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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.