Community Newsletter for July 17

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Willamalane concert series features band with a rocking ‘KOZ’
Mark your calendar for the Concert in the Park show at Island Park on Thursday, July 24. You’ll be going for a good KOZ! The KOZ, a Eugene-area classic rock…
17 Jul 2025
Willamalane concert series features band with a rocking ‘KOZ’
Mark your calendar for the Concert in the Park show at Island Park on Thursday, July 24. You’ll be going for a good KOZ! The KOZ, a Eugene-area classic rock…
17 Jul 2025
‘Park art’ projects showcased in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD –Parks are being honored through art after an artistic frenzy of small creatives and a community art project gained momentum in Springfield. A “free for all” art experiment for…
17 Jul 2025
‘Park art’ projects showcased in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD –Parks are being honored through art after an artistic frenzy of small creatives and a community art project gained momentum in Springfield. A “free for all” art experiment for…
17 Jul 2025
Magical mystery tour this weekend in Drain
DRAIN – The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and on Saturday, tea will be served. The seventh annual Midsummer Night’s Enchanted Tea experience is set to kick off…
17 Jul 2025
Magical mystery tour this weekend in Drain
DRAIN – The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and on Saturday, tea will be served. The seventh annual Midsummer Night’s Enchanted Tea experience is set to kick off…
17 Jul 2025

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‘Spirit of BMD’ gears up, pardner

Bob Williams / Chronicle 2024 Archives

COTTAGE GROVE – Grovers are typically pretty familiar with the annual Bohemia Mining Days festival that spreads through Coiner Park in mid-July every year. After a slight decline due to COVID-19, a lack of volunteers, and a financial crisis, the organization that initially hosted the event shut down, and the Spirit of Bohemia Mining Days took over.

The theme for the festival this year could not have been more fitting – Striking Gold: A Legacy Reignited. “This year’s Bohemia Mining Days is actually shaping up to be probably one of the best that’s ever been,” said Matthew Hewlett, executive director.

“There’s going to be a wide variety of things for people to do and purchase,” Hewlett said 100 vendors will be there. “We actually had to shut down vendor applications a couple of weeks ago because the history of Bohemia Mining Days has never had 100,” he said.

Food and drink vendors like Bates Catering, Home Made Fried Bread, and Bittle Brew Coffee Co. are making an appearance. A taste of the shopping options includes Scented Bliss, Fox and Hawk Mercantile, Janarae Jewelry, and Laney Lou Gifts.

Inflatable bounce houses, face painting, games, and educational activities make up a designated kid’s zone. Singing Creek Educational Center will be there making corn dolls, showing fur trapper demonstrations, and letting kids choose a prize from the pocket lady. Folks can also get a chance to pan for gold or mine for sapphires.

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