(Portland, aka Tree City, USA) –Portland Parks & Recreation, stewards of nearly 1.5 million trees across the Rose City, is taking Arbor Day up a few notches in 2013; all the way up to Arbor Month. Celebrations of Arbor Day are being expanded to last throughout the month of April, including FREE bucket truck rides, […]
SALEM ‒ “Buddha 101,” a six-week course that explores the basic tenets of Buddhism, will be offered Tuesday evenings, beginning April 9 and continuing through May 14. Classes run from 5 to 6:30 p.m., and are held in Woodland Chapel in Salem. The course will be taught by Jerry Braza and based on the mindfulness […]
March 29th — May 5th, 2013 Over 40 Acres of Tulips and Daffodils! Buy cut flowers. Order bulbs for fall planting. Children’s Acre. Visit our Gift Shop. Our favorite time of year is when the tulips bloom! There is nothing like the colors of our tulip fields in the spring. Every year the varieties are […]
Joe Wiegand, regarded as the country’s best Theodore Roosevelt impersonator, will bring his show to the Carriage House of the Lincoln County Historical Society, 545 SW Ninth St., Newport, at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 16. The program is free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages […]
PORTLAND-Locally owned GruntWorks is offering a contest for homeowners with long To-Do lists this spring. The winner will receive 12 hours of labor, a value of $900. A GruntWorks Personal Home Assistant takes the project details and comes back with several bids from pre-screened, bonded and insured service providers, then makes sure the work gets […]
A film on “the last great train robbery” will be shown at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Carriage House of the Lincoln County Historical Society, 545 SW 9th St., Newport. The showing will be accompanied by comments from the filmmaker, Tom Olsen Jr., who also will bring with him artifacts he uncovered while […]
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R)’s wildly popular series of $5 5K races returns for 2013 at six Portland parks, including two new sites. The $5 5K race series has been very successful, with all races filled to capacity plus waiting lists this past year. Races are held monthly and begin in May, running (pun intended) […]
“Golden Dahlia,” a quilt made by Veronica Engelmeier in the early 1950s and now owned by her daughter, Rose Troxel of Otter Rock, is on display now through April in the Log Cabin Museum, 545 SW Ninth St. in Newport. The pattern, copyrighted 1934, might have come from Capper’s Farmer and Farmer’s Wife, a magazine […]
As host to one of 19 Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) in Oregon, the OregonCoastCommunity College provides educational services that help establish long-term success of small businesses. With the retirement of long-time director Guy Faust, the College has selected David Price as the next SBDC Director. Price becomes only the fourth SBDC director in the […]
Portland Parks & Recreation honored longtime Peninsula Wrestling Club coach and North Portland icon Roy Pittman in late February at Peninsula Park Community Center. The event celebrated the Peninsula Park Wrestling program and honored the legendary coach Pittman as part of our Black History Month celebration. Focused more on the process of growth and risk-taking […]
