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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016 Concert: ‘It’s going to be very special’ The Bear Creek Dam will likely survive a Cascadia Subduction Zone quake. Continued from Page 1A Orange said his paintings are “like jazz, free-form and not ref- erencing the literal interpreta- tion of landscape.” He becomes absorbed in the act of creation: “I’m just playing, being free, with no preconceptions about outcome.” The artists dreamed up the “Sight and Sound” idea after the program for the 2016 festi- val of 13 concerts was printed. They considered adding it to Tuesday’s “Bach by Candle- light” event at Grace Episcopal Church in Astoria, but decided it would reach a bigger audi- ence — and have more space on stage — if moved to the Liberty Theater Saturday. Tuesday’s concert issold out. It was added to the 4 p.m. “Sergey’s Happy Hour” event as a “duo,” featuring only Antonov, but Kazantsev embraced the idea and it expanded into “Trio for Cello, Piano and Artist.” The musicians have known each other since third grade and have played together, often as part of the Hermitage Trio. Antonov has been fascinated in the healing power of classi- cal music, and said he has won- dered how it could inspire a visual artist to create something spontaneously. “It was always my intent to try something like this, and I am happy that Darren liked the Joshua Bessex The Daily Astorian Dam: Seismic study cost the city $390,865 Continued from Page 1A Using a 1911 ield engi- neer’s notebook that Ken Cook, the city’s public works director, uncovered, and a detailed examination of the abutments that brace the dam, a consultant prepared a new geologic model that found that conditions are bet- ter than previously assumed. The dam is a concrete gravity structure in a nar- row canyon that relies on its weight for stability. The con- sultant found that the abut- ments on the left and right are embedded in a strong basalt foundation — compared to the middle of the dam, which sits in a weaker sandstone — and will likely help the dam withstand resistance. Asked by City Councilor Drew Herzig whether the dam will remain in one piece in a quake, Gerry Heslin, an engineer with Cornforth Con- Photos by Dwight Caswell/For The Daily Astorian ABOVE: Astoria artist Darren Orange uses a scraper to apply paint to a small canvas in his studio in 2015. BELOW: Keith Clark conducts the Astoria Music Festival Orchestra in Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 4, “Heroes,” based on music by David Bowie. idea,” he said, the excitement evident in his voice. “It’s going to be very spe- cial, and this is the irst time in my life we have done this. I think whatever Darren puts on canvas — that’s how he sees the work. And there’s absolutely nothing that can go wrong with it. “If we were to play the piece, then play it again and have him start over, too, it would be a completely dif- ferent painting. That’s what’s amazing about live performances.” Other compositions on tap — without painter — include Tchaikovsky’s “Pezzo Capric- cioso,” Gershwin’s “Rhap- sody in Blue,” Three Preludes by Rachmaninov, Stravinsky’s Cello Suite No 1 and Astor Piazzolla’s 1974 work “Lib- ertango.” Pianist Cary Lewis, the festival’s chamber music director, will also appear. A second show at the Lib- erty 7.30 p.m. Saturday is a Symphonic Showcase. That concert features the Astoria Music Festival Orchestra, con- ducted by Keith Clark, with Kazantsev playing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, mezzo soprano MaryAnn McCor- mick from the Metropolitan Opera of New York singing songs by Mahler, and visiting strings soloists Jeffrey Thayer from San Diego and James Van Valkenburg from Detroit performing a Mozart piece for violin, viola and orchestra. sultants, a Portland based geotechnical irm, said: “Yes. It will stay in one piece and it will stay where it’s sitting.” The seismic study cost the city $390,865, with $153,932 covered by grant money. The city will likely make improvements at the water system headworks to prevent overtopping at the dam but can avoid signiicant struc- tural modiications. Keith Mills, a state engi- neer for the Oregon Water Resources Department, said the Bear Creek Dam had been a concern to the state because it is close to the Cas- cadia Subduction Zone off the Paciic coast. The state worked with the city and the consultant on a thorough analysis of the dam that, Mills said, shows “with reasonable certainty how well your water supply is going to hold up in some pretty severe conditions.” Dispatch team: ‘They are all very deserving of this award’ Continued from Page 1A Conference Chairwoman Brandy Ritter offered con- gratulations to Seaside’s communications staff. “The team handled the incident with grace and professional- ism and we would like to be able to honor them for their work,” Ritter said. After Goodding was killed, Ritter wrote, dispatch- ers continued to perform their duties in the commu- Divided: ‘Today we are not so much communicating as miscommunicating’ Introducing an MS EVENT WORTH SHOUTING ABOUT. Continued from Page 1A AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Michael Conroy This combination of June 2016 photos shows Peggy Al- brecht, left, in Westlake Village, Calif. and John Dearth in Carmel, Ind. Albrecht is a freelance writer and comedian who loves Bernie Sanders. Dearth, a retiree, grew up a Democrat but flipped with Ronald Reagan. He’s a Trump guy. appeasers. His show became home for disaffected liberals in the Bush administration’s inal years. MSNBC hired Maddow and eventually made the entire network left-leaning, although low ratings forced it back to news during the day. Fueled by Fox’s primacy and opposition to the war in Iraq, liberals began inding their voice online in the early 2000s. Writer Josh Marshall began blogging and reporting, devel- oping the Talking Points Memo website. His work forced wider attention to issues like the ir- ing of U.S. attorneys in the Bush administration, Republican voter suppression efforts and the ight against Social Security pri- vatization. TPM has grown to 25 employees with ofices in Washington and New York. Others followed Marshall’s path. 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