Community Calendar: 6.27.2012

Published 5:00 pm Monday, June 25, 2012

Wednesday, June 27

Pecos Bill

    OCEAN PARK & NASELLE From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., June 27 at Ocean Park Timberland Library and then from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., that same day at Naselle Timberland Library, come have fun with Pecos Bill, a Tall Tale. Oregon Shadow Theatre recreates a tale from the American West: Pecos Bill, creator of the Rio Grande, lasso, rodeo, and cowboy song. Follow Bills adventures fighting mythical beasts, riding a cyclone and falling in love with a woman who rides catfish. For more information call 665-4184 or 484-3877.

Humane Society meeting

    LONG BEACH The next board meeting of the South Pacific County Humane Society is at 5:30 p.m., on June 27 in the county annex building next to the shelter. If you have questions call 642-1180.

Authors Showcase

    ILWACO From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on June 27 at Olde Towne Trading Post in Ilwaco there will be a gathering of writers and listeners. Everyone is welcome to share and hear original stories and poems in progress, or perhaps even some previously published. Coffee and goodies available at 6 p.m. Readings begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information call Jan at 642-4932.

Memorial poppies  

    PENINSULA Members of the Don R. Grable American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 48 in Ilwaco will be offering memorial poppies on the Peninsula from June 27 to July 7. The poppy is a symbol honoring all veterans, especially those whose lives or health were sacrificed for Americas freedom during wars. Donations are used only to help veterans and their families. Watch for an Auxiliary member and help them out. For information call Connie at 665-6626.

Al-Anon Family Group

    SEAVIEW Peninsula Al-Anon Family Group meet on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 4603 Pacific Highway in Seaview. This is a confidential fellowship for persons with friends of family members affected by alcohol. Call 642-2611 with questions.

Bake, Book &?More Sale

    LONG BEACH  The Chinook Observer is hosting the 4th Annual Bake, Book and More Sale on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the office at 205 Bolstad Avenue E, Suite 2,?Long Beach. Donations of money, baked goods (near the sale date), books, CDs and DVDs are needed. Drop off your donation Monday through Friday during regular office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, this year there will be raffle tickets for sale ($1 each of six for $5). Prizes include a bushel of fresh oysters, prints, books and more. All proceeds go to purchase backpacks and school supplies for needy children in Pacific County, and to help with the Newspapers in Education program. Mail checks to: Chinook Observer, P.O. Box 427, Long Beach, WA?98631. If you have questions, call 642-8181 or 800-643-3703.

Big Book meeting

    PENINSULA Ocean Parks big book meeting is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m., at 1904 Bay Avenue, Suite 4. All are welcome. If you have questions call 503-380-9758 (cell).

Neptune Classic Movies

    LONG BEACH The Neptune Twin Cinemas offers family and classic movies with no charge for admission, subject to capacity. All family and classic shows begin at 1 p.m. The movie on June 27 is Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. 1943. 103 min.

Thursday, June 28

Co-op School

    PENINSULA Looking for an education without limits for your child? Local folks are striving to organize a co-op school that will nurture wisdom, confidence, community and respect for each other. Enrollment for the 2012-13 school year, and mentor sign-ups will be available. If you are interested in learning more, please mark your calendar for June 28 at 7 p.m. at the Depot across from Dennis Company. The group vision will be presented and lots more. Anyone with questions, please call 360-783-2222.

Free Thursdays

    ILWACO Thanks to the generous support of the Port of Ilwaco, you can visit the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum at 115 SE Lake Street in Ilwaco on Thursdays free of charge. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Bring the family and come see what treasures our local museum has to offer.

Veterans meeting

    LONG BEACH Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3721 in Long Beach holds their monthly membership and business meeting at 7 p.m., June 27 at the Elks Lodge, located at 110 Pacific Avenue in Long Beach. For information, call 642-1228.

Toastmasters

    ILWACO  Ilwaco Toastmasters group meets from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., the first, third and fifth Thursdays of each month at the Ilwaco Community Building. Another Toastmasters group meets from noon to 1 p.m., on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 139 Howerton in Ilwaco (at the Port of Ilwaco). Attendees will learn about public speaking, listening and leadership. Call 503-791-2806 or go to www.toastmasters.org for information.

Animal Sleepover

    ILWACO  Ilwaco Timberland Library is hosting an event called Stuffed Animal Sleepover, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 28 for children. Bring a favorite stuffed animal for a sleepover at the library. Tuck your animal in and say goodnight. Come back the next day by 5 p.m. to pick up your stuffed animal friend and find out what mischief the animals got into during their night at the library! For more information call 642-3908.

Friday, June 29

Water Follies musical

    SKAMOKAWA  Skamokawa Grange No. 425 is presenting its fifth annual musical production, Smoky Water Follies at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 1, in the restored Grange hall located at 18 Fairgrounds Road in Skamokawa, located 30 miles west of Longview and 45 miles east of Long Beach. The rollicking vaudeville show, set in the early 1900s, will feature comedians, singers, male and female barbershop quartets, musicians, dancers and more. All individual tickets are $10, but new this year, is a one-night only, family ticket on Friday night for just $20. Tickets are available at the Bank of the Pacific in Naselle and Cathlamet; Moore Auto Parts, The Video Store and Sharons Pizza and More in Cathlamet, the Skamokawa Resorts general store and from various cast members. Tickets may also be purchased at the door, although seating is limited. This is a fundraiser that will benefit the ongoing maintenance and restoration of the historic Skamokawa Grange Hall. For more information, call Kay Chamberlain at 795-3425.

Relay for Life

    ILWACO The 2012 Relay For Life of the Long Beach Peninsula will be held this Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30 at the Ilwaco Middle/High School track. Registration opens at 2:30 p.m. There will be an official welcome at 4 p.m. and opening ceremonies are scheduled for 7 p.m. For more information please contact Christa Orozco at 665-2701 or Linda Yeager, 503-325-5158.

Beach cleanup talk

    KLIPSAN  On June 29, there will be a potluck at 5 p.m., with a speaker following at the Peninsula Senior Activity Center in support of the upcoming community beach cleanup set for July 5. The event is open to all. There is no cost, but attendees are asked to bring a dish to serve seven to 10 people. (Come early to pick up cleanup supplies.) The speaker will be Brian Atwater from the U.S. Geological Survey in Seattle. Lessons for Washington residents and visitors can be found in eyewitness accounts of the survivors of the Japan and Indonesia tsunamis.

Candidate meet & greet

    LONG BEACH Bryan West, candidate for county commission District No. 2, is holding a meet and greet from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 29 at Long Beach Coffee Roasters in the First Place Mall.

Al-Anon family group

    KLIPSAN An Al-Anon family group meets from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. every Friday in the conference room at Golden Sands, 21608 O Lane at Klipsan Beach.  The group is open to anyone who has been affected by alcohol use in a family member or friend.  For information call 665-2510.

OBH support group

    ILWACO Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics Cancer Support Group will meet Friday, June 29, at 2 p.m. in the Ilwaco Community Building meeting room. The support group is part of the hospitals oncology outreach and education program. Cyndy Soule, a member of the hospitals chemotherapy team, will facilitate the meeting. Current and past cancer patients and their families are encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call Cyndy at 642-6327.

Farmers Market

    LONG BEACH Columbia Pacific Farmers Market is open from 3 p.m. to    6 p.m., every Friday in downtown Long Beach. Come check out the wide variety of homegrown foods and flowers, and the onsite prepared goodies.  There will also be music by George Coleman, and lots of fun so come downtown and enjoy.

CERT info booth & more

    LONG BEACH The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will be manning at booth at the Columbia Pacific Market in Long Beach each Friday through September. Stop by, visit and see what they are all about. They are also selling raffle tickets to raise money for the club to buy emergency response backpacks. For information call Douglas Levitt at 642-0736.

Pinochle

    LONG BEACH  The Elks Lodge at 110 N. Pacific Hwy., in Long Beach has open pinochle games each Friday beginning at 12:30 p.m., in a back room of the lodge. The cost is $1.50 and you need not be a member to play. Call 642-2749 or 541-601-2542 with questions.

Art around town

    PENINSULA Peninsula Arts Association members are showing artwork at the Ocean Beach Hospital in Ilwaco.  There are paintings in oil, watercolor and acrylics, as well as collage, pastels and photography. All artwork is framed, signed and most are for sale. At the Ilwaco library, pastels by Joyce Wingett and photography by Nancy Meyrick are on display also with most for sale. There are a wide variety of subjects at both venues that everyone will enjoy.

Saturday, June 30

Saturday Market

    ILWACO Saturday Market at the Port of Ilwaco is open every Saturday, rain or shine, all summer long from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come on down and shop for farm fresh produce, handmade arts and crafts, plants, flowers and all manner of seafood, or just enjoy a stroll along the waterfront in Ilwaco.

Open Trail Challenge

    MENLO The Pacific County 4H Horse leader volunteers are hosting an open to the public trail challenge and gaming playday on Saturday, June 30 with registration starting at 7 a.m. and on Sunday, July 1 at 9 a.m., in the horse barn. Bring your horse no stallions allowed! The events will be held in the area at the Menlo Fairgrounds.  The public is invited to attend with or without a horse. The 4H horse leaders will have the only food booth at the event. This event is a fundraiser for the 4H horse program. There will be different types of vendors including crafts, western art, a horse tack sale, Native American arts and crafts and more. Saturday night there will be a bonfire and marshmallow roast. Bring your own stick, marshmallows will be provided. Plan to have fun! For information call Val Rowe at 942-7422.

Summerfest

    LONG BEACH Come to downtown Long Beach and enjoy free horse and wagon rides around town, performances by the Beards Hollow Pirates, a sidewalk chalk art contest and kids will enjoy the fire safety information along with a visit from Smokey Bear. Plus on Saturday there will be music by North Coast Blues and on Sunday Double J and the Boys will perform.

Car cruise

    LONG BEACH  Members of the Beach Barons Car Club are planning to cruise to the Clatskanie Car Show on June 30. All who are interested, whether a member of not, should meet at Pioneer Market in Long Beach. Cruisers will head out at 7:30 a.m. The club will also hold a potluck after the show. Anyone interested is welcome.

Serenade series

    SEAVIEW The serenade series continues at the SouWester Lodge in Seaview with open mic with a featured musician performing from 6 p.m. to        9 p.m., on  Saturday, June 30. The lodge is located at 3728 J Place on the Seaview beach approach road. Call 642-2542 with questions.

Cribbage

    LONG BEACH The Cribbage Club meets every Saturday at 1 p.m. at Pioneer Tavern in Long Beach. The play will be according to ACC rules. The cost is $5, with double elimination and 100 percent payback. Anyone with an interest is invited. For more information call 642-3994.

Sunday, July 1

Trek across Tokeland

    TOKELAND  The second annual Trek Across Tokeland will be Sunday, July 1.  Registration takes place at the Tradewinds on the Bay from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The $5 registration includes a sack lunch, a coupon for a Nelson Crab shrimp cocktail, and one ticket for a drawing to win a walking stick. Trek the beach, stroll through the woods, meander the golf course.  If you are more adventurous, bring your hiking boots and sign up for the 2 p.m., four-mile hike. Purchase a T-shirt. This year there will be short sleeved as well as long sleeved shirts. All proceeds will go to the continuing effort to get a permanent trail system in Tokeland. Call Anna at 360-581-4270 for more information.

Free Music at the Gallery  

    Ocean Park From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., this Sunday, July 1, local musicians Barbara Bate, Pete Hanner and Bette Lu Krause come together at the Bay Avenue Gallery. Theyll sing and play popular songs that celebrate summer, the Fourth of July, friendship, and of course love! Come join with neighbors and friends for an hour of toe-tapping fun. The Bay Avenue Gallery is now in its expanded location at 1406 Bay Avenue in Ocean Park.  Call 665-5200 for information.

Vesper services

    OYSTERVILLE The next Vespers program of the summer is set for         3 p.m., July 1 at the historic Oysterville church. Pastor Jim Tweedie from Ocean Beach Presbyterian Church will preside over the gathering. The Presbyterian choir under the direction of Bob Walters will perform, with Karen McNees as organist. The Oysterville moment will be provided by Diane Buttrell. All are welcome to this casual, uplifting get together.

Interfaith gathering

    NASELLE All are welcome to join the Columbia Shores Interfaith gathering on the first Sunday of each month at the Naselle library community room beginning at 11 a.m. All paths and faiths are welcome. Enjoy a soul refreshing gathering of like minded souls who offer simple wisdom for complicated times. For more information go to csinterfaith.spruz.com.

Attention women and girls

    LONG BEACH Come to the Long Beach Grange, located at 5715 Sandridge Road, the second Sunday of each month now through December at 1 p.m., and bring your talents in arts, crafts, poetry, photography, cooking, canning, crocheting, sewing and any other craft/hobby you are interested in.  Come with a desire to chat, teach and learn from each other. Refreshments will be available. (Grange membership is not required). The grange is a voluntary organization that is dedicated to helping build a better community through teaching, sharing and serving.

Monday, July 2

Beach Barons meeting

    OCEAN PARK The Beach Barons Car Club meets the first Monday of each month in the clubhouse just south of Bay Avenue in Ocean Park. The next meeting is set for July 2. Anyone with an interest is welcome. For information call 642-3998 or 665-5743.

Skinny Wanabees

    LONG BEACH  Want to lose a few pounds? A lot of pounds? Starting at    9 a.m., on July 2, you are invited to attend the meeting of Skinny Wanabees at the Elks Lodge in Long Beach. There is no charge, nothing to buy, but plenty to lose. We will weigh in (just like Weight Watchers) and will share recipes, ideas and friendship and shed a pound or two. This is open to the public so bring your friends. See you there! Call 642-8244 with questions.

Weight Room open

    ILWACO The weight room will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Peterson Field stadium in Ilwaco this summer.

Yoga

    SEAVIEW  Get your stretch on with yoga led by Ivy Ricci on Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from    10 a.m. to 11 a.m., located at the Souwester Lodge, 3728 Seaview Beach Approach Road. The cost if $5 per class. Call 642-2542 with questions.

AA meetings

    OCEAN PARK and SEAVIEW Alcoholics Anonymous has two group meetings on the Peninsula. The Ocean Park group meets at 7:30 p.m., at the Ocean Park Methodist Church at 1202 262nd Place on Mondays and Fridays. The second group meets seven days a week at 6:30 a.m., noon and 8 p.m., at 4603 Pacific Highway in Seaview. For more information you can call 642-2902 or go to http://area72aa.org.

Tuesday, July 3

CERT training

    LONG BEACH The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency is hosting a 10-week training course for Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). This free training runs every Tuesday through Aug. 25, from 6 p.m. to   9 p.m. at the Pacific County Administration Building on Sandridge Road in Long Beach. Participants are not required to attend all courses, though complete attendance is required to graduate from the program. Courses include: disaster preparedness, fire safety, disaster triage, disaster medical, victim search, rescue organizations, team organization, disaster psychology and animal rescue. Trained CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace in the event of a disaster. To register, contact Natasha Nesbitt at 642-9409 or via email at nnesbitt@co.pacific.wa.us.

Masonic meeting

    ILWACO Occident Lodge No. 99 meets at noon every Tuesday for a no host luncheon at the Imperial Schooner Restaurant at the Port of Ilwaco. Sojourners are welcome. For information call Jim at 665-6577 or Norm at 642-2258.

Wednesday, July 4

Art in the Park

    OCEAN PARK Come one, come all to Roy Sheldon Park in Ocean Park for Art in the Park, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 4. Come enjoy various forms of local art while you wait and watch the Fourth of July parade. Anyone interested in joining this event should contact Colleen at 665-5385.

Fourth of July grand parade

    OCEAN PARK  To celebrate the Independence Day holiday, the Peninsula serves up fun with many family-friendly activities including the Funtastic grand parade on Wednesday, July 4 at 1 p.m. in Ocean Park. See the many floats, pets, marching bands, fire engines, horses and much more from a front row seat along the downtown streets. Kids and adults alike enjoy this down-home style main street parade.

Fireworks show

    LONG BEACH On July 4, starting at dusk (9:30 p.m. or so) fireworks will be set off in front of the boardwalk between Sid Snyder Drive and Bolstad Avenue in Long Beach. Plus you can enjoy the hours of spectacular before and after show fireworks that can be seen up and down the length of our 28 miles of beach. This is one of those has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed events. Watch the fireworks show from one of the oceanfront hotels, sitting on the beach in your beach chairs or even in your vehicle or sitting anywhere in the downtown area near the beach. With plenty of areas to view the fireworks, there is always room to see the spectacular show!

Bake sale

    OCEAN PARK The Women of the Moose are holding their famous Fourth of July bake sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 4. Goodies galore will be available at the Ocean Park Food Bank on Bay Avenue, east of the Berry Patch Restaurant. Watch the parade, then treat yourself to something delicious, and help feed the needy. All proceeds go to the Ocean Park Food Bank.

Neptune Classic Movies

    LONG BEACH No show, enjoy the holiday!

Future Events

Chinook Food Bank

    CHINOOK Friends of Chinook School is sponsoring the Chinook Food Bank in the Chinook School building at 810 State Route 101 in Chinook. The food bank will be open July 5 and July 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call Loma at 777-8367 with questions.

Artisan fair

    OYSTERVILLE The second annual artisan fair at the Oysterville school, featuring more than 27 local artists, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7.

Starving Artists Sale

    KLIPSAN Peninsula Arts Association is having their annual Starving Artists Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 7 at the Peninsula Senior Activity Center at 21603 O Lane in Klipsan. This venue consists of artists cleaning out their studios. Nothing is priced at more than $50, many are priced less than that. Proceeds go to benefit the scholarship fund. PAA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Call 665-4592 for more information.

Feel the Thunder

    ILWACO  On Saturday, July 7, starting at dusk, you dont want to miss the Feel The Thunder fireworks show at the Port of Ilwaco. Bring your chairs and sit comfortably overlooking the docks to watch the beautiful display without ever getting sand in your shoes. Ample parking and a beautiful water setting make this event a must-see also. Vendors are also open along the docks offering food and more before, during and after the fireworks display.

Northwest Life

    SKAMOKAWA  Redmen Hall will be starting their summer season with an exhibit of work by four members of the Lower Columbian Artists Association. The  exhibit of paintings by these four is titled Art from a Northwest Life featuring these artists visions of our beautiful Pacific  Northwest. They are Mitzi Christensen, Alan Brunk, Nancy Knowles and  Ramona Lauzon all well known artists in this area. They are a lovely introduction to the season when we all start to look anew at the beauty around us and we are proud to have such excellent guides to our summer awakening. The exhibit runs from July 7 through Aug. 12 and there will be a reception for the artists on Sunday, July 8 from 1 p.m. to          3 p.m. The hall is open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. Redmen Hall is located in beautiful downtown Skamokawa at 1394 SR-4. Come see the renovation of much of this historic town. The phone is 795-3007 for information.

Tennis camp

    LONG BEACH  There are four camp sessions this summer set for youth ages 7 through 18, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The first session runs July 9 through July 13; the second session is July 16 through July 19, the third session is July 24 through July 26 and the fourth session is July 30 through Aug. 3. These classes have a nominal fee and are designed to work on hand-eye coordination and basic fundamentals and techniques while learning self-control, enjoying healthy competition and making new friends in a fun setting. Players are required to wear non-marking court shoe and tennis-type clothing. Little racquets are available to use during the classes. Kids can sign up for one or all four sessions. Call Steve at 642-3622 to register.

Play auditions

    ILWACO Auditions for four one-act plays will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 11 at the River City Playhouse located at 127 Lake Street in Ilwaco. Eight men, 11 women and one teen are needed. Performances will be Aug. 23 through Aug. 26. For information call Joyce 665-3939.

Managing chronic illnesses

    ILWACO Teaching individuals to take charge and manage their chronic illnesses in partnership with their physicians is the focus of the upcoming workshops at Ocean Beach Hospital in Ilwaco. This series of classes will be held on Thursday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., starting July 12 and running through Aug. 16. Space is limited. For more information contact Denise Ross, RN at 642-6308.

Transits Quarterly Board Meeting

    LONG BEACH  The Pacific Transit Authority Board will hold its regular quarterly meeting at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 12. The meeting will be held at the Pacific County Office Buildings meeting room at 7013 Sandridge Road, in Long Beach. Two public hearings will be on the agenda: one on the 7-Year Transportation Development Plan & 2011 Annual Report; the other to amend the 2012 Capital Budget.  The public is invited to come and be heard.

Commissioner candidate forum

    KLIPSAN  The public is invited to meet the county commissioner candidates at an open forum on July 12, at 7 p.m., at the Peninsula Senior Activity Center, located at 21603 Pacific Highway in Klipsan. The Willapacific Chapter of the AAUW, American Association of University Women, will host the issues forum.  All of the candidates will be available for questions. For more information call 665-6074.

Clamshell Railroad Days

    LONG BEACH  Celebrate the history of the only railroad that ran with the tides at the Clamshell Railroad Days on Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., both days. The cost for admission is only $5 per person and includes a free souvenir pin plus museum entrance for two days.   Children under 12 are admitted free. Local historian Harry Bell will give a slide presentation beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday and at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. The theme is the Ilwaco Rail and Navigation Company, which served the Long Beach Peninsula from 1889 to 1930. Bus tours of the old rail lines are offered each day.   Historian Bell along with Nancy Gorshe of the Depot will host these bus tours.  On Saturday, the tour will cover Ilwaco to Nahcotta from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday will cover Nahcotta to Megler from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The bus tours cost $5 per person and reservations are required. Kids will have plenty of fun with an expanded Lego train plus the Kids Craft Caboose at the Museum.  The Pullman Passenger car Nahcotta will also delight young and old. Model railroad clubs from Oregon and Washington are participating with the return of the Portland Cascade Z-Scale and their fantastic diorama.   The Mount Rainer N-Scale Club wowed last years visitors with their 34 foot long exhibit and will be returning with new additions this year. For more information call 642-3446.

Music In The Gardens

    LONG BEACH  Enjoy the lovely gardens of the Long Beach Peninsula during the upcoming Music In The Gardens event to be held Saturday, July 21. The self-guided tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with tickets available for $15 per person. Treat yourself to a visual feast as you walk among the beautiful gardens. While you stroll through the gardens, listen to live music performed by local musicians. Some gardens will have recorded music playing of artists to be featured at this years Jazz and Oysters event in August and the Water Music Festival in October. Available one week in advance and the day of the event, you can find tickets at the following locations: Basketcase Greenhouse, 12106 Sandridge Road, Long Beach; The English Nursery at the corner of Hwy 101 and Hwy 103 in Seaview; and Adelaides at 1401 Bay Avenue in Ocean Park. Visit the peaceful, musical gardens during Music In The Gardens for your own inspiration and/or relaxation. For more information about Music In The Gardens, please visit http://watermusicfestival.com/music-in-the-gardens.

Ilwaco Tuna Classic

     ILWACO  Two full days of fishing will be enjoyed during the annual Ilwaco Tuna Classic. Bigger and better than ever this year, the fishing will be held on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28, with more festivities on Sunday, July 29 at the Port of Ilwaco. The Ilwaco Tuna Classic fishing begins on Friday and continues through Saturday. Sunday will feature a wrap-up event with official weigh-in, vendor booths, huge barbecue, raffle, auction and final results announced.  There will also be a scavenger hunt on Saturday for those not fishing, so bring your family. You are invited to join the cause by participating in the Ilwaco Tuna Classic and registration ends July 22. Register today to secure your spot. Participate in the Ilwaco Tuna Classic for the fishing fun and help out our coastal communities with your tuna food bank donations.  

Race Against Violence

    LONG BEACH The third annual Race Against Violence is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. Created as way to honor Lisa Bonney, the 5K run/walk is held to raise domestic awareness and raise funds for domestic violence support, resources and prevention education materials. Entry fees are $22 to receive an event T-shirt ($27 after the July 22 deadline), and $12 without the T-shirt ($17 after July 22). Participants can register online at www.dvawareness.org/race, or in person at the Long beach Train Depot (at 3rd and Pacific North in Long Beach) on Friday, Aug. 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and the morning of the race from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The walk portion is non-competitive; trophies will be awarded to the top four male and female runners. For more information, log onto www.dvawareness.org, or write to Domestic Violence Awareness Project, P.O. Box 833, Ocean Park, WA 98640.

Book discussion

    NASELLE From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., July 24, adults are invited to participate in a discussion of the books. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin and The Good Daughter by Joyce Maynard. Books are available for checkout at the circulation desk. For information call 484-3877.

Soccer workshop

    OCEAN PARK Youth ages 4 through 12 are invited to learn the basics of futbol at a workshop hosted by New York youth soccer coach Sashamani Francois. From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 11 and Sunday, Aug. 12, Francois will teach new futbol techniques at Ocean Park Elementary. The fee to participate is $25 per day or $40 for both days. For more information, log onto www.futurestarsfutbolny.com, or contact manager Chloe Leichman at 206-919-4379 or chloe.leichman@gmail.com.