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How prepared are
we for ‘the big one’?
Picture yourself a success
ASTORIA — The next Ales
& Ideas talk, presented
by Clatsop Community
College, focuses on disaster
preparedness. The event
takes place Thursday, Jan.
3, at the Fort George Lovell
Showroom.
College President Chris
Breitmeyer will moderate
a discussion with Astoria’s
new mayor, Bruce Jones,
and OSU Extension coastal
hazards specialist Pat
Corcoran.
Jones led the Coast
Guard’s aviation rescue op-
erations over New Orleans
during Hurricane Katrina.
He will share lessons from
that disaster, including
thoughts about how Astoria
should learn from other
communities to prepare
for a Cascadia Subduction
Zone earthquake.
MANZANITA — Patti
Dobrowolski will present
“Draw Your Future: How a
Simple Picture Will Change
Everything” at the Hoffman
Center for the Arts in Man-
zanita, 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 29.
Learn a simple, visual,
goal-setting process that,
no matter your age, you can
immediately use to help
yourself turn vision into
reality. And you don’t even
need to know how to draw.
The workshop fee is $25,
which includes a copy of
Dobrowolski’s new book,
“9 Tips to Up Your Cre-
ative Genius.” There will
be a book signing after the
workshop.
Dobrowolski, author
of “Drawing Solutions:
How Visual Goal Setting
Will Change Your Life,”
is the founder of Up Your
The
Illahee
Apartments
Pat
Corcoran
Bruce
Jones
For more than a decade,
Corcoran has dedicated
his energy toward help-
ing coastal residents and
communities become more
resilient to natural hazards.
Join us for “Resolve to
be Resilient: A Disaster
Preparedness Pep Talk.”
Doors open with food and
beverage service at 6 p.m.,
but no purchase is required.
The Lovell Showroom
is at Duane and 14th streets
in Astoria. Minors are
welcome.
Creative Genius.
This is a program of the
Hoffman Center for the Arts.
The center is at 594 Laneda
Ave. To register, visit hoff-
manarts.org.
More information is
available at hoffmanarts.org,
or contact Vera Wildauer:
vwildauer@gmail.com.
PHOTOS COURTESY
HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
ABOVE: Patti Dobrowolski,
author of ‘9 Tips to Up Your
Creative Genius.’
LEFT: The cover of ‘9 Tips to
Up Your Creative Genius’ by
Patti Dobrowolski.
New Year’s
Eve
at the Seasisde American Legion
Dinner Hour
5pm-8pm
PRIME RIB or SALMON
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