Buddy Walk at the Beach registration and contest opens
SEASIDE — While most peo-
ple are excited when they ap-
proached high school graduation
and look toward the future as
full of possibility, young people
with disabilities “age out of the
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selves without the support, pro-
gramming and services they re-
ceived during their school years.
The Buddy Walk at the
Beach is a Down syndrome and
special needs awareness walk
representing Tillamook and Clat-
sop counties. This year’s 11th
annual walk is set for Sept. 19 at
Quatat Park. Buddy walkers will
be dressed in bright colors, pro-
moting community awareness
and will introduce an additional
vision: To create a living, work-
ing, respite community for peo-
ple with special needs and those
who share their journey, a place
where everyone can learn, grow
and thrive on the North Coast.
Sammy’s Place, an Oregon
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sponsor this year’s Buddy Walk at
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The Buddy Walk, set for Sept. 19, will promote awareness about developmental disabili-
ties and the vision Sammy’s Place has for those with special needs.
the Beach. Sammy’s Place values
the uniqueness of each individual
and will strive to create opportu-
nities for everyone to discover
and realize their full potential.
The current Sammy’s Place
board of directors have been
diligent over the last 18 months,
completing the work involved to
broaden its mission from respite
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to include living and work re-
sources. Other immediate tasks
for the board members will be
strategic planning, including the
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cial sustainability.
This group envisions to ob-
tain North Coast acreage and to
eventually build facilities where
everyone is invited to contrib-
ute, regardless of their abilities.
Sammy’s Place imagines oppor-
tunities that lead to community
integration through ideas, such
as organic farming, farmers mar-
ket vending, animal husbandry,
farmstead cheese production and
artisan crafts.
The goal for this year’s Bud-
dy Walk at the Beach is to raise
$30,000 to support Sammy’s
Place’s vision of establishing a
living and working community
for adults with special needs on
the North Coast.
Walkers can build teams to
collect donations for the Buddy
Walk and strive for big prizes.
If you cannot make the Buddy
Walk at the Beach, organizers
encourage you to enter the con-
test by becoming a fundraiser;
ask friends to donate to your
page for Sammy’s Place and
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es. First Place includes a $1,000
Visa gift card. To register or be-
come a fundraiser for prizes, vis-
it www.sammysplace.info. For
more information, contact Julie
Chick at chickj@charter.net, or
call 503-368-5193.
The majority of the donations
will go toward building capacity
in order to obtain the goal of a
down payment for land and facil-
ities for Sammy’s Place, and sev-
en percent will go to the National
Down Syndrome Society for its
continuous efforts in promoting
national awareness and research.
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Examine the line between
advertising, erotica at KALA
Roger Hayes opens ‘Art as Pornography’
ASTORIA — KALA presents
“Art as Pornography,” a body
of work culminating from over
a two-year period by Astoria
artist Roger Hayes. Through
paintings and collage Hayes
explores pornographic imag-
ery, traveling the borders be-
tween pop art and erotica.
The themes are glamor,
gender and the lines between
advertising and pornography.
The glamor captures the sex
appeal and allure of the want-
ed and plays with its various
levels of salience.
In the artist’s mind this ties
together threads of similarity
between fashion, horror, porn,
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nitions of dominance and pas-
sivity, that glamor alludes to.
Astoria multi-media art-
ist Jessica Schleif created the
window treatment. A selection
of images was also contributed
by Stephen Stefanov.
Some strong imagery will
be included in the opening
reception, set from 8 to 10
p.m. Friday, July 10 at KALA,
1017 Marine Drive. The re-
ception will include a no-host
bar, complimentary appetizers
and live performance.
The show is for a mature
audience of 21 and over.For
more information, call 503-
338-4878.
Artist Reception
8 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 10
KALA
1017 Marine Drive, Astoria
503-338-4878
21 and over
