OCTOBER 5, 2017 // 7
Why be nice? Ales
& Ideas discusses
ASTORIA — Clatsop
Community College and
the Fort George Brewery
are about to kickoff the
2017-18 fi rst-Thursday
Ales & Ideas community
lectures.
At 7 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 5, College President
Chris Breitmeyer presents
“Why Being Nice Matters
(Because Evolution Says
So).”
The lecture, which
draws upon Breitmeyer’s
experiences in the natu-
ral sciences (ecological
genetics) and educational
leadership, will reveal how
important cooperation,
sharing and positive social
interactions have been
throughout evolutionary
history.
Breitmeyer will then
explain how community
colleges, and specifi cal-
ly Clatsop Community
College, embody many of
these principles and can
serve as an example to
our community, and to the
nation, for a better way
forward.
Doors open with food
and beverage service at 6
p.m. Come early to gather
with Indivisible North
Coast Oregon representa-
tives, collect Immigration
101 information — in-
cluding Family Prepared-
ness Packets, Know Your
Rights/Know Your Roles
info — and learn how resi-
dents can support Deferred
Action for Childhood
Arrivals (DACA) students
and other immigrant neigh-
bors under threat.
Seasonal beers on tap,
food and other beverages
are available for purchase,
but no purchase is re-
quired. The Fort George
Lovell Showroom is
located at Duane and 14th
streets in Astoria. Every-
one, including minors, are
welcome.
Breitmeyer became
Clatsop Community
College President in July
2016. Prior to moving
to Astoria, he served at
Saint Charles Community
College in St. Louis, first
as Dean of Math, Science
& Health, and then as
the Vice President for
Academic and Student
Affairs.
He has a master’s
degree program in Zool-
ogy from Arizona State
University, and completed
Ph.D. research in eco-
logical genetics before ac-
cepting a position on the
biology faculty at Yavapai
Community College in
Clarksdale, Arizona.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Chris Breitmeyer, the president of Clatsop Community Col-
lege since 2016
word
nerd
PHOTO BY JOHN GOODENBERGER
The Bear Creek Watershed looking toward Wickiup Mountain.
“Water originating in
the city’s wholly owned
3,700-acre forest once fed
the city’s booming canneries
and now supplies its brew-
eries. It includes 32 miles of
stream and tributaries, Bear
Creek Reservoir, Middle
Lake and Wickiup Lake.”
By RYAN HUME
FOR COAST WEEKEND
WICKIUP
[WI•KĒ•ƏP]
noun
1. an ovalish, easily con-
structed hut used by certain
nomadic Native American
tribes of the western and
southwestern U.S.
2. Wickiup Reservoir:
the second largest reservoir
in Oregon is located outside
of La Pine in Deschutes
County. First dammed on
the Deschutes River in
1949, the reservoir offers
fi shing, boating, wildlife
viewing as well as sup-
plying irrigation water for
Central Oregon farms.
3. Wickiup Mountain: a
2702 foot peak southeast of
Astoria that provided many
early settlers with ample
old-growth timber.
4. Wickiup Lake: a small
lake on that mountain that
provides water for the city of
Astoria and nearby commu-
— “Our view: Astoria
wise to invest in a healthy
watershed,” The Daily Asto-
rian, Sept. 19, 2017
COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA
An Apache Wickiup circa 1903
nities as part of the Nico-
lai-Wickiup Watershed.
Origin:
First recorded in 1843,
though probably in use for
generations prior to this,
“wickiup” is synonymous
with “wigwam.” It comes
from the Fox dialect, also
sometimes referred to as the
Sac and Fox dialect or the
Mesquakie-Sauk dialect, a
native Algonquian language
that was once prevalently
spoken from the Midwestern
United States down through
Northern Mexico. It is de-
rived from the term wiki-
yapi, which simply means
“house.”
“The river’s waters
typically reach 1,600 cubic
feet per second (45.3 cubic
meters per second) near
the Wickiup Reservoir,
60 miles (97 kilometers)
southwest of Bend, in July
and August and up to 2,100
cubic feet per second (59.5
cubic meters per second)
near Benham Falls, accord-
ing to data from the Oregon
Water Resources Depart-
ment.”
— “Upper Deschutes
River fl ooding continues to
be a problem,” The Daily
Astorian, Sept. 18, 2017 CW