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Crab Krack Event Will Benefit Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center
January 7, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diane Disse, Museum Educator, 541-265-7509
NEWPORT, Oregon – Enjoy local Dungeness crab
from Newport's fishermen and processing plants,
Newport Crab Marketing Association and Pacific Shrimp at the inaugural Crab
Krack 4 p.m., Jan. 25, 2009 at the Best Western Inn, Agate Beach.
The event will benefit the proposed Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center of the Lincoln
County Historical Society.
The evening will feature music by "The Nettles," a Celtic group from
Corvallis, a silent auction with donations from Roby's Furniture, the Oregon
Coast Aquarium, Salishan Spa and Golf Resort, and items such as a reciprocal
saw, custom garden bench, quilts and afghans, and donations from many other
businesses. The dinner will include a whole crab, corn on the cob, salad,
roll, and desserts by Mo's and others. Extra crab will be available for
purchase.
 "We think this event will be great fun, let people indulge in local crab,
and enjoy the congeniality of the evening while raising money for the
Maritime & Heritage Center," Dawn Pavitt, chair of the event, said. "We're
planning for 200 people this year and hope to make this an annual event,"
she added. "Because of the generosity of the fishermen, the crab dinner is a
great deal, and the winning bidders at the auction will go home with some
great deals," Pavitt said.
Newport has a long love affair with the Dungeness crab. In 1938, with an
abundance of crab and a need for tourists, the town started a Crab Festival,
giving away the delicacies by the thousands. During the first Crab Festival,
25,000 people visited Newport for the free lunch. The festival ended in 1951
with a big bang: 38 cases of crabs were shipped to soldiers in Korea.
Tickets Are Available
Tickets for the Crab Krack are available at:
- The Lincoln County Historical Society Burrows House and Log Cabin Museums,
545 SW Ninth St., Newport;
- Bayscapes Gallery & Coffee House,
333 SW Bay Blvd., Newport; and
- Old World Deli,
341 SW Second St., Corvallis.
Cost for non-members is $30 per person, $55 per couple in
advance; for members, $25 per person, $45 per couple in advance. If any
spaces remain, tickets at the door will be $35 each. For more information,
call 541-265-7509.
The Lincoln County Historical Society, which includes the Burrows House and
Log Cabin museums, is located at 545 SW Ninth Street in Newport. The museums
are free and open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. The Lincoln County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of Lincoln
County.
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