Learn about family
law at B’ville library
Brownsville Community Library will host a free presentation, open to the public, on Family Law at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at 146 Spaulding Ave.
Jennifer Hisey of Legal Aid of Oregon-Albany will discuss how at one point or another we all do something that falls under family law – getting married, having our name changed or filing for custody and/or parenting time. Do you need advice on how to get a restraining order or information on avoiding domestic violence, foster care, paternity, mediation or a name change? Family Law can also include adoption and foster care, termination of parental rights, what are the financial and legal responsibilities of parents, mediation and paternity becoming a guardian or conservator and maintaining it.
Questions will be permitted in generic phrasing to avoid damage to the lawyer/client relationship. For more information, contact the Brownsville Community Library at (541) 466-5454.
Stand Down for
veterans at LBCC
A Mid-Valley Stand Down for Veterans will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Calapooia Center at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany.
Multiple organizations will be present to provide information on available services, including disability and Social Security benefits, unemployment services for veterans, housing and utility assistance, alcohol and drug treatment, Section 8 VASH, SSVF Housing, Oxford Houses and more. Dental and health care services will be available on the spot.
Veterans taking the Linn Shuttle bus from Sweet Home or Lebanon can ride for free by informing the driver that they are attending the Stand Down.
This year organizers are working to raise the quality of items being offered to the veterans. Donations of all sorts are welcome.
For more information, or to sign up to be a vendor, contact Connie Johnson at (541) 704-7648.
Deadline for grant
requests Sept. 21
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital is accepting applications for Social Accountability grants for 2019, available to non-profit organizations in Linn County.
Applicants are invited to submit a full proposal no later than 4 p.m. on Sept. 21. A complete proposal must address one of the goals and priorities of the community such as homelessness, family health, mental health, health education, and employment. It must also include a project description, identify how the project will address health equity, identify the target population, and have measurable outputs.
For more information, contact JoAnn Miller or Rochelle Hazelton at (541) 768-7330.
Family cooking classes at SHHS
Free family cooking classes will be offered from from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on three Tuesdays – Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9 – in the Sweet Home High School Family and Consumer Science Classroom, 1641 Long St.
Adults and children will work together to create healthy meals to take home and eat each week.
The classes will be hosted by the Culinary Health Education and Fitness Program based at Oregon State University. It is funded by an $885,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a partnership called Coast to the Cascades Community Wellness Network, which includes Western University of Health Sciences, the Healthy Youth Program, Oregon State University Linus Pauling Institute and Samaritan Health Services.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (541) 768-5717.
Free stop-smoking
class in Lebanon
Are you ready to quit smoking or using tobacco?
Samaritan Health Services is offering a free, seven-week tobacco cessation class designed by the American Lung Association called Freedom From Smoking.
The next series begins on Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Samaritan Lebanon Health Center, 675 N. 5th St., Lebanon.
Freedom From Smoking uses proven activities and tools to help you learn how to quit your craving so you can enjoy the benefits of better health, better relationships and money. In the seven-week series, participants will learn:
n How to know if you’re really ready to quit;
n Medications that can increase your success;
n Lifestyle changes to make quitting easier;
n How to prepare for your quit day;
n Coping strategies for managing stress and avoiding weight gain;
n Developing a new self-image; and
n How to stay tobacco-free for good.
For more information or to register, call 1-866-243-7747.
Members invited to chamber meeting
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce will hold a General Membership Meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at the chamber office, 1575 Main St.
The program includes information about the chamber’s business strategies, food and fun.
RSVP’s are requested by calling (541) 367-6186 or by email at [email protected].
‘Larceny and Old
Lace’ auditions
Lebanon Association for Theatre Arts will hold auditions for the play “Larceny and Old Lace” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Lebanon High School Auditorium.
The cast calls for some 16 adults. Auditions will be open to actors ages high school and up.
The play is a spoof of the community theater classic “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
Harold Peabody’s sweet aunts, Millie and Gertie, are gambling in Las Vegas while Harold stays at their home to watch over his eccentric Uncle Charlie, who thinks he is a pirate and is constantly “burying treasure” in the basement.
When Harold hears the local bank has been robbed and then discovers a bag of money in the house, he declares that Charlie has buried his last treasure and decides he must go to a home for senior citizens. But Aunt Millie and Aunt Gertie can’t imagine doing such a thing. After all, Charlie had nothing to do with the bag of money. How do they know? They stole it from a casino.
They casually admit it was their 13th holdup of a gambling establishment, pleasantly reminiscing about their previous exploits. When Harold’s jailbird cousin Mordred shows up with his own bundle of money and the FBI hot on his heels, the pandemonium multiplies as Harold attempts to keep his aunts out of jail, Mordred from killing them all, his fiancée from walking out on him and himself from going insane.
Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Nov. 15, 16 and 17, and a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 17.
‘Once Upon a
Mattress’ in Albany
Albany Civic Theater will present “Once Upon a Mattress,” a musical adaption of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “Princess and the Pea,” Sept. 28 through October at 111 W. First St. in Albany.
For show times and ticket information, visit http://www.albanycivic.org.
Christmas Tree events open
to applicants
Plans are under way for a nighttime parade and celebration event in Sweet Home on Friday, Nov. 9, featuring the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.
Applications to participate in the Lighted Parade and Street Fair can be picked up from Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce, 1575 Main St .; The New Era, 131 Main St .; or by visiting http://www.sweethomeor.gov (click on “community,” then on “City Calender” (under “Events and Activities”), then click on calendar date for Nov. 9 – Capitol Christmas Tree.
For more information on the parade, contact Kelli Kem at (541) 367-8866.
For information on the Street Fair, contact Shirley Austin at [email protected].
Volunteers are also needed for a wide variety of activities. For information on volunteering, contact Joyce Ohnesorge at (541) 409-8905.
Deadline to submit applications is Monday, Oct. 22. Submission instructions are on the application.
Meals on Wheels
weekly menu
Meals on Wheels, also known as Your Table or Ours, 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, Sept. 21, is roasted turkey or Salisbury patty, both with gravy, whipped potatoes with gravy, country trio vegetables, dill wheat bread and banana chocolate chip bar.
The menu on Monday, Sept. 24, is chicken tetrazzini or beef and black bean chili, chuckwagon corn, creamy coleslaw, wheat roll and spiced applesauce.
The menu on Tuesday, Sept. 25, is ground beef and pasta or sweet and sour chicken with brown rice, green peas, marinated spring vegetable salad, 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.