Area church hosts grief support group
A Women’s Grief Support Group meets every other Friday night at Calvary Baptist Church, 1042 Pleasant Valley Road. The next meeting will be at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15.
The group aims to provide a safe space to acknowledge grief, find others who have suffered in similar ways, be heard, and share in mutual support and healing for life’s hardest losses. Participants are there to help begin the healing process.
While many participants are of Christian faith, all faiths are welcome. There will be no preaching and absolutely no judgment.
The group was created by and for women. Counseling can be coordinated with a chaplain and a men’s group could be created, as interest is expressed.
For information, contact Nelia Taraski at (936) 522-6797 or Adina Blackwell at (503) 729-9896.
Woodlands group plans seedling sale
The Linn County Small Woodlands Association will host its 26th annual seedling sale at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Volunteers from membership and 4-H families assemble pre-orders on Friday before the sale.
The annual seedling sale supports the chapter’s university and 4-H forestry scholarships.
The sale offers a wide selection of conifer and deciduous seedlings and native plant seedlings. Early pre-orders are encouraged, as supplies of seedlings are limited and occasionally sell out prior to the sale day.
Pre-order information is available at linncountyswa.org under the “LCSWA Activities” tab.
To be added to the association’s email (or snail mail) list or to sign up to help, contact Bonnie Marshall at [email protected] or (503) 769-6510.
Foster Dam Road closure Jan. 25-29
The road over Foster Dam will be closed from Monday, Jan. 25 through Friday, Jan. 29 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in order to conduct climbing inspections of the spillway gates.
For more information, call (541) 968-9915.
Meals on Wheels weekly menu
Meals on Wheels offers take-out 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, Jan. 22. is turkey apple meatballs with glaze or sliced ham with mustard sauce, Delmonico potatoes, spinach romaine salad, cornmeal roll and zucchini brownie.
The menu on Monday, Jan. 25, is barbecued chicken or liver and onions with gravy, chantilly potatoes, California blend vegetables, garlic bread, and chocolate pudding.
The menu on Tuesday, Jan. 26, is hearty chicken stew or beef Spanish rice bake, mixed vegetables, creamy coleslaw, rye bran roll and Rice Krispy bar.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.