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 WHAT:  Look for us at the annual Holiday Bazaar
 Where: Reedsport Community Building, Reedsport, Oregon
WHO: PEO Chapter BZ of Reedsport
Contact: Marlene Swift, 271-5126
 
Visit our booth at the Holiday Bazaar, December 4 & 5, at the Reedsport Community Center to purchase your winning ticket for this years beautiful COASTAL CHRISTMAS BASKET. The winning number will be drawn Saturday afternoon before closing.
 WHO: PEO Chapter BZ of Reedsport
Contact: Marlene Swift, 271-5126
Visit our booth at the Holiday Bazaar, December 4 & 5, at the Reedsport Community Center to purchase your winning ticket for this years beautiful COASTAL CHRISTMAS BASKET. The winning number will be drawn Saturday afternoon before closing.
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 WHAT:  Look for us at the annual Holiday Bazaar
 Where: Reedsport Community Building, Reedsport, Oregon
WHO: RHS Shop Club and the Life Skills Class
 WHO: RHS Shop Club and the Life Skills Class
Great Food Concessions by RHS Shop Club and the Life Skills Class.   Chefs Doris Hedges and Jennifer Tymchuk and students will have a delicious menu  of foods.  Spaghetti dinner Friday and Saturday as well as dogs, drinks,  and other foods.  Stop by the Food Booth and enjoy great food!
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 'Moonlight Madness' at the Umpqua Discovery Center.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 4:00pm to 9:00pm
Special Sales
1/2 Price Admission to 'Tidewaters & Time' and 'Pathways to Discovery'
 
Several Businesses in Reedsport and Winchester Bay participating in 'Moonlight Madness'.
 
 
Diane Novak, Director
Umpqua Discovery Center
409 Riverfront Way
Reedsport, OR 97467
541-271-4816
 Wednesday, December 2nd, 4:00pm to 9:00pm
Special Sales
1/2 Price Admission to 'Tidewaters & Time' and 'Pathways to Discovery'
Several Businesses in Reedsport and Winchester Bay participating in 'Moonlight Madness'.
Diane Novak, Director
Umpqua Discovery Center
409 Riverfront Way
Reedsport, OR 97467
541-271-4816
PRESS RELEASE/PSA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE # 4 of 7
What: Capture the Spirit of Coastal Douglas County Photo Contest
 When: December 1, 2009
 Where: Mindpower Gallery, Reedsport Branch Library and other local  outlets
 Who: Coastal Arts & Business Alliance
 Contact: Theresa Hart 541-662-0639
 The Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance is looking for photographs  that 'Capture the Spirit of Coastal Douglas County.' In the latest fundraiser  for the Reedsport Branch Library's renovation project, CDABA is hosting an  amateur photography contest in Reedsport beginning December 2, 2009.
 A call to photographers to submit amateur photographs is being made for  this juried contest for photos whose composition is of the Coastal Douglas area  between Scottsburg and the coast from Gardiner to Winchester Bay. 
 Entry forms for the contest will be available at Mindpower Gallery,  Reedsport Branch Library, local banks, the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of  Commerce, Reedsport school offices, and local businesses. Prizes will be awarded  by a panel of judges who will determine the top photos at 5pm on January 6 at  Mindpower Gallery.
 Submissions must be delivered to the Reedsport Branch Library no later than  January 6 at 5pm. Photos must be 8" x 10," have a protective matting and be  presentation ready. 
 The winning photos will be announced and displayed at the Mindpower Gallery  on January 8, 2010 from 10am to noon and between 5pm and 7pm. Refreshments will  be served during the evening unveiling.
 The top three winners will take home a portion of the proceeds from  auctioning off the winning photos at an upcoming event. The top ten winners will  be printed in a 'Capture the Spirit of Coastal Douglas County' book comprised of  the winners from this annual photography Contest. This book will be published  upon the completion of library renovation project and will be available for  sale. The overall winning photo will be matted and framed for free by Mindpower  Gallery. Upon written agreement, the winning photos will also become part of a  photo database to be used by the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce's  Advertising Committee for future Coastal Douglas area advertising. 
 CDABA and the Reedsport Branch Library have partnered together to raise  $350,000 for the library renovation project that is expected to be completed in  2014. Built in 1983 in partnership with the City of Reedsport, Douglas County  Library System and the Coast Douglas community, the Reedsport Branch Library has  received regular cleaning and maintenance. Due to some design deficiencies and  normal wear, the library is in need of repair particularly to the solarium,  lighting upgrades, window replacements, and new siding and trim. 
 For more information about the photo contest or the library renovation  project, contact Sue Cousineau at the Reedsport Branch Library at  541-271-3500.
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 WHAT .......BOOK CLUB
WHERE..... REEDSPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY
WHEN..........Thursday December 3rd at 4pm
Contact.......Stan & Betty Bates 271-1655
 This will be our last Book Club meeting of the year.  We discuss  book we have read; make suggestions for 'a good read' ... all in  the pleasant atmosphere of the Library meeting room.  All are welcome  .... join us!  Call Betty or Stan Bates for information  ..  271-1655
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 WHAT:  Violinist returns for fifth appearance with Coast  orchestra
 WHERE:  Pacific Auditorium, located at Reedsport High  School
WHEN: 7 P.M. on Sunday, November 29
WHO: Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO)
WHEN: 7 P.M. on Sunday, November 29
WHO: Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO)
Eugene violinist, Yvonne Hsueh, returns for her fifth appearance as Fall  soloist with the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO) as the orchestra begins  its ninth season of presenting live music to coastal audiences. The Pacific  Auditorium at Reedsport High School will be the venue for the "South of the  Border" concert on Sunday, November 29 at 7 P.M. A brief pre-concert talk will  be offered 30 minutes before the program begins. 
 A special "early-bird" ticket ($10.00) will admit two persons, and is now  on sale at the Reedsport branch of Umpqua Bank. The price of admission will  increase to $10.00 per person at the Auditorium Box Office on the evening of the  event.
 Featured in the program of music by Latin-American composers, is soloist  Yvonne Hsueh. She will be heard in a performance of Peruvian composer, Theodoro  Valcarcel's "Concierto Indio." Associate Conductor John Dodge will lead OCCO in  the accompaniment of this four-movement work.
 Yvonne Hsueh, violin, is currently concertmaster of the Newport Symphony  and Acting concertmaster of various orchestras in Oregon & California.   She is also a member of the Eugene Symphony and the Oregon Mozart Players and  appears as soloist with several orchestras on a regular basis.  Ms. Hsueh  is currently on the faculty at Western Oregon University and Lane Community  College.  Each summer she performs with the New Hampshire Music Festival  and Sunriver Music Festival.
 Get your special 2-for-1 tickets while they last at Umpqua bank. For more,  WWW.OCCO.WS  or 541-997-6770.
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 WHO: Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance
EVENT:         First Friday  Art  for Everyone
 WHEN:          Friday,  December 4, 2009  5-7 p.m.
 WHERE:        159 S. 20th Street,  Reedsport, OR  97467 (361-6041)
 CONTACT:    Kathleen Miller at 541-271-2101
 Bradley Vineyards Joins First Friday Event
 Bradley Vineyards of Elkton, Oregon will be joining the festivities at the  First Friday--Art for Everyone event on Friday, December 4, 2009.
 Everyone is encouraged to attend this open house type venue to view and  enjoy art in all forms of art medium, while in the company of fellow art  enthusiast.  The first of the First Friday events will be co-hosted  by:  Bill & Michael Karcher of Coastal Ceramics and Bill & Clarice  Otis of Ocean Breeze Flowers & Gifts.  159 S. 20th Street, Reedsport,  OR  97467 (361-6041).
 First Friday will be an event sponsored by Coastal Douglas Arts &  Business Alliance (CDABA) and hosted by a different location each month.   Future dates will be:  January 8th (note: 2nd Friday) at Mindpower Gallery,  February 5th at Kathi's Vintage Antiques, March 5th at Wings Studio 1, April 2nd  at the Tsunami Gallery, and May 7th at the Reedsport Natural Food Store.   For more information contact Kathleen Miller at 541-271-2101.
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http://www.lowerumpquahospital.org/ Click on the Community Calendar link
 
http://reedsportonline.com/
 
http://www.reedsport.or.us
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There are three places to view community events online:
http://www.lowerumpquahospital.org/ Click on the Community Calendar link
http://reedsportonline.com/
http://www.reedsport.or.us
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