Accomplishments in the year 2007

Gene Hilby Funeral held at the Taft Cemetery, Sept. 8, 2007, Lincoln City, Oregon.  Gene Hilby Memorial Benefit  was held at

The Roadhouse 18, 6576 Salmon River Hwy, Otis, Oregon on Sept. 8, 2007.  A second Memorial Benefit  was held at The

Bulldog Saloon, 250 SE Hwy 101, Depoe Bay, Oregon on Sept. 15, 2007.  Celebration of Honor, was on September 29,

2008 at the 51^st Street Turnaround in Taft, Oregon.  Roundabouts set up the Motorcycle Bean Bag Toss Game for the children,

and helped with the Kite Building activities.   Plein Air Art Festival was held on Oct. 6^th & 7^th at the 51^st Street Turnaround in

Taft, Oregon where we again set up  the Motorcycle Bean Bag Toss Game.  Roundabouts arranged for a Memorial

Celebration & Potluck on November 9^th, 2007 for a Retired Air Force Master Sergeant Kyle Stanton, who had passed away

and the Celebration was held at the Ballston Community Center in Ballston, Oregon.   During the Annual Craft Show at Polk

County Fairgrounds at Rickreall,  Oregon on Nov. 23^rd & 24^th, 2007.  Our group rented two tables, one for a bake sale and

another for hand crafted wooden boxes.  Proceeds benefited the Veterans for Christmas.  On December 15^th, 2007 our group

participated with the Bay Area Merchants Association (BAMA) with Miracle on  51^st Street Taft Village Festival Of Lights.  

We rode the Parade of Motorcycles where several of our members dressed & participated riding down Hwy 101 as Rudolph,

Reindeers, Elves and we even had Santa riding on a trike.  The group collected 35 coats & jackets that were donated for

Coats For The Cold and dropped off at Cutter’s Cleaners at the Salishan Marketplace, Gleneden Beach, Oregon.                           

Families we adopted for Christmas

Rochelle Hilby, wife of Gene Hilby and her immediate family.  Through Willamina Lumber Mill in Willamina, Oregon we

delivered groceries and presents to her on Dec. 21^, 2007.  Willamina Lumber Mill also delivered 2 loads of wood and some

of our  members on Dec. 31^st cut up the wood to size to fit her stove.  Jim Walsh, a disabled veteran, his wife and grandson was

recipients of a Christmas dinner, groceries and presents for the grandson.  The Walsh family also received a load of wood from

Willamina Lumber Mill.  Safeway Produce Manager donated at $50 gift card and Roundabouts for Veterans and Community

donated $100 to the family.  This was arranged by Ben Unger of American Legion, McMinnville, Oregon.                              

 2008 Scheduled Events

Antique Week was held in Lincoln City on February 8^th – Feb. 17^th.  Our event planned was “Get A Clue, Sweetheart”. 

The participants picked up a clue flyer and answered the questions on it that involves businesses and/or historical Landmarks

from north end of  Lincoln City toTaft.  Our Grand Prize was 2 nights for 2 w/buffet dinner tickets and many  of the area

merchants donated prizes for the raffle that was drawn on Saturday, Feb. 17^th, 2008.   Indoor Windless Kite Festival on

March 28 -30, 2008 was held at Taft High School. Lincoln City brought expert indoor kite fliers from all over the country for

demonstrations and to teach kids of all ages how to soar without wind. Roundabouts had their Motorcycle Bean Bag Toss for

all ages to have fun with.  1st  Roundabouts Spring Poker Run on Saturday, April 19th, 2008.  Sponsored by: Roadhouse

101 of Taft, Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Freeman Choppers LLC, Rhoades Trucking Inc., T&L Motorcycle Detailing, Station

3 Embroidery, Lincoln City Sports and Imports & Echo Mountain-Riverbend Park Water Systems, LLC. The Poker Run started

at Roadhouse 101 (Taft area of Lincoln City), First bike/vehicle out at 10AM, and last bike/vehicle out by 12 AM.  The Great

Oregon Coast Garage Sale was April 18^th-April 20^th with over 100 city wide garage sales, Church groups, neighborhoods,

and individuals with great deals participated from Lincoln City down south to Waldport.  Although the weather was somewhat

uncooperative, Roundabouts was able to still have a successful poker run.  Roundabouts Spring Poker Rerun was on June

7^th, 2008.  Sponsored by Roadhouse 101 Bar & Grill Rose Lodge, Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Freeman Choppers, LLC,

Rhoades Truck Inc, T&L Motorcycle Detailing, Station 3 Embroidery, Lincoln City Sports and Imports & Echo  

Mountain-Riverbend Park Water Systems, LLC.  The Poker Run started at Roadhouse 18 with first bike/vehicle out at 8:00 am

and last bike out at 10:00 am.  Participants brought cans of food for the Lincoln City Food Bank. 

On July 5^th, 2008 Roundabouts did Fourth Of July  Fireworks for the Evergreen Nursing Home & Lincolnshire in Lincoln City. 

Fun was had by all.  Roundabouts adopted the Evergreen Nursing Home to send birthday cards, just stop by & say Hi to the

residents or drop off paperbacks for residents to read.  On July 14, 2008 Roundabouts went to the Dorchester House and

gave motorcycle rides to residents who were able to ride and then had dinner with them.  On September 24, 2008 “The

Traveling Vietnam Wall” was escorted by Roundabouts and several veterans groups escorted The Wall from Wilsonville to

Lincoln City and participated in Celebration of Honor on September 26^th.  September 27^th, 2008 Roundabouts did a fundraiser

Bake Sale for Tyler Turner (Depoe Bay resident that was struck by a motorist In July while riding his motorcycle) at 51^st Street . 

We were able to raise $345 to be deposited to Tyler Turner Recovery Fund.  On October 13, Roundabouts went before the City

Of Lincoln City Mayor & Council Members to talk about the 51^st Street Turnaround & Flag pole as our Veteran project.  It is still

in the planning stages, but we are hoping that we can beautify the Flag Pole area and we mentioned of having Donate A Brick

program. 

On December 6, 2009 Roundabouts bought a tree to sponsor from Angel Anonymous.  We decorated the tree in Beanie Bears

& Flags was the tree was auctioned off & donated to Angels Anonymous.  On December 12, Roundabouts & BAMA (Bay Area

Merchants Association) sponsored, 2^nd Annual Miracle on 51^st Santa Ride, where we started at Christmas Cottage in Nelscott

where Santa & Mrs Clause came out & rode with all their elves & helpers to 51^st St. Turnaround and greeted all the kids (young

& old) at Eleanor’s to have pictures taken with them & Christmas Eve.  On December 19^th, Roundabouts delivered 6 big bags

of toys to the Elks of Lincoln City, then proceeded to Les Schwab of Lincoln City & delivered 3 big bags of toys & filled their   

Christmas Tree with Stuffed animals for their Toy Drive.  On December 22^nd, Roundabouts took Christmas gifts to the Veterans

that are residents of Evergreen Nursing Home.  Also, we delivered several bags of toys to Knights Tackle of Rose Lodge to give

to neighboring kids who were not going to have any Christmas gifts.  We also gave a very large bag of Hats/Gloves/Scarves &

socks to the Carolyn Plummer for the Oceanlake School to give to kids who come to school with out any Hats/gloves/scarves &

socks.                     

2009 Scheduled Events

February 6^th  – 15^th, Roundabouts 2nd Annual, Get A Clue Sweetheart was held during Antique Week.  The participants picked up a clue flyer and answered the questions that involved businesses and/or historical landmarks from northend of Lincoln City to Taft.  Many of the area merchants donated prizes for the raffles that were drawn on Sunday, February 15, 2009, at the Lincoln City Community Center.

March 1^st, we had the honor of assisting with the 1^st Inaugural ½ Marathon for the Lincoln City Community Center in Lincoln City as course support. We are looking forward to doing this again in 2010.  

March 3^rd, we assisted with the Indoor Kite Festival held at the Taft High School.  We helped on the kid’s games and will be helping again in 2010.

June 6^th, we assisted with Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife with the Kids Fish Free at the Fish Hatchery on Northbank Rd. in Otis. The kids had a blast & so did our members who helped.   Also, we made a gift basket that was auctioned at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, for the Auction for the Arts fundraiser.  This year $10,000 was raised.  Roundabouts participated in auctioning several donated items. 

July 4^th , Roundabouts participated with a truck/float & sand rail in the Gleneden Beach 4th of July parade in which we won Grand Prize.  After the Gleneden Beach Parade, we set off fireworks for the Evergreen Nursing Home, Lakeview Retirement Center & finished at Dorchester Retirement Center.

July 14^th, we had the honor to once again to escort The Travelling Vietnam Wall from Columbia Harley Davidson in Vancouver, Washington to Albany, Oregon to the Timber Linn Park.  

July 18^th, Roundabouts sponsored the Poker Run during the Traveling Vietnam Wall week long Venue, starting in Albany at the Timber Linn Park  and ending at the Plantation Inn in Jefferson Oregon.

August 23^rd, Roundabouts again gave motorcycle rides to the residents at the Dorchester Retirement Center.

September 19^th & 20^th, several Roundabouts assisted Angels Anonymous at Surf City which was held at Chinook Winds Casino and also sold tickets for our Cruise to Alaska raffle at Safeway.  We sold several tickets and had a blast helping with traffic with the Angel Anonymous volunteers.

September 26^th, Roundabouts sponsored 1^st Coastal Capes Poker Run during Celebration of Honor during the Veteran Appreciation weekend in Lincoln City at the DeLake School.  Look for our 2^nd Annual Coastal Capes Poker Run in 2010.

October 31^st, Several Roundabouts helped handing out candy for the Halloween at The Historical Anchor Inn in Taft and also helped on the Hay Rides that was in downtown Taft.  It was a crazy but fun night.  We are looking forward to the next Halloween at The Historical Anchor Inn for 2010.

December  2^nd, Angel Anonymous Festival of Trees, we decorated a Christmas tree decorated with Military/Police/Fire ornaments & a gift basket filled with several local area merchants items that was auctioned off to help Angel Anonymous raise money to help local families in need.

December 12^th,  3rd Annual, Miracle on 51st St, in Taft, the Roundabouts with North Lincoln Fire & Rescue District #1 escorted Santa & Mrs Claus to greet the kids of all ages . We had pictures with Santa & Mrs. Claus for food donations.

December 17^th, we donated toys to for the annual Toy Drive at the Oceanlake Elks.

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