1) Cardboard Canoe Workshop
2) Family Festival to celebrate 12 years of helping families
3) "Third and Main" Book signing by Greg Story
4) Shoreline Science Workshops Offered this Summer
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CARDBOARD CANOE WORKSHOP
Just in time to produce a suitable vessel for the Lakeside Cardboard Canoe Race this workshop will cover construction and includes the materials, tools, and supplies to build your own boat.
10 teams of 5 people each, adults and kids ages 5—14, will be formed by registering in advance with Reedsport Community Charter School's shop instructor Guy Marchione.
There is a $25 fee per team.
A portion of the fee will be used to pay the entry fee into the Lakeside Race for one of the teams. The winning team will be determined by lottery.
The race is August 9th.
Work days will be held on July 18th and 19th from 9am - 2pm at the RCCS's shop class room.
Be sure and bring a sack lunch.
For more info or to register contact Mr. Marchione at either 541 404-2550 or 541 396-6957. or email him at Gmarchione@wildblue.net
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Contact Person: Terry Plotz 271-4414
Or 541-662-0095
Family Festival to celebrate 12 years of helping families.
This year's Family Festival will mark its 12th year of helping families prepare for school. Families are encouraged to set aside Saturday August 23, 2014 from 2-5 to go to the parking lot at the Foursquare church for what has become an annual event for families to shift into school mode.
Thanks to area businesses, organizations, churches, and individuals, over 2100 bags of school supplies have been distributed over the years. Truckloads of clothes, hundreds of hot dogs, pounds of snow-cones, gallons of Italian Sodas & lemonade and bags and bags of popcorn have blessed the Reedsport students. It has become a big party with a purpose. Booths with face-painting, games, bike repair, pre-school activities, free amateur hair cuts, parent information and a clothing exchange keep everyone busy.
"It is time for us to get the word out and begin planning," states Terry Plotz, chairman of the event. "This only happens because people give! Organizations bring in booths, donors provide school supplies, and volunteers share their skills to make it work."
For information on how to sign up your organization, volunteer or donate school supplies, door prizes, or clothing contact the Foursquare Church at 541-271-4414.
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WHAT: "Third and Main" Book signing by Greg Story
WHERE: Mindpower Gallery 417 Fir Ave, Reedsport. Or 97467
WHEN: Wednesday July 2nd 2014 from 5-7 pm
WHO: Greg Story
Contact: Tamara or Tara 541-271-2485
Greg Story will be signing copies of his new novel "Third and Main" at the Mindpower Gallery from 5 to 7 pm. on Wednesday July 2nd 2014. Greg Story is a graduate of Reedsport High (class of 1978) and is now a physics professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, Missouri. "Third and Main" is the story of a small town built on the floodplain of a river near the Oregon coast. The tale is told through the evolution of one particular building at the corner of Third Street and Main and the lives that intersect over the years in that building. If the town sounds familiar it is because, although the town in the novel is fictional, it is essentially Reedsport. The photograph on the cover of the book was taken from the Reedsport waterfront, and the painting that now hangs in the Sugar Shack Bakery actually plays a role in the story. How many opportunities will you have to read a novel set in your own town? The books are only $10.
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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 intensive, three-day 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 workshops will be held in Bandon July 18-20, Yachats July 28-30, and Nehalem Aug. 1-3. Three full days of instruction 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, and would be of interest to anyone who is fascinated by the ecology of our coastal region. Teachers can obtain 26 Professional Development Units by taking a workshop; two college credits can also be obtained by teachers or other participants.
To register online, go to http://tinyurl.com/orshoresworkshop.
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 workshops will be held:
July 18-20, Bandon High School, 550 9th St., N.W., Bandon
July 28-30, Yachats Commons, 441 Highway 101 N., Yachats
Aug. 1-3, City of Nehalem Meeting Hall, 35900 8th St., Nehalem
Each workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. on the first day, and at 8 a.m. on the final two days, and will run until approximately 4:30 p.m. each day.
Workshop fee will be $60 for those who are both CoastWatchers and Oregon Shores members, $75 for those who are either CoastWatchers or Oregon Shores members, and $100 for others (who are invited to join Oregon Shores on the registration site and take the discount). Snacks will be provided; lunch is brown-bag.
Reservations can be made online at http://tinyurl.com/orshoresworkshop, or by linking through the CoastWatch website, http://oregonshores.org/coastwatch.php5. It is also possible to reserve a place and pay by mail. Checks made out to the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition can be sent to P.O. Box 33, Seal Rock, OR 97376. Be sure to specify which workshop is intended.
For more information, contact Fawn Custer, (541) 270-0027, fawn@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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