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Yachats River Valley Farm Tour set for Saturday
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er Valley farms will
open their gates from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 10, to the public for
tours and sale of locally
produced farm products.
Tour takers can expect
to see cattle — including
the famous Oreo Cows —
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llamas, alpacas, peacocks,
horses, chickens and geese
among the livestock.
For sale there will be
grass-fed beef, plants,
peacock feathers, home-
baked goods, jams, gar-
den produce and berries.
Be sure to visit the many
cactus greenhouses with
their amazing varieties
of cacti — one of the best
collections in the coun-
try.
To reach these farms,
turn off Highway 101
onto the Yachats River
Road near the south end
of Yachats and watch for
signs indicating which
farms are participating.
The first farm will be near
milepost 1 and the last Visitors to the Yachats River Valley Farm Tour will get to view livestock, gardens,
greenhouses and barns on an 11-mile stretch of Yachats River Road. People are
farm at milepost 11.
Visitors are invited to invited to bring picnics and relax for a while.
bring a picnic lunch and
An added feature at cert by the Oregon Coast the pre-Baroque to mod-
stay awhile. Refreshments The Ranch, 10740 Yachats Recorder Society begin- ern and will be played on
will be available at several River Road, the last stop ning at 11 a.m.
recorders, gemshorns and
sites.
Music will range from guitar.
on the tour, will be a con-
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Scholarship benefit concert
features Pat Knipe art Aug. 13
The Siuslaw Middle
School will hold a benefit
concert on Saturday, Aug.
17, at 7 p.m., featuring sing-
er-song writer Megan Slan-
kard.
All proceeds will go to-
wards the Pat Knipe Art
scholarship fund.
Donations of a minimum
of $20 are requested at the
door. Donations can also be
made at Banner Bank.
During the event, pieces
of Knipe’s artwork will be
auctioned. Prints of her last
painting can be purchased
online
www.mallaryol-
sonphotography.com/pat-
knipe-painting.
Live Healthy Lane to be part of Coalition meeting
A re you ready for a healthier you?
For this month’s meeting
of the Florence Area Com-
munity Coalition, guests
Kayla Watford and Sen-
na Towner from United
Way are taking attendees
through a “Live Healthy
Lane: Community Health
Needs Assessment” feed-
back session.
The public is invited to
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participate on Wednesday,
Aug. 7, from 9 to 10:30
a.m. in the Bromley Room
at the Siuslaw Public Li-
brary, 1460 Ninth St.
Live Healthy is gather-
ing feedback throughout
Lane County to determine
health services priorities
for residents. This commu-
nity feedback opportunity
will help inform strategies
to improve the health of all
who live, learn, work and
play in Lane County.
The project is in collab-
oration with PeaceHealth,
Trillium and Siuslaw Vi-
sion. All are welcome
and refreshments will be
served.
The Florence Area Com-
munity Coalition member-
ship year runs from July 1
to June 30, so it is time for
current members to renew
their memberships and
new members to join to
get a full year of benefits.
Memberships can be indi-
vidual ($25 per year) or or-
ganization ($50 per year).
To download a mem-
bership application, visit
florenceareacc.org or call
541-999-2927.
KXCR Radio seeks community volunteers
KXCR, Florence’s local
nonprofit radio station,
welcomes volunteers of
all ages to learn about the
exciting world of public
broadcast.
Come be a part of your
local public radio station.
Get your feet wet and even
start a new career or do it
just for fun — no experi-
ence necessary.
KXCR streams live over
the internet to thousands
of listeners around the na-
tion. Now you can launch
a new show or announce
news and information to
communities across West-
ern Lane County and even
ships at sea. The station is
at 90.7 FM and kxcr.net.
Call KXCR at 541-997-
5252 for more information
or stop by the station to
learn about volunteer op-
portunities.
Celebrate Reedsport’s 100th anniversary
The City of Reedsport
will celebrate its 100th
birthday on Saturday, Aug.
10, with a day of activities.
Free admission will be
offered to the Umpqua
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Discovery Center; the
Reedsport Centennial Car
Show will take place from
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rain-
bow Plaza; a carnival will
also be held at Rainbow
Plaza from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. and an outdoor con-
cert featuring The Stillwa-
ter Band will be held at the
Umpqua Discovery Center
from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
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