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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019 | 3A Community News Final countdown to Bohemia Mining Days • Advanced All-Day Carnival Ride Bracelets: Last call for discount cou- pons available at the Cot- tage Grove Bi-Mart store until Thursday, July 18, at 3 p.m. Cost is $22 in advance and $30 on site. Families save even more on Thurs- day (only) with a 2-for-1 “Buddy Day” deal. Registration fee: $15 per dog. • Bloomers (ladies only) Parade: Join Magic 94.5 FM Morning Show Hosts Liz & Reilly for a unique experience to kick off the opening of Bohemia City on July 17. Got bloomers? Make your own or pur- chase a pair at Delight, 538 E. Main St. Parade line-up begins at 6 p.m. near the corner of Fifth and Main Streets. The parade steps off at 6:30 p.m. and proceeds eight blocks east to Bohe- mia City in Coiner Park. There is no entry fee. A float is available for participants who have mo- bility issues. • Saturday’s Covered Bridge Tours: In part- nership with South Lane Wheels and the Cottage Grove Tour Guides, BMD offers two 2-hour tours of local covered bridges at noon and 2 p.m. Seating is limited to 18 participants, so buy early. Great idea for visiting family and friends. Tickets are $10 per person. Call Cindy at 541-942- 5064 to check on ticket • Three Themed Meals: availability. Help support logistical costs by enjoying one of • Grand Miners Parade: three fundraising meals in Applications are still being the Chuckwagon area next accepted but will be as- to the Basketball Court. sessed a $5 late fee. Entries Miners’ Steak and Beans registering on Parade Day dinner on Thursday from will pay an additional $10 6 to 7:30 p.m. is $17. fee. Applications are avail- On Friday and Saturday able on the website or out- morning, enjoy a Chuck- side the festival office door wagon Breakfast from 7 to in the Cottage Grove Hotel 10 a.m. for $7. (next to Buster’s Café). • Bingo is back: After • Ugly Dog Contest: As nearly a decade-long hi- part of the BMD 60th an- atus, the Cottage Grove niversary celebration, this Brewers Guild brings once popular contest re- this popular game back turns. Awards will be given to Bohemia City with all to first-, second- and third- proceeds donated toward place winners in four cate- BMD operational expens- gories: Best Costume, Best es. Owner/Dog Look-alike, For more info visit www. Best Tricks and Ugliest bohemiaminingdays.org Dog. Registration forms or call 541-942-5064. are on the BMD website. VLT to present Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Harvey’ in August The Very Little Theatre con- cludes its 90th season with “Har- vey,” the delightful, Pulitzer Prize-winning classic play by Mary Chase, directed by Kari Boldon Welch. “Working with a classic play doesn’t mean re-creating what has been done but re-imagining with fresh eyes and bringing timeless themes to light,” said Welch. “This play is funny and poignant with some fun surprises thrown in.” In the story, social-climbing Veta has been trying to introduce her daughter, Myrtle Mae, into society but that isn’t easy as her dear brother, Elwood P. Dowd, is constantly underfoot with his best friend, Harvey — a six-and-a-half- foot-tall rabbit whom only he can see (or is he the only one?). Veta’s attempt to commit Elwood to a san- itarium goes awry and ends up with Veta being treated for hallucinations at Chumley’s Rest, while Elwood and Harvey head to Charlie’s Place, a local tavern, to greet friends. As everyone scrambles to fix the mix- up, Harvey weaves his way into not just Elwood’s psyche but our own and the true meaning of connection with our fellow man is revealed. The cast features Russell Dyball as Elwood P. Dowd, Mary McCoy as Veta Louise Simmons, Sarah Nesslin as Myrtle Mae Simmons, Eve James as Miss Johnson, Susan Creed as Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet, Katelyn Lew- is as Ruth Kelly RN, Adam Leonard as Duane Wilson, Kelly Oristano as Lyman Sanderson MD, Rod Ander- son as William R Chumley MD, Tere Tronson as Betty Chumley, Hershell Norwood as Judge Omar Gaddney and Dave Smith as EJ Lofgren. Michael Walker is the set and lighting designer and Rebecca Blanchard is the costumer. The play also features art work by middle schooler Emily Simms. An Opening Night Gala with refreshments following the show is open to all those who purchase tickets to the Friday, Aug. 9 perfor- mance. Performance dates are Friday through Sunday, Aug. 9-11; Thurs- day through Sunday, Aug. 15-18; and Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 22-24. Curtain time for each performance is 7:30 p.m. except for the 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Reserved seat tickets are $21; se- nior and student admission is $17. Tickets go on sale today, July 17, and are available online at TheVLT. com, or through the Box Office from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, or by calling 541- 344-7751. — Submitted by By Mary Chase Willamette Valley Project celebrates 50th anniversary The Willamette Valley Project’s 50th Anniversary will be presented by Erik Petersen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Operations Project Manager for Portland Dis- trict’s Willamette Valley Project, as the topic of this month’s Science Pub on July 23. In this talk, Petersen will explain the history of the Project’s 13 dams and reservoirs and discuss current challenges faced by USACE managers in their maintenance and W I L D F I R E operations. The Coast Fork Willamette Wa- tershed Council (CFWWC) hosts a family-friendly monthly public meeting series called the Coast Fork Science Pub on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Axe & Fiddle, 657 E. Main Street, in Cottage Grove. The event begins with informal socializing, trivia and updates about the water- shed and watershed council during the first hour. The Science Pub presentation be- gins at 6 p.m. CFWWC receives 10 percent of all sales from the evening between 5 and 7:30 p.m. The event is free to the public, with a $5 donation suggested. For more information, visit the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council on Facebook or online at www.coastfork.org. S A F E T Y TIPS & COLORING ACTIVITY Fire Prevention with Campfi re Safety I n the United States, nearly nine out of 10 wildfi res are caused by people not being careful. Help Smokey prevent these types of fi res by learning to be careful and helping others do the same. Make sure that the grownups building your next campfi re follow all the rules below, and tell them to check out Campfi re Safety to learn even more. 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