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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015
142nd YEAR, No. 164
ONE DOLLAR
A dark carnival comes to town
Legal
woes
grow
Grand jury probe
looks at Hayes,
Kitzhaber’s alleged
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By MARTHA BELLISLE
The Associated Press
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Performers from the Sisters of Fire group dance with fire during the Festival of the Dark Arts Saturday in the main courtyard at Fort
George Brewery and the Lovell Building.
Festival of Dark Arts celebrates stout beer, dance, music, art
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
U
nder much better forecasts
than last year, the Festival
of Dark Arts once again
drew thousands to Astoria to par-
take in the Carnival of Stout, in-
cluding 62 varieties of beer.
There were about 2,500 people
— not including children — at the
event, said Fort George Brewery
co-owner Chris Nemlowill, adding
that the brewery limited drinking
ticket sales to 2,000, while hun-
dreds more got nondrinking tickets.
Fort George reduced ticket sales
from last year, when Nemlowill
said about 3,000 people attended.
“We want to keep the festival
small enough to be thoroughly en-
joyed,” he said, still encouraging
community members to become
involved in the festival in any way.
Last year, festivalgoers braved
60 mph winds and more than an
inch of rain, which forced Fort
George staff and volunteers to tear
down tents, rearrange the layout
and generally play catch-up. But
the weather cooperated this year,
with no rain and winds of 10 mph
or less.
The brewery employs about 80
people, Nemlowill said, and nearly
everyone was working the event.
In addition, Fort George gathered
about 75 volunteers who helped
keep the event running smoothly,
in exchange for free tickets, appar-
el and gift cards to the brewery.
The festival, part of the Stout
Month, is as much a celebration of
art and craftsmanship as it is about
dark, strong beer.
Blacksmiths from Solstice
Forge in Naselle, Wash., sans its
late co-founder Dave Curl, who
helped with much of the ironwork
at Fort George and died in Septem-
ber, kept the courtyard ringing as
they pounded away on their metal
art. Next to them, a sculptor from
PDX Ice sawed and chiseled an
octopus from frozen blocks. Above
both was Fernhill Glass Studios,
blowing all day to an audience
gathered around their catwalk.
Visual and performance artists
set up shop throughout the Lovell
Building. Jessamyn Grace from
Astoria performed belly dances
and read tarot cards; Karen Eland
painted with beer; local chef and
artist Miranda Rinks painted hen-
na tattoos; tintype, wet plate pho-
tographers Nate Totten and Jessica
Ryan of Rotten Photography took
portraits on aluminum sheets; tat-
too artists from Keepsake Tattoo
in Astoria inked customers; and
homemade circus troupe the Dark
Forest Minstrels paraded through
the Fort George and Lovell build-
ings.
The brewery offered eight mu-
sical acts to entertain festivalgoers
throughout the day, including sev-
eral bands, two orchestras and a
sound artist from Portland. Local
videographer Jeff Daly brought his
Tango Tram down Duane Street,
carrying two tango dancers to an
exhibition in the main courtyard,
Jamie Brown sits on a bone altar while modeling for a painter during
the festival Saturday. See more photos online at www.dailyastorian.com
See DARK ARTS, Page 10A
People mingle in the Lovell building showroom during the Festival
of the Dark Arts Saturday.
PORTLAND — Legal experts say
a subpoena used in a federal grand
jury investigation into Oregon’s fallen
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authorities are
investigating
possible viola-
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crimes includ-
ing wire or mail
fraud, bribery
and tax evasion.
The subpoena
was sent to the
Gov. John A.
state’s adminis-
Kitzhaber
trative agency
on the same day Gov. John Kitzhaber
announced his resignation.
“Typically you don’t see this
extensive of a subpoena unless it’s
a top-priority investigation,” said
Laurie Levenson, a former assistant
U.S. attorney who teaches at Loyola
Law School in Los Angeles. “It’s a
pretty extensive investigation. Given
that this involves a governor, I would
expect this is being supervised at the
See WOES, Page 10A
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Happy
birthday,
Oregon
Next governor
celebrates state’s
156th birthday
PORTLAND (AP) — Making her
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Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his
resignation amid an ethics scan-
dal, Oregon governor-to-be Kate
Brown was swarmed by media and
well-wishers as she entered the Or-
egon Historical Society at an event
marking the state’s 156th birthday.
Brown avoided any mention of
her new job or the criminal inves-
tigation into the man she is set to
replace. Instead, she vowed protect
the state’s beautiful landscape and
people.
See BIRTHDAY, Page 10A
A dancing Duck, from
Astoria to Eugene
“Anybody can play a sport,
but not many people stick with
dance,” said 20-year-old Tess
Rund, an Astoria High School
graduate who’s been sticking
with it since she started at Mad-
dox Dance Studio as a 2-year-
old.
Rund has worked her way up
through the levels of the Little
Ballet Theater, eventually danc-
ing with the AHS Pizazz team
for three years before trying out
for and making the University of
Oregon Dance Team two years
ago.
She dances in Eugene’s
Moshofsky Center indoor
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Stadium during Ducks home
football games and helps at
high school and community
clinics.
In the winter, she will dance
at some basketball games in the
Matthew Knight Arena. But
the focus then is primarily on
preparing for USA Dance Na-
tionals, this year in Washing-
ton, D.C., March 27 to 29. Last
year, Rund said, the team placed
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eighth in jazz nationally.
Rund and other members of
the dance team, considered a
club, pay for their own equip-
ment, as well as for the salary
of their coach. The team costs
Rund $600 each summer as
an initial payment, Rund, said
covering airfare to nationals,
the hotel room and costumes.
She found about 10 local spon-
sors on the North Coast, raising
$1,200, along with the scholar-
ships she’s received.
The team holds car washes
and sells posters. “We go around
to all the tailgates and sell them,”
Rund said with a laugh. “We
make a lot of money off of that.”
Still, Rund is applying to
Submitted photo
Tess Rund, dancing in the foreground at the Moshofsky
Center practice arena next to Autzen Stadium in Eugene,
is in her second year of college and on the nationally
ranked University of Oregon Dance Team.
work at Costco in the spring —
she already works at Costco in
Warrenton during Christmas
break and summer.
She’s new to the Family and
Human Services program at
See RUND, Page 10A