Author to speak
at SH Library
Best-selling author Jane Kirkpatrick will speak at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the Sweet Home Public Library.
A resident of central Oregon, Kirkpatrick’s works have appeared in more than 50 publications, including “Decision” and “Daily Guideposts” magazines, and she is the author of over 25 books including historical novels.
Many of her titles are based on the lives of real people or incidents set authentically in the American West.
Her first novel, “A Sweetness to the Soul,” won the Wrangler Award from the Western Heritage Center. Her works have been finalists for the Christy, Spur, Oregon Book Award, WILLA Literary Award and Reader’s Choice awards. Several of her titles have been Book of the Month and Literary Guild selections.
For more information, contact the library at (541) 367-5007.
National Day of
Prayer in SH
Sweet Home will observe the National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 5, with separate prayer gatherings at various spots around town, each focusing on different topics, at various sites around town.
Gatherings will be:
n 7:15 a.m. – outside the Sweet Home School District Office, 1920 Long St. This gathering will focus on family, church and education.
n Noon – a second gathering will be held outside City Hall, 1140 12th Ave., where the focus will be government, business and local nonprofits and ministries.
n 4:30 p.m. – Sweet Home Police Department, 1950 Main St., the focus will be military, the media and first responders.
n 7 p.m. – Cornerstone Fellowship, 1234 Long St. The final event of the day will be a praise, worship and prayer service at the church.
Holley School
auction Thursday
Holley School PTC will hold its annual auction at 5 p.m. Friday, May 6, at the Elks Lodge, 440 Osage St.
Hamburger and hot dog meals will be available for $8 and both silent and live auctions will be held.
Auction items include wine tasting, golf rounds, OSU football tickets, dump truck loads of rock, mulch and wood chips, party packages, music festival tickets and much more.
Duck Race to raise
funds for S.A.F.E.
The Sweet Home S.A.F.E. Committee will hold a Duck Race Saturday, May 7, as a fund-raiser for the 2016 Senior Alcohol Free Entertainment party following graduation.
Participants do not have to be present to win. Actual race time has yet to be determined.
Cost is $5 per duck, with a limit of 800 to be sold. First-place winner will receive $400, if all 800 ducks are sold, or 10 percent of sales.
Second-place winner will receive $250 or 6 percent, and third-place winner will receive $150 or 4 percent of the total sales.
There is no limit on purchases, as long as ducks are available.
To purchase or for more details, contact Amy Wingo at (541) 401-0868.
Genealogist to talk
voting records use
The Linn Genealogical Society will meet at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Albany Public Library Meeting Room, 2450 14th Ave. SE.
Pam Vestal will speak on “Voter Records – Genealogy’s Best-Kept Secret.”
The public is invited.
For more information call (541) 791-1618 or visit http://www.lgsoregon.org.
Mystery dinner to raise mission funds
A mystery dinner and silent auction to raise funds to send a mission team to Haiti will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at Riverside Christian Church, at the corner of 47th Avenue and Green River Road.
In addition to the mystery dinner, there will be music and information on the Haitian Christian Mission.
A donation of $10 per person is requested. RSVPs are requested so adequate food will be available.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Julie at (541) 409-9093 or Cathye at (541) 409-2877.
Fireworks benefit
night at A&W
A Fireworks Fund-raiser will be held from 5 to 8 pm. Monday, May 9, at A&W Restaurant to raise money for the fireworks for Sportsman’s Holiday.
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District personnel will be at the restaurant with a fire truck and firefighters will collect funds with a Boot Drive. A&W will donate some of its profits as well.
B&G Club opening indoor playground
Sweet Home Boys & Girls Club will introduce a new activity, an indoor playground, for children aged 3 to third grade, on May 10, at 890 18th Ave.
The playground will be open from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Kid-friendly indoor playground equipment, including climbing apparatus, games such as beanbag toss, and more will be available.
This will be a parent-led activity, so parents are required to supervise and keep things tidy. Cost is $3 per child. The first week, May 10, 11 and 12, is free.
For more information, contact Sarah at (541) 367-6421.
Women’s dinner
in Lebanon
Lebanon’s After Five Connection will hold its monthly dinner, themed “Glamorous In 17 Seconds,” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Kings Coffee House, 661 S. Main St. in Lebanon.
Cost is $7 and only cash will be accepted. DeAnn Chambers of Newberg will discuss how to become “Glamorous in 17 Seconds” without laser treatments, Botox or facelifts. She will also tell how she overcame depression.
To RSVP, contact Nancy at (541) 259-1396 or at [email protected] or Norma at (541) 259-5672 or [email protected].
OSU theater to stage comedy
Oregon State University Theatre will present Tom Stoppard’s existential comedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” May 12-14 and May 20-22 in the Withycombe Hall Main Stage Theatre, 2901 S.W. Campus Way, Corvallis.
The production continues OSU Theatre’s yearlong celebration of William Shakespeare. Stoppard’s hilariously wise and surreal take on Hamlet re-imagines the classic tragedy from the perspective of two minor characters.
Unsure of why and how they have been brought to the castle of Elsinore, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern attempt to navigate their way through a dangerous high-stakes game of deception, madness, murder, and revenge. Originally premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1966, this absurdist comedy challenges audience perceptions of life, death, reality, and free-will.
Shows are at 7:30 p.m. May 12-14 and May 20-21 and at 2 p.m. May 22. Tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for seniors, $8 for youth/students, and $5 for OSU students.
Tickets are available through the OSU Theatre Box Office by calling (541) 737-2784 or online at http://bit.ly/1wgmTkJ.
Fir Lawn auction
for kids May 14
Fir Lawn Lutheran Church will host a prime rib dinner and its fifth annual Send A Kid To Camp Auction from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at 109 W. Holley Road.
Dinner is $25. The event has sent dozens of local children to Camp Lutherwood over the past five years. Auction donations are still being accepted.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Patty at (541) 367-2919.
‘Our Miss Brooks’
on stage at SHHS
Sweet Home High School drama students will present “Our Miss Brooks,” a classic comedy from the early 1950s, Thursday through Saturday, May 12-14, at the high school auditorium.
“Our Miss Brooks” follows a young English teacher who faces many struggles to put on a play, which also prevents her from going on her dream vacation.
Show times are 7 p.m. each evening. Cost will be $4 for adults, $2 for students and seniors. Admission for families is $10.
Elks plan pig roast, luau fund-raiser
The Sweet Home Elks Lodge is inviting the public to a pig roast and luau at 6 p.m. Saturday, May, 14 at the lodge, 440 Osage St.
Shirley Austin is preparing a luau show, singing and dancing with a South Pacific theme, to go with the dinner.
The event is a prospective member night and a fundraiser for the Elks building maintenance fund.
The cost is $15 for the dinner and the show, $5 for the show only. Tickets are on sale in the Elkhorn Saloon at the Elks Lodge.
For more information, call (541) 367-3559.
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 lunch menu on Friday, May 6, is chicken with supreme sauce or baked ham with raisin sauce, whipped sweet potatoes, green peas and onions, multigrain bread and lemon frosted white cake.
The menu for Monday, May 9, is roast turkey or Salisbury steak, both with gravy, whipped potatoes and gravy, broccoli Normandy, onion bread and peanut butter bar.
The menu for Tuesday, May 10, is meatloaf or shaved turkey sandwich half on wheat bread, chunky tomato rice soup, marinated zucchini salad and fresh orange.
For more information, call (541) 367-8843.