall, is marked by a granite boulder and bronze plaque, placed by the D.A.R. in 1924. Here the thirty-three members of the Astor party settled temporarily after disembarking from the Tonquin, while they were building Fort Astoria.

5. The FLAVEL MANSION (open 9-5 weekdays), Duane St. between 7th and 8th Sts., is a striking example of pioneer architecture. Built of lumber freighted around the horn, it is a two-story frame dwelling with turret chimneys, and a three-story tower at the northeast corner accentuates its height. It was erected in the early 1880’s by a family prominent in Astoria’s civic and cultural life. The estate deeded the house to Clatsop County in 1936 with the stipulation that it be used for philanthropic purposes. It is occupied by the Clatsop County Relief Association, the Red Cross, and other civic agencies.

UNIONTOWN, Astoria’s foreign quarter, along the western section of Bond Street, has Chinese restaurants, Finnish steam bathhouses, river union offices, and Japanese and Scandinavian shops.

10. SHIVELY PUBLIC PARK, S. of reservoir at S. end of 16th St., on an eminence commanding a view of Youngs Bay, Saddle Mountain, and the Coast Range, is centered by a natural amphitheater used for public gatherings. To the southwest beyond Young’s Bay is the Lewis and Clark River, which flows past the site of Old Fort Clatsop, the explorer’s winter camp. In the park are the Portals of the Past, decorative columns saved from the ruins of the Weinhard Hotel, destroyed in the fire of 1922.

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An old-school dive with an awesome happy hour burger Despite a Bloody Mary that comes with a steak, the Merry Time Bar & Grill’s gem is its $5 happy hour burger. It’s one of the better deals — and the best burgers — I’ve found in my short tenure as the Mouth. It’s also emblematic of the place. The Astoria stalwart is a dive, and that didn’t change when Terry and Todd Robinett bought it late last year. The restaurant is dark at almost any hour of the day. It’s cavernous and carpeted. A mash of old beer adverts and bygone sports memorabilia line the walls. There are loads of TVs, and they turn the sound up when local teams play. Pinball machines rattle and clink, video lottery slots twinkle, and pool balls clack. Despite its dank, aged veneer, the Merry Time isn’t dingy (let’s not talk about the bathrooms though). Staff take care of the interior surfaces; it’s necessary because as much as the Merry Time is a watering hole, it’s a place people come to eat — and the happy hour burger has to be a big reason why. 7KH Âż UVW FOXH LV LQ WKH PHQX %XUJHUV DUH “cooked to medium temperature.â€? And in case \RX PLVV LW WKH VHUYHU ZLOO UHLWHUDWH +RZ GR you want it cooked? While allowing that I wasn’t afraid of a little pink, I opted to let the cook decide. What I got was ideal. At $5 the happy hour burger comes a la carte, stacked teetering, held in place with a toothpick. The presentation accentuates the innards — with a slice of tomato, onion and shredded lettuce it isn’t a king’s ransom of accoutrements. (For that, see the Merry Monster, $12.) It is, however, well seasoned and prepared. The handmade one-third-pound patty ZDV FRRNHG MXVW ULJKW WKLFN MXLF\ VDOW\ DQG just pink in the middle. With it, I added an order of calamari ($3) also from the happy hour menu. (Available from 4 to 7 p.m. every gosh darn day.) They were real, not reconstituted, and though the calamari could’ve been left in the fryer a moment longer to crisp the breading, I’d take ‘em RYHU IULHV DV D VLGH DQ\WLPH 2Q WKLV Âż UVW WULS I had a microbrew (also a dollar-off during happy hour). All together — the burger, the calamari and the beer — were just $10 before tip. I left feeling almost as if I’d gotten away with something. My second trip to the Merry Time coincided with a Beavers football game and, despite the Oregon State team’s sorry stature, a number of logo-clad fans turned out (then mostly tuned out). As such, wings were in order, as well as a Po Boy. As she did each visit, Jeanie, WKH RPQLSUHVHQW DQG HYHU MRYLDO VHUYHU DVNHG :RXOG , OLNH WKH IRRG LQ DQ\ VSHFLÂż F RUGHU"

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I began with the wings. The eight of them ($8), in classic hot sauce, lacked distinction. Mostly supple with occasional snippets of crispy skin, they tended to be small. The sauce was elementary, likely a base of Franks Red +RW 7KH EOXH FKHHVH ZDV DOPRVW DV ZDWHU\ DV the accompanying celery. And as the wings come only in paltry orders of eight, I can’t recommend them for a hungry group. They’ll À XWWHU DZD\ EHIRUH \RX NQRZ LW The Po Boy ($9) was another story. On Jeanie’s recommendations I had it with prawns DV RSSRVHG WR ¿ VK FDODPDUL RU FKLFNHQ DQG fries. The fries, she told me, were house cut. (The tots come frozen in bags.) In both cases she was dead on. The fries, with skin, reminded of actual potatoes, and the breaded, deep-fried shrimp were a delight. Indeed, I embraced everything about the Po Boy — the slaw and creamy remoulade, lightly crisp shrimp, and the neatly stacked slices of bright tomato and sharp pickle. The tastes came together so well — until they fell apart. The toasted, buttered hoagie was woefully thin, and the innards kept escaping. But when I took the time to arrange the perfect bite, my goodness. I returned once more, needing to experi-

A Po Boy sandwich, featuring delightful deep-fried shrimp, is a good meal paired with house-cut fries. Watch out for the thin hoagie roll, though.

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HOURS: 8 a.m. to midnight Monday to Thursday; 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday. Happy hour is 4 to 7 p.m. every day. PRICE: $ – Most entrÊes around $10, but happy hour deals abound. SERVICE: Fun, friendly and prompt VEGETARIAN / VEGAN OPTIONS: A few salads and sides DRINKS: Full bar, soft drinks, coffee

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land-based neuroscientist Bill Griesar, PhD., and artist Jeff Leake of NW Noggin, an art and neuroscience education and outreach network. Doors open with food and beverage service at 6 p.m. Seasonal beers on tap, food and other beverages are available for purchase, but no purchase is required. The Fort George Lovell Showroom is located at 426 14th St. Minors are welcome. Humans have used intoxi-

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Holland enjoying the pure light of the Dutch sky. He began to paint at an early age under the instruction of a mother and brother who dabbled with paint and canvas. Further inspiration was his grandparents’ art collection, which included 17th, 18th and 19th century oil paintings. Since moving to the North Coast in 1990, Vlek has earned respect and admiration as an accomplished artist and art instructor. During art walk, view locally inspired still life and landscape scenes as well as Dutch recollections. Romancing the Home 3350 U.S. Highway 101 N. Find furniture, lighting, home accents and art along with the easiest to give housewarming gifts. All for you to view, appreciate and take home during art walk. Trail’s End Art Association 656 A St. Photographer Solfrid Price is the featured artist for October at Trail’s End Art Gallery. Born and raised in Norway, Price immigrated to the U.S. in 1957. At a very young age, she developed an in-

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35 Lost & Found Found: Svenson area, end of July, grey tabby type cat. Also, Hammond area, calico cat. Call 503-861-2003 to positively identify or with info.

70 Help Wanted Archipelago Marine Research, a world leader in developing fisheries monitoring technology, is seeking two part-time service technicians for Astoria/Warrenton/surrounding areas. This position involves installation and servicing of CCTV cameras and computer components onboard commercial fishing vessels. The position requires a vehicle, smart phone and flexible work schedule, as evening and weekend work is required. For complete job description and application instructions visit www.archipelago.ca DO YOU BELIEVE in magic? Place an ad in the classifieds and watch the item you want to sell turn into instant cash! ERROR AND CANCELLATIONS Please read your ad on the first day. If you see an error, The Daily Astorian will gladly re-run your ad correctly. We accept responsibility for the first incorrect insertion, and then only to the extent of a corrected insertion or refund of the price paid. To cancel or correct an ad, call 503-325-3211 or 1-800-781-3211.

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Astoria Parks & Recreation Have Immediate Openings: •Lifeguards •Recreation Leaders (for afterschool program) •Basketball Referees •Child Care Professionals Lifeguard employment requires completing the Ellis & Associates Course. October 2nd-4th. CCC college credit for this class! Lifeguard pre-screened applicants possibly free of cost. For more information call 325-7275 or visit www.astoria.or.us for position descriptions and online applications. Astoria School Dist 1C is seeking qualified applicants for School Bus Drivers. Visit https://astoria.tedk12.com /hire/index.aspx for job description and application or Ryan Hahn, Director Transportation, 503-3254550 ADVERTISERS who want quick results use classified ads regularly.

CLASSIFIED/INSIDE SALES The Daily Astorian is looking for an individual with excellent customer service skills, both in person and over the phone. Someone who brings an upbeat and ʻgo get ʻem” attitude to the table, works well with a team as well as alone. This position requires great computer skills, accurate spelling, the ability to receive incoming classified advertising calls as well as calling advertisers back for ad renewals. Manage special monthly projects requiring cold calls. Must be persistent and be able to handle rejection with ease. This is a full time position, working Monday through Friday. Evenings and weekends off, plus paid holidays! Competitive wage plus commissions. Benefits include paid time off (PTO), insurances and a 401(k)/Roth 401(k) retirement plan. Send resume and letter of interest to:

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EO Media Group P.O. Box 2048 Salem, OR 97308-2048 by fax to: 503-371-2935 or e-mail: hr@eomediagroup.com

coa st w eeken d M ARK ETPLACE 70 Help Wanted Bookkeeper immediate Full-time G/L Bookkeeper for an Accounting office. Knowledge of computers useful. Tax capability a strong plus. Send resume to mack@pacifier.com mail to: PO Box 54, Seaside, OR 97138, or (503)738-9543 for interview

Columbia Memorial Hospital seeks candidates for the following: Full or Part Time Opportunities •Billing Clerk •Certified Surgical Tech •Clinical Analyst •CNA / Patient Care Tech •Desktop Support Technician •Foundation Executive Director •Integration & Interface Specialist •Lab Aide / Phlebotomist •Medical Assistant •Medical Technologist •Occupational Therapist •PACS Administrator •Quality & Performance Improvement Coordinator •Radiologic Tech •Staff RN Relief/Intermittent Opportunities •Lab Aide/Phlebotomist •Staff RN •Medical Technologist •Housekeeper Become a member of our Planetree Designated team by viewing and applying for our current and up-to-date opportunities at www.columbiamemorial.org. CMH is an Equal Opportunity

Employer committed to the development of an inclusive, multicultural community. CMH seeks exceptional individuals to serve as volunteers. For more information call (503)791-7408 or visit our website. CASH buyers are reading your Classified Ad. Family Mentor/Advocate 14 to 24 hr/wk part time. BA in Social Services, Counseling or related; 2 yrs. experience working with high-risk families; car, valid OR DL and insurance. Pay DOE. For more information or to apply send resume to: jwerner@lcsnw.org

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Family dentistry practice on the Long Beach Peninsula looking for a part-time dental hygienist. Excellent compensation. Please fax resume to: (360)-642-7142 Jason W. Tynkila

Clatsop County Staff Assistant Clerk & Elections Range: $2,997 - $3,643/Month +Benefits Full-time position to perform professional administrative staff work for the County Clerk. Responsibilities include customer service, processing and recording documents, elections preparation, and projects as assigned. Application and job description may be found at: http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/. Applications due no later than 5:00pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2015. AA/EOE

Cashier/Clerk Accepting application for honest, friendly, self-motivated individual for a full-time position. Starting pay $10.25 per hour. Pre Employment screening required. Applications available at Budʼs RV in Gearhart 4412 Hwy. 101 North Gearhart, OR. 97138

Free By The Sea In Ocean Park WA is looking for energetic people to join our Treatment Assistant team! Must possess a valid Drivers license, and a pre-employment drug screen and background check is required. Wage DOE and Competitive benefits for full time employees. Please send you resume to esmith@freebythesea.com.

Medical office front desk receptionist, part to full time. 7:30am-4:30pm Resumes to Astoria Physical Therapy, 2120 Exchange Street, Suite 104-Astoria. J.R. Johnson Inc. is an established Oregon General Contractor, and we are looking for experienced carpenters and framers for a long term project. Here are the traits we are looking for: 3 Years Carpentry Experience, experience in Framing and Deck Work, some Siding Experience is a PLUS, have all Basic Hand Tools, and reliable transportation. Compensation is based of your experience level and you are paid on a weekly basis. We offer a $100 signing bonus after 30 days of employment! Our BENEFITS PACKAGE includes MEDICAL, DENTAL, and an IRA. CALL US AT (503) 546 3016 Apply at J.R. Johnson office in Portland, OR; Jobsite will be located in Astoria, OR.

Morisse Logging company is looking for an Experienced Heavy Equipment Mechanic Salary position with benefits. Please leave message at (503)3254714 Riverwalk Inn on the beautiful Columbia River at the Port of Astoria is under new management. Our new leadership team is looking for team players for the following positions Front Desk, housekeeping, and maintenance. Apply at 400 Industry St., Astoria ADVERTISERS who want quick results use classified ads regularly.

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McMenamins SAND TRAP PUB & HOTEL is now hiring LINE COOKs & PREP COOKS! Our positions are variable hour positions ranging from PT to FT hours, based on business levels. Qualified applicants must have an open & flex schedule including, days, weekends, and holidays. We are looking for line cooks who have previous experience and enjoy working in a busy customer service-oriented environment. Please apply online 24/7 at www.mcmenamins.com or pick up a paper application at any McMenamins location. Mail to 430 N. Killingsworth, Portland OR, 97217 or fax: 503-221-8749. Call 503-952-0598 for info on other ways to apply. Please no phone calls or emails to individual locations! E.O.E.

Sunset Empire Transportation District Ride Care is looking for an energetic individual with great customer service skills. Duties include: customer service, use of multi-line phone, scheduling/dispatching rides, and ability to professionally interact with the medical community. Experience required: knowledge of basic computer programs and organizational skills. Bilingual: Spanish language skills are a plus. Pre-employment drug test is required. • Monday-Friday •8am-5pm •$13.25 •FT w/benefits To apply go to our website www.ridethebus.org or pick up an application at the Astoria Transit Center; 900 Marine Drive. Deadline: 10/2/15

The North Coast Swim Club is looking for a qualified Head Coach (part-time 25 hours) Requirements: Prior Head Coach or Senior Level Coach experience USA Swimming certification and background check For a job description and information on the compensation package please contact NCSC Board of Directors at ncsc97103@yahoo.com. Position will remain open until filled.

This stunning, recently renovated oceanfront location needs more star employees! We are looking for people who value quality co-workers and are hardworking and dependable. We have a good time while still providing a superior product to our guests and want employees who will stay with us for the long run. We provide medical/dental insurance, paid vacations/ birthday/anniversary, and have a 401k plan with matching contributions. Wages vary by department, but are competitive for hospitality experienced individuals. Donʼt have experience, but the hospitality business sounds interesting? Come and talk to us! We will train people who demonstrate they have a hospitality spirit.

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Distribution Department Opportunity to work part-time in the packaging and distributing department at The Daily Astorian. Duties include using machines to place inserts into the newspaper labeling newspapers and moving the papers from the press. Must be able to regularly lift 40 lbs. in a fast-paced environment. Mechanical aptitude helpful and the ability to work well with others is required. Pre-employment drug test required. Benefits include paid time off (PTO), and a 401(k)/Roth 401(k) retirement plan. Pick up an application at The Daily Astorian at 949 Exchange St. or send resume to EO Media Group, PO Box 2048, Salem, OR 973082048, e-mail: hr@eomediagroup.com TRiO Student Support Services Guidance Coordinator/Disability Services Coordinator: Partially grant funded position with benefits. View job description/qualifications and apply on-line at our web site www.clatsopcc.edu. Applications must be submitted by 5PM on October 30, 2015. Call the Office of Human Resources at Clatsop Community College 503 338-2406 if application assistance is needed. AA/EOE

Want an international experience without leaving home? Come work at Job Corps! Our students, and staff, represent numerous countries and cultures. Join our Tongue Point family and become part an amazing community unlike any other in Astoria. Current openings include:

We have positions available in: • Customer Service (Front office) • Reservations Most positions require availability for all shifts including weekends and holidays. Pick up application/submit resume to Hallmark Resort, 1400 S Hemlock, Cannon Beach or e-mail your resume to cbaccounting@hallmarkinns.com, include position applying for in subject line or regular mail to PO Box 547, Cannon Beach OR 97110. No phone calls please.

70 Help Wanted Immediate Opening •••Dental Assistant••• Part Time at Astoria Family Dental Must be EFDA, Sealant and Radiology Certified. Two years Dental Assistant experience preferred. Required work schedule: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 7:30am - 6:00pm.

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150 Homes for Sale For sale or lease, 3 bedroom 2 bath. Lewis and Clark area. Aprox 3 acres, large shop. Owner carries sale contract. (503)468-0088

210 Apartments, Unfurnished Astoria, 222 Alameda. 1 bedroom, $600-$650 +deposit. Hot water included. No pets, no smoking. References. (503)680-4210

250 Home Share, Rooms &Roommates Home share: 1 bedroom, $600. First & last month, $200 security deposit. No pets/smoking. (503)338-0703

260 Commercial Rental Astoria: 3925 Abbey Lane, 800 square feet and up. Starting at $.50 square foot. (503)440-6945

570 RVs & Travel Trailers 1995 Rexall 37ʼ, Chevy 454 w/Banks manifold. 59,874 miles. Brakes and front end redone. Rear tag axle, queen size bed, Traffic Master flooring. In Ilwaco at private residence. $7,999/OBO. Call 360-7778267.

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Beautiful 2006 Cardinal 37ʼ 5th Wheel. Excellent condition-only towed 5 times! Fireplace w/heat vents, 42” flat screen tv. Triple slide. $25,000 obo. 503-458-7020

Apply today at: www.mtc.jobs For help with the application process, call Human Resources at 503-338-4961.

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Management & Training Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veteran/Disability MTC Values Diversity! Tongue Point is a drug-free workplace and has a tobacco-free campus.

1995 Toyota Corolla DX, immaculate, 155K, runs great, loaded, extra snow tires, 30+MPG, $1,695. (503)440-7931 2000 Dodge Neon 5 speed 104,000 miles, new water pump+ timing belt. Runs & drives good. 1,600.00 obo. 503-458-5720

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See 1,000 wonders of Cannon Beach 56-foot-long painting to grace White Bird Gallery Story by GREGORY E. Zschomler Art has long been a part of the Cannon Beach ethos. It’s one of the things that makes the city a special place to live or visit. Visual art is resplendent in city galleries, and sculpture can be seen along the streets and avenues. Though the buildings themselves are lovely architectural art, they have traditionally gone unadorned — you won’t see murals in Cannon Beach. They’re not allowed by the Cannon Beach Design Review Board. But change and compromise are in the air. Sister and brother Andra and Daniel Georges, along with Daniel’s wife Rumi Tsuda, have a gift for the community. The White Bird Gallery, housed in the Garret Sea Building — originally owned by their mother, Evelyn — is the Oregon Coast’s oldest, continually operating art gallery. It will soon have a new feature. In an effort to draw shoppers into the Garret Sea Courtyard behind the building, the Georges, who, along with their two nieces, own the building and several nearby, are adding a unique bit of charm: a 4-foot-high, 56-foot-long painting. Technically, it’s not a mural. Rather than being painted on a wall, the art will be displayed under an arched walkway leading to the courtyard from Hemlock Street toward Spruce Street. The collage-like work, by Tsuda, depicts the events, people and landscapes that make up the city’s “1,000 wonders,” from the Fourth of July parade to the Sandcastle Contest, from kite flying to wildlife, as well as the hills and the sea. The piece is whimsical and elaborate, worthy of a lengthy study.

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walkway that will feature the art. “The intent of it is to draw people into this really lovely courtyard.” She said the project has been approved by the Design Review Board. Tsuda, a fine arts professional who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, has been working on the largescale painting in a makeshift studio set up in the former Mike’s Bikes shop in Cannon Beach. The two-month art project was finished Sept. 18, and, after receiving a finishing varnish, the painting will be mounted to a new pergola designed by architect Andra Georges. Tsuda’s sculpture, painting, drawing, fashion, installation and performance art has been showcased around the world, and her work is available locally at White Bird Gallery. She last presented a performance art piece in Cannon Beach in 2005. “I come to Cannon Beach often, since I met my husband in graduate school,” said Tsuda. That was more than 30 years ago. “I feel Cannon Beach is a driving force (for art).” She said she’s been thinking about many memories and people while she worked on the painting. “I like to meet people … and sometimes they tell me their stories, and I like to include them in the sections of the painting.” The pergola is to be constructed by Coaster Construction this fall. Once the structure is completed, the painting will be put in place for the public to enjoy. A formal dedication is to be announced at a later date. “This kind of creative art,” said Andra Georges, “as a family, is in our DNA. It’s something our mom, who owned the White Bird Gallery for 40 years, would be thrilled about.”

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Gregory E. Zschomler is a freelance writer and author living in Cannon Beach. You can reach him at www.gregoryezschomler.blogspot.com

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At the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s Oct. 4 family program, kids and parents can learn about the different types of boats that make the Columbia River their home.

Get busy learning about boats Museum hosts First Sunday program ASTORIA — Join the Columbia River Maritime Museum for its next First Sunday Family Program, Busy Little Boats. The program is set from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4. First Sunday Family Programs are a time for fun-¿lled family experiences. At Busy Little Boats, come explore all the different types of boats that make the Columbia River their home. Wind up your own paddle wheeler, and send it chugging through the water. Create your own origami boat. Investigate images and videos of boats that brave the Columbia River bar. Explore the galleries with a scavenger hunt that will bring to life the

Busy Little Boats 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria Included with paid admission Museum members free

workings of the Columbia’s river-going vessels. First Sunday Family Programs are included with paid admission; members are free. The museum is located at 1792 Marine Drive.

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Richard Rowland opens ceramics exhibit

See ‘Honoring the Life of Earthen Materials’ in Cannon Beach CANNON BEACH — Cannon Beach Gallery’s October exhibition, “Honoring the Life of Earthen Materials,” showcases the ceramics of Astoria teacher and artist Richard Rowland. The show opens Friday, Oct. 2, and there will be an artist reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. The show will continue through Nov. 1. Every material Rowland selects has its own character that creates an ecological and emotional perspective on the ¿nished ceramic pieces. ,n the holistic process of ¿nding, collecting, mixing and ¿ring these raw materials, he watches their evolution into abstracted new forms. Visual art gives artist another language to express their sense of the world. While this is true of Rowland’s ceramics, it is not the whole truth. His work is more about the integration of art with the natural world. Balance is key in Rowland’s work: in his

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thrown and cast forms; between the controlled and accidental elements. Even his home and studio, set in woodland just outside Astoria, is a careful balance between the requirements of safe and comfortable living and work accommodation and the outside world. “,nteracting directly with raw, unre¿ned earthen materials with all one’s senses is a primary experience, eliciting a sense of transcendence that makes one feel truly alive,” he says. “When you physically touch a material for even a moment, you begin to understand its character.” Rowland is of Hawaiian heritage and feels a connection with indigenous peoples and their sense of place. He has collaborated in and initiated projects with artists from the Aboriginal, Maori and Hawaiian communities. He understands the respect given by these visiting artists for the local native Chinook peoples and facilitated

their meeting. These rich cultural exchanges feed into Rowland’s work. Rowland ¿res most of his work in his anagama (large wood-¿red hillside kiln . He is currently building a new kiln and explained that the angle of the kiln must shadow the incline of the earth — for function and poetic concept; the ritual can not be separated from the making. The ¿ve- to seven-day ¿rings of this large, whale-shaped kiln is indeed a ceremonial act of creation. The volcanic heat, Àying ash and ¿re craft marks on the surface of the clay, which he describes as, “bringing to life an unpredictable, emotional quality and natural spirit to the work. The community (including the wind and the rain ¿ring the kiln brings a collective energy and multi-layered perspective that adds to the intensity of the experience.” Every ceramic shares its story about the ¿ring process. Like

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A ceramic vessel by Richard Rowland, fired in his Astoria anagama kiln and part of his new exhibition at Cannon Beach Gallery.

an artifact, each piece holds traces of a longer geological history, connecting to bigger mysteries. ,n the anagama kiln, the ¿re

creates the spirit of the work, integrating materials in a natural way. There is no certainty in how a piece will turn out. “The

CCC Art Center Gallery opens ‘Investigations’ Artist David Allison to teach figure drawing workshop Oct. 9 ASTORIA — The Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery will open its 201516 exhibition season with the show “,nvestigations, a Retrospective Exhibition by Seattle artist David Allison” featuring artwork created by the artist over a span of 40 years from 1975 through the current year. There will be a reception at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public, located at 1799 Lexington Ave. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, weekends and holidays by appointment. The show will run from Sept. 28 through Nov. 5. ,n conjunction with his exhibit, Allison will conduct the workshop “The Figure: Thoughts on Seeing” from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fri-

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day, Oct. 9 with a one-hour lunch break. During this workshop, which includes two hours of practice with a live model, participants will gain greater insight into the artist’s process and explore his approach in a productive, hands-on session. The workshop will be held in the Drawing/Painting Studio of the CCC Art Center and is free to CCC students enrolled in fall term art classes and open to the public for a $20 fee. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. For a materials list and to register, contact Kristin Shauck at 503-338-2472 or email kshauck@clatsopcc.edu Selected to exhibit in the 2015 “Au Naturel” competition by Seattle curator and art consultant Barbara Shaiman, Allison was also chosen by CCC art department faculty to

receive the coveted prize of a solo exhibition at the gallery. Allison, who describes himself as a painter and draughtsman, grew up in and around Chicago and as an adult lived and worked in the city until 1969. Although he attended the University of ,llinois for two years followed by a brief stint at the Art ,nstitute in Chicago, he considers himself a self-taught artist. Allison worked at the Museum of Science and ,ndustry for seven years where he had a painting studio, and his work was shown in galleries in Chicago. ,n 1969, he moved to Seattle where he has balanced art making with art care for the last 45 years. He has shown successfully in local galleries while managing a ¿ne art services business. ,n recent years art making has come resound-

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“St. Severin, Self” (2015), mixed-media on paper by David Allison.

ingly to the foreground. “,’ve been working from the nude for a long while, perhaps 50 years,” Allison recounts. His early work in the 1970s was formalist, focusing on what he calls “re-contextualizing the ¿gure in space,” using a copyist’s grid to de¿ne the surface and a linear approach. He explains that his ¿gures “exist in a pushpull sort of space, moving between surface and form.” He intends for his retrospective exhibit to illuminate

whole process is labor intensive, challenging and extremely humbling,” Rowland says. ,n “Honoring the Life of Earthen Materials,” Rowland hopes each piece can evoke a genuine, intimate response. He also hopes that the depth of that experience and the work’s connection to the natural world can conjure a sense of immenseness. ,n addition to Rowland’s ¿ne art pieces, the exhibition will also include functional ware. The holding of a cup or bowl made by an artist from materials drawn from the earth is an interaction with art at its simplest level. Rowland is an art instructor and Gallery Exhibition Coordinator at Clatsop Community College in Astoria. He holds a Bachelor of Art from 3aci¿c University and a Master of Fine Art from the University of Tasmania in Australia. He has studied kiln design and ceramics in Australia and Japan. This exhibition was made possible with funding from the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation and exhibit sponsor, Lum’s Auto Center. the ways he has dealt with context, which has shifted from a formalist approach to one that is “emotional and personal. He is currently more interested in expressing deeper issues of mortality, religion and sexuality. “,’d like this show to illuminate my winding path from earlier to present work.” Allison explains that his creative process begins with an image he ¿nds compelling. “,t could be a face, body, building; in life or existing only in a photograph.” While his starting point begins with observation, throughout the development of the work it progresses through what he calls “stages of creation and destruction” until he arrives at an image “not highly ¿nished” but that “feels complete.” He never tries to visualize the ¿nal image beforehand. “, need to surprise myself,” he explains. “, don’t think , could keep working on a piece if , knew the end result.”

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Emily Dickinson’s spirit surely lurks in the Gray School Community Garden.

A GLIMPSE INSIDE An occasional feature by MATT LOVE

Gray School Community Garden What better place to hold a garden-themed poetry workshop than in a garden? In my case, that meant the Gray School Community Garden adjacent to the Robert Gray School, where I teach an English credit recovery class for Astoria High School. English credit recovery. The phrase is of dubious poetic value. I prefer English Discovery: as in, discovering the value of writing a poem, on paper, with a pen, outside, in a garden, under gray layers of stratus clouds, surrounded by other poets and the tangible benefits of hard labor by gardeners who created this beautiful space for food, flowers, birds and metaphors. Emily Dickinson’s spirit surely lurks here. Twenty students investigated the garden, meandering around the planter boxes, tools, composters, hoses. I had instructed them to record 10 visual images. The black tomatoes were a big hit. So was the fig tree I pointed out. Or I think it was a fig tree. What it was doing in a community garden in Astoria is worthy of a poem. I had the students sit on the edge of the planter boxes with their backs to Youngs Bay. Gulls passed overhead. A deer strutted down Alameda Avenue. I gave the prompt: What will you grow in your garden? I told them take it anywhere and everywhere they wanted. Poets have no boundaries or tests to take. One student wrote he would grow chicken wings in his garden. He was hungry and wanted to pick and eat them. His response surprised and excited me. It was and was not a metaphor. It had the makings of a great poem. As a reward for his unexpected juxtaposition, I told the class I would order chicken wings for the class the next time we wrote poems about gardens in the Gray School Community Garden. The wings would be delivered to the garden. It might even be raining. I bet I’ll get a poem out of that.

Matt Love lives in Astoria and is the author/editor of 14 books about Oregon, including “A Nice Piece of Astoria: A Narrative Guide” and “The Great Birthright: An Oregon Novel.” They are available at coastal bookstores and through www.nestuccaspitpress.com

noun 1. a federally recognized tribe and government in southeastern Alaska of more than 4,000 citizens comprised of Tlingit, Haida, Aleut and Tsimpsian heritage 2. a city-borough of 8,881 (according to the 2010 U.S. census) in southeastern Alaska, located primarily on Baranof Island. Formerly known as New Archangel when it was the capital of Russian America between 1804-1867, Sitka also served as the first capital city of Alaska after the U.S. purchased the territory from 1867-1906 3. Sitka spruce: the largest species of spruce, picea sitchensis is a coniferous evergreen with thin, flaky bark and is considered the fifth largest conifer in the world. Native to the northwestern coast of North America, the Sitka spruce can grow upwards of 300 ft. tall, with

an average trunk diameter of five ft. Origin: Derived from the Tlingit, Sheet’-Ká, a contraction referring to the Tlingit Kiksadi village of Shee Atiká, which literally means, “People outside of Shee.” Shee refers to the native name of Baranof Island. The first known reference of Sitka was in 1830 and referred to the local tribe, though the area became commonly referred to Sitka in 1867. The spruce (which comes as an unexplained alteration from the Old French, Pruse, referring to Prussia, in the late 14th century) adopted its common name in the late 19th century from the island city, which is abundant with forest.

“Sitka spruce trees are tall and straight. They are often 160 to 180 feet high and 3½ to six feet in diameter, though diameters of eight to nine feet are often found.” —“Timber resources of West Key to long period of prosperity,” The Morning Oregonian, New Year’s Edition, Monday, Jan. 2, 1922, Sec. 2, P. 2

“The fire consumed beach grass, shrubs, shore pine and Sitka spruce trees.”

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Ripe apples grow in a tree in Warrenton.

Acting in kindness Writing on the prompt, “Describe a time you acted in kindness,” Astoria High School senior Liz Adamson wrote this short essay: The other day I was walking home after getting off the transit bus. I passed Warrenton High School and discovered a beautiful apple tree covered in huge ripe apples in the neighbor’s yard across the street. I went over to see if they were good enough to pick, and sure enough, they looked delicious.

I decided to fill my jacket as full as I could and bring them home to my grandma, who only eats organic fruit. She was so excited when I came home that she exclaimed, “Well, we’ll have to go to the store for pie ingredients tomorrow!” After she said that, I immediately headed to the kitchen to slice one up, but when I took the first bite, they were, unfortunately, a little too ripe, therefore lacking crispiness, but the taste was heavenly!

—Kyle Spurr, “Fire scorches 27 acres at Fort Stevens State Park,” The Daily Astorian, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, P. 1

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