Kids can serve as
legislative pages
The Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon Senate are hosting students from around the state as part of the Honorary Page Program.
This program is steeped in history and allows students to witness the legislative process in an up-close and personal way in a space of approximately six hours. In the last legislative session in 2017-18, more than 400 students participated in the Senate and House programs.
Applications for both Senate and House programs are being accepted for the 2019 Legislative Assembly. Applicants must be between the ages of 12 and 18. The page program is voluntary and will run during the regular session from February to June. However, the House and Senate have different schedules and applicants need to inquire about the particulars of each.
For more information about the page programs, please visit the Oregon Legislature website at http://www.oregonlegislature.gov and follow the link under “Citizen Engagement.”
Linn Democrats
to meet Feb. 7
Linn County Democrats meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Albany Public Library meeting room, 2450 14th Ave. SE.
Fay Stetz-Waters, former Linn County circuit judge, will be the guest speaker. The agenda also includes reports from seven Linn Dems standing committee, and the first reading of a proposed bylaw agreement clarifying eligibility, election and appointment of precinct committee persons.
The group meets monthly. For more information, contact Taylor at [email protected].
Valentine cookies
to benefit SAFE
Valentine cookies are available for $1 each, and must be ordered by Feb. 8.
Order forms are available at all schools, Little Promises, Les Schwab, Sunshine, Coffee Hut, Sweet Home Fire Department, and Sweet Home Police Department.
Cookie orders will be delivered Feb. 14. Proceeds benefit SAFE, the senior class all-night party.
Foundation grant
deadline Feb. 15
The Sweet Home Community Foundation is seeking proposals for its annual grant disbursements.
Grants are given in the following broad categories: children and families, education, community livability and arts and culture. Grants of between $250 and $2,500 are awarded but consideration will be given to requests up to $5,000 based upon the project need and quality.
Grant application packets are available for download from http://www.sweethomecommunityfoundation.org.
Completed applications must be returned via email or received by the Sweet Home Community Foundation, P.O. Box 24, Sweet Home, OR, 97386, by 5 p.m. on Feb. 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.
Grant award recipients will be announced in March.
Gardener to talk roses at free class
Master gardener Brenda Winslow will teach about growing and pruning roses from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 9, at Hoy’s Hardware Garden Center, 3041 Main St.
This is one in a series of free gardening classes presented by Linn County Master Gardeners. Classes meet the second Saturday of the month into April at Hoy’s.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Records at (541) 967-3871 or email [email protected], or call Hoy’s Hardware at (541) 367-2221.
Sweetheart Run
returns on Feb. 9
The City of Sweet Home Parks and Recreation Department will present the fifth annual Sweet Home’s Sweetheart Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Weddle Bridge in Sankey Park.
The event will include 10K and 5K races, and a 1-mile kids fun run, all of which begin and end at the Weddle Bridge. The runs are chipped-timed. Race-day registration is available at the bridge from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Pre-registration is available at shsweetheartrun.weebly.com. (Click on the “Contact” button and then click on “Registration Open.”)
Cost through race day is $40 for the 10K and $30 for the 5K. The kids run is free.
The event is sponsored by the Rotary Club. Proceeds will go to the club for local outreach.
Ladies dinner topic
to be skin health
“Love Your Skin” will be the theme for the monthly meeting of After 5 Connection, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at The Lobby, 661 S. Main St. in Lebanon.
All women – working, stay-at-home moms, college students and otherwise are invited.
Goss will offer tips on how to prepare nutritious meals in minutes, while saving money in the process.
Cindy Ongers, a local Mary Kay consultant, will offer helpful tips on keeping skin healthy and glowing.
Guest speaker Reva Maulding, of Marysville, Wash., will talk about “Changes Through Life’s Journey” and how forgiveness must be a part of our lives. Maulding loves to garden, cook, travel and volunteer.
Cost is $10 per person. Credit cards cannot be accepted. Reservations are required. For information or to register, contact Sherri at (541) 258-6414 or Nancy at (541) 259-1396 or [email protected].
If unable to attend, please cancel your reservation.
Learn basics of
organic gardening
Master Gardener Sheryl Casteen presents a series of lessons titled “The Food Garden” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 12, through March 19 at the Veterans Home, 600 N. 5th St., Lebanon.
The six, two-hour classes teach basic organic gardening, and participants receive free seeds each week. Learn about pests, weeds, soils and fertilizers. There is no cost to attend, but reserve a spot by emailing [email protected].
Pain management
class starts Feb. 13
Samaritan Health Services offers a chronic pain management class, “Pain Solutions: First Steps,” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. beginning Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, 525 N. Santiam Hwy.
The free, six-week program is for people who have persistent pain, and is led by a psychologist and physical therapist who will provide tools to reduce the impact of pain in daily life.
For more information or to register, call (866) 243-7747, or visit SamHealth.org/PainSolutions.
Free lecture on
tribal forestry
The annual Starker Lecture Series at Oregon State University is focusing this year on tribal forestry with a film, three lectures and a capstone field trip.
Topics include indigenous forest and subsistence practices, the history and future of tribal forestry in Oregon, and how “first foods” such as fish, berries and big game drive forest management.
All events are free and open to the public.
Lectures in the series take place Feb. 13, March 6 and April 10; all start at 3:30 p.m. in the Construction and Engineering Hall at the LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU campus, located among the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya Tribe.
The lecture on Feb. 13 is “History of Tribal Forestry in Oregon: Reservation-Termination-Restoration-Transformation,” by Don Motanic of the Intertribal Timber Council.
A reception will follow each of the three lectures, and day tours of Starker Forests will be hosted by Starker staff before the lectures.
More information is available at starkerlectures.forestry.oregonstate.edu.
‘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.
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. 8, is homestyle turkey patty with gravy or beef mushroom patty, garlic whipped potatoes, Scandinavian blend vegetables, wheat bread and lime whip.
The menu on Monday, Feb. 11, is egg or tuna salad sandwich half on wheat bread, minestrone soup, carrot coleslaw and pineapple.
The menu on Tuesday, Feb. 12, is beef and black bean chili or lasagna roll-up with marinara, broccoli, spinach Romaine salad, cornmeal roll and vanilla pudding.
Volunteers are needed for both kitchen help and meal delivery.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.