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Chamber mixer
at ranger station
The U.S. Forest Service Sweet
Home Ranger District office will
host a Chamber of Commerce Af-
ter Hours event from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 25, at 4431 Main
St.
The event includes refresh-
ments, business card door prizes-
.
To submit information about an upcoming event for inclusion in
/ROUND TOWN, send an e-mail or letter that includes the five W's
(What's happening, when it'shappening, where, why, and who's in-
volved) and the H (how much). Events that are free or are non-profit
will get first priority. Remember that the newspaper is delivered on
Wednesdays, so time submissions accordingly. The deadline for sub-
missions is noon on the Thursday prior to publication. Send your
information to news@sweethomenews.com or mail it to Editor, The
New Era, P.O. Box 39, Sweet Home, OR 97386. You are welcome to
call to make sure your information has arrived, but it must be submit-
ted in writing.
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o foursquare church
Pastor Rick Ellingson
You are welcome, just as you are
1234 Long St., Sweet Home • 541.367-6161
Sevice. 10 a.m. Sunday
COMMUNITY CHAPEL
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at 8:30 & 10:30am
Children's ministries for ages birth-rth grade
42250 Ames Creek Road
Sweet Home • 367-5106
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Elm Street Baptist Church
(Assx'ialion of Re[ormcd Bapdst ('hutches oj America)
Sunday Services:
Sunday School 9:45; 11:00 am Worship
Prayer Meeting: Sunday 6:00 pm
1150 Elm St. Sweet Home 541-3ff-5883
Sweet Home
Mennonite
Church
1266 44thAve. PO Box 515
541-367-2848
Pastor-Pete Kauffman
9:15 am Coffee Fellowship
9:45 am Sunday School
10:45 am Morning Worship
(Nursery and Children's Church)
6 pm Eve. Worship Service
Fir Lawn [
Lutheran.Church |
Worship-lO:O0 am |
_ 541-367-3642 [
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I Sweet Home
United
Methodist
I Church
J Open Hearts,
l Open Minds,
-- Open Doors
9:30 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship
Free Meal - Tue and Fri - 5:00 pm
Ironwood • 541-367-3073
First Baptist Church
2470 E. Main Street
Pastor Danny Wya.
Open Door Church
9:30 Sunday School 10:50 Wolship
Sunday Eve - 6 pm
6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study
Sweet Home Christian Church
Minister Dale Robinson
18th & Long Street, Sweet Home
(541) 367-2094
shcc18th-long@centurytel.net
BETHEL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
LCMS
All Welcome!
Church: 541-367-4838 • Home: 541-259-2820
9:00 Bible Study
10:30 Divine Worship
7:00 Bible Study,Thursday
2590 Long St., Sweet Home
St. Helen's Catholic Church
600 6th Avenue
Sweet Home, OR 97386
541-367-2530
Reverend Fred J. Anthony
Mass Schedule
Tuesday - Friday 8:30 am
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm
Sunday Mass: 9:00 am
Reconciliation: Saturday - 3:30-4:30 pm
and a 50-50 drawing, plus lots of
opportunities to network with fel-
low business and community mem-
bers. It will also include chances to
tour the Sweet Home Ranger Dis-
trict offices.
The event is open to all cham-
ber members, business owners and
local residents interested in the
chamber.
Parenting class
offered in SH
Linn-Benton Community Col-
lege is offering a "Live and Learn
with your 1-, 2- and 3-Year-aids"
class from 9:30 to 11:20 a.m.
Wednesdays at the United Method-
ist Church, 846 6th Ave.
Cost is $25 for the term and
anyone can join at any time during
the term.
Participants can pay and regis-
ter at the class.
Activities include crafts, read-
ing, learning, having fun and bond-
ing. A field trip to the fire depart-
ment is planned for May 2.
Meet and greet
for candidate
A meet-and-greet event will
be held for County Commissioner
Will Tucker, who is running for re-
election, from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday,
April 27, at Sweet Home's VFW's
Hall.
Tucker plans tO bring along his
father, a World War II veteran, for
the event. The public is Welcome
and dinner is available from 6 to 8
p.m. at $5 per person. The menu
for dinner is open-face meatloaf
sandwiches and potatoes.
Gospe ! concert at
Nazarene church
A gospel concert will be held
at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at
Sweet Home Church of the Naza-
rene, 415 Halley Road.
Bethel Mountain Band will be
the featured performers. For more
information, contact Mike Wilson
at (541) 367-3124.
Square dance
camp at Koinonia
Sweet Home Squarenad-
ors will hold a Camp Koinonia
Campout and Square Dance Fri-
day through Sunday, April 27-29,
at Camp Koinonia, 43062 North
River Road.
Events include a dance from
7:30 to10:30 p.m. Friday, a Jive
Workshop at 2 p.m. Saturday and
a dance, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Breakfast will be served Saturday
and Sunday, with dinner on Satur-
day and a potluck on Friday.
Square dance caller will be
Leonard Snodgrass, with Jackie
Gale cueing round dances.
Cost is $65 per person for the
weekend, $55 per person for Sat-
urday and Sunday only, and $5 on
Friday or Saturday for dances.
For more information, call
(541) 367-8216 or (541) 466-
5536.
Prescription drug
collection at PD
The Sweet Home Police De-
partment and the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration will collect
prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at SHPD,
1950 Main St.
Bring your medications for
free and anonymous disposal, no
questions asked. Animal medica-
tions are also accepted. No syring-
es, lancets or sharps are allowed.
For your convenience, this
will be a drive-through and drop-
off site. You don't even have to get
out of your car.
SHPD has a drop box available
to local residents 24 hours a day in
its lobby. For more information,
contact Gina Riley at the police de-
partment, (541) 367-5181.
Medicare class
at Senior Center
New to Medicare? Senior
Health Insurance Benefits Assis-
tance (SHIBA) is offering presen-
tation from 10 a.m. to noon Thurs-
day, May 10, at the Sweet Home
Senior Center to help you get your
feet on the ground.
The class will help participants
understand the basics of Medicare
and is designed for anyone new
to the program. Information will
be presented-in an unbiased fash-
ion so participants can make edu-
cated decisions about their health
insurance. The class is intended
for those about to turn 65 or who
are already eligible for Medicare.
Current Medicare recipients are
also welcome to attend, as well as
spouses and other relatives.
Refreshments will be served.
Pre-registration is required. To
register, call (541) 812-0849.
Steelheaders to
hear from guide
The Mid Valley Chapter
Northwest Steelheaders will meet
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the
Albany Senior Center.
Curt Currey of Currey Guide
Service will present a program
on spring chinook fishing on the
McKenzie River. His programs
tend to be very interactive with the
audience and he does not hesitate
to share his knowledge and exper-
tise. Currey also guides on the Si-
letz, Coquille, Umpqua, Siuslaw,
and Coos Rivers.
The meeting is open to the pub-
lic and all fishermen are cordially
invited to attend this presentation.
For more information, contact
chapter President Bill Nyara at
(541) 401-9559.
Prostate cancer
support group
A Prostate Cancer Support
Group will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 3, at Jim Riggs
Community Center.
This is the first of a planned
monthhly support group, to be held
on the first Thursday of the month.
The group is open to adults -
men and their• family members or
significant others - who have been
diagnosed with or treated for pros-
tate cancer. Discussion will include
options for treatment, questions to
ask the doctor and experiences of
those who have been treated for the
disease.
The group will be led by
Sweet Home native Krystina Tack,
a medical physicist with prostate
cancer research and clinical expe-
rience from a large prostate cancer
treatment facility in Chicago, Ill.
While in the midwest, Tack partici-
pated in a prostate cancer support
group which helped many men and
their families. For more informa-
tion, contact tackmp@gmail.com
National Day of
Prayer May 3
Sweet Home's National Day
of Prayer service will be held at
7 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints, at 1155 22nd Ave.
Refreshments will be served
following the service.
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Photo by Scott Swanson
Spaghetti
feed for
Sunshine
Sunshine Industries
held a spaghetti dinner,
feeding some 200, on
April 13 to raise funds
for the construction of
a newfacili on Clark
Mill Road. Helping in
the kitchen at St. Helens
Catholic Church are,
from left, Jason Gorby,
Ka O' Koch, Waynette
Valdez, Jeremiah Ste-
venson, Maureen Miner,
Kathy Ives (barely
visible) and Vernell
Warner.
