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NOVEMBER 17, 2016 // 3 & OUT ABOUT NOTES FROM THE EDITOR What do you consider to be the best in the region? One lucky, randomly drawn voter will win a $50 gift card. What’s your favorite grocery store? Book store? Barbershop or hair salon? Favorite music venue or farmers market? What’s the best hotel and best gym? Do you have a favorite burger place or lunch spot? Best pizza? Happy hour? Where’s the best place to get Mexican food? Who serves the best clam chowder? What’s your favorite lo- cal hiking trail? What is the best tourist attraction around It’s time to vote! The 2016 election is over, but the 2016 Coast Weekend Readers’ Choice Awards are here. This region-wide event is meant to uncover which businesses, restaurants and activities are the best in the Columbia-Pacifi c region — as chosen by you, Coast Weekend readers and the public. coast INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend here? And which local sports team is the best? We want to know what you consider the best. Voting is open from Wednesday, Nov. 16 to Sunday, Dec. 11. If you want, you can fi ll out a voting ballot in print; just pick up a Coast Week- end, Seaside Signal or Can- non Beach Gazette during the voting period. This week’s ballot is on page 23. Or, vote online. On- line we provide a seeded ballot based on winners, run- ners-up and top votes from past years. The utmost care was taken to craft this ballot. If you don’t see your fa- vorite business, restaurant or activity seeded, simply write in your own choice and we can add it to the ballot for you. Nominees can come from anywhere in Clatsop, COAST WEEKEND EDITOR REBECCA SEDLAK COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS DANNY MILLER arts & entertainment ADVERTISING MANAGER BETTY SMITH ON THE COVER CONTRIBUTORS DAN HAAG PATRICK WEBB RYAN HUME Michelle Svendsen and her hus- band, Erik Svendsen, co-owners of North Jetty Brewing in Seaview, Washington, stand in their taproom with their new Giving Back Tap, which benefi ts the Friends of the Willapa National Wildife Refuge. PHOTO BY DANNY MILLER To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2016 COAST WEEKEND See story on Page 10 4 10 14 COASTAL LIFE Oregon’s fi rst pioneer Author stakes claim for historic Clatsop Plains resident FEATURE Breweries give back Local breweries do their part to give back to the community DINING Mouth of the Columbia Pickled Fish puts on a special Northwest dinner series FURTHER ENJOYMENT SEE + DO...............................12, 13 CROSSWORD..............................17 CW MARKETPLACE..................18 MUSIC CALENDAR ..................20 GRAB BAG ..................................22 Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consider- ation must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. TO SUBMIT AN ITEM Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. Pacifi c and north Tillamook counties. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to let us know by fi lling out the comments section online or emailing rsedlak@daily astorian.com We take care to ensure that each person can only fi ll out a ballot once by verify- Rebecca Sedlak ing emails, cross-referencing names and addresses and more. This isn’t a contest where someone can stuff the ballot box — so make sure your vote counts! Once voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, we’ll tabulate the votes. First place, second place and runners-up will be revealed COAST WEEKEND EDITOR rsedlak@dailyastorian.com in the Jan. 26 Coast Week- end. We’re going to make that issue bigger and better than ever, with stories on the winners and more. It will be a Coast Weekend you can save and refer back to throughout the year.