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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.
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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.