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North Coast Happenings: June 16, 2011

Author Jennifer Lauck in town for Manzanita Writers’ Series

Jennifer Lauck will read from her new book Found: A Memoir at the Manzanita Writers’ Series event at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the Hoffman Center.

“Found” is the long awaited sequel to the 2000 international bestseller “Blackbird: A Childhood Lost & Found,”  which was featured on Oprah and an international bestseller. Blackbird was translated into 22 languages and hit the bestseller lists in London, Ireland and Spain as well as in the United States.

Lauck has published two other memoirs, a novel and a book on writing memoir. She traveled throughout Northern Europe to speak about her writing. Lauck was given the Book Sense 76 award and was featured in Newsweek, Harper's Bazaar, Talk Magazine, People, Glamour and Writer's Digest. She was a select USA Today pick and nominated for two Oregon Book Awards.

Before becoming a memoir writer, speaker and teacher, Lauck worked for many years in television news for ABC affiliates from Montana to Oregon. Her investigative journalism reports appeared on CNN and the ABC Nightly News

During the day on Saturday, June 18, Lauck will teach a workshop on Scene Writing for all genres, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Hoffman Center.

For more information and the 2011 schedule,  visit or contact Kathie Hightower, (503)739-1505 or  kathie@jumpintolife.net .

Manzanita Farmers Market every Friday, 5 - 8 p.m.

Now in its fifth year, the Manzanita Farmers Market is held every Friday evening, from 5 to 8 p.m., now through Sept. 23.

Described by some, “as one of the best,” the market features 35 vendors, 12 of which are local producers of fruit and vegetables and meats.

The market takes place at the Windermere parking lot at 5th and Laneda in Manzanita.

Food writer to speak in Tillamook June 16

 Jan Roberts-Dominguez will be presenting a program at the Tillamook County Library on June16, at 6 p.m. Her passions for writing, painting, cooking and hiking have merged into a dream career.  One that includes glorious stretches of time in all of these separate loves.  The outcome?  An award-winning food writer and consultant with 26 years of experience in the food and newspaper industries; and an artist, whose food-related and wilderness-inspired landscapes have found their way into collections throughout the country.

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A bridal registry is a service provided by a website or retail store to assist engaged couples in the communication of gift preferences to wedding guests. Selecting items from store stock, the couple lists desired items and files this list with the chosen merchant. The list is then made available to wedding guests, either by the couple’s family or the merchant. Upon the purchase of a listed item, this gift registry is updated accordingly. In addition to providing valuable information for the buyer, the wedding registry list helps prevent the receipt of duplicate or unwanted gifts, potentially saving time for both giver and recipient.

The practice of a bridal registry was first instituted by Chicago-founded department store Marshall Field’s in 1924 at its Marshall Field and Company Building as a means for the engaged couple to indicate chosen china, silver and crystal patterns to family and friends. US-based Target stores were the first to introduce the Target Baby Registry in the 1990′s, using a service provided by The Gift Certificate Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The technology was invented and subsequently patented by William J. Veeneman et al., the founder and CEO of The Gift Certificate Center.

In the past few years the traditional concept of the bridal registry has evolved. There are now more specialized versions such as honeymoon registry and charity registry. Additionally there are also have more general registries that allow consumer to have items from many stores in one single registry (commonly referred as Universal Registries).

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