Sunshine needs
plants for garden
Sunshine Industries is seeking donations of a variety of perennial plants for its community garden.
Among the plants it hopes to collect are asparagus, cranberry, huckleberry, oregano, sea kale, lilac and yarrow. Sunshine Industries offers job and life skills training, and employment opportunities to the developmentally disabled.
For more information or to donate, call Sunshine Industries at (541) 367-2765.
Footgolf tourney
for Head Start
KIDCO Head Start is celebrating 50 years of service with a footgolf tournament Friday, May 15, at Mallard Creek Golf Course. Entry fee is $35 per person, which includes dinner, prizes and live musical entertainment. Dinner only is $10. Space is limited.
Registration starts at 4 p.m., with dinner at 5 and footgolf at 6.
Practice-round opportunities are available at Mallard Creek on May 9 and 11. Call (541) 259-4653 to reserve a tee time.
For more information, visit http://www.kidcoheadstart.org.
Fir Lawn auction to send kids to camp
Fir Lawn Lutheran Church will hold its fourth annual auction and dinner from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the corner of 1st Avenue and West Holley Road (Highway 228).
The event is a fund-raiser to send local children to summer camp. Dinner will be barbecued pulled pork, New England baked beans, coleslaw and fruit crisp. Suggested donation for dinner is $10 for adults, $5 for children.
A silent auction and live auction will be held, along with a heads-or-tails 50-50 drawing.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Audrey at (541) 999-0851.
Gospel group to
perform at church
River of Life Fellowship will host the Down Home Family Singers from Nashville, Tenn. at its 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, May 17, at 1658 Long St.
This family group brings country gospel sound, singing songs of family and faith. A freewill offering will be taken.
For more information, call (541) 367-6855.
Dam road closures
for inspections
Foster Dam Road and the road over Green Peter Dam will be closed Tuesday afternoon, May 19, for bridge inspections.
Green Peter will be closed from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. and Foster will be closed from 3 to 6 p.m.
For more information, contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at (541) 942-5631.
Help needed for
Main St. planting
The Sweet Home Beautification Committee needs help with its annual planting of geraniums in the Main Street median strips.
Volunteers who can assist in this effort should meet at 8:30 a.m. in front of Key Bank at the corner of 10th Avenue and Main Street.
For more information, contact Arlene at (541) 367-5800.
Lunch-and-Learn on Business Watch
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce will hold a Lunch-and-Learn from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Sweet Home Police Station community room.
The topic will be the National Business Watch program and how it benefits local merchants. Lunch is included. Cost is $10.
To RSVP, call the chamber at (541) 367-6186 by 4 p.m. Monday, May 18.
Red Cross asking
for blood donors
The American Red Cross is asking eligible donors to help ensure blood is available for patients in need by giving blood in May before the busy summer season kicks in.
Blood and platelet donations often decrease when regular donors are vacationing and school is out of session, but the need for blood is constant. Donors are needed in the weeks leading up to summer to help alleviate this seasonal decline.
Donors of all blood types – especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative – are needed to help ensure blood is available for patients this spring. Those who come to donate blood between May 23 and May 25 will receive a limited-edition Red Cross-branded RuMe tote bag, while supplies last.
Donation locations and times in the area are noon to 5 p.m. May 23 at MegaFoods, 1950 Main St. in Lebanon, and 1 to 6 p.m. May 28 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 3111 S. Main Road, also in Lebanon.
To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Water conservation
event May 30 in SH
Santiam Food Alliance will offer a free event focusing on water conservation techniques for home and garden from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Sunshine Industries, 1333 Clark Mill Road.
Guest speaker Harry MacCormack will discuss water conservation techniques, including rainwater collection and storage, drip irrigation, drought-resistant planting and reducing home water use.
The event will include a free plant giveaway.
For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/santiamfood.
Flower, art shows call for entries
Lebanon Garden Club invites local gardeners and artists to participate in its Standard Flower Show in conjunction with the 106th Strawberry Festival.
This year’s theme is “All Stars.” The event will also include an Art and Quilt Show. All amateur floral designers, gardeners and youths are encouraged to enter designs and horticulture at the Evangelical Church on 75 East Ash Street in Lebanon.
Flower Show entries will be accepted from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 4, and from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday, June 5. Garden Club members will be available to assist and answer questions as entries are accepted. Flower Show Schedules with rules and information are free and available now at the Lebanon Chamber Office, Lebanon Senior Center, Lebanon Library, Green Thumb Nursery on Santiam Highway and Timeless Gardens Nursery on Brewster Road.
This is a free event, open to the public from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, and from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6.
Free cookies and coffee will be served.
For more information contact Elsie Kuenzli at (541) 207-8481. For Art Show information, call (541) 497-0386, and for Quilt Show information, (541) 259-1500.
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, May 15, is Santa Fe or turkey club mini salad on spinach Romaine, minestrone soup, wheat dinner roll and spiced applesauce.
The menu for Monday, May 18, is chicken a la king or pork sausage gravy, whipped potatoes, country trio vegetables, cracked wheat bread and lime pear gelatin.
The menu for Tuesday, May 19, is ground beef stew or broccoli cheese strata, whole kernel corn, spinach Romaine salad, wheat roll and chilled peaches.
For more information, call (541) 367-8843.