AARP seeks tax prep volunteers
The AARP Tax-Aide program is recruiting volunteers.
Training for volunteers starts in January. They offer this free tax preparation service in Linn and Benton counties, but their greatest need is for volunteers in Lebanon and Sweet Home.
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide provides tax preparation help for anyone who cannot afford paid tax services, however those age 60 and over are their primary target audience. The Tax-Aide program is the nation’s largest free volunteer tax program, offered in conjunction with the IRS. There is no fee and no sales pitch for services, and AARP membership is not required.
Volunteer counselors are needed to work with taxpayers directly by filling out tax returns, using software approved by AARP and the IRS.
If you are interested in volunteering, call (541) 971-5152 or email [email protected].
Ski club seeks chili
cooks for contest
Sweet Home High School Ski and Ride Club will present a Warren Miller ski movie and Chili Cook-off fund-raiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, in SHHS commons area.
Entrants can win a season pass to Hoodoo. Cost is $10 to enter the cook-off. The judges’ choice winner will win a season pass to Hoodoo and popular vote will win two lift tickets to Hoodoo.
For an entry form, email [email protected]. Entry forms are due no later than Friday, Dec. 1.
Admission to the movie and one raffle ticket for door prizes is $5. Chili tasting, cornbread and a drink can be purchased for an additional $5.
Contact Lindsay Haggas or Pat Davis at SHHS (541) 367-7145 to purchase raffle tickets in advance. Winners do not need to be present.
Library supporters book sale Dec. 1-9
The Friends of the Brownsville Community Library are holding their annual book sale from Friday, Dec. 1 through Saturday, Dec. 9.
The event is open during normal library hours – Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m.
For more information, contact Sherri Lemhousel at (541) 466-5454.
OSU band to play live performance
The Oregon State Marching Band will perform a live show in Gill Coliseum is at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3.
Tickets are $10 for general admission, free with OSU or other student ID at the door. Come see the oldest band in the Pac12 conference, get your tickets for Live from Gill.
Free art class to focus on gnomes
Gallery Calapooia will host free art classes led by local artists on Saturdays during the holiday season at 222 First Ave. in Albany.
The Dec. 2 class will focus on making gnomes of felt; Dec. 9 on portraits made of layered sheet vinyl; and Dec. 16 a pottery demonstration.
For more information, call (541) 971-5701 or visit http://www.gallerycalapooia.com.
The gallery is a non-profit organization and donations are tax-deductible.
Free genealogy
classes offered
Sweet Home Genealogy Society is offering free classes roughly every other week through mid-February.
The Introduction to Genealogy classes are video-based and are held twice on scheduled Mondays, at noon and at 6 p.m. at the Genealogy Library, 1223 Kalmia St. The instructor on the videos is genealogist Dr. John Philip Colletta.
Topics on Dec. 4 will be “Your Ancestors in Naturalization Records” and “The Genealogical Proof Standard.”
Upcoming class topics include use of county courthouse and state records to locate information on ancestors; writing your biography; searching your ancestor’s back yard; and much more.
For more information, contact Teresa at (541) 401-1361
Roger Nyquist to
speak on Friday
County Commission Chair Roger Nyquist will speak on the “State of the County” at Lebanon Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Forum Lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, at Samaritan Lebanon Community Career Training Center, 525 N. Santiam Highway.
Cost is $15 and RSVPs are required. The menu will be roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, steamed vegetables, potato roll and butter, with assorted pies for dessert.
To RSVP, contact Shelly at (541) 258-7164 by Nov. 28.
‘Pippin’ on stage
at Albany theater
Albany Civic Theater will stage the musical “Pippin” Dec. 1-23 at 111 First Ave. SW in Downtown Albany.
As told by a traveling troupe of actors, “Pippin” is the story of a young prince, heir to the throne, who is searching for his own “corner of the sky.” Pippin returns from university certain that he will find a fulfilling purpose in life. After experiencing bloody battle, licentious and lusty sexual entanglements, and savvy political maneuvers, he discovers that true happiness is more complicated than he thought.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and juniors.
For more information, visit albanycivic.org.
Free cello concert at SH Library
Cellist Gideon Freudmann will perform a free concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at Sweet Home Library. 1101 13th Ave.
Freudmann uses an electric cello to play improvisional classical, blues, jazz, electronic, funk and fok music. He loops and layers his sounds with pedals and amplifiers to create orchestra effects.
For more on the event, call (541) 367-5007.
Health Career
Ladder Dec. 9
Local teens are invited to participate in the Lebanon Health Career Ladder from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at COMP-NW, 200 Mullins Drive.
The event is one of a series of free Saturday Academies in which COMP-Northwest clinicians, scientists, medical students, and our community partners engage the whole family in science activities to educate and build skills and confidence for students from Lebanon and surrounding communities in grades 6-10. The goal is to provide opportunities for students to create, explore, and develop college and career goals and objectives. Others will be held Feb. 3, March 10 and April 21.
All sessions are held at COMP-Northwest in Lebanon. Lunch is provided for all attending. Adult accompaniment of students is required as participation from parents, guardians or designated adults is a vital part of the experience.
For more information, call (541) 259-0299.
Local symphony to
perform Dec. 9-10
Willamette Valley Symphony will perform works by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart and Schubert Dec. 9 and 10.
Concerts are at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at Albany First United Methodist Church, 1115 28th Ave. SW, and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m. at Ashbrook Independent School, 4045 Research Way in Corvallis.
Violinist Alice Blankenship will perform in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5. Also on the program are Bach’s Symphony No. 1 and Schubert’s Symphony No. 5.
Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors 65 and over and students, and free at the door for children 12 and under. Discounts are available for season packages (four concerts).
For more information on the orchestra and where or how to purchase tickets, visit http://www.willamettevalleysymphony.org.
Learn care for
memory patients
Oregon Care Partners will host a free instructor-led class, “Positive Approach to Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care,” designed to help anyone who cares for an aging patient affected by Alzheimer’s or dementia, from 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Oregon Veterans’ Home, 600 N. 5th St. in Lebanon.
The three-hour class is designed to help anyone who cares for an aging Oregonian learn more about how to support individuals with dementia and Alzheimer’s, and respond to behavioral challenges.
For more information or to sign up, visit http://www.OregonCarePartners.com. ‘‘
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, Dec. 1, is scalloped potatoes and turkey ham or beef Spanish rice, cut green beans, tossed salad, rye roll and chocolate oatmeal bar.
The menu on Monday, Dec. 4, is beef cabbage bake, or macaroni and cheese, broccoli, spinach Romaine salad, onion roll and Mandarin oranges.
The menu on Tuesday, Dec. 5, is beef stroganoff or chicken in peanut sauce, both over brown rice, mixed vegetables, Romaine iceberg salad and red gelatin with whipped topping.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.