North Head Lighthouse
raffle tickets on sale now
Proceeds go toward restoration work
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT STATE PARK,
Wash. — The Keepers of the North
Head Lighthouse are sponsoring
a bene¿t rafÀe this summer, with
proceeds to be used to help re-
store the lighthouse. A total of
1,000 rafÀe tickets are available
for purchase. The rafÀe last year
raised almost $4,000 to be used
for historically accurate replica-
Learn how to make cheese
Marc Bates to lead workshop Aug. 12
CANNON BEACH — The sec-
ond offering of Introduction
to Cheese and Cheese Making
Workshop, a one-day event,
will be held at the Cannon
Beach Chamber Communi-
ty Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 12. The
workshop includes a cheese
tasting of the seven major
cheese families and a hands-
on session where participants
work in pairs to convert milk
to cheese.
Instructor Marc Bates, also
known as the “cheese guy,”
has plans for more courses
after this next introductory
event. Other sessions focus on
the history and categorization
of cheese and learning about
the key steps of the cheese
making process.
Bates has 48 years ex-
perience in the industry.
During this time he man-
aged the Washington State
University Creamery and
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tion, restoration or construction.
The rafÀe prize is a two-
night stay for six people at the
North Head Lighthouse Keep-
er’s Home (stay dates between
Sept. 30, and March 2016,
excluding holidays), plus one
catered gourmet dinner for six
with paired wine and a conti-
nental breakfast for six.
The Keepers of the North
Head Lighthouse, a part of
Friends of the Columbia Riv-
er Gateway, are pleased to see
progress on restoration with
new windows and metal work
at the top of the tower com-
pleted. More work is needed
and will proceed as funds are
available from the state Legis-
lature.
The Keepers of the North
Head Lighthouse continue to
raise funds to be used on light-
house restoration, as state park
funds are not believed to be suf-
¿cient to complete restoration.
Tickets are $5 each to any-
one 18 years of age or older,
and the drawing will be held
Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. at the Pic-
ture Attic in Long Beach,
Washington. The winner need
not be present. If all tickets
are sold, there will be nearly
$5,000 available for lighthouse
restoration.
The tickets can be purchased
at the Cape Disappointment
State Park store in the Lewis
and Clark Interpretive Center;
in the store on the North Head
Lighthouse grounds at the
park, at Bay Avenue Gallery in
Ocean Park, Washington; the
Picture Attic in Long Beach;
Home at the Beach/Beauti-
ful Things in the Long Beach
Mal; and at selected Saturday
Markets in Ilwaco, Washing-
ton. For information, call Lona
Niemi at 360-642-2502.
made Cougar Gold cheese.
More recently, Bates man-
aged the Oregon State Uni-
versity Creamery where he
assisted with the startup
and development of Bea-
ver Classic cheese. He has
taught numerous cheese
making short courses in
Oregon, Washington, Ida-
ho and California. He has
served as an official judge
for the U.S. Cheese Cham-
pionship and World Cheese
Championship hosted by
the Wisconsin Cheese Mak-
ers Association, and at com-
petitions of the American
Cheese Society and Ameri-
can Dairy Goat Association.
The intended audience
for the one-day workshop is
high school through adults
who want to expand their
love of cheese. The cost
of the workshop including
samples and materials is
$85 per person in advance
or $95 the day of the event,
if space is available. There
are several Cannon Beach
eateries within two blocks
of the chamber for partic-
ipants to eat during their
lunch break.
Advance tickets can be
purchased through Eventbrite
at www.cbcheese.eventbrite.
com
Full refunds will be given
for cancellation prior to July
31. Planning and supply pur-
chasing requires a $25 cancel-
lation fee after July 31. Trans-
ferring your ticket to another
is welcome up to the start of
the event.
For questions or further
information about the work-
shop, email cheeseguy@char-
ter.net or call 509-595-8652.
The Cannon Beach Chamber
of Commerce is located at 207
N. Spruce St.
Marc Bates will teach an Introduction to
Cheese and Cheese Making Workshop Aug.
12.
Photo by Joshua Bessex