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Weekend Events.


Byline: The Register-Guard

Celebration of art: 7 p.m. today, Yachats Commons, 441 Highway 101 in Yachats. Artist Michael Gibbons Michael Gibbons or Michael Gibbon may refer to

Sport:
  • Mike Gibbons, an American boxer during the early 20th century
Other:
  • Michael R.
 leads discussion on "The Return of Beauty," music, opening of "Instant Gallery" displaying local artists' work. Free, but donations accepted. 547-4599.

"The Rustlers Rustlers are a range of burgers and hot sandwiches produced by Kepak Convenience Foods, based in Kirkham, Lancashire. The parent company, Kepak, is based in Dublin, Ireland.  of Red Rock": Today and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Oakland Community Theater performs at Washington School gym. $6 for adults, $3 for children under 12. 459-9396 or 459-1608.

Coburg Golden Years: Today, Saturday, Sunday, 34th annual festival. Quilters' market, powwow powwow

American Indian ceremony or gathering of various kinds. Powwows originally were healing ceremonies, but the word could also refer to exuberant celebrations, with dancing and singing, of success in hunting or victory in battle.
, live music, food and craft booths, pony rides, firemen's water ball competition. 485-0711.

Bohemia Mining Days: Today, Saturday, Sunday in downtown Cottage Grove. Live entertainment, noon Saturday parade, contests, food, youth talent contest. 942-2411.

Reedsport Ocean Festival: Today through Sunday in Reedsport and Winchester Bay. Free concert by Stillwater band 5:30 p.m. today, Umpqua Discovery Center, noon parade in Reedsport Saturday, chowder chowder, stew of fish or shellfish with potatoes, onions, and pork (usually salt pork), thickened with crumbled hard bread. The name chowder seems to have originated from the French word chaudière  cook-off 12:30 p.m. Sunday at TR's Dockside, Beach Boulevard, Winchester Bay. 271-3495.

West Lane Row, Ride & Run: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Fern Ridge Lake. Triathlon-style race with paddling, biking, running. Seven classifications, two separate course lengths. Entry fee $25. Volunteers needed. 935-8841, Extension 522.

Earthquakes and the Northwest: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Delta Amphitheater, Delta Campground, off Highway 126, four miles east of Blue River. Free. "Plate Tectonics: Builder of Landscapes." Slide program on potential for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions volcanic eruptions

discharging of fumes, dust and lava from volcanoes. They have damaging potential in addition to those of being physically overpowering by the lava flow or the ash or dust fallout.
. 822-3381.

Little Ole Opry: 8 p.m. Saturday, Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. "50s: Bebop bebop
 or bop

Jazz characterized by harmonic complexity, convoluted melodic lines, and frequent shifting of rhythmic accent. In the mid-1940s, a group of musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker, rejected the conventions of
 and Twang." $10. 756-4336.

Cottage Grove Grower's Market: Saturday, Coiner Park at 14th and Main streets. Fresh produce, berries, crafts, arts, food, espresso, live music, youth talent contest, Grand Miners Parade.

Applegate House birthday party: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, north end of Yoncalla just off Highway 99 and down Halo Trail, then left to 512 Old Applegate Road. Celebrating house's 150th birthday. Abe Lincoln, other Civil War re-enactors, fiddlers, singers, Kalapuya storytellers. Indian fry bread, pioneer Dutch oven cookery. $5 donation per carload carload

In commodities trading, a railroad car or truckload of grain that ranges from 1,400 to 2,500 bushels.
. 849-3139.

McKenzie River Home and Garden Tour: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Holden Creek to McKenzie Bridge. Benefit for McKenzie River Clinic, $10 in advance, $12 day of tour. Barbecue 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., McKenzie River Clinic, Highway 126 and Dexter Street, Blue River. 822-6031.

Recall barbecue: 11 a.m. Saturday, Sturdevant Park, Coquille co·quille  
n.
A scallop-shaped dish or a scallop shell in which various seafood dishes are browned and served.



[French, from Latin conch
. Picnic to support Coos County Citizens for Representative Government recall attempt of county Commissioner John Griffith. Games, music. $8. 267-1041 or www.cccrg.com.

Walk with volcanoes: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dee Wright Observatory, McKenzie Pass, off state Highway 242 (Old McKenzie Pass). Free. "Plate Tectonics: How the Three Sisters were Formed." 822-3381.

Oregon Coast Firefighter Challenge: Noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Lincoln County Fairgrounds arena, Newport. Firefighters from coastal departments compete in events such as forward hose carry and lay, ladder climb, knocking down targets with stream of water. Free except for entrance fee to Lincoln County Fair. 265-9461.

Rural Art Center fund-raiser: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Chateau Lorane Vineyard, Lorane. Gourmet Caribbean dinner. Music by Lorane Kids' Choir and Chico Schwall, Papa Oom, Island Jammin' Steel Drum and Marimba marimba: see xylophone.
marimba

Xylophone with resonators under each bar. The original African instrument uses tuned calabash resonators. In Mexico and Central America, where it was brought by African slaves, the wooden bars may be affixed to a
 Band. $25 in advance, $28 at door for adults, $12.50 for children over age 4. 942-2219.

New piano dedication: 10 a.m. Sunday, Yachats Presbyterian Church. Twin sisters Carol and Sharon Phillips of Cottage Grove play duets by Chopin, Brahms and Liszt to celebrate church's new grand piano.

Camp Attitude Gratitude Celebration: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Camp Attitude, Mile Post 36, Highway 20, three miles past Foster Reservoir. Celebrating third year of only fully accessible wheelchair camp in Oregon. Pancake feed, games, music, hot air balloon This article is about hot air balloons themselves. For the associated activity, see Hot air ballooning.

The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology, dating back to its invention by the Montgolfier brothers in Annonay,
 rides, puppet shows, crafts, fishing derby, nondenominational non·de·nom·i·na·tion·al  
adj.
Not restricted to or associated with a religious denomination.

Adj. 1. nondenominational - not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church"
 church service. 924-1400.

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