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Listen to local readers talk about books they found intriguing. This week, Pamela Mehloff reviews “When the Killing’s Done” by T.C. Boyle. Warm drinks and cookies provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library.
The 7th Street Theatre’s 11th Annual “Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” Valentine’s event features the 1989 hit romantic comedy, “When Harry Met Sally,” starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Carrie Fisher.
“Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” is a dinner-and-movie promotion that has grown to include additional sponsors. When you buy dinner for two at any of the participating restaurants and pubs, or make a qualifying purchase at any other sponsor, from February 6 through 14, you will receive two free tickets to the movie. Each participating restaurant and sponsor has 50 free movie tickets available through this promotion.
The annual promotion started in 2005, when the 7th Street Theatre was in its second season of showing films. Volunteer Betsy Seidel suggested the idea that would help the theatre and would also help Hoquiam’s restaurants and flower shop. It has become one of the biggest film weekends of the year at the 86-year-old theater.
The participating restaurants and sponsors this year are: 8th Street Ale House, Al’s Humdinger, The Breakroom Bar and Grill, Casa Mia, Deidra’s Deli at Farmers’ Market, Foggy’s Bar and Grill, Golden Dragon, Grizzly Den, Passport Café, Rose’s Tienda and Taqueria, Sasquatch Pizza and Wings, Simpson Avenue Bar and Grill, Taqueria Franco, Trio’s Bar and Grill, Tully’s, Welcome Inn Bar and Grill and Simply Said Flowers.
“Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” has grown each year, with this year’s list of sponsors highlighting 16 restaurants and one flower shop! Ginger Akers, 7th Street Theatre board member, suggested having a live auction of the two beautiful bouquets donated by the florist. This will take place before the film each night.
“When Harry Met Sally,” written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner, takes a comic look at whether men and women can have meaningful friendships without sex becoming involved. The movie is famous for the scene in which a restaurant patron tells a waiter, “I’ll have what she’s having.”
Tickets are available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug, Books on 7th and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.
Author Bill Lindstrom will speak to the Grays Harbor Genealogy group at Hoquiam Library about his new book John Tornow; Villain or Victim? He will also sell and sign his new book.
Menu
Hors d’oeuvres Two Way
Stuffed Pretzels – Beecher’s Cheese Curds, Prosciutto
Raw and Cured – Tenderloin Steak Tartare, Duck Rillettes
First Course
Fresh Pacific Oysters – Cucumber Gelée, Rockefeller
The 7th Street Theatre’s 11th Annual “Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” Valentine’s event features the 1989 hit romantic comedy, “When Harry Met Sally,” starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Carrie Fisher.
“Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” is a dinner-and-movie promotion that has grown to include additional sponsors. When you buy dinner for two at any of the participating restaurants and pubs, or make a qualifying purchase at any other sponsor, from February 6 through 14, you will receive two free tickets to the movie. Each participating restaurant and sponsor has 50 free movie tickets available through this promotion.
The annual promotion started in 2005, when the 7th Street Theatre was in its second season of showing films. Volunteer Betsy Seidel suggested the idea that would help the theatre and would also help Hoquiam’s restaurants and flower shop. It has become one of the biggest film weekends of the year at the 86-year-old theater.
The participating restaurants and sponsors this year are: 8th Street Ale House, Al’s Humdinger, The Breakroom Bar and Grill, Casa Mia, Deidra’s Deli at Farmers’ Market, Foggy’s Bar and Grill, Golden Dragon, Grizzly Den, Passport Café, Rose’s Tienda and Taqueria, Sasquatch Pizza and Wings, Simpson Avenue Bar and Grill, Taqueria Franco, Trio’s Bar and Grill, Tully’s, Welcome Inn Bar and Grill and Simply Said Flowers.
“Take Your Honey to Hoquiam” has grown each year, with this year’s list of sponsors highlighting 16 restaurants and one flower shop! Ginger Akers, 7th Street Theatre board member, suggested having a live auction of the two beautiful bouquets donated by the florist. This will take place before the film each night.
“When Harry Met Sally,” written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner, takes a comic look at whether men and women can have meaningful friendships without sex becoming involved. The movie is famous for the scene in which a restaurant patron tells a waiter, “I’ll have what she’s having.”
Tickets are available at the door. Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug, Books on 7th and at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information call 360-537-7400 or check the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.
Join author Bill Lindstrom as he discusses his new book John Tornow: Villain or Victim? and sell and sign his book.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the upcoming dig, which runs Feb. 15–22, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat.
Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager, said the best digging typically occurs one to two hours before low tide. No digging is allowed at any beach before noon.
“We’re expecting a good turnout this upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend,” Ayres said. “Tides will be early enough the first few days that diggers can enjoy some daylight on the beach.”
Under state law, diggers are required to keep the first 15 clams they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.
- Feb. 15, Sunday, 3:47 p.m.; 0.2 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 16, Monday, 4:37 p.m.; -0.5 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 17, Tuesday, 5:24 p.m.; -0.9 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 18, Wednesday, 6:08 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 19, Thursday, 6:51 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 20, Friday, 7:33 p.m.; -0.7 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
- Feb. 21, Saturday, 8:16 p.m.; -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis
- Feb. 22, Sunday, 9:00 p.m.; 0.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the upcoming dig, which runs Feb. 15–22, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat.
Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager, said the best digging typically occurs one to two hours before low tide. No digging is allowed at any beach before noon.
“We’re expecting a good turnout this upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend,” Ayres said. “Tides will be early enough the first few days that diggers can enjoy some daylight on the beach.”
Under state law, diggers are required to keep the first 15 clams they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.
- Feb. 16, Monday, 4:37 p.m.; -0.5 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 17, Tuesday, 5:24 p.m.; -0.9 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 18, Wednesday, 6:08 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 19, Thursday, 6:51 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 20, Friday, 7:33 p.m.; -0.7 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
- Feb. 21, Saturday, 8:16 p.m.; -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis
- Feb. 22, Sunday, 9:00 p.m.; 0.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
Author Bill Lindstrom will talk, show a PowerPoint display, sell and sign his new book John Tornow: Villain or Victim?
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the upcoming dig, which runs Feb. 15–22, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat.
Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager, said the best digging typically occurs one to two hours before low tide. No digging is allowed at any beach before noon.
“We’re expecting a good turnout this upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend,” Ayres said. “Tides will be early enough the first few days that diggers can enjoy some daylight on the beach.”
Under state law, diggers are required to keep the first 15 clams they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.
- Feb. 17, Tuesday, 5:24 p.m.; -0.9 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 18, Wednesday, 6:08 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 19, Thursday, 6:51 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 20, Friday, 7:33 p.m.; -0.7 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
- Feb. 21, Saturday, 8:16 p.m.; -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis
- Feb. 22, Sunday, 9:00 p.m.; 0.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
Bring your current DIY arts project and network with other creative folks. All creations welcome. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library. Enter before the 7 p.m. closing time. Services will not be available after closing.
Explore your creativity and exercise your brain! Make new friends and have fun building with LEGO® bricks at the library.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the upcoming dig, which runs Feb. 15–22, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat.
Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager, said the best digging typically occurs one to two hours before low tide. No digging is allowed at any beach before noon.
“We’re expecting a good turnout this upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend,” Ayres said. “Tides will be early enough the first few days that diggers can enjoy some daylight on the beach.”
Under state law, diggers are required to keep the first 15 clams they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.
- Feb. 18, Wednesday, 6:08 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 19, Thursday, 6:51 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 20, Friday, 7:33 p.m.; -0.7 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
- Feb. 21, Saturday, 8:16 p.m.; -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis
- Feb. 22, Sunday, 9:00 p.m.; 0.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
Help us celebrate the Year of the Yin Wood Goat. It is time to gather around our friends and family, to rest and recharge after the excitement of 2014.
We are offering free mini acupuncture treatments, snacks, beverages and raffle prizes. All are welcome. We are also celebrating the 6th anniversary of our business.
On the third Thursday of each month, The Arc of Grays Harbor offers an informative Parent Support group for parents of kids with developmental disabilities. Contact Charlene at 360-537-7000 for more information.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the upcoming dig, which runs Feb. 15–22, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat.
Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager, said the best digging typically occurs one to two hours before low tide. No digging is allowed at any beach before noon.
“We’re expecting a good turnout this upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend,” Ayres said. “Tides will be early enough the first few days that diggers can enjoy some daylight on the beach.”
Under state law, diggers are required to keep the first 15 clams they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.
- Feb. 19, Thursday, 6:51 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors
- Feb. 20, Friday, 7:33 p.m.; -0.7 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
- Feb. 21, Saturday, 8:16 p.m.; -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis
- Feb. 22, Sunday, 9:00 p.m.; 0.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
For 2015, Westport Winery is hosting “Dancing Without Scars” one night a month as a fundraiser for Beyond Survival, a domestic violence support group in Aberdeen. Rather than charge guests a cover charge, the winery is offering free live music the third Friday of every month and encouraging dancers to leave a donation for this organization.
Tiffany Maki and Evan Mehlhoff are well-known Harbor musicians who will be returning to the winery for an encore performance.
For more information about Dancing Without Scars, click here.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the upcoming dig, which runs Feb. 15–22, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat.
Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager, said the best digging typically occurs one to two hours before low tide. No digging is allowed at any beach before noon.
“We’re expecting a good turnout this upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend,” Ayres said. “Tides will be early enough the first few days that diggers can enjoy some daylight on the beach.”
Under state law, diggers are required to keep the first 15 clams they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.
- Feb. 20, Friday, 7:33 p.m.; -0.7 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
- Feb. 21, Saturday, 8:16 p.m.; -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks, Copalis
- Feb. 22, Sunday, 9:00 p.m.; 0.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
Members of our community are invited to come together to help the victims of the January 2015 storm and flood helping to clean up homes identified in need.
Volunteers are encouraged to meet at:
The Pearsall Building
2109 Sumner Avenue in Aberdeen
A short Volunteer training session will start at 7:00 a.m.
Volunteer Registration will start at 7:30 a.m.
Volunteer Team assignments from 8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
Start helping our neighbors in need at 9:00 a.m.
All are welcome to volunteer. All volunteers will be signed-up as State Emergency Workers.
The following equipment is not required, but would be helpful to bring if you have it:
Tools:
- Hammer, one per person
- 18”-24” pry bar, one per person
- 36” crow bar, one or two per team
- Flat pointed shovel, one or two per team
- Utility knife, one per person
- Dry wall knife with extra blades, two per team
- Chalk line, one or two per team
- Flooring scraper with 6” blade and long handle, one per team
- Flat shovels
- Heavy duty trash bags, multiple boxes
- Wheel Barrow
- Large plastic tubs with handles – really helpful in carrying debris to curb
- Screw drivers – flat and Phillips
- Tin snips, one per team
- 1 gallon garden sprayer
- Measuring cup
- Bleach – 2 to 3 gallons per house
- Stiff brush with a handle
- Shop vacuum – makes clean up much easier
- Box fan
- 30’ Rope
- Flash light or head lamp, one per person
- Vinegar – 2 to 3 gallons per house
- Large plastic garbage cans
- Plastic Toboggans (sleds)- Helpful for pulling insulation from under house
Personal Protective Equipment
- N95 Particulate dust mask – do not use anything that is not rated at least N95
- Multi-purpose Respirator with N95 filter – this is not mandatory but recommended over the particulate dust mask
- Leather gloves
- Safety glasses or goggles – most standard eye glasses are not impact resistant
- Heavy rubber gloves – for removing wet insulation
- Shoes with thick soles – absolutely no tennis shoes or open toed shoes
- Knee pads are really nice to have
- Baseball style cap worn with the bill facing front to protect you eyes from falling debris
- Tyvek coveralls with hood – really nice for working under houses
- Rubber boots
- Ear plugs or earmuffs
- Extra set of clothes
Everyone is welcome to attend this monthly event. Visit the Aberdeen Timberland Library’s website here for current reading list information and additional event details.
Hurry to register for a beginning class in Sumi-e painting and Japanese calligraphy with artist Chiyo Sanada. Register in person at the library, on-line or call 268-0521. Space limited.
