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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.