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8 January 12, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress This Weekend vance through libertyastoria. org/events. KALA provides caba- ret-style open seating. able here and ultimately support their efforts.” Acclaimed cellist Jazz pianist got his start locally; Lean on greens at to play Saturday Astoria Music Festival performs Friday farmer meet-up presents “Russian Gold III: Composer-pianist Chris Parker will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at KALA, 1017 Marine Drive, Astoria. Parker, originally from Portland, is professor of music and head of the jazz studies program at State University of New York, Orange College. He taught music at Clatsop Commu- nity College in the 1970s and ‘80s. He’ll be accompanied by Tim Willcox on saxophone, Damien Erskine on bass and Jason Palmer on drugs. The event is sponsored by Hipfish. Tickets are $16 and can be purchased in ad- Meet Your Farmer, a free event to join local farmers and area families, is set for 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, in the kitchen at North Coast Food Web, 577 18th St. Information about Commu- nity Supported Agriculture programs – in which partic- ipants sign up for a weekly box of produce -- and other offerings will be available. “Buying locally grown food is a big part of a healthy North Coast community and econo- my,” said Jessika Tantisook, NCFW executive director. “We want to create oppor- tunities for folks to meet farmers, ask them questions about the food that’s avail- A Russian Old New Year’s Eve” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Liberty The- ater, 1203 Commercial St., Astoria. The concert features ac- claimed Russian cellist Sergey Antonov and pianist Ilya Kazantsev. The all-Russian pro- gram includes music by Tchaikovsky and Rach- maninoff. Admission is $20 general, $40 for Level A seating and attendance at a post-con- cert reception at Hotel El- liott’s wine bar. Tickets are available at the Liberty The- ater box office or online at libertyastoria.org. Man arrested for menancing in custody case A man who kidnapped his daughter several years ago -- giving rise to a multi- state manhunt that ended in Warm Springs last March -- has again been arrested, this time in Warrenton. Thomas Clarence Stofiel, 45, of Tigard was arrested on suspicion of menacing his ex- wife and attempting to take the girl, of whom she has full legal custody. Police first were contacted by Stofiel on Christmas Eve. He apparently had discov- ered his daughter was liv- ing in Warrenton with her mother and told an officer that a local service group was keeping him from seeing her, according to a police report. He made several outlandish claims, including that silver cars were following him. He was driving a van with Kansas license plates. Writ- ten on the vehicle were slo- gans such as “The 33 will all become snowflakes,” “E=MC2+666” and “Man of God knows all c’s all.” He threatened to “turn this town upside down” to find his daughter, according to a police report. Later, Stofiel called his ex- wife twice and made death threats against her and the police, which she recorded on her phone, according to the report. One call told her to bring his daughter to Fred Meyer, where he would be waiting. The ex-wife called police, who found him at Fred Meyer. He gave them permission to search his vehicle, according to police. Inside, they found two 12-inch straight knives.
