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Learn to cook for your dog Seaside library hosts Canine Cookery Class SEASIDE — Calling all ca- nine lovers: Mark your cal- endar for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 for Seaside Public Library’s Canine Cookery Class. The event will take place in the Community Room, and there will be a cooking demonstration. Pet companion Aza Cody will teach attendees how to make nutritious food for your pooch cheap and easy. Find out the health ben- efits of homemade dog food; discover how to shop for your pet on any budget, and learn how to prepare a weeks’ worth of eats or treats in an hour. Cody has cooked for pets for over 20 years, and her experience will help pet owners learn to use their budget, time, and talents to make dog food and treats that your cherished canine will enjoy. So, ditch the cans, toss the kibble, and make fresh and safe food using quality ingredients that allow you to know what your dog is real- ly eating. The Seaside Public Li- brary is located at 1131 Broadway. For more infor- mation call 503-738-6742 or visit www.seasidelibrary.org Canine Cookery Class 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 Seaside Public Library 1131 Broadway, Seaside 503-738-6742 1004 Commercial St., Astoria, OR 97103 503-325-4400 Astoria’s Premier Bed & Bath Store FIN E L IN E N S A N D SO M U C H M O R E ! w w w .in th ebou doirs.com G IFT R E G IST R IE S FREE P R U N IN G Pru n in g Cla ss Feb. 21st a t 9 :30a m 20 % off 5 Sta rt your fa m ily flock a t Brim ’s L IF E P RO T E CT IO N F O RM U L AS Puppy, Adult, La rge Breed, Sm a ll Breed 2 5 % off Sale prices end 2/21/15 34963 Hw y 101 Bu s. | Asto ria 1m ile south of old Y oungs Ba y Bridge ASTORIA — Clatsop Com- munity College invites the community to share in break- ing the silence around gender violence. CCC will host the Clatsop Clothesline Project kick-off event from 5 to 7 p.m. March 4 in the Towler Hall atrium, located at 1660 Lexington Ave. The event will include speakers, local resource information tables and a display of T-shirts paint- ed by community members. T-shirts from previous Clatsop Clothesline Projects will also be on display. Presentations by speakers will begin at 5:30 p.m. The college is grateful to survivors and friends who courageously share their stories. Community members are also invited to decorate T-shirts. Shirts and mate- rials for decorating will be available to the public free of charge at community paint- ing gatherings: from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17; and 12:30 to 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23. All gatherings will take place in the Lives in Transition Resource Room in Alder Hall, D ou ble Sw eethea rt B ABY C H ICK S P rim roses A RE H ERE! $ Ha p p y Hen Trea ts a n d Flo ck Blo cks for 4 % off B lu e P et F o o d 2 5 Community members invited to decorate T-shirts at Clatsop Community College THE COASTER THEATRE PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS T O O LS To sign u p, ca ll 503-325-1562 or e-m a il: lin d a brim @ gm a il.com Clothesline Project breaks silence around gender violence 503-325-1562 b rim sfa rm n g a rd en .co m 8 | February 19, 2015 | coastweekend.com JAN. 30 - FEB. 21, 2015 located at 1775 Lexington Ave. Shirts can be decorated at the gathering or can be com- pleted elsewhere and dropped off before March 4 at the LIT Resource Room. Dropped off shirts must include: Attn.: Clothesline Project. The women and social ac- tion class at CCC is the spon- sor for the 2015 Clothesline Project. Individuals of all gender identities attend this course at CCC every winter. Each class creates a new activ- ist experience for the self, each other, and the larger North Coast region. The Clothesline Project is a visual display dedicated to raising awareness about the reality of violence in society. It is composed of T-shirts creat- ed by survivors of violence or in honor of someone who has experienced violence. Each shirt is one survivor’s testimony of their personal ex- perience with violence. Some shirts display fear, anger or pain, while others show hope DQGKHDOLQJ(DFKVKLUWUHÀHFWV the personal experience of its creator and some may include explicit content: for example, swear words, explicit violent or sexual descriptions of the attack, or other statements that UHÀHFWWKHHPRWLRQVDQGUHDOL- ty the individual experienced. Parents are asked to discuss issues with their children prior to and following the viewing. The overarching goals of the Clothesline Project are to break the silence of violence and to support and encourage survivors in their healing pro- cess and their efforts to help Submitted photo Clothesline Project hand-painted T-shirts are displayed in Columbia Hall at Clatsop Com- munity College during March to honor Women’s History Month. others understand the horrors of violence. While the T-shirts can be disturbing, sponsors ask view- ers to imagine how much more GLI¿FXOWLWZRXOGEHWROLYHWKH reality each T-shirt represents. Helpful individuals will be on site to offer resource and re- ferral information in support of survivors who may re-ex- SHULHQFHGLI¿FXOWWKRXJKWVDQG feelings. Clothesline Projects all over the world remind people of the real meaning of violence statistics. The Clothesline Project originated in Hyannis, Massachusetts, in 1990 when members of Cape Cod’s Wom- en’s Defense Agenda learned that during the same time 58,000 soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War; 51,000 U.S. women were killed by men who claimed to love them. For additional informa- tion and painting gathering sign-up, visit the Clatsop Community College Wom- en’s Studies Facebook events page at www.facebook. com/CCCWomensStudies/ events?key=events For information on volun- teering at the Clatsop Clothes- line Project, or to learn more about other CCC Women’s Studies events and projects, contact Suzi Denight at 503- 325-2560, or email sdenight@ clatsopc.edu Tickets $20 or $15 Shows begin at 7:30 pm Sunday shows at 3:00 pm Talkback Thurs. 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