After long days of attending seminars and viewing logging equipment, OLC conference participants are more than ready to kick up their heels and have some fun. From the casual Sawdust Bowl to the elegant Oregon Women In Timber Fund Raiser Auction, Reception, Dinner and Dance, there’s something for everyone!

Plan to attend this exciting evening. You will have the opportunity to bid on some great silent and oral auction items. The fundraiser event is one you won't want to miss. Later in the evening, you can put on your dancing shoes and enjoy the fabulous Top-40, new country and oldie-but-goodie music. Whether you attend for the auction, or to enjoy grooving to the music on the dance floor
or just socializing with friends, you don't want to miss this elegant event.

OLC Meet and Greet & Oregon Women in Timber Fund-raiser Auction Preview

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. – OLC Meet & Greet
Women in Timber Auction Preview
Composers Hall, Eugene Hilton

Get reacquainted with old friends at the OLC Meet and Greet, and then head over to the Women In Timber Auction Preview. Proceeds benefit Women in Timber’s Talk About Trees educational program. The free program presents science-based curriculum to kindergarten through eighth grade classes. For more information about Talk About Trees or the fundraiser auction, contact Oregon Women in Timber and Diann Washburn at 503-831-1593 or PO Box 760, Dallas, OR 97338.

Sawdust Bowl

Thursday, Feb. 19 and Friday, Feb. 20, 2009
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
 Expo Hall 4, Lane County Fairgrounds

Enjoy refreshments and tell your favorite logging story at this casual social event, enjoyed by hundreds of conference members each year. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages are available.

The Main Event: Oregon Women In Timber Fundraiser Auction, Reception, Dinner & Dance
Friday, Feb. 20, 2009
5:00 pm- Doors Open for Silent Auction
6-9 pm- Reception
7:00 pm- Dinner
8:00 pm- Oral Auction with Dancing to follow until midnight
9:00 p.m. to Midnight - Dance
Playwrights Hall, Eugene Hilton

Put on your dancing shoes and enjoy the fabulous Top-40, new country and oldie-but-goodie music at the annual Party. Whether you enjoy grooving to the music on the dance floor or socializing with friends from your seat, you don’t want to miss this elegant event.

Annual Thursday Opening Session Breakfast and Friday Members Breakfast
Paid Registered members of the conference are invited to attend the annual Thursday opening session breakfast and Friday members breakfast. Tickets are included with your registration fee.

Thursday Opening Session Breakfast
Feb. 19, 2009
7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Wheeler Pavilion, Lane County Fairgrounds

Friday Members Breakfast
Feb. 20, 2009
6:30 a.m. - 8 a.m.
Wheeler Pavilion, Lane County Fairgrounds

LADIES DESSERTS FOR DREAMS
 Friday, Feb. 20, 2009
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Ballroom, Eugene Hilton

First Lady Carol Moody invites you to join her at the 5th Annual Ladies Desserts for Dreams Event, Friday, February 20, 2009, at the Eugene Hilton. Enjoy delicious desserts from many bakeries in the Eugene and Springfield area. Desserts, wine and champagne will be served from 1:30pm until 3:30pm. Tickets for this event are $25 with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity of her choice.

The charity Mrs. Moody has selected to benefit from this event is the SMART program.

Oregon's leading nonprofit early literacy organization, SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) mobilizes thousands of caring adult volunteers to read one-on-one every week with two K-3 children for a half hour each. This special mentoring relationship gives children the consistent
support they need to learn to read at a crucial time in their development.

And SMART doesn't stop at one-on-one reading sessions. All participating children receive two new books of their own every month. By giving books to children who may not otherwise have them, SMART extends its support into the home, encouraging families to read together and helping children develop a lifelong love of reading.

Since 1992, SMART has served 100,000 Oregon children, given away 1.4 million books, and coordinated 2.3 million volunteer hours. Our goal for 2006-07 is to serve 12,000 children in 280 schools in 32 of Oregon’s 36 counties. No other literacy organization in the state makes such an impact.

To learn more about this fantastic program please visit their web site. www.getsmartoregon.org

If you plan to attend the Desserts for Dreams event, please bring a  book about the timber industry to donate to the SMART Reading program, this event will be held Friday, February 20, 2009, from 1:30pm until 3:30pm at the Eugene Hilton.

Visit "Red Tail Publishing" to view two wonderful books; FireStorm in  The Forest and Forest, Trees & Woods.

 

Oregon Logging Conference
P.O. Box 10669, Eugene, Oregon 97440 USA
USA Phone: 1-800-595-9191, International Phone: (541) 686-9191
Email: oregonlogging1@aol.com