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DECEMBER 6, 2018 // 3 SCRATCHPAD What, more voting? Yes – for Readers’ Choice 2018! By ERICK BENGEL COAST WEEKEND Y coast INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend arts & entertainment COAST WEEKEND EDITOR ERICK BENGEL CONTRIBUTORS PATTY HARDIN KATHERINE LACAZE PATRICK WEBB ON THE COVER John Doan and his 20-string harp guitar will come to Astoria one last time Friday, Dec. 7, before the Wil- lamette University music specialist moves to San Diego. He encourages people to sing along in an intimate concert setting to encourage hu- man connectivity. R. NEIL HAUGEN PHOTO See story on Page 8 7 8 12 COASTAL LIFE Animal Assistance Holiday Party/Fundraiser helps homeless cats, dogs FEATURE ‘Christmas Unplugged’ John Doan’s instruments hearken to richer connections HOLIDAY CHEER Tree of Light Ceremony saves lives, honors loved ones, caregivers FURTHER ENJOYMENT ASTORIA ART WALK ..................4 MUSIC CALENDAR ....................5 CROSSWORD ...............................6 SEE + DO ............................. 10, 11 CW MARKETPLACE.......... 15, 16 Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2018 COAST WEEKEND New items for publication consideration must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. TO SUBMIT AN ITEM Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: editor@coastweekend.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. ou thought your civic responsibilities ended last month? Think again. Here comes Coast Weekend’s Readers’ Choice Awards, your chance to vote for the best dining, activities and businesses in the Co- lumbia-Pacific region — that is, Clatsop, Pacific and north Tillamook counties. And you get to help build the ballot. One voter drawn at ran- dom wins a $50 gift card. Who’s your favorite chef or server? Your most trusted mechanic? Your go-to venue for live theater? The finest places to golf, hike, bird- watch and enjoy a cheap date? Give ’em a shout-out in the 2018 Readers’ Choice, which runs Friday, Dec. 7, through Sunday, Jan. 6. The first two weeks is the nomination period, when you can suggest nominees in each category. Your entries add to our seeded ballot, which carries over nominees from previous years. To the dining categories, we have added Best Food Cart and Best Wine Bar, and to the business category (you knew it had to happen sometime) Best Bud, i.e., pot shop. This two-week period is also a time to tell us if the ballot contains errors — if a nominated business has closed, say, or belongs in a different category. (Will some readers conflate barber shops and hair salons? Probably.) The voting starts Satur- day, Dec. 22, and runs until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6. (To ensure one-person THOMAS ROTT PHOTO Features Editor Erick Bengel. one-vote, we cross-reference emails, names, addresses and other markers.) We’re still accepting paper ballots this year — in- deed, readers who submitted paper ballots were a crucial voting bloc last year, in some cases flipping first- and second-place winners. Paper ballots can be sub- mitted anytime before the contest ends, but the earlier the better. First-, second- and third-place winners will be revealed in the Feb. 7 issue of Coast Weekend. In addition, The Daily Astorian will hold an awards ceremony at a date and loca- tion to be announced. To vote online, visit coastweekend.com/reader- schoice. Feel free to send a message to editor@coast- weekend.com with questions or concerns. CW
