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Help ight cancer at Relay for Life
PHOTO BY JOSHUA BESSEX
Watch movies at McClure Park this summer in Astoria Parks &
Recreation’s Parks After Dark series.
Watch movies in the
park this summer
ASTORIA — The Astoria
Parks & Recreation Com-
munity Foundation will
host Parks After Dark this
summer, an outdoor movie
showing once a month.
All movies will be shown
in McClure Park, located
at Eighth Street and Grand
Avenue.
On Saturday, June 25,
gather in the park with
camp chairs and blankets
and watch the 1992 ilm “A
League of Their Own,” star-
ring Tom Hanks and Geena
Davis, as well as Madonna
and Rosie O’Donnell.
In the ilm, set during
World War II, two sisters
from Oregon join the irst
female professional baseball
league and struggle to help
it succeed amid their own
growing rivalry.
The PG movie screening is
sponsored by Hees Enterprises.
Start showing up at the
park at 8 p.m. The movie
will begin around 9 p.m.
Entry is $5 per person. Fort
George Brewery beer and
food by North Coast Food
Web will be available.
All proceeds go to a
scholarship fund for local
individuals and families for
Astoria Parks & Recreation
activities.
Parks After Dark will
continue in July with the
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Watch “A League of Their
own” June 25 at McClure Park.
screening of the Steven
Spielberg’s 1975 thriller
“Jaws.” In this iconic ilm
— one of the irst summer
blockbusters — a giant,
man-eating great white
shark attacks beachgoers
in a summer resort town.
This screening is sponsored
by the Astoria Downtown
Historic District Association.
On Aug. 27, catch the
1986 family science-iction
comedy “Short Circuit.”
Starring Ally Sheedy, Steve
Guttenberg and Fisher Ste-
vens, this ilm about a robot
that comes to life was shot
in Astoria. This screening
is sponsored by the Astoria
Bridge 50-year anniversary.
SEASIDE — The 2016 Relay
for Life of Clatsop County
will take place July 9 and 10 at
Seaside High School.
The American Cancer
Society Relay For Life event
gives communities a chance
to celebrate the lives of people
who have battled cancer,
remember loved ones lost, and
ight back against the disease.
Relay For Life is a 24-hour
walk around a track that raises
money for cancer patients and
research.
As participants walk
around the track, they will also
take in 24 hours of entertain-
ment.
The opening ceremony
starts at 10 a.m. July 9 with
the national anthem sung by
Will Caplinger. Guest speakers
Amy Moran, from the Earle
A. Chiles Cancer Research
Institute, and Dr. Jennifer
Lycette, from Columbia
Memorial Hospital, will speak.
The ceremony will introduce
Grand Marshall Jane Johnson,
and Relay for Life 2016 will
kick off with a survivor lap.
Live music starts at 10:45
a.m. with local bands Colum-
bia Crew, Hwy 30, Mida’s
Digs, Beau Brothers, Moon
Dog and Roc Solyd, as well as
guest bands Future Dads from
Canby and Icarus The Owl
from Portland. Participants
can meet and greet bands in
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Candles at the Luminaria Cer-
emony symbolize hope and
honor those who have bat-
tled cancer.
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The Clatsop County Relay for Life event takes place July 9 at
Seaside High School, and registration for teams is still open.
the green room sponsored by
radio station KRKX Hits 94.3
FM, which will also broadcast
music to groove to at night.
Themed laps will offer a
different theme every hour,
including cake walk, bingo,
tutu, glow, sports, trick or treat,
and more. One themed lap,
Mr. Relay, invites men to dress
as women and strut around the
track in heels.
When you’re taking a break
from your turn to walk, there
are other activities to occupy
your time, including a 24-hour
barbecue and a silent auction.
Children’s activities will be of-
fered, including face painting.
From 1 to 3 p.m., you can also
donate your hair to Locks of
Love; local salons will be on
hand to cut hair and donate it
to help make wigs for cancer
patients.
At 10 p.m., the Luminaria
Ceremony will take place, a
moment of remembrance and
hope featuring Johnson and
music by Sheleni Quashnick.
The ceremony symbolizes a
time to grieve for lost loved
ones, to relect on personal
cancer experiences and to ind
hope. After the sun sets the
only light is the candle you
hold and luminaria bags. Relay
for Life team members will
continue to walk throughout
the night.
If you are interested in
participating, join a team. Find
more information on the Relay
for Life of Clatsop County
Facebook page or at http://ti-
nyurl.com/relayclatsopcounty
You can also help by do-
nating online or at the event,
buying a luminary in honor
of someone you love who has
battled cancer. You can also
donate canned food at the
event or at the entrances of
Columbia Memorial Hospital
to beneit the Clatsop Com-
munity Regional Food bank.
And all are welcome to come
out and eat a hamburger, bid
at the silent auction, and help
team fundraisers around the
track.
For questions or more
information, contact co-chairs
Laura Parvi at lauraannparvi@
hotmail.com or Brian Cole at
oergonemt21@gmail.com.
Quilters: Submit work to Yachats quilt show
YACHATS — The irst an-
nual Gems of the Ocean art
quilt show is issuing a call to
artists. This juried show, set
to take place in March 2017
at the Yachats Commons,
will accept art pieces from
local, regional and interna-
tional art quilters.
Gems of the Ocean is a
juried show presented by
Ocean Artistry, a division of
the nonproit Polly Plumb
Productions, which supports
and promotes music and
dance performances and art
exhibitions in the Yachats
area. Other Polly Plumb
Productions programs
include the annual Rain-
spout Music Festival and the
annual Yachats Celtic Music
Festival.
Quilt entries will be
accepted between Dec. 15,
2016 and Jan. 15, 2017.
Entrants will be notiied by
Feb. 1. Details of the call
to artists can be found at
oceanartistrycall.com
All selected entries will
be on display during the art
quilt show, running from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. March 10, 11
and 12 at the Yachats Com-
mons in the multi-purpose
room. Final judging will be
made by a ive-person panel
of artists and dignitaries
during the show. Several
cash prizes will be awarded.
“One of the goals of the
show is to introduce art
quilting to both locals and
visitors to the area,” said
Ruth Bass, a board member
of Polly Plumb Productions.
“We thought the ocean
theme would allow artists
to explore the beauty of this
area and make interpreta-
tions based on their own
whimsy.”
The new art show has
already received inancial
support from both the Siletz
Tribal Charitable Contri-
bution Fund and the city of
Yachats’ New Event Fund.
“We’re delighted to bring
this type of show to Yachats.
This will brighten up the
town, and we welcome ev-
eryone to experience an art
quilt show,” said Bass.
For more information
on the show, contact info@
oceanartistry.org