January 9, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 3A
Cub scouts may Renowned area author, war veteran to
make project an speak at Tillamook Head Gathering
Event to raise funds
annual event
for student enrichment
Scouts from Page 1A
“We went with swags,
because they’re a little eas-
ier, because I wanted a lot of
the work to be done by the
boys to get them involved
and give them a sense of
ownership in the project,”
she said.
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merhorn provided boughs
of hemlock for the swags,
which were tied with wire
and adorned with red felt
ribbons.
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structing the swags and ty-
ing the bows, they seemed
to enjoy the project, and
Kautz said she’d like to
make it an annual event.
The scout leaders let the
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and freedom when making
the swags. “We wanted it
to be something the boys
did, and not something the
adults did just so they could
say the boys did it,” Kautz
said, adding, “We wanted it
to be kid art.”
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projects with a local em-
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the results of what they’ve
done. When the projects
involve honoring veterans
or active service members,
they provide an opportu-
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about good citizenship, one
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service projects as possible
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schedules have numerous
opportunities to participate
when they can. The pack
has 19 members, and about
12 participated in the holi-
day project in some way.
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placed on one of the head-
stones, which gave Kautz
the chance to share the
meaning of the gesture,
something she learned years
ago from her father.
There is some debate
over when the tradition
started, how pervasive it is
and everything it symbol-
izes. According to several
sources, visitors leave the
coins at the headstones of
veterans, and different coins
indicate a different level of
familiarity with the fallen
soldier.
A penny can be placed
by anyone who visited the
gravesite; a nickel means
the visitor and deceased per-
son trained together; a dime
means the visitor served
with the veteran; and a quar-
ter indicates the visitor was
with the soldier when they
died in combat, according to
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ica.
Hunter Kautz, a third-
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Kautz’s son, said making
the holiday swags was one
of his favorite service proj-
ects so far. He especially en-
joyed taking the ornaments
to the cemetery and placing
them at the gravesites.
When asked why he
thinks it’s important to hon-
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their families don’t think
they didn’t do a good job.”
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By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Literature, music and vi-
sual arts will be celebrated
at the inaugural Tillamook
Head Gathering designed to
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students participating in
those activities.
The event will start at 6
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Civic and Convention Center
with a silent auction featur-
ing about 25 works by local
artists.
Karl Marlantes, a decorat-
ed Vietnam War veteran and
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ate, will be a guest speaker.
Marlantes, a former Rhodes
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sity, will discuss his book,
“Matterhorn: A Novel of the
Vietnam War,” a New York
Times bestseller published in
2010, and his memoir, “What
It Is Like to Go to War,” pub-
lished in 2011.
Bill Moyers featured
Marlantes in connection with
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er and one of the event or-
ganizers, praised Marlantes’
work, saying his memoir is
“incredibly frank, incredibly
unbiased.”
Writer Peter Lindsey, a
Cannon Beach author who
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Karl Marlantes, a graduate of Seaside High School, Rhodes
Scholar and U.S. Marine who fought in the Vietnam War, spoke
at a Columbia Forum in 2010 about his novel, “Matterhorn.”
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pany Marlantes as a guest
speaker.
Lindsey was teaching at
the high school and work-
ing as a lifeguard in Cannon
Beach in the 1960s when he,
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Vietnam.
The men will share and
discuss their writing and then
hold a question-and-answer
session with the audience.
In addition to literature,
the event will highlight mu-
sic with performances by
several people, including
local talent Dave Quinton
and Jackson Andrews; John
Mersereau, of Arch Cape;
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Mousley, accompanied by
her band. Mousley also is a
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band is based in Portland.
Mizell’s son, Mike Mizell,
will emcee the event. Local
restaurants will provide hors
d’oeuvres.
The cost to attend is $10
in advance and $15 at the
door. Tickets are available
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Coffee House and the high
school.
“All the proceeds from
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sual and musical arts en-
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go primarily toward help-
ing individual students
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access to various opportu-
nities, such as performing
in Disneyland with the
choir or attending festivals
and competitions, he said.
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there is no fund for that kind
of stuff,” Mark Mizell said.
“We’ve just had to cut back.
... It’s become tougher and
tougher to come up with
money for enrichment.”
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Committee has been meeting
since April to plan the event.
The committee is informal
at this point, Mizell said,
although members hope to
eventually build up an en-
richment fund so it becomes
self-perpetuating.
The committee intends to
make the gathering an annual
event and the fund’s primary
revenue source.
Tillamook Head was
chosen for the title because
“when people think of a par-
ticular place that sort of epit-
omizes the area, Tillamook
Head just seems to be it,”
Mark Mizell said.
“There is something near
and dear about that rock for-
mation for a lot of people,”
he added. “It’s kind of cool
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see it, people in Cannon
Beach see it. ... It’s a good
symbol for what us north
coasters are.”
For more information, call
the school at 503-738-5586
or visit the Tillamook Head
Gathering Facebook page.
Local farming, agritourism are discussion topics
A future for farming
in Clatsop and Tillamook
counties will be the fo-
cus of a discussion among
farmers, entrepreneurs and
educators Jan. 17.
“Food for the Local
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coastal farm economy,”
is sponsored by Nehalem
Valley Farm Trust and
Food Roots of Tillamook
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ganization is working to
support a healthy, produc-
tive food system for the
North Coast.
The program will run
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the White Clover Grange,
36585 Highway 53, Ne-
halem.
It also will include a
“soul food” lunch prepared
by LaNicia Williams of
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