2009 Home For The Holidays

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The News-Review’s 2009 guide to county holiday events

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Roseburg Oregon, Thursday, November 26, 2009

Zurcher brings North Pole a little closer to home BRITTANY ANN ARNOLD For The News-Review

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et you didn’t know this: Roseburg has its very own Santa Claus. He crafts away in the workshop, gets together with Rudolf, the Snowman, Humpty Dumpty, Sponge Bob, the Grinch and Big Bird, and he brings smiles and laughter to children all over. He goes by the name of Jim Zurcher. This upcoming holiday season will be Zurcher’s 22nd year of adorning his home from yard to roof with his monstrous, homemade animated figures. First comes Comet, then comes Cupid, then Rudolf, then the 7-foot-high snowman, then a springing jack-in-the-box, then a falling Humpty Dumpty following Big Bird, Hickory Dickory Dock and a waving Sponge Bob. Children can even get a sneak peak of Santa’s elves working frantically at the North Pole Shipping Department, while Santa seems to be stuck in the chimney. “We’re Christmas people,” says Zurcher referring to himself and his wife, Pat, who passed away earlier this year. What started as a small challenge from his wife to be

creative and make some decorations for the yard turned into a well-known Roseburg tradition for many families. Year one of Zurcher’s home display featured his first creation, Santa’s deer and Rudolf. Now, Zurcher has nearly 12 huge moving characters. “It is different than these light-up displays you go to,” says Zurcher. His spirited show features fully animated, neatly crafted, moving and lit-up friends of Santa’s. “And the best part is it’s free!” Zurcher chuckles. The 81-year-old says he gets inspired by a new children’s trend, such as Sponge Bob, or just by visualizing certain materials that kind of look like Humpty Dumpty. The falling egg was brought to life after Zurcher took plastic barrels, brackets, gear heads and two motors to his workshop. Now children and their parents park their cars and gather in front of the Zurcher home in Hucrest to see Humpty Dumpty make his infamous fall, as well as to see all their other yearly favorites. While holiday decorating can be Turn to ZURCHER, page 9

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Jim Zurcher stands with a couple of his animated Christmas creations outside his home on Oerding Avenue in Roseburg. Each evening from early December through Christmas, Zurcher puts his homemade decorations on display.

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he 17th annual Festival of Lights kicked off Nov. 22 and will be running through Jan. 1 at River Forks Park. The mile and a half scenic drive features more than 80 animated displays and more than 300,000 lights. The completely volunteered fundraiser and service project is the largest nonprofit holiday light display and the second largest in size throughout the Northwest. Hours are 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 5:30 to 10 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and holidays. News-Review file photo Put on by the Rotary Club of Roseburg, proceeds provide scholarships and go to Visitors to the Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights at River Forks Park get a bright view supporting local service projects. Donations in 2003 of the nightly event west of Roseburg, sponsored by the Roseburg Rotary. are from $10,000 to $11,000 each year. val of Lights in rain, snow or shine. The red from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Admission is $8 per car and $40 per tour and white striped cover keeps you dry while Sundays through Dec. 21. Admission to the bus. village is free. For its second year, the Festival of Lights provided blankets will keep you warm. Just bring the hot chocolate. River Forks Park is located about five will be offering horse drawn wagons for a Rides are $5 per person or $20 for a famimiles west of Roseburg off Old Garden Valreal holiday experience. ly of up to five people. Reservations can also ley Road. Wagon rides will be run from 5:30 to 9 Festival of Lights information: 541-672p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, starting Dec. 5 be made for large groups up to 30 people. “We’re reviving an old tradition,” said 3469. and continuing to Dec. 27. wagon coordinator Milo Schauer. Wagon ride information/reservations: The 30-person wagon with its pair of The nearby Holiday Village will be open 541-580-7747 percherons tromp through the entire Festi-

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Local ladies cook up some Christmas cheer BRITTANY ANN ARNOLD For The News-Review

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romas make the holiday season special with smells of spices, warm pumpkin pies, juicy turkeys and ham, and fresh, buttered rolls. Home holiday cooking is not only what families look forward to eating during this time of year, but also what many look forward to preparing. Here are a few local award winning and well-recognized cooks and their hit-thespot holiday recipes. Karene Biedermann — Aromatica’s Feast Bakery Chef and Owner Specializing in sugar-free treats and traditional foods, the Aromatica’s Feast Bakery in Roseburg is serving up a healthier approach to the holidays. Aromatica’s Feast has been catering meals from Mediterranean to Asian and American to French for the past 16 years. In early November, the bakery started offering sugar-free baked goods with recipes that had been worked on since July. Biedermann says she tried to find the secret in sugar-free, but when she inquired at other bakeries, they wanted enormous

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Karene Biedermann of Aromatica’s Feast Bakery takes a cake from the display last week. amounts of money to reveal their secrets. After speaking with her diabetic cousin,

she was informed of xylitol, which is a sugar alcohol that is found naturally in

fruits and vegetables. Xylitol is a natural insulin stabilizer, and therefore doesn’t spike a person’s blood sugar, and the FDAapproved food additive has no toxins. Biedermann started doing her research. “You have to be a chemist now,” she says of modern-day baking. Soon after, Biedermann played around with erythritol, a natural sugar alternative, and Ace K, a highintensity, non-calorie sweetener. With the blend of those three, Biedermann started producing an assortment of cookies, Russian tea cakes, bars, cheesecakes, eclairs, apple tortes, Baklavas, cream puffs and tortes all in sugar-free. While sugar-free doesn’t mean caloriefree, it does however have fewer calories and carbohydrates per serving. Biedermann says she is working on fat-free next. “I think we are doing a good job,” she says. “Everyone likes our food, and we work hard at doing the right thing, and being there for people.” Aromatica’s Feast Bakery takes special holiday orders, including full holiday dinners. Orders can be taken by phone at (541) Turn to HOLIDAY TREATS, page 5

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Holiday treats: Sugar free pumpkin cheesecake a guiltless pleasure Continued from page 4 672-0690, or by visiting the bakery at 1033 S.E. Stephens St. on Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Aromatica’s Feast Sugar Free Pumpkin Cheesecake Crust: 2 cups sugar free cookie, crumbled 2 tablespoons melted butter 1/4 cup nuts, chopped Mix, and put in bottom of spring pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool. Cheesecake filling: 2 pounds cream cheese 3/4 cup xylitol 3/4 cup erythritol 1 teaspoon salt Blend together, scraping sides often. Then add one at a time: 6 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla Scrape sides and bottom well, and then add: 2 cups pumpkin 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 3 tablespoons flour

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Monica Yeomans — Umpqua Dairy Cooking Contest Category Winner Mother of 12-year-old twin girls, English language development teacher and category winner at the first Umpqua Dairy Cooking Contest, Monica Yeomans does not let holiday cooking stress her out even though she’s so busy. With students at Roseburg High School, Sunnyslope Elementary, Green Elementary and Hucrest Elementary and two kids at home, Yeomans has quite the audience of judges for her cooking. After winning the entrée category at the Umpqua Dairy Cooking Contest, Yeomans kept the promise to make some samples of her winning dish for her begging students. As for her girls, “Umm … it’s good,” they say about eating her experimental dishes. Her secret? Put cardamom in everything,” she says. Turn to HOLIDAY TREATS, page 6

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Holiday treats: Jeff Davis pie a must for hungry Christmas guests Continued from page 5 Learning from her Scandinavian heritage, Yeomans says the spice makes every dish “taste like Christmas.” Ginger Cookies 1 1/2 cups softened butter 1/2 cup molasses 2 tablespoons honey 4 cups flour 2 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cardamom 2 tablespoons sugar (for coating) Mix butter, molasses, honey and sugar. Slowly add in eggs. Blend all dry ingredients, and slowly add to wet. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Refrigerate dough for approximately 15 minutes. Take out dough and form small, round balls. Roll the balls in sugar for coating. Place on cookie sheet. Bake for 16 minutes. Makes approximately 5-6 dozen cookies

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job as the department technician in the Roseburg Planning Department after she says she consistently brought in homemade baked goods to the staff. “He hired me full time because I was a good cook!” Morgan says of her former boss. After 16 years with the city of Roseburg, Morgan still loves to bake for an audience. In addition to baking for her staff, Morgan has a pie-loving husband at home, two children and four grandchildren. She says she is also the “official cook” at the family reunions. “I love cooking for Christmas and all other holidays, and for Morgan family gatherings,” she says. Morgan points out her must holiday foods are chocolate sheet cake, cheesecake, Jeff Davis pie and Angel Wing biscuits. Defining a holiday meal as “love,” Morgan says she’s always liked making the ones she loves happy with food. She said her husband, Steve, is very supportive of her experimental cooking, but he thrives for pie. “If a crust is wrapped around it, he’ll eat it,” she says. A favorite of Steve and a recipe handed down from her mother is Morgan’s famous Jeff Davis pie. “My mother made this pie when I was growing up and I’ve made it now for more than 35 years.” With Morgan’s mother being a Texan, she discovered this popular Texas-based pie, which originated from Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. The pie was used to silence the soldiers. Now, let’s see if it silences you. Jeff Davis Pie One 9-inch uncooked pie shell (chilled)

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Monica Yeomans of Roseburg prepares an entree during the finals of the recent Umpqua Dairy Cooking Contest.Yeomans enjoys making ginger cookies as holiday treats. 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 tablespoon flour 2 eggs 1/2 cup butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup evaporated milk

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he Christmas spirit shines brightly at the Shelton home alongside Highway 38 between Drain and Elkton. The dark and dreariness of that rural road during the winter months is quickly transformed after coming around a curve from either direction and seeing a glow just ahead. The glow? It’s the result of thousands of Christmas lights, hanging on and around the Shelton residence. The light display is almost a 20-year tradition for the family. “I just love the spirit of Christmas, the fun of it,” said Lynn Shelton, the wife and mother of the family of seven. “I love Christmas, seeing all the lights, spending time with family and friends.” She hopes that “the Christmas spirit flows” when drivers see the lights. “It’s a warm and fuzzy feeling,” said husband Chris of brightening up the holiday season with lights. “It’s too bad we can’t have Christmas all year long. I’d just leave them (lights) up.” Red, yellow, green, blue, orange, white — every color is well represented in the lighting display. Lynn, with some help and advice from family members, is the mastermind behind the Christmas creation. There are lights on the front wooden fence that parallels the highway for a couple hundred feet. Lights also adorn 15 trees and bushes in the front and side yards and along the driveway that leads up the slight slope. Some of the trees stand 15 feet tall. In the middle of the light display is the

Shelton’s two-story house. Lights twinkle and shine from every corner, eave, window frame and door frame of the house, its deck and also Chris’ adjoining workshop, which this year features a disco ball. On the side of the house facing the driveway a light sign proclaims, “Merry Christmas.” “We just do lights,” Lynn said. “We don’t do Santas and reindeer, we don’t do blow-up stuff.” “Everybody’s always eager for us to get the lights up around here, but it’s not a real quick thing to do,” she said. “People always seem to be waiting for them to go up and if we don’t get them up soon enough, they keep bugging us to do it.” While Lynn does the bulk of the light hanging now, Chris started the tradition after the couple moved to their rural home in 1990 from El Paso, Texas. “When we first got here I just felt like doing lights,” said Chris, admitting that maybe part of the reason was because he missed the sun, a source of brightness that was usually present in El Paso, where he grew up. Chris liked putting the lights up, but didn’t like taking them down after the holidays. So after taking the lights down during the first few years and storing them, Lynn gradually took over putting them up as well. “I just have fun with it … whatever sort of strikes me I do,” she said of her design strategy. Through the years, she’s gotten suggestions on how and where to put the lights and help from the couple’s five kids: Heath, now 25, Kahlea, 22, Molly, 17, and 13-year-old twins Abby and Roxanne.

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Lynn Shelton with twin daughters Abby, left, and Roxanne work together to untangle lights in anticipation of lighting up their house alongside Highway 38. Lynn uses timers to turn the lights on and off. At first she leaves them on until 11 p.m., and as the holidays draw closer, she sets them to turn on at 4 a.m. for the truckers driving past. She’ll leave them on

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A city girl learns the holidays are for hunting BRITTANY ANN ARNOLD For The News-Review

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first arrived in Roseburg for a weekend stay with three suitcases, high heels and my “rat” dog. It was just as I imagined: gorgeous fields, sweeping vineyards, towering oak trees, and crisp rivers. I then pulled up to my four-star double-wide, equipped with cows, guns and a selection of hanging antlers. Within a few hours I found out that stilettos are not the proper choice for muddy grass, that perfume does attract bugs, and that I might need a new cell phone plan because it seems everywhere I go, I get one bar. Oh, what people do when they are in love. Yes, I met the man of my dreams — plaid, suspenders and all — and journeyed down to the country. It seems I am living the real “Green Acres.” I was born in Portland, and have lived in New York City and San Francisco. My weeks are usually filled up with fashion shows, hotel openings and movie premiers. I am also a University of Oregon graduate, which means a Duck fan — something that is also not a popular

Courtesy photo Brittany Ann Arnold, and her “rat” dog, Mosely, went to Steens Mountain for her first hunting trip this fall. Arnold, a self-described city girl, feels like she’s living the real “Green Acres.”

choice down here. I just can’t win. After marrying my logger husband, I made the official move to Roseburg. My husband was constantly asked, “How’s

the city girl doing?” His co-workers and buddies thrived for a good laugh on my quest to find the retail stores, discovering it is normal to carry a rifle in your pick-

up, and how I learned that the fall is not for fashion week — but hunting season. I’d only been in Roseburg for five months, and that celebrated “H” word started sputtering off everyone’s lips. No, not “holiday”, but “hunting.” Hunting is comparative to Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale— you wait all year for it, you compare with friends and strangers what you found, and you are very particular about who you go with. That being said, I couldn’t believe my husband wanted me to go hunting at Steens Mountain with him to kick off the “holiday” season. I sure had a lot to prove, therefore, I had to go. The festivities began with s’mores, hot chocolate and snow. However, it was 15 degrees and I was in a tent. I’ve gone camping a lot before, but this was different. We were in almost complete solitude, and I even made my husband park us on an actual campground. I figured I should be near people in case some animal attacked. The first two nights were cozy with a crackling fire, fresh snow, and warm comfort food. During the day I walked Turn to HOLIDAYS AND HUNTING, page 9

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Holidays and hunting: She’ll try to find girly camo for next year’s trip Continued from page 8 around camp in my UGG boots, furcovered parka, and with my rat dog. I didn’t even fit in hunting. I suppose next year I’ll research my husband’s Cabela’s catalog for some girly camo attire. After the jug of Carlo Rossi ran out and I finished my book, I went from dreading the thought of my husband killing something to begging he would kill something. Eventually, he Arnold said I had “passed the test” and we could go home. Ahh, home, and I did it. I completed the long, cold week of hunting — and it wasn’t that bad! I told my husband that I now know what to bring for next year (giving a wink that hopefully I’ll come down with a cold and can’t go). I just could-

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n’t wait to get back to town, but did feel bad my husband didn’t kill anything. He then chuckled and said not to worry, “We’ll go elk hunting here in a few weeks.” “What?” “There is elk hunting, too?” Sigh. It seems I still have a lot to learn about how the holidays are spent down here. Coming soon: Getting a Christmas Tree in the Actual Woods, Learning How to Work the Wood Stove, and Finding Out Where to Christmas Shop in Roseburg. All can be read on my blog at http://newgreenacres.blogspot.com/. Happy Holidays and Happy Hunting.

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Zurcher: Display is set up, dismantled each night to prevent vandalism Continued from page 2 strenuous for about anyone, Zurcher puts out and takes down the display every night for the month of December. “It is quite an undertaking. But I work hard, and people can just trash it,” says Zurcher, referring to the holiday vandalism that strikes the community every year. But it is all worth it for Zurcher, also a hospital volunteer, who just wants to give happiness to the children. “It’s fun, and the enjoyment I get out of it is seeing the little kids and the laughing,” Zurcher says with a smile. Zurcher explains his wife was quite a spirit of Christmas as well. “She would take the less fortunate to high tea in Eugene,” he says of Pat. After losing his wife in April, he was struck again when he lost his daughter shortly after. Both died of lung cancer. “Right now, my wife would have had two weeks’ head start,” says Zurcher of Pat’s holiday decorating. This year, Zurcher plans to begin his holiday display on Dec. 4 and run it until Christmas Day. He says he usually brings

out his festive family around 5:15 p.m. and takes it down when the crowds ease between 9 and 9:30 p.m. Zurcher couldn’t believe in only his second year with three items, he had two busloads from Eugene pile down his street. He says the usual crowd is eight to 12 adults and kids, screaming and laughing, standing in front of the house. Some are new viewers; some are the regulars. “The kids don’t care that it is amateur — they just want to see them there,” he says of his creations. Zurcher even recalls one year when Rudolf broke, so he put him away, but then he got a knock on his door. “Where is Rudolf?” a disappointed child asked Zurcher. He explained to the child that he was getting fixed, but he rushed back to his shop, dusted him off, put a bulb in his nose and brought him out. The child’s face lit up. Zurcher is a perfect example of what the holiday season is about: joy, giving, and spirit. He is Roseburg’s own Santa Claus. To visit the display, Zurcher’s home is located at 1825 N.W. Oerding Ave., west of Keasey Street and south of Garden Valley Boulevard in Roseburg.

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tag describing a child or senior in need, and donate an unwrapped gift. Gifts will be delivered to the households by the troop. Nonperishable food items may be donated and dropped off at the restaurant, the Forest Service office in Glide or Toketee, the Glide Fire Department, various Glide churches or any of the Glide schools. Cash donations are also welcomed and can be mailed to Boy Scout Troop 112, 738 Echo Drive, Roseburg 97470. Information: Stu Carlson, 677-0521.

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Shop til you drop; holiday hours extended Roseburg Town Center will be extending its business hours into the evening for Christmas shopping beginning Dec. 13. Stores will also be open on Dec. 13 and Dec. 20, both Sundays. Information: Vicki Nielsen, 464-8422.

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holiday poinsettia. Commonwealth Garden Shoppe is located at 452 N. Main Street. Information: 839-6067.

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Grand Victorian slates Christmas theatre Come feast on prime rib and au jus, potatoes, Cornish hen with stuffing, roasted vegetables, The Grand Victorian’s famous grape salad, dessert and wassail while taking in an 18th century classic adapted from Edmond Rostand’s love story, Cyrano De Bergerac, at the Grand Victorian. See the kings, knights and damsels Dec. 10-13 and Dec. 17-20. Performances are 7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $35 per person. Tickets can be purchased through The Grand Victorian, Harvard Drug, Hanson Jewelers or SOCO Coffee. Information: 863-3011.

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hats for needy children is in need of more Kaps. The hats can be made and brought to the Bargain Bin at 1935 N.E. Stephens St., Roseburg. All the donations are then given to Toys for Tots. Last year the community made and donated 48 hats. Information: Vi Angel, 672-0216; Bargain Bin, 673-8266.

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Umpqua Valley Arts plans Santa’s Boutique Santa’s Boutique, organized by the Umpqua Valley Arts Association, provides a unique holiday shopping experience for Douglas County residents while sustaining

the “home of the arts.” From now through January, the boutique will offer hand woven scarves and bags, fine jewelry, one-of-a-kind wall art and other handcrafted creations in an art-filled atmosphere. There will be something for everyone’s price range. Shopping hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. A portion of the purchases from UVAA helps support a variety of programs offered to the community throughout the year. Information: 672-2532 or go online to www.uvarts.com.

SUTHERLIN

Santa, belly dancers to appear at fair Santa Claus, belly dancers, crafts and fun will be part of the first Craft and Gift Fair to celebrate the holiday season. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Sutherlin Community Building, 150 S. Willamette St. The event has something for everyone in the family including handmade and custom crafts, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Santa and Kalisha the Elf with free candy canes for the kids, and even belly dance demonstrations. Information: 315-0413 or Mezdulene’s Oasis 459-7745.

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Baroque Orchestra to present holiday music The First Presbyterian Church of Roseburg will entertain the community with a holiday concert by the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra at 3 p.m. Dec. 20. Refreshments provided by the Douglas County Youth Orchestra will be available during intermission. The event is sponsored by the Umpqua Symphony Association. Admission for adults is $18, for seniors $16, for students $5, and for families of four or more $45. Tickets are available at the door, at local ticket outlets or online at tickets.umpqua.edu. The church is at 823 S.E. Lane Ave. Information: 496-4546.

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Trees adorned with donated local creations, decorations, and gifts will highlight the 2009 Festival of Trees scheduled for Dec. 2-6 at Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort. The Roseburg Mercy Foundation event is a fundraiser for the Children’s HealthCare Fund. The festival trees will be on display the first weekend in December, and will be auctioned off at the Gala Evening and Auctions that starts at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 4. The festival has raised more than $1 million for the children’s health care programs. Festival events will include: SILVER BELL LUNCHEON The mini-gala luncheon will be held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 2. This event kicks off the Festival of Trees and sells out fast. Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased through Carter Andersen State Farm Insurance in Myrtle Creek, Macy’s in the Roseburg Valley Mall in Roseburg, and Ken Clark State Farm Insurance in Roseburg. It is spon-

sored by Oregon Pacific Bank. GALA EVENING AND AUCTIONS The featured event for the foundation’s fundraiser will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Dec. 4. Tickets are $100 per person and include a buffet dinner, a silent auction, the auction of the decorated trees and gifts, and new this year — dancing. Live music will be provided by the Oregon Coast Lab Band, “Evolution.” The gala has sold out for the past eight years, so get your ticket soon by calling the Mercy Foundation at (541) 677-4818. The celebration is sponsored by Umpqua Bank. SAFARI PICNIC ADVENTURES Formerly called Teddy Bear Picnics, the fun-filled event for children will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. and noon to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5. The event in past years has drawn nearly 300 children as they bring in their favorite stuffed animal for a special check-up by student nurses, get creative with art and craft booths, enjoy a sack lunch while watching a live animal show provided by Wildlife Safari, and chat with Santa about their wish lists. Children ages 3 to 9 are invited.

Admission is $5 per child. The adventure is sponsored by SAM 104.5 and KMTR. Tickets are on sale at Carter Andersen State Farm Insurance in Myrtle Creek and Roseburg Book and Stationery. NIGHT OF MIRACLES From 6 p.m. to midnight Dec. 5, a special night of activities will honor the staff of Mercy and Umpqua Bank, their families and friends, and physicians and other employees. Night of Miracles features a small live auction, raffles, games, as well as a live DJ and dancing. Tickets are $20 per person. FAMILY DAY Come view the festive trees and partake in holiday activities on from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6. Admission is $1 per person or $2.50 per family. Fun and free activities are available for the kids, a lineup of entertainers will be hitting the stage, and refreshments will also be available. Tickets are available at the door. The event is sponsored by KPIC and The News-Review. Information on any of these events: Mercy Foundation, 677-4818.

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First United Methodist Church’s ‘In Bethlehem Inn’ Dinner Theatre All ages are invited to a dinner and theater show at 5 p.m. Dec. 13 at the First United Methodist Church, 1771 W. Harvard Ave. Tickets to the event are free and available at the church office that is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday. Please pick up tickets by Dec. 11. A Christmas Eve service will also be celebrated at the church at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 24. Information: 672-1629.

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val at Millsite Park will be the destination for the annual Timber Truckers Light Parade Dec. 12. The parade, which starts in Riddle at around 5 p.m., is filled with festively lit log trucks, fire engines, cars, pickups and dump trucks. The vehicles will make their way into Myrtle Creek at about 7 p.m. where the community can get a close-up view of the displays, eat free chili, cookies, hot chocolate and coffee, and get warm by the Village Realty fire pit. The Winter Festival opens at 5 p.m. The Myrtle Creek Winter Festival will also include a live nativity scene by the Tri City Baptist Church in front of the St. Vincent de Paul store. Businesses on Main Street will extend their shopping hours. Any individual vehicle or organization can enter to win up to $2,600 in prizes in categories that include Log Trucks and Flatbeds; Dump Trucks and Service Trucks; Emergency Vehicles; Personal Vehicles and Pickups; and Personal Vehicles for Groups/Organizations. Entries must have at least one strand of lights on the vehicle. The parade is pushing for a big show this year. What used to have 60 to 70 entries, the Timber Truckers has been down to around 40 in recent years. “We don’t want to see it go away,” said parade

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SUTHERLIN

Holiday festival scheduled for Dec. 19 Carnival games, decorated trees, visits with Santa Claus, entertainment, gingerbread houses, refreshments and more will fill up the Sutherlin Community Building Dec. 19. Play a carnival game for a good cause as proceeds from the game fees of 25 cents each will go toward the Sutherlin High School Peer Helpers club. Refreshments will benefit the Sutherlin Lions Club. The event starts at 11 a.m., and will close following the Timber Town Toyland Light Parade. The Sutherlin Community Building is located at 150 S. Willamette Street. Information: 459-8262.

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scheduled its annual free Christmas Dinner event for 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 25 at the kitchen, 323 N. Comstock. The fifth annual dinner is open to anyone. The menu is expected to include ham, vegetables, potatoes, dessert, coffee and beverages. Past dinners have served 110 to 130 guests. Food baskets will also be available. Volunteers to help with the dinner and food baskets are needed. Information: Gerry Galbraith, 459-4186.

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Saxophones, singing to be featured Saxophones, singing and spirit will fill the Center for Spiritual Living church at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 for its annual holiday concert. Los Angeles vocalist Gino, along with the Celestial Voices Choir, Dave Kennedy on the saxophone and Andy Anderson on the keyboards will all be a part of the celebration. There is no charge for the event, however, donations are accepted. The Center for Spiritual Living is located at 1949 S.E. Stephens. Information: Center for Spiritual Living, 229-5000 or go online to www.cslroseburg.org.

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place at the Douglas County Courthouse on Sunday. Come bundled up and with some holiday treats to enjoy entertainment starting around 5:30 p.m., including carolers, a nativity scene, and the special arrival of Santa Claus. Each year, Santa Claus hits the ceremony in a unique and different way, and then hands out candy canes and talks with the kids. The lighting of the tree will brighten Roseburg at 6 p.m. “It is a really wonderful, family event,” said Vicki Nielsen, chairwoman of the Roseburg Town Center’s promotion committee. “It is a great way to kick off the holidays.” Information: 464-8422.

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Arts Center and the Festival of Lights are sponsors of the Holiday Village. Highlights for the three-night event will be handcrafted items, spunky purses by Bagolitas, Fruit Frommage by Susan Turner Enterprises and homemade cookies, chocolates and truffles by Altrusans. In addition, gifts by Gloria will feature handmade holiday crafts such as angels, snowmen, ornaments, stocking stuffers, candles, birdhouses and much more. Several other vendors will be present. Bring your children, family or pets for photos with Santa Claus in a perfect holiday setting. Admission is free. Coupons will be given to all individuals viewing the Festival of Lights allowing them a free cookie or beverage. Warm up with hot chocolate, coffee, cider and cookies while viewing the many items to purchase for the holidays. Proceeds will benefit and enhance the News-Review file photo educational opportunities Altrusa offers to the children of The giant Christmas tree illuminates the front of the Dou- Douglas County. glas County Courthouse as people mill about after the Tree Information: 672-2998. Lighting Ceremony.

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“Journey to the Manger: A Search for the True Meaning of Christmas” will be performed at the Hucrest Community Church of God at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 and 3 p.m. Dec. 13. The semi-dramatic musical brings the audience through the Depression Era, through Italy during the Renaissance, the streets of England, a simple little church in Austria, the manger and back to the 21st century while trying to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Admission is free. The church is located at 2075 N.W. Witherspoon Ave. Information: 673-7073.

characters will roar through south Douglas County communities again this year on their motorcycles. The 11th Annual Unorganized South County Toy Run is scheduled for Dec. 13. The gathering will begin at 9 a.m. at the Pizza Palace, 919 Highway 99, Myrtle Creek. In addition to motorcycles, the toy run is also open to car and 4x4 specialty clubs. Participants are asked to bring a new unwrapped toy or a $10 donation. There’ll be coffee and food available before Santa Claus leads the ride beginning at 11 a.m. The ride goes to Riddle, Canyonville, back to Riddle and then finishes at the Myrtle Creek Fire Department in Myrtle Creek. Door prize drawings and 50/50 ticket drawings will be held after the ride. More than 200 riders have made the trip in recent years. Toys are now being collected with dropoff boxes at the Roseburg Beauty College and at Village Realty in Myrtle Creek. Information: 863-2755, 430-1639, 5807875.

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