Comedy auditions
Wednesday at LHS
Lebanon Association for Theatre Arts will hold winter comedy play auditions at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 4 at the Lebanon High School auditorium.
“Million Dollar Meatball,” a slapstick comedy, will be directed by Emily Latimer. The play tells the story of two bumbling jewel thieves on the run from the cops who duck into a failing restaurant, whose chef has just quit, and which is expecting the arrival of the city’s most powerful restaurant critic.
The show is cast with teens and adults. (Kids are welcome to come watch and join the fun!)
Rehearsals start Jan. 6 and performances will be Feb. 10 and 11.
Genealogists to
discuss their work
The Linn Genealogical Society will meet at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave. SE, Albany.
A four-member Genealogical Resource Panel will discuss their respective facilities, as well as what projects they are working on. Panelists will be Carla Healey of the Sweet Home Genealogical Society, Pat Munk of the Lebanon Genealogical Society, Anne Galloway of the Scio Library and Museum, and Sherm Stewart of Albany’s new Family History Center.
Organizers hope attendees will go away with a better knowledge on where to look for particular items. Contact names and numbers, plus hours of operations for each facility, will be provided.
For more information, call the LGS Library at (541) 791-1618 or visit http://www.lgsoregon.org.
LBCC classes next week in east county
Linn-Benton Community College offers community education classes in east Linn County beginning next week.
Courses include:
n Dog Training 1: Class starts Jan. 11 and will meet on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:20 p.m. at the Lebanon Senior Center. Cost is $49.
This class will strengthen one of the most meaningful relationships in your life—the one with your dog. Veterinary shot records and dog history forms are required.
Email [email protected] for forms and bring them to the first class.
n Life Stories: Class starts on January 11, and will meet on Wednesdays from 2 to 3:50 p.m. at the Lebanon Center. Cost is $69.
Recall family history in your narrative style with enhancement of detail, description and dialogue.
n Lunch and Learn: Explore local history and community heritage through photographs and stories. Feel free to bring your lunch. This free class starts on January 9, and will meet Mondays from 12:30-1:50, at the Lebanon Senior Center. Class is Free.
n Conditioning classes: LBCC also offers a variety of adult fitness classes in Sweet Home and Lebanon beginning Jan. 9.
Offerings include aquatic fitness classes in Sweet Home, along with a variety of other cardio, dance and core-strength classes.
For more information or to register, see the LBCC online schedule at http://www.linnbenton.edu/ce, email [email protected] or call the Sweet Home Center at (541) 367-6901.
‘Dream Gardens’
theme for dinner
Lebanon’s After Five Connection will hold its monthly dinner, themed “Dream Gardens,” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at The Lobby (Formerly King’s Coffee House), 661 S. Main St. in Lebanon.
Trudie Bason of Lebanon will speak about fairy gardens, which have been quietly popular since Victorian times. Fairy gardening is basically real gardening in miniature, and Bason will offer tips on how to create a dream garden.
Also, Laura Loffredo of Portland, a former bed and breakfast innkeeper from Chicago, will present a drama from the life of a woman innkeeper who lived almost 4,000 years ago.
Cost is $8.50 and only cash will be accepted. All women are welcome.
To RSVP, contact Nancy at (541) 259-1396 or at [email protected] or Norma at (541) 259-5672 or [email protected]. If unable to attend, please cancel your reservation.
Pops Chorus
seeks singers
Registration and first rehearsal for the Lebanon Community Chorus’ Spring Pops Concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.12, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 3111 S. Main Road, Lebanon.
Rehearsals start promptly at 7 p.m. and run until 9 p.m. every Thursday evening.
All singers 18 years of age and older, regardless of experience, are encouraged to participate.
Under the direction of Ray Hendricks, the chorus will conclude its 50th season on Sunday, April 30, with a concert that features selections from “West Side Story” as well as “Pure Imagination” from “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory;” “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen; “Under the Boardwalk,” made famous by Bette Midler; and “What a Wonderful World” a favorite from the soundtrack of “Good Morning, Vietnam.”
Spring season dues are $20; scholarships are available. The LCC is a fun and diverse group of people who enjoy singing in a comfortable and supportive environment.
For more information, contact Carol Sedlacek at (541) 401-4606.
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, Jan. 6, is turkey club or garden chicken mini salad over spinach Romaine, split pea soup, French roll and Mandarin oranges.
The menu for Monday, Jan. 9, is chicken tetrazzini or beef cabbage bake, glazed carrots, marinated broccoli salad, dill roll and rice pudding.
The menu for Tuesday, Jan. 10, is turkey or tuna salad sandwich half on wheat bread, cream of broccoli soup, carrot slaw and cinnamon applesauce.
For more information, call (541) 367-8843.