MAY 4, 2017 // 7
Ales & Ideas hosts Oregon Book Award nominees
ASTORIA — The next Ales &
Ideas community lecture —
featuring Oregon Book Award
nominees Nick Jaina and
Martha Grover — will be held
7 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at the
Fort George Lovell Showroom
at Duane and 14th streets.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with
food and beverages, includ-
ing seasonable beers, but no
purchase is required. Minors
are welcome.
The authors are renowned
for their honest, insightful
and frequently funny creative
nonfiction memoirs, according
to press materials.
Martha Grover is the author
of “The End of My Career,”
a 2017 Oregon Book Award
finalist in creative nonfiction.
Martha Grover
Nick Jaina
Her poetry, illustrations and
essays have been published
in various journals and mag-
azines. She’s been publish-
ing her zine, Somnambulist,
since 2003.
Nick Jaina is a musician
and writer living in Portland.
He is the author of “Get It
While You Can,” a 2016
Oregon Book Award finalist in
creative nonfiction. He tours
the world performing music
and reading from his works,
in addition to composing
film soundtracks and writing
for contemporary dance.
Grover is also teaching free
writing workshops Friday,
May 5, at the Seaside Public
Library and Saturday, May 6,
at Manzanita library. Contact
Susan Moore for details at
susan@literary-arts.org.
College MERTS campus holds open house
ASTORIA — Clatsop
Community College invites
the public to an open house
at the college’s MERTS
(Marine and Environmen-
tal Research and Training
Station) campus 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Friday, May 5.
The MERTS campus —
Oregon’s designated Mar-
itime Training College —
houses the Maritime Science
Department; Fire Response
& Research Center; the Liv-
ing Machine; Industrial &
Manufacturing Technology
Center, including Automo-
tive Technology, Welding,
and Historic Preservation
and Restoration.
For the one-day event,
programs will have displays
and interactive demonstra-
tions. Tours of the college’s
training vessel, M/V Fore-
runner, will be conducted.
Visitors can also meet
representatives from the col-
College teaches systems
for sustaining small farms
ASTORIA — In May, Clat-
sop Community College
is offering a class on four
elements that help small
farming operations become
sustainable.
Taught by Larkin Stentz
— who has run an organic
landscaping company and
taught organic gardening
courses — “Small Farm
Sustainability: Best Prac-
tices” will be held 10 a.m.
to noon on four straight
Saturdays — May 6, 13, 20
and 27. The cost is $49.
Students explore a new
facet of sustainability each
week.
First, they learn about
biointensive food production
designed to maximize the
amount of food grown on
small farms; next, about wa-
ter catchment systems; then
about wind and solar energy
production and its appli-
cations; and finally, about
the mechanics of producing
seeds and storing harvest.
To register, visit www.
clatsopcc.edu/schedule and
search under “Course Title,”
or call 503-325-2402.
lege’s business department
and admissions, try out a
virtual welding machine, and
explore Air National Guard
and National Guard displays,
according to press materials.
MERTS is located off
U.S. Highway 30 on Liberty
Lane, three miles east of
Astoria.
For more information,
visit www.clatsopcc.edu/
about-ccc/campuses/merts or
call 503-338-7670.
Learn how the Columbia
River jetties were built
ILWACO, WASH. — Local
historian Gary Kobes will
discuss the creation of the
jetties at the mouth of the
Columbia River at the next
Salty Talk presentation,
“Building the Jetties,” 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, May 10, at
the Salt Hotel & Pub (147
Howerton Ave.) in Ilwaco,
Washington.
The enormous structures,
which took more than 50
years to build, were con-
structed with the state-of-
the-art technology of their
time.
“Steamships and locomo-
tives moved and placed over
3 million tons of stone to
build the North Jetty alone,”
according to press materials.
The building of the jetties
has had “a profound effect
on both the people and the
landscape of our region.”
Kobes, the manager of
the Port of Astoria Airport,
is a self-described “history
addict” who graduated from
Washington University,
St. Louis, Missouri and
has more than 35 years of
experience in commercial
and institutional real estate,
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Large cars carry boulders for the building of the jetties in this
old photograph.
facility development and
project management.
He serves on the Colum-
bia Pacific Heritage Museum
board in Ilwaco and the
Columbiar River Maritime
Museum in Astoria, and
is a founding member of
the Nahcotta preservation
committee.
Salty Talk presentations
are located upstairs in the
Salt Pub & Hotel, on the
Ilwaco waterfront. The event
is free.
They are the result of
a partnership among the
establishment; Columbia
Pacific Heritage Museum;
Washington State Parks and
Recreation Commission;
Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park, with support
from Friends of Columbia
River Gateway, and the Port
of Ilwaco.
Coaster Theatre Playhouse
Bay Center
Willapa Bay
KOA
LOCAL SPECIAL!
Take $25 off any Cabin or Yurt rental*
May 5 - 28, 2017
*Offer Valid 4/19 - 5/25
• Camp in your own backyard
• Dig for Steamer Clams**
**License required - not sold at the campground
457 Bay Center Road
Website KOA.com/campgrounds/bay-center
Call 360-875-6344 to reserve & ask for the “local special”
Tickets $20 or $25
Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday May 7 & 21
shows at 3:00p.m.
Sponsored by Becker Capital Management
Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com
108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR