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Sisters Kaylee O'Sullivan, 6, left, and Madison, 5, of Canyonville stuff the arms of a scarecrow during the "scarecrow factory" at Mary's Garden in Canyonville on Saturday. The event was a fundraiser for the Tri City Elementary School.
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Jessica Johnson of Myrtle Creek puts her newly made scarecrows into the back seat of her mini-van at the "scarecrow factory" at Mary's Garden in Canyonville on Saturday. The event was a fundraiser for the Tri City Elementary School.
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CANYONVILLE — Nine-year-old Daniel Richmond stuffed a handful of hay inside a buttoned-up shirt and turned to his mom, Shannon Solinger.
“Do you think this is enough?” the fourth-grader at Tri City Elementary School asked as he eyed the bulging shirt and a pair of jeans similarly filled.
Solinger nodded and pushed the shirt into the top of the pants to join them. Daniel grabbed several safety pins and secured them.
They were among several dozen families that on Saturday came to Mary's Garden, located on Canyonville's north side, to craft life-sized scarecrows as part of the annual Scarecrow Factory. There were games, and visitors could take a ride on a tractor-pulled cart and pick out a pumpkin in garden owner Mary Laurance's pumpkin patch.
The event, which has been held for more than 12 years, serves as a fundraiser for Tri City Elementary School.
Justin Koblinski, 11, and Byron Christy, 10, both fifth-graders at McGovern Elementary School in Roseburg, grabbed a shirt from a pile of clothes donated for the event and filled it with straw.
“Now you have to stuff the shirt,” Byron's mother, Destini Christy, said.
She said she has been coming to the Scarecrow Factory for several years and that it is a fun family event. She places the scarecrow they make every year outside her family's front door.
“I get scared when I first put it out,” she said, laughing.
Besides the scarecrows made by the families attending the event, volunteers with the school's Parent Teacher Association made another 29 that were earlier sold to area businesses and to individuals who could not attend the event.
“When you're in Tri City and walk around, you see all of the businesses with them. It's fantastic,” said Keri Geise, the PTA secretary.
The school typically uses the money raised from the Scarecrow Factory to finance an out-of-town field trip for the school's fifth-graders. Last year, the class went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, said Geise, whose daughter, Kamryn, 5, is a kindergarten student at the school.
“This is fun and all of the money is going to the school,” she said.
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@nrtoday.com.
“Do you think this is enough?” the fourth-grader at Tri City Elementary School asked as he eyed the bulging shirt and a pair of jeans similarly filled.
Solinger nodded and pushed the shirt into the top of the pants to join them. Daniel grabbed several safety pins and secured them.
They were among several dozen families that on Saturday came to Mary's Garden, located on Canyonville's north side, to craft life-sized scarecrows as part of the annual Scarecrow Factory. There were games, and visitors could take a ride on a tractor-pulled cart and pick out a pumpkin in garden owner Mary Laurance's pumpkin patch.
The event, which has been held for more than 12 years, serves as a fundraiser for Tri City Elementary School.
Justin Koblinski, 11, and Byron Christy, 10, both fifth-graders at McGovern Elementary School in Roseburg, grabbed a shirt from a pile of clothes donated for the event and filled it with straw.
“Now you have to stuff the shirt,” Byron's mother, Destini Christy, said.
She said she has been coming to the Scarecrow Factory for several years and that it is a fun family event. She places the scarecrow they make every year outside her family's front door.
“I get scared when I first put it out,” she said, laughing.
Besides the scarecrows made by the families attending the event, volunteers with the school's Parent Teacher Association made another 29 that were earlier sold to area businesses and to individuals who could not attend the event.
“When you're in Tri City and walk around, you see all of the businesses with them. It's fantastic,” said Keri Geise, the PTA secretary.
The school typically uses the money raised from the Scarecrow Factory to finance an out-of-town field trip for the school's fifth-graders. Last year, the class went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, said Geise, whose daughter, Kamryn, 5, is a kindergarten student at the school.
“This is fun and all of the money is going to the school,” she said.
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@nrtoday.com.
