Nov. 18 deadline for Gemma hunt
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 Eventbrite, 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.
Webinars on using internet profitably
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.
Veterans’ stories to be told on stage
Local military veterans will be matched with local playwrights and actors to bring their stories of service to the stage in the Veterans’ Voices Project II on Nov. 18.
The show will will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre, 115 SW 2nd Ave. in Corvallis.
Local director Leigh Matthews Bock has assembled an all-star cast that will be bringing these stories to life on both nights. The cast will be Tom Martin, Bob Olin, Rob Otrembiak, Chris Tavernia and Michael Wren.
Tickets range from $10 to $20 and are available at majestic.org. The show will be streamed online as well as performed live.
World of Work offers opportunity
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.
Virtual gala for needy students
The Linn-Benton Community College Foundation will present its Second Annual Gala, a virtual benefit for the students and programs of Linn-Benton Community College.
The event, to be held Thursday, Nov. 19, is free to attend and will include auction items.
The pre-show begins at 6:00 p.m. and the formal program begins at 6:30 p.m.
At LBCC, more than 75% of our students cannot afford to pay for college without help – and in the last few years, applications for LBCC scholarships have increased by more than 300%.
Proceeds from the event will benefit those students.
For more information, visit http://www.linnbenton.edu/gala.
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. 20, is spaghetti with meat sauce or chicken with peanut sauce and brown rice, green beans with red peppers, green garden salad, whole wheat roll and seasonal fresh fruit.
The menu on Monday, Sept. 23, is turkey apple meatballs with apple berry sauce, or vegetable a la king, garlic whipped potatoes, capri blend vegetables, squash bread and pineapple tidbits.
The menu on Tuesday, Sept. 24, is a Thanksgiving special of roasted turkey or Salisbury steak, both with gravy, whipped potatoes, mixed vegetables, bread dressing and cranberry sauce and baked pumpkin custard.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.