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Tickets
are now on sale for the 4th Annual Murder Mystery at the Anchor Inn: The Death
Force, Murder on the Final Frontier. The two shows, on Sunday, January 31, 2010
at 3 PM and 6 PM will have limited seating, so buy your tickets early, as they
may not be available at the door. Tickets are available at the Anchor Inn at 4417
SW Hwy 101, Lincoln City, or by calling the museum at 541-999-6614. This
year’s storyline will delight sci-fi fans. The mystery revolves around a
botched booking. A mini Star Wars convention and a mini Star Trek convention have
both been booked into the Anchor Inn at the same time. Soon after the conventions
start, the Trekkie in charge of planning is found lying dead in the driveway.
Worse, the tickets he had to America's biggest Sci-Fi convention were in his pockets
and they are missing too. Who killed him? More importantly, who has the tickets?
Attendees will have a dozen suspects to interrogate, from
green-hued girls to wannabe robots to "aliens" from the hobby shop next
door. The first person to discover “who done it” will win a night’s
stay at the Anchor Inn. In addition to the “mystery”, guests will be
treated to Kip Wards famous spaghetti dinner. This fundraising
event is sponsored by Kip and Kandy Ward of the Historic anchor Inn. Proceeds
will benefit the Taft High School drama class and the North Lincoln County Historical
Museum.
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As part of the Antique Week celebration and
throughout the month of February, the museum is pleased to display quilts form
the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild. This year’s quilts, made by the Guild
to celebrate Oregon’s Sesquicentennial, are small replicas of quilts popular
in the mid 1800s that made their way to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.
Saturday, February 6th
As
part of their mission to preserve this history, the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild
will host a documentation day at North Lincoln Historical Museum on Saturday,
February 6th from 10 to 4 PM. The committee invites persons who own quilts that
were made before 1960 and now are owned by someone who lives in Lincoln County,
to have their quilts documented. Documentation includes a record of owner and
maker data, physical condition and aspects of the quilt’s design and construction
as well as a quilt’s history and heritage if known. In addition, a photograph
will be taken and a search for the pattern and attempt made to date the fabrics
will be done. The quilt will be registered in a book to be kept at the Lincoln
County Historical Society and copies of the history and photographs will be sent
to the quilt owner. For information on how to get your quilt documented, call
Twy Hoch at 541-563-3899.
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The
museum is working with the Lincoln City VCB to celebrate Women’s History
Month. We have identified ten women who had a substantial impact in Oregon and
this area in particular. Ten Remarkable Women, will feature posters that
portray the lives of each of these women and include photos if available. Along
with the posters, which will be distributed throughout the city, we have recruited
volunteers to portray these women at a museum presentation on Saturday March 13th
at 1 PM. Please come and “meet” these remarkable women. The
following week on Saturday, March 20th at 1 PM, the museum will present a program
on gender discrimination in the criminal justice system. Ordinary Women, Extraordinary
Events presented by historian Diane L. Goeres-Gardner, investigates Oregon’s
treatment of women incarcerated in the state penitentiary during the 1800s. Beginning
in 1854 with the case of Charity Lamb and ending in 1900 with the case of Minnie
Crocket, this program will change the views of anyone who still has a romantic
vision of Victorian women’s lives.
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| Who can forget the favorite dolls of childhood? Remember
character dolls like Anne of Green Gables, Snow White and Shirley Temple? Paper
dolls that were dressed up and redressed constantly? These and other fondly remembered
dolls are featured in a new museum exhibit that opens on February 3rd in the museum’s
upstairs gallery. Part two of our History of Dolls exhibit takes us from the French
fashion doll of the 19th century to the popular dolls that were played with and
adored by children from the 1930s through the 1960s. Dolls in this display are
from the collection of Brenda Ennis and Susan Webb, as well as the museum’s
collections. Bring your rare, collectible
or just well loved dolls to the museum to learn about the doll and get an appraisal
by knowledgeable and well-known doll collector Brenda Ennis. Brenda will be on
hand to discuss dolls of all kinds from 12 PM to 4 PM on Saturday, February 13th.
No appointments are necessary and the appraisal is free.
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Valerie Baker and Kimberly Miller,
5/6 grades teachers at Taft Elementary School, working with the Lincoln County
School District’s Teach American History grant, put together a traveling
trunk on the subject of North Lincoln County Schools from 1900 to 1950. The teachers
created a Power Point presentation, interviewed early settler family members,
collected artifacts and pictures, and created a timeline that pulls together world
events and events happening in North Lincoln County. This project culminates a
three-year professional study of Oregon and American history by 14 teachers in
Lincoln County to document local and state history in a way that engages students.
These “traveling trunks” are now available to be checked out from the
museum for use by teachers and/or group leaders. Contact Anne Hall at the museum
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Last year the
museum was able to offer free admission, which resulted in more than doubling
our annual visitor attendance. Once again, the City of Lincoln City has provided
grant money for the museum to offer free admission to visitors for the entire
year. The city recognizes that hard economic times mean that people have little
money for anything other than necessities. The grant is intended to encourage
tourism by fostering good will and encouraging an appreciation of this area’s
history. Thank you Lincoln City VCB!
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