HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY, OREGON!

8/15/2007

History, fun, food, and demonstrations abounded last week as Oregon observed its 50th birthday at its municipal complex.

Pioneer Peter Navarre, played by Terry Breymaier, arrived in a wagon loaded with Oregonians and pulled by a pair of brawny horses.

Below left, Alex Sneed, foreground, leads fellow Oregon players in a song from the musical Honk.

Below right, Tracy Avad helps her daughter Maricela, 6, make a hat. At bottom left, a member of the Oregon Rocket Club sends a rocket skyward to mark the 50th birthday.

At bottom left, Kay Drill places another hat on a table for others to decorate.