Barb B from the STCC is from Veneta, Oregon so let's go there today.The photos are: 1) twin churches in Veneta, 2) some houses in Veneta, 3) a dock at sunset on Fern Ridge Lake, and 4) a barn on Fern Ridge Lake.
Veneta is a city in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,755. The community was named after Veneta Hunter.
Incorporated in 1962, the City of Veneta is a thriving community of over 3000 people. The City of Veneta is located 12 miles west of the Eugene/Springfield Metropolitan Area, in the southwest corner of the beautiful Willamette Valley in Lane County, Oregon. Veneta is located in close proximity to the Fern Ridge reservoir, and is only 45 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 90 miles from the scenic Cascade Mountains.
Local festivals include:
International Faerieworlds Festival - July 21-22, 2007,
Oregon Country Fair - July 13-15, 2007.
International Faerieworlds Festival - July 21-22, 2007,
Oregon Country Fair - July 13-15, 2007.
The city's name is used on Veneta, Oregon, an album by New Riders of the Purple Sage.
On August 27, 1972, the Grateful Dead played a concert at the Oregon Country Fair site in Veneta that has become legendary to Deadheads.
On August 27, 1972, the Grateful Dead played a concert at the Oregon Country Fair site in Veneta that has become legendary to Deadheads.
Today's Jumble (9/3/08):
SCOUF = FOCUS; RASCY = SCARY; RULBET = BUTLER; WEDDEG = WEDGED
CIRCLED LETTERS = CSCUEED
What you can do at first, if you're the boss' son.
"SUCCEED"
Today is Skyscraper Day. It is also Uncle Sam's Birthday because his image was first used on this day in 1813.
Other things on this day in history:
36 BC - In the battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
301 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
1189 - Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1260 - The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1650 - Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
1651 - Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
1666 - The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
1777 - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
1783 - American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. America is officially free from Britain
1798 - Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
1838 - Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a Free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1861 - American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1870 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1874 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1878 - Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1914 - William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1929 - Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
1933 - Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m).
1935 - Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
1939 - World War II begins when France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, starting the Allies.
1942 - World War II: Uprising of the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva occurs.
1943 - World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war.
1944 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
1951 - The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
1967 - Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
1971 - Qatar becomes an independent state
1976 - Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1994 - Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
1995 - eBay founded.
1997 - A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2004 - The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.
301 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
1189 - Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1260 - The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1650 - Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
1651 - Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
1666 - The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
1777 - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
1783 - American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. America is officially free from Britain
1798 - Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
1838 - Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a Free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1861 - American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1870 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1874 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1878 - Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1914 - William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1929 - Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
1933 - Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m).
1935 - Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
1939 - World War II begins when France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, starting the Allies.
1942 - World War II: Uprising of the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva occurs.
1943 - World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war.
1944 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
1951 - The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
1967 - Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
1971 - Qatar becomes an independent state
1976 - Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1994 - Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
1995 - eBay founded.
1997 - A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2004 - The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.
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