More than just a tree

OREGON - The post-Thanksgiving weekend traditionally brings out hundreds of anxious shoppers hoping to snag pre-Christmas specials and giveaways. Yet, it also attracts shoppers partaking in another tradition - searching for the perfect Christmas tree. Sinnissippi Forest in Oregon opened Friday and invited families to browse through and cut down more than 100,000 Scotch and white pine, blue spruce, and fir trees. The tree farm is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The land was bought by former Gov. Frank O. Lowden more than a century ago. He began and ran the tree-planting operation until he died in 1943. Five years later, his family began selling Christmas trees. In 1955, Sinnissippi became the first tree farm in the state. For own