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The June 2008 edition of Oregon Coast Magazine is out, and it is filled with Summertime Oregon Coast Fun! Check it on out!

Apparently something about us says OREGON

Something funny happened last Friday AM. Well not really Funny Ha-Ha, but Funny. So everyone is sitting in the conference room during our Friday AM meeting and a young man walks into the office. Dianna goes out into our lobby to greet him and he tells her "I just had breakfast at the Blue Hen, it was really good" Dianna is happy for him and says "That's Great!" thinking he would follow up with something like "Well I'm here to meet with so and so, we're going to look at houses today" or something like that. But no, he didn't mention anything about houses or real estate, he hands her this little white card in the shape of the state of Oregon with a little green heart in the middle of it. Then he left.

On the back of the card reads "Something About You Says OREGON" www.heartinoregon.com

It's a cute card, it's been hanging on her wall by her desk for almost a week now, so I took it. I'll put it back I just wanted to see what it was. The website is pretty interesting. Apparently this guy passes out these cards all over the place. Well all over Oregon. Check out his website to read more. It's pretty interesting.

Oh the Anticipation...

...I can't believe it, the Whales are so Close! They should be passing Northern California right about now.  Bodega Bay possibly?

Gray Whales are noted for their 12,000-mile annual migration from the Arctic Ocean to Mexico in the winter and their return north in the spring.
Whalers nicknamed the Grays "Devil Fish" because they fought so hard to defend their babies.
Today, they are best known for being friendly to people.

A whale of a good time...just 10 days to go!

Whale Watching Spring Season, March 22-29, 2008

Spring Whales - Northbound.

This is not the only time you can see the whales. About 18,000 whales will pass by our coast during March, April, May and June on their way to Alaska's Bering Sea.

Juveniles pass first followed by adults. Last are the mothers and babies.

Many of them come close to shore feeding on Oregon's great food supply. In April and May you may be able to see mothers and calves resting in protected coves close to shore.

Answers to "Towns in Oregon game, fun for everyone!"

Did everyone play the "Towns in Oregon game"

Here are your answers Download towns_in_oregon_game_answers.pdf

Towns in Oregon game, fun for everyone!

OK, so here's what you do click the link below, download and print the PDF file. You will see a series of pictures, each one representing the name of a town in Oregon. See if you can figure out what town/city each picture represents. Answers will be provided on Thursday, you've got a good 24 hours to solve these puzzles.

Download games_towns.pdf

Good Luck!

The Name "Oregon"

The first written record of the name "Oregon" comes to us from a 1765 proposal for a journey written by Major Robert Rogers, an English army officer. It reads, "The rout... is from the Great Lakes towards the Head of the Mississippi, and from thence to the River called by the Indians Ouragon. ..." His proposal rejected, Rogers reapplied in 1772, using the spelling "Ourigan."

The first printed use of the current spelling appeared in Captain Jonathan Carver’s 1778 book, "Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America 1766, 1767 and 1768." He listed the four great rivers of the continent, including "the River of Oregon, or the River of the West, that falls into the Pacific Ocean at the Straits of Annian."