Local
church offers
women’s
PTSD class
A
women’s PTSD Class is being offered from 6 to 7 p.m. on Fridays at
Sweet Home Christian Church, 1825 Long St., in the education
building.
The
class is open to the community and free of charge. The purpose for us
coming together is to strengthen each other as we move forward.
PTSD does not need to be battled alone. The purpose of the
class is to offer PTSD victims a safe place to heal.
For
more information contact Stacey at (541) 367-0772.
Hawthorne
to hold
auction
Thursday
Hawthorne
Elementary School will host an auction, raffle and carnival at 5 p.m.
on Thursday, June 2, at the school.
Shopping
event
to
continue June 4
The
Sweet Home Outtasight Party (SHOP) Committee will hold the event on
four more weekends this summer, monthly.
The
outdoor market and shopping event will be held Saturdays on June
4, July 9, Aug. 6, and Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Locations
will include all downtown businesses that want to participate, as
well as the parking lot in the 1000 block of Long Street, behind
Trash to Treasure and Hippie Hollow. Each event will include vendors,
a live band, hula hoop demonstrations, and a full concession stand.
There will also be games for children and prizes.
Adults
and children are encouraged to dress in hippie garb. Prizes will
be awarded for best costumes.
Vendors
can sign up at Trash to Treasure, 1023 Main St., Sweet Home. Cost to
participate as a vendor is $10.
Garden
Club show
accepting
entries
Lebanon
Garden Club will present its Strawberry Frontier Flower, Quilt and
Art Display from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, and Saturday,
June 4, at the IOOF Hall, 20 E. Ash St. in Lebanon.
This
is a non-judged event. The public is invited to bring flowers,
horticulture and floral designs, along with quilts and art, for
display to the IOOF Hall from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 2, and from
9 to 10 a.m. Friday, June 3. All plant and flower entries need to be
in your own containers or vases.
For
more information on the Flower Show, contact Elsie Kuenzli at (541)
207-8481 or Linda Boyd at (541) 259-3058; for quilt information,
contact Carol McGlauflin at (541) 259-1500; and for art information,
call the Linn County Arts Guild at (541) 990-4472.
Walkers
welcome in Lebanon parade
Build
Lebanon Trails members of the community who enjoy walking to join in
the 107th Annual Strawberry Festival Grand Parade Saturday, June 4.
Meet
at the staging area at the Wal-Mart parking lot by 10:30 a.m. on the
day of the parade, which begins at 11 a.m. Those who have BLT gear
(sweatshirts, caps, BLT and event T-shirts, etc.) are asked to wear
it to help show support but that is not required. The walk with be
about three miles round trip on pavement.
Well-mannered,
leashed dogs are welcome, but be prepared to pick up after your
animal(s).
Genealogist
to talk on ‘Find a Grave’
Historian
Karen Wallace Steely will speak on “Find a Grave” to the Linn
Genealogical Society at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Albany
Public Library Meeting Room, 2450 14th Ave. SE.
Are
you getting everything you can from Find A Grave? Steely will talk
about how there is more information available than just burial
records. Find A Grave includes biographical information, obituaries,
family relationships, and photographs. She will also discuss
contributing to Find A Grave and will demonstrate the additional
tools available to contributors and review the guidelines for
managing and transferring memorials, and the integration between
ancestry.com and Find A Grave.
Steely
has 30 years of experience in researching, writing and speaking as a
technology project manager, a historian and a genealogist. She has
a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of Missouri
in Kansas City and extensive involvement with local, national and
international societies .
The
public is welcome to attend.
Camp
Attitude BBQbenefit June 12
The
second annual Bo-Mack’s BBQ Benefit for Camp Attitude will be held
from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at Monteith River Park, 489 Water
Ave. NW, Albany.
The
event will include the Bo-Mack Family Singers, Praise in 3D, Prairie
Dog Backfire and Trevor Tagle, among others.
In
addition to a full afternoon of uplifting music, there will be a
silent auction, a raffle, pie and rib eating contests, face painting
and of course, lots of good food.
A
free-will offering and all other proceeds will be donated to Camp
Attitude, near Cascadia, which serves about 250 special needs
families each summer.
Groups
come for eight one-week periods, where special needs children and
their families can engage in numerous indoor and outdoor activities
along the shores of the South Santiam River.
For
more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/bomacksbbq/.
Ranger
district
hike
to waterfalls
Sweet
Home Ranger District is offering a Wildflowers and Waterfalls hike
Wednesday, June 15, starting at 9 a.m. at the district headquarters,
4431 Highway 20.
The
activity includes an easy morning hike (three-mile round trip) to
Horse Rock Ridge, with a diverse array of wildflowers and great
views. In the afternoon, explore the waterfalls at McDowell Creek
Park for another easy three-mile stroll.
Cost
is $10 per person or $5 with a Senior or Access Pass. Register atwww.recreation.govor call 1-877-444-6777 and press #1 for tours. Tours often fill up
quickly, so early registration is recommended.
For
more information, times and fees, stop by district headquarters at
4331 Hwy 20 or call (541) 367-5168.
Share
Fair for local residents June 29
Want
to weigh in on your future? Looking for a way to get involved?
Sweet
Home and east Linn County residents are invited to a Share Fair from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on June 29 at the Community Center for updates on a
number of community initiatives impacting current and future quality
of life.
Presenters
will include Oregon Department of Transportation on the Sheep Creek
bridge project and Pioneer Mountain; the Sweet Home Mill
redevelopment project; Linn County Shuttle’s Sweet Home to Clear
Lake Recreation Shuttle; South Santiam Watershed Council; South
Santiam All Lands Collaborative; Sweet Home Economic Development
Group on the Knife River property planning process; Visit Linn
Coalition; the U.S. Forest Service on the Cascadia Day Use area and
Trout Creek planning area; and Ford leadership training alumni on
economic development.
Other
potential presenters include Linn County Road Department on the
Quartzville and possible North River projects; Sweet Home Active
Revitalization Effort; Samaritan Health; Linn County Parks; Federal
Livability Initiative; Sweet Home Trails Alliance; and other
organizations with ongoing efforts benefitting from community input.
The
event is hosted by the South Santiam All Lands Collaborative. For
more information, call Sharon Kanareff at (541) 401-4811.