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Annual
festival
brings
history
to
Oregon
City
Brittany Horne
News Lditor
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An
Oregon
City
High School art teacher,
Rocky Smith, has been
putting on the Pioneer
Family Festival for 15
years, but what is the
story behind the festival
and its vendors? Some
vendors participate upon
request, some as a, hobby
on the side to either make
money or benefit the
community, and others to
make a living from their
self owned business.
Events at the festival
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Sports Editor
The Clackamas Community
College
baseball
team
swept two games from Lane
Community
College
on
Saturday at home, getting a
combination of strong pitch
ing and timely hitting to win
6-3 and 2-1. It’s too bad the
Please see WINS, Page 7
an
Skyler Barkdull
CCC third baseman
Please see FESTIVAL,
Page 3
Leftfielder Josh Combs is obscured by dust after sliding safely into third base during a home game on Saturday against Lane CC. Combs was a major spark
fo r the Cougars, getting fiv e hits, two runs batted in and two runs scored in Clackamas’ doubleheader sweep o f the Titans.
game to get the win in game
one and Zach- Carter shut down
the Titans in game two.
Kelly and Carter have
become a formidable one-
two punch on the mound. The
Clackamas players were happy
to see the good weather, a
solid crowd and to get the two
wins.
in c lu d e d
It was big. We
haven’t had a
sweep at home
this whole year. ’
Cougar baseball team relies on good
pitching, timely hitting for wins
Cougars weren’t playing like
this earlier in the season, but
two six game losing streaks
put the Cougars in a deep hole.
In sunny and windy condi
tions, with wind gusts swirl
ing clouds of dust throughout
the doubleheader, the Cougars
rode the arms of two freshman
right handed pitchers to get
their first home sweep of the
season. Michael Kelly pitched
his second straight strong
year
on-site spray paint art
ist, B M X and skateboard
competitions, pony rides,
$5 kayak rentals, face
painting, carnival rides
and games, live music,
free kids’ crafts, a parade
and many vendors selling
their service or product.
Sheri O’Brien is part of
the Oregon City Heritage
Coordinating Committee
and manned the dual
History and Ghost tent.
She was asked to attend
the festival by Smith, so
she provided information
to the attendees on the
city’s history museums,
local heritage sites, the
End of the Trail Oregon
Interpretive Center, Walk
Oregon, Northwest Ghost
Tours and much more.
“There’s all kinds of
odds and ends in here,
including me. I’m pretty
odd,” said O’Brien.
Speaking of ghosts,
Tom Geil runs Jeepers
Creepers Ghost Gallery
as a hobby. Despite the
warm and sunny weather,
the wind caused some
inconvenience to some
vendors including Geil.
When the gusts picked
up, some of his fragile,
Halloween-themed decor
items for sale became
damaged.
“I ’ve put about half of
it away already, the wind
was so strong,” said Geil.
“I know Rocky because
I’m one of the planning
commissioners
down
here so I thought I’d give
it a try. Rocky always
does his best. He does all
the planning himself so
more power to him!”
Students Matt Stevens (top) and Tyler Engle (bottom) enjoy the fountain by Randall Hall during Monday’s 84 degree weather. The forecast fo r the rest o f
the week calls fo r more sun.
Andrew Millbrooke
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