Winter Rod and Speed Show at Linn County Expo Center
The 2020 Winter Rod and Speed Show will be held Jan. 17-18 at the Linn County Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Rd. E, in Albany, and Friday night attendees will get a discount on their admission if they bring a non-perishable food item.
Part of the proceeds from the event will also be donated to the Children’s Cancer Association.
Show hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. Admission is $9. Kids ages 8 and under will be admitted free. Discount coupons are also available at the Albany Bi-Mart and Burgerville.
Friday night, admission will be $6 for anyone bringing a food item, which will be donated to Fish of Albany. According to show co-founder Rich Bailey, the food drive has brought in more than 1,000 pounds of food each year.
Over 100 hot rods, street rods, race cars, muscle cars, custom trucks, classics and more will be on display. This year’s celebrity guest will be NHRA Mello Yello Series Top Fuel driver Justin Ashley, who will be signing photos and talking with fans. Also on hand will be automotive and racing artist Kenny Youngblood, who will be signing and customizing originally designed pictures at the Break the Chain booth. And patrons will get a chance to see the “king of all rat rods,” the wild and crazy “Lincoln Terminator.”
A free Hot Wheels car will be given to the first 75 kids through the door each day. Other kids’ activities will include face painting, balloon animals and a giant model car contest.
Free passes to a Woodburn Dragstrip event will be given to the first 75 adults through the door each day as well.
Friday, guests can dance to live entertainment from the classic rock band, “Uncommon Denominators.”
For more information, visit capitoldragster.com/winter_show.html.
Wanna be a Von Trapp?
Lebanon Association for Theatre Arts is holding workshops for prospective actors interested in playing the Von Trapp family children in preparation for its 2020 production of “The Sound of Music.”
An informational meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 8, at Lebanon High School. The exact location has yet to be determined.The production will be July 21-25, with auditions in the first week of May.
Saturday workshops will be held throughout the winter for young actors interested in auditioning for the show. The workshops will be for actors interested in playing all seven of the Von Trapp children, including the oldest daughter.
Parents should attend the informational meeting, which is considered a pre-audition event. Producers will go over the Saturday classes and what they plan to accomplish. Information regarding the May auditions and the summer rehearsals will also be discussed.
For more information, email [email protected].
Free going-into-business seminar
Linn-Benton Community College will offer a free Going Into Business seminar from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the college’s Lebanon Center, room LCX-103, 44 Industrial Way.
Led by veteran businesswoman and LBCC Small Business Development Center instructor Marlene Peterson, the seminar will provide basic information needed to begin a successful business, including rules and regulations, financing, customers, markets and feasibility, and more.
To register, call (541) 917-4840 or (541) 259-5801.
Free workshop on land conservation
A free Plan For Your Land Workshop will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on four consecutive Wednesday evenings, starting Jan. 15, at the Lebanon Public Library, 55 Academy St.
The four-part series will include information about natural resources, professional guidance on conservation projects, connections with watershed neighbors and more.
Classes will be taught by professionals from Oregon State University Extension, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service and others.
Topics covered in each workshop include: Jan. 15 – Conservation Planning and Vegetation; Jan. 22 – Water and Soil; Jan. 29 – Streamsides and Woodlands; and Feb. 5 – Agricultural Lands and Action Planning.
To register, visit pfylsswc-2020.eventbrite.com.
For more information, contact Mike Vernon at (541) 990-6654 or [email protected].
Lebanon chorus calling for singers
Join the Lebanon Community Chorus for its Spring Pops Concert, which will be held April 26 and will be themed “Imagine.”
Registration and the first rehearsal will take place Thursday, Jan. 16, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 3111 S. Main Road.
Rehearsals start promptly at 7 and run till 9:30 p.m. every Thursday. All singers are welcome who are 18 years or older, regardless of experience.
Participants are asked to pay a $20 dues fee, for which scholarships are available.
For more information, call (541) 401-4606.
Learn about sleep and aromatherapy
Learn about sleep hygiene and aromatherapy in a Mind Matters session from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at Lebanon Senior Center, 80 Tangent St.
Helen Beaman, older adult behavioral health specialist/mental health services coordinator for Linn and Benton counties, will lead this session in exploring ways sleep changes as we age and look at why good quality sleep is vital to our overall healthier and wellbeing. She will share practical tips for improving your sleep with an overview of how aromatherapy can be utilized for the optimization of sleep and wellness.
Sign up by stopping by the Senior Center office or calling (541) 258-4919. Area seniors, 50 years and older, are welcome to attend this event.
Online safety for kids class Jan. 16
ABC House offers a class on Keeping Kids Safe Online from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at 228 SW 5th Ave. in Albany.
The free presentation will educate and empower adults/parents to keep children safe in the digital age.
Content includes how to proactively participate in children’s internet experience, how to utilize parental controls and additional protection measures, cyber bullying, screen time, adult content, online predators, safety measures for kids who use social media/gaming, and internet “addiction.”
For more information, email [email protected] or call (541) 926-2203.
Local presidential campaign kickoff
The Bernie Sanders 2020 Albany campaign kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, in the Albany Public Library meeting room, 2450 14th Ave. S.W.
People interested in volunteering with the campaign are encouraged to attend. “All volunteer options will be explored,” said Bert Guptill, kickoff organizer.
For more information, contact Guptill at (541) 760-5457.
‘Guide to Love and Murder’ on stage
Albany Civic Theater will stage “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” Jan. 17 through Feb. 8 at 111 First Ave.
The comedy musical tells the story of the low-born Monty Navarro, who finds out he is eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family. Navarro, who is played in some productions by Colby Montigue of Sweet Home, figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight, so he sets off down a more ghoulish path. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives and become the Ninth Earl of Highhurst without getting caught?
Plus, there a question of love. Murder isn’t the only thing on Monty’s mind. Dean Keeling plays all seven members of the D’Ysquith family.
The show has won a Best Musical and three other Tony Awards, and is “non-stop laughs.”
Evening performances, at 7:30 p.m., will be Jan. 17 and 18, 24, 25, 30 and 31 and Feb. 1, 6, 7 and 8. Matinee performances, at 2:30 p.m., will be Jan. 19 and 26, and Feb. 2.
The box office opens 45 minutes before performances.
For ticket prices and more information, visit http://www.albanycivic.org or call (541) 928-4603.
Small Woodlands annual meeting
The Linn County Small Woodlands Association will hold its annual membership meeting at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at the ZCBJ Hall, 38704 N. Main St., Scio.
Doors open at 4:30, with potluck service beginning at 5:30. Soft drinks and coffee will be provided. Bring your own table service.
The annual meeting is a business meeting for the Board of Directors and the general membership. Lena Tucker, deputy state forester for the Oregon Department of Forestry, will be the keynote speaker.
Also on the agenda is a general membership vote on release of Bob Mealey funds to pay for Sunnyside Park proposal.
Recipients of scholarships from the Small Woodlands Association will be present as well and there will be door prizes and an auction of wood-crafted items.
Visitors are welcome. New members are not required to pay dues until the following year, which allows prospective members to observe the organization and its activities before committing fully.
Info for prospective SHFAD volunteers
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District will hold an informational meeting for prospective volunteer firefighters at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at 1099 Long St.
Volunteers are needed for Cascadia, Crawfordsville and Foster stations.
Prospective firefighters must be 18 years old, pass an OSHA physical exam, pass a criminal background check and drug screening, and commit to a minimum of 60 hours of participation per year.
A firefighting academy, which will be one night a week for 14 weeks, starts in February. Training will include basic firefighter academy, apparatus driver/operator instructions, swift-water and rope/dive rescue training, and up to $600 reimbursement for EMT training.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (541) 367-5882, ext. 214.
Gardeners to learn about amphibians
Lebanon Garden Club will meet at noon Monday, Jan. 20, at Santiam Place, 139 Main St.
Kacy Woodley, a club member, will speak on “Amphibians of the Willamette Valley.”
For more information, contact Lynne Neuman at (541) 258-7568, or email [email protected].
Free seminar on stroke treatment
Learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a stroke, and what to do if you think a stroke is happening, at a free seminar from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Conference Rooms 3 and 4.
Speakers will be registered nurses Carrie Manley and Sarah Vincent, and Heather Herman, family nurse practitioner.
The seminar will also be held at the same time on Feb. 19 at the Samaritan Albany General Hospital, Reimer Conference Room.
Registration is required and space is limited.
To register, visit samhealth.org/BeHealthy or call toll free (855) 873-0647.
Class to address
sexual exploitation
ABC House will host a free seminar on the commercial sexual exploitation of children from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 228 SW 5th Ave. in Albany.
Participants will learn what commercial exploitation of children is, what the root causes are, what circumstances make children vulnerable, and how to prevent and respond to children being commercially sexually exploited.
For more information, call (541) 926-2203.
Free Community Orchestra concert
Lebanon Community Orchestra will present a program, “All About Dance,” from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Lebanon Senior Center, 80 Tangent St.
The community concert is free. The public is invited.
Conductor Jean Marshall will lead the orchestra in arrangements of “Thunder and Lightning Polka,” “Russian Sailor’s Dance,” “Nordic Waltz,” “Country Hoedown” and more.
Cookies and coffee will be served.
Giant square dance
fest at Expo Center
Square dancers and those who are interested in getting involved are invited to the 60th annual Oregon Mid-Winter Festival Jan. 24-26 at Linn County Expo Center, Knox Butte Road, Albany.
The giant event, themed “The Diamonds of Dance,” includes square dancing, shopping, workshops and fellowship.
It typically draws hundreds of dancers from all over the Northwest.
Square dance callers will be Deborah Carroll-Jones and Patty Green.
Round dance cuers will be Sally and Bob Nolen. Kelli McChesney-Shotgun will teach clogging.
Cost for the full festival is $60 per adult, $35 for youths. Spectators are welcome, at no charge.
For more information, to view schedules, or to register visit http://www.midwinterfestival.com or facebook/MidWinterSDFestival.
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, Jan. 17, is roasted turkey with gravy or BBQ smokehouse chop, whipped sweet potatoes, green beans with red peppers, wheat bread and tiramisu cake.
No meal will be served Monday, Jan. 20, due to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
The menu on Tuesday, Jan. 21, is southwest chicken or breaded beef steak with gravy, whipped potatoes, carrots, onion bread and seasonal fresh fruit.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.