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Today’s Highlights, December 17-18, 2016 • Happy Holiday Market Everybody! • Lots of Helpful Info! • Unclassifieds, Weather , Meetings and more on the other side! SATURDAY MARKET NEWSLETTER Dec. 17-18, 2016 • VOL. 47- NO. 38 30 E. Broadway #124, Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 686-8885•fax (541) 338-4248 www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org www.holidaymarket.org [email protected] MARKETPLACE • COMMUNITY • CELEBRATION From Kimberly My, oh my; a bit of a curve ball good ‘ole Mother Nature has thrown us this week, hasn’t she? Beautiful ice-encased branches and downed power lines and trees all at the same time. Ms. Nature has a way of bring- ing us together to lend a helping hand in times like these; there is no shortage of good will and resource- fulness in our Market Family. is weekend, there is much to be thankful for as we cozy up indoors in the warmth and among friends, and provide a one-of-a-kind holiday gift shopping experience. So, wrap your hands around a warm mug and tuck yourself into your booth for Block 5. Warm wishes, Kimberly Board Election Results Delayed Due to the weather, the count- ing of election ballots was postponed from earlier in the week. Ballots will be counted on Sunday, look for re- sults in the Vendor Center later on Sunday, or in next week’s newsletter. Office/Market Schedule Next week, the office will be open Wednesday only, from 10 am - 4 pm. e building will be open for set up from noon to 7 pm on Wednesday, and starting at 7 am on ursday. 2017 Saturday Market Guidebook Is Coming Our first ever Holiday Market Guidebook has been a big hit. Copies have been flying out of pick-up points and booths. e Saturday Market Street Team wants to keep the momentum going and launch a guidebook for our upcoming outdoor Saturday Market season. e first edition Saturday Market Guidebook will be similar to the 2016 Holiday Market Guidebook filled with at least 28 pages of Saturday Market information including the map, history, shopping list page, your beautiful advertisements, and MORE. is collectable guidebook will be available online as a ‘Flipbook’, in print at Saturday Market and distributed throughout the community. For more information and to take part read and complete the ad form you will find in your booth Saturday morning. We’ve also got a Street Team blog which has ad creating tips - esmstreetteam. wordpress.com e deadline for payment is April 15th but you are welcome to pay now since this is when a lot of us have a bit more cash! Please remember your ad space is not reserved until we receive payment. Haiku/Limerick Contest This Weekend! Our annual haiku/limerick con- test is happening right now! e highly coveted prize for this contest is a one year Costco Membership! Two runners up win the nearly-as- excellent prize of a brand new roll of Duct Tape! It’s easy to enter - write a haiku or a family friendly limerick inspired by the Market and take it to the Vendor Office by 6 PM onSun- day. We’ll pick our favorites during the week and give you the results in next week’s News. Manager Evaluations Evaluation forms for the General and Promotions Managers have been delivered to your booth. Please take the time to fill them in, return them to the Vendor Office by Dec. 24 please. If you would like to see the job descriptions for these positions, cop- ies are available in the Vendor Office. Holiday Market Evaluations A Holiday Market evaluation form has been dropped in your booth. Please fill it out and return it to the Vendor Office. You can also take it online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/ HM-2016. If you want to give feed- back in person, attend the Holiday Market debriefing on Weds, Jan. 4 at 3 PM at the office. Member Services Job Opening Saturday Market is looking for our next excellent Membership Services Coordinator! is is a 32 hour per week, year round position. For details and to apply, go to www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org/ saturday-market-employment.html Kareng Fund Fundraisers! e Kareng Fund Auction with Percussive Interludes will be held at 9 am Friday, Dec. 23rd. is and the raffle are the Kareng Fund’s ma- jor fund raisers of the year. In vendor services, there are two tables now set up to collect items to be used for the raffle baskets as well as wares for the Kareng Fund Auction with Percussive Inter- ludes (aka e Pottery Smash). e Kareng Fund board met and welcomed Julia Garretson to the board. e treasurer reported that we have provided $6250 in grant money and raised $3740 this year. e year’s fund raising began with Art Bingo, held on Super Bowl Sunday. Dana’s Cheese Cake setting up during the 2nd annual event helped the Kareng Fund raise $970.00, the seed money for our year ahead. Amazon Smiles donated about $3.00 (sign up for Amazon Smiles and dedicate a % of your purchase to the Kareng Fund). A few private donations and the re- mainder from the Saturday Market’s membership rounding up on the en- velope at the end of the market day. Our Market membership sharing their change at the end of the day raised over $2,000. AT&T became a billion dollar business at five cents a minute...every penny, every donated creation builds upon the simple vi- sion of Judy Vanderpool, “We need an emergency relief fund!” We do and if you know someone experiencing a career threatening crisis please inform the Kareng Fund board by filling out an application available in the Market office or on line at karengfund.org. ank you. -Alex E. Lanham, Kareng Fund Board member. Local Events Fri. Dec. 23 - Kareng Fund Auction with Percussive Interludes, 9:00 AM Sat. Dec. 24 - K. Fund Raffle drawing,
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Today’s Highlights, December 17-18, 2016• Happy Holiday Market Everybody!• Lots of Helpful Info!• Unclassifieds, Weather, Meetings and more on the other side!
SATURDAY MARKET NEWSLETTERDec. 17-18, 2016 • VOL. 47- NO. 3830 E. Broadway #124, Eugene, OR 97401(541) 686-8885•fax (541) 338-4248www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org [email protected]
MARKETPLACE • COMMUNITY • CELEBRATION
From KimberlyMy, oh my; a bit of a curve ball
good ‘ole Mother Nature has thrown us this week, hasn’t she? Beautiful ice-encased branches and downed power lines and trees all at the same time. Ms. Nature has a way of bring-ing us together to lend a helping hand in times like these; there is no shortage of good will and resource-fulness in our Market Family.
This weekend, there is much to be thankful for as we cozy up indoors in the warmth and among friends, and provide a one-of-a-kind holiday gift shopping experience. So, wrap your hands around a warm mug and tuck yourself into your booth for Block 5.
Warm wishes,Kimberly
Board Election Results Delayed
Due to the weather, the count-ing of election ballots was postponed from earlier in the week. Ballots will be counted on Sunday, look for re-sults in the Vendor Center later on Sunday, or in next week’s newsletter.
Office/Market ScheduleNext week, the office will be open
Wednesday only, from 10 am - 4 pm. The building will be open for set up from noon to 7 pm on Wednesday, and starting at 7 am on Thursday.
2017 Saturday Market Guidebook Is Coming
Our first ever Holiday Market Guidebook has been a big hit. Copies have been flying out of pick-up points and booths. The Saturday Market Street Team wants to keep the momentum going and launch a guidebook for our upcoming outdoor Saturday Market season. The first edition Saturday Market Guidebook will be similar to the 2016 Holiday Market Guidebook filled with at least 28 pages of Saturday Market information including the map, history, shopping list page, your beautiful advertisements, and MORE. This collectable guidebook will be available online as a ‘Flipbook’, in print at Saturday Market and distributed throughout the community. For more information and to take part read and complete the ad form you will find in your booth Saturday morning. We’ve
also got a Street Team blog which has ad creating tips - esmstreetteam.wordpress.com The deadline for payment is April 15th but you are welcome to pay now since this is when a lot of us have a bit more cash! Please remember your ad space is not reserved until we receive payment.
Haiku/Limerick Contest This Weekend!
Our annual haiku/limerick con-test is happening right now! The highly coveted prize for this contest is a one year Costco Membership! Two runners up win the nearly-as-excellent prize of a brand new roll of Duct Tape! It’s easy to enter - write a haiku or a family friendly limerick inspired by the Market and take it to the Vendor Office by 6 PM onSun-day. We’ll pick our favorites during the week and give you the results in next week’s News.
Manager EvaluationsEvaluation forms for the General
and Promotions Managers have been delivered to your booth. Please take the time to fill them in, return them to the Vendor Office by Dec. 24 please. If you would like to see the job descriptions for these positions, cop-ies are available in the Vendor Office.
Holiday Market EvaluationsA Holiday Market evaluation
form has been dropped in your booth. Please fill it out and return it to the Vendor Office. You can also take it online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/HM-2016. If you want to give feed-back in person, attend the Holiday Market debriefing on Weds, Jan. 4 at 3 PM at the office.
Member Services Job Opening
Saturday Market is looking for our next excellent Membership Services Coordinator! This is a 32 hour per week, year round position. For details and to apply, go to www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org/saturday-market-employment.html
Kareng Fund Fundraisers!The Kareng Fund Auction with
Percussive Interludes will be held at 9 am Friday, Dec. 23rd. This and the raffle are the Kareng Fund’s ma-
jor fund raisers of the year. In vendor services, there are two tables now set up to collect items to be used for the raffle baskets as well as wares for the Kareng Fund Auction with Percussive Inter-ludes (aka The Pottery Smash).
The Kareng Fund board met and welcomed Julia Garretson to the board. The treasurer reported that we have provided $6250 in grant money and raised $3740 this year. The year’s fund raising began with Art Bingo, held on Super Bowl Sunday. Dana’s Cheese Cake setting up during the 2nd annual event helped the Kareng Fund raise $970.00, the seed money for our year ahead. Amazon Smiles donated about $3.00 (sign up for Amazon Smiles and dedicate a % of your purchase to the Kareng Fund). A few private donations and the re-mainder from the Saturday Market’s membership rounding up on the en-velope at the end of the market day. Our Market membership sharing their change at the end of the day raised over $2,000. AT&T became a billion dollar business at five cents a minute...every penny, every donated creation builds upon the simple vi-sion of Judy Vanderpool, “We need an emergency relief fund!” We do and if you know someone experiencing a career threatening crisis please inform the Kareng Fund board by filling out an application available in the Market office or on line at karengfund.org. Thank you. -Alex E. Lanham, Kareng Fund Board member.
Local EventsFri. Dec. 23 - Kareng Fund Auction with
Percussive Interludes, 9:00 AMSat. Dec. 24 - K. Fund Raffle drawing,
The Market CornerHappy Happy
Birthday to gourd artist Kwangse Park on Friday, clothier
Margaret Lewis on Sunday, felt artist Kyla Corbett and knot maker Randy McMutt on Monday, and LMT Brianna Skolnick on Wednesday!!
There will be a memorial gathering for River Kennedy at the WOW Hall on Feb. 6, 5-9pm. Potluck at 5, circle at 6, then dance, dance, dance!
Join the Facebook Group for Market Members. It’s a great place for folks to share Market related info, resources and general Facebook friendliness. If you are a FB member, just search for “Eugene Saturday Market Members” and click the request to join button. It’s a “closed” group. That means when you join and participate in the group, your posts and comments go only to the other group members, not all of your FB friends.
On the Market Stage
Weather What weather?
sales , O sales, sales I hope!-original Market incantation (1973 b.c.e.)
UnClassifiedsTo place your free unclassified, bring it to the info booth by the end of the day, to the office by Thurs-day afternoon, or e-mail to [email protected], put “newsletter” in the subject line.Lovely American Fuzzy Lop rabbit. Free to a good home. See Julia, #157. (12/17) Gathering of Saturday Market Tribe. New Moon Circle by the fountain, Park Blocks. 7 PM. Dec. 29, Jan. 28, Feb. 26, March 28. “Connecting & Creating Community.” Sign up at Mary’s booth #230 for txt reminder. (12/17)Free: Large wooden table with 2 leaves to extend the size and 4 side chairs, arm chair could use some paint and has 2 wobbly legs. Given to me by the son of a co-worker, a gift from a kind stranger when I lost everything in a fire. Great for celebra-tions. Blacita, sp. #243 or call 541-636-6552. (12/10) For Sale: 39 wooden dress hangers. $20.00 See Linda in booth 122 for samples. Can deliver at end of day. (12/3)Dancing Tree is back! Diana will be at the market the first 3 weekends in December with her spar-kly fun holographic and organic cotton/bamboo clothing for women, kids, and men. I have mer-maid leggings! Come see me in booth #76 on Pine street. (12/3)Cleaning out the closet and I have some supplies for sale: A 5 gallon bucket full of nicely handspun thick and thin wool yarn. Natural colors range from deep brown to natural white. $25 Big spools of thick cotton thread (yarn?), leftover from hacky sack production - $15. 3 large spools of heavy hemp twine, good for crochet or? I might trade.. Come by booth 76 Dancing Tree for photos and more info or call 541-344-9073.(12/3)Judy Anderson of JudyJudy Bags needs to sell, give and/or trade lots of fabric and crafts supplies. 541-636-4368, call 11AM or later. (12/3)Ritta’s has added an extra special: the Mandarin Orange Chipotle Winter Salad. Crisp romaine lettuce topped with chilled black beans, cheddar cheese, diced jicama, avocado slices, sour cream, Mandarin Orange Chipotle salsa and cotija cheese. (12/3)Renaissance Pizza’s December special is their Sau-sage and Three Cheese Pizza, topped with Italian Sausage and shaved Asiago, Romano and Parme-san cheeses! (12/3)Dana’s Dec. Specials: Oregon berry nut and pumpkin cheesecake this weekend; the following Saturday Lemon Cheesecake; last full weekend
Chai Cheesecake; December 22-24th pumpkin cheese-cake. (12/3)Hawai’i house for sale in the rainforest of the Big Island. 550 sq. ft. one-bedroom house with one acre covered with tropical flowers, plants, fruit trees and more. Includes one 600 sq. ft. art studio. 125,000. Contact: Grace Iurilli g race inhawai [email protected] (12/3)Two orange & white boy cats, ages 3 & 5, fixed, shots, outdoor cats. They were abandoned by a neighbor and need a home. Call 5 4 1 - 3 4 5 - 8 3 7 0 , Susanna Liberty. (11/5)
Saturday, Dec. 17 10:30 AM Linda Yapp-The Lemondrop Fairy11:30 AM David Rogers-original songs of
the new west12:30 PM Sacred Harp Singers-traditional
American acapella shapenote singing1:45 PM Mike & Carleen McCornack-
Contemporary folk3:15 PM The Jivemasters-Swinging blues4:45 PM What Yo Mama Warned You About-
blues, funk and rock n roll
In Holiday Hall 12:00 PM Glenn Falkenberg-Celtic harp &
hammered dulcimer2:00 PM Jerry Zybach-original and
traditional blues4:00 PM Robert Meade-energetic acousticSunday, Dec. 1810:30 AM Rob Tobias-soul filled kid songs11:30 AM Rooster & His Barnyard
Bucketeers-Balkan Pre-War jazz and Ragtime
12:30 PM Steve Goodbar-bluegrass and Americana
1:45 PM Red Pajamas-high energy folk rock originals
3:15 PM Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene-multicultural choral music
4:45 PM The Dennis Smith Project-original folk rock
In Holiday Hall 12:00 PM Cascade Harp Ensemble2:00 PM Walker T. Ryan-Underdog American
music4:00 PM Edson Oliveira-Brazilian Bossa Nova
Holiday Market Dress Up DaysDec 17 All That GlittersDec 18 Leopard ColonyDec 22 Seasonal/SolsticeDec 23 Holidaze in the TropicsDec 24 Pajama Day/Ugly Christmas
Sweaters
Other Events at the FairgroundsThis Weekend:Lane County Farmer’s Market in the
Performance Hall.Holiday Half & Hustle 5&10k run
starting in the parking lot, SaturdayPicaldilly, Expo Halls, Sunday
THE SATURDAY MARKET BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Chairperson - Paulette Richards • Vice Chairperson - Kelly Durian • Secretary - Diane McWhorter • Treasurer - Misy Hansen••Julia Garretson, Paula Marie Gourley, Alex Lan-ham, Eli Mazet, Maria Moule, Alan Pointer, Deb Schussler• Standards Committee Co-Chairs - Teresa Pitzer, Paulette Richards • Food Committee Co-Chairs - Colleen Bauman, Richard Harnsongkram • Holiday Market Committee Co-Chairs - Paula Marie Gourley, Alan Pointer • Sustainability Committee co-Chairs - Willa Bauman, Teresa Pitzer General Manager - Kimberly CullenPromotions & Advertising Manager - Kim StillMembership Services Coordinator - Vi SadhanaAdministrative Assistant - Courtney KauffmanSite Operations Supervisor - Scott OakleyAddress - 30 E. Broadway #124, Eugene, 97401 Phone - (541) 686-8885 • Fax - (541) 338-4248E-mail - [email protected] Office Hours - Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm
Committee Meetings Board of DirectorsWeds. Jan. 4, 5:15 PMAgenda: TBA
Standards CommitteeWeds. Jan 4, 1 PM Agenda: Annual Review
Holiday Market CommitteeWeds. Jan 4, 3 PM Agenda: HM16 debrief
Downtown Developments Task ForceTBA
Survey CrewMonday, Jan. 23, 10:30 AMAgenda: work session
Market Street TeamTBA Agenda: plan Spring guidebook
Food Court CommitteeTuesday, Feb 7, 10:30 AMAgenda: Duplication policy
Board of Directors ElectionSaturday & Sunday, Dec. 10-11, 2016All meetings take place at the Market Office, 30 E. Broadway #124, Eugene. All are welcome!
