TRAVEL NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Stayton hosts Oregon Covered Bridge Festival STAYTON - The fifth annual Oregon Covered Bridge Festival will be held in Stayton's Pioneer Park on Saturday and Sunday. The festival features live music, skits, food booths, old-fashioned children's games, Civil War re-enactors, living history information, vintage cars vintage car Noun a car built between 1919 and 1930 vintage car n → coche m antiguo or de época vintage car vintage n , arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , watermelon watermelon, plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of the family Curcurbitaceae (gourd family) native to Africa and introduced to America by Africans transported as slaves. Watermelons are now extensively cultivated in the United States and are popular also in S Russia. seed spitting, pie baking and kids' cooking contests. The children's area will include magicians, puppets, storytelling Storytelling Aesop semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10] Münchäusen Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit. , clowns and face painting. Guided tours of the area's covered bridges, at $5 per person, will begin each day at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Phone (503) 399-0436 for reservations. A tour map is available for those who wish to tour the bridges on their own. Admission to the festival, which begins at 9 a.m. each day, is free. A free shuttle service to the festival grounds will be provided from the `Park & Ride' lot on First Avenue just as you enter Stayton from Highway 22. For more information, visit www.covered-bridges.org, www.ocbfestival.com, cbsfest_org@hotmail.com, or phone (503) 585-7088 or (541) 752-8269. Oktoberfest set for Mount Angel MOUNT ANGEL - More than 350,000 revelers are expected to attend this year's Mount Angel Oktoberfest, which will run Thursday through Sunday. The 41st edition of the annual folk festival A Folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. Regional Denmark
There will be free entertainment on the village bandstand and a free kindergarten on Saturday and Sunday. Other activities include a 10-kilometer volkswalk or fun-run, softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' , golf and volleyball tournaments, a high school football classic, and a 200-vehicle "cruz-n" car show. Admission to the festival area is free, while a free shuttle is provided from distant parking lots that charge a $4 daily fee. For more information, visit www.oktoberfest.org or call (503) 845-9440. New passport rules take effect soon WASHINGTON - If you're thinking of flying or taking a cruise in 2007 that will include destinations in Canada, the Caribbean, or Mexico, you should plan to get a passport this fall. Under new government regulations, by Dec. 31, travelers to and from the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada - plus Bermuda and Panama - will be required to have a passport to enter or re-enter re·en·ter also re-en·ter v. re·en·tered, re·en·ter·ing, re·en·ters v.tr. 1. To enter or come in to again. 2. To record again on a list or ledger. v.intr. the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . A year later, on Dec. 31, 2007, the requirement will be extended to all land-based border crossings as well. This is a change from prior travel requirements under which you could go to Canada, Mexico or most Caribbean countries and re-enter the United States with a driver's license Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something and birth certificate. To find out how to get a passport, visit the State Department's travel Web site at www.travel.state.gov, or call the U.S. National Passport Information Center at (877) 487-2778. Disney World launches promotion ORLANDO, Fla. - Disney World is launching a new program called ``The Year of a Million Dreams'' - but you'll have to luck out to take advantage of it. Starting Oct. 1, Disney cast members will be empowered to grant wishes big and small to guests - including free dining, ticket upgrades, FastPasses that allow entry into all the major attractions, shopping sprees and opportunities to travel the world to be grand marshal Grand Marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "Marshal" with the first usage of the term "Grand Marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. at parades in Disney parks globally. Starting in January, families visiting the park will be chosen at random to stay atop Cinderella's Castle in Disney's first-ever castle suite. - From Register-Guard and news service reports |
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