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What, more voting? Yes –
for Readers’ Choice 2018!
By ERICK BENGEL
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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
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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
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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
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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