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This weekend
Hike is along path of Lewis & Clark
Park Ranger Stephen Wood
will lead a hike at McKenzie
Trailhead in Cape Disappoint-
ment State Park on Saturday,
Oct. 6.
The hike includes views of
freshwater wetlands, Waikiki
Beach, Cape Disappointment
Lighthouse and will have a
guided tour of a former gun
battery. The battery has no in-
terior lights, and attendees are
encouraged to bring flashlights.
The hike is a half-mile round
trip and includes some steep el-
evations.
McKenzie Head was the site of
William Clark’s encampment in
November 1805.
If interestered, contact Kath-
leen Hudson at 503-861-2802.
Hikers should meet at 9 a.m.
in the parking lot between Sixth
and Seventh streets on Marine
Drive in Astoria or at 9:45 a.m.
in the McKenzie Trail parking
lot in Cape Disappointment
State Park, which is through the
main campground entrance of
the park.
Parking at the site is limit-
ed and vehicles are required to
October 5, 2018
Alt radio host
gives talk at PAC
have a Washington State Parks
Discover Pass.
Investigative journalist David
Barsamian, host of the show
“Alternative Radio,” will give a
talk at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at
the Performing Arts Center, 588
16th St., Astoria.
The free event is sponsored by
KMUN/Coast Community Ra-
dio. Donations will be accepted.
Barsamian lectures nationally
on world affairs, imperialism,
capitalism, propaganda and the
media.
He has co-authored several
books.
Barsamian has won the Me-
dia Education Award and the
ACLU’s Upton Sinclair Award
for independent journalism.
He received the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the
Rocky Mountain Peace and
Justice Center.
Letter to the editor
Mayoral candidate
issues information
A local volunteer for John
Washington, who is running
for mayor of Warrenton, vis-
ited my home this week and
delivered a single-page docu-
ment listing six reasons why
he feels the Warrenton City
Commission doesn’t provide
enough information to the vot-
ers of Warrenton/Hammond.
I was told that 2,500 resi-
dences are being visited by
John Washington and his vol-
unteers in an effort to inform
as many residents as possible
of his specific complaints.
I hope any voters who are
visited and handed one of
these single-page documents
will read both sides completely
before they decide the person
they would like to vote for as
Warrenton mayor in the up-
coming election on Nov. 6.
The mayor is the public voice
of the city. I believe this city
needs different leadership to
reverse the history of not pro-
viding sufficient information to
the voters. The city government
seems to feel you must physi-
cally attend all public meetings
to know what is happening in
the city and, even then, you
may not get the full story.
Tess Chedsey
Warrenton