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A number of Memorial Day services and activities are scheduled in Linn County.

Samaritan Evergreen Hospice invites participants to make handmade bouquets from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 25, at its location 4600 Evergreen Place SE, Albany. The event is free, and no registration is required. For more information, call (541) 812-4662.

The Albany Masonic Cemetery, 700 SW Broadway St., will be open during the weekend for a self-guided walking tour of notables. Some 50 yellow placards will be placed throughout the five-acre property recounting the lives of such prominent locals as Samuel Althouse...