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PHOTOS COURTESY ANGORA HIKING CLUB
The Angora Hiking Club turns 100 in 2020.
The Muttzanita Festival celebrates our four-legged friends
with a day full of games, demos, prizes and more.
Hiking Club hits the Norman Yeon House The dog day of summer
The Angora Hiking
Club’s next destination,
on Wednesday, Sept. 5, is
the Norman Yeon House.
Hikers will meet that day
at 1 p.m. at the River
View Platform parking lot
between Sixth and Seventh
streets on Marine Drive in
Astoria.
Anyone not wanting to
carpool can meet at the
Sunset Beach parking lot at
1:30 p.m. A National Park
Ranger will meet hikers to
lead the walk to the house.
Yeon donated the house
and 110 acres to the Trust
For Public Land. After his
death in 2004, it became
part of the Lewis and Clark
Norman Yeon House.
National Park. Prior to his
death, he spent more than
40 years in the summers
there, restoring native
plants, creating a refuge for
deer, elk and other wildlife.
The trail is an easy walk
and offers native plants.
Membership is not
required to participate in
the hikes. Angora’s annual
schedule of hikes and
where they occur is avail-
able at angorahikingclub.
org.
Annual dues to Angora
Hiking Club members are
$10. For additional club
information, contact Bill
Herold at 503-468-0474 or
BILLN692oc@gmail.com.
The hike leader is
Phuong VanHorn, who can
be reached at 503-325-
2115.
Are you the Fort-ing type?
FORT STEVENS — Have fun
at Fort Stevens State Park
over Labor Day Weekend,
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept.
1 and 2.
Enjoy playing various
games — disc golf with
prizes, corn hole, badminton
— attend JR Ranger pro-
grams, experience history on
a free guided truck or battery
tour, and get your picture
taken with JR Beaver!
A BBQ lunch will be held
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. A
hot dog, chips and a drink
are only a buck!
COURTESY FORT STEVENS STATE PARK
Fort Stevens
MANZANITA — Muttzanita
Festival 2018 — Manza-
nita’s 10th annual festival
celebrating dogs — is just
around the corner! This
years’ event is Saturday,
Sept. 8, right on the beach.
This year, the festival
will be a block party on First
Street, at Laneda Avenue. We
will have local businesses
and vendor booths, games
and contests keeping festival-
goers engaged during a full
day of activities.
The day is packed with
dog- and human-related
contests and hilarious
activities, demonstrations,
gourmet dog biscuits,
numerous vendor booths, an
animal costume contest and
pet parade down main street
that morning.
The day’s events come to
a close at 3 p.m.
The festival welcomes
well-behaved dogs and cats
of all sizes and shapes (and
their humans) who are at
least six months old and on
a short leash.
Purchase a t-shirt in
support of our fundrais-
ing efforts for Tillamook
County Animal Aid. Pick up
tricks and ideas from local
dog trainers. Learn how to
get your dog involved in
becoming a therapy dog.
Be a hero and give a second
chance to one of our shelter
pets if you are looking for
your forever friend.
You can participate
even if you don’t have a
furry friend by becoming a
judge!
Spend the weekend at
any of our pet-friendly inns,
hotels, B&Bs or homes
available for rent. Your
support of our silent auction
items will go directly to Til-
lamook County Animal Aid
to assist them with covering
medical expenses for the
rescues.
Is your four-legged
friend considering a life
in politics? Nominations
for honorary “Mayor of
Manzanita” are now being
accepted at muttzanita.
com. Voting will close at
5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7. The
pet with the most votes
wins the election. The new
mayor will be sworn in at
10:15 a.m., then ride with
their human in the lead car
of the Pet Parade.