The Columbia Press
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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