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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's happening, 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.
42250 Ames Creek Road
Sweet Home • 367-5106
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
I~stor Rick Blingson
You are welcome, just asyou are
1234 Long St., Sweet Home, 541-367-6161
Sevices: 10 a.m. Sunday
Elm Street Baptist Church
(A~-soeiation of Reformed Baptist Churches of America)
Sunday Services:
Sunday School 9:45; 11:00 am Worship
Prayer Meeting: Sunday 6:00 pm
1150EImSt. Sweet Home 541-367.5883
First Baptist Church
2470 E. Main Street
Pastor Danny Wyatt
Open Door Church
9:30 Sunday School 10:50 Worship
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
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Coats donation
deadline nearing
New Year's Eve is the dead-
line to donate clothing to the Sweet
Home Choppers' third annual Win-
ter Coat Drive.
Coats (and other warm cloth-
ing such as hats, scarves, sweaters,
etc.) in all sizes can be dropped
off at 4639 Highway 20 in Sweet
Home, Clothing should be new or,
if used, in clean and good condi-
tion. All items will be donated to
Sweet Home Emergency Minis-
tries.
For more information, call
(541) 367-8866.
Advisory council
needs members
Community Services Consor-
tium is looking for new members
to join its Community Action Ad-
visory Council serving Linn, Ben-
ton and Lincoln counties.
The CAAC provides input to
the CSC Governing Board and staff
on key policy issues, assessment of
CSC program risks and opportuni-
ties, and serves as a knowledgeable
advocate for the agency and its
programs and services in the areas
of nutrition, education, economic
stability and housing. The time
commitment is approximately five
hours per month.
The application deadline is
Monday, Dec. 31. For more infor-
mation about the council or to ap-
ply, please contact Linda Swaney
at (541) 704-7643 or Iswaney@
communityservices.us.
home unit (lst Oregon Infantry)
and show artifacts that relate to the
life of a common infantry soldier in
that reg!ment.
A former social studies teacher
at the Dallas High School, Betschart
in 1989 he became a Civil War re-
enactor with the 1 st Oregon Volun-
teer Infantry, and he serves as the
President of the Northwest Civil
War Council.
For more information call the
LGS Library at (541) 791-1618 or
visit www.lgsoregon.org.
Class in knitting,
crocheting Jan. 8
A 10-week Knitting/Crochet-
ing class will be held at the Linn-
Benton CommunityCollege Leba-
non Center, 44 Industrial Way,
beginning Tuesday, Jan. 8 and will
meet every Tuesday from 9-10:50
a.m.
Cost is $69 plus a $3 fee. Se-
niors age 62 and above are eligible
for a 25 percent reduction in tu-
ition. This does not apply to fees.
For more information or to
register, visit the on-line schedule
at www.linnbenton.edu or call the
LBCC Lebanon Center at (541)
259-5801.
iPad class offered
in Sweet Home
Linn-Benton Community Col-
lege will offer a one-day class to
learn how to use your iPad at the
Sweet Home Center on Wednes-
day, Jan. 9 from 1-3:50 p.m.
Cost is $29 plus a $2 fee. Se-
will feature a nine-week video
series by teacher/author, Beth
Moore entitled, The Inheritance,
based on Psalm 16: 5-6: "The
lines have fallen for me in pleas-
ant places; indeed I have a beauti-
ful inheritance."
Open to all women, the free
course offers video presentations,
discussion groups and home-
work. Optional study guides are
available for purchase at host
churches.
Participating churches in
Sweet Home are the Sweet Home
Assembly of God, 890 Mountain
View Road, and Sweet Home
Evangelical Church, at the comer
of 14th and Kalmia.
The Assembly of God study
will be held Tuesdays from 10-
11:30 a.m. For more information,
contact Jan Tombleson at (360)
561-6449.
The Evangelical Church
class will be offered Thursdays,
beginning with a snack at 5:30
p.m. and the study following
from 6-7:30 p.m. For more infor-
mation, contact Connie May at
(541 ) 367-6449.
No childcare is available for
either class. Women may register
now through Mid Valley Women
of Christ website www.midval-
leywomenofchrist..org.
Elks Club essay
contest for kids
The Elks Club is offering a
chance for local fifth- through
eighth-grade students to compete
in an essay contest.
The topic is "What does the
10:45 am Morning Worship s.hcc18th-long@centurytel.net niors age 62 and above are eligible National Anthem Mean to Me?"
(Nursery and Children's Church) LBCC closed for a 25 percent reduction in tu- Entries must be 250 words or less
6 pm Eve. Worship Service ition. This does not apply to fees. and typed or legibly printed in ink
through Jan. 1 For more information or to by participants. Three local win-
register, visit the on-line sched- Hers are submitted to district with
Linn-Benton Community Col- ule at www.linnbenton.edu or call possible to state. The deadline is
lege and all centers are closed for the LBCC Sweet Home Center at Jan. 10, 2013.
winter break. " (541) 367-6901. For more information, e-mail
Normal operations will re- Sweethomebpoe1972@comcast.
sume Tuesday, Jan. 1. Winter term net or call Chair Ron Sharrah at
begins Monday, Jan. 7. GED classes in (541) 231-7303.
I Sweet Home SH begin an. 7
II United Steelheaders to J
I! Methodist Adult Basic Education classes Meals on Wheels
] Church meet Jan. 2 will be held at Linn-Benton Corn- weekly menu
...... i Open Hearts, St H urch munity College s Sweet Home and
Open Minds
........... i Open Doors Mid Valley Chapter of the Lebanon centers during winter Meals on Wheels, also known
' A Reconciling Congregation Northwest Steelheaders will meet term to help improve student read- as Your Table or Ours, offers
at 7p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2. at the ing, writing or math skills, or pre- lunch at the Sweet Home Corn-
11:00 am Worship
~9:30 am Sunday School
Free Meal - THe, Wed & Fri - 5:00 pm
6th & Ironwood • 541-367-3073
New HoW
r=ellowshiF,
Pentecostal
church o~: God
9:30 am Sunday School
10:30 am Morning Worship
5:00 pm Evening Worship
Tues. 11:30 am: Ladies meeting
Wed. 7:00 pm: BibleStudy
Reverend Fred J. Anthony
Mass Schedule
Tuesday - Friday 8:30 am
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 Dm
Sunday Mass: 9:00 am
Reconciliation: Saturday - 3:30-4:30 pm
Attend The
Church of
Your Choice!
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Numbers 6:24-26The LORD bless you, and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine on you, And be
gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance on
you, And give you peace.'
Pastor Rick Ellingson, Cornerstone Fellowship
64-0 9th Avenue ~1-~67-794-9
Key. go9 5ullenger, pastor
Albany Senior Center, 489 Water pare for the GED. munity Center to seniors over 60
St. NW. Free orientations will be held at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays
Guide Matt Halseth will dis- at the Sweet Home Center Jan. and Fridays.
cuss jig fishing, sidedrifting, bob- 7 and 8 from 8:30-11:20 a.m., or The Senior Center serves a
berdogging, equipment and tying 6-8:50 p.m. and at the Lebanon separate lunch on Wednesdays.
various setups consistent with suc- Center Jan. 7 and 8 from 9-11:50 First-time diners are invited
cess. a.m., or 6-8:50 p.m. to come in and have a free lunch
Salem Steelheader member Orientation is mandatory be- to give it a try.
Sam Wurdinger, owner/operator fore registering for classes. Suggested donation is $3.50.
of Dinger Jigs, will also speak. Cost is $30 due at registra- All meals are served with milk,
The meeting is open to the public, tion. coffee or tea upon request and
For more information, contact Don For more information, visit diabetic desserts are available on
Heintzman at (541)979-1616.the online schedule at www.tin- request.
nbenton.edu or call the Lebanon The lunch menu on Friday,
Genealogists to Center at (541) 259-5801, or the Dec. 28, is chicken chop suey
Sweet Home Center at (541) 367- or teriyaki meatbal.ls with rice,
discuss Civil War 6901. green peas, lime perfection salad,
seven grain roll and pears.
The Linn Genealogical Soci- The menu for Monday, Dec.
ety will meet at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Psalm 16 study 31, is beef mushroom patty or
Jan. 5 at the Albany Public Library,
2450 14th Ave. SE. Albany. tO start Jan. 14 chicken a la king, whipped pota-
toes, country trio vegetables, oat-
Steve Betschart will speak on Beginning Jan. 14, Commu- meal bread and pineapple.
the topic "Civil War in the Oregon nity-Wide Bible Studies will be No meal will be served Tues-
Country." Betschart will discuss held in nine cities in the Mid- day, Jan. 1,duetothe NewYear's
the military and political conse- Willamette Valley,includingDay holiday.
quences of that war on the State Sweet Home. For more information, call
of Oregon. He will speak on his The Winter Quarter Study (541) 367-8843.