COVID-era heart health tips Feb. 23
Samaritan Health will offer a free virtual seminar on “Heart Health During the Pandemic” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23.
Cardiology fellow Dr. Tyler Schultz will offer tips on ways to facilitate heart health. To register, visit https://bit.ly/3gWermz, scroll down to “See Our Next Seminars and Register,” and click on this seminar.
Nurses, ministers invited to meet
The Faith Community Health Network of the Mid-Willamette Valley meets from 4 to 6 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month – Feb. 23.
FCHN is a network of nurses and health ministers from diverse faiths across the Mid-Willamette Valley serving – or who want to serve – in their faith community and who are passionate to bring improved healthcare access and equity to the most vulnerable populations.
Check the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce Calendar, email [email protected], or call Deb at (541) 248-0595 for info on upcoming meetings.
Meals on Wheels weekly menu
Meals on Wheels offers take-out 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.
Suggested donation is $3.50. All meals are served with milk, coffee or tea upon request and diabetic desserts are available on request.
The menu on Friday, Feb. 25, is an Italian Day special featuring chicken parmesan or spaghetti and meat sauce, an Italian vegetable blend, tossed salad.
The menu on Monday, March 1, is a Mardi Gras special featuring chicken and sausage jambalaya or meatloaf with Creole sauce, whole kernel corn, marinated zucchini salad, corn bread and bread pudding.
The menu on Tuesday, March 2, is an Ash Wednesday special featuring a turkey salad or egg salad half-sandwich, minestrone soup, beet salad, wheat bread and pears.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.
Transportation group to meet
The Linn County Transportation Advisory Committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the east dining room of the Sweet Home Senior Center, 880 18thAve.
Agenda items include the appointment of a chair and vice chair; public comments; updates from the cities of Albany and Lebanon and the Senior Citizens of Sweet Home regarding their transportation programs; round table discussions about transportation services and an update by a Council of Governments representative about the Linn County Coordinated Plan.
The meeting is open to the public.
If special accommodations are required, or to participate online, contact Linn County transportation advisor Ken Bronson at (541) 954-7189.
Post office to host Feb. 25-26 job fair
Local post offices need mail carriers and the Post Office is hosting a job fair Feb. 25-26 to recruit people interested in that opportunity.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or citizens of an American territory, who are 18 years old at the time of appointment, or 16 years old with a high school diploma. They must pass a background check, drug screening and medical assessment.
Those attending the job fair should bring their driver’s license, education history with addresses, employment history for the past seven years and, if a veteran, DD214.
The event will be held at the Salem Post Office, 1050 25th St. SE, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days,
USPS personnel will be on site to assist.
For more information, visit usps.com/careers.
Last chance for chamber noms
Nominations for Sweet Home’s Chamber of Commerce awars banquet are due March 1. The event will be held April 2, with more details to come.
Awards and criteria are:
n Distinguished Service Award: Must be 55 years of age or older with a minimum of five years community service in recent or previous years. Areas of consideration include participation in clubs, organizations, community service, youth involvement and church.
n First Citizen: Must be more than 40 years of age and have served the community for a period of five years or more. Areas to be judged include participation in clubs, organizations, community service, youth involvement and church.
n Junior First Citizen: Must be under 40 years old and have served the community for a minimum of five years with a variety of activities in school, community, church, etc.
n Patti Woods Woman of the Year: Judged in areas of club activity, community service youth activities (such as scouting) and church work. Both present and past work is acceptable.
n Organization of the Year: Selected based on a local organization’s ability to have significant community impact, which may include organizational success (based on mission statement), and measurable community impact as a result of an organization’s services and community involvement. Organization must have been active in the community for a minimum of five years.
n Business of the Year: Selection is based on active-business success, employment/staff opportunity, long-term community impact and community involvement. Business must have been active in the community for a minimum of five years.
n Curb Appeal Award: Recognition is based on exterior appearance. Criteria is not restricted to Main or Long streets.
Nomination forms can be picked up at the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce, City Hall and the Sweet Home Public Library, or at http://www.sweethomechamber.com/events.
St. Helen church hosting Holy Mass
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 2. Holy Mass will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. that day at St. Helen Catholic Church, 600 Sixth Ave., Sweet Home.
Ashes will be distributed during the Holy Mass. All are welcome.
Foundation grant applications open
The Sweet Home Community Foundation has begun accepting grant applications for its 2022 cycle.
The goal of the Foundation is to provide funding and support to a wide variety of community projects in East Linn County; specifically within the Sweet Home School District boundaries. Special consideration is placed on projects that can provide lasting benefits to our community.
Once again, this year there are two grant programs. Applicants may NOT apply for both grant programs within the same year.
SHCF Community Grants are given in the following broad categories: Children and Families; Education; Community Livability and Arts and Culture. Grants up to $2,500 are awarded.
The Alice Blazer Memorial Grant is for up to $10,000. This grant is specifically for projects able to demonstrate tangible long term community benefits; a positive wide-reaching impact and having the additional financial or in-kind support to achieve success.
The initial application for both grant programs can be submitted online, at giveshcf.org, through March 15.
Grant applicants must be a 501(c) 3 or other qualified tax-exempt organization or the proposed project may be implemented in partnership or affiliation with such an organization.
Support for the Foundation is provided through the generosity of area individuals and businesses.
Grant award recipients will be announced in April.
Town hall set to discuss clinic
Samaritan Health Services is holding a virtual town hall at noon Thursday, March 3, to discuss the June 2022 construction of a new 15,000-square-foot family medicine clinic, urgent-care and heli-pad on Highway 20 near Wiley Creek Senior Living, 5050 Mountain Fir St., Sweet Home.
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital CEO Marty Cahill, Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation Executive Director Brandy O’Bannon and Samaritan Health Services Milt Moran will be present.
Samaritan has partnered with Mahlum Architects on the $9.5 million project, which is being funded by proceeds from the sale of the Wiley Creek Community, a Samaritan Health Services investment, and local philanthropy.
To register for the virtual town hall event, visit samhealth.org/TownHall.
For more information about the Building a Healthier Sweet Home campaign, visit samhealth.org/SweetHomeTogether.
Virtual native bees conference set
Linn County Master Gardeners will hold their eighth annual BEEvent Pollinator Conference from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5, in a virtual format.
Cost is $25 for all sessions, which will be interspersed by short breaks. Registering allows participants to watch or re-watch the recorded conference later. Register at LinnMasterGardeners.com.
National, state and local experts will discuss native bees and other insects that help gardeners and small farmers. Speakers and topics include:
— Dr. Olivia Carril, author and educator, who will discuss “Bee-Plant Relationships: A Match Made in Heaven, or Love on the Rocks?”
— Erin Wickliffe of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, who will speak on “The Bug Eat Bug World in your Backyard;”
— Dr. Gail Langellotto, professor of horticulture at Oregon State University and state coordinator of the Extension Service Master Gardener Program, whose presentation will be “Native Plant-Bee Associations in Western Oregon;” and
— Sarah Kincaid, Bee Atlas education coordinator, who will talk about “The Oregon Orchard Bee Health Cocoon Survey.”
After 5 group to host dinner
After 5 Connection will host a dinner for local women from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at Bloom Boutique and Tea House, 712 Main St., Lebanon.
The program, “Tempting Tea and Treats,” includes a presentation by Bloom Boutique owner Shannon Miller, who will share information on different teas and discuss the perfect preparation.
Guest speaker Judy Glenney, a four-time national weightlifting champion and Olympic judge for competitions, will present a humorous reflection on the milestones of womanhood.
All women are invited. Cost is $15. Credit cards cannot be accepted.
For reservations, contact Sherri at (541) 258-6414 or Nancy at (541) 259-1396 or by email at [email protected]. If you are unable to attend, a reservation cancellation is requested.
‘Central Park 5’ composer at OSU
Pulitzer Prize-winning pianist/composer Anthony Davis will appear for a conversation and performance in support of Oregon State University’s upcoming Arts and Education Complex at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, at the LaSells Stewart Center on OSU’s main Corvallis campus.
Davis received the Pulitzer in Music in 2020 for his “The Central Park Five” (with a libretto by Richard Wesley), which premiered at Southern California’s Long Beach Opera in 2019. The operatic work relives the 1989 convictions of five African-American and Latino teenagers for assaulting a white woman in New York’s Central Park, a verdict overturned in 2002.
Davis is expected to play some of those pieces onstage during the event, to be moderated by OSU assistant professor of Music Dana Reason, and will take questions from the audience.
In-person and virtual viewing options will be available.
Admission is free. Register online at Beav.es/wGQ.