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The Columbia Press 8 February 25, 2022 Events Class for chronic ailments to begin Living Well with Chronic Conditions, a workshop to help participants build a plan to improve their health and life, will be held at 10 a.m. Mondays beginning March 7. The free six-week workshop is offered through Northwest Senior and Disabilities Ser- vices and will be held virtual- ly via Zoom. For more information, or to register, call Suzanne Bjaran- son at 503-861-4202. Gardeners to have cemetery work day Clatsop County Master Gar- deners Association, in coop- eration with the city of As- toria, will have the second of two work days at Ocean View Cemetery in Warrenton from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26. Each year, the association does work within the city’s parks in exchange for free use of the Alderbrook Learning Garden on Marine Drive in Astoria. Last year, more than 1,200 pounds of produce was grown and donated to the Clatsop County Food Bank from the learning garden. Volunteers are needed to help clear Scotch broom. Workers should bring a mask, dress for the weath- er, wear sensible shoes and bring sturdy garden clippers. Aquarium raises funds for 2 groups Seaside Aquarium will do- nate admissions on Sunday, Feb. 27, to Friends of Hay- stack Rock and the North Coast Land Conservancy. The special day, called the “Maine Event,” honors Neal Maine and his late wife, Kar- en, who were volunteers and advocates of both organiza- tions as well as the aquarium. The aquarium is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at 200 N. Prom in Seaside. General admission is $9, those 65 and older are $7.75, and children 6 to 13 are $4.50. Works of artist/ scientist featured The works of artist Fran- ces Stilwell are on exhibit through May 1 at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. Stilwell was a scientist, working as an ethologist, a biologist, a fisheries techni- cian, a geomorphologist, and a botanist. In 1981, she de- cided to leave her career in science to pursue her lifelong Stilwell’s ‘Coastal Strawber- ries’ passion for art. Working mainly in pas- tels, Stilwell developed a growing body Stilwell of work, de- picting Oregon plants in their native habitats. Her illustra- tions became the impetus for her second book, Oregon’s Botanical Landscape: An Opportunity to Imagine Or- egon Before 1800. It features 81 of her illustrations. Stilwell traveled across Ore- gon to paint each plant in its natural habitat. In 2019, Stilwell donated all 81 illustrations featured in Oregon’s Botanical Land- scape to the Oregon Histori- cal Society’s museum collec- tion. Limited quantities of her book are available for pur- chase in the OHS Museum Store. The museum and store are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sun- day. Admission is $10. Warrenton Community Library 160 S. Main Ave. 10-6 Mon-Fri 10-2 Saturdays