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CCC offers empathy,
aromatherapy classes
ASTORIA — Two classes are
starting soon at Clatsop Com-
munity College for personal
and professional development.
Aromatherapy: Managing
Stress and Anxiety will be
6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April
20, in Towler Hall. Cost is
$20. Preregister and pay $15 at
class for supplies. A relax-
ing and stress free class on
essential oils and aromathera-
py techniques and tips to help
manage daily stress physical-
ly, mentally and emotionally.
Students will gain knowledge
of aromatherapy history, safety
and stress relief recipes for
common health worries such
as anxiety, nervousness, con-
centration, sleep and emotional
balance.
Empathy in the Caring
Professions will be held 6-
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, April
19-May 24 in Towler Hall.
Cost is $75. Please preregister.
Participants will learn a simple
procedure for providing empa-
thy to themselves, clients, and
co-workers in their caring pro-
fessional roles. They will have
the opportunity to practice pro-
viding empathy through role
plays on fictional and real-life
situations. They will receive
coaching from the instructors
in a safe environment.
To preregister go to www.
clatsopcc.edu/schedule and
search under Course Title or
call 503-338-2402.
Jefferson Dancers come to Clatskanie
CLATSKANIE — The Clats-
kanie Arts Commission will
present the Jefferson Dancers
at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14, at
the Donavon Wooley Per-
forming Arts Center at Clats-
kanie Middle/High School.
The Jefferson Dancers are
the elite dancers of the nation-
ally known dance department
at Jefferson High School in
Portland. For 40 years, the
company has featured the
school’s most advanced dance
students who come to Jeffer-
Jefferson Dancers
Author to teach detective writing workshop
ASTORIA — Author and
publisher Matt Love will teach
a writing workshop called
“Finding the Detective Within”
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-
day, April 29, at a private home
in Astoria.
The workshop is for writers
of nonfiction and fiction alike,
and offers them an opportu-
nity to come together, write,
collaborate and discuss the role
of detecting and investigating in
memoir and fiction.
“I think this workshop can
appeal to both types of writers,”
Love said, “and I also believe
it’s a good idea to mix in the
Open 7am
Daily!
son High School for dance
training. It is a multi-ethnic
company of dancers aged
14-18.
During this performance
24 dancers will perform a
variety of numbers choreo-
graphed to music by Rihanna,
Pharrell Williams and Frank
Sinatra.
Unlike most dance com-
panies, the Jefferson Dancers
are trained and perform
works in all dance styles.
The company’s repertoire
genres every now and then.
I know I find it a very useful
thing to do in my own writing.”
Love will present a ques-
tionnaire to build a detective,
a deduction exercise using
physical clues brought by the
participants, short readings of
real-life mysteries that inspire
fictional or personal reflection,
and a series of noir prompts
that a writer of memoir or
fiction can take anywhere they
want.
The class costs $65 and will
cap at 12 participants. Schol-
arships are also available. To
register, email Love at nestuc-
caspitpress@gmail.com or call
503-812-1524.
The program is dedicated
to educating and preparing
students for the depth of
commitment needed to phys-
ically and mentally prepare
themselves for a performing
arts career.
Tickets are available at
Hump’s or at the door the
night of the performance.
Adults $18, students and
seniors 60-plus $16, children
under 12 $14.
includes over 200 works of
modern, tap, ballet, jazz,
African, ethnic, and musical
theatre, choreographed by
nationally recognized chore-
ographers.
The company has per-
formed in Russia, Canada,
Great Britain, France, Italy
and Germany.
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(Native Astorian
Retired Linguistics Professor,
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