Meals on Wheels weekly menu
Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to seniors over 60 at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Senior Center serves a separate lunch on Wednesdays.
Suggested donation is $3.50. All meals are served with milk, coffee or tea upon request and diabetic desserts are available on request.
The menu on Friday, April 1, is beef and black bean chili or a cheese and chili bake, green beans with red peppers, a tossed salad, a white dinner roll and a zucchini brownie.
The menu on Monday, April 4, is turkey pot pie or a Western pork stew, California mixed vegetables, garden vegetable salad, a biscuit and chocolate pudding.
The menu on Tuesday, April 5, is cowboy campfire stew or chicken tetrazzini, spinach, tossed salad, a wheat roll and peach cobbler.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.
App highlights pioneering women
Learn about outstanding women in Albany history with Oregon’s first “Pioneering Women History Stop” interactive tour, now live on the free Albany Explorer app, available on Google Play and at the App Store.
The tour celebrates Women’s History Month and was created in partnership with the Albany Regional Museum, Albany Visitors Association and HospitalityVision, a local women-owned app development company, with a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust.
Profiles include Mae Yih, Ore-gon’s first Asian woman state representative; Bessie Hale, Albany’s first African-American female business owner; Oral Harkness Buhl, a nationally known Chautauqua performer; Evelyn Nicholas Burleson Whitaker Waldren, a flight instructor and one of the first women in the nation to earn a pilot’s license; Captain Minnie Mae Mossman Hill, one of the country’s first female steamboat captains; and Esther Nebergall Ferguson, the first female Albany Chamber of Commerce president.
Tbe app features interactive tours of the city’s four historic districts, information about Linn County’s covered bridges, and more, including local shopping and dining experiences.
It will be promoted at all Albany hotels, many local businesses and at the Albany Visitors Association’s information kiosk at the Santiam Rest Area north of Albany on Interstate 5.
The signs have QR codes that can be scanned to access a video about that location and the pioneering woman to whom it relates, including a link to a complete interactive tour map available on the Albany Explorer App.
Registration open for Senior Games
Registration has opened for the 2022 Oregon Senior Games, scheduled to be held Aug. 11-14 and 18-21 in Corvallis.
Events are open to athletes of all skill levels who will be at least 50 years old by Dec. 31. Competitions include archery, bowling, cornhole, disc golf, golf, pickleball, power walking, race walking, road racing, 5K, shuffleboard, soccer, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field and volleyball.
Early-bird registration runs through Saturday, June 11. To register, visit OregonSeniorGames.com. For questions or to be added to the contact list, email Senior Coordinator Morgan Baker at [email protected].
Road over Foster Dam closed today
The road over Foster Dam will be closed for penstock trash rack debris removal and fish research equipment installation from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 30.
Whodunnit? Find out in ‘Clue’
The popular whodunnit “Clue,” based on the 1985 Paramount Pictures film and iconic Hasbro board game, runs from April 1-23 at the Albany Civic Theater, 111 W. First Ave.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. April 1-2, 8-9, 15-16 and 21-23, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on April 10 and 17. The show is also available on-demand April 8-10, 15-17 and 21-23.
Admission is $14 general, $11 seniors and children. Purchase tickets online at https://bit.ly/3ifrAbc. On-demand tickets are available at bit.ly/3ifnv6V.
Reserve for Stand By Us fundraiser
Reservations are now available for the annual Stand By Us benefit auction fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam, scheduled for Saturday, May 7, at Cheadle Lake Park, 37941 Weirich Drive, Lebanon.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m., with a silent auction at 5 p.m., followed by a live auction and dinner at 6 p.m., and a Fogline concert at 7:30 p.m.
Limited tables are available. To make reservations, contact (541) 258-7105 or https://bgcgreatersantiam.org.
‘Kids to Camp’ auction scheduled
The Fir Lawn Lutheran Church has announced its ninth annual “Kids to Camp” auction, set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at the church, 109 W. Holly Road, Sweet Home.
Events include a silent auction, oral auction, pie purchase, “Duck Race” and “Traeger Raffle.” Its menu features prime rib from The Point restaurant.
The auction itself is free to attend; however, dinner costs $25 per person and raffle tickets cost $20 apiece.
For more information, call (541) 367-3642.
Training program offered for youth
Linn County Sheriff’s Office is recruiting young men and women, ages 14 to 18, to join and participate in a 10-day summer training program for its Search and Rescue Team.
Applicants must attend one recruit meeting at the Linn County Sheriff’s Office in Albany, at 7 p.m. on April 11 or May 9. Successful applicants will be eligible to attend the 10-day Search and Rescue Training Academy June 17-27. Training will include classes in wilderness survival, shelter building, search tactics, first aid/CPR, map and compass reading, rappelling, and more.
For more information about the program contact Lt. Joe Larsen at the Linn County Sheriff’s Office (541) 812-2272 or visit the Linn County Sheriff’s Office website at http://www.linnsheriff.org.
Fire academy set for girls in county
Girls aged 16 to 19 are invited to attend the Linn County Young Women’s Fire Academy June 23-24 at Lebanon Fire Station 31.
The free two-day event is a hands-on opportunity to learn from female firefighters. Applications are available at Lebanonfire.org. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/LCYWFA.