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Monroe mini-fair expands offerings

Fair organizers hope to draw larger crowds with a “community event” that has “something for everybody.”

By Noah Haglund, The Herald

MONROE — Snohomish County’s springtime mini-fair will sport more than just a new name when it opens this coming weekend.

Live bands, beer gardens and better carnival rides figure among the expanded offerings at the Evergreen State Spring Festival on Saturday and Sunday.

There’s some earthy star power, too, with an appearance by Northwest gardening maestro Ciscoe Morris.

“We had a discussion after last year about how to make it a lot more of a community event so there’s something for everybody,” fair manager Hal Gausman said. “… We talked about how to make it more fun, more exciting.”

Snohomish County’s spring fair debuted in 2010. It was formerly called the Recreation and Sportsmen Expo. Organizers hope attendance this year will top the approximately 9,000 from 2012.

Organizers in the county parks department hope they’ve resolved one of the biggest gripes from last year, when patrons were unable to taste entries from a barbecue cook-off even as they were teased by mouth-watering aromas.

That owed to a contract issue with fairgrounds concessionaires, Gausman said. It won’t be a problem this time around.

The Pacific Northwest Barbecue Association has sanctioned the contest. It’s dubbed the Washington State Spring BBQ Championship and is expected to attract more than 20 competing teams.

Meanwhile, root beer and microbrews will be offered at beer gardens. Live musical acts span genres of classic rock, country, Latin rock fusion and indie rock.

Returning this year will be vendor booths showcasing the outdoors and related products. Everett Steelhead and Salmon Club is hosting a youth casting pond to be stocked with 1,000 trout. Les Schwab Tire Centers is sponsoring the event, which is for first-time anglers ages 12 and under.

While festival admission is free, rides and games cost money. Parking is $5 per vehicle.

The schedule includes:

Festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

A ceremony for the 50th anniversary of Snohomish County Parks is scheduled from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Evergreen Events Center.

Ciscoe Morris is scheduled to take the Events Center stage from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The carnival starts Friday, remaining open from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday carnival hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday hours 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Butler Amusements of Fairfield, Calif., is providing the rides.

For more info on the Spring Festival or to purchase advance ride bracelets, call 360-805-6700 or go to www.evergreenfair.org.

The annual Evergreen State Fair is scheduled Aug. 22 through Sept. 2.

Storytelling, Culture and Lectures at Hibulb

Enjoy a variety of cultural and educational events at the Tulalip Hibulb Cultural Center through the month of May.

Go-Go’s & B-52s visit Tulalip

Tulalip Amphitheatre, Saturday July 6, 2013 8pm

Meet The B-52s & The Go-Go’s! Select From Three Different VIP Experiences!

Don’t miss your chance to meet both legendary artists! Select from three different VIP experiences which can include a premium ticket, Meet and Greet with The B-52s and/or The Go-Go’s, exclusive merchandise and more.

Click here for Tickemaster package option or visit the Tulalipcasino.com

Marysville’s ‘Junk in the Trunk’ seeking vendors

MARYSVILLE — Marysville Parks and Recreation is seeking vendors for an ultimate flea market called, ‘Junk in the Trunk.’ The annual event takes place on Saturday, July 13, at the Municipal Courthouse at 1015 State Ave.

Interested vendors can sell garage sale items, house hold, tools, vintage, antiques, collectibles, crafts and more. Park your car in one space and then sell from the open space next to it for just $25. Call for an application or email the city at mburgess@marysvillewa.gov. For complete details call 360-363-8450.

‘Project Runway’ Star Patricia Michaels and the Parasols on the Plaza

Source: Indian Country Today Media Network

Tonight, designer Patricia Michaels of Taos Pueblo will face off against the other two finalists in part two of the season finale of Project Runway. It’s a moment that has many fashion fans and Native style aficionados on the edge of their seats.

Although Michaels may have seemed the exotic outsider in this Project Runway class, those familiar with her work knew she’d be a force to be reckoned with, and can hardly be surprised she’s made it this far. In fact, on one notable occasion, many people who don’t follow fashion got a glimpse of her talent and were bowled over. It happened at Santa Fe Indian Market, 2011: Michaels paraded a group of models through the streets wearing her fashions and toting parasols. Many who witnessed the display considered it the highlight of the week.

As Cynthia Whitney-Ward reported the “Parasols on the Plaza” happening on her blog Chasing Santa Fe, “who would expect white-wigged maidens holding playful parasols — dressed in glorious designer frocks — to sashay out of La Fonda on the Plaza and wend their way through Indian Market? Well, Native American designer PATRICIA MICHAELS of Taos Pueblo, loves to delight and surprise … The Indian Market crowd was enchanted.”

Chickasaws Celebrate Cultural Traditions At Chikasha Ittifama

Source: Chicksaw Nation Media Relations

Loski (turtle) races, moccasin making, a stickball tournament, Chickasaw games and a cornstalk shoot will be the highlights of the 16th annual Chikasha Ittifama (Chickasaw Reunion) set Friday and Saturday, May 17-18, at Kullihoma.

The gathering is free and welcomes Chickasaw and guests from across the country.

“Chikasha Ittifama is a special time for Chickasaw people to celebrate and share our culture, heritage and traditions. This annual reunion offers an opportunity for Chickasaws and friends from across the country to renew friendships and develop new relationships,” said Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby.

Chikasha Ittifama will begin at 5 p.m. Friday with posting of the colors by the Chickasaw Honor Guard and an opening prayer followed by a hamburger fry, youth and co-ed stickball, cultural demonstrations and a social dance.

The cultural demonstrations will include corn husk dolls, beadwork, moccasin making, Chickasaw games, language, basket weaving and traditional clothing.

Saturday’s events will begin at 9 a.m. and include a youth fishing derby, cornstalk shooting contest, youth and adult archery competitions, squirrel-stick throw, loksi (turtle) races and stickball tournament.

A traditional meal of pishofa, fry bread, salt meat and grape dumplings will be served Saturday for lunch.

For guests wishing to stay the night, overnight camping spaces are available including tent spaces and a limited number of RV hook ups.

To reach the site, travel to the Kullihoma sign seven miles northeast of Ada on S. H. 1, then travel three miles east and one mile south.

For information, contact the Chickasaw Nation Cultural Resources at (580) 332-8685.

Awakening of the canoes

CSC_0038 — Tribal members clean the canoes every srping prior to canoe practice.
Photo by Monica Brown

Article and photos by Monica Brown

On Wednesday, April 17^th, Tulalip tribal members brought out the canoes; Big Sister, Little Sister and Big Brother, for the traditional cleaning and awakening them. This activity, referred to as protocol, is important spiritually for the canoes and tribal members.

The significance for waking the canoes is to clear any sort of negative energy that may be left over from the season before or any bad energy that may have accumulated over the winter.

During the resting period the canoes are housed in a special canoe shed behind the Veteran’s Center. Tulalip tribal member Jason Gobin is the delegated as caretaker of the canoes and ensures that protocol is followed once the canoes are put away for the season and reawakened the following spring.

“The water is very powerful and the canoe is what takes care of us while we are out in the water,” says Tribal member and Canoe Family Skipper Darkfeather Ancheta, “Being in the Skipper position I have felt the negative energy. If the negativity is there then the canoe will not want to turn the way you are trying to make it go.”

The canoes are made from cedar trees and have a spirit giving them life for many years so they are taken care of diligently by tribal members. At the end of the season they are put to rest in their covered area until the following spring.

Canoe practice for the 2013 Canoe Journey will be held at the Tulalip Marina at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday and is open to the community.

For more information, please contact Jason Gobin at 360-716-4370 or jasongobin@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov.

Learn about cougars at Adopt A Stream forum

Source: The Herald

Brian Kertson knows a lot about cougars.

He has 11 years experience studying cougars in the Cascades and can tell you how big they get, how many kittens they have, how long they live in the wild, their favorite foods and also teach you how to identify the signs of a cougar in the woods.

You will learn all this and more at the program “Cougars” presented by the Adopt A Stream Center on Thursday.

Also, you will get to see how good a trained observer you are when Kerston shows you several “deep forest” photos and you will have to find the cougar in the picture. The first one to meet the challenge will receive an Adopt A Stream Foundation poster of sockeye salmon.

Kerston will also dispel most of the myths about cougars. There’s a lot of misinformation and myth surrounding these secretive cats, a prime predator of the Pacific Northwest forests.

Kerston will tell visitors about cougar ecology, behavior and management, and whether or not they prowl around in the suburbs.

Kerston is currently studying the potential influences of expanding housing developments on cougar-human interaction in Western Washington.

With the weather warming and hiking season not far behind, you’ll want to know more about cougars as you head into their habitat. You probably won’t see a cougar but you’ll want to know if one might be around.

“Cougars” begins at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Northwest Stream Center, McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett.

“Cougars” is geared for sixth-graders and above. Call 425-316-8592 to reserve seats. The cost is $5 for Adopt A Stream Foundation members $5; $7 for nonmembers. For more information on this and other shows go to www.streamkeeper.org.

As Long As The Rivers Run

Preserving a documentary film about the struggle for treaty fishing rights

Source: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Norma Frank is arrested on the banks of Nisqually River for exercising her treaty fshing rights. Photo Courtesy NWIFC

Tribal fishers, leaders and others active in the treaty fishing rights struggle are being interviewed for the second phase of the “As Long as the Rivers Run” documentary.

The first phase documented the Fish Wars of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film, directed by Carol Burns and co-produced by Hank Adams, was acquired by Salmon Defense in September 2009.

The “As Long as the Rivers Run” project is aimed at conserving and redistributing the film as an educational tool. The film will be remastered to meet today’s digital standards, and will be distributed to tribes, schools and others.

The movie is available on DVD or streaming through the Internet Archive.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, April 1-30

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is one of the destination events for the Pacific Northwest, held from April 1-30. Every spring hundreds of thousands of people come to enjoy the celebration of spring as millions of tulips burst into bloom. As with all things governed by Mother Nature, the tulips bloom according to their own schedule sometime during the festival. The tulips allow us to share our corner of the world and showcase Skagit Valley agriculture.

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