Meals on Wheels weekly menu
Meals on Wheels offers an on-site lunch at noon Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays to seniors over 60 at the Sweet Home Community Center.
There is a suggested donation of $3.50 per meal.
Meals are ordered in advance, and are the same meals as delivered to Meals on Wheels participants.
A menu will always be posted in the senior center’s dining room.
The menu on Friday, June 2, is beef and black bean chili or chicken tetrazzini, spinach, roasted corn salad, a wheat roll and cherry gelatin with whipped topping.
The menu on Monday, June 5, is an herbed chicken patty or liver and onions with gravy, whipped potatoes, green beans with red peppers, French bread and pistachio pudding.
The menu on Tuesday, June 6, is spaghetti in meat sauce or a chicken sausage bake, a Scandinavian vegetable blend, spinach romaine salad, seven-grain roll and a key lime bar.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.
Linn fair shirt designs due today
Local youth involved in Linn County 4-H and FFA organizations are invited to submit designs for the front of the 2023 Linn County Fair T-shirt.
The contest is open to all Linn County 4-H and FFA youth attending the fair.
Each contestant is limited to one design, which can be submitted by Wednesday. The design must be an original work – absolutely no tracing or copying designs – and must use only one color.
Entries must be submitted as a PDF or JPG file format.
If selected, the contest winner will see their design printed on the T-shirts passed out at the fair and will receive a $50 Coastal Farms gift card.
The winner will also meet with a professional designer from NoDinx to help prepare the final image.
They will be highlighted in the Extension’s Growing newspaper and on social media.
Submit designs at: beav.es/SxF.
For more information, contact Michele Webster at [email protected].
Faith group to meet in Lebanon
Faith Community Health Network will meet from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Health Occupations Center, 300 Mullins Drive, Lebanon.
Dr. Kevin Cuccaro will speak on “The Science of Pain for Faith Community Nurses.” Pain science can be approachable, understandable, and useful and can literally transform a practice.
There is no charge to participate.
For more information, contact Tawni Pfaff at (541) 367-8045 or email [email protected].
Volunteer Faire Saturday at park
The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce will hold a Volunteer Faire from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Sankey Park, 877 14th Ave.
Looking for opportunities to get involved in making the community a better place? The free event will include plenty of local organizations engaged in a wide variety of outreaches and interests, who will provide information on how to get involved.
For more information, contact the chamber at (541) 367-6186
Garden club to hold flower show
The Lebanon Garden Club encourages community members of all ages to enter its annual free Flower Show, which will be held the first weekend of June during the Strawberry Festival, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 2, and noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Santiam Place, 139 S Main St.
Entries for this year’s show will be accepted June 1-2.
Flower show schedule books describing acceptable entries (including individual specimens, terrariums, and dish gardens) and designs are available at the Chamber of Commerce, Lebanon Senior Center, Lebanon Public Library, Green Thumb Nursery, Summit Ace Home & Garden and Garland’s Nursery as soon as the schedule is available.
For information regarding entries and general show questions, contact Lynne Neuman at (541) 990-3894.
Sales continue this summer
The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce is holding a series of Saturday Sweet Home community yard sales this spring and summer, scheduled June 17, July 8 and Aug. 5.
The chamber will provide maps of all participating properties, where shoppers may find deals on household items, furniture and more.
Maps will be available a day before the sales at the chamber building, 1575 Main St .; Sweet Home City Hall, 3225 Main St .; or at the garage sale board at 18th Avenue and Long Street.
Safety fair set at SHPD June 17
The Jim Bean Public Safety Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 17, at the Sweet Home Police Department, 1950 Main St.
Children should bring bicycles to participate in a rodeo course. Visiting participants may receive helmets, bicycle safety inspections, minor repairs, bike registrations and more. A hot dog meal will also be available while supplies last, and children can enter a drawing for a chance to win bicycles.
The event will also feature a preview of local children’s summer programs. Various agencies and organizations – like the Linn County Sheriff’s Office; the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District, Public Works, public library and police department; Oregon Health Sciences University’s HERO Kids program, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam and ABC House – will provide safety-related activities and information.
The event is sponsored by Linn-Co Federal Credit Union, Rio Theater, Gregory Home Team, the Sweet Home Thriftway and Radiator Supply House.
For more information, contact the Sweet Home Police Department at (541) 367-5181.
Golf tournament set in Lebanon
Adult and Teen Challenge will hold a Swing for Hope Golf Tournament Friday, June 23, at Mallard Creek Golf Course, 31966 Bellinger Scale Road.
A shotgun start begins at 8 a.m. Cost is $125 per player or $500 for a party of four, which includes green fees, a golf cart and lunch.
Sign up at wvmc-golf.tcpnw.com. Corporate sponsorships are available by contacting Krista Cunningham at [email protected] or calling (503) 302-4512.
Charity car show rides June 24
Sweet Home will host its annual Sweet Home Sweet Ride Charity Car Show for Kids from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at 880 22nd Ave., behind the Sweet High School football stadium.
Some 100 trophies will be awarded in such categories as cars of nearly every decade, pickups, motorcycles, dirt bikes, ATVs, 4x4s, log/semi/dump trucks and vintage trailers.
A burnout pit is part of the schedule, usually in the late morning. Other activities include 50/50 raffles, a food court, a vendors alley, poker walk and music. Admission is free.
For information on entering, visit http://www.sweethomesweetride.com or email [email protected].
Farmers market continues in SH
The Sweet Home Farmers Market runs Tuesdays through mid-October in the parking lot at 1141 12th Ave., across from the Sweet Home Library.
Market hours are from 2 to 6 p.m. Local farmers and small businesses will offer a variety of fresh-grown produce, plant starts, eggs, meat, honey and other food items. Pets are welcome, but they need to be on a leash.
The markets often feature music, sponsored by a grant from the Linn County Cultural Coalition.
The markets offer Double Up Food Bucks, a program that “matches” SNAP benefits spent at participating farmers markets.
For every $2 of SNAP benefits spent, the SNAP recipient will get a match of up to $20 in DUFB that can be spent on fruits and vegetables.
So, if you spend $20 in SNAP benefits, you’ll get an extra $20 – free – that you can use to buy more produce.
For more information on SNAP, visit sweethomefarmersmarket.org/double-up-food-bucks.
For more information on how to participate, contact Belinda Bayne at (541) 418-2603.
SHHS Class of ’83 to hold reunion
Sweet Home High School’s Class of 1983 will hold its 40th class reunion Saturday, July 22, at The Woods Roadhouse, 6099 Hwy. 20, Foster.
Organizers are trying to locate class members.
To contribute to that effort, contact Tami Volz at (541) 990-3405 or Kyla (Jones) Jutte at (541) 390-6826.