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53rd-annual ‘Garibaldi Days’ this weekend By Joe Wrabek
GARIBALDI DAYS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS There is live music in the food court Saturday and Sunday afternoon, and in local establishments Friday and Saturday nights. Go-Karts and the Astro Test ride are operating from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. The parade is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, with lots of kids activities to follow, including a kids fish tank (free) from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Rowdy Referees show (free) at 1 p.m., and a magic show (free) at 4 p.m. There is a free teen dance from 7 to 10 p.m., followed by fireworks over the bay.
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The 53rd-annual “Garibaldi Days” festival is set to light up the town July 26-28. This year’s theme – “Go Fish!” – celebrates the community’s heritage as a fishing center dating back well over a century. Planned are fireworks, kids’ activities, live music, and food and craft vendors galore. Ostensibly honoring the town’s namesake, Italian revolutionary leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, “Garibaldi Days” began in 1960 as a reunion of graduates of Garibaldi High School, which was open from 1927 to 1954. “There was a parade that first year and everything,” said local historian Jack Graves. The Garibaldi school is now a grade school. Middle and high school students are bused to Neah-Kah-Nie in Rockaway Beach. This will be the third year the festival has been put on by the Garibaldi Tourism Commission. That group took over sponsorship from the Garibaldi Lions Club, which inherited the event after the Garibaldi Chamber of Commerce folded several years ago. Most – but not all – of the “Garibaldi Days” activities take place downtown, basically between 3rd and 7th streets, on both sides of the railroad tracks and in the Port of Garibaldi’s boat basin. The festival kicks off Thursday night with a dignitaries dinner at Kelley’s Place for a visiting delegation from Sparks, Nev., Garibaldi’s sister city. Sparks has sent a delegation to Garibaldi Days ever since the Oregon community began delivering a Christmas tree to Sparks years ago in the ongoing “Christmas Tree Express.” Meanwhile, vendors are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The “Garibaldi Days” parade, a 53-year tradition, starts Saturday at 11 a.m. It begins in Lumbermen’s Park, then travels U.S. Highway 101 between 3rd and 7th streets, and winds through the boat basin. The parade will feature a U.S. Coast Guard color guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Tillamook County’s rodeo queen, clowns from Astoria, the county fair’s Pig ‘n’ Ford racing crew, the Garibaldi and Bay City fire departments, and more. Marv and Pat Evans are this year’s grand marshals. Marv, a retired school superintendent now living in Vancouver, Wash., served eight years on the Garibaldi City Council. KTIL radio’s Shaena Peterson and Garibaldi Port Commission president Val Folkema will emcee the parade. Saturday also will see the Garibaldi Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard’s third-annual softball tournament, at 1 p.m. at Garibaldi Grade School. The “Coasties” will attempt to win the tournament trophy from the Fire Department, last year’s victor. Activities for kids were a big draw in 2012 and there will be more this year. For one thing, the fish tank is back, this time operated by Garibaldi’s Tourism Commission instead of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Spearheaded by Dave Olson, the Port of Garibaldi’s maintenance superintendent; Coast Guard Master Chief Mike Saindon; Mayor Sue McCarthy; and Garibaldi House proprietor Gene Tish, the
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN RAMER
Saturday-evening fireworks highlight “Garibaldi Days.” fish tank this year features fish from a private hatchery. It’s open Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Also back are go-karts, along with an “Astro Test Ride” that simulates the zerogravity training received by astronauts. Those will operate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. all three days of the festival. All of the kids’ activities are centered
MUSIC!
Groups Presented by the Garibaldi Tourism Commission Performances will take place in the Food Court area on S. 6th Street
around Lumbermen’s Park and Jerry Creasy Way, immediately south of the park. There’s plenty of performing arts as well. The “Rowdy Refs” perform in Lumbermen’s Park on Saturday at 1 p.m. (they’ve been popular at various county fairs for 15 years, but have never been in Garibaldi before). And there’s a magic
Marv & Pat Evans: Parade Grand Marshals “Garibaldi is an interesting place,” says Marv Evans. “There are a lot of retired people – and that fits us very well – who are involved in the town in one way or the other. And to me, that makes it a bright spot in the world.”
Saturday, July 27 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. -- Ocean Bottom Country Blues • 2:15 to 3:15 -- Wil Duncan • 3:30 to 4:30 -- Coaster • 4:45 to 5:45 -- Sedona Fire
Sunday, July 28 • 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Ocean Bottom Country Blues • 12:45 to 2: 15 -- Eric Sappington • 2:30 to 4 p.m. -- Benny & the Bay City Rockers • 4:15 to 5:45 -- Deathgrass
Groups Presented by Local Establishments Kelley’s Place Taska and the Outlaws Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. 321 Garibaldi Ave.
The Ghost Hole Public House The Distractions Friday and Saturday 8 p.m. to midnight 409 Garibaldi Ave.
The Garibaldi Pub & Eatery Responsible Party Friday and Saturday 9 p.m. to midnight 415 Garibaldi Ave.
Pat & Marv Evans
Marv, a former two-term city councilor in Garibaldi, and his wife Pat are serving as grand marshals of this year’s Garibaldi Days Parade on Saturday, July 27.
Evans is a retired teacher and school superintendent who served in districts all over western Oregon. “Marv had fished in Garibaldi a couple of times and then we moved here in April 1996, right after the big flood,” Pat Evans noted.
show at 4 p.m. Both are free, as is the teen dance with DJ Steve Ross at the Old Mill Clubhouse at 7 p.m. Saturday. Live music will entertain both Saturday (1 to 6 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) in the food court, that stub of 6th Street between the Chevron gas station and cannery outlet.
Garibaldi Days Schedule of Events Friday, July 26 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Noon, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. Evening
Marv served eight years on City Council, while his wife, the gardener in the family, volunteered to work on the grounds of City Hall and tended a planter that was part of the city’s beautification program on U.S. Highway 101. She also volunteered at community events such as the annual Garibaldi Crab Races. Marv said he also worked with the late Diane O’Leary “for about a year” putting out a newsletter that carried news of the community.
Go-Karts and Astro Test ride, south of Lumberman’s Park near Jerry Creasey Way Vendors open on Hwy. 101 near S. 3rd Street. Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad trains leave Garibaldi for Rockaway Beach. Trains leave Rockaway Beach for Garibaldi at 1 and 3 p.m. Live music at the Ghost Hole Public House, Garibaldi Pub & Eatery and Kelley’s Place
Saturday, July 27 9 a.m. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. 11 a.m.-Noon Noon-5 p.m. Noon, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. Noon-4 p.m.
“I came to Garibaldi because I wanted to live on the coast,” Marv said. “So I did a survey of the sportsmen’s amenities offered by all the ports on the central Oregon coast. We needed to be close to Portland because of my parents’ ages. And Garibaldi was the most attractive of all the ports on that part of the coast. I spent a lot of time fishing and crabbing in Garibaldi.”
Ocean Bottom Country Blues, Wil Duncan, Coaster and Sedona Fire perform on Saturday. Ocean Bottom Country Blues, Eric Sappington, Benny and the Bay City Rockers, and Deathgrass perform on Sunday. On Friday and Saturday nights, bands will perform in the taverns – The Distractions playing at the Ghost Hole, Responsible Party at the Garibaldi Pub, and Taska and the Outlaws at Kelley’s Place. One event that won’t be happening this year is the annual reunion of Garibaldi High School graduates – the reason the festival was started 53 years ago. There are too few of the alumni left, Assistant City Manager Mary Deloria said.
1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. Noon-6 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 7-10 p.m. Evening 10 p.m.
Parade judging starts Go-Karts and Astro Test ride, south of Lumberman’s Park near Jerry Creasy Way. Vendors open on Hwy. 101 near S. 3rd Street. Parade Kids Fish Tank presented by Garibaldi Tourism Commission in Lumberman’s Park. Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad trains leave Garibaldi for Rockaway Beach. Trains leave Rockaway Beach for Garibaldi at 1 and 3 p.m. Garibaldi Museum Silent Auction of handcrafted items for the benefit of the museum. Also live demonstrations by blacksmith Gary Lewis of Lone Wolf Forge who will create useful items from the colonial era in the museum parking lot. Live music starts at the Food Court area on S. 6th Street Rowdy Referees show on Lumberman’s Park stage. Garibaldi Fire Department vs U.S. Coast Guard Softball Game, Garibaldi Grade School U.S. Coast Guard vs Garibaldi Fire Department “waterball” tug of war, Biak Avenue in the Port of Garibaldi area Magic, Magic Show in Lumberman’s Park Live music in the Food Court area on S. 6th Street. Dinner train leaves Garibaldi. For more information, call (503) 842-7972. Teen DJ dance at the Old Mill Lodge. Free admission and refreshments. Live music at the Ghost Hole Public House, Garibaldi Pub & Eatery and Kelley’s Place Fireworks at the Port of Garibaldi.
Sunday, July 29 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
The couple moved to Vancouver, Wash., two years ago to be closer to family. “But we come down to Garibaldi as often as we can,” Marv said.
10 a.m.-6 p.m. 11 a.m. Noon, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m.
“We miss our friends more than we can say,” added Pat.
Go-Karts and Astro Test ride operate south of Lumberman’s Park near Jerry Creasy Way. Vendors open on Hwy. 101 near S. 3rd Street. Live music begins at the Food Court area on S. 6th Street Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad trains leave Garibaldi for Rockaway Beach. Trains leave Rockaway Beach for Garibaldi at 1 and 3 p.m.
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