ALBANY

Pix to show motivational film "Pass It On"

The Albany Pix Theater will host a private screening of the motivational film "Pass It On" at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the theater, 321 Second Ave., Albany. Doors open at 7 p.m.

For more information about the film or to watch the trailer, visit www.PassItOnToday.com.

Museum program will spotlight Camp Adair

Camp Adair's early days and how it was known as "Swamp Adair" will be presented at an Albany Regional Museum Chautauqua program on Thursday.

The program, WWII, is part of the Heritage Outreach Project presented by the Oregon National Guard. Presenters will be Staff Sgt. Greg Olson and Capt. Erin Bagley.

The program will be given twice, at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m., both at the museum, 136 Lyon St. S. Admission is free, and seating is limited.

To make a reservation, call Tami Sneddon, museum administrative coordinator, at 967-7122.

Much of the event will focus on the four infantry divisions that trained there and the three divisions that were activated. Other topics include how the camp housed casualties from the Pacific Theater and how it served as a prisoner of war facility for Italians and Germans.

The audience can ask questions and try on a WWII military uniform, feel a wool blanket used by soldiers and use a "clicker" communication device as well as view other replica items of the war era.

BROWNSVILLE

Reunion set for Sweet Home Class of 1949

The Sweet Home Class of 1949 will meet at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Fred and Edi Smith, 500 Locust Lane, Brownsville.

The event will be a potluck. Bring a favorite dish to share and a white elephant gift.

For more information, call 466-5850.

CORVALLIS

Audubon Society to honor couple

The Audubon Society of Corvallis will present the third annual Homer Campbell Award to Wally and Mary Eichler of Corvallis at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the monthly ASC meeting at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 S.W. Eighth Ave.

In 2004, the society initiated the award in memory of a beloved leader and conservationist. It honors a person in the region for outstanding contributions to environmental protection and for stimulating increased public awareness of conservation issues.

The Eichlers are licensed rehabilitators, and Mary served as the Corvallis animal control officer. Later she was elected to the Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District, where she played key roles in flood plain management and development of the Jackson-Frazier Wetland.

The Eichlers live on a small farm near Sequoia Creek in northeast Corvallis. They have planted numerous native plants and shrubs, fenced the slough to keep cattle away, and planted trees and erected nesting boxes to attract barn owls, osprey and numerous songbirds. For many years they ran a company in Linn County that created alternative uses for straw residue from grass seed production, designed to minimize field burning.

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