Sportsman’s Holiday Jr. Court Applications
ATTENTION ALL FIRST GRADE students!! Applications are available for those students that would like to participate in the 2024 Sportsman’s Holiday festivities as a Junior Princess or Junior Escort. Applications are due by March 1st. We will randomly draw one boy and one girl from each of the first-grade classes in the Sweet Home School District to be a member on the Sportsman’s Holiday Junior Court (including charter schools and homeschoolers that are homeschooling in Sweet Home area). Notification will be made by April 10th. The cost to participate will be $65.00. Please contact Karla Burcham at [email protected], or @541-401-3339 to request an application.
Flea market
The Linn County Fair & Expo Center hosts the county’s largest indoor flea market on Saturday, March 16, at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Rd E Albany. Over 85+ spaces full with vendors selling antiques, collectibles, vintage and one-of-a-kind items. Early admission (cash only) from 8-9 a.m. is $6, regular admission from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. is $2, children 12 and under are free; parking is free. For more information visit linncountyfleamarket.com.
After School Movie
The Sweet Home Public Library will be hosting an after school movie 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. The movie is free to watch and the movie will be The Secret World of Arrietty. For more information contact 541.367.5007.
The Pilgrim’s
Progress Play
East Linn Christian Academy will be hosting a play 7 p.m. Feb. 16 and 2 & 7 p.m. Feb. 17. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a play adapted by Tom Key from the book by John Bunyan and Produced by the students of East Linn Christian. All performances will be at Valley Life Church in Lebanon. Free admission. Donations accepted.
SHOCASE GALA – The Golden Age of Music
Susan Coleman and Don Knight will be hosting a music event Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Sweet Home High School auditorium. Hear local artists perform hits from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, along with a night of Jazz from Oregon Native and Globally in-demand jazz performer, Gina Saputo. Local artists include: Breonna North, Karma Holder & Luke Rice, Cathy Scheele, George, Cliff, Titus, & David Dominy, Natalie Hager, Ward Christman, Ember Ogden, and Scott Swanson. Tickets can be purchased for $15 with VIP costing $35. The VIP experience includes a pre-concert meet & greet reception with the performers, with hors d’oeuvres, and VIP seating for the concert.
The Frontier Heritage Fair
The 29th annual Frontier Heritage Fair will be held at the Lane County Events Center/Fairgrounds
Auditorium, 796 West 13th Avenue in Eugene, Feb. 17 and 18. The focus of the fair is pre-1898, including Mountain Men, Civil War and Old West. The event will feature artifacts and replicas of the period on display and for sale. Included is a special exhibit of Oregon prehistory and displays representing the Hudson’s Bay Company, replica Fort Umpqua at Elkton, the Applegate Trail, the Free Emigrant route, and Northwest Coast Native art. There will be children’s activities and demonstrations of historic skills including spinning, weaving, quilting and woodworking, along with performances by the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers. Show times are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for kids 13 and older, kids 12 and under are free. The Frontier Heritage Fair is sponsored by the Fort Umpqua Muzzleloaders club. For more information call 541.689.4281 or 541.746.1819.