Sarah Brown

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Library on-track with train exhibit

1 week ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

The Oregon Electric O-Gaugers Train Club exhibited their room-sized model railroad at the Lebanon Public Library for a week in April, drawing in people of all ages. Library staff worked in conjunction with the event to focus the preschool story time on the topic of trains. After a little singing and reading, the children moved over to the community room where club members ran their trains and answered questions.
Fiddle contest seeks to make Lebanon ‘home’

1 week ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

The Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers’ Association held its 59th annual Oregon State Open Fiddle Contest at the Mennonite Church on March 15, drawing in 63 contestants between the ages of 6 and 84 from all over the state, and evenfrom as far away as Colorado and other states. Lebanites Isaac Helland, Dayne Ropp, Gretchen Ropp, Saxon Ropp, Jerry Parks and Robert Waterhouse participated in the competition, and Jeri Caudle served as a judge in the entertainment division.
Santiam Excursions putting pedals to the metal

1 week ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

Santiam Excursion Trains is rolling out a new service on its tracks in Sweet Home, one which will focus on health and the beauty the city has to offer. In addition to the variety of train ride experiences between Lebanon and Sweet Home it offers, Santiam Excursions is about to launch a summertime Rail Bike Adventures in the gateway of the Santiam playground.
Library expansion still on the shelf

1 week ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

During the regular meeting of the City Council on April 9, Library Director Kendra Antila provided an update on a proposed addition to the children’s room that would provide needed space for a popular story time program. Currently the story time programs take place in a corner of the kids section at the library, taking up about 350 square feet. Library Assistant Darcy Smith hosts story times twice a week, one for babies and one for preschoolers. “We have very big crowds,” Antila said.
Heath Stadium grandstand closed due to safety concerns

1 week ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

The Lebanon Community School District announced the closure of Heath Stadium’s grandstand seating due to structural concerns and changes in insurance coverage. In a press release, the district said the decision – made unanimously by the Lebanon School Board during a meeting on March 31 – will remain in effect until further evaluation of the situation is completed. The seating on both sides of the grandstand, as well as the visitors’ seating area, will remain open.
Those who ‘make Lebanon thrive’ honored at awards gala

1 month ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

Honorees of the Distinguished Service Awards received standing ovations during the Chamber of Commerce’s gala held at the Boulder Falls Event Center Feb. 28. The annual event is, as Chamber Executive Director Rebecca Grizzle put it, “to celebrate the incredible people and businesses that make Lebanon thrive.” Michael Kerrigon was recognized as Man of the Year and Jenny Sheldon was named Woman of the Year.
More chickens, a la King

1 month ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown
Group searches for missing Lebanon man

1 month ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

Friends, family and concerned citizens gathered on Feb. 16 to search for a Lebanon man who went missing nine months ago. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Search and Hope Alliance, organized by Kimberly Smart, of Portland, initiated a search team to try to find Donald Leroy Simmons Jr. after she heard earlier this year about his disappearance. “We primarily focus on indigenous communities, but we don’t turn anyone away,” Smart said.
School carnival completes goal for new playground equipment

1 month ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

An open house Spring Carnival at Green Acres Elementary may just have been the cherry on the cake – or, in this case, the red nose on the clown – that will allow the school to purchase much-needed playground equipment. For about two years now, parents have been trying to raise money to help the school’s goal of replacing outdated playground structures.
Message in bottle unravels curious tale

2 months ago | lebanonlocalnews.com | Sarah BRown |Sarah Brown

There’s a 75-year-old story about a message in a bottle that may have yielded the finder as much as $6 million. Just weeks ago, that urban legend found its way to Lebanon after a thrift shopper purchased an old glass bottle for 99 cents. “I thought, ‘Little ol’ Lebanon? Really?’ Coming and finding something like this; I thought it’s so fun,” said Karen Singleton, who found a message in the bottle.