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Thank you to all of our great customers who came and supported our Ladies Night Event and "Pink 50" (Pink Bagged Feed with Purina) promotions during the month of October. This past week we were able to catch up with a representative from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization (Oregon & SW Washington) and present a check in the amount of $11,830.75 that included:

- 5% of the proceeds from our Ladies Night Event

- 25¢ from every pink bag of Purina feed sold during the month of October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month)

- Plus the change donated by our customers on Ladies Night

Read more about Purina's efforts to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research here: http://www.purinamills.com/Pink50/

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University Extension has received calls and inquiries through its "Ask an Expert" program this past week about people possibly eating toxic berry plants.

"Many weeds have flowered and the 'fruit' can look tasty but should not be eaten," said Barbara Fick, OSU Extension horticulturist for Linn and Benton counties.

One such plant identified recently was the poisonous Black Nightshade.

Read the Full Oregon State Extension Article Here

In partnership with those trying to find Mr Mark Bosworth, Wilco is re-posting this message and information to help spread the information in hopes of finding Mark. Thank you for reading...

"I am reaching out personally to each of you reading this message to help me find my husband. According to Mark's doctors, his lymphoma returned and is creating pressure on the frontal lobe of his brain. This is the seat of reasoning, judgment and memory and explains his growing confusion and disorientation. Without medical treatment, the pressure will spread to the brain stem which controls basic bodily functions. Right now we still have time to find Mark before that happens. He may still be able to get around and talk, even be on the road somewhere, but he is in desperate need of medical attention. PLEASE redouble your efforts today to look for him, and to spread his photo and his story to others.  One of you will see Mark and bring him home to his daughters Kelly and Claire and to me so we can put our arms around him and care for him. Call 911 if you think you see him. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."... Julie Bosworth

For mor information go to findmark.org

Thank you to all of our great customers who participated in our first Wilco-wide Canned Food Drive. Without you, this would not have been as successful and fruitful for our local food agencies!  During September, Wilco set up non-perishable food collection containers in all Farm Stores to collect food for each stores' local Food Bank agency. We also gave back to customers with a special $5 OFF reward card for their food donation. 

Wilco also pitched in corporately and donated a dollar for every pound of food collected, which equated to $3,200.00, and our partner, Land O Lakes, also matched that donation dollar for dollar!  The Farms Stores also collected $1,136.40 through the Scan A Coupon program, which brought the total dollars collected for local food banks to $7,536.40 and total poundage of food collected at 3199.6lbs!

What a great way to stay involved with our communities and support helping each other!

Congratulations to the winners of our recent Traeger® Grill giveaway! Customers entered for a chance to win 1 of 3 Traeger® grills in stores this month and we drew three lucky winners on Wednesday, June 8th.

Canby Winner: Tami Roler- Tami won a Traeger® Texas Grill valued at $999!

McMinnville Winner: Dennis Wilson- Dennis won a Traeger® Lil Texas Grill valued at $699!

Oregon City Winner: Nancy Dorman- Nancy won a Traeger® Junior Grill valued at $399!

Thanks to everyone for participating! Have fun grilling on your new Traeger® Grills!

In cooperation with Redbrand, and as part of the Home Grown Program Wilco donated $1061.50 to the state FFA for Oregon and Washington. The monies were generated by sales of Redbrand products through Wilco stores in 2010. Congratulations FFA, and thankyou Redbrand.

Wilco has added a new page to the website! For poultry enthusiasts, whether beginners or seasoned veterans, we've built in content to help you get the poultry information you need, provide helpful tools and communicate special and exclusive offers benefiting your flock project. Check out the new page and keep coming back because we'll continue to update the page and add new content! Welcome to Chickville!

And the Winners Are...

Wilco partnered with KWJJ, to offer ticket drawings for Wilco customers to attend the PBR Event in Portland. One lucky customer from each area store won tickets to the PBR's Ford Tough Series at the Rose Garden, on Friday,  February 4th. And one customer won two tickets for "Behind the Chutes Tour" valued at $500! Thanks to everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners.

McMinnville- Debbie Gander

Cornelius- Katie Duyck

Silverton- Terrie Potter

Battle Ground- Brian Aterburn

Stayton- Don Gescher

Tangent- Ann Beggs

Oregon City- Janis Jones

Oregon City- Behind the Chutes Pass Winner: Michelle Shirley

Lebanon- Wanda Parson

Springfield- Austin Vinyard

Canby- Lynisa Aaron

Wilco Farm store locations will be open on New Year's Day for the first time on Jan 1st, 2011! Join us for a great One Day Sale to celebrate! EVERYTHING in the store will be on sale! So come in and save- we're open regular hours for your convenience.

Congratulations to Kevin Etchison, who won a $500 Wilco Farm Store shopping spree in our Springfield store. The Wilco $500 shopping spree is part of the Mix 94.5 $10,000 Holiday Shopping Spree that includes gifts from a variety of local businesses. Check out the KMGE 94.5 website for more details! Congratulations Kevin!