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HIPFiSHmonthly
the columbia pacific’s free alternative
Volume 12 Issue 153
September 2011
SPIRIT OF THE RIVER
The 5th Annual Fundraising Event
. . . protecting the Columbia River
from proposed LNG Terminals - p.13
Teaching Evolution on the Coast.
Tradi-shun-all to Alternative S’cool
bob goldberg - p. 11
Revving UP for CD1 Race - p.8
t.a. barnhart
KALA STAGE OPENS
w/Laughing Wild - p.16!
New Farmer!
cathy nist -p.29
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Lost Places: Brin Levinson Paintings Sept 2 - 27
An exhibition of new work from local printmaker PENNY TREAT.
A 100% donation from the sale of one featured piece will go to help
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HERBAL
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NEWS • FEATURES
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Editor/Publisher:
CULTURAL CALENDAR
the month day by day 16 - 24
Dinah Urell
Production
Graphics:
Richard Ridgeway
Additional Graphics:
Les Kanekuni
Michelle Roth,
COLUMNS:
Kate Giese
Steve Berk . . . 6
WEED WARS . . . Goldberg 9
Sonja Grace Future . . .22
FLASHCUTS . . . post labor day offerings . . . Kanekuni 23
Bike Madame . . . Hammitt-McDonald . . 27
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY . . . Brezny 27
Network Community Listings . . . 26
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Wellness Center has space to help you grow
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OPEN 10am TO 3pm
12TH ST HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN ASTORIA
Clatsop County Natural
Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) Local Work Group and
Public Input Meeting
When: September 15, 2011
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: OSU Extension Seafood Lab Conference Room
2001 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
The purpose of the meeting is
to receive agency and public
input in agricultural interests
and natural resources issues to
help guide the conservation
efforts of the Natural Resource
Conservation Service in Clatsop
County.
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial
status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons
with disabilities who require alternative means for communication
of program information (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should
contact the USDA Office of Communications at (202) 720-5881 (voice)
or (202) 720-7808 (TDD).
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, US Department
of Agriculture, Washington DC, 20250, or call (202) 720-7327 (voice) or
(202) 690-1538(TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity employer
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Coast Community Radio
in a return engagement
Kinobe
and the African
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Saturday, October 1
7:30pm Performing Arts Center
$17adults, $8 children 16th & Franklin Sts, Astoria
Tickets at Beach Books, Seaside & Time Enough Books, Ilwaco
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How to be Safe and Free!
ACLU Director Dave Fidanque
Clatsop County Women’s Resource Center
Volunteer Training Session
The Women’s Resource Center
is once again offering it’s 32-hour
volunteer training course for
individuals that are interested in
working with victims and families
that have survived domestic and/
or sexual assault. Volunteer opportunities are varied but include
the following: answering the
24-hour Crisis Line (from your
own home or cell phone), helping
out at Hutchens House shelter,
various office duties or supporting
a mother as she meets with law
enforcement, the courts or other
appointments.
The training begins on Wed.,
September 14 from 4-8 pm
and the next three consecutive
Wednesdays of Sept. 21, 28 and
October 5. Two Saturdays will
also be scheduled for dates to
be determined by the attendees.
Training will be held at the WRC
Admin Office located at 1373
Duane St.
Other volunteer opportunities
are available that do not require
this extensive training such as
helping with events, some clerical
duties, picking up grocery orders
from food bank for Hutchens
House or working at DeJa’Vu Thrift
Store.
Please call the Women’s Resource Center at 503-325-3426
to register for this course.
College Offers Free and Low-Cost Learning Opportunities
Clatsop Community College will offer free and
low-cost adult education and family literacy classes
at its South County Center, 1455 N Roosevelt, Seaside, beginning the week of September 26, 2011.
Free ESL (English as a Second Language) classes
are scheduled Mondays and Tuesdays, 3:00pm to
6:00pm. GED classes are scheduled Wednesdays
and Thursdays, 4:30pm to 8:30pm. A small onetime fee for GED classes can be waived if students
find they cannot pay.
In addition, free literacy services are available
in the Seaside/Cannon Beach area through the
College’s Volunteer Literacy Tutor Program These
services are designed for people wanting to upgrade
their basic reading, writing and math skills or to learn
English.
Please direct inquiries to: Eileen Purcell, 503338-2557 or CCC South County Center, 503-3382402.
Clatsop Community College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.
Gifts That Make a Difference
Annual non-profit Gifts Fair
Register early, Sept. 1 for the annual event.
Scheduled for Saturday, December 10th in the
McTavish Room at the Liberty Theater, the fair also
features local performing artists and refreshments,
is free and open to the public. Shoppers at the fair
visit table displays of participating non-profits and
donate money, goods or service hours as their gifts
to family and friends.
All area 501c3 non-profits are eligible to register
and take part.
Registering early during this Pre-Registration
period, non-profits take advantage of discounted
table fees. September 1 through 30 a small table is
just $15 and a large table is $25. Beginning October
1st, the fees go back to $20 and $35, respectively.
For information and registration, phone Caren
Black at 503-325-6886, email [email protected]
or stop by Lucy’s Books in Astoria or The Paper Clip
in Seaside. Gifts That Make a Difference is a project
of the Titanic Lifeboat Academy, a tax-exempt nonprofit building local community resilience.
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION RESOURCE MEETING
Are you facing foreclosure? Tired of wading through bank paperwork alone? Concerned
about scams? Get connected with free tools and
resources to protect your home. Foreclosure can be
a daunting and unnerving process and as a homeowner it is important to know what tools are available to you. Meet with HUD approved agency staff
members. For more information call Cindy at (503)
325-9215, ext. 2303 or e-mail her at [email protected]. Hosted by: Community Action Team, Inc.
and Northwest Oregon Regional Housing Center.
TIME: 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
September 8, 2011,
Community Action Team Building
125 N 17th Street – St. Helens
September 22, 2011, Astoria Middle School
1100 Klaskanie Ave. – Astoria
October 13, 2011, Tillamook PUD
1115 Pacific - Tillamook
Surfing Without a Pair
OPed
The head of Oregon’s Civil Liberties, Director
Dave Fidanque makes a first official trip to the
north coast for a public meeting. The topic: The
State of Civil Liberties 10 years after 9/11 -- How
to be safe and free!”
Wednesday, September 21, 6pm at the Blue
Scorcher, 1493 Duane Street in Astoria.
A young surfer recently stopped by my shop to
buy an out-of-print book about her passion. During
the exchange she used a familiar word to praise a
sister wave-rider.
“She really has the ‘cojones’ to surf the big
ones,” said the woman.
Most of us have heard some version of this
cross-cultural cliché. Language spreads the virulent
notion that human courage and strength are
rooted in male sex glands.
We claim it takes testicles
(“cojones” in Spanish) to
excel at sports, business,
and politics.
Being the sole male in
a four-person household,
I know this notion is nuts.
Our family is fortified by a
partnership that transcends
gender. Often our daughters
ride life’s waves better than
Jennifer and I do.
So as husband and dad
I’m compelled to speak out
for the inherent strength of
women. Call it uterine affirmation, in honor of one of
the most powerful muscles
in the human body. I was compelled to testify on
this point with the young surfer in my shop, who
patiently nodded at the middle-aged bookseller
before dashing off to hit the water.
The next day I learned that 56-year-old
Congressman David Wu was accused of sexually
molesting the 18-year-old daughter of one of his
friends. He has since become the fourth person in
Congress to resign this year because of sex scandals. Two Democrats, two Republicans, and four
mighty pairs of cajones.
Last spring I defended Wu in the press when Oregon newspapers called for his resignation. At the
time the call seemed rash to me, given what had
been reported. Several weeks after my column ran,
his staff invited me to meet with him during a visit
to Seaside. I took my daughters along, thinking it
would be a civics lesson.
Having never spoken directly with Wu, I began
the meeting by thanking him for his stand on
American trade policy with China. From the onset
of his service in Washington, Wu advocated that
our nation’s commerce with the communist regime
should advance human rights and uphold our
democratic values.
Wu’s stand earned him flak from some free traders in his district. Yet he held firm, saying: “If the
voters of Oregon decide to send me home for [my
position on trade with China], I’ll have to live with
that. But I’d rather turn my back on the office than
turn my back on my principles.”
I read that quote to my daughters, in Wu’s
presence, because I wanted them to know they
By Watt Childress
were meeting a leader with strong convictions. If
the recent allegations prompting his resignation
are true, we’ve also learned such leadership can
be sacrificed to those male gonads (“gaowan” in
Chinese) that people pretend are the font of valor.
The betrayal of trust reminds me of another
family story.
During Jennifer’s first year in college, her sister
Jeanne (then 16-years-old) flew down to visit her
in California. The adventure
began when Jeanne got
bumped up to first class,
where she enjoyed the
company of a charismatic
man who accompanied
her off the plane to meet
Jennifer.
Thankfully, the two
young women had the
sense to decline when their
new 40-something friend,
Neil Goldschmidt, suggested that they all go out
for drinks. They could tell
something was amiss, so
they passed up the chance
to party with Oregon’s
Justin Floyd
big-balled surfer of political
power (now tragically renowned as the perpetrator
in a long term sexual abuse case).
That’s “groyse beytsim” in Yiddish, by the way.
From what I’ve seen, the cross-cultural truth
about cajones is that they often cause serious wipe
outs. Yet for some reason people talk as if they’re
essential to success, even for women. When a
union leader endorsed Hillary Clinton for president
in 2008, he famously described her as being the
right person for the job because of her “testicular
fortitude.”
Was that what equipped her husband Bill for
success in the Oval Office? Did it fortify the public
leadership of John Edwards and Arnold Schwarzenegger?
There’s been plenty of debate over where society should draw the line between private life and
civic duty. Yet the best comment I’ve heard regarding the testicular exploits of leaders came from my
mom, who asked “where do they find the time?”
Presumably such distractions aren’t a problem
for most men. Yet for all too many, those “family
jewels” are tools of destruction.
Changing caveman notions about success will
help counter this failure. Few women in positions of
power become embroiled in sex scandals. We need
more leaders with uterine fortitude surfing the big
waves of society.
Watt Childress owns Jupiter’s Books in downtown Cannon Beach and he is the publisher of
upperleftedge.com. Email him at wattchildress@
yahoo.com.
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The Road to Serfdom
The above phrase is the title of the best
known work of economist Friedrich von Hayek,
mentor to Milton Friedman, and with him
creator of the Chicago school of economics,
neoliberalism. This view, reigning economic
orthodoxy for over thirty years, has recreated
the boom/bust cycles of classical nineteenth
century liberalism, and it has also spread
unimpeded markets around the globe, unleashed a frenzy of development, and made
some people immensely wealthy and others
sickeningly poor. Chicago orthodoxy regards
unregulated markets as godlike entities, not to
be tampered with by governments. If left alone,
so the dogma goes, they will eventually make
everyone prosperous and free. Hayek wrote his
book following American and European institution of government regulation first to combat
the dire effects of the Great Depression and
then to fight the Second World War. He argued
that prevailing statist economics was in fact
“the road to serfdom,” wherein the West would
end up looking like Stalin’s Soviet Union. This
was a nervy thing to say when US government
money was rebuilding Europe in the heady days
of the Marshall Plan.
The system developed by British economist
John Maynard Keynes, which featured strict
government controls over market speculation,
put in place a number of safeguards to prevent
the kind of wild speculation that had brought
on the crash of 1929 and the Depression. The
Keynesian system was based on the idea that
a healthy capitalism demanded a constantly
growing middle class. In order for that to come
about, the state needed to create upward mobility. One of the ways to do so was to finance
public education from kindergarten through
graduate school. The US never went this far,
but many of the European countries did. Social Security, which is actually based on forced
savings from earnings, became the basis in the
US of old age pensions, unemployment and
disability insurance. The Keynesian “developmental” model, wherever it was introduced,
included a large measure of government aid to
impoverished or otherwise marginalized groups
to open opportunity to as many as possible,
thus creating an ever expanding middle class
with the ability to consume and thereby further
continuous prosperity. The money to finance
government aid on such a large scale came
from taxation, including a steeply graduated
income tax.
Welfare statism, the product of the Keynesian system, did create much more equalitarian
societies where it was used most extensively,
as in Northern Europe. Those countries saw
poverty, crime and imprisonment decline
appreciably. The US, with its background in
frontier individualism, never went nearly so far
in welfare statism as the European countries.
But by the sixties and seventies, with many
marginalized groups being brought into the
mainstream through compensatory legislation,
by Stephen Berk
and with increased federal aid to education,
and Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(abolished in 1996), poverty did begin to
decline, and market regulation lessened the
extremes of boom and bust that characterized
unregulated capitalism.
Many of the well-to-do resented paying high
taxes, even though taxation did not greatly
diminish their wealth. They viewed state
supervised redistribution as un-American,
and they preached the nostrum that prosperity comes from low taxes and unregulated
markets. In the wake of the social upheavals of the sixties, people of wealth began to
organize to reclaim control of the economy. In
doing so, they followed the neoliberalism of the
Chicago school. The deregulation of banking
began in the late seventies, with the junk bond
frenzy that marked the Savings and Loan crash
coming ten years later. Twenty-first century
neoliberalism has brought us the dot.com bust
and the subprime mortgage debacle in quick
succession, replete with unparalleled disparities of wealth. The ultra-rich few live rarified
lives insulated from the masses, while college
graduates face massive debt and low wage
jobs as far as the eye can see. Millions are
unemployed, millions homeless, 2.3 million,
mostly from poorer classes, are in prison. And
the best our politicians can offer is not a hand
up, but cuts in Social Security and Medicare.
Judge for yourself which is the road to serfdom:
Keynesian statism, or Hayek’s neoliberalism.
Volunteer for TRASH FREE SEAS
SOLV Beach and Riverside Cleanup
Adoption
schmoption...
you’re not coming
home with me and
that’s final!
Clatsop County Animal Shelter
1315 SE 19th in Warrenton, Oregon
Hours: noon to 4 pm, Tuesday thru Saturday
Phone: 503-861-0737
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Hillsboro, Ore.— Volunteers in Oregon
and over 100 countries worldwide will work
toward trash free seas for the SOLV Beach
& Riverside Cleanup on September 17th. At
nearly 125 sites across Oregon, thousands
of volunteers will work to clean up trash and
enhance watershed health before the fall rains
wash litter downhill into storm drains, water-
ways and out to
sea. To volunteer,
register online at
www.solv.org or
call 1-800-333SOLV. “As if
thousands of
Oregonians working side by side to
take care of our
beautiful state
wasn’t inspiring
enough, on September 17th we
will join volunteers
in all 50 states
and over 100
countries worldwide picking up litter for trash
free seas as part of the International Coastal
Cleanup,” says SOLV Executive Director Melisa
McDonald. Last fall, 615,507 volunteers kept
over 8 million pounds of trash from reaching
waterways as part of the International Coastal
Cleanup which included 7,000 volunteers in
Oregon. “By preventing trash from reaching the
ocean, volunteers are sending a gift of clean
water, healthy people and abundant wildlife
downstream,” adds Melisa.
Cigarette butts are the number one litter
item found by volunteers in Oregon and at
cleanups worldwide, and can be highly toxic if
accidentally eaten by children or pets. Cigarette filters are composed of a plastic that not
only persists for years in the environment, but
also leaches hazardous chemicals like nicotine
and heavy metals. “Most things made out of
plastic like cigarette butts, do not biodegrade,
but instead break down into small pieces that
resemble food to fish, birds and marine mammals,” says Rachael Pecore, SOLV Program
Coordinator. “A grey whale recently washed
ashore with all kinds of plastics in its stomach.
Picking up litter anywhere in Oregon is a simple
act with effects felt worldwide.” SOLV was founded in 1969 and was among
the first in the nation to pioneer volunteer
beach cleanups. SOLV’s mission is to bring Oregonians together to improve the environment
and build a legacy of stewardship. - hf
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IRIS PRIDE • Sept 16 – 18 • Lincoln City
During the beachside Street Fair
September 17th
its free fun for all!
The Street Fair is
open from 1pm6pm on SW 51st
Street in the Historic
Taft District. Return
performances by
Emmy Nominee Lily
Armani, 7 foot tall
BREAKFAST WITH DYKES ON BIKES
Saturday, Sept. 17, 10AM-11:30AM, $5.95 GLAMAZONIA, and
Sisters of Perpetual The Superstar
Divas, will delight
The Central Oregon Coast
on
the
main
stage
from 1pm-5pm
website boasts, “Lincoln City has
during this Super Hero-themed
the first and only gay pride event
event. Throughout the day you can
on the Orenjoy a super
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hero “Quick
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Bungee sporting
in the news!
takes on a new direction with this
And, one can’t argue that the
system . . . Straight Up! You will
scale of this pride event certainly
is worth boasting about in addition be fit at the waist with climbing harness and bungee cords
to attending, replete with Rainthat are then used to suspend
bow Glass Float Hunt.
you from above, enabling you to
BIG CUDOS: Helping the comflip, spin, and jump to amazing
munity and giving back is part of
Iris Pride. Reflecting on the current altitudes!
On Saturday night show more
bullying epidemic in schools this
of your pride at Aunt Mary’s
year’s Iris Pride beneficiary will
Toaster Bistro for the “Filthy
be the Oregon Safe Schools and
Meet & Greet” and afterwards
Communities Coalition.
drag yourself to Surftides for a no
Lincoln City Visitor & Convencover Coastal Aids Network
tion Bureau hosts the fourth anbenefit “Drag Show” with a
nual Iris Pride Festival September
full service bar! 16 - 18, 2011. During the 3-day
All weekend long hunt for one
PRIDE event there will be some
extraordinary returning events and of the rainbow glass floats
on all 7 ½ miles of Lincoln City
some remarkable new additions!
beach and on Sunday join in a fun
The event kicks off on Friday,
September 16th, with an All You game of Flamingo Bingo at SurftCan Eat Clambake at Surftides ides resort complete with prizes,
special menu and drink service.
Resort. Afterwards, head to BK
Mulligan’s for “Drag U-Licious”. With all of these events and more
You won’t want to miss this event! you are sure to have a good time!
For a complete listing of events
Come see the contestants go from
Ordinary to Fabulous in the special and lodging specials please visit
Drag U style show.
www.oregoncoast.org.
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The year 2011, the year
the State of New York ruled
matrimony legel for same-sex
couples, also marks the first
visible sign of queer support in the Astoria Regatta
Grandland Parade. NorthCoast
PFLAG proudly brought up
the end, with their loud and
colorful banner, with cheers,
no jeers reported. However,
this is not the first time LGBT
community has marched in
Clatsop County. The late 90’s
the North Coast Pride Network
marched in the Seaside 4th of
July parade, positioned behind
The Dairy Queen float. Many
cheers, and some hostile jeers
reported such as, “Go back
in the closet homos.” At least
they had the right terminology.
Lets hear it for PFLAG!!!!!!!!!
Third Thursday PFLAG Meeting
The next regular PFLAG meeting
will be on the third Thursday of
Sept. - Sept. 15th, 6:30 pm at
the First Lutheran Church, 725
33rd Street, in Astoria..
Q-JAZZ at the Bridgewater Bistro
Third Thursdays
Q-Jazz invites the LGBTQ
Community and friends the third
Thursday of each month to enjoy
the Basin St. Northwest Jazz Trio,
complimentary apps, and piano
bar hosted by friends and performance associates Dinah Urell and
Walt Trumbull.
Arrive at 8pm for complimentary appetizers and catch a sampling
of Basin St. NW piano trio led by
Chuck Wilder, featuring guitarist
Dave Drury, and bassist Todd
Pederson. Urell and Trumbull dip
into the American songbook, in
solo and duo, and open the mic
for folks who would like to sing, in
the vein of American standards,
jazz and blues. Expertise not
required. Old school piano bar culture, with a jazz twist – the soulful
progressions of pianist Chuck
Wilder as your back-up is a treat.
The event, now underway, is
proving to be a spacious and welcoming social gathering. Owners
of the Bridgewater, Ann and Tony
Kitchner welcome the community,
and look forward to the event
growing as a permanent monthly
mixer for the Q-Community.
Third Thursdays. 8pm-10pm.
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Basin St., 503.325.6777
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Revving up for the CD1 Race
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and Lisa Michaels for HIPFiSH
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I do not like the politics represented by Jim
Greenfield and Lisa Michaels. I think they are
wrong on the facts, wrong on the theory and
wrong on their conclusions about American
economics and politics. I also think more
Americans agree with me on the issues than
with them. Should either of them get the
Republican nomination for CD 1, count me
among those helping whichever of the Democrats is nominated.
That said, I had a great time talking with
both Greenfield and Michaels recently. Rob
Cornilles, the presumptive leader of the GOP
field, wouldn’t even agree to an interview for
Hipfish; his deputy campaign manager made
sneering, dismissive comments about both of
these opponents. Yet when we spoke over the
phone in late August in separate conversation,
I found both to be open, personable, honest
about their political aims, and full-speed-ahead
conservatives. Both knew my political leanings
— I informed them prior to the interview of the
range of work I do — but neither was defensive
or aggressive. In short, it was a pleasure to
speak with them and to get the chance to ask
them about their campaigns for this nomination.
they’re allowed to work without government
intervening. And part of that free market
system is that companies that do well and are
well-managed succeed. Companies that are
poorly managed or dishonest, fail. And that’s
the way it should be.”
Greenfield opposed the TARP bailout, calling it and other taxpayer-funding rescues of
corporations “corrupt” — the recipients of that
funding in turn give campaign contributions to
those who bailed them out. This opposition to
targeted government spending that benefits
specific individuals is one example of the kind
of spending Greenfield opposes.
“All the functions that the government is
now spending on that are not authorized by the
Constitution, we should look at cutting back
and save there. And that’s most of the federal
domestic budget.”
As the CD 1 Representative in Congress,
Greenfield said he would not be working to
bring “pork” back to the district. He feels the
system is corrupt, with each Member voting for
other Members’ pork in order to get their own.
For Greenfield, this is “politics as usual” and he
would instead seek to reduce federal spending.
“We could save trillions of dollars off our
military budget if we’d just start fighting the
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Jim Greenfield is a lawyer working in real
estate investment, a radio talk show host, and
he’s been through this before. In 2002, he was
the Republican nominee for this Congressional
seat, and he got thumped 63%-34%. But he
doesn’t come across like a person who thinks
about defeat. He’s also a free market fundamentalist, as he sees it:
“Adam Smith, Milton Friedman … free
markets work fabulously well at creating wealth
and prosperity for the entire population if
war on terrorism intelligently. Instead of having
huge armies fighting wars in foreign countries,
if we just started targeting terrorist groups, that
would save our Treasury hundreds of billions of
dollars a year in the military budget.”
This would also include closing down bases
in Europe and Japan: “We can’t afford [to station troops there] anymore.”
Greenfield does not accept the argument
that raising the debt ceiling was necessary:
“Debt is the problem”. True to his conservative ideals, he argues that government needs
to eliminate regulations that hamper the free
market. The housing market implosion, he
said, was caused by regulations aimed at
universal home ownership that forced banks to
lend to anyone, regardless of ability to pay. He
would privatize Freddie Mae and Freddie Mac
and let the free markets fix the damage done
to housing.
Greenfield argues that his stands on the
issues “are much stronger, much clearer” than
Cornilles’. His strategy is to position himself on
the right and give the voters a real choice. He
is clear on where he stands: “liberal governmentalist policies don’t work”. Liberalism
creates bureaucracy and higher taxes while
preventing the free enterprise system from
working. He believes voters in both parties are
coming to this understanding; so by campaigning on that basis, he believes he’ll provide the
winning alternative to liberal politics-as-usual
that he sees as the greatest problem facing the
country.
Lisa Michaels
Lisa Michaels is a local tv and radio host,
a consultant and entrepreneur, and, like
Greenfield, a veteran of political campaigns.
In 2000, she lost the HD 8 race to Mark Hass
by 10 percentage points. In 2008, she again
challenged Hass, this time for his Senate seat.
She didn’t fair so well in this second race,
getting steamrolled 68%-32%. But, again like
Greenfield, you don’t hear anything defeatist
from her despite those tough losses.
But while Greenfield is running to take on
federal domestic spending, Michaels’ aims for
Congress are less clear. She’s unfamiliar with
the issues facing the North Coast region. A
long-time resident of Beaverton who pulled her
kids from public schools, the basis of her campaign stems from her broadcasting experience:
“I try to talk with my audience, not at them.
… I’ve been studying the issues and talking
with the community about them for years” on
her radio show. Her strategy is simple: Go out
and meet as many voters as possible. She
believes she is “in touch” with her community,
and, if elected, will maintain that contact by
conducting a weekly Ustream.com interactive town hall with constituents to get their
perspective.
“I’m not going to be owned by anybody,”
she declared.
Taxes and Regulations
Although not running explicitly as a Tea Party
candidate, Michaels reflects those politics. She
opposes anything that infringes on the property
rights of the individual. Part of this stems from
a land dispute involving her family, and part of
it is simply the ideology of the far right:
“I just really want to get government off of
people’s backs so they can start making more
money and so we can free ‘em up to hire more
people.
“Business owners don’t know what state
and federal governments are going to hit ‘em
with next. Measure 66 & 67 was just the death knell to a lot
of business owners.”
Over the course of an hour’s conversation, she offered
no specifics about these issues apart from a few personal
anecdotes. Her views are similar to Greenfield’s; he presents
the free-market-libertarian perspective in a more sophisticated way. If he’s running for the distinctly right, that’s turf
he shares with Michaels.
She also opposes “green solutions”, charging that they
cost more than what is returned on the investment — not a
very encouraging message to those seeking the development
of wave energy facilities off the Clatsop County coast.
In fact, she’s a proponent of “clean coal gasification” and
other energy resources that she says “we know work, like oil
and gas”. She called “green energy” a “big scam” that allows
the federal government to take away people’s lands, lets
environmental lawyers file frivolous lawsuits, and otherwise
deprive Americans of their private property, thereby enslaving
them.
These are not fringe or radical views, of course. I assume
in the course of the campaign, she’ll provide more detail as
she meets voters; “Designated Losers”
“I think it’s a big power trip on both parties, and I’m fed
up with it.”
Michaels initial reason for seeking the nomination was to
expose voter fraud, something she has taken on in the past.
But even more than tackling voter fraud — a big challenge
given the paucity of evidence in Oregon for anything worse than incompetence — she now wants
to win to prove a point:
“I especially want to win it because of the attitudes and the things that have happened with the
Cornilles campaign. … We’ve got some insiders
in the Republican Party, the elite group that is
supposed to run all the campaigns…. I think it’s
a big money-making endeavor for people that run
campaigns.”
Michaels cited her various forays into the
electoral waters, either being thwarted by the party
pushing forward candidates they had no intention
of backing — “designated losers” she calls them
— or refusing to provide her with fundraising and
other resources. She pointed to the Dudley gubernatorial campaign as a prime example of this GOP
elite caring more about money than winning:
“If you can gin-up fear of government to the
extent that you can raise eleven million dollars with
the right kind of high-profile guy like Chris Dudley,
and you can get commission on eleven million
dollars, despite the fact that his opponent … only
raised $4 million, and he beats him? Do you really
care if your candidate loses if you’re able to gin-up
that kind of angst to generate that kind of donation
level?”
Michaels’ anger at the GOP seems to be as
much a driving force as Greenfield’s is towards
federal domestic spending. And while it’s evident
she cares about the general issues of reducing
regulations and taxes, and that she would be an
advocate for resource extraction within the country and an
opponent to developing sustainable energy sources; it’s also
clear she’s running to win for another very strong reason.
To spite the Oregon GOP.
“Are we really going to nominate the guy who lost by
double-digits to the crazy guy less than a year ago? Does
that really make sense to anybody?”
Rob Cornilles
I extended the same invitation to the Cornilles campaign
as I did to Greenfield and Michaels. I spoke to his Deputy
Campaign Manager who, when told I would be interviewing
those two, was dismissive about their politics. Cornilles “declined” to be interviewed, whether because of the inclusion
of Greenfield and Michaels, or because I was the interviewer,
I don’t know.
Jim Greenfield’s website is http://greenfieldforcongress.
com/. Lisa Michaels’ can be found at http://www.lisamichaels.org/.
T.A. Barnhart is a writer, videographer, social media consultant, and a native Oregonian. He writes about politics
and spent the 2011 Legislative session providing video
reports via his website and Facebook. You can read more
of his work at BlueOregon.com & TABarnhart.net, and you
can follow him on FB or Twitter (@tabarnhart).
by bob
Sea Lions or Salmon?
The world-famous East Mooring Basin
California sea lions are back! Their barking
again graces the Astoria waterfront, and
helps me to fall asleep just up the hill from
their favorite hangout in Astoria. It’s good
to hear them, because not too long ago,
the whole lot of them seemed destined for
oblivion.
You see, sea lions eat salmon, which are
endangered in these parts, and that means
we have to do something about it. But the
trouble is, sea lions are protected by the
Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA),
passed in
1972, in more
compassionate
times. When
recent salmon
runs were
small, there
was a clamor
for getting rid
of the pinniped
menace. News stories told of bullet-riddled
sea lions being killed, presumably by irate
fishermen, who were tired of the methodical
approach taken by the authorities, who captured, relocated, harassed, and even killed
some, to prevent them from their share of
the river’s feasts.
But the California sea lions (Zalophus
californianus), the major species of pinniped that hangs out here most of the year,
remain on the docks at the East Mooring
Basin, as well as the rocks by Pier 39, and
at other fish processing areas in the region.
According to Julie Tennis, an educator who
visits schools in the area and tells students
(and adults) about sea lions, our bunch
started visiting the Hawthorn Cannery (now
Pier 39) again in the 80s, after passage
of the MMPA. I met Tennis at the Astoria
Sunday Market in July, where she had a
booth with lots of photos of sea lions, and
we had a great conversation. We continued
talking at the East Mooring Basin recently,
when the sea lions were again hogging the
docks, putting on a show for several locals
and tourists. They had returned from their
summer “vacation” at the breeding colonies
in southern California (hence their name).
Some people are under the impression
that our sea lions are non-native, and invasive, because they disrupt a major economic
activity – fishing. However, the range of
the California sea lion is from Mexico to
Canada and Alaska, and they’ve been in the
goldberg
Columbia for many centuries, at least, as
documented by the native Americans in the
region and by archeological data. They were
eating salmon and other Columbia River fish
all that time, with no appreciable reduction
in the salmon runs until European settlers
arrived in the 1800s. More recently, with
the introduction of dams and overfishing on
the Columbia, the salmon runs have been
reduced to less than 1% of their traditional
(pre-European settlement) size. And sea lions were hunted to near extinction over that
time, so both
species were
on the ropes.
Today, both
sea lions and
salmon are
protected.
Since sea lion
populations
have rebounded quite
well, some
have called
for dropping their protections. But Tennis
told me that sea lions are still being killed,
and are being poisoned by industrial activity
upstream. She participates in the Oregon
Marine Mammal Stranding Network, which
uses volunteers to locate stranded marine
mammals and seeks to identify causes of
their disease and death. The network is
coordinated by OSU in Newport, with the local coordinator being Dr. Debbie Duffield at
Portland State University (503-725-4078,
[email protected]). Learn more about how
you can participate at http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/ommsn.
Tennis is not sure what can be done to
resolve the dispute between local fishermen
and sea lions. She understands that it’s
tough for fishermen these days, but says
that the real issue is “access to the fish,
not the fish.” In other words, the policies
being proposed to deal with the dwindling
populations of salmon have less to do with
ensuring recovery and sustainable runs of
salmon, and more to do with keeping the
catch numbers steady now. In the meantime, Tennis is hoping that educating people
about sea lions will help us see that they are
a smart, adaptable species, like ourselves,
and worth keeping here on the Columbia.
For more information on Columbia River
sea lions, see Tennis’ blog at http://www.columbiariversealions.com/, or visit the website
of the Sea Lion Defense Brigade at http://
www.sealiondefensebrigade.org/.
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Public Art Project Will Provide
Newport Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of
“A Walk in Their Shoes”
The Vital and Iconic Yaquina Bay Bridge
(photo courtesy of Lincoln County Historical Society)
It was constructed in 1936 as one of five bridges completed that year
along the early Oregon coast, a vital connection to commerce then and
the beginning of the largest portion of the state’s tourism industry.
It’s now a major icon for the coastal town of Newport – and the Yaquina Bay Bridge is turning 75 years old.
A huge month-long celebration of the Yaquina Bay Bridge’s 75th
Anniversary will take place all over Newport, starting Labor Day Weekend
and continuing until Sunday, October 2. The celebration will include various events and displays throughout the month of September, culminating
in a 1930’s-style Community Birthday Party on Sunday, October 2, from
Noon until 4 p.m. The Yaquina Bay Bridge opened for traffic on Labor Day in 1936,
and was dedicated on Saturday, October 3, 1936. Because of this, the
celebration will start slowly during Labor Day weekend – with the official
commemorative events happening October 1 and 2.
Various celebrations – still to be announced – will take place throughout the month-long celebration. To kick things off, Rogue Brewery rolls
out commemorative label on September 1. Over the course of the
month, celebrations will include special programs such as historic walking
tours, a photo contest, coloring contest, a booklet by the Lincoln County
Historical Society, books on the bridge by Matt Love and Judy Fleagle, a
bridgewalk, panel discussion and other fun features throughout town that
will continue through the month.
Enjoy the serenity of our
But man is a part of
gardens, wooded paths,
nature, and his
sauna, yurt and bhuddas . . .
. . . in Nahcotta, Washington
on Sandridge Road,
just south of Bay Avenue
overlooking willapa bay
war against nature is
inevitably
a war
against himself.
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Then the main event weekend happens October 1 and 2.
Saturday, October 1 features:
Farmers market until 1 p.m. on the City Hall lawn
Gallery showings in City Hall and the History Center’s Log Cabin.
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. is a panel discussion located in City Hall
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. is a history walk from City Hall to the Bridge
Sunday, October 2 features:
Sunday afternoon from 12 to 4 p.m. starts under the north side of
the bridge between the bayfront and Yaquina Bay State Park. There
will be a community picnic with 1930’s-style dress (optional), food,
entertainment and formal ceremonies. A bridge walk is scheduled to
open the Sunday event with everyone meeting on the south side of
the bridge and led by a collection of 1930’s-style cars – all of which
ends at the field under the bridge where the main event will occur.
11:45 a.m. Meet on the south side of the bridge for Bridge Walk.
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Bridge Walk begins
12 p.m. Entertainment and picnic begins (bring your own picnic optional) under north end of bridge
2 p.m. Formal ceremonies
4 p.m. End of event
Tillamook County Women’s
Resource Center is launching a
public art campaign that will culminate with a month-long exhibit
at Bay City Arts Center. The collaborative community project, entitled
“A Walk In Their Shoes,” invites
the public to decorate shoes in a
way that makes a statement about
domestic or sexual violence.
Shoes are a very personal
item. Creating art that expresses
what it is like to walk in the shoes
of a domestic violence survivor is
a powerful metaphor for living that
person’s experience. It can really
help bring a deeper understanding
of the problem.
Men, women and children are
welcome to contribute art for
the project. Each participant can
submit one or more shoes or pairs
of shoes. The Women’s Resource
Center has a limited number of
donated shoes and craft supplies
for those who want to use them.
Or you can supply your own. The
shoes can be decorated, deconstructed or whatever is required to
express your statement.
The project kicks off Thursday,
Sept. 1, with a shoe-decorating
event from 4 to 6 p.m. at the
Women’s Resource Center office at 1902 2nd St. in Tillamook. Shoes and craft materials
will be provided or you can bring
your own.
Participants are encouraged
to bring their own experience to
the project. If you are a violence
survivor, what do you want to
share about your experience? If
you are an ally of survivors, how
do you want to demonstrate your
support? As part of the ultimate
shoe art display, artists will be
able to write a statement that
will be placed next to the shoes.
The statement can be signed or
remain anonymous. On those
creations for which the artist does
not provide a statement, Women’s
Resource Center will display a
pertinent statistic about domestic
or sexual violence.
Deadline to submit entries for
“A Walk In Their Shoes” is Friday,
Sept. 23. The entries will then be
exhibited at Bay City Arts Center
throughout the month of October.
A silent auction of the exhibits
will also be conducted during that
period. Artists may contribute their
creations to this auction or may
opt to retrieve them at the close of
the exhibit.
For information, contact Romy
Carver at the Women’s Resource
Center, (503) 842-8294, ext.
209, or by email at tcwrc8@
oregoncoast.com.
Too Cool for School? Teaching Evolution on the Coast.
Tradi-shun-all to Alternative S’cool
School’s still out for summer – for
some of us. But let’s face it, the sun is setting
pretty early these dog days of summer, and
soon, for all of us – parents, kids, teachers and
the rest of the community – the new school year
will be upon us. Here in Clatsop County, some
things will be different this year.
Star of the Sea School, a private, Catholic
school associated with St. Mary’s Church in
Astoria, which opened in 1895, closed its doors
at the end of the 2010-2011 academic year
in June. Most of its former K-8 students will be
heading to one of the corresponding schools in
the Astoria public school district.
After a financial meltdown, the Sunset Empire
Transportation District, Clatsop County’s bus
system, has been bared to the bone. Some of
the students that were able to travel between
districts will have to find new transportation
options. This is even more relevant this year, as
the Oregon legislature has passed a bill that will
allow students from one district to transfer to
another within the county without release by the
former district, which will most probably increase
the amount of students opting to attend school
in a different district than they live.
Many of the county’s public school districts
have seen their budgets sliced by more than
10% this year, due to the sluggish economy, and
less revenue going to the state, which sets the
amount that each student gets in state funds.
On the ground, this translates into lost programs,
such as Future Farmers of America at Astoria
High School and physical education classes in
Warrenton. Craig Hoppes, superintendent of
the Astoria school district, calls the situation an
“unfunded mandate”, since the requirements
for graduation are still the same, but the money
isn’t there to fund the classes and programs
necessary.
Some teachers have lost their jobs, some
have had their hours cut, and many have been
transferred into new and challenging positions
due to the funding cuts. Administrators have had
to look for innovative ways to keep the schools
open and productive. Parents have scrambled
to adapt to the new landscape. And into the fray
may be coming a new charter school, which if
approved would open their doors for high schoolers in September of next year.
But there are still many options available to
parents and students in this rapidly changing
education landscape, some that have been
around since Clatsop County has existed, and
some just coming into their own. Let’s take a
little tour of some of these options, and see if
any of them might be a good fit for you and your
student(s).
Oregon Connections
Academy (ORCA)
A typical school day for Kirk House,
an 8th grader starting his second year
at ORCA, after awakening at sometime between
8 and 11, involves eating a great, home-cooked
breakfast, and then easing into schoolwork on
the computer, or reading a textbook for an hour
or so. After a trip to the local skatepark and
lunch, he gets into more involved schoolwork.
He’s usually finished with school by 3 pm, and
ready to play with friends before they get home.
He has classes in art, social studies, language
arts, reading, math and science, just like his
friends still at Astoria Middle School. Most of
his classes have about 30 students in them,
and are given via the ORCA web interface, which
allows for chat between students and teachers, lecture-like presentations, and interactive
discussions via supplied headsets. There’s even
a raised hand button you can click to ask a
question!
Classes are recorded so if you miss a class,
you can still get most of the interaction that took
place and use it to complete assignments. The
student determines the pace he or she goes
at to complete the course, and Kirk told me
he sometimes had to miss a class or two, but
usually made up the work on the weekend. Even
physical education is accounted for, with Kirk engaging in swimming, hiking, biking and bouncing
on the trampoline, along with his skateboarding,
for credit.
Kirk’s sister Grace thinks her social life improved in her first year in ORCA, as she used the
social media aspects of the on-line schooling to
a much greater extent than Kirk. But the verdict
from both the kids, and both the parents (Julie
and Rusty) was that ORCA was an improvement
over traditional brick-and-mortar school. Both
parents told me it was hard work for them, but
well worth it.
ORCA has over 1600 registered K-12 students
statewide, and at least 25 in Clatsop County.
Students can work out taking extracurricular
classes and activities, such as band, sports and
theater, from their local public schools. For more
information, to register, or just poke around the
system, surf on over to http://www.connectionsacademy.com/oregon-school/home.aspx.
Oregon Virtual Academy
(ORVA)
Like ORCA, ORVA is an on-line
charter school, based in North Bend,
available to all K-10 students in Oregon. The
By Bob Goldberg
school is divided into two sections – K-8 and
high school. Students in K-8 have 6-7 classes,
with most classes on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Mondays set aside for “homeroom”-like activities and review, and Thursdays and Fridays for
tutoring and teacher office hours. Daily progress
is monitored, and classes are on-line. The high
schoolers have 6 teachers, one for each major
subject, and it’s a paced program. ORVA supplies state-required testing at an institution near
the student’s home.
The latest registration numbers are a total of
1081 students statewide, and 15 students in
Clatsop County. Social outings are part of the
curriculum, and interaction with local schools is
encouraged. For more information about ORVA,
go to http://www.k12.com/orva.
Fire Mountain School
For the 2011-2012 school year,
FMS has 2 classes, preschool and K-2. Tuition for the year is $2050 for
preschool, which will meet Tuesday to Thursday
from 9-1 and $4100 for the K-2 class, which
will meet Tuesday to Friday from 9-3.
FMS was founded in 1983 by families interested in an alternative education for their children. You can’t beat the location – Oswald West
State Park. Students go on nature hikes through
old growth forests and to the beach from the
school’s back door. Each class is limited to ten
students to ensure individual attention. Mixedage classes reflect the belief that combining
ages enhances a sense of community. There’s
an emphasis on the 4 C’s: communication,
compromise, cooperation and commitment. The
curriculum focuses on interdisciplinary studies,
and there are no grades or testing.
Students tend to come from the south part of
Clatsop County, but some notable examples of
Astoria residents attending FMS were given by
Jennifer Childress, a “retiring” parent volunteer.
Childress’ daughters, Willa and Roan, have
graduated, or “moved on” from FMS recently,
and she is having some sadness at not being an
everyday fixture at the school. “After 9 years, it
will be hard to not be there all the time. It’s a
great place for kids to learn about the world, and
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prepares them well for whatever comes next,”
she told me.
Clatsop Community College
(CCC)
school, K-12, before and after school, and summer programs. Tuition ranges from about $2000
for pre-school to about $4000 for high school.
The A Beka curriculum is used in all classes. For
more information, contact NCCS at (503) 8613333 or [email protected], or go to their website at
http://www.nccs.us/.
The COLLEGE NOW Program allows
high school students to earn college
credits for completing high school course work
Gray Alternative High
in Accounting, Business, Fire Science, Industrial
and Manufacturing Technologies, Maritime SciSchool (GAHS)
ence, Medical Assistant, Microcomputer ApplicaGoing into its 4th year, GAHS is
tions, Office Administration and Welding.
available to all county high school
In the Dual Credit Program, high school
students that are behind on credits needed to
students take college level academic coursework graduate. The half-day program uses two teachwhile enrolled in high
school with instruction
taking place at the
high school.
Classes are available at CCC’s Marine
and Environmental
Research and Training
Station (MERTS) and
Integrated Manufacturing Technology
Center (IMTC) campus
for qualified high
school students in
grades 10-12 in welding, automotive and
maritime.
The Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of
Sister and brother Grace and Kirk House, Oregon Connections
2006 provides federal
Academy Students, share a work table at home.
funds for programs in
Accounting, Agriculers, and has about 20 students. Unlike other
ture, Maritime Studies, Mechanical Technology,
“alternative” high schools, GAHS employs some
Financial Management, Nursing, Administrative
of the methods of the charter schools mentioned
Services, Culinary Arts, and Business and Manabove – small class sizes, individualized attenagement at high schools in the region through
tion, on-line programs, and self-paced curricula.
CCC.
Located at Captain Robert Gray School, the
TRiO Pre-College programs at Clatsop Comschool has seen much success, with the majority
munity College include:
of students fulfilling their graduation requireTalent Search -- Providing information, advisments and donning the cap and gown. For more
ing, tutoring, college visits and application assistance to 600 students in the 6th-12th grades information on GAHS, contact Larry Lockett, principal of Astoria High School, at 503-325-3911.
in the Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside and Knappa
school districts.
Homeschooling
Upward Bound -- Providing intensive advisBefore the advent of compulsory
ing, academic support and a six-week summer
education in the U.S. and elsewhere,
enrichment program for 60 high school stuhomeschooling was the norm. Nowadents from the Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside
days, in order to homeschool your children, you
school districts.
must officially register with the Education Service
The Workforce Alliance is a community partDistrict (ESD) for your county. For Clatsop Counnership developed to assist with skill enhancety, the contact is Mardi Rose at 503.675.4031
ments of the emerging workforce. Through this
or [email protected].
partnership high schoolers can attend high
The resources available today to help with
school and workforce readiness classes and then
homeschooling are truly staggering. Don’t know
move into internships with local businesses.
where to start, or what to teach in order to meet
For more information on CCC programs for
the required standards? The Oregon Dept. of
high school students, contact Lisa Nyberg at
Education has a web page dedicated to answer503-338-2480 or Debby Robertson at 503ing your basic questions at http://www.ode.state.
338-2506.
or.us/search/results/?id=74.
North Coast Christian School
Textbooks? There are several projects out
there providing free downloadable textbooks and
(NCCS)
e-textbooks. A good start is FlexBooks from the
North Coast Christian School is
CK-12 website at http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/.
located in Hammond, on the campus
The math FlexBooks are currently being used by
of Gateway Community Church. They have pre-
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has them collaborate in groups, and present
their findings to the community. You can read
all about “project-based learning” and “21st
century skills” at the Buck Institute for Education
website (bie.org) or the Project-Based Learning
website (pbl-online.org).
The Freelands hope to provide a place for
disadvantaged and also accelerated students,
whose needs are not being met in the public
high schools or homeschooling situations where
they are today. In addition, they plan for Oceanview to emphasize “what the students want to
do after high school.” Besides more parental
involvement than is typical in the public high
schools, they plan on involving local businesses
by establishing mentoring programs and internships, similar to the CCC Workforce Alliance
program.
With smaller classes, teachers trained in
project-based learning, more individual attention,
and community support, the Freelands hope
that Oceanview Charter School can become a
positive part of the North Coast community. For
the next few months, they’ll be gathering comOceanview Charter School
munity support, continuing to develop curricula
Another option is in the works for
and training programs, and looking for a physical
students in Clatsop County, and may
location, all assuming that their proposal is acbecome available next September.
Tom and Donna Freeland have received a federal cepted by the Astoria School District.
They’ve got support from Tina Gleason, who
grant administered through the state to plan for
attended Olney School before it was closed, and
a new charter school, called Oceanview Charter
is a 1997 graduate from Bridges Alternative High
School, to be located somewhere inside the
School, an experiment in alternative education in
boundaries of the Astoria School District, the
the Astoria School District which was very similar
sponsoring entity. By October 1, they need to
to the current Gray Alternative High School, and
present their proposal to the Astoria School
Board, which will quickly decide whether it meets was located in the building now occupied by
both the requirements of the state and the
TLC Bank on Marine Drive in Astoria. She has 3
needs of the district’s students. At the moment,
kids in the public schools now, one going into
the Freelands’ plans are for the school to include 8th grade, and was thrilled when she met Tom
grades 9-12, with about 100 students and 5
Freeland a few weeks ago. She wants to be
more involved in her kids’ education,
and wants them to have “experience
that prepares them for real life. “I’m
not getting that in the public schools
now, and Tom’s idea sounds great
to me,” Gleason told me.
Whether or not the Oceanview
Charter School opens next September, it seems obvious that education
here in Clatsop County, as well as
everywhere else, is evolving. The
mixture of public and private schools
– traditional, parochial, on-line,
charter, alternative, independent
and home-based – is being tested
Donna & Tom
Freeland
in the education marketplace, and
more than ever before, is being allowed to settle according to parent and student
non-union teachers. Students will be drawn from
choices. While the process is disruptive and
all districts in the county.
messy, the end result should be a better educaEach charter school approved in Oregon has
tion for more kids. Let’s hope so.
to have a focus, and Oceanview’s would be
“For more information about Oceanview Charproject-based learning. An example of projectter School, contact Tom Freeland at tom.freebased learning; a student asking why so many
[email protected] or Donna Freeland at
kids are absent from school, with the answer
[email protected]. You can
that they have the flu. The teacher develops
also call at 503-338-8357 or go to the website
a project for the students to find out how to
at http://www.oceanviewschool.org/.”
prevent the spread of disease in the classroom,
the Astoria High School math department in all
their classes. Open source (free) textbooks are
available from myriad sources by searching on
the subject in the popular search engines.
In our household, we’ve used television,
computer games, magazines, books, movies, YouTube videos, and parental, family and
outside friend tutoring to supplement my son’s
education. When he was smaller, frequent trips
to the zoo, community center playroom, pool,
playground and friends’ houses gave him a great
start in education. All of these can be used
in homeschooling, and most of them can be
counted as credit towards meeting the graduation requirements in Oregon.
To find out more about homeschooling in
Oregon, take a peek at the Oregon Home Education Network website at http://www.ohen.org/
index.php. Or go down to the Astoria Library
and peruse Home Education magazine for more
ideas. You can hook up with other homeschooling families through several Yahoo groups and
just from word on the street. Community schooling is the next wave!
5th Annual SPIRIT of the River
SPIRIT ARTISTS
Agnes Field
Alex Myers
Andy Ciers
Bette Lu Krause
Brian Johnstone
Charles Schweigert
Cheryl Silverblatt
Chris Bryant
Christi Payne
David Campiche
David Lee Myers
Dee Vadnais
Don Frank
Don Nisbett
Donna Anessi
Gin Laughery
Greg Darms
Heather Richardson
Isabelle Johnston Haist
Jamie Boyd
Jane Audrey
Janet Darcher
Jenna Austin Nisbett
Josh Prichard
Judith Altruda
Judy VanderMaten
Karen Snapp
Kendall McEuen
Kristin Shauck
LaRee Johnson
Laurie Caplan
Leena Riker
Linden
Lisa Ackerman
Lynnette Hubert
Margaret Thierry
Mary Tanguay Webb
Nancy Campiche
Noel Thomas
Pam Jacobson
Pat Dixon
Paul Tweten
Penny Treat
Rhonda Grudenic
Roger Dorband
Roger Hayes
Rose Grafton
Roz Edelson
Sally Bailey
Susan Darms
Tim Liddiard
Trudy Woods
Vicki Baker
Vicki McAfee
Wally Mann
Saturday, September 24, 2011
6:30 pm Silent Art Auction
Masonic Lodge
1577 Franklin Ave., Astoria
8:00 pm Program
Clatsop Community College
Performing Arts Center
16th & Franklin, Astoria
Celebrate and help protect the
Columbia River during the 5th Annual
“SPIRIT of the RIVER,” a lively event
combining music, art and the spoken
word on Saturday, September 24th
at the Clatsop Community College
Performing Arts Center, 16th & Franklin, in Astoria. The evening begins at
6:30 p.m. in the Masonic Lodge across
the street from the PAC with a silent
auction showcasing a wide variety
of work by many local and regional
artists. The entertainment follows at 8
p.m. highlighting favorite performers
from past events as well as exciting
new talent.
R
obert Michael Pyle, award-winning author, ecologist and a Guggenheim Fellow, is the special guest for this
year’s event. A number of Pyle’s books, including Wintergreen and Skytime in Gray’s
River, deal attentively and intimately with
the natural history and human community
of his home territory in Southwestern
Washington. Pyle has taught environmental
writing from Ilwaco to Idaho, Tajikistan to
Tasmania. Next spring he will serve for the
second time as Kittredge Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Montana.
He shares an old Swedish farmstead with
weaver and botanist Thea Linnaea Pyle on
a Lower Columbia tributary in Gray’s River,
WA.
The program showcases talent from
both sides of the river and includes Alexa
Wiley, Portland singer-songwriter; Willapa Hills, popular folk musicians from
Cathlamet; Jennifer Goodenberger, Astoria’s own pianist and composer; Patrick
Dixon, fisher poet from Olympia, WA; and
the energetic Knappa Marimba Band under
the direction of John Fenton. Information
about the event and the performers can be
found at: www.spiritoftheriver.org.
This year’s Spirit of the River featured
artist is Astoria’s Noel Thomas, a nationally
known painter and signature member of
the American Watercolor Society. The Columbia River is woven throughout Thomas’
life, originating with his father and the
30 foot boat he built. Photographs of his
Columbia River paintings will be projected
as backdrop stage settings for each performer, as well as gracing this year’s poster.
Born in Longview, WA, Thomas pursued a
career in advertising art in New York and
Los Angeles before returning to the Lower
Columbia area, where he paints from his
Astoria studio.
The silent art auction held in the Masonic Lodge presents offerings from the
best of the art talent from the estuary. The
doors to the art auction open at 6:30 p.m.,
half an hour earlier than previous years.
Hors d’oeuvres and wine are available as
bidders circulate freely through the spacious and beautiful building. The bidding
closes at 7:50 with no intermission this
year. Items for bidding include paintings,
photography, jewelry, sculpture, pottery,
quiltwork, books and more. Winning bids
will be picked up following the conclusion
of the program.
Spirit of the River 2011 combines a celebration of the magnificent Columbia River
and the work of the river communities in
defending the river. Columbia Riverkeeper
is a key partner in the legal, legislative and
political battles to prevent the destruction of the estuary. Columbia Riverkeeper
was founded in 1989 and is based in Hood
River, Oregon. Its mission is: “to restore
and protect the water quality of the Columbia River and all life connected to it, from
the headwaters to the Pacific Ocean.” Brett
VandenHeuvel, Riverkeeper’s Executive
Director, will welcome the audience.
“It’s so exciting to bring together Washington and Oregon artists and performers as we honor this incredible river and
celebrate our commitment and success in
protecting our beloved river,” said Cheryl
Johnson of Brownsmead, the coordinator
for the event. She and her husband, Ted
Messing, are the volunteer Estuary Coordinators for Columbia Riverkeeper.
Noel Thomas Watercolor
Tickets for Spirit of the River are $20 and
available at Lucy’s Books, 348 12th Street
in Astoria, online at www.columbiariverkeeper.org and at the door the night of the
performance. Prepaid ticket holders will
enjoy express check-in at the Masonic Lodge
for the silent art auction.
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The Art and Politics of the Documentary
LNG UpDate/Coal Export Info
Five Week Film Class Offering
this September
from Columbia River Keeper
1. Clatsop County judge rejects Oregon LNG
legal action. In a highly anticipated and important
decision, a Clatsop County judge sided with
Clatsop County and Columbia Riverkeeper in
determining that the County has the right to
reject the Oregon LNG project. Oregon LNG is
appealing this ruling, and Columbia Riverkeeper is intervening in the case. CRK and our
coalition of allies continue to battle Oregon
LNG’s increasingly desperate legal maneuvers. The company cannot proceed until it receives
local land use approval - a prospect that is
highly unlikely anytime soon.
2. HB 2700 Passes. Your help needed.
After failing in two consecutive years, the
pipeline fast-track bill passed in June. So
- what happened? Proponents of HB 2700
convinced a majority of the legislature that
the bill was necessary for building sidewalks,
water pipes and sewer lines while cynically
refusing to accept an amendment to exclude
LNG. In short, because of the successes in
stopping Bradwood LNG and the Palomar
pipeline, many legislators bought the idea that
the bill “wasn’t about LNG.” Thousands of Oregonians weighed in
against the bill, and Columbia River Keeper
will work in the coming months to limit its
negative impact on Oregonians. In the wake
of the passage of HB 2700, LNG pipeline
companies may soon be able to apply for
and obtain permits on private lands without
landowner permission. The appeal period
is very brief, so please contact Dan Serres at
Columbia Riverkeeper immediately if you
receive notice or hear of pipeline permits being issued in your area. Contact: Dan Serres,
Conservation Director, Columbia Riverkeeper.
(503) 890-2441.
3. News from Southern Oregon – Coos Bay
Project Faces Hurdles. The Port of Coos Bay is seeking approval to
excavate and dredge 5.7 million cubic yards of
material in order to build and operate the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and Pacific Connector
Gas Pipeline. The magnitude of the proposal
is staggering, and thus far the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) has not made a decision on the project. Oregonians submitted
thousands of comments urging DSL to deny
this project because there is no need for LNG
in Oregon and no need for the terminal in the
absence of LNG. We stand united – no LNG
projects should be built in Oregon because
it’s clear that Oregon does not need an LNG
export or import project.
In an front page article by Oregonian LNG
reporter Ted Sickenger this past July, he wrote
what LNG opponents have known for years,
that LNG projects in Oregon are seeking to
export – rather than import – LNG. “Two years
ago, energy companies trying to build terminal to import liquefied natural gas to Oregon
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laughed at the notion of using their projects
instead to export burgeoning supplies of U.S.
and Canadian gas to lucrative markets in
Asia. The idea, backers said, was a conspiracy
theory concocted by environmentalists and
landowners who didn’t want pipelines laid
across public and private lands. Today, those
opponents can safely remove their tinfoil
hats.”
The article continues, “If natural gas producers and LNG terminal backers have their
way, Oregon could become a significant hub
in exporting domestic gas to Asia, joining a
nationwide push that could have a meaningful
-- and according to critics, disastrous -- impact
on the price of natural gas for U.S. consumers.”
Will Oregon agencies allow this massive
bait-and-switch, permitting projects that will
use eminent domain to ship U.S. gas to Asian
markets?
Coal Export in Longview-Kelso
From small business owners to fisherman,
to longtime residents, citizens in Longview
are working together to spread the word on
why coal export is a move in the wrong direction for a community that values family-wage
jobs, fishing, and river recreation. Longview
was the first target of coal export speculators:
last year, Ambre Energy proposed its mega
coal export terminal on the banks of the Columbia at the former Reynolds Aluminum site.
Riverkeeper quickly caught wind of the mega
coal export terminal, and mobilized to spread
the word with river advocates along the
Lower Columbia. Within a few short months,
Riverkeeper worked with citizens to expose
how coal export will affect the daily lives of
Cowlitz County residents. Excerpt from recent Longview Daily news
OPed: Based on the assumption that exporting 25 million metric tons of coal annually
(keeping in mind the company has mentioned
expanding to 80 million tons) would require 10
trains per day — each one over 1.37 miles long
— the trains would most likely block three to
four road crossings at a time. Those crossings
likely to be affected are Third Avenue, California Way, Oregon Way, Industrial Way and the
main entrance to the Weyerhaeuser mill site.
These bottlenecks could tie up traffic, make
people late for work, and limit opportunity to
transport new commodities — all while spreading windblown coal dust for miles.
Throughout the summer, Riverkeeper and
its Power Past Coal campaign allies continue
to work with communities threatened by pollution from coal dust and rail traffic, including
Kelso-Longview. Although summer is in full
swing, concerned citizens are turning out in
large numbers to learn the latest on potential
sites for proposed coal terminals. Earlier this
month, Riverkeeper and the Sierra Club held
the first coal export public forum in St. Helens,
Oregon. Last month, Riverkeeper uncovered
secret plans for a coal export terminal at the
Port of St. Helens. Riverkeeper is urging concerned citizens to contact Governor Kitzhaber
and explain why Oregonians need clean air
and water, not coal export.
Similar to Riverkeeper’s on-going work
with communities threatened by liquefied
natural gas (LNG) terminals and pipelines,
Riverkeeper and partners are working to
spread information and strategies for communities to take a stand for the river and against
coal export.
There’s even a
tale of an old
Eskimo woman
fighting to save
her reindeer herd
from marauding
interlopers.
Tales of men
and women in
conflict, responding to events beyond their control.
Her work often
focuses on Maritime themes, blue
collar workers,
and the backbone
of America.
From Rebuilding San Francisco,
A unique opportunity for
the Workers’ Story (2006) to With
documentary film fans. Maria
Hammer in Hand: the Story of
Brooks, a prize winning proWomen in Construction (2010),
ducer/directory who now lives
viewers and critics agree, Brooks
among ‘we that cling to coastal
films are ‘well-told,’ ‘brutally
edge,’ is hosting a five week
honest’ and with ‘great emoclass in viewing and discusstional impact.’
ing a variety of American film
Join Maria Brooks in an
documentaries.
informal class setting, encouragTopics include; what is “truth”
ing discussion and reaction. The
in films? How do we identify
class meets at Baked Alaska in
the point of view and maniputhe Discovery Room, (runs adjalations of the filmmaker? Are
cent to parking deck). #12 12th,
all documentaries a form of
in Astoria. Tuesday 7pm – 9pm
propaganda?
beginning September 27. There
Brooks’ work in film
is a charge of $30 for the class.
documentary has won her over
a dozen national film awards, in- Participants welcome to grab
food/beverage and then ready
cluding a 2007Emmy nominayourself to dig into film doc!
tion for “outstanding achieveView Shipping Out
ment in documentary.”
A former high school teacher, at the Seaside public library,
Thursday Sept 29, 7pm. The
as a filmmaker, Books is drawn
history of women and seafaring
to true life stories unknown to
in America. We meet modern
most TV audiences. Her films
women performing jobs in
depict individuals driven by
commercial shipping. They
inner turmoil to face challenges
– but they don’t always succeed. work on container ships, tankers,
tugs, and other vessels, as pilots,
She has given her audiences a
engineers, mates, and ordinary
myriad of tales from one of a
seamen. The film explores the
haunted black sea captain in
history, mythologies, and atthe Arctic posing as white - to
titudes which limited women’s
stories of bedraggled sailors
participation in seafaring until
on a doomed convoy on the
recent times.
Murmansk Run in WWII.
Films by Maria Brooks:
Women of the Alaska Territory (1985)
The Reindeer Queen (1991)
The Men Who Sailed the Liberty Ships (1994)
We are the ILWU (1997)
The Odyssey of Captain Healy (1999)
Pilebutts, Working under the Hammer (2002)
Artist Noel Thomas’ nationally recognized water colors will set the
stage as performance backdrops at this year’s SPIRIT of the River.
Shipping Out, the Story of America’s Seafaring Women (2005)
Rebuilding San Francisco, the Workers’ Story (2006)
KALA@HIPFiSHmonthly
beauty and retains a feeling
of being hidden and able
to function by it’s own
conventions. These are
qualities that also dominate
my artistic process. I am
grateful to be able to exhibit
my work in Astoria, a place
many of my relatives and
friends haunt.”
and while it is often hard to accept the terrible in life, I try to
embrace the fact that there are
things I both love and hate about
this place.”
Bill Ittmann, born in Boston,
Mass. in 1939, developed a love
of art and art historical sites
while traveling in Europe in his
teens. After receiving a B.F.A. in
old masters drawings and 19th
century and contemporary art.
Two students from his program,
who later gained prominence
are the late Kirk Varnedoe-chief
curator of the Museum of Modern
Art, and Thomas Kerns-director
of the Guggenheim Museum in
New York. After a long period of
teaching, publishing and traveling
Justin L’Amie and Cynthia Lahti
KALA@Hipfish Monthly
presents work by two Portland artists who have long
ties to the Astoria area-Cynthia Lahti and Justin
L’Amie. A special addition
to the evening, North Coast
art guru Bill Ittman will
speak at 7pm, on behalf
of the work of the featured
artists. In addition, NorthCoast sound artist/painter
Roger Hayes performs ambient music. Refreshments
served.
Cynthia Lahti left Portland to
earn a bachelors degree at the
Rhode Island School of Design
in 1985, and after graduating
returned to Portland where
she continues to live and make
art. She is represented by PDX
Contemporary Art in Portland
and currently she is “focusing
on ceramic sculpture and mixed
media drawings based on expressive images of the figure. “There
are so many figures out there in
the world, wearing so many poses
Justin L’Amie was born
in Astoria in 1983, and he
Opening Reception: 2nd Saturday Art Walk
spent part of his childhood
September 10, 5pm - 9pm through Oct 2
in the area with his grandSpeaker, Bill Ittman 7pm Ambient Music, Roge Hayes
parents Gail and David
Wahlstrom, who came
Art History from the University
he finally moved to Cannon Beach
to Astoria from northern
of Kanas and working at the Uniin 1978 where he currently
Minnesota in 1960. He atversity of Kanas Art Museum, he
resides and continues to be very
tended Clatsop Community
pursued graduate level courses
active in art related activitiesCollege for the academic
at the Courtauld Institute at the
Design Review Board for the City
year 2002-03 before movUniversity of London in 1964.
of Cannon Beach for ten years,
ing to Seattle where he
In 1966 he lived with renowned
teaching at Clatsop Community
received his B.F.A. from
California painter, Wayne ThieCollege and former Director of
the Cornish College of Art
baud and his family and modeled the Art Center Gallery. He is an
in 2006. He currently lives
for a number of
and continues to
make art in
Cynthia Lahti Dolphins Portland, OR
and is repand costumes; I find those that
resented by PDX
resonate and interpret them in
Contemporary Art.
clay. Each artwork expresses an
intense inner psychological state, His first one-man
exhibition ocits surface effecting a fluctuating
curred in 2010.
quality, part beauty, part groJustin L’Amie
tesque,” says Lahti of her work.
writes about his
Lahti’s grandparents, Edla
work; “Most of my
Soujanen and Nilo Vilulahti met
art is a tribute to
and married in Astoria after
that which sustains
immigrating from Tiavassolo,
us: this amazing
Finland in the early 1910’s. Her
planet and all its
father Uuno Lahti was born in
beauty. Puppies,
Astoria in 1919 and spent his
tree sap, barnacles,
childhood in Union Town and
Queen Annes lace,
Youngs River. Her mother Janet
rain, leaves, vitamin
Irving came to Astoria in the the
c, leather, fingernails,
early 1950’s. She was a home
dry rot, coconut
extension agent for Clatsop
husks. As terrifying
County, teaching women how to
Justin L’Amie
sew and cook. They were married as it often is, I am
Snake
still amazed at what the
in 1956 and moved to Portland.
earth has to bare. I can’t help
Her childhood was filled with
paintings and drawings. Ittmann
enthusiastic collector of regional
but be fascinated by the ways
completed his Masters Degree
many trips to Astoria, as well as
and local contemporary art.
that animals (including humans)
in Art History at Washington
camping adventures around the
Ittman got to know Justin
manipulate, promote, destroy
University in St. Louis in 1967.
Pacific Northwest with friends
L’Amie while he was teaching in
and take advantage of the things
Between 1967-71 he taught
from Astoria. Cynthia reports, “I
the CCC Art Department. “I found
that grow and exist around us. It
seminar level courses at Williams him to be profoundly interested
continue to feel a connection to
is at once fantastic and wretched, College in Williamston, Mass. on
the place. It has sublime natural
in being an artist and ready to
absorb every aspect of the art
scene in Seattle and Portland that
I could expose him to. He showed
an exceptional appetite for
looking at and producing art in a
variety of media. His work has a
deep interest and awareness of
nature and shows a gentle, sometime mordant curiosity about
all sides of nature, both lush and
vibrant, and fragmented and
dissipated,” says Ittman. The artists that L’Amie admires include
Thomas Bewick, J.J. Audubon,
James Ensor, Egon Schiele, David
Shrigley, Raymond Pettibon,
among others.”
As a curator and supporter Bill
Ittmann has known Cynthia Lahti’s work through her affilation
with PDX Contemporary. The artwork with very tactile surfaces
stretches the boundaries between
“art” and “craft”.
On Lahti’s
work Ittman
describes,
“Broken pigments, broken
figures, mostly human
and cats,
substantially,
but not exclusively female. There
is a narrative
quality to the
work--fragments of a
tale without
a beginning
or an end.
There are
many art
historical
references:
Degas, Rodin,
Giacometti,
L. Freud, Francis
Bacon, KiKi Smith, and Brancusi.”
This exhibition is made possible
by the generous support of Jane
Beebe, Director of PDX Contemporary Art in Portland. Jane has
frequently loaned works of art from
her gallery to exhibitions at the Art
Center Gallery at CCC.
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Ciro Hurtado
Latin American Guitar
Laughing Wild
SEPT 30, OCT 1
@ KALA Stage
in astoria
T
his September, HIPFiSHmonthly announces the
opening of The KALA Stage, in
celebration of the continuum of
locally produced theater, and
the vital theatrical community
of the Lower Columbia Pacific
Region.
And now a word from Susi Brown
– Pier Pressure Productions:
For those of you who enjoyed
this past year of thoughtprovoking theatre at 260 10th,
Pier Pressure Productions will
be presenting a play just around
the corner at the headquarters
of KALA/Hipfish. If you haven’t
taken an opportunity to attend
one of KALA’s 2nd Saturday Art
Walks, perhaps you will support
the arts by attending PPP’s production of Christopher Durang’s
“Laughing Wild”. When PPP
announced that it was closing its
doors, Dinah Urell graciously extended an invitation to the theatre group to use her new space
for performance opportunities.
Pier Pressure’s first production
was performed in 2009 at the
Columbia River Coffee Roaster
in the area now known as 3
Cups. In addition to Urell’s offer, PPP as also been welcomed
back by Tim Hurd and TJ Lackner
( CRCR & 3Cups owners). It may
be that PPP will be presenting
something in the 3 Cups coffee
shop again someday.
Curtain Everyone! By September 30, the blacks will be
hung, the lighting system set,
lighting technician waiting in the
wings, the house full, and the
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Photo: Dinah Urell
Christopher Durang’s
Featuring Jenni Newton & Bill Ham
directed by susi brown
diminutive black box stage will
welcome two actors to enact its
inaugural performance.
When we were doing the photo
shoot for the PR for Laughing
Wild, I was reminded by one of
the actors, Jenni Newton, that
we had coincidentally first met
after a performance of playwright Christopher Durang’s Beyond Therapy (directed by then
Clatsop College theater coach
Gay Preston some 10 years
ago). Ms. Newton portrayed the
slightly (or is it tightly) wound
psychiatrist. It was her actoronstage introduction to the
community. At an after-show
party, I complimented Ms. Newton on her performance, I told
her, “You’re good!” And there
were numerous feelings mutual
amongst attendees.
Since that time, we have not
seen enough of Jenni Newton
on stage, because she’s too
busy being an award-winning,
valuable high school drama instructor at Astoria High School,
and the infrequent direction of
community theater. We did see
her as Annie Wilkes in Misery
at the River Theater. A striking
performance. Newton informs
she likes a character that can
take her on a ride, and an audience that’s willing to go with
her. Hence, her interest in the
character “Woman” in Laughing
Wild.
William Ham, “Man” in the
show, I have told recently, “I
have a Bill Ham setting on
my camera.” For Mr. Ham has
been exercising his acting and
comedy prowess on various
stages in the region since he
set foot on this coast. “Bullshot
Crummond,” “Almost, Maine,”
“The Zoo Story,” “Glengarry Glen
Ross,” and “The Seafarer.” He
also wrote, directed and performed three well-received oneman shows at the former Pier
Pressure Productions space.
Ham is a generous performer,
giving us the full extent of the
spirit and energy of the role, and
his gift to make us laugh.
So, as we have witnessed, the
theater community just keeps
growing, maturing, changing,
and thriving through it transitory times. It is the nature. KALA
Stage embarks on its adventure,
an embrace in diversity of theater and performance.
Laughing Wild is a provocative study about the perils and
stresses of modern life in urban
America. Jenni Newton and Bill
Ham address the audience with
two comic monologues which
evolve into a shared nightmare
and the isolation it creates.
Christopher Durang’s characters
battle with desperation, alienation, and life’s brutalities in his
fiercely ironic comedy. See you
there.
- Dinah Urell
Purchase Tickets eve of show
beginning 6pm at KALA.
Sept 30 - Oct 1
Doors open 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm. $15
Beer and Wine Sold. Snacks!
FMI: 503.338.4878
1017 MARINE DR. ASTORIA
His guitar work is the most contemporary
sound heard today on the nylon string guitar.
Passion, a high melodic sensibility, and musical vision are the qualities attributed to the
playing of Ciro Hurtado. Treat yourself to his
solo compositions on reverbnation.com. A
compelling blend of folk, Latin and jazz are
transporting. Hurtado’s motifs, landscapes
and elements of South American styles and
rhythms, place him among a select generation
of Latin American composers.
From Lima, Peru, Ciro Hurtado arrived in
the US in 1975, where he studied at the Guitar Institute of Technology, and has gone on to
a myriad of professional musical associations
in the Latin jazz music scene of Los Angeles.
He currently is the director of the group Huayucaltia, co-producing 7 albums, and toured
extensively in the United States and Perú
with them, opening shows for artists such as
Jackson Browne, Sting, Holly Near and Carlos
Vives. He has produced 6 solo albums, the
most recent “Guitarristta.” Band leader, film
scorer, he has been awarded the prestigious
2001/2005 Durfee Master Musician Fellowship. If his name sounds familiar to you – Ciro
has graced tracks on all recordings by local
Gypsy Violinist Kim Angeles.
Friday, Sept. 10th, at 7:30 p.m., at the
Astoria Arts and Movement Center. Tickets
will be $10, available at the door. five fish
bones!
Elizabeth Nicholson and Bob Soper
Celtic Tunes at the Old Long Beach Train Depot
Harpist/guitarist and singer ELIZABETH
NICHOLSON is at the vanguard of a new
generation of Celtic musicians.
Considered among the top
American interpreters of Irish
traditional music for harp, her
studies have also included classical, Paraguayan, and mediaeval harp, and she has stretched
the traditional boundaries of the
instrument into rock music and
country blues. Her most recent
CD of traditional and original
music, Sink or Swim (Waterbug
Records) was released to widespread critical praise and international airplay, including a spot
on Fiona Richie’s Thistlepod.
BOB SOPER is counted among Portland’s
most versatile multi-Instrumentalists. A rock
Kinobe
Coast Community
Radio presents Kinobe
and the African Sensation. Kinobe (pronounced CHIN-o-bay) has
been performing internationally since the age
of ten, and together with his acoustic band,
The African Sensation, they bring a dozen
exotic instruments for the true sounds of
Ugandan roots music.
Returning to Astoria after a thronged appearance last year, Tom Hartland, Development Director for Coast Community Radio
remembers, “If you’ve never experienced
the roof coming off the PAC, this will be your
chance.”
Koras, kalimbas, adungas and drums
are incorporated into a rhythmic, melodic
enchantment unlike anything typically heard
on KMUN and KTCB, the stations of Coast
Community Radio.
Uganda Roots
and jazz drummer from a young age who also
studiedclassical Indian music at the Ali Akbar
College in California, he went
on to learnthe Irish fiddle, ultimately becoming one the Northwest’s most sought afterplayers.
He’s been a member of some of
the region’s most beloved and
successful ensembles, including
the Irish bands Cul an Ti and
Grafton Street, as well as The
Pagan Jug Band.
Take in these stalwarts of the
Northwest Celtic Music scene at
the Old Train Depot on the Long
Beach Peninsula, Saturday,
September 24, 7pm, $5. Tickets can be purchased or reserved
by contacting Bill Svendsen at 360.901.0962 or
emailing [email protected].
Saturday,
October 1.
Proceeds from
ticket sales for
Kinobe and
The African
Sensation
at $17 for
adults, $8
for children
15 and
under, will
benefit music
programming
on KMUN
91.9FM
and KTCB 89.5FM, and are available at the
station, and at Beach Books in Seaside, and
Time Enough Books at the Port of Ilwaco.
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Judy Collins
at the Liberty
S
tatuesque in très chic, fuchsia suit
and heels, long golden-grey whispy hair,
those strikingly beautiful cat eyes, singersongwriter Judy Collins performs the Fairport
Convention/Sandy Denny tune, “Who Knows
Where the Time Goes?” With a contemporary music team behind her, Collin’s
voice is indeed as her current promotional
material reads, like toning crystal, each note
articulated in beautifully measured tempo.
A glitch in the throat here or there is hardly
a concern as the sheer beauty of her song,
her presence on stage and lifetime musical
career pack the power of a devoted and
prolific artist.
Collins is soon to be at the Liberty
Theater – go to the LT website, scroll down
and click on the above described “trailer.”
Remarkable. The Liberty stop is one of 100
or so concerts she is currently doing yearly.
At 72 years of age, Judy Collins is still
writing, performing, heads her own label
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
Show Begins at 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Tickets: $30 - $60. Box Office is open Tuesday - Saturday
from 2pm - 5:30pm and two
hours before the show. Tickets
may also be purchased through
TicketsWest 503.224.8499 or
1.800.992.8499.
that nurtures new talent,
is a filmmaker, and social
activist, and keynote
speaker on mental health
and suicide prevention. It
was in 1961 at the age of
22, she released her first
album, “Maid of Constant
Sorrow” on Elektra Records. Busking and playing
night clubs in NYC eventually lead to her
deal, of which she would record traditional
songs and songs by protest poets of the
time, enacting the crystal voice as a voice
of social activism. But before Collins was a
folkie she was a child prodigy (who was born
and raised in Seattle) making her debut on
the piano at age 13. Perhaps it was her
early devotion to classical music that led to
the expansion of her folk repertoire into art
song, culminating early in her career with
the recording of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send
in the Clowns, ” in 1975 and her break
away album that started it all in 1966, “In
My Life.”
Recording and performing theater, folk,
Tin Pan Alley, rock, and art songs, Judy Collins while known as the iconic folkie with guitar in hand has really defied what would be
the sensible thing to do in a music career,
just sticking to one style. And it’s worked.
She has a recording catalogue from every
decade since the 60’s. PARADISE (2010)
is her latest album that includes duets with
Stephen Stills(an old paramour, lest we
Rock Violinist
Aaron Meyer
forget Suite Judy Blue Eyes), Joan Baez, and
her first recording of Somewhere Over the
Rainbow. Why did it take her so long?
She has written numerous books on
many topics from creativity, to the music
business, a novel, a book dealing with the
tragic suicide death of her son (Sanity and
Grace, 2006), and will be releasing ‘Suite:
Judy Blue Eyes’ and subtitled ‘Sex, drugs,
rock and roll and the music that changed a
generation’!
Tunes that we’re sure to count on from
this grand lady of song, “Send in the Clowns
and “Since You’ve Asked,” (her first penned
song).
In a recent interview when asked about
her recording label Wildflower – she now
records on her own label after decades with
Elektra – Ms. Collins excitedly replied, “I feel
like an indie artist on tour, except I don’t
travel in a van, I fly first class.”
A renaissance woman of powerful creative spirit and a sense of humor.
Not to miss.
- Dinah Urell
Bridging world music,
progressive rock and classical styles, Aaron Meyer is
Portland’s free edge agent of
the strings. Classically trained
as a youth he debuted with the
Philadelphia Orchestra at the age
of 11, his father
his violin teacher.
At one point in his
life he shut the
violin case to pursue a degree in
Natural Sciences,
but world travel
brought him back to his musical path and passion. Meyers
was the violinist with Pink
Martini recording on the Sympathique album, recorded and
wrote string parts for Platinum
rockers Everclear, and played
with numerous pros like Aaron
Nevel and Smokey Robinson.
Meyer is an established violinist/composer, recording artist,
band leader and progressive
kid music educator, releasing
“Practice Classical Violin and
Play like a rock star.” And you
can witness Meyer play like a
rock star coming soon to the
coast.
At the Coaster Theater,
Sunday, September 25,
3pm, Call the Coaster for
Ticket price.
David Carlson’s Farewell Concert
A Song Bird, and Old Bird and A Piano
The man behind the keys who
makes the Coaster Theater productions swing, and chorales sing, will be
departing the North Coast for warmer
pastures. Vocalist Susie Godsey joins
David at the piano on stage for the
American Songbook at The Liberty
Theater. Sunday Sept. 11, 4pm,
Tickets $25. FMI: liberty-theater.
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Friday 2
MUSIC
Terri Baber. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the
Columbia-Pacific Farmers Market in Long
Beach, WA
Whistlin’ Rufus. Americana/Blues/Folk.
No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap
in Gearhart.
THEATER
Chicken Creek Diaries. Musical. $12 &
$9, 7pm at the Barn Community Playhouse
in Tillamook.
Shanghaied in Astoria. Musical Melodrama. $12 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC
Playhouse in Astoria.
California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20,
Rock ‘N’ Roll Cowboys. No cover, 9pm at 8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City.
Quick & Easy Boys. $5 cover, 9pm at the Opal’s Million Dollar Duck. Comedy.
San Dune Pub in Manzanita.
$12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City.
541-994-5663
Will Keifer. 9pm – 1am at the Chinook
Winds Seafood Grill Lounge in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. At Taste of Tuscany in
Seaside. 503-738-5377
HAPPENING
Book Sale. 9am – 5pm at the Seaside
Library.
Flea Market. Free admission, 11am –
6pm at the Seaside Civic & Convention
Center.
Vernonia’s First Friday. Arts, live music,
culture, and special events. 5-8pm at
Scout Cabin in Vernonia.
Saturday 3
MUSIC
Acustica. Samba/Bolero/Bossa Nova. Free,
1 – 4pm at the Seaside Saturday Market .
Lloyd Jones. Blues/ R&B. 6:30pm in the
courtyard at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon
Beach.
Will Keifer. 9pm – 1am at the Chinook
Winds Seafood Grill Lounge in Lincoln City.
Karaoke from Hell. $5 cover, 9pm at the
San Dune Pub in Manzanita.
Norman Sylvester. No cover, 9pm at
Library.
Sunday 4
ART
Flea Market. Free admission, 11am –
6pm at the Seaside Civic & Convention
Center.
MUSIC
Reenactment of 18th Century Sailors
& Rope Making. Noon – 4pm at the
Garibaldi Museum.
Linda Hornbuckle. Free, at the City Park
in Cannon Beach.
Chinook Art Festival. 9:30am – 6pm at
Hwy 101 & Olympia St in Chinook, WA
First Saturday Art Walk. 5 – 8pm at
galleries and businesses in Seaside and
Gearhart.
CINEMA
Jurassic Park. $2, 11am at the Bijou
Theater in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Pancake Breakfast. 8 – 11am at the
Netarts Fire Hall. 5003-842-5900
Buzzard’s Breath Chili Cook-Off. $7,
10am – 4pm at Elochoman Marina in
Cathlamet, WA
Wine Tasting. End of Summer Surprise. 1
– 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria
HAPPENING
Farmstock. A regional homegrown festival.
Tastings, Music, Exhibits, Workshops,
Farmers Market and more. Camping, Cooking and Late-night dancing! All at Fred’s
Farm in Naselle, WA. details: kmun.org/
farmstock.
Live Music & BBQ. Free admission. At
the Nehalem Bay Winery in Mohler. 888368-9463
THEATER
Chicken Creek Diaries. Musical. $12 &
$9, 7pm at the Barn Community Playhouse
in Tillamook.
California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
Opal’s Million Dollar Duck. Comedy.
$12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City.
541-994-5663
Bruce Smith & the Boda Boyz. No cover,
10am – 3pm at the Astoria Sunday Market.
Live Music & BBQ. Free admission. At
the Nehalem Bay Winery in Mohler. 888368-9463
Old Fashion Carnival. At Rockaway Beach
City Park. 503-355-2291
THEATER
Dallas & David Maltby. No cover. 8pm
at Fort George Brewery & Public House in
Astoria.
Shanghaied in Astoria. Musical Melodrama. $12 - $20, 2pm at the ASOC
ART
CINEMA
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Comedy. $8 - $23, 7pm at the
Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon
Beach.
FOOD & DRINK
Monday 5
Jurassic Park. $2, 11am at the Bijou
Theater in Lincoln City
Labor Day Fish Fry. At the Old Mill Marina
in Garibaldi. 503-322-8408
HAPPENING
Farmstock. A regional homegrown festival.
At Fred’s Farm in Naselle, WA. details:
kmun.org/farmstock.
Book Sale. 1 – 5pm at the Seaside
Library.
ART
HAPPENING
Dog Swim. Free with one can or bag of pet
food. 3:30 – 4:30pm at the Lincoln City
Community Center Pool. 541-994-2131
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theater & performance
The Coaster does LUDLUM
COASTER THEATER SUMMER REP
photo: George Vetter
Winston Laszlo and Patrick Lathrop in Irma Vep
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Manacrest Manor House, on the moors, some time in the 19th Century, 2 actors, numerous characters, an Egyptian crypt, a mummy case . . . quick changes . . . parody, vaudeville farce, melodrama . . .
lightning fast sleight-of-hand . . . vampires and werewolves!
This side splitting gothic spoof will have you rolling in the aisles. Ludlam has written a Wuthering
Heights of hilarity!
Irma Vep plays through Oct. 15. Selected dates Wednesdays – Sundays. Check the Summer Rep
schedule at www.coastertheater.com.
Putnam County, 2006...
6 student spellers with issues... a junior high school
assistant principle with
issues... a former champion
speller with issues... a “comfort counselor” doing community service... 4 audience
volunteers... great music,
dance, and a lot of humor!
It’s The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee by Finn & Sheinkin. An unusual aspect of the show is that four real
audience members are invited on stage to compete in the spelling bee. Be
one. (pictured l to r: Amanda Payne, Julia Shepherd, Richard Bowman, Darren
Hull Cameron Gates, Todd Payne).
Sept 4, 9 and 17. TICKETS: $23 & $18
NeIl Simon’s California Suite. closes September 3 Tickets: $20 & $15
The Coaster Theater in the third show
of the summer rep season presents The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam. Charles
Ludlum was the founder of The Ridiculous
Theatrical Company in New York. A brilliant
playwright, visionary director and actor, he
made cross-dressing an art form, his latenight, wild, and avant-garde theater, drawing
on genres from classical dramas, old movies
and popular culture as a whole, was a stirring
center of Off-Off Broadway from the 60’s to
the 80’s. Pushing social bounderies through
satire, Ludlum has been referred to as the American Molière.
Some of his 29 plays: ‘‘The Enchanted Pig,’’ a helium-high hybrid
of ‘‘King Lear’’ and ‘‘Cinderella’‘; ‘‘Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde,’’ a
Molieresque send-up of minimalism; ‘‘Galas,’’ with Mr. Ludlam as the
title diva, portraying opera star Maria Calas, and the range ran from
‘‘Corn,’’ a hillbilly musical, to ‘Der Ring Gott Farblonjet,’’ a three-Ring
Wagner circus.
Irma Vep is his most popular play (and the only one to enter the
standard repertory) in which two actors manage, through a variety of
quick-change techniques, to play seven roles in a send-up of gothic
horror novels. The original production featuring Ludlam and his lover
Everett Quinton was a tour de force. In order to ensure cross-dressing, rights to perform the play include a stipulation that the actors
must be of the same sex. In 1991, Irma Vep was the most produced
play in the United States.
Ludlam often appeared in his plays, and was particularly noted
for his female roles. He wrote one of the first plays to deal with HIV
infection; he was diagnosed with and died from AIDS in March 1987.
The street in front of his theatre in Sheridan Square was renamed
“Charles Ludlam Lane” in his honor.
In 1986, this writer was treated to a Ridiculous Theatrical production in NYC, a year before Ludlum’s death, it was the Wagner sendup. I was not sure what I was in for, but my friend assured I was
going to like it. To this day, it has been one of my most memorablle
theatrical experiences. The comedy twists, the social commentary,
the abandon of the performers, the scantilly costumed, comedia dell
arte, on the fringe and at its best . . . It left me high and feeling like I
had seen something wild, alive, yet beyond time.
A quote from Ludlum, on Irma Vep, “Our slant was actually to take
things very seriously, especially focusing on those things held in low
esteem by society and revaluing them, giving them new meaning, new
worth, by changing their context”. Theater as social change, in a wild and
wacky wrapper. It does not get any better. I have yet to see The Coaster
production, but look forward to this particular theatrical offering.
September 7- 8 at The Coaster Theater
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SHANGHAIED GOES TOPSY TURVEY!
Sept 23-24
Yes, this is the
most outrageous,
original, entertaining event this
side of Vernonia! SHANGHAIED like
you’ve never seen
it... Where women
are men, who are
women, who are
men. And back by
popular demand
two favorites from
the 2010 cast,
Rusty House as
“Mama” and Skye
McKey as “Eric”.
The rest of
the 2001 cast
includes: Master of
ceremonies, Avery
Hartzler, “Krooke
and Sneake” Elsa
Nethercot and
Tiffany Simmons.
“Sweet Virginia” Sky Gager, Jakko
& Eino” Connie Cisneros and
ChrisLynn Taylor. “Captian Jack”
Julie House with “Vivian and Wong
Uniontown Astoria. Show time is
7:30pm with the doors open at
7pm for our “Special” Olio acts
(also in drag!) to start off this
fine evening of cultural uplifting
Long” performed by Bill Carr and
Sandi Hilton. The Sturdy “Olsen
Sisters” are Paul Costello, Jerry
White Cruz, Cole Hilton and Zach
Sandoval. “Miss Macie and Mark
Castle” will be Jon Osborn and
Carlie Lewis Allen. Justin Toby and
Justin Germond will slip into their
best corsets and become “Rosie
and Lacie”. With Ingrid GolleherJohnson and Jessica Augustine as
sailors “Pat and Mike”.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY on September 23rd & 24th at our the ASOC
Playhouse 129 West Bond Street
entertainment.
Purchased the best seats in the
house by calling the Shanghaied
“Ticket Hotline” @ 325-6104 or
at the door beginning one hour
before show time. Tickets for
this unique “fun-raising” are only
$15.00 to 8.00. All proceeds go
towards helping ASOC Production
Committee to fund new productions and activities! Need more
info? CALL 325-6104 or check
out our website at www.astorstreetoprycompany.com for the latest
updates!
- Dinah Urell
A. Actress: an original comedy by Victoria Parker-Pohl
Acclaimed actress Victoria ParkerPohl returns to the stage with a gripping
and comical original work. An inside look
at the interior experience of an actress
on long term hiatus from the stage, A.
Actress is a series of comic pieces that
travel from Parker-Pohl’s take on the
theater gaffes and nightmares of the past
to Ireland, where she goes, seeking the
landscapes that fed the genius of Samuel
Beckett. An award-winning writer, director
and theater instructor, Victoria ParkerPohl is a forty-year veteran, early honing
It’s a drag … and that’s a good thing.
her craft at the Portland Civic Theater,
Portland Shakespeare Company and
the PSU Players Summer Stock at the
Coaster Theatre, where she most recently
directed this summer’s production of
The Mystery of Irma Vep. A. Actress is
a unique glimpse into the life and mind
of the actress herself. Reflecting through
humor and daring self awareness, this
original comedy is a remarkable trip.
Sept 7-8, 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 &
$15 at www.coastertheatre.com or at the
box office: 503-436-1242.
music.
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Tuesday 6
MUSIC
Tim Fast. 1 – 5pm at the Cannon Beach
Farmers Market.
THEATER
HAPPENING
Beach.
THEATER
Saturday 10
Library.
Auditions. The NCRD Riverbend Players
will hold auditions for “Beyond McGee
and McGrew and Evening with Robert W.
Service” from 1 – 2pm and 6 – 7pm at
NCRD in Nehalem.
Wednesday 7
HAPPENING
Library.
Baga’s Front Room. Join other music
lovers every first Wednesday for song and
conversation and maybe to sip a little wine
or other beverage. Food available too. 7pm
at Lush Wine Bar in Cannon Beach.
LITERARY
Authors Appearance. Gloria Linkey, author, and Sally Steidel, illustrator, will talk
about their book, “Native American Women
– Three Who Changed History.” 12:30pm
at the Cannon Beach Library Club potluck
lunch at Community Presbyterian Church in
Cannon Beach.
Thursday 8
HAPPENING
Library.
OUTSIDE
MUSIC
Richard Arnold & The Groove Swingers.
Jazz/Standards/Swing/Blues/Motown/R&B.
6:30pm in the courtyard at Sweet Basil’s
Café in Cannon Beach.
One Way Out. No cover, 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City.
CINEMA
Manzanita Film Series. D. O. A. $7 suggested donation includes movie, popcorn
and a short discussion after. 7:30pm at
the Hoffman Center in Manzanita.
HAPPENING
Slow Drag at the Port. A hot rod coasting
competition. 5pm at the Port of Ilwaco, WA
Library.
Comedy on the Coast. Featuring John
Caponera, Carrie Snow, and Lang Parker.
$15, 8pm at Chinook Winds in Lincoln City.
OUTSIDE
Lower Columbia Kayak Roundup. An
instructional retreat for kayakers of all
levels. locoroundup.com/general.html for
registration and more information. At Slow
Boat Farm on Puget Island, Cathlamet, WA
Kayaking, Ecology & History: Siletz Estuary. $135, 9am – 3pm. 541-994-5485
Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club.
Pugs and their people meet monthly for fun
and socialization. 11am at Carruthers Park
in Warrenton.
THEATER
Sunday 11
Ramble On. A Led Zeppelin tribute band.
$5 cover, 9pm at the San Dune Pub in
Manzanita.
ART
Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk. 5 –
9pm downtown Astoria.
FOOD & DRINK
Pancake Breakfast. $5 for adults, $3 for
children. 8am – 11am at the Peninsula
Senior Activity Center in Klipsan Beach, WA
A Cornucopia of Wines. Wine Tasting &
Silent Auction. $20/person or $30/ couple. 6:30pm. At the Skamokawa Grange
Hall in Skamokawa, WA 360-795-8031
Wine Tasting. New Fall Releases. 1 –
4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria
HAPPENING
Rod Run to the End of the World. At Wilson field in Ocean Park, WA. beachbarons.
com/index.html
Library.
Ocean Fire. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the
Beach, WA
Beth Wills Rock Band. No cover, 9pm at
THEATER
MUSIC
Fishing Day for Children with Disabilities. 9am – 3pm at the Whiskey Creek
Fish Hatchery, Tillamook. 503-842-6519
The Mystery of Irma Vep. Comedy, a
Gothic spoof. $8 - $20, 8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon Beach.
Kayaking, Ecology & History: Nestucca
River Estuary. $135, 8am – 2pm. 541994-5485
Friday 9
Wednesday 14
Ciro Hurtado. Latin guitar. $10, 7:30pm
at the Astoria Arts & Movement Center.
Seaside Wheels ‘N’ Waves. A hot rod
car show. Some events at the Seaside
Civic & Convention Center. Schedule at
seasidedowntown.com
Spaghetti Feed & Auction Fundraiser.
To benefit Michele Tila of Astoria. All-youcan-eat spaghetti, no host bar, raffle, and
auctions. $10 for adults, $3 for children
12 and under. 4 – 8pm at the Seaside
American Legion.
Cottage Tour. With wine reception plus
lunch & lecture. $20 for lunch & lecture
(must purchase tickets at least 7 days
prior). $20 for tour. Luncheon & lecture at
Tolovana Inn non – 1pm. Tour from 10am
– 4pm. Wine reception at the Cannon
Beach History Center. 503-436-9301
Craft & Flea Market. At the Senior Center
in Tillamook. 503-842-8988
LITERARY
Book Reading. Local author Mindy Stokes
will read from her book “Mama Baby
Mama: Story of a Knocked Up Lesbian”.
1pm at Godfather’s Books in Astoria.
Northwest Authors Second Saturday
Series. Author Brian Doyle will read from
his latest book “Mink River.” Free, 2pm at
the Cannon Beach Library.
Author Appearance. Award-winning
author Kris Rusch will talk about her work.
She has written books in several genres
under the names Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Kris Nelscott, Kristine Grayson, and Kristine
Dexter. Free, 3pm at the Driftwood Public
Library in Lincoln City.
OUTSIDE
MUSIC
Will West. No cover, 10am – 3pm at the
Astoria Sunday Market.
Will West and the Friendly Strangers.
Acoustic/Healing & EasyListening/Roots
Music. No cover. 8pm at Fort George
Brewery & Public House in Astoria.
ART
Open House. Larkin Van Horn Fiber Artist.
At the Latimer Quilt & Textile Center in
Tillamook.
HAPPENING
Rod Run to the End of the World. At Wilson field in Ocean Park, WA. beachbarons.
com/index.html
Seaside Wheels ‘N’ Waves. A hot rod
car show. Some events at the Seaside
Civic & Convention Center. Schedule at
seasidedowntown.com
OUTSIDE
Thursday 15
FOOD & DRINK
Fundraising Dinner. $7 for adults and $5
for children includes. 5 - 6:30pm at the
Peninsula Senior Activity Center in Klipsan
Beach, WA
HAPPENING
LGBT Q-Mixer. QJazz features vocal hosts
Dinah Urell and Walt Trumbull and pianist
Chuck Wilder. Live standards, complimentary appetizers, and social mixer from 8pm
to close. Bring a Standard and sing with
pianist Chuck Wilder. Every 3rd Thursday
of the month at the Bridgewater Bistro in
Astoria.
LECTURE
Jane Kirkpatrick. The Story of Marie
Dorion. $15, 7pm at the Liberty Theater
in Astoria.
LITERARY
Book Reading. Author Larry Colton will
read from his book “No Ordinary Joes.”
Free, 7pm at the Seaside Library.
OUTSIDE
Night of All Knowledge Team Trivia
Tournament. Free, 6pm at the Seaside
Library.
Friday 16
OUTSIDE
TwoRivers Music. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the
Beach, WA
Annual Sprint Triathlon. Triathlon begins
with a .75k swim in Devils Lake, a 15.5
mile bike ride around Devils Lake and 5K
run on city streets. 8:30am at Regatta Park
in Lincoln City. For registration and info
541-994-2131
Monday 12
MUSIC
Awards Tour 2011 Concert. Featuring
two award-winning young musicians chosen
in competition by the Ladies Musical Club
of Seattle. Free, 7:30pm at the Peninsula
Baptist Church in Ocean Park, WA
OUTSIDE
Tuesday 13
MUSIC
Fierce Bad Rabbit. Indie/Pop/ Rock. No
cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in
Gearhart.
Molly’s Revenge. Celtic. $12 - $15,
7:30pm at the White Clover Grange on Hwy
53, east of Nehalem.
The B-52s. $25 - $45. 8pm at Chinook
Winds Casino in Lincoln City.
Sinners Club. Blues/Classic Rock/R&B.
9m at Chinook Winds Seafood Grill in
Lincoln City.
CINEMA
HAPPENING
Last Chance Luau at the Dog
Queen Erika, belly dance diva of
Astoria, invites Visual Vortex Hoop
Troupe
to the River City. Founder of
the troupe Stafani Sellars says, I
am a teacher, and eternal student
in the art of hoop dance. I aspire,
to inspire through fire, movement, and self expression. We
incorporate yoga, contact dance,
Western Noir at the Big “O” Folks!
Lloyd Mitchell Canyon
exists somewhere in the
realm of unlit midnight
streets in rural towns of the
West, down forgotten roads,
in the corner of dusty dive
bars, in the low countenance
of drunken men and drunker
women. LMC performs original songs about all of these
experiences and more, taking the
listener into the deep heart of
America … so goes the description, which is why they should be
playing at the joint that puts the
“rrrrrr!” in rural Oregon taverns, Olney’s Big “O.” Head east on 202,
5 miles past the Fairgrounds.
Friday, September 9, 8pm,
No Cover.
Fierce Bad Rabbit
Potential Famousness
hook and a heart with its
powerful, emotional, and
infectious performances.
An appearance at the
2010 South by Southwest
festival and their immediate regional success has
gained the band broad
attention.
2 Performances.
Friday Sept 16 at the
Sandtrap in Gearhart,
7pm, No Cover. Sunday,
Sept 18, at Fort George Brewery in Astoria, 8pm, No Cover
LITERARY
MUSIC
John Fraser. 1 – 5pm at the Cannon
Beach Farmers Market.
OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE
and flow into our performances,
and are always on a quest for new
challenges, and ways to connect
community through the power of
play.
Play at the Wet Dog, Saturday Sept 10, at 10pm. A
Luau mode in progress, drink
specials, grass skirts and coconuts, down by the river.
Lloyd Mitchell Canyon
Iris Pride Festival. Lincoln City’s Annual
Gay Pride Event with super hero-themed
events throughout Lincoln City. A weekend
of fun events. oregoncoast.org/iris-pridefestival/
Book Reading. Author Mindy Stokes will
read from her memoir, “Momma Baby
Mama: Story of a Knocked-Up Lesbian”.
Cocktails will be served. 5pm at Lunar Boy
Gallery in Astoria.
Visual Vortex Fire Dancers
This Northern Colorado fourpiece gives indie pop music a
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Jewelry Extravaganza
At Lunar Boy/Cargo
Local Designer Tracy Bighill’s signature F-Bomb
Since Art Gallery Diva Deborah
Starr left main street, repositioning
Lunar Boy (the gallery known for
illustrated arts and beyond cool
kitsch)around the corner, and butt
up against the equally fantastique
import retail joint CARGO, and
across from Astoria Coffee House,
its been grand central! Geesh,
whose running this town anyway?
Did you go to the joint opening
of the two businesses this summer? The food was bitchin! Sushi
and Thai and seaweed, and that
vodka-spiked punch. Didn’t want to
leave but had to get to the Astoria
Music Festival.
Astoria’s September Second
Saturday Art Walk coming up, the
two now team-up for a jewelry
extravaganza.
CARGO co-fonder Patty Merrill
met jewelry designer, John Anderson, the initial seeds were planted
of what grew to be the Cargo retail
power in Portland’s hopping Pearl
District. Anderson, a long time resident of Bali, had been designing
enchanting jewelry and embracing
a fair trade approach to business
long before it was trendy. Merrill
recognized exceptional design,
quality and personality when she
encountered Anderson, and soon
Lulu Quinn at Clemente’s Restaurant
in Astoria
Clemente’s Restaurant in downtown Astoria is now featuring the
work of Artist Lulu Quinn. Former
Astorian, Quinn left the roost to
study Art History at UofO and now
resides in Newport. Art lovers will
know and be familiar with her work
that she began showing while a
student at Astoria High.
Lulu’s art on first sight might
conjure Theodore Geisel, but upon
examination, themes of colorfilled, twisting cityscapes, psychedelic flowers, female figures, done
in acrylics are more the artist’s
imaginative sense of place than
someone else’s style.
“It really is about the journey of
the piece and not the outcome.
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The best things come naturally
so I try not to force anything
. . . I hope the passion and
joy in these pieces can
be felt by others, and
at least make people
smile, and perhaps even
view life from a different
perspective.”
Lulu moved to Astoria
with her mother, KMUN
radio personality Donna
Quinn some years ago –
her delightful compositions
juxtaposed with selections of
works by coastal painter Darren Orange, says restaurateur
Lisa Clemente,will make customers
happy.
was importing his fabulous brass
and stone creations. With his
brand, Street Dogs, he takes style
for a walk on the wild side, with a
magical feel inspired by ancient
world cultures. Following in the
big city mother ship’s example,
Cargo in Astoria offers a plethora
of handmade, one-of-a-kind and
unique accessories.
For this fabulous event, Cargo
in Astoria will be busting at the
seams with jewelry by designers
and makers such as: the colorful
and amazingly intricate works of Israeli designer, Alaya Bar, the retro
resin of Hot Cakes, and ample
stock from Jan Michaels, Luscious,
Cargo Tribal, Plume, Joile, Malanium, and the illuminating Cargo
staple, Beijo Brazil.
Lunar Boy presents JacQueline Sanchez’s finely crafted and
simply stunning Lego Jewelry. A
long time favorite with Lunar Boy
patrons, JacQ will be featuring her
Lego Dot styles, set in silver and
white gold, some pieces will even
be sporting diamonds. In addition,
Lunar Boy will be debuting a new
series of handcrafted silver pieces
by local designer Tracy Bighill and
a stunning Fall Series by Astoria
girl-about-town, Betsy Lennon.
Lunar Boy and CARGO are
located at 240 11th St. in Astoria.
Friday night Sept 9, attend a Jewelry Show preview Cocktail Hour
6-8pm.
Brin Levinson
At RiverSea Gallery
RiverSea Gallery presents the
paintings of Portland artist, Brin
Levinson during the month of September in an exhibition titled, Lost
Places, the artist’s first solo show
on the coast. Levinson has developed an enthusiastic following for
his depictions of an altered reality
featuring a built-up world where
humans are mysteriously absent.
He continues to narrate that vision
in this new group of acrylic and oil
paintings.
Lost Places will be on exhibit
September 3rd – September 27th.
In addition, RiverSea Gallery will
be part of the Second Saturday
Artwalk, on September 10, 5 – 8
pm, and will hold a second artist’s
reception for Brin Levinson during
that time
Have you ever found yourself
walking in a city late at night, perhaps along a dimly lit street in the
fog? Did it provoke an eerie sense
that you might be the only one
inhabiting that place at the time,
perhaps as a voyeur walking into
an unknown world? Brin Levinson
is a master at creating this scene,
taking his viewer on a backstreet
walk through purposefully crafted
urban and industrial landscapes.
In a made-up world where animals
freely walk down avenues and
humans are nonexistent, Levinson
explores a place that’s unidentifiable yet remotely familiar at the
same time.
Levinson states, “I combine
fragments of realism and imagination in my compositions to create
a world balanced on the edge of
familiar and foreign. I am largely
inspired by industrial areas and old
architecture. I find the juxtaposition of urban landscapes and
nature much more interesting than
either one element on its own. I
attempt to create an open-endedness to the stories in my paintings.
There is a luring mystery in a moment recorded by only one picture. An unfinished dream is something
you can become obsessed with.”
RiverSea Gallery, at 1160 Commercial Street in Astoria.
GUARDIANS
A Group Show at NCRD
A group exhibition of new art
based on the theme of ”Guardians” will open on September 3rd
from 4 - 6 at the NCRD gallery in
Nehalem. The show will be up until
October 2nd, and will be available
for viewing during regular NCRD
business hours (9am – 4pm), and
on weekends by appointment (503
368 3366). The participating artists are: Susan C. Walsh, Claudia
Johnson, Liza Jones, Paul Miller,
Carol Ferris, Kathleen Ryan, Skye
Archer, Jody Swanson, and Angelle
Soans. The show features two and
three dimensional work including
painting, printmaking, collage,
sculpture, and book arts. Walsh created the theme of the
show, “Guardians”, and invited the
9 artists to explore
that concept in
their work. She
also asked each
artist to write a
short statement
describing their
process and/
or response
to working on
this theme. The
statements will
be posted at the
show. Susan Walsh Chine Colle Etching Skate Pods
Walsh has
produced several
printmaking, she works out of her
group exhibitions at NCRD over the
studio, Hayes Drive Studios, in
past decade including FloodArt,
Nehalem. scwalsh@nehalemtel.
TowerArt, And Crude Oil/Sacred
Waters. Currently focusing on
net 503.368 3366.
THEATER
Cannon Beach Arts Association Goes Silver!
Celebrate 25 at the CB Gallery this September
On September 16, 1986 artists,
art patrons and business community members came together to
officially found the Cannon Beach
Arts Association. It was decided
that the CBAA would focus on becoming a vehicle for promoting the
arts and individual artists, in the
Cannon Beach community through
education, events and exhibits.
Now, twenty-five years later, the
Cannon Beach Arts Association is
celebrating its Silver Anniversary
with an open house at the Cannon Beach Gallery in mid-town
on Friday, September 16 from
5-9p.m. with refreshments and
live flamenco guitar music by Brian
Johnstone, and gourmet desserts
donated by area chefs.
The event honors the myriad
individuals who have played a role
in the organization over the years,
whether as an exhibiting artist, a
volunteer at the desk, a patron of
the arts or a member of the board
of directors. Like so many
of the non-profit organizations in town, the CBAA
would not exist today if it
was not for the countless
volunteers that have kept its
programs running over the
decades, writes Executive
Director Andrea Mace.
So, if you have ever been
involved in the CBAA or would like
just like a unique chance to celebrate the vibrant arts community
on the northern Oregon Coast, join
the celebration.
A silent auction will be held
featuring antique silver, as well as
jewelry and other silver themed
items donated by local artists and
shop keepers.
Wear Silver! Bring Silver! Win
Silver! The Cannon Beach Gallery
is celebrating the CBAA’s Silver
Anniversary in its exhibits this fall
as well. The 25 Year Invitational
Show featuring twenty artists runs
through September 6, 2011. Then, Scenes from Cannon Beach
with Drenda Duff (who was recently
picked up by a New York Gallery)
and Hanne Greaver will be run
from September 9-September
27, with an Artist Reception
on Saturday, September 10
from 6-8PM.
ADHDA Announces the Winner!
The Astoria Downtown Historic
District Association (ADHDA) is
pleased to announce the winner of
its recent logo contest. Jeff Miller,
who holds an Associate of Applied
Arts and Sciences in
Commercial Graphic
Design from the Art
Institute of Seattle,
designed the winning
logo using highly
stylized representations of some of
Astoria’s most popular
attractions including
the trolley, riverfront,
Astor Hotel, Liberty
Theater and Flavel
House Museum.
Miller has worked and lived in the
area for several years and was
recently hired as Graphic Artist with
Clatsop Community College’s Copy
Center.
ADHDA put out a call for entries
in early March and was pleased
by the number of entries they
received, as well as the diversity of
styles and themes. Miller’s design
was chosen because it successfully united many key elements of
Astoria into one unique and easily
recognizable logo. “We spent considerable time discussing elements
that would be important for our new logo
to include,” shared
LJ Gunderson, chair
of the ADHDA logo
development subcommittee. “Jeff’s design
elicited an overwhelming response from
the committee and
the board. We think it
captures the character of downtown Astoria, which is not an
easy thing to do when you consider
all of the district’s features.”
Miller was awarded a $250 prize
for his design. The community can
look forward to seeing the new logo
included on future ADHDA related
communications and promotions.
FMI: Downtown Coordinator
Blaire Buergler at 503.791.7940
or [email protected].
Tuesday 20
MUSIC
Saturday 17
Great Oregon Fall Beach and Riverside
Clean-Up. 10am – 1pm on rivers throughout Oregon and beaches the entire length
of the Oregon Coast. solv.org
MUSIC
THEATER
Halfway to St Patrick’s Day. With Crown
Point, Colleen Raney & Colm MacCarthaigh. Celtic Music. No cover, starts
at 11am at McMenamins Sand Trap in
Gearhart.
Judy Collins. $30 - $60. 7pm at the
Liberty Theater in Astoria.
Beach.
Sunday 18
Dance Concert. Flamenco: dancing, singing and guitar. $12-$15, 7pm at the Pine
Grove Community House in Manzanita.
MUSIC
The B-52s. $25 - $45. 8pm at Chinook
Winds Casino in Lincoln City.
Judy Collins. $30 - $60. 4pm at the
Liberty Theater in Astoria.
Phamous Phaces. No cover, 9pm at
Ericka Corban. Acoustic/Rock. $10, 2pm
at The Raymond Theater in Raymond, WA.
Sinners Club. Blues/Classic Rock/R&B.
9m at Chinook Winds Seafood Grill in
Lincoln City.
Fierce Bad Rabbit. Indie/Pop/Rock. No
cover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery &
Public House in Astoria.
ART
Lloyd Mitchell Canyon. Americana/
Country/Rock. No cover, 8pm at the Big O
Saloon in Olney
FOOD & DRINK
Steve Sloan. 8:30pm at Snug Harbor
Bar & Grill.
Art Walk. 5 – 8pm at the Port of Ilwaco
(WA).
Wine Tasting. Wines from Italy. 1 – 4pm
at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria
HAPPENING
Commercial Fishermen’s Festival. All
day events including vendors, demonstrations, food, music, and more. At the Port of
Astoria at Tongue Point. commercialfishermensfestival.com/
Astoria Air Show. Demonstrations and
flights. Free admission, 9am – 4pm at the
Astoria Airport. 503-861-6332
Friends & Family Night. A benefit for
SOLV. No cover, 5pm at McMenamins
Sand Trap in Gearhart.
YMCA Dinner & Auction. 5:30 – 10pm
at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. 503842-9622
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Dinner
Train. 6:15pm in Garibaldi. 503-8427972
Iris Pride Festival. Lincoln City’s Annual
Gay Pride Event with super hero-themed
events throughout Lincoln City. A weekend
of fun events. oregoncoast.org/iris-pridefestival/
Surf City Classic Car Show. Show
includes beer and wine garden, live music,
food, and fun. At Chinook Winds Casino
Resort in Lincoln City. 1-800-CHINOOK
Fall Plant Sale. 10am – 3pm at the Connie Hansen Garden in Lincoln City.
LITERARY
Manzanita Writer’s Series. Mirian
Gershow will read from her debut novel
“The Local News.” Open Mic follows the
reading. $5, 7pm at the Hoffman Center
in Manzanita.
Poetry Reading. With Oregon’s Poet laureate Paulann Petersen and others. Free &
open to the public. 7pm at the Pioneer
Museum in Tillamook.
Writers on the Edge. Author Lauren Kessler will read from her newest book, “My
Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter,
A Journey Through the Thicket of Adolescence.” Q&A and Open Mic session follow
the reading. $6 (free to students), 7pm at
the Newport Visual Arts Center.
OUTSIDE
Trevelyan Triangle. No cover, 10am –
3pm at the Astoria Sunday Market.
FOOD & DRINK
Pancake Breakfast. All-you-can-eat
for $5, 8am – noon at the Bay City Arts
Center.
Cannon Beach American Legion Breakfast. $7 adults, $3 children under 6. 9
– 11:30am at the American Legion Hall in
Cannon Beach.
HAPPENING
ENCORE Happy Hour. All retired or semiretired adults are welcome, but must be
50 years old or older, and enjoy intellectual
stimulation and an opportunity to meet
new friends. The Humphreys’ puppets will
introduce “20 Questions,” with a Shakespearean theme, at 5 PM. A copy of Rex
Ziak’s great book, “In Full View” will be the
winner’s prize. If you have any questions,
please contact Maureen Humphreys at
360 642-1301. 4 – 6pm at the Lightship
restaurant in Long Beach.
Commercial Fishermen’s Festival. All
day events including vendors, demonstrations, food, music, and more. At the Port of
Astoria at Tongue Point. commercialfishermensfestival.com/
LECTURE
Jeff Golden. Presenting “What Never Was
and Never Will Be: Can Our Media Serve
Our Democracy.” Free, 3pm at the Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City.
OUTSIDE
Surf City Classic Car Show. Show
includes beer and wine garden, live music,
food, and fun. At Chinook Winds Casino
Resort in Lincoln City. 1-888-CHINOOK
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Robert Richter. 1 – 5pm at the Cannon
Wednesday 21
HAPPENING
Seaside Rotary Auction & Dinner. At the
Seaside Civic & Convention Center. FMI
seasiderotary.com
Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic Surf
Contest. Pig Roast & Bonfire 6 – 10pm on
the beach at Pacific City. capekiwandalongboardclassic.com
MUSIC
Celebration of Honor. A community-wide
celebration to honor veterans of the armed
forces, active duty personnel and their
families. In Lincoln City. FMI 888-CHINOOK
Open Mic Night. Hosted by Ann Tierney.
All levels welcome. 5 – 7pm at Wheelhouse
Coffee Company in Astoria.
THEATER
Open Mic Night. All acts welcome. 5 –
7pm at the Three Cups Coffeehouse in
Astoria.
HAPPENING
Topsy Turvey Shanghaied. A crossdressed musical melodrama. $12 - $20,
7:30pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Open Mic. All Acts are welcome. No cover,
5 – 7pm at the Three Cups Coffeehouse
in Astoria.
Public Meeting. Topic: The State of Civil
Liberties 10 Years After 9/11, How to Be
safe & Free. 6pm at Blue Scorcher in
Astoria.
MUSIC
LITERARY
Cannon Beach Reads. A monthly book
discussion group. Visitors welcome. This
month’s book is “Finding Nouf” by Zoe
Ferraria. Free, 7pm at the Cannon Beach
Library.
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OUTSIDE
Sand Trap Golf Tourney. $180 per team,
$240 per team with carts. 1pm check-in,
2pm start at McMenamins Sand Trap in
Gearhart.
Friday 23
MUSIC
Greg Parke. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the
Beach, WA
Country Music Jam. Free, 7 – 9pm at the
Wickiup Senior Center in Svensen.
The DEFiBULATORs. Americana/Country/
Happy Hardcore. No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart.
Cosi fan tutte. Opera. Performed by Cascade Concert Opera. $20 - $25, 7:30pm
at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. FMI and
to buy tickets, call 541-992-2309.
Michael Tracey & The Hi Tones. No
cover, 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln
City.
CINEMA
Saturday 24
Troll Radio Revue. Americana. $2 for
adults, free for children. 11am – noon at
the PAC in Astoria.
Elizabeth Nicholson & Bob Soper. Celtic.
$5, 7pm at the Old Train Depot in Long
Beach, WA
Chris Margolin. Americana/Pop/Rock.
Free, 7:30pm at the Cannon Beach History
Center.
Sonny Hess. No cover, 9pm at Roadhouse
101 in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. Wines from Germany/
Austria. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in
Astoria
HAPPENING
Alpaca Farm Days. The public is invited to
come meet alpacas and learn more about
these inquisitive, unique animals. There
will be demonstrations and the farm store
will be open selling own alpaca yarn and
finished alpaca goods. 10am – 4pm at
Alpacas at Tucker Creek near Astoria.
Spirit of the River. Silent art auction
6:30pm at the Masonic Lodge in Astoria.
Program with speakers and live music features Natural History author Robert Michael
Pyle. 8pm at the PAC in Astoria. $20.
Harvest Festival. A sale of crafts and
used items. 9am – 4pm at the Cannon
Beach Library.
Contest. Surfing competition, beer garden,
live music, demos, etc. In Pacific City.
capekiwandalongboardclassic.com
Redheads to War Dogs, World War II
on the Oregon Coast. A free presenta-
Will West and the
Friendly Strangers
Sunday, September 11th
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
FOOD & DRINK
Ice Cream Social. The public is invited for
cake & ice cream + birthday celebration.
$1 suggested donation, free if it’s your
birthday month. 2pm at the Peninsula
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tion at the North Lincoln County Historical
Museum in Lincoln City.
THEATER
Topsy Turvey Shanghaied. A crossdressing musical melodrama. $12 - $20,
7:30pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
The Future
by Sonja Grace
& 2011 Predictions
In a time when our energy is
speeding faster than ever we are
also contending with all of our
systems playing catch up to a vibrational match with the Universe
that has everyone feeling as if
they are playing in Wimbledon! Take a deep breath and consider
some of the main factors. The soul remembers your
pathway through lifetimes and
has the connection to the Universe that is your 911 on speed
dial. The soul has recorded all of
your experiences throughout lifetimes as well as the karma you
are here to process and release. This karma has everything to do
with unresolved issues from your
past including this life. The heart is where the Universe and the Earth meet within
you. It is also the spokesperson
for your soul. The heart carries
us through our lives with the opportunity to experience loving at
the deepest level of your being. We often ignore our heart telling
us the truth and opt for a call
from the unresolved emotional
woundings department. The ego can be the part of us
that feels good about who we
are and what we are doing in
life. The tricky part is developing
a healthy ego. A lack of selfesteem often keeps the ego from
developing in ways that we are
able to be centered with who we
are. Fear and emotional woundings can lead to a false ego. This
is like a trap door that leads to
disconnecting from the heart and
soul of your life experience. Applying this to what is happening in the world right now
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MUSIC
amidst the time and space shift
we are all experiencing is to take
your soul’s connection to the
Universe and the Earth and the
voice of your heart and apply
these to all situations in life. The
voice of the false ego is easily
detected as it feels off and the
energy doesn’t match the higher
frequencies that are coming
through at this time. Our destiny is to move into
the fifth dimension. As we leave
the fourth world, we also leave
behind old behavior. Does this mean your neighbor
will stop irritating you and your
spouse will finally see your side
of things? No, it means you
have the opportunity to take
responsibility to build a healthy
self-esteem in a time where we
absolutely need one to move
forward into the fifth dimension. People will not be able to
assimilate the higher frequencies without a strong sense of
inner peace. Meditation, yoga,
exercise, music and connecting
with the Earth all help to bring
you back to center. Author of Angels in the 21st
Century, Sonja Grace is a mystic
healer and spiritual intuitive who
provides guidance to people all
over the world. She works with
her clients over the phone providing immediate stability, clarity
and guidance through her readings, counseling and processing
work. Sonja Grace sees and
receives messages from loved
ones who have crossed over and
offers a venue for healing in this
world and the spirit world. www.
sonjagrace.com
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Salty Dogs. No cover, 10am – 3pm at the
Lulu LaFever. Jazz. No cover. 8pm at Fort
George Brewery & Public House in Astoria.
Wild Hog in the Woods. $15, 2pm at
the Lincoln City Cultural Center. FMI 541994-9994
HAPPENING
Alpaca Farm Days. The public is invited to
come meet alpacas and learn more about
these inquisitive, unique animals. There
will be demonstrations and the farm store
will be open selling own alpaca yarn and
finished alpaca goods. 10am – 4pm at
Alpacas at Tucker Creek near Astoria.
Contest. Surfing competition,beach
cleanup and more. In Pacific City. capekiwandalongboardclassic.com
PNPW Pro Wrestling. $10, 5 – 8pm at
the Astoria Event Center.
Tuesday 27
MUSIC
Vivid Curve. 1 – 5pm at the Cannon
Wednesday 28
LITERARY
Local Author Showcase. Writers and
friends are invited to come share and listen
to original works being read by local authors. Free, 6 – 8pm at Olde Towne Trading
Post in Ilwaco, WA
Thursday 29
CINEMA
Shipping Out: The Story of America’s
Seafaring Women. This documentary will
be presented by filmmaker Maria Brooks.
Free, 7pm at the Seaside Library.
Friday 30
MUSIC
Ilwaco High School Marching Band.
3:30 – 6:30pm at the Columbia-Pacific
Farmers Market in Long Beach, WA
Naomi Hooley & Rob Stroup. Acoustic/
Alternative/Folk. No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart.
Tongue & Groove. No cover, 9pm at
CINEMA
HAPPENING
Columbia River Country Days & Covered
Bridge Dinner. In Wahkiakum County, WA.
FMI 360-795-3278
Oktoberfest & Punkin Chunkin. At the
Two Islands Farm Market 3 – 6:30pm
at Stockhouse’s Farm on Puget Island,
Cathlamet, WA.
THEATER
KALA STAGE. Hipfishmonthly inaugurates
its stage with Pier Pressure Productions “LAUGHING WILD”. Coastal actors
Jenni Newton and Bill Ham perform in an
absurdist comic duo by one of America’s
most lauded, and iconoclastic contemporary playwrights, Christopher Durang.
Doors open at 7:30. Show at 8pm. Beer
and wine available. $15 @ the door.
Seating is limited -- come enjoy a glass of
brew before curtain. 1017 Marine Drive
in Astoria. Don’t call us, we’ll call you.
503.338.4878.
Saturday 1
ART
First Saturday Art Walk. 5 – 8pm at
galleries and businesses in Seaside and
Gearhart.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. Big Reds. 1 – 4pm at the
Cellar on 10th in Astoria
Sunday 2
MUSIC
Tim Fast. No cover, 10am – 3pm at the
Aireene Espiritu, Acoustic/Folk/Indie.
No cover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery &
Public House in Astoria.
Tuesday 4
HAPPENING
Annual Senior Fair. Free, 9am – 6pm at
Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln
City. 1-888-CHINOOK
Wednesday 5
Thursday 6
FOOD & DRINK
Harvest Fest Dinner. A Cannon Beach
Columbia River Country Days & Covered Backpack Program & Food Pantry Benefit.
Bridge Dinner. In Wahkiakum County, WA. An Oktoberfest-themed gourmet meal with
beer pairings. $60, reservations required.
FMI 360-795-3278
503-436-1197
Sunset Empire Orchid Show & Sale.
HAPPENING
1 – 5pm at the Bob Chisholm Community
1st Thursday Trivia. Teams of 1-5 comCenter in Seaside.
pete for universal admiration and fantastic
Annual AAUW Tour of Homes. $15 prizes. Sign up ahead of time or just show
$20, tour begins at Salishan Pro Shop.
up. This event is free and open to the
Private vehicles not allowed. 11am – 3pm. public. 5:30pm at the Astoria Library.
FMI 541-996-3949.
OUTSIDE
Rock the Beach Run/Walk. 5k walk, 5 –
10k run. $30 for run + lunch & live music.
$20 for students, $10 for music alone.
10:30am in Cannon Beach. Register/FMI
at cbchildren.org
THEATER
KALA STAGE. Hipfishmonthly inaugurates
its stage with Pier Pressure Productions “LAUGHING WILD”. Coastal actors
Jenni Newton and Bill Ham perform in an
absurdist comic duo by one of America’s
most lauded, and iconoclastic contemporary playwrights, Christopher Durang.
Doors open at 7:30. Show at 8pm. Beer
and wine available. $15 @ the door.
Seating is limited -- come enjoy a glass of
brew before curtain. 1017 Marine Drive
in Astoria. Don’t call us, we’ll call you.
503.338.4878.
Pancake Breakfast. $5 for adults, $3 for
children. 8am – 11am at the Peninsula
Wine Tasting. Oregon Pinot Noir Part V. 1
– 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria.
North Coast Seafood Festival. $5 - $8
admission, 11am – 5pm. At the Tillamook
HAPPENING
County Fairgrounds. 503-398-5223 More
details: www.northcoastseafoodfestival.com Cranberrian Fair. Vendors, exhibits,
demonstrations, and more. $5 admission
HAPPENING
to the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
Sunset Empire Orchid Show & Sale.
in Ilwaco, WA. 10am – 4pm. Free admis10am – 4pm at the Bob Chisholm Comsion to the Cranberry Museum in Long
munity Center in Seaside.
Beach, WA.
Yaquina Bay Bridge Celebration. Bridge
walk begins at south side of bridge at
LECTURE
11:45am. Other events from noon – 4pm
Sojourners, Settlers, and New Imunder the north side of the bridge in Newport. newportchamber.org/press/11_08_9. mmigrants: Mexicanos in Oregon. 1pm
at the North Lincoln County Historical
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Museum.
HAPPENING
75th Anniversary of Newport Bridge
Celebration. The History & making of the
Yaquina Bay Bridge Panel Discussion. 2pm
at Newport City Hall. Yaquina Bay Bridge
Walking Tour departs from Newport City
Hall at 6pm.
FOOD & DRINK
FOOD & DRINK
North Coast Seafood Festival. $5 - $8
admission, 11am – 6pm. At the Tillamook MUSIC
County Fairgrounds. 503-398-5223 More The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank.
details: www.northcoastseafoodfestival.com Acoustic/Blues/Folk. No cover, 8:30pm at
Wild Mushroom Cook-Off. Free admission Hazel’s Tavern in Astoria.
with tasting-size portions available for a
small fee. 11am – 2pm at the Culinary
Center in Lincoln City.
Fundraising Gala. Fall Into Art. 1 – 5pm at
the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology north
of Lincoln City.
Friday 7
MUSIC
SXO. Rock/Garage/Indie. No cover, 10pm
at Hazel’s Tavern in Astoria.
ART
Peninsula Arts Association Fall Art
Show. Featured artist: Eric Wiegardt. 11am
– 5pm at the World Kite Museum in Long
Beach, WA.
CINEMA
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. At Taste of Tuscany in
Seaside. 503-738-5377
THEATER
Saturday 8
ART
OUTSIDE
One Sky, One World Kite Fly for Peace.
Kite making and flying on the beach. 10am
– 4pm at the Bolstad Beach approach in
Long Beach, WA
Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club.
Pugs and their people meet monthly for fun
and socialization. 11am at Carruthers Park
in Warrenton.
Devil’s Lake Speedboat Time Trials. For
small outboard race craft and large inboard
race craft. From 8am – sunset on Devil’s
Lake in Lincoln City.
THEATER
Sunday 9
MUSIC
Andean Music. No cover, 10am – 3pm at
the Astoria Sunday Market.
Oregon Ensemble. $25 - $30, 7:30pm at
the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
Garage Voice. Rock. No cover. 8pm at
Fort George Brewery & Public House in
Astoria.
ART
Show. Featured artist: Eric Wiegardt. 11am
Beach, WA.
HAPPENING
Cranberrian Fair. Vendors, exhibits,
demonstrations, and more. $5 admission
to the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
in Ilwaco, WA. 10am – 4pm. Free admission to the Cranberry Museum in Long
Beach, WA.
OUTSIDE
One Sky, One World Kite Fly for Peace.
Kite making and flying on the beach. 10am
– 4pm at the Bolstad Beach approach in
Long Beach, WA
Devil’s Lake Speedboat Time Trials. For
Show. Featured artist: Eric Wiegardt. 11am small outboard race craft and large inboard
race craft. From 8am – sunset on Devil’s
Beach, WA.
Lake in Lincoln City.
W EEK L Y
film.
Friday
MUSIC
Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie
Company.
Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6– 9pm at Clemente’s in Astoria.
Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, & 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 –
8pm at the City Hall in Garibaldi.
Richard T. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon
Beach.
Saturday
MUSIC
Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Tillamook Library.
Jennifer Goodenberger. Classical/Improvisational/Contemporary piano music. No
cover, 6pm at the Shelburne Restaurant in Seaview, WA
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz pours + complimentary appetizers. 4 – 6pm at
the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach.
Sunday
MUSIC
Post Labor Day offerings are generally slim, with C-level genre pics and the odd late summer release for the specialty markets, but this
September brings a biological thriller from an Academy Award-winning director, a wheelman thriller from the Best Director at the Cannes
Film Festival a possible breakout family film, a sports underdog film that’s not about winning the big game and a cancer comedy.
Apollo 18 (Sept. 2) After having its release
date changed 5 times, Apollo 18 finally appears. Basically a horror movie on the moon,
low budget flick tells in mockumentary fashion
much like Paranormal Activity of the story of an
18th moon mission that goes horribly awry, leading to the cancellation of the Apollo program.
After decades, footage of the Apollo mission
is recovered showing the point of view of two
Apollo astronauts who land of the moon. In the
course of their mission they find a dead Russian
cosmonaut and his lander. Then they encounter
an alien parasitic life form that infects one of the
astronauts, driving him mad and leading to a
deadly game of cat and mouse between the two
astronauts.
Brian Johnstone, Flamenco/Jazz/Blues. 5 – 7pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s
Café in Cannon Beach.
Swingcats. Swing/Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6pm at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside.
Tuesday
MUSIC
Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – 8:30pm at T Paul’s Supper Club in Astoria.
Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6pm at the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, WA
Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6:30pm at the Harbor Bite in Seaside.
Wednesday
MUSIC
Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at the Rio Café in Astoria,
Dan Golden. Jazz. 7:30 – 10:30pm at McKeown’s Restaurant & Bar in Seaside.
Suzanne Knutzen. Piano. No cover, 7 – 8pm at the Shelburne Restaurant & Pub in
Seaview, WA
HAPPENING
Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, yogic trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – 7:45pm, at
Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita
Open Mic Night. 7 – 9pm at Lush Wine Bar in Cannon Beach. (every Wednesday
except 1st of the month)
Thursday
Contagion (Sept. 9)
Steven Soderbergh
directs this global thriller about a deadly virus
that threatens the world’s population. In clinical
fashion we’re introduced to characters in Chicago, Macau and London – all bearing flu-like
symptoms of an unnamed disease. The virus is
highly contagious and when people all over the
world start falling sick and dying, alarm bells go
off. Health officials are faced with the threat of a
global pandemic. To find a cure before millions
are infected and thousands die, officials must
trace the spread of the virus back to its to its
source – the original three infected. All star cast
includes Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Bryan
Cranston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Laurence Fishburne.
MUSIC
Dan Golden Duo. World Music. No cover, 6 – 9pm at Creekside Pizzeria in Seaside.
Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6 - 9pm at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside.
Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, 6:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Randy Weese. Bluegrass/Country. 6:30 – 9pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café
in Cannon Beach.
Jam Session. No cover, 7pm at the Triangle Tavern in Astoria.
Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room in Astoria.
Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 9pm at Sam’s Seaside Café in Seaside.
ART
Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at the Astoria Fiber Arts Academy.
HAPPENING
Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach.
Movies & Musings
by Les Kanekuni
All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations accepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in
Astoria.
Open Mic Night. Hosted by Barney Perrine. No cover, 7 - 9pm at Creekside Restaurant
& Lounge in Seaside.
Flash Cuts
Drive (Sept. 16)
A hit at Cannes in May, this
taut, stylish thriller directed by Danish director
Nicolas Winding Refn tells the story of Driver
(Ryan Gosling), a movie stunt driver who moon-
lights as a wheelman, driving a getaway car. His
mechanic Shannon (Bryan Cranston) dreams of
the two of them leaving the movie business and
forming a racing team and approaches criminal
boss Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks) for a stake.
Driver lives a solitary existence, but he strikes up
a friendship with his neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her young son. But when her husband
Standard gets out of prison he wants to pull one
last job to get himself out of debt to a vicious
gang. Driver is recruited as wheelman but it all
goes bad when they are double-crossed, leaving
Driver in the middle between the double crossers
and the double crossed.
Dolphin Tale (Sept. 23)
Inspirational story
from the producers of The Blind Side tells the
true story of Winter, a young dolphin crippled
after being caught in a crab trap. After being
rescued by marine biologist Clay Haskett (Harry
Connick, Jr.), Winter is nursed back to health in
an aquarium but loses her tail due to injuries.
Unable to swim, Winter’s chances of survival look
grim. But Sawyer, an introverted 11-year-old
from a fatherless household bonds with Winter
and rallies everyone around her to try to save
Winter. His quest takes Sawyer to the crusty Dr.
McCarthy (Morgan Freeman) a brilliant prosthetic
scientist who will attempt to create a new tail
for Winter in a last-ditch attempt to save her life.
Ashley Judd plays Sawyer’s mother. Winter the
dolphin plays herself.
Moneyball (Sept. 23)
Brad Pitt stars as Billy
Beane, the iconoclastic general manager of the
Oakland Athletics baseball team who in 2002
changed the face of baseball by employing a
controversial numbers-based approach to evaluating players instead of the subjective methods
of traditional scouting. Sort of an inspirational
sports movie for thinking people, Moneyball
focuses on the way the young, enthusiastic
Beane fights ridicule and opposition in his own
franchise to acquire players undervalued by traditional scouting and allow low revenue teams like
Oakland to compete head to head with megarich
teams like the New York Yankees. based on
specific statistics. Johan Hill co-stars in a rare
non-comedy role. Based on the book by Michael
Lewis who also wrote the book on which the
Sandra Bullock hit The Blind Side, was based on.
50/50 (Sept. 30)
Joseph Gordon-Leavitt stars
as Adam, a 27 year-old who suddenly must face
his own mortality when he’s diagnosed with a
rare cancer. This is not a disease of the week
movie, this is actually a comedy based on the
writer Will Reiser’s own struggle with cancer
when he was 25. In hilarious fashion, Adam’s
condition reveals cracks in his relationship with
his seemingly perfect g.f. Rachael (Bryce Dallas
Howard) and offers his already overbearing
Jewish
mother
Diane
(Angelica
Huston)
the
opportunity to
be even
more
smothering.
Adam’s
inexperienced
psychologist
Katie
(Anna
Kendrick) tries to help with coping strategies
while Adam’s crude b.f.f. Kyle’s (Seth Rogen)
solution is for both of them to live it up with sex
and drugs for as long as they can. In a genre that
often turns stultifying and maudlin 50/50 accomplishes the unheard-of trick of being consistently
funny yet acknowledging the seriousness of
Adam’s situation.
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At Cannon Beach Library
Native American Women Three Who Changed History
Gloria Linkey, author, and Sally Steidel, illustrator, will talk about
their book, “Native American Women – Three Who Changed History” at the Cannon Beach Library Club potluck lunch at Community Presbyterian Church. Visitors are welcome. Wednesday Sept 7, 12:30pm at
the CB Library.
Cannon Beach Reads!
Sept 21, /wed, 7pm
The book discussion group, meets at the Cannon Beach Library to
talk about “Finding Nouf” by Zoe Ferraris. A well-off Saudi family hires
a desert guide to find their missing 16-year-old girl. The guide finds
her body, it is determined she had drowned, but her family is not interested in solving the mystery. The book is praised both for its mystery
plot and as a rare glimpse into Saudi life. Visitors welcome.
Annual HARVEST FESTIVAL
At CB Library
Sat, Sept 4, 9am to 4pm
The Cannon Beach Library’s annual sale of used items and crafts
will be held at the library, 131 N. Hemlock St., next to the U.S. Bank.
The sale helps support the nonprofit, volunteer-run library.
Adult Summer Reading Club
Comes to Close Sept 10
Choice Award to the John W.
Campbell Award. Recently she
has been nominated for the Hugo,
the Shamus, and the Anthony
Award. She is the only person in
the history of the science fiction
field to have won a Hugo award for
editing and a Hugo award for
fiction. Her short work has been
reprinted in thirteen Year’s Best
collections.
She is the former editor of
the prestigious The Magazine of
Fantasy and Science Fiction. Before that, she and Dean Wesley
Smith started and ran Pulphouse
Publishing, a science fiction and
mystery press in Eugene. Kris’ latest novels are Wickedly Charming
written as Kristine Grayson, and
City of Ruins, written as Kristine
Kathryn Rusch.
Following Kris’ talk, the library
will hold drawings for prizes donated to the Adult Summer Reading
Club. Even those who didn’t take
Kris Rusch is a long-time
part in this year’s Adult Summer
resident of the Oregon Coast
Reading Club are welcome to atand has written in several genres tend Kris’ talk, though they won’t
under several names, including
be eligible for prizes. Those who
science fiction and fantasy under are participating are encouraged
the name Kristine Kathryn Rusch, to continue to submit coupons for
mysteries under Kris Nelscott,
the drawings right up until 3:00
paranormal and fantasy romances on September 10th. Sign-ups for
under Kristine Grayson and
Adult Summer Reading Club have
romantic thrillers under the name ended.
Kristine Dexter. Her novels have
FREE EVENT. FMI: Ken Hobson
made bestseller lists worldwide
(541-996-1242) or via email at
and have been published in
[email protected]. The library
14 countries and 13 different
is located at 801 SW Highway
languages. Her awards range
101, on the 2nd floor of the City
Hall building in Lincoln City.
from the Ellery Queen Readers
Driftwood Public Library wraps
up its first Adult Summer Reading
Club on Saturday, September
10th at 3pm with an appearance
by multi-genre author Kris Rusch,
with drawings for several prizes to
follow.
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Get a Life!
Get a Life, I
Well. Yes: of course!
But how?
It’s been said that most stories are personal,
that writers work their craft as a way to understand the world, and through the crafting of
story we come to understand ourselves.
When I was an undergraduate I studied
History at Portland State University; Biography
as History, taught by Professor
Charles Le Guin, was one of
my favorite classes. In those
seminar hours I learned about
the earliest form of life writing,
known as hagiography. We
learned about the panegyric,
and the frequency with which
the stars and heavens conspired, along with a checklist
of specific physical traits, to
signal auspicious births (think
Plutarch’s Lives…). Even back
in the hoary mists there were
trends to writing lives.
The strongest trend of the
20th century employed sparkling bits of Freudianism, and it
peaked for so long it appeared
permanent. I won’t forget one
heated class discussion about if Freud’s influence would, in my meekly delivered words,
‘withstand the test of time.’ For that assertion I received a most withering look (the guy
is probably a senator now.); I recall Le Guin
chuckled at my nerve. Of course the bloom on
that framing device has long lost its luster. And
now all that is mostly swamped by a rising tide
of popular and literary memoir.
Get a Life, II
I became familiar with literary memoir during
my graduate study. My conclusion? Don’t be
persuaded that it’s a snap to write memoir.
Why? Because the best memoirs have a focal
point. But which one? what about? … Indeed!
I quickly determined I wasn’t ready to do my
own memoir. Gulp! Casting about, I sensed my
father’s story would be my ride into parsing the
family history. Note: This became biography,
me undertaking to write his life. Digging at
his roots I was grateful to peer into unseen
corners. Many of his stories had a good folksy
flow, where I took what I knew, connected the
dots. But before long, the only way to flesh
fragments into narrative- was to embellish. I
had to make stuff up. Now what did I have?
Was this still my father’s story?
Biography is a narrative of a life fixed by
facts. Memoir is a narrative that focuses on a
pivotal event to describe or elucidate character.
Autobiography is a chronological telling, some
as simple as a list of dates, names. So what
By Rebecca Hart
did I have, this mess of family stories and
actual facts from the Kitsap County Historical
Society archives? Important details, yes; but as
far as my father’s life- and in crafting a readable story-I had a fiction. Oh boy.
Get a Life, III
Poet Mary Karr has published three memoirs: The Liar’s Club (which helped start the
literary memoir tidal wave), Cherry, and Lit,
her latest (a compelling story of recovery). I
suspect Karr’s being a poet has much to do
with this output; her life and her stories are
not about a poet’s brevity, but diving in, finding
the juicy parts, about word choice. That’s right:
Karr knows what to put in, and what to leave
out. Yes- you heard right. Memoir: where you
choose what to include.
The work of memoir is not for the timid.
You find censors and firewalls and gatekeepers everywhere in this practice. Often we have
a story to tell but we don’t want to offend the
living. Even a casual mention of an intention to
write a family history or personal memoir may
cause sideways glances. And these non-verbal
cues can stop the process dead in its tracks.
Honest: there’s nothing like pinning events to
a timeline to reveal and blow apart long-held
family secrets. But, writing personal stories can
be highly therapeutic, and getting the stories
on paper often de-sensitizes troublesome
memories. And often, through gentle inquiry,
healing can occur. Revision and editing play
a big role in writing and comprehending a life,
long before the final drafts. It’s tough work.
Here’s my view: We all get up, on either
the right side or the left, we all have coffee or
something in the morning, we all mutter some
sort of prayer to the world, and most of us all
leave the house sometime during the day. Or
we don’t, for another reason. And something
happens: You see any life is far from meaning-
less, and you begin to commit to this process
of getting at your words. And when you are
ready, you may share your story. You choose
that part too.
In January 2010 I held a class in Astoria.
To the surprise of us all we found an experience utterly and completely remarkable. In a
group of about eight (ages ranging from 35 to
85), in addition to the stories we arrived with,
we found we all had stories of
Huguenot ancestors, families
from Iowa, links to Montana, peculiar incidents with mules, and
cherished childhood memories of
pastoral settings – for a gathering
of unrelated people these shared
stories were well outside any law
of averages. So: Get a Life
###
Former HipFish columnist*,
Hart is currently working on a
memoir-like collection of essays
about trying to garden in Ilwaco,
WA, and revising her thesis of
Dragnet Fiction, where the names
have been changed to protect the
innocent.
*(Victory Gardens for the
New Millennium and other features, Hart has
published in The Nation, Fine Gardening, and
more; she was also formerly weekly gardening
columnist for the Daily Astorian.)
Class Offerings
Artist’s Way
On Tuesday nights, Rebecca Hart is offering an Artist’s
Way class from 6:30 to 8:30, to facilitate artists of all stripes
to get in touch with their inner art emperor. Using the wellknown book by Julia Cameron, Hart will lead you through
a series of pledges, exercises and sharing to awaken a
stronger connect with your inner creative guru. Hart first
trod the path of The Artist’s Way in 1996, and now has filled
40 notebooks; she paints and exhibits locally, and recently
completed an MFA in creative writing.
The Slippery Fish that is Memoir
Many of us have a story we want to tell, in fact we often
have many stories. Commit to learning the differences
between memoir, autobiography, biography, and dragnet
fiction. This is primarily a writing class; expect some selfdirected reading, and voluntary sharing. A continuation
of the class Hart taught winter term 2010, come if you
are merely curious, if you have a project in mind, or if you
need help putting structure to the stories you’ve been
thinking about. This class utilizes frequent in-class cues
and prompts- to get at the raw and rough material inside.
From 1 – 4 PM, Wednesday. Both classes are held in Astoria,
at the Josie Peper Center at the PAC on 16th- with ample
access and parking. For more information and to register,
go to www.clatsopcc.edu
For more information email [email protected]
or call 503-739-1108.
word.
Poet Laureate
Paulann Peterson
FREE WORKSHOP
Paulann Petersen, Oregon’s Poet Laureate,
returns to Tillamook on Saturday, September 17, to
present a poetry workshop and reading as part of the
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum’s Great Speaker
Series. The workshop will be held from 10am to 4pm
at the Tillamook Main Library.
A poetry reading by Ms. Petersen and workshop
participants will be held at the Pioneer Museum
at 7pm that evening. The reading is free and open
to the public. Museum director Gary Albright said,
“Thanks to our sponsors the Oregon Cultural Trust,
the Tillamook Cultural Coalition, Oregon Humanities
and the museum’s Daisy Fund, we are able to offer
this poetry workshop at no charge to the public, but
pre-registration is required.” Call the museum at 503842-4553 to register before September 10.
Larry Colton, Author & Founder of WORDSTOCK
at SEASIDE LIBRARY
On Thursday September 15,
the Friends of the Seaside Library
will host Larry Colton, founder
of Wordstock and author of “No
Ordinary Joes”. The event will take
place in the Community Room and
there will be book sales and signings presented by Beach Books.
“No Ordinary Joes” is the true
story of four men who join the
Navy during WWII and survive the
loss of the submarine Grenadier,
as well as two and a half years as
POWs in Japanese camps. Their
experiences are heroic and terrifying and upon returning home
they live out somewhat checkered
lives, with as many failures as
successes. “This is the greatest
generation but with warts, wives,
wobbling, and all”.
Larry Colton is the author of
three previous books, “Idol Time”,
“Goat Brothers” and “Counting
Coup”. He is a former pitcher
for the Philadelphia Phillies and
founder of the nationally known
literary festival “Wordstock”.
Seaside Public Library is located
at 1131 Broadway, across from
the Youth Center and Swimming
Pool. For more information call
(503)738-6742 or visit us at
www.seasidelibrary.org and www.
facebook.com/seasidepubliclibrary.
And there was no nuclear plant upstream a ways either,
Its cooling tower brooding like a barnacle on steroids,
And no beer cans in the sand, and no pet litter ordinance,
But there were Swans, Geese, white & Grey Brant Ducks
&c. emensely noumerous, and their noise horid, and rain,
Of course rain, all night and continues this morning, we
Were all wet cold and disagreeable, yet this is certainly
A fertill and a handsom valley, wrote Meriwether Lewis,
All of thirty-one years old that day, wandering the beach,
Not even four years left to go in his lovely muddled life,
In my walk of to Day I saw 17 Striped Snakes, he wrote
That night by the fire, sitting by his friend William Clark,
Clark roasting a grouse on a spit and advising his buddy
To mention the grouse too, which Lewis does, verry fat,
He notes carefully. We camped a little below the mouth
Of a creek, writes Lewis, and Clark laughs and says hey,
Did you scribble down that we were soaking wet all day,
That Sacagawea’s baby has cried ceaselessly for a week,
And that this grouse, fat as it is, isn’t big enough for you
To actually have any because I am about to gobble it all?
And Lewis smiles there on the bank of the Mighty River,
The first night in weeks they have not been accompanied
By curious residents annoyed & inquisitive & acquisitive,
The first night they are again just the Corps of Discovery,
Such a motley crew, by now shaggy and thin and sopping
Wet, bedding down above the tide line, two centuries ago,
The Shoshone girl with her baby just turned one year old,
The black man from Kentucky admired for his woodcraft,
The two captains from Virginia banking the fire laughing
As Lewis says a snake! and Clark says don’t even try that
On me, man, let’s get some sleep, we got a long way to go.
CB Library
Author Series
Brian Doyle
The Cannon Beach Library’s Northwest
Authors Second Saturday Series begins
a new season with Portland author
Brian Doyle. The award-winning author,
essayist, and editor of the University
of Portland’s Portland Magazine and
has a recent novel, “Mink River,” about
loves and lives in a fictional Oregon
coast town, published by the Oregon
State University Press. The library is on
Cannon Beach’s main street, next to the
U.S. Bank. Free. (Read Brian Doyle’s
poem – opposite page. )
Saturday, September 10, 2pm at the
Cannon Beach Library
-- Brian Doyle
WRITING WORKSHOP
Miriam Gershow
Short Story Writing
and Publishing
Sept 17
Lauren Kessler
Writer’s on the Edge • Sept 17
Lauren Kessler is the author of
six works of narrative nonfiction, including her newest (summer 2010),
“My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother,
A Daughter, A Journey Through the
Thicket of Adolescence”. She is
also the author of Pacific Northwest Book Award winner “Dancing
with Rose” (published in paperback as Finding Life in the Land
of Alzheimer’s), Washington Post
bestseller “Clever Girl” and Los Angeles Times bestseller “The Happy
Bottom Riding Club” – which David
Letterman, in fierce competition
with Oprah, chose as the first (and
On Prescott Beach Where Lewis & Clark
& Their Companions Camped One Night
When the United States Was Just a Pup
only) book for the Dave Letterman
Book Club. Kessler appeared twice
on his late-night show. She is also
the author of Oregon Book Award
winner Stubborn Twig, which was
chosen as the book for all Oregon
to read in honor of the state’s 2009
sesquicentennial.
Show begins at 7pm in the second floor meeting room of the Newport Visual Arts Center, located at
777 NW Beach Drive (across from
the Nye Beach Turnaround). General admission is $6 at the door,
students always admitted free. Light
refreshments will be available.
On Saturday, September 17,
11 to 1:30pm to learn how to write
and publish short stories. Spend
the first half of the workshop using
writing prompts to generate short
story ideas. The second half will
focus on how and where to place
your short fiction. The fee for the
workshop is $25.
Miriam Gershow is a novelist,
short story writer and teacher. Her
stories appear in The Georgia Review, Quarterly West, Black Warrior
Review, Nimrod International Journal, The Journal, and Gulf Coast,
among other journals. Miriam’s
stories have been listed in the 100
Distinguished Stories of The
Best American Short Stories
2007 and appeared in the
2008 Robert Olen Butler
Prize Stories.
Miriam is the recipient
of a Fiction Fellowship from
the Wisconsin Institute for Creative
Writing , as well as an Oregon
Literary Fellowship.
She received her MFA from the
University of Oregon. She taught
fiction writing at the University
of Wisconsin as well as descriptive writing to gifted high school
students through Johns Hopkins
University. She currently lives in
Eugene with her husband and son,
where she writes and teaches writing at the University of Oregon.
Saturday evening, Gershow will
read from her new novel, The Local
News, at 7pm at the Manzanita
Writers’ Series at the Hoffman
Center.
To register for the workshop,
download the registration form at
hoffmanblog.org. At the Hoffman
Center (across from Manzanita
Library at 594 Laneda Avenue.)
FMI: online or contact Kathie Hightower, 503-739-1505; kathie@
jumpintolife.net)
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FREE
WILL
ASTROLOGY
September
© Copyright 2010 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I predict that in the coming weeks,
you will be able to extract an unexpected perk or benefit from
one of your less glamorous responsibilities. I also predict that
you will decide not to ram headfirst into an obstacle and try to
batter it until it crumbles. Instead, you’ll dream up a roundabout
approach that will turn out to be more effective at eliminating
the obstacle. Finally, I predict that these departures from habit
will show you precious secrets about how to escape more of your
own negative conditioning in the future.
cially true for you right now, although the “danger” in question
is psychological in nature, not physical, and it’s a relatively
manageable hazard that you shouldn’t stay up all night worrying
about. Still, the looming challenge to your poise is something
that requires you to activate your deeper intelligence. You really
do need to figure out how to weave a middle way between the
extremes of seeking too much order and allowing too much
disorder. What would Goldilocks do?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Dear Astrologer: My life is stagnant
and slow. It suffers bone-deep from a lack of changes, good
or bad or in between. Why has my karma been deprived of all
motion? Why must I go on frozen in such eerie peace and quiet?
I seek your help. Can you cast a spell for me so that I will be
happily disrupted and agitated? Will you predict my sorry state
of stillness to be ended soon? Arvind Agnimuka, Taurus from
Darjeeling.” Dear Arvind: Funny you should ask. According to my
analysis, members of the Taurus tribe are about to be roused
out of their plodding rhythm by a bolt of cosmic mojo. Get ready
to rumble -- and I mean that in the best sense of the word.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Readers of Reddit.com were asked
to describe their lives in just six words. It would be a good time
for you to try this exercise. You’ve reached a juncture in your
unfolding destiny when you could benefit from a review that
pithily sums up where you’ve been up until now, and where
you’ve got to go next. To inspire your work, here are some of the
most interesting from Reddit: 1. Early opportunities wasted, now
attempting redemption. 2. Searching tirelessly for that one thing.
3. Living my dream requires modifying dream. 4. Must not turn
into my mom. 5. Insane ambition meets debilitating self-doubt.
6. Do you want to have sex? 7. Slowly getting the hang of it. 8.
These pretzels are making me thirsty.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I found this unusual classified ad
in a small California newspaper. “Wanted: Someone to travel
backwards in time with me. This is not a joke. You must be unafraid to see the person you used to be, and you’ve got to keep
a wide-open mind about the past -- I mean more wide-open than
you have ever been able to. I have made this trip twice before,
and I don’t expect any danger, but there may be a bit of a mess.
Please bring your own ‘cleaning implements,’ if you know what I
mean.” As crazy as it sounds, Gemini, I’m thinking you’d be the
right person for this gig. The astrological omens suggest you’ll be
doing something similar to it anyway.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Go where the drama is, Sagittarius, but not where the melodrama is. Place yourself in the
path of the most interesting power, but don’t get distracted by
displays of power that are dehumanizing or narcissistic. You are
in a phase of your astrological cycle when you have a mandate to
intensify your excitement with life and increase your ability to be
deeply engaged with what attracts you. I urge you to be as brave
as you once were when you conquered a big fear and to be as
curious as you were when you discovered a big secret about who
you are. For extra credit, be highly demonstrative in your expression of what you care about.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Of your five senses, which is the
most underdeveloped? If you’re a typical Westerner, it’s your
sense of smell. You just don’t use it with the same level of acuity
and interest you have when you’re seeing, hearing, tasting, and
touching. You may speak excitedly about an image you saw or
song you heard or food you ate or massage you experienced
-- what they were like, how they made you feel -- but you rarely do
that with odors. You easily tolerate an ugly building or loud traffic
noise or mediocre food or itchy fabric, and yet you feel a deep
aversion to an unappealing smell. Having said that, I want you to
know it’s an excellent time to upgrade your olfactory involvement with the world. You’d benefit greatly from the emotional
enrichment that would come from cultivating a more conscious
relationship with aromas.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his older years, after
steadfastly cultivating his vices with the care of a connoisseur,
the agnostic actor W. C. Fields was caught reading the Bible
by an old friend. Questioned at this departure from his usual
behavior, Fields said he was “looking for loopholes.” I suspect a
comparable shift may be in the offing for you, Capricorn. In your
case, you may be drawn to a source you’ve perpetually ignored
or dismissed, or suddenly interested in a subject you’ve long
considered to be irrelevant. I say, good for you. It’s an excellent
time to practice opening your mind in any number of ways.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Enlightenment is simply this,” said the
Zen master. “When I walk, I walk. When I eat, I eat. When I sleep,
I sleep.” If that’s true, Leo, you now have an excellent chance
to achieve at least temporary enlightenment. The universe is
virtually conspiring to maneuver you into situations where you
can be utterly united with whatever you are doing in the present
moment. You’ll be less tempted than usual to let your mind wander away from the experience at hand, but will instead relish the
opportunity to commit yourself completely to the scene that’s
right in front of you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In August 2009, 120 scientists and
their helpers staged a BioBlitz in Yellowstone National Park.
Their goal was to find as many new species as they could in one
day. To their surprise and delight, they located more than 1,200,
including beetles, worms, lichens, and fungi that had never
before been identified. An equally fertile phase of discovery
could very well be imminent for you, Virgo. All you have to do is
make that your intention, then become super extra double-wildly
receptive.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Two dangers threaten the universe:
order and disorder,” said poet Paul Valery. I think that’s espe-
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I watched a Youtube video that
showed eight people competing in a weird marathon. They ran
two miles, ate 12 doughnuts, then ran another two miles. I
hope you don’t try anything remotely similar to that, Aquarius.
If you’re in the mood for outlandish feats and exotic adventures
(which I suspect you might be), I suggest you try something more
life-enhancing, like making love for an hour, eating an organic
gourmet feast, then making love for another hour. It’s a good
time for you to be wild, maybe even extreme, about getting the
healing you need.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the out-of-print book *In Portugal,* A.F.G. Bell defines the Portuguese word *saudade* as follows: “a vague and constant desire for something that does not
and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present,
a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active
discontent or poignant sadness, but an indolent dreaming wistfulness.” In my astrological opinion, Pisces, it is imperative that
you banish as much *saudade* from your system as you can. If
you want, you can bring it back again later, but for now, you need
to clarify and refine your desires for things that are actually possible. And that requires you to purge the delusional ones.
Homework: What’s the part of you that you trust the least?
Think up a test whereby that part of you will be challenged to
express maximum integrity. Testify at Freewillastrology.com
Featuring biking quips, quibbles, and some damn
good advice from Margaret Hammitt-McDonald.
A Bicycle Goes On Vacation
Hello, I’m Columella, a workhorse commuting bicycle who contends stoically
with the worst wind, rain, hail, junk in the
road, and ugly pavement the North Coast
can throw at me. When my
rider told me we were going
on a weekend trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
I spun at the opportunity!
Vacation riding required some
adaptations from a workaholic
like me, though, so I had to
prepare both mentally and
physically.
First there was the weight issue. I’m a chunky folding cycle
who’s used to carrying my rider
and her lunch, work clothes,
and water. This trip was the
first time I wore panniers,
which caused me to gain a few
pounds and wrought havoc with
my balance. That’s why you
and your rider should practice
with a load (whether it’s in panniers, a trailer, a big backpack,
or some combination of these)
before starting on your trip. Not
only will this help you both to
adapt to a different balance
point, but you can also adjust
the panniers, rack, and other
things in case your rider gets
whacked in the leg while pedaling or your fenders rub against
your tires. If you have a two-sided packing
system such as panniers, be sure your rider
puts items of roughly equal weight on each
side so you don’t list to port or starboard
and send the rider overboard.
Cruising under a load also alters your
braking and hill-riding experiences. Because
you’re now Atlas shouldering the weight of
the world, your rider will need more time to
stop (and with the extra bulginess, it’s also
easier for him or her to fall over if you come
to a quick halt). You’ll also speed down hills
and need to use lower gears to crawl uphill.
A long trip with lots of ups and downs ideally calls for a cycle suited to such terrain.
Luckily, none of the hills we traversed were
especially steep, for I don’t come equipped
with many gears.
Once I got used to the idea of recreation,
I enjoyed my vacation. Vancouver Island is
beautiful, and the city of Victoria is bicycle
heaven: you can ride in the street and motorists don’t crowd you, and the dedicated
walking-riding Galloping Goose Trail provides
a nice connecting route throughout the city
and its environs. I got to cruise past magnificent scenery on highways where cycles
are permitted on the wide shoulders, and
signs aimed at us direct us on and off the
highway and onto local bikeways. I had one
phobic moment crossing a metal bridge,
but a sign reassured me and my rider of our
right to stay in the center lane and not get
passed by motor vehicles. Amazingly, we
never collected the honks, rude gestures,
and yelling we’ve gotten all too familiar with
on our daily rounds while sharing the road
with other vehicles.
The ferry from Port Angeles, Washington
to Vancouver Island was also cycle-friendly.
After twiddling my chain on a customs line,
I was rewarded with a front-row seat from
a bike rack on the bow of the ferry to smell
the salt air (extra lube helped my sensitive
components to avoid the bike equivalent
of a sunburn), watch a humpback whale
spout, spy-hop, and dive, bask in the
admiration of other passengers who’d never
seen folding bikes, and flirt with a sleek
touring bike who shared the rack with me.
Next year, I hope to take a longer jaunt.
Until then, I’ll roll alongside the RVs and
log trucks while dreaming of new pavement
beneath my wheels.
network.
WORKSHOPS/CLASSEs
COURAGE TO HEAL. There is a free workshop coming up in Tillamook County called,
“Courage to Heal.” It is a free workshop for
women survivors of child sexual abuse. This
workshop runs annually during the summer
months, and generally lasts about ten weeks. The group meets once a week.One in three
girls will be sexually abused by the age of 16,
yet many survivors feel alone and ashamed. This workshop is healing, empowering, and
supportive. The local facilitator of this group
is Rhonda Bolow, and she can be reached at
503-801-5064. Once Rhonda has spoken
with participants, days/times of meetings will
be set, based on what is most convenient
for the group. You can also contact the
Women’s Resource Center at 503-842-9486
for more info. Please pass this on to anyone
who might be interested.
DOES FOOD RUN YOUR LIFE? Come to
Overeaters Anonymous every Wednesday
from 7-8pm in the Seaside Public Library,
Board Room B. No dues, fees or weigh-ins.
Everyone welcome! (if you have questions
call 503-505-1721).
FREE COMPUTER CLASSES AT TILLAMOOK
COUNTY LIBRARIES. Tillamook County
Libraries will be offering free basic computer
classes this fall. Sign up for a free one-onone session where you can ask questions
and learn at your own pace. Classes will be
held on Saturdays at the Tillamook County
Library September 11th, 18th and 25th and
October 2nd and 9th. Additional sessions
will be held at library branches in October
and November. Registration is limited, so
contact your local library soon and reserve
your space.
SPIRITUAL WRITING FOR MEN AND
WOMEN. Instructor Gail Balden is a writer,
educator and workshop presenter with over
30 years of teaching experience. Her work
has been published in anthologies, literary
journals and national magazines. She
teaches one-day writing workshops and writes
a monthly column on the joys of small town
life for the North Coast Citizen. Visit her web
site at www.creativejourneys.net.
French Conversation Group Re-Start. The
group is devoted to speaking French only. It
is NOT a class, so please do not show up
expecting to learn French from scratch. Once
you step through the door of the Riverbend
Room, it is French only. It will be on Saturdays, from 1-3pm at NCRD in the Riverbend
Room. There is a nominal charge of $1/
person/time. For more information email Jane
or call her 503-368-3901 or, call Paul Miller
at 503-368-5715.
Library2Go Basics. Second Saturday of
each month 9:00am-10:00am. Over 5000
audio books and videos can be downloaded
to computers and digital devices through the
Library2Go database accessible through the
Astoria Public Library web site. All downloads
are free to access with your library card.
Learn the how to make the most of this
extraordinary resource. Free, at the Astoria
Public Library.
Computer Basics. Third Saturday of each
month 9:00am-10:00am. If you’re new to
PC computers or just needing to update
basic skills, this class is for you. Each class
is tailored to meet the needs of participants.
Free, at the Astoria Public Library.
The Lower Columbia Classics Car Club.
Invitation to all who are interested in Collector
Cars to attend one of our monthly meetings.
The meetings are held at Steve Jordan’s
Shop Building, located at 35232 Helligso
Lane in rural Astoria - meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month. If you are interested and
need the directions to get there, you may call
Steve Jordan at 503-325-1807
Open Art Night. 5:30 to 7 PM –1st & 3rd
Weds. Bay City Arts Center, Bay City.
Life Drawing. 6 to 9 PM. Every 2nd & 4th
Weds. Bay City Arts Center, Bay City.
Toddler Arts Group. Every Monday, 10:30 to
11:30 –Get your toddler started in the arts!
Activities are geared towards ages 1–3, but
age birth–5 are welcome. All children must
be accompanied by a caregiver. Bay City Arts
Center, Bay City. t
CELEBRATE RECOVERY • Nazarene
Church, 2611 3rd St, Tillamook. Adult &
teen 12 step program. Child care provided.
Call 503-812-3522 for more information.
Tuesdays, 7-9, Dinner at 6 by donation.
OPEN ART NIGHT WITH PHAEDRA. Bay
City Arts Center, 5680 A St, 5-7pm on
Wednesdays.
BODY WORK•YOGA•FITNESS
YOGA NAMASTE. The Summer 2011 Yoga
schedule at Yoga Namasté starts June
20 and ends August 31, 2011. During
the 10 week term you can enjoy GENTLE
YOGA-LEVEL 1 at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesdays. LEVEL 1-2 (Beginner and Intermediate) Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Level 2-3 (Intermediate and Advanced) Mondays, Wednesdays,
Fridays at 6:15 to 8:45 a.m. LEVEL 1-2 Yoga
flow at 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays. For
more information: www.yoganam.com or call:
503 440 9761.
Yoga/Private Instruction. Private Individual
Therapeutic and Restorative Yoga instruction
with certified, Yoga Alliance registered yoga
teacher SarahFawn Wilson, MA, RYT-500.
Private group classes also available. For more
information and for public class schedule,
please call 503-440-6738 or email [email protected].
ECSTATIC DANCE. Ecstatic, trance, yogic,
spirit filled), playful, improvisational, freestyle
- We’re Dancing! Wed. at 6:30 at Pine Grove
Community House, 225 Laneda Ave. in
Manzanita. No experience necessary. You are
welcome to bring Instruments of any sort to
play along with what we’ve got going. Cost
is a sliding scale from $5 - $7, or free if you
really need to just be there.
LOTUS YOGA. 1230 Marine Drive, Downtown
Astoria. Ongoing classes on a month to
month basis. Evening Classes Monday thru
Thursday 6:00 PM: Monday Level 1 Yoga for
Relaxation. Tuesday Level 2 Strengthening.
Wednesday Level 1 Beginning Flow. Thursday Level 2 Advanced Flow. Morning class
Friday 9:00AM All Level THERAPEUTIC Yoga.
Dedicated to making Yoga an accessible part
of everyday living. Call (503)298-3874,
Email [email protected], website www.
lotusyogaonline.com for more information.
YOGA SMA EXPLORATION. Yoga instructor
Linda Sanderlin LMT, introduces SMA yoga, a
practice evolved from Feldenkrais and Alexander technique, found to be very effective for
people with a limited range of motion. Tues
and Sat. classes at Parinamah in Manzanita.
Community Listings
$5 p/class. FMI: Call Linda (503)867-3943;
or via e-mail: [email protected].
YOGA NCRD. Monday, Yoga Of The Heart,
8:15 am - 9:45 am Instructor: Lorraine
Ortiz (no drop ins). Monday, Level II, 5:45
pm - 7:15 pm Instructor: Nicole Hamic
Wednesday, Yoga Stretch, 8:15 am - 9:45
am Instructor: Lucy Brook Thursday, Level
I, 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm Instructor: Charlene
Gernert Friday, Very Gentle Yoga, 8:15 am
- 9:45 am Instructor: Lucy Brook Saturday,
Mixed Levels, 8:00 am - 9:30 am Instructor:
Lorraine Ortiz
YOGA • Manzanita. The Center for the
Contemplative Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday
evenings 5 - 5:45pm. $35 for 5 classes.
Call 368-6227 for more info.
Yoga in Gearhart. Gearhart Workout. For
more information log on to www.gearhartworkout.com 3470 Hwy. 101 N. Suite 104
in Gearhart
YOGA • Nehalem. Ongoing yoga classes at
NCRD are as follows: Monday, Level II, 5:156:45 pm, Nicole Hamic; Wednesday, Morning
Yoga Stretch, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook;
Thursday, Yoga for Parents & Kids, 3:45-4:45
pm, Charlene Gernert; Thursday, Level I, 5:45
- 7:15 pm, Charlene Gernet; Friday, Very
Gentle Yoga, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook.
T’AI CHI. The Center for the Contemplative Arts, Manzanita: Wednesday Mornings
10-11:30. $30/month. Call 368-6227 for
more info.
Chinese Kung Fu. Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from 5:30 to 7:00 at the Astoria
Arts and Movement Center (11th and Harrison). The focus is on two styles; Ving Tsun
Kyun and Tai Xu Quan. While both are suitable for self defense Ving Tsun is direct and
linear in it’s approach and Tai Xu is circlular.
Both are of ancient orgin (Buddhist and Taoist respectivly) and have been developed by
nuns and monks, and by lay deciples as well.
Matthew Crim [email protected]
LEARN SELF DEFENSE IN ILWACO. Kenpo
Karate for Adults. River City School, 127 SE
Lake St, Tuesdays @ 7:00pm - 8:45pm,
$45/mo Inquire /sign up: jbgroove1@juno.
com phone: 360-665-0860. 7:00pm 8:45pm, KENPOKarate for Kids -River City
School, 127 Lake Street SE, Ilwaco, Every
Thursday @ 4:00pm - 5:00pm, $45/mo.
HIKING ADVENTURES. Astoria Parks and
Rec. Join us as we explore several popular
hiking destinations this summer! Hikes
will be led by an experienced guide and will
include several popular destinations such as
Saddle Mountain. Meeting location and time
will be provided at registration. For ages 14
and up! To register call 325-7275. Dates:
Saturday July 9, July 23 & Aug. 6
ANGORA HIKING CLUB. Saturday, Sept. 17,
Angora Hiking club will be taking a bike hike.
The meeting place is at the West mooring
basin, next to Kentucky fried Chicken on
Marine Drive in Astoria at 9:30 AM. promptly.
Car pooling will be arranged and then drive to
WESTPORT, Or on Hwy 30 to depart on the
10:15 ferry. This Wahkiakum County ferry is
the last operating toll passenger ferry on the
lower Columbia River and upriver link to the
Columbia-Pacific Scenic Drive Loop. It operates 7 days/week and departs from Westport
15 minutes past the hour. Bikers are $2.00.
foot traffic $1.00 and cars $5.00, each way.
There are restrooms on the ferry to PUGET
ISLAND and restrooms and a picnic area at
the Puget Island ferry landing. It takes about
15 minutes to cross and the ferry departs
from Puget Island on the hour, from 5 AM to
10 PM daily.
It is not necessary to be a member of the
club to participate, for more information
about the club check out www.angorahikingclub.org. Dues are only $7.00 a year.
Bikers are required to provide their own
bike, helmet, car carrier, water and a
lunch. There are no food stores on the
island. Estimated return time is about 2:00
PM. It is a very gentle, level scenic ride
around the island. If you have questions
please call Jim or Kathleen Hudson 503 8612802, or [email protected].
submitted by Kathleen Hudson 503
861-2802
SPIRITUALITY
TIBETAN BUDDHIST DHARMA GROUP.
Dharma River, meets Mondays 7:30 - 9 pm,
1230 Marine Dr., Suite 304 in Lotus Yoga’s
studio. Meditation, sadhana practice, teachings & discussion. Dharma River is a satellite
of the Portland Sakya Center. Contact
Dharma teacher, Rosetta Hurley, 338-9704
for more info.
Center For Spiritual Living of the North
Coast. CSLNC is for those who want to grow
spiritually, all faiths and paths welcome.
Sunday Celebration and Children’s Church
10:30 a.m, 66 4th St., Warrenton. www.
centerforspiritualliving.org and 503-7912192.
A SILENT MEDITATION • with Lola Sacks.
St. Catherine’s Center for the Contemplative
Arts, Manzanita: Monday Nights 5 - 5:45 Call
368-6227 for more info.
LECTIO DIVINA • Meditation with Holy
Scripture. The Center for the Contemplative
Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday Mornings 1011:30. Call 368-6227 for more info.
LABYRINTH WALK • Grace Episcopal
Church, 1545 Franklin St, Astoria, 3-6.
Every 1st Sunday.
VOLUNTEER
SHARE YOUR MUSICAL TALENT. If you have
musical or performance talents to share,
we need you at Nehalem Valley Care Center
in Wheeler, Oregon. We are a skilled care
center and our residents enjoy, and benefit
from, music therapies and entertainment.
Professionals and amateurs welcome – all
ages!! CONTACT:Katherine Mace, Activity Director, Nehalem Valley Care Center kmace@
nehalemtel.net 503-368-5171
Weekly Alder Creek Farm Community
Garden. Work Parties - Tuesdays, 10 am –
Noon. Help out the Coastal Food Ecology
Center, community garden, permaculture
garden and harvesting for the Wheeler Food
PEACE ROCKS!
To celebrate The International Day of Peace, the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will offer the opportunity to paint “Peace Rocks!” at
the museum on Saturday, September 17.
Participants will be given the opportunity to select a rock, decorate
it with peace-related words and/or symbols and take it with them. The
rocks can then be given to friends, family members or neighbors on
September 21st , which is the International Day of Peace.
Paints and rocks will be supplied, but those wishing to paint a special
rock of their own are invited to bring their personal rocks to the museum
to decorate as well. The painting workshop is free and will be on a
drop-in basis from 10 AM to 2 PM, and will be supervised by museumvolunteers. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to
participate. For more information, call 503-842-4553.
Bank. Tasks may include: greenhouse and
garden weeding, planting, and watering.
one way or $2 all day.) Questions: Aletha
Westerberg, 503-325-4315
Meetings
School Days is the theme for the ENCORE
Lunch Bunch to be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 12:30 PM at the Rogue
Nation, Hanthorn Cannery Pier, 100
39th Street, Astoria OR. All members and
guests are invited to this no-host event. (You
could catch the trolley at noon (sharp!) at
the West End Mooring Basin stop just for fun
and arrive at 39th in time for lunch. (Trolley
fare is $1 one way or $2 all day.) Questions:
Aletha Westerberg, 503-325-4315
ENCORE Retirement Learning Community.
Is an association of retirement-age people
who share a love of learning. Established
in 2001 by a Steering Committee of retired
adults, ENCORE is sponsored by Clatsop
Community College. We meet for lunch
the first Tuesday of every month. We try to
alternate between North and South County,
so look for these Community Notes in your
local Newspaper to see the place of choice.
Our Lunch Bunch get-togethers are a wonderful venue for meeting classmates over lunch,
as well as new friends. Remember all guests
that might be interested in ENCORE, or just
want to know what we’re all about, are welcome. Aletha Westerbeerg, 503-325-4325.
Encore Happy Hour. The happy hour will be
from 4 to 6 PM. on Sunday, September 18
(third Sunday of the month). The Lightship
Restaurant, accessible by elevator in the
Adrift Hotel, is located at 409 Sid Snyder
Drive, Long Beach, WA, 360 642-3252. We
will gather in a separate bar area with an
ocean view for our ENCORE Happy Hour. We
will be able to order from either the lunch
or pub grub menu. It is not necessary to
have alcohol as a beverage. The Humphreys’
puppets will introduce “20 Questions,” with
a Shakespearian theme, at 5 PM. A copy of
Rex Ziak’s great book, “In Full View” will be
the winner’s prize. If you have any questions,
please contact Maureen Humphreys at 360
642-1301School Days is the theme for the
ENCORE Lunch Bunch to be held on Tuesday,
September 6, 2011, 12:30 PM at the Rogue
Nation, Hanthorn Cannery Pier, 100 39th
Street, Astoria OR. All members and guests
are invited to this no-host event. (You could
catch the trolley at noon (sharp!) at the West
End Mooring Basin stop just for fun and arrive
at 39th in time for lunch. (Trolley fare is $1
ENCORE (Experience New Concepts of
Retirement Education) is an organization
that provides its members with interesting classes, field trips, and social events
for people 50 years old or older. It is
sponsored by Clatsop Community College
in conjunction with its Education for Life
section. Members decide what they want to
learn, how they want to learn it, put on their
own classes, have guest speakers, and keep
their minds active. For further information
about ENCORE, please contact Paula Duncan, College Liason, 503-338-2408 or email
[email protected]
BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION & SUPPORT. La Leche League’s monthly support
group meetings provide an opportunity
for both new and experienced mothers to
share their questions or concerns, and to
talk with each other about the special joys
and challenges of parenting. We especially
encourage expectant and new mothers to join
us. Healthy babies and toddlers are always
welcome at La Leche League meetings. We
look forward to seeing you soon. Second
Monday of the month at 10am- Astoria FOR
FURTHER INFO, PLEASE CONTACT JANET
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health & wellness.
bodiesinbalance
By Tracy Erfling, N.D.
Healthy Aging
As we approach fall and the bounty of summer begins to wilt and wither it makes me think
of the aging process normal and natural to all
living things. It is not a phase of life many of
us enjoy exploring but being prepared for the
course of aging can benefit our quality and
quantity of life. Understanding that there are
too many specific health challenges to cover in
this article, I hope I can touch on some basics,
which I expect will apply to most.
Digestion…I will repeat what I’ve said before…this is the cornerstone of health. As we
age so does this valuable system. The release
of stomach acid decreases and with it the
cues to pancreatic and gall bladder function
begin to weaken as well. Individuals may have
a lessening appetite, eat fewer and smaller
meals, clearly this varies but is not uncommon. As digestion starts to deteriorate a VERY
common symptom that arises is heartburn,
for which acid-reducing medication is regularly
prescribed. Sadly this quick fix is not a healthy
long-term solution as the acid is required for
essential vitamin and mineral absorption as
well as overall digestive flow. Instead I would
suggest a strong lemon or lime and water
mix, or apple cider vinegar before or with
your meals. This naturally acidic solution will
instead strengthen the innate digestive function
creating better health.
Inflammation…This is the root of disease,
it’s really that simple. So logically if we can
support the inflammatory pathways in a healthy
and beneficial manner we can reduce the
progression of diseases that deteriorate our
health. The theory is simple it’s the practice
that is a challenge, and again as individual lifestyles, genetics, etc vary there is no one simple
way to assist this. One no brainer is to reduce
your stress or at least learn techniques to manage it. Stress is pro-inflammatory, but when
managed can lessen its impact on your overall
health. I think as our world has become more
stressful we see more activities like Yoga, Tai
Chi and meditation gaining popularity because
they offer natural stress reduction. Really any
kind of exercise will count here, but if you are
a go-go-go, anxious, or putting others before
yourself type personality then a high impact
workout would not necessarily be as nourishing as a slow-down, self-reflective one. Food
choices are another must in this category.
Quality fresh foods will be less inflammatory
than highly processed foods…seems obvious.
Another must for almost anyone is a good quality fish oil. A 500mg dose is ideal for healthy
individuals…for those already suffering from
inflammatory conditions a higher dose may
be indicated, but check with a knowledgeable
Dr. Tracy Erfling is a
naturopath physician in the
Lower Columbia Region.
Questions?
[email protected]
professional if you are uncertain what is safe
for you.
Cognition…For many memory, thinking and
speaking clearly are extremely important indicators of the aging process. Without touching on
any one condition I think there are some terrific
everyday tools, and nutrients that can support
good cognition. Variety is not only important
but also more fun. New foods, books, games,
puzzles, routes to work, exercises, all increase
the pathways in the brain. Doing some activity
in your life where you are moving with your
eyes closed is also great for the brain and your
balance too. Learning in any way, like a language, artistic skill, craft or hobby can improve
both the quality of your life and your brain function. One nutrient essential to brain function
is B-12, remember to compliment any one B
vitamin with a B complex to assure you are not
creating deficiency elsewhere. I know you’ve
likely all heard about Gingko, wonderful for
helping to open and access those small blood
vessels and capillaries throughout the body,
especially prevalent in the brain. Ginger is
another circulatory tonic that I would combine
Tracy Erfling n.d.
naturopathic physician
primary care using
natural therapeutics
Vicki
McAfee
Clinical Herbalist
Certified Nutritionist
Call for an appointment! 503.440.6927
2935 Marine Dr. • Astoria
email: [email protected]
for brain function, along with Gotu Kola an herb
full of antioxidants to assist in blood vessel
damage and repair. A basic multivitamin would
cover many of the nutrients discussed here, in
addition a sublingual B-12; the herbs can be
added if this is an area of special concern.
Appearance…the way we look creates much
apprehension for many aging adults. This is
not only our skin, and hair, but the way we
move and carry ourselves. For both men and
women it is extremely valuable to build muscle mass
before our 50’s; this means
performing weight bearing
exercise in addition to
cardiovascular or the more
stress alleviating exercises
discussed above. After
menopause women have a
more profound shift in their
physiology which includes a
muscle and bone loss. This
occurs in men too, just not
a dramatically. Keeping our musculoskeletal
systems well nourished and flexible helps with
ease of movement and long-lasting strength.
Our skin is not so unlike this system as it is
made of many of the same basic building
blocks, namely collagen and muscles. Since
the skin is such a rapidly growing organ, it
shows the signs of aging more readily. The
skin as a whole benefits greatly from the use of
antioxidants…vitamins C,D,E, bioflavonoids like
rutin, quercitin, resveratrol, and foods like blueberries, acai berries, pomegranate, dark leafy
greens and green tea. These antioxidants are
a valuable toolbox which enhance the health of
our aging bodies.
I am not in the anti-aging camp, as with all
things naturopathic I believe in supporting the
natural processes of the body…of which aging
is part. I certainly support any efforts to age in
a healthy and vital way and hope these simple
reminders can help you to achieve a bounty of
health throughout your life.
DO something you love, BE with someone
you love, EAT your vegetables, DRINK clean
water, BREATHE deeply and MOVE your body
EVERYDAY!
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A Gypsy’s Whimsy herbal apothecary
1139 Commercial St. ~ Astoria
word and wisdom
Up and Down and All Around...
(yes, our emotions)
Imagine three scenarios. First is
a client who’s depressed because a
boyfriend has left her. The next person
is excited about her new job. She’s
just started and its full of potential. Her
happiness today seems unending. And
the last scenario is a friend who has a
crush on a single dad who comes into
her business world frequently. She tells
me she almost wants to reach out and
touch him. Just touch him. She has an
emotional crush on him. What’s the similarity here? All are in
the throes of emotion. They exist, but
yes, the emotions will pass. They will
either wither away as time goes on or be
replaced as new events occur. Emotions come and go, rise and fall.
They are transitory. They are temporary
visitors, so to speak. But in the midst
of them, be it depression or happiness
or attraction, it can feel all-consuming.
It can feel like one will or could die
from the pain of loss or from the all
wonderfulness of happiness. It’s a feeling. Repeat: A feeling. I could say, Just
a feeling. To some extent, people learn to handle feelings. From the time we are children, we are encouraged to modulate
our feelings. Feeling angry, frustrated?
Yes, a temper tantrum might be the
immediate response of a toddler but we
are taught to handle that emotion better. We are rewarded for not kicking out
heels and wailing. It gets even trickier.
In some families, members are discouraged from acknowledging sadness or
grief. We all learn certain behaviors that
allow us to mix well with our immediate
society. But sure enough, no one emotion rules day in, day out. Happiness
dulls. Sadness lightens. And every other
kind of emotion does the same... Some people have a hard time
with emotions. Three year olds, for
example. They are just learning the
power of anger and frustration. A certain
personality disorder exists that also
By Tobi Nason
makes emotional control difficult. Those
with the disorder run with every emotion
as it presents itself. Excluding those
two groups, the rest of the population,
depressed, happy or on a flirtatious
high, need to practice modulation as
opportunites occur. Okay. How’s that going to happen??
Well, it takes practice. Sort of mind over
matter. Recognizing how one wants to
“behave.” Realizing that the emotion
of today may not be the emotion of
tomorrow. Life offers surprises that shift
things around. Learning that most emotions don’t reguire any special action.
Depressed? It may be temporary and
pass. It may even morph into anger.
In any case, counseling is always an
option. Happy to the max? Yes, but...
a few weeks later you will be happy but
with some reality thrown in. . Feeling
love for someone? Time will tell if its
reciprocated. If anything, its a nice way
to find out more about oneself... what
type of person is attractive to you, for
example. People don’t like feeling sad or angry.
Even an extra dose of happiness can
be almost uncomfortable. But it would
be a dismal place, indeed, if we didn’t
feel things. Our gut reactions to things
were once part of our survival systems. Instincts, in other words. A person’s
emotions give us information about
our world and ourselves. Its important,
maybe not for survival anymore, but for
well being, to take note of our emotions.
Fear and disgust are immediate warning
signals. Sadness and anxiety are like the
yellow traffic light... slow down and look
around.... you may need to stop doing
something. Anger may need reasonable
and well thought out actions. And love
feelings just need to be analyzed as a
reflection of oneself.
Tobi Nason is a counselor from Manzanita. She often feels content, which
is sort of short of sheer happiness, but
certainly okay with her.
“Our ancestors used the
herbs that grew all around
them. Let me share with
you what they knew that
kept them in health.
Today more than
ever we need herbs and
nutrition for obtaining
and maintaining
optimum health.
Allow me to guide you.”
Available for
private consultation
sliding scale fee
503-338-4871
For information call: 503.325.6580
Silverleaf
Farm
New Farmer: Cesily Stewart Breaks Ground in Naselle
Photo: Cathy Nist
A
ccording to Census data, the
average age of farmers in the US is
above 50 and continues to rise. At the
same time, the percentage of farmers
under 35 has been on the decline. The
ageing of the farm population has led to
concerns about the long-term health of
family farms as an American institution.
Fortunately, an emerging group of people in their 20s and 30s are interested in
farming as a career. Many of these young
farmers are attracted to small-scale, lessmechanized, organic methods of farming
and tend to gravitate to the farm-to-fork
culture popular in the Pacific Northwest.
Cesily Stewart, the sixth of eight
children is in her late 20s and is the
force behind Silverleaf Farm of Naselle,
Washington. This year, she is selling her
farm products for the first time at the
River People Farmers Market in Astoria.
She vends produce and flowers that she
grows as well as value added products of
her own creation such as herbal teas and
sweet treats. She often shares a booth
with Fred Johnson of Fred’s Homegrown,
also of Naselle.
Silverleaf Farm encompasses 14 acres
of bottomland enclosed within a horseshoe
bend of the Naselle River. The Stewart
family, who has lived onsite off and on
since 1984, owns the farm. Roughly half
of the acreage is open field, the remainder is ancient overgrown apple orchard
and forest with some old growth spruce
remaining near the river. The main house
and outbuildings dot the edge of the field.
A pet horse roams freely except for the
fenced-in garden areas. It’s a pretty spot if
one edits out the new clearcut across the
road to the south of the farm.
By Cathy Nist
plenty of room for expansion in the future,
For Cesily Stewart, the journey to
and she plans to start a CSA, but feels
becoming a farmer was inevitable. “For a
that she doesn’t yet have the experience
long period of my life, I felt disconnected
needed for such a project.
from the culture I was trying to participate
During Stewart’s childhood, her family
in” she said. “After a series of soul-sucking
always had a big garden. In making the
jobs, I came to the point where living susleap to production-scale farming she has
tainably by farming seemed like the only
experienced a huge learning curve, while
thing to do.” She had been traveling for a
having to invest more money and effort
time and had contemplated finding land
than she had initially estimated. Last year
for a farm. Near the start of the current
when the production garden was first tilled
recession, she was about to start a farm
and planted; she had to learn how much
internship on the island of Maui when she
acreage she could realistically take on.
made what she thought would be a quick
“My big lesson this year has been trying to
detour home for a family visit.
learn soil nutrition,” she says.
During that visit she learned that her
One of the obstacles for new farmers
parents felt they might lose their property.
who wish to avoid petroleum-based agriBecause of this, Cesily decided to remain
cultural methods is a lack of knowledge.
in Naselle. Over several months of discusYoung farmers used to learn from their
sion, Stewart, her parents, and her sister
elders, but the shift to large-scale factory
and brother-in law hammered out a plan
farms in the 20th Century has left a knowlthat would allow them all to live on the
family land and contribute to the mortgage edge gap of a generation or more. It is
together, with five of them sharing the pay- difficult for new farmers like Stewart to find
mentors in an area like the Naselle Valley
ments instead of just two.
where, other than remnants of cow/calf
Cesily’s part of the project was to start
up and run a small-scale commercial farm production, agriculture has fallen out of
fashion. She is able to consult with Fred
on the property. “ I just felt like that was
Johnson to some extent as he has been
my opportunity, she said. “I don’t really
farming in the area since 2003 and is a
have all the skills I was hoping I could amass before
starting such a project, but
I felt that if I didn’t act then,
the land that I love might no
longer be available to me.”
Stewart now grows
greens, squash, lettuce,
broccoli, tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables
along with medicinal herbs
and flowers for bouquets
on a ½ acre plot which is
about the most as she can
We have a great selection of everything
currently handle. There is
you need for indoor gardening!
few years farther along the often-daunting
learning process.
Stewart realizes that at some point
she is probably going to have to “bite
the bullet” and attend a farm school.
She is interested in Greenbank Farm on
Whidby Island, Washington, which offers a
7-month sustainable agriculture program
that teaches the technical and business
skills needed to run a farm. She is also
interested in studying herbal medicine,
permaculture, and sustainable building,
and acquiring primitive skills such as bow
hunting.
Ultimately, the Stewart family plans
to operate Silverleaf Farm as a collective
farm and sustainable living and learning
center, offering workshops and hands-on
experience in raising food and low-impact
construction.
Young farmers like Cesily Stewart are
important. Big Ag as we know it is heading
for inevitable changes away from the current heavy dependence on petroleum. We
need a corps of innovative young farmers
who will help transition the face of agriculture into a post-petroleum future. Kudos
to Stewart for all of the hard work she has
done and will continue to do!
Northwest Authors
Second Saturday Series
Thanks to the Cannon Beach
Book Company we hear from
an author the second Saturday
of each month at 2pm.
Coming this Fall!
❖ Brian Doyle, novelist and
award-winning essayist
opens this year’s series,
September 10th.
❖ Emily Chenowith
❖ Scott Sparling
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NEWS on the food line.
Hondo’s Brew & Cork
First annual home brewer’s competition
Hondo’s Brew & Cork first annual home brewer’s competition is
currently underway. Contestants may register for the competition at Ft
.George Brewery, 1483 Duane Street, orHondo’s Brew & Cork, 2703
Marine Drive. The deadline for registration is September 8, 2011.
Brew samples should be submitted to Hondo’s Brew & Cork no later
than Thursday, September 23before 8 p.m. Competition judging will
take place between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Hondo’s Brew &Cork on
September 24. Brew samples should contain no less than 10 oz and
be stored indark brown glass beer bottles.
Three categories will be judged: pale ales, stout/porter and wheat
brews. Rosettes for 1st, 2nd and3rd places will be awarded. The
best of show wins a $25 gift certificate for home brew supplies at
Hondo’s Brew & Cork and winner may have their recipe brewed by
a local brewery and put on tap locally for bragging rights. Winners of
the competition will be announced at Northwest Brew Cup Saturday,
September 24 at evening’s end.
Hondo’s Brew & Cork provides home brew equipment and supplies,
brew instruction and bottle microbrew beer serving and tasting on
premises. We have an extensive catalog featuring everything for the
home brewer, as well as twelve handle draft Pub brews, selected from
popular brew pubs in the Northwest and across the US.
Make Charcuterie – that would be sausage.
Making Charcuterie with Locally Raised Meats. Monday, September 26. A day-long workshop on making delicious, safe, and legal
charcuterie (cured meats). Talks in the morning will cover relevant
regulations and best practices for controlling pathogens during meat
curing. In the afternoon, expert salumists will demonstrate techniques
and best practices. $25, includes lunch. 8am – 4pm at EVOO Cooking
School in Cannon Beach. Fro reservations call Kristen Frost Albrecht
503-325-8575
FoodCorps: A School Food Army
begins in Tillamook County.
Tillamook welcomes new FoodCorps Service member, Emily Ritchie
as she begins her year of service working at Food Roots. Ritchie is
one of four FoodCorps members serving in Oregon, under Oregon
Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School Program. Food Roots, in
Tillamook County, is the only rural site in Oregon to be selected for as
FoodCorps service site this year.
FoodCorps is a brand new national nonprofit partnering with AmeriCorps. This year, 50 young people will be serving in the FoodCorps
pilot project in ten states nationally. Their work seeks to combat
childhood obesity and diet-related disease while training the next
generation of farmers and public health leaders. Ritchie will be spending a year in Tillamook, conducting nutrition education, building and
tending school gardens and connecting students and their teachers
with our regional food system. She will be working with Tillamook
Options Program School (TOPS). Ritchie grew up in Portland, OR but
most recently has moved to Tillamook County from Los Angeles where
she attended Occidental College.
Parade Magazine’s Dash highlighted the program: “By leveraging
federal funds and the revitalized public service program of AmeriCorps,
FoodCorps aims to provide the people-power necessary to change the
school food environment in communities that need it most.” wrote
FoodCorps co-organizer Cecily Upton. “This is more than just another
food pyramid poster on the cafeteria wall, FoodCorps is a school food
army, putting boots on the ground in service for healthier kids.” FMI:
Food Roots programs, please contact Food Roots at 5030842-3154
X2 or e-mail at [email protected] or info@foodrootsnw.
org
Organically Grown in Oregon Week
In recognition of the importance of organic farmers, processors and
distributors to the state, Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber renewed
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a proclamation declaring September 12-18, 2011, Organically Grown
in Oregon Week. This week-long celebration of the organic agricultural industry,
including its certifiers, farmer’s markets and consumers, will include
farm tours, grassroots events, wine tastings, and the presentation of
the 2011 Oregon Organic Coalition’s Awards in Excellence on September 13, at the Ecotrust Building in Portland. This year’s luncheon will
be keynoted by Jim Weaver, local politician, author and environmental
activist. FMI and schedule of events, go to: oregonorganiccoalition.
org/organicweek.html
Food Hub Connecting with Local Farms
Improvements in FoodHub. Ecotrust recently released an expanded
suite of features and improved functionality on FoodHub, the online
directory and marketplace that makes it easy and efficient for wholesale food buyers and sellers in the Western US to find each other,
connect and do business. The extensive site upgrades make using
FoodHub faster and easier for busy chefs, grocers and foodservice
professionals to communicate with and source from local farmers and
food producers who are often far afield. food-hub.org/
Grants for Micro-Entrepeneurs
Grant Equivalent: Farm & Food System Individual Development Accounts with Food Roots. Food Roots may still have openings for food
system-related business owners or start-ups (low to moderate-income
level) in need of financial support. IDAs are a state of Oregon initiative
to help support micro-entrepreneurs (funded through tax deductible
donations made to the state program). Individuals accepted into the
program open savings accounts at participating financial institutions,
agree to terms of the program; work with Food Roots and community
partners to learn financial planning and business plan development
skills; and use their savings and matched funds to purchase business
assets that will propel them into successful local business owners (and in this case, food system-related businesses in Tillamook
and Clatsop counties).Those interested in applying for a farm or
food system Individual Development Account through Food Roots
Microenterprise programming, or for more information about eligibility
for IDAs, please contact Lauren Karl at (503) 842-3154 x 5 or email
[email protected] and visit our webpage at www.foodrootsnw.
org/ida.
Double your SNAP at River People’s Farmer’s Market
North Coast Food Web is working a new angle to get healthy food
on the table. River People Farmers Market, the flagship program of
the Food Web has accepted Oregon Trails Cards from SNAP, (the
program formally known as food stamps), WIC and Senior Nutrition
vouchers since they opened in June, and now Starting August 11 River
People shoppers will find their money going farther with the SNAP
Match program. Using funds from a small matching grant put forth
by the Astoria Cooperative, SNAP shoppers will be able to spend up
to $10 more per week, per Oregon Trails card, on food. Thanks to the
grant 10 SNAP dollars will now translate into 20 River People Dollars.
Just how far will that money go? Here’s an example of what $20
can buy at the River People Farmers Market: a dozen free-range
nutrient-dense eggs, a loaf of whole grain bread, 3 big bunches of
dark leafy greens, and some beautiful vitamin C rich berries. And That
can create 2-3 fabulous breakfasts for a family of four. The positive
impact continues when the vendors spend the money they receive
locally, increasing prosperity for our entire community. One small step for community food security. Adds up to a giant
leap for the local economy.
OSU Extension and the CCA Regional Food Bank will at the River
People Market to promote the SNAP program. Application will be
available on site. You can even sign up on line at: www.oregonsafenet.org Or look to www.oregonhelps.org for info on SNAP,
housing, health insurance, tax credits and cash assistance for families
with children.
Farmer’s
Markets
Food, flowers, and plants.
Columbia-Pacific Farmer’s Market. Fridays, 3 –
7pm, May Through September. In downtown Long
Beach, WA
River People’s Farmer’s Market. Thursdays,
3 – 7pm, June 23 through September, possible
into October. At the parking lot in front of Astoria
Indoor Garden Supply on 13th St in Astoria. The
market accepts EBT, and WIC and Senior Nutrition
coupons.
Seaside Farmer’s Market. Saturdays, July 2 –
September 24 (excluding August 27), 1 – 4pm at
the TLC Credit Union Parking Lot.
Cannon Beach Farmer’s Market. Tuesdays,
June 14 – September 27, 2 – 5pm. Located in the
Midtown area of Cannon Beach. EBT, Visa, and
Mastercard accepted.
Tillamook Farmer’s Market. Saturdays, June 11
– September 24, 9am – 2pm. At Laurel & 2nd St in Tillamook.
Open Air Markets
Food, plus handicrafts, art and more.
Cowlitz Community Farmers Market. Saturdays, through October,
9am – 2pm. At the Cowlitz Expo Center in Longview, WA.
Kelso Bridge Market. Sundays, May – September, 10am – 3pm. At
Rotary Spray Park, on the lawn of Catlin Hall in Kelso, WA.
Two Islands Farm Market. Fridays, 3 – 6:30pm, May – October. 59
W. Birnie Slough Rd on Puget Island. Trolley shuttle available from
the Elochoman Marina at 3, 4, & 5pm and stops at the Chamber of
Commerce in Cathlamet, WA.
Weekend Market. Fridays and Saturdays on the first and third
weekends of the month, 10am – 4pm. At the Long Beach Grange on
Sandridge Road in Long Beach, WA.
Saturday Market at the Port. Saturdays, April – September, 10am –
4pm. Along the waterfront in Ilwaco, WA.
Astoria Sunday Market. Sundays, May 8 – October 9, 10am – 3pm.
On 12th St in downtown Astoria.
Manzanita Farmer’s Market. Fridays, June 10 – September 23, 5 –
8pm (5 – 7pm after September 9). At the Windermere parking lot on
Laneda in Manzanita.
Yes . . . you can play with our action ﬁgures.
Delicious coffee, handcrafted
by Water Avenue Coffee
Portland, OR
Great Lunches
Homemade Soups
Our New Box Lunch Menu
Open mic every Saturday 6:30 - 9:30
1410 commercial street
astoria 97103 503.325.5511
open at 6:30 daily
Now offering Pour over.. ..a cup of joe brewed
specially for you right in front of your eyes!
ann & tony kischner’s
B i s t r o
Food to fuel your ride.
❖ Provisions for
Handcrafted Libations
❖ Home Brew Equipment
& Supplies
❖ Brew on Premises Lab,
Fermenting & Bottling
Room
❖ A large selection of
specialty Beer & Wine
Authentic, creative,
sandwiches and salads
(Or your dancing, surfing, farming,
writing, hiking, smithing,
kayaking, working, sailing,
singing, playing, painting…. )
“. . . the best Italian restaurant between Seaside and Seattle!”
- J. Nicholas, The Oregonian
Lunch & Dinner • OPEN 7 days a week • Specials Served Daily
DOWNTOWN ASTORIA • 1149 Commercial • 503-325-9001 • www.fulios.com
New Evening Hours!
serving food till 8 on weekends.
Casual
Dining
Great
River
Views
1493 Duane Street In Astoria
Hours: 8-5 Monday - Thursday
8-8 Weekends
❖ 12 handle draft Pub
Brews!
Open Daily 10am to 8pm
Sunday 11am to 5pm
2703 Marine Dr., Astoria
503.325.2234
503.338.RIDE
www.bluescorcher.com
Building Community
Through Food
open every day
lunch . dinner . sunday brunch
503.325.6777
bridgewaterbistro.com
20 basin street, astoria or
Member
Discount Days!
10% OFF
Sept 10 & 11
Open 9am - 7pm Everyday!
13 5 5 E x c h a n g e S t . , A s t o r i a , 5 0 3 . 3 2 5 . 0 0 2 7
All Shoppers Welcome!
the discount the same day
Sign up for $25 and receive
“Not an Owner?”
JULY 28
AND
JULY 9
5% OFF
Through Food
Building Community
Discount Days!
Member
Thursday September
22nd we are giving 7%
off to Co-op owners.
“Not an Owner?”
All Shoppers Welcome!
A
delicious
fare of
pastas, seafood
and Tuscan steaks
Sign up for $25 and receive
the discount the same day
13 5 5 E x c h a n g e S t . , A s t o r i a , 5 0 3 . 3 2 5 . 0 0 2 7
Open 9am - 7pm Everyday!
Brewery Tours
Sat./Sun. at 1:00 and 4:00pm.
FREE Live Music
Every Sunday at 8:00
Hand-made Food
House made sausages, steaks,
and fresh seafood.
Brewed Local, Canned Local
503-325-PINT www.fortgeorgebrewery.com
Find us on Facebook
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The Liberty Presents
Judy Collins
Tickets: $30 - $60
Sat., Sept17 at 7pm
Sun., Sept 18 at 4pm
”If amethysts could sing … they
would sound like Judy Collins.”
Jane Kirkpatrick
“The Story of Marie Dorion”
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Open Seating
Adult $15.00
Student, Senior, Military $13.00
Box Office is open Tuesday - Saturday from 2pm - 5:30pm and two hours before the show (503)325.5992. Tickets may also
be purchased through TicketsWest 503.224.8499 or 1.800.992.8499. Tickets subject to a convenience charge. Ask for your
tickets to be put in Will Call at the theater and you can pick them up on show night and avoid the shipping charge.
Medical Spa LaCost
~Rejuvenation Center~
It’s All About You!
Abdomen, OR Neck with Jaw
Line OR Outer Thigh
$2500
(regularily $3000)
Expires October 1, 2011.
Procedures not completed by expiration
must be pre-paid in full by the end of the
sale to lock in price.
• Medical Weight Management • Laser and Light Services
• Injectable Services • Skin Care Services
• LED Teeth Whitening
Interest Free FInancIng avaIlable
William LaCost DO Owner/Medical Director
Chandra LaCost RN/BSN Owner/Aesthetics Director
32
1428 Commercial St. Astoria, Or 97103
503.338.5555 www.spalacost.com

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