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A quick run-down on what’s happening on the Long Beach Peninsula.  As the flowers bloom, the festivities do too!

April 24, 2010 – 18th Annual Black Lake Fishing Derby in Ilwaco.  7am-noon.  Ages 0-14.  Free registration!  Contact Normandie Hand.

Do you know about the Timberland Regional Library Foundation fundraiser?  It sounds like lots of fun.  It’s called Passport…to Timberland.  You can visit 27 unique libraries and the communities they’re in absolutely free from June 15-September 10, 2010.  You might even win a prize!

Business owners and the general public are invited to a Shred-A-Thon hosted by Arthur Strand Insurance Saturday, April 24 from 10-2.  You can shred your unwanted documents free of charge.  Behind Arthur Strand Insurance/Chinook Observer Building, 205 Bolstad Ave E, Long Beach.  For more info contact Arthur Strand Insurance. 642-2345.

RECREATIONAL RAZOR CLAM OPENER: The mid-April 2010 recreational razor clam opener will proceed as planned. The marine toxin tests have been completed and the Washington Department of Health has found razor clams are safe for human consumption. The following are the dates and locations of this razor clam harvest opportunity:

• Friday, April 16, (8:32 A.M., -0.7) Long Beach and Twin Harbors only
• Saturday, April 17, (9:12 A.M., -0.7) Long Beach, Twin Harbors and Kalaloch only
• Sunday, April 18, (9:56 A.M., -0.6) Long Beach, Twin Harbors and Kalaloch only

Saturday Market at the Port of Ilwaco starts May 1!  Lots of fun for everyone.  The Clatsop Weavers and Spinners Guild will be holding a weaving/spinning demo.  Drop by and see us. Be sure to look for us on Facebook too.

Be a part of the exciting future and rich history of Ilwaco.  Look for them on Facebook (Discover Ilwaco).  Become a fan, suggest to your friends.

And don’t forget the 60th Annual Loyalty Day Celebration in Long Beach and Ilwaco.  Visit Funbeach for more info.

The Peninsula Players are hosting a workshop focused on fund raising for the community theater.  Although it is focusing on our situation.  I am sure there will be valued information for any non-profit.  All Peninsula Players are invited to attend free.  Other members of non-profits are invited to attend by paying the membership fee of $10.

The workshop is scheduled for 1 pm on Saturday April 18th at the 2nd Story Playhouse in Ilwaco.  The workshop will be led by Gay Campbell, a well known fund raising consultant.  Please RSVP to Rita Smith by email or phone 665-0028

And last, but not least, for this post – Keepers are needed for the North Head Lighthouse.  On May 16, 1898 the North Head Lighthouse was put into service.  Time has not been kind to this statuesque landmark and life saver.  For more information on how you can help, email Keepers of the North Head Lighthouse.  “Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same, Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on forevermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light!”  From “The Lighthouse” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Hope to see lots of you at these festivities or in real estate mode!  Remember, there’s still time to qualify for the home buyer stimulus bonus!  Don’t say I didn’t warn you!