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COASTAL LIFE
Talent at play in the classroom
Monthly open mic fills Astoria High School with creativity
THE ARTS
‘Once Upon a Mattress’
Musical farce lights up the Coaster Theatre stage this season
FEATURE
The faded glory of Shively Park
Once impressive, Shively has been neglected and reclaimed by forest
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
The Mouth revisits the Iron Chef Goes Coastal competition
STEPPING OUT........ .............................................................. 5, 6, 7
CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................17
CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 18, 19
INTIMATE IMPRESSIONISM..... ...................................................21
GRAB BAG ....... ..........................................................................22
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This postcard shows Shively Park as it was in 1911
during Astoria’s centennial, which included a fountain
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buildings and stadium seating around an amphithe-
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Submitted photo courtesy Clatsop County Historical Society
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