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The Columbia Press
February 26, 2021
Upcoming events
How to make connections during COVID
Painting instructor
Kristin Shauck pres-
ents “The Giant Give:
Creative
Commu-
nity Connections in
the Time of COVID”
during the next Ales
& Ideas lecture.
The lecture series
is sponsored by Fort
George Brewery and Above: Artists show off their cinnamon roll
Clatsop Community boxes. Right: Whitney Rutz. Below: Instructor
College.
Kristin Shauck.
Shauck’s talk is set for 7
p.m. Thursday, March 4, as
Shauck has been collabo-
a Facebook Live event on
rating with Portland artists
the Fort George Brewery’s
and activists to combat food
Facebook page.
insecurity while providing a
Clatsop Community Col-
purpose to lift the spirits of
lege’s art program has a
local artists.
history of supporting arts-
It began as a collabora-
based social action.
tion with Portland artists
Some of the effort includes Cinnamon Roll in Portland. to make uniquely designed
scholarship art auctions, Rutz will talk about her efforts cake boxes.
paintings in support of Clat- to support the Oregon Food
Lower Columbia artists
sop Animal Assistance, sea Bank network. She started have embraced Whitney’s
turtle conservation, and the baking her rolls for health- fundraising approach by
Women’s Resource Center care workers during the first decorating their own giant
weeks of the lockdown and cinnamon roll boxes to be
Soup Bowl Project.
The event includes a Zoom has raised more than $55,000 displayed in the Royal Ne-
interview with Whitney for the Oregon Food Bank.
beker Gallery in March.
Rutz of Whitney’s Giant Ass
Volleyball season begins with bevy of home games
By Bruce Dustin
For The Columbia Press
Warrenton High School’s vol-
leyball season starts at home
on Tuesday, March 2, against
nonleague Neah-Kah-Nie. The
6 p.m. game will be broadcast
live on the NFHS network (nf-
hsnetwork.com).
“I feel like I’m in some kind
of a time warp. Is this August
or February? I’m just not quite
sure,” Head Coach Staci Miethe
said. “But hey, I’m so glad to be
out on the court. It’s nice to be
with the girls. We’re going to
have a great season.”
A bright smile beamed across
her face, discernable even
though she was wearing a mask.
Next up is a home
game against Seaside
at 3 p.m. March 6, and
then, again at home, a
match against league
rival Clatskanie at 5:30
p.m. March 9.
The team’s first away
game will be against
Willamina at 5:30 p.m.
March 11.
Ann Heyen, a starting
senior on the team, was
sitting quietly on the
stage, waiting for the
beginning of last Fri-
day’s practice.
“I’m glad it’s hap-
pening. I want to have
a senior season,” Ann
said. “Even though we
Coach Staci
Miethe
Ann
Heyen
have to wear masks and
keep a distance, it’s fun
to see all my friends
before I go away to col-
lege.”
Since
the
recent
switch to hybrid learn-
ing – half of it com-
pleted online and half
during in-person class-
es – Ann says she has
learned a lot.
“In some ways, I feel
that we’ve been cheat-
ed the rewards of a se-
nior year -- no prom, no
homecoming, no pep
rallies. However, hav-
ing a volleyball season
will help make up for
some of those issues.”