Craft Winefest hosts A Clark County Wine Tour from 1 to 6:30 p.m., this Saturday, Oct. 5. Tickets are $85 per person and are available online here. Interested parties will also get free entry to the Craft Winefest – Holiday Edition on Nov. 23, if tickets are purchased before midnight Oct. 1.

The price of the ticket includes chauffeur and gas, tastings at four select wineries, dinner and a commemorative Winefest glass. Between wineries, guests can participate in wine trivia games and raffles. For every bottle of wine purchased, $1 will be donated to Assistance League of Southwest Washington.

The event kicks off at Burnt Bridge Cellars, 1500 Broadway in downtown Vancouver, where guests will sample five wines. The tour a stops at Heisen House Vineyard in Battle Ground, then travels to Confluence Winery in Ridgefield for tasting and dinner. For more information, visithttp://thecraftwinefest.com/tours. Follow their events on Facebook here.

From left: Tim Leavitt and Bob Turlay, photo courtesy of the Columbian.

The Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Vancouver Business Journal and the League of Women Voters will host the “Vancouver’s Mayoral Debate” from 6 to 7 p.m., in Gaiser Hall at Clark College, 1925 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Doors open at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The debate will be moderated by John McDonagh of the Vancouver Business Journal. Live, local television coverage will air beginning at 6 p.m. on Clark/Vancouver Television (CVTV) cable channel 23, and stream online at www.cvtv.org

The format will begin with a welcome and opening statement by both candidates: Incumbent Tim Leavitt and City Councilman Bill Turlay. Then, the moderator will pose questions. After which, the Candidates will have the opportunity to ask each other questions. The debate will end with a series of rapid-fire questions allowing only one-two word answers; and close with final statements.

Celebrate the oldest living apple tree in the Pacific Northwest — 187 years young — at Vancouver’s annual Old Apple Tree Festival, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Old Apple Tree Park, 112 SE Columbia Way. The free, family-friendly festival features live music by Green Apple Jam, On a Lark, Another Shade of Bluegrass, and the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association.

There will also be fruit tree pruning demonstrations, arts and crafts for kids, ask-the-arborist sessions, Fort Vancouver tours, and on-site food vendors. To participate in the apple cider pressing, guests should bring their own apples or purchase apples from vendors at the event. Remember to bring clean containers for the freshly pressed cider.

The Old Apple Tree Festival is presented by the Urban Forestry Commission in partnership with the City of Vancouver’s Urban Forestry program, a division of the Department of Public Works, Clark Public Utilities, Collier Arbor Care; and the National Park Service. For more information about the Old Apple Tree Festival and Vancouver’s efforts to enhance the community’s trees, and about the benefits they bring to residents and businesses, call Urban Forestry at 360-487-8308 or visit www.cityofvancouver.us/urbanforestry.

Tesoro/Savage will host a community presentation about the proposed Vancouver Energy Distribution Terminal at 7:30 p.m., today, Sept. 30, at Hudson’s Bay High School Commons Area, 1601 E. McLoughlin Blvd. in Vancouver. Doors open at 7 p.m. The event will offer an opportunity to hear directly from the project’s co-sponsors and speak with subject-matter experts on a variety of specific topics. Refreshments will be provided. To RSVP, email info@vancouverenergyterminal.com. Click here for the original article.