6-by-6 art show ‘Birds Eye View’ set In Their Footsteps examines Dismal Nitch
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum holds show, auction
ILWACO, Wash. — The Co-
lumbia Pacific Heritage Mu-
seum’s sixth annual 6-by-6
Art Show and Auction has
gone to the birds. Held Sat-
urday, Nov. 14, this year’s
event, “Birds Eye View,”
has gathered more than 60
art objects, including bird-
houses, from some of the re-
gion’s most talented artists.
The silent and live auc-
tions will take place from
5 to 8 p.m. at the museum.
Presiding auctioneer Bruce
Peterson is both entertaining
and knowledgeable about
the artists and their works.
This event is the largest
fundraiser for the exhibition
programs of the Columbia
Pacific Heritage Museum
and is an opportunity to get
to know the local art scene,
enjoy refreshments, take
home your own masterpiece,
and show support for the
museum.
Submitted photo
“Tidepool Birdhouse” by Shelly Curtis
Weaver.
Tickets for the auction
event are available at the
museum for $10.each. Fifty
raffle tickets will be avail-
able for $20 each. The win-
ner will have the pick of any
6-by-6 art piece prior to the
auction.
The artworks will be on
view in the Special Exhibi-
tion Gallery from Oct. 29
to Nov. 14 and available to
view on the museum’s web-
Celebrate our 10 th Anniversary
November 13-15
We’ll be toasting our 10th Anniversary with special
events and 10% off everything in the store!
Lunch in the Loft with
JONATHAN EVISON
Friday, November 13th at Noon
Cost: $30 includes catered lunch and copy of
This is Your Life Harriet Chance. Please RSVP
SEASIDE DOWNTOWN WINE WALK
Join Walnut City Wineworks as we re-
enact our Grand Opening party during
the Seaside Downtown Wine Walk
November 14, 3-7pm
Sunday we’ll be serving Cupcakes & Champagne so Please Stop By!
And remember, everything in the store is 10% off Friday-Sunday
as our way of saying Thank You to all of you who made these
past ten years not only possible, but wonderful.
616 Broadway, Seaside • 503.738.3500
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Submitted photo
“Mr. Loud in the Blue Suit” by Penny Treat.
site at www.columbiapaci-
ficheritagemuseum.org.
Call the museum at 360-
642-3446 for more infor-
mation about the auction,
raffle, and exhibition. The
museum is located at 115
S.E. Lake St.
Jim Sayce shines a bright light into the dark coves of history
ASTORIA — Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park’s Fort
Clatsop announces its next In
Their Footsteps free speaker series
event. The program will be “Dis-
mal Nitch: Shining a Bright Light
into the Dark Coves of History” by
Jim Sayce 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15.
The 33-member Lewis and
Clark Expedition were pinned
down by stormy weather from
Nov. 10 to Nov. 15, 1805 on the
north shore of the Columbia Riv-
er, east of Point Ellice.
Capt. William Clark’s journal
entry for Nov. 15, 1805 notes,
“About 3 oClock the wind luled,
and the river became calm, I had
the canoes loaded in great haste
and Set Out, from this dismal
nitich where we have been con-
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the possibililty of proceeding on,
returning to a better Situation, or
get out to hunt, Scerce of Provi-
sions, and torents of rain poreing
on us all the time.”
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Jim Sayce has studied the local landscape to pin-point the location of Dismal Nitch.
The National Park Service
commemorates this campsite at
the Dismal Nitch highway rest
area about a mile east of the As-
toria Bridge.
For nearly two decades, local
historian Jim Sayce has studied
the landscape to pinpoint the
exact location of Clark’s “Dis-
mal Nitch.” He uses the jour-
nal entries of Clark, along with
those of Sgt. John Ordway, Sgt.
Patrick Gass and Pvt. Joseph
Whitehouse along with histori-
cal maps, charts (including tidal
predictions) and photographs to
analyze their probable location
and movement.
Sayce’s work resulted in a
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at Fort Clatsop.
The Lewis & Clark Nation-
al Park Association and the park
sponsor this monthly forum. These
programs are held in the Netul
River Room of Fort Clatsop’s vis-
itor center and are free. For more
information, call 503-861-2471.
Beach Books reaches 10 years
New play opens in Raymond
SEASIDE — Beach Books
will celebrate its 10th anniver-
sary of serving Clatsop Coun-
ty and visiting readers Friday
to Sunday, Nov. 13 to 15.
The bookstore held its
grand opening November 2005
during the Seaside Downtown
Wine Walk. This coming
weekend, Beach Books will
toast its 10th anniversary with
special events and discounts.
At noon Friday, attend
Lunch in the Loft with author
Jonathan Evison. His most re-
cent book, “This is Your Life
Harriet Chance,” tells the story
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that before he died, her husband
won a cruise for two — and he
wasn’t planning totake her. But
she decides to go anyway, and
past secrets are revealed. The
book presents universal themes
of disappointment, disillusion
and redemption in a big-hearted
way. His previous novel, “The
Revised Fundamentals of Care-
giving,” will soon be out as a
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RAYMOND, Wash. — The Wil-
lapa Players present the play
“Belongings” by Daniel Fen-
ton at the Hannan Playhouse,
located at 518 Eighth St.
The play runs 7:30 p.m. Fri-
day and Saturday, Nov. 13 and
14; at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15;
and at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 18 and Friday, Nov. 20.
In “Belongings,” three
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at a crossroads following the
death of the family’s matri-
arch. Reeling from the loss of
her grandmother, 14-year-old
Katy is determined to keep her
grandmother’s spirit alive and
promises that her belongings
will remain intact — but her
family plans for an estate sale.
Tickets are $10 for general
admission and $8 for seniors
(over 65) and students. They
are available at South Bend
Pharmacy, Everyone’s Vid-
eo and More, The Pitchwood
Alehouse, and at the door.
Submitted photo
Beach Books hosts Jonathan Evison for
Lunch in the Loft Nov. 14.
Gomez and Jennifer Ehle. Cost
is $30 and includes lunch and a
copy of the book. Register by
calling 503-738-3500.
Then, during the Seaside
Downtown Wine Walk from 3
to 7 p.m. Saturday, join in an
re-enactment of Beach Book’s
grand opening. Enjoy wine by
Walnut City Wineworks, cup-
cakes and champagne.
Submitted photo
Aunt Ella, played by LaRayne Watts, right, tries to get Renny, played by Liz McCollum, to
talk to her daughter Katy about her recently deceased grandmother.