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Washington girl encounters rare lancetfi sh
lancetfi sh while engaged in a
feeding frenzy. The large gash
near the fi sh’s gills was life
threatening and the fi sh eventu-
ally died.
Excited about the unique
fi nd, Ava and her family came
to the aquarium with photos of
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their adventure and shared their
AQUARIUM
experience with staff at the
TIFFANY
BOOTHE
Aquarium. Staff members were
quite interested in their story.
“I was excited about her fi nd
struggling in the wet sand, a
and while it was unfortunate
longnosed lancetfi sh.
that the fi sh could not be saved,
This 5-foot long fi sh resem- I was hopeful that we may be
bles a barracuda, with its long
able to collect it for a dissec-
body and sharp fang-like teeth, tion. Longnosed lancetfi sh tend
but this did not deter Ava from to feed in deeper waters and
trying to save it.
have a very slow digestive sys-
Ava bravely walked up to
tem. This means that you will
the fi erce looking fi sh and
often fi nd whole fi sh in their
without hesitation picked it up
digestive track or stomach. I
and returned it to the sea.
asked Ava if she would show
Unfortunately, the fi sh came us where she found the fi sh
back to shore It had suff ered an because I was interested in its
injury, most likely from another stomach contents.”
W
hile walking along
the beach, Ava
Miler, visiting from
Spokane, Washington, came
across a unique sea creature
Ava readily showed aquar-
ium staff members where the
fi sh was and once she heard the
word dissection, she only had
one question: “Can I watch?”
“I was so impressed with
Ava. Not only did this bud-
ding biologist try to save a fi sh
that even I would be hesitant
to pick up while still alive, she
was more excited about the
opportunity to learn about it
and the chance to get her hands
dirty.
“While the dissection did
not yield much, we did dis-
cover a squid tentacle and a
whole stickleback (a small fi sh
found in both estuarian and
ocean environments). It was
also an experience that Ava
will not soon forget.”
For more information on
these strange fi sh, visit www.
fi sheries.noaa.gov/feature-sto-
ry/11-strange-true-facts-about-
lancetfi sh.
Erik Miler
Ava Miler, visiting from Spokane, Washington, came across a unique sea
creature struggling in the wet sand, a longnosed lancetfi sh.
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The Lion (Sophia Reynolds) tries to scare Dorothy (Ella
Jesberger), the Scarecrow (Liv Mayhugh) and the Tin Man
(Maggie Neuwirth).
Seaside High
School prepares
for spring musical
The Seaside High School
Drama Department presents
the spring musical, “The
Wizard of Oz” (MUNY ver-
sion), which will be per-
formed April 20-23 at the
Coaster Theatre in Cannon
Beach.
Directed by Ann Susee,
with musical direction by
Kimber Parker, the produc-
tion will run four consec-
utive days rather than the
usual two weekends.
Leading the cast are
11 seniors. The rest of the
cast includes other high
school students, three mid-
dle school students and three
grade school students.
Susee said that the
MUNY version of The Wiz-
ard of Oz is based more on
the books than on the famil-
iar movie. While the main
characters are the same,
there are no fl ying monkeys
and no Toto.
Cast for this year’s musi-
cal includes the following:
senior Ella Jesberger, Dor-
othy; senior Liv Mayhugh,
Scarecrow; senior Maggie
Neuwirth, Tin Woodsman;
senior Sophia Reynolds,
Lion; junior Eva Bailey,
Wizard; senior Kaiya Taylor,
Sorceress of the North; and
freshman Ayaunna Bolin,
Witch of the West.
Other cast members
include: senior Abi Sills;
senior Liam Mattock; fresh-
man Kyle Jackson; senior
Elliot Ousley; senior Adrian
Dzul-Fisher; senior Lilli
Taylor; junior Aby Brien;
freshman Alona Wisenhunt;
senior Gracie Klemp; junior
Sam Taylor; third grader
Mikayla Parker; third grader
Lillee Manss; fi fth grader
Rayna Bailey; sixth grader
Karli Jackson; sixth grader
Vee Miller; and seventh
grader Aria Taylor.
Behind the scenes, senior
Mary Barnes is stage man-
ager and junior Connor
Jackson handles lights and
sound. Other techies include
freshman Diego Munoz,
freshman Emily; sophomore
Chance McKeown; and
senior Al Anderson.
Performances will be
Wednesday, April 20 to Sat-
urday, April 23 at 7 p.m.
Tickets will be sold at the
door only. Adults tickets are
$10 each and seniors/stu-
dents are $6.
All performances will
be at the Coaster Theatre in
Cannon Beach, and per its
policy, all audience mem-
bers must wear a mask
during the show and must
show proof of vaccination.
For more information,
contact Ann Susee at asu-
see@seasidek12.org.
Author shares
new novel ‘What
Strange Paradise’
Oregon author Omar
El Akkad will talk about
his award-winning novels,
“American War,” and “What
Strange Paradise” at 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 16, during
a Cannon Beach Library
Facebook Live presentation.
In El Akkad’s novels, the
fi ctional characters grapple
with events
and issues
in today’s
news. His
latest novel,
“ W h a t
Strange Par-
adise,” was
a New York
Times Notable Book of the
Year in 2021. It is told from
the viewpoint of two chil-
dren caught up in the real-
life Middle East wars and the
migrant crisis that followed.
His debut novel, “Amer-
ican War,” was translated
into 13 languages. It won
the Pacifi c Northwest Book-
sellers’ Award, the Oregon
Book Award for fi ction and
the Kobo Emerging Writer
Prize.
El Akkad was born in
Egypt, grew up in Qatar,
moved to Canada as a teen-
ager and now lives in Port-
land. The start of his jour-
nalism career coincided
with the start of the war on
terror, and over the follow-
ing decade he reported from
Afghanistan, Guantanamo
Bay and other locations
around the world.
The site can be reached
through the library’s web-
site,
www.cannonbeach-
library.org, or through
the library’s Facebook
page www.facebook.com/
cannonbeachlibrary/.
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