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Kick up your heels with
Nehalem Valley All Stars
Wine walk ofers a
chance to sip and stroll
ASTORIA — After a 45-year
hiatus, Fred Lackaff is back
on the North Coast music
scene with a new band: The
Nehalem Valley All Stars.
The band will perform
after the Astoria Second
Saturday Art Walk at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 14 at KALA,
located at 1017 Marine
Drive. There is a $5 cover,
and the show is for ages 21
and older.
Dedicated to dance, the
Nehalem Valley All Stars
feature a wide range of
styles and eras, from ragtime
to reggae, with a strong em-
phasis on rhythm, anchored
by the inspired drumming
of Ernie Zolka and the solid
By EVE MARX
bass of Mark Wagner.
Better known as a
trumpeter, Scott Wagner is
reverting to his rock ’n’ roll
past as a guitarist. Lackaff
plays keyboard and does
most of the singing.
Most of the performances
include a guest artist, usually
on horn.
In 1965 Lackaff and
his brother Dan started a
band they named The New
Tweedy Brothers. The band
lasted ive years, recorded
one album, and resides on
a small but noteworthy
perch in Oregon rock ’n’ roll
history. Lackaff retired from
performing, but he’s back
now with the All Stars.
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The Nehalem Valley All Stars are, from left, Scott Wagner, Ernie
Zolka, Fred Lackaf and Mark Wagner.
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“The Boat” by Andrew Conrad.
AHS students show art
Proceeds support
Haitian earthquake
relief eforts
ASTORIA — Astoria High
School’s art club, Art Out
Loud, will hold its annual
Spring Art Show Saturday,
May 14 at the Baked Alaska
Annex.
Proceeds will support
AHS graduate Eleni Duret’s
fund to help Haitians recov-
er from the 2010 earthquake,
a 7.0-magnitude quake that
effected an estimated 3 mil-
lion people.
The free art show is from
5 to 8 p.m. in the restau-
rant’s annex at 175 14th St.
The Spring Art Show will
include paintings, pottery,
photography and other
pieces of art created by local
high school students.
Duret was a junior when
a large earthquake struck
Haiti, leaving thousands
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AHS student Trystan Smith
works on a painting of a
dancing woman.
dead and millions homeless.
Feeling a need to act for her
father, who is from Haiti,
and her aunts and uncles
who live there, Duret started
her own campaign to raise
relief funds. She has also
traveled to the country to
work with the Good Samari-
tan School.
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It’s against the law to
drink in the street, but from
3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May
14, as long as you are
armed with your I.D. wrist-
band and a pre-paid partic-
ipatory wine glass, you can
walk, talk, shop and enjoy
samplings of exceptional
Oregon wine in downtown
Seaside in celebration the
city’s annual Spring Wine
Walk.
“You pay for your glass
and get your wristband and
a map and a raffle ticket
and stop and shop at your
leisure at Wine Walk-des-
ignated shops,” said Sarah
Dailey, executive director
of the Seaside Downtown
Development Association.
“Participating businesses
will have a special red
canvas flag out front indi-
cating they’re hosting an
Oregon winery.”
Each host business will
offer two substantial food
items free of charge, so be
prepared to nosh. “There
is so much food,” Dailey
said. “Lots of it will be
catered by a local food
store or a local restaurant.
There will also be music
and art on display. It’s a lot
of fun, and while of course
we always hope for good
weather, it’s all indoors
so weather isn’t really an
issue.”
As for which wineries
are participating, Dailey
said it’s competitive to get
in. Over 20 Oregon winer-
ies are participating; FYI,
the Oregon Liquor Control
limits the size of the pour.
“Ten bucks gets you a
commemorative event wine
glass, an ID bracelet and
a map indicating which
shops and businesses are
participating in the event,”
Dailey said. “And you
must be 21. Some of the
wineries will be charging
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The Seaside Wine Walk is
coming Saturday, May 14.
nominal tasting fees, like a
dollar.”
Wine glass sales and
ID check stations are
open from 1 to 7 p.m. on
event day for pre-sales.
Wine tastings start at 3
p.m. Wine glasses and ID
bracelets can be purchased
at two different stations at
The Carousel Mall at 300
Broadway from 1 to 7 p.m.,
and Rivertide Suites at 102
N. Holladay Drive from
2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The SDDA is a non-
profit organization respon-
sible for providing the
iconic starfish lighting and
lush baskets throughout
the downtown. In addi-
tion to the wine walks,
the organization sponsors
cars shows, a charity golf
tournament, a dinner and
auction with Seaside Kids,
Inc., Halloween Hap-
penin’s and more.
“Participants also have
the opportunity to enter
into a drawing for various
gift certificates, including
tickets for the Fall 2016
Seaside Downtown Wine
Walk, which will take place
on Nov. 12,” Dailey said.
“We do this twice a year.
It’s always great, but this
is the bigger event. On this
day, the wine will be flow-
ing, but only indoors.”