1) Lower Umpqua Gem and Lapidary Society Hosts its Annual Show
2) Southwestern Oregon Preppers Invite You To 'Be Prepared'
3) Lighthouse & Lake 5K walk/run and Free Health Fair
4) Great Afternoons' Annual Wine Tour
5) SHORELINE SCIENCE WORKSHOPS OFFERED THIS SUMMER
6) 'Young Bucs' - Doo Wop band at the Umpqua Discovery Center
2) Southwestern Oregon Preppers Invite You To 'Be Prepared'
3) Lighthouse & Lake 5K walk/run and Free Health Fair
4) Great Afternoons' Annual Wine Tour
5) SHORELINE SCIENCE WORKSHOPS OFFERED THIS SUMMER
6) 'Young Bucs' - Doo Wop band at the Umpqua Discovery Center
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Lower Umpqua Gem and Lapidary Society Hosts its Annual Show
The Lower Umpqua Gem and Lapidary Society is hosting its Annual Gem and Mineral Show, "Treasures From the Earth", July 19-21, at Reedsport, Oregon. There will be jewelry, gem and mineral dealers, demonstrators, displays of gems and minerals, door prizes, silent auctions, and a raffle. Demonstrations include making cabochons, wire wrapped jewelry, soapstone carving, and glass bead making. Kid's activities includes "turn me over rocks" and a ball toss. Choose your thunderegg and have it cut. Come and see our new florescent rock display.
Admission is free, with donations gladly accepted. The show will be held Friday 10 am-5 pm, Saturday 10am-5 pm, and Sunday 10am-4 pm, at the Reedsport Community Center, 451 Winchester Avenue. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Old Timer's Club members will meet for breakfast on Sunday at 7:30 am at the Community Center.
For more information, please contact Bill or Virginia Hendrickson at 541-271-6816.
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Southwestern Oregon Preppers Invite You To 'Be Prepared'
The Southwestern Oregon Preppers invite you to join them on Saturday, June 29th at noon at Bedrock's Pizzeria in Reedsport for an informal meeting on emergency preparedness.
The Preppers follow the guidelines of the American Red Cross in making sure that you are as prepared as you possibly can be for potential disasters and other emergency events that can strike suddenly, anytime, and anywhere.
Find out more about their mission and what you can do to keep you and your family and neighbors safe if tragedy should strike.
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What: Lighthouse & Lake 5K walk/run and Free Health Fair
(Register for race at https://secure.getmeregistered.com/LighthouseLake5K
Web site: lighthouseandlake5k-com.webs.com)
(Register for race at https://secure.getmeregistered.com/LighthouseLake5K
Web site: lighthouseandlake5k-com.webs.com)
Where: 120 Marina Way, Winchester Bay/MAC ctr.
When: Race registration 9-9:45, Race and Health Fair start at 10:00a.m. Fair ends at Noon
Who: Reedsport School District Employee Wellness Program H.E.A.R.T (Healthy Educators Are Relaxed & Toned) And OEA Choice Trust.
Contact: Karin Smith ksmith@reedsport.k12.or.us
When: Race registration 9-9:45, Race and Health Fair start at 10:00a.m. Fair ends at Noon
Who: Reedsport School District Employee Wellness Program H.E.A.R.T (Healthy Educators Are Relaxed & Toned) And OEA Choice Trust.
Contact: Karin Smith ksmith@reedsport.k12.or.us
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Media Contact: Amanda D'Souza
Phone: (541) 435-7080 ext. 396
E-mail: adsouza@orcca.us
Phone: (541) 435-7080 ext. 396
E-mail: adsouza@orcca.us
Wine for a Cause!
Tickets are now available for Great Afternoons' Annual Wine Tour! Join fellow community members as you take a tour of five Umpqua Valley wineries, all to support early childhood education in the Reedsport community.
The wine tour will take place all day Saturday, July 20, departing at 9:15, and returning by 6pm. The tour will leave and return to Reedsport Community Charter School, located at 2260 Longwood Drive.
Participants will be taken on a tour of 5 wineries in the Elkton-Roseburg area, including Bradley's, River's Edge, Anindor, Brandborg, and Hillcrest. Each location will provide a tasting of their products, as well as tours of the facilities. A light lunch is provided and many of the wineries will serve snacks with the tastings.
Tickets for the wine tasting are $50 per person, and can be purchased at Great Afternoons office at Highland Elementary School in Reedsport, or by calling (541) 271-3926. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended. You must be 21 or older to attend.
All proceeds benefit Great Afternoons and Great Beginnings, which have offered childcare and enrichment services in the Reedsport area for 20 years. The programs provide resources for parents to better support their families and improve their lives.
Great Beginnings and Great Afternoons are programs of Oregon Coast Community Action. Oregon Coast Community Action is a non-profit network of programs that help feed, house, warm and educate the communities of the South Coast. For more information on Great Afternoons please call (541) 271-3926 or learn more at www.orcca.us/gahome.html
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SHORELINE SCIENCE WORKSHOPS OFFERED THIS SUMMER
Those who would like to learn more about coastal natural history have an extraordinary opportunity this summer. CoastWatch is offering three intensive training workshops, led by ecologist Stewart Schultz, an authority on the Northwest's coastal region. He will be joined by Fawn Custer, CoastWatch's volunteer coordinator.
The three full-day workshops will be held in Netarts (July 26-28), Newport (Aug. 8-10) and Coos Bay (Aug. 11-13). They will cover everything from tidepools and sandy beaches, to estuarine and ocean ecosystems, to geology and forests, to marine mammals and birds. Matters of concern such as marine debris and invasive species will also be discussed. Each session will include field trips, indoor presentations and laboratory experiences (with some variation, depending on the weather).
While the workshops were developed to provide training to volunteers in the CoastWatch program, they are open to the public. Teachers can obtain 26 Professional Development Units by taking a workshop.
Stewart Schultz is the author of The Northwest Coast: A Natural History. His wide-ranging experience in studying the Oregon coast makes him a very knowledgeable guide to the shoreline environment. An Oregonian who grew up playing on the shore near Gearhart, he went to Reed College and obtained his doctorate in botany from the University of British Columbia. He worked on the Oregon coast for the Nature Conservancy, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, gaining wide field experience, before pursuing an academic career as a professor at the University of Miami, and now the University of Zadar in Croatia. During the academic year he studies marine ecology, as well as his specialty of plant evolution and genetics, but every summer he returns to the Oregon coast to teach shoreline science.
Fawn Custer, who will assist him, is an experienced marine educator who taught for 14 years at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.
The three workshops will be held:
July 26-28, Netarts-Oceanside Fire District Meeting Hall, 1235 5th St. Loop, Netarts
Aug. 8-10, Newport High School, 322 N.E. Eads St., Newport
Aug. 11-13, Marshfield High School, S. 10th and Ingersoll St., Coos Bay
Each workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. on the first day, and at 7 a.m. on the final two days, and will run until approximately 4:30 p.m. each day.
Workshop fee will be $50 for those who are both CoastWatchers and Oregon Shores members, $60 for those who are either CoastWatchers or Oregon Shores members, and $90 for others (who are invited to join Oregon Shores on the registration site and take the discount).
Reservations can be made online at http://bit.ly/19S9Eeq, or by linking through the CoastWatch website, http://oregonshores.org/coastwatch.php5. Registration can also be by check: Send to Oregon Shores, P.O. Box 33, Seal Rock, OR 97376.
For more information, or to reserve a place in one of the workshops in advance of payment, contact Fawn Custer, (541) 270-0027, fawn@oregonshores.org; or Phillip Johnson, (503) 754-9303, phillip@oregonshores.org.
For more information about CoastWatch and adopting a mile of the shoreline, contact Fawn Custer or Phillip Johnson, or visit the website, http://oregonshores.org/coastwatch.php5.
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UMPQUA DISCOVERY CENTER
Riverfront Rhythms
Free Outdoor Summer Concert
Thursday, June 27th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
'Young Bucs' - Doo Wop band
(bring your chairs or blankets)
Diane Novak, Director
Umpqua Discovery Center
409 Riverfront Way
Reedsport, OR 97467
541-271-4816
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