Market appoints new manager

Tracy Baker of Wilsonville is joining Villebois Sunday Market as the new market manager. Taraneh Foster, the former manager, has had to resign for medical reasons.

Market contact information remains the same. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail us at VilleboisSundayMarket@gmail.com.

Wondering where some of our vendors have gone?

The Villebois Sunday Market has been fortunate enough to attract a number of high-quality vendors, and with the help of Costa Pacific and Arbor Homes, we were able to expand onto a gravel area off Villebois Drive. Unfortunately, it turns out that gravel is not wheelchair accessible, and so we have had to restructure our market map, reducing the number of available spaces to vendors.

As a market, we are committed to standing by our founding objectives:

• To provide an informal, social gathering place in an open-air setting;
• To provide a community-building event in the Villebois Village Center;
• To give the community access to a wide variety of fresh, local, in-season farm products direct from the producer; and
• To give local producers a centralized location to provide us with a wide variety of fresh, local, in-season farm products.

This means that we have had to re-evaluate some of our non-farmer vendors, so that we could make more space for farmers who sell produce. So, if you are missing a vendor who is no longer with us, please feel free to contact market management at villeboissundaymarket@gmail.com, and we will do our best to put you into contact with the vendor you miss.

We miss them, too.

The baby goats are here!

Goldenwood Farm, which sells goat milk soap at the market, recently celebrated the birth of two goats! Come to the market TODAY and this Sunday, August 9, to meet them yourself.

They might even let you milk the goats!

Market vendors participating this Sunday, June 28

GranMary's Herb Garden

Winters Farms

Red Dragon Nursery

Herr Family Farm

Family Table Farm

Cheng's Farm

GardenRipe

Hmong Farm

United Farm

Off the Beaten Path

Full of Life Farm

Unger Farm

Little Patch Farm

Lee Farms

Big B Farms

Canby Asparagus Farm

Sweetreats

The Village Waffle Baker

Humdinger Kettle Korn

J Gelati Italian Ice

The Ribslayer 

Lucy's Tropical Juice

Cafe Fratelli

White Rabbit Bakery

S&L Stir Fry

Goldenwood Soap

Paradise Alpaca Ranch

Miabell's Vegan Soaps

Illona's Beadwerk

NW Wellness Center

Sage Rural Delivery Corp (the Oregonian)

Also this week, Boy Scout Troop 194 will be selling trees donated to the troop for a fundraiser.

Shriner's Kader Klowns will be at the July 12 market!

The Shriner’s Kader Klowns are planning to be at the July 12th Villebois Sunday Farmer’s Market beginning at 10am! Two clowns Bingo and Bullseye will be there making FREE balloon sculptures for children. They will also be giving each child a FREE coloring book and crayons from the Shriner’s Hospital for Children. Their BIG red sneaker will be there for donations for the hospital’s research fund for treating burned children -(The Sneaker Fund). There may also be a special guest appearance!!

For over 75 years, The Shriner's Hospital has treated more than 700,000 children with orthopedic problems, burns, spinal cord injuries, cleft lip and palate care, up to their 18th birthday. They are in a network of 22 hospitals providing expert medical care, absolutely free of charge. We are so fortunate to have one of the Shriner's Hospitals right here in the West Hills of Portland.

Come to Wilsonville's Sunday Market where you can eat breakfast and lunch, buy fresh produce from local farms, shop for homemade goods, listen to live music and make memories with your children and the Kader Klowns. Don't forget to bring your camera!

For more information on The Shriner's Hospital and the Al Kader Klowns, please visit www.alkadershriners.org. For more information on the Villebois Sunday Market please visit www.villeboissundaymarket.com.

Blog post contributed by Kristine Bresnahan

FIVE things YOU can do in 20 MINUTES to support the Villebois Sunday Market

#1 Recruit volunteers and send them to the market manager. Successful markets have a strong, active volunteer base. If you want to keep the market at Villebois, we need YOU, and we need your friends and neighbors.

Volunteer at the market – we have morning and afternoon shifts – or take a leadership role, and help during the week with a variety of tasks. The Web site, www.VilleboisSundayMarket.com, has information under "volunteers." The sign-up sheet is at the Welcome Tent each week.

If you would like to take a leadership role, please contact Taraneh (terre-UH-neigh) Foster, the market manager, at villeboissundaymarket@gmail.com. Office hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesdays.

#2 Talk, talk, talk. The best way to increase attendance and to recruit volunteers is through cheap, good, old-fashioned word of mouth. Edelman does an annual Trust Barometer (http://www.edelman.com/trust/2009/), and "a person like me" continues to be the most trusted source of information. Didn't you know? YOU are that trusted person. We need you. So get talking!

#3 Talk online, too. Do you use e-mail? Twitter? Facebook? LinkedIn? Please add the following to your e-mail signature, both at home and at work, and then include this on your status updates in your chosen social media: “Did you know Wilsonville has a farmers' market? Watch the video at http://bit.ly/cbAAx, follow the market blog at VilleboisSundayMarket.blogspot.com, and join me Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.”

#4 Share this post with anyone you know that lives in Wilsonville or a neighboring city/town. Ask them to share it with anyone they know, too. Can't make a copy? The Villebois Village Center has extra copies of this in a hard copy, flyer format. They'll be glad to share.

#5 Plan to attend our next community meeting at 12 p.m. Sunday, June 28. What's a better time to talk about the market than during the market itself? We'll meet in the entertainment room across from the leasing office in the Miraval Building (entrance is next to the Village Waffle Baker). It'll be a great time to learn about and sign-up for some of the many volunteer opportunities at the Villebois Sunday Market.

Now you can experience the market BEFORE Sunday!

Check out the video of the Villebois Sunday Market on YouTube!  It features both vendors and residents.

Market vendors participating this Sunday, May 31

Farms* and Nurseries: Grow It
Gran Mary's Herb Garden
Alita's Garden
R.R.J.'s Enterprise
Red Dragon Nursery
Off the Beaten Path
Brothers Peonies Inc.

Herr Family Farm
Cheng's Farm
Hmong Farm
United Farm

Farms* and Nurseries: Eat It
Winters Farms
Family Table Farm
GardenRipe
Full of Life Farm

Eat While You Shop
Ken and June's Hazelnuts (packaged to go)
Canby Asparagus Farms
The Village Waffle Baker
Humdinger Kettle Corn (packaged to go) -- back this week (for real)
J Gelati Italian Ice
Haagerson's Catering/The Rib Slayer
Lucy's Tropical Juice
Sweetreats (packaged to go)

White Rabbit Bakery (gluten free, packaged to go) -- new this week

Artisans and Crafters
Knot Traditional Woodworking
Goldenwood Soap (goat milk soaps and lotions)
Miabell's Vegan Soaps and Mineral Bath Salts
Paradise Alpaca Ranch -- moving next to the Ribslayer
Carmen's Creations
The Birdhouse Factory

Local Business
Massage Temps Northwest

Sage Rural Delivery Corp. (get your subscription to the Oregonian)

Love the Market?  Live at Villebois
Arbor at Villebois -- visit their booth at the market
Costa Pacific Homes -- visit them in the Village Center across from the market entrance

*Most of our farmers will not join us until June or July, when most Oregon produce is able to be harvested. At that time, we'll have lots of fresh vegtables, fruits...and berries!

Stay tuned: this Sunday's vendors will be announced Friday morning!

In the coming weeks, we'll have a coffee cart and a winery joining us, too!

This Sunday's entertainment: buy produce, dance the day away

Getting us started in the morning: Richie "King Juju" Bean 

Bean started playing guitar in the late '70s in his hometown of Reno, where he and his bass playing and drumming buddies Mike & Mark had a teenage band called "The Forbidden Blues Band." Richie had to learn to sing, since he was the chief songwriter. They played house parties, casino lounges, Moose lodges and anywhere else that would let them set up and play. They didn't play any actual blues, but it was an image that interested them. Instead they played original music, mostly written by Bean.  "Headlights" and "Ain't No Middle Ground" are two of Richies early songs first performed by the FBB. 

After a short stint in California in the mid '80s, he landed in Portland, Ore., where he got married, started a business, and started bands called "Hidden Agenda" and "The Legends" with singer Louanne Jolly. When they broke up, he began studying blues music, and started "The Roseland Blues Band" with Mickie Will and Vern Williams. He was a founding member of "The Hudson Rocket Band," where he stayed for more than five years, before moving on to lead "King Juju & The Beats" & "The King Juju Trio" for several years. 

Along the way he has opened for Walter Trout, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, and jammed with or sat in with Lee Oscar, The Party Kings, Kinzel & Hyde, Jim Mesi and many others. In 2007 Richie decided to start a new band which played a larger variety of retro style music as well as originals, and the Catillacs were born!


...and in the afternoon spot: Michele van Kleef!
Michele has been singing for as long as she can remember. After piano and voice lessons, theater and musicals through high school, she went to Oregon State University and minored in Vocal Performance.

Soon after graduating, she joined the very successful, NW-based Indie band Calobo. They started out playing the NW Colleges, house parties and local bars. After everyone was done with school they decided to go full time in 1994 and toured the country for the next 6 years. They played the Wetlands in NYC, House of Blues in Chicago, The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and the epic music festival, Bumbershoot, on the Stadium Stage in Seattle. When all was said and done, Calobo released 5 full length records, the final being recorded Live at the Crystal Ballroom in our hometown of Portland, Ore.

After Calobo, Michele joined up with LazyBones Recordings as Mackabella in Seattle. They released the self-titled album Mackabella in 2001. Many of these songs have been placed in the TV/Film Industry. Willing has had the most placements: a movie trailer for the Johnny Cash story Walk the Line, and spoof of the same film, Walk Hard, among many others. Additional recent song placements includes VH1, Fox, NBC, T-Mobile, 90210, Lifetime, MTV, South of Nowhere, and Roswell.

Michele took some time off to start a family, but is thrilled to be playing music again. She's been focusing on her own songs that are true from her heart, sometimes funny, and she is more than ready to share them.

Market Vendors Participating this Sunday, May 24

Farms* and Nurseries: Grow It
Gran Mary's Herb Garden
Alita's Garden
R.R.J.'s Enterprise
Red Dragon Nursery -- new this week
Off the Beaten Path
Brothers Peonies Inc.

Farms* and Nurseries: Eat It
Winters Farms
Family Table Farm
GardenRipe
Herr Family Farm
Cheng's Farm
Hmong Farm
United Farm
Full of Life Farm

Eat While You Shop
Ken and June's Hazelnuts (packaged to go)
Canby Asparagus Farms
The Village Waffle Baker
Humdinger Kettle Corn (packaged to go) -- back this week
J Gelati Italian Ice
Haagerson's Catering/The Rib Slayer
Lucy's Tropical Juice
Sweetreats (packaged to go)

Artisans and Crafters
Knot Traditional Woodworking -- back this week
Goldenwood Soap (goat milk soaps and lotions)
Miabell's Vegan Soaps and Mineral Bath Salts
Paradise Alpaca Ranch
Sandi Grubbs, Artist -- back this week
Carmen's Creations
The Birdhouse Factory -- new this week
Crystal Elegance -- new this week

Local Business

Massage Temps Northwest

*Most of our farmers will not join us until June or July, when most Oregon produce is able to be harvested. At that time, we'll have lots of fresh vegtables, fruits...and berries!

Villebois Sunday Market celebrates mothers this Sunday, May 10

This next market day is Mother's Day, and to celebrate, a gal in the neighborhood suggested that we have a Mother's Day Parade, so that's just what we're going to do! 

The Mother's Day Parade will begin at 12:30 p.m., will start at the end of Barber Street and will conclude at the end of Mont Blanc Street, where all our lovely crafters are.  We have invited vendors who are mothers and mothers of vendors, to participate as well, so come on down and get appreciated!

In addition to the parade, we will have a few prizes for moms this Sunday (enter at the Welcome Tent).  Wendi of Sweetreats, who is also a mom, is donating a lemon pound cake!  Can you say yum?

The final word here? We're all about moms this Sunday, and be sure to wave and clap when the parade passes your booth!