Help to stamp out hunger
Grow the local food landscape
Attend Astoria foodbank fundraiser,
all-day crop for paper crafters April 9
Beers to Your Health hosts Teresa Retzlaff
prize packages worth between
$150 and $250. Tickets for the
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$10. You do not have to be
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If you are unable to attend
the event but would like to
donate, send tax-deductible
checks payable to Clatsop
Emergency Food Bank to:
Stamp Out Hunger, 540 Grand
Ave., Astoria, OR 97103.
Many Make-n-Take work-
shops will be led by many spe-
cial instructors throughout the
day, including: Cindy Young,
owner of Young at Heart Pa-
per Crafting in Astoria; Salem
artist Dan Vance whose scratch
board class was popular last
year; frequent Picture Attic
instructor and Stampin’ Up!
demonstrator Mari-Jo Truett
from Ocean Park, Washington;
Stampin’ Up! demonstrator
Melissa Hiester from Medford;
quilter Cheryl Hiester from
McMinnville who has made
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mer co-owner of Paper Moon
Rubberstamps and Astoria
artist Nikki Pippo; Neskown
artist and crafter Vicki Poole;
Seaside artist and crafter Ann
Pilger; stamper and card maker
Susan Bartlett of Astoria; To-
ledo artist Michele Johnson;
and Close To My Heart inde-
pendent consultants Wanda Ri-
ley, Missy Johnson and Becky
Schoelich.
Retzlaff hopes everyone
can shift some food purchas-
ing to local and support people
who are trying to grow food in
the coastal area.
Hear big band sounds, Frank Sinatra, more
ASTORIA — North Coast Big
Band, led by Lee Stromquist,
will “Swing into Spring,” cele-
brating 100th birthday tributes
for Frank Sinatra and Harry
James at 2 p.m. Sunday, April
10 at the Clatsop Community
College Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are $10 per person and
available at the door.
Music from the big band era
to the present will feature vo-
calists Ken Kirby, Bob Walters
and trumpeter Mike Evans, who
played with the Glen Miller Or-
chestra. Featured favorite local
jazz musicians include Bob Join-
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Bob Walters will sing in honor of Henry
James’ 100-year birthday.
Ken Kirby will sing in honor of Frank Sina-
tra’s 100-year birthday.
er, Dave Drury, Terry Dahlgren
and Peter Hinsbeeck.
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Cindy Miller, Brenda McKune and Bobbi Brice are the organizers for Stamp Out Hunger,
an event that pairs paper crafting with fundraising for the Clatsop Emergency Food Bank.
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Susan Bartlett of Astoria has been making
cards since 2012, when she was intro-
duced to the craft after winning a stamp-
ing experience at the Clatsop Community
College Arts & Experience Auction. A
retired elementary school teacher, Bart-
lett picked up skills quickly and produces
beautiful cards. She will be teaching a
Make-n-Take workshop at the all-day crop.
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Teresa Retzlaff, owner of 46 North Farm,
will speak about the local food system
April 14 at Beers to Your Health.
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die cuts and paper. Lunch is
sponsored by Astoria Subway,
T.Paul’s Super Club and Urban
Café, Columbia River Coffee
Roasters, and Kips Kandies.
About 10 years ago, Bren-
da McKune had a dream about
helping to feed the hungry in
the Warrenton area. She start-
ed an event called Scrap Out
Hunger where scrapbookers
and rubber stampers came to-
gether to work on their proj-
ects and participate in work-
shops. In 2015, Bobbi Brice
and Cindy Miller decided to
put on a similar event to raise
food and money for the Clat-
sop Emergency Food Bank
in Astoria. With McKune’s
blessing, organizers raised
over 1,000 pounds of food and
more than $700 for the food
bank last year. McKune, Brice
and Miller are the organizers
of this year’s Stamp Out Hun-
ger event, which is sponsored
by Red Dwarf Graphx.
Participants of the all-day
crop should plan to bring their
own scrapbook or card proj-
ects to work on as well as the
tools and materials needed to
complete them. In addition
to the door prizes (which you
must be present to win), there
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consumed in the local region.
Retzlaff says there are ways
we can all support local farm-
ers and grow the local food
system; such as thinking about
what “local” means, eating
seasonally, and learning about
how your food is produced.
Asking questions about
where food comes from when
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“That lets the restaurants
know that you care. That’s
why more farms are getting
inquiries from restaurants,
because their customers are
asking questions. Consumers
have so much power,” Retzlaff
said.
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ASTORIA — Spring is a slow
time for donations to local food-
banks. To help, three Clatsop
County women are organizing
the second annual Stamp Out
Hunger fundraiser for the Clat-
sop Emergency Food Bank.
From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat-
urday, April 9, anyone can drop
off caned food, pet food, pasta,
boxed food, personal hygiene
items, or cash at Astoria High
School Commons. The site will
be manned all day, and all do-
nations go to the food bank.
In addition to providing a
collection site, Astoria High
School will be donating space
for an all-day crop for scrap-
bookers, card-makers, and pa-
per crafters ages 15 and older.
Participants can come any time
between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.,
staying all day or any part of
the day. Entrance to the event
is eight cans of food or any
combination of donation items,
which entitles participants to
chances for door prizes, free
“Make-n-Takes” (workshops
offered every hour from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m.) and lunch.
Door prizes range from
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gas stations, salons and well-
ness spas to craft items like
stamp sets, embossing folders,
ASTORIA — For those who
love the freshness of local food
and supporting the growth of
more small farms in the area,
then this event is for you.
Farmer Teresa Retzlaff, own-
er of 46 North Farm in Olney,
will be the presenter for Asto-
ria Co-op Grocery’s monthly
food and wellness Beers to
Your Health talk at the Fort
George Lovell Showroom.
The talk takes place at 7
p.m. Thursday, April 14. Doors
open at 6 p.m. The event is
free and open to all ages.
Retzlaff’s talk will focus on
things you can do to change
the way food is produced and
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