July 13, 2016 The Skanner Page 5
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Calendar 2016
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Columbian Tech Center Park, SE Sequoia Circle at SE Tech Center
Drive.,Vancouver.
Seattle Metro
THURSDAY – SUNDAY, JULY 14 – 17
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
THE 2016 KING COUNTY FAIR: The King County Fair is a time –
honored tradition that promotes agriculture in King County.
Attractions include pig racing, truck pulls, amusement rides
and so much more. General admission is $7 a ticket with pre-
sale tickets now available at area Safeway Stores. 10 a.m.- 10
p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. – midnight Saturday, 10 a.m.
– 6 p.m. Sunday, Enumclaw Expo Center, 45224 284th Ave. SE.
Enumclaw.
FRIDAY, JULY 15
Vigil for Sterling and Castile
Vonchae, 5, and his mother attended the “Not This Time” Vigil, July 7 at Westlake Park in Seattle. More than 1,000 people attended the
vigil and march for Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, whose deaths at the hands of police were the impetus for vigils and rallies all
over the country.
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eligible to compete in the categories of piano, strings
and brass/woodwinds/percussion.
Following the initial judging of application CD’s
by select area musicians, the three top candidates in
each category will compete January 8, 2017 in front
of an audience at Trinity Lutheran Church in Van-
couver for the scholarship prizes of $1,000 for first
place, $500 for second place and $250 for third place.
First place finishers then perform their winning se-
lections with Maestro Brotons and The Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra at our April 22 & 23, 2017 con-
certs at Skyview Concert Hall. New this year: selected
Young Artist Competition winners may be invited to
perform solo as part of VSO Chamber Music Series.
Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 309 W 39th
St, Vancouver.
Complete information and an application are avail-
able at vancouversymphony.org. Deadline for all
submissions is Dec. 4, 2017.
RACC Opportunity: Night Lights
Night Lights is seeking artists to apply for the 2016-
2017 season to present new or recently developed
works. The call is open to individual artists, collec-
tives or curators in Oregon to submit works to be
shown in October, November,or February. Submis-
sions of recently developed works will receive an hon-
orarium of $1,000. The program is also providing one
additional opportunity to create new work through
an Artist Residency with Portland Community Media
(PCM) for the March 2017 installation of Night Lights.
This artist will receive an honorarium of $5,000 to
complete a new work to be shown during that month.
Night Lights is a monthly time-based public art
event that promotes digital media, urban interven-
tion, and technological innovation. On the First
Thursdays of October through April, select artists
are able to showcase their work on the North Wall
of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) Offic-
es (411 NW Park Ave, Portland, OR) and claim public
space for their artistic practice.
Past projects have included large scale digital media
projections, live performance of dance and sound,
and collective showings by students and professional
artists alike. This is a collaboration between Regional
Arts & Culture Council and Portland Community Me-
dia.
Deadline for submissions is August 8, 2016. Propos-
als can be submitted HERE.
For more information about the submission pro-
cess, please attend our Information Session on Thurs-
day July 14th, 6:30-8:00pm at RACC offices (411 NW
Park Ave, Portland, OR). Contact Salvador Mayoral
IV smayoral@racc.org to RSVP.
Questions about submissions? Please email Sarah
Turner, Portland Community Media Public Programs
Manager atsarah@pcmtv.org.
More info at https://racc.org/public-art/public-art-
email-list/
Seattle News Briefs
The 2016 King County Fair Starts
July 14
The gates to the oldest county fair west of the Mis-
sissippi open on Thursday, July 14. The 154th edition
of the King County Fair will be held over 4 days at the
Enumclaw Expo Center.
Attractions include pig racing, truck pulls, amuse-
ment rides, Mutton Bustin’, the K9 Kings Flying Dog
Show, rock climbing, Eric Haines Comedy Rocket,
paintball, trampolines, exhibits and more.
General Admission is $7 a ticket with presale tickets
now available at area Safeway Stores. Children un-
der 5 can enter in for free each day while members
of the military and seniors over the age of 65 get the
discounted price of $5 per day.
The Enumclaw Expo Center at 45224 284th Ave SE
in Enumclaw. For more information about the 2016
King County Fair see the website at http://www.king-
cofair.com.
Seattle Public Library Offers Digital
Comics Workshop
The Seattle Public Library will offer a two-day work-
shop on how to use an iPad tablet computer to create
comic books, graphic novels and zines from 2 p.m. to
4 p.m. July 16 and July 17 at the Delridge Branch, 5423
Delridge Way S.W.
Library programs are free and open to the public.
Registration is required for both workshop dates by
calling or visiting the branch.
This workshop is intended for teens and adults,
ages 14 and up. iPads will be provided for attendees
to use during the workshop.
This beginner’s workshop is a two-part introduc-
tory series on how to use the ArtRage and Halftone
2 applications to create comics and more. No prior
skills with comics are necessary.
The only prerequisite is proficiency working with
tablet computers.
For more information, call the Library at (206) 386-
4636.
Lake City Farmers Market Hosts ASL
Story Times
The Seattle Public Library invites families to enjoy
stories, rhymes, songs and fun with an American
Sign Language (ASL) storyteller from 6 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. on Thursdays, July 14 and Aug. 18 at the Lake City
Farmers Market on Northeast 125th Street and 28th
19TH CENTURY FAMILY FUN NIGHT: Several cannon firings punc-
tuate an evening of 19th Century fun with the Fort’s re-enactors!
Families are invited to bring a picnic dinner and join in the scav-
enger hunts, games, contest, and dancing of the mid-1800’s.
This is all available with paid admission to the museum. 6 p.m.
Fort Nasqually Living History Museum, 5400 N. Pearl St. Tacoma.
SATURDAY, JULY 16
CELEBRATE SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE AT SALTWATER STATE
PARK: This free event is in its third year:.Celebrate southeast
Asian Culture with members of the South Puget Sound Chinese,
Cambodian, Hmong, Loatian, Filipino, Thai and Vietnamese com-
munities through performances of traditional music and dance,
children’s activities and lots of food. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saltwater
State Park, 25205 8th Place S. Des Moines.
MONDAY, JULY 18
LOCAL MYSTERY AUTHOR REBECCA MORRIS READS AT THE
GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY: Local author Rebecca Morris
reads from her latest true crime novel, “A Killing in Amish Coun-
try, Sex, Betrayal and a Cold-Blooded Murder”. Co – written with
Gregg Olsen. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Greenwood Library, 8016
Greenwood Ave. N. Free and open to the public.
SATURDAY, JULY 23
CELEBRATING CULTURES RETURNS TO PEARRYGIN LAKE STATE
PARK: This is a free evening concert: Featuring cowboy and fish-
er poets and old – time music. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. on the East shore
of Pearrygin Lake State Park, 561 Bear Creek Rd., Winthrop.
Avenue Northeast.
Library programs are free and open to the public.
Registration is not required.
The story times will be presented in front of the
Lake City Branch and will be in ASL with voice inter-
pretation. ASL-fluent staff will be on hand to answer
questions about the Library.
For more information, call the Lake City Branch at
(206) 684-7518 or Ask a Librarian.
DEEL to Increase Per-Child
Payments for Preschool
Mayor Edward Murray announced today that the
Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning
(DEEL) is making enhancements to the Seattle Pre-
school Program (SPP) after a successful first school
year that served 280 students in 15 classrooms.
In order to maintain the high-quality standards of
the program and facilitate SPP’s expansion across the
city, the City will raise the payments to its early learn-
ing providers by an average of 21 percent in Year
Two. Funding to each provider varies based upon
their funding structure.
In addition to the rate increase, City Council ap-
proved additional enhancements to the program this
spring, including expediting the curriculum waiver,
updating the student selection process to be more
“parent friendly,” and allowing providers who serve
targeted populations to reserve a select number of
spaces in their classroom to enroll on their own.
To accommodate the higher payment structure,
DEEL will adjust the program’s expansion targets.
SPP was projected to reach 2,000 children by year
fourDEEL has now adjusted this target to 1,615 chil-
dren annually by the fourth year.