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

 Page 2–The News-Review, Home For The Holidays
Zurcher brings North Pole a little closer to home
BRITTANY ANN ARNOLD
For The News-Review
B
et you didn’t know this: Rose-
burg 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 franti-
cally at the North Pole Shipping Depart-
ment, 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
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creative and make some decorations for
the yard turned into a well-known Rose-
burg tradition for many families.
Year one of Zurcher’s home display fea-
tured his first creation, Santa’s deer and
Rudolf. Now, Zurcher has nearly 12 huge
moving characters.
“It is different than these light-up dis-
plays you go to,” says Zurcher.
His spirited show features fully animat-
ed, 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 materi-
als 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 ROBIN LOZNAK/The News-Review
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
Turn to ZURCHER, page 9 Christmas, Zurcher puts his homemade decorations on display.
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Lighting up the Christmas season Home for the

Holidays 2009
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News-Review Publisher:

T
he 17th annual Festival of Lights
kicked off Nov. 22 and will be run- Mark Raymond
ning through Jan. 1 at River Forks News-Review Editor: Vicki
Park. The mile and a half scenic Menard
drive features more than 80 animated dis- News-Review Advertising
plays and more than 300,000 lights. Director: Pat Bridges
The completely volunteered fundraiser
and service project is the largest nonprofit
holiday light display and the second largest Home for the Holidays
in size throughout the Northwest. Reporter: Brittany Ann Arnold
Hours are 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Editor: Craig Reed
Thursdays and 5:30 to 10 p.m. Fridays, Sat- Designer: Lacey Hoyer
urdays and holidays.
Put on by the Rotary Club of Roseburg, News-Review file photo
On the cover: A horse-drawn
proceeds provide scholarships and go to Visitors to the Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights at River Forks Park get a bright view wagon rolls through
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. the Festival of Lights
Admission is $8 per car and $40 per tour val of Lights in rain, snow or shine. The red from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and display last year.
bus. and white striped cover keeps you dry while Sundays through Dec. 21. Admission to the The wagon pro-
For its second year, the Festival of Lights provided blankets will keep you warm. Just village is free. vides rides at
will be offering horse drawn wagons for a bring the hot chocolate. River Forks Park is located about five the festival
real holiday experience. Rides are $5 per person or $20 for a fami- miles west of Roseburg off Old Garden Val- Saturday and
Wagon rides will be run from 5:30 to 9 ly of up to five people. Reservations can also ley Road.
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, starting Dec. 5 be made for large groups up to 30 people. Festival of Lights information: 541-672- Sunday
and continuing to Dec. 27. “We’re reviving an old tradition,” said 3469. evenings.
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Local ladies cook up some Christmas cheer

BRITTANY ANN ARNOLD fruits and vegetables. Xylitol is a natural
For The News-Review insulin stabilizer, and therefore doesn’t
spike a person’s blood sugar, and the FDA-

A
romas make the holiday season
special with smells of spices,
warm pumpkin pies, juicy
turkeys and ham, and fresh, but-
tered 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-the-
spot holiday recipes.
Karene Biedermann — Aromatica’s
Feast Bakery Chef and Owner
Specializing in sugar-free treats and tra-
ditional foods, the Aromatica’s Feast Bak-
ery 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
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,
approved 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, Bieder-
mann played around with erythritol, a nat-
ural sugar alternative, and Ace K, a high-
intensity, non-calorie sweetener. With the
blend of those three, Biedermann started
producing an assortment of cookies, Russ-
ian tea cakes, bars, cheesecakes, eclairs,
apple tortes, Baklavas, cream puffs and
tortes all in sugar-free.
While sugar-free doesn’t mean calorie-
free, it does however have fewer calories
and carbohydrates per serving. Bieder-
mann 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
ROBIN LOZNAK/The News-Review
holiday orders, including full holiday din-
ners.
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Holiday treats: Sugar free pumpkin Season of light

cheesecake a guiltless pleasure
Continued from page 4 When thoroughly mixed, pour into 10’’ spring
foam pan with crumb crust.
Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour, turn off oven and
let sit for 1/2 hour more. Internal temperature should
672-0690, or by visiting the bakery at be 170 degrees. Makes one 10’’ cake (16 servings)
1033 S.E. Stephens St. on Thursdays and
Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Satur- Monica Yeomans — Umpqua Dairy
days from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Cooking Contest Category Winner
Mother of 12-year-old twin girls, Eng-
Aromatica’s Feast Sugar Free Pumpkin lish language development teacher and cat-
Cheesecake egory winner at the first Umpqua Dairy
Crust:
2 cups sugar free cookie, crumbled Cooking Contest, Monica Yeomans does
2 tablespoons melted butter not let holiday cooking stress her out even
1/4 cup nuts, chopped though she’s so busy.
Mix, and put in bottom of spring pan. Bake at 350 With students at Roseburg High School,
degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool.
Sunnyslope Elementary, Green Elementary
Cheesecake filling: and Hucrest Elementary and two kids at
2 pounds cream cheese home, Yeomans has quite the audience of
3/4 cup xylitol judges for her cooking.
3/4 cup erythritol
1 teaspoon salt After winning the entrée category at the
Blend together, scraping sides often. Then add Umpqua Dairy Cooking Contest, Yeomans
one at a time: kept the promise to make some samples of
6 eggs her winning dish for her begging students.
2 teaspoons vanilla
Scrape sides and bottom well, and then add: As for her girls, “Umm … it’s good,” they
2 cups pumpkin say about eating her experimental dishes.
1/2 tablespoon ground ginger Her secret? News-Review file photo
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon Put cardamom in everything,” she says.
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Ephraim Webber, 3, of Roseburg, plays with the lights on a past Christmas
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
3 tablespoons flour
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Holiday treats: Jeff Davis pie a

must for hungry Christmas guests
Continued from page 5 job as the department technician in the
Roseburg Planning Department after she
says she consistently brought in home-
Learning from her Scandinavian her- made baked goods to the staff. “He hired
itage, Yeomans says the spice makes me full time because I was a good
every dish “taste like Christmas.” cook!” Morgan says of her former boss.
After 16 years with the city of Rose-
Ginger Cookies burg, Morgan still loves to bake for an
1 1/2 cups softened butter audience. In addition
1/2 cup molasses
2 tablespoons honey to baking for her staff,
4 cups flour Morgan has a pie-lov-
2 eggs ing husband at home,
2 cups sugar two children and four
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder grandchildren. She
2 teaspoons cinnamon says she is also the
2 teaspoons ginger “official cook” at the
1 teaspoon cloves family reunions.
1 teaspoon cardamom
2 tablespoons sugar (for coating) “I love cooking for
Mix butter, molasses, honey and sugar. Slowly Christmas and all
add in eggs. Blend all dry ingredients, and slowly other holidays, and for
add to wet. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Refrig- Morgan family gatherings,”
erate dough for approximately 15 minutes. Take
out dough and form small, round balls. Roll the she says.
balls in sugar for coating. Place on cookie sheet. Morgan points out her must holiday
Bake for 16 minutes. Makes approximately 5-6 foods are chocolate sheet cake, cheese-
dozen cookies cake, Jeff Davis pie and Angel Wing bis-
cuits.
Christine Morgan — Roseburg Defining a holiday meal as “love,”
Christine Morgan has the winning Morgan says she’s always liked making
advice for getting that job you’ve always the ones she loves happy with food. She
wanted: be a good cook. Morgan got her said her husband, Steve, is very support-
ive of her experimental cooking, but he
Great thrives for pie. “If a crust is wrapped
around it, he’ll eat it,” she says.
holiday gift idea A favorite of Steve and a recipe hand-
ed down from her mother is Morgan’s
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•Purchase at a 10% “My mother made this pie when I was BRITTANY ANN ARNOLD/For The News-Review
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•Hold this year’s camp-
ing rate through 2010
more than 35 years.” Umpqua Dairy Cooking Contest.Yeomans enjoys making ginger cookies as holiday
•Holiday card and
With Morgan’s mother being a Texan, treats.
matching envelope she discovered this popular Texas-based
included pie, which originated from Jefferson 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar Cream together butter and sugar until light and
Davis, president of the Confederacy. The 1 tablespoon flour fluffy. Add flour, salt, and vanilla and beat well.
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The shining
Sheltons
CRAIG REED
The News-Review
T
he Christmas spirit shines bright-
ly 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 holi-
day 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 mas-
termind behind the Christmas creation.
There are lights on the front wooden
fence that parallels the highway for a cou-
ple 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.
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Shelton’s two-story house. Lights twinkle
and shine from every corner, eave, win-
dow frame and door frame of the house,
its deck and also Chris’ adjoining work-
shop, which this year features a disco ball.
On the side of the house facing the drive-
way a light sign proclaims, “Merry Christ-
mas.”
“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 hol-
idays. So after taking the lights down dur-
ing 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 sugges-
tions 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.
Roseburg Oregon, Page 7
CRAIG REED/The News-Review
Lynn Shelton with twin daughters Abby, left, and Roxanne work together to untan-
gle lights in anticipation of lighting up their house alongside Highway 38.
Lynn uses timers to turn the lights on longer for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
and off. At first she leaves them on until and New Year’s Day.
11 p.m., and as the holidays draw closer, The lights give Highway 38 a cheerful
she sets them to turn on at 4 a.m. for the glow.
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
I
first arrived in Roseburg for a week-
end 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 jour-
neyed 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 pre-
miers. I am also a University of Oregon
graduate, which means a Duck fan —
something that is also not a popular
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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
Roseburg Oregon, Thursday, November 26, 2009
Courtesy photo
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 com-
pare 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 differ-
ent. We were in almost complete soli-
tude, and I even made my husband park
us on an actual campground. I figured I
should be near people in case some ani-
mal 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 Zurcher: Display is set up, dismantled
to find girly camo for next year’s trip each night to prevent vandalism
Continued from page 8 n’t wait to get back to town, but did Continued from page 2 out his festive family around 5:15 p.m. and
feel bad my husband didn’t kill any- takes it down when the crowds ease
thing. between 9 and 9:30 p.m.
around camp in my UGG boots, fur- He then chuckled and said not to strenuous for about anyone, Zurcher puts Zurcher couldn’t believe in only his sec-
covered parka, and with my rat dog. I worry, “We’ll go elk hunting here in a out and takes down the display every night ond year with three items, he had two bus-
didn’t even fit in hunting. I suppose few weeks.” for the month of December. loads from Eugene pile down his street. He
next year I’ll research my husband’s “What?” “There is elk hunting, “It is quite an undertaking. But I work says the usual crowd is eight to 12 adults
Cabela’s catalog for too?” Sigh. hard, and people can just trash it,” says and kids, screaming and laughing, standing
some girly camo It seems I still have a lot to learn Zurcher, referring to the holiday vandalism in front of the house. Some are new view-
attire. about how the holidays are spent down that strikes the community every year. ers; some are the regulars.
After the jug of here. But it is all worth it for Zurcher, also a “The kids don’t care that it is amateur —
Carlo Rossi ran out Coming soon: Getting a Christmas hospital volunteer, who just wants to give they just want to see them there,” he says
and I finished my Tree in the Actual Woods, Learning happiness to the children. of his creations. Zurcher even recalls one
book, I went from How to Work the Wood Stove, and “It’s fun, and the enjoyment I get out of year when Rudolf broke, so he put him
dreading the thought Finding Out Where to Christmas Shop it is seeing the little kids and the laugh- away, but then he got a knock on his door.
of my husband killing in Roseburg. All can be read on my ing,” Zurcher says with a smile. “Where is Rudolf?” a disappointed
something to begging blog at Zurcher explains his wife was quite a child asked Zurcher.
he would kill some- http://newgreenacres.blogspot.com/. spirit of Christmas as well. He explained to the child that he was
thing. Eventually, he Arnold Happy Holidays and Happy Hunt- “She would take the less fortunate to getting fixed, but he rushed back to his
said I had “passed the ing. high tea in Eugene,” he says of Pat. shop, dusted him off, put a bulb in his nose
test” and we could go After losing his wife in April, he was and brought him out. The child’s face lit
home. Brittany Arnold is a 2008 graduate struck again when he lost his daughter up.
Ahh, home, and I did it. I completed of the University of Oregon School of shortly after. Both died of lung cancer. Zurcher is a perfect example of what the
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Trucks move
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Avenue during a
past Sutherlin
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Seven Feathers plans
New Year’s Eve event
Seven Feathers Casino & Hotel Resort
will be toasting in the New Year with din-
ner, dancing, games and prizes.
A dinner buffet will be provided and fol-
lowed by live music from the Design
Band. Casino cash drawings of $2,009 at
11 p.m. and $2,010 at 1 a.m. will be
awarded, as well as other game prizes.
Tickets are on sale for $45.
Information and tickets: (800) 548-8461, tag describing a child or senior in need, held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church at 3500
ext. 1168. and donate an unwrapped gift. Gifts will ‘Lumberjacks in Snow’ N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd. The community
GLIDE
be delivered to the households by the
troop.
theme of light parade is welcome to join the free festivities and
enjoy hot chocolate or cider.
The Timber Town Toyland Light Parade
Holiday food and Nonperishable food items may be donat- on Central Avenue in Sutherlin will begin On Dec. 24, Church on the Rise will be
ed and dropped off at the restaurant, the holding its Christmas Eve Candlelight Ser-
gift drive begins Forest Service office in Glide or Toketee,
at 7 p.m. Dec. 19.
Approximately 60 floats will light up the vice at 6:30 p.m. There will be an hour of
Boy Scout Troop No. 112 is holding the the Glide Fire Department, various Glide streets to this year’s theme, “Lumberjacks Christmas carols and communion in candle-
25th annual communitywide holiday food churches or any of the Glide schools. in the Snow.” light celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
and gift basket program in the North Cash donations are also welcomed and Parade entrees will gather at 5 p.m. on The children’s Christmas program “A
Umpqua area. can be mailed to Boy Scout Troop 112, Taylor Road, then make their way down Christmas Carol” is scheduled for 9:15
A community gift tree will be located at 738 Echo Drive, Roseburg 97470. the streets of Sutherlin and finish at the a.m. Dec. 6 at the church.
the Illahee Restaurant, Bakery & Inn in Information: Stu Carlson, 677-0521. East Sutherlin City Park. Information: 672-4806 or go online to
Glide Nov. 23 through Dec. 14. SUTHERLIN The parade features a contest between www.roseburgchurchontherise.com.
Residents are encouraged to pick up a the best themed float, best nonprofit float, ROSEBURG
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favorite. After the panel of judges makes its Classic Crafters
The Grand Victorian
decision between 6 and 7 p.m., $3,600 in
prizes will be distributed to the winners.
to display holiday items
To enter your float or donate a prize, call Riversdale Grange will be the home for
Myrtle Creek
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Holiday Shoppe is located at 452 N. Main Street.

Happenings
ROSEBURG
Shop til you drop;
holiday hours extended
Roseburg Town Center will be extend-
ing 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.
CANYONVILLE
Garden Shoppe
plans open house
Join the trend and give something green
this holiday season. Canyonville’s Com-
monwealth Garden Shoppe is celebrating
its second annual holiday open house from
noon to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Enjoy festive decorating, music, refresh-
ments and door prizes. How-to workshops
on table top arrangements, wreaths and
potpourri will also be taking place. Get
ideas for thoughtful gift giving, grab some
great gardening presents, and pick up your
Information: 839-6067.
MYRTLE CREEK
Grand Victorian slates
Christmas theatre
Come feast on prime rib and au jus,
potatoes, Cornish hen with stuffing, roast-
ed 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 Vic-
torian, Harvard Drug, Hanson Jewelers or
SOCO Coffee.
Information: 863-3011.
ROSEBURG
Kaps for Kids
needs donations
Kaps for Kids, a local program that
makes and donates knitted and crocheted
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; Bar-
gain Bin, 673-8266.
OAKLAND
Annual Old Fashioned
Christmas is Dec. 5
The third annual Old Fashioned Christ-
mas Celebration is planned for noon to
6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in downtown Oakland.
Santa Claus will be present and there
will be a Twelve Days of Christmas treas-
ure hunt. Enjoy homemade baked goods
and children’s games, official holiday tree
lighting and singing around the tree.
ROSEBURG
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
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 demonstra-
tions.
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Happenings
ROSEBURG
Baroque Orchestra
to present holiday music
The First Presbyterian Church of Rose-
burg 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.
Festival of Trees full of activities
The News-Review
Trees adorned with donated local cre-
ations, decorations, and gifts will high-
light the 2009 Festival of Trees sched-
uled 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 pro-
grams.
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 per-
son 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, “Evolu-
tion.” 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 spe-
cial check-up by student nurses, get cre-
ative 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 spe-
cial night of activities will honor the staff
of Mercy and Umpqua Bank, their fami-
lies 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 par-
take 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.
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val at Millsite Park will be the destination
Holiday for the annual Timber Truckers Light
Parade Dec. 12.
The parade, which starts in Riddle at
Happenings around 5 p.m., is filled with festively lit
log trucks, fire engines, cars, pickups and
dump trucks.
ROSEBURG The vehicles will make their way into
Myrtle Creek at about 7 p.m. where the
First United Methodist community can get a close-up view of the
displays, eat free chili, cookies, hot choco-
Church’s ‘In Bethlehem late and coffee, and get warm by the Vil-
Inn’ Dinner Theatre lage Realty fire pit. The Winter Festival
opens at 5 p.m.
All ages are invited to a dinner and the-
The Myrtle Creek Winter Festival will
ater show at 5 p.m. Dec. 13 at the First
United Methodist Church, 1771 W. Har- also include a live nativity scene by the Tri
vard Ave. City Baptist Church in front of the St. Vin-
cent de Paul store. Businesses on Main
Tickets to the event are free and avail-
able at the church office that is open 9 a.m. Street will extend their shopping hours.
Any individual vehicle or organization
to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9
a.m. to noon Friday. can enter to win up to $2,600 in prizes in
categories that include Log Trucks and
Please pick up tickets by Dec. 11.
A Christmas Eve service will also be Flatbeds; Dump Trucks and Service
Trucks; Emergency Vehicles; Personal
celebrated at the church at 7:30 p.m. Dec.
24. Vehicles and Pickups; and Personal Vehi-
cles for Groups/Organizations. Entries
Information: 672-1629. must have at least one strand of lights on
the vehicle.
MYRTLE CREEK
The parade is pushing for a big show
this year. What used to have 60 to 70
Timber Truckers Parade entries, the Timber Truckers has been
to finish at winter fest 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, ginger-
bread 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.
SUTHERLIN
Kitchen schedules
free Christmas dinner
The St. Francis Community Kitchen has
Douglas County Cancer Services
Programs Available
Patient Lodging
Overnight accommodations for patients
and their families while receiving treatment.
Patient mileage reimbursement to and
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(Some restrictions apply)
Patient Support
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Phone Buddies
Wigs, Turbans, Bras & Prosthesis
Support Group meets monthly for
all cancer patients
Meetings are at our Roseburg, OR location
Volunteers and donations are always
welcome to help DCCS help Douglas
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Douglas County Cancer Services is a sole entity and is funded
through grants, donations and fund raisers exclusively.
Visit our website at http://www.dccancerservices.com
Call 541-440-9409 for further information
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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 any-
one. 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.
WINSTON
Christmas celebration
planned at park
Come see the lighting of the Christmas
tree, indulge in hot chocolate, cider and
cookies, and listen to festive caroling and
music at Winston’s Community Christmas
Celebration, beginning at 6 p.m. Dec. 11.
The event will be held at Civic Wayside
Park behind City Hall.
Santa Claus will also be making an
appearance, bringing treats for the little
ones. Weather permitting, the evening will
conclude with caroling around the neigh-
borhoods on a tractor-pulled hay wagon.
The celebration is sponsored by the
Winston-Dillard Area Festival Association
and the Winston Area Chamber of Com-
merce.
Cancer Survivors Day
The world’s largest cancer survivor event
held annually in June as a celebration of life.
Everyone from the newly diagnosed to the
long term survivor are welcome to attend.
Christmas Food Baskets
A complete Christmas Dinner plus many
extras, are boxed and delivered to cancer
patients undergoing treatment and their
families prior to Christmas.
(Some restrictions apply)
Fund Raisers
Tea and Fashion Show, Marj Miller Fund
(Benefits Douglas County breast
cancer patients)
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place at the Douglas County Arts Center and the Festival of

Holiday Courthouse on Sunday.

Happenings
ROSEBURG
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 cele-
bration.
There is no charge for the event, howev-
er, donations are accepted.
The Center for Spiritual Living is locat-
ed at 1949 S.E. Stephens.
Information: Center for Spiritual Living,
229-5000 or go online to www.cslrose-
burg.org.
ROSEBURG
Tree lighting ceremony
set to brighten town
It just isn’t the holidays without the fam-
ily-filled tree lighting tradition taking
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 differ-
ent 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, fami-
ly event,” said Vicki Nielsen,
chairwoman of the Roseburg
Town Center’s promotion com-
mittee. “It is a great way to kick
off the holidays.”
Information: 464-8422.
RIVER FORKS PARK
Holiday Village
to brighten hall
Altrusa International of Rose-
burg will host the Holiday Vil-
lage in Helleck Hall near River
Forks Park from Dec. 18 through
Dec. 20.
The village will be open from
5 to 9 p.m. The Umpqua Valley
Lights are sponsors of the Holi-
day Village.
Highlights for the three-night
event will be handcrafted items,
spunky purses by Bagolitas,
Fruit Frommage by Susan Turn-
er Enterprises and homemade
cookies, chocolates and truffles
by Altrusans. In addition, gifts
by Gloria will feature hand-
made holiday crafts such as
angels, snowmen, ornaments,
stocking stuffers, candles, bird-
houses and much more. Several
other vendors will be present.
Bring your children, family
or pets for photos with Santa
Claus in a perfect holiday set-
ting.
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 pur-
chase 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.
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ROSEBURG
Church schedules
Christmas performance
“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.
MYRTLE CREEK
Toy Run to feature
roar of motorcycles
Santa Claus, Frosty and many other
HOLIDAYS
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 begin-
ning at 11 a.m. The ride goes to Riddle,
Canyonville, back to Riddle and then fin-
ishes 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 drop-
off boxes at the Roseburg Beauty College
and at Village Realty in Myrtle Creek.
Information: 863-2755, 430-1639, 580-
7875.
RIDDLE
Episcopal Parish Hall
plans Christmas bazaar
The Riddle Episcopal Parish Hall is
Roseburg Oregon, Page 15
holding a holiday bazaar from 9 a.m. to 7
p.m. Dec. 4 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec.
5.
The event will include homemade crafts,
jellies, syrups, sauces, antiques, collecta-
bles and more.
A soup selection and corn muffins will
be provided, as well as desserts by Missy
B’s.
The bazaar will be located at 135 N “D”
Street in Riddle.
Information: Mary Graf, 863-4763
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Christmas tree
permits on sale
People can purchase Christmas tree per-
mits from any office on the Umpqua
National Forest through Dec. 24.
Offices are located in Roseburg, Glide, News-Review file photo
Tiller, Toketee and Cottage Grove. Find the perfect ornaments to deco-
Christmas tree permits are for personal rate your Christmas tree at the many
use only and cost $5 per tree with a limit craft fairs and bazaars being held in
of five trees per family. December.
Maps showing designated cutting areas
and procedures are available with the pur-
chase of a permit. Canyon Market in Canyonville, Strong’s
Permits are also available at Thunder Market in Days Creek, Tiller Market in
Mountain Market up Little River Road, Tiller, Killion’s Market in Cottage Grove
Glide Visitors Center on the weekends, and Kirk and Family Mercantile in Dore-
North Umpqua Store at Dry Creek, Lemo- na.
lo Lake Resort, Diamond Lake Resort, Information: 672-6601.

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. . . is real. It exists in Douglas County.

It destroys people. It destroys families.
This Holiday Season the Cow Creek Tribe’s tradition
of giving has focused on hunger.
The Tribe has always shared. Whether it’s food, shelter,
or financial resources, the Cow Creek share with others.
Each of the organizations listed below has received
funding from the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe.
Historical documents, stories, memories tell again and again of
the Cow Creek’s generosity. That same Tribal philosophy exists today.
Make sure no one in Douglas County goes hungry this Holiday
Season. Contribute to a food drive or start a food drive in your
neighborhood or company. Contact one of the listed organizations
to find out more. Let’s get rid of hunger in Douglas County.
Become part of the solution.
A.A.R.P. Pantry, Reedsport Salvation Army, Roseburg
Dillard / Winston Food Pantry, Dillard Seventh Day Adventist Church / School,
First Baptist Mission Outreach, Roseburg Canyonville, Glide and Roseburg
FISH, Drain and Roseburg South Douglas Food Bank, Riddle
Friendly Kitchen, Roseburg St. Francis Community Kitchen, Sutherlin
Glendale / Azalea Christmas Bureau St. Joseph Community Kitchen, Roseburg
Rescue Mission Kitchen / Pantry, Roseburg St. Vincent DePaul Society, Myrtle Creek
ROLWOC Provision Food Pantry, Wilbur Sutherlin / Oakland Food Pantry, Sutherlin
Table of Plenty, Myrtle Creek

This message brought to you by the

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
2371 NE Stephens • Roseburg, Oregon • 541.672.9405