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8 April 13, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress This weekend Historian/guide to talk about Lewis and Clark mistakes Recent findings about the secondary mission of the Lewis and Clark expedition will be discussed at the next “In Their Footsteps” lecture at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 15. Historian Steven McClure, a member of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foun- dation and a Lewis and Clark tour guide, will give the talk in the Netul River Room at Fort Clatsop’s Visitor Cen- ter. The talk is free. While it’s usually taught that the explorers missed the mouth of the Willamette River twice when they pad- dled by on the Columbia, McClure contends the ex- pedition mistook the Wil- lamette for the Multnomah Channel. McClure combines a close analysis of period maps and the Lewis and Clark Expedi- tion’s journals. He’s a board member of Friends of Baltimore Woods, a neighborhood group restor- ing a wildlife corridor along the Willamette, and has led tours to where he has deter- Submitted photo mined Clark turned back to The area along the Willamette the Corps of Discovery’s base River where historian believes camp on the Columbia. the explorers turned back. Vivaldi featured in guitarist’s show Press Gang to do CD release show Irish music sensation “The Press Gang” will have a new CD release show at 7 p.m. April 14 at the Liberty The- atre, 1203 Commercial St. Tickets are $25 and avail- able at libertyastoria. showare.com. The Press Gang is from Portland, Maine, and in- cludes Christian “Junior” Stevens on the accordion, fiddler Alden Robinson, flute-player and vocalist Hanz Araki and guitarist Owen Marshall. The group blends tradi- tional Irish music with other styles. Radio station has 35th birthday bash Coast Community Radio will celebrate its 35th birth- day with a party for the com- munity on Saturday, April 14. The bash is from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Ruins of the Astor Hotel, 1425 Commercial St., Astoria. KMUN went on the air April 17, 1983. Now called Coast Community Radio, the NPR affiliate is the only communi- ty station in the region. Astoria Music Festival presents “Graceful Baroque: Viva Vivaldi!” at 3 p.m. Sun- day, April 15, at Grace Epis- copal Church, 1545 Franklin Ave., Astoria. Classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan and mem- bers of the Astoria Festival Baroque Players will per- form popular concertos of Vivaldi, including “Guitar Concerto in D Major.” Admission is $20. Tickets are available online at liber- tyastoria/showare.com. Or call 503-325-5922, Ext. 55 for “will call” tickets that can be picked up at the church on the day of the event. Cancer support, chronic conditions classes begin Two new health classes start up next week and are free to attendees. “Cancer: Thriving and Sur- viving” is 9:30 a.m. to noon on Mondays, April 16 through May 21. The class is open to anyone living with cancer and their caregiver/support person. The workshop is de- signed to enhance regular treatment and covers frustra- tion fatigue, pain, isolation and making decisions about treatment and complementa- ry therapies. “Living Well with Chron- ic Conditions” is 9:30 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, April 19 through May 24. It’s de- signed for people with arthri- tis, asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, fibromyalgia and other chronic health con- cerns. Topics covered in- clude pain and fatigue man- agement, better breathing, healthy eating, medication usage and making informed treatment decisions. Both classes are in the Knight Cancer Center Collab- orative, 1905 Exchange St., Astoria. Register at columbiamemo- rial.org or call 503-338-7564.
