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HRAP’s summer day camps return
Reserve your spot soon!
CANNON BEACH — The Haystack
Rock Awareness Program is excited to
announce the return of its popular Summer
Exploration Day Camp.
Kids learn about the connection between
our forests and oceans in the “Land to Sea”
camp. Activities include exploring the
watershed and tracking animals in the for-
est reserve; learning about clean water and
adaptations of macroinvertebrates at Ecola
Creek; how to be stewards of intertidal life
and bird ecology at Haystack Rock; and a
lesson about the impact of marine debris on
our beaches; an introduction to our Trash
Talk program; and how we use marine
debris as art in Cannon Beach.
Camps are led by HRAP’s education
and volunteer coordinator Lisa Habecker
and cater to all age and skill levels. Week-
long day camps will offer all kids in-depth
opportunities to connect the land to the
sea. Youth participants who have previ-
ously attended the Sea Star camp and older
kids are invited to join the Advanced Puffin
camp with exciting interactive adventures
and activities.
Enrollment is $150 per participant. Tick-
ets can be purchased through Eventbrite
via Facebook, HRAP’s website or the
Eventbrite website. Reserve your spot soon
History Center events take
place April 22 and 25
Haystack Rock Awareness Program
A child participating in a Haystack Rock
Awareness Program kids camp peers through
a microscope.
as space is limited.
For a complete list of camps and more
information, visit ci.cannon-beach.or.us/
hrap or contact Habecker at 503-436-8064
or Habecker@ci.cannon-beach.or.us.
Hunt for Easter eggs, dive for treasure in Seaside
CANNON BEACH — Celebrate Earth
Day at the Cannon Beach History Cen-
ter & Museum with expert Robert Bailey
talk’s about sea otters, titled “Sea Otters
of Oregon: A Missing Keystone Species.”
The presentation will take place 4 p.m.
Monday, April 22.
Once common on the Oregon Coast,
sea otters were hunted nearly to extinc-
tion for their rich fur in the late 1700s and
early 1800s. Their loss was a significant
blow to coastal native people and to the
marine environment. Though sea otters
have returned elsewhere, they remain
missing in Oregon. What will it take to
help them come back?
There will be complimentary coffee,
tea and sweet treats at this event, which is
part of Cannon Beach’s 12 Days of Earth.
At 4 p.m. Thursday, April 25, explore
the history and legends that make our state
unique. Oregon author and historian Wil-
liam L. Sullivan presents “D. B. Cooper &
Cannon Beach History Center & Mu
A sea otter.
the Exploding Whale: Folk Heroes of the
Northwest.” Sullivan has written four nov-
els and a dozen nonfiction books about the
Northwest. This event is free and open to
the public.
Seating and parking for these events
are limited, so arrive early. For more
information visit cbhistory.org, find us on
Facebook or call 503-436-9301.
The museum is at 1387 S. Spruce St.
Admission is donation-based.
Help Astoria’s Repair Cafe set a new record
Keep your stuff
out of the landfill
But be sure to arrive early for
April 20 events – that’s when
you’ll meet the Easter bunny!
SEASIDE — The Sunset Empire Park &
Recreation District and Seaside Providence
Hospital present the 2019 free Community
Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 20.
The event takes place at Broadway
Park in Seaside. The egg hunt starts at
10:30 a.m., but be sure to come at 10 a.m.
to visit with the Easter Bunny beforehand.
The hunt will be divided into age groups,
starting with ages 0 to 2, and continue with
ages 3 to 4, 5 to 6, 7 to 8 and 9 to 10 years
old.
Starting times for each age group are
tentative and subject to change. Spe-
cial accommodations are available upon
request.
Then, at 1 p.m., enjoy the Aquatic Trea-
sure Dive with water games and cool
prizes at the Sunset Pool in Seaside. This
event starts at 1 p.m. for ages 7 to 9, and
1:45 p.m. for ages 10 to 17. Admission is
Experts talk sea otters, folk
heroes in Cannon Beach
File photo
In 2014, Charlotte Harkin, of Troutdale, then
3 years old, stoops down to pick up a pair
of eggs to add to her basket during Sunset
Empire Park and Recreation District’s annual
Easter Egg Hunt at Broadway Park in Seaside.
$2 per person.
For questions, call the pool front desk at
503-738-3311, or visit sunsetempire.com.
ASTORIA — The next
Repair Cafe takes place 6
to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April
24, at 1010 Duane St.
At our March Repair
Cafe, we registered and
weighed in 37 items to be
repaired — a record for this
year, but one we hope to
beat in the coming months.
This is how it works:
When you come in, we reg-
ister you and your repair-
able, weigh the item to be
repaired in hopes of keep-
ing it out of the local land-
fill, and send you to one
of our smiling volunteer
repair people.
Repair Cafe is a com-
munity of volunteers who
repair, sew, sharpen and
Colin Murphey
People turn out at Astoria Makers for a Repair Cafe in March
2019.
give expert advice on
pretty much anything bro-
ken, torn, dull or in need of
repair (no gas engines).
Events are held on the
fourth Wednesday of each
month: future cafes take
place May 22 and June 26.
If you have any ques-
tions about an item to bring
to the Repair Cafe, call
503-307-0834. Follow us
on Facebook: search for
“Repair Astoria.”