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The INDEPENDENT, July 1, 2004
New Family Farm exhibit opens July 10 and 11 at Oregon Zoo
Want to touch a Shetland
lamb or brush a pygora goat?
If so, visit the Oregon Zoo’s
new 18,000 square foot Trillium
Creek Family Farm grand
opening, July 10-11, from 10
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Zoo visitors
will learn about life on this tradi-
tional farm, while nuzzling farm
animals like ducks, chickens,
rabbits, lambs and baby goats.
“Our new family farm high-
lights all facets of farm living
and the rich agricultural her-
itage of the Pacific Northwest,”
said Director Tony Vecchio.
“Adults and children discover
what life on a working farm is all
about – they can even shear
sheep.”
Grand opening events will
feature a variety of hands-on
activities, highlighting life on a
farm. In addition, the Little Zoo
petting exhibit has been perma-
nently moved into the Family
Farm exhibit. Visitors and their
families can compost in the
vegetable garden, make quilt-
ing squares, and interact with
the exhibit’s many animals.
Kids can play dress-up with
various farm costumes, spin an
animal activity wheel to learn
about the behavior of different
animals, or play on a tractor.
The Dairy Farmers of Oregon
and the Oregon Dairy Princess-
es will be on hand to give out
samples of milk, and children
can check out Dairy Anna, a
life-sized fiberglass cow. Kids
can also participate in the inter-
active fiber arts displays led by
zoo volunteers, such as weav-
ing, dyeing and spinning.
Musical entertainment will
feature Victor Johnson, of The
Dalles, who will perform his
newest collection, Country
Blues for Kids at 10:30 a.m.
and again at 12:30 p.m. each
day. Johnson’s CD just won the
Parent’s Choice Award for mu-
sic that entertains and edu-
cates children.
Also performing will be Juliet
Wyers, a local singer/song-
writer playing uplifting folk mu-
sic. Wyers will perform both
days at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
She has performed around the
country and locally at the Port-
land Rose Festival and the
Clackamas County Fair.
The Trillium Creek Family
Farm includes a 3,000 square
foot barn, a 1,700 square foot
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Perennials
All 4 inch to 1 gallon size Perennials throughout July
farmhouse, a farmyard and
several corrals. The design is
based on existing historic farms
in Oregon.
The farm will be the zoo’s
first-ever exhibit run exclusively
by teen volunteers. The volun-
teers are part of the ZooTeen
program, an award-winning
youth development and educa-
tion program that began more
than 25 years ago and now in-
cludes several hundred high-
school volunteers from all over
the state.
ZooTeens currently work in
the zoo’s pygmy goat kraal and
tide pools in the summer.
“We’re taking this concept
even further, allowing teens to
work in our farm exhibit all year
round – they’ll feed, care for
and train animals just as a
zookeeper would,” said Youth
Volunteer Coordinator Mia
Reager.
Trillium Creek Family Farm
is a key component of the zoo’s
Great Northwest Exhibit, which
replicates major areas of our
region’s diverse ecosystem
from the crest of the Cascades
to the Pacific coast and be-
yond.
For more information about
Trillium Creek Family Farm vis-
it www.oregonzoo.org.
General admission is $9 (12-
64), seniors $7.50 (65+), chil-
July 2 food drive at Dead show
will benefit county food banks
When The Dead appear in
concert at Columbia Meadows
on July 2 at 6:00 p.m., they will
not only provide great enter-
tainment, they will help feed
needy families in Columbia
County by including a food
drive along with the concert.
Food donations will be ac-
Lars Clausen took to the
road and explored the United
States in a way that TV journal-
ist Charles Kuralt might have
envied—with a 50-state unicy-
cle trip from Washington to the
Statue of Liberty and back
again. His spoke-by-spoke tra-
vels took him across America
from coast to coast, through a
Mojave Desert storm, past
breath-taking
snow-capped
Montana mountains, close to a
raging hurricane in Louisiana,
and Times Square traffic.
The catalyst for the trip was
Clausen’s desire to publicize
the needs of the Inupiat Eski-
mos on Alaska’s Seward penin-
sula and earn money for an en-
dowment fund that will provide
them with a stable resource. At
the same time, he established
a new record for the longest
distance traveled by unicycle in
a 24-hour period–202.78 miles.
He also broke the 3,876 mile
record established by Hans Pe-
ter Beck (across Australia) by
traveling 9,136 miles across 48
contiguous U.S. states.
Now, with all the flavor of Zen
and the Art of Motorcycle Mainte-
nance, Clausen shares the ad-
venture and soulfulness of ped-
aling the roads of America in
search of his country and him-
self.
You can hear Clausen talk
about his adventures, July 10 in
St. Helens, as he promotes his
book, One Wheel Many Spokes:
USA by Unicycle, by riding his 36”
Coker unicycle down the west
coast from Canada to Mexico.
Clausen will appear at the
Restful Haven Health Club
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J ULY 12: F EATHERED F RIENDS
J ULY 19: B UGS & C REATURES
Invites you to find out more about
opportunities in the Portland area to enjoy
the relaxing benefits of Social Nudism during
EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE
2121 N. MIST DRIVE • VERNONIA
PH: 503-429-8200 • MON-SAT 10-6 • SUNDAY 12-6
cepted starting two hours be-
fore the doors open at donation
bins located outside all main
entrances. Food donations will
benefit Columbia Pacific Food
Bank, which provides food to
Vernonia Cares and other local
food banks and programs in
Columbia County.
The first 1,000 people to do-
nate ten non-perishable items
will receive a free limited edi-
tion commemorative poster de-
signed by famed Grateful Dead
artist, Stanley Mouse. Dona-
tions of low-sodium and health
food-oriented products are es-
pecially welcome.
For ticket information, call
503-224-8499 or 800-992-8499
or order online at >www.tick-
etswest.com>.
Record holding unicyclist to speak in St. Helens
Rubber Pond Liner…65¢ sq. ft. • Pond Plants
Call for Information/Registration: 503-429-8200
dren $6 (3-11), and children un-
der 3 are free. Additional infor-
mation is available on the zoo
Web site: www.oregonzoo.org
or by calling 503-226-1561.
National Nude Week.
July 5th - 11th
27100 NW Dairy Creek Road
Cornelius, OR 503-647-2449
Columbia Center auditorium,
375 S. 18th St., St. Helens at
3:00 p.m. This is a presentation
of the Literary Arts Series, a
collaboration of the St. Helens
Public Library, Friends of the
St. Helens Public Library, the
St. Helens Book Shop, the His-
torical Society of Columbia
County and Columbia Learning
Center. All events are offered to
the public for no charge.
For more information on the
Literary Arts Series, call the St.
Helens Public Library, 503-397-
4544, or St. Helens Book Shop
at 503-397-4917.