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6 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Get your ticket for Iron Chef Goes Coastal SEASIDE — Tickets are on sale for the ninth annual Iron Chef Goes Coastal, which will take place at the Seaside Convention Center on Tues- day, Nov. 1. The event is the signature fundraiser for Unit- ed Way of Clatsop County. Tickets are required and can be purchased at clatsopunitedway.org or by calling 503-325-1961. Gen- eral admission is $35, and reserved seating is $75. All proceeds beneit the United Way of Clatsop County and the agencies they serve. This Iron Chef-style competition pairs four of the region’s top chefs random- ly into two teams, which compete in a live one-hour cook off requiring the use of a secret ingredient. This year, Jonathan Hoffman will compete to defend his 2015 Iron Chef Goes Coastal title against Fordinka Kanlic of Drina Daisy Bosnian Restaurant, Jason Lancaster of the Cove restaurant, and John Sowa of Sweet Basil’s Cafe. In addition to the live competition, 12 North Coast restaurants will compete for Author to speak about elementary students, letters from World War II and a mystery PHOTO BY ANDREW TONRY Jonathan Hofman, left, winner of last year’s Iron Chef Goes Coastal, will compete to defend his title this year. votes in the People’s Choice competition; the winner gets to compete in next year’s live battle. The 12 restaurants are: Bridgewater Bistro, Cannon Beach Hardware Pub, Fort George Brewery, Fulio’s, Maggie’s on the Prom, New- man’s at 988, Osprey Cafe, Pickled Fish, Silver Salmon, Street 14 Cafe, Twisted Fish and Wayfarer. And for dessert, Sea Star Gelato will be defending its 2015 Best Dessert of Clat- sop County title against 3 Cups Coffee House, Cannon Beach Christian Culinary School, Frite & Scoop, and Schwietert’s Candy and Cones. Attendees also get to taste and vote in this com- petition. Reserved tickets allow entry at 5 p.m., and General Admission tickets allow entrance at 6 p.m. The live, main show starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact United Way of Clat- sop County at 503-325-1961 or uwccdirector@paciier. com, or visit www.clatsopu- nitedway.org S EARCHING FOR Piecing together the past I NNER P EACE ? Come meet with us... S UNDAYS 10:30 AM G OD F IRST Astoria Church of Christ 692 12 TH S TREET (T OP OF 12 TH AND G RAND ) A STORIA , OR 97103 B IBLE -B ASED 503.325.7398 WWW .C HURCH O F C HRIST A STORIA . COM WWW . FACEBOOK . COM /A STORIA C HURCHOF C HRIST SEASIDE — The Astoria chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host author Gail Elliott Downs, who will share her book “The Black Suitcase Mystery: A World War II Remembrance.” The program will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at the Seaside American Legion, located at 1315 Broadway. The program is free and open to the public. Published in 2015, Downs’ book is an intrigu- ing story unearthed by 10 year olds in 1991 from a small black suitcase con- taining almost 200 letters written prior to and during World War II. Downs inherited the suitcase from her great aunt. A librarian at Mark Twain Elementa- ry in Missouri, Downs led her fourth grade students through the letters as a means of researching the past with primary docu- ments. The students’ excite- ment as they read the letters for the irst time convinced her that the suitcase held the key to understanding and un- covering people and events that had both historical and personal signiicance. The letters in the suit- case told a story of love and war, and the students had to piece together the order of events. At age 8, George Elliott Rich started writing the letters to his mother, Hazel, in 1929 after she had contracted tuberculosis. The two were separated for many years, seeing each other for only one week in 1942, just before George joined the Army Air Corps and became a radio operator/waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator SUBMITTED PHOTO Author Gail Elliott Downs will speak Oct. 30 about a black suit- case, over 200 letters, and a story from World War II uncovered by elementary students. Bomber. George married in 1943 and his wife, Wanda, also wrote letters to Hazel. George was killed in action over German-occupied Po- land while lying on his 50th mission. Hazel carefully saved all George’s correspondence, and the black suitcase became a time-capsule of his life and a treasure chest of irst-hand accounts that occurred during a pivotal period in history. The suitcase project start- ed as a simple school library assignment but quickly expanded; students poured over the letters for four years, learning about B-24 Liberator bomber crews and unraveling the mystery. Students put on annual World War II history dis- plays on Memorial Day, met Tuskegee Airmen veterans, participated in Valentines for Vets and raised over $12,000 to schedule a ly-in of a fully restored B-24 Liberator Bomber. “In the beginning, none of us could have predicted the astounding course this project would follow,” said ifth grade teacher Leslie Brann. “Visualize several classes of ‘cool’ ifth grad- ers. What could possibly en- tice them to spend hour after hour immersed in reference books, aviation manuals, and iction stories about children who lived in the 1940s?” The project eventually received local, state and na- tional recognition, including four national educational awards, inclusion in the Congressional Record and recognition from President Clinton. Downs’ school became the irst elementary school in the nation to be designated a World War II Commemorative Commu- nity.
