Community News - November 3, 2011

Naselle Lutheran Bazaar offers holiday gifts, treats

The Naselle Lutheran Church Holiday Bazaar set for November 12 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. is fast approaching.

The social hall will be decked out with Christmas trees trimmed in handcrafted ornaments. On sale will be a wide range of holiday gifts, home decor and the baked goods section will include many new items as well as popular traditional fare, inlcuding almond croissants, jam parfaits, pies, roasted nuts, candies, cardamom breads and cookies.

A variety of hot soups, a coffee bar and dessert will be available.

Naselle Lutheran Church is located at 308 Knappton Road in Naselle. For information about the event, phone 360-484-3826.

Come home to Redmen Hall for the holidays

The theme for this year's annual Holiday Open House at Redmen Hall is Come Home for the Holidays with the event featuring seasonal music from local artists, book signings and homemade treats and gifts from glasswork to artwork, jams, goat milk lotions, hand knitted socks and wreaths. The hall will be open November 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and November 27, December 3,4,10,11, 17 and 18 from noon to 4 p.m. in Skamokawa.

For more information on the event or becoming a featured artisan, call Diane Stockhouse at 849-4145.

Pianist to play house concert in Skamokawa

Scott Cossu will perform an afternoon concert at 3 p.m. at the Inn at Lucky Mud in Skamokawa on November 13. Cossu , from Olympia has had many releases on the Windham Hill label and Billboard Magazine has called him a “jazz luminary of the future.”

Much of his work exhibits departures from the New Age field and includes a melodic blend of jazz, classical and ethnic influences.

Suggested donation is $10. The event will include a potluck dinner afterwards. Limited seating; for further information call 795-8770.

St. James opens its doors for annual bazaar

Books, bears, baskets and baked goods will all be part of this year's Annual St. James Holiday Bazaar to be held from 1 to 7 p.m. on November 18 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on November 19.

There will be a wide array of gifts and decorative items for sale including handmade books, quilts, socks, paintings, sweets and jewelry.

The bake sale will have many Scandinavian products such as lefse, krumkake and julekake, as well as English fruitcake, gingersnaps, cookies and more. The newly released cookbook The Gift Box will also be on sale.

A raffle will feature a handmade teddy bear by artist Pat Talbot crafted from vintage fur, and two specially created gift baskets. Tickets are $2 each and are available ahead of time at the Family Center front desk; the winners will be drawn at 3:45 p.m. on November 19.

Lunch of homemade soups, salads, and breads will be available along with hot spiced cider, hot dogs, and dessert.

All proceeds from the event go to benefit St. James Family Center.

Tribal council to meet

The Chinook Tribal Council will be meeting on November 12 at 11 a.m. at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco. Tribal members are encouraged to attend. No potluck lunch this time, due to the fund raising dinner that will follow this meeting from 4-7 p.m. Questions call 360-875-6670.

Knappton Cove open house November 12

The November on the North Shore open house will be held at the historic US quarantine station museum at Knappton Cove, on November 12 from 10-4 p.m.

Visitors can enjoy hot cider and history at “O, How Horriable is the Day” event with new museum displays and “Lewis & Clark” Pacific NW Living Historians.

Admission is free, but donations are welcomed.The event is held in conjunction with the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, Washington State Parks and the Long Beach Peninsula Visitor’s Center ‘Ocian in View’ weekend.

The museum is three miles upriver (Hwy 401) from the Washington side of the Astoria/Megler Bridge. For more information, contact Nancy Anderson at 503-738-5206 or email thecove@theoregonshore.com.

Chamber seeks tree designers for festival

The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce has announced the kick-off of the holiday season with their seventh Annual Festival of Trees, beginning November 26.

The chamber is looking for designers to design a tree and donate it for an exhibition and ongoing silent auction.

For the past several years, local tree designers donated trees with theme's like "Mule Tree," "Fishing Tree," "Zebra Tree," and the "Huskies Tree." Designers win prizes, and shoppers who vote for their favorite are entered into a drawing to win prizes as well.

The donated trees will be on display in downtown Cathlamet from November 26 through December 15 at The Bank of the Pacific, 56 Main Street.

Proceeds will go to the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce for future holiday decorations. Prizes will be awarded to the designers on December 16 for "Best in Show" in each size category.

For more information, call the Chamber at 795-9996.