February Ales
and Ideas explores
Oregon health care
ASTORIA — Clatsop Commu-
nity College and Fort George Brewery
will collaborate for the
monthly Ales & Ideas
community lecture at
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
6, in the Fort George
Lovell Showroom, 14th
and Duane St. in Asto-
ria. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Miguel Marino Beer, food and other bev-
erages are available but
no purchase is required.
Minors are welcome.
Doctors John Heintz-
man and Miguel Marino
will discuss Oregon
health care history, ideas
John
and the impact of health
Heintzman
policies.
Discussion will
include the birth of the Oregon Health
Plan, its challenges and struggles, and
subsequent initiatives.
Heintzman and Marino will high-
light the ideas that spurred these changes.
They’ll also share a bit of their own
research into some recent Oregon
initiatives.
Marino is an associate professor of
biostatistics at Oregon Health and Sci-
ence University in the Departments of
Family Medicine and in the School of
Public Health. Heintzman is a family
doctor, associate professor and researcher.
Garden in Nehalem
NEHALEM — Registration opens for
the Lower Nehalem Community Trust
garden startup day on Saturday.
The event itself will be held Feb.
25 from 9 a.m. to noon at Alder
Creek Farm, 35955 Underhill Lane in
Nehalem.
The community garden opened in
2006. Volunteers teach community mem-
bers how to garden organically in the
region’s coastal climate.
Garden volunteers dedicate about
three hours each week. The garden itself
is a traditional row garden, and a perma-
culture garden that demonstrates how
flowers and vegetables can be integrated
into home landscapes for ornamental and
edible approaches to gardening.
Register for the event and to volun-
teer at www.nehalemtrust.org.
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Explore
England’s
sea poetry
ASTORIA — The Astoria Library
presents English sea poetry with “The
Sea Poetry of England,” at 7 p.m.
Monday in the library, 450 10th Street.
Poet Cameron La Follette will
introduce listeners to English sea
poet John Masefield. She’ll survey
England’s tradition of sea poetry, dat-
ing far back in time. Sea songs and
ballads following Romantic-era poets
will also be featured.
The influence of the English coastal
town Dunwich will be the event’s
final focus. Attendees will learn about
the small coastal town and how it fell
into the sea during the 13th and 14th
centuries.
La Follette is Oregon Coast Alli-
ance’s executive director. She is a
coastal historian for the Oregon His-
torical Quarterly and Oregon Ency-
clopedia. Her poetry is archived in the
University of Oregon Special Collec-
tions. She founded the Salem Classic
Poetry Group and ran it for 14 years.
Contact the library with questions
at 503-325-7323 or astorialibrary.org.