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It's Quilcene's Festival Weekend!
from Fjord | Fall 2021
by Imagination
FAIR & PARADE
Saturday, September 18, 10-3 PM
At the Fair, enjoy live music, vendors, exhibits, raffle, games, and activities for kids. Proceeds support local non-profit organizations. Information is available at quilcenefair.org or on Facebook at quilcenefair. The theme is “Over the Bridges and Through the Woods.”
The Quilcene Fair organizers would like to thank the generous community supporters: Jamestown S’Klallam 7 Cedars Casino, Blyn; Homer Smith Insurance, Port Townsend; Count Me In For Quilcene; Chuljian Family Forest Wood Products, Port Townsend; Olympic Peninsula Physical Therapy, Quilcene; Tom McClanahan, Quilcene; Taylored Fibers, Quilcene; Chimacum Corner Farmstand, Chimacum; Windermere Realty, Quilcene; Morger Construction, Quilcene; Peninsula Foods, Quilcene; Goodman Sanitation, Port Townsend; McKay Shrimp and Crab Gear, Brinnon; Andrea’s Beauty and Barber, Quilcene; and Hadlock Realty, Port Hadlock. Numerous generous raffle donations have also been received.
Community Parade on 101
Highway 101 will be detoured to allow for the Parade, which starts at 11 AM. Staging is behind the Post Office prior to Parade time; the Parade will be heading north. All Parade entries are encouraged — the football team, cheerleaders and other school groups, floats, tractors, logging trucks, vintage cars, etc. Parade entry forms can be printed online. There is no entry fee.
LORNA WARD is the Parade Grand Marshal. Lorna came to Quilcene in 1936. She was active with Scouts, Rainbow Girls, and PTA when her kids were school age and has been a valued mainstay of the school for many years. She was on the School Board for 18 years. She was an employee for 26 years, starting the successful vocational food service program. She remembers those students kindly and is pleased that training served them well. At 91, she remains active with the school Booster Club. Lorna says she loves all the children; the kids know that, and she is lovingly known as "Grandma Lorna."
The school has also given 2020 - 2021 Excellence in Education Awards. The recipients are Sierra Wong, a para-educator and Kim Knudson, 2nd grade teacher.
A special invitation is extended this year to Essential Workers to be honored in the Parade. This includes, but is not limited to, medical workers, teachers and other school personnel, the fire department, law enforcement, retail workers, etc.
Please walk just behind the Honor Guard and our Dignitaries. Write on the top of your Parade application that you are an Essential Worker and mail it in or bring it to the sign-in area. We know how dedicated you have been in these tough times and want to let you know how much you are appreciated.
The Arts and Crafts Exhibition will be in the Exhibition Hall and artists of all kinds are invited to participate. Entries are due at the school gym on Friday, September 17, 4 - 7 PM. For questions, please contact Sherry, the Arts & Crafts chairperson, at 360-710-3683 or jspoopiekat@gmail.com. The Quilcene, Brinnon and Coyle communities have many talented artists, including painters, metal sculptors, carvers, photographers, ceramic artists, jewelry makers, and fiber artists. And kids, be sure to enter your creations - paintings, photographs, and Lego sculptures (be limited only by your imagination.)
The Quilcene Brinnon Garden Club will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary in the Exhibition Hall at the Fair. It will host contests and activities as always, but this year there will be a twist to its Flower Specially trained community educators will be answering gardening questions and giving advice in the Exhibition Hall. WSU Jefferson County Extension Master Gardeners have undergone an intensive training program to become experts about gardening.
The Car Show will be located behind the school. Dash plaques will be given to the first 25 cars and trophies will be awarded for Best Classic Car, Best Hot Rod, and Best of Show. There will be no pre-registration for the Car Show. The $10 admission will be waived for all vehicles that take part in the Parade.
The First Presbyterian Church of Quilcene 130th Anniversary Community Celebration will be held on Saturday, September 18 as part of Fair Day. The community is invited from 2 to 5 PM to 294433 Highway 101, Quilcene. The church had been active for several years in the late 1880s and was formally incorporated in 1891. In recognition of the church's long history in Quilcene, vintage quilts and heritage craft items will be displayed. If you have vintage quilts for display, please contact Bonnie McDaniel at 360-765-0977 or bmcdan0977@ yahoo.com. Coffee and ice cream will be served. Contact person for this Community Celebration event is Pastor Carol McLaughlin at fpcquilcene@gmail.com.
The Quilcene Oyster Races take place on Sunday, September 19. The Half Marathon and the 10K are USTAF certified. There is also a 5K fun walk/run and a free kids sprint.
This event funds scholarships for students through the Dollars for Scholars program. There will be free gourmet grilled oysters and locally crafted beer. The races begin and end at the restored Worthington Mansion. Tours of the Mansion will be available. Register at quilraces.com.
FARM AND FIBER TOUR
September 18-19 The list of farms for the Jefferson County Farm and Fiber Tour has been announced. It will be on both days - Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19. The tour connects visitors to the farms and farmers who nurture Jefferson County’s food systems and steward the community’s rich agricultural community. The Farm Tour mission is to celebrate locally grown food, fiber and farm made products; invite community members to learn from and engage with their local farmers; and stimulate economic opportunity for farms.
The farms on the tour this year are: Compass Rose Farms, Eaglemont Winery and Cidery, Finn River Farm and Cidery, Jacobs’ Fleece Farm, Kodama Farm, Natembea Farm Cooperative, Organic Seed Alliance, Raincoast Foodbank Garden, Sailor Vineyard, Sunfield Farm, White Lotus Farm, and Wilderbee Farm. There are also digital offerings not open to in person activities, including Arabians at Egg and I, Hopscotch Farm and Cannery, One Straw Ranch, and Sweet Seed Flower Farm. Visit getonthefarm.org for more information.
