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Winlock Pickers’ Fest is This Weekend at Winolequa Park
There will be plenty of pickin’ and grinnin’ at the 14th annual Winlock Pickers’ Fest, held Friday through Sunday at Winolequa Park.
The festival includes instructional workshops and open mics. It officially opens Friday, but jamming and camping start on Thursday.
Featured performer this year is Stephen Bennett, whom the Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association called “the Jedi Master of Fingerstyle Guitar.”
Bennett has traveled the world for performances — from California to Maine, Texas to Tennessee, as well as around Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan. He has released 20 recordings of music, along with a couple of DVDs, books and other instructional materials.
Other performers will include Wayward Vessel, SugarPine, The Great Northern Planes and Cowchips.
Admission Friday and Saturday is $10 (Winlock Acoustic Music Association members $7). Sunday is free. Camping is $10 per night.
For more program details, visit winlockpickersfest.com.
Today
Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, (360) 740-0492
“Let’s Grow a Garden,” 10-11:30 a.m., 4162 Jackson Highway, free, (360) 262-0525
CC Grow, farmers market, noon-3 p.m., Centralia College, across from Health & Wellness Center, (360) 736-9391, ext. 650
Regular excursion steam train ride, Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, 12:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., Elbe-Mineral, (360) 492-5588, reservations (888) STEAM11
Blood drive, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., city of Centralia, 118 W. Maple St., www.redcrossblood.org, sponsor code: citycentralia, (360) 330-7672
Public Agencies
Centralia Planning Commission, 6 p.m., council chambers, City Hall, 118 W. Maple St., Centralia, (360) 330-7671
Libraries
LabARTory, for all ages, all day, Tenino and Centralia
Chris Fascione Stories, Clowning and Mime, for children, 11 a.m., Chehalis, 4 p.m., Tenino
Library Movie Matinee, for all ages, “Planes,” 2 p.m., Centralia
Organizations
Bucoda Rebekah Lodge 144, 7 p.m., Bucoda Oddfellows Community Center, 202 S. Main, Bucoda, (360) 273-9724
United Women in Business, 5:30 p.m., Kit Carson banquet room, Chehalis, (360) 388-5252
Chehalis-Centralia Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., Chehalis Moose Lodge, 1400 Grand Ave., Centralia, (360) 485-2852
Mary Lacy Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 10 a.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 2190 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, September-May, (360) 740-5899
S.T.O.P. and Swim, 7 p.m., P.J.’s Pizza game room, 1232 Alder St., Centralia, (360) 388-0102 or memorialpool@ymail.com
Support Groups
“Up From Grief,” for those grieving the loss of a loved one, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Morton Community Methodist Church, Fourth and Main, Morton, (360) 330-2640
Parkinson’s Disease Support Group (Chehalis Shakers), 1 p.m., Bethel Church, Kirkland Road, Chehalis, go to left and enter at rear of church, (360) 740-5556
Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1209 N. Scheuber Road, Centralia, (360) 736-9268
Friday, July 11
Oregon Trail music and dancing, open mic with Side Kicks Band, 7 p.m., Cowlitz Prairie Grange, (360) 864-2023
Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center
Bob Garcia and Melodies Recycled Band, 7-9:30 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, $5, (360) 262-3041
Lewis County Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., corner of Pearl and Maple streets, Centralia, (360) 736-8977, dojo@compprime.com
Broken Trail, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, (360) 273-2000, ext. 301
Walking tour, historic downtown Packwood, 7 p.m., starting at White Pass County Museum, 12990 U.S. Highway 12
“Princess Who?,” performed by participants in the OnStage Summer Day Camp, 7 p.m., Roxy Theater, Morton, tickets $8, available at Barbara Clevenger Johnson Gallery, https://app.arts-people.com and at door, open seating, (360) 496-5599
Song Circle, 7 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, $2, (360) 740-0492
Regular excursion steam train ride, Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, 12:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. (barbecue upgrade available), Elbe-Mineral, (360) 492-5588, reservations (888) STEAM11
Libraries
PageTurners Book Discussion, for adults, “The Shoemaker’s Wife,” by Adriana Trigiani, 12:30 p.m., Winlock
Minecraft Party, for grades 4-12, 2 p.m., Winlock
Family Fun With Films, for all ages, 3 p.m., Tenino
Organizations
Skookumchuck I.O.O.F. Lodge 129, 7:30 p.m., Bucoda Oddfellows Community Center, 202 S. Main St., Bucoda, (360) 273-3604
Lewis County Writers critique session, 5:15-7:15 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, http://lewiscountywriters.wordpress.com/
Support Groups
H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., Heritage Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 Sussex Ave. E., Tenino, (360) 480-0592, hopedirector@hotmail.com
Life Recovery Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Dayspring Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, (360) 748-3401
Saturday, July 12
Area to Get Huge Wave of Cyclists This Weekend for STP
Thousands of bicyclists will be pedaling through South Thurston and central Lewis counties this weekend as part of the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.
Many of the cyclists who choose to complete the STP in two days stay in the Twin Cities or the surrounding communities overnight.
The official midpoint of the ride is Centralia College, which welcomes riders coming through along the Aadland Esplanade in the middle of the campus.
The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce assists riders once they get to the Twin Cities — both at the college and at Recreation Park in Chehalis.
Veterans Museum Plans Re-Enactment of Siege of Petersburg
The Siege of Petersburg will be re-enacted as part of the Veterans Memorial Museum’s sesquicentennial remembrance of the Civil War.
The re-enactment will occur Saturday and Sunday at 313 Tune Road, southwest of Chehalis.
This battle began in June 1864, and featured a unique event where the Union forces dug a mine underneath the Confederate trenches to break the siege. The mine was filled with explosives and detonated on July 30. A military debacle ensued when the Union troops ran headlong into the massive crater rather than going around it.
For hours Confederate troops launched a counterattack that resulted in a “turkey shoot” as the Union troops could not climb out of the crater.
The museum is working with engineers to recreate the crater event.
On Saturday, there will be a presentation at the Tune Road site about the Siege of Petersburg 10-11 a.m. The battles will be depicted at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
On Sunday, the schedule is nearly the same, although the second battle will be at 2 p.m.
Living history displays will be held both days at the military and civilian camps.
Helping with the Petersburg event will be the Washington Civil War Association and the Northwest Civil War Council.
Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors (60 and over), students and veterans. Active duty members of the military and children under 6 are free. Food vendors are available.
For more information or to purchase advance tickets, call the museum at (360) 740-8875 or visit www.veteransmuseum.org.
Skookumchuck Grange Plans Barbecue, Auction
The Skookumchuck Grange will hold its sixth annual Barbecue and Auction Saturday at the Grange hall, 5345 Skookumchuck Road SE, Tenino.
A silent auction will be 3-4:30 p.m., a steak dinner 3:30-5 p.m., and a live auction to follow. Auctioneer will be Rick Nelson.
Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and military, $8 for children age 6-12 and children under 5 free. Proceeds will benefit the Grange’s Tenino School District projects.
For more information, call (360) 264-2480.
