THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019 // 7
Replant a forest along Necanicum River
The Daily Astorian
Take part in a Daddy Daughter Dance at the Seaside
Convention Center. New this year: the Mother Son Dance.
Move your feet, daddies and
daughters, mothers and sons
North Coast Land Conservancy
SEASIDE — The Sunset
Empire Park & Recreation
District (SEPRD) is host-
ing one of its favorite events,
The Daddy Daughter Dance,
and a brand new event: The
Mother Son Dance.
Dance the night away
with a DJ, eat tasty food,
play fun games, get your
photo taken at the photo
booth, learn a dance from
dance instructors, partici-
pate in a raffle and, most
importantly, make lasting
memories.
The Mother Son Dance
will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Fri-
day, Feb. 8. The Daddy
Daughter Dance will be the
following night 6 to 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 9. Both
events will be held at the
Seaside Civic & Convention
Center, 1140 Broadway St.
The cost is $25 per cou-
ple and $5 for each addi-
tional child. Register at the
door or online at sunsetem-
pire.com. Space is limited
and fills up quickly, so regis-
ter soon.
This event is sponsored
by TLC Fibre Federal Credit
Union and Lum’s Auto
Center.
For more information
about this event and others,
visit sunsetempire.com or
call 503-738-3311.
Close encounters of the bird kind
FORT STEVENS —
Join a state Park Ranger to
look for and identify birds at
two upcoming bird walks.
• 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb.
9, on the Fort to Sea Trail.
Meet at the trailhead at Sun-
set Beach.
• 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb.
23, at Old Fort Stevens.
Meet at the Fort Stevens
Museum. There is a $5 day
use fee.
No birding experience is
required. Experts are wel-
come to come share their
knowledge. Binoculars are
recommended, and we have
Fort Stevens State Park
Birdie.
a few pairs to use.
For more information,
contact Dane Osis: 503-
861-3170 ext. 41 or dane.
osis@oregon.gov.
North Coast Land Conservancy volunteer Steve Warner of
Seaside pauses while hand-pulling knotweed at Necanicum
Forest Habitat Reserve.
Women, register now for
free WINGS conference
ASTORIA — The Asto-
ria and Seaside Branches
of American Associa-
tion of University Women
(AAUW) and Clatsop Com-
munity College are offer-
ing women in our area the
opportunity to attend a free
award-winning conference
about returning to education.
The 2019 WINGS Con-
ference takes place 8 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
9, in Columbia Hall, 1651
Lexington Ave.
The daylong conference
is free to all women wanting
to return to school to gain
skills to enrich their lives.
Women may return to earn
their GED, to start or fin-
ish vocational certificates or
college degrees, to develop
new job skills or train for
a new career. College staff
will provide information
about admissions, scholar-
ships, financial aid, support
programs, career planning,
nontraditional careers, con-
quering math anxiety, dis-
tance learning and more.
American Association of University
Women
Gudelia Contreras assists as a
translator at the 2019 WINGS
Conference.
Gudelia Contreras will
offer real-time Spanish
translation with earphones
for our Latina attendees.
Free breakfast and lunch
are included. Free day care
is provided on site for chil-
dren under 12.
Now in its 17th year,
WINGS has helped more
than 800 local women return
to school.
For more information
or to register, go to www.
clatsopcc.edu or call 503-
717-1852. Preregistration is
required.
North Coast Land Con-
servancy has been work-
ing to remove invasive
Japanese knotweed at the
Necanicum Forest Habitat
Reserve, adjoining Klootchy
Creek County Park outside
Seaside.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 13, vol-
unteers are invited to help
plant native trees and shrubs
at the site, to maintain the
gains the conservancy has
made in this beautiful sec-
ond-growth forest along the
Necanicum River.
Japanese knotweed
grows fast and tall — 6 to
12 feet — quickly shading
out native trees that keep
streams cool and stabilize
stream banks. Hand-pull-
ing can be effective on small
populations of knotweed
when done regularly, as a
dedicated corps of NCLC
volunteers has done.
People interested in help-
ing can email Stewardship
Director Melissa Reich at
melissar@NCLCtrust.org
or call her at 503-738-9126.
She will provide directions
to the site and will notify
volunteers if severe weather
causes a change of schedule.
Volunteers should wear
gloves and work boots.
NCLC will supply the nec-
essary tools. Bring water
and snacks or a lunch. There
is no potable water at the
site, and no toilets. Dogs are
not allowed on any Land
Conservancy properties.
Change your mind,
change your habits
SEASIDE — At 1 p.m.,
Saturday, Feb. 16, the
Friends of the Seaside
Library will host certified
health coach Jenn Visser.
The event will take place
in the library’s Commu-
nity Room.
Have you tried to
change your habits and
failed? It’s not because
you’re a willpower weak-
ling — it’s because you’re
only focusing on the
action part of the habit.
Habits are the auto-
matic behavior created by
the world we live in. They
are patterns in the subcon-
scious, which accounts for
95 percent of our thinking.
Trying to change a habit
with just the action piece
is like a tug of war with
95 percent of the team on
the other side. To change a
habit, you have to change
your beliefs, thoughts,
words and emotions tied
to that habit.
In this presentation,
Seaside Public Library
Jenn Visser, certified health
coach.
you’ll learn how to rec-
ognize and change many
parts of a habit so you can
live your most awesome
life.
Visser, a Seaside res-
ident, specializes in the
psychology of habits. She
is the founder and owner
of the Healthy Hub Well-
ness Center.
The Seaside Public
Library is at 1131 Broad-
way St. For more informa-
tion, call 503-738-6742 or
visit seasidelibrary.org.