LBCC offers help
for local businesses
To better support local businesses during the COVID-19 health crisis, Linn-Benton Community College’s Small Business Development Center has created a new platform for virtual business forums, called Let’s Keep Connected.
The site offers three virtual town hall forums per week, at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and at 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday.
Content will vary and include information on funding programs, other resources and updates, and Q&A sessions with SBDC Advisors and other local agencies and organizations.
Check it out at letskeepconnected.org and sign up for one of the upcoming town hall forums. All events are free, but registration is required. More information is available at http://www.linnbenton.edu/extended-learning/small-business-development-center/index.php .
Emergency fund
for LBCC students
The Linn-Benton Community College Foundation has created a new “Roadrunner Student Emergency Fund.”
The fund will be used to help students secure housing, afford basic needs, find access to resources for online learning, and more. Your gift to this fund, in this time of need, can make the difference between a student joining our healthcare workforce or dropping out.
Area residents who are in a position to offer financial support, regardless of the level, are encouraged to consider doing so.
Fish Lake group
seeking history
The Friends of Fish Lake, a group working to restore the vintage buildings that once served as a remount station for the National Forest Service, are producing a book on the Fish Lake site that will document and share its history with a larger public.
Local residents who have stories, photographs, old maps or journals that refer to Fish Lake are invited to consider sharing them for the project.
Many have already contributed stories about their time working for NFS at the site, leading pack trips originating from the site, working on fire, tree planting and other natural resource crews, conducting research and restoring the buildings.
Email materials or any questions to [email protected]. They will be added to the Fish Lake archives for possible use in the book.
Online mason bee seminar April 8
Oregon State University Master Gardeners will hold an online live question-and-answer presentation on mason bees from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 8.
New to mason bees and need some tips? Join retired entomologist Rich Little and Ranee Webb, both Master Gardener volunteers and authors of the popular BeeNotes newsletter, who will answer questions live. Participants do not need a computer camera or microphone. The session will be recorded.
Register at oregonstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_krdve3FAQXK3QUPtqNa_PQ.
SHAF scholarship
deadline May 8
Sweet Home Alumni Foundation is extending the deadline for scholarship applications from Sweet Home High School seniors by five weeks, to Friday, May 8.
Foundation directors voted unanimously to make the change.
SHAF Board President Greg Ego vowed to take necessary steps to ensure SHAF’s purpose is not frustrated by events unfolding as a result of COVID19.
In keeping with the medical community’s recommendation of social distancing, graduating seniors can apply online at: sweethome.k12.or.us/media/2020/01/SHAF_Scholarship_ApplicationFillable-1.30.pdf.
When completed, applications should be mailed to be received on or before May 8 to: Sweet Home Aluni Foundation, P.O. Box 83, Sweet Home, OR 97386.
PEO plant sale to fund scholarships
PEO Chapter FA is selling plants through April 13.
Proceeds go to scholarships for local women, both current graduates and those returning to school.
Flowers, herbs, vegetables and some potted plants are available.
Orders and payment are due by April 13. Plants will be available for pickup or delivery on May 7.
For an order form or for more information, contact Mary Betts at (541) 367-2748 or Pam Heberle at (541) 367-1937.
Foundation grants
deadline April 15
The Sweet Home Community Foundation is accepting grant applications through April 15.
The goal of the Foundation is to provide funding and support to a wide variety of Sweet Home community projects. Special consideration is placed on projects that provide lasting benefits to our community.
Starting this year there are two grant programs:
SHCF Community Grants are given in the following broad categories: Children and Families; Education; Community Livability and Arts and Culture. Grants up to $2,500 are awarded.
The Alice Blazer Grant is will total as much as $10,000 and will require a more comprehensive application process. This grant is specifically for projects able to demonstrate tangible long term community benefits; a positive wide-reaching impact and having the necessary additional financial or in-kind support to achieve success.
The initial application for both grant programs can be submitted online at giveshcf.org/grant2020 from through April 15.
Grant applicants must be a 501(c) 3 or other qualified tax-exempt organization or the proposed project may be implemented in partnership or affiliation with such an organization.
Support for the foundation is provided through the generosity of local individuals and businesses.
Grant award recipients will be announced in May.
Search and Rescue
has openings
The Linn County Sheriff Sheriff’s Office is recruiting young men and women, ages 14 to 18, to join the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team and participate in a 10-day summer training program.
This will be the 27th Search and Rescue Training Academy in Linn County and will be held June 19 through June 29.
Those who are interested in becoming an integral part of the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue mission should have an interest in community service and a desire to be a part of a highly trained and professional life saving organization.
There is an application process that includes oral interviews, a background check and physical aptitude test. Applicants must attend one recruit meeting at the Sheriff’s Office at 7 p.m. on April 13 or May 1 to attend the academy.
Successful applicants will be eligible to attend. The training will include classes in wilderness survival, shelter building, search tactics, first aid/CPR, map and compass reading, rappelling and many more topics.
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. Online applications are available on the website and at the Sheriff’s Office in Albany.
Meals on Wheels
weekly menu
Meals on Wheels offers lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to seniors over 60 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Senior Center serves a separate lunch on Wednesdays.
All meals are currently being offered either as take-out or by delivery.
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 10, is macaroni and cheese.
The menu on Monday, April 13, is sloppy joe.
The menu on Tuesday, herbed chicken patty with poultry gravy.
Volunteers are needed fo meal delivery. Meals are delivered between 11 a.m. and noon on the days listed above, except for holidays.
Drivers can deliver one, two or three days a week. Drivers receive a free lunch to take home.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.