WIMER COVERED
BRIDGE
DEDICATION and
GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
Help Us Welcome an
Old Friend Back to Wimer
Sunday, July 6th
2008
UPDATED!!!
FOOD Court at the Bridge and Grange
Hall and Wimer Way Cafe!!
Pholia Farms Gourmet Cheese Tasting
Wimer Way Cafe - Great Breakfast
Special if you
arrive early!
(ask for the 2-2-2 Breakfast at a super
price!)
Baci's Pizza
Tarasco's Mexican
Little Wimer BBQ
Garden Club Pie Dessert Bar
UPDATED!!!
Big
and Little Kids
Games and Contests from11:00 AM and throughout the afternoon!
Fun for kids of all
ages from 9 to 99 with a lots of prizes and interesting games such as:
"Getting to Know You" (activity)
"Where's Alpha?" (challenge)
Water
Balloon Toss
Frozen tee shirt team contest
Saran Wrap Relay
Wheelbarrow Race
Rope Relay (Amoeba Relay)
Bucket Fill
and more!
Join
Us for a Special All Comers Parade Across the New Bridge
We will be
showcasing all types of transportation that have used the bridge since the
original was first built in 1892 (10 Ton weight limit). We will be
including examples from the first horse drawn wagons to bicycles to
tractors to motorcycles to classic cars to the newest vehicles using the
bridge again today. We will line up the parade from the oldest to
the newest recreating a very unique one time snapshot of the history of
how the bridge has been used. Dress for the era of your
transportation is encouraged!!!
Staging for the
parade will begin at 12:30 PM at Covered Bridge Road and East Evans Creek
Road in Wimer
Parade starts at 1:00 PM
Dedication Ceremony at 2:30 PM
Join us in
dedicating this new covered bridge and celebrating the historic
achievement with special guest speakers to commemorate this once in a
lifetime event and celebrate a community achieving the impossible by
working together!
UPDATED!!!
Entertainment All Afternoon!
The Poison Okies
Barney Paul - Don West - Tom Scott
This trio performs bluegrass and real
country music along with country rock and R&B. They have performed
on the Grand Ole Opry and appeared on stage with many hall of fame caliber
artists!
They are an exciting addition to our
dedication!!
Southern Oregon Blues Band
The
SOB's LIVE FROM SOUTHERN OREGON! As the name suggests, The Southern Oregon
Blues Band have been creating and performing blues that according to their
many blues fans, is straight from the heart, and connects to them with a
collective deep blue soul. The Southern Oregon Blues Band have opened up
shows for The Doobie Brothers, Cheap Trick and Steppenwolf. The SOB's is
based in Cave Junction, Oregon for about 20 years. The Southern
Oregon Blues Band are playing in and around the local Pacific Northwest
music scene, as well as the many freely given cultural performances they
do for the Oregon State public school system.
Butch Martin
Cowboy singer and poet Butch Martin
has spent most of his life doing the things he writes and sings about.
From the farm in Illinois where he was born, to the ranch in Wyoming where
he raised Morgan horses, then to Oregon where he now resides. Nowadays
Butch spends most of his time writing more poetry and performing at shows
in the Rogue River Valley and other places throughout the west.
Ron Judd
Bio info coming soon!
Don’t miss this historic day!
The last dedication of an all new wooden covered bridge in
Jackson County was in 1927!!!!
For
more information visit
www.wimercoveredbridge.org or
call 541-855-2355
Email
contact:
chairperson@wimercoveredbridge.org
©2008 by Citizens for Rebuilding the
Wimer
Covered Bridge a 501(c)(3) corporation
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How Do I find the Wimer Covered Bridge?
From Medford, OR traveling North on I-5, take the Rogue River Exit 48 and
turn Right on Depot St.
From Grants Pass, OR traveling South on I-5, take the Rogue River Exit 48
and turn Left on Depot St.
For more details after taking Exit 48, please click on the link below for
a Google Map
For Directions to the Wimer Covered Bridge Click Here!
Thanks for visiting with us. We hope to keep you informed of all
the latest news on our rebuilding effort and provide as much information as
we can. Some pages are still a work in progress and will be updated as
often as possible so we hope you will explore the site frequently.
2004 was an important year for us as we established the foundation we needed
to achieve our goal. We built great momentum during 2005 and carried
that into 2006 having
rounded the corner to say "when" instead of "if" about the bridge
being rebuilt. You too can follow along through 2007 & 2008 as we watch a new
covered bridge appear over Evans Creek! Keep those calendars clear for
fall of 2006
2007 (O.K......so we had to adjust the timeline a little, we added
the picture too so this one is pretty accurate now!) spring of 2008 and our
ribbon cutting ceremony! Now that we have the new covered bridge open
and being enjoyed by all, we will dedicate the new bridge and celebrate the
grand opening exactly 5 years to the day that we lost our old friend on
Sunday, July 6th 2008! Hope to see you all there.
The bridge group has been busy with the construction of the new Wimer
Covered Bridge since June. Much was accomplished to see this phase of
the project move forward but we are not done yet. Our involvement has
limited the time we had planned to spend on the May Ellis Park Project this
summer but we want to reassure all interested parties that we will be back
on task regarding the park as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience while we get this
new bridge built.
The May Ellis Park Project is still on and will be an even bigger asset to
the community with the bridge looking over the park. We will be having our second
planning meeting just as soon as we get closer to seeing the bridge
completed. Stay
tuned and keep those great ideas coming!
The mission of this organization is to ensure that the historic covered
bridge, which had stood since 1892, is replaced in all its original glory.
We will work to fairly represent the community of Wimer and to be a
gathering point for comments, concerns, and fund-raising opportunities. We
plan to work closely with the county and other organizations to ensure that
the funds necessary are acquired and the re-building proceeds in a timely
manner.
