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Open Sewing Gathering —
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Homespun
Quilts, 108 10th St. For information,
call 503-325-3300 or 800-298-3177
or go to http://homespunquilt.com
Wickiup Senior Lunches —
11:30 a.m., Wickiup Grange Hall,
92683 Svensen Market Road. Free
for those older than 60 ($3 suggest-
ed donation), $6.75 for those young-
er than age 60. For information, call
Michelle Lewis at 503-861-4200.
Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m.,
Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225
Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do-
nation of $3 for those older than 60;
$6.75 for those younger than 60.
For information, call Michelle Lew-
is at 503-861-4200.
Columbia Senior Diners
— 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran
Church (lower level), 565 12th St.
The cost is $5. For information, or
to have a meal delivered, call 503-
325-9693.
Blood Pressure Checks —
noon to 2 p.m., Astoria Senior Cen-
ter, temporarily located at 1555 W.
Marine Drive in the old Astoria
Yacht Club. For information, call
503-325-3231.
Angora Hiking Club — 1 p.m.,
Sixth Street parking lot. Astoria
Riverwalk East hike. For informa-
tion, call Bob Westerberg at 503-
325-4315.
Red Cross Blood Drive — 1
to 6 p.m., Masonic Temple, 1572
Franklin Ave. To make an appoint-
ment to donate blood, call 800-
733-2767 or go to www.redcross-
blood.org (Code: Astoria).
Ukulele Players — 1:30 p.m.,
Warrenton Masonic Lodge, 66
S.W. Fourth St., Warrenton. All
are welcome, including beginners.
Loaner ukuleles available. For in-
formation, call Roger Williams at
503-717-5645.
Seaside Dementia Support
Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m., Necan-
icum Village, 2500 S. Roosevelt
Drive, Seaside. For families and/or
caregivers of dementia patients. All
are welcome. To attend, RSVP to
503-738-0900.
Warrenton Gateway Masonic
Lodge No. 175 — 6:30 p.m. din-
ner, 7:30 p.m. meeting, at 66 S.W.
Fourth St., Warrenton.
Seaside Elks Lodge No.
1748 — 7:30 p.m., 324 Avenue A,
Seaside. For information, call 503-
738-6651 or email seasideelks@
yahoo.com
THURSDAY
Wickiup Senior Lunches —
11:30 a.m., Wickiup Grange Hall,
92683 Svensen Market Road. Free
for those older than 60 ($3 sug-
gested donation), $6.75 for those
younger than age 60. For informa-
tion, call Michelle Lewis at 503-
861-4200.
Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m.,
Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225
Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested
donation of $3 for those older than
60; $6.75 for those younger than
60. For information, call Michelle
Lewis at 503-861-4200.
nity Center, 1225 Avenue A, Sea-
side. Group is open to those who
are age 18 or older. For informa-
tion, call 503-338-6230.
Columbia Senior Diners
— 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran
Church (lower level), 565 12th St.
The cost is $5. For information, or
to have a meal delivered, call 503-
325-9693.
Columbia River Meditation
Group — 6 to 7:30 p.m., Room
306, Towler Hall, Clatsop Com-
munity College. Class format,
registration required. Drop-ins
welcome. For information, call Ron
Maxted at 503-338-9153.
Warrenton Senior Lunch
Program — noon, Warrenton
Community Center, 170 S.W. Third
St. Suggested donation of $5 for
seniors and $7 for those younger
than 60. For information, or to vol-
unteer, call 503-861-3502 Monday
or Thursday.
Seaside Rotary Club — noon,
Shilo Inn, 20 N. Prom, Seaside.
For information, go to http://sea-
siderotary.com
Lower Columbia Hospice
Bereavement and Grief Support
Group — 2 to 4 p.m., Meeting
Room 1, Bob Chisholm Commu-
Local porcelain
artist in showcase
Astoria artist Vicki Sul-
livan has been selected for
a second year to partici-
pate in this year’s Oregon
Potters Association 33rd
annual Ceramic Showcase
2015, which is being held
today, Saturday and Sunday
at Veterans Memorial Coli-
seum, (at the Rose Quarter)
in Portland. This is one of
the nation’s largest show
and sale of handmade pot-
tery, sculpture, garden art
home accessories and other
creative clay work, featur-
ing more than 200 ceramic
artists.
After four years of work-
ing on the pottery wheel,
she embarked on a career in
Whittier, Calif., designing,
producing and marketing
handmade porcelain décor
and jewelry to galleries,
museums, and retail stores
who featured fine handmade
American crafts. “I have
been in ceramics of some
sort for over 40 years,” she
said, “pretty much tackled it
all.”
There is no cost for ad-
mission to the Ceramic
Showcase, but there is a $3
suggested donation to sup-
port OPA’s education pro-
gram.
Submitted photo
Artist Vicki Sullivan will display her ceramic work at the
Oregon Potters Association 33rd annual Ceramic Show-
case 2015 in Portland.
Photo by Kathleen Barber
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of the importance of making sure that these
Local students win
Elks state awards
SEASIDE — Margaret Neu-
wirth, a fifth-grader at Seaside
Heights, submitted a drawing to
the 2015 Elks Eye Injury Pre-
vention Poster Contest, which
teaches children about eye safety
and gives them the opportunity
to create an artistic instructional
poster.
She was awarded $35 from
Seaside Elks Lodge. Her poster
then took first place in the North-
west District contest, where she
was awarded a wooden plaque.
Entered in the state contest, the
poster took second place, and
won an additional $275 and
plaque.
The poster was framed and
displayed at the recent Oregon
State Elks Convention in Spring-
field. It will be on display Elks
Children’s Eye Clinic, the ma-
Lighthouse for Kids Project
— 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Homespun
Quilts, 108 10th St. Making quilts
for children going through sexual
abuse assessment. For informa-
tion, call 503-325-3300 or 800-
298-3177 or go to http://home-
spunquilt.com
Columbia Senior Diners
— 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran
Church (lower level), 565 12th St.
The cost is $5. For information, or
to have a meal delivered, call 503-
325-9693.
Open Skating — 5 to 9 p.m.,
Astoria Armory, 1650 Exchange St.
Admission $2. Limited roller skate
rentals available for $3; bring own
skates if possible.
OTHER
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Yo-
cona (168) Sailors — Reunion of
shipmates being planned in 2015
for anyone stationed on the cutter
Yocona. For information, contact
Ken Pearson at 503-741-0860 or
kenpearson@centurytel.net
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From left, Richard Barber and Cecil Wesner of the Warrenton Fire Department, and Brandon Andres and Robert Barber
of Troop 509, look on as Gabe Karr, also of Troop 509, flushes a fire hydrant.
WARRENTON — Robert Barber, a
freshman at Warrenton High School and se-
nior patrol leader of Troop 509, completed
work on his Eagle Scout Project. Three years
ago he and his father, Richard Barber, a vol-
unteer for the Warrenton Fire Department,
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as a form of community service. A working
FRIDAY
AAUW Walking Group — 9:30
a.m. Seaside Branch of American
Association of University Women
weekly low-impact group walk, fol-
lowed by coffee and fellowship. For
information, call 503-738-7751.
Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m.,
Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225
Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested
donation of $3 for those older than
60; $6.75 for those younger than
60. For information, call Michelle
Lewis at 503-861-4200.
jor charitable project of Oregon
State Elks, for the next year. The
visual program contributes more
than $1,000,000 annually to the
clinic, which works with 16,000
children each year.
Seth Trevino, a student at
Broadway Middle School was
awarded $75 from Seaside Elks
Lodge for his entry into the
Americanism Essay Contest. He
also won first place in the North-
west District contest and third
place in the state contest, where
he was awarded an additional $50
and a framed certificate.
For information about Seaside
Elks Lodge 1748, call 503-738-
6651 or email seasideelks@ya-
hoo.com. Visit www.elks.org to
learn more about Elks’ programs,
scholarships and community as-
sistance.
Partners for the Per- ca Sacks has performed
forming Arts Center pres- with Stanford University’s
ent a concert of Pergole- Chamber Chorale under
si’s “Stabat Mater,” with Stephen Sano and Univer-
vocalists Jocelyn Claire sity Singers under Robert
Thomas, Rebecca Sacks Huw Morgan, as well as
and accompanist Evan C. with the Sospiro Vocal En-
Paul, at 3 p.m. Saturday semble, Lyric Theatre of
at Peace Lutheran Church, San Jose, Cascadia Con-
cert Opera, and
565 12th St. The
the University
cost is $10. Sacks
of Oregon Op-
and Thomas sang
era Ensemble.
in the Cascadia
She
recently
Opera production
was chosen as
of Beethoven’s
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“Fidelio”
that
Young Artist of
was performed
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ry and traveled
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were inspired to
do more to help Soprano Jocelyn singers to Cos-
maintain
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they gave sev-
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concerts
to sing the Per-
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will both be part
ly, Sacks won
of the 2015 As-
first place in
toria Music Fes-
the Northwest
tival.
Region of the
Thomas,
a
National As-
soprano, is a fre-
sociation
of
quent performer
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in opera, concert,
Ryan G. Arnold Teachers
and recital. She is Rebecca Sacks Singing com-
petition, and an
a two-time win-
encouragement
ner of the district
level of the Classical Sing- award at the Oregon Dis-
er Competition, and also trict of the Metropolitan
recently won the National Opera National Council
Association of Teachers of auditions. She is a four-
Singing Advanced Artist year recipient of a per-
Competition district level. formance scholarship at
She is a two-time recipient Stanford University and
of the George Woodhead a member of the Univer-
Prize in Voice for excel- sity of Oregon ensemble
lence in oratorio and sa- that won second place in
the National Opera Asso-
cred music.
She holds a bachelor’s ciation’s collegiate scenes
degree in music in voice competition.
She received her bach-
from the Oberlin Conser-
vatory, a master’s degree elor’s degree in music
in voice from the Peabody with departmental hon-
Conservatory, and a grad- ors in vocal performance
uate performance diplo- from Stanford University
ma also from the Peabody in 2010, and completed
Conservatory. She resides post-baccalaureate work
in Portland, where she at the University of Or-
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and yoga. She studies with member of the Portland
Opera Chorus and studies
Ruth Dobson.
Mezzo soprano Rebec- with Ruth Dobson.
It’s tortoise time at
Maritime Museum
older hydrants were maintained and repaint-
ed to increase visibly.
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The Columbia River
plans on joining the Fire Department as a ca- Maritime Museum cele-
det when he turns 16.
brates its next First Sun-
day Family Program from
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sunday. First Sunday Fam-
ily programs are a time for
fun-filled family experi-
ences and are inspired by
the museum’s 3D mov-
ies: Galapagos and Turtle
Vision.
Play a special-edition
game of Jenga, Galapagos
style, create a one-of-a-kind
piece of tortoise art, join
the ocean currents exper-
iment and watch how two
forces of nature react, influ-
ence nature with the animal
adaptation magnet board,
get into character with Blue
Footed Booby dance les-
sons, and test Ring of Fire
knowledge in the mapping
activity.
First Sunday activities
are included with paid ad-
mission to the museum;
members are free.
Tommy Rocker plays at
Seaside American Legion
SEASIDE — On Saturday,
the Seaside American Legion,
1315 Broadway, hosts Seaside
Hall of Fame Member Tom-
my Rocker and his band. The
doors open at 6 p.m., and the
music starts at 7 p.m.
There is a $10 entry fee,
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Fire Mountain School Con-
cert Series, also features a raf-
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HONOR ROLL
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Pictured, Margaret Neuwirth’s entry in the
2015 Elks Eye Injury Prevention Poster Con-
test, “Callie the Cat,” which won at the district
level, and took second place at the state level.
The following students
have earned a 3.5 grade point
average or higher at their
school, qualifying them for
the honor roll.
Eastern Oregon
University
La Grande
Astoria: Juli Hol, Stepha-
nie Homer, Denise Sterry.