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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 Putting on the Puttz raises money for Tolovana arts Golf tourney a colorful draw Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Kaelia Neal is The Daily Astorian’s Snowden intern. By KAELIA NEAL The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — Golfers dressed in colorful, mismatched clothes and wore plaid golf socks with bucket hats or visors. One group dec- orated their faces with rain- bow paint and purple lipstick while wearing vibrant tutus and “Make America Gay Again” shirts. The miniature golf tourna- ment is Cannon Beach at its most quirky. The event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Tolovana Arts Colony, a nonprofit organization that pro- vides workshops, art classes and cultural programming. Nancy Teagle has been on the Arts Colony board for eight years. “This (Puttz) helps us continue,” Teagle said Tuesday. The annual golf tournament is held on Tuesdays so local peo- ple and some tourists can enjoy it, she said. “The enthusiasm grows every year.” Records set This year, Puttz gener- ated more than $5,500 and had a record-breaking num- ber of golfers with 75, about 10 more than last year. Thirteen merchants spon- sored the event by design- ing creative golf holes, which were inside and outside of the businesses. One hole required participants to putt the golf ball up a ramp and into a kiddie pool of donut floaters. Watt Childress, the owner of Jupiter’s Rare and Used Books and the chairman of Tolovana Arts Colony, has participated in the Puttz event for six years. “Time flies when you’re hav- ing fun,” Childress said. The purpose of the Puttz tournament is “celebrating the community together and hav- ing fun in advance of peak Summer intern a runner, editor at Linfield College Tolovana Arts Colony Many golfers dressed for the event, both in cheeky and formal attire. Tolovana Arts Colony Richard Bowman puts his ball in play on the “plinko” board hole at the American Legion in Cannon Beach. Bowman and his teammates won the award for best costume. tourist season,” Childress said. “We welcome tourists to come. It’s just not our emphasis.” The “Pink Bible Horn” mini-course was set in the grass in front of Jupiter’s Rare and Used Books. A bench with branches on top and chairs on either side blocked Hole 7, forcing people to find a way around the obstacles. Mike French, of Cannon Beach, has participated in the Puttz tournament for four years for two reasons. “No. 1, it’s fundraising for the arts and No. 2, it’s way too much fun,” he said. “Every year it’s different.” The Wine Shack’s hole required the Puttz participants to putt the golf ball down two flights of stairs. “This is a lot of fun,” said Lee Roberts, who works at the Wine Shack and has par- ticipated in the Puttz for four years. “Word of mouth is prob- ably one of the best advertisers, and people hear this is fun.” The hardest hole Donald Conner, who works at Land’s End Motel, hosted Hole 5. Conner said players had acknowledged it was the hardest hole. Three upside- down beach buckets served as barricades while plastic foam pool noodles were stripped across and outlined the course. This is Conner’s third year working at Land’s End Motel and his second as a partici- pant in the Puttz event. “It’s a blast,” Conner said. “It gives us a chance to extend our hos- pitality, and we always enjoy that.” Most people who partici- pate in the Puttz tourney live in Cannon Beach or nearby. However, visitors were wel- comed. Jon Lawry, a Port- land native, was in Cannon Beach for work-related meet- 1 2 3 4 1. 2. 3. 4. CMH cares for the whole family. You can pay your bill online. CMH provides an athletic trainer to schools at no cost. Our volunteers are priceless! 2111 Exchange St., Astoria, Oregon • 503-325-4321 www.columbiamemorial.org • A Planetree-Designated Hospital ings when he asked friend Tim Davis if he wanted to play golf Tuesday. Davis then invited Lawry to join him in this year’s Puttz. Lawry was not disappointed. “It’s fun to see the businesses and see the surrounding areas.” Lawry also said he might make the Puttz tournament his new tradition. This was Davis’ eighth year participating. “If some- one goes through the effort of something off the wall like this, it needs to be supported,” he said. A raffle and auction fol- lowed the conclusion of the mini-golf festivities. Basket weaver Debra Carnes, who donated one of her baskets to the auction, has participated in the Cannon Beach Puttz for all 11 years, “This is so much fun,” Carnes said. “This event brings community together.” By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian Kaelia Neal doesn’t like the beach. “The ocean makes me really nervous,” said the 21-year-old Linfield College junior. Stories of an uncle who survived getting caught in a sneaker wave when he was a child cemented very firmly in her mind that you absolutely do not turn your back on the ocean. But this fear is why she is here. Neal is The Daily Astori- an’s summer Snowden intern, joining the newsroom to cover summer events, news and the Clastop County community. The Snowden Internship Pro- gram is run by the University of Oregon School of Journal- ism and Communication. Neal is not someone to back down from a challenge and one of the reasons she asked to be placed at The Daily Astorian was to get over her fear of the ocean. “I think living here will help me,” she said. Neal, who grew up in Salem, competes in cross-country and track and field at Linfield in McMinn- ville. She is pursuing a major in mass communication and is editor-in-chief of the col- lege’s newspaper, The Lin- field Review. “It’s a really independent job,” she said about report- ing. “I like feeling responsi- ble for myself.” As editor-in-chief and, previously, sports editor at The Linfield Review, Neal has tackled diverse topics from stories about women’s basketball to the appearance of a hate symbol on campus. “Kaelia is enthusiastic, talented and dedicated to reporting news on the North Coast and learning from the journalists at The Daily Asto- rian,” Managing Editor Laura Sellers said. “We look for- ward to reading her work and expanding our coverage.” MORISSE LOGGING EDUCATIONAL AWARD CONGRATULATES KAISA ISRAEL 2017 AHS GRADUATE Your accomplishments, hard work and ambitions are to be commended & rewarded as you plan your future at Clatsop Community College! Th is Award in memory of Steve Boudreau & Mike Malinen
