A log truck passes by Engine 104 at the Oregon Coast Historical Railway museum in Coos Bay on Thursday afternoon. The railroad group will hold its final meeting of the year at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Ramada Inn in North Bend. The members also are planning to move the diesel switch engine stored in a rail garage at the International Paper mill site in Gardiner by the end of the year. The group plans to display that diesel, Engine 111, some day in Coos Bay. Engine 104 was used to haul log cars from the Powers area to mills in Coos Bay. It was replaced by better roads and log trucks like the one passing by in the background. World Photo by Lou Sennick

For two hours Saturday evening, Pony Village Mall at 1611 Virginia Ave., North Bend, will open its doors to those taking part in a fund-raiser for two cancer patients and nonprofit groups on the South Coast.

Pony Village will play host to "A Night to Remember," an admission-only event that will begin after the mall closes to the public at 6:30 p.m. Beginning at 7, ticketholders can visit the shopping center for a night of food, live music and special discounts from mall stores.

Proceeds will benefit Juan Rodriguez, a Coos Bay teenager being treated for leukemia, and Jose Sermeno, an employee of the Red Lion Hotel who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in August.

Agencies also receiving proceeds from the fund-raiser include:

€ Coos Elderly Services;

€ Star of Hope;

€ SHAMA House;

€ Girl Scouts of America;

€ South Coast Food Share;

€ Newspapers in Education;

€ Hauser Citizens Patrol; and

€ the Child Advocacy Center.

Participating nonprofits are selling tickets for $10 each. Those specifically wishing to contribute to Food Share can purchase tickets at three Pony Village locations: Fiddlesticks, Tee Shirt Express and Cuddled Critters. Tickets will be available through the day of the event.

For more information about A Night to Remember, those interested can call Raye Gieseke, manager of Pony Village Mall, at 756-0433.