County
residents needed on boards
The
Linn County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants interested
in serving on the Historic Resource Commission or the Board of
Property Tax Appeals.
The
Historic Resource Commission has immediate openings for a three-year
term.
Applicants
are needed for the selection pool for the Board of Property Tax
Appeals.
To
learn more about these positions, please contact the Linn County
Board of Commissioners’ Office at (541) 967-3825. A Committee
Application is available at http://www.co.linn.or.us and can be mailed to:
PO Box 100, Albany, OR 97321.
Peer
Court seeks teen volunteers
Are
you a young person with an interest in the criminal justice system?
Law enforcement? Maybe becoming a lawyer?
Sweet
Home Peer Court needs youth volunteers to help run the courtroom here
in Sweet Home. First time youth offenders cases are heard by a jury
of their peers and sanctioned by those same peers.
Peer
Court cases are heard on Tuesday afternoons from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. at
SHPD. You do not have to come to every hearing. Come when you can.
Applications available from SHPD or SHHS guidance offices.
Peer
Court service is open to any Sweet Home School District student at
least 12 years old and actively enrolled in school.
Volunteering
could benefit your high school career path, enhance your leadership
skills, provide scholarship opportunities and much more.
For
more information contact SHPD Community Relations Officer Gina Riley
at (541) 367-5181.
Hwy.
20 traffic may slow Feb. 24
Oregon
Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be removing
hazardous dead trees on Wednesday, Feb. 24, along U.S. 20
Albany-Corvallis Highway at milepost 7, and U.S. 20 Albany-Lebanon
Highway at milepost 5.
This
is a proactive attempt to manage safety hazards from falling trees
and limbs by removing them before they impact travelers.
Work
will be done during off peak travel hours, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
and trees will be felled into the right of way zone. Traffic will be
stopped briefly during initial cutting for safety. Travelers in the
area should expect occasional short delays throughout the day and
plan accordingly.
Squarenaders
plan Birthday Dance
Sweet
Home Squarenaders will hold their 59th “Birthday Square Dance”
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Oak Heights School Gym at 6th
Avenue and Elm Street.
The
Plus starts at 7:30 p.m., with the main dance from 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Jim
Voll will call square dances and round dance cuer will be Jackie
Gale.
Birthday
cake, finger foods and coffee will be served.
Suggested
donation for adults is $5, $4 for youths.
For
information, call (541) 466-5536 or (541) 409-0345.
BEEvent
to focus on pollinators
Learn
about ways in which bees and other pollinators can help your garden
and fruit trees at the Oregon State University Extention’s BEEvent
from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on March 12 at the Holiday Inn, 105 Opal
Court, near the fairgrounds in Albany.
Speakers
will discuss ways in which pollinators can help gardeners and threats
some are facing, including seminars on bumblebees and mason bees.
Vendors
will be present and snacks and drinks will be provided.
Cost
is $30. To register, call (541) 967-3871 or visit
http://www.extension.oregonstate.edu/linn/beevent.
OSU
drama based on ‘Moby Dick’
“Boldly
Launched Upon the Deep,” a unique, radio-style live performance by
the AnyWhen Ensemble and featuring the Oregon State University Jazz
Ensemble, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the
Majestic Theatre, 115 S.W. Second St., Corvallis.
Part
chamber music concert, part radio drama and part literary reading,
“Boldly Launched Upon the Deep” is a collection of musical
dramatic episodes for chamber ensemble, singers/speakers and tape.
The work will use original music and text to present a contemporary
interpretation of Herman Melville’s classic novel, “Moby Dick.”
The
production is sponsored by the Oregon State University School of Arts
and Communication’s SAC Presents series in conjunction with the
Majestic Theatre.
The
production will feature McSweeney, Detrick and AnyWhen players Hashem
Assadullahi (saxophone), Shirley Hunt (cello), Steve Vacchi
(bassoon), and OSU Jazz Band and percussion instructor Ryan Biesack
(drum set). The Oregon State University Jazz Ensemble will also
perform.
Tickets
are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, all seats reserved. Majestic
members, seniors, youth and non-OSU college students, $15 in advance,
$20 at the door. OSU students will be admitted for free with a valid
ID card at the door while seats last. Tickets can be purchased
online: http://bit.ly/1STbClS.
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.
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
lunch menu on Friday, Feb. 26, is baked fish with Tartar sauce or
beef mushroom patty, garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli cuts, French
bread and frosted orange cake.
The
menu for Monday, Feb. 29, is chicken chop suey or sweet and sour
pork, steamed rice, Oriental blend vegetables, marinated spring
garden salad and chilled pears.
The
menu for Tuesday, March 1, is turkey divan or macaroni and cheese,
cabbage and carrots, spinach Romaine salad, cornmeal roll and tapioca
pudding.
For
more information, call (541) 367-8843.