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Buck up for the Surf
Hear the biography of woman
involved in the Klondike Gold Rush n’ Saddle Jr. Rodeo
Author Deb
Vanasse to share
story at Seaside
Library Aug. 18
SEASIDE — The Friends
of the Seaside Library will
host Deb Vanasse, author of
“Wealth Woman: Kate Car-
mack and the Klondike Race
for Gold,” at 7 p.m. Aug. 18.
The event will take place in
the Community Room of
the library, and there will be
book sales and signings.
Known as the richest Indi-
an woman in America, Kate
Carmack played a pivotal
role in the rush for Klondike
gold. She was viliied. She
was romanticized, and her
story is heroic and tragic.
As a young widow who
lost her husband and baby
to an epidemic, Shaaw Tlaa
was given in marriage by her
isolated Athabascan tribe to
prospector George Carmack,
who renamed her Kate.
Following a decade of
LONG BEACH, Wash. — Come
and watch the kids perform
in the Surf n’ Saddle Junior
Rodeo on Saturday and
Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7.
Cowgirls and cowboys
aged 2 to 18 compete in
everything from bucking
ponies, steer daubing, break-
away roping, barrel racing,
AUTHOR
APPEARANCE
7 p.m. Aug. 18
Seaside Public Library
1131 Broadway, Sea-
side
503-738-6742
Free
wandering the northern
wilderness with her husband,
Kate became legendary and
controversial. Although
George Carmack was
credited with discovering
the nugget that sparked the
Klondike Gold Rush, legends
persist that Kate herself
actually triggered the biggest
gold stampede in American
history. Kate met the key
igures in Klondike history,
made headlines, and was
abandoned at a California
ranch, where she fought for
her wealth, her reputation
and her survival.
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Deb Vanasse is the author of
16 books.
“Wealth Woman: Kate Car-
mack and the Klondike Race
for Gold” by Deb Vanasse.
Vanasse is able to tell
the story of Kate Carmack
through a combination of
correspondence, legal pro-
ceedings, ethnographic study,
and the generosity of Tagish-
Tlingit relatives. The author
feels this is the most com-
plete version of Carmack’s
life, and the story of the
Klondike from a perspective
that has long been ignored.
Vanasse is the author of
16 books and is an alumnus
of the Squaw Valley Writ-
ers Workshops. She is also
co-founder of the 49 Alaska
Writing Center and founder
of the author collective Run-
ning Fox Books. She lives on
the North Coast.
Seaside Public Library is
located at 1131 Broadway.
goat tying, dummy roping
and more. You don’t want to
miss the cowboy breakfast
from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and
lunch served both days. It all
takes place at the Peninsula
Saddle Club, located at
6407 Sandridge Road.
On Friday, Aug. 5 there
will be a small parade.
PHOTO BY NATALIE ST. JOHN
Erika Glenn kept her mount when her horse struggled with
pre-competition jitters during last year’s Junior Rodeo.
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See quilts, iber art
at Hofman Center
MANZANITA — The Hoff-
man Center for the Arts will
launch a 10-day quilt and i-
ber arts show, with a special
artists’ reception from 2 to 5
p.m. Friday, Aug. 5.
The quilt makers and the
iber artists come from the
three village communities
of Manzanita, Nehalem and
Wheeler.
“They put their love of
color, pattern, design and
personality into the mix,
and the creativity is born,”
said organizer Doris Bash,
owner of Creative Fabrics in
Wheeler.
“Quilting has become
an international pastime
and phenomenon and has
exploded into the art world,”
she added. “People won’t
want to miss this diverse
exhibit.”
The works will remain up
for viewing at the Hoffman
Center for the Arts from 2
to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6;
from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 7; from 2 to 5 p.m.
Aug. 12; from 2 to 4 p.m.,
Aug. 13; and from 1 to 4
p.m. Aug. 14.