Oysterville Community Club hosts spring
Town Hall and Lecture Series on Thursdays
OYSTERVILLE, Wash. — Fol-
lowing the success of its
spring and fall lecture se-
ries last year, the Oysterville
Community Club will host
another Town Hall and Lec-
ture Series this spring. Each
lecture in the series is free
and open to the public; the
sessions take place at 10 a.m.
every other Thursday through
May 7 in the historic Oyster-
ville Schoolhouse, located at
3322 School Road.
“I had no idea that we
would end up with both a
spring and fall series last year
and yet another spring series
this year,” marvels organizer
Diane Buttrell. “My original
idea was to provide opportu-
nities for our peninsula com-
munity to meet and talk with
some of their amazing neigh-
bors. Most of us probably ar-
en’t aware of the broad range
of experience and expertise
we have in our very midst.”
A year and over a score
of talks later, Buttrell contin-
ues to express amazement at
the depth and quality of the
knowledge base in the local
area. “Plus I’m astounded and
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are willing to share their in-
sights and expertise with the
rest of us,” she says.
A $3 donation is suggested
as a contribution toward the
maintenance of the school-
house.
The purpose of the Town
Hall and Lecture Series is to
offer enrichment through ed-
ucation, entertainment and
encouragement, to preserve
the historic schoolhouse, and
to serve and celebrate the
diverse achievements of the
Long Beach Peninsula com-
munity.
On Feb. 26, novelist and
writing teacher Birdie Etchi-
son will talk about “The How,
Why and What of Writing,”
which will cover how she got
started, why she continued
and what one needs to do to
begin writing.
“I’ll also be talking about
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shops, and I’ll bring some
materials for a hands-on writ-
ing experience if anyone is
interested,” she says. Etchi-
son has been writing for more
than half a century and has 23
books in print. In addition,
she has taught numerous writ-
ing workshops locally and in
at least 10 other states.
On March 12, author and
historian Sydney Stevens will
talk about “Putting the Sto-
ry Back in History.” Stevens
specializes in local history
and says that the stories about
people — how they lived,
what was important to them,
why they did what they did —
are the aspects of history that
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“It’s the stories that illu-
minate all those long laundry
lists of dates and places and
events that we had to mem-
orize back in those dear old
Golden Rule Days,” she says.
Stevens will also be en-
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Oysterville Community Club will host another Town Hall and Lecture Series this spring at the historic Oysterville Schoolhouse.
couraging people to write
down their own experiences,
to keep journals and diaries
and to write blogs and ac-
counts of their day-to-day
lives.
“Our stories will become
our history and they will in-
form the historians of the fu-
ture,” she says.
On March 26, amateur as-
tronomer and photographer
Bob Duke will talk about the
cutting-edge hobby of drone
piloting. In his presentation
“Drones Over the Peninsula:
A Primer” he will discuss eth-
ics, the law, uses and possi-
bilities for amateurs interest-
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permitting, Duke will give a
demonstration with his drone,
Gadget.
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ester Bill Lecture of Seaview
will explore the history of
forestry in southwest Wash-
ington as he discusses “The
Peninsula Amid a Working
Forest.” He will also describe
how forestry both affects and
enhances the tourist and rec-
reational values of the Long
Beach Peninsula and will
touch upon his role in the
ongoing restoration of 4,500
acres of the Ellsworth Creek
watershed south of Parpala
Road in Naselle.
Poet Susan Holway’s top-
ic for the April 23 session,
“Oysterville, My Love,” will
be a look at the tiny hamlet
where she was born and raised
“through prose and poetry,
past and present.” For Hol-
way, a graduate of the Oyster-
ville School (which closed in
1957), giving a lecture in the
historic old building is a bit
like coming full circle.
At the final lecture in the
series on May 7, author and
editor Maggie Stuckey will
discuss “Everything You Al-
ways Wanted to Know About
Book Publishing But Didn’t
Know Who to Ask.” Based
on her 30-plus years with
major publishers, Stuckey
will explain what agents do,
what editors don’t do, who
really makes the decisions,
what’s expected of authors,
and many other mysteries
to do with the publishing
world.
