1) Caregiver’s of Alzheimer’s and Dementia
2) Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpture Championships
3) Riverfront Rhythms Concert
4)Torch Run comes through Reedsport
5) Rebecca Hedges receives P.E.O. Memorial Scholarship
6) Pancake Feed
7) Art abounds in Reedsport Fathers Day weekend!
8) Memorial Day Parade and Celebration - A Wonderful Tribute to the Community
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Who: Caregiver’s of Alzheimer’s and Dementia
What: Meeting
When: June 10, 2011 at 10:30
Where: Reedsport Church of God
The Caregiver’s for Alzheimer’s and Dementia group will hold it’s June meeting on Friday, June 10, 2011 at 10:30 at the Reedsport Church of God. Not only will we be talking about your concerns, but how music can have a positive effect on your patient. All are welcome! For more information call Jackie Sabblut 361-6050.
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WHAT: Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpture Championships
WHERE: Rainbow Plaza – Downtown Reedsport
WHEN: June 16-19, 2011
WHO: Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce
Contact: (541) 271-3495
The Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championships in Reedsport, Oregon, “The Chainsaw Carving Capital of Oregon” will be held Father’s Day Weekend, beginning Thursday June 16th through Sunday, June 19th. This will be the 12th Annual event and will feature “Oregon Heritage” as the theme. Carvers from around the world will come to Reedsport to participate in this competition that “Takes Art To The Extreme”. Carvers will have four days to complete their main sculpture and are required to compete in the daily 90 minute “quick carve events” beginning daily at 10:30am.
Carving starts at 8:00 am daily with a daily quick carve exhibition at 10:30 am and a daily Chainsaw Quick Carve Auction at 5:30 pm Thursday through Saturday and 12:30 on Sunday. The event will also include a vendor and food fair. On Saturday a Corvette Show will be held in the Fullhart Insurance Parking Lot starting at 10am.
Log onto the web-site http://www.odcsc.com for all the latest news on this year’s event or for more information contact the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce at (800) 247-2155.
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Riverfront Rhythms Concert
June 24th
'YOUNG BUCS'
Doo-Wop
Friday, June 24th
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Front Lawn of the Umpqua Discovery Center
Free Concert
Diane Novak, Director
Umpqua Discovery Center
409 Riverfront Way
Reedsport, OR 97467
541-271-4816
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WHAT: Torch Run comes through Reedsport
Contact:
Judy Macho
Reedsport Police Dept.
146 N. 4th
Reedsport, OR 97467
541-271-2100
The torch will be coming through Reedsport on Friday morning, July 15th. Anyone who would like to walk, jog, run and join Skipper who will be helping with the torch run again this year, please let me know so I can order you a runners shirt.
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WHAT: Rebecca Hedges receives P.E.O. Memorial Scholarship
Contact: Elaine Kreskey, Education Chairman, at 541-271-5569
Rebecca Hedges was presented the $1,000.00 P.E.O. Memorial Scholarship given by Chapter BZ Sisterhood of Reedsport,OR. Chapter President, Mary Paula, made the presentation at the Senior Recognition and Awards Night 2011 on Tuesday, May 31st at Reedsport Community Charter School, Pacific Auditorium. Rebecca will be attending Concordia University in Portland, Oregon and will major in biology.
P.E.O. provides educational opportunities for women by offering scholarships, grants, awards and loans to help women enhance their lives through learning. Chapter BZ sponsors a carnation sale in the fall which helps to fund the local scholarship in addition to their other projects.
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What: Pancake Feed
Where: Downtown Fire Hall, 124 N. 4th St. Reedsport
When: Saturday, June 18th 2011, 7:00 to 10:30 am
Who: Reedsport Volunteer Fire Department
Contact: Chief Tom Anderson (541) 271-2423
reedsportvfd@cityofreedsport.org
The Reedsport Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its 4th annual Pancake Feed during Fathers Day weekend, Saturday, June 18th from 7:00 to 10:30 am. Breakfast includes eggs, sausage, hash browns, orange juice and coffee, and of course, all the pancakes you can eat.
Breakfast costs $7.00 per adult and $3.50 for kids 10 and under.
There will also be a 50/50 raffle. All proceeds will be used to replace worn out and obsolete equipment and purchase new equipment that will greatly enhance our ability to safely and effectively save lives, and protect property and the environment.
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WHAT: Art abounds in Reedsport Fathers Day weekend!
Contact information:
Tamara Szalewski
Mindpower Gallery
417 Fir Ave.
Reedsport, Or. 97467
(541) 271-2485
The Mindpower Gallery in Reedsport will be hosting several artists for a
day long event of demonstrations by various artists on Friday June 17,
2011 from 10 am to 7 pm. This fair like atmosphere will be setup inside
and outside the gallery. Artists include Cedar Careideo - Totemic style
carving demonstrations using ax, chisels and hammer. Master Beadwright, Nicole Campanella, will be available all day . Anyone who wants to learn
to bead or improve a skill can sign up for her upcoming workshops at the
gallery.
Kelley Angeley, award winning bead artist, designer and instructor will be
on hand as well as Sarah Holden and dichroic glass maker, Charmain
Pesnell, winner of the International Toho Bead Competition in 2009. The
evening will close with a Reception from 5 pm. to 7 pm. Honoring the
exhibit "Time" a Traveling Oregon Prison Art Show featuring the works by
20 artistic inmates from 6 of the 13 Oregon state penitentiary and
correctional institutions. Mindpower Gallery is one of several downtown
businesses to be open for the Friday night Artwalk in Oldtown Reedsport
which is all happening during the Reedsport International Chainsaw Carving
event that takes place every fathers day weekend. Refreshments will be
served. For more information on the event contact the Mindpower Gallery,
417 Fir Ave. Reedsport, Or. 97467 (541) 271-2485. For a preview of the
Oregon Prison Art Show connect with the Mindpower Gallery on face book.
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WHAT: Memorial Day Parade and Celebration - A Wonderful Tribute to the Community
WHERE: Reedsport, Oregon
WHEN: Memorial Day Weekend
WHO: Joe Mirvis - Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce
CONTACT: (800) 247-2155 or (541) 271-3495
The Memorial Day Celebration and Parade was a wonderful tribute to our Veterans and Community. The Reedsport//Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce thanks the entire community for making the Memorial Day Celebration the best in the State. It would be impossible to put on this tribute, honoring our veterans, without the support from the community. You truly make the difference in what we can and cannot do.
A special recognition and thank you is expressed to Dave Courtney and Aerial Imaging Resources for supplying and flying the airplane that transported the Flag jumper who displayed the beautiful unique vision of the American Flag drifting down upon Reedsport.
Bedrocks, The Eagles, The Moose Lodge, The Military Order of The Purple Heart, Atzlan, The Lions Club, The Club, Leona’s, Lower Umpqua Hospital, and The Sportsmen’s Cannery, all deserve a big thank you for feeding the Marine Band during their stay in town.
The Rotary Club organized the coordination of the Memorial Day Parade through downtown Reedsport with a spectacular array of parade entries. Lewis Transportation transported the Marine Band from Eugene and to all activities around Reedsport and Winchester Bay and back to Eugene showing tremendous community support and patriotism. The City of Reedsport, Police, Fire and Public Work Departments, ODOT, Salmon Harbor, The Reedsport Charter School, Lorna Murphy and the students of Highland Elementary School, Discovery Point, United Presbyterian Church, Coast Guard Station Umpqua River, The Reedsport Bowling Alley, Signs Unlimited, Debbie McKinney, Kathy Schultz, Joe Savey, Ocean Breeze Florist, Pastor Ives, U-Haul Truck Rental, Peggy Edson and the Winchester Bay Community Building all played vita roles in contributing to the Memorial Day Celebration.
Special thanks to Kent Abendroth for his meaningful and heartfelt delivery of the Memorial Service and Mayor Tymchuk for his introduction at the Marine Band Concert and his tribute to the LST Sailors at the Memorial Service. A very special thank you to Mark Bedard for his timeless energy and strong commitment and passion to commemorate this most Honorable of Holidays. A final thank you to the community for it’s hospitality and to all that donated to Adopt-A-Marine to make this celebration possible to Honor our Veterans Past, Present, and Future.
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http://www.lowerumpquahospital.org/ Click on the Community Calendar link
http://reedsportonline.com/
www.cityofreedsport.org
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