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Show of your
chowder skills
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The Brownmead Flats play folk songs with a local lavor.
NCLC celebrates 30 years
ASTORIA — The North
Coast Land Conservancy
is celebrating 30 years of
coastal conservation in 2016.
To wrap up its anniversary
year, the land conservancy
is throwing a public party
Tuesday, Oct. 25, upstairs at
Fort George Brewery, locat-
ed at 1483 Duane St.
Come early to sip a pint;
stay late to bid at the silent
auction and enjoy some
foot-stomping music from
Astoria acoustic folk quintet
the Brownsmead Flats.
The party kicks off at
4:30 p.m., with the band
starting up at 6:30 p.m.
There’s no cover charge;
proceeds from food and
drink sales in the pub, along
with sales of Brownsmead
Flats CDs, beneit North
Coast Land Conservancy’s
coastal conservation work.
Rafle prizes and silent
auction goods include an
REI Flash day pack stuffed
with everything you need
for a coastal hike (maps and
guide books, water bot-
tle, organic trail mix from
Grizzly Brand Foods and
more), a McKenzie River
whitewater raft trip for six,
day passes for the Oregon
Country Fair, plus books,
spirits, art and more.
Funds raised at the
party will help NCLC meet
its 30th anniversary goal
of raising an additional
$30,000 for coastal conser-
vation. For more details,
visit NCLCtrust.org
ASTORIA — St. Mary’s Star
of the Sea Catholic Church
will hold a Chowder Chal-
lenge cook-off from 5 to 7
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. The
event will be held in the old
school auditorium located at
1411 Grand Ave.
Participants can enter any
type of homemade chowder
into the competition: salm-
on, clam, corn, traditional
New England or Manhattan
— whatever you want.
There is no entry fee to
participate. If you are en-
tering the competition, call
Linda for more information
at 503-325-9775, and plan
to arrive between 3:30 and 4
p.m. the day of the cook-off.
Members of the public
are invited to come and
sample chowder at the event.
A bowl of chowder costs
$5; add salad and bread for
$2. Beer, wine and dessert
will also be available for
purchase.
Prizes will be awarded
to the top cooks. A panel of
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Submit your best chowder to
a competition Oct. 22.
judges will decide irst and
second place, and attendees
can also vote for the peo-
ple’s choice winner.
Proceeds from the Chow-
der Challenge will go to the
preservation and mainte-
nance of the historic build-
ings of Star of the Sea. The
current Catholic church was
built in 1902, a Christopher
Wren-inspired structure at
1492 Grand Ave. The school
building was built in 1923.
After decades of inancial
dificulties, the Star of the
Sea School closed in 2011,
the oldest and last Catholic
school on the Oregon Coast.
Join park rangers for a wild mushroom hike Oct. 21.
Hike, forage for
wild mushrooms
HAMMOND — Join an
Oregon State Park ranger
for a guided hike for wild
mushrooms at Fort Stevens
State Park at 1 p.m. Friday
Oct. 21.
The hike will focus on
the varieties of wild mush-
room that grow in the area.
Participants should plan on
wearing weather-appropriate
clothing and should bring
a basket, pocket knife and
mushroom identiication
book if they have them. Par-
ticipants are also encouraged
to bring in mushrooms for
identiication.
The hike will begin at
Battery Russell and will be
around one mile round trip.
There is no registration or
fee required for the hikes.
For more information,
contact Park Ranger Sam
Gibson at 503-861-3170
x 49 or at sam.gibson@
oregon.gov
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