PEO wreath sale for scholarships
PEO Chapter FA of Sweet Home is taking orders for Christmas wreaths.
Cost is $15 per wreath, available for pickup or immediate delivery.
All wreaths are hand-made with fresh Oregon-grown greens. Proceeds go toward college scholarships to local women, awarded by PEO.
Kids Christmas store seeks donors
The Committee for Christmas in Sweet Home is collecting gifts and wrapping paper for its Kids Christmas Free Store.
Last year more than 100 children received gifts at this event, which allows children the opportunity to “shop” at no cost for gifts for family members. Organizers also will wrap the gifts.
This year’s event will be for children 12 and under from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Evangelical Church, 1347 Long St.
CCSH is seeking donations of unwrapped gifts valued at $10 or less, for all ages, infant through adult. Suggestions: books, socks, jerky, perfume, earrings, shoes, T-shirts, boxes of candy, cups, etc. Also needed is wrapping paper, tissue and ribbon. If you are interested in volunteering, there is opportunity also.
Gifts and paper may be dropped off at Trash to Treasure, 1023 Main St .; Cathy’s Corner Gift Store, 1913 Main St., Santiam Variety in the Santiam Plaza shopping center next to Safeway; and Sweet Home Evangelical Church.
For more information, contact Nancy Patton, event chairman, by text or phone at (541) 409-4276 or by email at [email protected].
Elks Americanism
Essay contest
The Sweet Home Elks’ Americanism Essay contest is under way.
The Elks offer a $50/$30/$20 prize in each of the two age divisions with a matching prize for the teacher of the classroom the student came from.
Applications can be dropped off at 440 Osage St. or mailed to Attn: Americanism Committee, P.O. Box 176, Sweet Home, OR 97386 on or before Dec. 16.
Attention to spelling and punctuation are also important so this is an excellent opportunity for teachers and parents to work with students on an essay.
For more information, call (541) 367-3559 or visit http://www.elks.org/programs/americanism.cfm.
Also, the Elks National Foundation will offer 20 scholarships ranging from $20,000 to $50,000 this year, with 480 runners-up receiving $4,000 scholarships.
The Most Valuable Student scholarship is available to high school seniors who are United States citizens. Applicants do not need to be related to a member of the Elks. The deadline to apply is Nov. 30.
The 500 national winners will be announced in late April 2017.
For complete Most Valuable Student scholarship contest details including the application, and to learn more about how the Elks are investing in your community, visit elks.org/enf.
‘A Christmas Carol’
at SH Library
Sweet Home Library will host Man of Words in a performance of “A Christmas Carol in Prose” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at 1101 13th Ave.
Oral interpreter Rickie Birran is a former college speech instructor and author of “Suit the Action to the Word: The Art of Reading Aloud.”
As Man of Words, he uses the theatrical, musical, and storytelling arts to bring reading and literature to life – to enrich, encourage, enlighten, and entertain.
For more information, call (541) 367-5007.
LBCC choirs to
perform Dec. 1
Linn-Benton Community College’s fall choral concert “Wrapped in Wonder” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Russell Tripp Performance Center, Takena Hall, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany.
Conducted by LBCC Choral Director Raymund Ocampo, the concert features the college’s award-winning Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and the vocal a cappella groups Blue Light Special and The Sirens. Kristin Rorrer will accompany on piano.
Choral works to be performed include “O Holy Night,” “The Gartan Mother’s Lullaby,” “We Three Kings,” “Izar Ederrak,” and “What a Wonderful World.” The a cappella groups will perform works by Christina Aguilera, Ariana Grande, a-ha, and Earth, Wind and Fire.
Tickets are $10 general admission, $7 for students, seniors and veterans, $5 for children. Purchase online at http://www.linnbenton.edu/tickets or at the theater box office one hour prior to performance.
For more information, call (541) 917-4531.
LHS theater to
stage ‘Elf’ version
Lebanon High School Musical Theater students will perform “Elf, The Musical Jr.” at 7 p.m. nightly Dec. 1-3 at the high school auditorium..
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors and students.
A special meet-and-greet with Santa and the cast will be Friday, Dec. 2 only. Tickets for that event are $10 each or $20 for a family of four (each additional ticket is $5). Ticket prices include photos with Santa, hot cocoa/cider, treats and admission to the show.
For more information, e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].
OSU Extension
Calving School
Oregon State University will hold its Calving School from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at Oldfield Teaching Center (on the west side of the OSU campus).
Cost is $20 per person, which includes program, the calving school handbook, and a pizza dinner.
The event will consist of presentations, educational videos, and simulated calving assistance. Topics covered will include the calving process, nutritional and management strategies to prevent calving problems, designing calving facilities, dystocia and calving assistance, diseases and injuries associated with calving, and managing newborn calves.
Presenters will be beef cattle specialist Reinaldo Cooke, regional livestock and forage specialist Shelby Filley, and OSU Extension veterinarian Charles Estill.
For more information, contact [email protected] or call (541) 236-3016.
To register, visit bit.ly/LinnCalvingSchool or call (541) 967-3871.
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.
No meal will be served Friday, Nov. 25. due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
The menu for Monday, Nov. 28, is chicken tetrazzini or ground beef stew, green peas, pickled beets, whole wheat roll and spiced pears.
The menu for Tuesday, Nov. 29, is lima beans and ham or baked beef rigatoni, country trio vegetables, spinach Romaine salad, herb roll and chocolate chip bar.
For more information, call (541) 367-8843.