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This weekend
Scramble at Fort
Clatsop is on free
admission day
Lewis and Clark Nation-
al Historical Park hosts the
ninth annual South Clatsop
Slough Scramble on Satur-
day, Sept. 22.
The start and finish lines
are at the park’s Netul Land-
ing, about 1 ½ miles south
of Fort Clatsop.
Registration is from 8 to
8:45 a.m., with the scramble
beginning at 9 a.m. Those
younger than 18 must have
Slough Trail, which
runs along the Lew-
is and Clark River in
places and includes
coastal hills. Both
routes cross scenic
boardwalks and bridg-
es.
The first runners to
complete each course
Scramble participants take off from
will win a prize and
Netul Landing in the 2017 run.
all participants will
parent or guardian approval.
be entered in a prize
Participants can choose a drawing.
5-kilometer walk/run or a
The scramble is on National
10-kilometer run along the Public Lands Day. Admission
park’s trails. Both loops have to all National Park Service
ups and downs on the South sites is free.
September 21, 2018
African gospel duo performs Sunday
IJenNeh Liberian gos-
pel duo performs in con-
cert at 4 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 23, at Pioneer Pres-
byterian Church, next to
Camp Rilea. Admission is
by goodwill donation.
IJenNeh which means
“Heaven” and is pro-
nounced “eye gin nay,”
began as “Echoes of the
Blind.” The group was
composed of blind men and
women who sang for food on
the war-ravaged streets of
Liberia. Lead singer Lasana
IJenNeh
Kanneh remembers singing
in the midst of rebel fighting
with bullets flying overhead.
They were sometimes forced
to sing for infamous war
lords.
Kanneh escaped war, per-
secution, poverty, abuse
and personal failure to bring
songs of faith, hope and res-
toration across America, he
said. “IJenNeh is beautiful
African music that is good
for your soul.”
It is the first performance
in the winter concert series,
which continues Nov. 4 with
classical duo “Metronoma-
ly.”
Flavel house tour
is a renovation
fund-raiser
Self-guided tours of the
Capt. George Flavel house
are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 22nd, at the
residence, 627 15th St., As-
toria. Tickets are $25.
The public will be able
to see work accomplished
in the home’s restoration,
which was taken on in 2015
by Greg Newenhof, an own-
er of City Lumber in Astoria.
Newenhof died in January
and his brother, Jeff, has at-
tempted to carry on raising
funds to finish the work.
The 1901 home was added
to the National Register of
Historic Places in 1986.