SHPD to host
Citizens Academy
Sweet Home Police Department is seeking participants for a one-day Citizen’s Academy.
Once 10 to 12 have signed up, the department will work with the participants to set a date for the six-hour program.
During the Citizen’s Academy, participants learn about a wide variety of topics related to law enforcement. They also have the opportunity to use MILO, a life-size video simulation of law enforcement situations.
Applicants must go through a light background check prior to acceptance into the program.
For more information or to sign up, call the Sweet Home Police Department at (541) 367-5181.
Rock, Mineral Show Saturday
The 71st annual Sweet Home Gem and Mineral Show is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 30, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 31.
The show features raffles, displays, dealers, door prizes and demonstrations.
A snack bar and handicap parking are available.
Admission is 50 cents. Children 12 and younger are free when accompanied by an adult.
The Gem and Mineral Show will be in the high school activities gym, 1641 Long St
For more information, call (541) 451-1577 or (541) 451-2740, visit the Sweet Home Rock and Mineral Club on Facebook or email [email protected].
Dinner theater murder mystery
Willamette Manor Players will stage “Murder at the Pie Auction,” a benefit dinner theater fundraiser for Willamette Manor Assisted Living residents, from 6 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the Lebanon American Legion Post 51, 480 S. Main St.
The event includes dinner, a show and a “Fabulous Cake Auction.”
Tickets are $25, available at Willamette Manor or Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, 1040 S. Park St.
LBCC to stage award-winning play
Winner of five Tony Awards, “The Drowsy Chaperone” will play March 29-April 14 in the Russell Tripp Performance Center at Linn-Benton Community College.
Performances are March 29 and 30, and April 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on March 31, April 7 and 14.
Tickets are $14 general admission, $11 seniors/students. Buy online in advance at tinyurl.com/get drowsy or in the box office one hour before each show starts.
With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical called “The Drowsy Chaperone.”
Suddenly the cast recording comes to life as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and there are all the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
The original Broadway production of “The Drowsy Chaperone”took home the most awards at the 2006 ceremony, including Best Book and Best Original Score. Hailed by New York Magazine as “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” the show is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre.
The local production is directed by Timothy John Kelley II and Doug Moxley, the team that brought “The Little Mermaid” to the Majestic in 2017. Kelley also most recently directed “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” at Albany Civic Theater.
Audiences will recognize several cast members from recent hits at the Majestic, ACT, the Russell Tripp Performance Center, and elsewhere.
For more information, contact Michael Winder, production coordinator, at (541) 917-4531 or [email protected].
LBCC vehicle safety classes start April 2
Linn-Benton Community College offers a variety of vehicle safety classes starting April 2.
They include tractor safety for youths ages 14 through 18, forklift training, motorcycle safety and AARP driving safety classes for those over 55.
Vehicle safety classes are held in both Sweet Home and Lebanon. Fees vary.
To register or to see a complete list of classes, visit linnbenton.edu/extendedlearning or call (541) 917-4849.
Walk for a Child event April 6
As part of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Sweet Home Police Department will host its third annual Walk a Mile for a Child event at 10 a.m. April 6.
The department will have blue mylar pinwheels available for donations of $1.50 or 10 for $13 through April 1. Those can be planted in the Police Department’s pinwheel garden or planted at home or a business.
Participants will walk through town and back to the Police Department, 1950 Main St., right after planting pinwheels. Goodie bags will be given to the first 30 children to register for the walks. Hot dogs and chips will be available immediately following the walk.
Registration is free on site.
For more information, contact Gina Riley at (541) 367-5181.
SHARC talent show April 6
SHARC Showdown V is scheduled for 7 p.m. April 6.
The annual talent contest raises funds for Sweet Home Oregon Coalition for Artistic and Scholastic Enrichment projects in the community and in schools. The event has helped pay for new sound and lighting equipment in the Sweet Home High School auditorium. It has replaced the curtain, and volunteers with the Sweet Home Auditorium Remodel Committee repaired the stage, painted and completed other work inside the auditorium.
The deadline to register as a contestant is April 2.
The contest is open to youths and adults in two separate divisions. Cash prizes are available for adults. Gift cards will be given to the winners of the children’s division.
Prizes will be given for the People’s Choice Award, which is achieved by stuffing the ballot box with the most votes – one quarter for one vote. The Showdown will also have raffles and drawings.
Violinist and singer Moriah Winn, last year’s champion in the children’s division, will be a judge and will provide a special performance.
The contest is open to all kinds of talents.
Singing should be accompanied by a music file on a flash drive. It may not include an original vocal track, and no karaoke screen will be available.
Registration forms are available at local schools, the Chamber of Commerce and The New Era. It also is available on the SHARC Showdown Facebook page.
For more information or to get involved, call Shirley Austin at (541) 409-8957.
LBCC to host gala event in Albany
LBCC will hold its first-ever Gala event on Saturday, April 6, in the historic Flinn Block Building in Downtown Albany.
Tickets are on sale, are going fast and tables are limited. The theme will be “One Night in Old Hollywood.”
The event begins with a cocktail reception, followed by fine dining, inspiring remarks from students and an auction, concluding with live music and dancing.
The theme celebrates the glamorous actors, costumes, sets, music and movies of Hollywood’s golden age in the 1930s — and guests are invited to join us on the “red carpet” with their own vintage style.
Proceeds raised from this event will help hundreds of deserving students get a chance a higher education.
Full details can be found at http://www.linnbenton.edu/gala.
For more information, contact Andrew at (541) 917- 4255 or [email protected].
Meals on Wheels weekly menu
Meals on Wheels offers 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.
First-time diners are invited to come in and have a free lunch to give it a try.
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, March 29, is homestyle turkey patty and gravy or breaded fish with tartar sauce and whipped potatoes, green beans, French bread and coconut treasure cake.
The menu on Monday, April 1, is chicken and penne pasta or teriyaki pork with brown rice and carrots, pickled beets, a whole wheat roll and pineapple.
The menu on Tuesday, April 2, is beef Spanish rice bake or king ranch chicken bake with green beans, spinach-Romaine salad, a multigrain roll and seasonal fresh fruit.
Volunteers are needed for both kitchen help and meal delivery.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.