Cowboy Cadillac
at Farmers Market
Sweet Home’s Farmer’s Market runs from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays in the City Hall Parking lot at the corner of 12th and Kalmia, and will continue weekly at that time through October.
Vendors will sell produce, pasture-raised chicken, lamb, beef and pork, wild-caught fresh salmon and steelhead, locally made preserves and much more.
Oregon Trail customers get an additional $10 each week.
Also, the market includes live music each week, thanks to grants from the Oregon Country Fair and the Linn County Cultural Coalition. The June 21 performers will be Harrisburg-based Cowboy Cadillac, a country/rockabilly group led by Richie Stiles and best known for its fusion of many genres.
Learn more at wwe.reverbnation.com/cowboycadillac.
Hope Center spiffs up for benefit sale
Hope Center, a local shelter for women and children, will hold a benefit sale from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 16-17, at 12th and Kalmia.
Many new items of clothing and household goods will be available. Local church members have worked diligently to organize sale items and build new racks to more effectively display clothing. The community is invited to stop by and see the changes and take advantage of the sale.
‘Seniors’ continues at Albany theater
Albany Civic Theater is staging “Seniors of the Sahara” June 17 and 18, and 23-25, with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 19, all at 111 First Ave. SW in Albany.
The play tells the story of Sylvia Goldberg, a respectable retired New Jersey school teacher, who realizes that the old teapot she purchased at an outdoor market on a trip to Israel is actually a priceless relic containing a geriatric genie, Eugene, with a bad back and a penchant for vodka and V8.
Keeping Eugene a secret from her three best friends, Mabel, Thelma and Fannie, proves to be nearly as difficult as protecting herself from Eugene’s former master, who follows Sylvia home and threatens her at knifepoint.
The show is considered appropriate for viewers of all ages.
Tickets are $12 for general admission and $9 for juniors and seniors. They are available 45 minutes before showtimes at the theater or elsewhere in Albany.
For more information, visit albanycivic.org.
Free lunch for kids begins June 15
Sweet Home School District will offer free lunch to all children ages 18 and under through the summer.
Meals will be served from June 15 through Aug. 19, except for July 4, and July 28-29, due to the Ore-gon Jamboree.
Lunch will be served from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at:
n Sweet Home High School, 1641 Long St.
n Hawthorne Elementary School, 3205 E. Long St.
n Oak Heights Elementary School, 610 Elm St. and
n Little Promises, 28028 Pleasant Valley Road.
Lunch will be served from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. at:
n Ashbrook Park, 28th Avenue and Juniper Street;
n Northside Park, 11th Ave-nue and Redwood Street; and
n Sweet Home Skate Park, 1920 Long St.
The program is made possible through the federal Summer Food Service Program for children, offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For more information, contact Dianna Bondesen at (541) 367-7149.
LBCC free summer
academy openings
There’s still time to register for free Summer Career Academies for high school students at Linn-Benton Community College running June 20-22.
Students age 15 and up get hands-on experience in computer aided design and drafting 3D modeling, machine tool computer numerical control and design, and mechatronics robotics and microcontrollers.
The free academies are run at the LBCC Albany campus, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW.
Register online at http://www.linnbenton.edu/summeracademies or call (541) 917-4636.
County offers free
mental health class
Linn County is offering free Mental Health First Aid classes this summer.
Classes focusing on youth, adult and older adult mental health will be offered.
Adult mental health first aid will be taught from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. Registration deadline is Wednesday, June 15, and the class will be limited to 30 participants.
Youth mental health first aid will be taught from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, at the Lebanon Boys and Girls Club. Registration deadline is July 11 and the class will be limited to 30 participants.
Older adult mental health first aid will be taught from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 15, at the Samaritan Center for Health Education, 740 SW 9th St. in Newport. Registration deadline is July 11.
The course will teach participants to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders.
Those who pass the eight-hour training will be certified as mental health first-aiders.
Lunch will be on your own.
For more information, contact Shannon Percy at (541) 967-3819 or [email protected]. Register on-line at http://www.co.linn.or.us/health/first-aid/mh-first-aid.php.
LBCC to sell off
surplus next week
A huge surplus “Garage Sale” will be held at Linn-Benton Community College June 20-23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Industrial open lot on the north side of campus, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany.
Non-profits and public agencies (schools) can shop for items free of charge for organization use on Monday, June 20 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. only. The sale will be open to the public starting at 1 p.m. Monday, June 20, and runs daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through June 23.
Items offered include furniture, room dividers, bookcases, miscellaneous automotive equipment, tables and more. Watch for signs marking the location on the day of the sale.
For more information, contact the LBCC Facilities office at (541) 917-4720.
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.
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 lunch menu on Friday, June 17, is roast turkey with gravy or BBQ smokehouse chop, Colcannon potatoes, succotash, squash bread and ice cream.
The menu for Monday, June 20, is chicken lo mein or cheese with green chile bake, whole kernel corn, marinated broccoli salad, multigrain roll and hermit bar.
The menu for Tuesday, June 21, is lima beans and ham or spaghetti with meat sauce, country trio vegetables, spinach Romaine salad, cornmeal roll and cookies and cream pudding.
For more information, call (541) 367-8843.