March PotLuck Dinner

The Upper McKenzie Community Center (UMCC) invites you to join us for the March PotLuck Dinner this Friday, March 28 and will start around 6 pm, Following the potluck dinner The recently released film “Oregon’s Boat – the McKenzie River Drift Boat” film will be shown around 7 p.m.

This enjoyable 35-minute movie leads the viewer through the history of how a standard river boat was incrementally improved over several decades to better move through the rapids and eddies of the McKenzie River in search of fish and adventure. With a compelling mix of historic film, archival photographs, movies, and insightful interviews, this film recently won Best Feature Film in the Oregon Documentary Film Festival in Portland. Director Randy Dersham will be there to talk about making the film and to answer questions.

The Potluck Dinner will start around 6 p.m. It’s an informal time to meet new people, see old friends, and share good food. Hot dishes will be self-served from warming plates. Snacks, salads, desserts are always a hit, and you can bring your own beverage. Please bring your own “service”- plate, silverware, mug etc, so no one is left washing all the dishes!

UMCC is the big red, community-owned building at 54745 McKenzie River Drive, Rainbow, between Belknap Covered Bridge and Mill Creek Road. You can learn more about UMCC and thank them for hosting this event by donating at.tinyurl.com/49nx4auh