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Beachwatchers and birders wanted Peninsula Players set meeting
Arch Cape training
to be held Feb. 25
ARCH CAPE — The Coastal
Observation and Seabird
Survey Team will deliver one
free training in Arch Cape on
Saturday, Feb. 25.
COASST volunteers help
make a difference for the
environment by collecting
data on beach-cast carcasses
of marine birds on a monthly
basis to establish the baseline
pattern of beached bird
mortality on North Pacific
beaches.
Data collected helps
address important marine
conservation issues and pro-
tect marine resources.
Through an interactive,
hands-on workshop, trainees
will become acquainted with
the custom COASST field
guide, Beached Birds, and
have a chance to try out their
newly acquired identification
skills on seabird species com-
mon to the North Pacific. The
COASST training provides
volunteers with the tools to
monitor for potential changes
in the marine environment
and promote stewardship of
local marine resources.
COASST is a citizen sci-
ence project of the University
of Washington in partnership
with state, tribal and federal
agencies, environmental
organizations, and communi-
ty groups. COASST believes
citizens of coastal commu-
nities are essential scien-
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tific partners in monitoring
marine ecosystem health.
By collaborating with
citizens, natural resource
management agencies and
environmental organizations,
COASST works to translate
long-term monitoring into
effective marine conservation
solutions.
Currently, more than 800
volunteers survey beaches in
Washington, Oregon, Califor-
nia and Alaska.
The training session will
be held at the Arch Cape
Fire Hall, located at 72979
U.S. Highway 101from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 25. Beach
surveys are best conducted in
groups of two or more; come
with a partner in mind or
plan to join a team.
Reserve your training
spot by calling COASST at
206-221-6893 or by emailing
coasst@uw.edu. For more
information, visit www.
coasst.org
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ILWACO, Wash. — The annual
meeting of the Peninsula
Players will take place 6:15
p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at
the River City Playhouse,
located at 127 Lake St. The
theater is across the street
from the Ilwaco Post Office.
Board members will
be elected. Soup and ice
cream will be served at the
meeting.
Anyone interested in
learning more about the
Long Beach Peninsula-based
theater group is invited to
attend.
Those attending will
hear about opportunities
for volunteering with board
positions, backstage help,
building maintenance and
other needs.
The group has existed for
12 years and stages a series
of shows in Ilwaco featuring
community actors, including
a musical, a one-act play
evening, a murder mystery
play and other productions.
For more information,
contact Rita Smith at 360-
665-0028.
The theater group is
currently rehearsing the fam-
ily musical “You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown” for
performances in March and
April.
TAPA presents ‘A Sting in the Tale’
Playwrights’
perfect murder has
dire consequences
in comedic thriller
TILLAMOOK — The Tilla-
mook Association for the
Performing Arts will present
the witty and comedic
thriller “A Sting in the Tale,”
a play written by Brian Cle-
mens and Dennis Spooner,
directed by Chris Chiola,
and produced by Diane
Cross.
In “A Sting in the Tale,”
once-successful crime play-
wrights Nigel Forbes and
Max Goodman are strug-
gling to write their next hit
show. While trying to come
up with new plot ideas,
Forbes’ wife, Ann, barges
into the room, complaining
bitterly about their lack of
inspiration and their drain
on the bank account.
Feeding off the animosi-
ty of Ann’s nagging, Forbes
and Goodman start writing
the perfect murder — of
Ann. But when the writing
of the new play and reality
get confused, their secre-
tary Jill gets accidentally
murdered.
Star-struck detective
Berry arrives and gets
mixed up in the mess. Who
is the body in the trunk?
Who gets buried under the
guest house? You’ll have to
come see to find out.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The cast of “A Sting in the Tale” is, from left, Richard Coon, Anita
O’Hagan, John Pickering, Val Braun and Steve Lewis.
“A Sting in the Tale”
opened Feb. 17 and runs
through March 5. Friday
and Saturday evening
shows begin at 7 p.m., with
matinees at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 26 and March 5.
New to the stage is Steve
Lewis, who is cast as play-
wright Forbes. His onstage
writing partner Goodman
is played by John Picker-
ing, who is new to TAPA
but brings much theater
experience. Anita O’Hagan
plays Nigel’s wife, Ann.
O’Hagan was most recently
in last summer’s TAPA hit
“Vanya, Sonia, Marsha &
Spike.” Playing Jill, the
secretary, is TAPA’s Val
Braun, while Richard Coon,
another TAPA veteran plays
Detective Berry.
Tickets for this pro-
duction are on sale now.
Tickets are $15 per person,
and children 12 and under
are $10. Reserved seating is
available through Diamond
Art Jewelers, located at
307 Main St. in Tillamook,
or call 503-842-7940 for
reservations. For more
information, email info@
tillamooktheater.com
This production is pre-
sented with support from
Yo Time Frozen Yogurt and
Krazy Kat Publishing.
Celebrating over 35
years in Tillamook, TAPA
is a nonprofit commu-
nity theater dedicated to
providing high-quality
performing arts experienc-
es through entertainment,
education and community
participation.
TAPA’s Barn Communi-
ty Playhouse is located at
1204 Ivy St.