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• Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25 (6 for $50, 9 for $75, etc.) You can place all your tickets on one item or scatter them over many items.

• The drawing will be held at the open house at Soapstone, September 1, 2007.
You needn’t be present to win.

• All checks must be received by August 25. You will receive email or mail confirmation of your ticket numbers.

Out on the Town All Year 'Round —value: $650 Enjoy a sampling of some of the Northwest’s hottest cultural attractions and gourmet meals at some of Portland’s favorite restaurants. • Two tickets to Oregon Ballet Theatre’s fall program and two tickets to OBT’s spring program, along with a pre-performance talk for each program (these are free and open to the public), and during intermission of the fall program, a backstage tour just for you by Linda Besant, OBT’s current dance historian; optional for ballet aficionados: a couple of used, signed pointe shoes and poster. obt • Two tickets to any Portland Baroque Orchestra 2007–2008 concert. pbo • Two tickets to any Chamber Music Northwest concert 2007–2008. cmnw • Two season tickets to Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s 2007–2008 season (Grace by Craig Wright; Shining City by Conor McPherson; and Nobody Here But Us Chickens by Peter Barnes). thirdrailrep • $75 gift certificate for Veritable Quandry vqpdx • $75 gift certificate for Andina, Novo Peruvian Cuisine. andinarestaurant • $50 gift certificate for Pazzo. vintageplaza Writers on the Stage, on the Page... and in the Kitchen! —value: $675 • With two season tickets to Portland Arts & Lectures 2007–2008 season literary-arts you will get to see Orhan Pamuk, Colson Whitehead, Mary Oliver, Stephen Sondheim & Frank Rich, and Marjane Satrapi. • Use a $100 gift certificate from Broadway Books to buy books by these or other favorite writers. • In addition, enjoy fiction and poetry by our own Oregon writers: the complete set (signed) of Ursula K. Le Guin’s short stories in paperback ursulakleguin; from Ooligan Press, Deer Drink the Moon: Poems of Oregon, edited by Liz Nakazawa, José Builds a Woman by Jan Baross and The Weight of the Sun by Geronimo Tagatac. ooliganpress • Finally, a real treat: dinner for four at the home of Portland writer Martha Gies for which she will make her famous Salmon Veracruzana (also garlic soup, rice, wine, toros—an alcoholic after-dinner drink native to Veracruz—and ice cream). Good Things Galore —value: $800 This prize combines some of the best things in life: gardening, cooking, reading, a weekend at the Oregon Coast, and more. • Two nights at Ocean Haven, a retreat perched on the Oregon shore at Yachats, offering breathtaking views of the Pacific, rich tide pools and pristine beaches. There are resident gray whales in the area and migrating gray whales can be seen in the spring and fall. oceanhaven • Have dinner using a $50 gift certificate for the Drift Inn Historic Pub and Cafe in Yachats. the-drift-inn • You will win these books, perfect oceanside reading: from NewSage Press, Sightings: The Grey Whales’ Mysterious Journey, Singing to the Sound, and Animal Heart, by Brenda Peterson Peterson; and Whales: Touching the Mystery by Doug Thompson. newsagepress • Learn about Portland’s bridges with a certificate for two for any of Sharon Wood Wortman’s regularly scheduled Bridge Walks and a copy of her newly released 3rd edition of the Portland Bridge Book. bridgestories • Give your garden a treat with a load of sheep manure mixed with organic oat straw from Noel Hanlon’s sheep farm (delivered to within 25 miles of Aurora, OR). • When your tomatoes and zucchini are abundant, try some of the recipes in Linda Dalal Sawaya’s Alice’s Kitchen: My Grandmother Dalal and Mother Alice’s Traditional Lebanese Cooking. lindasawaya • If your meal includes dessert, have it in six stoneware dessert bowls handmade by Anna Johnson. • Take yourself and a kid or another adult to a Blue Monkey Theater show with two tickets to any of their 2007–2008 productions. bluemonkeytheater • When you need a break from home cooking use a $25 gift certificate for Pizzicato pizzicatogourmetpizza and a $25 certificate for Three Square Grill. threesquare "Words on the Wind," pastel at the top of this page by Deborah DeWitt Marchant, used by permission of the artist. dewit-marchant

A Week of Your Own at Soapstone —value: $1600 A week at Soapstone’s retreat in the Coast Range for up to four adults. Use it as a retreat for two, or as a base for hiking and beach walking for three or four. (To be arranged on a mutually agreeable date.) Escape to the Oregon Beach —value: $775 • Relax and regenerate with two nights at Ginnie Cooper and Rick Bauman’s beach house in Manzanita (3 bedrooms, 2 baths; available mid-Sept through mid-May, on Ocean Road across the street from the ocean--perfect for watching the winter storms). • Indulge in a “Body Spa Treatment” with an $80 gift certificate from Spa Manzanita. spamanzanita • Then, pick up some of the world’s best bread and other goodies at Bread and Ocean Bakery and Deli with a $25 gift certificate. • Take with you these books by Oregon writers: Judith Montgomery’s Red Jess cherry-grove; Willa Schneberg’s Storytelling in Cambodia proaxis, and compliments of Oregon State University Press oregonstate, William Stafford’s Down in My Heart: Peace Witness in War Time. Gail Well’s The Little Lucky: A Family Geography, Ever Blooming: The Art of Bonnie Hall, edited by James D. Hall, and Long Journey: Contemporary Northwest Poets, edited by David Biespiel. • Stop by the Cannon Beach Book Store for some more good books using a $50 gift certificate. cannonbeachbooks Stage Struck! —value: $650 A year of stimulating and entertaining plays: two season tickets to Artists Repertory Theatre’s 2007–2008 season (House and Garden by Alan Ayckbourn; Ghosts of Celilo, book by Marv Ross; Mars on Life: The Holiday Edition, created by Susannah Mars; The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl; Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire; A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams; and The History Boys by Alan Bennet). artistsrep Newport for Book Lovers —value: $625 • With four tickets (or tickets for two to two different programs) for Newport’s Writers on the Edge writersontheedge you can head down to the beach for readings by writers of your choice and enjoy a two-night stay at a two-bedroom beach apartment, Above the Schoolhouse Lodging lindayapp in the historic Nye Beach (Newport) area and a one-night stay at the Sylvia Beach Hotel. sylviabeachhotel • Take with you Penelope Scambly Schott’s A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth, Baiting the Void, and The Pest Maiden: A Story of Lobotomy, turningpointbooks; and from Hawthorne Press, Monica Drake’s Clowngirl and Scott Nadelson’s The Cantor’s Daughter and Saving Stanley: The Brickman Stories. hawthornebooks • Use a $100 gift certificate to Wallace Books in Sellwood to buy more fiction and poetry (or anything else!) to take with you. Carry your books to the beach in a Fluff bag from Whole Foods. wholefoodsmarket For Generations X & Y (or A thru W) —value: $760 • A writer- or marketing-specific resume and cover letter package from employment consultant Kelly Wallace, Generations X and Y Careers. • $50 gift card from Powell’s Books. powells • Three sessions with experienced psychotherapist Nan Narboe, M.S.W., to work with you on ways you disrupt your creative process (she has worked with authors, songwriters, musicians, painters, and entrepreneurs). • A $25 gift certificate for Sal’s Famous Italian Kitchen. salskitchen • $25 cert. for Ken’s Artisan Pizza. kensartisan • Two guitar or banjo lessons from Janna MacAuslan to be arranged on mutually agreeable dates at Janna's studio in SE Portland. (You must have your own guitar or 5 string banjo.) Janna has played guitar for over forty years, has a master of music degree in guitar performance from Lewis and Clark, and has toured and taught extensively. A Visit from Former Governor Barbara Roberts —value: priceless! For you and up to twenty special friends, Barbara Roberts, will come to your home (within 20 miles of Portland) and read from her autobiography in progress, Up the Capitol Steps. Compliments of NewSage Press all attendees will receive a signed copy of her book Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology. Dessert will be provided by Papa Haydn papahaydn, one of Barbara’s favorite dessert stops.