Tune It Up Tuesdays continue
Tune It Up Tuesday events continue in the downtown area through the remainder of the summer.
The weekly events are held in conjunction with the Sweet Home Farmers Market, in an effort to encourage residents and visitors to congregate and shop downtown.
Participants are encouraged to bring “tuned-up” cars, trucks and side-by-sides (on Long Street) in the event. Downtown-area shops and local restaurants will be open until 8 p.m. Bring a lawnchair and enjoy face-painting and cornhole games as well.
Tuesday evening’s (Sept. 14) show will be held at 1331 Main St. and feature Trent Beaver. Rhonda Funk concludes the series on Sept. 21.
For more information, contact the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce at (541) 367-6186.
SAFE can drive this Saturday
Senior Alcohol-Free Entertainment, otherwise known as SAFE, is holding a can and bottle drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at O’Reilly Auto Parts, 1118 Main St., Sweet Home.
The event raises money for this year’s senior class.
Linn GOP sets gala and auction
The Linn County Republican Party is holding a gala and auction fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Linn County Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Road E., Albany.
A silent auction begins at 4:30 p.m., followed by dinner and speakers at 6 p.m. and a live auction at 7.
Arizona Republican party chair Kelli Ward is the event’s keynote speaker, with past Oregon Republican party chair Bill Currier as guest speaker.
Advance tickets are $90 general, $160 for two guest tickets and $800 for a sponsor table of eight (while available). To purchase tickets, visit linngop.com/tickets.
Road over Foster Dam to close
The road over Foster Dam will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 14-16, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported in a news release.
The closure will allow for fish removal, annual spillway gate maintenance and the installation of PACE equipment.
Learn to garden with native plants
The Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener program is offering a series of free virtual monthly classes, The Growing Oregon Gardeners: Level Up Series, which will be broadcast via Zoom webinar at 3 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month through November at extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/growing-oregon-gardeners-level-series.
The classes, which include topics as far-ranging as Dazzling Dahlias to Adapting Your Garden and Landscape to Climate Change, are meant for those with a bit of gardening under their belt.
The topic for Tuesday, Sept. 14, is “Gardening with Native Plants for Pollinators.” The talk will share research conducted by the OSU Garden Ecology Lab about the connection between natives and pollinators, as well as provide recommendations for native plants for western Oregon gardens.
Before the pandemic, this series would have been held in person solely as continuing education for Master Gardeners, but the webinar format allows the sessions to be offered to the public.
The content, taught by horticulture experts from around the state, is meant to address current issues like wildfires, climate change and pollinators.
After 5 back with Sept. 14 program
After 5 Connection returns Tuesday, Sept. 14, with “Healthy Habits,” a dinner and special program running from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Ma’s Restaurant, 2416 S. Santiam Hwy., Lebanon.
All ladies and gentlemen are invited. Soloist Jen Justus, of Lebanon, will perform.
Becky McMahon, a certified health and wellness coach in Albany, will share tips on healthy habits, educating and counseling women on matters of health. Guest speaker Pat Abernathy, of Madras, is a caregiver and community health planner as well as a Facebook “foodie,” and maker of “decadent goodies.” She will relate stories of her adventures.
Cost is $15, which includes everything. Credit cards cannot be accepted.
For reservations, contact Sherri at (541) 258-6414 or Nancy at (541) 259-1396 or by email at [email protected]. If unable to attend, please cancel your reservation.
Vision support group to meet
The Mid Valley Low Vision Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Brookdale Grand Prairie, 1929 Grand Prairie Road, Albany.
Updated optical equipment will be on display and available for purchase. The equipment is provided by IRIE, a low-vision equipment supplier in Corvallis. Attendees are encouraged to handle the equipment and test its use.
No admission is charged for the event, and no membership in the group is necessary. Cookies, coffee and tea provided. The meeting facility, however, will require face masks.
For transportation issues or further information, contact Ellen Lilja at (541) 974-6233.
Farm Bureau seeks calendar photos
The Oregon Farm Bureau invites the public to submit their best photos of Oregon agriculture for a chance to be featured in the 2022 Oregon’s Beauty calendar.
Horizontal-layout, high-resolution images are needed of all types of agriculture. Suggested subjects include rural scenery; portraits of farmers, ranchers or farm families; planting or harvest shots; scenes from farm stands or farmers markets; and close-ups of fruit, vegetables, flowers, crops and farm animals. Photographers selected for month pages will receive photo credits, plus copies of the finished calendar.
Submission deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 15. Instructions, photo specifications, contest rules and examples of previous calendars are available at http://www.oregonfb.org/calendar.
Community Resource Fair
The Family Assistance and Resource Center Group is holding a Lebanon Community Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at the River Center, 3000 S. Santiam Hwy., Lebanon.
Services include vaccinations, haircuts and dental checks, all free of charge.
For more information, visit http://www.facforthehomeless.org.
Former resident to play piano concert
Former Sweet Home resident Dr. Carmen Wolthuis Hall will perform a piano concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, in the auditorium of Sweet Home High School, 1641 Long St.
Hall will perform works by Chopin, Schumann and Rachmaninoff. Admission is free, but donations for humanitarian projects sponsored by Rotary International and the Sweet Home Oregon Coalition for Artistic and Scholastic Enrichment will be accepted.
Hall grew up in Sweet Home and is now a faculty member at Mountain Springs Chamber Music Festival in Utah. She recently completed her doctoral degree in piano performance at the University of Utah. The Gala Piano Quartet veteran has previously won the University of Utah’s SummerArts Competition, and has performed as a soloist with the Timpanogos Symphony, Brigham Young University Philharmonic and the Emerald Chamber Orchestra.
She is currently the chair of Theory and Ear Training Evaluation for Utah’s Encore Music Teachers Organization and recently received a grant to launch the Timpanogos Chamber Music Series.
Blood drive at church scheduled
The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1155 22nd Ave., Sweet Home.
To schedule an appointment, contact Jeanie Stover at (541) 971-8252.
Funding for social accountability
Nonprofit organizations in Linn and Benton counties interested in applying for social accountability funding from Samaritan-affiliated hospitals in those counties are invited to submit full proposals no later than 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1.
Complete proposals must address one of the following social determinants of health: economic stability, health-care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context. Specifically, a project must identify how it will address the particular determinant of health, identify the target population the project will address and must have measurable outputs.
For more information, contact Community Health Promotion director JoAnn Miller at (541) 768-7330 or [email protected], or Shelley Hazelton at (541) 768-5256 or [email protected].
Sign up for Oregon artist registry
Professional Oregon-based artists are encouraged to sign up for a statewide artists registry created by the Oregon Commission in partnership with The Ford Family Foundation.
The registry’s intent is to reach and connect as many Oregon artists as possible, including those who haven’t previously accessed funding programs.
Once established, the registry will allow the commission and The Ford Family Foundation, as well as other funding partners, to distribute information about upcoming funding opportunities. It will also create more comprehensive data about Oregon for artists for planning and advocacy purposes.
While the registry will remain open, artists are encouraged to sign up by Thursday, Sept. 30, to establish a base registry.
Applications are available online at https://bit.ly/3f8ddEi.
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.
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. 10, is a Santa Fe chicken or turkey club mini-salad over spinach romaine, corn chowder, a seven-grain roll and spiced applesauce.
The menu on Monday, Sept. 13, is baked chicken with mushroom gravy or pork “choppie” with gravy, whipped sweet potatoes, spinach, whole-wheat bread and a chocolate chip bar.
The menu on Tuesday, Sept. 14, is a cranberry walnut chicken salad or chickpea salad half-sandwich, minestrone soup, beet and mandarin orange salad, whole-wheat bread and a golden fruit cup.
For more information, contact Norene at (541) 367-8843.