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The Columbia Press 8 September 2, 2022 Events Civil War comes alive this weekend A Civil War living histo- ry encampment and battle re-enactments are scheduled throughout Labor Day week- end at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria. The event is sponsored by the Northwest Civil War Council. A battlefield medical demonstration is one of the featured history programs at the living history encampment. Photo courtesy Northwest Civil War Council Visitors can see two battles each day, a fashion show, medical demonstrations and tour the camps. A full sched- ule can be found on the coun- cil’s Facebook page. Admission is $8 for every- one 8 and older and free for younger children. Parking is $5. At least one food vendor will be on hand. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5. day, Sept. 3 and 4, in the historic area of Fort Ste- vens State Park, 1900 Ocean Drive. Admission is $15 for adults, children 13 to 17 are $5, and children 12 and younger are free. Drink tickets are $1 each, or $5 with a commemorative drinking glass. Parking is $5. Tickets are available at aftontickets.com/sum - mersendfestival. Cindy Yingst Fest is a fundraiser Fort Stevens Guardhouse for guardhouse Wood, wildlife The Friends of Old Fort artists featured Stevens is sponsoring a Sum- mer’s End Festival this week- end. The event includes music, food, retail vendors and beer, along with a disc golf tour- nament. All proceeds benefit the restoration of the historic Fort Stevens Guardhouse. The festival is from 11 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday and Sun- Artists are sought for a monthlong wood carving and wildlife art show that takes over the Clatsop County Fair- grounds and Expo Center be- ginning Sept. 30. The 33rd annual juried Co- lumbia Flyway Wildlife Show offers more than $10,000 in cash prizes to winning art- ists. Featured events cover birds, fish, mammals, Native American carvings and gen- eral woodworking. The group has partnered with Washington Ducks Un- limited, NW Decoy Carvers Association, and the Oregon Waterfowl Festival. The show provides sem- inars for attending artists and several world champion speakers. To participate as an artist or vendor, contact Rick Pass at drrickpass@gmail.com or 503-468-8377. The show, which is open to the public, will be at the fair- grounds from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. Admission is free. Raffles and auctions will be held Sat- urdays and Sundays. A carving by artist Karen Hess. Chinook season now closed Chinook salmon retention on the Columbia River from the Buoy 10 line upstream to the western end of Puget Is- land closed Tuesday. State fishery managers from Oregon and Washington an- nounced the decision after evaluating catches and catch rates since the fishery began Aug. 25. Catches were more than double what was expected. Hatchery coho retention remains open in the Buoy 10 fishery, with a daily adult bag limit of two hatchery coho, which increases to three hatchery coho on Sept. 8. Re- tention of steelhead remains closed until Nov. 1.
