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Lincoln City Cultural Center will say a final
farewell to one of its long-serving volunteers on
Valentine’s Day weekend, with a brunch and art sale
in honor of Lucille Bacon, who died in June.
“Stalwart volunteer, patron of the arts and lover
of animals, Lucille Bacon lived with generosity and
spirit,” said center Executive Director Niki Price.
The festivities will begin on Saturday, Feb. 15,
with the “I Love Lucille Brunch,” running from
10 am to 1 pm in the center’s auditorium. The
buffet will include potato cakes, citrus-marinated
Portobello mushrooms and onion marmalade, along
with berry-stuffed French toast, scrambled eggs,
banana nut muffins, fresh fruit and special tapioca
parfaits. Fresh Cape Foulweather Coffee will be
included with the meal. Champagne, wine and
mimosas will be available for purchase.
Tickets, $30 per person, are available at www.
lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or from the Visitor
Information Center. The meal will include a spoken
tribute to Lucille, and her friends are invited to
share memories and stories. Those who attend the
brunch will have the first chance to view Lucille’s
Art Sale, also arranged in the auditorium.
Lucille and her husband, Alan, moved to
Salishan after her retirement from PGE in 1989.
She gave her time and energy to many causes,
including the Driftwood Public Library and the
hospital auxiliary, and supported cultural causes
like Neskowin Chamber Music and the Siletz Bay
Music Festival.
When Lucille died at the age of 91, she left her
collection of original paintings, imported kilim rugs,
fine pottery and art furniture to the Lincoln City
Cultural Center.
Love is Love
Hearts and Flowers will fill the lobby of Oregon
Coast Community College’s Newport campus this
Saturday, Feb. 8, as PFLAG hosts its annual Love is
Love Valentine party.
The party will celebrate the power of love in all
its wonderful and surprising forms — young and
old, gay and straight — with live music, poetry and
sweet treats. There will also be a special ceremony
honoring newlyweds and longest-married couples,
both gay and straight.
Live music will be provided by Past Forward,
with a lineup of traditional and modern love songs.
Teen poets and writers representing the Gay/
Straight Alliance Clubs from Lincoln County high
schools will read their work, and adults will read
Lincoln City’s
olden years
Several of those pieces will be added to the
permanent collection at the center. The remainder
will be featured at the “I Love Lucille Art Sale,”
open to the public from 1 to 5 pm on Saturday,
Feb. 15, and from 9 am to 5 pm on Sunday, Feb.
16, and Monday, Feb. 17. Admission to the art sale
is free. There will be a guest sign-in book, and the
opportunity to donate to the center in Lucille’s
name.
The Lincoln City Cultural Center is located at
540 NE Hwy. 101.
• To share a photograph, a story or a message
about Lucille, drop by the center, or email them to
Niki Price at lcccdirector@gmail.com.
striking modern and traditional love poetry,
Guests will also get to choose from a selection
of Valentine desserts donated by local bakers and
churches.
And volunteers will be staffing a table of hearts,
flowers, glitter and glue for guests to create their
own handmade Valentine cards for that special
someone.
“With this Valentine Party for old and young,
gay and straight, we’re bringing people together
to celebrate the power of love in our lives,” said
PFLAG Chair Jeanne St John. “After all, Love is
Love!”
Love is Love will run from 2 to 4 pm in the
lobby of the college at 400 SE College Way.
Admission is free but donations will support
PFLAG’s programs for LGBT youth.
For more information or to be included as
newlyweds, call 541-265-7194 or 509-359-0559.
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With Valentine’s Day on the
horizon, Antique & Collectible
Week is inviting couples, singles
and even busloads full of treasure
hunters to fall in love with Lincoln
City.
The week kicks off on Saturday,
Feb. 8, with the Lincoln City
Chamber of Commerce Super
Auction, offering guests the
chance to bid on more than 180
items ranging from gift baskets
to artwork and jewelry to gravel
— all donated by local businesses.
The silent and live auction, a fund-
raiser for the chamber, runs from
5 to 9 pm at Chinook’s Seafood
Grill, 1501 NW 40th Place.
From Saturday, Feb. 8, through
Monday, Feb. 17, antique lovers
can get in the running for a special
prize by taking part in the Antique
& Collectible Week Scavenger
Hunt — see sidebar. The winner
will receive a Sweetheart Package
from Chinook Winds Casino
Resort, including a two-night stay
with dinner and concert tickets.
On Sunday, Feb. 9, families
and artists of all ages can take
advantage of “Art from the Heart”
make-and-take valentine workshop
at the Lincoln City Cultural
Center. Run by art educator Krista
Eddy, this drop-in workshop offers
creative souls the chance to create
their own Valentines using glitter
and glue, button and bows, stickers
and stitchery, and bobs and knobs.
The workshop runs from 1 to 3
pm at the cultural center, located at
540 NE Hwy. 101. Donations to
the center are greatly appreciated.
And last but not least, treasure
hunters can stroll matchless miles
of beaches in hope of finding a
special antique Japanese glass float
Find antique Japanese glass
floats on the beach during
Lincoln City’s Antique Week
Scavenger Hunt stops
Sue Bear’s Attic, 1397 N. North-
bank Road, Otis
The Little Antique Mall, 3128 NE
Hwy. 101
Sea Hag Antiques, 3126 NE Hwy.
101
Sea the Light, 1610 NE Hwy. 101
Rocking Horse Mall, 1542 NE
Hwy. 101
Granny’s Antiques & Collect-
ibles, 1520 NE Hwy. 101
The Kelp Bed, 1230 NW 15th
Street
Nelscott House Antiques, 3200
SW Hwy. 101
Robert’s Book Shop, 3412 SE
Hwy. 101
left by the Lincoln City Float
Fairies as part of the long-running
Finders Keepers program. The
rules are simple; you find it, you
keep it.
For more information on
Finders Keepers, go to www.
oregoncoast.org/glass-floats.