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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2017 Manzanita Holiday Kids Fair highlights local nonprofits Fair is back after tornado canceled last year’s event By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian MANZANITA — Doz- ens of families packed into the Pine Grove Community Cen- ter on Friday to ring in the hol- iday season at the Manzanita Holiday Kids Fair. Glitter, markers, paints and other craft supplies were strewn about a dozen tables. Each of the tables were hosted by a different local nonprofit organization, offering activ- ities like ornament painting, printmaking and a photo booth. Santa and Mrs. Claus were there, too, asking what every kid wanted for Christmas. The event started about three years ago, but it’s the fair’s first time back since last year’s tornado ripped through downtown, said Dan Haag, coordinator of the Manzanita Visitor Center. “We weren’t sure what interest was going to be like since we took a year off after the tornado,” Haag said. But after looking around a room packed with people, he assessed it “looked like they were interested.” The purpose of the event is to offer families a way to get to know different organiza- tions in the area, Haag said, including some from Clat- sop County like the Haystack Rock Awareness Program and Cannon Beach History Center & Museum. Nestled in the corner was Megan Sokol, the arts edu- cation director of the Can- non Beach Arts Association. Sokol taught kids how to make “whimsical shrinkies,” or more commonly referred to as Shrinky Dinks. Kids can draw on a special plastic that when exposed to heat will shrink the design more than 50 per- cent of the original size and harden so they can hang them as ornaments. “I got the idea when I started making little hands with Shrinky Dink for the arts association — helping hands, I called them. I got requests to make jewelry with them and sold them at the gallery,” Sokol said. “Then the funds went to our summer camp program.” Sokol hoped the presence at the kid’s fair would educate more kids and parents about the association’s efforts to expand its annual summer arts camps. Sokol, in her first year Brenna Visser/The Daily Astorian Debbie Freeman shows Cameron Whittle the ornament they made together at the Manzanita Holiday Kids Fair. Brenna Visser/The Daily Astorian Megan Sokol of the Cannon Beach Arts Association takes a ‘Shrinky Dink’ ornament out of the oven at the Manzanita Holiday Kids Fair. Brenna Visser/The Daily Astorian Ty Scalabrin, 4, makes a Christmas tree ornament at the Manzanita Holiday Kids Fair. at the nonprofit art gallery, is working with the association’s new director, Cara Mico, to expand the camp to offer more variety in classes and schol- arships to allow more kids to attend them. In the past, the associa- tion has offered classes like watercolors, spray paint art and printmaking, but hopes to offer music and movement art classes next July. Sokol also plans to have a pop-up exhibit for the first time at the end of the program, which will fea- ture all of the creations stu- dents worked on throughout the week. In general, most of the kids left the fair with tree orna- ments or doodles of reindeer. But Sokol argues there’s a larger picture kids are taking home. “Art and play is how chil- dren express themselves, how they speak to us,” she said. “When kids do art, they are developing self confidence that they bring into adulthood. And that’s invaluable.” WANTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA the hot box bbq Now offering FREE DELIVERY anywhere in Astoria on orders over $ 24! Coast Weekend 1 Off any sandwich $ Monday ∙ Thursday Sunday 11:30am - 8pm Friday and Saturday 11:30am - 9pm Check out our online menu at: www.theHotBoxBBQ.com 1343 Duane Street · Astoria 503.272.1847 Pick up only Good until Jan. 31, 2018 Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500 Nutcracker The Dancers with 50 piece symphony Saturday December 2 nd 2 pm and 7:30 pm MADDOX Dance Studio Sunday December 3 rd 2 pm AHS Auditorium Tickets Liberty Theatre online and box office 389 S. MAIN AVE. · WARRENTON 503-861-1971 · maddoxdancers.com Life member of Dance Educators of America | Certified to teach Dance Masters of AmericaMember Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce Astoria Band Boosters CAN & BOTTLE DRIVE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 TH k th e L a b e Ch ec l ! P LEASE , NO EARLY DROP - OFFS Items must have the 10 cent, OR redemption label in order to benefit the band programs Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Don Vallaster has opened a new co-working space on Pier 12. New co-working space opens on Astoria waterfront The Daily Astorian Don Vallaster, an archi- tect helping to develop the new Astoria Co-op Grocery, has opened a new co-working space on Pier 12. The 2,500-square-foot space includes several offices and conference rooms for rent between $800 and $1,000 a month, along with a kitchen- ette and a central seating area looking out over the Columbia River. “It was kind of designed for people who might work in the creative fields,” Vallaster said, noting he already has tenants including musicians, web designers and the Astoria Co-op Grocery. Managing the space for Val- laster is Portland-based Cen- trl Office, which also offers co-working spaces in Portland. People who join Centrl Office can also access the company’s other co-working spaces, Val- laster said. The Band Boosters are the primary source of funds to keep Astoria’s school band programs functioning. Please help by dropping off your empties or making a donation. Call (503) 791-8134 or email i_want_to_help@astoriabands.org for more information. The Familiei of R enae O degaRd -C aRpenteR wiih to expreii their heartfelt gratitude to all of our friendi, family and community during thii difficult time. Brighten your holidays with the 20th annual Festival of Trees Saturday, Dec. 2 Community open house featuring Santa Claus 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission Beautiful trees and Candy Cane Lane festivities for kids! Gala Dinner and Auction Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $100 per guest; $1,000 for table of 10 Seaside Civic and Convention Center 415 First Ave., Seaside, OR 97138 For reservations or information, please call 503-717-7604 or visit ProvidenceFestivalOfTrees.org/Seaside. Wordi cannot expreii how thankful we are for the kind thoughti & prayeri, cardi, gifti and donationi. Thank you to thoie who came to viiit Renae in the lait few weeki. 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