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Veterans: Statue dedicated at four-way stop Continued from Page 1 centerpiece of what is des- tined to become Warrenton’s Memorial Park, a triangular piece of city-owned property outside the post office slated for development into a land- scaped plaza with seating, lights, trees and shrubs. Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Fort Stevens Post 10580 first began rais- ing money for the monument in 1991. But the economy and other issues delayed the proj- ect. The last monument built in Clatsop County honoring those who died in the pursuit of freedom was dedicated in 1926 on Marine Drive at Bond Street. There have been many wars since. The statue, “Remembering the Fallen,” was created by artist Mark Kenny of Seaside, who served eight years in the Coast Guard. Saturday’s event brought 200 people to the small park and included talks or presen- tations by state VFW Vice Commander John Wrinkle, August 31, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress 4 Clatsop Commu- To learn more, nity College has visit the exhibit issued a call for website at auna- artists to enter the turelart.com. 2019 “Au Naturel: Applications The Nude in the must be received by Nov. 7. 21st Century” show. The event is an Awards include international jur- $1,000 in cash and ied exhibition that up to $2,000 in Stull Meyers opens Jan. 24 at the purchase awards. college’s Royal Nebeker Art The juror for the 2019 ex- Gallery. hibit is Ashley Stull Meyers, The competition is open to a writer, editor and curator. artists worldwide working She has curated exhibits in two-dimensional draw- and public programming ing, painting or printmak- for arts institutions along ing with a focus on the nude the West Coast, including human figure. San Francisco, Seattle and Entrants must be 18 or Portland. She has been in older and submitted art- academic residency at the work must have been exe- Bemis Center for Contem- cuted in the last three years porary Art in Omaha, Neb., and available for the dura- and the Banff Centre in Al- tion of the exhibit. berta, Canada. Above: Artist Mark Ken- ny of Seaside describes what inspired him to create “Remembering the Fall- en,” which honors all war veterans. Right: VFW Fort Stevens 10580 Post Quartermas- ter Bert Little stands on a ladder as he prepares to remove the shroud from the 13-foot statue. Liberty Theatre makes new hires Peggy Yingst The Columbia Press VFW Post Chaplain Leroy Dunn, Sen. Betsy Johnson, CCC’s Au Naturel show seeks artists Mayor Henry Balensifer, Cub Scout Pack 509, soloist Kara Dowaliby and Auxiliary Pres- ident Debbie Little. Post Quartermaster Bert Little had the honor of re- moving the statue’s shroud. The Liberty Theatre has been awarded $30,000 from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation over a pe- riod of two years to support staff expansion. The theater has increased the amount of programming in concerts, dance, theater, special events and arts during the past two years. In the 2017-18 season, there was an average of seven events each month with more anticipated in 2018-19. Two new positions were created. Nancy Schwickrath was hired in June as an adminis- trative assistant to Executive Director Jennifer Crockett. Schwickrath has a bache- lor’s degree in stage manage- ment from Rutgers Universi- ty and has worked on several stages in New York prior to moving to Oregon in 2003. A second position was cre- ated to ease the workload of Technical Director Larry Bry- ant. Kelly Green was hired as technical assistant in July. Green attended Humboldt State as a theater lighting and technology major. He moved to Oregon in 2003 and to Astoria in March 2016.
