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Vol #2 Issue #6
Historic Oakland’s Annual Vintage Car Show and Shine
Photos by Wayne Estes
On May 11th the Oakland Community Theater
presented it’s annual Car Show and Shine fund-
raiser across historic Oakland. With 130 cars in
Drain Open Golf Tournament
The Drain Open Golf tournament is
an exciting 36 team event that helps fund
scholarships for the Yoncalla, Elkton and
North Douglas School Districts. This year
it will be held on August 10th, 2024 at Bar
Run in Roseburg, Oregon. Featuring 144
men and women from all over who will dust
off their clubs and come together for this
wonderful fundraiser that consists of raffle
prizes, food, drinks, golf and lots of fun.
attendance, it was a resounding success and a
spectacular sight for the many attendees. With a
beautiful sunny day and an excited crowd of car
enthusiasts, it couldn’t have been more perfect.
Russ & Charlotte Presents Beaver Creek Unique
Story and Photos by Rusty Savage
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City Desk...........4
Community.........5
Crossword & Weather...7
Classifieds............7
When you are driving through Drain on
HWY 38, just off the HWY 99 intersection,
you will find a most unusual establishment
called Beaver Creek Unique. It’s not that the
place is unusual, it’s a second hand bargain,
thrift and resale store, and it is chock full of the
most unusual items.
Beaver Creek Unique is the brainchild of
Russ and Charlotte Kaleese and has become a
must stop location on the way to and from the
Coast on Hwy 38. Charlottes mom, Thelma
Orr, operated it, as a second hand/Antique store
of sorts, for number of years. Eventually Russ,
who worked for the city of Cottage Grove and
Charlotte worked for, and still does, Kendall
Ford, began spending time and revitalizing
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