McKenzie Locals Helping Locals Thanks You!!

It already seems like a long time ago when McKenzie Locals Helping Locals sponsored the fourth annual McKenzie River Community Celebration at the Aaron and Marie Jones Community Track. As you recall, the event was held this summer on September 2, Labor Day, and we had a grand time celebrating our Community. A lot of effort went into the organization and implementation of the annual event and we would be remiss if proper acknowledgment of those efforts went unannounced or not recognized. Please accept our apologies for doing so later rather than sooner. We have been as busy as you all have been and well, as they say out in the brush, excuses are like arm pits, and we all have them (I believe that’s the way it goes). A huge thank you goes out to our major sponsors, Lane Electric Cooperative (music), Brinks Land Improvement (Kids Zone), Hop Valley (Beer stand), and McKenzie Valley Pump

(cash donation). We would like to thank the many local vendors who donated their creations and items towards the raffle and auction and shared their expertise with our Community. A thank you to our local emergency personnel: Blue River and Upper McKenzie Fire and Rescue, Oregon Department of Forestry, and the McKenzie River Ranger District. Thank you to all the volunteers that did site work and preparation for the Community Celebration, including the McKenzie students. And once again, we would like to thank McKenzie Community Track and Field for the opportunity to celebrate at the Aaron and Marie Jones Community Track site. But mostly, we would like to thank you, our McKenzie Community.