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Author Langdon Cook talks
wild salmon at Seaside library
SEASIDE — Join us 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 5, as the
Friends of the Seaside
Library welcome Langdon
Cook, author of “Upstream:
Searching for Wild Salmon
from River to Table.” The
event will take place in the
Seaside Public Library’s
Community Room. There
will be book sales and
signings.
Langdon Cook goes in
search of the salmon in
“Upstream,” an in-depth
look at how these beloved
fish have nourished hu-
mankind through the ages
and why their destiny is
so closely tied to our own.
Cook journeys up and down
salmon country, from the
glacial rivers of Alaska to
the rainforests of the Pacific
Northwest to California’s
Central Valley and a wealth
of places in between.
Reporting from remote
coastlines and busy city
streets, he follows today’s
commercial pipeline from
fisherman’s net to corporate
PHOTOS COURTESY
COURTESY ANN ROBBEN DOTT
Gemstones
SEASIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Author Langdon Cook
“Upstream” cover
seafood vendor to boutique
marketplace.
But salmon are more
than food. They are game
fish, wildlife spectacle,
sacred totem and inspiration
— and their fate is largely
in our hands. Cook intro-
duces us to tribal fishermen
handing down an age-old
tradition, sport anglers
seeking adventure and a
renewed connection to the
wild, and scientists working
tirelessly to restore salmon
runs.
In sharing their stories,
Cook covers all sides of
the debate: the legacy of
overfishing and industrial
development; the conflicts
between fishermen and
environmentalists, and the
longstanding battle lines of
science versus politics, wil-
derness versus civilization.
Cook offers an absorbing
portrait of a remarkable fish
and the many obstacles it
faces, while taking us on
a fast-paced fishing trip
through salmon country.
“Upstream” is an essential
look at the intersection of
man, food and nature.
Langdon Cook was a
senior book editor at Ama-
zon.com until 2004, when
he left the corporate world
to live in a cabin off the
grid with his wife and son.
Now a freelance writer and
editor, Langdon has written
for the San Francisco Bay
Guardian, Outside, Seattle
Metropolitan and Conserva-
tion Magazine.
The Seaside Public
Library is located at 1131
Broadway St. For more
information, call 503-738-
6742 or visit seasidelibrary.
org.
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March 16 - April 21, 2018
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Gemstone healing workshop focuses
on amethyst, onyx, rose quartz
ASTORIA — If you would
like to feel more calm, re-
laxed and grounded while
learning something new,
this workshop is for you.
From 10 a.m. to noon,
Saturday, March 31,
Ann Robben Dott will
teach a gemstone healing
workshop at Yoga Gypsy
Studio (399 31 St.). The
focus will be on amethyst
and soothing the nervous
system, onyx and ground-
ing all aspects of the self,
and rose quartz for the
emotions. There will be
therapeutic quality exam-
ples used in this work-
shop.
Ann Robben Dott has
had a lifelong love of
gemstones and has worked
with energy medicine for
more than 30 years.
The cost of the work-
shop is $40. Register by
calling 503-791-3365, or
email awakeningwonder@
outlook.com.
For the health of it, check out wellness seminar
ASTORIA — The Lower
Columbia Human Re-
sources Management As-
sociation proudly presents
Peggy Stevens, co-founder
of RiversZen Fitness,
Stretching, and Yoga.
Stevens will present a
seminar titled “Workplace
Wellness: Move Well,
Stay Healthy, Be Happy at
Any Age,” 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. Wednesday, April
4, at Fort George Brewery
(1483 Duane St.).
Wellness in the work-
place and self-care go
hand-in-hand. Long
periods of sitting, poor
COURTESY LOWER COLUMBIA
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION
Peggy Stevens, co-founder
of RiversZen Fitness, Stretch-
ing, and Yoga
body mechanics and bad
breathing techniques have
a negative effect on your
company’s bottom line.
This session will share
simple things any busi-
ness can do to support the
health of employees.
Anyone interested
is welcome to attend.
Register at lchrma.org.
The cost, which includes
lunch, is $20 for associ-
ation members, $25 for
nonmembers, $15 for
students.
Cancellations must be
made no later than 5 p.m.
Monday, April 2, for a full
refund.