Author, military wife shares how world Learn how plants respond to climate
of war shaped her marriage and life change at Salty Talks event March 1
Abigail B. Calkin to appear at Godfather’s Books Feb. 26
ASTORIA — It may not be
battle wounds or Post Trau-
matic Stress Syndrome that
affect a deployed soldier, but
even without a diagnosable
condition they always return
home changed.
Award-winning Alaskan
author Abigail B. Calkin dis-
cusses these changes in her
newest book “The Soul of
0y Soldier 5eÀections of a
Military Wife.” Calkin will
read from her book from 2 to
4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 at God-
father’s Books and Espresso.
A book signing will follow
the reading.
“The Soul of My Sol-
dier” follows the true story
of Calkin, a military wife of
45 years. As a woman who
never intended to marry a sol-
dier, Calkin faced life chang-
es when she married into the
Submitted photo
Author Abigail B. Calkin will speak about
her book “The Soul of My Soldier” at a book
signing Feb. 26 at Godfather’s Books.
military. Her veteran hus-
band, who had returned from
his two years in Vietnam with
PTSD, re-enlisted a few years
later only to be deployed
again.
Through moving prose
and poetry, she crafts a
unique military story. Her
self-reÀection brings to life
the struggles and triumphs
military families often face.
It also provides insight as to
how these challenges can be
turned into a strengthening
bond connecting the past to
the future.
“A very personal perspec-
tive of what a soldier’s fam-
ily and especially his or her
spouse encounters in the re-
lationship,” says retired U.S.
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul
Busick. “This is a very differ-
ent viewpoint … about PTSD
and one that has long been
needed.”
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ILWACO, Wash. — The explor-
ers Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark were some of
America’s ¿rst scienti¿c ob-
servers, making notes and
sketches about plants and an-
imals to share with Thomas
Jefferson and an emerging na-
tion. Today, scienti¿c observa-
tion continues to play a critical
role in monitoring animal and
plant species, particularly in
the face of climate change and
its impacts. National programs
such as Project Budburst serve
to connect citizen scientists
with opportunities to help
monitor changes in plants and
animals in their communities.
At Salty Talks, set for 6:30
p.m. Tuesday, March 1, hear
from Nancy Fernandez, a cli-
mate change intern with Lew-
is and Clark National Histor-
ical Park and San Juan Island
National Historical Park, as
she talks about delves into the
history of plant phenology as
seen through the eyes of Lew-
is and Clark and gives prac-
tical information about how
to get involved with Project
Budburst, an opportunity
for the public to learn about
tracking changes to 10 signif-
icant plants at each national
park.
Photo by Joshua Bessex
Nancy Fernandez, a climate change intern with the Lewis and Clark National Historical
Park, will speak at 6:30 p.m. March 1 at the Salt Hotel & Pub in Ilwaco, Washington.
The presentation takes
place at the Salt Hotel & Pub,
located at 147 Howerton Ave.
The event is free, open to the
public, and will take place in
the upstairs pub.
Fernandez is a graduate of
California State University,
Stanislaus, with a degree in
anthropology.
Her involvement with the
Student Conservation Associ-
ation in her ¿nal year of school
immersed her in community
outreach, education and youth
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leadership. In the summer of
2015, Fernandez came to the
Lewis and Clark National His-
torical Park as part of the NPS
Academy, a program within
the SCA. As a Healthy Parks
intern, Fernandez created a
brochure and map of Asto-
ria’s parks as part of a broad-
er campaign to get people of
Clatsop County more active,
helped local Hispanic youth
attend summer camp, and as-
sisted with the development of
a museum exhibit on Chinese
cannery workers in the lower
Columbia.
Lewis and Clark Nation-
al Historical Park and San
Juan Island National His-
torical Park are two of the
nation’s 409 sites celebrat-
ing the 100th anniversary of
the National Park Service
in 2016. In preparation for
the next 100 years, service
wide goals include creating
the next generation of stew-
ards, engaging communities
and building resiliency into
natural and cultural land-
scapes.
Salty Talks are sponsored
by the Columbia Paci¿c Her-
itage Museum in partnership
with the Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park, the
Lewis & Clark National Park
Association, and the Salt Ho-
tel & Pub.