Willamette Valley Life Magazine - Jan/Feb 2017

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Volume 8/Issue 1-January/February 2017 (Display until February 28, 2017) WillametteValleyLife.com

Top Do's For a Great Winter Mason Bees: Winter Pollinators

Warm Up To Ransom's Old Tom Gin SALEM/KEIZER • EUGENE • PORTLAND • MCMINNVILLE • SILVERTON • ALBANY • CORVALLIS • DALLAS • NEWBERG • MT. ANGEL • STAYTON January/February 2017 • Willamette Valley Life

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6 Top Do’s For a Great Winter

It’s easy to get the winter blues when the sky is cloudy for weeks on end and Oregon’s drizzle seems to be permanent. But sometimes the cold weather is a good excuse to get out and enjoy the activities that only happen during the most wonderful time of the year.

8 Warm Up to Ransom’s Old Tom Gin

Gin seems like one of those things: you either love it or hate it. But “Old Tom” style gin – a recently revived, pre- Prohibition favorite excuse to get out and enjoy the activities that only happen during the most wonderful time of the year.

10 Mason Bees: Winter Pollinators

These bees are among the easiest to raise, while also being gentle and amazing pollinators.

On the cover: 18th Annual Clay Ball: Masterpieces

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appy New Year! It doesn’t seem possible that another year has gone by, but here we are in Willamette Valley Life’s eighth publication year! This year we’re making a change we’ve considered for quite some time: beginning with this issue, we’re switching from a quarterly publication schedule to bi-monthly (once every two months). Increasing the publishing frequency will enable us to bring you even more of “everything great

about the Willamette Valley.”

Winter in the Valley can be a little (okay... a lot) on the gray and rainy side. Carly Zimmerman comes to the rescue with a guide to some of the top “dos” the Valley has to offer when our weather is a “don’t.” And speaking of foul weather, what’s better than a warm fireplace on a cold night? A warm fireplace and a classic cocktail made with Old Tom gin! Writer Erin Grace has you covered with details about this newly revitalized

pre-Prohibition hooch, and a drink recipe to make your cold nights a little cozier.

Once you’ve warmed up, get a jump-start on spring gardening by building a nest for mason bees.

A native North American species, mason bees are gaining popularity with gardeners and farmers for being gentle and easy to raise. Writer Tami Richards gives us the lowdown on these helpful insects and how to build a home for them in your backyard.

Thank you for picking up this issue of Willamette Valley Life. We have an exciting time ahead of us, and we’re so pleased to have you share it!

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Chinese New Year

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Mid Winter Square Dance Festival

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rab your partner and Do-si-do!

The Mid-Winter Festival is one of the two square and round dance festivals co-sponsored each year by the Oregon Federation of Square and Round Dance Clubs. The Summer Festival rotates around the state, but the Mid-Winter Festival has always been hosted by Emerald Empire Area Council, which meets at the Emerald Square Dance Center located on Yolanda St. in Springfield, Oregon.

There are three types of dance that are held at Midwinter Festival–Square Dance, Round Dance and Clogging.

Mid-Winter Festival is attended by about 1,500 dancers from all across the western United States.

he Year of the Rooster begins January 28, 2017! People born in the Year of the Rooster are generally observant, hardworking and courageous.

The Chinese New Year is the most colorful and joyous of all Chinese festivals during Lan Su’s two-week celebration. The celebration kicks off on Saturday, January 28 with “Rolling in the Wealth,” a traditional good fortune and prosperity activity of rolling oranges and gold coins through Lan Su’s front door. “Rolling in the Wealth” is followed by a lion dance performance , and much more! Every guest visiting on January 28 will also receive a hong bao, or traditional lucky red envelope.

The celebration ends with several nights of Lantern Viewing Evenings when the garden is illuminated with colorful lanterns and a lively dragon procession. A separate admission ticket is required for this event.

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“I prefer winter and Fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape--the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show. “ --Andrew Wyeth

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SHAD BOLLING

Salem’s historic carousel in Riverfront Park

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Salem Art Association’s Clay Ball

(Above) Eugene’s 16 Tons Taphouse and Bottleshop

(Above) Mt. Angel’s Wurstfest. (Left) Lane County Winter Farmers Market in Eugene.

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Cover the back tight to keep out the weather and the bugs.

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