How to donate to veterans memorial

The Linn County Veterans Memorial Association is accepting volunteer labor, materials and financial donations to help finish the memorial project at Timber-Linn Park.

Commemorative bricks on the "Wall-of-Honor" for living veterans may be purchased for $50 each.

For more information, contact LCVMA Chairman Garner Pool at 974-6889, or City Parks Director Ed Hodney at 917-7769.

SCIO: Concert will benefit charter school

SALEM - A concert by Michael Allen Harrison and Julianne Johnson will benefit the Lourdes Public Charter School Foundation. The performance will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Historic Elsinore Theatre, 170 High St. S.E., Salem.

Tickets are available at TicketWest.com and at the door the night of the concert.

ALBANY: SafeHaven to hold fundraiser

SafeHaven Humane Society volunteers will host a Valentine's Day gift table for pets and pet lovers at Heritage Mall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The table will be near the inside mall entrance to the Target store.

Among the items for sale will be handmade fleece pet coats; pillows and blankets; dog and cat toys, including giant tennis balls; SafeHaven key chains; duffel bags; baseball caps; aprons; quarter-zip sweatshirts in four colors; calendars, magnets; pet first-aid kits; dog treats; gift baskets and more. Proceeds benefit SafeHaven Humane Society, a non-profit animal shelter.

SafeHaven is at 33071 Highway 34 S.E. The shelter is open noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. SafeHaven is closed Wednesdays. The shelter can be reached at 928-2789 or www.safehavenhumane.com.

Donations to SafeHaven are tax deductible.

LEBANON: Input wanted on wastewater facility

Lebanon has filed for a conditional use permit with Linn County to establish its state-of-the-art wastewater discharge facility northeast of the city.

The county will accept comments on the application until 5 p.m. Feb. 21. Following that, County Planning Director Steve Michaels will decide whether to approve or deny the permit.

The city's plan is to pump its effluent from the wastewater treatment plant on Tennessee Road over to the South Santiam River, where it would pass under the river in a gravity flow pipe and empty up to 12 million gallons per day at four different points into existing flood channels.

By filtering the effluent through the ground before entering the river, the city would not have to pay for dechlorination or cooling the water to river temperatures, thereby cutting costs of the operation.

Comments can be sent to the Linn County Planning and Building Department, PO Box 100, Albany, OR 97321.

Democrat-Herald