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learn a litt le Answer the QUESTions Earn a transfer credit in Newport Inspired by your special bond Urgent Care Medical Office – Manzanita 10445 Neahkahnie Creek Road | 503-368-2292 Monday – Friday 8 am – 6 pm Sunday and holidays 10 am – 4 pm Beginning July 1: Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 6 pm Medical Office – Plaza 1100 Third St., Tillamook | 503-815-2292 Monday – Friday 8 am – 6 pm Saturday 10 am – 6 pm Sunday and holidays 10 am – 6 pm Medical Office – Lincoln City 1105 SE Jetty Ave., Lincoln City | 541-614-0482 Monday – Friday 8 am – 6 pm Saturday Closed Sunday and holidays 10 am – 4 pm AdventistHealthTillamook.org A service of Adventist Health Tillamook RHC/Medical Office Network Gyotaku instructor Bruce Koike will return to Newport’s Pacifi c Maritime Heritage Center on Saturday, Jan. 25, to lead another workshop in this ancient Japanese fi sh-printing art form. After an initial orientation and demonstration, Koike will provide hands-on introduction as participants create their own monochrome prints of fi sh and other subject matter. Koike will then be available one-on- one to critique each student’s print with an eye to refi ning technique. Th e goal of the workshop is for everyone to produce a one- of-a-kind work of art suitable for framing. Provided at the hands-on workshop are the necessary rice paper, acrylic paints, brushes and, of course, the specimens to be printed. Participants should bring an open mind and enthusiasm to try something new. Th e fi nal portion of the workshop will focus on the crucial stage of painting eyes on the fi sh. Koike fi rst learned the gyotaku technique more than 30 years ago and has printed more than 400 diff erent plants and aquatic life, principally fi sh. He has shown his works at venues such as the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, the Bellevue Art and Craft Festival, Newport Seafood and Wine Festival and the Blackfi sh Café in Lincoln City. A mahi mahi fi sh print currently hangs in the meeting room of the NOAA vessel, Bell M. Shimada that is home ported in Newport. Th e workshop will run from 10 am to 1 pm at the Pacifi c Maritime Heritage Center, 333 SE Bay Blvd. Registration is $90 per person and includes all materials. To sign up, call 541-265-7509. It’s hump day in Newport Th e Oregon Chapter of the American Cetacean Society will welcome guest speaker Karen Lohman to Newport this Saturday, Jan. 18, for a talk titled “Where are the breeding grounds of the West Coast’s humpback whales?” Lohman is a graduate student at Oregon State University in the Cetacean Conservation and Genomics Laboratory. She is currently using population genetics and conservation genomics techniques to study humpback whales in the eastern North Pacifi c Ocean. Before starting graduate 4 • oregoncoastTODAY.com • facebook.com/oregoncoasttoday • January 17, 2020 school, Lohman worked as a wildlife genetics technician at the National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation and on an assortment of wildlife fi eld projects including conducting surveys for leatherback sea turtles, alligators and American pika. Saturday’s meeting, which is free and open to all, will run from 10 am to noon at Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye Street. For more information, contact Joy Primrose, ACS Oregon Chapter president at marine_lover4ever@yahoo.com or 541-517-8754. How many gallons of water can an adult oyster fi lter in a day? When was Oregon’s Beach Bill passed? How many rivers fl ow into Tillamook Bay? If you know the answers to these coastal conundrums — or would like to fi nd out — head to QUESTuary Trivia Night this Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Garibaldi. Organized by the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, this evening event invites guests to test their nature knowledge while supporting outdoor education programs for Tillamook County’s students. Trivia will be environmentally focused but there will be questions for everyone including history, local area, entertainment and more. Funds raised during the event will support Tillamook Estuaries Partnership’s Landmark Outdoor Learning Experiences: Down by the Creekside and Children’s Clean Water Festival. Each year, nearly 600 third and fourth grade students participate in these hands-on, inquiry-based fi eld trips, exploring topics such as the life cycle of a salmon, riparian areas, how water quality aff ects coastal residents and much more. QUESTuary Trivia Night will run from 6 to 8 pm at the Garibaldi Portside Bistro, 307 Mooring Basin Drive, and is open to players aged 21 and over. Th ere is a suggested donation of $5 per person to play trivia and teams of one to four people will be allowed. Prizes will be awarded for fi rst, second and third place.
