Quilters of all ages will show off their talent with needle, thread and fabric at the Lighthouse Quilt Guild’s 12th annual show this weekend.

This year’s show will take on an Asian flavor with quilts featuring Asian-style fabrics, kimonos and other Asian decorations, said Guild President Barbara Allison. But this will be the last show that will be held on an annual basis. The next show will be held in 2014, she said.

“It’s just that we can’t produce as many quilts,” Allison said. “Members were producing a lot and they just can’t produce as much as they were.”

The show will be in the main pavilion from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds. Admission is a donation of $3.

SATURDAY

• Gil Kirk performs vocals and piano 7–10 p.m. at Sebastian’s Seafood Grill, Brookings, Saturdays.

• Gary Lowdon performs on saxophone from 6 to 9 p.m. at O’Holleran’s Restaurant and Lounge, 1210 Chetco Ave., Brookings, Saturdays.

• DJ Marcos spins classic and contemporary tunes every Saturday starting around 10 p.m. at Shooters Billiard’s Bar.

• oreros transforms into a night time hot spot with recorded hip-hop and dance music around 9 p.m. Saturdays.

• Open mic night is every Saturday at Sea West Restaurant, Fort Dick, 9 p.m.

• Karaoke at the Turf Club, 9 p.m. Saturdays

Haley Grace Super was born Aug. 6, 2012, at Sutter Coast Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches. She joins siblings Josephyne and John. Her parents are Windy Scott and Troy Super Jr. of Klamath. Her grandparents are Carol and Joe Scott and Viola and Troy Super, all of Klamath. Her great-grandparents are Richard and Sally Mendez of Klamath.

Tamara Miranda and Sterling Renner were married July 14, 2012, at the McWhorter Horse Ranch in Petrolia. A reception followed at the Mattole Grange.

Tamara is the daughter of Joanna Miranda of Fortuna and John Miranda of Ferndale.

Sterling’s parents are Chris and Sabina Renner of Crescent City.

Attendees included best man Blake Miranda and maid of honor Shaylene Miranda. The ceremony was performed by the groom’s aunt, Diana Renner-Noyes.

The couple reside in Crescent City.

Brianna Waters and Paul Day were married June 30, 2012, at the Historic Jasmine Plantation in Providence Forge, Va.

Brianna is the daughter of Saundra Waters and the late Brian Waters. She is a professor of biology/life sciences at College of the Redwoods-Del Norte.

Maggie Kraft is the new agency director.

“I’m like a bad penny,” Kraft joked from her new office at Area 1 Agency on Aging, which serves Del Norte County.  “I just keep showing up.”

Until February 2011, Kraft served as department director of Eureka and Fortuna Adult Day Health Services and the Alzheimer’s Day Care and Resource Center for 13 years. She left Humboldt Senior Resource Center to spend 14 months with the Peace Corps as an HIV/AIDS capacity building specialist in Botswana, Africa, and returned to Humboldt County six weeks ago to start a new job as executive director of A1AA.

Event designed with children mostly in mind

The Western toad, seen here munching on a worm, is one of the critters to be found in the wetlands of Tolowa Dunes State Park. Courtesy Pete Haggard

Participants should meet at the Lake Earl Wildlife Area Information Center, 2591 Old Mill Road, Crescent City, and come prepared for some fun nature activities featuring Denise Seeger, education coordinator for Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

The group will take a short stroll to a nearby pond to explore its muddy edge and hunt for  plants, frogs, birds, bugs and worms.

Art show winners announced

Award winners for DNACA’s 13th “Celebrating the Creative Arts of Older Americans” juried exhibit at the Del Norte County Fair were announced on Friday during the reception.

First place for fine arts went to by Gordon E. Marsters for “Reflections” (acrylic), and second place in that division to Diane Price for “Kalani” (watercolor).

First place in photography/digital media was awarded to Ernie Bijlsma for “Artist and Dredging Barge,” and second place to Carol A. Schach for “Rainbow at Castle Rock.”

Bill Gillispie took home first place with an agricultural theme for “American Family Farm,” a digital photograph. In addition, honorable mentions were given to Price, Lee Beising, Smokey Bill Harper, Steve Mattson, Doug Minty, Muriel Northrip and Cuno Sapora. For more information about this annual show, contact DNACA at 464-1336 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

SATURDAY

• Gil Kirk performs vocals and piano 7–10 p.m. at Sebastian’s Seafood Grill, Brookings, Saturdays.

• Gary Lowdon performs on saxophone from 6 to 9 p.m. at O’Holleran’s Restaurant and Lounge, 1210 Chetco Ave., Brookings, Saturdays.

• DJ Marcos spins classic and contemporary tunes every Saturday starting around 10 p.m. at Shooters Billiard’s Bar.

• oreros transforms into a night time hot spot with recorded hip-hop and dance music around 9 p.m. Saturdays.

• Open mic night is every Saturday at Sea West Restaurant, Fort Dick, 9 p.m.

• Karaoke at the Turf Club, 9 p.m. Saturdays

Jason Seybold Childs has been named Distinguished Elementary Principal of the Year for Nevada by the State affiliate of the National Association of Elementary School Principals. 

He will attend an awards ceremony at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., this fall. 

Jason graduated from Del Norte High School in 1984. He is the son of Kathleen Seybold of Hiouchi and the late Philip Seybold.