Fall activities for kids at B&G Club
Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam is offering a variety of activities for young people this fall.
They include East County Iron Chef culinary skills class, Running Club, 3-on-3 Basketball Skills Clinic, Bowling League, Hiking Club, Archery Club and Baseball Camp.
Dates and locations vary. Participants will be required to use hand sanitizer, wash hands, maintain social distance, wear face coverings and submit to daily health screenings.
For more information, contact Devin Peckfelder at (541) 405-3755.
OSU Science Pub to talk pandemic
The science, politics and future of pandemics will be the topic of the Oct. 12 Oregon State University Science Pub.
The Science Pub will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 and can be viewed for free. The event will be broadcast on Facebook Live and YouTube Live. Registration is required and can be completed at today.oregonstate.edu/news/science-politics-and-future-pandemics-subject-next-oregon-state-science-pub.
The virtual event, a joint effort of Oregon State University in Corvallis and OSU-Cascades in Bend, will feature a talk by Chunhuei Chi, a professor in OSU’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences and director of the Center for Global Health.
The COVID-19 pandemic caught most nations off guard and countries responded with a range of policies and attitudes, resulting in different outcomes. In Chi’s presentation, “The Pandemic That We Were Not Prepared for: The Science, Politics and the Future of Pandemics and Our Life,” he will analyze how different countries responded and the consequences of those responses.
Chi will provide a brief introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and talk about how it spread from China to the world. He will review effective pandemic control policies that some nations have successfully implemented.
He will also analyze key social-political factors that help explain the variations in national responses. Finally, Chi will talk about how we can control this pandemic effectively, what a post-COVID-19 world may look like and how we can prepare for it or shape it.
Chamber offers seminar on videos
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce is offering a live webinar on how to use video to market a business at noon and at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12.
“Live Video 101” will cover effective marketing on Facebook, how to increase audience engagement, why live video is essential in today’s business world, overcoming the fear of going live, how to achieve maximum results with live video, and what gear to use without breaking the bank.
The webinar is free for chamber members. Cost is $20 for non-members.
K-9 scavenger hunt sign-ups continue
Sweet Home Police Department is hosting an alternative-format K-9 Jamboree this year, a photo scavenger hunt that will feature the department’s canine officer Gemma, through Oct. 17.
Participants may sign up through Oct. 9 at SHPD, City Hall, The New Era, the Chamber of Commerce or Sweet Home Choppers.
Participants will begin at the Sweet Home Police Department and visit stops along multiple routes to complete the scavenger hunt. At each business participating in the scavenger hunt, participants will take photos of themselves, their dog and an image of Gemma. “Gemma” will provide clues at each business stop to the next locations on the hunt, which may also include local landmarks and points of interest.
For details, call (541) 367-5181 or email Sean Morgan at [email protected].
Free seminar on eating whole foods
Samaritan Health Services offers a free health and wellness seminar on “Building Resilience with Whole Foods” from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Participants in the free virtual seminar, led by Dr. Michelle Eckroth of Samaritan Heartspring Wellness Center, can discover how wise choices can boost the immune system and improve physical and mental well-being.
For more information or to register, visit http://www.samhealth.org/patient-visitors/health-resources/seminars-healthy-minds-healthy-bodies.
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, Oct. 9, is garden chicken mini salad or chickpea salad, both over spinach romaine, minestrone soup, whole wheat roll and golden fruit cup.
The menu on Monday, Oct. 12, is ground beef with noodles or chicken divan with rice, herbed carrots, spinach romaine salad, herb roll and ice cream cup.
The menu on Tuesday, Oct. 13, is chicken or egg salad sandwich half on whole wheat bread, lentil soup, carrot slaw and diced pears.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.