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Olympic gold medalist to World of Haystack Rock Help your child learn to
share memoir in Seaside lecture focuses on forest read with free classes
SEASIDE — On Saturday,
Feb. 4, the Friends of the
Seaside Library will host
Carolyn Wood, author of
“Tough Girl: An Olympians
Journey.” The event will
take place at 1p.m., and
there will be book sales and
singings by Beach Books.
Wood had been scheduled
to speak in December
but had to cancel due to
weather.
Wood was born in
Portland and swam for
the Multnomah Athletic
Club and Beaverton High
School, where she won
seven individual state
championships in but-
terfly, freestyle and the
individual medley. At the
1960 U.S. Olympic Trials,
at the age of 14, she fin-
ished first in the 100-meter
butterfly and was favored
to win the gold medal
in Rome. At the Olym-
pics, during the women’s
100-meter butterfly final,
Wood swallowed water
during the turn and did not
finish the race.
She did win a gold medal
as a member of the wom-
en’s 4X100-meter freestyle
relay team, together with
Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs
and Chris von Saltza. The
U.S. relay team set a new
world record in the event
final — nine seconds faster
than the previous record.
Wood was the youngest
member of the 1960 U.S.
Olympic team to win a
medal.
Wood’s story in “Tough
Girl” details the training
and commitment it took to
become an Olympian at just
14 years old. She also tells
of growing up in mid-cen-
tury Portland, of being a
closeted athlete, and of
coming out and fighting for
gay rights. It is the account
of youthful dreams and exu-
berance, of struggle and the
will to overcome obstacles
in sport as well as in life.
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Carolyn Wood will share
her memoir, “Tough Girl: An
Olympian’s Journey,” Feb. 4 at
Seaside Public Library.
CANNON BEACH — The next
World of Haystack Rock
lecture is set for 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the
Cannon Beach Library, 131
N. Hemlock St. Bob Van
Dyk will give the presenta-
tion “How to Help Protect
Over 50,000 Acres of Forest
in Clatsop County.”
Van Dyk first worked
for Wild Salmon Center
on Oregon State Forest
policy in 2010, and he now
leads efforts to protect and
restore salmon strongholds
in Oregon and California.
His background is in forest
policy and in academia. He
has a Ph.D. in political sci-
ence from the University of
Washington, and he worked
for 21 years at Pacific
University in Forest Grove,
where he is now a professor
emeritus.
Van Dyk is also trained
G.I.S., and he has a passion
for illustrating public policy
through maps.
World of Haystack Rock
lectures are sponsored by
Friends of Haystack Rock
and the Cannon Beach Li-
brary. Lectures are held the
second Wednesday of each
month, November to April at
the library.
Upcoming lectures are:
• March 8: Tommy
Swearingen, “Oregon Ma-
rine Reserves: An Overview
of the Human Dimensions
Research Program”;
• April 12: Tom Horn-
ing, “Geology of Haystack
Rock.”
Friends of Haystack
Rock supports the Haystack
Rock Awareness Program in
cooperation with the City of
Cannon Beach, promoting
the preservation and protec-
tion of the intertidal life and
birds that inhabit the Marine
Garden and the Oregon
Islands National Wildlife
Refuge at Haystack Rock.
Free classes for
parents and
preschoolers
WARRENTON and ASTORIA —
Clatsop Kinder Ready is
offering free Every Child
Ready to Read classes in
Warrenton this February and
in Astoria during March.
The series of three classes
will be held from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings.
The Warrenton classes
will be held Feb. 7, 14,
and 21 at Warrenton Grade
School, located at 820 S.W.
Cedar Ave. The Astoria
classes will be held at Astor
Elementary School, located
at 3550 Franklin Ave., on
March 7, 14, and 21.
The purpose of the
Every Child Ready to Read
classes is to help parents
and caregivers learn how to
use the fun daily activities
of talking, reading, writing,
singing and playing to help
build their children’s brains
during the early critical
years and help their children
learn.
Classes are for families
with children ages birth to
5, but expectant parents are
welcome too. Classes are
offered in both English and
Spanish at each location.
Pizza dinner is served
each night to participants,
and families go home with
children’s picture books at
each session to build their
home libraries. Free child-
care is offered during the
classes as well.
Space is limited in each
session, so register early.
To register, call Angie at
the Clatsop E.S.D. at 503-
338-3377 or email her at
aharrington@nwresd.k12.
or.us. Spanish-speaking
families can contact Diane
at 503-738-2109 or email
ddieni@nwresd.k12.or.us
What are the implications of immigration reform?
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“Tough Girl: An Olympian’s
Journey” by Carolyn Wood.
Following the Olym-
pics, Wood returned to her
hometown and completed
her studies at Beaverton
High School. She attended
the University of Oregon,
became an English teacher,
and taught at both Bea-
verton and Wilson High
Schools. She was inducted
into the Oregon Sports Hall
of Fame in 1992.
She started writing her
memoir “Tough Girl” in
2010, and it is her first
book.
Seaside Public Library is
located at 1131 Broadway.
For more information call
(503)738-6742 or visit us at
www.seasidelibrary.org
Next Ales & Ideas
lecture to focus on
history, economics
of immigration
ASTORIA — The recent pres-
idential election and the un-
certain future of immigration
in the Americas have made
immigration reform a hot
topic. But immigration is older
than the U.S. flag or Constitu-
tion, and it plays an immense
role in our regional, national
and international economy.
This is the subject of
the next Ales & Ideas free
community lecture, set for
Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Fort
George Lovell Showroom,
located at 426 14th St. Craft3
Financial Systems Analyst
Fernando Rodriguez will give
the presentation “Immigration
Nation: History, Reality & Re-
form.” Doors open with food
and beverage service at 6 p.m.,
and the lecture starts at 7 p.m.
Minors are welcome.
In a multimedia lecture,
Rodriguez will begin with the
history and root causes of im-
migration to the United States,
provide an economic analysis
of the current situation, and
close by discussing the impli-
cations, both economic and
humanitarian, of immigration
reform.
Rodriguez joined the
Ilwaco, Washington, branch of
Craft3 as the coordinator of the
Hispanic community services
program in 2004. He has since
been promoted to director of
immigrant programs (2006),
accountant (2009) and is cur-
rently financial system analyst.
He is also active as board
director of the Lower Colum-
bia Hispanic Council.
Prior to joining the Craft3
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Fernando Rodriguez will
speak at the next Ales & Ideas
on Feb. 2.
team in January 2004, Rodri-
guez was a Migrant Bilingual
Assistant at the Ilwaco Jr/Sr
High School.
Rodriguez grew up primar-
ily in Morelia, in the state of
Michoacán in México. While
there, he worked at Banco de
México FIRA as software de-
veloper and systems analysis
and design specialist for 10
years to formulate, evaluate,
analyze and implement agri-
culture projects. At Univer-
sidad Latina de América he
held the position as director
and teacher of the computer
systems’ school for nine years
teaching computer science,
computer programming, op-
erations research, systems and
software analysis and design.
He received his industrial
engineer egree from Morelia
Institute of Technology. He
went on to earn a Master
Degree in computer science
from Toluca Institute of
Technology, a Master Degree
is information systems from
Fundación Arturo Rosen-
blueth, and a degree in
financials from Universidad
LaSalle Campus Morelia.
The monthly Ales & Ideas
lecture is presented by Clatsop
Community College and the
Fort George Brewery.