Search and Rescue
team seeks teens
Young men and women ages 14 to 18 are invited to join the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team and participate in a 10-day summer training program.
The 26th Search and Rescue Training Academy in Linn County will be held June 14-24.
Those who are interested in becoming an integral part of the Sheriff’s Office search and rescue mission should have an interest in community service and a desire to be a part of a highly trained and professional life saving organization.
The application process includes oral interviews, a background check and physical aptitude test. To attend the academy, applicants must attend one recruit meeting at the Sheriff’s Office, at 7 p.m. March 11, April 8, or May 13. Training will include classes in wilderness survival, shelter building, search tactics, first aid/CPR, map and compass reading, rappelling, and many more topics.
For more information about the program contact Lt. Joe Larsen at the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, (541) 812-2272, or visit http://www.linnsheriff.org. Online applications are available on the website or at the Sheriff’s Office at 1115 SE Jackson St. Albany.
Get lower rates on ODVA home loans
The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs this month announced across-the-board interest rate decreases on all of its home loan products, indicating that 2019 could be a good time to buy a home, especially for Oregon veterans.
The Oregon Veteran Home Loan Program, which has been one of ODVA’s core veteran services since the agency’s inception in 1945, dropped its interest rates by 0.125 percent in February. This interest rate decrease comes on the heels of ODVA’s lending limit increase allowing veterans to borrow up to $484,350 for a single family, owner-occupied residence in Ore-gon.
To be eligible, a veteran must have served on active duty with the U.S. Armed Forces, as documented on his or her DD-214, and must meet one of the service criteria outlined on ODVA’s website at oregon.gov/odva/Home-Loans/Pages/Eligibility.aspx.
For more information about the Oregon Veterans’ Affairs Home Loan Program and eligibility, please visit orvethomeloans.com.
Paintings in show
at LBCC gallery
Art by Caprial Hope and Shannon Sullivan is on exhibit through March 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany.
Hope is a Bend-based artist and recent graduate of LBCC. Her work is at Calapooia Center Gallery, and comprises two collections of paintings that include atmospheric landscapes with animals rendered in oil paint, and gray-scale paintings that explore iconic notions of romance and tension in relationships.
Sullivan is a Portland-based artist whose exhibit, “For the Time Being,” is displayed at South Santiam Hall Gallery, and comprises 10 oil paintings that merge abstraction and minimalism.
Vinyl artist’s work at Albany gallery
Vinyl artist Bill Thompson is the featured artist at Gallery Calapooia during March.
A reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, at 222 First Ave. W., Albany.
His show highlights experiments with colors and layers of vinyl to create complex and highly detailed pieces. Featured art work includes works by 19 other mid-valley artists.
During the reception, Thompson demonstrates his process of working with vinyl using layers of thin sheet vinyl to create fine art images inspired by photographs of landscapes, nature, pets and celebrities.
Beer, wine and snacks will be served, and music presented by String Theory.
Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday. For more information, call (541) 971-5701 or go to GalleryCalapooia.com.
Ladies Night at Boys & Girls Club
The Boys and Girls Club’s fifth annual Ladies Night Out will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Boulder Falls Center, 605 Mullins Dr.
For more information, or to donate, contact Shyla Malloy at (541) 258-7105 or by email at [email protected].
Tickets can be purchased at eventbrite.com, or at the Boys and Girls Club.
‘Larceny and Old Lace’ in Lebanon
Lebanon Association for Theatre Arts presents “Larceny and Old Lace” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Lebanon High School.
Doors open half an hour before the show for a special a cappella “Voices in Your Head” performance.
The play features a comedic tale of deception, piracy, robberies, pandemoniums and more. Tickets are sold at the door for $10/general, $8/student.
B&G Club softball deadline March 1
Kids at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam must register for softball by March 1 to participate in the summer season sport.
Softball for third to eighth grade is mid-April to July, and costs $99-110. For more information, call (541) 258-7105.
Free rose pruning
clinic March 4
The Lebanon Garden Club will host a rose garden pruning clinic at 10 a.m. Monday, March 4, at the rose garden at Ralston Park.
Participants are asked to bring their own tools and gloves. Learn how to effectively prune roses while trimming up the roses at Ralston Park.
No experience is necessary. The Lebanon Garden Club manages the rose garden at Ralston.
For more information, contact Trudie Bason at (541) 258-7693, or email [email protected].
Learn to control emergency bleeds
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital offers bleeding control classes to teach what to do when you encounter a bleeding emergency.
The next class is from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. Class size is limited and registration is required.
The Stop the Bleed classes teach how to stop a life threatening bleeding emergency, including first aid and tourniquet techniques, which can be useful in accidents, mass casualties, and recreational settings.
To register, call (866) 243-7747 or go online at SamHealth.org/StopTheBleed.
Youth of the Year
luncheon March 6
The Boys & Girls Club will hold its 2019 Youth of the Year luncheon from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Pineway Restaurant, 30949 Pineway Road.
Local finalists and winners of the 2019 competition will be recognized. Cost is $10, which helps support the attendance of the Youth of the Year state level competition, which will be held in Portland at a later date. For more information, call (541) 258-7105.
Forestry lecture on
Umatilla tribe
The second of the annual Starker Lecture Series at Oregon State University will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Construction and Engineering Hall at the LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU campus.
All events are free and open to the public.
The March 6 lecture is “First Foods Management Approach of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,” by Eric Quaempts, director of the Department of Natural Resources at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Each lecture is followed by a reception, and day tours of Starker Forests will be hosted by Starker staff before the lectures.
More information is available at starkerlectures.forestry.oregonstate.edu.
Scholarships for
health careers
The Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Auxiliary and Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation are accepting applications for scholarships for students pursuing a health care-related career.
The auxiliary will grant five $1,000 student scholarships this spring. Those eligible to apply must have a permanent address in east Linn County and be enrolled, and actively attending classes, in a program awarding a degree in a health care-related field.
Deadline to apply is March 8. For more information, call (541) 451-7062.
The foundation’s scholarships include the Frank Girod, MD, Medical Scholarship for students enrolled in medical school, the Rachel Easton, RN, Nursing Scholarship for students pursuing a nursing degree, and the John and Carol Dinges Medical Scholarship for east Linn County students enrolled in an entry-level health care program at Linn-Benton Community College. Deadline to apply is April 30.
For more information, call (541) 451-6303. For more about scholarships available, visit Sam Health.org/careers/education/scholarships/linn-county.
Meals on Wheels
weekly menu
Meals on Wheels 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 menu on Friday, March 1, is chicken pastina or broccoli omelet bake, mixed vegetables, spinach Romaine salad, whole wheat roll and key lime bar.
The menu on Monday, March 4, is chicken chop suey or sweet and sour pork, brown rice, Asian blend vegetables, broccoli raisin salad and banana pudding.
The menu on Tuesday, March 5, is a Mardi Gras menu of southern chicken and rice or lima beans and turkey ham, mixed vegetables, marinated zucchini salad, cracked wheat roll and bread pudding with raisins.
Volunteers are needed for both kitchen help and meal delivery.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.