Gary Raze's (garyraze) Blog

Greetings!      The Eugene's Saturday Market is a weekly celebration of local arts, food and music. This has been running since 1970, the Market is the oldest weekly open-air crafts festival in the U.S. Over 250 artisans sell their handcrafted goods, many food booths serve up an international arr...

Today is National Root beer float day~ Here is the history on it!Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, gets the credit for inventing the “Black Cow”  way back in August of 1893.One evening as Wisner who was the owner of the Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Gold Mining Company, was staring out the...

Greetings all,Summer is here, and many of us are having to rent cars for travel plans. When renting or borrowing a car, there’s always that moment when you have to gas up for the first time. Which side of the car is the gas door on? Many people get out of the car to physically look at which side ...

The Fair Arrives July 22-26, 2015 MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR  THE LANE COUNTY FAIR! Fair Hours: Wed - Sat: 11 am to 11 pm, Sun: 11 am to 8 pm   CONCERTS:  Concerts are free with admission -or- purchase a reserved seat That's Right - reserved seating is back!! Click this link to see the shows and orde...

Join in on the Family fun during Bohemia Mining DaysThe Cottage Theater in Cottage Grove's Bohemia Mining Days Festival has an Annual Family Melodrama. This year's world premiere show is set in 1871, just as the long-awaited C.O.W. Line (California, Oregon and Washington Railroad) is nearing comp...

Greetings!Any Eugene resident should come and celebrate at least once at the Art and the Vineyard at Alton Baker Park. The event starts on Friday July 3rd at 11:00am and runs through the weekend!Maude Kerns Art Center hosts Art and the Vineyard every 4th of July weekend. This esteemed art and win...

Greetings friends,Celebrate the 4th of July by heading down to the Island Park 4th of July Light of Liberty Celebration on July 4th!The Light of Liberty celebration is a fundraiser. It is  featuring music, food, family fun and a fabulous fireworks show set to music and reflected over the scenic W...

It's Independence Day! What will you do this Fourth of July weekend? Romp in the park, splash in a swimming pool, or go berry picking at a local farm?Bust out the barbecues and celebrate July 4th with picnics, parades and fireworks galaore! There is so much summertime fun in Eugne and Springfield...

It's swimming season!Swim, slide and splatter the day away at Splash! At Lively Park, an indoor wave pool. Levels of fun for everyone include a kiddie pool, waterslide, interactive fountains, water basketball and spa. Floating tubes and life jackets keep the experience safe and fun.Amazon Pool, o...

Greetings,You've probably heard it's wet here in Oregon! And yes, we do get seasonal rain which along with snow melt feeds a tremendous number of lakes, rivers and creeks as the water rushes to the Pacific Ocean. This week we are having a heat wave! Living with temperatures in the 90's, our local...