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Talent Show Scheduled for Fox Theatre
The Centralia-Chehalis Soroptimists and the Twin Cities Kiwanis clubs will be presenting the 2015 Talent Show at 6 p.m. tonight at the Fox Theatre in Centralia.
There will be three age groups: up to 8 years of age, 9-13 years of age and age 14 through high school.
In each group, a prizes of $250, $100 and $50 will be awarded to the top three finishers.
Event tickets can be picked up in Chehalis at Umpqua Bank, Ciao Bella, Book ‘n’ Brush, Jeremy’s and Smith’s Mercantile. In Centralia, they are available at Umpqua Bank, Anderson’s True Value Hardware, Holley’s Place and Santa Lucia Coffee.
Admission to the talent show is $20 for a family of three to five members, $10 for an individual and $5 for students age 7-18.
For more information, email Donna Karvia, jwdmkar@aol.com, or Mary Shahan, harleysweetness!@msn.com.
Saturday, April 18
Northwest Wind Symphony Will Highlight Jazz at Spring Concert
The Northwest Wind Symphony will be performing its spring concert at 7 p.m. tonight at Corbet Theatre on the Centralia College Campus. The theme of this concert is “All That Jazz.”
This concert was originally scheduled for January, but a smoke alarm at Corbet the night of the performance caused a postponement.
Admission is $12. Tickets may be purchased at the door or at Book ‘n’ Brush in Chehalis. Students enter free with a paying adult.
The symphony will be performing:
• “Shortcut Home,” by Dana Wilson
• “Clarinet Concerto,” by Artie Shaw
• “All Blues,” by Miles Davis
• “Bayou Breakdown,” by Grant Karrick
• “Symphonic Dance No. 5,” by Clifton Williams
• “Salute to American Jazz,” by Sammy Nestico, and
• “Awayday,” by Adam Gorb
Also, a medley of songs by Louis Armstrong has been added. The songs include “Hello, Dolly,” “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “What a Wonderful World.”
More information about the concert program is available at http://goo.gl/RHwh6l.
McMenamins to Host Annual Brewfest
McMenamins’ 19th annual Olympic Club Brewfest will be held 1-11 p.m. today in downtown Centralia.
McMenamins’ storied Olympic Club has been host to hauntings, railway bootlegging and subterranean tunnels, but nowadays it’s a place for beer enthusiasts to appreciate craft brews and live music from across the Pacific Northwest.
The festival will feature beers from a variety of McMenamins and guest breweries as well as live music from folk artist McDougall and the eclectic band World’s Finest.
McMenamins breweries: Mill Creek, Queen Anne, Six Arms, Spar, Olympic Club, Vancouver, East Vancouver and Edgefield.
Guest breweries: Dick’s, Fish, Mt Tabor, Loowit, Heathen, Scuttlebutt, Diamond Knot, Elliott Bay, Red Ox, and Fremont.
Admission is free. All ages are welcome in the pub, but it will be 21 and over only in the brewery and theater.
Veterans Museum to Host Annual Tree of Life
The Veterans Memorial Museum will be hosting its third annual Veterans Tree of Life in conjunction with the Visiting Nurses Foundation today.
The Veterans Tree of Life is an ongoing and growing memorial that is meant for family members to be able to remember a loved one’s life and service to this nation.
Museum members were being sent a notice in the mail that contains an application for a dog tag of a loved one that will be placed permanently on the Veterans Tree of Life. These dog tags bear the name, rank, branch of service, and years of service.
At 2 p.m., there will be a special service, where names of the loved ones name will be read aloud and a candle will be lit in their memory.
The museum this year has set a funding goal of raising $5,000. A portion of these funds will be used by the Visiting Nurses Foundation Free Medical Equipment Bank. This bank is open to any veterans and residents of Lewis County who need medical equipment and who would normally have a hardship paying for it.
In addition, the funds raised will also be used by the museum to produce this years Desert War Veterans Day, Vietnam Veterans Day, the Korean War Veterans Day and the World War II Veterans Dinner.
Applications for the Tree of Life Dog Tags can be picked up at the museum or Visiting Nurses Foundation, 222 S. Pearl St., Centralia.
The museum is located at 100 SW Veterans Way, Chehalis.
Piano Play-a-Thon Coming to Jeremy’s
The Lewis County Music Teachers Association is holding its annual Piano Play-a-Thon 9:15 a.m.-8:40 p.m. today at Jeremy’s Farm to Table Restaurant, 576 W. Main St., Chehalis.
Piano, string, clarinet and vocal students will be performing continuously during that time, and the public is encouraged to stop by any time.
The event is a fundraiser for the LCMTA’s Dorothy Parker Memorial Grant, which since 1998 has provided piano lessons for children of Lewis County who would be unable to study piano without financial aid. All proceeds received from the Play-a-Thon directly support this student aid program.
Students performing at the Play-a-Thon are seeking sponsors for their playing times. Donations will be welcomed any time at the Play-a-Thon and there will also be a raffle of a queen-sized music themed quilt made by music teacher Selah Newkirk. Raffle tickets are $5 each and benefit the grant.
The LCMTA is a non-profit professional organization. It is affiliated with the Washington State Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association. Annually, the LCMTA hosts piano adjudications, two honor recitals, the Piano Play-a-Thon and the Ribbon Festival to benefit students. Current members teach piano, organ, voice, strings, harp and clarinet.
For more information about the LCMTA or the Piano Play-a-Thon, call Sue Joachim at (360) 736-8479.
Club Mom Children’s Clothing Bank and Exchange, 1-3 p.m., Chehalis First Christian Church, 111 NW Prindle St., (360) 269-0587 or (360) 748-3702
Gardening for Everyone, Growing a Perennial Garden 9 a.m., Grapes 101 10:45 a.m., Wild Edibles 12:30 p.m., Centralia College East, 701 Airport Way, Morton, sponsored by WSU Lewis County Master Gardeners, (360) 740-1212, http://lewis-mg-mrc.org
Steve Mohney, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, 21 and up, (360) 273-2000, ext. 301
Crock Pot Cooking, 10 a.m., Fords Prairie Grange, Centralia, sponsored by WSU Lewis County 4-H Food Resource Leaders, (360) 740-1212, http://lewis.wsu.edu
Community Rummage Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Health & Wellness Center, Centralia College, (360) 736-9391, ext. 364, jramirez@centralia.edu
Home & Garden Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Northwest Sports Hub, Fort Borst Park, Ciscoe Morris 3 p.m., adults $2, children $1, families up to five people $5
Rain Festival, 4 p.m., Roxy Theater, Morton, dancers, musical performances, large screen singalongs, armchair aerobics, umbrella parade, admission by donation
Twin City Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., Calvary Assembly of God, 302 E. Main St., Centralia, featuring The Lighthouse Gospel Quartet, free, offering taken, (360) 736-0788
Goddard College PNW Mid-Spring Salon, 5-8 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, donations accepted, (360) 740-0492
Free Fee Day, Mount Rainier National Park, first weekend of National Park Week
Libraries
Family Movie at the Library, for children grades 1-6, “Big Hero 6,” 2 p.m., Chehalis
Organizations
Historic Fox Theatre Restorations, meeting of volunteers, 10 a.m., Santa Lucia Coffee, Centralia
Sunday, April 19
“Our Field of Dreams” Auction and Dinner, 4 p.m., Lewis County Adventist School, 2102 S. Scheuber Road, Chehalis, speaker professional baseball player Lyle Overbay, dinner catered by Jeremy’s Farm to Table, $40, (360) 748-3213
Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts 6:30 p.m., Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis
Dancing, Country Four, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Swede Hall, Rochester, (360) 352-2135
Community meal, 1-3 p.m., Rotary Riverside Park, Centralia, free, sponsored by Jesus Name Pentecostal Church, Chehalis, (360) 623-9438
Home & Garden Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Northwest Sports Hub, Fort Borst Park, adults $2, children $1, families up to five people $5
Free Fee Day, Mount Rainier National Park, first weekend of National Park Week
Organizations
Men’s Fraternity, 6-7:30 p.m., Dayspring Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, (360) 748-3401 or email dayspringbaptistch@gmail.com
Monday, April 20
Burger Night, 5-7:30 p.m., Centralia Eagles, quarter-pound hamburgers, $1.50, other menu items, (360) 736-1146
Cow sorting and pro-cutter flag, 6 p.m., Happy Trails Arena, 1489 U.S. Highway 12, Ethel, $20 per rider, (360) 978-6040 or happytrailsarena@gmail.com
Organizations
Centralia Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Denny’s Restaurant, Centralia, (360) 736-8766
White Pass Historical Society, 6 p.m., old Packwood Elementary School, Packwood
Centralia Bridge Club, noon, Unity Church, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, hraj@localaccess.com
Fords Prairie Grange, 6 p.m. potluck followed by games, 2640 W. Reynolds Ave., Centralia, (360) 330-0969
Chehalis-Centralia Optimists, 6:30 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) 807-4733
Pinochle, 6 p.m., Chehalis Eagles, 1993 S. Market Blvd, Chehalis, (360) 520-0772
Tuesday, April 21
Genealogical Society Speaker to Talk About Military Records
At the Tuesday meeting of the Lewis County Genealogical Society, Dick Moody will be discussing how military drafting, induction, deployment and separation paperwork can potentially be accessed by genealogists.
Moody has been actively researching his family lines for over 30 years. He had several “pre-Internet” trips to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., state archives, libraries in several states and the Salt Lake City Family History Library. He has been literally digging in a cemetery in the Appalachia mountains of northeast Tennessee in his search for family roots.
For more information, call Sam at (307) 631-2347 or check out the Genealogical Society’s website at www.walcgs.org.
Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors open at 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 p.m., food available, (360) 736-9030
Health and Hope Medical Outreach, free medical clinic, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Northwest Pediatrics, 1911 Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, for those whose income is less than 200 percent of the poverty level, (360) 623-1485
