Youths needed for
Peer Court service
Sweet Home Youth Peer Court needs junior high and high school students to hear cases involving their peers.
The Peer Court is a program whereby youths who have committed first time misdemeanors or violations and are sanctioned through a court system of their peers. The presenters, clerks, bailiffs, and jurors are volunteers from 12 through 17 years of age, or in their senior year of high school. The offenders have admitted guilt and are standing trial to be sentenced by their peers.
The success of Youth Peer Court depends on the combined effort of the Sweet Home Police Department, Sweet Home School District, Linn County Juvenile Department, adult volunteers who work in the legal field, and teenage volunteers interested in learning more about the legal system through hands-on experience. The community benefits from the program’s success, since fewer second-time offenders means a lower juvenile crime rate. Participation in this program may qualify as community service for Sweet Home High School students if it is a good fit for prospective volunteers’ career paths.
Student volunteers are needed for the 2014-15 school year. Peer Court will begin in late September and run consistently throughout the school year. Court hearings will be held every Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the police department.
Parent(s) or guardian(s) must approve and sign student applications before a young person can participate and be trained as a Peer Court volunteer.
Applications are available at the police department or by contacting Peer Court Coordinator Gina Riley at (541) 367-5181.
Dog owners should be alert for salmon
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue distributing salmon carcasses to the South Santiam River and its tributaries (Canyon, Moose, Soda Fork, Crabtree, Thomas creeks), and the Calapooia River on Sept. 17 and 24.
The salmon carcasses will remain in the rivers for several weeks after they are distributed. Dog owners should be extra vigilant and keep their dogs away from the salmon.
Salmon may harbor an organism, nanophyetus salmincola, which can be deadly to dogs that eat the fish. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, and the dog will need veterinary care to survive.
Brownsville Library
closure for flooring
Brownsville Public Library will be closed Thursday, Sept. 18 through Monday, Sept. 29, for installation of new flooring. It will reopen Sept. 30 with normal library hours.
The Friends of the Brownsville Library will hold a Grand Re-Opening Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 3, from 10:30 a.m. until the cookies are gone. Storytime for youngsters will be at 11 a.m.
For more information, call (541) 466-5454.
VFW beard contest
this Saturday night
Double D Karaoke will host a beard, moustache and goatee contest at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Sweet Home Veterans Club, 580 Main St.
Entry costs $4. Three winners, one in each category, split the entry fee totals.
The band Manic Mechanic will perform.
Singing Christmas
Tree practices start
The first rehearsal for the Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Sweet Home High School choir room.
The Singing Christmas Tree is a community choir that has been giving performances for over 30 years. Singers of all abilities comprise the choir which is open to all those over 12 years old, interested in participating with the group. Paul Rowton, retired Sweet Home music teacher, directs the choir, with Bill Langdon accompanying on the piano. Business of the choir is conducted by an eight-member board of directors under the chairmanship of Sue Olson.
Rehearsals run from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the choir room.
For more information on the choir and performances, contact Olson at (541) 367-4639 or at [email protected]. The Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree also has a Facebook page open to all.
Hope Center sale
this weekend
The Hope Center will hold a garage sale at the corner of 12th Avenue and Kalmia Street Sept. 18-20.
Donations may be brought to the center, which provides shelter to homeless women and children, during office hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The center also needs two laptop computers, office supplies such as paper, stamps and envelopes, two ceiling fans, and ongoing cleaning and maintenance supplies such as soap, 13-gallon garbage bags, toilet paper, light bulbs, etc.
For more information, contact the center at (541) 367-4673.
Free class offered by SH genealogists
Sweet Home Genealogy Society will hold a class on using and installing the free computer program Irfranview at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at 1223 Kalmia St.
Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch and stay for the afternoon, which will include a business meeting.
Following that meeting will be a free presentation and hands-on workshop on setting up a documentation notebooks, led by members of the Lebanon Family History Center.
Participants should bring a black pen and scissors, a three-ring binder with 3-inch rings, a pedigree chart with three to five generations, and 20 to 25 sheet protectors. Some protectors will be available on site.
For more information, call (541) 367-5034.
SH Elks Hee Haw dinner Saturday
Sweet Home Elks Lodge will host a Hee Haw Dinner Show at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20.
Enjoy a night of corny jokes, country music and Hee Haw fun, plus a dinner of mouthwatering pulled pork, chuck wagon beans, cowboy coleslaw and Hee Haw brownies.
Cost is $12 per person, or $6 for children 10 and under. All proceeds will go towards replacing the divider curtain at the lodge.
Tickets are available at the Elks or The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce.
Smart Cycling classes offered
Corvallis Parks and Recreation is offering a “Smart Cycling” series of four classes Sept. 22-25 to build cycling skill, knowledge and confidence.
Each class will offer practical experience using a bicycle in small groups and traffic situations designed to offer appropriate challenges as students progress in ability and confidence.
The classes are designed for adults and youth, ages 11 and up.
All classes are from 6–9 pm. Bring a bike to class.
The first class, “Basic Bike Handling,” on Monday, Sept. 22, will include practice on a playground and on some residential streets.
“Commuting by Bike,” on Tuesday, Sept. 23, will include a session after dark to compare different lighting equipment.
“Bike Maintenance” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, will be taught according to the individual needs of each student,–from repairing a flat tire to adjusting brakes or truing a wheel.
The last class, “Riding in Traffic,” on Thursday, Sept. 25, will provide an opportunity to ride on multi-lane arterials and navigate safely through traffic lights.
The series will be taught by a cycling instructor with the Smart Cycling program of the League of American Bicyclists.
For more information, including locations, contact Jay Thatcher, the instructor, at [email protected] or (541) 758-9333. Students can register at http://www.corvallisoregon.gov/pr. The Corvallis Parks & Recreation Department’s phone number is is (541) 766-6918.
Cost for non-Corvallis residents is $44 per class or $157 for the series.
Choir to hold
spaghetti feed
A pre-game spaghetti feed will be served in the Evangelical Church Gymnasium, 1347 Long St., from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26.
Donations will be accepted, with the suggested amount $5. Pro ceeds will benefit the Sweet Home High School choir program.
Walk for the Cause Sept. 27 in SH
Sweet Home will hold its annual satellite Walk for the Cause, in support of breast cancer treatment and detection, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, beginning at City Hall, 1140 12th Ave.
This will be a pet- and family-friendly event. Local organizations, businesses and groups are encouraged to form teams and participate.
The route will start at City Hall and cover less than two miles on flat sidewalks along Main and Long streets. Four-legged participants are welcome. Those who don’t feel challenged by the length are welcome to repeate the circuit.
Registration is $10 for ages 12 and up. Registered participants will be entered in a drawing for two three-day admission passes to the 2015 Oregon Jamboree. Additional awards will be presented for “Most Team Members,” “Pinkest Team or Walker” and “Pinkest Pooch.” Random door prize winners will be posted at several stations along the route, with prizes to be picked up at the end of the walk.
Pre-registration is appreciated, but same-day registration will be held from 10 to 10:25 a.m. on the day of the event.
For more information or to register, contact Wendy at (541) 367-8969 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Those who cannot participate in the walk are welcome to support the cause as “Pajama Walkers” from home or the sidelines for $10 or donate the amount of their choice.
Gospel concert Sept. 27 in SH
A gospel concert will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Sweet Home Church of the Nazarene, 415 Holley Road (Highway 228).
Guest artists will be the Griffins.
For more information, call (541) 367-3124.
Symphony concert
Sept. 27 and 28
The Willamette Valley Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert during its first concerts of the 2014-15 season, on Sept. 27 in Albany and Sept. 28 in Corvallis.
Soloist Jaclyn Larue will perform Franz Josef Haydn’s Oboe Concerto in C Major, “an exemplary example of the classical wind concerto” which “explores the full range of technical virtuosity and songful melodic capabilities of the oboe.”
The program opens with Mozart’s “Serenade No. 6 in D Major ‘Serenata Notturna,’ and closes with Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 “Tragic.”
“Serenata Notturna” features a solo quartet of string principals from the orchestra who include cellist Keith Scofield of Sweet Home.
Performances are Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 1115 28th Ave. SW, Albany; and Sunday, Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. at Ashbrook Independent School, 4045 Research Way, Corvallis.
Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for seniors over 65 and students 12 and up, including college students. Children under 12 are free.
For more information, visit http://www.willamettevalleysymphony.org.
VFW Tool Crew
Auction fund-raiser
The Sweet Home VFW will hold its Annual Tool Crew Auction (formerly known as the S.L.A.V.E. Auction), Saturday, Sept. 27.
Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m., with the auction at 6:30 p.m. Every year members of the VWF and Auxiliary offer services to a high bidder. Services include washing cars, walking dogs and cats, mowing grass, painting a house, washing windows, tending bar, sewing, cooking, shopping and much more. At this time they are soliciting members of the community to donate a service. On Sept. 27 they will auction off the services.
Professional auctioneer Paul Thompson, from the Woodburn Auction, will serve as auctioneer for the evening.
To donate a service, contact Nancy Patton at (541) 409-4276 or Cathy Lindsay at (541) 401-9154 or stop at the VFW for an 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 lunch menu on Friday, Sept. 19, is chicken Spanish rice or shepherd’s pie, lima beans, spinach Romaine salad, potato wheat roll and lime whip.
The menu for Monday, Sept. 22, is chicken pomodoro or braised beef tips with rice, broccoli and carrots, marinated zucchini salad, cracked wheat roll and butterscotch bar.
The menu for Tuesday, Sept. 21, is chicken patty with supreme sauce or German meatballs, whipped potatoes with sauce, mixed vegetables, oat bran bread and ice cream cup.
For more information, call (541) 367-8843.