The INDEPENDENT, March 17, 2005
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Library Book Sale coining soon Next Chautauqua, Vernonia Library April
A Book Sale will be held at
the Vernonia Public Library on
Saturday, March 19 from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the price
is right, with all books selling
for just 25C each.
Sponsored by The Friends
of The Library, the proceeds
will benefit the library.
“Demystifying Intelligence”
will be the topic of the next
presentation in the Chautauqua
series, to be held Friday, April 8
at 7:00 p.m. at the Vernonia
Public Library.
Intelligence successes are
usually unheralded, while fail
ures are shouted from the
rooftops. Intelligence issues
gain public attention only in
connection with a foreign policy
crisis or through the discovery
of a spy. The tragedy of Sep
tember 11, 2001, has been at
his father owned a music store
tributed in part to intelligence
and taught several instru
failure. Due to its classified na
ments. Mark’s mother, Kathryn
Malmsten Greathouse, was a ture the general public seldom
long-time resident of the Ver learns about the business of in
nonia area and has made gen telligence.
Emily Francona has a bach
erous donations to the library.
Helena Greathouse per elor’s degree in Latin American
formed as a child on Czecho studies and a Master’s degree
in international relations, focus
slovak radio and television, and
ing on European and Middle
later performed in Prague. She
East studies. She was commis
studied voice at the Prague
sioned as a Major in U.S. Air
Conservatory of Music.
The Greathouses will pres Force Intelligence in 1980 and
assigned to a field operations
ent a varied program of
melody, song and dance in
several languages, including
Czechoslovak folk songs and
familiar favorites. This free
presentation is brought to you
by the Vernonia Study Club.
The Great House of Music, March
21, at Vernonia Public Library
The Great House of Music,
with accordion music and song
by Mark and Helena Great-
house, will be presented Mon
day, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. at
the Vernonia Library.
Mark and Helena met in
Hamburg, Germany, where
they were both foreign stu
dents, but Mark started his mu
sical career in Portland, where
Emily Francone
office of the CIA. In 1984 she
was deployed to serve on the
staff of the U.S. Air Force in Eu
rope where she used her fluen
cy in five languages on sensi
tive intelligence operations as
well as serving with specialized
units of NATO. In 1988 Major
Francona was assigned to the
Operations Directorate of the
Defense Intelligence Agency in
Washington, D.C., before being
assigned to the Defense At
tachée office of the U.S. Em
bassy in Syria. She retired from
active service in 1995.
Since moving to the Oregon
Coast, Ms. Francona has lec
tured extensively on intelli
gence issues and is currently
conducting research into Allied
ethnic cleansing activities in
post-WWII Eastern Europe.
Francona will clarify common
misperceptions about intelli
gence operations while dis
cussing basic concepts like
spies, agents, covert operations
and clandestine activities. Par
ticipants will learn about legal
parameters and congressional
oversight of intelligence activi
ties and how intelligence infor
mation impacts foreign policy.
This free presentation is
made possible in conjunction
with the Friends of the Library
with funding from the Oregon
Council for the Humanities.
Discovery Walk Festival, April 22-24
The 9th annual Discovery
Walk Festival, April 22-24, will
mix over a thousand local walk
ers with walkers from around
the world and across the conti
nent, for three days of walks,
bikes and swims. Registration,
start and finish is at the Red
Lion Hotel at the Quay, 100 Co
lumbia, Vancouver, WA.
The Discovery Walk Festival
welcomes beginners as well as
endurance walkers and triath
letes. The new Family Fun 6K
Walk starts at 10:00 a.m. on
Saturday, with Fun Stops each
mile to introduce families to the
joys of walking. Friday, Satur
day, and Sunday walks of 5
and 10 kilometers (3 and 6
miles) are offered. Endurance
walkers can challenge them
selves with half-marathon, 20-
mile, and marathon distances
on Saturday and Sunday. Bikes
and swims are also offered on
Saturday, and participants can
wear a “Try-Athlon” patch.
Children age 12 and under
participate free for all events.
Adult registration is $8 per walk
or bike, $3 per swim. Everyone
receives medal awards.
The Discovery Walk Festival
brings together local and
Northwest walkers with walkers
from around the world - Aus
tralia, Japan, Germany, Britain
and across North America. It is
America’s only International
Marching League event and is
sanctioned by the American
Volkssport Association.
The weekend will kick-off
with participation by visiting in
ternational walkers in the fourth
annual Children’s Culture Pa
rade on Friday morning. The
Mayor’s Walk starts 4-6:00
p.m. on Friday. Throughout the
weekend, free fitness work
shops are open to all. The Dis
covery Walk Festival is spon
sored by New Balance Shoes
and Southwest Washington
Medial Center, and its Passport
to Wellness program.
The Discovery Walk Festival
is open to all. Registration is
available by mail, online, or at
the event. For more informa
tion, visit <www.discoverywal
k.org> or call toll free 877-269-
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