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     The annual Omak Western and Native Art Show gets under way Wednesday, Aug. 6, with a champagne reception and auction, says Doris Hubbard of the Okanogan County Artists Association.
     The group organizes the annual show and members also participate.
     Champagne, non-alcoholic beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be offered during the reception, at which people can meet the artists. An art auction caps the event, which runs from 7-9 p.m. at The Courtyard Downtown on Main Street in Omak.
     Steve Mitzner, Okanogan, will serve as auctioneer, Hubbard said.
     The art show runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 7-9, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10.
     Poster artist this year is Robert Stem, Deer Park. His depiction of a cowboy on a bucking horse adorns art show and Stampede posters, booster buttons and belt buckles.
     Participating artists are David Craig, who is new to the show and does watercolors and mixed media; Tina Reeve Tharp, Charlene Monger, Georgia Tongel and Jayme van Tongel, Sharron Arbuckle, Esther Hinger, Robert Walton, Robert Stem, LeElla Day, Susan LeBow, Barbara Conner Reed, George Traicheff, Don Nutt and the Okanogan County Artists Association.