NEWS & NOTES

Atteberry Award: Linn-Benton Community College named Bill Hubel, executive vice president and CEO of Citizens Bank, as this year’s Atteberry Award winner. The Atteberry Award is given each year to honor an LBCC Professional Technical Advisory Committee member for his or her outstanding contribution to LBCC. Hubel, a Corvallis resident, has served on the committee for more than eight years, including as chair and co-chair. The award was established in 1992 in honor of Dr. Pat Atteberry, who served as a member of the vocational education committee from 1977 to 1992.

Joins firm: Kaire Downin, a real estate professional in the Mid-Willamette Valley, has joined Keller Williams Mid-Willamette Market Center. Downin has extensive background in working with the needs of families and is a graduate of Train Agents Real Estate Online. The Keller Williams Mid-Willamette Market Center is in Avery Square in Corvallis, at 815 N.W. Ninth St., Suite L-195. Additional information is available by contacting Terri Woods at 738-7770 or visiting the Keller Williams website at www.kw.com.

SMART adds three: The local Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) program recently hired three new staff members, Lee Tinker, Tammy McCammon and Christi Clark. Tinker is the new area manager, overseeing Linn, Benton, Polk, and Marion counties as well as promoting program sustainability. He previously was the SMART development coordinator. McCammon is assistant program manager and will foster relationships with area schools and volunteers. McCammon previously was the AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in the Service Learning & Career Development Department at Western Oregon University. Clark is the new area assistant. She was the SMART volunteer coordinator at Central Elementary in Albany for three years. In Linn County, the SMART program is at eight elementary schools. Anyone interested in volunteering for the program should contact Clark at 754-4965.

Appointed: Lory Humbert of Keizer has been appointed to lead Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility in Albany and the Corvallis House transition facility, serving female youth offenders. Humbert comes to the facilities from the Oregon Department of Corrections, where she served as assistant superintendent of program services at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville since its opening in 2001. She previously was security manager of Columbia River Correctional Institution and South Fork Forest Camp. She also spent two years on assignment to help design new correctional facilities.

BUSINESS CALENDAR

Sept. 24: The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce 2008 Business on Display Tradeshow will be at Linn County Fair & Expo Center, Willamette Events Center, from 1 to 6:30 p.m. To register or for additional information, contact Danielle at the Chamber office, 926-1517. Premier sponsors for the event are the Albany Democrat-Herald, BBSI, Central Willamette Community Credit Union and Express Employment Professionals.

Sept.24: Membership Luncheon Forum at Businesses on Display Trade Show, 11:30 a.m. at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center. Speaker Brig. Gen. Cam Crawford, retired. “Guantanamo from A Soldier’s Perspective.” Pre-registration required. Contact Danielle at the Chamber office, 926-1517, for further information.

Sept. 26: Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce Forum Lunch, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Career Training Center. Speakers: Mayor Ken Toombs and City Administrator John Hitt on “State of Lebanon’s Economy.” Cost: $13 per person. Pre-registration required by phone at 258-7164.

Oct. 2: Crime Prevention Awareness Seminar, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Central Electric Training Center, 33309 Highway 99E, Tangent. Sponsored by Neighborhood Watch Councils and Linn County law enforcement agencies. Free to the public. For additional information, call 258-6940 or 259-6126.

Oct. 3: One Is Enough Golf Tournament, 9 a.m. shotgun start at Golf Club of Oregon. Five Person Best Ball Scramble. One club only. Cost: Team payment, $375; individual payment, $75. For registration, payment and additional information, contact the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, 926-1517. Presented by Albany Area Chamber of Commerce and Coastal Farm & Ranch. Lunch sponsored by Knife River.

Oct. 3-5: Home and Remodeling Show, 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center. For more information, call toll-free (800) 537-9296 or visit www.info@wvpevents.com.

Oct. 21: Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Luncheon, “Connecting Politics, Business and Family,” noon at the United Methodist Church, Second and Airport. Check in at 11:30 a.m. Presented by state Rep. Vicky Berger. RSVP by Oct. 13. For more information or to RSVP, call 258-7164.