National Day of
Prayer Thursday
Sweet Home’s National Day of Prayer community-wide observance will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at St. Helen’s Catholic Church, 600 6th Ave.
A goodwill offering and donations of canned goods and paper products will be received to benefit Sweet Home Emergency Ministries (SHEM).
For more information, contact Barbara at (541) 367-5811.
Teen Challenge
deadline May 1
Teen Challenge will hold its “Hope Lives Here” Spring Banquet fund-raiser at 5 p.m. on May 10 at the new Samaritan Center in Lebanon.
Social hour begins at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6. Cost is $300 for a table of eight or $40 per seat. To reserve a table or seats, call (541) 491-1002 by May 1.
Relay for Life plans
SH fund-raiser
East Linn County Relay for Life will hold a Curbing Cancer Fund Raiser in Sweet Home from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3.
Drivers can donate to teams accepting donations on street corners.
Organizers have made a number of changes to this year’s Relay format, including a name change from “Lebanon” to “East Linn” Relay for Life in order to recognize and encourage participation from all of the communities in East Line County.
The event, which will take place June 28-29, is also being moved from East Linn Christian Academy to the Lebanon High School Track.
Anyone interested in starting a team can contact Devin (541) 619-1827 or at [email protected].
SAFE to hold can
drive, flower sale
Organizers of the Senior Alcohol-Free Entertainment post-graduation party will hold a final can and bottle drive and a flower sale Saturday, May 3.
Students will collect empty cans and bottles, which can also be dropped off at the high school between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. During the drive, SAFE will sell flower baskets in the high school parking lot.
For more information or to arrange for pickup of cans or bottles, contact Kristen Adams at (541) 367-6962 with your address.
B&G Club Auction
this Saturday
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam will host its annual spring benefit auction on May 3 at the Lebanon Elks Lodge.
The event generates nearly 15 percent of the organization’s annual operating budget and proceeds benefit programs and services in both Sweet Home and Lebanon.
This year’s theme is “Lights, Camera, Auction” and community members are invited to “play a starring role in the life of a child.”
Doors open and silent auction begins at 4:30 p.m. A prime rib buffet dinner will be served at 6:30 and the live auction will begin at 7:30.
Auction items range from a NASCAR weekend package to a weekend golf getaway at Pronghorn Resort in Bend, along with tools, wine tasting, sports and amusement park tickets and much more.
Tables and tickets are on sale on line at http://www.bgcgreatersantiam.org or by calling the Sweet Home office at (541) 367-6421. Seating is limited and reservations must be made in advance.
Vets Club to hold
Adult Prom
The Sweet Home Veteran’s Club will hold its fourth annual Adult Prom, themed “Hot Safari Nights,” from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, May 3.
The event includes food and live music. Cost is $20 a couple, or $12 for stag. Tickets are available now or at the door.
For more information, call (541) 367-4435.
OSU to hold Pet
Day Saturday
Oregon State University will hold its 27th annual Pet Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Magruder Hall, located on 30th Street in Corvallis.
Most activities are free, but there is a small charge for a few of the events. Pets are welcome at this always-popular event, on a leash.
Activities include dog agility demonstrations, live reptiles, a petting zoo, veterinary hospital tours, a pet costume contest, a dog Frisbee show, a cat photo contest, and more. Food will be available.
For more information, visit http://vetmed.oregonstate.edu/pet-day
Local Steelheaders
to meet May 7
The Mid-Valley Chapter of the NW Steelheaders will meet at 7 p.m. on May 7 at at the Albany Senior Center, 489 Water Ave. NW.
Fishing guide Damon Struble will discuss kokanee fishing and Jeff Ziller, ODFW biologist, will discuss the salmon and steelhead fisheries on the upper Willamette and McKenzie rivers. Door prizes and refreshments are included. The public is always welcome and admission is free.
For more information contact Larry Bell at (541) 337-5427.
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.
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 2, is white bean chicken chili or Southwest omelet bake, steamed carrots, lime perfection salad, squash roll and hermit bar.
The menu for Monday, May 5, is chicken Spanish rice or beef enchilada bake, whole kernel corn, spinach Romaine salad, seven grain roll and coconut pudding.
The menu for Tuesday, May 6, is breaded baked fish with dill sauce or beef mushroom patty, creamed potatoes, broccoli cuts, oatmeal bread and Mandarin pineapple cup.
For more information, call (541) 367-8843.
Dance the night away and raise funds for the Sweet Home Economic Development Group at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Sweet Home Elks Lodge, 440 Osage St.
The evening will include rock ‘n’ roll music by Rockin’ Robyn, line dancing, a no-host bar, finger food, door prizes and cash giveaways. Families are welcome. Cost is $7 per person with children under 7 free.
Food and drinks will be available at 7 p.m., with music beginning at 8.
The event is sponsored by SHEDG, the Santiam 4-Wheel-Drive Association and the Elks.
All proceeds benefit SHEDG.
The Linn County Livestock Association will hold its annual meeting and banquet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Brownsville First Baptist Church, 27910 Seven Mile Lane. Producers and interested persons from both Benton and Linn counties are invited. The program will include dinner and presentations on “K-line Pasture Irrigation” by Anthony Knox of Pacific Ag Systems, Inc. and “Kalapooia Valley Grass Fed Processing, LLC” by Reed Anderson.
RSVP’s are requested by contacting Kay Pynch at (541) 466-5344 or Susan Ruckert at (541) 967-7171.
After Five Connection invites local women to “Damsels in Defense,” a get-together scheduled from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at King’s Coffee House in Lebanon.
Working women, college students, and moms are invited to come learn how to defend themselves. Cost is $7, no credit cards accepted. The guest speaker is Connie Knapp of Grants Pass.
For reservations contact Norma (541) 259-5672 or Nancy (541) 259-3070.
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce will hold a Lunch ‘N’ Learn event from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, at Spoleto’s restaurant, 4804 Highway 20 in Sweet Home.
Bob Burnhardt of SCORE will speak on principles of running a business. SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship.
SCORE offers expertise in accounting and finance, marketing and advertising, management, product development, insurance, business plan development and much more.
RSVP’s are requested by May 21. For more information, contact the chamber at (541) 367-6186 or e-mail [email protected].
Master Food Preserver training will be offered in Linn County from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, from May 1 through June 19, in the Evelyn Downing Room, Linn County Extension Office in Albany.
Family Food Education volunteers are trained to teach Oregonians about safe food handling and storage/preservation. Several new training modules on sausage making and fermentation will be included in the curriculum. Persons with interest in learning and sharing information about healthy food; how we get it, keep it safe, and prepare it for family for immediate or future use will be interested in this program. Trained volunteers will support Extension foods and nutrition programming in communities/areas in which they live.
For more information, contact Janice Gregg at [email protected] or Leonor Chavez at [email protected], call the Linn County Extension Office (541) 967-3871, or visit http://extension.oregonstate.edu/linn/linn-benton-county-master-food-preserver-program.
The Linn County Extension Association is accepting applications for its undergraduate scholarship program.
All applicants for awards up to $500 must be Linn County residents for at least the last 12 months prior to applying. Applications are available from high school counselors, the Linn County Extension Office, or by contacting Melissa at [email protected].
Deadline is June 15. Qualified first-time applicants may be interviewed by the Scholarship Committee.
LBCC Performing Arts brings the classic sci-fi musical “Little Shop of Horrors” to life at Linn-Benton Community College’s Russell Tripp Performance Center May 15-16 and May 22-24 at 7:30 p.m., and May 17 at 2 p.m.
“Little Shop of Horrors” is a deviously delicious production that tells the story of Seymour, a florist who comes across a new breed of plant, which soon becomes a foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore, promising him fame and fortune if he keeps feeding her–in blood! Audiences have to know, can Seymour defeat her?
Performances are 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance May 17 at 2 p.m. that is American Sign Language-interpreted.
Tickets are $12 general admission, $7 for seniors, students and youth, and $5 for LBCC students. Purchase online for no fee at http://www.linnbenton.edu/russelltripptheater, at the theater Box Office from 1 to 4 p.m. the week of the performance, and at the door one hour prior to performance.
For more information, contact the LBCC Box Office at 541-917-4531.