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Follow the footsteps of pioneering women
Fort Clatsop
hosts author Jane
Kirkpatrick for
March 19 talk
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Sara Nebeker, left, presents a check for $500 to Drea Frost, the
2016 scholarship winner. Two arts scholarships will be award-
ed in 2017 from the Royal Nebeker Scholarship Fund.
Second Royal Nebeker
scholarships announced
CLATSOP and PACIFIC COUNTY,
Wash. — Sarah Nebeker
and the board of the Royal
Nebeker Scholarship Fund
announce that the fund is
now accepting applications
for two scholarships in the
visual arts. The deadline to
apply is May 1.
A $300 scholarship is to
be awarded to a high school
student attending any school
in Pacific County, Wash-
ington, or Clatsop County,
Oregon. A $500 scholarship
is to be awarded to appli-
cants of any age residing in
either county.
The purpose of the Royal
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Nebeker Scholarship is to
encourage those pursuing
an education in two- or
three-dimensional visual
arts. Applicants need not be
currently registered in an
arts program.
A written statement and a
portfolio of 10 images of the
applicant’s work is required.
Finalists may, at the dis-
cretion of the scholarship
committee, be interviewed
as part of the application
process.
Those applying can ob-
tain an application form by
contacting info@nebeker-
fund.org
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ASTORIA — Do you know
who the Mother of Oregon is?
You’ll hear her story — and a
few other stories of pioneering
women who made a difference
in their time and who continue
to touch lives today — at the
next In Their Footsteps free
speaker series event.
Author Jane Kirkpatrick
will give the talk “This Road
We Traveled with Purpose-
ful Pioneering Women” at
1 p.m. Sunday, March 19
at the Fort Clatsop visitor
center in Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park.
Kirkpatrick is the
award-winning author of
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Author Jane Kirkpatrick will
speak about Tabitha Moffat
Brown, the Mother of Oregon,
on March 19 at Fort Clatsop.
31 books, most based on
the lives of historical men
and women. She has spoken
around the world about the
power of stories in our lives.
Her latest book, “This
Road We Traveled,” is based
on the life of Tabitha Moffat
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“The Road We Traveled” by
Jane Kirkpatrick.
Brown, her daughter Pherne
Pringle and granddaughter
Virgilia Pringle, women
who took the first Applegate
Cutoff in 1846. Tabitha was
66 years old and lame when
she began the journey. It was
what she did after arriving
in the Oregon Territory that
inspired the 1987 Oregon
Legislature to name her the
Mother of Oregon.
Some of Kirkpatrick’s
books, including “This
Road We Traveled,” will
be available for purchase
and signing following her
presentation.
This monthly Sunday
forum is sponsored by the
Lewis & Clark National Park
Association and the park.
These program will be held
in the Netul River Room of
Fort Clatsop’s visitor center
and is free of charge.
For more information,
call the park at 503-861-
2471, visit www.nps.gov/
lewi, or check out Lewis and
Clark National Historical
Park on Facebook.
Ages & Ages, The Cave Singers come to Astoria
ASTORIA — The Liberty
Theatre’s Sunset Series will
present a special co-headlin-
er concert of two of the Pa-
cific Northwest’s brightest:
Ages & Ages from Portland
and The Cave Singers from
Seattle.
The concert will take
place at 7:30 p.m. March
18 at the theater, located
at 1203 Commercial St.
Tickets cost $25 general
admission and are available
at ticketswest.com
If Ages and Ages’ debut
album “Alright You Rest-
less” declared independence
from the cynicism and
self-consciousness plagu-
ing a generation; and the
follow-up “Divisionary” was
an exercise in confronting
change, conflict, and loss;
then “Something to Ruin”
addresses the debris of our
collective failures and asks
whether we might be better
off letting go and starting
over. Recorded at Isaac
Brock’s studio (Ice Cream
Party), the band’s fourth
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Portland alternative indie band Ages & Ages will perform with
Seattle’s Cave Singers March 18 at the Liberty Theatre.
album is still full of their
infectious and joyful melo-
dies while also reflecting on
several serious existential
themes.
Early on in the writing
process of this record, Ages
& Ages alternative indie
band leaders Tim Perry and
Rob Oberdorfer traveled to
Central America and visited
indigenous ruins partly
engulfed by surround-
ing forests — a tangible
reminder of the imperma-
nence of human civilization
and the resilience of nature.
Back at home in Portland,
their community was being
engulfed by something
entirely different. Like so
many other cities around
the country, rapid growth
and development were
changing both its landscape
and culture.
“Banshee,” the fifth
album from Seattle’s Cave
Singers, might wrap you in
with its rhythmic folk quite
submissively. Front-man
Peter Quirk rambles off
rhythmic vocals that sound
like a free-styling trouba-
dour, atop lo-fi instruments
that keep things natural and
earthy in the most forebod-
ing ways possible.
Featuring former mem-
bers of Murder City Devils
and Pretty Girls Make
Graves, Cave Singers re-
leased their first two records
on Matador, then jumped
over to Jagjaguwar for
their next two LPs , includ-
ing 2013’s “Naomi.” On
“Banshee,” the band decided
to self-release their newest
work, and the result is its
most cohesive statement to
date.
“Banshee” brings The
Cave Singers back to their
original three pieces of
vocalist/songwriter Peter
Quirk, guitarist Derek Fu-
desco and drummer Marty
Lunda. The album was
recorded live in July of 2015
over six days with producer
Randall Dunn.