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The Columbia Press 8 June 4, 2021 Upcoming events World dance featured at arts walk Sparrow Dance Company will perform a world dance street show during Gearhart Art Walk from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 5. In- cluded is salsa fusion, Irish folk dance, and samba reggae. The free family friendly event is in Gearhart’s Cen- tennial Park. Art will be on display at Trail’s End Art As- sociation, 656 A St.; The Nat- ural Nook, 738 Pacific Way; and A Great Gallery, 576 Pa- cific Way. An artists’ reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at Trail’s End, where photogra- pher Liesa West’s works are featured. Art supplies available at fundraiser Astoria Visual Arts is hold- ing its “Jumble” fundraiser from noon to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 4-5 at the gallery, 1000 Duane St. The rummage sale includes gently used art supplies, equipment, books, textiles, frames, canvas and other items. All proceeds will go to- ward gallery exhibitions, art- ist-in-residence programs, writers residencies, and stu- dio tours. Obituary Steven Kerr Steven Earl Kerr, a loving father of five, left this world to be with his Heavenly Fa- ther on April 5, 2021. He was born in Astoria on Jan 25, 1982, to Brian Kerr and Linda May. Steven was a hard-working construction worker and member in the Laborers In- ternational Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 252 as a Hod Carrier. He leaves behind five chil- dren: Dominique Zaragoza, Steven Kerr, Victoria Kerr, Mackenzie Kerr, and Jayden Ricicar. Steven is survived by his father, Brian Kerr, and moth- er, Linda May; his paternal grandmother, Luella Kerr, and maternal grandmother, Christine Hobbs; his lov- ing sisters, Stefani Kerr and Sheyanne Ricicar; and his brother, Thomas McEne- aney. Other surviving fami- ly members include his stepmother, Patricia Kerr; step-siblings Taewon Krei- zel, Noon Kreizel, and Bran- dy Pruitt; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Steven was preceded in death by his paternal grand- father, William Kerr, and maternal grandfather, Dale May. A celebration of Steven’s life will be held at Mission Christian Fellowship, 525 NW Warrenton Drive, War- renton, Oregon 97146 at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 5, 2021. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Go Fund Me account which has been set up: Children of Ste- ven Earl Kerr Scholarship Fund at gofund.me/cca1f395. Performance delves into love and politics A joint venture between Astor Street Opry Company and the Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Associ- ation will bring a piece of his- tory to life. “Rakkautta ja Politikkaa,” or “Love and Politics,” was found in the attic of Suomi Hall. The one-act play was published in 1906 in Ha- meenlinna, Finland, and translated from Finnish by Sirpa Duoos, Clatsop Coun- ty’s property management specialist. The Astoria Finnish Social- ist Club was built in 1910, when Astoria’s Uniontown was large enough to support two Finnish-language news- papers (including the Co- lumbia Press’s former incar- nation, Lannen Suometar), Finnish Brotherhood, the Finnish Temperance Society, half a dozen public saunas, four churches, and a dozen boarding houses. The Socialist Club stood four stories and its theater had a professional stage di- rector from Helsinki who produced new plays every two weeks. When the So- cialist Club burned in 1923, the actors transferred to the stage at the Finnish Brother- hood. Many scripts of the plays produced on the Finnish Brotherhood stage have been stored for years in the attic of Suomi Hall and that’s where the script for Love and Poli- tics was found. “Love and Politics” is set in a small Finnish town. The project was funded by the Clatsop Cultural Coa- lition and Oregon Cultural Trust. Maritime museum showing new 3D movie Columbia River Maritime Museum has a new movie showing in the 3D theater, “Ocean Odyssey,” which fol- lows the journey of hump- back whales on their 2,000- mile migration from the Great Barrier Reef to their feeding grounds in Antarcti- ca. Also featured is the latest exhibit, “Twin Palaces of the Pacific,” which focuses on twin ships Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The fast luxury liners carried pas- sengers between San Fran- cisco and Astoria. The movie and visits to the gift shop are free for mem- bers. The museum, at 1792 Ma- rine Drive, is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 503-325- 2323. Warrenton High School All-School Reunion 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat., July 24 High School Cafeteria Light refreshments All teachers invited
