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Charter school approaches Lebanon school district
LEBANON — Organizers who want to establish a “microsociety”
charter school in Oregon met Thursday with the Lebanon School Board
to present their vision.
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Corvallis taps LHS assistant principal
LEBANON — Lebanon High School Assistant Principal Kevin Bogatin
has been tapped to become assistant superintendent for the
Corvallis School District.
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Youth club hires plan coordinator
LEBANON — The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Santiam has hired
a coordinator to help families of club members in Lebanon and Sweet
Home enroll their children in the Oregon Health Plan.
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Furniture Share drops Benton from name
Benton Furniture Share has changed its name to Furniture Share.
The nonprofit initially served only Benton County residents, but
expanded to provide services to families in Linn and surrounding
counties in fiscal year 2006-07 and has goals of further expansion.
It now serves as many clients in Linn County as it does in
Benton.
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Artwork sought for auction to aid SafeHaven
Organizers of the annual SafeHaven Arts & Crafts Show, held
Mother’s Day weekend at the Heritage Mall, are requesting donations
of artwork. All proceeds will benefit SafeHaven Humane Society.
Artwork may be dropped off at the Heritage Mall customer service
desk for the four-day silent auction, or call Mike Blagg at (541)
936-0165 to have your artwork picked up.
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CARA board gets two new members
Two new members will join the advisory board of the Central
Albany Revitalization Area (CARA). The city council Wednesday
confirmed the appointments of Mark Spence and Charles Leland.
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Meeting to discuss safe routes to school
LEBANON — Seven Oak Middle School’s Safe Routes to School
Committee will have a neighborhood meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 1, at the school, 550 Cascade Drive.
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Pot bust leads to dogfighting case
ALSEA — Corvallis police and Benton County sheriff’s deputies
say they have broken up a marijuana-dealing ring and a dogfighting
operation in two interrelated cases.
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Hawthorne students, staff to clash on court
SWEET HOME — Hawthorne Elementary School is holding its second
annual “Sixth Graders Vs. Staff” fundraiser basketball game
Thursday, April 1, at Sweet Home Junior High.
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‘International Cooking’ classes begin April 1
Linn-Benton Community College will offer a series of cooking
classes designed to teach participants how to prepare dishes from
around the world. The series, “International Cooking,” will begin
with Italian cooking on April 1 and includes seven classes that run
through May 20. Other classes will cover dishes from France, April
8; Greece, April 22; Mexico, April 29; India, May 6; Africa, May
13; and Asia, May 20.
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Bake sale will support Relay for Life
H&R Block will have a bake sale fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, March 20, at Bi-Mart, 2272 Santiam Highway S.E.,
Albany. All donations will go toward the Albany Relay for Life.
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Kidco taking applications for Early Head Start
The Kidco Early Head Start Program is now taking applications
for the following: pregnant and parenting teens in Sweet Home;
Linn-Benton Community College students in Albany who are pregnant
or parents of infants and toddlers; and unemployed pregnant women
or unemployed parents of infants and toddlers in Corvallis. Every
effort is made to offer services in the family’s primary language.
When this is not possible, translators are provided.
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Bellotti announces he's stepping down as Oregon AD
EUGENE (AP) - Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti is stepping
down after less than a year in the position to take a job with
ESPN.
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Promenade gets approval on 3-2 vote
Albany’s project to turn one block of Broadalbin Street into a
“promenade,” a kind of a public plaza, now has the city council’s
final OK.
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S.H. Genealogical Society to hold workshop
The Sweet Home Genealogical Society will hold its 30th annual
Genealogy Workshop starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday, March
19 and 20, at the library building, 1223 Kalmia St.
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Public safety log (March 18)
People arrested are innocent unless proven otherwise in
court. Initial charges often change as a case
progresses.
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In six schools, you're on camera
Smile when you walk down that school hallway: You may be on
camera.
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Albany gets settlement cash
Albany has received the first chunk of cash it agreed to accept
to settle its lawsuit against a subsidiary of PepsiCo.
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Tax deferral program open to senior, disabled citizens
More than 400 Linn County residents took advantage of the
state’s senior citizens and disabled citizens property tax deferral
program in 2009, according to the Linn County Assessor’s
Office.
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