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About Oregon Coast today. (Lincoln City, OR) 2005-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 2019)
coast culture BLUE WATER PHOTOGRAPHY LON FRENCH PHOTOS Get pumped, for the Neskowin harvest festival Food, fun and fellowship will be on offer this Saturday, Oct. 5, as Neskowin Valley School presents its 37th Annual Harvest Festival. The festival is the independent school’s biggest fundraising event of the year and promises a full slate of engaging activities to keep guests entertained all day. Festival-goers of all ages can dance the day away to live music and browse the outdoor market where local farmers and artisans will offer produce, fresh-pressed apple cider and artisan crafts. Children can enjoy a variety of activities, field games, a garden tea party, arts and crafts, face painting and more. Great food will be available for purchase at the Slab Creek Grill and the Bakery Cafe. A beer garden will feature craft beer from Beachcrest Brewing Company, Rusty Truck Brewing and Pelican Brewing. There will also be a wine table, sampling and pouring a variety of wines. Throughout the day, guests can bid in a silent auction boasting more than 100 items donated by local businesses, valued at more than $10,000. “We’ve received overwhelming support from many local businesses to possibly make this our best fundraising event yet,” said Neskowin parent Beth Venti. The festival will run from 10 am to 5:30 Music schedule Jon Paxman: 10-10:30 am Carolina: 10:45-11:30 am NVS Kids Music: 11:45 am-noon George Thompson & Tom Tucker: Noon- 12:45 pm NVS Ukulele Kids: 12:45-1 pm Live Auction: 1-1:30 pm Donna and the Side Effects: 1:30-2:30 pm ZuhG Trio: 2:45-4 pm Special Guest: 4:15-5:30 pm pm at Neskowin Valley School campus, located just south of Neskowin at 10005 Slab Creek Road. For more information about the school and the festival, contact Jon Paxman at 503- 392-3124 or jon@neskowinvalleyschool.com or go to www.neskowinvalleyschool.com. 22 • oregoncoastTODAY.com • facebook.com/oregoncoasttoday • September 27, 2019 Haunting season opens in Lincoln City Politics is quickly surpassing horror movies as the scariest thing on TV. So, it is fitting that Haunted Taft has drafted in members of Lincoln City Council to host the chilling ghost tours for a special session on Friday, Oct. 4. The lantern-lit excursions along the shore of Siletz Bay are packed with encounters that shed new light on ghostly goings on and uncanny occurrences in the historic Taft District. Tour participants can expect to hear stories about the mysterious Ghost Schooner of Siletz Bay, the spooky goings-on at the Oregon Coast’s oldest continuously operated pub, an eerie local Bigfoot sighting, as well as the spirits of city ordinances that refuse to die, all during a spine-chilling walking tour of Historic Taft. On the Friday, Oct. 4, tours, guests will meet Dick “Honest Abe” Anderson, Riley “Haunted” Hoagland, Diane “Boo” Kusz, Mitch “Poltergeist” Parsons, Rick “Mysterious” Mark and others who already haunt residents’ dreams via public access television. Who knows, Judy “The Friendly Ghost” Casper might even make an appearance. As a special thank-you for all the help that Lincoln City businesses and citizens have given in making Haunted Taft a success, anyone with a 97367 zip code can buy tickets for the Friday, Oct. 4, tours at half price. To claim a half-price ticket, email Shellie Stuart at shellie@taftbeach.com. October Tours • Friday, Oct. 4 — Extra Scary City Coun- cil Tour, 6 and 7 pm • Saturday, Oct. 5 — 6 pm • Friday, Oct. 11 — Sunset Tour at 5:30 pm and Twilight Tour at 7:30 pm • Saturday, Oct. 12 — Sunset Tour at 5:30 pm and Twilight Tour at 7:30 pm • Sunday, Oct. 13 — Full Moon Tour at 7 pm • Friday, Oct. 18 — Sunset Tour at 5:30 pm and Twilight Tour at 7 pm • Saturday, Oct. 19 — Sunset Tour at 5:30 pm and Twilight Tour at 7 pm • Friday, Oct. 25 — Sunset Tour at 5:30 pm and Twilight Tour at 7 pm • Saturday, Oct. 26 — Sunset Tour at 5:30 pm and Twilight Tour at 7 pm Haunted Taft will continue throughout October with its regular crew of guides. Tours from Oct. 4 through 13 are walking tours, covering just under a mile of walking on flat, wheelchair-accessible surfaces. Rain ponchos are available to borrow. For tours from Oct. 18 to 26, guests will travel on a mini-bus provided by Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Tickets, $10 for kids and $20 for adults, are available at HauntedTaft.com.
