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June 28, 2019
T he C olumbia P ress
Market: Goal is fresh fish, produce
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ily to check out the small out-
door Fishermen and Farmers
Market.
Brigitte Willse of Astoria
was selling custom jewelry
from her French Cat Studio
booth. She has made a busi-
ness out of a small inheri-
tance she received as a child:
Timm Fadden enjoys the mar-
ket from his self-built tricycle.
Photo by Jake Daigle
boxes of vintage postage
stamps. Individual stamps
are set into decorative pen-
dants she sells for about $20.
Denise Bruchman of War-
renton brought a collection
of coasters, trivets, magnets
and spoon rests she makes
from her photographs. She’s
been selling her photos since
2002, but began making cus-
tom housewares about four
years ago.
Elmo and Roberta Wise of
Denise Bruch-
man brought
a collection of
trivets, note-
cards and
magnets made
from her photo-
graphs.
Photo by
Jake Daigle
Ocean Park brought their
shaved ice hut and kettle
corn booth.
“For the first day, we’re do-
ing real good,” Roberta said.
Several vendors reported
brisk sales despite the chilly
weather and overcast skies.
Nearly all the sellers make
the circuit of farmer’s mar-
kets, which include Ilwaco or
Longview on Saturdays, As-
toria on Sundays and Seaside
on Wednesdays.
“I think it’s just going to
continue to grow and peo-
ple are excited about it,” City
Manager Linda Engbretson
said at Tuesday night’s City
Commission meeting.
Farmer’s Markets
• Fishermen & Farmers
Market, 3-7 p.m. Thurs-
days, Warrenton Marina,
501 N.E. Harbor Place.
For a vendor booth, call
503-861-3822.
• Saturday Market at
the Port of Ilwaco, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays,
Ilwaco, Wash.
• Astoria Sunday Mar-
ket, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sundays along 11th
Street downtown Astoria.
• Seaside Farmer’s Mar-
ket, 2-6 p.m. Wednes-
days, 1120 Broadway St.,
Seaside.