Enjoy 34th Garlic Festival
Poster reveal moves to opening day
OCEAN PARK, Wash. — The 34th
annual NW Garlic Festival will
take place at Wilson Field, lo-
cated at 25815 Sandridge Road.
Get ready to celebrate anything
and everything imaginable that
might look, taste, smell or en-
hance the fragrant clove. The
festival will take place from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June
20 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 21.
The festival is free to attend
and features food and craft
vendors offering up garlic in
every way imaginable: garlic
food, decor, bird houses, art,
pottery, soaps, jewelry and
more. On Saturday, enjoy mu-
sic by the Brownsmead Flats
and Greg Parke. On Sunday,
the Ilwaco High School Jazz
Band and the North Coast
Blues Band will perform.
The Peninsula Arts Associ-
ation has moved the reveal of
this year’s NW Garlic Festival
poster to the opening day of the
event. At 10 a.m. Saturday, the
NW Garlic Festival
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 21
Wilson Field
25815 Sandridge Road,
Ocean Park, Wash.
360-665-4448
Free
winning artist and artwork will
be announced center-stage as
the festival opens. Also, pre-
cisely at that time, posters will
be on sale at PAA’s tent, and
bidding in the silent auction of
the framed original will open.
For collectors who favor the
lower poster numbers, or for
those who want to get a jump
on the silent auction bidding,
plan to be at the festival at 10
a.m. sharp.
The
12-inch-by-18-inch
posters are offered in a limit-
ed edition of 100 and priced
at $20 each. Signed by the
artist and numbered, they are
packaged in a protective clear
bag with backboard and certif-
icate of authenticity. New this
year will be a small amount of
greeting cards featuring the
winning image available for
purchase, and, of course, post-
ers from previous years will
be on hand, too (except 2013,
which has sold out).
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sales and silent auction are
designated as a fundraiser for
PAA’s Infrastructure Fund.
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group uses this fund to main-
tain and improve the materials
needed to produce art shows
and art events. PAA supports
an annual high school gradu-
ate scholarship and maintains
an Art Enrichment Fund for
school and community art
projects.
For more information, visit
the Ocean Park Area Chamber
of Commerce Garlic Festival
website at www.nwgarlicfesti-
val.org, or call 360-665-4448.
For information about the Pen-
insula Arts Association, email
penart321@gmail.com
marie POWELL
shoalwater cove gallery
ORIGINAL FINE ART
on the waterfront l port of ilwaco
marie-powell.com l 360.244.0800
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Organizer to speak about marriage equality
Lower Columbia Diversity Project to host Thalia Zepatos
ASTORIA — On the eve of
the Supreme Court’s ruling
on marriage equality, join
the Lower Columbia Di-
versity Project for a look
back on the marriage equal-
ity campaign with one of its
most dedicated and passion-
ate leaders, Thalia Zepatos
of Freedom to Marry.
Zepatos will present “Love
Stories: How personal nar-
ratives transformed the Mar-
riage Equality Campaign”
from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday,
June 18 in the Judge Boying-
ton Building, located at 857
Commercial St. The event is
free and open to the public.
Zepatos has 30 years’ ex-
perience as a community or-
ganizer, campaign manager
and political consultant, fo-
cusing on building political
power for under-represented
communities.
Submitted photo
Thalia Zepatos of Freedom to Marry will
speak June 18 in Astoria.
She began fighting an-
ti-LGBT ballot measures in
her home state of Oregon in
1988 and has subsequently
been involved in fighting
dozens of other anti-gay
measures in communities
across the U.S.
Since 2004, when a wave
of Constitutional amend-
ments banning same-sex
marriage were placed on
the ballots of states across
the country, Zepatos has fo-
cused on cracking the mes-
saging code on marriage,
resulting in four statewide
ballot wins in November
2012 — the first-ever victo-
ries at the ballot.
Her collaborative ap-
proach to message research
led to the development of
Why Marriage Matters — a
public education partnership
of 30 state and national or-
ganizations — and Familia
es Familia, a national part-
nership of two-dozen Latino
civil rights organizations.
For more information,
contact the Lower Columbia
Diversity Project at lcdiver-
sityproject@gmail.com or
call 503-325-1895.
Fort Clatsop hosts Summer Solstice 5K
ASTORIA — Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park hosts
the second of a trail run/walk
series Saturday, June 20 to
celebrate the transition from
spring to summer.
The Lewis & Clark Trail
Series includes three differ-
ent exhilarating events along
beautiful trails through forest
landscapes, complete with a
welcoming and friendly race
atmosphere. These events are
open to walkers and runners
of all ages and provide the
opportunity to experience the
Northwest coast the way peo-
ple have done it for thousands
of years — on footpaths.
The Summer Solstice 5K
at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 20
is the next event in the series.
This approximately 5K course
features the Netul River Trail.
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front gate of the Fort Clatsop
replica. This course is rela-
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feet of elevation change.
Allow time to park at one
of the Fort Clatsop Visitor
Center parking lots, check in
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Runners and walkers take off during a previous run at Fort Clatsop in March.
at the visitor center, and walk
the 100 yards to the fort.
Pre-register in person, or
register that day from 5 to
5:45 p.m., at the Fort Clatsop
Visitor Center. The cost to
participate is the purchase of
a $10 Annual Park Pass that
grants entry into all of the
2015 Lewis & Clark Trail Se-
ries events. Registration is free
with any pass that allows entry
into our nation’s 407 Nation-
al Park Service units. Partici-
pants younger than 18 years
old need a parent or guardian
to sign the registration.
The Lewis & Clark Trail Se-
ries is sponsored by the Lewis
& Clark National Park Associ-
ation, which supports park edu-
cation and interpretative activi-
ties. The third event in the series
is scheduled for Sept. 26. For
more information, call the park
at 503-861-2471.