OCTOBER 12, 2017 // 17
Go cranberry crazy on the Peninsula Know the forests
ILWACO, WASH. — A celebration
of local harvest, including all
things cranberry, kicks off the
fall season on the Long Beach
Peninsula 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14
and 15.
Foods, crafters, local artists
and more will showcase the
area’s rich heritage during the
Cranberrian Fair. Collectible
fair buttons are $5 each and
cover admission to all events at
the Columbia Pacific Heritage
Museum. The Cranberry Muse-
um is free.
As part of Cranberrian
Fair activities, the Columbia
Pacific Heritage Museum in
Ilwaco will host local artists
offering handmade items, such
as pottery, jewelry, paintings,
cranberry vine baskets, baked
goods and more. Demonstra-
tions — including the Peninsula
Rug Hookers, the Peninsula
Quilt Guild, Blacksmith Gary
Lewis and other artists — will
take place Saturday and Sunday
at the Columbia Pacific Heritage
Museum.
The Cranberry Trolley
will run between the Heritage
Museum and the Pacific Coast
Cranberry Research Foundation
10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
(Space is limited and seating
is on a first-come first-served
basis.) Self-guided tours of
cranberry harvesting will be
underway at the Pacific Coast
Cranberry Research Foundation.
The Columbia Pacific
Heritage Museum is located at
115 S.E. Lake Street in Ilwaco,
Washington. The Cranberry Mu-
seum is located at 2907 Pioneer
Road, Long Beach, Washington.
For more information on the
Long Beach Peninsula, visit
funbeach.com.
by the trees
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Blacksmith Gary Lewis will participate in this year’s
Cranberrian Fair by demonstrating his blacksmithing
techniques.
Crafters tout their
creativity at fall
festival, craft fair
SEASIDE — Celebrate
cooler weather, changing
leaves and the harvest sea-
son at the Seaside United
Methodist Church’s Fall
Festival and Craft Fair, 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
14. Admission and parking
are free.
Prepare your appetite for
caramel corn, jams and jel-
lies, as well as homemade
breads and cookies. The la-
dies at the church have been
busy cooking and creating
since early this year.
The army of volunteers
has been planning the festi-
val for the past 10 months,
an organizer said.
Together they have sewn,
stitched, quilted, crocheted,
knitted, canned, baked
and sewn googly eyes on
an array of spooky, crafty,
ready-made gifts.
This year’s big raffle
prize is the classic red-and-
white quilt handmade by
Carol Johnson. The quilt
will make a lovely keepsake
for the lucky winner.
But that’s not all. Food
is a must at any bazaar. For
$6, shoppers will enjoy a
bowl of homemade chili,
warm corn bread with a
cookie on the side.
Money raised is ear-
marked for local mission
work, benevolence projects,
or big-ticket items neces-
sary to operations. Join us
for the fun event!
The church is located at
241 N. Holladay Drive.
ASTORIA — Are you
curious about the forests
of Clatsop County? Want
to sharpen your skills at
native tree identification?
Would you like to turn hill-
sides from blurs of green
into trees you know by
name? You’re in luck!
At 7 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 12, Valerie Elder,
from Oregon State Univer-
sity Extension Forestry and
Natural Resources faculty,
will guide you through an
indoor forest discovery
session at the first Nature
Matters of the season.
The event is free, open
to the public and will take
place in the Fort George’s
Lovell Building show-
room. Doors open at 6 p.m.
for attendees wanting to
purchase dinner or bever-
ages before the event.
Elder is an adjunct
professor in dendrology at
Tillamook Bay Community
College.
The Oct. 12 presenta-
tion will focus on where
common coastal trees
are found, why they are
well-suited to the Coastal
Fog belt and how wildlife
and people use them.
Nature Matters, a lively
conversation about the
PHOTO BY LYNN KETCHUM
OSU Extension Forestry and
Natural Resources faculty
member Valerie Elder in the
woods near Astoria
intersection of nature and
culture, takes place on
the second Thursday of
each month from October
through May. The events
are hosted by Lewis and
Clark National Historical
Park in partnership with
the North Coast Watershed
Association, the Lewis &
Clark National Park As-
sociation and Fort George
Brewery.
For more information,
call the park at 503-861-
2471 or check out nps.gov/
lewi or Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park on
Facebook.
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Spooky, crafty, ready-made gifts will be available at the Sea-
side United Methodist Church’s Fall Festival and Craft Fair.
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