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HIPFiSHmonthly
December 2011
NEWS • FEATURES
5 - 13
CULTURAL CALENDAR
the month day by day 14 - 22
- Thrown Under the Bus . . . Berk 8-9
- Occupy Astoria . . . Ham 10
- Occupy Your Holiday . . . Hadley 11
- Tortoise and Euro . . . Childress 12
- PROFILE: Michael Farrell . . . Giese 13
COLUMNS:
- Spa at the CAnnery . . . Urell 29
COLUMNS
Steve Berk . . . 6
Qfolk . . . 7
WEED WARS . . . Goldberg 10
Sonja Grace Future . . .24
FLASHCUTS . . . . . . Kanekuni 23
Bike Madame . . . Hammitt-McDonald . . 26
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY . . . Brezny 26
Network Community Listings . . . 23
Bodies in Balance. . . . . Erfling ND 28
Word & Wisdom . . . Nason 28
FOODGROOVE . . . Cathy Nist 30
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Heather performs!
Jane Herrold Desert Motifs
Brandy Coulthard Two-in-the-Bush!
Happy Holidays from HIPFiSH.
Please celebrate with us at KALA, and visit our
Cash & Carry Holiday Frolic!
Functional Art! Funky Fun! Great Gift Ideas.
Yummy Treats! Libations. Musical Surprises!
Donations to The Wishing Tree Program!
Saturday, Dec 10, noon to 9ish . . . .
Sunday, Dec 11, Noon to 5pm
Some of the Featured Artisans:
Heather Christie: The North Coast’s beloved folk rock diva creates heatherADORNS, an
original jewelry line inspired by tribal elements in a modern world. Gemstones, rocks, feathers,
metal. treasures collected over the years, find their way into your earrings.
Karen Bain: object d’ art sculpture and creative stocking stuffers from Astoria’s well known
theater director.
JoAnn Berryman: Seaside artist with fine sterling silver jewelry and semi-precious stones.
Brandy Coulthard: Famed tattooist and Owner of Hold Fast Tattoo in Seaside. New prints
of forest friendly critters with holiday cheer.
Sally Lackaff: Fabulous Astoria artist and illustrious illustrator of children’s books.
Haley Espuland-Rogers: Seaside artist and owner of Ocean Forest Pottery. She crafts a
wide range of pottery with local themes.
Jane Herrold: Astoria’s craft fairy, and host of Café Vaquera, with new desert paintings and
her favorite bags & cowboy shirts.
Anne Greenwood: A Hipfish Portland favorite mixed media artist, (she created our famed
giant blue creature at KAKA opening), new textiles and prints.
Darcy Wiegardt: Simple yet elegant adornments for the throat chakra – semi precious gems
on leather illuminate your essence.
Jennifer Goodenberger: Astoria pianist/composer, offers rich prints, textiles, cards, and
her music CDs.
Nikki McClure: New calendars and gift tags from one of the NW’s most original paper cut
artists featuring strong images of everyday life.
Margriet Seinen: teacher and artist who paints on silk with images of both fantasy and
reality that she calls “landscapes of the heart”. Pieces are published in The Best of Silk Painting
by Jonas & Tuckman.
Shweeash Farm: Real Country Living - featuring functional hand crafted art with a unique
twist by Agnes Field, Dawn Weaver (knitted happy socks) and Iris Moon Weav-erbell and
Vanessa Getchell (youngsters with razor clam angels and glittered silverdol-lar oraments)
and a few others others....
JOYFUL TIDINGS FROM HIPFISH!
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journalism to the Columbia Pacific Region.
We celebrate the voice of the coastal spirit, the spirit
that abides within and nurtures the health and welfare and vitality of
the land, the waters, the animals and the people.
We will be back with you in 2012. Hipfish will publish next, the second Friday in January,
as we take a joyous break for the holidays.
PEACE TO ALL! From all of us here at HIPFiSHmonthly.
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Sneak Preview of the New Documentary
Ocean Frontiers: the Dawn of a New Era
in Ocean Stewardship
How to live along side these
massive wild animals
“ELK-STRAVAGANZA”
With WILDLIFE EXPERT Bryan
Swearingen And LOCAL PANEL
of Elk Enthusiasts
Nehalem - Everyone has their stories
about living with the local elk herds—
from photographers who can’t get
enough of this impressive subject, to
gardeners who talk about decimated
shrubs to hunters who follow their migratory
patterns. On Friday, December
9, 7pm, in the Riverbend Room
at NCRD, come and learn to separate
biology from mythology when it comes
to these majestic wild animals.
Join the Lower Nehalem Community
Trust as it presents Bryan Swearingen,
manager of the Jewell Meadows
Wildlife Area in an informative evening
focusing on the habits, habitat and
movement of elk herds. Bryan will
be discussing the life cycle of the elk
and will provide insights on living along
side these massive mammals. Bryan
brings 22 years of experience with
the Roosevelt Elk population in areas
reaching as far east as Mt. Hood, as
Conversation Project programs
cover topics such as racial
diversity in Oregon, land use, and
decision making in a democracy.
Communities around the state
have year-round access to free discussions
through the Conversation
Project, a program of Oregon
Humanities that connects
Oregonians with public scholars and
provocative ideas.
The 2011–12 Conversation
Project lineup features 26 programs
that span diverse topics, including
the use of natural resources, the
history of Black people in Oregon,
gender in pop music, censorship,
the Civil War, decision making in
a democracy, and volunteerism in
America. Programs are scheduled
thp 31, 2011, to February 27,
far north as the Columbia River, as far
west at the North Oregon coast and as
far south as Neskowin.
His wealth of knowledge includes
his tenure as the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s Columbia Region
Wildlife Habitat biologist from 1989-
1997, working with the Green Forage
Program, which helps minimize elk
damage in residential areas by improving
the forage quality for elk on private
and public lands. In 1998, Bryan
accepted the manager position at the
Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area where
he now works to provide habitat for
up to 200 elk during the winter and
spring months. He will be giving an
overview of this preserve and sharing
about the challenges and successes
at Jewell Meadows.
Bryan will be joined at the “Elk-
Stravaganza” by local elk enthusiasts
who have a deep understanding of
2012, are listed below by county.
For more information about each
program and to view the full events
calendar, please visit oregonhumanities.org.
Clatsop County
• White Out: The Future of Racial
Diversity in Oregon, by Emily
Drew (1/19/12 at 7 p.m. at the
Judge Guy Boyington Building,
857 Commercial St., Astoria)
• From Print to Pixels: The Act of
Reading in the Digital Age, by
Mark Allen Cunningham (1/21/12
at 2 p.m. at the Astoria Public
Library, 450 10th St., Astoria)
Tillamook
• S/he-bop: Making Sense of
Gender in American Pop Music,
the patterns and habits of our local
herds. Attendees are encouraged to
bring stories to share and questions to
have answered.
Admission is $5 for general public
and free for LNCT members. Annual
membership in the Lower Nehalem
Community Trust supports local land
conservation and nature education
for children and adults. Benefits of
membership include free or reduced
admission at Trust events, workshops
and speakers, monthly e- bulletin,
semi-annual newsletter, decal and
more. For more information about
this event or to become a member
of the Lower Nehalem Community
Trust, call 503-368-3203. LNCT is
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
founded in 2002.
Conversation Project
Free Statewide Community Discussions This Winter
by Sarah E. Dougher (1/14/12
at 1 p.m. at Tillamook County
Pioneer Museum, 2106 2nd St.,
Tillamook)
Oregon Humanities connects
Oregonians to ideas that change
lives and transform communities.
More information about our
programs and publications—which
include the Conversation Project,
Think & Drink, Humanity in Perspective,
Happy Camp, Public Program
Grants, Responsive Program Grants,
and Oregon Humanities magazine—
can be found at oregonhumanities.
org. Oregon Humanities is an
independent, nonprofit affiliate of
the National Endowment for the
Humanities and a partner of the
Oregon Cultural Trust.
Ocean Frontiers is a new documentary
from Green Fire Productions that explores the
challenges facing our ocean and chronicles successful
strategies being implemented across the
country to address them.
Mary Wahl, a fourth generation rancher from
the southern Oregon coast featured in Ocean
Frontiers says, “We needed to bury that tired,
old idea, that loggers and fishing people, ranchers
and environmentalists were on different
sides. Those days are sort of over. It’s clear that
people from all these different arenas can come
together and make good things happen, and
that’s what’s going on here.”
Ocean Frontiers takes us on an inspiring
voyage to seaports and watersheds across the
country—from the busy shipping lanes of Boston
Harbor to an obscure little fishing community in
the Pacific Northwest; from America’s coral reef
playground in the Florida Keys to the nation’s
premier seafood nursery in the Mississippi Delta.
Here we meet an intermingling of unlikely allies,
of industrial shippers and whale biologists, pig
farmers and wetland ecologists, sport fishers
and reef snorkelers and many more, all of them
embarking on a new course of cooperation, in
defense of the seas that sustain us.
Go out to sea with the fishermen to see how
they harvest seafood. You will see and hear,
first hand, from fishermen and scientists, how
they partnered to make big-effective changes
to the fisheries. The take-away message of the
film is CONSERVATION WORKS when informed
people collaborate to achieve common objectives.
People who have seen the film report
the documentary gave them an entirely new
Clatsop County is sponsoring a FREE
screening of two movies at the Fort George
Brewery Lovell Tap Room, on December 15,
from 6:00 until 9:00 PM. The movie event
coincides with the Dec. 15-16 meeting of the
Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC)
and Territorial Sea Plan Working Group in
Astoria.
Ocean Frontiers is a must-see film, says Billy
Causey, Southeast Regional Director, National
Marine Sanctuary System. “Ocean Frontiers tells
a powerful story about stakeholder involvement
and the concept of multiple uses and the need
to balance conservation and protection with
sustainable use. Everyone who makes a living
off the ocean and cares about the ocean needs
to see this film.”
Filmed in HD, 80 minutes. Ocean Frontiers
is a documentary and outreach campaign to
inspire and mobilize audiences to better care for
the ocean, for the good of all.
A new way of thinking, a new way of living, in
concert with the sea, in consideration of those
yet to come. Now is your opportunity to get
involved.
Oregon’s Ocean Fisheries: A Conservation Story
The uplifting story of how West Coast fisheries became
sustainable. It’s a story, that, until now, has NOT been told.
perspective on Oregon’s Ocean. (Produced by
Onno Husing).
Go to www.oregon.gov/LCD/OPAC for agendas
and more information on the Territorial Sea Plan
Working Group and OPAC meetings.
Go to www.oczma.org/themove.php for more
information on “Oregon’s Ocean Fisheries,” and
www.ocean-frontiers.org for more on “Ocean
Frontiers.”
OPAC is a 24-member advisory panel to the
Governor representing fishing and conservation
interests, local governments, tribes and
state agencies with stakes in management of
Oregon’s marine environment. The council is
currently updating the management plan for
Oregon’s Territorial Sea, which extends three
nautical miles from shore.
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Lots of "New" Old Books
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244 North Spruce
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
(503) 436-0549
PROPRIETORS
Jennifer & Watt Childress
APPRENTICES
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E-mail: jupiter@pacifier.com
Web: www.jupiterbooks.com
The Lower Columbia Clinic
Thomas S. Duncan, M.D. • Susan L Skinner, CNM, CFNP
595 18th, Astoria • 503-325-9131
A MESSAGE FROM ROLF…
Look out!
It’s Rolf
again!
Oh noooo
not Rolf!
“Hey... here
at the Shelter
we’ve got dogs
and we’ve got
cats. So, what
are you waiting
for
Don’t make me
come over and
lick your face
for an hour or
two (or more!).
Adopt from
the Shelter
PLEASE!”
Ann F. “Annie” Baldwin
Massage Therapist/Teacher, 63
Beloved Community Member
Ann Farber Baldwin of Chinook, Washington,
died Tues. Nov. 22 at home.
She was born Ann Helen Farber on December
18, 1947 in New York City, the first child
of Arthur and Ruth (Jaffe) Farber.
She spent her childhood years in Queens,
New York, before moving to Seattle, Washington
at the age of 8. She graduated from Sammamish
High School in Bellevue, Washington
in 1965.
In the fall of 1965 she entered Reed College
in Portland, Oregon, which she attended until
1968 when she moved to London, England.
There she attended the London School of Economics
from the fall of 1968 until the spring
of 1969. After traveling throughout Europe for
some months, she returned to Reed College in
the fall of 1969 where she graduated with the
class of 1970, earning a degree in philosophy.
During her time in Portland she became
familiar with and eventually joined a close-knit
community known as Mist Mountain Farm
near Clatskanie, Oregon. There she taught in
the Mayger School Head Start program until
1974 when she was promoted to Head Start
administrator for the northern Willamette Valley
and returned to Portland.
Ann Baldwin Memorial
December 11, 2011 3 - 7 PM
The Loft at the Red Building
20 BAsin Street, AStoria
In 1980 she began her life’s professional
work as a Licensed Massage Therapist as coowner
of the Evergreen Massage Clinic in S.W.
Portland where she practiced for 5 years.
On November 29, 1985 she married the
love of her life, Ron Baldwin of Clatskanie,
Oregon. Their son, Alex, was born the following
year. In 1987 the couple purchased their first
home in Astoria, Oregon where Ann established
a private massage practice. In 1993 the family
moved to Chinook, Washington where she
resided for the rest of her life. The couple operated
Lido Caffé Espresso in Astoria for 10 years
and Aunt Clara’s Greenhouse, a retail nursery
in Chinook for 6 years. She taught “Massage
For Relaxation” for 20 years at Clatsop Community
College in Astoria.
She had many and varied interests, among
them literature, philosophy, music and the
outdoors. An accomplished pianist and banjo/
guitar player, she was a member of many musical
groups and performed in several theatrical
productions. The old piano danced under her
fingers at many Netul Grange country dances.
She was surrounded by a large circle of
friends, as she could form connections with
ease. But her most important role in life was
that of a beloved wife and mother. She will
All are welcome to join in a candlelight walk
through downtown Astoria to recognize
our connectedness.
Saturday, December 10th
Walk begins at 5 pm
Corner of 12th & Commercial Streets, Astoria, OR
always be remembered for her intelligence,
warmth and kindness and for this, she will be
missed by many.
Mrs. Baldwin is survived by her husband,
Ron Baldwin at home in Chinook; their son,
Alexander Baldwin and fiancé Heather Coy,
of Seattle, Washington; her brother and
sister-in-law, Daniel and Jean Farber of Mt.
Vernon, Washington; her sister and brotherin-law,
Laurie and Robie Pruden of Edgewood,
Washington; a sister-in-law, Susan Baldwin of
Nogales, Arizona; nieces, Jenny Chapman of
San Francisco, California and Debbie Parker of
Dallas, Texas; and nephews Zachary Farber of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Darryl Johnson of
Nogales, Arizona.
- submitted
Left to right: Jim Fink, Stephanie Stein, Joseph Stevenson, Annie
Baldwin in rehearsal for the first Tribute to Woody Guthrie,
written and directed by Joseph Stevenson, circa ‘74.
Annie was a friend for over 35 years and was probably still living
in a commune on Mist Mountain when this photo was taken.
She was a calm and friendly anchor to many a creative flurry of
mine, on stage in “A Tribute to Woody Guthrie”, “Chautauqua”,
and “The Oregon Trail”; and as piano player for the Green Country
Dance Band which started the monthly country dances at
Netel Grange in 1979. To the end she walked through everything
with grace and good humor, and will be sorely missed for her
fine musicianship, her healing hands, and her big heart.
- Joseph Stevenson
Community Candlelight Walk
Together we can
build a stronger,
safer community
for everyone.
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Oregon Banks Local
A website scores “localness” of Oregon
banks” and Clatsop Community Bank
gets the points!
“Oregon Banks Local” was
launched to help Oregonians
who want to bank with local institutions
to understand how the
various institutions compare to
one another. The organizations
behind the website (including
Oregon Working Families Party,
Jobs with Justice and the Rural
Organizing Project) created Oregon
Banks Local to help people
determine just “how local a
bank or credit union truly is” and
wanted the public to be able to
evaluate institutions on measurable
criteria, rather than relying
on marketing that suggests a
bank is “local” – a label that
can be applied and interpreted
broadly.
The site, oregonbankslocal.
org, scores all banks and credit
unions operating in the state of
Oregon on the criteria below,
awarding zero, one or two points
as follows:
location of headquarters (two
points for Oregon headquarters;
one point for Washington, Idaho
or Northern California headquarters;
zero points for headquarters
elsewhere) ownership (two
points for cooperative ownership;
one point for private or limited
stock ownership; zero points for
NASDAQ/NYSE traded institutions
with private owners outside the
region) branch distribution (two
points for 66 percent or more
branches located in Oregon; one
point for 66 percent or more
branches located in the region,
zero points otherwise)percentage
of assets held in small business
loans (two points for 20 percent
or more, one point for greater
than 10 but less than 20 percent,
zero points otherwise)
Clatsop Community Bank
earned seven of the maximum
eight points. This represents the
highest score of banks and credit
unions in the survey’s “North/
Central Coast” region. Only four
institutions in the state earned
a perfect score of eight – all of
them were cooperatively owned.
“We have seen a spike in new
account activity, as have many
community banks and credit
unions,” said Executive Vicepresident
Joe Schulte.
“People are realizing when
they shop locally and bank
locally, they are keeping their
dollars in the community,” said
President and CEO Steve Ferber.
“That’s critical to our collective
future.”
Clatsop Community Bank
opened in the spring of 2008,
and has two branches – one in
Astoria and one in Seaside. For
the past two years it has been
ranked among Oregon’s 100
Best Companies to Work For by
Oregon Business magazine.
FROM the Oregon Banks Local Website:
Investing in Oregon, not Wall Street
Currently, 66% of private deposits here in Oregon
are held by just five Wall Street banks. If we want
to gain control of our economy away from Wall
Street we will have to do better than that! As we
become less reliant on big banks, our local community
banks and credit unions will thrive. Oregon
Banks Local is about building a truly local and
sustainable economy that keeps our money here in
Oregon to rebuild our main streets and rural communities.
Q f LGBTQ news and culture
for the lower columbia pacific
Folk
Q-JAZZ at the Bridgewater Bistro
Third Thursdays HOLIDAY PARTY!!!!!!!!
Please Bring a non-perishable for the Clatsop
County FoodBAnk!
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.
As the we wind into winter,
folks are encouraged to come
early for dinner. The December
event will celebrate the Holiday
Season - collect donations for
the CC Foodbank and a small
donation for families in need
through the Foodbank.
Third Thursdays. 8pm-
10pm. The Bridgewater
Bistro is located at the Port
of Astoria, 20 Basin St.,
503.325.6777
Third Thursday
PFLAG Meeting
Holiday Potluck!
The next regular PFLAG
meeting will be on the
third Thursday December
15, 6:30 pm at the First
Lutheran Church, 725
33rd Street, in Astoria..
Clatsop County Marriage Equality Project
In lieu of the decsion announced
by Basic Rights Oregon
to not go forward with a marriage
equality measure in the 2012
election year, but to continue an
education campaign regarding
same-sex marriage rights, the
Clatsop County Marriage Equality
Project will continue its partnership
with BAsic RightsOregon,
the Rural Organizing Project, and
its mission to bring awareness to
this pending civil right.
CCMEP Board Chair Katie
Rathmell said that while a lot of
work and enthusiasm was spent
to assist in gauging voter opinion
over the last year and half, that
the group will be creative in its
efforts to support the mission.
CCMEP will announce in January,
an LGBT film fest series, that will
entertain as well as educate on
various issues.
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THIS WAY OUT airs
on KMUN Coast Community
Radio, Wednesdays at 10:30pm.
This Way Out marks over 20 years
on the air! Our first program was distributed on April 1, 1988 (no foolin , ).
This Way Out is the award-winning internationally distributed weekly GLBT
radio program, currently airing on over 150 local commmunity radio stations
around the world.
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This month’s extended column by Stephen Berk addresses
the recent personnel cuts at Clatsop Community College.
I write this piece as a concerned citizen who has spent most of
his life connected with higher education, now as board member at
Clatsop College. In that capacity, I have gotten a close look at the
conditions that have now forced severe retrenchment on our local
college just after we rebuilt our campus, celebrated our fiftieth
anniversary and looked forward to an expansive future. As a board
member I need to say that the argument and opinion I put forth
here speaks only for me and not the Clatsop Community College
Board as a whole.
On Wednesday, November 2, I awoke to a
phone call from a friend who teaches at the
College calling my attention to an email stating
that fifteen full-time instructors would be laid
off and listing who they were to be. Clatsop
College is a tiny school compared to the
community colleges in the I-5 corridor, where
most of the state’s population resides. Like
all the state’s rural community colleges, it is
in a relatively isolated environment marked by
small population. Clatsop is in many respects
a unique school, having, for example, at its
MERTS campus, one of the few maritime
academies in the country. We are also well
known for our outstanding nursing school and
high quality art department reflective of the
large number of accomplished artists who
have migrated to this picturesque corner of
Oregon.
But Clatsop College works at constant
disadvantage and has frequently had to do
without or dismiss important areas of study
and the faculty representing them because of
two main issues. One is an odd, rather technical
arrangement which goes by an Orwellian
name called the “equalization formula.” During
times of economic downturn, such as the
current Great Recession, community college
student populations have traditionally grown,
because out-of-work or underemployed people
tend to return to school to learn new skills that
may be in greater demand. This indeed has
happened at Clatsop College, whose student
population has grown by more than ten per
cent since the recession began. Despite
this impressive growth, it does not compare
to that of the more urban areas in the state
such as Portland and Eugene, where colleges
By Stephen Berk
have seen much greater percentage increases
due to their much greater populations. The
“equalization” formula says you give the lion’s
share of the state’s rapidly shrinking community
college budget to the bigger schools that
are growing at a faster pace. That wouldn’t be
so bad if our appropriation at Clatsop College
remained the same. But in effect the money
given the urban schools is subtracted from the
rural ones.
Clatsop College’s high point of full-time
faculty since I taught Western Civilization
there in 2006-07 has been thirty-eight. By
anyone’s standards, in a college that supports
a substantial variety of vocational training
programs and a general education curriculum
sufficient for one to earn an associate of arts
suitable for transfer to a university, this is a
barely adequate sized faculty. However, Clat-

sop has been able to thrive partly
because of the very excellence
of that faculty. As one who spent
my career at a large university, I
have grown to have deep respect
for the breadth of subject matter
and availability to students that
our hard working community college
instructors provide. They are
required to be master generalists,
mentors, and counselors to a
much greater extent than the more
specialized and research oriented
university professors need to be.
Yet, even with the tremendous
demand on them to be on campus
and available to students and
to do five class preparations per
ten week term, a sizable number
of instructors at Clatsop College
manage to fit research and writing
into their crowded schedule and
have published scholarly books
and articles and read papers at
academic conferences.
Last year, the first when we
were hit with the dire effects of the
recession, mostly staff and administration
absorbed the cuts, with
one key administrative position,
the dean of learning eliminated. But we also lost a
talented young instructor in social science. This year
we are slated to lose fifteen instructors, forty per cent
of our full-time positions. This almost indescribable
hit reduces social science to one full-time instructor,
a psychologist. We will lose, among others, an
accomplished historian, a creative young chemist, the
only automotive instructor, a renowned ceramicist, our
full-time business instructors, a popular, gifted Spanish
instructor and our sole criminal justice instructor.
Last year our head librarian was laid off, and this year
we will now subtract the remaining professional librarian.
The only way we will continue to have a librarian
associated with the College is if we make the highly
unusual move of merging with the Astoria City Library.
Why has this extreme situation been forced upon
us just as we were starting to fill out much needed
positions and after we had rebuilt our campus so that
students had become proud to say they came here
The problem does not come, as some in the community
think, from campus mismanagement, or from
spending too much on our physical renovations. Our
books are open to the public and have been regularly
audited by impartial accounting firms. We also passed
a rigorous accreditation procedure conducted last
year by distinguished representatives of the Northwest
Regional Accreditation Association. The rebuilding of
our campus to meet seismic standards, to make it
accessible for people with disabilities, and to replace
“For the past thirty years, our statewide and national politics have been
dominated by an anti-tax fervor. Along with this trend we have seen a mania
for incarceration, characterized by “mandatory minimums” often passed
in voters’ initiatives. The result has been augmented state expenditures on
imprisonment and shrinking ones for education.
Reflexive imprisonment throughout the country mostly for nonviolent drug
related crimes largely among society’s lower orders has now led to over two
and a half million Americans being imprisoned. This is a higher percentage
than in any other country in the world, including authoritarian China and
brutal dictatorships like the one in Myanmar (Burma).”
antiquated facilities with modern ones was demanded
of the College in the previous accreditation report.
The second reason why we have just been decimated
lies in larger political priorities in Salem, as in
other state capitals, and in Washington. For the past
thirty years, our statewide and national politics have
been dominated by an anti-tax fervor. Along with this
trend we have seen a mania for incarceration, characterized
by “mandatory minimums” often passed in voters’
initiatives. The result has been augmented state
expenditures on imprisonment and shrinking ones
for education. Reflexive imprisonment throughout
the country mostly for nonviolent drug related crimes
largely among society’s lower orders has now led to
over two and a half million Americans being imprisoned.
This is a higher percentage than in any other
country in the world, including authoritarian China and
brutal dictatorships like the one in Myanmar (Burma).
These two overriding policies, cutting taxes and locking
up offenders, have worked together to vastly decrease
opportunity for a majority of Americans and to turn us
into a society domestically devoted to punishment and
diminishment of opportunity.
If we simply consider costs, without even thinking
about the quality of life we seek to create, our state
and national policies are cockeyed. It costs anywhere
between thirty and fifty thousand public dollars to
incarcerate a person for a year, while it generally costs
between two and five thousand to educate one. Even
if you spend thousands more per student, as some
localities do, with very beneficial effects, supporting
public schooling pays off by producing an educated,
resourceful public, who can adapt better to rapidly
changing needs in a smaller world beset with ever
larger problems such as climate change, pollution,
overpopulation, mass poverty and disease. And there
are much cheaper, more effective ways of dealing with
offenders than costly imprisonment. We can spend
public money on rehabilitative programs for drug offenders,
and we can require varieties of community
service – building, planting, and restoring infrastructure
– whereby offenders can learn useful occupational
and people relating skills. Organizations like the
Western Prison Project have been researching, writing
and agitating on this issue for many years. Supervised
outside programs for offenders, carefully monitored
by highly sophisticated tracking technology, are a
lot cheaper and more constructive than creating gang
ridden prisons mostly composed of people from poorer
backgrounds, many of them African American and Latino.
Rich criminals, like the bankers who bought the
politicians who deregulated banking and legalized the
theft and usury that characterized the subprime lending
debacle, don’t do time for their crimes, because
they paid to make what they do legal. Yet, they did a
great deal more damage than the street criminal who
gets twenty-five to life.
The anti-tax fervor that has accompanied massive
spending on incarceration has squeezed all public
education, from grade school through universities.
This is part of a long time conservative
movement to shrink taxes with
particular attention to the ones that
are used to help the lesser privileged
gain greater equality of opportunity.
The movement to privatize
education and compel people to
pay dearly for services governments
have previously provided free or at
very low cost for the public at large
has been sponsored by billionaire
funded propaganda mills with
euphemistic names like Americans
for Tax Justice, Americans for Prosperity,
and the Club for Growth. In
their fixation with punishment, and
with national power projection in
relentless militarism, these wealthy
conservatives have gradually closed
off opportunity to the masses by
drying up support for education, the
basis of social enlightenment.
In Oregon, a powerful anti-tax
lobby now keeps emergency funding
from being proposed for higher
education. We have a lopsided tax
structure in this state that relies on
county property taxes and timber
revenue to finance public education.
In 2000, the “kicker,” which rebates surplus revenues
above budget to voters, became part of the Oregon
Constitution. Governors Kitzhaber and Kulongoski
have tried to no avail to get the kicker transformed
into an emergency fund to be used in recessions. But
conservatives would have none of it. Instead, we now
get the state holding back three and a half per cent
of this year’s operative budget to apply to next year’s
expected shortfall. This is what put Clatsop College
from minimal to maximal layoff mode. The state now
assists our community colleges at the level of sixteen
per cent, down from thirty-three. Resistance to
tapping new sources of revenue prevents consideration
of measures such as a temporary limited sales
tax, renewable yearly, and earmarked for the public
education institutions most affected by the recession.
The lack of any sales tax has long deprived Oregon
from reaping tax benefits from its burgeoning tourist
industry.
I believe Clatsop College will eventually find the
means to recover. In the mean time we have some
well seasoned professionals who can stand in the gap
as part timers. But this bloodletting did not need to
happen. The larger truth is that a generation which
refuses to invest in its young, instead burdening them
with debt, low wage jobs, and irreparable war injury is a
generation that has lost its vision. And as the biblical
proverb states, “Without a vision the people perish.”
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OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS Occupy Astoria Treads On by William Ham
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Occupy Astoria is, as of this writing, only a little
over two months old, and again, I’m a tiny bit disappointed:
we have yet to see the kind of mayhem
that makes for good copy. Seriously, folks, what’s it
going to take Are we gonna have to import cases
of pepper spray (American pepper spray, of course;
must keep those domestic debilitant manufacturers
solvent) and pay local law enforcement to spray it in
our faces at carefully-staged photo ops Goad them
into engaging us in an unfriendly game of taser tag
What will it take to get your attention
Ah, but maybe I’m preaching to the choir here –
chances are, if you’re reading Hipfish in the first place,
you’re plugged in to the local sociopolitical current and
don’t need to be reminded of our small but stalwart
subset of the greater movement to redress social
injustice and establish economic parity in this little
civics project we call the USA. But then again, there’s
a chance you only picked this up to check the date of
the forthcoming Bluegrass Tribute to Prime Numbers,
so allow me to get you up to speed.
In the month since we set up camp for our first,
24-hour public gathering, OA has kept on keeping
on, via weekly Tuesday-night meetings and regularly
scheduled rallies in various locations about town.
December promises more of the same: there will be
a SUPPORT OUR LOCAL MERCHANTS MARCH on December
3, plans are afoot to involve ourselves in the
West Coast Port Shutdown scheduled for December
12th, and further gatherings and events are sure to
follow thereafter. Updates and information are available
at the official website, www.occupyastoriaoregon.
org. Speaking as a supporter and member of Occupy
Astoria, I’d like to use this space, first to shout out a
word of praise to the facilitators and organizers behind
the movement for their tireless efforts to hold it together
and push it forward, and then, perhaps, to prod
those both within and without OA (including myself) to
strengthen our collective resolve. (Warning: subjective
opinionating ahead. Keep your hands inside the
vehicle at all times.)
This is a critical moment for the Occupy movement
as a whole – certain conservative commentators have
been smugly sneering that the uprising has failed, the
latest round of evictions has succeeded in damaging
the center of gravity that even a self-described
“horizontal” movement like this one needs to survive,
and the actions of an unfortunate few have resulted
in damage to property matched only by the resulting
damage to our credibility. The major problem, as I see
it, is clear – the forces pushing against the Occupy
movement are aligned, allied, and on point; one thing
the far-right has always been adept at is coming up
with a narrative and hammering it repeatedly home
until it resembles a persistent commercial jingle or
an insidious pop hook. Irritating, annoying, insistent,
but you can’t get the damn thing out of your head. It
takes a mighty effort not to sing along. Occupy has
managed to get into the national consciousness by
appropriating that technique to its own ends – “We
Are the 99%” is a flat-out brilliant slogan, as clear,
succinct and memorable as anything cooked up in the
gray-flannel meth-labs of Madison Avenue – but our
major strength as individuals, the awareness of and
willingness to grapple with the complexities underlying
that brilliant hook, threatens now to undermine and, if
we’re not careful, capsize our efforts.
We need look no further than a hundred miles
down the road to see where this has gotten us. Three
weeks after the eviction from the former site of Occupy
Portland, reports are coming back of a general
splintering, of unification drifting apart into factions, a
deconsolidation of energies that allows the standard
devisers of the media narrative to re-assume command
of the storyline. As of this writing, a Google
News search for “Occupy Portland” reveals little
about the marches and demonstrations that continue
there on a daily basis, and much more on the tab
for the cleanup of the now-fenced-off parks. The
Occupy Movements in Oregon An Update from the Rural Organizing Project
Occupy Klamath
November 17, Occupy Klamath Falls held a teach-in, a
march on downtown of over 100 people, and a general assembly
to discuss next steps. During their march they swept
and cleaned up downtown! They posted this flyer on closed
businesses to highlight the economic downturn in their town
and educate on the occupy movement. Tellers at US Bank even
came outside during their lunch breaks and took pictures with
protestors (reminding us who potential allies really can be)!
Occupy the Gorge
After Occupy Mosier’s week-long encampment that included
music, food, teach-ins, Move Your Money actions, and protests
against a WalMart expansion in Hood River, Occupy the Gorge is
gearing up to move their camp to Hood River!
Occupy Newport
Occupy Newport is hard at work with their community
outreach! They will be volunteering at the American Legion’s
Thanksgiving Dinner to engage new community members. On
November 17, Occupy Newport held a demonstration in Depoe
Bay. They were joined by folks who saw it advertised on MoveOn
and many who were driving by pulled over and joined them!
Residents of Newport gather every Saturday to protest at the
local Bank of America from 11:00AM-1:00PM. Their General
Assembly is held every Wednesday evening at 6:00PM in Don
Davis Park.
Occupy Roseburg
On November 17, Occupy Roseburg assembled to show
solidarity for the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.
Occupy Roseburg hosts an encampment on BLM land every
weekend. Occupy Roseburg and their Feed the ‘Burg Community
Potluck coming up this Saturday at Eagles Park starting at noon!
Their first Feed the ‘Burg potluck was held last week!
Occupy Prineville
Occupy Prinevilled held a Move Your Money action downtown
and distributed this brochure about local banking institutions.
They have several next steps already planned and are using
their monthly Potluck Politics as a “neighborhood assembly” for
Occupy organizing. From Human Dignity Advocates leadership:
While Liberty Square is the home and heart, I believe it will be
in “neighborhood assemblies” throughout the country that the
progressive movement will find its legs. True democracy can be
resuscitated in earnest gatherings where neighbors meet neighbors
to strategize and manifest the power of the people.
Occupy Halfway
With less than 400 residents, Halfway, OR is giving Mosier a
run for its money! “Our first event a few weeks ago was a wellattended
silent vigil solemnly taking stock and contemplating the
Death of the American Dream. Our second event on 11.11.11
was a talk-and-walk around town, welcome to all. At the end of
the walk we put down our signs and joined the local VFW chapter
to commemorate and honor our service men and women.”
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=tqoL-897UP4
Occupy Corvallis
In addition to their November 17th Funeral for the American
Dream, Occupy Corvallis has protested Bank of America several
times. Occupy Corvallis holds General Assemblies every Monday
and pick up litter everyday at 10AM while passing out flyers to
local residents talking about Occupy Corvallis.
Occupy Oregon State University (Corvallis)
Occupy OSU kicked off with a teach-in held by the Peace
Studies Department and a walkout on Halloween that ended
with a people’s assembly in the quad. Occupy OSU jointly organized
the Funeral for the American Dream with Occupy Corvallis.
They hold a weekly General Assembly on Wednesday nights.
Occupy Seaside
On November 17, Occupy Seaside convened at the Seaside
City Council meeting to bring a voice to the issues they care
about. Several people occupied Seaside’s City Hall in protest of
Astoria’s Illegal Lodging Ordinance and in solidarity with Occupy
Wall Street.
Occupy Coos Bay
On November 17, Occupy Coos Bay occupied the Coos Bay
Boardwalk to sand in solidarity with the Occupy Movement.
These steadfast protesters have been holding rallies to bring attention
to the issues they care about for over a month, including
a teach-in at the beginning of November.
surface-level implications are obvious; these folks are
nothing more than irresponsible troublemakers bent
on destroying more than they’ve built up. Which is a
narrative that may sound somewhat familiar to those
with memories stretching back four decades or so;
hey, it may be an old tune, but it’s a good beatdown
and you can dance on their shallow, preemptively dug
graves to it.
In saying all that, I am neither looking to absolve
the larger movement’s members of their ultimate responsibilities,
nor am I leveling a finger at our smaller,
homegrown grassroots subset. Occupy Astoria has, in
its short lifespan to date, distinguished itself by its unfailingly
respectful relations with local authorities and
the care with which it has used (and not abused) the
public spaces where our gatherings have been held.
But there are hazards afoot. Some have already
parted from the movement or rescinded their support
due to internecine squabbles over relatively minor
concerns regarding procedure. Too much energy has
already been expended in the simple act of holding
Occupy Astoria together. Let us not lose sight of the
greater picture; that way lies disillusionment, dissolution,
and ultimately, apathy. We are not finished, not
by a long shot, but we have a long way to go and it
will take much strength and cooperation to get there,
lest we fall into the trap that’s been set for us – just a
small group of crackpots barely worth slowing down to
read their handwritten signs as you drive past them.
The motivations behind this movement affect all of
us, and it will take all of us to effect real and lasting
change. As the saying goes, “the people united will
never be defeated.” (I always thought it should be
“divided” instead of “defeated,” seeing as it rhymes
and all, but nobody consulted me.)
OCCUPY ASTORIA meets on Tuesdays,
5:30pm at the First United Methodist Church,
1076 Franklin Ave, Astoria - in the downstairs
social hall - enter through the door on 11th st.
FMI: http://www.occupyastoriaoregon.org
Occupy SIlverton
Occupy Silverton held a great event attended by over 80 on
November 5 that included music, speakers, and a march! Check
out the pictures! Occupy Silverton holds weekly vigils and will
participate in Silverton’s Peace Parade this year, in addition to
their has teach-in plans for January.
Occupy Albany
Occupy Albany holds weekly vigils in front of the Courthouse.
Their first vigil had over 70 people--more people than Albany has
seen in the streets since the 80s!
Occupy Port Orford
Occupy Port Orford held two rallies outside the Driftwood Elementary
School Playground on October 15th and 22nd. We’re
looking forward to seeing more from them in the future!
Occupy Bend
After a multi-week camp and many demonstrations and
actions, residents of Bend continue planning occupy activities at
their General Assemblies Wednesday nights.
Occupy Grants Pass
Occupy Grants Pass holds weekly vigils on Tuesdays which
are regularly attended by 20-40 people! Occupy Grants Pass
and Veterans for Peace have jointly organized film showings.
Occupy Ashland
From their encampment to Move Your Money work, Occupy
Ashland has been busy! With a plethora of events focused on
educating Ashland, Occupy Ashland spent November 17 demonstrating
and sharing their stories with an open mic. For Occupy
Ashland events, calls to action, and information, check out www.
occupyashlandoregon.org!
Occupy Medford
People in Medford will be standing together to protest
foreclosure auctions (many of which are illegal) at the Medford
courthouse steps every Tuesday morning. You can also catch
fellow Occupiers at Alba Park for protest, discussion, and Medford’s
General Assembly every Saturday!
Better Killing
Through Chemistry
On my way into town the other
day, I spotted someone spraying
the sidewalk. No, not hosing
down the sidewalk – spraying it
with pesticide. It appeared the
person was trying to kill the grass
and other “weeds” that were
popping through the cracks in
the pavement. I thought about
going over and asking why they
would be spraying in this season,
or at all, but just kept going.
This was not an isolated
incident. I remember a few years
ago when my son was a student
at Lewis & Clark Elementary
School, I noticed someone spraying
the area around home plate
on the adjacent baseball fields
(to eliminate small patches of
grass). I mentioned this to some
people at the school, and they
just said I was now in a rural area
(having moved from Seattle a
few months before), where things
like pesticide spraying were part
of the mix. I said I was worried
about the kids “eating the dirt”
as they slid into home, and
ingesting some of the pesticides.
No problem, they said.
While other cities have banned
pesticide use in and around
schools, parks and other public
places, we go on applying here.
And a good portion of pesticide
use is to kill “noxious weeds”,
another definition of invasive
species.
According to Sunny Jones, former
coordinator of the Pesticide
Use Reporting System (PURS)
at the Oregon Department of
Agriculture, pesticide use numbers
in Oregon are too inaccurate
to quote. We do know that
metam-sodium and glyphosate
are the top two active ingredients
in these pesticides. Funding to
resume tracking pesticide use in
Oregon is probably not forthcoming,
according to Jones.
Being Halloween as I write
this, it’s appropriate to talk about
pesticides – they’re really scary.
Rachel Carson gave the public
at large the first accounting of
the dangers of pesticides in her
1962 book Silent Spring. The
evidence of the down side of
pesticides has been mounting
ever since. This shouldn’t really
come as a surprise – pesticides
by bob
goldberg
are meant to kill. Unfortunately,
they tend to not only kill the
species that they are meant to,
but often take others as well
(sort of like by-catch in the fishing
industry). Residues on foods
that we and other animals eat
can be harmful, especially to the
frail and young. But we keep on
spraying.
Even if you believe that the
“weeds” (plants you don’t like)
on your property are deserving
of death, there are more
environmentally safe ways of
doing the dirty deed. The website
(http://www.pesticide.org/) of the
Northwest Center for Alternatives
to Pesticides (NCAP) lists
several alternatives to pesticide
use in your garden, including
flame weeding, goats, mowing,
barriers, and even vinegar. A
paper published in the Journal
of Pesticide Reform (NCAP
publication, no longer in print) in
1998 drew some general conclusions
from experience with leafy
spurge and yellow starthistle, two
noxious weeds found throughout
the Pacific Northwest. These
included: not panicking, identifying
and eliminating the causes
of weed problems, encouraging
desirable vegetation and using
site-appropriate techniques.
The paper concluded, “Noxious
weed control does not have to
mean widespread use of toxic
chemicals. Alternative techniques
can successfully reduce weed
populations and encourage
vegetation whose presence
is desirable, thus reducing or
eliminating the need for repeated
treatment. Implementing nonchemical
strategies and reducing
the herbicide dependence of
noxious weed programs provides
long-term and cost-effective
weed management.”
This past summer, I weeded
the path and the adjacent soil
next to my house, and planted a
nice little garden. How did I get
the grass out of the cracks On
my hands and knees, using only
my gloved fingers and a hori-hori.
It took several days of 2-3 hour
sessions, but it worked fine, and
I got some exercise and sun in
the process. And the weeding
part didn’t cost me a dime.

Occupy Your Holiday:
In this Economy, Give the Gift of Time
By Lynn Hadley
This holiday season give the gift of
time; not a fine time piece, give a piece
of your deliberate, hard-to-come-by time.
Often, it is simpler to make up for insufficient
time in the day by throwing material
goods at the problem. “Sorry I can’t make
it to your wedding. Here’s an extravagant
kitchen gadget.” “Can’t make it to your
soccer game, but I’ll pick up a new video
game for you on my way home.” “Working
late, won’t be able to go out with you, but
will send some flowers.” These thoughtful
gestures help cover the hole of one’s
absence, but the cost really adds up, both
in the wallet and in the relationships. The
holiday season has become one huge
materialistic bandage of consumerism to
make-up for our lack of time to celebrate
and to spend quality time together with
our friends and family. Consumerism has
come to be indistinguishable from the
celebration of the Christmas holiday.
We purchase box upon box of material
goods to spread the joy of the season, just
to strike names off a list. Waiting hours
to shop at the crack of dawn, we scoop
up deals at the Post-Thanksgiving sales
without regard of the impact on employees
who lost holiday time with their families, in
the name of our savings(money, not time).
Spend your money and your time with
great purpose, this season.
As pods of the 99% take over parks
across America, we find ourselves smack
dab in the middle of the biggest corporate
event of the year for the 1% . Months of
marketing and mounds of money have
gone into convincing the general public
that we must have e-toys and e-trinkets
of all shapes, screens, and sizes. Some of
these devices are even thinly disguised as
tools to facilitate more on-line shopping.
”Occupy” and “Move Your Money” movements
are focused on boycotting these
same big banks in favor of community
banks and credit unions, but who benefits
by the mega-debt we go into this time of
year in charging all these gift purchases
Big banks! Huge corporate banks make
millions off merchants’ backs in credit
card processing fees and, no doubt, more
from the interest on the accrued debit
amounts that take the entirety of the new
year to pay off. All in the name of holiday
cheer, we go whistling to the brink of fiscal
disaster to buy frivolous fad items and
must-have techno-tchotchkees that break,
or are out-dated before the final payment
has been made. (Do you know where your
“Zoo-Zoo” pet is)
Take back the holiday from the greedy
corporate money mongers! Refuse to
run-up a god-awful debt that leaves you
financially whimpering long into the next
year. Walk past the big box stores in favor
of handmade gifts, home-baked holiday
treats, or frame that special photograph
for that special someone. Not only are
handmade gifts more personal and affordable,
but they offer an opportunity to be
expressive or create something meaningful
with friends, family, or neighbors. Spending
the time together in the kitchen or
making holiday cards and gifts can be the
most treasured gift of all.
Give your time meaningfully to charitable
organizations as a volunteer. Consider
volunteering at a community food bank or
soup kitchen with a friend. Sometimes
the nicest thing we can do for ourselves
is to do for others; it only costs some
time, and can really warm up that holiday
spirit. Giving to your preferred charities or
not-for-profit organizations in the name of
friends or family members spreads love by
alternative gifting; donations in memory
of those that have passed away in the
past year are a sincere gesture
that mean more than flowers
or a fruit basket to a bereaved
family. Take time to see children
in holiday performances, or friends’
art in galleries, play productions,
and chorale performances, but, most
importantly, share things you and your
friends and family enjoy, together. December
9th is the National Day of Sharing;
make it last the whole month. Instead
of stacks of presents, opt for items that
can be shared or played together. Board
or card games offer a fun opportunity to
share time together versus on-line games
shared with a screen in solitude. Even
shopping downtown with a friend is more
fun than solo cyber-consumption.
Shopping on-line may appear to be
a time-saver, but do you really ever get
the right size if you can not try it on first
Shopping locally, supporting local artisans,
and keeping your cash in the community
gives your hard-earned money to the 99%
pool. It’s easy to appreciate the concept
of “shopping locally”, but it is far greater to
follow, especially when it means contributing
to the economic health of your neighborhood.
Local businesses appreciate the
holiday
traffic and strive to serve
their customers up a more festive and
enjoyable holiday experience. Community
bazaars, art fairs, and craft shows offer
many gift options and showcase regional
talents. Local merchants work hard to
supply customers with unique and interesting
selections of outside-the-box fashion,
toys, accessories, gifts, and art that reflect
where we live. This holiday season, when
considering where to spend your precious
time and money, bring it home for the
holidays!
Lynn Hadley is a writer/creative living in
Astoria, who contributes to HIPFiSH and
runs and owns Garbo’s Vintage Wear in
Downtown Astoria.
planet-forward fashion
excludes gift cards
and original art
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Santa Paws is Coming to Town
Has your pet been naughty
or nice On Saturday, December 17th from 2pm to
4pm they will have a chance to whisper in Santa’s
ear for that special toy or treat they have been
eagerly hoping to get.
Have a picture taken with your pet and Santa!
They make great holiday cards. A $10 donation is
suggested. You will be emailed a set of photos. All
proceeds support United Paws.
Don’t miss out on Santa Paws -- Saturday,
December 17th from 2 to 4 pm at Four Paws
on the Beach, 144 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita.
Call (503) 368-3436 for more details.
Your Sweet
Pussy Pups’
Holly Jolly
Season!
Just a few reminders from United
Paws of Tillamook to ensure you don’t end up
at the veterinarian’s this holiday season, or worse,
because your dog or cat knocked a candle over or
chewed the Christmas tree lights electric cord.
The tree! Bored or young dogs and cats could be
tempted by cords, chew them, and get electrocuted
or start a fire. Unplug fairy lights if you’re not
around.
Perhaps a pen around the tree might be an idea
if you have boxes underneath. Imagine what fun
for a puppy to rip open a box and find a pristine
pair of slippers inside!
Make sure the tree is in a secure holder so pets
can’t tip it over. Cats climb trees; imagine you’re a
kitten and see baubles to bat if you leap onto that
tempting tree!
Don’t let pets don’t drink tree water, which
could contain fertilizers or be stagnant. Adding
sugar or aspirin to tree water isn’t a good idea in
case pets drink it.
It isn’t cruel to confine cats and dogs for a few
hours to a different room from the tree room when
you can’t supervise them or when guests arrive
and the festivities begin; this is especially true of
kittens and puppies or any animals who haven’t yet
experienced our end-of-year bash.
The food! Don’t let pets eat any treats or drink
any alcohol and ask guests not to sneak them any.
Sweet and salty foods, caffeine, and alcohol are all
bad, so are holly, mistletoe, lilies, and poinsettias.
(In fact, most houseplants contain some level of
toxicity to pets.) Even plastic or silk plants can
tempt pets to take a nibble and cause them to
need surgery to remove an obstruction. Don’t give
pets any spicy or fatty leftovers, and no bones.
Fruitcake contains all sorts of ingredients that could
make pets very ill or worse. For a complete list
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of foods and plants toxic to pets, visit the Oregon
Veterinary Medical Association website.
The toys! Many people give their pets toys.
Be careful dogs don’t rip theirs asunder and eat
the innards, which could necessitate surgery to
remove them. A Kong stuffed with treats is a good
substitute. Cats love ribbony things, but string
confetti can end up in a cat’s stomach and spell
trouble. (The cat won’t mind if the catnip-stuffed
toy isn’t wrapped in bows.)
The fashion! While some pets enjoy being
dressed up, many don’t. Be sure any outfit for a
pet doesn’t overheat the animal; cause difficulty
breathing, moving, or drinking water; and that any
bows around the neck don’t get caught between
the teeth if the pet tries to remove the fashion
statement.
The guests! Before guests arrive, make sure
dogs have had a long walk so they don’t have
an overabundance of energy and get excited,
especially if children are present. If dogs aren’t
comfortable around people, confine them with their
beds, water, and toys to a comfortable part of the
house where guests won’t go. Most cats, too,
are probably better off celebrating alone in a cozy
back bedroom with their beds, water, toys, and
quiet. This is especially true around New Year’s
Eve because noisy poppers can terrify pets. Make
sure all pets are wearing IDs on their collars in case
all the hullaballoo scares them enough that they
bolt out of the house. Better yet, as well as I.D. on
the collar, make sure all pets are microchipped and
their contact information up-to-date. (A microchip
would make a great present to give your pet.)
The presents! Please don’t give pets as presents
unless you know the recipient is committed to
that pet for the duration of the animal’s life, which
could be as long as 16 years for a dog and more
than 18 for a cat, and includes being able to afford
veterinary care and food, a commitment to have
the pet spayed or neutered, and to enroll puppies
in training classes. Animal shelters fill up after
Christmas with discarded puppies who have had a
whoopsy on the rug and the kitten who isn’t as cute
as when only a few weeks old.
Safety first! Candles or anything with an open
flame can obviously be dangerous. A wagging tail,
a curious pat with a paw, and you could be calling
the Fire Department. You’re distracted during this
season, but please always stop and take time to
check the safety of the house before rushing out
the door to get that last ingredient before the shops
close. Extinguish all flames, unplug all electrical
cords. Better late or missing that ingredient than
the alternative.
United Paws is Tillamook County’s only 501(c)(3)
nonprofit dedicated to alleviating and preventing the suffering
of cats and dogs as a result of homelessness through
spay/neuter/foster. The group offers financial assistance to
those in need for both pet cat and dog and feral cat spay
and neuter. To check out animals in United Paws’ foster
program awaiting adoption into loving “forever” homes,
check out the website at www.unitedpaws.org. United Paws
relies on donations, fundraisers, bequests, and grants.
Send donations to United Paws, POB 159, Tillamook,
Oregon 97141.
The Tortoise and Euro
Near the center of Athens you can walk
through large tracts of public land covered
in rocks, ruins, wooded areas, and dry-land
vegetation. Go in one direction and you’ll find
the Hill of the Muses. It’s a cool place to take
a break from news of global economic decay.
My family wandered there one afternoon
during a recent trip to Europe. On the hillside
facing the Parthenon we could hear the roar
of 100,000 citizens outside the parliament
building, protesting cuts in worker pensions,
reductions in the minimum wage, increases
in taxes, and other bloodletting demanded by
eurozone financiers.
The other side was quieter, facing the
Mediterranean. There I scanned the ground
requesting some sign to mark our presence, a
practice I acquired as a boy while hunting for
flint arrowheads. What was the significance
of our being there at a time when world news
outlets were focused on Greece
That’s when I found the baby turtle - a
χελώνα, or “chelōna” in modern Greek.
Smaller than my palm, the creature was so
tucked into the rocks that she could have
easily gone unnoticed.
Since our first day in Europe I’d been
thinking of my family as turtles. Living out of
our backpacks brought to mind the claim that
turtles carry their homes wherever they go.
Like all creatures, of course, a turtle’s home
is her natural habitat. Regardless of how
self-contained we feel, all of us depend on
the sharing of resources and the hospitality of
strangers.
Greek folks are as generous as any people
I’ve met. You appreciate this when you’re
traveling on a fixed budget with a family for
five weeks. Hoteliers gave us discounts.
Restaurateurs brought us complimentary
starters or desserts. Retailers added bonuses
to our purchases. People gave us information,
ideas, good advice, and more than a little
good humor.
I’ve heard jokes are going around about
Greek generosity, linking it with laziness or
inefficiency. Such tales always reflect on the
tellers. I saw no evidence of those other traits
while visiting Greece. The businesses were
well-organized; the restrooms were clean; the
trains ran on time.
It was noteworthy that our being there
coincided with Greece’s Independence Day,
an occasion that marks the country’s resistance
to fascist occupation during World War
II. Greece paid dearly in blood and resources
for that decision. Fascists invaded, killed,
and plundered; but it took them much longer
to occupy Greece than elsewhere. In part
because of Greek resistance, Hitler missed his
timeline for invading Russia and thus fell prey
to winter.
The world owes Greece our gratitude for
that historic sacrifice, which was never fully
repaid. It appears that old debt never factored
into the accounting of financiers who drive
current economic deals. The so-called “haircut”
agreed to by European lenders hinges
on radical policy changes that will transfer
Greece’s public assets into the hands of
private speculators (like selling off public land
to real estate developers, for example).
Returning from our walk, it made some
Athenians smile to hear how much an
American family loved their native turtles.
This was a welcome shift from the topic of
global money problems, which some would
have us think stem from generosity rather
than greed. Pay no attention to those who’ve
made killings off individuals and governments,
encouraging both to borrow and consume
beyond our means.
Hailed as the earth’s oldest democracy,
Greece also has a primal place in the history
of money. I met a shop-owner near the
By Watt Childress
Acropolis who informed me that some of
world’s first coins — known as “mna” — were
minted in her country around the late seventh
century B.C. They were stamped with the
images of turtles, creatures apparently held in
high esteem.
“Our ancestors made the first coins heavy,”
she said. “That way, one person could only
carry as much as they needed. We had real
philosophers back then.”
She asked me what the first money
looked like in America. I told her shell beads
were used by the original inhabitants of my
homeland, which some natives called “Turtle
Island.” But as I understood it, they didn’t
think of them in the same way Europeans
thought of money.
“Shells were exchanged to memorialize
a collective bond or obligation,” I said. “But
the economy of the first people was based
on giving rather than profit-taking. A person’s
social position was judged by their ability to
distribute wealth, not hoard it for themselves.”
The woman’s eyes lit up when I
described an American Indian potlatch
— the traditional giveaway ceremony
that anchored the economy of many
native people.
“We have a special word in Greece
that cannot be fully translated into
any other language,” she said. “It is
‘filotimo.’”
She wrote it out in Greek and
English along with the words “friend of
your honor,” an approximate meaning.
As she handed me the slip of paper,
I gave her a coin that will some day
be as widely used as mna is now (the
destiny of all such trinkets in human
history).
“This will be for good luck,” she
smiled, putting the euro aside.
The little exchange was a beautiful
blend of philosophy, faith, goodwill, and
wit, like many I experienced in Greece.
It made me feel good about the hardearned
cash I spent there. Better than I do
about most of the transactions that define the
habitat of today’s global commerce.
Perhaps a word for this feeling still rocks
in the cradle of western civilization. If so,
“filotimo” points to an ancient wisdom that’s
been ignored in pursuit of quick growth, yet is
essential to civic trust and our shared obligation
to steward resources.
Moneylenders who think they hold Greece
in the palms of their hands might benefit from
a walk to the Hill of the Muses. If they go quietly,
they may encounter something there that
reminds them how humans with a long-view
of community behave.
Maybe one or two would even have a
change of heart, look around them and see
more than real estate.
Photo: Roan Childress

“Let There Be Beauty!”
When hairdresser Michael Ferrell lacks
inspiration as he’s about to cut a client’s hair at
Beach Blondes, his salon in Seaside, he places
both hands on her head and intones, “let there be
beauty!” This invocation to a goddess of beauty
hints at the mix of industry and business savvy
with a restless spirituality that’s such big part of
this guy’s make up.
After buying property at the north coast, Ferrell
has demonstrated, in the short time he’s lived
here, a willingness to get involved in the community
and put his energy and creativity to work
for good causes. He views doing hair as a calling,
his business acumen continually tempered by a
long-standing need to find meaning in this life and
help others through his chosen vocation.
“I can make someone pretty and help give
her the confidence to go to that job interview or
make that life change,” Ferrell explains. That said,
he’s done things like free makeovers and beauty
consulting for women referred by the Women’s
Resource Center. His customers are generally
always women, and Ferrell’s wonderfully adept at
endearing himself to his “girls.” In no time at all,
he’s not just their beauty consultant but a good
buddy and confidante. Does he cut men’s hair
“There’s only two haircuts men want, Ferrell quips,
“short and shorter.”
His new shop/digs on Seaside’s First Street,
just south of Holladay, was a serendipitous
find, as he tells it. “We were playing ‘wouldn’t it
be lovely if…’ while idly looking at commercial
properties in the area and ended up making a silly
(low) offer,” he recalls.
The seller grabbed at it.
Apparently, the house,
zoned commercial/
residential, had blighted
Seaside’s landscape for
years; the local police
were a constant presence.
“When my neighbor
to the back found out
we’d bought the place,
she wept tears of joy,”
says Ferrell smiling.
Now, he, his partner
Marvin Hampton, and
Milo, their black and
white Chihuahua mix,
divide their time between
the north coast and
Portland where Ferrell
has a house and owns
and operates another
hair salon called Zen-Do.
The couple quickly transformed
their newly-acquired, decidedly dilapidated
house, inhabited mainly by druggies in its past
life. These days, the place simply oozes curb appeal,
with the salon at the front and living quarters
in the back and on the upper floor. The new
owners have worked wonders with the place which
remains a bit of a work in progress. Currently
awaiting application on the salon’s interior walls
are 10 gallons of Ralph Lauren Regent Metallic
Colors paint.
Already Ferrell is a member of the Seaside
Downtown Development Association, in the throes
of preparing for the town’s annual Festival of Trees
at the Convention Center. He’s entered floats in
the town’s Fourth of July Parade for two consecutive
years. (On one float sat 15 females wearing
platinum blonde wigs, black false eyelashes and
white gloves, including his 80 year old mum.
The ladies threw 80
lbs. of saltwater taffy to
spectators.) Working with
Seaside’s Beautification
Committee, he’s also
making plans in that busy
brain of his to implement
a flower box program for
area businesses. “Flowers
give people a sense
of God and slow you
down,” he declares.
Ferrell admits to
having experimented
with many different
belief systems over time,
including EST, Lifespring,
the Church of Scientology,
Catholicism and
even a Pentecostal cult.
“I was trying to fill a Godsized
hole in my heart,”
he says. Six years ago,
PHOTO: DON FRANK he became attracted to
Sufism. “It teaches that we’re each of us on a
path…that all gods reach the same place. The
emphasis is on bridging the differences that divide
us and seeking out commonalities.” His Sufi
name is Khaliq which means creator.
Every month, Ferrell goes to San Francisco
for a World Spirituality Class taught by Mersheda
By Kate Giese
How Michael Ferrell, a NEW Seasider, finds joy in COMMUNITY!
Rabia Ana Perez Christi, a professor who teaches
World Religion studies at Berkeley. Eventually,
he’ll be a full-fledged Cherag Minister, able to
marry and bury people. He says, “I don’t know
what’s exactly going on with my life path. It could
be hair or it could be something else.”
That something else is most likely his dream
of a Cherag Ministry under an umbrella of services
that include hospice care. With its seven
bedrooms, Ferrell’s house in Portland would be
an ideal location for this, he thinks. At one point,
his former teacher, Ken Storrer, who was dying
of Aids, ended his days there. Storrer was an
activist, one of the leaders of San Francisco’s
Shanti Project which helped people who were HIV
positive or had other life-threatening diseases. Remembers
Ferrell, “Ken would rescue people who
were dying of Aids and were completely alone.”
Another piece may involve his grandmother’s
ranch in the Wallowa Mountains… turning it into
a retreat where those facing institutionalized care
or death can transition with dignity, be comforted
and, perhaps, find peace. Says Ferrell, “It needs
a lot of work, but there’s an artesian spring on
site and the most wonderful silence… a silence
in which you can actually hear the voice of god
with nature’s help or through your inner spiritual
being.”
Right now, his focus is on hair, on bringing out
your “outer fabulosity” as he might term it. Only
time will tell how Michael Ferrell’s life will play
out, though, given his myriad interests, boundless
energy and big, big heart.
Beach Blonde Salon
720 First Ave.
Seaside, OR 97138
Phone: 503-717-5255
Website: beachblondesalon.com
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Our annual HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE is on!
2 Non-perishables = 1 entry ticket
• Grand Prize - $200 Gift Certificate
• 2nd Prize - $50 Gift Certificate
SEASIDE
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503.738.7888
Drawing held December 23rd.
All food donated to the local food bank!
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The Wishing Tree Program
Wishing Tree Project has been providing for children in need since 1982.
Discover Astoria
Shop Local with a Treasure Hunt Passport!
“Discover Astoria” is a
fun treasure hunt in Downtown
Astoria. Locals are encourages
to explore downtown shops and
discover the unique offerings
found in town. Passports can be
picked up at any of the participating
stores (listed on the ADHDA
Facebook page). Once you have
your passport in hand, explore
downtown and find the cool item
that goes with the cool store. On
every stop of your journey you get
another chance to win fabulous
prizes! If you fill up the “Discover
Astoria” passport by visiting all
local participating merchants, you
will have the opportunity to win
the grand prize. The grand prize
includes an overnight stay at the
Cannery Pier Hotel, lunch for two
at the Baked Alaska, and dinner
for two at T. Paul’s Supper Club.
Passports must be completed by
December 24th. Completed passports
can be turned into any of the
participating merchants.
If you have any questions
please contact Downtown
Coordinator Blaire Buergler at
503.791.7940 or blaire@astoriadowntown.com.
Participating businesses include
Amazing Stories, Astoria Coffeehouse
& Bistro, Astoria Column,
Astoria Downtown Market, Astoria
Public Library, Baked Alaska,
Betty Lou Jean Co., Bloomin Crazy
Floral, Cargo, Commercial Street
Antiques & Collectibles, Erickson
Floral Co., Fernhill Glass, Finn
Ware, Foxgloves, Fulio’s Deli,
Garbos Vintage Clothing, Gimre’s
Shoes, Holly McHone Jewelers,
Lola’s Consignments, Loop-
Jacobsen Jewelers, Lucy’s Books,
Lunar Boy Gallery, Mise en Place
Kitchenware, Nepal Exchange, Old
Town Framing Co., Purple Cow
Toys, Rusty Cup, T. Paul’s Supper
Club, T. Paul’s Urban Café, The
Curious Caterpillar, Totally Trixie
Boutique, Vintage Hardware, and
What-Nots & Whimsy.
The Program works like this: applications are
taken from families that might need gift and/
or food help for the current season. The family,
listing children’s name(s), age, sizes and special
needs fill out the applications. (applications can
be picked up at the desk in the lobby across
from the county employment office entrance).
These lists and needs are then transferred
to a paper bell (autonomously) and hung on a
Wishing Tree. Trees are located in all banks and
credit unions in Astoria and Warrenton. In addition
to Fred Meyer, Video Horizon, McDonald’s,
and Link’s Outdoor Store. Folks in the community
then choose a bell and fulfill the wish
on the tree that gives gift information about the
child recipient.
The message is definitely getting out there
this year as Americans approach this holiday
season with a new determination to avoid mindnumbing
malls and gifts made thousands of
miles from home. One of the places this trend
began six years ago here in the Lower Columbia
region is at Gifts That Make a Difference.
Saturday, December 10th from 11am to
5pm Gifts That Make a Difference invites you
to the Liberty Theater for a shopping experience
truly in keeping with the holiday spirit. There
you will find local non-profits who bring education,
entertainment, arts, culture, awareness,
radio, emergency preparedness, advocacy,
social justice, and environmental preservation to
our entire region and those who visit us.
Groups offer a wide variety of choices from
concert tickets to classes to locally made items.
You can also donate money, volunteered hours,
or needed items to any group to honor a friend,
co-worker or relative with the gift of Making a
Difference in their name. (Donating to a nonprofit
in someone else’s honor has the added
benefit of being not just local and meaningful,
but also tax-deductible!)
This year the Gifts fair is expanding to include
fresh local food. The North Coast Food Web
and River People Farmer’s Market will share an
Take a bell and return the wish to the same
location by the 15th of December. Gifts are
taken out to the Clatsop County Fairgrounds.
Volunteers will pick up gifts daily. We ask them
to let you know that they are picking up gifts
either verbally or by displaying a paddle stating
pick –up on the paddle. We then organize the
gifts by number to ensure each child’s privacy.
The names are placed on the gifts, family
packed and placed with the food baskets if one
is requested.
The gifts and food are either picked up by
family at the fairgrounds on December 19th or
are delivered by the National Guard and Astoria
Rotary Club on December 20th to those in
Knappa and Astoria who don’t have transportation.
Gifts That Make A Difference!
December 10
Give meaningful gifts that support people in our community!
area with local farmers offering gift certificates
for local produce next season as well as CSA
memberships.
Clatsop Community College Foundation is
joining the fair this year. Your donations will
directly benefit the College through scholarships
and direct funding of programs. Education is a
priceless, lifelong gift that benefits everyone.
What better way to support the College Do you
need to get five gifts in the $20 range Do the
math! If you and 199 other people make those
gifts donations to the CCC Foundation, that’s
$20,000, a happy holiday for all of us.
Did we mention entertainment and food
Larkin Stentz will kick off the day sharing
his flute and dulcimer talents at 11:00 am,
followed by Astoria High School talent Tevan
Goldberg on violin around noon. New local artists
Acustica will perform two sets beginning at
1:00 with World Music in Romance languages.
Vocalist Dinah Urell will weave holiday magic at
3:00 with guitarist Dave Drury. And, closing the
day will be the Maddox Dancers with a taste of
Nutcracker magic.
Columbia River Coffee Roasters – the “Coffee
that floats the arts” – will keep body and
soul warm and happy, along with tasty treats
Each year we receive donations if you receive
any for our program please direct them to me.
This money is used to purchase gifts and /or
gift certificates for any child whose bell was not
chosen from the tree by the return bell deadline.
(Which this year will be on the 15th). Trees will
not be removed from the location until after the
holiday. We will leave the tree with bells at Fred
Meyers until 24th of Dec. If gifts come in late
please call or direct them to place the gift at FM
or take to fairgrounds.
For more information or to volunteer for the
Wishing Tree, Call Barb Roberts at 503 325-
7277 cell 503-791-8773 Astoria, Ore or
email moose98@q.com
from Three Cups and Astoria Coffee House. If
meaning and magic and treats are insufficient
enticement, shoppers have a chance to win a
complimentary stay at the Cannery Pier Hotel.
*According to market studies, we all spend
between $500 and $1000 on holiday giving.
And then return a good portion of it the day
after Christmas. Why not spend at least some
of that money where it will make a lasting
difference, and where returns will come in the
form of local community benefits all year long
Because helping others never comes in the
wrong size.
Sponsors of this year’s Gifts That Make
a Difference include Bank of Astoria,
Blue Scorcher Bakery Café, Dr. Stephen
Houghtaling, Tiffany and Brett Estes,
Englund Marine, HIPFiSHmonthly, Klyde
Thompson of Dell’s OK Tire, and of course
the Liberty Theater and founding non-profit,
Titanic Lifeboat Academy.
For more information, contact Caren Black at
GiftsFair@aol.com, check out the fair website
at www.GiftsFair.TitanicLifeboatAcademy.org or
visit the Gifts That Make a Difference page on
Facebook and tell your friends.
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One of a Kind Celtic Concert Series Comes to Pacific Northwest
Acclaimed Irish Musicians Join Together for a Unique and Memorable Show
Kathryn Clair & Hanz Araki
with a host of Celtic friends comes to the Coaster Theater
and an Intimate Solstice eve at KALA.
Musicians Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire are proud
to present a series of unprecedented concerts. These
two diverse musicians lend their individual expertise
and lyrical knowledge to four theme- based concerts
that present some of the strongest and most beautiful
elements of the Celtic tradition. This December, they
are celebrating the release of the second of four accompanying
albums, A Winter Solstice Celebration.
Ancient carols and foot-stomping jigs and reels
share the spotlight with poetry, dance, and even
a short Mummer’s play from songwriter Matthew
Hayward-Macdonald.
This year’s concert features -- in addition to Claire
and Araki -- Cary Novotny on guitar, All-Ireland harp
champion Anna Lee Foster, Welsh-born bodhran (Irish
frame-drum) player Matty Einion Sears, and vocalist
Jody Katopothis.
“Each of us bring to the table a varied collection
of songs and stories that reflect the same themes of
longing, love, loss, beauty, and celebration. These
concerts give us the freedom to explore some of these
experiences thoroughly through the music that has
arisen from the last several hundred years of human
existence.”
Sunday, December 18th at the Coaster Theatre
in Cannon Beach, OR. Show starts at 7:30pm. Tickets
are $14 for adults and $8 for students.
Tuesday, December 20 at KALA in Astoria. Claire
and Araki perform an intimate candlelit eve performance.
Doors Open at 7pm. Performance at 7:30pm.
Come early, for a seat and enjoy a beverage. Tickets
are $8 at the door. The new cd release WINTER SOL-
STICE CELEBRATION will be available. For a preview
track go to www.hipfishmonthly.com.
In the late winter, “As I Roved Out” welcomes better
weather and represents the traditional Maying celebrations
of the British Isles and beyond, while the plight
of the emigrant and laborer is presented in a collection
of songs and tunes in the late summer entitled “The
Emigrant Song.” Some of the darker and more macabre
themes found in Celtic love songs are explored
in “Songs of Love and Murder,” and completing the
series is the Winter Solstice Celebration; celebrate
the darkest night of the year with the light of music,
storytelling and wonder.
Billed as “The next generation of trad’ music,” Irish
flute player and singer Hanz Araki is the quintessential
world music musician. He has toured internationally
with Juno award-winning The Paperboys and The
Casey Neill Trio; also The Bridies, Portland’s all-star
Pogues cover band KMRIA among others, and is
featured on over a dozen recordings and soundtracks,
along with his own acclaimed CD’s. www.hanzaraki.
com
Kathryn Claire has asserted herself in a new generation
of traditionally-inspired musicians. Her violinplaying
exhibits a technical grace which is matched
only by her truly captivating voice and she possesses
the rare ability to move seamlessly across genres. Her
deep love and respect for traditional music has long
been a driving influence and those roots can be heard
in her own original music.
Author Jan Bono: Life Time Learner & Life Teacher
At KALA Dec 8
At seven years old Jan Bono
knew she would grow-up to be
an astronaut, the president of
the United States, a writer, or a
teacher. Recent cutbacks to the
NASA Space Shuttle Program may
dampen her astro-aspirations, but
with thirty plus years of teaching
experience, and numerous years
writing newspaper columns, short
stories, plays, and blogs, running
for the U.S. presidency may be her
next undertaking. Her ability to find
humor in the human experience
defines her writing, from the magic
of being a fourth grader to the joys
of the holiday season.
Bono retired from public school
teaching in June of 2006. Not one
to sit and wait for things to come
her way, she threw herself into play
writing when she discovered a local
community theater was holding
a one-act play writing contest.
Having never written a play or performed
in a play, she took on the
research of play writing with great
gusto. Bono describes herself as,
“one of those people who jumps in
and paddles around.” No sooner
had she dived in than she came
out with first and second place in
the contest with her newly written
plays to be produced on the stage.
“I got bitten bad! When I won, I
said ‘You mean I did it right’” That
was the start of her play writing
career which, to date, includes
nine one-act plays and a dinner
theater mystery play. “A Christmas
Trilogy: Three Holiday One-Acts”
from her newly released short story
collection, It’s Christmas!, will be
performed in December by the
Peninsula Players in Ilwaco.
Teaching is a calling for Bono
and she gleans much of her material
from her school days, having in
November 2009 published “Just
Joshin’, A Year in the Life of a
Not-so-ordinary 4th Grade Kid,” a
63-story collection of humorous
classroom anecdotes. Her frequent
contributions to the “Chicken Soup
for the Soul” series highlight her
nostalgic and heart-warming tale
telling talents, which she has compiled
into short story collections.
“I find humor everywhere. That’s
what I do, (write) short, humorous
stories. There’s something to
laugh at every single day.” For over
10 years, she wrote a bi-weekly
personal experience column for the
Chinook Observer, which became,
Through My Looking Glass, a collection
of those columns.
“I write snippets of life and hope
people find it entertaining.” “Recognizing
the humorous experience
and knowing that it’s universal,
that’s why I write.” Having once
found inspiration in a conversation
overheard at a farmer’s market,
she was caught paperless and
called her home phone to leave
the idea on her voice mail. Though
rarely found without pen and
paper, she commonly makes note
of family quirks and humorous
situations; she is currently putting
together a collection of phone
conversations with her mother, a
‘Jan Linkletter’s’ Moms Say the
Darnedest Things sort of thing.
Jan has written an every-oddnumbered-day
blog for nearly 3
years, with over 525 entries. The
topics are wide-ranging, mostly
inspirational with a Norman Rockwell-ian
quality to her homespun,
humorous posts, which all aim to
be a little thought-provoking. Bono
would love to make writing her fulltime
occupation, and fancies the
idea of her books someday sharing
the shelves with Dave Barry, Tom
Bodett, and Erma Bombeck.
Always the teacher, Bono still finds
herself teaching adult writing workshops
and incorporates life coaching
into her busy schedule to help
other adults live their best life and
polish their writing for publication.
She has facilitated a local writer’s
group for the past 5 years, emcees
a monthly “Authors’ Showcase” at
By Lynn Hadley
an Ilwaco coffee shop, and also
runs an editing business, TMLG Editing
and Critique. She is currently
in search of an agent to publish
her cozy mystery novel. With
many more writing projects on the
horizon, Jan Bono is not content to
rest on her past accomplishments.
“What I like to do best is write
nice stories that are PG-rated, that
have redeeming value and the essence
of the human experience.”
Look for her in your neighborhood,
promoting her new book, It’s
Christmas!, detailing humorous
memories from her favorite time
of year!
It’s Christmas! is a
226-page collection of 48
personal experience stories
and three one-act holiday
plays. The three holiday oneact
plays will be performed
at the River City Playhouse,
127 Lake Street in Ilwaco
from December 2-4, 9-11
with Friday and Saturday
performances at 7 pm,
and Sunday matinees at 2
pm. Books will be available
for purchase at all performances,
and may also be
found for purchase on-line at
janbonobooks.com.
Join Jan on December
8, Thursday at 7 pm for a
reading and book signing of
It’s Christmas! at KALA, the
Hipfish Community Events
Center on 1017 Marine Drive
in Astoria. Happy Holidays-
Shop Locally, Read Festively!
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Concert for a Winter’s Night:
Music for Chanukkah, Solstice and Christmas”
December 22
Saints in Word and Image
Karin Temple and Christi Payne
The North Coast Chorale
Holiday Concert
Dec 10-11
The North Coast Chorale 21st
annual winter concert will be held
on December 10th at 7:00 p.m.
and December 11th at 2:00 p.m,
also at the CCC Performing Arts
Center. This concert will feature
JOHN RUTTER’S MAGNIFICAT”, the
song of Mary featuring soprano
Flutist Shelley Loring and pianist
Jennifer Goodenberger perform on
Thursday, December 22 at 7pm
at Grace Episcopal Church. The
concert will include Jewish, Celtic,
Carols, holiday music, and original
compositions to celebrate the
Season. These long-term friends,
who have until now been pursing
separate musical careers, are
thrilled to create music together
for this concert.
Loring’s early years were spent
performing with her father, a Jewish
cantor. She has toured the
Western States with the Community
Concerts Association in addition
to playing with many regional and
local music organizations. Most
recently she returned to performing
her life-time passion - jazz and
improvisation.
Goodenberger, was the producer
for the legendary “Winter Solstice
Concerts” of the late 1990’s. She
is currently active as a recording
artist and solo pianist, performing
her original compositions and
soloist Genevieve Butenshon and
an orchestra comprised of local
instrumentalists. The second half
of the concert will witness a visit
from Santa as the Chorale sings
the very popular “T’WAS THE NIGHT
BEFORE CHRISTMAS” assisted by
the Astor Street Opry Players. Be
sure to bring the children along to
this event; there will be music for
everyone for the holiday season.
TICKETS - $10.00 and children
12 and under are free with an
arrangements of folk and Celtic
music. Her recordings are often
used in the healing arts, and as
film soundtracks. Go to jennifergoodenberger.com
for a complete
audio and art listing of her works.
Thursday, December 22, 7pm,
at Grace Episcopal Church. 1545
Franklin Avenue, Astoria. There is
a $10 suggested donation at the
door. For more information, call
503-325-5310.
adult. Tickets are available at the
PAC box office, the Warrenton
Astoria Chamber of Commerce and
from Chorale members.
The North Coast Chorale thanks
the entire North Coast community
for 20 years of support, and hopes
that, as we begin our 21st season
here, you will continue to support
efforts to bring you beautiful choral
music.
www.NcoastChorale.com
North Coast poet, Karin Temple’s fifth book
of poetry will be presented during a reading
and reception at Grace Episcopal Church,
Astoria, on Sunday, December 4th at 2pm.
Her second book about saints, So Great a
Cloud of Witnesses: A Personal Calendar
of Saints, was produced in collaboration with
artist Christi Payne, who created the elaborate
illuminated letters. The volume is printed in full
color, designed to feel like a medieval Book of
Hours. The poems are sequenced by the Feast
Days of the individual saints and each saint is
shown in an ancient image.
Although a Protestant, Temple has been
attracted to saints all her life - in childhood
encounters and later in literature, film, art and
lastly on her two pilgrimages to Santiago de
Compostela in northern Spain. Her first collection,
In the Company of Saints she traces
PLUM PUDDING
her connection to saints who have accompanied
her on her peregrinations.
Both Christi Payne and Greg Darms, the
publisher of Radiolarian Press, will speak
about the project at the reading. During the
reception in the Parish Hall afterwards, all of
Temple’s books as well as cards and artwork
by Payne will be available for signing and
sales.
Grace Episcopal Church is located at 1545
Franklin, Astoria.
So Great a Cloud of Witnesses will also
be presented at RiverSea Gallery during the
December 10th Artwalk, and a second reading
takes place Wednesday, December 14th at
7pm in the Shelburne Inn, Seaview, WA. For
information call 503-325-6580.
Enjoy a relaxing afternoon with a
cup of tea and traditional holiday
plum pudding in the festively
decorated Flavel House Museum.
This year’s “Tea and Plum Pudding”
will be held daily from 1-4
PM, December 17th to the 23rd,
and December 26th to the 30th,
2011.
Cost per person is $10.00
and includes fresh, warm plum
pudding, a cup of hot tea and selfguided
tour of the beautiful Flavel
House Museum. Reservations are
recommended for groups of eight
or more.
For more information about this
event or other Clatsop County Historical
Society activities, please call
503-325-2203 or e-mail: cchs@
cumtux.org
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A Cappella Wizards
The Coats: a Holiday Concert
at The Liberty Theater
The Coats vocal band started
on the street corners of Seattle,
Washington’s famous Pike Place
Market. Singing for tourists, locals,
fish vendors, and fellow buskers,
their humble ambitions of earning
a few clams to fight off the tuition
bills quickly evolved into a full-time
international performance career.
They’ve since won national vocal
competitions, sang for the President
of the United States, and
Saturday 3
MUSIC
Chuck Wilder. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 –
9pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Niall. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the Wet Dog
Café in Astoria.
Halie Loren Trio. Jazz. $10 - $20, 7pm
at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
The Tommy Hogan Band. Blues/Rock.
No cover, 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in
Lincoln City.
The Water Brothers. 9pm at Snug
Harbor Bar && Grill in Lincoln City.
ART
Starving Artist Faire. Hand made gifts,
live music, and munchies. Admission $2
suggested donation. 10am – 6pm at the
Star of the Sea Auditorium in Astoria.
Astoria Visual Artists Holiday Art
Fair. Enjoy live music and refreshments
while browsing the many artworks in all
mediums on sale for the holidays. 11am
– 4pm at the Astoria Arts & Movement
Center.
First Saturday Art Walk. 5 – 8pm at
galleries and businesses in Seaside &
Gearhart.
have been fortunate enough to
share the stage with such talented
fellow entertainers as Ronnie Milsap,
Trisha Yearwood, Montgomery
Gentry, The Beach Boys, Tanya
Tucker, Billy Dean, Crystal Gayle,
and Colin Ray, just to name a few,
all while continuing their tradition
of outreach performances and
workshops supporting music in
schools throughout the northwest.
With Guests - Goeffrey Castle
Artist Reception. For the Annual
Volunteer Show. 6 – 8pm at the Cannon
Beach Gallery.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. Elk Cove. 1 – 4pm at the
Cellar on 10th in Astoria
Gingerbread Tea. $5 for adults, $3 for
children 2 – 4pm at Butterfield Cottage
in Seaside.
Victorian Holiday Tea. Tea, cider, &
cookies will be served. Free, 2 – 5pm at
the Cannon Beach Library.
Karla’s Open House. Karla Steinhauser
will share seafood processing techniques,
including filleting finny food and shaking
all the meat out of the crab. Autographed
copies of her book, “I Am Karla’s
Smokehouse, Vol. II,” will be available for
purchase. 1:30 – 3pm at Karla’s Smokehouse
in Rockaway Beach.
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Dinner
Train. Departs from Garibaldi at 4pm.
503-842-7972 for ticket prices.
Wine Maker’s Dinner. Elk Cove. Reservations
required, 6pm at the Cellar on
10th in Astoria. 503-325-6600
HAPPENING
Hope for the Holidays Bazaar. 9:30am
- 2pm at the High School in Raymond, WA
(and his six string electric violin)
and opening will be the Seaside
High School Vocal Choir.
Sunday, December 18, 3pm,
Tickets $25 - $15 (discounts
for families and groups).
At the Liberty Theater. Call
503.325.5922
Holiday Open House. “Come Home For
The Holiday” features seasonal music by
local artists, book signings and delicious
homemade goodies as well as lovely
handmade gifts. Noon – 4pm at Redmen
Hall in Skamokawa, WA
Holiday Open House. 9am – 5pm at
Artistic Bouquets in Seaview, WA
Christmas Bazaar. 10am – 3pm at
Pacific Bible Church in Ilwaco, WA
Saturday Christmas Market. 16 vendors
delight the senses and help you find
the perfect holiday gifts. 10am – 4pm in
the Time Enough Books building at the
Port of Ilwaco, WA
Lighted Boat Parade and More. Crab
Pot Christmas Tree and World’s Shortest
Fireworks Display. Starts at 5pm at the
Port of Ilwaco, WA
Community Day at the Museum. Take
part in family activities and see demonstrations,
visit the exhibits and get a temporary
maritime tattoo. Donations of cash
or food for the food bank encouraged and
most welcome. Free admission, 11am
– 3pm at the Columbia River Maritime
Museum in Astoria.
Occupy Astoria Action. a “Support
Our Local Merchants / Thank you, Local
Merchants” walk through downtown
Astoria. Gather at noon at the Astoria Post
Office, 8th and Commercial. This will be a
pro-small business/local business action.
Bring appropriate signs.
Game Day at Your Library. Relax and
have fun with friends and family at the
Astoria Public Library’s free monthly Game
Day. Choose from a wide variety of games
for all ages. Refreshments will be provided.
Children 10 and under must be accompanied
by an adult. Free, 2 – 4pm at the
Astoria Public Library.
Lamplighting Ceremony. Light up the
holidays with community Christmas carols.
4pm at Sandpiper Square in Cannon
Beach.
Gift Bazaar. Emphasizing locally produced
food items and handicrafts. 9am – 5pm at
the White Clover Grange, on Hwy 53, 2 mi
east of 101, near Nehalem.
Alternative Gift Market. Shoppers
make a contribution to local nonprofits or
worldwide projects. They then receive a
beautiful gift card (one for each donation)
to give friends and loved ones to let them
know a gift was made in their name to a
cause that will benefit others. 10am – 4pm
at the Pine Grove Community Center in
Manzanita.
Christmas Bazaar & Clam Chowder Luncheon.
Handmade gifts & crafts, rummage
sale, plants, baked goods & candy, plus a
special Kids Shopping Area. 1am – 4pm
at Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church
in Nehalem.
Christmas Bazaar. 9am – 4pm at St.
Alban’s in Tillamook. 503-842-6192
Christmas Tree Lighting. 5:30 – 7pm in
front of the Tillamook City Hall.
Habitat for Humanity Holiday Auction.
At the TCCA visitor’s center in Tillamook.
503-842-7472
Winter Gift & Craft Sale. 10am – 4pm at
the Connie Hansen Garden in Lincoln City.
Angels Ball. Evening includes dinner,
dancing, & auction. $60, 5:30pm at Chinook
Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK
LITERARY
Local Authors Book Fair. Showcasing
local and regional authors discussing and
signing their latest creations. 1 – 4pm at
the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in
Ilwaco, WA
Author Appearance. Children’s book
author Marbeth Stevens who wrote the
book “Theodore the Tree.” Book signing
from noon – 2pm at the Cannon Beach
Book Company. Also 3 – 5pm at Beach
Books in Seaside.
THEATER
Auditions. For the thriller “Wait Until
Dark”. Roles include a young married
couple, three men with variable ages,
a teenage girl and two policemen, plus
backstage crew. 2pm at the Oregon Coast
Dance Center in Tillamook.
The Nutcracker Ballet. With dancers
from the Little Ballet Theatre and Ballet
San Jose, danced to a live orchestra.
Tickets are $12 adults, $6 children general
admission, $20 to $50 reserved seating.
2pm & 7:30pm at the Astoria High School
Auditorium.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. A
Christmas Comedy. $5 and $6, 3pm at
the Knappa High School Little Theater.
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It’s a Buyer’s Market!
Dennis Howard next to Jean White (Annie), is Frank Butler
Jean White is Annie Oakley
Annie Get Your Gun
At the Coaster Nov 18 – Dec 30
Ohio (and elsewhere), 1878 through
1885 . . . a gal with a gun . . . a man with
a gun . . . another man with a Wild West
Show . . . Chief Sitting Bull . . . plenty of
sharpshootin’ . . . tuneful and vibrant . . .
and “No Business Like Show Business” to
boot! . . . Ready . . . Aim . . . Sing! Irving
Berlin’s Classic musical is an American
treasure presented for the first time on the
Coaster stage! Fridays and Saturdays
8pm, Sunday Matinees 3pm, Tickets:
$18 - $23. Coastertheater.com
Coaster Theatre Auditions
Coaster Theatre Auditions for Alan Acykbourn’s How
the Other Half Loves will be held at the theatre on
Monday & Tuesday, December 12 & 13, from 6:30 -
8:30. This time and space bending raucous comedy
has roles for 3 men and 3 women, ages 20s - 60s.
Portland actor Scott Parker directs. If you have a
conflict but are interested in auditioning, call 503-436-
0609.
The 5th Annual SCROOGED IN ASTORIA
Dec 2 – 18
SCROOGED IN ASTORIA written by Judith
Niland with original songs by Philip
Morrill, is an ASOC melodramatic adaptation
of the beloved timeless classic by
Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol,”
combined with sentimental Christmas
songs and Scandinavian traditions.
And in our original story we find our
penny-pinching, miserly, Max Krooke
Jr., the not so beloved character from
SHANGHAIED IN ASTORIA, being guided
by the Ghosts of Christmas; “Past” the
“Big” Krooke, “Present” Miss Macie and
the “Future” Saint Lucia, to learn the
errors of his ways!
A fun way to celebrate the season
with co-workers, family and friends.
Thurs-Sat at 7:30pm, doors open
7pm, Sunday Matinees, Dec 11-12
at 2pm, doors open 1:30pm. Tickets
$15 to $8. Group rates too. ASOC
Playhouse, 129 West Bond. Call
503.325.6104
ASOC New Works Winners Chosen
ASOC announces the winners of the ASOC 3rd Annual
contest for One Act and Monologs which ran from
July to November 2011 had over 30 entries from coast
to coast. Winners were chosen by a selected panel of
local and regional theatrical experts. Each was judged
for writing skills, perceptiveness and entertaining
qualities that are suitable for family audiences. Entries
included comedy, drama or anything in between.
The panel chose three pieces to be produced by
ASOC in February 2012 for their 3rd Annual NEW
WORKS FESTIVAL, sponsored by the Astoria Cooperative.
They include for two for best one-act play, a
fairytale comedy LOBSTER MAN By Jonathan Cook of
Georgia and IN RE: RADDING VS. GLAZER by Steve
Karp of New York. The winning monologs a poignant
tragedy THE ECHO OF HIS FACE by Dan Morra from
Pennsylvania and by Seaside author Keyaho Rohlfs the
comedy CAPTIVE.
The pieces will be performed the first three weeks
in February 2012 with rehearsals beginning at the first
of the year.
Auditions for this show will be held Mon. Dec
12th and Tues. Dec. 13th at 7:00pm at the ASOC
Playhouse 129 West Bond Street Uniontown Astoria.
Parts are need for 4 females ages 25 and up, 2 males
ages 25 to 40 along with 2 female and 4 male non
speaking roles. No experience is necessary. For more
information please call Anne at 503-338-3826.
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music.
A Christmas Trilogy. Three holiday oneacts.
7pm at the River City Playhouse in
Ilwaco, WA
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 7:30pm
at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
A Moon for the Misbegotten. Drama.
At the Barn Community Playhouse in Tillamook.
503-842-7940
Sunday 4
MUSIC
Tom Trudell jazz piano. No cover,
11:30am – 2pm at the Bridgewater Bistro
in Astoria.
Bayside Singers Christmas Concert.
Free, 3 – 4pm at United Methodist Church
in Ocean Park, WA
John Doan Christmas Concert. Victorian
style Christmas Music. Adults $15, children
$5. 7pm at Lewis & Clark Bible Church
south of Astoria.
The Tummybuckles. Folk/Acoustic Rock/
Classical. No cover. 8pm at Fort George
Brewery & Public House in Astoria.
Sloan & Rosso. 8:30pm at Snug Harbor
Bar & Grill in Lincoln City.
ART
Starving Artist Faire. Hand made gifts,
live music, and munchies. Admission $2
suggested donation. 11am – 4pm at the
Star of the Sea Auditorium in Astoria.
HAPPENING
Holiday Open House. “Come Home For
The Holiday” features seasonal music by
local artists, book signings and delicious
homemade goodies as well as lovely handmade
gifts. Noon – 4pm at Redmen Hall in
Skamokawa, WA
LITERARY
Author Appearance. Irene Martin will
sign copies of her new book, “Flight of
the Bumble Bee,” about the history of the
Bumble Bee Seafoods company, as well
as her previous books. Free admission,
1:30pm at the Columbia River Maritime
Museum in Astoria.
“Calendar of Saints” Presentation. Karin
Temple’s new book, “So Great a Cloud of
Witnesses: A Personal Calendar of Saints,”
will be presented. Illustrator Christi Payne
and publisher Greg Darms will speak about
the project and there will be a reception
following. 2pm at Grace Episcopal Church
Parish Hall in Astoria.
THEATER
Auditions. For the thriller “Wait Until
Dark”. Roles include a young married
couple, three men with variable ages,
a teenage girl and two policemen, plus
backstage crew. 2pm at the Oregon Coast
Dance Center in Tillamook.
The Nutcracker Ballet. With dancers from
the Little Ballet Theatre and Ballet San
Jose, danced to a live orchestra. Tickets
are $12 adults, $6 children general admission,
$20 to $50 reserved seating. 2pm at
the Astoria High School Auditorium.
A Christmas Trilogy. Three holiday oneacts.
2pm at the River City Playhouse in
Ilwaco, WA
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 2pm at
the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
3pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
Tuesday 6
MUSIC
Open Jam. Hosted by Steve Sloan.
8:30pm at Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in
Lincoln City.
Wednesday 7
HAPPENING
Potluck & Trunk Show. Join with other
peninsula women in business for an early
evening networking opportunity of good
fun, good food and a chance to show off
our products and skills. The annual Peninsula
Women in Business Holiday Potluck
and Trunk Show will take place tonight at
The Artisan, 114 S.W. Main, Ilwaco, WA.
Please plan to bring a potluck dish. If you
wish to reserve a vendor space please
contact Jan Bono at (360)642-4932.
Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony. To commemorate
the 70th anniversary of the
attack on Pearl Harbor there will be a
ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Memorial
Bridge, next to the Seaside Convention
Center. Includes a Coast Guard flyover.
Cake and coffee will be available.
Holiday Potluck & Music. The public is invited
to a potluck & music program. Starts
at 12:30pm at the Cannon Beach 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.
Snowflake fashion Shows Sparkling
Spectacular. $25, 6pm at the Lincoln City
Cultural Center. 541-994-2518
Thursday 8
HAPPENING
The Harlem Ambassadors. Presenting
a professional show basketball game. $9
adults, $6 s&s, free for kids 4 and under.
7pm at the Nestucca High School in
Cloverdale.
LITERARY
Reading & Book Signing. Local author
Jan Bono will read from her book “It’s
Christmas!” 7pm at KALA in Astoria.
Author Appearance. Julian Smith will
speak about his book, “Crossing the Heart
of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure,”
about crossing Africa on foot. Free,
7pm at the Seaside Library.
THEATER
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 7:30pm
at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
A Moon for the Misbegotten. Drama.
At the Barn Community Playhouse in Tillamook.
503-842-7940
Friday 9
MUSIC
David Drury. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6 –
9pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Nick Mostly. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the
Wet Dog Café in Astoria.
The Cannon Beach Chorus. Holiday
concert. $10, 7pm at the Seaside Convention
Center.
The Dimes. Americana/Folk/Indie. No
cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in
Gearhart.
The Flextones. Blues/Classic Rock/Rock.
No cover, 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in
Lincoln City.
MuchMore Country. 9pm at Chinook
Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK
Smile Brigade. Big Beat/Psychedelic/
Showtunes. No cover, 9m at Hazel’s Tavern
in Astoria.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. At Taste of Tuscany in
Seaside. 503-738-5377
HAPPENING
Christmas Bazaar. 10am – 4pm at the
NW Trail riders Association in Long Beach,
WA
Festival of Trees Gala Event & Silent
Auction. $20, 6 – 8pm at the Tillamook
County Pioneer Museum. 503-842-4553
LECTURE
Elk-Stravaganza Program. Featuring
Bryan Swearingen, Manager of the Jewell
Meadows Wildlife Area. $5, 7pm in the
Riverbend Room at NCRD in Nehalem.
THEATER
A Christmas Trilogy. Three holiday oneacts.
7pm at the River City Playhouse in
Ilwaco, WA
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. A
Christmas Comedy. $5 and $6, 7pm at
the Knappa High School Little Theater.
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 7:30pm
at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
A Moon for the Misbegotten. Drama.
At the Barn Community Playhouse in Tillamook.
503-842-7940
Saturday 10
MUSIC
Bill Hayes. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the Wet
Dog Café in Astoria.
Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 –
9pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Tuba Christmas. Holiday music. Free,
2pm at the Columbia Pacific Heritage
Museum in Ilwaco, WA
North Coast Chorale Winter Concert.
Featuring “Magnificat” the song of Mary
and “The Night Before Christmas.” $10,
7pm at the PAC in Astoria.
MuchMore Country. 9pm at Chinook
Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK
One way Out. 9pm at Snug Harbor Bar &
Grill in Lincoln City.
ART
Last Minute Local Artist Trunk Show.
9am – 4pm at Long Beach Coffee Roasters
in Long Beach, WA
Second Saturday Art Walk. 5 – 9pm
at galleries and businesses in downtown
Astoria.
CINEMA
A Christmas Wish. $2, 11am at the Bijou
Theater in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Pancake Breakfast. $5, 8 – 11am at
the Peninsula Senior & Activity Center in
Klipsan Beach.
Wine Tasting. Wines for Holiday Celebrations.
1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in
Astoria
Gingerbread Tea. $5 for adults, $3 for
children 2 – 4pm at Butterfield Cottage in
Seaside.
HAPPENING
Holiday Home Tours. Participating Bed &
Breakfasts offer tours. A donation of a nonperishable
food item is requested to be left
with each Bed & Breakfast visited. 1 – 4pm
on the Long Beach Peninsula, WA
Saturday Christmas Market. 16 vendors
delight the senses and help you find the
perfect holiday gifts. At the Port of Ilwaco,
WA
Holiday Open House. “Come Home For
The Holiday” features seasonal music by
local artists, book signings and delicious
homemade goodies as well as lovely handmade
gifts. Noon – 4pm at Redmen Hall in
Skamokawa, WA
Breakfast With Santa. Spend a morning
filled with fun, food, games and crafts! Visit
Santa in his sleigh, and have your picture
taken with him. Children must be accompanied
with paying adult. Children under
2 years of age are free. $7, 8:30 – 11am
at Port of Play in Astoria. 503-325-8669
to register.
Community Candlelight Walk. Walk
through downtown Astoria to recognize our
connectedness as community members.
The walk will begin at the corner of 12th
and Commercial Street in Astoria at 5 pm
on December 10, 2011. Candles will be
available or you are welcome to bring your
own. All ages welcomed.
Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club.
Pugs and their people meet monthly for fun
& socialization. Free, 11am at Carruthers
Park in Warrenton.
Alternative Gift Fair. With live World
Music by Acustica. 11am – 5pm at the
McTavish Room of the Liberty Theater in
Astoria.
Tree Viewing and Open House. With
Santa. Free, 10am – 2pm at the Seaside
Convention Center.
Festival of Trees Gala. Featuring pianist
Tom Grant. $100 at the Seaside Convention
Center.
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Candy
Cane Express. Departs from Garibaldi
at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm. FMI 503-842-
7972
11th Hour Santa Crafts Fair. Free, 10am
– 4pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
LITERARY
Local Author Book Signing. author Lydia
Saccomanno in celebrating the publishing
of her first book, “God Answered Lydia’s
Prayer.” Noon – 2pm at Long Beach Coffee
Roasters in Long Beach, WA
Northwest Authors Second Saturday
Series. Author Jennie Shortridge will speak
at the Canon Beach Library at 2pm. Her
most recent novel is “When She Flew.”
THEATER
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. A
Christmas Comedy. $5 and $6, 3pm at
the Knappa High School Little Theater.
A Christmas Trilogy. Three holiday oneacts.
7pm at the River City Playhouse in
Ilwaco, WA
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 7:30pm
at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
A Moon for the Misbegotten. Drama.
At the Barn Community Playhouse in Tillamook.
503-842-7940
The Dimes
Fok pop collective
A Portland folk-pop collective that has achieved notoriety for their
lyric, flowing melodies, sophisticated vocal harmonies and tales attributed
to scenerios gleaned from circa 1900’s newspaper clippings.
Their most recent full length “The King Can Drink the Harbour
Dry” was released in 2010 to strong critical acclaim from Spin, NPR,
Allmusic and a host of online publications.
Live, the group has grown to a 7-piece and has shared the stage
with the likes of Liam Finn, Kathryn Calder (New Pornographers), The
Head and the Heart, The Mother Hips and Todd Rundgren, amongst
others.
Celebrate a December day with The Dimes. Friday, Dec 9,
7pm, The Sandtrap in Gearhart. No Cover.
Left
Coast
Country
Hazel’s
Tavern
Left Coast Country: five easy
pieces from P-Town at Hazel’s
T. How is that not fun Not
… yes, no . . . come on! High
octane bluegrass rocks here on
It only makes sense
to spend the last and
first holiday of the year
with Idaho supplants and
indie pop players Holiday
Friends. Opened for Blind
Pilot: The Free Show (BTY
a beautiful experience)
and as Astoria is their new
home ground and keeping
a musical profile, will
continue to perform in Astoria.
And how ‘bout that – New Year’s
Eve falls on a Saturday – there’s
something really wrong with that.
But, with raw pop guile cum 60s’
the edge of the left coast. Plain
and simple.
Saturday, December 17,
Hazels Tavern in Astoria, No
Cover.
Holiday Friends
New Year’s Eve at Fort George in Astoria
. . . . Holiday Friends are well –
equipped to tele-music-port you
to a higher ground.
Saturday, Dec 31, 9pm, Fort
George in Astoria, NO Cover.
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art happens.
Monoprints by Miki’ala Souza
At Clementes
Miki’ala Souza is a Native
Hawaiian artist, residing in Astoria.
Deeply aware of the way in which
place impacts identity, Souza feels
responsibility for the culture and
heritage of the spaces occupied
by her life. This collection of
monoprints, made in Astoria, is her
latest exploration of the individual’s
relationship to place.
The spaces created during the
monoprint process of layering ink,
build elusive landscapes full of
symbolism, depth and color. She
builds environments that combine
an aesthetic influenced by designs
from her indigenous background
with her cultural experience in
mainstream America. These
imaginary landscapes show the tip
of a tree or a group of colors that
remind us of places we live or have
visited. Rather than representing
specific places, these prints contain
elements of familiarity derived
from environmental experience
common to artist and audience.
Souza states the essence of her
work: “Our identities are influenced
by the spaces they occupy. Places
linger in our memories and create
powerful impressions essential to
our existence. They contribute to
our character and the multiplicity
of unique communities in which
we participate. We share this
The Photography
of Skye McKey
At Old Town Frame
diverse planet with each other and
carry its many special landscapes
within us.” Opening Reception:
Skye McKey loves the beach. She goes almost
every day, rain, shine, wind, snow and sun. With
her dog, Noble she explores the tides, the sand, the
mysterious stuff on the beach. And sometimes she
takes her camera.
A 30 year resident, McKey shares a perspective
of a devoted and passionate beach inhabitant,
through her lens and through black and white
photography.
Opening Reception, Sat. Dec 10, Astoria Second
Saturday Art Walk, 5-9pm, Old Town Frame, 1287
Commercial St, 503.325.5221
Mini Blissings
Saturday, December 10, 5-8 pm
at Clementes, 1198 Commercial
Street in Astoria
Skye McKey Sky Water
Mysterium: Curiosities of Wonder and Delight
At RiverSea Gallery
RiverSea Gallery presents Mysterium: Curiosities
of Wonder and Delight, a compendium of oddities from
the far reaches of the imagination that connect us to
our dreams, return us to a childlike sense of discovery,
and encourage us to open our minds to unexplained
mysteries. There will be an artist’s reception and preview
party held Saturday, December 3rd 6:00 – 8:00
pm followed by a reception during Astoria Artwalk December
10th 5:00 - 8:00 pm. The work will remain
on display through January 3rd, 2012.
This invitational exhibition will include the work of
6 artists who all work sculpturally. Each artist takes
great inspiration from the past and merges that history
into fantastical and original art pieces, some working
with reclaimed or found objects. Kristy Charroin will
include her altered photographs as well as illuminated
sculpture, Joe Diemer brings his architectural wirework
sculpture as well as including his fantasy birdcages
which will be added to the exhibition for the December
10th Artwalk. Tabor Porter and Gregory Carrigan will
both be exhibiting their uniquely whimsical sculpture.
Also included in the show will be the figurative sculpture
created from organic materials by Lisa Kaser as well as
steampunk metal sculpture from Christopher Truax.
RiverSea Gallery is open daily at 1160 Commercial
Street, 503-325-1270, or visit the website at www.
RiverSeaGallery.com
Double D Trouble
A Show of new works
by Dulcye Taylor and
Deborah Starr
At Lunar Boy Gallery
Gallant gallery gals, Dulcye
Taylor and Deborah Starr, owners
of Old Town Frame Co. and
Lunar Boy Gallery respectively,
break out new work in a double
show – a third annual in a
series.
Opening Reception: Saturday,
December 10 5-8 pm. In
conjunction with 2nd Saturday
Art Walk. Lunar Boy Gallery 240
11th Street Downtown Astoria.
503.325.1566
Dulcye Taylor
Snake
The Cannon Beach
Gallery announces
two juried shows approaching,
the Green
Show in January
and Playing Cards in
February, 2012.
The Green Show
will be juried by North
Coast artist, Susan
C. Walsh, a painter
by profession and the
organizer of Cart’Ms
annual Trash Bash
Exhibition; a menagerie
of art created
from all manner of
recycled goods. The
submission date for
the Green Show is
Thursday, January 5
between 10am-4pm.
The theme may be
interpreted by the artist
in terms of either
the color palette used or by utilizing
green materials (i.e. natural
materials or recycled goods).
The next juried show will accompany
Liz Cohn’s “Playing with
a Full Deck,” exhibit and will be
curated by Cohn. A Portland
based artist, Cohn began this
collaborative project two years ago
when she discovered over 100
decks of playing cards in an aging
Kristy Charroin, illuminated sculpture.
Up and Coming at Cannon Beach Gallery
Liz Cohn Card Collage
relatives home. She
began mailing the cards
to artists all over the
world in a collaborative,
mixed media venture
which has resulted in a
collection of over 1,000
playing cards.
Artists interested
in participating in this
event should create
a piece using some
manner of playing card
as the basis (approximately
3.5”x2.5”)
and may want to visit
Cohn’s website to get a
better idea of what the
project looks like, www.
lizcohnartstudio.com
Contact the Cannon
Beach Arts Association
at(503) 436-0744, or
Email: cannonbeacharts@gmail.com
,Web: www.cannonbeacharts.org.
As a non-profit arts organization,
the CBAA does encourage
artists and art patrons to consider
becoming a member of the association.
Memberships begin at
$35 for an individual; members
receive all of the Gallery’s monthly
mailings and the CBAA’s bi-annual
newsletter.
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A Procraftinators Delight
Last-minute Holiday Craft Sale
Suppor the future of CCC’s full time faculty by donating hoilday gift
items to an upcoming Holiday Arts & Craft Sale. Sponsoerd by the
CCC Art Club, Phi Theta Kappa and members of the Faculty Association,
the sale willtake place on campurDecember 7, with additional
itmes offered to thepublic during December 10 Second Saturday Art
Walk. Deliver donated goods to the CCC Library thruy Dec. 6
Long Beach Coffee Roasters
Last Minute Local Artist Trunk Show
Long Beach Coffee Roasters will be hosting a Last Minute Local
Artist Trunk Show December 10&11 from 9am-4pm. Meet local
Peninsula artists and check off your holiday shopping lists! Featuring
jewelry, handbags, paintings, pottery, and more! In house specials
and coupons offered throughout the weekend, so come on down,
enjoy some delicious coffees, and do some holiday shopping of local
products! Contact Mandy at 360-642-2334 for further details.
Seaside First Saturday Art Walk • Dec 3
Art venues feature these artists throughout the month.
Art Walk by Sheila Brown
Beach Books / 37 N Edgewood / 738-3500 Hosting children’s author,
Maribeth Stevens, who wrote the book “Theodore the Tree”. We’ll be having
gingerbread trees, coloring and a book signing on December 3 from 3-5.
Hold Fast Tattoo Co. / 611 Broadway / 738-4055 Featuring Clayton Hollifield,
a printmaker, specializing in intaglio etchings and woodcuts. Eclectic
works by Sandy Peraza, an artist from Portland. Just in time for the holidays
we will have commitment boxes and mosaic tiles from Mary Barron.
Gilbert Dist Gallery / 613 Broadway / 738-4222 A group show by co-op
members Dave Bartholet, Thomas McNeill, Rosslyn Freer, Larry McKee, Mike
Sage and Carol Thompson. Refreshments including NW wines also offered.
Isabell Ross / 821 Broadway/ 738-8004 Featuring Shelia Brown from
Astoria. Brown has worked as a potter, graphic designer, illustrator and fine
artist. Her current work is in lino-block print making and she will begin teaching
classes in the medium this January. Stop in and meet this local artist!
Yummy Wine Bar & Bistro/ 831 Broadway / 738-3100 Featuring “Costume
Art” a collection of new work by Seaside native, Jorjett Strumme. Strumme
has created a blend of Hollywood nostalgia and a love of classic movies,
presented a unique collection of original art showcasing her talent in the form
of masks, tiaras, and playful hats, all of which are created to be displayed as
art or worn like the costumes she created in Hollywood. “It’s a way for adults
to play ‘dress-up,’ which was my favorite thing to do as a child”
Trails End Art Assoc. / 656 A St. Gearhart/ 717-9458 Hours 2-5 pm
Special Event for the public! Join us for refreshments and let us introduce
our special holiday art offerings. Most art will be on sale for under $100, with
many cards and prints at a very reasonable price. Susan Bish will be demonstrating
. Please visit www.trailsendart.org for more information.
••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater•••
Thursday 22
MUSIC
Concert for a Winter’s Night. Music for
Chanukkah, Solstice, & Christmas. With
Shelley Loring & Jennifer Goodenberger.
$10 suggested donation., 7pm at Grace
Episcopal Church in Astoria.
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
HAPPENING
LGBT Q-Mixer. QJazz features vocal hosts
Dinah Urell and Walt Trumbull and pianist
Chuck Wilder. Live standards, complimentary
aps 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.
Friday 23
MUSIC
Chuck Wilder. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 –
9pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Doug Rupe. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the Wet
Dog Café in Astoria.
Country Music Jam. Free, 7 – 9pm at the
Wickiup Senior Center in Svensen.
Peter Rodocker. No cover, 7 – 9pm at
McMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart.
Rock N Roll Cowboys. Blues/Classic Rock/
Country. No cover, 9pm at Roadhouse 101
in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
Saturday 24
MUSIC
David Drury. Jazz Guitar. No cover, 6 –
9pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Dan Golden & Larry Alred. Worldbeat. 6 –
9pm at McKeown’s Restaurant in Seaside.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. Christmas Eve Surprise. 1 –
4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria.
Sunday 25
MUSIC
Sloan & Rosso. 8:30pm at Snug Harbor
Bar & Grill in Lincoln City.
Monday 26
CINEMA
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
(1971). $2, 11am at the Bijou Theater in
Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
Tuesday 27
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
Wednesday 28
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
HAPPENING
Dinner, Auction and a Movie. Premier
showing of “Remembering Tillamook
County” followed by a fundraising dinner
and a silent auction. At the Bay City Arts
Center. 503-377-9620
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
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
THEATER
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Friday 30
MUSIC
David Drury. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6 –
9pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Jason Lambert. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the
Wet Dog Café in Astoria.
Kris Deelane. Pop/Punk/Post Punk. No
cover, 7 – 9pm at McMenamins Sand Trap
in Gearhart.
Hip Deep Soul Revue. Soul. No cover,
9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
THEATER
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Saturday 31
MUSIC
Troll Radio Revue. Americana. $2 for
adults, free for children. 11am – noon at
the PAC in Astoria.
Niall. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the Wet Dog
Café in Astoria.
Acustica. World Music. No cover, 9pm
– midnight at McKeown’s Restaurant in
Seaside.
The Holiday Friends. No cover. 9pm at
Fort George Brewery & Public House in
Astoria.
New Year’s Eve Party. With Richard T and
the Swing Cats. At the Bridgewater Bistro
in Astoria.
The Ocean. At a New Yaer’s eve Celebration
at Snug Harbor bar & Grill in Lincoln
City.
Thumptown. Funk/R&B/Soul. No cover,
9pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart.
CINEMA
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
(1971). $2, 11am at the Bijou Theater in
Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. New Year’s Eve Surprise. 1
– 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria.
HAPPENING
Fireworks at Midnight. 10 minutes of fireworks
at midnight over the Pacific Ocean in
front of the boardwalk in Long Beach, WA
THEATER
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Sunday 1
MUSIC
Tom Trudell. Jazz Piano. No cover, 11:30
– 2pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Irie Sons. No cover. 8pm at Fort George
Brewery & Public House in Astoria.
Thursday 5
HAPPENING
First Thursday Trivia at the Library.
Teams of 1 – 5 compete. Free, 5:30pm at
the Astoria Public Library.
LECTURE
The World of Haystack Rock Lecture
Series. “Conservation Connections: The
North Coast Land Conservancy Celebrates
25 Years on the Oregon Coast.” With Katie
Voelke. 7pm at the Cannon Beach Library.
THEATER
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Friday 6
MUSIC
Kathryn Claire. Celtic. 7:30pm at the
Hoffman Center in Manzanita.
FOOD & DRINK
Wine Tasting. At Taste of Tuscany in
Seaside. 503-738-5377
HAPPENING
Pacific City – Nestucca Valley Chamber
of Commerce Awards Banquet & Silent
Auction. Call 503-392-4340 for tickets.
7:30 – 10pm at the Pelican Pub & Brewery
in Pacific City.
THEATER
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Saturday 7
ART
Seaside Art Walk. 5- 8pm at galleries
and businesses in Seaside and Gearhart.
THEATER
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Sunday 8
MUSIC
Colleen Raney. Celtic. No cover. 8pm
at Fort George Brewery & Public House in
Astoria.
Kaplan-Weiss Dou. Classical chamber
music. $25, 3pm at the chapel at Camp
Winema, north of Neskowin. 503-965-
6499
HAPPENING
Family YMCA Open House. Stop in to
tour the facility see demonstrations and
enjoy some refreshments. 1 – 3pm at the
YMCA in Tillamook.
Tuesday 10
HAPPENING
Tree Lighting Ceremony. 6pm in downtown
Cloverdale.
Wednesday 11
HAPPENING
College Bridge Program. AHS Seniors
take advantage of this year’s Career Panel
at Astoria High School! Interact with local
professionals, learn about a variety of
careers and what it takes to get there. 8am
– 3pm at Astoria High School.
Thursday 12
THEATER
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Friday 13
THEATER
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Saturday 14
ART
Artistry in Wood. A Wood Carving Show
featuring carvings and tools for sale, free
wood carving classes for kids and adults.
Free admission, begins at 10am at Chinook
Winds in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Crab Feed. Crab dinner (if crab is available)
Dinner includes cole slaw & garlic
bread. Hot dogs available for children.
(Seasonal Pricing.) Noon – 8pm at 110
Pacific Ave N in Long Beach, WA
HAPPENING
Windless Kite Festival. This kite flying
‘recital’ involves indoor kite flying with
no fans to move the air. Prior flyers and
Conner Doran from ‘America’s Got Talent’
fame will participate. There are solos, duets
and group performances of two and four
line kites choreographed to music. ‘Hot
Trick Shoot Out’ matches pairs of flyers for
comic capers and tricky maneuvers. 11am
– 12:30pm and 2 – 3:30pm at the World
Kite Museum in Long beach, WA
Lower Pug Socializing Club. Pugs and
their people meet monthly for fun and
socialization. 11am at Caruthers Park in
Warrenton.
Coastal Brawl 2: LEGACY. This all ages
show features the best local and NW
MMA amateurs stepping into the cage
for your entertainment. At Clatsop County
Fairgrounds near Astoria.
LECTURE
Conversation Project Presentation.
“S/he-bop: Making Sense of Gender in
American Pop Music.” Presented by Sarah
E Dougher. 1pm at the Tillamook County
Pioneer Museum in Tillamook.
THEATER
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $15-$25,
7:30pm at the Liberty Theater in Astoria.
The Psychic. A Murder Mystery/Comedy.
$8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln
City.
Sunday 15
MUSIC
The Distractions. No cover. 8pm at Fort
George Brewery & Public House in Astoria.
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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 the Shelburne Restaurant & Pub in
Seaview, WA.
Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, & 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 –
8pm at the City Hall in Garibaldi.
Thomasian Trio & Maggie Kitson. 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
The Honky Tonk Cowboys. Country. No cover, 7 – 10p at the Astoria Moose Lodge.
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
All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations accepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in
Astoria.
Honky Tonk Cowboys. No cover, 3 – 6pm at the Astoria Moose Lodge.
Brian Johnstone, Flamenco/Jazz/Blues. 5 – 7pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s
Café in Cannon Beach.
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 U Street Pub in Seaside.
Wednesday
MUSIC
Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at the Rio Café in Astoria,
Dan Golden. World Music. 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
MUSIC
Live Music. No cover, 6pm at U Street Pub 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
Poet & Songwriters Circle. If you are interested in writing poetry/songs, please drop in
and join the group. 7pm at the Bay City Arts Center.
Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon
Beach.
Sunday 11
MUSIC
Tuba Christmas Concert. Christmas music
played by the Astoria Tuba Quartet. Free
at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
in Ilwaco, WA
Chuck Wilder. Jazz Piano. No cover,
11:30am – 2pm at the Bridgewater Bistro
in Astoria.
North Coast Chorale Winter Concert.
Featuring “Magnificat” the song of Mary
and “The Night Before Christmas.” $10,
2pm at the PAC in Astoria.
The Druthers. Acoustic/Folk/Musical.
No cover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery &
Public House in Astoria.
ART
Last Minute Local Artist Trunk Show.
9am – 4pm at Long Beach Coffee Roasters
in Long Beach, WA
HAPPENING
Holiday Open House. “Come Home For
The Holiday” features seasonal music by
local artists, book signings and delicious
homemade goodies as well as lovely handmade
gifts. Noon – 4pm at Redmen Hall in
Skamokawa, WA
Holiday Home Tours. Participating Bed &
Breakfasts offer tours. A donation of a nonperishable
food item is requested to be left
with each Bed & Breakfast visited. 1 – 4pm
on the Long Beach Peninsula, WA
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Candy
Cane Express. Departs from Garibaldi
at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm. FMI 503-842-
7972
11th Hour Santa Crafts Fair. Free, 10am
– 4pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
Help Portrait Oregon. Free family portraits
donated by local Help Portrait photographers.
Sit for the portrait and receive a free
5 x 7 or 8 x 10 photo immediately. 11am
– 5pm in the Conference Room of the Lincoln
City Cultural Center. 541-994-9994
THEATER
A Christmas Trilogy. Three holiday oneacts.
2pm at the River City Playhouse in
Ilwaco, WA
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 2pm at
the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
3pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
A Moon for the Misbegotten. Drama.
At the Barn Community Playhouse in Tillamook.
503-842-7940
Wednesday 14
HAPPENING
Ring in a New Career. A career exploration
event. This event will provide you with
an opportunity to identify career paths that
make the most of your skills and interests,
inform you about what’s hot on the career
front regionally, and introduce you to CCC
students and graduates. Participants will
learn about CCC’s admissions process
and how they can earn 6 free credits at
CCC while building skills through the College’s
Lives in Transitions program. Free,
reservations required. 4 – 7pm at Clatsop
Community College in Astoria. Sign up
at clatsopcc.edu/community/upcomingevents/ring-new-career
Team Trivia tournament. Free, 6pm at
the Seaside Library.
LITERARY
Cannon Beach Reads. A book discussion
group. This month’s book is “The Big Burn:
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved
America.” Free and open to the public,
7pm at the Cannon Beach Library.
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
apps 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.
THEATER
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 7:30pm
at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
7:30pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse
in Cannon Beach.
Friday 16
MUSIC
Chuck Wilder. Jazz Piano. No cover, 6 –
9pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria.
Jason Lambert. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the
Wet Dog Café in Astoria.
The Sonny Hess Trio. Blues. No cover,
7 – 9pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in
Gearhart.
Rodney Carrington. Country Music and
Stand-up Comedy. $22 - $52, 8pm at Chinook
Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK
Kevin Selfe & The Tornadoes. No cover,
9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Gingerbread Tea. $5 for adults, $3 for
children 2 – 4pm at Butterfield Cottage in
Seaside.
HAPPENING
Comedy at the Coast. Featuring Milt Abel,
Ronnie Schell, and Ty Boeh. $15, 8pm at
Chinook Winds in Lincoln City.
THEATER
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 7:30pm
at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
Saturday 17
MUSIC
Dan Golden & Jeffrey Reynolds. Celtic/
Gypsy Jazz/Latin. 6 – 9pm at McKeown’s
Restaurant in Seaside.
Niall. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the Wet Dog
Café in Astoria.
Rodney Carrington. Country Muisc and
Stand-up Comedy. $22 - $52, 8pm at Chinook
Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK
Blues Train. 9pm at Snug Harbor Bar &
Grill in Lincoln City.
Left Coast Country. Bluegrass/Country.
No cover, 9pm at Hazel’s Tavern in Astoria.
Norman Sylvester. Blues. No cover, 9pm
at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City.
CINEMA
Santa’s Cool Holiday Film Festival. $2,
11am at the Bijou Theater in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
Wine Tasting. Wines for Christmas. 1 –
4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria
Gingerbread Tea. $5 for adults, $3 for
children 2 – 4pm at Butterfield Cottage in
Seaside.
HAPPENING
Holiday Open House. “Come Home For
The Holiday” features seasonal music by
local artists, book signings and delicious
homemade goodies as well as lovely handmade
gifts. Noon – 4pm at Redmen Hall in
Skamokawa, WA
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Candy
Cane Express. Departs from Garibaldi
at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm. FMI 503-842-
7972
Comedy at the Coast. Featuring Milt Abel,
Ronnie Schell, and Ty Boeh. $15, 8pm at
Chinook Winds in Lincoln City.
THEATER
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 7:30pm
at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
8pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
Sunday 18
MUSIC
Dan Golden. World Music. 10am – 1pm at
McKeown’s Restaurant in Seaside.
David Drury. Jazz guitar. No cover,
11:30am – 2pm at the Bridgewater Bistro
in Astoria.
Gift of Music Concert. Featuring Concert
Rock Violinist Aaron Meyer. Canned, packaged
goods or cash donation are required
for admission. 2 – 4pm at Salishan Resort.
800-452-2300
The Coats. Performing a’Capella family
favorites. $15-$25, 3pm at the Liberty
Theater in Astoria.
Hanz Araki & Cathryn Claire. Celtic. $8
and $14, 7:30pm at the Coaster Theater
in Cannon Beach.
Buffalo Death Beam. Concrete/Folk Rock/
Shoegaze. No cover. 8pm at Fort George
Brewery & Public House in Astoria.
Cannon & Sloan. 8:30pm at Snug Harbor
Bar & Grill in Lincoln City.
CINEMA
Santa’s Cool Holiday Film Festival. $2,
11am at the Bijou Theater in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Pancake Breakfast. All-you-can-eat
for $5, 8am – noon at the Bay City Arts
Center.
Sonny Hess
Santrap, Fri. Dec 16
Northwest blues
legend renowned for
her guitar playing
and revered for her
unflagging support
of other artists in
the local rhythm and
blues community.
Cannon Beach American Legion Breakfast.
$7 adults, $3 children under 6. 9
– 11:30am at the American Legion Hall in
Cannon Beach.
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
HAPPENING
Holiday Open House. “Come Home For
The Holiday” features seasonal music by
local artists, book signings and delicious
homemade goodies as well as lovely handmade
gifts. Noon – 4pm at Redmen Hall in
Skamokawa, WA
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Candy
Cane Express. Departs from Garibaldi
at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm. FMI 503-842-
7972
THEATER
Scrooged in Astoria. $6 - $15, 2pm at
the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria.
Annie Get Your Gun. Musical. $8 - $23,
3pm at the Coaster Theater Playhouse in
Cannon Beach.
Monday 19
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
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
Senior Activity Center in Klipsan Beach, WA
Tuesday 20
MUSIC
Live Jam. Hosted by Steve Sloan. 8:30pm
at Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City.
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
Wednesday 21
MUSIC
Open Mic Night. All acts welcome. 5 –
7pm at the Three Cups Coffeehouse in
Astoria.
Open Mic Night. Hosted by Ann Tierney.
All levels welcome. 5 – 7pm at Wheelhouse
Coffee Company in Astoria.
FOOD & DRINK
Tea & Plum Pudding. $10 includes
museum admission. 1 – 4pm at the Flavel
House Museum in Astoria.
HAPPENING
Open Mic. All Acts are welcome. No cover,
5 – 7pm at the Three Cups Coffeehouse
in Astoria.
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film.
Movies & Musings
2011 goes out with a bang with the release schedule crammed with Academy Awards hopefuls. Not one, but two new Steven
Spielberg films including his first animated film, David Fincher’s latest billed as the “feel-bad film of Christmas,” Cameron Crowe’s first
movie in six years and the latest installments of the Sherlock Holmes and Mission: Impossible franchises.
Flash Cuts
by Les Kanekuni
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy (Dec. (9) The Cold War spy movie makes
a comeback with Swedish director Tomas Alfreson’s version of the John Le
Carre’s espionage thriller.
Set in the early ‘70s, story
deals with a Russian spy
deep within British Intellignece.
After a botched
mission in Prague where
an agent is captured by
the Russians, the head of
Mi6, Control (John Hurt),
and his deputy George
Smiley (Gary Oldman)
are forced into retirement.
On assignment in
Istanbul Mi6 agent Ricky
Tarr (Tom Hardy) learns
that Russian spymaster
Karla has an a mole deep
within Mi6. After the
Istanbul station head is
killed, Tarr goes on the
run and Smiley is brought
back to track down the
mole. Plot is a labyrinth with double and triple-crossings and constant
suspense of not knowing who is a friend or foe. Strong cast includes Colin
Firth, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds and Toby Jones.
Young Adult (Dec. 16) Diablo Cody burst onto the scene in 2007 with
her Academy Award-winning script for Juno. Now she returns with a more
mature, darker pic about a teen literature writer who can’t let go of the past.
Mavis Gary (Charlize
Theron) is a mid-30s,
divorced writer of young
adult books living in
Minneapolis. A former
queen of the scene in
high school, Mavis hates
her life. When former
high school flame Buddy
Slade (Patrick Wilson)
accidentally sends her
an email of his new
baby, Mavis goes into an
emotional tailspin and
returns to her hometown
to try to win Buddy
back. After humiliating
setbacks where Buddy
makes it clear he is not
interested, Mavis bumps
into overweight nerd
Matt and they strike up
an unlikely friendship. Theron has her work cut out for her – one reviewer
called Mavis the “most likeable unlikeable protagonist since Lester Burnham
in American Beauty.”
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Dec. 16) Everyone’s favorite
19th century sleuth returns as Robert Downey, Jr. stars as the quick-witted
master of deduction. In Game of Shadows, the criminal mastermind Professor
Moriarty, who was hinted at in the first movie finally is revealed as
Holmes’ nemesis and perhaps superior as he is equally brilliant and more
ruthless by far. After rumors floated of Brad Pitt playing the part, character
actor Jared Harris ended up as the evil mastermind. After the Crown
Prince of Austria is murdered, Homes and Watson (Jude Law) quip their
way through Europe, aided by the gypsy fortune teller Sim (Noomi Rapace)
while Moriarty sews a path of destruction toward some nefarious worldchanging
end. Rachel McAdams makes a brief cameo.
The Adventures of Tin Tin (Dec. 21) Steven Spielberg directs his first animated
movie with this film based on the comic book series by Belgian artist
Hergé. Although little known in the States, the series, enormously popular
in Europe, follows the adventures of young Tintin, a reporter, and his dog
Snowy in a globe-spanning nonstop action/adventure which has been
described as Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones. Spielberg filmed
live actors, whereupon the footage was transformed into 3D animation by
Peter Jackson’s effects company. The result is photorealistic animation that
is also true to the style of the original comic books. With Jamie Bell, Andy
Serkis and Daniel Craig.
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Dec. 21) Maybe the most anticipated
movie this season is David Fincher’s remake of the 2009 Swedish film based
on the first book of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling Millenium series. Story centers
around the relationship between Swedish journalist Mikael Blomkvist
(Daniel Craig) and goth computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara).
Blomkvist is summoned by corporate head Henrik Vanger (Christopher
Plummer) to investigate the disappearance of his niece Harriet 40 years
earlier who Vanger believes was murdered by a member of his own family.
To that end, Blomkvist enlists the help of the bisexual Salander, whose dark
personal life includes rape and sexual torture by her legal guardian. Blomkvist
discovers a list of names kept by Harriet. Salander finds that the names
are Jewish women, nearly all murdered. When they discover that Vanger’s
brothers were members of the Swedish Nazi Party, they believe they’re on
the trail of a Nazi serial killer. Movie has been advertised as the “feel bad”
movie of Christmas, with the typical Fincher dark, stylish atmosphere.
We Bought A Zoo (Dec. 23) After a six year absence, director Cameron
Crowe (Jerry Maguire) returns with the true life story of Benjamin Mee (Matt
Damon), a single father who
uses his life savings to resurrect a
rundown zoo. After losing his wife
to cancer, emotionally devastated
Benjamin struggles to rebuild his
life with his two children, teenage
Dylan and six-year-old Rosie.
Against the advice of his practical
brother Duncan (Thomas Haden
Church), he buys a decrepit zoo
on a whim. With no zookeeping
experience whatsoever, he must
win over the skeptical staff, led
by head zookeeper Kelly (Scarlett
Johansson), stave off imminent
bankruptcy which would mean
the destruction of 200 animals
and avoid being shut down by a
hostile USDA inspector. Along the
way to healing himself and the zoo, Benjamin must face a zookeeper’s worst
nightmare. Although Crowe’s films are known for their humorous, sunny
outlook no matter how dark the situation, he and Damon went to lengths
to avoid making a hokey “Disney-fied” movie. Cast includes Patrick Fugit,
Elle Fanning and Peter Riegert.
War Horse (Dec. 25) Although he’s made six films set in World War II,
Steven Spielberg was “never interested” in World War I until he read Michael
Morpurgo’s 1982 children’s novel about Joey, one of millions of horses used
by the military for cavalry and draught horses – pulling weapons, vehicles
and dead/wounded. Along
with the slaughter of men,
millions of horses perished
in the war. After seeing
the British play in 2010,
Spielberg decided to make
War Horse his next project.
In the rural village of Devon,
young Albert’s family buys
a magnificent horse. Albert
names it Joey and bonds
with the horse. But as World War I dawns, the family is forced to sell Joey to
the British Army. Story follows Joey as he first serves as an officer’s mount.
After a horrific battle, Joey ends up on the German side, serving as a work
horse. As the war goes on, Joey passes through many hands, all the while
trying to get back to his owner, Albert. An old-fashioned Hollywood film,
both anti-war and a love story between a man and his horse.
23 dec11 hipfishmonthly.com

The Future
& 2011 Predictions
Coping with the Holidays
When the holiday season
arrives we are once again
introduced to the glitter and glow
of the retail world and familiar
songs of Santa Claus is coming
to town. This sensory overload
is often stimulating and can also
bring up some painful feelings
of loss. The passing of a loved
one during the holidays is not an
easy thing to go through as the
very smell of turkey or the sight
of the Christmas tree can bring
up painful memory of years past.
The timing of the Universe
and our loved ones passing is
not set by the calendar of events
we hold here on Earth. We can
heal from this loss by shifting our
awareness a couple degrees to
better understand how to cope
with the passing of a loved one.
When we cross over into the
spirit realm we are amerced in
divine love as that is our natural
state of being. Our deceased
loved ones have the responsibility
to the family pod we were
born into to look after those that
remain here on Earth. We do
not incarnate again until our job
as guardian angel to a grandchild
or family member is complete.
Often there will be two or three
generations on the other side
before we start to incarnate
again. Reincarnation is the
soul’s experience of being born
into physical form and having
the opportunity to address and
clear karmic events from other
lifetimes. Karma is the past
experiences that went unresolved
and are often the situations that
never had closure. We repeat
by Sonja Grace
events in our lives trying to recreate
the feeling so we can heal.
We have relationships with
people and places that go back
in time for centuries.
The loss of a loved one at the
holidays or on a birthday is not
the revenge of the Universe it is
a remembrance of their passing
that from the other side is a joyful
and remarkable journey back
to their natural state of being.
Let’s celebrate this holiday
season with the awareness
that our loved ones are near us
leaving signs like a penny on the
floor or a flickering light. Let’s
change the course of death and
dying to a celebration of returning
to the source. Find your
peace inside this holiday season
with the knowledge that your
loved ones are all around you.
It is up to us to love at the deepest
level of our beings and bring
that divine love into our daily
lives. Let your grief transform
into a higher consciousness and
realization that we are mere visitors
here on Earth.
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
Transform your Life with Surfing!
For 2012, NW Women’s Surf Camps &
Retreat’s Director Lexie Hallahan aka “Wave
Goddess” and her awesome staff invite you to
experience surfing on the level you’ve always
wanted to! “Mother Nature provides us all a
playground in the Pacific Ocean to experience
her on a personal level” Hallahan says. “Surfing
opens that door of play to us!” Be it along
the North Oregon Coast from June through
October in NW Women’s Surf Camp Events,
Getaways and Retreats, or on the exotic garden
isle of Kauai in April with NWWSC’s Bali Hai
Surfing and Cultural Immersion Retreat. Both
locales will nurture this unique experience for
you.
RAIN Magazine Submissions
RAIN Magazine, Clatsop Community College’s
(CCC) literary publication, is accepting
submissions now through January 10, 2012
for its Spring 2012 edition.
Proud of its 4O plus years publishing the
art & literature of our talented coastal community,
RAIN welcomes submissions from the
general public as well as CCC students. There
is no theme for the 2012 edition, but we do
appreciate work that celebrates the unique
landscape and lifestyle of the Columbia
Pacific region. Please submit no more than
5000 words of prose, three poems, three
digital photos, or three high quality digital
reproductions of original artwork. Our ability
Develop the strength, stamina and confidence
to paddle out through the waves to the
outside. Harness the courage to paddle into
a wave and fully “drop in” for the first time…
and then dozens of times after that. Feel the
exhilaration only a surfer knows from their connection
with the ocean and her waves. Leave
with that transformed feeling of bliss and awe
at the end of your session. NWWSC’s will
share with you their knowledge, skills, passion
and enthusiasm for surfing.
You may choose to experience a full week
of amazing immersion into surfing and its fun
filled lifestyle during one of their two Week
Retreats; on the exotic Garden Island of Kauai
to print color is limited, so artists submitting
color images should indicate if the image
may appear in B&W. Include name, address,
phone number, e-mail, title and medium, and
a brief, 2-3 line bio with all entries. No SASE
necessary; manuscripts will be recycled.
Online submissions are welcome and
encouraged if submitted as a WORD or
JPEG attachment (email to rainmagazine@
clatsopcc.edu). Submissions, online or otherwise,
without proper contact information may
not be considered.
Mail submissions to: RAIN Magazine,
Clatsop Community College, 1653 Jerome
Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103.
Photography: Kaitlin Emmerling
at Seaside Public Library
The Seaside Public Library is showing the works of
professional photographer and Seaside High School
graduate Kaitlin Emmerling from December 13, 2011
to December 29, 2012. The photographs will be
on display in the Community Room and foyer. The
show will be a retrospective look at Kaitlin’s European
travels and will offer viewers a glimpse of warm Mediterranean
life in the midst of our gray Oregon winter.
Kaitlin Emmerling graduated from Seaside High
School in 2005, and received a BFA in Photography
in April or along the breathtakingly beautiful Pacific
NW Coast in July. Or invite your other half
to escape with you for their Couples & Partner’s
Surf Weekender Getaway in the delightful
beach town of Cannon Beach in August. These
extended surfing opportunities will nurture your
surfing to a whole new place!
If time is of the essence in your life and
multiple day Retreats won’t fit in for you right
now, then you can treat yourself to a Surf
Weekender on the North Oregon Coast with
your favorite girlfriend(s). Custom Girlfriend
Getaways and Custom Guy Getaway Day
Camps or Weekenders can also be booked with
them. These sweet two day adventures will
rekindle your spirit and empower women (and
men) with the joy of surfing and knowledge to
pursue it in their lives. New surf friendships are
created in them too!
For women who want to get their feet wet
and try surfing, but aren’t sure if they are
ready to commit to multi days or weekends,
then their One Day Surf Camps is are the one
for you. You’ll learn the essential skills and
knowledge with their great surf coaches who
will instruct and coach you with their enthusiastic
passion for the sport! You can fulfill your
personal dream to surf with their expansive
surfing opportunities for women, men and
couples in 2012.
You can contact Director Lexie Hallahan at
surfcamps@freedomnw.com. Become a Fan
on their Facebook at NW Women’s Surf Camps
& Retreats. Or visit their website at www.NW-
WOMENSSURFCAMPS.com for all event dates,
details and Active.com online registration.
from Oregon State University in 2009. She established
her photography business in Portland soon
after graduating and specializes in up-and-coming
clothing design companies, portraits, model portfolios,
and weddings.
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
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word.
In Seaside on Monday night Hart offers
The Artist’s Way, a program designed by Julia
Cameron for blocked creatives. Using the
workbook, exercises, and in-class sharing,
students reconnect with their personal wellspring
of creativity. Open to all artistic and
creative genres. Bring a copy of The Artist’s
Way to the first class & plan to work hard!
Expect to come away with amazing insights
and new ideas - possibly a new life path!
PER 000143 / E2, in Seaside, at
SCCC, 6-8 pm Monday, $65, Jan. 9 to Mar.
12.Tuesday in Astoria, another section of
Artist’s Way:
PER 000143 / E1 … in Astoria, at Josie
Peper Center, 6-8 Tuesday, $65; Jan. 10
to Mar. 13. This class
will use another of J.
Cameron’s books on
creativity culturing,
TBD.
From Angela
Reynolds, goldsmith,
of Astoria: “I’ve done
the course on my own
many times but never
made it all the way
through....with the encouragement
and input
I broke through and
discovered creativity
waiting to be erupt...
I’m now taking up a musical
instrument~ first time in 28
years!”
Writing Memoirs and Life
Stories - A continuation of
work begun Fall term. Explore
more of the craft aspect of
memoir writing. Learn how
writers get at ‘their truth.’
Plan to read, write, revise,
and study hard to comprehend
the craft of personal life
stories.
Sign up, get your stories
polished, aired and shared.
In-class writing, plus outside
Author Jennie Shortridge At Cannon Beach Library
Local Writer and Artist
Becky Hart offers
The Artist’s Way and Memoir
Through CCC in Seaside and Astoria
Author Jennie Shortridge, who has written four
novels, speaks at the Cannon Beach Library as part of
the Northwest Authors Second Saturday Series. Her
most recent book is “When She Flew.”
This is the fictionalization of true events, and after
much research, she let her imagination run wild to
create this evocative story of an Iraq war vet raising his
daughter in the wild and the single mom/policewoman
who breaks all the rules when ordered to separate
them, risking everything to help them escape. This
story explores the issues of raising children in today’s
world, living within the system as opposed to rejecting
it, the toll of war on families, and introduces a young
heroine raised in the forest who thrives through the
worst of circumstances.
“Examining people willing to sidestep the rules
in pursuit of a greater good, shrtridges fourth novel
recalls Barbara Kingsolver’s Pigs in Heaven . . . – The
Publisher’s Weekly
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2pm at CB Library, located at
131 Hemlock.
reading, also some bio-pic viewing. All levels
& stages welcome.
PER013509 Writing Memoirs, Josie Peper
Center, 1-3:00 Wednesday, $65; Jan. 11 to
Mar. 14. Call 503-338-2408 for info.
Becky Hart, MFA, has been a North Coast
resident for most of the past 40 years. An
article Hart published in The Nation, “Ten
Things to Do to Start A Community Garden”
(September 2009), will be re-issued by
“Pathways to Wellness,” in their December
2011 issue. (PathWays is a 4-color
quarterly, published in collaboration with the
Holistic Pediatric Association and Families
for Conscious Living. http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org
) She
is a former columnist
for HipFish and the
Daily Astorian. She
writes personal essays
and short stories she
calls dragnet fiction,
based on tales where
“the names have been
changed to protect
the innocent.” She is
working on a collection
of essays about place
and staying put, and
a screenplay about
Stepford Bankers.
JULIAN SMITH AUTHOR OF
“CROSSING THE HEART OF AFRICA”
AT SEASIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY
On Thursday, December 8, at
7:00 p.m. The Friends of the Seaside
Library welcome author and
adventurer Julian Smith, speaking
on his book “Crossing the Heart of
Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure”.
The event will take place
in the Community Room and there
will be book sales and signings
presented by Beach Books.
In 1898, the dashing young
British explorer Ewart Grogan
was in love. In order to prove his
mettle to his beloved, and her aristocratic
stepfather, he set out on
a quest to become the first person
to walk across Africa.
In 2007, American journalist
Julian Smith faced a similar
problem with his girlfriend of six
years…and decided to address it
in the same way Grogan had 100 years
earlier. Julian retraced the 4,500-mile
journey for love and glory through lakes,
volcanoes, savannas, and crowded
African cities.
Julian Smith is an award-winning
writer whose articles and photographs
have appeared in Smithsonian, Outside,
4. Author Lydia Saccomono
At Long Beach Coffee Roasters
CANNON BEACH READS!
Cannon Beach Reads!, the reading
group sponsored by the Cannon Beach
Library, discusses “The Big Burn: Teddy
Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved
America ” an account of the three million-acre
forest fire of 1910 that led to
National Geographic, and New Science
magazines. He lives in Portland, Oregon
with his wife and daughter.
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
Join local author Lydia
Saccomanno in celebrating
the publishing of her first book,
“God Answered Lydia’s Prayer.”
In this powerful and joyous
true story, follow Lydia on her
journey through her blessed
life and discover how God
Answered Lydia’s Prayer. Lydia
will be at Long Beach Coffee
Roasters in Long Beach, WA to
sell and sign books.
Saturday, Dec 10, 12noon –
2pm. 811 Pacific Ave S in Long
Beach FMI: Contact Mandy at
360-642-2334
the national parks program. (The group
usually meets on the third Wednesday
of the month but rescheduled this
month to avoid the holiday rush.)
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 7pm at CB
Library, 131 N. Hemlock
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
December
© Copyright 2010 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): This would be an excellent time to
head down to Pucón, Chile and hire a daredevil to fly you in a
helicopter into the caldera of the active Villarrica volcano, whereupon
you would bungee-jump out of the copter down to within
700 feet of the molten lava. If that’s too extreme or expensive for
your tastes, I urge you to come up a milder adventure that will
still bring you a close encounter with primal heat and light -- and
maybe even some divine fire.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As a mouse looks for food or shelter,
it is flexible enough to fit through a hole as small as a quarter
of an inch. You would really benefit from having a talent like
that right now, Taurus. Of course, even if you are as slippery
and pliable as you’ll need to be, you will also have to be on high
alert for the inviting possibilities, some of which may be brief
or subtle. For example, let’s say you spy an interesting-looking
person with whom you’d love to chat. The window of opportunity
may be open for less than ten seconds. Seize that moment!
Refuse to get hung up in shyness. Don’t convince yourself that
another chance will come along later.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of my Gemini acquaintances,
Tara, has been playing a slow-moving game of tag with three
friends since they were all in second grade together. They’re 27
years old now, and still live in the same city. Currently, Tara is
“It,” and has been so for quite some time. But she confided in
me that she plans to make a move very soon. She says she’ll
sneak up on one of the other players during his lunch break at
work, tag him, and run away before he can tag her back. I told
her she’s likely to meet with success, since this is an excellent
time for you Geminis to gain an advantage in pretty much any
kind of game you’re playing.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Far more crucial than what we
know or do not know is what we do not want to know,” wrote
philosopher Eric Hoffer. This is a good idea for you to contemplate
right now. I realize it may be a challenge for you to figure
out what you would rather not know and are afraid to know and
might even be allergic to knowing. Still, I hope you’ll make the effort.
Maybe you could enlist a smart ally who’d be skillful in helping
you uncover the taboo truth. And maybe you could formulate
an intention to be as objective as you’ve ever been.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Biologists say there are 680 species of
trees and shrubs in the U.S. and Canada. By comparison, Lambir
Hills National Park on the island of Borneo is the home of 1,175
species on its 128 acres. I suspect you will feel right at home in
places like Lambir Hills in the coming days, Leo. Your own creative
urges will be running hotter than usual, and are most likely
to thrive in contexts that are themselves teeming with lush fertility
and rich diversity. Please surround yourself with inspirational
influences, thereby giving yourself the best possible chance to
express yourself with vivid imagination.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “People travel to faraway places to
watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home,”
wrote philosopher Dagobert D. Runes. Your assignment, Virgo,
should you choose to accept it, is to refute that assertion. In
other words, I’m inviting you to travel to all of your usual haunts
and treat everything that happens there with the attitude of a
first-time visitor. Just assume that the familiar people and places
in your life have stimulating gifts to give and lessons to impart.
Remember, though, they can’t do that to the fullest unless you
expect them to.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The human brain is composed of 30
percent protein and 70 percent fat. So it wouldn’t be incorrect
to refer to you as a fathead. In order to nourish your brain cells,
you’ve got to eat foods that provide two essential fatty acids your
body doesn’t manufacture: omega-3 ALA and omega-6 LA. Since
you’re now in a “brain-building” phase of your astrological cycle,
I urge you to get more than your minimum requirements of these
basics. If I may be permitted to resurrect a now-out-of-fashion
slang term, I suggest that you also expose yourself to a lot of
extraordinarily phat sources of intellectual stimulation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The mawashi is the loincloth that
Japanese sumo wrestlers wear while competing. It’s rare for the
garment to come off, even in the heat of a match, but it did happen
once in 2000, when a wrestler named Asanokiri suddenly
found himself standing naked during his bout with Chiyohakuho.
In conformity with sumo’s rules, Asanokiri was immediately disqualified.
I don’t think you’re at risk for being rendered literally
unclothed in the heat of a showdown or a plot twist, Scorpio. But
I do advise you to take extra precautions to prevent a metaphorical
version of that occurrence. Get your act very together, and
keep it very together.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Dear Mr. Brezsny: My name
is Sonny McGee and I own a website that caters to people who
are addicted to playing poker. I’m a big fan of your horoscopes,
and I’m wondering if you would like to advertise your work to our
audience. Gamblers love astrology! Get in touch. - Sagittarian
Wheeler Dealer.” Dear Wheeler Dealer: Thanks for your interest,
but I’ll pass. I don’t like to encourage anyone to focus their
gambling urges on trivial matters like card games, sports events,
and lotteries. I prefer they direct that mojo to high-minded stuff
like daring themselves to excel, pursuing exciting and idealistic
adventures, and doing brave things to help save the world. By
the way, it’s prime time for you Sagittarians to ratchet up your
commitment to those kinds of gambles.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I hope you’re not so perversely
attached to your demons that you’re inclined to keep providing
them with a comfortable home. Why Because the coming
weeks will be an excellent time for you to permanently banish
them from the premises. Yes, I know it may seem lonely at first
without their nagging, disruptive voices chattering away in your
head. But I really do encourage you to bid them adieu. By the
way, as you plan your exorcism, you might want to include a
humorous touch or two. They’re allergic to satire and mockery,
you know.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Beauvais Cathedral in northern
France has been called “the most daring achievement of
Gothic architecture.” Its soaring facades, carved wooden doors,
stained glass windows, and astronomical clock demonstrate
high artistry. There’s a problem with the place, however -- it has
never been completed. Work began in the year 1225, and experts
are still talking about how to solve certain ongoing difficulties
with its construction. I don’t know when this happy ending
will occur, Aquarius, but I do expect that in 2012 you will be able
to put the finishing touches on your own personal version of the
Beauvais Cathedral. And now would be a good time to formulate
definite plans to do so.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In my prayers, I’ve been negotiating
with the Goddess to grant you the power to change
the course of rivers, at least in a metaphorical way. I’ve also
beseeched her to show you how to overthrow the Puppet Master
and convert overwrought hawks into savvy doves. The Goddess
seems to be seriously considering these appeals, and has even
hinted she might offer you instructions on how to shape a new
Adam out of one of Eve’s ribs, mythically speaking. In return, she
does have one request: that you do what you can to make sure
the sun rises on schedule for the next ten days.
Homework: Imagine what your life would be like if you licked
your worst fear. Describe this new world to me. Go to RealAstrology.com
and click on “Email Rob.”
Featuring biking quips, quibbles, and some damn
good advice from Margaret Hammitt-McDonald.
Be Seen And Heard
Standing out
may not be
everyone’s favorite
thing, but it’s
essential when
you’re a cyclist on
roads designed for
and occupied by
larger, higher-speed
vehicles. This truth
finds its most tragic
illustration in cycleauto
accidents
where a motorist
protests, “But I
didn’t see the bicycle!”
Being pilloried
by second-grade classmates for wearing
that beer-can-and-crochet vest sure wasn’t
fun, but you want to shine forth on the
road. Even if you don’t ride a double-height
mutant bike, you need to be brightly lit and
sonically equipped.
Bike lights come in two basic types: the
ones that enable others to see you and
the ones that allow you to see the road
under the cover of darkness. If you ride
on well-lit streets, you need only the first
kind. If you ride on rural roads with minimal
illumination, you need both. I ride with a
250 lumen front light (about as bright as
a headlight), which reveals gravel and grit
ahead as if it were daylight.
By law, cyclists riding at night need a
white front light and a red rear light, both
of which can be seen from at least 500
feet away. I prefer multiple rear lights, each
with its own position (near your seat, on
your rear rack, etc.) and flashing pattern.
Check your batteries before hopping on;
lights can fade out mid-ride and you won’t
realize you’ve suddenly become the Invisible
Cyclist. Some lights fasten to your axles so
they flash every time the wheels turn (no
batteries required), but they can get loose
and rattle around, making you sound like an
oncoming train (tighten before leaving your
station). Be sure your lights aren’t blocked
by bags on racks and other obstacles.
Bright, reflective clothing is crucial for
rain, fog, and darkness. Water-resistant
clothing designed for bicycling usually has
reflective components in the right spots, but
consider whether items like a backpack will
cover them. (Recumbent riders, be aware
that these items are designed for upright
bikes; your seat may hide the reflective tape
By Margaret Hammitt-McDonald
on the back of a jacket.) Clever accessories
such as reflective or battery-powered flashing
ankle bracelets keep baggy pants at bay
and get you noticed.
Auditory recognition aids are most helpful
for alerting pedestrians and other cyclists to
your presence. Although I still ring my bike
bell at unaware motorists emerging from
parking lots, the combination of road noise,
being enclosed, and the radio can conspire
to mute that tinny sound. Some cyclists resort
to loud horns, with the ultimate in sonic
blasts being an air horn-like device fueled
by a bike pump. (It might end up startling
you more than the motorist, though.) Elders
are more accustomed to bike bells than
someone shouting “Oh your left!” However,
some have high-frequency hearing loss,
hence the attractiveness of a bell with a
deeper tone. I’ve heard everything from
cowbells to retro “oogah” horns. The one
thing you don’t want is to rely on your
squeaky chain or other untended components
to notify others of your imminent
arrival.
Being seen and heard extends beyond
the road itself. Whenever community
meetings touch upon road design and
maintenance, a cycling contingent needs to
make its presence felt to ensure that new
or expanded transportation corridors take
the non-motorized population into account.
I’ve found community planners to be open
to pedestrian and cycling concerns, and a
positive attitude and focus on safety can
win over avowed non-cyclists. That SUVdriving
politician might even dust off the
1960s clunker and roll up behind you…
with a flashlight and a doorbell tied onto the
handlebars.
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Community Listings
WORKSHOPS/CLASSES
Create a Winter Holiday Centerpiece.
Create a holiday arrangement. Bring a waterproof
bowl, up to eight inches across, no
larger, as well as any ornaments or candles
you would like in your arrangement. The
program takes place after the library closes
and no other library services will be available.
Registration required. Free, 3 – 5pm at the
Timberland Library in South Bend, WA (360)
875-5532
Coaster Theater Winter Break Camp.
December 19 – 23. For children ages 8 and
older. This camp will focus on three common
aspects of performance art: acting, singing
and dancing. In addition to improving confidence
and creativity, campers will be exposed
to teamwork, respect and unlimited imagination.
The last day of the session students will
present the show that they have created for
family and friends. $100. 10am – 4pm at
the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. (503)
436-1242
Native American Beading. Monday December
5, Wednesday December 7. The OSU
Extension Service is offering Native American
Beading Classes at the OSU Extension Office
in Tillamook for youth in grades 6 and above.
Tillamook students can ride the bus from
school. To register contact (503)842-3433.
Energy Trust of Oregon Home Energy
IQ Workshop. Tuesday, December 6. A
Home Energy IQ workshop gives you a better
understanding of how energy use impacts
the health, comfort and safety of your home.
You’ll learn to: save energy by making small
changes around your house, identify the biggest
energy users in your home and how energy
use changes over time, offset the cost of
qualifying improvements with cash incentives
and tax credits. Qualifying homeowners will
receive two complementary gifts, a copy of
“Cut Your Energy Bills Now”, by Bruce Harley
and an Energy Saver Kit which will help you
start saving money immediately. 5 – 7pm at
the Astoria Public Library.
Introduction to Family History. Held on 4
consecutive Tuesdays, starting January 10.
Family History can be many things, from
“I just want to put a scrapbook together of
these old photos” to a scholarly text with
footnotes and charts, to a novelized version
of an ancestor’s life story. Classes will
include: Discussions on how to begin; how
to organize files and protect documents;
research ideas on vital records, courthouse
trips and online resources; how to keep track
of your family and research either by hand or
computer. $40, 2 – 3:30pm on January 10,
17, 24, and 31. At the Hoffman Center in
Manzanita.
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 NEWS: Yoga Namasté
offers HOLIDAY YOGA this year! The
3-week unlimited term will start December 4
and go right up to Christmas Eve, December
24, 2011. The cost is $75 and gives students
access to 24 classes. The Intermediate
(Level II/III) class meets Monday, Wednesday,
Friday at 6:15 a.m. This is a challenging class
for already physically fit individuals (great for
people in the Coast Guard) not necessarily
experienced yogis, but people who welcome
a CONSISTENT, DEMANDING, TRANSFORM-
ING practice guided by innovative, quality
instruction. People must have an open mind,
be ready to go upside down and inside out
and have fun doing it. At the other end of the
spectrum we offer Gentle Yoga (Level I) on
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. This is a wonderful
introduction to simple, easy yoga poses
that can be performed by people who are
dealing with limited flexibility and who seek a
more slow and relaxed approach to exercise.
Our most popular class, Beginner Yoga (Level
I/II) meets Monday, Wednesday, Friday at
8:30 a.m. This class is great for people who
are avid walkers or who have been keeping
physically fit in their daily lives. Yoga provides
an opportunity to keep flexible, maintain
core strength and exposes them to a fun,
challenging yet relaxing experience they
otherwise would not get. Flow Yoga (focus is
on the breath and the cardiovascular system)
meets Saturday at 9:30 a.m. This is when
yoga meets Rock’n Roll. One hour and a half
of continuous movement. Be ready to sweat.
ALL classes incorporate the Five Tibentan
Rites, a series of exercises with mystical,
age-reversing properties. Also, A ONE HOUR
FREE ClASS is offered on Tuesday December
13 and on Thursday, December 15 both at 6
p.m. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! For more information
about class details go to: www.yoganam.
com or call: 503 440 9761.
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 lotusyoga@live.com, website www.
lotusyogaonline.com for more information.
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 serraphon@msn.com.
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.
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.
$5 p/class. FMI: Call Linda (503)867-3943;
or via e-mail: 4lsanderlin@gmail.com.
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, 5:15-
6:45 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 vingtsunmc@hotmail.com
LEARN SELF DEFENSE IN LONG BEACH.
Kenpo Karate for Adults, Tuesdays @
7:00pm - 9:00pm. Long Beach Grange,
5715 Sandridge Rd, Long Beach WA.Also at
the Grange, KENPO Karate for Kids, Mondays
@ 4:00pm - 5:00pm, and free KENPO Open
practice, every Saturday, 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
Class tuition is $40.00/mo. Inquire for a
free introductory class / sign up: jbgroove2@
crescomm.net Phone: 360-665-0860.
See us on video at: www.YouTube.com/
JonBelcherKenpo
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
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.
Children’s Holiday Ceramic Workshop. Saturday, December 17.
The class is intended for ages 5 and up and parents of children under
the age of 7 are asked to participate with their kids. This fun and
creative workshop will allow kids to decorate handmade clay ornaments,
and small clay picture frames, with a variety of underglaze colors that
will then be fired to 2000 degrees in a ceramic kiln. The class will also
make a custom handmade gift box to put their creations in for a tantalizing
ensemble that will be the hit of any holiday get-together. Free, all
materials included. 1 – 3pm at the Seaside Library. Call 503-738-6742
or stop by the Library to register.
centerforspiritualliving.org and 503-791-
2192.
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 10-
11:30. 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
Bank. Tasks may include: greenhouse and
garden weeding, planting, and watering.
Meetings
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 LUNCH BRUNCH. The December
6, 2011, ENCORE Lunch Bunch will find us
meeting at Bigfoot’s Steakhouse, 2427 Roosevelt
Dr (Hwy 101), Seaside OR. The theme
for this gathering is Childhood Christmas
Memories.....So come with your favorite one.
ENCORE (Experiene New Concepts of
Retirement Education). is a membership
organization - your participation is welcome
at all levels - as a student in the wide variety
if interesting classes, on committees, and
as an instructor, sharing your expertise or
areas of interest with others.Involvement has
many benefits, a couple of which are learning
new things and making new friends. No
tests, no homework - but quite an interesting
experience. For further information, please
call Paula Duncan, College Liason/Member
Information, 503-338-2408.
BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION & SUP-
PORT. 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
WEIDMAN @ 503-325-1306 OR LIZ PIETILA
@ 503-861-2050.
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health & wellness.
Understanding THE American Disease, Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that affects close to 19
million people (2010) in the United States alone.
This is an increase of approximately 4 million
cases since I first wrote this article in 2006. But
the 19 million only account for those who have
seen a doctor and been diagnosed, it is estimated
that another 7 million remain undiagnosed.
Diabetes continues to be a leading cause of death
by disease and remains a growing health care
epidemic across this country. Understanding this
disease, its long-term consequences, risk factors,
diagnosis and treatment is no small endeavor.
Therefore I have chosen to dedicate the next three
Bodies in Balance articles to this topic.
This disease is known by a more formal name,
Diabetes Mellitus, and by definition is a metabolic
disease in which blood levels of glucose are abnormally
high because the body does not release,
use or respond to insulin adequately. There are
two distinct types; Type I is characterized by an
absence of insulin production. Type II is different
in that there may still be insulin production but
the body becomes resistant to its message. Type
I accounts for approximately 10% of all diabetics
and its onset is commonly before age 30. Type
II therefore accounts for the other 90% and is
more common in those older than 20, BUT sadly
numbers in young people are currently rising
dramatically. Here is an update on the numbers
affecting young people. 1.9 million new cases
were diagnosed in people aged 20 and older in
2010, with a total of 11.3% of this population
affected. For those under 20 it affects 1 in every
400 or 0.26% and rising!
Lets talk about the pancreas. This is a digestive
organ lying across the width of the abdomen just
below the ribs. To simplify, this organ does two
jobs; it releases enzymes into the small intestine
which digest food and it releases insulin into the
blood to regulate blood sugars. The release of
insulin is triggered via the nervous system (seeing
and smelling food) as well as the digestive system
(digestive enzymes) and blood sugar levels. The
pancreas is busy monitoring all these stimuli to
read the needs and assess the balance between
what’s available from our food in the gut and what
is needed in the blood…no small job! Once insulin
is released it binds to cells throughout the body
signaling them to store away the digestive breakdown
products (glucose, lipids and amino acids).
If insulin is working correctly those digestive biproducts
will be stored away and blood sugars will
return to pre-consumption levels within 2 hours.
Dr. Tracy Erfling is a
naturopath physician in the
Lower Columbia Region.
Questions
erflingnd@hotmail.com
When there is insulin resistance (i.e. the cells are
not responding to insulin‘s message) blood sugars
remain high, which over time can begin to cause
damage throughout the body.
The long-term consequences of diabetes is
what makes it such a concerning disease. Over
time the continuously heightened blood sugars
are especially hard on the blood vessels causing
inflammation, micro tears, thinning of vessel
walls, weakness, and leaking. Throughout this
process the body attempts to heal the damage
by laying down a protective layer, otherwise know
as athreosclerotic plaques. Think of high blood
sugars like rust in the pipes of your house; at first
the thin, most delicate rusted pipes will give out,
although over time all pipes will likely suffer damage.
Likewise, blood vessel damage is the key to
consequences throughout the body. It starts with
the smallest vessels in places like the eyes, kidneys,
and nerves. Early damage can result in poor
eyesight, increased urination, and poor sensation
in the feet. Eventually if left untreated problems
can exacerbate to blindness, kidney failure and
numbness or weakness of the limbs. When larger
bodiesinbalance
By Tracy Erfling, N.D.
blood vessels supplying the heart, liver, and skin
begin to suffer, we begin to see skin ulcerations,
and heart and liver disease. And secondary to
poor blood health and damaged vasculature the
body is slow to heal, which clearly just compounds
these problems.
So wondering why the body stops producing
insulin or receiving its message in the first place
Good question! For those who have Type I, studies
find that 75% of these people have
antibodies to the cells that produce
the insulin, i.e. their own immune
system is attacking the pancreas.
Genetics may also play a role in Type
I, but that role is even more profound
in Type II. Theories about insulin
resistance in Type II abound; again the
immune system may play a role in that
antibodies to foods, virus’, bacteria,
etc. may be obscuring or damaging the
receptor sites where insulin should be
binding. But more noteworthy is the link between
Type II diabetes and western lifestyle, in my opinion
this connection is paramount. Obesity is found
in 90% of those with Type II making it the greatest
risk factor for the development of diabetes. Type
II diabetics often have poor quality diets with little
fiber, excessive simple carbohydrates, and little to
no activity or exercise. But as with all disease it is
a complicated multifactorial process.
To summarize what we’ve covered here, there
are two types of diabetes, the second of which is
far more common and an ever growing health crisis.
Our overworked pancreas’ are trying as hard
as they can to keep up with our over-processed
carbohydrate rich diets but for those affected
the message is not being heard. This is causing
damage throughout the body as the blood vessels
are the primary target. In the next episode we
will explore risk factors, signs and symptoms and
what tests to talk to your doctor about regarding
diabetes…so stay tuned…
DO something you love, BE with someone you
love, EAT your vegetables, DRINK clean water,
BREATHE deeply and MOVE your body EVERYDAY!
word and wisdom
Last Thoughts of the Year
By Tobi Nason
As I sit here in Overboard Games & Puzzles, waiting for customers
to show up, I’m eyeballing the shoes I’m wearing, the
ones I had to buy to accomodate the ankle brace. They were
fairly spendy and I balked at spending the money for them,
but they are so comfortable and if I were going to walk, I
needed shoes. I’m wearing a pair of blue socks that I knitted,
a pattern of my own design, a simple sircular rib. A friend is
coming soon and we will chat over the coffee he brings me.
In the world of simple pleasures, I think I’ve mastered this
area.
Life is not terrible, in other words. That doesn’t sound very
optimistic, but maybe “not terrible” is also “pretty good.” I’m
not sure. It could be just semantics, and whether one sees
the glass half full or half empty. In these leaner times, I have
to search for a reason to feel gratitude. Hence, just sitting
and observing - the comfort of my shoes. Handmade socks.
A cup of coffee with a friend. And I’ll add this- the opportunity
to write for others is a privilege. That’s what they must mean
about “stop and smell the roses.”
Its hard to take advantage of the slow times in our lives.
My broken ankle forced me to slow down. I had to prioritize
and feel okay with the circumstances. There was nothing
for me to do except make the best of an irksome situation.
I’m not sure- if someone had said, “Tobi, you seem to have
much discontent. Why don’t you take 6 weeks out of your life
for some reflection That’s right, hunker down on that couch
and see how it feels to have limited mobility. Imagine never
walking again....”
Pleased to say, I am walking again. Am I happy I suppose
so. Could life be better Always. Am I working on it Yes,
daily. Having my somewhat boring routine back is comforting.
No bombs go off in my neighborhood. No threats to my
safety. No disruptive drama. Just a slow meditative life. One
where I can knit my own socks or write what I please or walk
to work. Those are the gifts in my life. A quiet life, waiting for
me to appreciate it.
Counselor advice: Whatever your life looks like, figure out
the parts that work for you. Chaotic life Enjoy the busy-ness.
Quiet life Enjoy the peace. Things change .Expect change.
Work with what is.... and Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year!
Tobi Nason is a counselor in Manzanita. She enjoys knitting,
writing and ... walking.
Tracy Erfling n.d.
naturopathic physician
primary care using
natural therapeutics
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Call for an appointment! 503.440.6927
2935 Marine Dr. • Astoria
email: email: erflingnd@hotmail.com
erfling@hotmail.com
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Marie Meiffren, BA., LMT
the nurturing flow of
swedish massage
with a deep therapeutic touch
Give the gift of Massage
Buy a package of 4 massage therapy
sessions and receive 15% off!
** (4) 30 min. massage sessions......$136.00
** (4) 60 min. massage sessions......$221.00
** (4) 60 min. massage sessions......$360.00
1410 Marine Dr., Astoria
phone: 503-338-8106
cell: 503-415-0534
moonlotusmassage.com
Vicki
McAfee
Clinical Herbalist
Certified Nutritionist
A Gypsy’s Whimsy herbal apothecary
1139 Commercial St. ~ Astoria
“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
The Circle of
the Labyrinth
First Sunday of the Month
3PM - 6PM
( Brief introduction at 3pm)
Grace Episcopal Church
1545 Franklin Astoria
donations welcome
For more info: 503.325.6580

Spa at the Cannery Pier Hotel
by Dinah Urell
A Finnish sauna, mineral bath, glorious body treatments and massage to suit your needs
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Spa at Cannery Pier Hotel Open House
Thursday, December 8 from 5 pm to 7 pm.
NO. 10 Basin St ~ Astoria, Oregon
503.338.4SPA (4772)
Specially priced Gift Certificates, Food , Drink,
Treats, Free Raffle and other surprises! Meet the
professional therapists, tour the facilities and explore
Astoria’s only Spa with an authentic Finnish Sauna
and Mineral Therapy Hot Tub!
New Class Offerings
Plant Meditations: A new Class at Lotus Yoga in Astoria
Led by Brooke Duling of Love Warrior
Medicine. Learn about our local
medicinal plants through tasting and
listening. Participants will try a tincture
hand-made from Oregon plants
and then will have the opportunity to
meditate for 30-45 minutes. Meditation
will be followed by a discussion
of the medicinal properties of the
plant. $5 per session (free for members
of the Love warrior Medicine
CSH). Tuesday evenings, 7:30pm at Lotus Yoga Studio in
Astoria. FMI contact Brooke Duling at 503-791-4624
Love Warrior Medicine Offers Community Supported
Herbalism
Love Warrior Medicine offers subscriptions for the second
8-week session of their Winter Health CSH. Members will be
supplied with herbal tinctures, teas, vinegars, honey syrups,
and topical applications that will help to heal and support
through the dark months. Members will receive $25 worth
of medicine each week, one free herbal consultation/healing
session per month, and free attendance to weekly plant
meditation circles. Medication will be available for pick up at
the Tuesday night meditation circle in Astoria, though other
arrangements are available. Cost for the 8 week session is
$200 and the session runs January 10 – February 28. Contact
Brook Duling at 503-791-4624 FMI or to register.
AROMATHERAPY: FREE Holiday Gift CLASS
Learn to make aromatherapy gift baskets in time for Holiday
gift giving! These all-natural products fight cold/flu & lift
the spirits! We’re serving gingerbread, spiced cider & good
times! Massage gift certificates are $10 OFF during class!
FRIDAY, DEC.9, 6:00-8:00pm.
Billie Snell, LMT & Valoree Gift, LMT
At the Water’s Edge
620 S. Holiday Ste. 3, Seaside
503/738-3343
Introduction to Family History.
The Hoffman Center will host a four-week “Introduction to
Family History” course in January. Class sessions will be held
on Tuesdays, Jan. 10, 17, 24 and 31, from 2:00 to 3:30
p.m. in the Hoffman House Studios next to the Manzanita
Library. The tuition will be $40 for all four classes.
Instructor Karen Merrill Martin has been doing genealogy
research for over 20 year. She holds a Certificate in Genealogical
Studies from the National Institute of Genealogical
Studies affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Martin published her first family history book in 2010 and
was recently named first runner-up in a family history writing
contest sponsored by Family Tree Magazine and Abbott
Press.
“Family history can be many things,” said Martin. “From ‘I
just want to put a scrapbook together of these old photos,’
to a scholarly text with footnotes and charts, to a novelized
version of an ancestor’s life story.”
This class will offer students ideas on where to start, and
help them decide where to go from there. Topics will include
organizing files, protecting documents, researching vital records,
making courthouse trips, and finding online resources.
“We will also discuss how to keep track of your family
and your research either by hand or computer,” said Martin.
“Whether you are a beginner or someone with more experience,
there will be lots to learn in this class.”
For more information, contact Martin directly at kmmartin@nehalemtel.net.
Download theGenealogy_Class_Registration_Form
here.
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11:00 to 5:00
,
We have a great selection of ALL you
need for indoor gardening!
• indoor organic soil gardening
• soilless medium gardening
• hydroponics
• nutrients, horticultural spectrum
lighting, pest control, fertilizers & more!
www.astoriaindoor.com
13th and Exchange in Astoria • 503.468.0606 • Open Every Day 10am – 6pm
Astoria Cooperative Invests in a New Bulk
Foods Section
We have a great selection of
In
everything
October, the Astoria Cooperative
installed a new state-of-
you need for indoor gardening!
the–art bulk foods section increasing
the number of items available
by around 20%. Purchasing bulk
foods (bulk as in sold by weight
not by multiples of identical prepackaged
products) reduces the
amount of plastic packaging waste
that ends up in our landfills. Bulk
foods are often less expensive to
produce and the money saved by
reducing the amount of packaging
is reflected in lower prices to
the consumer. Buying bulk foods
also allows shoppers to customize
the amount of a particular item
purchased.
The Co-op’s new bulk area is
aesthetically pleasing with racks of
gleaming clear bins that showcase
their contents. Store employees
report that the new bulk bins are
better organized and are more
user-friendly than the previous system.
Input from members helped
the Co-op select new items for the
bulk foods department, one result
is a special expanded selection of
gluten-free products.
Visit the Astoria Cooperative
and check out the generous
variety of bulk foods. You will likely
find something new and exciting
to try!
Long Beach Grange Class
Pressure Cooker Canning: Meat, Fish & Other Products. Wednesday,
December 7. $10, 6pm at the Grange hall in Long Beach, WA 360-642-
4953
Food Roots Open House
December 13
Visit Food Roots in their new office
at 1906 3rd St, Suite B in Tilla-
with additional services like basic
sonal savings accounts, is combined
mook from 4 – 6:30pm on Tuesday, financial management skill training
December 13. There will be tasty and personal development plans.
local food appetizers to snack on IDA’s have proven a great way to finance
start up or expansion of small
and Food Roots folks will be on hand
to share news about their programs food system businesses, contributing
and projects. Food Roots recently to 11 small businesses in Tillamook
was awarded a $288, 000 grant and Clatsop Counties to date.
from the Meyer Memorial Trust. Awardees have used their savings
Grant money will help fund projects with matched dollars to purchase
that will increase the amount and items like elk fencing, raised garden
variety of food produced in our bed material, hoop houses, and to
region as well as increase access to contract building services.
that food (especially for low-income Contact Food Roots’ Microenterprise
Coordinator & IDA Specialist,
families).
One Food Roots project helps Lauren Karl, to learn more about
small food system businesses start what an IDA is, if you are eligible,
by awarding funds through Individual and how you can apply for an IDA in
Development Accounts (IDA’s). An 2012. 503-815-2800 /microbiz@
IDA grants matching funds to per-
foodrootsnw.org
BeeMentor.com: Helping Bees to Heal the World
BeeMentor.com, the brainchild of
beekeeper and naturalist Julie Tennis,
is a new resource for folks interested
in learning about native pollinators and
beekeeping. Tennis has put together
a website that includes instructional
videos for the beginning beekeeper,
a blog, podcasts, videos about native
pollinators and more. Beekeeper starter
kits are available by special arrangement.
Tennis will be offering a beginning workshop entitled Everything You Need
to Know to Start Beekeeping This Spring.Subjects covered in the workshop
include:
1. Why keep bees
2. The bees - different castes of honeybee, honeybee communication,
pests and diseases.
3. The equipment - Langstroth hives, safety gear, tools.
4. Setting up your apiary - local laws and ordinances, where to put your
hives, where to get your bees and equipment.
5. The basic how-tos of beekeeping - safety, maintenance, and harvest.
6. Continuing your education - where to go to learn more.
The workshop costs $17, and are from 1 – 3pm at Julie Tennis’ home in
Naselle, WA. Available workshop dates are January 7, January 21, February
11, and February 25. To register, go to BeeMentor.com
Tuesdays on the Town
(Just so happens to be in Astoria)
By Lynn Hadley
This economy makes it tough to
get out on the town without concern
over your budget, but Hipfish has
hunted up three mid-week options
for you to enjoy, guilt-free! Just
because things are tight, does not
mean you have to stay in at night!
These three featured nightspots:
Hazel’s Tavern; Rogue Ales Public
House; T. Paul’s Supper Club; serve
up tasty treats and savory savings, if
you hit them on a Tuesday.
Hazel’s Tavern, 1313 Marine
Drive, recently re-opened with its
original vintage moniker, is a lively
spot to grab drinks after work and
evenings for a big game, special
events (they often
have live music with
no cover charge) and
Happy Hour Specials.
Tuesdays, being no
exception, offers up tasty soft shell
pork, chicken, or beef tacos for $1
each with Happy Hour prices applying
from 3-7 pm.
Rogue Ales Public House
(aka Rogue Nation, but not to be
confused with Sarah Palin. Her
portrait is on the wall, but the use of
a knife to mount the photo through
her forehead indicates a certain distance.),
perched on Pier 39, 100
39th street. The Rogue sits on the
lip of the Columbia River and pours
up a huge variety of Rogue-made
beers and other micro brews, as
well as Northwest culinary goodies.
Tuesdays turn up the atmosphere
to a festive Aloha-theme. “Tiki
Tuesday” calls for the sporting of
a Hawaiian shirt to get your
first beer free!! Yup,
that’s right ”free”,
folks-not bad, eh
So, get your ‘hula’
on and grab some
good beer!
Last, but
certainly not least,
T. Paul’s Supper
Club, 360 12th
Street, dishes up Tuesday
night Burgers and Blues,
a wide array of hamburgers and
veggie burgers with a bubbling side
of the live guitar blues stylings of
Richard T. The special offer of $20
for two includes any two burgers
off the burger menu, from the mild
mannered “Astor Burger”, a Tillamook
Cheddar cheeseburger to the
“Terminator”, a double ½
pound-pattied meat fest
between two buns,
with steak or sweet
potato fries. All
burger options are
available as ground
beef, ‘sub boca’, or
spicy black bean for
the more vegetarianly-inclined.
With Ft.
George on tap and a full
bar to wash down the grub, this
Tuesday special runs from 5:30-8
pm. and Happy Hour runs from 4-6
pm.; so, if you arrive early you can
squeeze in a happy hour drink for
additional savings! Cheers!!
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9am 7pm Open Everyday!
-
Exchange St., Astoria, 503.325.0027
1355
discount Welcome!
the All same the day
Shoppers
$25 and receive
for up Sign
Owner”
an “Not
JULY 28
AND
JULY 9
5% OFF
Days!
Discount Through Food
Member
Community
Building
ann & tony kischner’s
Yes . . . you can play with our action figures.
❖ Provisions for
Handcrafted Libations
❖ Home Brew Equipment
& Supplies
❖ Brew on Premises Lab,
Fermenting & Bottling
Room
❖ A large selection of
specialty Beer & Wine
❖ 12 handle draft Pub
Brews!
Open Daily 10am to 8pm
Sunday 11am to 5pm
2703 Marine Dr., Astoria
503.325.2234
Food to fuel your ride.
(Or your dancing, surfing, farming,
writing, hiking, smithing,
kayaking, working, sailing,
singing, playing, painting…. )
Joyfull Work • Delicious Food
Strong Community
1493 Duane Street In Astoria
Hours: 8am to 5pm
7 days a week!
503.338.RISE
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B i s t r o
open every day
lunch . dinner . sunday brunch
503.325.6777
bridgewaterbistro.com
20 basin street, astoria or
A
delicious
fare of
Delicious coffee, pastas, handcrafted seafood
by Water Avenue and Tuscan Coffee steaks
Portland, OR
Authentic, creative,
sandwiches
Great
and
Lunches
salads
Homemade Soups
“. . . the best Italian restaurant between Seaside Our New and Box Seattle!”
Lunch Menu
- J. Nicholas, The Oregonian
Open mic every Saturday 6:30 - 9:30
Lunch & Dinner • OPEN 7 days a week • Specials Served Daily
1410 commercial street
DOWNTOWN ASTORIA • 1149 Commercial • 503-325-9001 astoria • 97103 www.fulios.com
503.325.5511
Casual
Dining
Great
River
Views
open at 6:30 daily
Now offering Pour over.. ..a cup of joe brewed
specially for you right in front of your eyes!
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
Yes . . . yo
Now offer
specially
Building Community
Through Food
All Shoppers Welcome!
Member
Discount Days!
7% OFF
December 10
10% off
Dec 22 - 23
“Not an Owner”
Sign up for $25 and receive
the discount the same day
1355 Exchange St., Astoria, 503.325.0027
Open 9am - 7pm Everyday!
Green Angel
Gardens
Organic Farm Store
What You
Can Find!
Fresh Organic Fruits and
Vegetables from Our Farm and
OR & WA Farms.
CSA shares
available too!
Open Daily 8am - 7pm
(360)244-0064
6807 Sandridge Rd. Long Beach, WA
greenangelgardening.com
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
KEEP YOUR HOLIDAYS BRIGHT *
GIVE/EAT:
NOT:
*(wild salmon is considered one of the best sources of omega 3 fatty acids, which improve
brain health, synaptic connections, your arteries, and reduce your risk of Dementia and
Alzheimer’s... goooo SALMON!)
We are Clatsop County’s only waterfront seafood market
and smokehouse owned by a local cannery.
Need a gift We customize baskets of smoked, canned and
fresh seafood, plus we ship worldwide.
Visit www.bornstein.com for more information
about our history and products.
Find out about daily specials and print a map
to our market by joining us on Facebook.
Find us on Facebook
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