Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Cannon Beach gazette. (Cannon Beach, Or.) 1977-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 2016)
8 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Cathlamet celebrates Bald Eagle Days on July 15, 16 CATHLAMET, Wash. — The Wahkiakum County Cham- ber of Commerce will present the 35th annual Bald Eagle Days Festival on Friday and Saturday, July 15 and 16. When Congress passed the Bald Eagle Endangered Species Act, the Cathlamet Women’s Club decided to parade through Cathlamet in support of the majestic bird. Over the years, the annual event has grown into a festival drawing crowds of more than 3,000 people. The bald eagle is no longer endangered, and Wahkiakum County is proud that many eagles can be seen in and around the area. The annual festival is a weekend of fun and offers one of the best ireworks shows in the state of Wash- ington. Each year the festival has a theme, and Saturday’s pa- rade entities decorate loats, trucks, tractors, etc. in accor- dance with it. The theme for 2016 is Where Tranquility Meets Adventure. Parade entries must be in by 10:30 a.m. at the Wahkia- kum High School parking lot. Judging will start at 11 a.m. and the parade begins at noon. If you are interested in appearing in the 2016 Bald Eagle Days Parade, you can get your entry form online or pick up a parade entry form from Skamokawa Resort, Bank of the Paciic’s Cathlamet branch, Cath- lamet Pharmacy, Waterway Espresso or the Chamber ofice at 102 Main St. For more information vis- it wahkiakumchamber.com, call 360-795-9996 or email wchamber@cni.net This year’s schedule of events includes: Friday, July 15 • All Day – Explore and ind hidden treasures with a Family Geocaching Competition; pick up your passport at the Chamber of Commerce. • 11a.m. to 3 p.m., Rolly & Ginny Armstrong Memo- rial Sidewalk Art Contest at the Bank of the Paciic parking lot. • 3 to 6 p.m., Puget Island Farmers market with live music, vendors, fresh meat, veggies and bread at 59 W. Birnie Slough Road. • 5 to 7 p.m., Tsuga Art Gallery will host its sixth an- NEWS TALK FOR THE COAST Pro viding live a nd lo ca l new s co vera ge every da y Y ou could see it ton igh t, rea d a bout it tom orrow or h ea r it live N O W ! niversary party at 70 Main St. • 7 p.m., Enjoy live music by Skamokawa Swamp Op- era at the Pioneer Commu- nity Association, located at Main and Columbia streets. Saturday, July 16 • All Day, Lots of events go on all day. Find food, arts and craft vendors on Main Street. Enjoy train rides and rootbeer loats at the Wahkiakum Historical Society Museum. Pick up your passport at the Cham- ber of Commerce for a Family Geocaching Compe- tition. The Cathlamet Fire Hall will hand out popsicles and give tours of the ire department. • 7 to 10 a.m., Kiwanis’ Pancake Breakfast at Elo- choman Slough Marina. • The Bald Eagle Walk/ Run Challenge registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the 10k, 5k and 2-mile races will begin at 9 a.m. The run-walk challenge will begin and end at Cathlamet Pharmacy. • Noon, The parade begins and stretches from Wahkiakum High School to the marina on Main Street. • 2 p.m., The Bank of the Paciic parking lot will host kids activities after the parade, including balloon animals, face painting, horse shoes, a ishing hole and shooting gallery, a large in- latable activity — plus watch the ire department’s water ball competition. You might hear live music on Main Street by Hank & Lloyd and Layton and Pam Elliot. • River Mile 38 Brewery will open its beer garden and host live music. The Cliffs of Cathlamet will play at 4 p.m., and The Mutineers will play at 6:30 p.m. • 10 p.m., The ireworks show at the marina will light up the sky. ‘Who Eats at Taco Bell?’ comes to Astoria Project crosses tacos, social justice and collaboration along the Lewis and Clark Trail ASTORIA — This sum- mer, Gaelyn and Gustavo Aguilar are on a two-month expedition over the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, making various stops at community venues along this 11-state journey. All the while, they are making tacos with people, prompting dialogue, and inviting inno- vative forms of engagement around the question: What is it going to take for us to truly live interculturally? The Aguilars will be in Astoria on Thursday and Friday, July 14 and 15. You can ind them 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the River People Farmers Market and at 7:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, located at 12th and Exchange streets. They will set up their “taco encamp- ment” with taco making, por- trait taking, conversation and a multimedia performance. Join them again at the Astoria Public Library at 6 p.m. Friday, July 15 for a look back at their two-month expedition. The July 15 presentation is part of the Astoria Public Library and Lower Columbia Diversity Project’s Diversity Dia- logues series. The idea for the expedi- SUBMITTED PHOTO Gustavo and Gaelyn Aguilar will bring their project “Who Eats at Taco Bell?” to Astoria July 14 and 15. tion was sparked in Gustavo Aguilar’s hometown of Brownsville, Texas, a town of 175,000 with about 150 to 200 taquerias. Yet, one Taco Bell thrives. In inves- tigating why, the Aguilars began to understand how the American diet — as much as it has been formed by the intermingling of different cultures — sheds light on the multiple ways that Americans have chosen to deine what it means to be an American. They began to explore how making tacos with people along the Lewis and Clark Trail (a trail forged by an expedition that played an important role in Euro- pean-American territorial, cultural and economic ex- pansion across the continent) would be a powerful way to explore the paradox of how someone could harbor a disdain for “foreigners” but a love for their food, bearing in mind that this paradox is often connected to a kind of forgetfulness of how in the U.S. we are, in fact, almost all aliens. The Aguilars hit the road to deepen understanding and action around the attitudes and ideas our country has inherited. They are working closely with national and community partners to tailor the architecture of the experi- ence to local needs and invite new visions for the future during this time of change. Gaelyn and Gustavo Agu- ilar are the co-artistic direc- tors of Tug, a collective fo- cused on interdisciplinary re/ search, new forms of social practice, and participatory, problem-based interventions that tackle cultural politics of contemporary border regions in North America. Visit www.tacotalk.org to learn more, and check out Tug Collective on Facebook. Find a wild goose chase of garage sales OLNEY — Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17 will ind bargain hunters hitting the road for the annual Wild Goose Sale on Oregon High- way 202. Many years ago, Phyllis, the owner of Olney Store, started the Wild Goose Sale on Highway 202 and in the Olney-Walluski Community. Originally, each participant would place a goose sign by their sale. The event meant garage salers would drive Highway 202, Walluski Loop, Little Walluski Lane, Labiske Lane, Green Mountain Road, Lillines Road and around the Youngs River Loop searching for Goose Signs and garage sale bar- gains. Some roads had sales, and some didn’t, thus the “Wild Goose” chase. For those wishing to have a garage sale this year, they need only put out their signs. Olney Grange will again be open for table rentals (Satur- day only). Contact 503-325- 1288 for information.