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Page 8 June 6, 2018 Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Kids discover the importance of safety around cold water with the help of a Bonneville Lock and Dam park ranger during National Get Outdoors Day, a free event with outdoor activites and family fun, coming Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver. Get Outdoors Day at Fort Vancouver Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 Cori Stewart-- A full service flower experience • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Funerals • Weddings Owner, Operator Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services You’re invited to kick off sum- mer by joining in on free, outdoor activities and family fun at the 10th annual National Get Outdoors Day on Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver. Kids and families can enjoy climbing a rock wall, meeting live birds of prey, catching a fish from a pond, participating in obstacle courses, soccer, archery, crosscut sawing and more! Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl, Ranger Rick, and their friends will be on hand to greet visitors. A historic fur trade encampment will re-enact life at Fort Vancouver during the 1840s. Volunteers at the encampment will demonstrate outdoor skills, music, dancing, and other cultur- al traditions of the fur traders and their families.” National Get Outdoors Day is a national free event that encour- ages people, especially youth, to stay healthy and experience the outdoors by embracing our parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other public lands and waters. Free June Fishing Events a.m. to 1 p.m., the Gifford Pinchot presents Lewis County Kids’ Fish- ing Derby at Lake Scanewa. Kids can fish for trout and win prizes, learn how to clean fish, discover fish biology, and participate in games. On Saturday, June 16, the Mt. Adams Ranger District sponsors a free fishing day with activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at three locations, Goose Lake, Forlorn Lakes, and Big Mosquito Lake. June is a great time to grab a fish- ing pole and head outside! And for kids and families there are free fish- ing events in southwest Washington to enjoy with no reservation needed in advance, just show up. On Saturday, June 9, the Gifford Pinchot National Forest presents Mt. St. Helens Kids’ Fishing in the day use area in Merwin Park east of Woodland from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This fun filled event has 1,500 large rainbow trout in a netted-off sec- tion of the lake waiting to be caught by kids. There will be loaner rods available for kids to use, worms for bait, and volunteers to show kids how to fish. Everything is free, in- cluding lunch! On Saturday, June 9, also from 9
