DECEMBER 1, 2016 // 3
Seaside hosts Providence Festival of Trees
SEASIDE — The Providence
Seaside Hospital Foundation’s
19th annual Festival of Trees
will take place Saturday, Dec.
3 at the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center.
The festival features
Christmas trees and displays
decorated by local business-
es, fl orists and other talented
North Coast residents.
Trees on display this year
will include: a Sgt. Jason
Goodding Memorial Tree by
Clatsop County law enforce-
ment; a Reach for Hope Tree
by Fairweather House &
Gallery; a Vegas High Roller
Tree by Analeigh Green
and Maryanne Smith; It’s a
Tactical Christmas Tree by
Jeremy Mills of State Farm
Insurance; Christmas Circus
coast
Tree by Karalee Martin; For
the Birds Tree by Necanicum
Watershed Council; Sweet
Side of Seaside Tree by
Seaside Downtown Develop-
ment Association; Commu-
nity Garden Tree by Sunset
Park & Recreation; and
Yuletide Dreams by Yuletide
Christmas Shop.
A free Community Open
House featuring Santa Claus
will run from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Attendees can stroll
among a forest of sparkling
trees, visit Santa and enjoy
Candy Cane Lane festivities.
A photo capturing your visit
with Santa will be available
for $5. There is no charge to
visit with Santa or take pic-
tures with your own camera.
Candy Cane festivities for
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
children include story time
with Princess Belle, magical
wands with the Sugarplum
Fairy, crafts, cookie decorat-
ing and face painting.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
for the Gala Dinner and Auc-
tion. First comes a champagne
reception and silent auction,
followed by dinner and the
live auction. Attendees will
enjoy a buffet dinner and a
decadent dessert buffet.
The event will also feature
the work of 2016 Signature
Artist Paula Blackwell. A
signature painting will be
available at auction during
the gala. Blackwell has been
painting for 20 years and
uses a combination of pig-
mented wax and oil on wood
panels to create landscapes
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REBECCA SEDLAK
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DANNY MILLER
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Dancers, including Joe Justice as
the Nutcracker Prince and Anita
Barbic as Clara, rehearse for the
Little Ballet Theatre’s production
of “The Nutcracker,” which will
take place Dec. 3 and 4 at Astoria
High School.
PHOTO BY DANNY MILLER
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COASTAL LIFE
A hobby of bonsai
An Astoria man practices this refi ned Japanese hobby
FEATURE
‘The Nutcracker’
The Little Ballet Theatre presents its 42nd annual ballet
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
Great Wall will fi ll your craving for Americanized Chinese
FURTHER ENJOYMENT
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CROSSWORD..............................17
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MUSIC CALENDAR ..................20
GRAB BAG ..................................22
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Reservations are required
for the dinner, and tickets cost
$100 per person. For more
information or to make reser-
vations, call 503-717-7604 or
visit providencefestivalof
trees.org/seaside
Proceeds from this year’s
event will go toward the
purchase of a state-of-the-
art 3D tomosynthesis breast
mammography machine for
Providence Seaside Hospital’s
diagnostic imaging depart-
ment. The mammography
machine will be the fi rst of its
kind on the North Coast and
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The Festival of Trees will take place Saturday, Dec. 3.
will offer residents the oppor-
tunity to have their screen-
ings at the coast rather than
driving to Portland or make
multiple trips for additional
scans because the 2D machine
couldn’t get a clear enough
image. The “Tomo” also sup-
ports the earlier detection of
breast cancer — sometimes as
early as stage zero — saving
time and sometimes lives.