8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 12, 2015
COMING UP IN
COTTAGE GROVE:
O'Keefe pens tune to try and bring rain
Celtic Tradition at Concerts in
the Park
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An Irish “hooley” (party) is planned at Cottage Grove’s
Concerts in the Park on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Lively jigs,
reels, hornpipes, pub songs and ballads will be on the menu
for the band. Based in Eugene and Roseburg, The Celtic
Tradition is Linda Danielson (fi ddle, vocals), Janet Naylor
(harp, vocals) and Joe Ross (mandolin, guitar, concertina,
hammered dulcimer, vocals). Attendees might also hear
some Scandinavian tunes, as well as other traditional world
dance music, in their repertoire.
The 6:30–8 p.m. shows continue in Bohemia Park every
Wednesday until Sept. 9. Supported by the Cottage Grove
Area Chamber of Commerce member businesses.
Food preservation workshops
Upcoming food preservation classes taught by OSU Ex-
tension Master Food Preservers include:
'End this Drought' has been gifted to several local groups
ottage Grove musician/songwriter Ron
O’Keefe knows how dry it is out there,
and he’s raising his voice in hopes of a nice
steady shower.
Recently, O’Keefe penned a tune entitled
“End this Drought: A song to lift our voices
and spirits,” and he’s begun distributing the
song to various groups around town in the
hope that they can make it their own.
The idea for the song, O’Keefe said, came
from an experience in California during an
extended drought in the late 1970s.
“I have written other songs over the years
from school shootings, domestic violence,
folk, country, blues, rock and love songs,”
O’Keefe wrote. “Feeling compelled to ad-
dress this disaster, I wrote some verses and a
chorus about ending the drought. It was re-
corded over three nights in Chico, Ca. Sing-
ers clapped and sang to the heavens with
some music backup. We were all exhausted.
We grabbed our gear and started heading
Saturday, Aug. 22 — Pressure Canning, 11 a.m.-3
p.m., Bohemia Park Pavilion
Attendees can learn to pressure can and store their very
own fresh foods for year-round enjoyment and shrink your
monthly food bill. The group will work with summer veg-
ours of the Applegate House
etables and beef; making a summer stew for lunch.
in Yoncalla on Sunday, Aug.
Saturday, Sept. 12 — Talkin’ Tomatoes (and salsas), 11
23, will afford the public a rare
a.m.-3 p.m., Healing Matrix
opportunity to view this historic
Various styles of putting up tomatoes such as: canning,
house and learn some of the history
freezing, dehydrating will be taught.
and lore associated with it. The
tours will be hosted by Shannon
Saturday, Oct. 17 — Going hunting? Got beef? Salm-
and Susan Applegate, descendants
on?, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Bohemia Pavilion
of Charles and Melinda Applegate,
Demonstrations of various techniques of preserving
who built the house between 1852
meats: smoking, jerking, freezing, pressure canning. This
and 1856.
class may also include a knife skills review: sharpening
The oldest house in Oregon that
vs. honing; simple butchering. As always, guests will take
has been continuously occupied
home delicacies. [Basic preserving skills necessary]
outside. We stopped, stunned and fi lled with
joy...a few drops of rain turned into days of
wet weather, and for the rest of that year the
area received enough rain and snow to fi ll the
lakes and rivers and the drought was over.”
O’Keefe recorded his latest effort with his
wife, Patricia Hardy, and stepdaughter Emily
Eligott, and reviews from the likes of several
of Oregon’s mayors (in town for last week-
end’s conference) have been positive.
The song has also been gifted to 14 local
churches.
“We’ve asked singing groups to arrange the
song to fi t their style of music from gospel to
rock or a cappella,” O’Keefe said. “We pass
it on with the hope that a simple song, sung
by a lot of people of all ages and all faiths,
can raise awareness, and who knows...bring
us some rain and snow.”
Copies are available at no charge by call-
ing 541-520-6164 or by email at r.nokeefe@
gmail.com
Ron O'Keefe's latest recording fea-
tures his wife, Patricia Hardy, on lead
vocals with stepdaughter Emily Eligott
backing them up. The song is avail-
able free of charge for those who wish
to arrange their own version.
Yoncalla's historic Applegate House to host tours
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Saturday, Nov. 7 — All about apples, 11 a.m.-dusk
It’s a great time for apples...sauce, butter, leather, cider,
juice and pie. Although primarily a demonstration class,
attendees will sample lots of apple goodies and take home
fresh cider that they pressed. Demonstrations and participa-
tion opportunities include: cooking down apples for sauce
and butter, dehydrating, canning, steam juicing, pie fi llings
and cider pressing.
Those seeking more details or interested in registration
are asked to call 541-942-2360.
912 Project
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Mike Pengercar of South Willamette Valley Honor Flight
will speak at the next meeting of the Cottage Grove 912
Project on Monday, August 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Stacy’s
Covered Bridge Restaurant, 401 E Main St. Pengercar
will provide an update on Honor Flight activities to in-
clude a recent trip to Japan at the request of the Japanese
government. This was a part of Project OBON 2015, and
more information is available at www.obon2015.com. A
World War II veteran who accompanied Mr. Pungercar,
will also speak. The meeting is open to the public and there
is no cost to attend.
by the same family, the Applegate
House is little changed from its
early days. Books, furnishings,
tools, guns and photos tell the story
of one of Oregon’s most distin-
guished pioneer families. Even the
herb garden and the majestic locust
and black walnut trees have tales to
tell.
The grounds will be open at
noon, and tours will be offered at
1 and 2 p.m.. Tickets for the tours
will go on sale when the gates open
and will be limited to 40 people per
tour. The cost is $5, with children
under 12 admitted free. Visitors
are welcome to picnic in the shade
of the trees while they await their
tour. Cold drinks will be on sale,
and a number of interpretive panels
will be displayed, recounting vari-
ous aspects of pioneer life and the
life of native people of the area.
Joe Ross will be on hand to pro-
vide some old-time music.
LORANE COUNTRY NEWS
BY LIL THOMPSON
For the Sentinel
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he Rural Art Center fi lm
summer camp has begun,
but those interested may still drop
in and join. It is through Thursday
this week and continues next week,
Aug. 17-20, from 9 a.m.-noon.
This is for all ages and is free.
The fun will include learning the
process of making a movie with
puppets, masks and claymation.
Contact Alyssa Shepherd at malys-
sakshepherd@gmail or call 541-
556-8151 for more information.
Summer is passing quickly,
and August brings daily doubles
at Crow High School. Be sure to
check with the schools for sports
registrations and school registra-
tion.
Lorane had a lot of activity this
past weekend. An interesting
“Cruz into Granges” made a des-
tination stop at Lorane Grange,
where cruisers got their poker
cards, bought raffl e tickets, en-
joyed a bite and viewed a quilt
show. All proceeds went to the
Oregon Paralyzed Veterans. They
split the raffl e with each individual
Grange.
Then, on Sunday, Lorane was
very busy attending the annual
Lorane Community Potluck and
the annual Fire Department Ice
Cream Social. Everyone enjoyed
the fi re hose water fi ghts, fi re truck
rides, going up in the truck lift, the
bounce house and the ever popular
dunk tank. Of course, the pies and
ice cream were delicious. Among
the activities, people were encour-
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aged to tour the Lorane School,
now under new ownership. The
school has a new roof and the gym
is being repaired. It looks alive
again! They aim to serve the Lo-
rane Community. Follow them
at “loraneschool.com” and look
for further announcements this
fall. Feel free to share constructive
comments and suggestions on their
website. The fi rst informational
meeting will be in September.
Watch for announcements. The
next meeting of the Lorane Cel-
ebration 2015 planning committee
is this Thursday, Aug. 13 at Lorane
Grange around 6:30 p.m. Lorane
Grange plans another roof work
day this weekend, Aug. 14 and 15
starting at 6 p.m.
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representative
about placing your
restaurant ad here.
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