Learn to pitch
business ideas
RAIN (Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network) will host a Speed Pitch Workshop from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Santiam Travel Station, 750 S. 3rd St., Lebanon.
This will be “a fun, energetic event” in which entrepreneurs and business owners will learn and practice tips and techniques for pitching their business ideas/plans to investors for funding. Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Caroline Cummings (Oregon RAIN’s venture catalyst) will share the tips and techniques she used to raise close to $1 million for her startups.
As always, Oregon RAIN events are free and light refreshments are included. Anyone is welcome to come — not just entrepreneurs. Details and registration at www.facebook.com/pg/OregonRain.org/events.
Free cooking class
for families
Free family cooking classes will be offered from from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 and 9 in the Sweet Home High School Family and Consumer Science Classroom, 1641 Long St.
Adults and children will work together to create healthy meals to take home and eat each week.
The classes will be hosted by the Culinary Health Education and Fitness Program based at Oregon State University. It is funded by an $885,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a partnership called Coast to the Cascades Community Wellness Network, which includes Western University of Health Sciences, the Healthy Youth Program, Oregon State University Linus Pauling Institute and Samaritan Health Services.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (541) 768-5717. To register, visit bi.ly/2N1kBES.
Blood donors
sought locally
The American Red Cross is requesting local individuals to consider giving blood as it responds to Hurricane Florence.
People can also help by making a financial donation to support relief efforts.
Local blood donation opportunities include the following dates:
– Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sweet Home High School, 1641 Long St .;
– Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at COMP Northwest, 200 Mullins Drive, in Lebanon;
– Oct. 9, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Sweet Home Evangelical Church, 1347 Long St.
– Oct. 12, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Brownsville Baptist Church, 27910 Seven Mile Lane.
A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in.
Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent, where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood.
Appointments can be made by
using the Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-733-2767.
Blood and platelet donors can save time at their next donation by using RapidPass to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, before arriving at the blood drive.
To get started, follow the instructions at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or use the Blood Donor App.
Chamber info
meeting Sept. 27
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce will hold a General Membership Meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at the chamber office, 1575 Main St.
The program includes information about the chamber’s business strategies, food and fun. Non-chamber members who are interested in learning more about the chamber’s activities and plans are welcome to attend.
RSVP’s are requested by calling (541) 367-6186 or by email at [email protected].
Learn about oils
used in cooking
The Linn County Extension Services Family and Community Educations offers a class about cooking oils from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Lebanon Senior Center, 80 Tangent St.
Learn how to infuse oils with various herbs and spices, and how to use them in cooking.
Register by calling (541) 967-3871.
‘Larceny’ auditions
Sept. 27 in Lebanon
Lebanon Association for Theatre Arts will hold auditions for the play “Larceny and Old Lace” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Lebanon High School Auditorium.
The cast calls for some 16 adults. Auditions will be open to actors ages high school and up.
The play is a spoof of the community theater classic “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
Harold Peabody’s sweet aunts, Millie and Gertie, are gambling in Las Vegas while Harold stays at their home to watch over his eccentric Uncle Charlie, who thinks he is a pirate and is constantly `burying treasure’ in the basement.
When Harold hears the local bank has been robbed and then discovers a bag of money in the house, he declares that Charlie has buried his last treasure and decides he must go to a home for senior citizens.
But Aunt Millie and Aunt Gertie can’t imagine doing such a thing. After all, Charlie had nothing to do with the bag of money. The aunts know because they stole it from a casino.
Harold attempts to keep his aunts out of jail, his fiancée from walking out on him and himself from going insane.
Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Nov. 15, 16 and 17, and a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 17.
‘Once Upon a
Mattress’ in Albany
Albany Civic Theater will present “Once Upon a Mattress,” a musical adaption of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “Princess and the Pea,” Sept. 28 through October at 111 w. First St. in Albany.
For show times and ticket information, visit http://www.albanycivic.org.
Parish Gap to play Woods Roadhouse
Parish Gap will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at The Woods Roadhouse, 6099 Highway 20.
The band plays “tight and precise timeless rock” in an “energetic” show that “always engages the audience with a musical and theatrical experience that is colorful and imaginative.”
For more information, call (541) 829-9740.
Runaway Pumpkin
Sept. 29 at Cheadle
The annual Runaway Pumpkin Half Marathon and 8k will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Cheadle Lake Park.
The event transforms the park into a Halloween-themed Pumpkin Village that is fun for all ages. Whether you are participating in one of the races or are there for moral support, there will be plenty of activities for you to enjoy. Admission is free for spectators.
For more information, visit runawaypumpkinhalf.org.
Brewfest Sept. 29
in downtown
The Fourth Annual Brewfest will be held from 12:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in downtown Lebanon.
Presented by Growler Cafe, the event is a fund-raiser for the Boys & Girls Club. It will feature 40 breweries, wineries and distilleries, live music, food, fun and games, and more, including a fully staffed Kid Zone.
Tickets are $20 for General Admission, which begins at 1 p.m. and includes three tasting tickets and a Brewfest mug, or $45 for VIP admission, which gets you in the door half an hour earlier and includes six tasting tickets, mug, T-shirt and access to the VIP area. Non-drinkers can get in for $10 and children under 12 are free.
For more information and other ticket options are listed at lebanonbrewfest.com.
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.
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, Sept. 28, is an Octoberfest spread of barbecued chicken or German meatballs with sauce, garlic whipped potatoes, red cabbage and apples, rye bread and German chocolate cake.
The menu on Monday, Oct. 1, is tamale pie or chicken pastina, green beans, carrot pineapple salad, white dinner roll and smores chocolate pudding.
The menu on Tuesday, Oct. 2, is hearty turkey stew or western goulash, lima beans, garden vegetable salad, French roll and lime gelatin with whipped topping.
Volunteers are needed for both kitchen help and meal delivery.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.