Info: Lake Selmac Welcome Mat Is Out

Here's some Lake Selmac area information, from Mark, courtesy of the Cycle Oregon Forum at http://forum.cycleoregon.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=598 for those who may not have seen it:

"I've been involved with planning the community booth at Lake Selmac, and I wanted to let everyone know some of what we'll have available for you there. As you ride over the hill from Happy Camp, you'll descend into the Illinois Valley, the gateway to the high Siskiyous. The Siskiyou mountains are a biologically and geologically unique ecosystem, and we wanted to share our excitement about being in such a special place. In addition, the Community Information booth is being sponsored by the Illinois River Valley Arts Council, which for several years has developed a unique program of bringing the Arts into our local schools through our Learning Through Art program. At the Community Information Booth we'll have extensive information about the Arts Council and our programs. Also, we've teamed up with the Siskiyou Field Institute to present information about all the specialness of the Siskiyou Mountain region."

"Here's some of the specific things we'll have at the Community Information Booth:Free wine tasting courtesy of Bendock Estates Winery from 6 to 8 pmWe'll have a laundry service available. Bring your laundry to the Community Information Booth before 8 pm (of course, earlier is better!) and we'll have it laundered and folded and available for you to pick it up by 6 am the next morning. A local laundromat, the Brown Barn Laundry in Cave Junction, is teaming up to provide this service. They are very familiar with washing and drying cycling clothes. Cost is $9 per load.We going to have a raffle with two dynamite prizes. One prize is an overnight for two at the Caves Chateau and Oregon Caves, plus dinner for two at the Chateau Dinning Room, and a Caves Tour. In addition, if you want to bring your bikes to ride either up or down the hill from the Caves (a beautiful 8 mile hill, or 20 miles from Cave Junction all the way to the Caves), we'll help arrange car or bike shuttle for you. This vacation can taken when you choose.The other prize is two nights lodging for two at Deer Creek Center, the home of The Siskiyou Field Institute (and John Wayne's old ranch), and two days of courses at the Siskiyou Field Institute (SFI). Lots in info about SFI and their wonderful selection of classes will be available at the Community BoothTickets for the raffle will be only be sold at Lake Selmac on the day the Cycle Oregon is there. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20"

"We'll have two shirts available: One is a wonderful embroidered shirt we're making in conjunction with a local business that specializes in embroidered clothing. It will have an outline of the high Siskiyou Mountains and a Cycle Oregon souvenir message. The other shirt, a T-Shirt from SFI, will feature a silk screened image of the Darlingtonia, an insect eating plant found in the Illinois Valley and widely in Siskiyous.We'll have a couple of postcards available, and if you want to send a card to someone, fill it out and we'll mail it for you the next day!We'll have an Associate Membership available to the Illinois River Valley Arts Council. Associate members are kept up to date on our programs, especially our unique effort to bring the Arts in the schools and make up for the budget cuts in Arts education that our schools have suffered.Siskiyou Field Institute will also offer memberships in various categories. Cell phone reception is pretty limited and the Lake Selmac campsite. We're working with a local computer company to try to provide a wireless internet signal at the Community Information Booth. If this works out (we need to do final testing yet!), we'll have a free Internet Cafe and the Community Booth, and also if you have a laptop or other device, the signal will be available to you to check email, etc. And of course, we'll have some great food vendors with scrumptious goodies, and some special marketplace folks including displays of human powered vehicles.Mark R"

Good job, Mark R. !