Wet Pug predicts more rain

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Raining Queen Diane Philips pets Mattie the pug and finds the fur wet.  (Well, of course - its owner, Taimi Gorman, was holding her in the rain)  While the royal court was not sure at first what that meant, they quickly decided that we in the Northwest are in for another 10 weeks of rain.  What a surprise.  The 9th annual Official Pacific Northwest Rain Festival was held Saturday noon on the Fairhaven Village Green.  The queen and her court held several contests in which all got prizes and all were declared the winners. Fairhaven merchants donated some very fine gift certificates for meals, beauty services and products. 

The gathering on the Green took place in a typical February light drizzle.  All were thankful for the rain - especially after recalling how sunshine has wrecked some festivals in past years. 

The Queen and her court.  At the mic is Dirty Dan Harris, the founder of Fairhaven - also known locally as Jim Rich.  The historical Dan started Fairhaven in 1854 and platted it for a town in 1884.  Her court is the Ladies of the Evening Society, local business women who commemorate the early business women of the 1880s in Fairhaven.  Today they are strictly a social group that lends color to our Fairhaven events. 

Jim Milstead reads his rain poem.  He read a very good poem - probably the best. 

Kim Erickson reads her rain poem - actually a poem she wrote for something else long ago.  She inserted the word rain at several places.  All approved and the Queen loved it.  Dirty Dan got to wondering why he was standing on the Green.

Hue Beattie reads his one sentence poem.  We may as well print it.  “The grain in Spain grows mainly thanks to rain.”  All thought this was even better than haiku.  Profound.

The rain fest was a great success.  All retreated to the fine Fairhaven restaurants for food and drink after the 25 minute long festival.  The festival almost did not happen this year, but Diane Philips, who owns The Barbershop in Fairhaven, decided it had to go on and organized one of the best rain fests ever.  She promised that she and her court would stage the festival again in February 2011.  We look forward to it. 

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