This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Kim Ashmore, City of Centralia’s Public Works Director, will be presenting on stormwater management in the Chehalis River Basin. Learn about the impacts of nonpoint pollution on water quality and salmon. Hear more about what you can do to prevent pollution runoff at your home!
Whether you’re an amateur or a skilled cornholer, sign up for a friendly, fun evening or cornholing and raise some funds to help vulnerable children and build strong families through FESS’s vital programs. Fess serves families in Thurston, Lewis, Mason and Pierce counties. Tourney includes two divisions: two-person social teams for casual players, and an individuals’ super-switch competitive division, using ACL standards. The action will be overseen by the Twin Cities Cornhole League of Centralia and Chehalis. The competition comes in the form of teams (such as firefighters vs. police officers) challenging one another. Prizes go to the three top teams, and a cash prize will be awarded in the super-swith competition. Fun prizes also awarded for categories like “best cornhole costume.” The evening includes a silent auction and a DJ and entertainment by Bobby Williams, founder of the Bridge Music Project.
The event is adult-only The cost is $100 per team – $50 per team member – for the social event; $60 per individual for the competitive super switch event. Food and drink is an additional $25. FESS is encouraging participants to play and stay. Until Jan. 15, Lucky Eagle is offering discounted room rates on tournament night for participants. Use promo code is FamilyEDU.
To register and for more information, go to http://familyess.org/cornhole or call FESS, 360-754-7629
Do you want to learn more about rain gardens? Join Stream Team and Bob Simmons from WSU Extension for a free workshop to learn the basics of designing and building your own rain garden. Rain gardens are a great tool for filtering stormwater pollutants before they reach streams! Learn about using native plants to create habitat for birds and pollinators.
Join Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82796956884?pwd=RlBsUEh6UVoyc2ZJWXBXNUZJTCt0QT09
Meeting ID: 827 9695 6884
Passcode: 918768
Call Number: 1-253-205-0468 / 1-253-215-8782
COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR OPENS AT CENTRALIA OUTLETS
IN CENTRALIA, WA ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH 2023
Columbia Sportswear Brings Performance Footwear, Apparel and Accessories
that are Tested Tough to Centralia!
Grand Opening Celebration Set for 8/25!
Portland, Oregon – 07/25/2023 – A global leader and innovator in outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment, Columbia Sportswear will open its newest Clearance Store at Centralia Outlets.
For more than 80 years, Columbia has developed innovated products and technologies with one simple
goal: To unlock the outdoors for everyone. Based in the ever-inclement Pacific Northwest, innovative
products are developed and rigorously tested in a variety of weather. The company continues to
adhere to founder Gert Boyle’s mantra, “It’s perfect. Now make it better.”
“We’re excited to announce that the Columbia retail footprint is growing with the opening of a new Clearance
Store in Centralia, WA. Central to Portland, Seattle, mountains, and beaches, we have the equipment to fuel
your outdoor thrills. Whether hiking the trails in Lewis County, kayaking down the Skookumchuck River, or
camping at Mayfield Lake.” said Russell Anderson, Vice President of Retail Operations for Columbia
Sportswear. “Whatever the adventure, Columbia has you covered with apparel, footwear and gear that is
Tested Tough, and will keep everyone in the family warm, dry, cool and protected all year-round.”
The new Columbia Sportswear clearance store is located at 140 W High St Suite 140 in the Centralia
Outlets – Centralia, WA For more information and the entire Columbia Sportswear selection, please
visit http://www.columbia.com/
About Columbia
Columbia, the flagship brand of Portland, Oregon-based Columbia Sportswear Company, has been
creating innovative apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment for outdoor enthusiasts since 1938.
Columbia has become a leading global brand by channeling the company’s passion for the outdoors
and innovative spirit into technologies and performance products that keep people warm, dry, cool
and protected year-round. To learn more, please visit the company’s website at www.columbia.com.
We’re back from extinction and we’ve changed our name!
Join us for a Dino-mite night at our Adults Only (21+) special event! Same great fun with an all-new-name HOCM After Hours. (Move over Adult Swim!) This is the perfect time for fossils, friends, and old fashioneds! Dig up your curiosity, dust off your khakis, and shake your bones to DJ Wes Jamieson. Unearth the secrets of paleontology with fossil experts from the Fossil Team PDX. Meet birds of prey with the Raptor Ambassadors and The Falconer. Try your hand at whiskey trivia, learn about distilling and craft your own infusion. Go back in time to the dawn of the dinosaurs and make a dino egg bath bomb and create a wax fossil cast.
Check out our website for more details and activities!
Come toast to the first anniversary of our new eye clinic, enjoy Italian bites by The Loft catering, shop the full collection of Gucci and Tom Davies frames, and enter to win a free frame or lenses. Our Buy More, Save More Sale will be a great way to make the most of this day!
Join the parents of the Adna Senior Class of 2025 in raising funds to support the Safe and Sober Night after graduation! On September 21 from 4 to 6 p.m., Bub’s Pub in Centralia will be serving up their delicious burger baskets complete with fresh-cut fries and a pint of beer (domestic or microbrew) for just $20. Ten dollars of the meal will go to fund the Adna Class of 2025’s Safe and Sober Night.
Along with the burgers and brew, be sure to bring cash or card for the live auction and 50/50 raffle. Bid on donated items from local business owners, including a 30-minute session with Kopper Mohney Photography, coffee for a month from Skull and Crossbones Coffee, a load of rock within ten miles for delivery from Dunnagen Development, a basket of fireworks worth $300, Seahawks tickets and so much more.
Bub’s Pub Sports Bar and Grill
1326 Harrison Avenue, Centralia
Are you over your ex? Or still nursing a broken heart? Either way, it’s time to get your revenge – with laughter! Join us at The Juice Box Public House for a night of hilarious “Roast Your Ex” fun.
Host Cheri Hardman and her band of witty comedians will be dishing out jokes about dating, heartbreak, and relationships gone wrong. And if you’re feeling bold, you can roast your own ex! Don’t worry, it’s all in good fun – we promise plenty of laughs and zero hard feelings.
So grab your friends, bring your ex’s photo (or voodoo doll), and get ready to leave that baggage behind. This is the cathartic, sides-splitting breakup bash you didn’t know you needed. We can’t wait to see you there!
Come learn about:
-The Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Program, who we are, what we do, and how we can help each other.
-East County Noxious Weed Identification, Control Strategies, & Community Action
-WSDA Funded Knotweed Control on the Cowlitz River
(2 WSDA Pesticide Recertification Credits Pending)
Learn about Scotch broom control methods & wildfire risks associated with Scotch broom.
Wear appropriate work clothing, closed toe shoes, & gloves. Hand tools will be provided.
All ages welcome!
Sponsored by East Lewis County PDA & Longmire Springs Brewing.
Light refreshments & snacks will be provided by Longmire Springs Brewing
