Santa Clara Community Organization – Eugene

It’s that time of year when Oregonians finally get to experience warmer weather and fun activities.

• June 2: SCCO monthly meeting – Save the weekends for hiking, spend the first Thursday of the month attending our SCCO meetings on Zoom. 7PM
• June 3-4 :Function 4 Junction Car Show – Hundreds of classics all spiffed up in Junction City
• June 4: Ryan Meadows Gigantic Garage Sale – Worth a trip even if you don’t plan on buying anything. This garage sale is so big they have to have food stands and porta potties.
• June 9-10: Pop up Blood Donation at the Irving Grange. It only takes 6 to 10 minutes to give whole blood. Give it a try. The Bloodworks Northwest staff makes it easy and you get to pick your color of tape to wrap your elbow. Choose yellow and green. Go Ducks. Register Here.
• June 19: Eugene Juneteenth Celebration. Come join us as we celebrate the 3rd annual Eugene celebration of the Emancipation of African-American slaves. It took over two years for the word of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to reach Galveston, Texas.
• July 1- 4: Eugene Pro Rodeo . Always fun, right in our own back yard.
• July 30: Asian Celebration Alton Baker Park

Do you know of any events this summer in and near Santa Clara? If so, email contact@santaclaracommunity.org

NEWS RELEASE

SUBJECT: Luper Cemetery Gate is Open Memorial Day Weekend – May 28, 29, 30

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: WWW.LuperCemetery.com

CONTACT: Peter Thurston, President, Luper Cemetery Inc. 541-321-0798



Luper Pioneer Cemetery will open the vehicle gate at 30391 Beacon Drive West (north of Eugene’s Santa Clara neighborhood) from 9 AM to 4 PM May 28, 29, 30 (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) so people can walk the grounds and take a self-guided tour of this historic site.

In November of 1853 about 1000 pioneers arrived in the Willamette Valley by way of the Oregon Trail cutoff across central Oregon “to farm the fertile soil of the Willamette Valley, between the Cascade Mountains and the Coast Range” according to the McClure wagon train by-laws.

On Saturday and Sunday there will be information for completing a self-guided tour of the cemetery, including interpretive signs describing the 18 people from the wagon train who are interred at the cemetery. On Monday, Memorial Day, there will be additional information displayed about the people who arrived in 1853 on the wagon train. As an added bonus, on Memorial Day the Poodle Creek Pickers will be playing their down home music from 1 to 3 PM.



DIRECTIONS to Luper Pioneer Cemetery: From Eugene, follow River Rd. north to Beacon Drive, on the north boundary of Santa Clara, and follow signs west. From Junction City, take River Rd. south, turn west onto Beacon Drive and travel about a ½ mile to a white metal gate, on the north side of Beacon Drive. Proceed through the gate approximately 1/2 mile to the parking lot and cemetery entrance. The cemetery may be accessed every day from dawn to dusk by walking the half-mile gravel road from West Beacon Drive to the cemetery. Please check www.lupercemetery.com for more information about the cemetery, and other resources.