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hearts and minds o f Vancouver’s queer com begin Sunday, July 10 with the LGBTQ_Film
munity is the recent shuttering o f longtime Festival, featuring award-winning documen
gay bar, LGBTQ^focused fundraising head tary Put this on the (Map) at 4 p.m.
Mid-Columbia Pride chair Jason Kildall
quarters and original planning center for
SITP, The Northbank. Gibson says the clo has fostered the event from what was origi
sure o f the neighborhood hub will impact the nally a vehicle for the Vista Youth Center to
community in more ways than the void left show the youth population what a Pride
by a gay-friendly establishment at which celebration was. The annual event has since
evolved from a few hun
people could gather.
"Although
m
i
are
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n
dred people gathered to
“For many years the
Northbank has been a conservative area, the GLBT gether in a parking lot, to
approximately
3,500
safe place where people community is becoming
people attending a three-
could get out and mingle,”
stronger
and
the
allied
day weekend o f events, to
explains Gibson, who was
a weeklong schedule o f
the bar’s assistant manag community is showing Its
activities. Mid-Columbia
er. Owners Darrell Spoon support.”
Pride has also moved its
and Brent Bartling and
-JASON KILDALL,
management staff are
MID-COLUMBIA PRIDE CHAIR festival and parade itiner
ary out o f Pasco and into
working with organiza
tions such as Cascade A ID S Project and Kennewick, Wash.
Martha’s Pantry, as well as other bar owners,
Kildall notes the LGBTQ_ community’s
to devise a plan to continue fundraising and fortitude during Pride season as a major fac
have a drop-off location where the commu tor for M id-Columbia’s continued growth.
nity can make charitable donations.
“Although we are in a conservative area,
“This year’s Saturday in the Park is going the G L B T community is becoming stronger
to be a kickoff to a new beginning,” Gibson and the allied community is showing its
continues. He says the board o f directors is support,” he explains.
working on obtaining 501(c)(3) status for
What began as a community with a gay
the organization and a community outreach bar now includes Club Out and About,
program to connect with youth and multiple Vista Youth Center, Mid-Columbia Pride,
M C C River o f Life Church, My Friends
in-town resources.
“We are also developing a scholarship Place homeless youth shelter, Benton/
program and hope to be giving away schol Franklin P FLA G , Gay-Straight Alliances
arships to youths or any individual that is and much more.
interested in higher education,” he says. “We
“We are a growing community, taking the
are hoping that this scholarship program steps necessary to blur the lines o f discrimi
will be in place by the beginning o f our next nation and moving forward to make a dif
fiscal year and to be giving away the funds at ference,” Kildall says.
our pride event in 2012.”
On Saturday, July 16, that difference will
Lyle’s Myles— a 5K annual charity walk/ once again be on display during the Miss
run—gets things started in downtown Van Gay Columbia Basin Pageant, held at Out
couver July 9. The run, which benefits Cas and About at 9 p.m. The week culminates in
cade A ID S Project, Martha’s Pantry and the Mid-Columbia Pride March and Festi
Global Partners for Development— begins at val Sunday,July 17 in downtown Kennewick,
8:30 a.m. and is open to all.
Wash, beginning at 2 p.m., followed by the
Just slightly farther north of the Washing festival at Keewaydin Park from 3 to 6 p.m.
ton border, Mid-Columbia Pride celebrates
its fifth year with a full schedule of events July For more information on Saturday in the Park ,
10-17. With Club Out and About (327 W. visit sitppride.info.home or lylesmyles.com. For
Lewis St., Pasco, Wash.) acting as headquar the complete Mid-Columbia Pride itinerary ,
ters for the beginning o f the week, festivities search “Mid-Columbia Pride" on Face book.
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