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Love the outdoors? Come write about it
By JONATHAN WILLIAMS
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
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Jonathan Williams
Indian Beach at Ecola State Park.
coast
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
arts & entertainment
ON THE COVER
The country
band Midland
performs at
the Clatsop
County Fair at
7 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 2.
PHOTO COURTESY:
MIDLAND
See story on Page 8
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8
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THE ARTS
Jake the Alligator Man
A birthday extravaganza
FEATURE
Fair scores top band
Midland to headline Clatsop County Fair
DINING
Chef Outta Water Exchange
Taste of Mexico comes to Astoria
FURTHER ENJOYMENT
MUSIC CALENDAR .....................5
CROSSWORD ...............................6
SEE + DO ............................. 10, 11
CW MARKETPLACE................. 15
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COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
JONATHAN WILLIAMS
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
BREE ELLIOTT
he outdoors help
center us, connect
us to our surround-
ings and, at best, provide a
respite and improvement to
our daily lives.
We’ve reached that time
in the summer when it
seems like there are only
so many weekends left to
fi t in another hike or trip to
the beach.
But if we’re lucky, there
will be more time through-
out the fall to explore the
bounty of outdoor activi-
ties on the North Oregon
and Southwest Washington
coasts.
As Coast Weekend con-
tinues to expand during
our upcoming redesign, we
will be adding an outdoors
section to our weekly print
issue.
The section will include
stories as vast as the activ-
ities available to coastal
denizens. It will feature a
variety of how-to, service,
commentary, travel, essay
and photo-driven stories
that help each of us learn
and celebrate something
new outdoors-related in
our region.
This includes hiking,
biking, hunting, swim-
ming, disk golf, paddle
boarding, kayaking, surf-
ing, horseback riding, bird
watching, gardening and
more.
To do this, we’ll need
your help. If you are an
outdoors-focused writer
or reporter or just some-
one who enjoys the out-
doors and wants to share
their experiences, email me
at jwilliams@dailyastorian.
com. You can also send me
a note about a topic, place
or outdoor event Coast
Weekend should cover.
This will also be a sec-
tion in Coast Weekend
where you can fi nd news
briefs about outdoor-re-
lated events happening
soon in our area.
The outdoors give us
back to ourselves. I’m look-
ing forward to learning and
experiencing what makes
our region so singular. CW
CONTRIBUTORS
DAVID CAMPICHE
HEATHER DOUGLAS
PATTY HARDIN
KATHERINE LACAZE
BARBARA LLOYD McMICHAEL
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