Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum to
present a special, traveling exhibition
Nehalem Bay Garden Club
to hold plant, flower sale
‘Grand Coulee to Grunge’ celebrates Washington’s story
NEHALEM — The Nehalem
Bay Garden Club will hold its
annual Plant and Flower Sale
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-
day May 9 at the old Nehalem
Fire Station, located at 35900
Eighth St.
Club members select and
grow an assortment of plants
suitable for Oregon North
Coast gardens. These include
annuals, perennials, succulents,
shrubs, trees, vegetables, herbs
and fuchsia hanging baskets.
Birdhouses and some garden
art will also be available.
ILWACO, Wash. — From a Star-
bucks store in Malaysia to a
747 on a tarmac in Antarctica,
Washington is everywhere.
We built “the biggest thing on
earth.” We ended a world war.
We introduced air travel and
helped put man on the moon.
The fruits of our labor appear
on dinner tables around the
globe. Even Northwest grun-
ge became iconic worldwide.
Through the ages, big dreams
and big risks tell the Washing-
ton story.
“Grand Coulee to Grunge:
Eight stories that changed the
world” is a traveling exhibit
that will open at 10 a.m. Fri-
day, May 8 and run through
July 5. Organized by Legacy
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of the Secretary of State, this
image-driven exhibit recounts
feats in business, science, tech-
nology and music that helped
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One of the eight stories of “Grand Coulee to
Grunce” looks at Weyerhaeuser’s rise into a
timber empire.
put Washington on the map
globally. Each panel focuses on
a key story of those who strived
to dream big and make a lasting
global impact.
The exhibit spotlights eight
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• “Building the Future”
looks at Weyerhaeuser’s rise
into a timber empire.
• “Created the ‘Eighth
Wonder,’” is a story about the
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building of the Grand Coulee
Dam and how it revolution-
ized Washington agriculture by
bringing irrigation to a parched
eastern Washington, provided
cheap hydroelectric power, and
aided in the production of alu-
minum for Boeing aircraft used
in World War II.
• “Ended the War” reviews
the Hanford Nuclear Reser-
vation’s quiet yet vital role in
providing plutonium for the
atomic bomb dropped on Na-
gasaki, Japan, helping to end
World War II.
• “Introduced Air Travel”
spotlights Boeing’s central role
in aerospace and its contribu-
tions to world air travel, as well
as its role in the creation of the
Saturn V rocket that literally
launched several Apollo mis-
sions to the moon.
• “Feeding the Globe” tells
how Washington’s agriculture
industry grew to become a
worldwide leader in the export
of apples, wheat, potatoes, wine
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• “Exporting the Culture”
is about innovative companies
like Microsoft, Starbucks, Cost-
co and Amazon.com that have
become known worldwide.
• “Rocked the Planet” takes
viewers back to various times
when Washington musicians
reached stardom and legend-
ary status, from crooner Bing
Crosby and famed guitarist
Jimi Hendrix to Nirvana, ex-
ploding onto the rock music
scene in the early 1990s and
helped make grunge a house-
hold word.
• “Wired the World” looks
at how Bill Gates and Paul
Allen formed Microsoft and
transformed it into a computer
software colossus that helped
connect the world and created
thousands of “Microsoft mil-
lionaires” in Washington alone.
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Museum is located at 115 S.E.
Lake St. For more informa-
tion, call 360-642-3446 or visit
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museum.org
years members were likely
to wear white gloves to tea.
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nails. The mission of the club
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Tickets are $1 each or $5 for love of gardening through ed-
six tickets.
ucational programs and activ-
The purpose of the sale is ities.
to share surplus or propagated
It is also a service organi-
plants (many of which are not zation. The club’s charitable
readily available in the retail giving centers around garden-
trade) for a good price. Pro- ing education, agriculture, food
ceeds help fund the club’s char- and the environment. Those
itable giving program.
interested in being recipients
Master Gardeners will be should send a one page propos-
present to answer questions al to PO Box 261, Wheeler OR
and help with problems.
97147.
Nehalem Bay Garden Club
Send questions to President
is in its 66th year, and has Kay Stoltz at 509-993-1381 or
about 50 members. In early kayssurf@gmail.com
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The Nehalem Bay Garden Club will host its plant and flower sale Saturday, May 9.
Garden art show and sale set in Manzanita
See wall art, teapots, more by Hoffman Center Clay Studio artists
MANZANITA — The Hoffman
Center Clay Studio artists will
hold a garden art show and
sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 9 in the Hoff-
man Gardens.
Handmade items will range
from decorative pieces, such
as garden jewelry, wall art and
decorative stakes, to function-
al works — berry and salad
bowls, teapots, votive candle-
holders and sconces. A wide
variety of pots for both indoor
and outdoor plants will also be
available.
Organizers say the sale will
be the perfect place to shop for
Mother’s Day gifts.
Proceeds from the event
will support community pro-
grams at the Hoffman Center
for the Arts, including the Clay
Studio.
The Hoffman Gardens are
located on Laneda Avenue
next to the Manzanita Li-
brary, which is at 571 Laneda
Ave.
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The Hoffman Gardens in Manzanita will host a garden art show and sale May 9.