Scene Around Town: Feb. 11, 2026

Pitching pancakes for players

Above, Cole Gerig, third base, places pancake rounds on a plate during the annual Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast benefiting Lebanon High School’s baseball program.

The fundraiser, held Sunday, Feb. 8, at Tallman Brewery, hosted a packed house where Warrior supporters bid on dozens of items from a silent auction, purchased raffle tickets for a chance to win a Blackstone grill, and ate their fill of pancakes and sausage.

Also attending the event on Superbowl Sunday were former NFL players Eric Castle, Pat McQuistan and Paul McQuistan (who played at Super Bowl XLVIII in 2013 for the champion Seattle Seahawks).

Proceeds from the fundraiser support equipment needs and the players’ spring break tournament trip in Arizona.

Photos by Sarah Brown

Dishing up for Sharing Hands

The Sharing Hands Chili Cook-off winners are, from left, Lisa Keith (fourth), Barbara Anderson (third), Lawrence Stutsman (second) and Ralph Morrow (first).

Eight recipes were entered in the annual contest, but it was Morrow who walked off as champion for the third year in a row.

Sharing Hands, a food bank and community support nonprofit serving the Brownsville and Halsey area, held its annual fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Pioneer Christian Academy. The event included raffles, a dessert auction, dinner and opportunity to taste and judge all eight chilis.

Auctioneer Shannon Duffy, experienced in the history of the organization’s dessert auction, took a guess at three desserts that might take highest-bid. While indeed three desserts tied for highest-bid, only one of them was among Duffy’s guesses: a raspberry chocolate cheesecake.

The other two highest-bids were a chocolate pudding cake and a lemon supreme pie, both of which were purchased by the same individual. They each sold for $100.

Photos by Sarah Brown

Crash on Main Street

Rescue workers work to get the door open on a pickup involved in a three-vehicle crash shortly after noon Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the 2400 block of Main Street in Sweet Home.

According to Sweet Home police, Timothy James Pedersen, 61, was driving a 2002 Ford Expedition westbound on Main when he stopped for a pedestrian in the roadway. Kirsten Mengore, 54, driving a 1995 Dodge 1500 pickup, was also westbound and stopped behind Pedersen.

Timothy William Roebuck, 43, was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pickup behind them and did not stop in time, striking the back of Mengore’s vehicle, which caused her vehicle to strike the back of Pedersen’s vehicle, police said.

Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District respondents had to use extraction equipment to get Mengore out of her vehicle. She was transported by medics to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. Both Roebuck and Mengore were cited for driving while suspended, police said.

Photos by Scott Swanson