Kathleen Hutchinson, Director of the Pastega Lights Display, gives tour and instructions for set up to Clair Conner (from left), Kari Gottfried, Jessica Hovermale, and Kara Fightmaster. Clair and Kari are Juniors at CHS and volunteer with Key Club at local events. Jessica and Kara are Sophomores at CVHS and also volunteer with their school's Key Club. Saturday, Nov. 18.
Ari Waskin, 17 (left) and Sophia Merten, 11, work to untangle light strings at the Pastega volunteer event for the National Honors Society. Ari is a Junior at Crescent Valley High School and Sophia will be attending CVHS next fall. Saturday, Nov. 11.
Anthony Nguyen, a freshman in the Chemical Engineering program at OSU, spends hours wrapping light strings behind displays in order to give a clean, neat appearance for upcoming public. Anthony is originally from Oregon City and has loved how easy it is to get involved with public events in Corvallis. Saturday, Nov. 18.
Mike Strowbridge goes on one last walk through the display, checking lights, minutes before gates open to the public on opening night. Friday, Nov. 24.
Cars line up to enter the infamous Pastega Lights Display the Friday after Thanksgiving. The lights have been on display at the Corvallis Pepsi Plant since 1980. When the plant shut down, the Pastega family volunteered to have it moved to the Benton County Fair Grounds where it attracts thousands of cars from Thanksgiving to New Years. Friday, Nov. 24.
