6 Announcements - press release

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION    #1 of 6     
 
WHAT:  Beacon Award Reception
WHERE: Lower Umpqua Hospital conference room, 600 Ranch Rd. Reedsport
WHEN:    Monday, May 10, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
WHO: Lower Umpqua Hospital Foundation
Contact: Delaine Humphreys, 271-9700
 
Lower Umpqua Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its newly created Beacon Award. The Beacon Award was established this year by the Foundation to recognize the voluntary efforts of local individuals and organizations to improve the health, wellness, and safety of individuals in our community.

 

            Umpqua Bank and its staff are a recipient of the Beacon Award for their commitment to these efforts by their ongoing support of several different programs both individually and as an organization. By hosting a Valentine's Day Bake Sale, bank employees support local food banks and other food supplement programs. The bank's "Grandma's Closet" helps meet the clothing needs for children in our schools. Bank staff volunteer for South Coast Special Olympics, Project Blessing Food Bank, Lower Umpqua Senior Center meal program. Our community is much richer with these great individuals and the support of Umpqua Bank in their efforts.

 

            Katie Vasquez is a second recipient of the Beacon Award. Katie has been voluntarily leading an aqua aerobics class at Highland Pool two evenings a week for several years. Many in the community have benefited from her experience, enthusiasm, and dedication to this program. Her expertise as a physical therapist and knowledge of how a body's muscles work allow her to tailor the class so that participants get the greatest benefit from their efforts.

 

            A reception to honor Umpqua Bank & Staff and Katie Vasquez will be held Monday, May 10 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Lower Umpqua Hospital conference room. At that time, each will receive a check for $100 to benefit a local program of their choosing.

 

            Says Mary Ann Wells, Vice Chair of the Lower Umpqua Hospital Foundation, "We think these two recipients are excellent choices for the Beacon Award. Their selfless efforts have made a big impact on our community."

 

 

 

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WHAT:  Tar Wars Poster Contest
WHERE: Lower Umpqua Hospital hallway, 600 Ranch Rd. Reedsport
WHEN:    April 23-April 30, 2010
WHO: Dunes Family Health Care
Contact: Delaine Humphreys, 271-9700 
 
Everyone 18 and older is invited to come to Lower Umpqua Hospital between Monday April 23 and Friday, April 30 to admire and vote on posters created by local fifth graders at Highland Elementary School as part of an anti-tobacco unit called Tar Wars. Posters are to be judged on originality, creativity and the POSITIVE reasons to be tobacco free

 

            These posters wrap up an annual "Tar Wars" unit that promotes being healthy and tobacco free and includes classroom presentations by Dr. Janet Patin and Dr. Robbie Law, Family Physicians at Dunes Family Health Care.

 

            Tar Wars is sponsored by the physicians at Dunes Family Health Care and the American Academy of Family Physicians with support from Lower Umpqua Hospital and the Lower Umpqua Hospital Auxiliary.

 

            The winners will be announced and prizes presented by Dr. Law on May 5. The top three posters will be submitted to a state-wide competition at the annual conference of the American Academy of Family Physicians of Oregon and could be eligible for state and national recognition.

 

 

 

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WHO: Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and The Forum

WHAT: Candidate Forum

WHEN: May 4th TUESDAY   6:30pm

WHERE: Pacific Auditorium, 2260 Longwood, Reedsport

WHY: A chance to meet some of the candidates running for election in the May 18th election

MORE INFO: Joe Coyne  (541-271-2103)

This will be the only candidate forum in the Coastal Douglas area and a chance to meet the candidates prior to the May 18th election.  The positions on the ballot are:  for Douglas County:  Commissioner - Position 2,  and Assessor.  Other candidates that have been invited and may send representatives:  US 4th congressional district.  Each candidate will have an opening statements and there will be a question and answer period.

 

Steve Miller / Jeff VanderKley

Ike Launstein / Bob Cline

Judy McClay / Mark Bedard

Joe Coyne

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION    #4 of 6 

 

WHAT:  Lakeside Crawdad Festival

WHERE:  Downtown, City and County Park, Lakeside, OR

WHEN:  Mother's Day Weekend, Starts 4 p.m. May 7, ends 4 p.m. May 9.

WHO:  Lakeside Chamber of Commerce

Contact: Media contact:  Peg Boots, pegboots@hotmail.com, or Mattie Lane, mattie.lane@lakesidecrawdadfestival.com

 

  If you're tempted by Zydeco music, Cajun style cooking, dancing, and Crawdads, mark your calendars and plan on being in the City of Lakeside, on March 7, 8, and 9. For the Second Annual Crawdad Festival featuring over 1600 pounds of fresh Crawdads delivered straight from Louisiana.   The calendar of events includes:

 

Friday, May 7
4pm – 8pm Street Fair & Davis Carnival
4pm – 9pm Wine/Beer Garden
4pm – 7pm Mika Langley Band (live music)
7pm – 10pm Hudson Ridge (live music)
6:30pm Eating Contest:The person eating their crawdads, baked potato and corn the fastest wins a $50.00 prize. 
8pm – 10pm Bluegrass Jam (downtown area)

 

Saturday, May 8th
10am – 8pm Street Fair & Davis Carnival
10am – 8pm Car Show and Cobra's
10am – 9pm Wine/Beer Garden
10am – 4pm Ringo's Pontoon Boat Rides on Tenmile Lakes
10am Begin Registration for Crawdad Races & Cajun Cooking Contest
11am Car Smash (sponsored by Lakeside Towing)
11am – 2pm Z Blues Gypsees (live music)
1pm - 3pm Chicken Bingo (sponsored by Lakeside Fire Department)
1:30pm Kiddie Crawdad Races
2pm – 6pm Charlie Freak (live music)
4pm Cajun Cooking Contest: Three categories, Gumbo, Etouffee, and Sweet Potato Pie, $50 top prize in each category.

6pm – 10pm Etouffeé (live Cajun music)

 

Sunday, May 9th
9: a.m. Lions Pancake Breakfast
10am – 4pm Street Fair & Davis Carnival
10am – 4pm Ringo's Pontoon Boat Rides on Tenmile Lakes
10am - 4pm Wine/Beer Garden
10am - 1pm Gabriel Salcedo The Music (live music)
1pm – 4pm Elkhorn Express (live music)
3pm Drawing for 32" TV & more
4pm Closing, looking forward to 2011

 

Sunday morning starts with a Lions Club Pancake Breakfast where moms eat free to celebrate Mother's Day. Daily admission to the Crawdad Festival is just $1.00 for adults.  Children 15 and under are free and all women have free admission on Mother's Day.

 

For more information on vendor opportunities, or for participation in the Crawdad eating contest and the Cajun Cook off, contact  Mattie Lane at 541 759 2486 or go to www.lakesidecrawdadfestival.com 

 

As they say in Louisiana, Laissez Les BonsTemps Rouler! Let the good times roll!

 

 

 

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WHO:             Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance

EVENT:          First Friday…Art for Everyone

WHEN:           Friday, May 7th    5-7 p.m.

WHERE:        Reedsport Natural Food Store

1891 Winchester Avenue (Hwy 101) (541-319-0089)

CONTACT:    Kathleen Miller – 541-271-2101

 

Students to be Featured during First Friday

 

The Friday, May 7th First Friday event will feature students from the Reedsport Community Charter School.  Students from the woodworking and art classes will be the featured artists.  The woodworking students plan to sell things they have made to help support their program.  For sale will be wooden toys, Salmon coat hooks and clocks.  They also plan to have wooden bowls for door prizes.  One student will also be demonstrating a table lathe and making tops and yo-yos to give away.   The art students, led by Kyle Mulligan will also have art on display.

 

And that's not all, students from Mrs. Tymchuk's Lifestyles class will be making the finger foods to go along with the wine tasting featuring Bradley Vineyards.

 

 

 

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WHAT:  Vocalist returns for second Pops appearance

WHERE:  Pacific Auditorium, located at Reedsport High School
WHEN:    Sunday, May 16 at 2 P.M.
WHO:  Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO)
Contact:  WWW.OCCO.WS , or call OCCO at 541-997-6770

Denise Dee, talented Florence jazz singer, makes her second appearance in as many years in the Spring Pops concert of the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO). Selections by coastal composers Charles Perkins and Robin DeVour are also featured in the program. The Reedsport concert is a matinee on Sunday, May 16 at 2 P.M. in the Pacific Auditorium. The special two-for-one "early-bird" ticket price is again being offered. A General Admission ticket ($10.00) admits two persons. Tickets are currently available at the Reedsport branch of Umpqua Bank. The ticket price on the day of the event will be $10.00 per person.
 
Dee is the daughter of a singer. Her late mother was a vocalist in the 1940s and Dee grew up listening to jazz standards, swing tunes and torch songs. Although she began her interest in singing with Rock and Roll she soon moved on to Jazz. Though she has lived on the Oregon coast for little more than a year, she has appeared with many local groups including the Juke Box Kings and the Helmsmen. This is her second occasion as a featured soloist with OCCO.
 
A half hour before concert start time, DeVour will speak briefly about the music to be presented. Furthermore, in the lobby at intermission, a combo consisting of Dee, trumpeter Ron Green and a rhythm section of pianist DeVour, bassist Ken Mace and drummer Mike Swain will play a short set.
 
The concert itself contains a variety of light music, including two originals by Perkins and DeVour's Latin Suite, a group of five Latin-American dances. Three of Perkins' arrangements are also on tap in the second half of the program. "Fever" and "I love Paris" are arranged by Perkins as vocals for Dee with Green improvising on trumpet.

Get your "early-bird" tickets while they last at Umpqua Bank. To get more information about this event, visit the orchestra's website, WWW.OCCO.WS , or call OCCO at 541-997-6770.

 

 

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http://www.lowerumpquahospital.org/    Click on the Community Calendar link
 
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