2 April 2008

Since February of 2008, the DINT had been receiving information that Scott Wiley, 40, has been involved in dealing substantial quantities of methamphetamine. Wiley also possessed a State of Oregon Parole Board Felony Warrant for his arrest, for Absconding. On the evening of March 27, 2008, DINT Investigators conducted surveillance of Wiley, when they observed him driving erratically on Edenbower Boulevard,

Carolyn Cruso

Multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Cruso moves gracefully between the various instruments she plays (hammered dulcimer, flute, guitar and voice), taking you on a magical journey of lyrical song, instrumental music, and storytelling. She appears this week at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Harvard Blvd., in Roseburg, on Friday April 4th, 6pm, $20.08 suggested donation

Twenty years ago Douglas High School was the recipient of the windfall that came with the creation of the Roseburg Antique Show. Now, Umpqua Valley Christian School receives the monies raised.

The show is over! The Spring Fair just completed it’s 33rd annual gathering of artists, crafters, musicians & entertainers from all over the Northwest. Put on by the Inner Space Family, this is more a gathering of old friends and new testing the response to wares offered for sale in the coming year.

Today is Saturday; I am waiting for Cabbage Hill (between Pendelton and LaGrande, Oregon) to remove the chains.

The first Umpqua Store was on the west side of the Umpqua River on George Shambrook's property. The first Post Office, known as Umpqua Ferry, was established March 16, 1877 in the Shambrook home with John C. Shambrook as the postmaster. Who operated the store? I do not know. The store was just north of the old county road that runs in front of Bill Murphy's house and a little to the east.

George Washington Hartman

These are the life and times of George Washington Hartman. He lived, and died in Jefferson Lake, Minnesota.
Why is his journal being reprinted here you ask? There were many significant, historical events that happened in 1941, and Hartman was so faithful about writing in his journal that we get to look over his shoulder and peer into the past.
Winston resident Joe Walker, Hartman’s great-great grandson, shares this week with us.

The Model T Ford Club of America has decreed 2008 as the 100th year commemoration of the introduction of the first Model T. Although the first model year for the T was 1909, assembly actually began in September of 1908. An event in Indiana is being billed as the site of a voluntary “recall” for all Model Ts still in existence this July at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Richmond, Ind.

Douglas Electric Cooperative members will hold their Annual Meeting Saturday, April 5 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Activities and registration will begin in Douglas Hall at 8:30 a.m., followed by the business meeting at 10:30 a.m. Election of board members for districts 3, 4 and 5 will also take place at the meeting.
Exhibits and displays will include Douglas FastNet, South Stephens Appliance, Douglas Electric’s Safety Board, Certified Arborist Dave Alsen, Yoncalla Crafts, energy conservation and program information. Don Fisher and Janel Hahn will provide the music and a free luncheon will be prepared by members of the Lookingglass Grange. Door prize drawings will be held at the beginning and immediately following the business part of the meeting.
Douglas Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric utility currently serving over 9,500 residential, commercial and industrial customers in northwest Douglas County. They have been in business since 1939.