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AUGUST 16, 2018 // 17 Hike at the hatchery The Angora Hiking Club, part of the Federation of Western Outdoors Clubs, will be 100 years old in 2020. ASTORIA — Join the Ango- ra Hiking Club members for a hike at Gnat Creek Fish Hatchery on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 18. Meet at 9 a.m. in the parking lot between Sixth and Seventh streets off Ma- rine Drive in Astoria. We’ll carpool to the hatchery from there. We’ll hike the beautiful trail that leads from the hatchery to the camping area down and back. The second half of the hike goes up from the hatchery through the woods to a clearing where you may spot Bigfoot! Then we’ll wander down the trail along Gnat Creek, which ripples over volcanic rock from millions of years ago and passes two water- falls. After the hike, we’ll picnic at the shelter built by Wauna Mill using some very large logs. Bring a sack lunch for the picnic. Walking sticks may be helpful. Call Astoria Mayor Arline LaMear at 503-338- 6883 for additional infor- mation. Come tour a research vessel ASTORIA — Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor is docking at Pier 1 at the Port of Asto- ria this week, and the crew will offer free public tours 2 to 3 p.m., and possibly 3 to 4 p.m., on Sunday, Aug. 19. The institute invites you to this special opportunity to see inside one of the most technologically ad- vanced research and explo- ration vessels in the world as it prepares for upcoming expeditions. Come see how science is done, hear the crew’s first- hand account of working on board and learn about re- search completed in Pacific waters. Advance sign up is required; spots are expected to fill up quickly. Only 30 tour spots are available. If 30 spots fill up at 2 p.m., the ship will host another tour at 3 p.m. COURTESY SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE The Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor will be open for tours on Sunday, Aug. 19. Contact cwiener@ schmditocean.org or 808- 628-8666 to reserve a spot today. Photo ID is required, as are closed-toe shoes. Tour participants must be able to walk down steep staircases if necessary. Bags will not be permit- ted on the ship. The Franklin BeachNecessities.com Apartments (for all your beach needs and wants) Starting August 16th Thru August 19th 2018, Cross Stitchers from all over the world will descend on a small Oregon town, Seaside, for the 3rd Annual Heaven and Earth Designs Convention, or HAEDcon, as it’s known in the Cross Stitching world. A Stitching Convention for cross stitching you say? Well things have changed. Gone are the days of cute teddy bears and flowers. HAEDCon is a convention sponsored by the locally owned company, Heaven and Earth Designs. Attendees come to see finished stitched pieces, socialize, and shop! Cross stitchers from all over the world—Iceland, Australia, the United Kingdom—are just days away from meeting new friends, meeting old friends, and meeting the artists behind the work they stitch. Everyone has great ideas about spending four days stitching, but from past experience the amount of talking, laughter, ‘Stitchtalk’, and adding to one’s stash is a must for any attendee. A loyal following quickly came to Michele and Bob Sayetta, who packed up six years ago and moved from Minnesota to a small coastal town in Oregon. Starting in 2002, the Husband and Wife team changed how people viewed cross stitch. They began by creating the most stunning hand dyed fabric to be used for stitching. Michele’s talent for color came naturally to the Californian-born computer programmer. This was the beginning of Heaven and Earth Designs. They then moved onto converting famous artwork into cross stitch charts by artists all over the world. Adding to these works of art, Michele and Bob also hand craft many coveted stitching tools. As well, they also feature beautiful linens and cloths from well-known manufacturers such as ZWEIGART, as well as stitching floss from DMC, direct from France. Heaven and Earth Designs has a small dedicated team that send out hundreds of the now famous “purple package” to fulfill orders that range from a chart to fabric, floss and tools. The Heaven and Earth Designs Convention also features artists whose stunning pieces have been transformed into cross stitching charts. Returning for her third year, artist Aimee Stewart says, “If a unicorn wearing roller skates and juggling polka dot lemurs streaked by just now singing the Macarena at the top of its lungs... it STILL wouldn’t be as fun as HAEDCon!” Also joining Aimee this year are returning artists - Hannah Lynn Disney, Rob and Jean Carlos, Jeff Haynie, and, for the first time, we welcome artists Randal Spangler and Joan Marie. Stitchers are enthusiastic to arrive, with one stitcher saying they, “Feel like they are attending the ‘Oscars’ of Cross Stitching. The Countdown to HAEDcon is on. 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