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Celebrate new marine reserve near Manzanita Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve hold two kick-off events MANZANITA and CANNON BEACH — After many years of planning and public involvement, the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve site went into effect Jan. 1. This site is located in the ocean just off the coast, between Falcon Cove and Manzanita, and is an area dedicated to conservation and scientific research. The Friends of Cape Fal con Marine Reserve are hold ing two free kick-off events for the reserve that are open to the public. There will be live music, refreshments, informa tion about the marine reserve, and family-friendly activities. The first event takes place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Satur day, Jan. 16 at the Pine Grove Community House, located at 225 Laneda Ave. in Manzani ta. The event will feature the Tsunami Drummers, music by Two Crows Joy, family activ ities and fish printing, chow der and bread from Bread & Ocean, beer from de Garde Brewing and more. There will also be an introduction to the reserve and toasts at 6 p.m. The second kick-off event takes place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 at Can non Beach Community Hall, located at 207 N. Spruce St. in Cannon Beach. Just like protected natural areas on land, there are ben efits of protected areas in the ocean. They conserve wildlife and biodiversity, including various local invertebrate and fish species. Protected areas can also extend benefits to ma rine birds and mammals. “This is a historic moment in Oregon’s efforts to protect its natural heritage,” said Na dia Gardner, a local volunteer with Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. “The Cape Falcon Marine Reserve ex tends protections from Oswald West State Park, the most vis ited park on the North Coast, and its 2,500 acres of old- growth forest, Neahkahnie Mountain and majestic head lands into the ocean,” she con tinued. “It is conserving the ocean for people and wildlife into the future.” The Cape Falcon site in cludes a 12.4-square-mile ma rine reserve, where all removal of marine life and ocean de velopment (e.g. wave energy, pipelines) is prohibited. Adja cent to the marine reserve are two Marine Protected Areas (7.6 square miles total). The MPAs still prohibit ocean de velopment, but allow some limited fishing activities. The marine reserve is locat ed just offshore, roughly bor dering Oswald West State Park. The north boundary is located at the north end of Falcon Cove Beach. The south boundary is lo cated north of Manzanita, in the Neahkahnie Beach area. Passive recreation is allowed in the ma rine reserve; people may walk, collect shells, boogie board, and boat (with disallowed fishing gear not deployed). Oregon has designated five marine reserves. The other sites are located at Cascade Head (near Lincoln City), Ot CCC philosophy instructor to speak on existentialism and 'Waiting for Godot' ASTORIA — In conjunction with the upcoming produc tion of “Waiting for Godot,” Seth Tichenor, the philos ophy instructor at Clatsop Community College, will give the free lecture “Exis tentialism and ‘Waiting for Godot.’” The event will take place 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 at the CCC Performing Arts Cen ter, located at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Admission is free, but donations may be made to support Partners for the PAC, the group staging the production whose member organizations are working to keep the building func tioning as a year-round per formance arts space. North 'Existentialism and Waiting for Godot' 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 CCC Performing Arts Center 58816th St., Astoria Free Coast drama students and their advisers are especially invited to attend. “Waiting for Godot” was written by Irish author Sam uel Beckett and first per formed in Paris in 1953. It spawned the “theater of the absurd” movement, while opening up new lines of intellectual thought about the meaning of human exis tence. Tichenor has pursued ad vanced degrees in philoso phy from the University of Hawaii, Manoa and in the ology from Boston Univer sity. He has been teaching for 19 years, including at the University of Hawaii, Oregon State University, Concordia University, Lin- field College, and a number of community colleges in cluding CCC. Submitted photo by Nadia Gardner/Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve Oswald West State Park's Smuggler Cove and the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. ter Rock (near Newport), Cape Perpetua (near Yachats), and Redfish Rocks (near Port Or- ford). The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is respon sible for managing and scien tifically monitoring these sites. The Friends of Cape Fal con Marine Reserve is a group of local people and organi zations who are working to increase understanding and appreciation of the marine re serve. The local group is work closely with a number of non profits including the Lower Nehalem Community Trust, North Coast Land Conservan cy, Haystack Rock Awareness Program, Oregon State Parks, The Nature Conservancy, Sur- frider, and local watershed councils to put on educational lectures, field trips, youth edu cation programs and more. For more information about Oregon’s marine reserves and the related harvest restrictions, call Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Newport Of fice at 541-867-4741 or visit http ://bit. ly/1 liA9fig For information about local marine reserve field trips, lectures and volunteer opportunities, con tact Chrissy Smith, coordinator of the Friends of Cape Falcon Ma rine Reserve, at 541-231-8041 or capefalconmr@gmail.com His areas of specialty in clude the philosophy of re ligion, classical south Asian philosophy, comparative philosophy and the philos ophy of education. He is a co-founder of Philosofarian, a project that aims to make philosophical life relevant to everyone everywhere. Partners for the PAC will stage the production of “Waiting for Godot” 7 p.m. Jan. 29 and 30; 3 p.m. Jan. 31; and 7 p.m. Feb. 5 and 6. The show is directed by Karen Bain of Astoria and includes a cast of local ac tors, including William Ham, Slab Slabinski and Bill Honl. 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