NCLC seeks volunteers for
trail clean up at Circle Creek
Photo by Joshua Bessex
Tapiola Park in Astoria holds four baseball/softball fields, a basketball court, two sets of
public restrooms, a skate park, a picnic area and a large playground.
Help clean up Tapiola Park
ASTORIA — Set an example
as an environmental steward
this Earth Day at Astoria Parks
& Recreation’s next Citizens
Helping Improve Parks event.
CHIP-in with SOLVE from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
April 23 at Tapiola Park, and
help beautify this well-loved
public space.
Volunteers will pick up
trash, pull weeds and spread
mulch. CHIP-in will provide
T-shirts, snacks and the tools
necessary to clean up the park.
Volunteers can show up
and CHIP-in for any amount
of time. Tapiola Park is locat-
ed at 900 W. Marine Drive.
For more information, call
503-741-5965 or email CHIP-
in@astoria.or.us
SEASIDE — The North Coast
Land Conservancy has a grow-
ing trail system at its Circle
Creek Habitat Reserve, at the
south end of Seaside. The con-
servancy is seeking volunteers
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-
day, April 23 to help get those
trails ready for the spring and
summer hiking season.
In addition to the short Leg-
acy Loop nature trail, NCLC
is developing a longer Circle
Creek and Wetlands Walk that
includes a stretch of boardwalk.
Volunteers will brush out
and mulch the nature trail and
portions of the wetlands walk
and repair or replace foot-
bridges and anything else dis-
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Volunteers from North-
west Coast Trails Coalition are
partnering with NCLC on the
trails clean-up day.
To register, contact Stew-
ardship Director Melissa Re-
ich at melissar@nclctrust.org
in advance; she will provide
directions to the property.
Bring a lunch and water. There
are no toilets or potable water
on site. Dogs are not allowed
on NCLC habitat reserves.
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Submitted photo
Help clean up trails at Circle Creek with NCLC.
Submitted photo by Kenneth Kearney
Bellingham, Washington-based five-piece band Polecat is, from left, Aaron Guest, Richard
Reeves, Cayley Schmid, Karl Olson and Jeremy Elliott.
Polecat brings blend of rock,
bluegrass, Celtic to the Fort
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band Polecat to perform at 8
p.m. Sunday, April 24. The
show is open to all ages, and
there is no cover charge.
Based in Bellingham,
Washington, Polecat com-
bines bluegrass, Celtic, rock
and reggae sounds. The
band’s instrumentation en-
ables members to seamless-
ly blend genres. The general
appeal of Polecat comes from
the band’s take on roots mu-
sic and its interactive and
high-energy shows.
The band is led by Aaron
Guest on vocals, 12-string gui-
tar and occasional keyboard.
Jeremy Elliott’s fast but
smart guitar playing adds a
spark to the band. Growing
up in Georgia surrounded by
some of the best roots players
in the country, Elliott easily
melds rock rhythms, bluesy
bends and bluegrass lines. His
vocal harmonies add another
layer to the Polecat sound.
Immersed in Celtic mu-
sic, dance and culture for the
better part of her life, Cay-
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brings a stompin’ sound to
Polecat’s Americana feel.
Richard Reeves on double
bass keeps the groove thump-
ing along with his love for Af-
rican music and polyrhythmic
sounds.
An avid student of percus-
sion for many years, Karl Ol-
son is a well-rounded rhythm
man, with studies and proj-
ects based on orchestral, jazz,
funk, reggae and tabla drum-
ming.
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from different musical back-
grounds. “Some of us shook
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day,” says Guest of the initial
meeting in early 2010.
Incorporating
multiple
genres into a cohesive sound
might have been impossible if
each member hadn’t learned
the rules before breaking them.
The group is well-seasoned,
performing nearly 100 shows
per year since its inception.
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lowed, Polecat released two
full-length albums and has
seen consistent growth in the
Northwest as each member’s
musical diversity allowed
them to chameleon through a
variety of gigs and audiences.
The band released its lat-
est album “Into The Wind”
on March 11, an adventurous
outing for the band, incor-
poration vocals from Elliott
and Schmid, horn solos, key-
boards and even a few big
rock ‘n’ roll twists and turns.
Polecat hit the road for two
weeks as direct support with
Yonder Mountain String Band
in March before embarking
on a headlining tour in April.