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The FisherPoets Gathering
thanks the following supporters:
Clatsop Community College, since the beginning, for its
abiding, visionary staff support and for equipment,
KMUN Coast Community Radio for bookkeeping, for
being our non-profit home, for promotion and for broad-
casting live Friday and Saturday nights,
The Daily Astorian for donating, since 2013, the publish-
ing, printing and distribution of our programs,
The Oregon Arts Commission for its 2015 $6500 Arts
Builds Communities grant,
The City of Astoria for its $1000 grant from the Arts and
Cultural Fund to Promote Tourism,
The Oregon Folklife Network for its partnership and
documentation support,
Judi and Milt Stewart, longtime supporters, for their
generous $1500 donation to the 2015 FPG in honor of Judi’s
brother Jack Connaway, west coast fisherman and skipper of
the Adios,
Lum’s Auto Center for its $500 contribution to venue
rental expenses,
Englund Marine for sponsoring since 2009 a $250 Dis-
tant Waters Readership to help with travel expenses for indi-
vidual fisherpoets from afar,
Fishhawk Fisheries for sponsoring since 2009 a $250
Distant Waters Readership to help with travel expenses for
individual fisherpoets from afar,
Salmon for All for sponsoring since 2009 a $250 Distant
Waters Readership to help with travel expenses for individu-
al fisherpoets from afar,
The Patricia Friedland Fund of the Oregon Communi-
ty Foundation since 2001 for its annual $250 support grant,
The Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce for na-
tional and regional press releases,
Pat Dixon and Chelsea Stephen for their dedicated
collaboration producing “Anchored in Deep Water,” our new
anthology of fisherpoetry,
Sean, Lynne and Patrick Schutte for donating space for
the 2015 FisherPoets Gearshack,
The Cannery Pier Hotel and the Astoria Riverwalk Inn
for donating rooms to the FPG,
Our venues the Wet Dog Café, Pier 11, the Voodoo
Room, the Columbian Theater, Fort George Brewery and
Public House, the Astoria Event Center, KALA and the Co-
lumbia River Maritime Museum for inviting us all in,
Friends and businesses who donated to our silent auc-
tion,
Scores of volunteers for greasing the FPG gears and, as
always,
Our fisherpoet friends who come, sometimes from very
far away and always mostly on their own dime, to gather this
weekend in Astoria with us.
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