The FisherPoets Gathering
thanks its 2016 supporters
Clatsop Community College, since the be-
ginning, for its abiding, visionary staff support
and for equipment,
KMUN Coast Community Radio for book-
keeping, for being our nonprofi t home, for pro-
motion, and for broadcasting live Friday and Sat-
urday nights,
The Daily Astorian for donating, since 2013,
the publishing, printing and distribution of our
programs,
The City of Astoria for its $1,500 grant from
the Arts and Cultural Fund to Promote Tourism,
Judi and Milt Stewart, longtime supporters,
for their generous $1,000 donation to the 2016
FPG in honor of Judi’s brother, Jack Connaway,
west coast fi sherman and skipper of the Adios,
Fishpeople Seafood for contributing $500
toward FPG venue expenses,
The Meyer Memorial Trust for contributing
$500,
Englund Marine for sponsoring since 2009 a
$250 Distant Waters Readership to help with trav-
el expenses for individual fi sherpoets from afar,
Fishhawk Fisheries for sponsoring since
2009 a $250 Distant Waters Readership,
Salmon for All for sponsoring since 2009 a
$250 Distant Waters Readership,
Bornstein’s Seafood for becoming a $250
Distant Waters Readership sponsor,
Coff ee Girl for becoming a $250 Distant Wa-
ters Readership sponsor,
The Patricia Friedland Fund of the Oregon
Community Foundation since 2001 for its an-
nual $250 support grant,
The Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Com-
merce for national and regional press releases,
The Oregon Folklife Network for its partner-
ship and documentation support,
Kyle Johnson for donating space for the 2016
FisherPoets Gearshack,
The Cannery Pier Hotel and the Astoria Riv-
erwalk Inn for donating rooms to the FPG,
Columbia River Coff ee Roasters for provid-
ing hot joe at the Gearshack and Farewell Mic,
Our venues the Wet Dog Café, the Voodoo
Room, the Columbian Theater, Fort George
Brewery and Public House, the Astoria Event
Center, KALA and the Columbia River Mari-
time Museum for inviting us all in,
Friends and businesses who donated to our
silent auction,
Scores of volunteers for greasing the FPG
gears and, as always,
Our fi sherpoet friends who come, some-
times from very far away and always mostly on
their own dime, to gather this weekend in Astoria
with us.
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