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Crowd at Fish Fest 2018. Photo by Janelle Krug Local BBQ Wins Big J & C BBQ and Catering competed in their first PNWBA (Pacific Northwest Barbecue Association) competition July 20th-21st. Not new to sanctioned BBQ competitions; however, this was their first Fish Fest 2019 competition with this organization. NW BBQ Bacon Beer & Steak Festival was held in Keizer, Oregon, being the first time for this new event. Joe and Celebrates Ten Years! Christy, owners of J & C BBQ, competed against 16 other teams for cash and prizes. 104.1 The Fish (KFIS) will present Fish Fest 2019, Mark Lee (of Third Day), and Jamie Kimmett. The The event not only comprised of a traditional taking place at the Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on festival will also feature various exhibitor booths from BBQ competition which included the four main Saturday August 16, 2019, and featuring Matt Maher, local businesses and ministries, as well as several food meat categories: pork, brisket, chicken and ribs, but Zach Williams, Mac Powell & the Family Reunion, We Are selections from food vendors. competitors competed for the best bacon dish. J & Messengers, Ryan Stevenson, Mark Lee (of Third Day) and The gates will open at 12pm, with the concert starting C BBQ entered their “Texas Twinkies”, which are Jamie Kimmett. at 2pm. You can purchase tickets online in advance at large jalapenos cored and filled with cream cheese Now in its tenth year in Salem, Fish Fest is Oregon’s www.fishfestportland.com. General Admission tickets are and their award-winning brisket, wrapped in thick largest outdoor Christian music festival, presented $29 for Adults, $15 for Children ages 6-12, and Children by 104.1 The Fish & La-Z-Boy Furniture. Featuring bacon and sprinkled with their homemade rib rub 5 & under are free. Prices will increase at the door, so performances from top Christian artists and day-long and smoked on their Lang smoker. These were a hit attendees are encouraged to buy tickets in advance. ADA entertainment for the whole family, Fish Fest has become with the event’s attendees, winning J & C BBQ the a favorite annual celebration of faith and family at and Premium reserved seating is also available. coveted Grand Champion People’s Choice Award as Salem’s Riverfront Park. It is a wonderful opportunity to Fish Fest attendees are encouraged to bring water, well as $250 in cash! invite to enjoy a day of great music, food and fun in the blankets or low-back lawn chairs, and sunscreen, for a Joe became a member of SCA (Steak Cookoff park with friends and family of all ages. beautiful sunny day at Salem’s Riverfront Park. (Please Association) and competed against 11 other The all-star lineup this year includes Grammy- note that outside food & drink will not be allowed.) competitors for a chance to win $1,000 and the nominated Matt Maher, Zach Williams, Mac Powell & the Parking is available in downtown Salem. For more coveted golden ticket to Forth Worth, Texas in Family Reunion, We Are Messengers, Ryan Stevenson, information or to buy tickets, visit fishfestportland.com. October for the World Championship Steak Cookoff. Joe won 2nd place and $500 for his ribeye steak and was presented his award by an official SCA representative from Texas. In the four meat categories competition, J & C BBQ won 8th place Chicken, 5th place Brisket and 1st place Ribs. Their winnings ranked them 6th out of 17 teams. To try some of this amazing food stop by their restaurant in Lebanon, OR. The have plenty of seating and an area that can be reserved for larger groups. They also provide catering to satisfy you BBQ cravings.

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August 2019 • Page 15 Memories Reviews The History of Colors Both of our stores have a “stuffology” of stuff in here that you didn’t even know you section, which has books detailing the history didn’t know. For example, across the whole of very specific stuff--salt, dirt, gloves, etc. world, and throughout all time, if a language But beyond “stuff,” some has words for three colors, authors write about the do you know what they are? Scott history of particular Givens, White, black, and--yep, red concepts. French historian Browsers is always the third color. Michel Pastoureau has Bookstores, What about Judas Iscariot? come up with a fascinating and fellow The Bible says nothing series of studies on reviewer, about his appearance, particular colors. daughter, but starting around the He has so far Amanda year 1000, people started published Green, Blue, Givens painting him with red hair-- Black, and Red. I’ve and since then, it’s stuck. browsed through Blue Red has many before, and just finished Red. You might think- connotations, and the book is arranged both -what can a person say about a color? It turns chronologically and thematically. As we move out, each color has a rich history of its own, through history, red changes from the favorite and the books are lavishly illustrated with color, to a controversial color, to a dangerous reproductions of paintings, ancient texts and color. Textiles, heraldry, flags, and traffic artifacts, making a veritable museum display of signals are all included as artifacts contributing the history of the color. to a deciphering of the meaning of red. Part And what, you might think, does the art history, part world history, and part plain history of a color entail? Lots of stuff. In fact, old interesting storytelling, this series of this is a history of the world, as seen through color-histories is a fun and fascinating browse a red lens. Trivia fans take note! There’s lots through the human experience.

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