Oregon's 150th Birthday Symposium

From painting contests in Eugene to an unveiling of a new museum of ghost towns in Baker City, enormous celebrations for Oregon's 150th birthday are spanning the entire state. On Wednesday, February 18 at Umpqua Community College's Whipple Fine Arts Center, a celebrator bash was held to commemorate this mometous historical occasion.

Speeches and Speakers at Centerstage Theatre

10:15 a.m. - Introduction and background to our county celebration of Oregon’s 150th birthday by Sue Shaffer

10:30-11:00 a.m. - “150 years of forestry in Oregon” by Ken Carloni

11:00-11:20 a.m. - “What was happening nationally in the late 1850s as Oregon became a state” by Charles Young

11:20-11:45 a.m. - “The migration to Oregon continues” by Bentley Gilbert

11:45-12:15 p.m. - “A history of grapes and wine” by Chris Lake