10A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • AUGUST 15, 2018
THANK YOU • BOHEMIA MINING DAYS • THANK YOU
It takes many hands and hearts working together to produce Bohemia Mining Days each July.
Th e Festival Coordinator and BMD Board members gratefully thank the following individuals,
businesses and organizations who contributed time, talent, cash and/or supplies toward the success
of BMD 2018! (As with any list this size, there will likely be someone overlooked. We apologize and
want you to know we absolutely appreciate you, too!)
Planning for next year’s big 60 th Anniversary begins next month. We
welcome your ideas and suggestions of how we can celebrate the very
best of the past six decades of this storied summer time celebration!
Visit www.bohemiaminingdays.org to follow our planning eff orts
or call the festival offi ce at 541-942-5064.
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM: Festival Coordinator Cindy Weeldreyer,
BMD Board of Directors: President & Treasurer Cathy Simmons, Vice
President Joelie Saunders, Directors: Misty Burris, Dave Johnson,
Sylvia Kitterman, Ken Lile, Wanda Mosegard, Jimmy Schaper and
Jerry Vaverka; Board Advisors: Jake Boone & Sharon Jean, Bohemia
Heritage Association Board of Directors: President Jake Boone, VP
Don Williams, Secretary Cathy Simmons, Treasurer Jerry Vaverka,
Directors: Sylvia Kitterman, and Jimmy Schaper,
AREA COORDINATORS: Antique Engine Display: Roger Rue,
Banner Boss: Ralph Weeldreyer, Bohemia City Marshal: Bob Ehler,
Bohemia City Players: Jennifer Mandeville-Schulz, Bohemia Mines
Documentary: Dan Hill, Entertainment & Sound: Cameron Reiten,
Covered Bridge Tours: Marie Longfellow & Sharon Van Gorder,
Flowers & Info Booths: Wanda Mosegard, Food: Dave Johnson &
Jerry Vaverka, Graphic Design: Chalice Savage, Helena (under 21)
Saloon: Karen Munsell, Historical Treasure Hunt: Shiloh Glaspell,
Hospitality Booth: Jerry Vaverka, Kids Zone: Misty Burris, Logistics:
Ken Lile, Parking, Website & IT: Dylan Mann, Parades & Sanitation:
Joelie Saunders, Photography: Greg Lee, Social Media & Volunteers:
Sylvia Kitterman, Slabtown vs. Lemati Feud: Orr Reeve, Stage
Management: Kenneth Michael Roberts & Fred Talbot, Vendors:
Tabitha Cooper & Cathy Simmons
BMD 2018 CREW (25+ hrs): Aleah D Ambrosio-Burris, Melissa D
Ambrosio-Burris, Sharon Anseth, Antique Engine Owners, Penny
Bierly, Emily Bly, Shawna Bratton, Toni Burgess, Ashley Burris, Sean
Burris, Keylth Carey, Josh Cox, Lucas Davey, Dale Flynn, Jay Frazier,
Zoe Goings, Danny Henson, Ellen Hogue, Tara Sue Hugart, Aaron
Kitterman, Jennifer Mandeville-Shultz, Ryan McCormick, Blake
Nelson, James Perry, Renata Poulton-Mamakura, Frank Purdue, Edgar
& Sierra Rodriquez, Orr Reeve, Safe Haven Dunk Tank Team, Sophia
Schulz, Bill Simmons, Stacy & Kim Solomon, Duane Taddei, Holli
Turpin, Marjie & Jill Vaverka, Ralph Weeldreyer, Kayla Westerlund, &
Riley Zolezzi
FESTIVAL SPONSORS: Motherlode ($5,000-$9,999): Cottage
Grove Sentinel; Bonanza ($2,500-$4,999): City of Cottage Grove;
Sourdough ($1,000-$3,499) Banner Bank, CG Garbage Service,
Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Institute for a Better Way,
Pacifi c Power, Reiten Entertainment, South Lane Fire & Rescue/
FireMed, Starfi re Lumber Company, Woodard Family Foundation;
Gold Panner ($500-$999): Anonymous Donor, Brad’s Chevrolet,
CG Community Foundation/Carlton Woodard Advised Fund,
CG Speedway, Cycle Oregon, Dari-Mart Stories, Inc., Economic
Business Improvement District (EBID), Emerald People’s Utility
District, Horners, Inc., PayneWest Insurance, Pinocchio’s Pizza, Snap
Savage Photography, US Bank, Village Green Resort, Weyerhaeuser;
Grubstake ($200-$499): Bohemia Sunrisers Kiwanis Club, Boyce &
Sons, Cascade Home Center, Chevron Market Express, CG Bi-Mart,
CG Quality Inn, CG McDonalds Restaurant, Covered Bridge Dental,
Gates Family Tradition, Geomax Engineering, Jack Sprats Café, Lane
Electric Cooperative, Mickey’s Aff ordable Auto Sales, Mountain Rose
Herbs, Nadine Kelley, Northwest Community Credit Union, Old Mill
Farm Store-Chuck & Debbie, Smith Lund Mills Funeral Chapel, South
Lane Mental Health, South Lane Wheels; Bohemia Buddy ($50-$199):
Apothecaria, Bookmine, CG Riding Club, Crystal Rose Productions,
Dirt Cheap Copies, El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant, Flower Basket,
Gabriele Wellness Center, George & Teri Devine, Materials Exchange
Center for Community Arts (MECCA), Pattons Country Gardens,
Shady Oaks Plants & Produce, Territorial See Company, Trinity
Lutheran Church, Welt & Welt, Inc.
FAÇADE WALL SPONSORS: An n White, CPA, Aff ordable Auto
Sales, Anytime Fitness, Aspen Chiropractic Clinic, B & A Auto,
Banner Bank, Birch Avenue Dental, Bookmine, Brad’s Chevrolet,
Cascade Home Center, Coast Fork Feed Company, Commonwealth
Financial, CG Community Acupuncture,
Chvatal Orthodontics,
CG Masonic Lodge #51, Edward Jones, First American Title, Flower
Basket, Friends of the CG Carousel, Geomax, Grocery Outlet, Grove
Medical Equipment, Horners, Inc., Hoyer Accounting, Jack Sprats
Café, Jane Dixon Team, Jani-King, Jim’s Point S Tires, Jonathan Backer
DDS,
Joe Piscopo Plumbing, Kepson’s Garage, Lane Electric Co-Op, Les
Schwab Tires, Masonic Lodge, Mialey Construction, Middlefi eld Oaks
Senior Living, National Excavation, PayneWest Insurance, Pinocchio’s
Pizza, Rain Country Realty, Sears, Shady Oaks Plants & Produce,
Stacy’s Restaurant, Starfi re Lumber, State Farm Insurance-Matt Bjornn,
Tax Service Plus, Territorial Seed Company, Umpqua Bank, UPS Store,
Weyerhauser, Williams & Mathis Accounting, Y oss Team
HISTORICAL TREASURE HUNT CHECKPOINT HOSTS:
Bohemia Gold Mining Museum, Bohemia Mine Owners Association,
Bookmine, Books on Main, Buster’s Main Street Café, Craft y
Mercantile, Cottage Grove Historical Society, Cottage Grove Museum,
Grove-Lemati Bar & Café, Old Mill Farm Store, Prospectors & Gold
Diggers Club/Snapp House
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS & BUSINESSES: Aktion Club,
American Legion Post #32, Bohemia Mine Owners Association,
Bohemia Park Foundation, Bohemia Sunrisers Kiwanis Club, Buster’s
Main Street Café, City of Cottage Grove: Pete Barrell, Trudy Borrevik,
Teresa Cowan, Russ Kaleese, Richard Meyers, Scott Shepherd & Faye
Stewart, Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council-Amanda Gilbert,
Creswell Chronicle, CG Area Chamber of Commerce-Greeters & Info
Booth Staff , CG Genealogical Society, CG High School Football Team-
Gary Roberts & Ryan Salisbury, CG High School School-to-Work
Coordinator Nick Finley, CG High School Volleyball Team- Shannon
Witty, CG Riding Club, CG United Methodist Church, Cottage Th eatre,
Domino’s Pizza-Joey, Hosanna Youth Performers, Covered Bridge
Tour Guides, First Presbyterian Church, Five Flying Monkeys, Free
For All Magazine-Jay Munoz & Sarah Glass, Greg Lee Photography,
Guardian Security-Darryl Fink, Hosanna Youth Performers, KNND-
Radio, KPNW-Radio, KVAL-TV, Lane Community College – Cottage
Grove, Lane County Sheriff ’s Offi ce-Wenda Nickell, Living Faith
Assembly, Dr. Richard McCarthy, Opal Center for Arts & Education,
OLPH Catholic Church, One More Time Marching Band, Oregon
Community Connections Magazine-Steve Rowland, Pinocchio’s Pizza,
Rainier Amusements, Rice Plate-Kim Kea, Ripley’s Believe It or Not,
Run CG, Safeway, Scarpelli’s Short Stop, Seattle’s La Senoritas Drill
Team, South Lane School District – Matt Allen, South Lane Wheels,
Stacy’s Covered Bridge Restaurant, TEAM-Cottage Grove, Travel Lane
County, Trinity Lutheran Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3473,
Western Express Railroad-Bob & Peggy Bowen, Wild West Events,
WOE Royalty Court, Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Coordinator Heather Lawson
VOLUNTEERS: (24 hours or less and listed alphabetical by fi rst
name) Aiden Butts, Anthony Cobiskey, Andy Wright, Ashley Parsons,
Austin Dempsey, Baleigh Creech, Blake Nelson, Carolyn Pettit, Cicil,
Chris Temple, Christie Rowe, Cindy Slaymaker, Claire Sylvain, Connie
Green, Corey Butts, Dale Flynn, Danny Henson, David Freeman,
Deb Pelzman, Devon Davenport, Emily Bly, Emily Collier, Emilly
McDonald, Eric “Gold Pan Willy” Daquilanto, Garland & Darlene
Burback, Gary Hilgandorf, Gracie Adams, Greig Munsell, Hailey
Kielbgaard, Haille Intros, Harvey & Marilyn Birdseye, Hayes Valley,
Hector Serratos, Helen Lile, Jaden Rose, Jenn McCall, Jerry & Jim
Settlemeyer, Jessica Hannah, Jessie Benner, Jim & Mary Gilroy, Jim
Hardwick, Joanne Skelton, Jody Layng, Joel Reiten, Josh Cox, Kadence
Crownover, Kelly Cameron, Kyle Dolan, Linda Kinser, Loren (Mr.
G) Goodman, Lucas Kurtis, Madison McCarty, Marissa Johnston,
Marie Longfellow, Mikayla Carr, Monica Billman, Monica Venice,
Noe Valley, Phil Baramore, Quinn Kopachik, Rebecca Jones, Rebecca
Panella, Renata Poulton, Robin Jones, Ryan Britton, Ryan McKinnon,
Sam Layng, Star Posthumus, Steven Cook, Suzy Kanich, Terri Evans,
Trisha Crownover, Wisper Pilling, Zack Harrison, Zander McCormick,
& Zoe Goings
SPECIAL THANKS: Darla Avery, Diana Barnard & Bi-Mart Front
Desk Staff , Jake Boone, Rick Boyce, Brad Cohen, Buck & Elizabeth, Sam
Carter, Kim Cooley, Cottage Grove VisionKeepers, Kate Coy, Margarita
Craven, Sally Duncan, Bob Ehler, Scott Ferguson, Jack & Joyce Gates,
Jim Gilroy, Susan Goes, Jeff & Celia Gowing, Jeannie Handsaker, Sue
Henderson, Jennifer Holloman, Brent Hoover, Gayle Hozelle, Sharon
Jean, Tom & Julie Johns, Grant Johnson, Sabina Johnson, Shawn Kelley,
Cindi Lenz, Ruth Linoz, Rori Mann, Gary Manly, Caitlyn May, Lenette
Medford, Leah Murray, Dick McHaffi e, Mickey Pattingale, Jeanie
Patterson, Nancy Pepiot, Joe Raade, Cheryl Richards, Michele Rose,
Chalice Savage, Sharon Scarpelli, Stan Simonsen, Andrea Sink, David
& Judy Smith, Sara Smith, Kurt Straube, Paul Tocco & Buster’s Staff ,
Lynell Th omas, Rob Th omas, Rhonda Turnquist, Joey Valdez, Wayne
& Evie White, Darrel Williams, Gary Williams, Karen Winters, David
& DJ Work, & Kris Woodard
