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JUNE 9, 2016 // 5 Country-rock singer performs in Ocean Park Volunteer as a Rocky OCEAN PARK, Wash. — The pub- lic is invited to a fun-illed eve- ning with a concert by a rising Nashville star. Award-winning singer-songwriter Sarah Peacock will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, June 10 at the Penin- sula Senior Activity Center, located at 21603 O Lane. Tickets are $20 and avail- able in the ofice or $25 at the door. Call 360-665-3999 to reserve your tickets. Compli- mentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served. A Georgia-grown sing- er-songwriter, Peacock swings the pendulum across the spectrum of what’s considered to be today’s country music, bridging gaps between modern country, alternative country, folk, Americana and even classic rock. A country-rock power- house, Peacock has a dynamic voice. Her soft, sultry ballad “Hurricane” won best song in the 2014 American Song- SARAH PEACOCK 7 p.m. Friday, June 10 Peninsula Senior Activity Center 21603 O Lane, Ocean Park, Washington $20 in advance, $25 at the door 360-665-3999 SUBMITTED PHOTO Sarah Peacock will perform June 10 at the Peninsula Senior Center. writing Awards, and her song “Beautiful” was a winner in the 2014 International Unsigned Only Competition. She was nominated for Best Female Artist in the 2015 International Acoustic Music Awards for her song “Are We There Yet.” Peacock recently celebrated a decade on the road and has been touring over 250 dates worldwide each year since the release of her irst album. “I am so fortunate to have been able to carry my music across this country for so many years. I’ve been able to meet so many wonderful people with amazing stories, and I wouldn’t change my life for anything,” says Peacock. She has recently shared stages with Gary Allan, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Paul Thorn, Radney Foster and Hal Ketchum. Her ifth album, “Dream On,” was released May 10. An upbeat acoustic collection, the album includes her anti-bully- ing anthem, “The Cool Kids,” which was a nominee for best song in the 2015 American Songwriting Awards. Americana musician plays the Sou’Wester SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Sou’Wester Lodge will host Americana musician Barna Howard for a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 11. The show is open to the public, and there is no cover charge. Howard was born and raised in a quintessential Midwest town. His youth in Eureka, Missouri, was pure Americana: the sort of child- hood that inspired “E.T.”-era Spielberg — baseball cards in his bicycle spokes, lying freely down Main Street and through neighbors’ backyards. However, much of Barna’s story is not unique to his hometown, and, like most of small town Amer- ica, Eureka has lost some of that charm over time. Main Street has changed, kids don’t run around quite so carelessly, and in an almost laughably cruel twist, his childhood home was knocked down in favor of a Walmart parking lot. After high school, Howard moved north to study anima- tion in one cold and windy city and then east for love in another. Years later, he blindly followed two friends to the Northwest, crossing the Rock- ies for the irst time, in search of inspiration, opportunity and a fresh start. Barna’s self-titled debut album chronicled these moves as he struggled with the contrast between his small town upbringing and these big city wanderings. The album was met with crit- ical acclaim and underground success, partly thanks to an opportunely placed song in the indie ilm “Drinking Bud- dies.” One critic even likened SUBMITTED PHOTO BY VINCENT JOSEPH Barna Howard will perform Americana music June 11 at the Sou’Wester Lodge. him to some “lost genius of the ’60s.” The songs on Barna Howard’s second album, “Quite A Feelin’,” ruminate on his relationship with home. Many of the album’s tracks immortalize and relect on the Eureka that Howard once knew, while others focus on the relation- ships that deine his new home out west in Portland. Small town life has long been celebrated in country and folk music, but Barna’s knack for capturing his own deeply personal nostalgia resonates in a rarely univer- sal way. The Sou’Wester Lodge is located at 3728 J Place. For more information, call 360- 642-2542. Shore Interpreter HRAP to hold volunteer training session at City Hall on June 18 CANNON BEACH — Volun- teer as a Rocky Shore In- terpreter with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program. HRAP will hold a volun- teer training event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18 at Cannon Beach City Hall. RSVP by emailing hrapvolunteer@ci.can- non-beach.or.us The Haystack Rock Awareness Program protects and inspires the stewardship of the Na- tional Wildlife Refuge and Marine Garden tide pools at Hay Stack Rock. Rocky Shore Interpreters educate visitors about the intertidal and seabird ecology at Haystack Rock. They also prevent people from climbing on the rock and trampling plants and animals. The training event will include details on how to volunteer as a Rocky Shore Interpreter. Refreshments will be served. Guest speakers will also give presentations. Joe Leibezeit of the Audubon Society of Portland will speak about seabird and nest monitoring — includ- ing cormorant nests — at the newly established Cape Falcon Marine Reserve in Oswald West State Park. Tiffany Booth of the Seaside Aquarium and Friends of Haystack Rock will speak about some of the species you can ind in the rocky intertidal and nearshore ecosystems of the West Coast; touch tanks will be available for volun- teers to use. She will also talk about the Marine Mam- mal Stranding Network. There will also be pre- sentations by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oregon Islands Nation- al Wildife Refuge. Following the training, volunteers will be equipped with the knowledge to visit Cape Falcon Marine Reserve and monitor sea- bird nests and protect and inspire the stewardship of Haystack Rock. Volunteers can also help with HRAP school field trips, sea star surveys, marine debris monitoring, seabird moni- toring and more. 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