July 19, 2019
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This weekend
Klootchy Creek
trails unveiling
The new recreational trail
network at Klootchy Creek
will be unveiled at a grand
opening from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, July 20.
Mark Morgans of Green-
Wood Resources of Portland,
will host the ribbon-cutting.
The event is sponsored by
North Coast Trail Alliance.
There will be a barbecue,
refreshments and shuttle ser-
vice to some of the best vistas
on the site.
Klootchy Creek is a 25-acre
county park off Highway 26,
about 2 ½ miles east of High-
way 101. It’s the site of Ore-
gon’s first state Heritage Tree,
the Klootchy Creek Giant, once
the largest Sitka spruce in the
United states. Estimated to
be 750 years old, it was top-
pled in the 2007 storm, which
damaged thousands of trees in
Clatsop County forests.
Merchants host
artists’ block party
The giant before 2007.
A block in downtown Asto-
ria is hosting a block party as
a way to provide more oppor-
tunities for artists and craft-
ers.
The party is from 2 to 8
p.m. Friday, July 19, on 14th
Street between Commercial
Street and Marine Drive. It’s
hosted by Ferry Street Soci-
ety, a group of businesses at
the east end of downtown.
The name comes from the
era when the Columbia
River Ferry docked at the
end of 14th Street.
14th Street, Astoria
Churches to air
soulful surf film
“Soul Surfer,” a movie
based on the life of teen-
age surfer Bethany Hamil-
ton, who lost her arm in a
shark attack, will be shown
Friday and Saturday at two
churches in Astoria.
The first airing is at 8
p.m. July 19 at First Lu-
theran, 725 33rd St. The
second airing is at 8 p.m.
July 20 at Peace Lutheran
Church, 565 12th St.