MARCH 8, 2018 // 7
Shipwrecks ahoy! Archaeologist
dives deep into maritime history
ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO
Astoria Library
Introducing ‘Intercambio,’
a weekly Spanish-English
discussion group at
Astoria Library
ASTORIA — The Astoria
Library introduces “Inter-
cambio,” an opportunity
for speakers and learners
of English and Spanish to
gather together for conver-
sation and language prac-
tice. The group will meet
at 3 p.m. each Saturday at
the library (450 10th St.).
The first session will take
place Saturday, March 10.
Intercambio is not
a class but an informal
setting where participants
may share knowledge of
their native language and
practice a new language
with native speakers.
Typically, about half of
the session will be devoted
to Spanish conversation,
the other half to English.
Participants with any level
of language ability are
welcome, but those with
some familiarity with
the new language might
find the experience more
enjoyable. Those who just
want to listen are wel-
come, too.
The Astoria Library
is guided by the mission
statement: “Explore ideas,
engage minds, excite
imagination.”
For more information
about library programs
and services, contact
library staff at 503-325-
7323 or comments@
astorialibrary, or visit
astorialibrary.org.
Intercambio es una
oportunidad de practicar
el inglés y de compartir
el español con los que lo
desean aprender. No es
una clase, sino una sesión
de 90 minutos en cuando
puedes charlar en inglés y
en español, donde puedes
compartir tu propio
idioma nativo y aprender
algo nuevo del inglés.
No importa qué nivel de
inglés tienes o si sólo qui-
eres escuchar. Todos son
bienvenidos.
CANNON BEACH — Are
you fascinated with
shipwrecks? Do you find
yourself watching too
many historical shows
and movies about pirates,
ships or swashbuckling
archaeologists? Then the
Cannon Beach History
Center & Museum has the
perfect event for you.
At 4 p.m. Thursday,
March 15, the museum
welcomes marine archae-
ologist Chris Dewey, an
expert on Oregon Coast
shipwrecks. An East Coast
transplant, Dewey now
calls Astoria home.
Dewey is a retired
naval officer, instruc-
tor of archaeology and
anthropology at Clatsop
Community College and
president of the Maritime
Archaeological Society.
Headquartered in Astoria,
the Society was created to
help document and share
maritime history with the
public. The Oregon Coast
is home to thousands of
shipwrecks, some discov-
ered and some not. It’s the
Society’s mission to assist
archaeologists in locating,
documenting and con-
serving artifacts related
to shipwrecks and other
submerged archaeological
sites.
Dewey will discuss
the tools, techniques and
strategies used to discov-
er and investigate ship-
wrecks and their histories.
He will cover some of the
greater- and lesser-known
shipwrecks in our area
and the efforts to locate
and document their wreck
sites.
The Cannon Beach
History Center & Museum
(1387 South Spruce St.)
is a private nonprofit that
endeavors to make history
available to everyone by
offering donation-based
admission. Lectures
are free and open to the
public.
For more information,
visit cbhistory.org or
find the museum on
Facebook.
COURTESY CANNON BEACH HISTORY
CENTER & MUSEUM
Marine archaeologist Chris
Dewey
Writers plant seeds of creativity at Sou’wester
SEAVIEW, WASH. — The
Sou’wester Lodge will hold
“Plant The Seed Writing
Workshop: The Magnificent
Practice of Getting Out
What Your Heart & Guts
Have To Say,” 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, March 10.
Led by Francisz-
ka Voeltz and Jennifer
Morales, the workshop is
designed to break writers
of all levels through bar-
riers that keep them from
creating the work they are
meant to write. Together
we will practice moving
forward in our writing,
without apology. Writers
of all genres are welcome
to join in the work and
play of cracking open our
writer-hearts, busting out
of our stuck practices and
harnessing the power of
what emerges.
We will close the work-
shop by naming new com-
mitments to our writing,
planting the seed for future
work.
Bring writing tools of
COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE
Franciszka Voeltz, left, and Jennifer Morales
your choice. This can be a
pen or pencil and paper, or
a laptop or typewriter. Also
bring a sack lunch and/or
snack; hot tea and coffee
will be provided.
Voeltz has two decades
of experience facilitat-
ing community writing
workshops and readings
in living rooms, at univer-
sities and everywhere in
between. Her chapbook
“POETXTS” is available
from Imaginary Friend
Press.
Morales is a queer
Latina poet, fiction writer
and performance artist who
has led writing workshops
for all ages. Her first book,
“Meet Me Halfway,” a
short story collection about
life in hyper-segregated
Milwaukee, was Wisconsin
Center for the Book’s 2016
“Book of the Year.”
The cost of the work-
shop is $50. RSVP to
souwesterfrontdesk@
gmail.com, or call 360-
642-2542. A maximum of
10 students will be admit-
ted. The Sou’wester Lodge
is located at 3728 J Place,
Seaview, Washington.