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Celtic tunes performed
at Peninsula Arts Center
LONG BEACH, WASH. —
Cary Novotny, a guitarist
and vocalist, will perform
Celtic tunes at the Peninsu-
la Arts Center (504 Pacific
Ave. N. ) 7 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 5. Doors open at 6:30
p.m.
Novotny has been on the
Irish music scene for about
20 years. His sound has
made him one of the most
in-demand guitar players in
Irish music, the arts center
said in a release.
“With unerring rhythm,
boundless energy and
versatility, he varies
from breakneck speed to
delicate finger-style in the
blink of an eye,” the center
wrote.
Novotny was a founding
member of former Lord of
the Dance fiddle-duo, The
Bridies, Johnny B Con-
nolly’s Bridgetown, and
Portland’s Irish band Cul
an Ti. Listers can expect
a wide range of American
music, from Americana to
singer-songwriter favorites
from Cary’s large reper-
toire, according to press
materials.
Novotny is also on the
Board of the Acoustic
Music Foundation, and is
the Peninsula Arts Center’s
attorney.
Tickets are $15 and
available on Brown Paper
Tickets, by emailing
events@peninsulaartscen-
ter.org, or by calling Bill
Svendsen at 360-901-0962.
Wine, beer, and other
refreshments are available
for purchase.
The Angora Hiking Club
has two walks coming up in
August on the Long Beach
Peninsula. State park spe-
cialists will cover historical
information related to the
Corps of Discovery’s visits
to the sites more than 200
years ago.
On both days, hikers
will meet at the Sixth Street
parking lot in Astoria at
9 a.m. (one block west of
Video Horizons) and will
carpool to the Washington
State Parks. No dogs are
allowed on the hikes.
Open mic
The arts center holds
an open mic the Friday
night before each concert.
Singers, instrumentalists,
poets, spoken-word artists,
stand-up comedians and
dramatists are all welcome.
Sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m.
The open mic begins at 7
p.m.
All events benefit the
Long Beach Peninsula
Acoustic Music Founda-
tion, a nonprofit charitable
organization.
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Coastal Forest
Loop Trail
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Guitarist and vocalist Cary Novotny
Coast Guard teaches boater education class
ASTORIA — The U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
62, in partnership with the
Oregon State Marine Board,
will teach a Boater Education
Class that results in a boater
education card.
The class will be held
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 5, in the second floor
conference room at Englund
Marine & Industrial Supply
(95 Hamburg Ave.). Registra-
tion begins at 7:30 am. The
cost, which includes the class
manual, is $10.
“The course covers prac-
tical boating safety informa-
tion and local boating rules
and regulations, as well as
Take a ‘historical’
hike on peninsula
tips and techniques for mak-
ing boating more enjoyable,”
the Coast Guard wrote in a
release. “Additionally, a sec-
tion on cold-water survival
will be shared.”
Students who successfully
complete the course may ap-
ply for their boater education
card, which is required by
Oregon’s and Washington’s
mandatory boater education
programs. The National
Association of State Boating
Law Administrators approves
this course.
All Oregon boaters 12
and older must carry their
boater education card when
operating power boats greater
than 10 horsepower. Youth
12 to 15 must have a card
to operate a boat under 10
horsepower and must also be
supervised by a card-holding
adult (16 years of age, 18
years of age for Personal
Watercraft Operators) when
operating power boats greater
than 10 horsepower.
“You can be cited a hefty
fine for not having a card,”
the Coast Guard wrote.
The Boater Education
Card also helps save money
on boat insurance.
To preregister or obtain
further information, contact
Dave Phillips at 503-440-
9130.
On Saturday, Aug. 5,
hikers at Cape Disappoint-
ment will tackle the Coastal
Forest Loop Trail. They
should expect to arrive at
the trail head at about 9:30
a.m. to meet Stephen Wood,
a Washington State park
ranger and naturalist. The
trail head is in the gravel
parking lot adjacent to the
Cape “D” Cafe, across from
the campground entrance.
The loop is roughly 1.5
miles over difficult terrain.
The hike will last an hour to
an hour and a half, organiz-
ers said.
Hikers should be pre-
pared for primitive trail
conditions. Sturdy footwear
is highly recommended.
Trail conditions will include
heavily rooted, muddy, nar-
row and steep sections.
Be prepared for mos-
quitoes; they are heavy this
year.
“The long loop of
the Coastal Forest Trail
will provide an excellent
cross-section of the rich
cultural and ecological sites
that Cape Disappointment
has to offer,” the hiking club
said in a release. “We will
State Park Ranger Aaron Webster
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State Park Interpretive
Specialist Stephen Wood
explore the coastal forest
through a historical lens …
and provide some modern
ecological observations on
the workings of a ‘coastal
forest.’”
Significant sites and
sights will include the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers’
jetty works, cedar trees,
Anchorage Island and old-
growth Sitka spruce trees.
Fort Columbia
On Saturday, Aug. 12,
the club will take on the
Fort Columbia Hike. Partici-
pants should expect to arrive
at about 9:30 a.m. to meet
Aaron Webster, a Washing-
ton State Park interpretive
specialist who will lead
hikers on the Scarborough
Trail that winds through
the fort with its historic
buildings and gun batteries,
and continues up through a
forest of Sitka spruce and
hemlock.
Fees are $10 parking
per vehicle with a Dis-
covery Pass. Purchase is
available at the trail head
or in Chinook, Washington.
Sturdy hiking shoes, water
and snacks, binoculars, bug
repellent, hiking sticks and
weather-appropriate cloth-
ing should be considered.
More info
Annual dues for Angora
membership is $7. Member-
ship is not required to par-
ticipate in the club’s hikes.
Angora’s annual schedule of
hikes and where they occur
is available at angorahiking-
club.org.
For additional informa-
tion, contact Bill Herold,
the chief guide, at 503-468
0474 or billn692oc@gmail.
com. Hike leaders Jim and
Kathleen Hudson can be
reached at 503-861-2802.
Hikers are asked to call if
they plan to participate.