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Artists: Show work at Art in the Park
Learn calligraphy with Rebecca Read
LONGVIEW, Wash. — The Co-
lumbian Artists Association
is issuing a call to artists.
Come and sell your ine
arts and crafts at Art in the
Park, a juried exhibition of
quality ine art and crafts,
giving audiences the oppor-
tunity to meet artists and
purchase their work.
SEASIDE — The Friends of
the Seaside Library will host
a Beginning Calligraphy
Workshop from 1 to 3 p.m.
June 25 in the Community
Room. The class will be
taught by local artist Rebec-
ca Read.
Read studied graphic
design and typography at the
Paciic Northwest College of
Art in Portland. She did un-
dergraduate work in graphic
design at the University of
Oregon and studied callig-
raphy at the Oregon College
of Art and Craft. Read is
currently a studio artist on
the North Oregon Coast.
In an age of instant elec-
tronic communications one
would think that writing by
hand is becoming obsolete.
This two-hour workshop will
provide an introduction to the
practical applications of callig-
raphy and hands-on instruction
of beginning italic lettering.
All materials will be
Art in the Park takes
place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sept. 17 in the lovely sum-
mer setting of Longview’s
gem: Lake Sacajawea Park.
Art will be displayed on
Hemlock Plaza.
Columbian Artists As-
sociation is now reserving
spaces for artists. If you are
interested in participating,
return your application by
Aug. 15, including three
photos of your work, the
artist commitment form, and
your check for $40, payable
to Columbian Artists Asso-
ciation.
Download your applica-
tion at columbianartists.org
Godfather’s Books holds book signing
ASTORIA — Join Oregon
author Linda K. Richison for
a book signing for her new
release “The Spirit of Love:
Heart and Souls.” Richison
will be at Godfather’s Books
from noon to 2 p.m. Satur-
day, June 18 with a smile,
books and pen in hand.
“The Spirit of Love:
Heart and Souls” is the irst
book in the Spirit of Love
series. Left with shattered
dreams and a broken heart,
Serena picks up the scattered
pieces of her life and moves
on. Desperation pushes her
to a new location in a small
Oregon Coast town, where
she is destined for a brand
new start. But to her dismay,
the vision and her reality
paint a different picture.
Follow the perils of Serena
as she becomes tangled in a
world of mystery and fanta-
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Beginning calligraphy will be taught at the Seaside Public Li-
brary June 25.
provided; the class is limited
to 20 people. Sign up at the
circulation desk or by calling
the library at 503-738-6742.
Seaside Public Library is
located at 1131 Broadway.
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“The Spirit of Love: Heart and
Souls” by Linda K. Richison.
Oregon author Linda K. Richi-
son will hold a book signing
in Astoria on June 18.
sy, where she must rescue a
helpless spirit with the help
of a dangerously sexy man.
Thrill to the tales of their
journey to overcome the
challenges of the heart and
souls. They must conquer
trust and deceit and battle
road blocks and obstacles to
accomplish nearly impossi-
ble tasks before their time
runs out.
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Find answers to your plant problems
ILWACO, Wash. — Do you
have a plant question? Ask a
master gardener: Washing-
ton State University Master
Gardeners of Paciic County
are sponsoring a series of
Summer Plant Clinics at the
Columbia Paciic Heri-
tage Museum’s Discovery
Garden, located behind the
museum’s parking lot at 115
S.W. Lake St.
The irst summer plant
clinic is from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday, June 18. Mas-
ter gardeners will address
plant questions and concerns.
Bring samples of your
plant problem if you can.
Master gardeners can help
with questions such as:
• Why can’t I grow de-
cent tomatoes here?
• My one rhododendron
is wilting and dying. What’s
wrong?
• Moss is all over my
lawn. What moss killer can
I use?
• I have insects boring
into my apple fruit. What
should I do?
The master gardeners are
also sponsoring plant clinics
later this summer on July 23,
Aug. 20, and Sept. 24.
WSU Extension also
supports two websites that
can help you diagnose your
own plant problems.
Hortsense (hortsense.
cahnrs.wsu.edu) contains
fact sheets for the home gar-
dener to manage plant prob-
lems. Pestsense (pestsense.
cahnrs.wsu.edu) contains
fact sheets for managing
indoor pest problems.
For more information,
contact Bev Arnoldy at bev-
arnoldy@gmail.com
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