1) 63rd Annual Lions Club Easter-Egg Hunt
2) CANCELLED!!! Easter Sunrise Service at Methodist Church
3) Day of the Condor
4) Church of God Easter service and breakfast
5) First Friday . . . Art is for Everyone - Featuring RCCS Students
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63rd Annual Lions Club Easter-Egg Hunt
The first Gardiner-Reedsport Lions Club Easter-Egg Hunt took place in 1952, sixty-three years ago. The 65th Egg Hunt will be on Easter Sunday, April 5th at 1:30 PM at Barrone Park. Over 1000 candy and treat-filled eggs will be hidden for the event. Twenty of the eggs will be special golden eggs that contain a special treat. Separate egg hunts will be held; one for the children 2 and under; one for children ages 3 and 4, one for children ages 5 and 6; one for children 7 and 8 and one for children 9, 10 and 11. For those children who do not wish to participate in the hunt, the Easter Bunny will be there to hand out candy.
This is a fun festive event with lots of opportunities for great family memories and picture taking.
Contact: Jim Wells <jwells36@frontier.com>
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CANCELLED!!! Easter Sunrise Service at Methodist Church, Reedsport OR
Contact: United Presbyterian <churchoffice@reedsportpres.org>
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Umpqua Valley Audubon Society
DAY OF THE CONDOR: IS IT HERE?
THURSDAY – APRIL 9TH; 7:00 PM
FORD ROOM, DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARY, 1409 NE DIAMOND LAKE BLVD., ROSEBURG
SUSAN HAIG, SENIOR SCIENTIST, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The California Condor was last seen in Oregon in the early 1900s. Following that, the species underwent a precipitous decline that left some thinking their numbers would never recover. An intense captive breeding effort saved them from extinction and the current wild population of condors is deftly managed by zoos and wildlife biologists in the western U.S. This intense hands-on handling is due to the birds needing to be chelated at least once a year to remove lead from their bodies. Most often this lead has come from lead bullets used in hunting and is impossible to completely remove from the carcass they consume as food. A Blue Ribbon Panel commissioned by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Audubon Society concluded that lead must be greatly reduced in order for the birds to survive a reintroduction to Oregon. The talk by Susan Haig will cover these topics and efforts to bring the birds back to Oregon in the next few years.
Susan Haig is a Senior Scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Corvallis, OR; a Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Oregon State University and a Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She and her students and postdocs work on issues related to recovery of endangered birds, including California Condors, as well as recovery of Great Basin wetlands. She just finished a term as President of the American Ornithologists' Union, the oldest and largest professional ornithological society in the western hemisphere.
This event is free and open to the public.
Questions or comments? E-mail us at info@umpquaaudubon.org.
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WHAT: Church of God Easter service and breakfast
WHERE: Pacific Auditorium and cafeteria, Reedsport Community Charter School
WHEN: Sunday, April 5, 2015: Breakfast beginning at 9:15am; Church service at 10:30am
WHO: Reedsport Church of God
Contact: Kristen Zetzsche
REEDSPORT CHURCH OF GOD PLANS EASTER SERVICE IN PACIFIC AUDITORIUM
The Community Is Invited to Participate
The Reedsport Church of God will be holding its Easter service at Pacific Auditorium on Easter Sunday morning, April 5, at 10:30 am. A free Easter breakfast will be served at the Reedsport Community Charter School cafeteria beginning at 9:15am until directly before the service.
"Anyone who does not already have a home church is welcome to join us at the cafeteria for breakfast and at Pacific Auditorium for our Easter celebration," said Pastor Allen Chaney.
The Easter service will include all of the regular service elements along with an Easter choir number.
There will be childcare for children up to age five in a room near the auditorium, but there will be no regular Sunday school for this one Sunday. Children are welcome to join the congregation in the auditorium, and special children's activity booklets will be provided.
Parking is available outside the front auditorium entrance on Longwood Avenue or in the back parking lot of Reedsport Community Charter School.
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If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Pastor Allen Chaney, please call Kristen at 541-707-0878 or email her at kristen@rchog.org.
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WHO: Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance
EVENT: First Friday . . . Art is for Everyone
WHEN: Thursday, April 2, 2015 – 4-6 p.m.
WHERE: Reedsport Community Charter School, 2260 Longwood, Reedsport, OR
CONTACT: Kathleen Miller 541-271-2101
CDABA to feature RCCS Students
On Thursday, April 2, 2015, Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance (CDABA) is pleased to feature the students of the Reedsport Community Charter School. The event will be held from 4 pm to 6 pm in the Shop and the Art classroom at RCCS.
Although it is being held on a Thursday, this event is a part of CDABA's First Friday . . . Art for Everyone events. For April the event will be held on Thursday as the school is not in session on Friday. Joe Coyne commented that "It is important to have the students present so that they can talk about their work and mingle with the community members." To entice the public to attend, there will be food and music.
Teachers Carol Colton (Art) and Guy Marchione (Shop), have been coordinating this event and are excited to showcase the art talent of the community's youth. The Shop class will showcase their various wood projects, such as cutting boards.
Carol Colton has been working with students on a variety of projects, including painting and ceramics. She is "excited to share the art the students created during the recent Braves Session" and "hasn't let them take it home so that it will be available" on April 2nd. Carol also commented that some of the work to be displayed will still be unfinished and that the "classroom walls are covered with examples of many of the students' assignments throughout the year."
Carol also described the art work of senior Jenna Bennett "that will be displayed through the summer at the Coos Art Museum." Jenna painted a bowling ball with an ocean scene. Although not a chosen piece, it was entered into the VISION 2015, an annual competition underwritten by Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation. A competition for high school students. First and second place winners receive both cash purchase awards and a two-year tuition waiver to attend SOCC. The same "piece is going to be entered in the American Society of Marine artists 2015 youth marine artist search."
Describing the art work of senior, Jessica Howell, Carol said that Jessica has been creating wood cutting boards and burning art on log rounds, both of which she has been selling."
She also described the work of the middle school students as a "display of clay whistles finished and glazed" and that for "most student this was their first experience with clay." The middle school students will also have "tiles displaying their favorite ocean animals that will be drying on the drying rack, getting ready to be fired."
First Friday events are FREE to attend. CDABA sponsors the First Friday art events at different locations, featuring different artists. Next up: May 1st (Forest Hills Country Club-various member artists).
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