The INDEPENDENT, April 18, 2002
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Garlic is the star as North Plains gets ready for some stinky fun
Fun stinks, and so does the
food! O regon’s top Chefs will
choose the best of the reeking
dishes offered during the
W orld’s Fifth Annual Elephant
Garlic Festival in North Plains
on August 16 through 18.
Members of the prestigious
Chefs de Cuisine Society of
Oregon will taste, sniff and con
fer the “Best of the Fest” honors
upon their first, second and
third place choices, out of the
many Elephant G arlic-laden
culinary concoctions at the fes
tival. Making their job difficult is
the prospect of selecting the
best from among some of the
past favorites, like all-natural
garlic chips, mojo garlic pork
burritos, garlic philly steak
sandw iches,
garlic
fresh
mashed potatos, garlic fried
chicken, garlic burgers, shrimp
melt sandwiches with garlic
herb cream cheese, garlic
potato soup, stuffed garlic pizza
and garlic ice cream. And the
new Elephant Garlic food
items, added each year, will
also be in competition for the
top three spots.
The Elephant Garlic Festi
val, which attracts thousands
more each year, and has been
called the fastest-growing com
munity event in the Northwest,
opens Friday, August 16 at 3:00
p.m. It runs through Sunday,
August 18 at 6:00 p.m. It offers
Directory started of
artists who live in
Columbia County
A directory of
creative
artists who reside in Columbia
County is being assembled by
Columbia Foundation Art Map
ping. The directory will include
practitioners of visual and per
forming arts as well as crafts.
The directory will be listed on
the web.
The listing is free to artists
who provide the information to
Columbia Technology Center
by May 1. After that date, there
will be a $10 fee.
Forms may be obtained
from The Independent or Grey
Dawn Gallery.
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work for you!
Call 503-429-9410
free admission and parking.
In addition to food and fresh
ly-harvested Elephant Garlic,
the festival offers continuous
entertainment from two stages,
kids entertainment and activi
ties, a parade, a car show, a
pancake breakfast, a beer and
wine court where the entire
family can sit together and an
arts and crafts fair. One of the
highlights of the event is the
crowning of a new Elephant
Garlic Emporer and Empress,
where to win, it is a plus to have
a physique which closely re
sembles the herb for which the
festival is named.
For more information, call
888-771-3708 or visit the web
site at www.funstinks.com
Sixth benefit trap
shoot Saturday
The car above, built by Potter Racing of Ver
nonia, placed first last month, not just in its
own Oval Track Class, but against ALL race
cars in the Portland Roadster show.
The IMCA-type modified racer can be seen in
action at Spanaway, Wash., when the Outlaw
Modified Racing Club starts its season in
June.
Bighorn Logging and the
Sunset Gun Club will host the
sixth annual Dan Hilger Memo
rial Trap Shoot on Saturday,
May 18, at 12:00 p.m., at Sun
set Park in Banks. There will be
fun shoots for all skill levels,
lots of silent auctions, raffles
for a shot gun and a rifle, and
food and drinks will be avail
able. Proceeds benefit the four
children of Dan and Tammy
Hilger.
For more information, to buy
raffle tickets or to make a do
nation, call Denise Dethlefs at
503-324-2422.