Douglas County Mail Courtesy photos by Flo Raines and Annette Gaillard
Volunteers from the Fly-In Pig BBQ Competition central committee along with others spent the majority of Saturday putting up banners promoting the upcoming event. (ABOVE) the banner is raised by the Myrtle Creek Municipal Airport. The banner was placed over top of the Chamber of Commerce sign on the side of the D.R. Johnson building facing Interstate 5. (BELOW) Members of the mounting party drive in fence posts at the Boomer Hill sign location on the southbound side of I-5. Those helping out on Saturday were, Annette Gaillard, Flo Raines, Robin Foreman, Harry Harris, Scott Mead, Rory Chaney and Bob Chaney, Sr.. The event is set for Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, at the Myrtle Creek Municipal Airport. Check out the website flyinpig.org for more information.

Easter egg hunts were held throughout south Douglas County over last weekend as the annual holiday made an early appearance. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox which is fixed at March 21. Based on this, Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25. Hunts were held on Saturday at Myrtle Creek, Canyonville, Tri City, Glendale, Adam’s House in Myrtle Creek and at Richwine Vineyards. The hunt in Riddle was held on Easter Sunday as has been the tradition for a number of years. (ABOVE) This young lady here appears to be on a mission, sunglasses in place, as she raced through the infield of the walking track in Millsite Park during the Myrtle Creek hunt.

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MYRTLE CREEK – The 68th Annual Myrtle Creek~Tri City Area Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Awards Banquet was held Saturday evening, March 28, at the Myrtle Creek Grange.
There were over 150 people in attendance and many dressed to the theme of Diamonds and Denim.
Chamber President Angie Criss welcomed everyone and spoke a little bit about the chamber and its mission to benefit the community by promoting communication between business, government and individuals.
“As you know this is our time to celebrate local leaders and businesses within our community,” said Criss. “Everyone in this room is here to celebrate someone that we respect and look up to as a leader in their personal presence and commitment, or a business that we often times see go above and beyond.”

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RIDDLE – Th Riddle Irish baseball team opened their league schedule Tuesday afternoon as they hosted the Bonanza Antler and came away with a convincing 20-5 victory.

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TRI CITY – The South Umpqua softball squad continues to impress as they won their sixth and seventh games in a row taking both games of a double header against North Valley March 31.
It was a pitcher’s duel for the most part as both teams remained scoreless until the home half of the fourth when the Lancers placed a three spot on the scoreboard.
The Knights were able to erase the shutout in the top of the seventh but only plated one run to bring the final tally to 3-1.

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TRI CITY – The South Umpqua softball squad opened their home season on Friday, March 20, against Brookings-Harbor and came away with a dominating 15-0 victory in five innings.
Roseburg transfer Jasmine Morales was on the hill and threw a perfect game striking out 14 of the 15 batters she faced which included the first 11 in a row.
The only ball that was put into play was a lazy pop up to shortstop that Regan Ireland made short work of.

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