Where’s Gemma? Clues, prizes await
Registration for the Sweet Home Police Department’s annual Cascade K9 Jamboree will continue through Nov. 18.
This year, instead of a live festival with a wide variety of canine-oriented events, the event is a photo scavenger hunt that will run through Dec. 4, with a drawing for prizes on Dec. 5.
The event is still dog-oriented and will still benefit SHPD’s canine program, headlined by Gemma, the drug-detection specialist.
Starting Thursday, Oct. 29, visit the Sweet Home Police Department and locate the image of Gemma, SHPD’s drug detection dog. Take a photo of you or you and your dog with Gemma and send the photo to SHPD via Facebook Messenger.
Gemma will hold clues to the next stops. Use those clues to find her again and continue submitting photos. Each photo submitted by participants will give players one entry into a drawing for gifts and prizes donated by local businesses.
Registration is $35 through Nov. 18. Each registrant will receive a Gemma T-shirt and dog bowl. The T-shirts will be available while starting supplies last. Bowls and additional T-shirts will be available at the end of the event.
Proceeds from the 2020 Cascade K9 Jamboree help pay for supplies, training, and veterinary services to ensure Gemma can continue to assist police officers in their fight against crime. Dogs/Pets are not required to participate.
Register online at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cascade-k9-jamboree-photo-scavenger-hunt-tickets-126342274143, or the Sweet Home Police Department (cash or check only), City Hall, The New Era, Sweet Home Choppers or the Chamber of Commerce.
Free OSU webinar on cattle continues
Oregon State University’s Beef Cattle Working Group is presenting a Fall Webinar Series on beef cattle production.
The weekly webinar series runs through Nov. 17, presented by OSU faculty. Webinars begin at 5:30 p.m. each Tuesday.
Upcoming topics include:
Nov. 10: Pain Mitigation of Routine Procedures for Calves, presented by Chuck Estill.
Nov. 17: Plants Toxic to Livestock in Range and Pastures, presented by Scott Duggan and Mylen Bohle.
Registration is required only once, at extension.oregonstate.edu/douglas/events/beef-cattle-working-group-fall-webinar-series. You will receive an email with a link to access the webinar. The same link can be used for all webinars.
For more information, contact by visiting extension.oregonstate.edu/people/juliana-ranches, or contact OSU Extension at (541) 967-3871.
Chamber offers business webinars
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce is offering a series of business development webinars on making the Internet work for you.
For information and to sign up, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/o/sweet-home-chamber-of-commerce-27417028101.
Free online class on help for veins
Samaritan Health offers a class on “Troubled Veins, No Problem” from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11.
If you suffer from troubled veins that are painful and unsightly, a minimally invasive treatment is available to help you get back to the activities you enjoy most. Vein specialist and general surgeon Dr. Frederic Bahnson, MD, will lead the free virtual seminar on common vein problems, care tips and treatments.
Reigster at http://www.samhealth.org/health-services/classes-and-events/h/m/hmhb/yearly/2020/11/troubled-veins-no-problem.
World of Work to offer career help
World of Work, a hands-on event for adults and youth looking to find a career or a job, will be held Nov. 20 and 21 in the Livestock Pavilion at Linn County Fair and Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Road E in Albany.
The free event includes hands-on displays and exhibits, and networking opportunities. Youth and adults are invited to attend and learn about Linn County’s keystone businesses and industries – transportation and warehousing, heavy and domestic construction, electrical, railroad, public safety, healthcare, real estate, automotive, production and manufacturing, graphic arts and robotics.
Sponsors and participants include: Weyerhaeuser, Papé Machinery, RAM Trucking, Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub, KnifeRiver, Rick Franklin Corporation, Albany Eastern Railroad, ENTEK, RELCO Truss, Canaga Point S, Briese Custom Concrete, Keller Williams Laura Gillott Home Team, McCallam Rock Drilling, Oregon Home Team at Premiere Property Group, Lebanon Fire District, Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, PacificCorp, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Lebanon Police Department, NW Apparel and Graphics, The Skallywags robotics club, Boys & Girls Clubs and more.
Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21.
For more information, visit http://www.wowlinncounty.com.
Gift opportunity deadlines near
The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District and Sweet Home Police Department are accepting applications to their Christmas for Kids Sharing Tree toy programs and Shop with a Cop; and Sweet Home Emergency Ministries is accepting applications for Christmas food boxes.
Applications to the fire district, for children 12 and younger, are available at the “Sweet Home Sharing Tree” page on Facebook.
Applications to the Police Department program, for children in the seventh through 12th grade, are available on the city’s website, sweethomeor.gov/police/webform/teen-sharing-tree-2020-application.
Paper applications for each are available at the Fire Hall, 1099 Long St., and at the Police Department, 1950 Main St.
The deadline to submit applications to the programs is Nov. 30.
In the sharing tree programs, names of children and families are written on tags and placed on the sharing trees.
Anyone who wants to help those in need is invited to visit the Fire Hall or Police Department and choose a name or multiple names from the tree.
Donors are welcome to contribute for entire families.
Tags will be available at each location beginning in mid-November. The date remains to be announced.
Donors purchase an item or items listed on the tag, wrap the gifts and then return them by Dec. 9. The tags that are left on the sharing tree will be taken by the local department personnel, who will purchase gifts to fill those requests.
Those requesting gifts will be able to pick up their gifts Dec. 16-17.
Cash donations to the “Christmas for Kids Sharing Tree” toy programs may be made at the Fire and Ambulance District office, 1099 Long St., between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and Sweet Home Police Department, 1950 Main St., 24 hours a day. All cash donations will be used to purchase toys and needed clothing for local children.
Funds donated to the Police Department also may be used to help pay for the Shop with a Cop program and other children’s programs.
Applications are also available for the Dec. 12 Police Department’s Shop with a Cop program at sweethomeor.gov/police/webform/shop-cop-2020-application. Paper forms are available at the department. The program is open to children 4 through 12.
During Shop with a Cop, children will receive credit to shop at Bi-Mart with police officers. Treats and hot chocolate will be available. They’ll get to meet Blue Santa, and members of the Sportsman’s Holiday Court will assist them in wrapping gifts.
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries will accept applications for Christmas food boxes through the mail slot on the front door at SHEM, 1115 Long St., until Nov. 28. The form is downloadable from shemfoodbank.org/christmas-box-app.
SHEM will prepare food baskets for delivery in time for Christmas. For those who would like to donate to the Food Basket Program, SHEM accepts cash, clothing and non-perishable food items.
Christmas Store deadline Nov. 13
The sixth annual Kids Free Christmas Store will once again be held this year, on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, things will be a little different. The event will be held in two locations for kids ages 4-12.
Participants must pre-register by Friday, Nov. 13. Once all pre-registration applications are in, participants will receive letters indicating the time and location they will be able to shop.
Applications can be picked up at the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce, 1575 Main St., or at Trash to Treasure, 4432 Main St. (next to O&M Tire).
Financial donors are needed for purchasing gifts. For details, visit Facebook at Home Sweet Home for Christmas or text Nancy Patton at (541) 409-4276.
Spaghetti dinner fundraiser at VFW
The Sweet Home VFW will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Sweet Home Veterans Club, 580 Main St.
Dinner includes a full plate of spaghetti, covered in homemade fire-roasted spaghetti sauce, green salad with your choice of dressing, garlic bread and a choice of pumpkin cobbler or apple pie for dessert.
Proceeds benefit the VFW and its holiday programs, including a bike giveaway.
For details, call (541) 367-4435.
Can collection for SAFE Saturday
The 2021 Senior Alcohol-Free Entertainment party organizing committee will hold a bottle and can drive fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, in the parking lot at O’Reilly Auto Parts, 1118 Main St.
Contributors may also call or text Brandi at (541) 401-7167 to make other arrangements to donate.
B&G Club to hold Mask-Arade event
The Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam will hold a Champions of Children Mask-Arade fund- raiser beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, in both Lebanon and Sweet Home.
The event will include a live auction and dinner from 7 to 8 p.m. and live music from 8 till 10.
Appetizers, dinner and live entertainment are included in the admission – $1,200 for a table of six, in-person, or virtually (two adults) for $300. Virtual attendees will have access to the silent and live auctions via their tablets or smartphones. Their appetizers and drinks will be delivered.
Due to state mandates, capacity is limited for actual attendees.
For more information, contact Shyla at (541) 258-7105 or by email at [email protected].
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, Nov. 13, is beef and black bean chili or macaroni and cheese, herbed carrots, tossed salad, oat bran roll and chocolate pudding.
The menu on Monday, Nov. 16, is vegetarian chili with cheese or chicken lo mein, imperial blend vegetables, spinach romaine salad, sunflower seed roll and peanut butter bar.
The menu on Tuesday, Nov. 17, is turkey or ham salad sandwich half on whole wheat bread, lentil soup, apple cranberry coleslaw and spiced peaches.
For more information, including opportunities for volunteering, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.